[Oe List ...] Marge Philbrook Story Teller

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I've enjoyed reading all these stories submitted about Marge. I'm sure there are more.

I have not the honor of working with Marge. My close encounter with her has been during visits to Chicago for ICA board meetings. I very much look forward to her welcoming smiles, warm embrace and stories of anything and everything; the early days of the Order, people, places and families. She has her way of making everyone around her feel welcomed and everything alright. 

I'm sorry I can't be at her special celebration on Sunday. I sent a donation to ICA on her behalf.

Happy Birthday Marge. See you at next visit.
 
Elsa Batica
Minneapolis, MN


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 From: Janet Sanders <jsanders at bconnex.net>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>; Colleague Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> 
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Marge Philbrook Story Teller
 


 
Those were the days....I had a good laugh at this 
story.  Marge you are an orginal.   Jan 
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>Several mornings during archive sojourns over the past few  years, whoever was around in the morning gathered in the ICA kitchen for  animated conversation, and often, story telling by Marge. 
>The Print Shop Story
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>One summer, JWM assigned Marge to work in the print shop  during the summer program, knowing fully well she had no experience in print  shop running. He must also have known she would take on the task with good  spirits and creativity. Her one request was for two men who did not have  family responsibilities and who would not go to the bathroom without asking  permission.  By this time Marge was fully aware of time demands of  working on any project during the summer program. So... knowing her hours  would be long, Marge went to Sears and bought two blue dresses. She would wear  one of the blue dresses, shower in it, so both Marge and the dress would be  clean. She would sleep a few hours, put on the second blue dress and head to  the print shop for another day - and repeat the process during the whole  summer program. She did not go into the condition of the dresses following her  stint in the print shop.  
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>This just one of the many tales the archives worker bees  heard. Each is a unique delight delivered by possibly the most amazing story  teller in the EI/ICA. Working with Marge is a good reason for anyone to come  for a couple of weeks working in the ICA Archives.
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>From Beret Griffith and Paul Noah 
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