Claire McGuire hosted her Red Hat meeting in June at LaCarreta’s Mexican Cuisine in Amite, using an Independence Day theme. Pictured, from left, front row: Bobbie Bankston, Jane Eubanks, Ruth Nell Kinnison, Frances Schilling, Dot Cashio, Claire McGuire and Violetta Thomas; and back row: Linda Corkern, Doris Johnston, Geri Bankston, Queen Mother Lorell Morris, Konnie Knight with guest and Ellen Anthony. Door prize winners were Morris,

Bankston and Schilling.