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An advocate of a two-party system, Belchic was vice-chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party from 1962 to 1968, having served part of the time under then Chairman [[Charlton Lyons|Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr.]], of Shreveport, a Republican congressional candidate in 1961 and his party's gubernatorial standard-bearer in 1964. She held a coveted seat on the party's 144-member Louisiana Republican State Central Committee for more than twenty years. She was elected delegate to numerous Republican national conventions. She was a southern floor leader for then [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] at the 1964 conclave in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. Belchic was district chairman of Women for [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] in 1968 and was an alternate delegate for [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] in both the 1988 and the 1992 conventions held in [[New Orleans]] and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], respectively.<ref name=obit/>

An advocate of a two-party system, Belchic was vice-chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party from 1962 to 1968, having served part of the time under then Chairman [[Charlton Lyons|Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr.]], of Shreveport, a Republican congressional candidate in 1961 and his party's gubernatorial standard-bearer in 1964. She held a coveted seat on the party's 144-member Louisiana Republican State Central Committee for more than twenty years. She was elected delegate to numerous Republican national conventions. She was a southern floor leader for then [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] at the 1964 conclave in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. Belchic was district chairman of Women for [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] in 1968 and was an alternate delegate for [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] in both the 1988 and the 1992 conventions held in [[New Orleans]] and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], respectively.<ref name=obit/>

She became a member of the Shreveport Women's Republican Club in 1954, long before her party became competitive in the previous one-party format. Active in local civic affairs, Belchic was appointed by [[Democratic]] [[Mayor]] John Brennan Hussey and Republican Mayor Hazel F. Beard to the Shreveport Women's Commission, having served from 1988 to 1994. Beard also named her to the Riverfront Redevelopment Advisory Committee. She was a sustaining member of the Shreveport Junior League and a former member of the Centenary College Muses. She was member of St. Paul's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal Church]] in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

She became a member of the Shreveport Women's Republican Club in 1954, long before her party became competitive in the previous one-party format. Active in local civic affairs, Belchic was appointed by [[Democratic]] [[Mayor]] [[John B. Hussey|John Brennan Hussey]] and Republican Mayor Hazel F. Beard to the Shreveport Women's Commission, having served from 1988 to 1994. Beard also named her to the Riverfront Redevelopment Advisory Committee. She was a sustaining member of the Shreveport Junior League and a former member of the Centenary College Muses. She was a member of St. Paul's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal Church]] in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

=== Death and afterward ===

=== Death and afterward ===