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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 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/>

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 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 ===