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ZION BAPTIST CHURCHZion Baptist Church, Route 3, 10 miles northwest of Chillicothe, Missouri was originated in the Brassfield School House (later called Potter School), where services were held until their Church building was completed in February 1878. On November 6, 1955, fire destroyed the church, which was a staggering blow to the community. The members still had faith to carry on, and once again held services in the Potter School House. Members and nonmembers set out at once to rebuild. The first services in the present building were held in the basement, the 3rd Sunday in June, 1956, by Reverend Cecil Hart. The first service, held in the auditorium, was April, 1956, by the Reverend Lawrence Hammond. The building was dedicated September 8, 1957. On July 28, 1968, Zion Baptist had their 100th Anniversary at the Church. The Church was filled to capacity. The following pastors have served from 1868 to 1980. The Reverends; H. H. Turner, James Turner, P. G. Booth, John Harmon, F. M. Wadloy, N. M. Allen, E. R. Dowell, J. B. Harris, Clay Morris, E. L. Wendell, W. L. Housar, Homer Harris, W. B. Alsbury, C. E. Sharrah, G. A. Mitchell, Luther Rossin, F. A. Funk, LaVerne Wood, Avery Wooderson, Cecil Hart, Lawrence Hammond, Norton Feather, Charles Burrows, Ernest Akers and Sampson Long. The Church doesn’t have a pastor at the present time, but Sunday School is held every Sunday. ORGANIZATIONS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMENThe Chillicothe Branch of American Association of University Women was organized in 1930 with fourteen Charter members: Corrine Fay, Faye Stewart, Mabell Cranmer, Virginia Botsford, Katherine Carlstead, Evangeline Wiley, Dorothy Bohn, Jennie Davis, Nancy Chapman, Mildred Morehead, Irene Roberts, Fae England, Josephine Norville, and Clara Milbank. The organization’s purpose is to promote higher education for women and to provide college educated women with further opportunities for education, enrichment and action. The organization has sponsored book fairs, style shows, international dinners, and other events to support the AAUW Fellowship and Centennial programs which provide financial help to women pursuing advanced degrees. Miss Mabell Cranmer presented a $1500 scholarship honoring Dr. Blanche Dow of Liberty, Association president. Miss Francyl Rickenbrode also left a bequest to the fund. Named gifts of $500 each have been given in the names of Irene Roberts, Lena Smithson, Lycia Martin, Mabell Cranmer, Jean Miquelon and Ruth Seiberling. Women who have served as AAUW presidents since 1930 are: Corrine Fay, Jennie Davis, Gladys McCall, Clara Milbank, Marie Miller, Grace Allen Boehner, Mary C. Preston, Evangeline Wiley, Beatrice Patek, Mabell Cranmer, Isabelle Ruddy, Mrs. Ronald Smith, Dorothy Meinershagen, Mary Pegues, Jean Miquelon, Ruth Seiberling, Peggy Chapman, Jeanette Mansur, Cleta Gibson, Betty McCoy, Ellen Miller, Lena Smithson, Fran Kaye, Lycia Martin, Betty Don Ernst, Pat Maiorana, Mary Lou Jackson, Pam Russell and Barbara Burton. The AAUW was instrumental in setting up the Fine Arts Council and they sponsored the first Fine Arts Fair held in 1962 under the guidance of Mrs. Joan Krautmann, who later served on the State Fine Arts Council. Margaret (Peggy) Chapman was elected Missouri Division President of AAUW in the 1963-65 Biennium, having previously served on the Missouri Division Board. Other Chillicothe members who have served on the Division board are Gladys McCall, Lycia Martin and Ruth Seiberling. The Chillicothe Branch entertained the State Division at their biennial conference in April 1960, when Cleta Gibson was branch president. Jean Miquelon served as convention chairman, and Elizabeth Bates directed a pageant depicting the history of AAUW. In 1974 the Branch sponsored a four night “Woman Today” seminar for women of the community to discuss the changing role of women in today’s world. A number of the study topics have been toward expanding women’s consciousness such as “Woman in Search of Self”, and “Women as Agents of Change”. The Branch has supported the candidacy of women for the local school board, and a member, Billie Fair, served as the first woman on the board for two three-year terms, beginning in 1970. The membership of AAUW peaked in the late 1960s and early 1970s with 100 members. In 1980 there are 57 members. Mrs. Barbara Burton is president, Judith Shoot is first vice-president and program chairman; Pat Botts is second vice-president and membership chairman; and Letty Newkirk is third vice-president and publicity chairman. Kathy O’Bryan is secretary and Janet Hartline is treasurer. Study topics for this year are “Families Facing Change”, with Marsha Dedrick as topic chairman; and “Managing Resources for Tomorrow” with Billie Fair and Joan Krautman as topic chairman. In 1980 for the first time AAUW awarded a local scholarship of $250.00 to a Chillicothe High School Senior. Diane Douglas was the winner, and the dictionary award went to Sheri Reeser. AMERICAN LEGIONShortly after World War I a group of veterans met and decided to form an American Legion Post in Chillicothe to take in all of Livingston County. The Organization would benefit all veterans to ensure that veterans would be taken care of, as well as their families and dependents. The first meetings were held in the city hall and the courthouse. The names of two Chillicothe boys killed in France in 1918 were submitted. They were Captain A. M. Elliott and Vern R. Glick. After a vote Vern R. Glick was chosen. It was the 25th Charter in the state and has been active in the affairs of the community since that time. 11ponsoring Boys State, American Legion Baseball, Oratorical contest and county government. The charter was signed by 15 members, one of these Emma Evans, was a nurse who had served in W.W. I. Others were: William C. Zirkle, Robert W. Browning, George H. Powell, Frank C. Gates, Nolan M. Chapman, Joe D. McHolland, Peter O. Rupp, Thomas Chapman, Leroy Van Hoosier, Louis H. Stein, Charles M. Cooper, Frank Batta, Elmer A. Axon, and Don Chapman, Senior. The charter was received July 19, 1919 and Louis H. “Judy” Stein is the only original charter member of the Vern R. Glick Post left. He attends some of the Post Functions and is still in business. The present officers are Commander, Fred Collins; 1st vice commander, Robert J. Posch; 2nd vice commander, Roy White; Adjutant, Ed Cassity; Finance officer, Billy J. Coleman; Service officer, Russell W. Johnson; Historian, Howard Leech; Chaplain, James E. Ogan; Sergeant of Arms, Charles Merrill. Members of the Board of Trustees are Frank Bonderer, Dick Gilroy, Howard Leech, Kenneth Ross, Cecil Ashlock and Robert Wiehe. There are nineteen members who have been in continuous membership for sixty-one years. They are: Grover C. Boggs, Frank E. Bonderer, Earl E. Carroll, Herbert E. Danielson (Our oldest Post Commander in Line of office, those preceeding are deceased), Earl Deardorff, Walter Forbis, Harry J. Kolbohn, Howard Leech, Arthur Lisenby, W. M. McClure, Holly W. Mitchell, Albert Pendleton, W. R. Perkins, Anthony L. Pfaff, Stanley R. Scruby, Louis H. Stein, Earle Teegarden, J. W. Tucker, and Murry N. Windle. For sixty one years the American Legion Vern R. Glick Post #25, has been an active participant of all our Community Programs, and has worked for the veteran, his welfare, his dependents and his education, along with many programs geared to our youth, with our motto “For God and Country” working for the good of our comrades and our country. We have had many leading members of our community active in our American Legion post and hope to have many more as we work for a better America. Past commanders are: L. Van Hoosier, 1919; Don Chapman, 1919-1920; Herbert Danielson, 1920-21; Irvin Putnam, 1921-22; Lloyd Sinnard, 1922-23; Sam H. Ladensohn, 1923-24; Joe Stewart, 1924-25; Sam H. Ladensohn, 1925-26; G. A. Sutor, 1926-27; Joseph J. Shy, 1927-28; Louis H. Stein 1928-29; H. S. Beardsley, 1929-30; Ernest Shannon, 1930-31; Max Blanchard, 1931-32; Elmer D. McCollum, 1932-33; Herbert Parsons, 1933-34; Ben 0. Jones 1934-35; Harry Mahr, 1935-36; C. C. Cooke, 1936-37; Frank E. Bonderer, 1937-38; Anthony Pfaff, 1938-39; Fred Carlton, 1939-40; Aurel Popham, 1940-41; J. Rex Donovan, 1941-42; William Killian, 1942-43; H. Earl Barnes, 1943-44; V. A. Collins, 1944-45; Donald M. Dowell, 1945-46; Robert Mahr, 1946-47; G. K. Meinershagen, 1947-48; Lloyd Relph, 1948-49; Earle Teegarden, 1949-50; Arthur Norman, 1950-51; John Neal, 1951-52; John Kaye, 1952-53; Ronald Somerville, 1953-54, Ray Cusick, 1954-55; Robert Wiehe, 1955-56; Cecil Ashlock, 1956-57; Russell Hughes, 1957-58; Leo Englert, 1958-59; Gilbert Oertwig, 1959-60; Flick Girdner, 1960-61; Clarence Archer, 1961-62; Richard M. Gilroy, 1962-64; William McCarthy, 1964-66; Howard Leech, 1966-67; Holly Mitchell, 1967-68; Melvin Baugher, 1968-70; Harry Kolbohn, 1970-71; Harold Wood, 1971-72; Edward L. Cassity, 1972-73; Virgil Hallenburg, 1973-75; Alvin J. Lyon, 1975-76; Edward L. Cassity, 1976-77; Franklin Bonderer, 1977-79; Fred Collins, 1979-81. 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