Livingston county history
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EAGLESLadies Auxiliary to Fraternal Order of Eagles, Livingston Aerie 2428, was organized in 1949 by Mr. and Mrs. Vance Magee, with 41 charter members. First Officers were: Madam President, Nina Magee; Vice-President, Ruth Grouse; Past Madam President, Vera Mast; Secretary, Annalee Taylor; Treasurer, Verlee Garner; Conductor, Elizabeth Schmidt; Chaplain, Florence Williams; Inner Guard, Jeanie Churchill; and Outer Guard, Ina Hoskins. Meetings were held at various locations in Chillicothe over the past 31 years. Present Aerie home is owned and occupied at 200 East Jackson Street. 1980 Officers are: Past Madam President, Verna Baker; Madam President, Jean Grimes; VicePresident, Ruth Knouse; Secretary, Connie Thompson; Treasurer, Cleo Bondoski; Chaplain, Mildred Allnutt; Inner Guard, Joan Johnson; Outer Guard, Linda McCully; Trustees: Mary Minnis, Rose Marie Woodworth and Dorothy Smith; Conductor, Bessie Blattner. There are eighty two members with Corinne Thompson the only surviving charter member. Activities are social and charitable. FACT AND FICTION CLUBIn the summer of 1929, Mrs. W. H. Brengle, wife of the Rev. W. H. Brengle, of First Baptist Church, was concerned about the young women she knew and she encouraged them to organize a sewing club. Three ladies, Ruth Brown, Blanche McGuire and Florence Parker invited Vera May, Esther Mallen, Bess Coulter, B. Coe, Doris Roach and on June 20, 1929, these ladies organized the Happy Hour Sewing Club. They embroidered, crocheted and sewed while Ruth Brown read the book “The Woodcarver of Lympus” by Mary E. Weller. They also brought and wrapped gifts for the Industrial Home girls. By fall, Mrs. Brengle and Mrs. Frank Fay, wife of a Methodist minister, encouraged the ladies to become a Federated Study Club. October 31, 1929 the club organized into the Fact and Fiction Club. The club was federated with the city of Chillicothe, October 31, 1929. Mrs. John May was president; Mrs. Ralph Mallen, vice-president; Mrs. Will Coe, secretary; Mrs. Leslie Coulter, treasurer; Mrs. R. R. Thweatt, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. A. M. Rhoads, reporter. The name Fact and Fiction was chosen using the fact for learning and fiction for the lighter side. The Constitution and By-laws were approved and adopted. The colors green and white were selected and the flower chosen was a chrysanthemum. The motto was “Slumber not on the tents of your fathers, the world is advancing, advance with it.” The motto today is “Do Your Best.” In 1930, the club was federated with the state and the GFWC. There were fund raising events including bake sales, rummage sales, selling greeting cards which were sold door to door. The programs through the years have been interesting and informative. A fun event the club enjoyed many times was ‘come as you are parties.’ Through the years the club has taken fruit and presents to the Industrial Home for Girls and to the Infirmary; helped with the USO; helped support a visiting nurse and library; gave quilts and baby clothes and made layettes; supplied milk for school children; subscribed to Pathfinder for the library, and had the Shopping Bag project. They have contributed to the Red Cross; TB Lung Association; Cancer Fund; Girl Scout Little House; Peter Pan State School Dabney School; Sophomore Pilgrimages; American Field Service; Care Program; Salvaton Army; and assisted with the needs of the Welfare Office. The present membership is 24 and there is a membership limitation of 25. Members of the club are Mrs. Cecil Atkins, Mrs. R. W. Bellamy, Mrs. Hugh Campbell, Mrs. C. C. Canning, Mrs. Hugh Carlin, Mrs. Robert Carrol, Mrs. Roy Dupy, Mrs. Morgan Evans, Mrs. John Evans, Mrs. Harlie Gallatin, Mrs. Lester Gillespie, Mrs. Bob Gipe, Mrs. Hazel Gordon, Mrs. Lorene Grossman, Mrs. L. W. Hurst, Mrs. John Newcomer, Mrs. George Pittaway, Mrs. Ralph Ross, Mrs. Dorland Scott, Mrs. W. L. Wescott, Mrs. Orville Whitacre, Mrs. Ralph Wigfield, Mrs. Lewis Foster, and Mrs. Frank Plumb. -- Jean Carroll THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS CLUBThe Extension Club of the Maple Grove and Risley Communities was formally organized October 7, 1936 at the home of Mrs. Charles Austin. To help with the first meeting Mr. Browning and Mrs. Newton Holt came from the Extension Office. Eugene Lee had talked about the clubs at a meeting at Maple Grove School earlier in the year. Twenty-two women were charter members and six young women were associate members. They included: Mrs. Charles Austin, Mrs. Carl Hawkins, Mrs. Russel Barlow, Miss Ethel Hawkins, Mrs. Raymond Bradley, Mrs. Robert Kirtley, Mrs. Frank Cramer, Mrs. Edward Murphy, Mrs. Herbert Cramer, Mrs. Charles Morse, Mrs. John Cramer, Mrs. Clint Neal, Mrs. George Culling, Mrs. James Needles, Mrs. Ira Culling, Mrs. James Regan, Mrs. Ralph Dome, Mrs. E. F. Shields, Mrs. Guy Hamilton, Mrs. Roy M. Shields, Mrs. A. P. Hawkins, Mrs. Curt Thompson, Miss Ruth Barlow, Miss Virginia Cramer, Miss Irene Murphy, Miss Helen Thompson, Miss Jewell Regan and Miss Hope Thompson.
Sorosis was organized in Chillicothe, October 13, 1900. In New York City, a group of women organized a club in 1868 and called it “Sorosis”, from the Greek word, “Soru”. They chose mulberry for their color and the pineapple for an emblem, meaning, many flowers bound together into one. It is also a symbol of hospitality, a motif used by silversmiths and craftsmen and adopted in many shapes and forms. Mrs. J. W. Hawley was the organizer in Chillicothe, and its president for twenty years, when it flourished as a study club. Among civic contributions in the early days, were nutritional aid to needy school children, support for the library, which was housed in a residence, and the important support for the visiting nurse. Various ways were used by Sorosis and other clubs to finance these undertakings. There are three other Sorosis clubs in Chillicothe, the “Juniors,” “Tria” and the “Pledges,” a high school age group, sponsored by Tria. To get to know each other and to share our mutual interests, we plan meetings with each other during each club year. The budget includes contributions to MFWC projects and scholarships provided annually to Missouri University for: Special Education, School of Forestry, School of Law, Mental Health, Music and Music Therapy. Many other programs are benefited. “Girls Town”, a special project of MFWC,’was established in 1954 for homeless girls. A new facility has been started to accommodate a large number of girls. The Sophomore Pilgrimage to the State Capitol, is a priceless remembrance for those who have been chosen to attend. The budget includes local contributions to American Field Service, which sponsors exchange students from foreign countries. They have given us outstanding and informative programs every year. Camp Rainbow for the handicapped, has also been supported for many years. Recently Sorosis was happy to help in the building of the new Peter Pan School, a special effort of the Knights of Columbus, of Chillicothe, who rallied the whole town, and were able to complete the building with generous contributions of time, labor and money. So, from the original study club members have changed with the times. During the year, programs are planned to include a wide variety of interests. The state federations supplies and recommends programs on: Conservation, Education, Fine Arts, Home Life, International Affairs, Public Affairs, Free Enterprise and others. Many, many, happy and fun times together come to mind, as Sorosis reviews 80 years of history. Directory: History History -> Developed for the Ontario Curriculum History -> A chronology 1660-1832 The Restoration Settlement History -> History and Social Science Standards of Learning Enhanced Scope and Sequence History -> Evolution of the National Weather Service History -> Chronological documentation for the period through 1842 Copyright Bruce Seymour blio, Cadet Papers of Patrick Craigie History -> History of the 14 History -> History of the ports in Georgia History -> That Broad and Beckoning Highway: The Santa Fe Trail and the Rush for Gold in California and Colorado History -> Capitol Reef National Park List of Fruit and Nut Varieties, Including Heirlooms Prepared for the National Park Service through the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit by Kanin Routson and Gary Paul Nabhan, Center for Sustainable Download 1.01 Mb. Share with your friends:
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