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1944 WGM

Maude T. German Worthy Grand Matron 1944 - 1945
Maude T. German Worthy Grand Matron 1944 – 1945

Fifty-First Session – Scranton – October 1945
Peace Session

Chapters 482
Membership 84,476

Largest Chapter – Delphi, No.65 – 612
Most Initiations – Gridley No.324 – 59

This Session Was Held In October Rather Than June Due To The Ban On Conventions During This Period Of The War.

Many Chapters Continued Activities To Help Returned Service Personnel, Which Included ,Purchasing Folding Wheel Chairs, Earphones Etc. $2,000 Was Donated To The Philadelphia Naval Hospital For Christmas Stockings.

Guests In Eastern Home” 23 In Western Home -20

Donations To Homes Continued – Money, Candy, Flowers, Etc.

59 Cases Were Taken Care Of At A Cost Of $14,080.

W.G.M. Authorized The Funds Contributed For The Blind ($715) To Be Used To Send An Eleven Year Old Boy To The Overbrook School For The Blind.

Cost Of Jewels For Retiring Officers $600.

1944 WGP

E. Joel Carpenter Worthy Grand Patron 1944 - 1945
E. Joel Carpenter Worthy Grand Patron 1944 – 1945

Fifty-First Session – Scranton – October 1945
Peace Session

Chapters 482
Membership 84,476

Largest Chapter – Delphi, No.65 – 612
Most Initiations – Gridley No.324 – 59

This Session Was Held In October Rather Than June Due To The Ban On Conventions During This Period Of The War.

Many Chapters Continued Activities To Help Returned Service Personnel, Which Included ,Purchasing Folding Wheel Chairs, Earphones Etc. $2,000 Was Donated To The Philadelphia Naval Hospital For Christmas Stockings.

Guests In Eastern Home” 23 In Western Home -20

Donations To Homes Continued – Money, Candy, Flowers, Etc.

59 Cases Were Taken Care Of At A Cost Of $14,080.

W.G.M. Authorized The Funds Contributed For The Blind ($715) To Be Used To Send An Eleven Year Old Boy To The Overbrook School For The Blind.

Cost Of Jewels For Retiring Officers $600.

1944 Grand Officers

GRAND OFFICERS - 1944
GRAND OFFICERS – 1944
Officer Office
Maude T. German Worthy Grand Matron
E. Joel Carpenter Worthy Grand Patron
Frieda M. McVicker Associate Grand Matron
Earl V. Chamberlain Associate Grand Patron
Margaret B. Alexander Grand Secretary
Jessie K. Berlin Grand Treasurer
Anna M. Thomas Grand Conductress
Anna K. Craig Associate Grand Conductress
Lucretia Hopkins Grand Chaplain
Jean McMillin Grand Marshal
Twila M. Cupp Grand Organist
J. Elizabeth Sackett Grand Adah
Geneva W. Grandin Grand Ruth
Irene G. Tompkins Grand Esther
Thora Thompson Grand Martha
Annabel R. Wetherold Grand Electa
Margaret Hileman Grand Warder
Wellan W. Warner Grand Sentinel