50-Year Mount Ayr Rebekah members honored, 1987

ROGERS, COMBS, KIMBALL, MOSBARGER, ELLIS, OBERMEIER, SMITH, WURSTER, THOMAS, LAMB, SICKELS, PERLEFEIN, PUTNEY, GROVERS, SALTZMAN, BALCK, REYNOLDS, SAVILLE, FISHER SHAHA, EVANS, HAINLINE, FAUST, KNIGHT, EIGHMY, KIMBLE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/13/2012 at 21:50:52

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, June 11, 1987

50-year Rebekah members honored

The Mount Ayr Magdalene Rebekah Lodge #520 honored its 50-year members June 8 at a noon luncheon at the Shamrock Cafe.

Ada ROGERS, Lorene COMBS and Velma KIMBALL were present to receive special 50-year membership pins and had tribute paid to them. All are past Nobel Grands and have given much leadership to the organization.

Another 50- year member, Lois MOSBARGER of Bettendorf, was unable to be present. Wilma ELLIS of Mount Ayr was Noble Grand at the time of their initiation.

The program included poems give by Editha OBERMEIR, Vergene SMITH, Dorothy WURSTER, Lavon THOMAS and Vesta LAMB. Others who attended, not previously mentioned, include:
Dorothy SICKELS, Edna PERLEFEIN, Mildred PUTNEY, Iona GROVES, Grace SALTZMAN, Sadie BLACK, Hazel BLACK, Orpha REYNOLDS, Ruth SAVILLE, Inez FISHER, Vesta SHAHA, Ruth EVANS, Mrs. ELLIS, Ermil HAINLINE, Ruth FAUST, Annabelle KNIGHT, Milly EIGHMY and Maxine KIMBLE.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2012

PHOTOGRAPH: Three 50-year members of the Rebekah Lodge in Mount Ayr were present to be honored by the Lodge at a dinner meeting at the Shamrock Cafe Monday.

From left: the members, all past Noble Grands of the lodge, are Ada Rogers, Lorene Combs and Velma Kimball.

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