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1912-21 | Lewis H. Moon | 1927-32 | Kenneth L. Cerka |
1921-24 | Frank M. Boylan | 1932-34 | Morris G. Herme |
1924-26 | Lee E. Moore | 1934 | Joseph Buffington |
1926-27 | Orphe Z. Burkhead |
The following history of the Diogenes society was furnished by Mabel Armstrong Johnson and Leona Armstrong Perry.
The Diogenes society was organized in 1894 for young single women. Diogenes was the famous individual who took his lantern and went in search of an honest man. The young ladies of the Diogenes, being single, were also supposedly seeking men.
It was a social club. The first one to be organized in Zearing.
Back Row—Left to Right: Roca McCall Bales, Stella Fitch Mitchell, Bertha Clift Anderson, Isabella Ruston Norton, Nettie Patton, Alta Fitch Moon, Mabel Clift Anderson.
Center Row—Left to Right: Susie Williams Coffelt, Cecelia Wohlheter Parker, Grace Burkhart Farber, Jennie Williams Price, Leona Armstrong Perry.
Front Row--Left to Right: Rica Schultze Schauper, Anna E. Fry. Picture furnished for this history by Mabel Armstrong Johnson. The picture belonged to Susie Williams Coffelt.