DeWitt BPW Forms in 1924 to Elevate Women in Business
On March 25 1924 twenty six DeWitt business and professional women organized DeWitt's Business and Professional Women's Club. Maud Rowland presided, outlining aims to elevate women in business and education with state and national federation connections. First officers were Maud Rowland president Mary Moon vice president Lillian Smith Stoner secretary and Etta Allen Ledgard treasurer.
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DeWitt
DeWitt’s Business and Professional Woman’s Club
Maud Rowland
Mary Moon
Lillian Smith Stoner
Etta Allen Ledgard
Rose Nonnenmacher
Frances Fish Wells
Effie Jacobsen
Irene Neville
Saber Boosters Aid Athletics At High School Saber Boosters Aid Athletics At High School
The Saber Booster club, formed in 1956 as the DeHawk Booster club, supports Central Community high school athletics with equipment, insurance, and events funding. It has purchased football face guards, a scoreboard, cameras, wrestling gear, and more, while organizing banquets, games, and ticket sales.
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Saber
Saber Booster Club
Central Community High School
DeHawk Booster Club
Wild Rose Troop of 1930 First Girl Scout Unit in DeWitt
The Wild Rose Troop of Girl Scouts, organized in DeWitt in summer 1930 with 26 members, was the first unit in the city. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, led by Captain H D Frane and lieutenants Theresa Vegge and Ethel Hackett, they engaged in library help, town beautification, sewing for flood victims, and community service. The article chronicles early leaders, travels with Rock Island and Davenport troops, Arbor Day 1937 tree planting, WWII fundraising, and the growth of DeWitt Scouting through the 1950s and 1960s.
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Wild Rose
DeWitt
United States
Juliette Low
Girl Scouts
de Witt
American Legion Auxiliary
H. D. Frane
Theresa Vegge
Ethel Hackett
Frank Harrington
C. P. Wing
W. B. Christensen
M. S. Crowley
A. M. Kirby
Rock Island
Illinois
Davenport
Port Byron
Iinois
Aledo
Blackhawk
Maquoketa
Minnesota
Dixon
Iowa
DeWitt Girl Scouts
Clinton
Grace Bowstead
Wisconsin
Canada
Penninsula
Michigan
Detroit
Indiana
Theresa Kass
Virginia Vetter
Joan Willimack
Betty Peters
States
District of Columbia
Dewitt Girl Scouts Through Decades of Growth and Change
In the DeWitt Observer centennial issue, sections F from July 1964 recount the growth of Girl Scouting in DeWitt through the 1960s. Troops expanded, camps like Sleepy Hollow were established, and the River Bend Council affiliation began in 1962. By 1964 there were multiple Brownie to Senior troops with over 220 girls and 55 adults involved, guided by leaders and community sponsors. Written by Alice Benson and Darlene Walker.
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Jaycee-Ettes
DeWitt Bank and Trust Co
American Legion Auxiliary
Camp Ryan
Silver Creek
DeWitt
United States
O. C. Capper
Girl Scouts of
Lewis Schlotfeldts
Sleepy Hollow
River Bend Council
Crystal Lake
American Legion Post
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Knights of Columbus
Moose Lodge
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
Central Public Schools
River Bend
de- Witt
Alice Benson
Darlene Walker
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Mabel Pascal
Agnes Eggleston
Iowa Mutual Ins. Co
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Mae McGinnis
Pauline Connell
Frances Wells
Eveleen McDermott
Trene Neville
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Evelyn Quigley
Marguerite Almond
Virginia Anderson
DeWitt Community Hospital
P. P. Pascal
Evelyn Sorenson
H. H. Warnecke
Observer
DeHawk
Irvy J. Dockendorf
Harold R. Kauffman
Elmer A. Ellingsen
George S. Howes
Alfred W. Hansen
F. F. Benson
Ray Tschudi
Norman Goodwin
Glenn Wheeler
North Scott
Leslie Blocker
Clayton Roberts
L. E. Fell
Hattie Hilmers
Edgar Perkins
Dewitt Observer
N. B. Howard Post
Grand Army of the Republic
GAR
William Latham
B. P F. Halley
Mr. Tarbert
Calamus
J. P. Meredith
Lyman Thorne
Daniel
J. M. Jordan
John Watters
Edward Christiansen
L. L. Neville
Matthew Horan
D. J. Cranston
John M. Jordan
Robert B. Schlotfeldt
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