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Initiation of Forty-Four Members in Palestine Chapter O B S
Forty four members were initiated into Palestine chapter O B S colored women at installation services in the Masonry hall 25 Mobile street. Officers listed include Mrs Edna K K Bell worthy matron Mrs Sadie Joyce associate matron and Henry Hart worthy patron with several other officers named. A banquet was served and Grand Officers in Charge presided with installation by Mrs Fyn b L Abby Minneapolis and Mansfeld Askew with Ivy Wells Ada Green etc. The event included ritual opening by five post matrons and was broadcast by radio to Mooseheart station with Rev Benjamin Chapman delivering a sermon. The record mentions other community services surrounding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
O. B.S. Af
Mobile Street
Maggie McCracken
The
Chanter
Edna KK. Bell
Sadie Joyce
Henry Hart
Iida Mae Green
Pearl Madison
Leader Bell
Ruby Tolliver
Anna Davis
Adan
Adaline Spencer
Verna Johnson
Wither
Jannie Burt
Martha
Harriet Johnson
Eleeta
Sallie Joyce
Molde Hilton
Sentinel
Henry Moss
Margaret Davis
L. Abby
Minneapolis
Electa
Mansfeld Askew
Worth
Ada
Episcopal Church of
Aurora
Sadie Hey . Rath
Bell
William
Mooseheart
Mary Walker
Adame