| VASHTI REBEKAH LODGE #43 |
| GUNNISON, COLORADO 81230 |
| MEETINGS: 1st & 3rd Thursdays—7:30 p.m. |
| I.O.O.F. HALL, 614 West New York, Gunnison, CO 81230 |
| (970) 641-2334 (Secretary) |
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| Noble Grand: Susan MacIntosh |
| Vice Grand: Violet Crane |
| Secretary: Marlene Crosby |
| Treasurer: Anita Leonard-Geddes |
| Lodge Deputy: Lucile Roper |
| Lodge Examiner: Violet Crane |
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| “A BIT OF HISTORY” |
| COPIED FROM INFORMATION SAVED FROM THE FIRE, JANUARY 1, 1991, THAT TOOK |
| THE I.O.O.F. BUILDING. THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN AUGUST, 1916, SOME OF |
| THE HISTORY WAS SAVED FROM THE TIME CAPSULE. THE REBEKAHS WERE ORGANIZED |
| APRIL 30, 1896, AND THE CHARTER WAS GRANTED OCTOBER 22, 1896. IDA |
| MYERS WAS ELECTED FIRST NOBLE GRAND. |
| A NAME FOR THE LODGE WAS PROPOSED; |
| “CRYSTAL” RECEIVED 3 VOTES, “GUNNISON” RECEIVED 12 VOTES; BROTHER JOHN |
| LATIMER PROPOSED “VASHTI” (THE BEAUTIFUL QUEEN OF KING AHASUERUS). IT |
| RECEIVED 21 VOTES. |
| SOME CHARTER MEMBERS: |
| Ida Meyer John Latimer |
| Sarah S. Ferguson J. D. Miller |
| Alice M. Ferguson H. M. Webster |
| Rassie Wiley |
| 1896 |
| (At this time the officers were changed every six months.) |
| Ida Myers |
| 1897 - Alice Turner/May Webster |
| 1898 - Fannie Whipp/Laura Miller |
| 1899 - Rassie Wiley/Clara Mason |
| 1900 - Nannie Harwood/Mary Struck |
| 1901 - Emily Rainbow/Martha Brown |
| 1902 - Dollie Williams/Bettie Holmes |
| 1903 - Laura Lewis/Ruth Lake |
| 1904 - Gertie Piper/May Fugate |
| 1905 - Fannie Burnett/Irma Nourse |
| 1906 - Carra Shakelford/Myra Collins |
| 1907 - Carrie Eastman/Grace Stevens |
| 1908 - Ethel Adams/Maude Knoll |
| 1909 - Maude Knoll/Martha Brown |
| 1910 - Nannie Harwood/Laura Lewis |
| 1911 - Laura Lewis/Celia Mullins |
| 1912 - Ruby Crown/Helen Webster |
| 1913 - Sara Easterly/Maude Large |
| 1914 - Clara Werrick/Rena Robinson |
| 1915 - Nettie Finch/Gertrude Osbourne |
| 1916 - Helen Linton/Mary Strunk |
| 1917 - Ethel Lashbrook |
| 1918 - Myra Collins |
| 1919 - Margaret Collins |
| 1920 - Emma Krok/Fannie Whipp |
| 1921 - Kate Rader/Emma Hards |
| 1922 - Emma Hards/Jessie Hughes |
| 1923 - Laura Cooper/Chella Logan |
| 1924 - Minne Warburton/Alice Lathrop |
| 1925 - Virginia McCabe |
| 1926 - Minnie Staples |
| 1927 - Eliza Carpenter/Velma Carpenter |
| 1928 - Annie Miller/Louise Whinnery |
| 1929 - Clara Moore |
| 1930 - (This was when they began having full year terms) - Lou Bissell |
| 1931 - Margaret Runge (Little) |
| 1932 - Anna Runge |
| 1933 - Ada Sprague |
| 1934 - Jessie Lea Runge |
| 1935 - H Dottie Werner |
| 1936 - Hazel Watson |
| 1937 - Hilda Hildebrande |
| 1938 - Ethyl Anderson |
| 1939 - Wilma Johnson (Lake) |
| 1940 - Hazel Ranger |
| 1941 - Neva Wissmath |
| 1942 - Cora Steward/Charlotte Ames |
| 1943 - Ethel Sisson |
| 1944 - Mabel Purceil |
| 1945 - Bessie Winters |
| 1946 - Betty Wallace |
| 1947 - Alma Dean |
| 1948 - Gertrude Schaefer |
| 1949 - Velma Miller |
| 1950 - Margaret Watters |
| 1951 - Madolynn Sanderson |
| 1952 - Alice Wenman |
| 1953 - Annetta Watson |
| 1954 - Eunice Watters |
| 1955 - Edith Prosser |
| 1956 - Viola Knox |
| 1957 - Betty Watters O’Fallon (Budy) |
| 1958 - Marian Smith |
| 1959 - Alverta Prosser |
| 1960 - Edith Marie Franks |
| 1961 - Ina Kline |
| 1962 - Rowena Meredith |
| 1963 - Jean Haywood (Brown) |
| 1964 - Vera Copp |
| 1965 - * LeOna Redden |
| 1966 - Dorothy Coleman |
| 1967 - Jean Means |
| 1968 - Bobbie Benson |
| 1969 - Janelle Miller (Cantrell) |
| 1970 - June Piloni |
| 1971 - Mildred Dice |
| 1972 - Lola Goolsby |
| 1973 - Regina Gierhart (Miller) |
| 1974 - Ethel Miller |
| 1975 - Stella Elsass |
| 1976 - Alta Dunbar |
| 1977 - Nell Muldrew |
| 1978 - Mildred Staples |
| 1979 - Anita Leonard |
| 1980 - Dorothy Barrett |
| 1981 - Marlene Crosby |
| 1982 - Violet Crane |
| 1983 - Ruth Redden Hoskins |
| 1984 - Thora Belle Cranor |
| 1985 - Virgie Kindall |
| 1986 - Odessa McGraw |
| 1987 - Karen Sebring (Cooper) |
| 1988 - Bobbie Benson |
| 1989 - Lucile Roper |
| 1990 - Katie Formaz |
| 1991 - June Piloni |
| 1992 - Anita Leonard (Geddes) |
| 1993-1994 - Susan MacIntosh |
| 1995-1996 - Marian Davis |
| 1997-1998 - Dorothy Barrett |
| 1999-2000 - Lucile Roper |
| 2001 - Susan MacIntosh |
| * Rebekah State President of Colorado |
| This information is courtesy: |
| June Piloni, PNG 1991 & 1970. |
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