PROCEEDINGS - P.E.O. Sisterhood

1 2019 Illinois State Chapter Sisterhood PROCEEDINGSP roceedings ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE ILLINOIS STATE CHAPTER, Sisterhood Illinois State Chapter Organized, April 4, 1903 Monmouth, Illinois PERE MARQUETTE PEORIA CIVIC CENTER PEORIA, ILLINOIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY MAY 31 - JUNE 2, 2019 HOSTESS CHAPTERS E, Monmouth CS, Kewanee G, Alexis HO, Galesburg H, Aledo LE, Monmouth L, Woodhull MG, Galesburg W, Galesburg NH, Galesburg AM, Knoxville NK, Galesburg AN, Galesburg NL, Wyoming BR, Galva OL, Oneida BY, Toulon Deb Moore President Illinois State Chapter 2018-2019 Illinois State Chapter of the Sisterhood , a philanthropic educational organization, provides resources to local chapters to help them succeed in their quest to educate and support women through scholarships, grants and loans and to foster relationships among its members.

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Minutes of the 117th Annual Convention .. 17 Annual Reports of Officers .. 36 Summary of Receipts and Expenditures .. 56 Budget for 2019-2020 .. 57 Annual Reports of Committees .. 59 Delegates to Convention of State Chapter .. 78 Directory .. 82 Grouping of Hostess Chapters for State Convention .. 100 Grouping for Representation to Convention of International Chapter .. 103 ISC Articles of Incorporation .. 105 ISC Bylaws and Standing Rules .. BL-1 Illinois Home Fund, Inc. PROCEEDINGS .. HF-1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of Illinois Home Fund, Inc.. HF-6 Bylaws of Illinois Home Fund, Inc.. HFBL-1 2018-2019 Executive Board (L-R) Elisa Wolfe, Organizer; Ann Ward, Secretary; Pam Donnelly, Vice President; Deb Moore, President; Penny Bessman, Treasurer 2019 Convention Planning Board (L-R) front row: Linda Murray, Chairman; Deb Moore, Presiding Officer; Nancy Caldwell, CAC Member; Peggy Price, CAC Member, back row: Barbara Weaver, Member at Large,; Becky Robinson, Member at Large,; Rhonda LaFebvre, Member at Large; Pat Franzen, PSP, Advisor; Karen Stewart, PSP, Advisor 1 PAST PRESIDENTS MIZPAH CIRCLE B *Chapter Eternal + Past President, International Chapter *Nellie R.

3 Banks, B 1903-1904 *Winifred P. Thesen, EC 1964-1965 *Maude B. Torry, A 1904-1905 *Margaret Stransky, CE 1965-1966 +*Grace Runyon Parks, I 1905-1907 *Elsie M. Morton, CT 1966-1967 *Lulu Corkhill Williams, D 1907-1909 +*Lucille H. Smith, FR 1967-1968 *Harriet M. Amsden, B 1909-1910 *Grace Randolph, BZ 1968-1969 *Winfry Darby, K 1910-1911 *Margaret Nordman, P 1969-1970 *Elizabeth D. Simmons, L 1911-1913 *Marjorie B. Lutz, DR 1970-1971 *Ethelyn Griffith Jones, J 1913-1915 *Charlotte M. Barbour, BQ 1971-1972 *Eleanor E. Bailey, K 1915-1917 *Mary I. Alvey, BM 1972-1973 *Luella Stafford, D 1917-1919 *Mary W. Pinkerton, AX 1973-1974 *May H. Brokaw, E 1919-1920 * Knodt, KF 1974-1975 *May Hartley DeMoney, I 1920-1921 *Evelyne K.

4 Johnson, EZ 1975-1976 *Margaret McAfee, AE 1921-1922 *Lillian H. Nelson, BK 1976-1977 *Etta Walker Blythe, R 1922-1923 *Jane P. Smith, GW 1977-1978 *Flora Isabel Kemp, AW 1923-1924 *Helen C. McCann, CT 1978-1979 +*Mabel Davenport Doud, P 1924-1925 *Opal M. Dowdall, GU 1979-1980 *Maude B. McDonald, AI 1925-1926 *Marian I. Giessel, BE 1980-1981 *Jessie M. Miller, BC 1926-1927 *Virginia L. Neill, KZ 1981-1982 *Katherine E. Church, AV 1927-1928 *Kay Alberti Hardy, KV 1982-1983 +*Betsy R. Raney, A 1928-1929 Patricia B. Linn, BZ 1983-1984 *Mabel Y. Frisbee, X 1929-1930 *Virginia C. Harding, JK 1984-1985 *Myrtle C. Combe, Z 1930-1931 Charlotte Burhans, KX 1985-1986 *Lettie Mudge, A 1931-1932 Jacqueline Smith, B 1986-1987 *Opal B.

5 Baymiller, AH 1932-1933 *Marilyn Lager, HM 1987-1988 *Pauline B. Rinaker, AB 1933-1934 *June Watson, FF 1988-1989 *Stella R. Leys, AW 1934-1935 Ann Lawrence, DF 1989-1990 *Alice P. Perrin, BA 1935-1936 Myrna Cruikshank, LA 1990-1991 *Mary K. Lindsay, AD 1936-1937 Karen Olsen, DW 1991-1992 *Ethel C. Jelliffe, CA 1937-1938 *Joan Stroup, CT 1992-1993 *Myrtice M. Anderson, BZ 1938-1939 Linda McGrew, X 1993-1994 *Ruth M. Cruse, AI 1939-1940 Joan Fenstermaker, DX 1994-1995 *Ella B. Leib, BF 1940-1941 *Kathy Bruhn, KW 1995-1996 *Beulah M. Thornton, A 1941-1942 Fredda Holt, GM 1996-1997 *Louise Dicus, CM 1942-1943 Kathleen Kowal, AE 1997-1998 *Mary C. beatty , AN 1943-1944 Bonnie Bogden, DD 1998-1999 *Geneva C.

6 Schroder, BK 1944-1945 Carole Utz, KL 1999-2000 *Ruby E. Prince, CI 1945-1946 Sandi Kagy, LR 2000-2001 *Louise Waddell, AW 1946-1947 Carolyn Teats, LQ 2001-2002 *Bessie Ballow, CY 1947-1948 Diane C. Todd, FF 2002-2003 *Hazel V. Ziesel, CW 1948-1949 Marcia Thayer, LK 2003-2004 *Jennie H. Rugh, BW 1949-1950 Susan Graening, DE 2004-2005 *Blanche A. Lee, BA 1950-1951 Barbara Rosi, KB 2005-2006 *Elizabeth Corbridge, CJ 1951-1952 Jane Attaway, KS 2006-2007 *Sara B. Minear, F 1952-1953 Virginia Jan Atkins, CF 2007-2008 *Ethel B. Dalton, EX 1953-1954 Mary A. Krupp, IV 2008-2009 *Haroldine I. Hazen, W 1954-1955 Marilyn Book, MJ 2009-2010 *Jessie Parks Bonson, I 1955-1956 Carol Rohrabaugh, IW 2010-2011 *Ella C.

7 Shimmin, R 1956-1957 Karen Steward, BY 2011-2012 *Gladys Z. Cross, DG 1957-1958 Mary Schmitendorf, NW 2012-2013 *Frances M. Bay, DC 1958-1959 Patricia Franzen, OC 2013-2014 *Alice S. Funk, CM 1959-1960 Rebekah (Becky) Strack, FM 2014-2015 *Olive M. Carlson, IJ 1960-1961 Susan Edge-Gumbel, LV 2015-2016 *Clara G. Foster, IL 1961-1962 Barbara Ann Bowen, JZ 2016-2017 *Hazel C. Miller, GQ 1962-1963 Barbara Miner, EZ 2017-2018 *Thelma Cox, ER 1963-1964 Deborah Moore, N 2018-2019 2 THE Sisterhood FOUNDED JANUARY 21, 1869 IOWA WESLEYAN COLLEGE MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA FOUNDERS Mary Allen (Stafford) Suela Pearson (Penfield) Alice Bird (Babb) Franc Roads (Elliott) Hattie Briggs (Bousquet) Ella Stewart Alice Virginia Coffin OFFICERS OF INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER President.

8 Sue Baker First Vice .. Brenda J. Atchison Second Vice President .. Patti Brolin-Ribi Organizer .. Cathy Moss Recording Secretary .. Alix Smith OFFICERS OF ILLINOIS STATE CHAPTER President .. Deborah (Deb) Moore, N Vice President .. Pamela (Pam) Donnelly, OK Organizer .. Elisa Wolfe, NS Treasurer ..Penny Bessman, GK Secretary .. Ann Ward, DD REPRESENTATIVE OF INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER Cathy Manhart, BG/MT .. Chairman, Educational Loan Fund Board of Trustees MEMBERS OF ONOR Patricia Franzen, OC, PSP .. Int l. Chapter, STAR Scholarship Chairman, Board of Trustees Ann Bowen, JZ, PSP .. Int l. Chapter, Finance Committee, Audit Committee 3 2018-2019 EXECUTIVE BOARD Illinois State Chapter President Deborah (Deb) Moore, N 1162 80th Street Roseville, IL 61473-9235 309/734-5083 Adviser to: Amendments and Recommendations Convention Advisory Committee Convention Registrar Illinois Home Fund Lulu Corkhill Williams Friendship Fund Nominating StarGazer Proofreader, Designer Ad Hoc Sesquicentennial Committee Vice President Pam Donnelly, OK 3S555 Leask Lane Wheaton, IL 60189-8708 630/462-0914 Adviser to: Budget and Finance Round Table Supervisor Group Supervisor Unaffiliate Coordinator Organizer Elisa Wolfe, NS 3316 Scottsdale Ct.

9 Naperville, IL 60564-4626 630-805-1132 Adviser to: Membership Development Committee Membership Development Assistants Treasurer Penny Bessman, GK 261 West 8th Street Manteno, IL 60950-1185 815/685-2168 Adviser to: Cottey College Committee Educational Loan Fund International Peace Scholarship Program for Continuing Education Scholar Awards STAR Scholarship Website & Ad Hoc Technology Committee Secretary Ann Ward, DD 137 N. Buckingham Dr. Sugar Grove, IL 60554-4226 630-542-2519 Adviser to: Historian Program Materials Paid Assistant Lori Bush, KI Box 1160, Arlington Heights, IL 60006-1160 224-258-9905 4 ILLINOIS STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES 2018-2019 Amendments and Recommendations Chairman, Susan Edge-Gumbel, LV, PSP Ann Bowen, JZ, PSP Barbara Miner, EZ, PSP Budget and Finance Chairman, Katherine Walker, OH Rebekah (Becky)

10 Strack, FM, PSP Rebecca Rook, NR Lori Bush, KI, ex officio Convention Advisory Chairman, Linda Murray, LE Nancy Caldwell, FA Peggy Price, KS Cottey College Chairman, Sue Elwood, FC-JE, District IV Nicole Boisseau, DE, District I Julie McFarland, LC, District II Joyce Hemphill, OB, District III Vanessa Ophorst, B, District V Historian Mary Anne-Peruchini, GC Lulu Corkhill Williams Friendship Fund Chairman, Lisa Neumann, OA Nan Lindemann, EE Elaine Byers, N Membership Development Chairman, Susie Jasurda, EB, District III Amy Peterson, NW, District I Lisa Carstens, HB, District II Kathy Martin, GC, District IV Meg Cline, KD, District V Jane Attaway, KS, PSP, ex officio Nominating Chairman, Fredda Holt, GM, PSP, District IV Marcia Thayer, P-LK, PSP, District I Gail Dancey, CC, District II Barbara Miner, EZ, PSP, District III Linda Ostrander, MR, District V Educational Loan Fund Chairman, Becky Crawford, GG International Peace Scholarship Chairman, Marcia Van Dyke, LV Program for Continuing Education Chairman, Ann Collins, MI Scholar Awards Chairman, Pat Vaughan, AO STAR Scholarship Chairman, Betsy Martin, NE Program Materials Chairman, Julie Maday, HL Convention Registrar Marilyn Book, MJ, PSP StarGazer Proofreader Mary A.