The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-31
Installation Of First Officers
Draws State Wide Attention
By Alma ID. Bowers

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Several hundred persons from
throughout the state, and out Of
the state, attended the instituting,
initiation, and public installation
Of Trenton's Rainbow Assembly,
Saturday night in the Masonic
Temple, Trenton.
Approximately so girls ranging in
ages from Is to ID were initiated
into the new organization.
The assembly was instituted un-
der the term of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Won Mol, worthy Patron and
worthy Matron of the Trenton
Chapter 325 Eastern Star, sponsors
OF the Assembly.
The session began at 2 pm. at
which time the candidates and
parents and friends received full
information on the work of the
Rainbows.
A dinner for several hundred
guests was held at 6 pm. The ia
bles were decorated in Spring flow
erS. For the occasion the chapter
room was beautifully decorated
with large baskets Of Spring flow
ers, all gifts from various guests.
The girls, in dainty white for
mails, wore red rose, and as
did the chapter officers and visiting
officers.
Among the officials from state
and national Rainbow Assembly as
sisting were Mrs. q. Alberta Coburn
supreme inspector in Michigan
OF Rainbow Assembly; Betty j
Bruening, grand lecturer in charge
o. all grand officers; Miss Gerald
inc G.. Goodall, grand orator in
charge of all worthy advisors.
Mrs. Muriel Hartsig, acting SUI
preme recorder, assisted by Mrs
Nellie Wiseman, past mother ad-
visor, and Mrs. Verna Ritter, pres
ent mother advisor of the Flat
Rock Rainbow Assembly.
The installing choir of AZ girls
from the Monroe Rainbow was
directed by Mrs. Elsie Little.
Officers installed were Betty
Joyce Taylor, worthy advisor; Mar
garet Cummings, associate worthy
advisor; iona Mark, recorder; Dor
is Chandler, treasurer; Shirley
Reid, charity; jeanne Jacoby, Hope;
Elaine Blakely, Faith; Jane How
lett, drill leader; Martha Ann Watt,
chaplain: Gwynn Sherrard, love;
Barbara Scott, religion; Patricia
Bates, nature; Jean Pinkley, i'm
mortality; Virginia Pryor. fidelity;
Barbara Burt, patriotism; Esther
Krkman, service; Doris Walbridge,
confidential observer; Gwendolyn
ThomlinSon, outer observer.
Flora Macdonald, musician De-
loreS Oates, choir director; Lola
Bennett, prompter and Barbara
Riley, flag bearer; and Mrs. Dor
othy Doughty, Mother Advisor.
Among the honorable guests
were Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Meyer OF
Akron, Ohio, and their daughter,
Mrs. Evelyn Miles Gale, past grand
worthy advisor of Ohio. Mrs. Mey-
ers is mother advisor of Akron
Assembly No. Is, and Joan Rughen-
berg, worthy advisor of Akron.
Ohio has the largest Rainbow AS
sembly in all of the States.
Other guests were the Rev. Mil
ton H. Bank, pastor Of the Tren-
ton Methodist church; and the
Rev. Clare H. Bankhurst, rector of
St Thomas Episcopal church.
Each girl was presented with a
white Bible, a gift from the Down.
river Shrine Club
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Mitchell of
Dearborn presented four hand
carved gavelS to be used at the
meetings. One of the gavels was
given to Betty Taylor as gift for
being the first worthy advisor OF
the new organization.
The new assembly will conduct
its meetings the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month.