Anamosa - A Reminiscence 1838 - 1988

The members are in the process of copying the Jones
County Courthouse records and in copying the names
from cemetery stones. They are also trying to locate all
of the ‘forgotten’ cemeteries. which will be cleaned and
preserved.
The group has published the first two books of Jones
county marriages and an index to Volume Two of the
1910 Jones County History.
The society was incorporated in I986 and was
granted exemption status for state and federal tax
purposes. The genealogy organization also received a
charter membership certificate from the State
Genealogical Society.
The Jones County Genealogical Society's
headquarters are in the rear of the Art and Tole Shop at
122 East Main Street. Anamosa. The owner of the
business is Kathy Zimmerman. This is located in the
fonner Tyler Gr Downing Grocery Store.
The area used by the society was formerly the T & D
meat locker and was refurbished for use by the society.
by helpers James Sibert. Dale Wilken. Lewis Newman.
Donald Wherry and several members who lived near
PEO
Chapter FU
submitted by Wilma Remley
The PEO Sisterhood was founded January 21. 1869.
at Mt. Pleasant. Iowa. The seven women who organized
the society were students at Iowa Wesleyan College. the
first college west of the Mississippi River. and was also
one of the first colleges to admit women as students.
PEO is a philanthropic educational organization. Its
purposes are charitable and educational. Chapter FU
was organized in Anamosa April 30. I921. The charter
members were Lena L. Chamberlain. Florence G.
Henke. Rena Hubbell. Nellie O. Morey. Ida Louise
Osborne, Cora B. Ramsey, Agnes Remley. Lena
Remley. Lucy Remley. Ruth Remley. Minnie L.
Trevarthen, Beulah V. Walton and Edna Watters.
In the beginning, the organization donated to the
civic committee that was planning a beautification
program for the city; contributed to the Near East
Relief; purchased milk and meat for needy families:
purchased scales for the public school; contributed
toward a weekly fee for a school nurse. including
paying car fare to and from Des Moines. plus board and
lodging: purchased coal for needy families. plus
eyeglasses. overshoes. and other necessary items.
The official publication of the Sisterhood is the PEO
RECORD. published monthly. since 1889. The
executive office is in Des Moines. Iowa.
The Sisterhood maintains a retirement home. The
Sarah Porter Beckwith Home in Mt. Pleasant. Iowa.
PEO also maintains Cottey College at Nevada. Mo.
Cottey was founded in 1884 and has been owned and
supported by PEO since 1927. It is a fully accredited
two-year liberal arts college for women. Foreign
students attending lend an international atmosphere.
The Educational Loan Fund was the first project
adopted by the sisterhood in 1907. It is a revolving loan
fund available to qualified women who desire a higher
education beyond high school and are in need of
financial assistance. All told. nearly 23 million dollars
have been loaned to 24.500 women students.
The Program for Continuing Education. established
in I973. is a grant program providing financial
the city. The move into the Resource Center. was made
by Renee Dooley and her 5-year old son. Joe. and
JoAnn Walters. The grand opening was held in May.
I988.
Charter members of the society are: Dorothy Allan.
Melvin Allan. Wilomena Alspach. Onalee Arnold.
Darrell Bock. Mary R. Bell.
Janet Campbell. Irma Jean Caspers. Jim
Christianson. Darlene Cook. Allan Cook. Alice
Covington. Renee Dooley. Pearl Dort. Irma Drexler.
Antone Dusil. Mary C. Dusil. Evelyn Filloon. Bertha
Finn. Jeanette Hale.
Peggy Harding. Marietta Houghton. Susan Johnson.
Maxinee Kelly. Marjorie Peet Lacock. Pauline Lacock.
Elsie LeClere. Richard LeClere. Dale O. McRoberts.
Jr.. Marian Mcguaid. Florence Michels. Meridith
Monserud. W. Gary Morgan. June Morrow. Dorothy
Moyer. Grace Moyer. Velma Norris.
Virginia Sibert. Dorothy Smith. Lorna Voss. JoAnn
Walters. Lance P. Walters. Garold Wells, Joyce Wells.
Janice Wenndt. Arnita Westphal. Gayle Wherry.
Donald Wherry and Joanne Wilken.
assistance to mature women who have discontinued
their education. and then find it necessary to resume
studies due to changing demands in their lives. This
project has awarded over 21/2 million in small grants
to over 6.000 women. The chapters often provide
additional support.
The International Peace Scholarship was established
in 1949 to promote peace through education. Believing
that education is fundamental to world peace and
understanding. members of the PEO Sisterhood
contribute funds for the purpose of providing grants-inaid.
and scholarships. to women graduate students who
are citizens of countries other than the United States
and Canada.
The IPS is the only project that does not have
education as its primary object. It uses education as a
vehicle to work toward a goal of world understanding.
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First row: Eleanor Walters. Elfriede Freshwaters.
Minnie Trevarthen. Claudia Miller. Wilma Remley.
Karen Biere. Second row: Virginia Kouba. Dolores
Larson. Margaret Ann Trevarthen. Dorothy Lazio.
Third row: Doris Anderson. Joan Hackett. Helen
Mollett. Ruth Heiserman. Ethel Hartman. Back row:
Ann Wahl. Verna Lewison. Esther Legg. Sandy Dirks.
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