The official organizational meeting of the Canandaigua Chapter DAR took place at the Sheraton Inn in Canandaigua on October 14, 1977, with the induction of 24 charter members. The sponsoring chapter was Kiandaga Chapter in Naples, NY.
The following slate of officers were installed by
Honorary State Regent Ruth Clyde.
Regent .......... Velma Morgan Lupton Mason * (Pictured)
Vice Regent ........... Adeline Stone-Hessler *
Chaplain ........... Ora Oliver Braxton
Recording Secretary ........ Crete A. Deming *
Corresponding Secretary .......... Helen Fraley Stowelly
Registrar .......... Janet Lupton Little Yurecka
Treasurer ......... Betsy Brown Unger
Historian ........ Helen Higgins Ellis *
Librarian .......... Nancy Bateman Multer
Other charter members including 1 still active today!
Marianne Walter | Buckbee* |
Jean Davis | Bullock* |
Patrice | Everest-Holtz |
Helen Newman | Gardner * |
Mary Standish | Gleason * |
Mary Munson Abbey | Hillenbrand* |
Elizabeth LeRoy | Kallock * |
Susanne Gardner | Kennedy |
Elizabeth Gleason | Neary * |
Annette | Nohe* |
Gwendolyn Munson | Nolan* |
Pamela Everest | Priestly |
Norma Tuttle | Purdy * |
Carmelita Abbey | Reed * |
June Buckbee | Reudebusch * |
Nita Burt | Slade * |
Members in BOLD are still active members today!
*Denotes deceased charter members