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Show CAMP TOKAWANA MEETS FOR MAY Captain Geraldine Powell greeted 13 members of Camp Tokawana to their May meeting held at the home of Ethel Bowden. Barbara Bar-bara Jolley was a guest. Prayer was offered by Dorothy Hein, the pledge was led by Ethel Bowden and all joined in singing , "Just Twenty, Years ' ' Ago." Mabel Neiberger gave the history of her grandmother, grand-mother, Sarah Tonks Thacker, who sailed to America when she was six years old. She told of her many hardships on the voyage, crossing the plains and during her first marriage. She eventually married William T. Thacker. They were married for 53 years, t Lesson leader Sharon Evertson told of early dancing in the church. She gave a history of Matilda Nelson and told many amusing incidents of things that happened to her as she attended dances in her youth. Luncheon was served by Ethel Bowden, Mabel Neiberger and Joan Allred. The next meeting will be held on the first Friday of September. |