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was taken directly from the Pomeroy Centennial 1870-1970 Booklet.
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The S.A.K. Club was orgainzed in 1899 under the leadership of Mrs. Wm. (Elizabeth) Brownlee. It had ten charger members. In the first club program available, 1901 - 1902, the members listed were Mrs. Wm. Brownlee, Mrs. J. H. Lowrey, Mrs. B. Brownlee, Mrs. L.W. Moody, Mrs. H. Greenside, Mrs. E. Hatch, Mrs. M. F. Mullan, Mrs. S. H. King, Mrs. Daved McKeen, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. J. L. Williams, Mrs. Wm. Schneck, Mrs. E. B. Larmon, Mrs. Dangerfield, Mrs. C. O. Longley. The club has had a limited membership of twenty, which is the number of members at the present time. During the seventy years, since the club's organization, there has been 117 members. The S.A.K. Club (Seeking After Knowledge) was organized as a study club and through the years has remained so, but has always had an interest in civic and current affairs. The Club was federated in 1901 and has remained in that orgaization since that time, except from September 1932 to February 1935. It has always retained its membership in the county federation since to the organization of the latter. A bit of advice in one of the early program books was, "Hope for the best get ready for the worst and take what the committee sends." Music on the Edison or Victrola phonograph was often included in club programs. |
In 1923 It was voted to send a letter to Will Hayes, the Movie Censor, showing the club's protest to having Fatty Arbuckle return to pictures because of the scandal in which he was involved. The fiftieth anniversary of the Club was celebrated in the Legion Hall on September 20, 1949 with former and present members invited. A festive luncheon was served to the thirty guests present. Jessie Gaedke presided at the table as toastmistress. The program was as follows; "I Remember Mamma", Mae Brownlee, "Best Years of Our Lives", Marie Linder and "Going My Way", Gertrude Lockwood. Group singing was led by Marjorie Albrecht with Mary Smith as accompanist. Following the luncheon a skit " Fifty years of fashion" was presented. A quartet, composed of Jesse Gaedke, Dorothea Schmidt, Violet Peterson, and Marjorie Albrecht sang songs, fitting each era of fashion dipected. One of the outstanding Charter Members was Mrs. Elizabeth Brownlee, who was president of the club from its organization in 1899 until 1915 and then honorary president until her death in 1923. Mrs. Mary Smith, a present member, has had the longest continuous active membership. She became a member in 1914 , a period now of 56 years in this year of Pomeroy's Centennial 1970. Mrs. Florence Sanquist was an active member 55 years and has now been associate member 2 years. |