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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF JOB’S DAUGHTERS
BETHEL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM As Curator, I have created historical displays that reflect the changes in our organization from the 1920s to the present. However, in the back of my mind was the desire to have a present-day exhibit as well. When the Reading Room was created a few years ago, space became available for hands-on exhibits and I soon approached Bethels to participate in a photograph project. On the far right of the fifth shelf in the cabinet shown below is the Bethel Photograph Album.
Since January 2005, I have received installation and initiation photos, as well as photographs taken at fun activities, fundraising events, Mother Mick Tributes, and during visits to other Bethels. It is entirely up to the Bethel as to what kind of event they want pictured in the album and it is nice to have a variety of activities represented. Each picture is special!
The photographs are added to the album in the order in which they are received so a Brazilian Bethel might be pictured next to a Canadian Bethel, a Bethel from the Philippines displayed next to a Bethel from Wisconsin, and an Australian Bethel next to one from Florida. If you aren’t sure whether I have a photograph from your Bethel, send an e-mail to mcmanust@earthlink.net and I’ll check my records. There is room for only one photograph from each Bethel.
If you decide to send a Bethel photograph, have several people in the picture, and ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER, list their names and offices, and what event the picture represents. Give the date of the event. Include your Bethel Number and city. Make sure that the photograph is no larger than 4x6 inches, and PLEASE SEND ONLY ONE to the Curator, c/o Supreme Guardian Council, 233 West 6th Street, Papillion, NE 68046. The album is beginning to bulge a little because of the number of photographs, but please keep them coming! When this album is full, I’ll start on another one! |
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As we approach the annual observance of Mrs. Mick’s birthday, it is my responsibility to remind Bethels to honor her memory by performing a Mother Mick Tribute at your meeting nearest March 9th. Tributes are in the Book of Ceremonies and the Curator link has Mrs. Mick’s original writings that can be included in a Librarian’s Report.
When the Order was formed, Dr. Mick contributed $50 toward the expenses of starting a new organization. Today that amount of money would not go very far in starting a Bethel, let alone the basis for beginning an entire organization. However, when we think of all the intangible lessons that members learn in Job’s Daughters, the experience is priceless. Thank you to Dr. and Mrs. Mick for creating an organization that has influenced the lives of thousands of young women. The Mick Memorial Room at the International Center for Job’s Daughters in Papillion, Nebraska, honors the memory of our founder. As reported in the 1968 Proceedings, “Many were pleased and honored to contribute to a Memorial Room for Mrs. Mick and our Order…All Bethels and individuals did what they could. It’s the spirit that counts.” Unlike fees or assessments that are established by law, Bethels were asked to make voluntary contributions and thus began the tradition of a Coin March to benefit the Mick Memorial Room. Here’s a sampling of the variety of items on display in the Mick Memorial Room today.
Flags of the Job’s Daughters’ World
Early Leaders of Job’s Daughters
IOJD Printed Materials This year as you remember Mrs. Mick with a tribute and perhaps a birthday cake, please consider doing what the Bethels did in 1968 and have a Coin March and help preserve the historical collection that honors her memory. Thank you.
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Bethel #36 (UD) Reinstitution Ceremony Held In Lynchburg, Virginia January 16, 2010, was a historic day for all Job's Daughters. Bethel 36 (UD) was reinstituted after a three-year effort that was begun by Dad Paul (PABG #37, #71) and Mom Pam Zentmeyer (PGG #37, #71). This may be the first time ever that a Bethel that was closed has been reinstituted. Nine girls were initiated and installed as officers. Supporting this day-long series of ceremonies were members of 9 other Bethels from across the state, officers of the Grand Guardian Council of Virginia, and Mom Bobbie Hoglund, Supreme Guide, PGG, PHQ. Over 200 daughters and adults were in attendance! The Bethel was originally instituted in 1956 under the direction of Mom Virginia Dodge, PGG, PHQ #1, and surrendered its Charter in May 1998. Mrs. Dodge was in attendance at the reinstitution along with a charter member who was initiated in 1956. Mom Melanie Schoonmaker, GG, PHQ, RP #22, and Dad Bill Tanous, AGG #3, granted the request to reinstitute the Bethel. Ms. Sarah Montgomery, GBHQ, PHQ #7, presided as Honored Queen for the Initiation and Installation, along with a cadre of daughters from across the state including Ms. Job’s Daughter of Virginia, KC Conrad, PHQ #52, and Ms. Congeniality of Virginia, Jessyca Bradshaw, PHQ #42. Daughters who were initiated were Brianna Tolley, Brittany Cline, Karly Godfrey, Jessica Pike, Kerstin Powers, Miranda Haynie, Rachel Lunsford, Bailey Hillsman, and Brittany Hillsman. Ms. Brittany Hillsman was installed as Honored Queen, and with the other daughters, selected the term theme, “Faith and sisterhood will get you through everything.” The Honored Queen’s mother, Mom Becky Simmons, PHQ #13, who was installed as Bethel Guardian, sang “I’ll Be Waiting at the River for You” while the Honored Queen was at the altar. In addition to Mrs. Simmons, the following Council members were installed: Robert Godfrey, ABG; Sara Friel, Guardian Secretary, PHQ #36; Glenn Haynie, Guardian Treasurer; Laurie Powers, Guardian Director of Epochs; Sandra Haynie, Custodian of Paraphernalia; Michelle Tolley, Promoter of Hospitality; Tom Cline, Promoter of Fraternal Relations; and Judy Friel, Promoter of Finance. We would like to thank all of the Bethels, the Grand Guardian Council of Virginia, and the local Masonic Lodges who supported this event and will continue to support our Bethel. The nine amazing girls, their families, and adult supporters of Bethel #36 (UD) looked forward to this day for a long time. We hope to continue to grow and are already looking to initiate potential members! To send messages of congratulations and encouragement, please consider joining our group on Facebook - "Job's Daughters of Lynchburg, VA" – and posting it there. Or, email them to leslie_hoglund@yahoo.com.
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UPDATED
INTERNATIONAL CENTER AND CURATOR WEBSITES Two portions of the International Center link have been updated. The tour of the Center has been expanded to include the offices and promotional displays.
The International Center HIKE link includes a photo gallery of HIKE items displayed throughout the Center. Here you will see HIKE artwork, posters, and scrapbooks.
On the Curator link, the tour of the Mick Memorial Room has been updated to show the HIKE plaque and posters displayed at the entrance to the Mick Memorial Room. The “Contact the Curator” link on the Curator home page has been automatically rerouted to mcmanust@earthlink.net until such time as the curator e-mail address is restored. To visit the International Center Website, Click Here. To visit the Curator's Website, Click Here. |
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Supreme Team Visits OES Triennial My name is Barbara Benton, Past Most Worthy Grand Matron of the General Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. We were blessed with the attendance of several [JDI] Supreme Officers and Oklahoma [Grand Officers], both adult and youth of the Job's Daughters International at our Triennial Assembly held in Tulsa, Oklahoma recently. I want to thank the organization for being with us and for their gift of the"Get your kicks Buzzin' along Oklahoma Route 66 with Job's Daughters" T-shirt that was presented to me at the time we honored the Youth. I found each of them to be some of those rare people who never miss an opportunity to put a smile on someone's face. You certainly put one on mine and I thank you for caring enough to have been with us and to participate on that Sunday morning, November 1st. Affectionately, |
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NEW MATERIAL FOR CURATOR WEBSITE
Through the years many members and adults have inquired about Mrs. Mick’s family history, gathered material about her life, and attempted to glean insight into her personality. I first started writing about Mrs. Mick in the mid-1980s and have offered an oral presentation ever since. Tracing one’s family history and creating a family tree is a challenging project and it can be even more challenging when it is someone else’s family! Therefore, I am pleased to include in the Mrs. Mick section of the Curator website a Wead family genealogy prepared by a certified genealogist, an Ethel T. Wead Mick biography by her daughter, Ruth Mick Brideau, and a personal tribute by PASG James Bednar who served with Mrs. Mick.
In addition to her personal history, it is interesting to read Mrs. Mick’s original writings and to include them in Librarian’s Reports or Mother Mick Tributes. Additional excerpts from Dr. and Mrs. Mick’s book Suggestive Ideas as well as a Christmas Greeting written in 1921 have been added to Original Writings in the Mrs. Mick portion of the Curator website. ? As a result of the Curator website, my displays at Supreme Session, and visits to Bethels, I receive a lot of questions about our organization. It is not unusual for me to spend several hours on each inquiry so I always have a backlog of questions to research. At Supreme Session, I distributed a handout of Questions and Answers and it was so well received that a Question and Answer section has been added to the Curator subsection of the Curator website. So, there you have it – a lot of new material at the Curator website! Lastly, I am very grateful for the Dreamweaver expertise of Barbara Hesner (PHQ; Bethel Guardian, Bethel No. 27, WA) who spent several volunteer hours converting my WORD documents into web-ready material. She now gets a well-deserved rest from my onslaught of e-mails while I research new material for the Curator and International Center sites. |
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Curator Happenings at Supreme
Session First off, from a container of over 200 raffle tickets, Sarah from Oregon was selected as the winner of the Curator’s free raffle. Sarah’s prize was a pendant – a silver charm of the International Center suspended from a silver chain. Congratulations, Sarah! She joins Monica from Washington who won last year’s raffle – a sweatshirt from Atlantic, Iowa – Mrs. Mick’s birthplace. Plans are already underway for next year’s prize!
Thirty persons attended talks on the history of IOJD robes, capes, and jewelry, and viewed a display board of the preservation method for garments stored at the International Center. I am grateful to the Session Arrangements Committee for providing the facilities for these presentations, and plans are being made to provide additional ‘history’ opportunities next year.
Lastly, as in previous years, the Curator and Supreme Office shared a space in the sales area. Thank you to everyone who ordered supplies and purchased items that support the Supreme Guardian Council. But, as always, my greatest pleasure comes from talking with so many of you about IOJD history and your sharing old photographs and other memorabilia with me. Thank you very much. |
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It’s Official for 45
Years! – That’s DMI!
At the 1964 Supreme Session in Denver, Colorado, Morgan’s (later to be called Doc Morgan Inc.) became the Official Supplier of Job’s Daughters’ jewelry. With the “JC” line of charms designed by Mr. G. H. (Doc) Morgan, the relationship between our organization and his firm got off to a great start. The first Morgan jewelry catalog was printed in 1965, and the first items in the non-jewelry line were approved at the 1973 Supreme Session in Baltimore, Maryland. This was the beginning of the accessory line that was introduced with a four-page brochure in 1974. The items were: My Term as Honored Queen book, formal length garment cover, travel bag, and baggage tag. In an interview in 1989, Mr. Morgan told me that these four original accessories remained his favorite non-jewelry items, adding that the most rewarding project was the design and subsequent manufacture of the triangular-shaped gavel: “we just had to have a triangular-shaped gavel.” When I became Curator of the International Center for Job’s Daughters, I asked Mr. Morgan if he would donate a complete set of DMI jewelry catalogs, and he was quick to oblige. This collection represents a unique perspective of our organization as well as the vision of a man who was an integral part of our efforts to promote the IOJD. Since the passing of Mr. Morgan in 2003, long-time employees, Rodney Miller and Pam Bierman, have continued to provide Job’s Daughters with a large selection of jewelry designs and a wide variety of non-jewelry items. As a result of their continued recognition of the value of our organization in today’s society, our JDI logo appears on an abundance of items for our own enjoyment as well as for promoting the Job’s Daughters’ message throughout the world. Happy 45th Anniversary, DMI! |
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ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY FOR JOB’S DAUGHTERS
by Tomilynn E. Willits McManus, PHQ, PSG This year we have celebrated the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Mick Memorial Room, and the 20th anniversary of the purchase of the International Center for Job’s Daughters. Now it is time to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Job’s Daughters’ Flag! The Job’s Daughters’ Flag was designed by Mr. Mattrup Jensen, PASG, and adopted by the Supreme Guardian Council at a Supreme Session held in Portland, Oregon, in 1934. In earlier Proceedings of the Supreme Guardian Council, the tribute to the Bethel flag was listed as a Tribute to Bethel Colors and early drawings depict a purple and white striped flag: 4 purple stripes and 3 white stripes without the triangle. Daughters and adults might wish to plan a special tribute to the Bethel Flag at one of your meetings this autumn. A history of the flag can be found on the Curator’s link and then click on History. |
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