Organization of the Iowa State Society:

The IOWA SOCIETY COLONIAL DAMES XVIIC was organized March 14, 1979.

SIOUAN HAWKEYE CHAPTER was the first organized in Iowa, chartered March 29, 1975. It was founded by Dorothy Helmick in Des Moines, Iowa. Currently 32 members.

GEORGE SOULE CHAPTER was chartered November 4,1978. George Soule was a signer of the Mayflower compact aboard the Mayflower November 19, 1620. He was the ancestor of organizing president, Irma Paschen. They merged with Siouan Hawkeye Chapter in 2000.

JAMES TAYLOR CHAPTER chartered September 27, 1980 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. James Taylor I was the ancestor of organizing president, Marjorie Stoikovic, one sister and a niece. Currently has 16 members.

THOMAS MUNSON CHAPTER chartered April 7, 1984. Captain Munson provided the line that the Organizing president, Marjorie Miller, three sisters and two nieces used for membership with 20 members. Currently has 13 members.

Pertinent Facts About the Iowa State Society:

We have awarded both a Pocahontas and a General Scholarship to students who attended Cedar Rapids and Iowa City colleges and Simpson College.

We have members that served during World War II; Myrtle van Dyke. Naval Armed Guard; Gertrude Pedersen, Army Nurse Corp; Beverly Lindsey, Navy Nurse; and Maxine Ireland, who was in Civil service for Naval Air Craft carriers, she inspected ships.

Society Calendar of Events:

March 27, 2004 - Baker's cafeteria, Des Moines, Iowa

March 26, 2005 - Baker's cafeteria, Des Moines, Iowa

Historic Sites Marked in Iowa:

We marked with a plaque Iowa Wesleyan college in Mt. Pleasant celebrating 150 years of being the first college west of the Mississippi to be co-ed.

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