A Brief Rindge Woman's Club History
Organized: 1967
Incorporated: 2005
Member of State Federation: 1968-2005
Club Colors: Blue and White
Our club had its beginnings in theFall of 1967 when several Rindge women who were members of the Jaffrey Woman's Club felt that the time was ripe for the formation of a Rindge club and that a need existed.At the time nearly twenty Rindge women belonged to the Jaffrey club.
June Danforth, who was then President of the Jaffrey club, along with Peg Brummer, a former President of that club, Helen Snow, Vice President, Gwen Fredey, Kay Wilkinson, and others, talked to individuals and groups who might be interested in forming a club. Several preliminary meetings were held among a few of the interested women.
The first recorded meeting was held January 10, 1968, in the town hall with eleven women present.
Excerpt from Rindge Woman's Club 1968-1978 by Clara Seymour.
LauraBaldwin
MargaretBrummer
BarbaraBurt
Shirley Burt
Isabel Burton
ElsieChase
MargaretClarke
Elsa Cornell
EleanorCoppers
CharlotteCrosby
JuneDanforth
MarthaFaulkner
DorothyFlagg
Gwen Fredey
Edith French
Mary Gilmore
Janet Gordon
Carrie Gray
Martha Hale
Past Presidents and Chairs
Honor Roll
1971 June Danforth*+
1973 Helen Snow*+
1976 Clara Seymour*+
1977 Peg Brummer*+
1977 Virginia Salame
1977 Alice Stearns*+
1977 Jean White+
1978 Linda Tower
1978 Elsie Chase*+
1980 Barbara Wells
1981 Marabeth Farmer+
1983 Jeanne Carguilo
1985 Lila Burbank+
1985 Barbara Rice*+
1987 Hazel Allen+
1991 Janet Wilkinson
1992 Adrienne Hudson
1997 Eileen Hunt
1997 Roberta DeWaters
1997 Elizabeth Hardy
1998 Shirley Burt*+
1998 Midge Gosling+
1999 Lois May
1999 Ann Winsor
1968-1970 June Danforth*+
1970-1972 Helen Snow*+
1972-1974 Clara Seymour*+
1974-1976 Virginia Salame
1976-1978 Linda Blake Tower
1978-1980 Marabeth Farmer+
1980-1982 Jeanne Carguilo
1982-1984 Lila Burbank+
1984-1987 Ann Winsor+
1987-1990 Janet Wilkinson
1990-1992 Midge Gosling+
1992-1994 Eileen Hunt
1994-1996 Roberta DeWaters Gaudet
1996-1998 Susan Wadsworth
1998-2000 Joyce Derendal+
2000-2004 Shirley Burt*+
Charter Members
Janeal Ravndal
Amy Raymond
Florence Rhuland
Barbara Rice
Mildred Semonite
Clara Seymour
Sibyl Sloane
Helen Snow
Evelyne Starrett
Alice Sterns
Kathryn Stewart
Carlene Taylor
Bertha Todd
Florence Whippie
Patricia Whitaker
Katherine Wilkinson
Ila Witty
Berit Wolcott
Ruth Hayden
Ruth Haynes
Phyllis Holt
Bernice Knight
Clara Landry
Leona Letourneau
Lorna Letourneau
Kay MacLeod
Louise MacNeil
Carolyn Madden
Marion Madden
Laura McKenney
Alice Melville
Barbara Nichols
Elizabeth Pangborn
Dorothy Pangborn
Joan Pasquale
Kathryn Patenaude
Christine Phillips
2004-2006 Jeannette Gutteridge
2006-2008 Jean Kundert
2008-2010 Rose Smiga-St. Cyr
2008-2010 Linda Blake Tower
2010-2012 Janet Kolmorgen
2012-2014 Linda Pickering
2012-2014 Marla Taylor
2014-2016 Jeanne Carguilo and Debbie Qualey
2016-2018 Cynthia Childs and Janet Goodrich
2018-2020 Debbie Qualey
2020-2022 Board as a Collective
2022-2024 Maura Keegan
2024-2026 Marilyn Griska
*Charter Member; +Deceased
2001 Rae DuVernay
2001 Phyllis Groezinger
2002 Jeannette Gutteridge
2004 Mary Gilmore*+
2008 Jean Kundert
2008 Carol Bramblett
2009 Patricia Buckingham
2009 Rose Dark
2010 Patricia Martin
2010 Rose Smiga-St.Cyr
2011 Polly Mellin
2011 Mabel Speckman+
2012 Janet Kohlmorgen
2012 Jane Hannon+
2013 Cynthia Childs
2013 Ronalee Hietala
2014 Linda Pickering
2014 Mary Taylor
2015 Marie Powley-Quinlan
2015 Amy Raymond*
2016 Maureen Mullins
2016 Debbie Qualey
*Charter Member; +Deceased
Beginning in 2018, the Honor Roll designation will be replaced by the Distinguished Service Award. Criteria for this award are:
The Rindge Woman's Club Distinguished Service Award shall be awarded (once) to a member in good standing for her dedication to the principles and aims of the Rindge Woman's Club. Nominations for this award may be submitted by any member of the club to the RWC Board of Directors prior to their April meeting. The Board will recognize the recipient of this award at the May Annual Meeting.
Recipients:
2019 Marilyn Griska
2020 Janet Goodrich
2020 Phyllis Sesia
2021 Rae DuVernay
2021 Sarah Dengler
2022 Ottoway Marshall
2023 Patricia "Trish" Buckingham
Distinguished Service Award
1980 RWC Officers:
Front row: Jeanne Carguilo, Lila Burbank, Linda Tower
Back row: Barbara Wells, Marabeth Farmer, Peg Brummer
Photo taken at 2023 Holiday Luncheon
