AUBURN – A new slate of officers of Pine Cone Chapter 26, Order of the Eastern Star, was installed recently at the Masonic Hall. Kathy Williamson was installed worthy matron and Roland Rod Martin, worthy patron.

Others taking office were: Madelyn Grover, associate matron; Stephen Broas, associate patron; Betty Perkins, secretary; Mary Lawlor, treasurer; Ellen Broas, conductress; Pamela Toussaint, associate conductress; William Stretton, chaplain; Eva Johnson, marshal; Eleanor Peterson, organist; Ina Brainerd, Adah; Sharon McGilvery, Ruth; Patricia Rea, Esther; Sandra Dunlap, Martha; Debra Greim, Electa; Vicki Kelley, warder; and James Lawlor, sentinel.

Installing officers were Barbara Inglis, matron; James Perkins, patron; Pauline Cloudman, marshal; Corley Anne Byras, grand secretary, chaplain; Beulah Dunton, organist; Maxine Perkins, Star Point Ceremony; Lu and Al Farrington, singers.

Honor guards are Dianna Carr, Violet Gerber, Merlyn Haines, Nancy Harris, Patricia Hodgdon, Helen Shelton, Harriet Stretton and Robert Long.

Guests present were Norma Crabtree, worthy grand matron; Barbara Inglis, past grand matron; Newell Farrington, associate grand patron; Byras; Rebecca St. Pierre, grand Ruth; Ellen Broas, DDGM 4.

Grand representatives present were Violet Gerber, South Dakota; Maxine Perkins, Texas; Nancy Harris, Idaho; Louise Connelly, Mississippi; Beulah Dunton, Bolivia; Roland Rod Martin, New York.

Refreshments were served in the dining hall after the installation ceremony.


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