Chapter 85 History

Part 1

September 1964 - June 1968

Founding Members

Louise McKenzie

Evangeline Askounes

Elma F. Bedell

SaraJane Bumgardner

Mrs. Takayoshi Ito

Aiko Morita

Louise Jeffrey

Maisie C. Katke

Sue Cooksey

Miyoko M. O'Neill

Nina Sampietro

Yoko Suzuki

Shirley S. Townsend


Presidents

1964 - 1966: Louise McKenzie

1966 - 1968: Elma Bedell

September 1964: Maisie Katke, Nominating Chairman, presenting slate of officers at first chapter meeting.
October 1964: Mrs. Mona Lutz presented an Ohara School workshop.
November 1964: Mr. Ambo and Aiko Morita presented a program on calligraphy and haiku.
December 1964: Yoko Suzuki, Nagako Ito and Kim Obata at Christmas Tea table with Louise McKenzie
November 1964: Scharlott Lapham (Ch. 85), Yoko Masaki and Setsuko Hata (New York Chapter) at Ann Arbor worskhop at the home of Mrs. Kaplan.
Nina Sampietro and Van Askounes pour at the Christmas Tea at the home of Mrs. Elwood Engle.
Miyo O'Neill and daughter Ann
September 1965 Visit to Mr. Foster's bonsai garden
September 10, 1965First birthday party of the Detroit Chapter at the home of Louise McKenzie
Joyce McKenzie and Betty Affleck
Hisako Komine, International President, houseguest of the McKenzies after May convention in New York
February 1966 Origami Workshop
April 1966 Louise McKenzie and Sue Cooksey
Below: Sue Cooksey, Mrs. Pencik President of the Atlanta Chapter and Mrs. Arthur Stricker of Washington D.C. Chapter at the 4th U.S. Conference in Atlanta
June 1966 Farewell party for Louise McKenzie at Village Women's ClubL-R: Louise McKenzie, Shirley Townsend, Miyo O'Neill, Elma Bedell

June 1, 1966

The Chapter's first public program at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association

Scharlott Lapham and Dolores Baggerly

September 1966: Chapter members participate in Pontiac Mall Flower Show

Mrs. Maruyama and Mrs. Ono


Mrs. Kawai
Hon. Mayor Jerome P. Kavanaugh presenting the Key to the City of Detroit to the three Japanese celebrities.L-R: Consul General of Japan Umbo Kagei (Chicago Office), Mrs. Glen Bedell, President of I.I. Detroit Chapter, Hon. Mayor Gerome P. Kavanaugh, Mrs. Ono, Mrs. Maruyama, Mrs. Cooksey, Mrs. Kawai and Mrs. Richard Goodwin

1968 - 1971

Presidents

1968 -1970: Van Askounes 1970-1972: Shirley Townsend

September 1968

Van Askounes

Sue Cooksey

Marion Bladey

Toshi Shimoura & Shirley Townsend

November 1968
Taught by Marion Bladey

December 1968

Roxie Weston and Miyo O'Neill at Holiday Tea

Birmingham Community House Instructor: Van Askounes

May 19 -24, 1969

A Glimpse of Japan at Tel-Twelve Mall

W. Dean Atkinson

April 1970

Helen Sexauer

May 13, 1970

Jean Harbison

Sara Jane Bumgardner, Jean. Harbison, Shirley Townsend

September 1970

Origami Demonstration & WorkshopPresented by Toshi Shimoura

November 1970

December 1970

April 1971

Toshi Shimoura and Van Askounes

Joe Sanders, Jim Shimoura and Gerry Shimoura

Dolores Alexander, Van Askounes, Mary Morkun

June 1971

Annual Picnic

Van Askounes, Elma Bedell, Shirley Townsend

November 1971

1972 - 1976

Presidents

1972 -1974: Scharlott Lapham

1974-1976: Toshiko Shimoura

Mrs. Karuka Uenishi

March 1972

Demonstration

Making Silk and Velvet Flowers

Mrs. Akira Kataoki

June 1972

Mrs. Miyoko Yamauchi

September 1972

Sumiko Oeguchi

Ikenobo

October 1972

Lan Montgomery

Brush Painting & Calligraphy

November 1972

Hazel Madsen

Ohara using dried materials

October 1973

Chiko School Arrangements by Louise McKenzie

November 1973

Van Askounes, Roxie Weston, Toshiko Shimoura, Alice Carter

December 1973


L: Carol Beaton

R: Dorothy Squires

February 1974

Mrs. Takata

Mrs. Yamauchi

Mrs. Yamauchi

May 1974

June 1974

September 1974

Helen Meuller

Basketmaking Demonstration

October & November 1974

Sharonlynn Dragiewicz

Ichiyo

December 1974

Mrs. Takata

March 1975

October 1975

Meikof KasuyaHeadmasterIchiyo School

May 1976