Embedded Files
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
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
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
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
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