ONE YEAR OLDER — Cutting the birthday cake at their first anniversary dinner meeting of the Chariho Business and
Professional Women's Club last evening
at the Meadow Brook Inn in Carolina
were (left to right) Miss Mary Popiolek.
president: Mrs. Clara Lewis, state president; Mrs. Maxine Nichols, president of
the South County Club which sponsored
the Chariho club; and Mrs. Brigitta Dove,
chairman, birthday committee. Approximately 60 members of the 16 clubs that
make up the R. I. Federation of Business
and Professional Women's Club attended
the anniversary dinner. Mrs. Lucy Rawlings Tootell of Richmond will give an
illustrated talk on local history at the
annual meeting of the club at Dove Crest
in Arcadia on May 17.
(Sun Photo)
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WOMAN OF THE YEAR — Mrs. Eleanor Dovecrest in Arcadia. Making the
Dove (center) of Arcadia, is presented with presentation is Mrs. Dorrance Wright, the
award for her selection as the Woman of thecommittee chairman while Mrs. Lillian
Year by the Chariho Business and
Corey, state president looks on. (Sun Photo)
Professional Woman's Club last night at
Eleanor Dove Is Honored a
Chariho Area Woman of Ye
Mrs. Eleanor Dove of Arcadia, The 1973 recipient of the awardan active member of the Aid
a member of the Narragansett is a charter member of the Society.
Tribe of Indians and active in Chariho Business and Mrs. Dove has served on the
community affairs, was honored Professional Woman's Club, and board of canvassers for Exeter
last night as the Woman of thewas a delegate to the national and is a member of the Marine
Year by the Chariho Business convention in Miami, Fla., this Historical Society of the Mystic
and Professional Woman's Club. year. She has traveled Seaport, the Charlestown
She is the first Indian in Rhodeextensively in the U.S., Canada, Historical Society, the Sons and
Island to achieve this Europe and Hawaii.
Daughters of the First
distinction.
In Exeter, she is a past Americans and the Friends of
Mrs. Dove, wife of Ferris chairman of the March of the Haffenraffer Museum. She is
Dove, was presented with the Dimes, a position she held for 11on the board of directors of the
award significant of the honor atyears. She also served as Tomaquag Indian Memorial
a dinner at the Dovecrest president of the Exeter PTA andMusuem and a member of the
Restaurant in Arcadia. She andwas district chairman of The Food Service Executive
her hsuband operate the Westerly Hospital Aid and is stillAssociation.
restaurant and Mrs. Dove is also
associated with Mary's Diner in
Charlestown.
PLAQUES FOR THE PRINCESS - Princess
Red Wing, (left) who says she's "the oldest
lady" in the Chariho Chapter of the Business
and Professional Women's Club receives a
pair of Indianhead plaques from Mrs.
Deronda Niles, the Chapter's program
chairman, in honor of her birthday this week.
The business meeting and party was held last
night at Dovecrest in Exeter. Mrs. Helen
Dinwoodie, (right) chapter president, looks
on.
(Sun Photo)