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THE STORY: Fifty members of the Dedham Women’s Club met for its final luncheon and meeting on April 8, for what member Phyllis Prendergast described as the club’s “swan song.”
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The back story |
The club was initially organized by Mrs. Harriet Boyd, its first president from 1893 to 1897. In its May 27, 1893 edition, the Dedham Transcript said the club was “an exclusive society” limited to 125 members. At its last meeting past presidents Polly Gould (1987 to 1989), Jo Kelly (1996 to 1998), Peg Lexander (1998 to 2000), and Palma Coccia (2000 to 2002), and a 47-year member, Eileen Coffin dined on chicken, rice pilaf, green beans, rolls, and salad, with cake for dessert and discussed the club’s history.
“You look around the room, and all the women are much older than when I came into the club ,” said Gould, 90, a member of the Dedham Women’s Club for 50 years. “When I came into the club we had our hats and wore white gloves, and sat around the tea table and made sandwiches.”
The town still has the Dedham Junior Woman’s Club , begun in 1979, which emphasizes community volunteering.
THE STORY: Fifty members of the Dedham Women’s Club met for its final luncheon and meeting on April 8, for what member Phyllis Prendergast described as the club’s “swan song.”
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The back story |
The club was initially organized by Mrs. Harriet Boyd, its first president from 1893 to 1897. In its May 27, 1893 edition, the Dedham Transcript said the club was “an exclusive society” limited to 125 members. At its last meeting past presidents Polly Gould (1987 to 1989), Jo Kelly (1996 to 1998), Peg Lexander (1998 to 2000), and Palma Coccia (2000 to 2002), and a 47-year member, Eileen Coffin dined on chicken, rice pilaf, green beans, rolls, and salad, with cake for dessert and discussed the club’s history.
“You look around the room, and all the women are much older than when I came into the club ,” said Gould, 90, a member of the Dedham Women’s Club for 50 years. “When I came into the club we had our hats and wore white gloves, and sat around the tea table and made sandwiches.”
The town still has the Dedham Junior Woman’s Club , begun in 1979, which emphasizes community volunteering.
