PEO, Chapter K celebrates 50-year members

PEO, Chapter K recently honored its 50-year members with a special tea. Pictured, from left, are Elizabeth Davenport Garrels, Darlene Lundquist, Ruth Audlehelm, Ann Diehl, Martha Wade and Jean Samuelson.

Fifty-year members who were unable to attend were Gracie Crawford, Mary Ellen Kimball and Linda Ruble.

The guest speaker, Past International President of PEO, Elizabeth Garrels, was initiated into Chapter K in 1963. She presented a program about the history of the chapter which has been active in Osceola for 131 years.

PEO is a philanthropic educational organization where women educate women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans and stewardship of its own Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri. Chapter K  provides annual scholarships to selected Osceola high school graduating senior women as well as providing support to PEO International scholarship programs.