A secret women's-only organization in Ada?
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Members of the Ada PEO in 1948 are:
Front from left, Bessie Lamb, Mary Webb Krofft, Evie Sousley, Leila Suhr, Betty Archer, Marge Hollinger.
Middle, Lucy Weir, Winnie Keller, Bertha Breck, Mary Ensign, DeBritto Hindall, Billie Arbogast Hindall, Gladys Welsh.
Back, Rose Elliott, Alice Webb, Marie Snyder, Pearl Underwood, Maude Luft, Lela Sousley, Ruth Weir, Ruth Judson.
According to an article in the April 19, 1929, Ada Herald, the Ada PEO was an secret women's-only organization. Read the attachment with this story for more details.
This photo and idenfication is part of the photo collection of the Ada Public Library.
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