The History of Ladies' Guild
This was written in 1980, by the President of Ladies Guild, Rosemary Kennedy. Here is a bit of what she wrote:
The St. Christopher’s Ladies Guild began with the formation of the parish, shortly after Mass in a cherry packing shed near Lincoln and Curtner. About 50 women gathered for the formation meeting in the fall of 1951 in that same multi-purpose shed.
Mrs. Grace Compagno was elected first president and soon the board meetings were held in her home on Clark Way. Mrs. Compagno, a small, bright-eyed lady said the only reason she was elected was because she had just finished a term as President of St. Patrick’s Ladies Guild and everyone felt she had the most experience. In her gentle way, Mrs. Compagno guided the writing of the Constitution and the ByLaws for the Ladies Guild, beginning its long tradition of service to the parish.
From those early card parties to the many Holiday Fairs to our present very successful Antique Show and sale now going on its 12th year, the LG has done much to assist the pastor in his work of the parish.
The St. Christopher’s Ladies Guild began with the formation of the parish, shortly after Mass in a cherry packing shed near Lincoln and Curtner. About 50 women gathered for the formation meeting in the fall of 1951 in that same multi-purpose shed.
Mrs. Grace Compagno was elected first president and soon the board meetings were held in her home on Clark Way. Mrs. Compagno, a small, bright-eyed lady said the only reason she was elected was because she had just finished a term as President of St. Patrick’s Ladies Guild and everyone felt she had the most experience. In her gentle way, Mrs. Compagno guided the writing of the Constitution and the ByLaws for the Ladies Guild, beginning its long tradition of service to the parish.
From those early card parties to the many Holiday Fairs to our present very successful Antique Show and sale now going on its 12th year, the LG has done much to assist the pastor in his work of the parish.
Past Presidents
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1952 Grace Compagno
1953 Peggy Hendricks 1954 Peggy Gates 1955 Beth Campisi 1956 Kay Bell (Concannon) 1957 Rose Dana 1958 Earlene Bell 1959 Peg Curran 1960 Bobbie Vanezia 1961 Helen Sobczak 1962 Jane Green (Cowan) 1963 Margaret Bizot 1964 Loretta Hamilton 1965 Mary Walren 1966 Stephanie Drozdiak 1967 Patricia Oswald 1968 Virginia Caputo 1969 Dee Niemiller 1970 Patricia Murphy 1971 Margaret Baron 1972 Angie Thomas 1973 Ann Cottingham 1974 Grace Bray 1975 Victoria Leavitt 1976 Rose Britton 1977 Nancy Boitano 1978 Pat Miner 1979 Sandra Mannina 1980 Kathy Giovanola 1981 Rosemary Kennedy 1982 Janice Jatta 1983 Josephine Vaccaro 1984 Pat Fanoe 1985 Patt Brust 1986 Sharon Jones |
1987 Linda Penny
1988 Kris Cunningham 1989 Bev Gorshe 1990 Toni Morrella 1991 Kathy Haren 1992 Barbara Serrano 1993 Sue DeFranco 1994 Jane Davilla 1995 Kathi Greene 1996 Mary McCullough 1997 Kathy Raye 1998 Jamie Harris 1999 Toni Saldivar 2000 Kathy Berger 2001 Kathy Mazzoni 2002 Chris Nobriga 2003 Gina Marciano-Siewit 2004 Judy Pfaff 2005 Jennifer Wolf 2006 Kris Kelly 2007 Maris Whitney 2008 Elaine Pitek 2009 Sandy Douthit 2010 Maureen Wheatley 2011 Renee Sins 2012 Vickie Brown 2013 Jodie Lissner 2014 Robyn Catelani 2015 Sherry Riordan 2016 Victoria Marchant 2017 Natalie Brunello 2018 Jennifer Pershall 2019 Arlene Vaccaro 2020 Silvana Gentzkow 2021 Courtney Budziak |