The Birth of Beta Epsilon Chapter
On October 6, 1962, at the Fort Stanwix Hotel, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Beta Epsilon Chapter, Pennsylvania, of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was chartered under the sponsorship of its mother chapter, Iota Chapter. There were twenty-one charter members initiated that day. The initiation ceremony was conducted by the State Membership Chairperson, Mrs. Laura Himmelberger, and other Pennsylvania State Organization and Iota Chapter officers.
Charter members
Charter members
- Ida Mae Anthony
- Kathryn Barber
- Winifred Bearer
- Marian Davis-Carlson
- Ruthalene DeYarmin
- Mary Margaret Flanagan
- Susan Green
- Kathleen Grimminger
- Alice Haines
- Ruth Jones
- Shirley Lewis
- Ethel Jane Naylor
- Kathryn Rodgers
- Ruth Seaman
- Julia Stallings
- Dorothy Stineman
- Hazel Treece
- Rachel Treece
- Evelyn Varner
- Edna Wilcox
- Julia Yacos