Sippican Woman’s Club remembers 1942
Oct 31, 2019
Pictured standing left to right, Mrs. Clayton Keith, canteen, Mrs. Alton H. Ryder, Chairman of the Marion Branch of the Red Cross, Miss Isabelle Cumming, Lieutenant, Motor Corps, Mrs. George Angier, Chairman of Surgical Dressing Unit, and, seated, Miss Alice A. Ryder, President of the Sippican Woman’s Club (1942).
MARION — Veterans Day is a time to remember all whose endeavors contributed to secure our freedom. In 1942, the Women’s Club did just that.
The Sippican Woman’s Club, began in 1904, and in the ensuing years sponsored Marion Visiting Nurses (in 1914), fed lunch to school children during the depression, and held dental clinics for children. In 1942, during World War 2, the club opened their club house, Handy’s Tavern, for the Marion Red Cross.
