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Even though the Jaycees were an all male organization when it was started back in 1920, Women have played an important role all along the way. In Michigan, the Jaycee Auxiliary was officially started in 1944. The local auxiliary organizations names varied including the use of: Women of the Jaycees, Jaycetts, or Jaycee women. |
| The organizational meeting of the Michigan
Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary was promoted and arranged for by interested Jaycees,
who foresaw the virtues of forming a state auxiliary. This meeting was held in the
Aviation room of the Rowe Hotel, Grand Rapids, in May, 1944. The charter member
organizations were Adrian, Highland Park, Holland, Kalamazoo, Muskegon and Saginaw. Mrs.
Betty Sexton of Muskegon was elected to serve as Charter President. Added to the
membership rolls that first year were Battle Creek, Bay City, Detroit, Grand Rapids,
Lincoln Park, Pontiac and Ypsilanti. In 1984, when the United States Jaycees voted to give women full membership rights in the Jaycees, the Auxilary was disbanded. During it's 40 year history, the Michigan Jaycees Auxilary was guided under the leadership of the following Presidents: |
| MICHIGAN JAYCEES AUXILARY PRESIDENTS |
| 1st - Betty Sexton, 1944-45 - Muskegon |
| 2nd - Ruth Golden, 1945-46 - Highland Park |
| 3rd - Dorothea Burua, 1946-47 - Detroit |
| 4th - Joan Bassett, 1947-48 - Muskegon |
| 5th - Jeanette Arnold, 1948-49 - Ypsilanti |
| 6th - Skeets Strom, 1949-50 - Highland Park |
| 7th - Arlyne Welling, 1950-51 - Holland |
| 8th - Jessie MacLeod, 1951-52 - Albion |
| 9th - Ester Stacy, 1952-53 - Lapeer |
| 10th - Jane Maslin, 1953-54 - Ann Arbor |
| 11th - Marian Seitz, 1954-55 - Ypsilanti |
| 12th - Lillian Craig, 1955-56 - Howell |
| 13th - Ruth Dean, 1956-57 - Albion |
| 14th - Rose Halman, 1957-58 - Ann Arbor |
| 15th - Dolly Gardner, 1958-59 - Adrian |
| 16th - Marguerite Falk, 1959-60 - Milan |
| 17th - Jean Kenz, 1960-61 - St. Clair Shores |
| 18th - Phyllis McPherson, 1961 - Howell |
| 19th - Arlene Eigdon, 1961-62 - Rochester |
| 20th - Beth Clary, 1962-63 - Redford |
| 21st - Doris Brohman, 1963-64 - Berrian Springs |
| 22nd - Pat Bechtel, 1964-65 - Wayne |
| 23rd - Jeanne Beauvais, 1965-66 - Detroit |
| 24th - Patti Lance, 1966-67 - Madison Heights |
| 25th - Dixie Parks, 1967-68 - Milford |
| 26th - Lee Formicola, 1968-69 - Rochester |
| 27th - Clarice Vasold, 1969-70 - Freeland |
| 28th - Anne Steinaway, 1970-71 - Chelsea |
| 29th - Pat Schoenfield, 1971-72 - Swartz Creek |
| 30th - Carol Miel, 1972-73 - Stanton |
| 31st - Stancey Henne, 1973-74 - South Lyon |
| 32nd - Judy Ettinger, 1974-75 - Waterford |
| 33rd - June Mason, 1975-76 - Lansing |
| 34th - Vickie St. Louis, 1976-77 - Auburn Heights |
| 35th - Sue Pogarch, 1977-78 - Taylor |
| 36th - Joyce Julius, 1978-79 - Holly |
| 37th - Sharon McGill, 1979-80 - Clinton Area |
| 38th - Pat VanWormer, 1980-81 - Hartland |
| 39th - Molly Spencer, 1981-82 - Garden City |
| 40th - Linda Smith, 1982-83 - Milford |
| 41st - Carol Thompson, 1983-84 - Howell |
| 42nd - Cheryle Barton, 1984-85 - Niles |
