Chapter IS, of the P.E.O. Sisterhood was organized on February 19, 1942. Installation was held at the home of Clara Lewis with Mrs. Katherine Hughes, State Organizer, presiding. Members from Chapter DW, Coon Rapids, and EB Carroll assisted in the ceremony. The charter members were Helen Wiese, Elva Gotch, Flora Sutherland, Blanche Wiese, Ethel Lee, Clara Lewis, Bertha Sutherland, Dorothy Arp, Helen Wyatt, Edna Wyatt, Mary Wilhite, Mary Lou Hansen, Letha Johnson and Mildred Waltz.

The purpose of the P.E.O. Sisterhood is exclusively educational and charitable. These purposes are accomplished through four projects with which the entire membership is concerned. These are the Education Fund; Cottey College, which is a junior college located in Nevada, Missouri; the International Peace Scholarship Fund, which helps to bring foreign students to college campuses in the United States, and the Program for Continuing Education. The state project is supporting the Sarah Porter Beckwith Home, a retirement home located in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

At present the local chapter has 30 active members and five non-resident members.

Mrs. Herman Hoffmann and Mrs. Gus Holmberg formed the Pleasant Hour Club. They met in the Hoffmann home the first time in 1910. The following were members: Mrs. Herman Hoffmann, Mrs. Gus Holmberg, Mrs. George Dau, Mrs. John Frahm, Mrs. Henry Hoffmann, Mrs. Peter Jones, Miss Anina Martens, Mrs. Henry Martens, Mrs. George Ohde, Mrs. Gus Rober, Mrs. J.J. Sinn and Mrs. Herman Vogt.

Since bridge was not the popular game at the time the group played 500. After many years bridge took over as the most popular card game and the club became a bridge club. The Pleasant Hour Club is still in existence and new members have replaced the old. Some of the original members lived to the year 1968.

On March 14, 1957, Mrs. Grover Bartels, the overseas sewing chairperson for the Presbyterian Womens Organization, asked a group of women to meet at the church to do mission sewing. Fourteen women responded. Mrs. Bartels was elected president and Mildred Lyden sec'y-treas. The group was to be known as The Presbyterian Busy Thimbles.

Their first project was to make a quilt from printed scrap material for a Mission at Albuquerque, New Mexico. So the afternoon was spent cutting out quilt blocks. It took two months to complete the quilt. By then they had inquiries to do custom quilting. From then on they did custom work. They have completed 135 quilts to date. Mrs. Minnie Rix was the supervisor and many times she made them take out the stitches.

Other projects were embroidering tea towels, made place mats and pot holders. They sold pecans, greeting cards and fruit cakes to earn money to finance projects. At first only the lunch offering money was contributed to the Church's Mission Fund. Now all the money earned goes to the Presbyterian Church.

They have furnished the new church kitchen with dinnerware and some cooking utensils. Quilts have come from as far as California, Oregon, Texas, Minnesota, Kansas, Chicago and Omaha.

Many of the members have passed to the Great Beyond. They have had as many as 29, now there are eight people quilting. Of these, three are members of other denominations. They will continue as long as they are physically able.

Royal Neighbors of America was founded as a social group on December 5, 1888, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In October, 1889, the club was organized as a secret social group and the ritual, constitution and by-laws were written in Council Bluffs. On April 25, 1890, the Articles of Incorporation as a social society were drawn and filed with the Clerk of Court, Pottawattamie County and the name Royal Neighbors of America was chosen and has never been changed.

On July 3, 1890 the first camp was organized in Council Bluffs and named Lily Camp No. 1. A charter permitting Royal Neighbors of America to write life insurance was granted on March 21, 1895. The Supreme office building is in Rock Island, Illinois, having been finished and dedicated October 17, 1928. The National Home is located in Davenport, Iowa and was dedicated on July 18, 1931.

Star Banner Camp No. 9734 was organized in Manning on October 27, 1924 by Mrs. Anna Enenbach. The first local officers were Minnie Rix, Minnie Frahm, and Damia Lawbaugh. The golden anniversary of the local organization was observed on September 4, 1974.

Two students having insurance with the group have received the annual $500 scholarship award upon graduation from high school. Kelly Pratt received his in 1968 when he graduated from the Manning high school and Lu Ann Larson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Larson received her award in 1976 after graduating from Audubon High School.

Local members who have received their gold 50 year pins are Grace Andresen, Perita Bock, Caroline Clark, Eileen Enenbach, Edna Halbur, Nettie Hansen, Goldie Meeves, Cecelia Nickum, Henrietta Peterson and Alice Schrum.

Anyone having insurance with the group is considered a member and at present the Manning Camp has 115 members. Oracle for the local chapter is Goldie Meeves and Recorder is Dorothy Sharp.

The Tri-County Social Club was organized in October, 1933, as the Botna Ladies Aid with 22 members and Mrs. Emma Campbell as president. Early meetings were held in the Botna Church basement. In 1937 the name of the club was changed to the Botna Social Club, and to the Friendly Hour Club in 1951. The most recent change was in October, 1979, when they became the Tri-County Social Club because members are from three counties (Carroll, Crawford and Shelby). They meet the third Thursday of the month.

The club was first and foremost an afternoon to get away and enjoy themselves. Attendance was good, as was displayed by their determination to get to a meeting; one of the husbands brought them with horses and Wagon on a muddy March afternoon, when club was at Tillie Frank's house.

In the beginning dues were 5c per month and they had a 10c Christmas gift exchange. Now dues are $3.00 a year, and they spend $2.50 for Christmas gift exchange. They are very civic minded, also; they've contributed to many worthy causes. To mention a few--The Cancer Fund, A.F.S. Chapter, The March of Dimes and the Red Cross. Twice a year they entertain the residents of the Manning Plaza, at their birthday parties. They also help at the Aspinwall and Manning celebration days.

Present officers are: President, Norma Taggart; Vice President, Shirley McCollum; Secretary, Genelle Kienast; Treasurer, Rose Ann Nulle; Reporter, Dorothea Musfeldt. The club roll includes the following: Lillian Andresen, Elda Barten, Lucille Campbell, Dorothy Dales, Minnie Dales, Phylis Ehlers, Carol Muhlbauer, Irene Jansen, Genelle Kienast, Delores Kuhn, Linda McCollum, Shirley McCollum, Mercedes Bowers, Dorothea Musfeldt, Rose Ann Nulle, Kay Otto, Mary Ann Renze, Mary Souter, Viola Spieker, Norma Taggart, Pat Vennink and Selma Vennink. Honorary member--Gladys Ramsey. Associate Members--Edith Stoberl and Nell Witt.

The U Go, I Go Bridge Club was organized in 1921 by Mrs. Elva Gotch and Mrs. Andy Hughs. Ii was the first bridge club in the town of Manning. The club is still in existence and since its very beginning has served a 1:15 bridge luncheon. Present members are Dorothy Arp, Jean Wiese, Viola Karsten, Verna Karsen, Alma Pahde, Garnet Stribe, Lorraine Kruse, and May Opperman. Only two of the charter members are still living, Clara Claussen and Alma Pahde, the latter being the only active charter member.

Charter members were Mrs. Herman Gotch, Mrs. Andy Hughs, Mrs. Blanche Wiese, Mrs. Peter Jones, Mrs. Clara Claussen, Mrs. Gus Rober, Mrs. Ed. Breckenridge, Mrs. G.E. Holmberg, Mrs. Herman Pahde, Mrs. Ryle Wheeler, Mrs. Wm. Carpenter and Mrs. Herman Hoffman.