Kansas State Council Presidents 1959 - 1970
Mildred Foley 1959-1960
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Lois Mayall 1960-1961
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"The Praying Hands"
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"To Serve the Present Age"
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Betty Guthrie 1961-1962
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Louise Woods
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"Symphony of ESA"
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"A Better World Begins With Me"
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Bonnie Gunter 1963-1964
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Velma Harness 1964-1965
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Dee Quade 1965-1966
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"Sea of Service"
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"Friendship in Orbit" |
POWER OF THE DREAM
“Our ESA lives in America”
History of ESA and ESA in Kansas
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IC Presidents
1960-1961
Myre Starr 
1961-1962
Becky Roger 
1962-1963
Kay McLaughlin 
1963-1964
Worda Russell |
(The l960s)
The great ladies that will lead the Kansas State Council in the 1960s are Lois Mayall, Betty Guthrie, Louise Woods, Bonnie Gunter, Velma Harness, Dee Quade, Katy Mills, Kathleen Lutz, and Gladys shook. It was really cool in these days to let a cigarette dangle from your lip when a committee of experts appointed by the American Heart Association links smoking to cancer. You had to wait at the gas pumps for someone to gas up your car. And boxing was a real sport without ear biting. The first IC Flag ceremony to open an IC convention was held and began a rich tradition into the 21st century. Other firsts in the 60s included the First Pearl and Pallas Athene awards program and the Diana Award was introduced in 1969 to recognize female humanitarians outside the ESA membership. Dr. Jonas Salk was also taken into ESA as an honorary member of ESA for his humanitarian activities in 1969 Disneyland will open in California and Charlton Heston will be our religious teacher showing us what Ben Hur and Moses were like. The “gourmet food revolution” gave us escargot, fondue, and soufflés. Fresh vegetables were limited to lettuce and potatoes with everything else coming from a 303 can. Kansas kept its interest in International involvement when Irene Ramsey was elected IC President in 1966 - 67. Irene’s involvement with the promotion of the Pallas Athene program was significant. But most important fashion of the age was the new pointy bras and our 18 inch waist lines were achieve through the miracle of laytext girdles. The most important theory of the day was: Sexual repression meant that J Edgar Hoover couldn’t wear a dress unless he was at home, but we didn’t know that for years.
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