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The
Society of Maylfower
Descendants in the
State of Wyoming
was organized in a charter meeting May 17, 1955,
at the Henning Hotel in Casper, Wyoming. Governor
General Waldo Morgan Allen of the General Society
of Mayflower Descendants presided at this meeting.
He was accompanied by Judge Redmond S. Cole
of Oklahoma, and Mr. Lewis Neff, Membership
Committee Chairman of the General Society of
Mayflower Descendants, he was also from Oklahoma.
Governor General Allen explained the aims and purposes of our organization, and stressed the need for our honoring our ancestors. “If we do not show respect for our ancestors, how are we to ensure our children will respect us?” He also complimented the Wyoming Society with having so many members to create a state society, noting that many sister society have been organized with the minimum number required by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. He continued saying he expected the Wyoming Society to rapidly grow because there were many pioneers who came west by covered wagon. Many of them must have been descendants of the Pilgrims. It was also interesting to note that the Wyoming Society was the 44th charter granted by the General Society. This is particularly interesting, because Wyoming entered the Union as the 44th state of the United States This society met in Sheridan, Wyoming on August 6, 1955 for a summer meeting which coincided with All American Indians Days celebration, sponsored by the Shriners of Wyoming 3,500 Indians gathered for a two day meeting which was climaxed by the selecting of a Miss Indian American from among 77 contestants representing forty Indian tribes. On Sunday of that weekend, an interdenominational religious service was held for everyone attending. Special recognition was extended to the members of the Wyoming Mayflower Society. Governor General Allen of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants attended the celebration. Charter members
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