Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: OHCE Jet Industrious
Contributed by Verla Blackledge
Jet Industrious OHCE (Oklahoma Home and Community Education) was organized September 15, 1948, known then as the Home Demonstration Club with eight charter members. They were Thelda Delamarter, Frances Metcalf, Mabel Metcalf, Jessie Mary Reinhart, Evelyn Hartman, Virginia Manning, Jenny Fischer, and Betty Metcalf. The Saline Lakeside Extension organized in 1932 and later consolidated with Jet Industrious. In 2012 our membership is 19 including Pauline Hopkins, Doris Jenlink, and Virginia Manning who are 60+ year members of extension. The proceeds from our seven cookbooks we have published has been our most popular fundraiser Our purpose is to educate, help our schools, and improve home and community life.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
