Vermont Alpha Delta Kappa History

History of Vermont State Banner-Alpha Delta Kappa

When we were established as a state organization in 1970, it was decided that we should have a state banner. All members were encouraged to submit suggestions for the banner design. Since no designs were forthcoming, Priscilla March and Kay White got together and decided that Priscilla would design the banner and Kay would make it. Needlepoint was used because no other state banners were made that way. They wanted the banner to be representative of the state of Vermont and Alpha Delta Kappa. The olive green, gold and purple were used as they are the sorority colors. The Sugar Maple was used as it is the State Tree. It was done with colored leaves to represent the beauty of fall in Vermont. The 50 on the bridge indicated that Vermont was the fiftieth state to have Alpha Delta Chapters. The purple dots in the outline of the state represent where chapters are located. The Alpha Delta Kappa section represents the sorority.

The new banner was started in 2017 when then state president Lorrie Richland asked her step daughter Kristin to come up with some new designs. The idea was to create a single representation and to align Vermont's banner design with those of the other Northeast Regional states. The two columns come from the Alpha Delta Kappa badge design. The shape of Vermont echoes that from the old banner. Vermont is wrapped with a sash that names the three chapters. Alpha Delta Kappa violets sit above the arch. All three of our organization's colors are represented. Lorrie Richland appliqued and stitched the banner. It was presented at the 2018 State Convention in Montpelier and at the 2019 ADK Conference in Rhode Island.

Founding Beta Charter Members - 1972

Front row L to R

Margaret Raymond, Dot Bailey Welch, Mary Taft, Peg Williams, Shirley Kittle

Back row L to R

(?), Betty Bell, Eloise Merchant, Kay Stewart, Barb Clough

Presidents Through the Ages

1970 Katharine White

1972 Katharine White

1974 Priscilla March (Alpha) Marlene Emerson (Beta)

1976 Phyllis Coletti Marlene Emerson

1978 Katharine White

1980 Phyllis Coletti

1982 Kathleen Stewart

1984 Priscilla March

1986 Donna Burnett

1988 Edna Cassort

1990 Pat Seaver

1992 Beryle Gardnes

1994 Marlene Emerson

1996 Nancy Monmaney

1998 Pat Seaver

2000 Barbara Pope

2002 Evelyn Beebe

2004 Judy Allen

2006 Wanda (JJ) Whittemore

2008 Sue Wood

2010 Sue Wood

2012 Pat Graves

2014 Mary Ann Lauder

2016 Lorraine Richland

2018 Alison Levy

2020 Jeanne Desilets

2022 Pamela Nadeau

2024 Lisa Atwood

First Chapter in Vermont - Alpha - 1970

Alpha Delta Kappa, International Honorary Sorority for Women Educators, organized its first chapter in Vermont when Alpha Chapter was pledged and initiated at the Tavern Motor Inn in Montpelier, VT by Northeast Regional Grand Vice President Dorrisica Caswell; Past State President, S. Mildred Tinker; State President, Betsy Jane Hill; State Historian, Asmine Bursill; and President of Alpha Chapter, Jane Vogel; all from Manchester, N.H.

Jean LeClercq, sister of Katharine White, was a guest from Yonkers, NY.

The Charter Members were:

Dorothy Albiser Marta Cambra

Catharine Grace Mary Graham

Clara Hill Ruth Holmes

Elizabeth Lane Priscilla March

Anna Peake Mary Provost

Margaret Richey Joyce Rowe

Patricia Seaver Roma Wheeler

Katharine White

Election of officers followed the initiation with the following slate being elected:

President- Katharine White

Vice President- Ruth Holmes

Recording Secretary-Mary Graham

Corresponding Secretary--Priscilla March

Treasurer- Joyce Rowe

Chaplain--Patricia Seaver

Sgt-at Arms--Dorothy Albiser

Historian - Clara Hill

In 1972, Beta Chapter was pledged and initiated by members of the Alpha Chapter at the Hiawatha School in Essex Jct., VT. Charter members were:

Dorothy Bailey Betty Bell

Miriam Carr Barbara Clough

Betty Fay Eloise Merchant

Margaret Raymond Kathleen Stewart

Mary Taft

as well as Marlene Emerson, Margaret Williams, Marian Duval, Shirley Kittle, Beverly Lowe.

In 1977, Gamma Chapter was initiated in Burlington, VT, but on November 17, 1980 the Gamma Chapter lapsed.

In 1998, Delta Chapter was initiated with the following charter members:

Ruth Brown Sandra Dockum Kay Faust Patricia Graves Mary Ann Lauder

Maureen Maidrand Sandra MacGillivray Karen McGee J.J. Whittemore Mary Machalke

Janet Proctor Sue Smith Mary Vredenburgh Marilyn Yushak Jan Wright

and joining the chapter were Evelyn Beebe, Muriel Rowland, and Roxanne Stringer.

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