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ORGANIZATION OF THE WYOMING MAYFLOWER SOCIETY
The Society of Mayflower 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. Mr. Neff was also from Oklahoma.
Governor General Allen explained the aims and purpose 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 societies 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 of America.
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