The Order of the Rainbow for Girls

Title

Creator

Suaco, Fe Abarquez

Language

English

Source

The Cabletow Volume XLII (No. 2) February 1966

Year

1966

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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By FE ABARQUEZ SUACO The Order of the Rainbow for Girls was established in 1922 in Mc Alester Oklahoma, USA by Rev. W. Mark Sexson. The membership of Rainbow comes from Masonic and Eastern Star homes and their friends. A girl may become a Rainbow as she reaches the age of twelve. She will take part in meetings twice a month and have a number of social affairs and events during the year. She will be in a group well-chaperoned. The entertainment in which they engage is clean and wholesome. She will have an opportunity to learn to talk extemporaneously. She will be in meetings presided over by girls of her own age and while the meeting will be under the direction of an adult, the adult will be in the back ground. The girl will have a feeling of freedom. She will not only over come her timidity and be able to talk to this group of girls but she can be come one of their leaders. They will work and plan to make a program and raise money for various charities for beneficial purposes. They will learn how to stand on their own and be able to direct their work so it will be interesting. Most assemblies offer merit bars for services rendered. The Supreme Assembly of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls gives to a girl the Master <>/ the Grand Cross of Color Award for outstanding serv ices rendered to the Order. Everything in the Order of the Rainbow for Girls works towards a constructive and colorful life that ap peals to the girls. It leaves an ever lasting impression of peace, tranquil ity and spirituality on each and every member. There will be a spiritual awakening and realization of the fact that as a Rainbow girl, with Love and Service as her watchword, life will be organized and developed un der the inspiration of beauty and color. In view of the high standard of character building of the members of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a group of Masons and Eastern Stars under the leadership of the late Wal ter H. Schoening (who became Su preme Deputy of the Order in the Far East) organized the Order of the Rainbow for Girls in the Phil ippines. The first Assembly, Manila As sembly No. 1, was organized and sponsored bv Mayou Chapter No. 1, OES on July 16. 1949. Mrs. Beth Barnes was Mother Advisor and Virginia Willimont was Worthy Ad visor. Manila Assembly consisted of American girls whose parents were stationed here in the Philippines for a limjted period. Most of the girls returned to the United States, thus closing .up Manila Assembly. But prior to this sad ending, they initiated a group of Filipino girls into the Or der. These Filipino girls became charter members of Perla Assembly No. 2 (now No. 1) sponsored by Lodge Perla del Oriente No. 1034, S. C. and adopted by Farmington As sembly No. 35. New Mexico, U.S.A. Perla Assembly was formally con stituted on April 5, 1950 by the late Turn to next pig* February 1966 27 Walter H. Schoening with the help of Rainbow girls from Manila As sembly at the Scottish Rite Temple, Taft Avenue, Manila. Mrs. Beth Barnes was Mother Advisor and Liz zie Rader was Worthy Advisor. Perla Assembly grew and prospered as the years rolled by leading to the growth of the Order of the Rainbow for girls in the Philippines. Clark Assembly Xo. 2 was con stituted by the late Walter H. Schoening on August 11, 1956 with lhe aid of the members of Perla As sembly in Clark Field Air Base. Angeles, Pampanga. Mrs. LaVerne Mabel Whitlock was Mother Advi sor and Charlsie Stewart was Worthy Advisor. Their sponsoring body is Leonard Wood Lodge No. 105. Cavite Assembly No. 3 was con stituted in 1961 in Cavite City by Mrs. Agnes Schoening (who became Supreme Deputy of the Order in the Far East after the death of her hus band, the late Walter H. Schoening) assisted by members of Perla As sembly. Mrs. Agnes Schoening then left for the United States. The Supreme Assembly appointed Mrs. Alice Bel lis Supreme Deputy of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls in the Philip pines and Okinawa. There are now three Assemblies of of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls in the Philippines to help our young girls between the ages of 12 and 18 prepare themselves for womanhood and become better leaders and bet ter citizens of our country. As mem bers of the Order, they will be able to encounter the problems of life with ease, tact, understanding and agility. We hope that our Brother Masons and Sister Eastern Stars will help in the growth and welfare of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls in the Phil ippines. The Advisory Board of Perla As sembly No. 1 is presently composed of Raymond Wilmarth, chairman; Bayani Y. Salcedo, Luis F. Lancero, Jr., Romeo T. Pasco, Benito Maneze, Laurence H. Gardner, Guillermo Madridejos, Virginia Domingo, (Mother Advisor of the Assembly); Maria Luisa Vicente, Carmen Karganilla, Fe Suaco and Flora Ostrea. A A A A SUPREME COUNCIL HOLDS . . The various honors were awarded as follows: To be Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (Active) : Ill. Bros. Jose Locsin Araneta, Remigio Montilla Abello, Cirilo Dictado Cons tantino, and Damaso Cruz Tria; To be Inspectors General Honor ary, 33°: Bros. Bernabe Africa, Ed ward Albert Bellis, Ruperto Sarrosa Demonteverde, Teofilo Marte, Leon Cabig Santiago, Isabelo Tupas and Raymond Everett Wilmarth; To be knights Commander of the Court of Honor: Bros. Manuel Mon (From page 26) tilla Abello, Jose Bautista Abejo, Cornelio Malabanan Aguirre, Timoteo Biloya Almonte, Gregorio Ragucos Bailen, Domingo Cabali, Felix Manawis Caburian, William Howard Clark, Jr., Temistocles Elvina, Liberato Estal Littaua, Juanito Treyes Magbanua, Francisco Mateo, Pedro Domingo Melendez, Seldon W. O'Brien, Gil, Francisco Octaviano, Juan Villanueva Orencia, Alfredo Lamzon Ortiz, Castor Silvestre, So tero Anselmo Torralba, and Stan ton Youngberg. A 28 The Cabletow

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