PAST PRESIDENTS OF HCC (OUR "JEWELS")
HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL CREATED THE "JEWEL RITUAL" TO HONOR OUR PAST PRESIDENTS
This ritual is given to our Outgoing President by our Incoming President each year during our Founder's Day celebration in April. The 1st "Jewel Ritual" was conferred on 17 past presidents of Houston City Council at Founder’s Day in April 1976 by Virginia Lee, President-Elect.
A Past President of HCC is called a "Jewel" as in the performance of her duties ...
She has risen above her own and her Chapter's interests to represent and care for each member and each chapter in Council.
Her leadership makes possible the cooperation and unified effort which are required to discharge the joint purposes and goals of our Council.
She is that one special "Jewel" which like a diamond combines the light of all the gems into clear, white light in which all things may be seen clearly and the way ahead made plain.
* Deceased
1936-37 * Tommie Mansfield Lamotta 1937-38 Gene Christle 1938 Dorothy Bobo1938-39 Maraineale Wolfe1939-40 Lee McVicker1940 Iris Murray1940-41 * Virginia Wiggins1941-42 * Dorothy Kinzbach Luckel 1942-43 * Estelle Welshimer 1943-44 Patsy Johnson 1944-45 Lynette Hill Mason 1945-46 Leola Prestrridge 1946-47 * Ethel Dobkins 1947-48 Gillian Ranft McDaniel 1948-49 * Peggy Millican Shoals 1949-50 * Jessica Blair 1950-51 * Bernice Brown Haveland 1951-52 * Joyce Adams 1952-53 * Edith Buescher 1953-54 Mabel Wilkins 1954-55 Euginia Simons 1955-56 * Ida Brigham Griffith 1956-57 Dorothy Fordham 1957-58 Maragret Massey 1958 * Dede Cope 1958-59 * Margaret Zepernick 1959-60 * Cecelia Dederick 1960-61 * Muriel Nixon 1961-62 * Mary K Brown 1962-63 Kay Liles 1963-64 Maggie Blakeley 1964-65 Laverne Hill 1965-66 Peggy Ascheryl 1966-67 Maxine Bluffin 1967-68 Grace Thompson 1968-69 Rosabel Chandler 1969-70 * Juanita Morris 1970-71 * Kate Smith 1971-72 Yvonne Strangmeyer1972-73 Kathy Pullin 1973-74 * Juanita McCarble 1974-75 Pat Denny 1975-76 Beverly Fritz 1976-77 Virginia Lee 1977-78 * Jeanette Bilbrey 1978-79 * Sue Ferguson1979-80 Carolyn Harris 1980-81 * Judy Burns 1981-82 * Carlene Carlock 1982-83 Pam Crockett1983-84 Gerry Durio 1984-85 Karen Monaghan1985-86 * June Higgins 1986-87 Kathy Fisher 1987-88 Shirl Gallagher 1988-89 * Francie McDonald1989-90 Sara Lasater 1990-91 Carolyn Kares 1991-92 Mary Jane Hue1992-93 Twyla Woody 1993-94 Sue Garrett 1994-95 * Judy Mendez 1995-96 Margaret Heimberg1996-97 * Judy Sorenson 1997-96 Barbara McNally 1998-99 * Glenda Zorn 1999-00 * Kathy O'Brien
2000-01 Loretta Smith2001-02 Connie Noble2002-03 Marcia Oakes 2003-04 Dolores Fritz 2004-05 Linda Abbott 2005-06 * Cindy Criss2006-07 Sheryl Tyler 2007-08 Ellen Kalecuis 2008-09 * Kathy Sterling 2009-10 Nancy Sieh 2010-11 Vickie Buschke 2011-12 Margaret Heimberg 2012 * Elizabeth Mikal2012 Dolores Fritz2013 Jimmie Elie2013 Alice White2014-15 Alice White2015-16 Kerry Bost2016-17 Kathye Allen2017-18 Sharon Johnson (Munn)2018-19 America "Pinky" Stromek2019-20 Charlene Sawyer2020-21 Pam Hardin
2021-22 Kathye Allen
2022-23 Debbie Schultz
2023-24 Alice White
2024 (May-Sep) Alice White