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The Santa Barbara P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Chapter IJ recently celebrated their 90th Anniversary of “Service and Sisterhood” with a luncheon at the La Cumbre Country Club. An “Incredibly Joyous” time was had by all!
President Pat Cox welcomed the membership by recognizing the seven presidents in attendance, sharing the history of IJ and giving a retrospective of life in 1936, the year the chapter was founded by 15 women. Today the chapter has 40 members.
Four years after IJ was organized the United States went to war. Due to gas rationing meetings were held in a central location at the Presbyterian Church on Anacapa and Anapamu. The minister’s wife was a member of IJ and thus the chapter was provided with a room to meet…