Mrs. S.M. Blanford
A Woman of Much Official Ability Who
Has been Greatly Honored
Utica Saturday Globe, June 20, 1903
Mrs. S.M. Blanford
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Mrs. S.M. Blanford, of this village, was honored at the eighth annual State Council, held in Albany last week, by her election as Great Pocahontas of the Great Council of the State of New York. This is the first time in the history of the order that so small a community as Norwich ahs been honored by the choice of a Great Pocahontas from among the residents.
Mrs. Blanford, who is prominent member of the Wishawakah Council, Degree of Pocahontas, of Norwich, has been a member of the State Council for seven years, having been appointed second great guard in 1896. In 1901, when the annual State Council was held in Norwich, she was chosen Great Minnehaha, and the following year Great Winona, so that she has now filled all the important chairs in the Great Council of the order, which at present numbers about 7,000 members in the Empire State. Among some of the more important duties of her present position are making official visits to the various lodges of the State, appointing deputies and considering and acting upon questions that may arise in the conduct of the affairs of the organization. Mrs. Blanford has already filled several important offices with ability and acceptance, and it is confidently expected that she will be fully equal to cope with her new and more important duties.
[Note: The Degree of Pocahontas (often called the Daughters of Pocahontas) is the women's auxiliary of The Improved Order of Redmen.]
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