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Acknowledgements

Thanks to those who published the 50th Anniversary book as recognized here.

"Credit for help received goes to Violet Richardson Ward, charter president of the first Soroptimist Club of Alameda county; to Eloise B. Cushing, founder member of the Soroptimist Club of Alameda county, and to all the past regional directors and governors, who did so much for the organization in the past 50 years.

To Governor Charlotte Chichester for her encouragement, to Past Governor Mary Gianotti for extra research and leg work and Past Governor Matie Barker for time spent assisting in documenting historical facts and editing.

To Fiftieth Anniversary Steering Committee - Dorothy Cox, MaryEllen George, Mary Gianotti and Bayonne Glenn - all of whom have given much time and support.

To other Southwestern Soroptimists: Alice Brandt, Marjorie Brown, Mauda Crockett, Kay Davis, Dora Finnemore, Marie Graves, Ilse Greer, Geneva Kipp, Margaret Knott, Aimee Lubin-Buehl, Alverna Osborn, Mildred Palmer, Bernadine Quinlan, Dorothy Sarnes, Pamela Schlaepfer, Barbara Stevenson, Violet Unland, Isabelle Portale, Dottie Locke, Dorothy Wright, Ortha Wulfing, all club Fiftieth Anniversary and history committees and all others who may have contributed in any way; and

To Venturists: Past Governors Marcia Batrez and Celesta Delaney.

My special thanks to Violet Richardson Ward. Without her inspiration, enthusiasm and inexhaustible fund of information, this story of Southwestern Region's first 50 years could not have been written."

The balance, as published, was organized by the 75th Anniversary Committee

This 2006 web-printing of Founder Region "The Way It Was" reproduces the original publication without reinterpreting the content by editing (except for obvious typos) or with a new layout, with the exception of adding photos and illustrations.