"Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle Home" Marker

Hi my name is Melissa Carruth...I am working towards getting this once beautiful meaningful place landmarked thru the Texas Historical Division for Marker...The Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle gave to many family's and housed many aged, let's give back to such a charitable and loving organization, it deserves its spot in history. In a time where woman fought for rights these woman of Woodmen Circle came togather so woman and children could survive...Their work should be remembered and registered with the state! 

...Woodmen Circle Home was a home that housed aged woman and children. The fraternal organization was a sister woman ran auxilary to Woodmen of the World it was the first of its kind to offer life insurance to women.

The Home opened June 25, 1930, and was the largest public event ever planned at that time, drawing more than 6,000 visitors from 41 states. Guests were served 3,000 pounds of barbequed beef and volunteers used 82 bushels of potatoes to make the potato salad. Even before it opened, the Woodmen Circle Home had a postive influence on Sherman and North Texas. The groundbreaking in 1928 led to the creation of more than 100 jobs for men in the area, at a time when the economics of the Great Depression left few options in many other cities. (source: Elaine Nall Bay)

Until its closure in 1971, Woodmen’s Circle was home to over 100 children, and 165 elderly women, who otherwise might have had nowhere else to go.

If you would like to fund this cause it would be greatly appreciated