OUR HISTORY
The Westborough Women’s Club, as an affiliate of GFWC, was founded in 1916. Over 100 women met to begin the organization. Their first play was Prunella in 1917. Many years later, in 1936, the Westborough Players Club was formed because of the members’ interests. Club members ran a community thrift shop from 1933-1941.
Westborough Women’s Club ran a kindergarten class for the town from 1945 to 1976 when the Town took over. In 1963, the club saw the Hundredth Town Chorus form as a spinoff of the Club’s musical endeavors over the years. Community improvement projects have been a mainstay of the Westborough Women’s Club. Scholarships to high school students began in 1926. In 1956, Mrs. Louis Denfeld presented a silver coffee service in honor of her mother, Mrs. Walter Metcalf. Mrs. Metcalf was the first president of
Westborough Women’s Club.
PAST PRESIDENTS
‹*Mrs. Walter C. Metcalf (Jessie) 1916 – 1919
‹*Mrs. Arthur M. Nourse (Gertrude) 1919 – 1921
‹*Mrs. Harry E. Burroughs (Gertrude) 1921 – 1923
‹ Mrs. Harley Leh. Smith (Ellen) 1923 – 1925
‹*Mrs. Walter C. Metcalf (Jessie) 1925 – 1926
‹ Mrs. J. Baron Mason (Sara) 1926 – 1928
‹ Mrs. Eugene A. Kendall 1928 – 1929
‹*Mrs. Joseph S. Blake (Emma) 1929 – 1931
‹ Mrs. Raymond L. Whitney (Grace) 1931 – 1933
‹*Mrs. Carroll M. Dearing (Rachel) 1933 – 1935
‹ Mrs. Jo Merrill Olson (Helene) 1935 – 1937
‹ Mrs. William H. Trull (Fannie) 1937 – 1939
‹ Mrs. Wayne E. Horner (Ethel) 1939 – 1941
‹ Mrs. Ralph Elliott 1941 – 1943
‹ Mrs. William H. Trull (Fannie) 1943 – 1944
‹ Mrs. E. Earl Butler (Dorothy) 1944 – 1946
Mrs. Robert E. Harvey (Jane) 1946 – 1948
‹ Mrs. Gerald D. Griffin (Mary) 1948 – 1950
‹ Mrs. Walter Whiton (Bertha) 1950 – 1952* Mrs. Fred Ricker 1952 – 1954
‹ Mrs. R. Bruce Tufts (Elizabeth) 1954 – 1956
‹ Mrs. Richard D. Wilhite (Mary) 1956 – 1958
‹ Mrs. Harold G. Towne (Lillian) 1958 – 1959
‹ Mrs. Alton H. Stone (Geraldine) 1959 – 1961
‹ Mrs. Francis V. Adams (Catherine) 1961 – 1963
‹ Mrs. Joseph L. Perry (Catherine) 1963 – 1965
Mrs. William H. Andren (Georgia) 1965 – 1967
‹ Mrs. Keith F. Clark (Mildred) 1967 – 1969
‹ Mrs. William H. Andren (Georgia) 1969 – 1970
‹ Mrs. Thomas Fryer (Nellie) 1970 – 1972
‹ Mrs. Alden W. Jefts (Evelyn) 1972 – 1974
‹ Mrs. Richard L. Noble (Constance) 1974 – 1976
Mrs. James A. Lowe (Joan) 1976 – 1978
Mrs. Daniel S. Pavolis (Joan) 1978 – 1980
‹ Mrs. Stephen M. Young (Bertha) 1980 – 1982
‹ Mrs. William T. Ames (Joan) 1982 – 1984
‹ Mrs. Paul Graham (Dorothy) 1984 – 1986
Mrs. George L. Durfee (Alberta) 1986 – 1988
‹ Mrs. E. Irving Hulbert (Madeline) 1988 – 1990
‹ Mrs. Quentin C. Wells (Hazel) 1990 – 1992
‹ Mrs. John F. Strouse, Jr. (Mary) 1992 – 1994
‹ Miss Mary E. Roche 1994 – 1997
‹ Mrs. Joseph A. Federici Pricilla) 1997 – 2000
Mrs. Edward Blake (Paula) 2000 – 2003
Mrs. Stephen Bailey (Susan) 2003 – 2004
Mrs. Vito Virzi (Nancy) 2004 – 2006
Mrs. Judith Wilchynski 2006 – 2010
Mrs. Regina Mead 2010 – 2012
Mrs. Carolyn Black 2012 – 2014
Mrs. Karen Bloom 2014 – 2018
‹ Mrs. Cordelia Fenton 2016 – 2017
Mrs. Irene Hatherley 2018 – 2024
* Charter Member
‹ Deceased