Local P.E.O. club looks forward to centennial

WAITSBURG—As luck would have it, the timing of a recent call to Waitsburg’s Deanna Coulston was almost perfect. Getting in touch with Coulston to talk about the P.E.O Sisterhood (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Chapter BE revealed that the local group will celebrate 100 years of existence in May 2024.

“This is great!” Coulston said in a recent interview. “Our chapter started in 1924, and we’ll soon be starting to make plans for how to celebrate next year.”

Waitsburg’s Sisterhood has plenty to celebrate.

According to its website, the International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood was fo...