History of New Hampshire Rainbow

In July of 1929, the first assembly in New Hampshire was instituted in Concord as Concord Assembly #1. Sarah B. Otis is credited as being the founder of Rainbow in New Hampshire.

The first Supreme Deputy was Mrs. Mary Senior Brown, Past Grand Matron, appointed in June 1935 and elected to the House of Gold on June 20, 1946. She was appointed Supreme Drill Leader on September 16, 1948 and elected Supreme Faith on July 10, 1960, and advanced to the office of Supreme Charity. She passed away on April 6, 1966.

The grand Assembly of New Hampshire was organized in 1941 under Mrs. Brown, Supreme Deputy.

Mary Senior Brown Supreme Inspector	Eugenie Black Supreme Deputy, NH, 1981	Celia Howard, Supreme Inspector, NH, 1982 - 1990	Meredith Ritchie, Past Supreme Inspector 1990 -1999
Kristen Cadwallader 2000-2005	Mrs. Catherine Morrison 2006-

Mrs. Celia Howard succeeded Mrs. Brown as Supreme Deputy in New Hampshire in 1966, and held that post until 1990 when Mrs. Meredith Stout Ritchie was appointed to replace her. Mrs. Ritchie was the first Past Grand Worthy Advisor of New Hampshire to be so honored. Mrs. Ritchie became Supreme Inspector and member of the House of Gold at the 75^th Anniversary sessions in St. Louis, July 1998. The jurisdiction was honored to have Miss Marsha Hotchkiss serve as the Acting Supreme Worthy Advisor at the 75^th Anniversary sessions. Mrs. Kristen L. Cadwallader succeeded Mrs. Ritchie as Supreme Deputy for the jurisdiction in July 2000 and presided until July 2005. Our current Supreme Deputy is Mrs. Cathy Morrison.

At one time there were twenty-eight active assemblies in the Jurisdiction, but New Hampshire, like many others, has lost assemblies. There are now eight active assemblies in the state of New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Web Pages

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New Hampshire Grand Worthy Advisors

Rainbow has been active in the State of New Hampshire for a very long time, or as can be seen from this list of Grand Worthy Advisors, since 1942.

Assembly
Portsmouth No. 2
Concord No. 1
Plymouth No. 10
Claremont No. 8
Manchester No. 4
Nashua No. 9
Rochester No. 11
Lebanon No. 12
Wolfeboro No. 5
Keene No. 6
Milford No. 13
Bradford No. 17
Exeter No. 20
Rose Croix No. 21
Dover No. 14
North Star No. 18
Derry No. 15
Goffstown No. 22
Nashua No. 9
Silver Birch No. 19
Manchester No. 4
Portsmouth No,. 2
North Conway No. 24
Claremont No. 8
Concord No. 1
Wolfeboro No. 5
Candia No. 29
Nashua No. 9
Silver Birch No. 19
Claremont No. 8
Portsmouth No. 2
Concord No. 1
Laconia No. 3
Pemigewasset No. 28
Derry No. 15
Milford No. 13
Rochester No. 11
Claremont No. 8
Exeter No. 20
Nashua No. 9
Dover No. 14
Plymouth No. 10
Exeter No. 20
Pemigewasset No. 28
Rochester No. 11
Plymouth No. 10
Portsmouth No. 2
Rochester No. 11
Milford No. 13
Salem No. 26
Milford No. 13
Goffstown No. 22
Nashua No. 9
Plymouth No. 10
Exeter No. 20
Exeter No. 20
Rochester No. 11
Milford No. 13
Nashua No.9
Goffstown No. 22			
Pemigewasset No. 28			
Nashua No, 9			





More history to come. If you have any photographs of Rainbow in New Hampshire from years past, and you would like to see them here, E-mail them and I will post them here. If you can't scan them yourself, send me an e-mail and we can make arrangements.

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