Order of the Eastern Star

Heroines

· Adah – blue with sword and veil (Book of Judges)

· Ruth – Yellow with sheaf of barley (Book of Ruth)

· Esther – white with crown and scepter (Book of Esther)

· Martha – green with broken column (Book of Luke)

· Electa – red with chalice (Book of II John)

FATAL

• “O thou fairest among women” (Song of Solomon 1:8, 5:9, 6:1)
• “the chiefest among ten thousand” (Song of Solomon 5:10)
• “yea, he is altogether lovely” (Song of Solomon 5:16)

¶ My Grandmother Aileen Blandford was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.  And a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Powhatan, Virginia).