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The History of New Bern Alumnae Chapter
1957 Jabberwock,-Arabian Nights. (l-r) : Carolyn Bland, 1959 Jabberwock Coffee with Muriel Rahn. (l-r): Bertha
Ruth Houston, Polly Richards, Ida Franks, Eliza Dudley, Littman, Polly Richards, Muriel Rahn, Sally Roberts
Frances Moore, Gwendolyn Fortune, Naomi Ryder. Richardson, Carolyn Bland, Eliza Dudley, Naomi Ryder, Ann
Heath, Rita Houston. Standing (l-r): Ida Franks, Gwendolyn
Fortune, Ruth Houston.
From 1965 through 1980, the Jabberwock was held biennially. Beginning in 1981, Jabberwocks have
been hosted triennially, as a result of a cooperative agreement with Alpha Kappa Alpha and Zeta Phi
Beta to host fund-raising events in alternate years.
The Jabberwock Robe
The Jabberwock Queen=s robe was designed and made by Sorors Polly O.
Richards and Bertha Littman, home economics teachers at J.T. Barber and
Havelock High Schools, respectively. Assembled of crimson red velvet and
lined in ivory satin, this robe has traditionally been worn by all Jabberwock
Queens since 1965.
Jabberwock Queens 1956 to 2014
Year Jabberwock Queen County
1956 Ellen Brimmage Jones
1957 Louise Dudley Craven
1958 Laverna Thomas Craven
1959 Charlene Hayes Craven
1960 Mary Simmons Jones
1961 Sandra Bragg Craven
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