The Wanamingo Red Hats met to celebrate the Twenty Year Anniversary of their founding, September 21, at Area 57. The founding members were: Judy Grothe, Becky Solberg, Linnae Glestad, Shirley Lund, and Elaine Froyum. The members visited many area attractions during the twenty years and always included a stop for lunch. The Red Hats are recognized by their purple outfits and their Red Hats which was inspired by a poem that begins with the words, "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple with a red hat that doesn't go, by Jenny Joseph.
The members in attendance that day were: Front row: Bobbi Goodman, Pat Opfer, Ellen Aakre, Becky Solberg, Dorothy Thompson, Linnae Glestad, Jean Rechtzegel.
Back row: Virginia Sabin, Sharon Jonas, Mary Bizzell, Ruth Ann McLaughlin, Darlene Johnson , Diane Weeks, Irene Ree, Twila Simmonson.
