The formation of a Junior Service League in Saginaw was the result of desire on the part of young women in the community to give of their time, energy and financial support to those less fortunate than themselves.  Many of them were already contributing to the various charities of the city and taking and active part in the conduct of these; but the need of an organization which should direct this volunteer service and further promote it, was quite apparent.

On the nineteenth of January, 1929, the first meeting of the organization of such a League was called by the first Mrs. Rust MacPherson, permission having been received from the Association of the Junior Leagues of America.  The ten charter members were:  Mrs. Clarence Toshach (Charlotte Hasset), Mrs. Don Hanaford (Lois Rodman), Mrs. Walter Hill (Edith Symons), Mrs. Perce Pearce (June Swan), Mrs. James Spence (Anne Robertson), Mrs. Harry Jones (Harriet Carlisle), Mrs. Elmer L. Cornwell (Janet Morley), Mrs. Harry Burrows (Ann Powell), Miss Mary Louise Garey, and Mrs. MacPherson (Helen Bennett).  At a later meeting on the ninth of February, two other members were included, Mrs. Gladys Bolton (Gladys Huss), and Mrs. Hugo Braun (Jean Craig Smith).  These twelve, constituting the entire membership of the League at the time, voted to elect themselves a Board of Directors for the organization and adopted the bylaws upon the Constitution of the Association of the Junior Leagues of America. 

In the very first month of organization, we benefited greatly by the guidance given us by the President of the Grand Rapids Junior League.  Her interest and advice made us all the more firmly determined that our Junior Service League should become truly instrumental in the advancement of civic welfare in our community.  In recruiting, manpower toward the end of the first year numbered sixty-five.  Shortly afterward, the name of the Junior League was changed to the Service Club to avoid confusion with authorized Junior Leagues. 

As our activities in the community expanded, we endeavored to conform even more closely to the standards set by the Association of Junior Leagues of America.  In this connection we were greatly aided by a visit from the Association Field Secretary.  Shortly following her visit, two members of the Grand Rapids League came to Saginaw to gather information on our organization, which they reported to the AJLA.  That we successfully met their requirements is evidenced by the fact that on February 14, 1934, the Service Club of Saginaw became the Junior League of Saginaw, a member of the Association of Junior Leagues of America.

…Milestones we have had, and may many more be ours in the future.  The prestige of the Saginaw Junior League and its record of intelligent community service is ours to maintain and cherish.  We are stewards of a splendid heritage.  Let us preserve and enhance it.