Mrs. Candes Chumney Candes Chumney personifies all that the Junior League can develop in a person.  By nature an entrepreneur, an initiator, and an innovator, Candes learned that devotion to an ideal can result in success. This extraordinary volunteer’s long list of community activities is impressive and varied.  A quick glance at her resume reveals […]

Mrs. Dela White Making Music For Those Who  Listen “The earth has music for those who listen.”  This inspiring sentence, the motto of San Antonio’s Sunshine Cottage for the Deaf, is also a fitting motto for the life of the school’s founder, Dela White.  This Volunteer Extraordinaire for 1988 has spent her volunteer career making sound out […]

Mrs. Patricia Galt Steves Volunteer-(noun)-one who enters into any service or undertakes anything of his own free will. Extraordinary – (adjective)-beyond an ordinary order; exceeding a common degree or measure; remarkable; special; sent for a special purpose. After spending an all too short morning with Patsy Steves, I almost expected to find her name when […]

Mrs. Louise Thomas Every year the Junior League is proud to honor a sustainer as its Volunteer Extraordinaire.  She exemplifies the purpose of the Junior League — that of voluntarism.  The Volunteer Extraordinaire has translated her volunteer training and education into community commitment and involvement.  It is a privilege to recognize Louise Thomas as our […]

Mrs. Jocelyn Straus Joci Straus’ attitude that living well is “growing up, not old” permeates each new project she tackles.  The Junior League is pleased to honor her as Volunteer Extraordinaire 1982 for her accomplishments and inspiration in growing up.  With husband, Joe Straus, Jr., she has raised three children and developed volunteer interests which […]

Mrs. Edith McAllister   It is difficult to name any major aspect of San Antonio’s civic life in which our Volunteer Extraordinaire for 1981 has not been closely involved. Edith McAllister, in fact, has been called “Mrs. Everything.”  She is the most active woman most of us have ever known. In an extensive career in […]