In 1973, Lady Velma Jeter, Area I Director, contacted Mrs. Rupert R. Clemons and Lady Thelma C. LaPice, a Top Lady since 1965, about the feasibility of a TLOD Chapter in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Women from different backgrounds were invited to attend a meeting with the Director. The meting was held at the home of Mrs. Clemons. After three meetings, twenty of those in attendance formed a small nuclei for the expressed purpose of assisting youth in the inevitable task of functioning effectively in today’s society; promoting wholesome and meaningful living of senior citizens; improving the status of women; and developiing, promoting, and supporitng activities designed to preserve the physical beauty of America.

Area I was invited to host the 1974 Area Conference in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The conference convened February 9, 1974 at the Downtowner Motor Inn and the Lake Charles Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction was chartered.

Lady Thelma C. LaPice served as the chapter’s first President.