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letter to To DRAGMA, was held at our Kathryn Fairchild started "the ball roll-
December meeting at the home of Olive ing" by giving two parties, Verna Wer-
Wrighton, assisted by "Margaret Ellis. ner also gave one, and several others
Lucille Mauck, our president conducted are planning to give them in the near
a very impressive ritual service after future.
which Mattie Higgins gave an interesting
review of The Defenders by Stella Stern The major part of the February meet-
Perry. ing was spent making plans for the visit
of Miss Wyman, who arrived the fol-
Another December event was a Christ- lowing Monday, February 9. Verna Wer-
mas party on December 28 in honor of ner entertained at a breakfast and Lillian
the active members home for the Christ- Bihler at a luncheon in her honor. M o n -
mas holidays. The afternoon was spent day evening a formal banquet was held
in playing bridge after which a delight- at the Fontenelle Hotel for which cov-
f u l lunch was served. Zeta Tate and ers were laid for thirty members. Decora-
M a r y Allingham were hostesses, and tions were tall red tapers and Jacque-
were assisted by Laura Perkins and minot roses. Between courses we sang
Catherine Corcoran. fraternity songs and were favored w i t h
vocal selections by Laura Petersen. We
Our January meeting was held at the all enjoyed the talk which Miss Wyman
home of Blanche Potter, assisted by gave, and our only regret was that she
Helen Hayes. Plans for our annual couldn't have spent more time with us.
bridge benefit, which was to be our sec- The committee in charge of arrangements
ond money-making venture of the year, included Clara Lee Hamilton, chairman,
were made. The party was given on W i n n i f r e d Shaw, Helen Ayres, Bess M i t -
January 25 in the Grenada room of the chell, Leola Jensen, and Pauline Hart-
K.C. Club, and so well had the com- nett.
mittee planned the details that the
whole affair was carried off smoothly At our March meeting, which was
and efficiently. We cleared about $66. held at the home of Jessie Wigton w i t h
The selling of candy and nuts contribu- Bell Slattery assisting, we started our
ted to our financial success. Individual philanthropic work for the Salvation
boxes of bath salts were the table prizes. A r m y Rescue Home. This meeting was
There were also two door prizes. Helen in honor of Blanche Potter, who has
Hayes, who so efficiently managed the gone to make her home in Lincoln. T o
one given the previous year, was chair- show Mrs. Potter our appreciation for
man, and on the committee were L i l - all she has done for us, the chapter pre-
lian Bihler, Hazel Thomas, Verna Wer- sented her w i t h a pair of lovely candle-
ner, Clara Lee Hamilton, Mable Shu- sticks. I t was voted to give $75 to the
man, Leola Jensen, and Catherine Cor- active chapter in Lincoln to be presen-
coran. ted at the annual banquet held some-
time in May in Lincoln.
Our February meeting was held at
the home of Laura Petersen, assisted The April meeting was held at the
by Mable Shuman. We decided that be- home of Mattie Higgins with Lorene
ginning with the March meeting, we Davis assisting. We decided to furnish
would sew squares for the Salvation and maintain a bed at the Salvation
A r m y Rescue Home. Also i t was sug- A r m y Rescue Home, but no definite
gested that, since we had a few boxes plans were made. I t was decided to
of bath salts left f r o m the bridge bene- have our M a y meeting in the form of
fit, if individual members gave small a mothers' tea at the home of Esther
bridge benefits at their homes, these Smith.
could be given for prizes. T h i s has
proved very worthwhile. Immediately We welcome a new member from Phi
chapter, Lucille Ingram Weldon.
Syracuse Alumna? Hear Surprises at Annual Luncheon
By NORA K . K I N G
Our president, Marcia Rosbrook ('21), making their homes in Syracuse. The
was our hostess at the February meet- members discussed the advisability of
ing. We were indeed glad to welcome forming a bridge club and having our
some of the newer alumnae, who are meetings every t w o weeks, but so far
