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By H E L E N S L A T E N N E L S O N

Marion Abele ('17), and her mother and little Billy have been at their log
have just lately returned from a two cabin at Ojibwa, Wisconsin, during July
months' trip abroad. They left in June and August.
w i t h M a r y Dee Drummond (Alpha Phi
'18), and after touring for about six Eunice Marthens Gemmill ('19), is
weeks in rural England, France and Ger- now a f u l l fledged librarian'in Chicago.
man) they went to Oslo, Norway, where She is managing her home and two chil-
they saw Kata Blum Blumberg ('17). dren, besides, so she is more than busy.
From there they went to Arvika, Her address is now 5527 Le Moyne Ave-
Sweden, f o r a visit with M a r y Dee's nue, Chicago.
folks. Marion and Mrs. Abele then
sailed for home, but M a r y Dee is stay- Dorothy Duncan has just returned
ing w i t h her family until October. from a two weeks' trip to Colorado.
By the way, Dot and Bee Anderson
Marie Vick Swanson also has had a ('26), are the committee to redecorate
wonderful trip abroad. She and Arthur, the lounge i n the chapter house and f r o m
their two small boys, Vick and Compton all I hear, i t has been very cleverly done
and Arthur's father and mother have —but then why wouldn't it be?

been touring i n Europe f o r t w o months. The Rho girls who went to convention

They took their car w i t h them and were overjoyed to see Caroline Piper
traveled from Oslo to Trondhjen, over Dorr and Katherine Kendrick. Caroline
into Sweden to Stockholm, through Den- and Katherine were on the committee to
mark and Germany down the Rhine to meet and entertain the delegates at the
Heidelburg, then to Switzerland, France stop-over in Buffalo.

and Belgium, finally sailing home from We are so glad that D o r o t h y Bruniga
Holland. Dean ('21), and George are living in

Merva Hennings and her four husky Evanston again and hope they will stay
children have been spending the summer forever this time. Their address is 356
on their farm near Momence, Illinois. Ridge Avenue.

Alice Thomson ( A l p h a ) , w h o has been Marriages
visiting her this month tells me that i t

is quite a "glorified" f a r m and one w o n - Ruth Batterson ('28), and "Ziggie"

derful place f o r a good time. Solheim, whose engagement was an-

Geraldine Meek Stephenson has had nounced in the last issue were married
three vacations, driving to New York in June.
Mildred Judson (Ex. '25), was mar-
with "Steve" and young three-year-old
Tommy for a few weeks and then up to rid to Harry Stanwood Lutz on M a y 11,
Spooner two different times on fishing at San Mateo, California.

trips. She tells me that L y n t o n King Blanch MacGregor ('28), and Henry
Ames (Ex. '23), and Ben and their small Fordtran were married on September 7
year-old daughter Margery are coming at the Rogers Park Methodist Episcopal
for a visit the end of September. Church. Marjory Eldridge (Ex. '30),

Ruth Marshall (Ex. '20), has just re- was her maid of honor and Peggy Parker
turned from Lake Geneva where she has ('30), R u t h Tarrant ('29), and Bee A n -
spent the summer w i t h her family at derson ('26), were her bridesmaids.

their cottage. Irene Petersen ('23), was married to

Mabel Gastlicld Schubert ('17), Charles Alva Keener on June 22 at K a n -
George and their t w o children, Georgine sas City. Charles is a graduate of K a n -
and Billy, have just come back f r o m sas University ('19), and took his Mas-
jneir summer home at Lauderdale Lakes, ter's f r o m Boston Tech in 1920 and is

Wisconsin. a Professor of Electrical Engineering at

. Helen Brooks Boyre ('21), now liv- the University of Illinois. They will
•"S 'n Wauwautosa, Wisconsin, came to live in Schenectady, New York, this year
^ me at Lake Beulah in July, Fred was where Charles is t o do some research
a,ong too and their small son. Brooks. work with the consulting engineer of
the General Electric Company, returning
Phoebe Wilson Herrold ('20), L l o y d next year to the University of Illinois.