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The story of the 1929 Convention w i l l resumed her work at Central High w
be more than twice told when Frances s
McKee, our new president, and Mary School, and M a r y Thompson will teach d
Elizabeth Sharp recount their delightful
visit to Ithaca. There were five N u again in Montgomery, Alabama. Ro-^ b
Omicron alumna; present, and these w i t h J
the six girls from the active chapter berta Lightfoot, our new treasurer, b
made our representation the largest of d
all visiting delegations. taught all summer in the Nashville Pur> J
o
The summer activities have been n u - lie Schools.
merous. Several alumnae f r o m far and w
near returned this year to show their Virginia Martin (Ex. '23), coming! d
love for friends in dear old Nashville. o
Mrs. Rives Waller (Bessie Bramwell south for the summer, was counselor at g
Ex. '24), of Walla Walla, Washington, o
has been on a visit to her mother in Camp Nakanawa, Mayland, Tennessee,; P
Morganfield, K y . , and to her sister, Mrs. sk
Leon McQuiddy, in Nashville. While for eight weeks. She has now returned u
here Bess drove to Virginia Beach w i t h sa
friends. Mrs. Henderson Barton (Marie to New Y o r k to resume her position w i t h c
Taylor Ex. '24), whose husband is pas- B
tor of the Baptist Church in Tuscumbia, the music publishers, G. Schirmer. n
Alabama, also renewed old friendships an
this summer. Mrs. Dewey McCullough, The Nashville Alumna; are looking of
( M a r y John Overall Ex. '20), one of our fe
charter members, visited her mother. She forward to a good year. We w i l l lose
is moving this fall from Knoxville to L
Atlanta to make her home. Catherine Constance Orme (Ex. '30), to the active' F
Orme ('23), visited Nashville en route w
f r o m Chicago, where she attended sum- chapter, as she returns to college after] sk
mer school, to Birmingham, where she li
will resume her teaching. Pearl Tutlee two years of service with the National] b
('22), a former N u Omicron president, lo
was a guest of Mrs. Curry White (Bess Life and Accident Insurance Company,' p
Beasley '22). Pearl took her M . A . at
University of Tennessee, and w i l l teach The marriage of Nell Fain ('23), will bl
at Kingsport this winter. Mrs. James D
Hudson (Frances Beasley Ex. '27), has take her to a distant city to live. We'
moved f r o m Old Hickory to her new th
home on Greenfield Avenue where little hope that Robbie Allison Shackleford at
Jimmy will give you a royal welcome. L
('26), will keep her active connection] as
The Nashville Alumnae chapter was br
ably represented at George Peabody Col- w i t h us, as her home, Lebanon, is only) F
lege during the summer quarter. Mrs. D . ca
C. Cabeen (Violet Abbott Psi), took a thirty-two miles away. We are very glad! an
course in library science, M a r y B. A l - tu
lison (Ex. '23), continued her college that Cornelia L a m b Rountree w i l l con-a pl
work, Sara Staley ('28), also took l i -
brary work, and Grace McVeigh ('25), tinue to reside in Nashville and aid us V
who teaches M a t h in Central High ba
School, did graduate work for six weeks. with her wise counsel. jn
J-
Our school teachers spent their vaca- And now to tell you a bit more about ^a
tions in many delightful ways. Mary gr
Weise ('27), the new secretary of our the wedding; we'll let you read some: £n
chapter, traveled abroad w i t h her aunt.
Mary Elizabeth Sharp ('26), after her clippings! gr
return from convention accompanied
Mary Thompson and her aunts on a "Simplicity and perfection of details
month's trip through the west via the
Canadian Pacific. M a r y Elizabeth has characterized the marriage of Miss Rob-,

bie Allison, daughter of M r . and Mrs.

Robert E. Allison, to D r . James R.-I

Shackleford, which was beautifully sol-

emnized Saturday evening, July 6, at 8?

o'clock in Wightman chapel at Scarritt

College. D r . George Stoves, pastor oil

West End M . E . church, assisted the Rev-^]

erend S. P. Turner in performing the cere-j

mony, which assembled a large company ;

of relatives and friends of the young

couple, many of these being f r o m a dis-

tance. .j

"For half an hour preceding the cere -

mony a brilliant musical program was

given by F. Arthur Henkel, organist, and

Paul Webb, vocalist. M r . Henkel's solos

were "Canzone Amoroso" (Nevin) "Ben-

ediction Nuptiale" (Frysinger) and 'Noc- J

turne" ( D ' E v e r y ) . M r . Webb sang "M|

Dawning" (Cadman) "O Promise Me",'

(DeKoven) and "Love is Mine." Lohen-i

grin's wedding march was played as the1]

processional and Mendelssohn for the re-,

cessional and "Leibestraum" (Liszt) d u r - j

ing the taking of the marriage vows. I

'"The chapel which is of lovely Gotbiej

architecture, was decorated in keeping!

with the lines of the structure. The altarA