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mer at Harbor Springs. Betty and Isa- There were three European travelers.
belle will return to teaching this fall. Betty Cody ('26), and Betty Cossitt
('27), made a very thorough trip and i n -
Betty says that Nell Gratton ('27), cluded all there was to include. Vir-
likes her work in Fort Wayne. For her ginia Crossman (Ex. '28), traveling with
vacation Nell spent some of her time in a different party met them in Switzer-
New York and a few days in Detroit. land. And there they had a great re-
Frances M u r r a y Burridge ('25), drove union. A l l three w i l l be teaching again,
with Bud and Barbara to Iowa. They Betty Cody in Flint, Betty Cossitt in
covered over four hundred miles in one Conneaut, and Virginia in Detroit.
day. Just now they are quite excited
over their new home which is in the pro- Dorothy Wylie Martin ('23), was
cess of being built. I t is an income settled comfortably in Washington, D.C.,
bungalow, and Marian Murray ('24), when sudden orders came for Charles
and her family are to live upstairs. to do some special work on Long Island.
Marian is now on a boat trip on the So the Martins packed their trunks, and
Great Lakes. She looks f o r w a r d t o as Dorothy writes turned the key in the
teaching in a new school which will be door. They located in Babylon, New
much nearer and more convenient. Y o r k and despite the fact that i t is a
Eleanor Eaton Cavanaugh ('20), is feel- resort town they found a lovely house.
ing much better than she d i d last spring, Dorothy acquired the name of Field As-
and she has spent most of the summer sistant and helped Charles in his work.
in Detroit. Genevieve Eaton Sharp (Ex. She writes that i t is most interesting and
'28), was down to visit her and Elanor fascinating. As to future plans she can
Jean was fine. Genevive still lives in give no definite idea. There are pos-
Monroe. Early in the summer Irene sibilities of Sumner, Washington, or
Lutz Dunham and "Herb" took a tour Whittier, California. I t all depends on
East. Marjorie Miller Kellar manages the decision of the government. Mar-
to come to Detroit and Romeo for short jorie and Elizabeth Wylie ('20-'21), have
visits very often. Arline sees her in been in Shelby for the summer. Mar-
Cleveland quite often. Arline has decided jorie w i l l return to San Jose, California
that she needs a change, and as a result and Elizabeth to St. Paul in September.
she will be teaching in East Orange, New
Jersey. I t is more than teaching which Nell Dickinson ('27), has a new posi-
attracts " A r l i e " as John w i l l be finishing tion and is working for an importer.
his course at Columbia. Their engage- She enjoys it more than her former office
ment has beeh made public as " A r l i e " work. She wrote that she had several
has been wearing her lovely ring f o r visits with Irene Swain ('24), while Irene
some months. None of the girls see was on her trip West. Nell expected to
much of Vclma Leigh Carter ('24), but see Jessamine Gray ('26), i n Denver for
»t is known that she is working at the a few days. Jessamine had been at a
same clinic. Alda likes her new posi- camp near there. M a r y Carr Ruble
tion and si ill continues to take work at ('27), had been living in Denver, but
mght school. early in the summer moved to a small
t o w n near there. She was on a long
From coast to coast is the record held visit home in Charlotte. After several
by Eether Bradley ('28). A f t e r Con- weeks north Marian Tanner also en-
vention she made a visit to the northern joyed several weeks' trip through Yellow-
Pacific coast, and then returned to a stone.
ramp in northern Michigan. She w i l l
^ c h at Fordson next year. M a r j o r i e Bea Smith Miller ('21), divided her
« e b e r ("2"), managed to leave her maga- vacation time from the Library between
zine work long enough to j o i n some of cleaning house and several weeks' visit
"ie northern vacationists. with her mother in Ohio. Annette Burk-
hardt ('26), helped entertain guests all
Francis Barrett ('25), and her family through July, and in August she devoted
Joved to Fordson which is but a short the entire month in doing social work
mstance f r o m Detroit. Frances taught in one of the large hospitals of M i l -
waukee. She w i l l continue her course at
A r °m n i e r s d l o1 for the first eight -w e e k s Downer in the fall. Helen Wolfe was a
student at the New York School of So-
" * " her trip East M o l l y Peckhar cial Service Work this summer.
-ocke ('26), spent a few weeks in Grand
Hav e n " . The tr e s o f her summer was Betty Cutter (Ex. '30), and Helen Dye
' n looking for a more spacious (Ex. '30), w i l l be returning to school in
apartment.
