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Iowa. While in Lincoln she was the house guest of Jennie and Elsie Piper.
During her visit, Jennie and Elsie assisted by their mother, Mrs. J. A . Piper,
entertained at a charming tea at the chapter house which gave an opportunity
for all Zeta girls to meet Mrs. Peake. The house was very attractively decorated
for the occasion. Red roses surrounded with red candles i n crystal sticks
formed the centerpiece f o r the lea table which was presided over by Annie
Jones Rosborough. She was assisted by a number of the girls of the active
chapter who also assisted i n receiving and entertaining the guests. Luree
Beemer Beaumont introduced the guests to Mrs. Peake. Margaret Perry sang
several songs d u r i n g the afternoon hours. The girls also enjoyed visiting with
Sarah H a r r i n g t o n Froid who was spending a few days at the chapter house.

Luree Beaumont entertained Mrs. Peake, Elsie and Jennie and a few of the
girls who had been Mrs. Peake's classmates at a small but very d e l i g h t f u l dinner.

Both the alumna; and active chapters are looking forward to the visit of
Mrs. W . F . Schoppe, inspector f o r this district who has written that she w i l l
arrive about A p r i l 9 for a three days' visit.

Saturday, March 20, the active and alumna; chapters met f o r luncheon at
the Lincoln hotel. The annual formal dancing party had been held the evening
before at the Lincoln and the guests of honor were the alumna; who came f o r
the dance and the "rushees" who were the guests of the active chapter.

Elsie Piper of Wayne and Gladys Ix>wenburg of Albion came f o r the dance
and luncheon and remained over the week-end.

Nell Webb Sears whose home is now i n H a r t f o r d , Conn., is spending a
month or six weeks in Lincoln with her sister, Mrs. Fritz Harris, while her
husband is on a business trip in the west. She arrived just in time to attend
the luncheon.

Early in January the Nebraska girls were shocked to hear o f the tragic
death of Maude Toomey. She was killed in an airplane accident at Casper,
Wyo. For the last two years she had been connected with a lumber firm o f
Casper. Some friends f r o m her home town, Spearfish, S. D . , were visiting in
Casper and f o r their entertainment she planned an airplane trip over the city
in airplanes operated by an airplane company of Casper. Miss Toomey went up
on the second t r i p , one of her friends having made the first t r i p . As the driver
of the machine began to make preparations to land he noticed that Miss
Toomey had evidently fainted d u r i n g the flight and being very small she had
slipped down through the straps holding her. Her foot had evidently become
entangled in the control and the driver was unable to make the landing. The
machine came down head first f o r a distance of five hundred feet. Miss Toomey
lived about three hours after the accident but never regained consciousness.
Her body was taken to Spearfish and buried in the cemetery there.

Mabel W i l l i a m s Beachly is recovering f r o m a serious operation which she
underwent the first part of March.

Mr. and Mrs. John Rosborough (Annie Jones) are the happy parents of a
little daughter who was born March 4. She has been named M a r y Elizabeth
Rosborough.

H E L E N FITZGERALD, Chapter Editor,

CHICAGO ALUMN/E

Our alumna; meetings continue to be very successful and well attended.
Since w r i t i n g you last, we have held three regular meetings.

I n January, the chapter met with Julia Fuller Crane ( M r s . R. S.). Julia's
little g i r l has kept her f r o m so many meetings, so we enjoyed being w i t h her