THE PHOENIX
and "do you remembers" being flung back and forth from us to " Pete." Della almost foundered us with huge pieces of some kind of a new strawberry pie a Ia mode. It was delicious. In June we gave the husbands and boy friends a break and invited them to a covered dish supper at Evelyn and Foster Bryan 's newly remodeled home at Kanawha City. We had supper on the lawn . We tried to play bridge afterwards but it wasn't much of a success because, as is usually the case, we had all eaten too much. We had our first fall meeting with Eloise Keller last week. Several of our group were absent because of the busy rush of school just starting. All we could do at that meeting was talk, since we hadn't seen each other for three months. E loise spent the summer in New York attending Columbia University where she is working on her Masters Degree. Della Guthrie was also in New York for a visit. From the two of them the less fortunate ones of us heard all about the Worlds Fair, the latest plays, and of course, the newest fall fashions. Ah me, to get to New York again. Evelyn and Foster Bryan, with Evelyn's mother, being native Ohioans, decided to follow our slogan "See West Virginia First" and toured our state. They all declared they saw some of the most beautiful scenery they had ever seen. We are sorry to have lost our newly elected president for this year, Pauline Ford. Pauline and Russell have moved to Norfolk, Virginia. His reserve commission in the Navy became a.ctive and he accepted an engineering position the re. We are going to miss Pauline because she was one of our most faithful members. We are glad to have with us this year Julia (Botkins) Bowles who has just moved back from Baltimore. Her husband finished his law degree there, passed the bar examinations and is practicing law in Charleston this year. We hope Julia will be able to ]ESSIE McGREW. attend all our meetings .
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Chicago Alumna: again called the roll for the 1939-40 season with a fall luncheon at Marshall Field's tea room on September 3oth. Because of vacations and other activities the members had not been together since the meeting in June at Sally Jo Grigsby Cluever's home. She entertained at a luncheon in her new home in Beverly Hills, which they had recently bought. Betty Grigsby Foyer, AB, has also purchased a home at 10631 Claremont Ave., in Beverly Hills, a suburb of Chicago. Jeanne Ramsey, AB, who entertained at a luncheon at her home in May, told us at the last meeting of the delightful motor trip which she had made with her husband and two children, Robert and Margaret. In July they drove from Chicago out through the Canadian Rockies to Lake Louise and Banff and then on down the coast of California, where they
spent several days in San Francisco at the Golden Gate Exposition. Helen Ball, N, was called to Pittsburgh in August by the death of her father, Norman E. Ellsnne Ball is entering the Elmhurst worth. Little kindergarten this fall for the first time and Helen is one of the busiest young mothers we know of with her three children. Ethel Llewellyn, UU, enjoyed a two weeks' vacation visiting her sister in Brooklyn, and seeing the sights of ew York City and the World's Fair. On the way home she stopped in Granville, Ohio, for the commencement activities at Dennison University. She also spent another week with her family at a cottage in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Dorothy Masters, BB, spent her annual vacation visiting her sister, Marjorie Masters Alter, and her family, in Paris, Texas. Louise Stewart, whom we still claim as a Chicago member although she has been teaching in Zanesville, Ohio, for the past two years, spent the major part of the summer going to summer school at Sarah Lawrence College in ew York. Before returning home she made a trip to Bermuda . DoROTHY MASTERS.
COLUMBUS, OHIO We wound up last year's actiVIties with the customary picnic in June, which was held at Ethel Wolfgram's cottage at Buckeye Lake. The weather wouldn't oblige us by being agreeable so that we could be out all of the time . Nevertheless some of the husbands and little boys fished right through the rain. The cottage was large and capable of accommodating all of us comfortably. The "eats" were plentiful and good and in spite of the weather, those of us who stayed in had a most enjoyable time just talking and playing cards. A buffet supper at Clara Oden's home started this year's activities, with twenty-seven girls present, all of whom we hope can attend regularly . Of course we were glad to see one another again and talk about all the many things we did this summer. As usual we had plenty of good things to eat, and depending upon one's capacity-several rounds could be made. Ruth Hessenauer and Carolyn Southard are on the Program Committee. Ruth designed our programs last year and we' re looking forward to having just as attractive and useful programs this year. After the meeting, a few of us "hangers-on" went to a hotel to wish Milly alley God-Speed. Milly, who has been doing Social Service work here in Columbus, has given up her job to take her Masters Degree at Washington University at St. Louis, this year. We hate to have her leave us, but a year slips by quickly and we hope to have her with us again. AuDREY LEPPERT.