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Convention Honors Member T_he Princeton-Athens Alumnae Chapt~r. I~ busy enjoying meeting, eating, and VISiting this fall. In September Margaret Weatherford Nell Jefferies, and Lucille Walthall wer~ hostesses for an outing at the Walthall's cottage at Clayton Lake. Wanda Bradley, and Betty Sue Hedrick were hostesses in Oct~ber. At this meeting Mandy Covey, president of the Omicron Chapter, gave a report on the 75th Convention and Bula McNeill was presented an Alpha Sigma Tau Thomas Jefferson Cup. The annual Founders Day banquet celebrating the 75th Anniversary was held in Princeton with the Bluefield Alumnae members and t he Omicron Chapter members present. A candlelighting service was held and a cash gift was presented to Mandy Covey by Patty Anderson. Nancy Pettrey Kissam has moved -to Princeton ~nd joined our alumnae group. Nell Jeffenes has a new position. She is now faci litator for t he Teacher Education Center. Betty Bates Hutchins has returned to teaching. Lucille Waltha
ODE TO MY SISTER
When my tears fall I shall thi·n k of the sunshine On youT eyes. Or maybe that was just the reflectio·n Of my happiness. Nancy Ledoux Alpha Xi Chapter
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Director Expands Membership Our two goals this year are to strengthen alumnae ties with area collegiate chapters and to strengthen our local alumnae membership. In late August we held a backyard social at the home of Patti Bliley for alumnae and collegiate members from the Richmond area. The event was a great success. Old friendships were renewed, new ones were made; but most of all, we enjoyed meeting over twenty-five sisters from the Alpha Lambda and Zeta Tau chapters who had accepted our invitation. This year we made teddy bears as rush favors for Alpha Lambda's "Sleepy Time Tau" party. Esther Powell, membership director led an extensive campaign to update ou; local membership files. Through phone calls and letters she compiled a list of interested alum11ae and sent them a schedule of our programs for the year. Five new alumnae attended the summer social and September meeting. Elain Alexander Psi and JoAnne Marshall, Alpha La~bda' were initiated at the November Founder~ Day Banquet. Eight other new alumnae also attended the banquet. The highlight of the banquet was the announcement that the RichmondPetersburg Alumnae Chapter was one of nin~ in the n~tion to be awarded a 100 % efficiency ratmg by Alpha Sigma Tau. A fifteen dollar check accompanied this honor. The following new officers were installed at ~he September meeting· Pre ident Juaruta Baxter, Vice-Pre ident Ann Staple , Secretary Patty Adkin , Trea _ ure_r Jane R':lffa, Hi tori an Jan ice Ree e, Editor Canulle Thoma . s our o ial ~rvi~e project for the ear we are conidenng workincr with or contributincrb AI\ HOR