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MERCURY of Phi Beta Psi

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PHI BETA PSI

VOLUME XXVI AUGUST, 1933

Editress

JUNE FLYNN

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Beta Chapter Chillicothe, Ohio

FIRST ROW {left to right): Margaret Noth, Rose Mary Schachtele, Mildred Holderman, Flossie Miller, Nan Savage, Kathryn Hewitt .

SECOND ROW: Gladys Goldsberry, Marion Orr, Verne Delong, Mary Anne Schlegel, Virginia Franklin, Maxine Orr, Jesse Louise Franklin, Carolyn Groninger, Doris Erdman, Dorothy Gallagher.

THIRD RO\'\! (standing): Anna Marie Hathaway, Helen Hydell, Thelma Goodman Benndige, Meredith Grace, Evelyn Lucas, Grace Dunkle, Helen Poston, Alice Wurster, Dorothy. Dunlap, Lou Ogden, Dorothy Bergman , H elen Riley, Jer ry Scholl, Mary Schilder , Jessi e Balmer, Dotty Schlegel, Kathryn Gallagher.

FOURTH RO\'\!: Bernice \'l'issler, Truda Wiss ler, Lib Batteiger , Ina Wissler, Beatrice Brigh'!m, Kay Lightner, Mary Laeger.

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Gamma Chapter Washington Court House, Ohio

SEATED {left to right): Ruth McDonald, Emily Palmer, Olive Gidding, Anna Lee McFadden.

ST ANDING: Mary McLean , Margaret Hagler , Mary Ford, Mary \'lfillis, Dorothy Hankins, Linda Bliss.

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Delta Chapter Arcadia, Indiana

TOP ROW (left to right): Almeda Abel, Mary Emily Thomilson, Edith Mayhan, Roberta Gordon, Mary Rose Rondebush, Martha Fisher, Juanita Mayhan.

BOTTOM RO\'\!: Freida Drumm , Marjorie Small, Nelle Higbee, Josephine Ronde.

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Theta Chapter Indianapolis, Indiana

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STANDING : Margaret Dunlavy, Mary Donahue, Eileen Scanlon, Juanita Mann. KNEELING: Cecilia Montani, Thelma Schneider, Mildred Jones, Raffaela Montani, Marie Weber. FRONT ROW: Elvina Zimmerman, Louise Culkins, Gertrude Gohmann.

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Kappa Chapter Springfield, Illinois

TOP ROW' (left to right ) : Lucille Sharp, Ernaline Smith , Katherine White, lone Lietze, Lucill e Seveny, Marie Mangan, Maxine Hlrding, Marjorie Bradley.

BOTTOM ROW: Millie Shipley, Bernadine Wright, Isobel Beard, Edna Mae \Vienold, Esther Reisch (behind), Dorothy Murphy, Lorraine \Vatts, DeEtte Fredrickson , Helen Clark.

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Lambda Chapter Bradford , Pennsylvania

FIRST RO\V: Harriet Clark, Elaine Russell, Blanche Andrews , Mary Sorrentjno, Mary Alice Evans.

SECOND ROW: Kathryn Fizzell, Betty White, Marion Hulings, Dorothy Davis, Dorothy Shelgren, Alice Shortell.

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Mu Chapter Middletown, Ohio

LEFT TO .RIGHT: Margaret Gephart, Lorraine Doellman, Jeanette Thompson, Ruth Thompson, Gertrude Burtnett, Rose Leasure, Aileen \Vatkins, Henrietta Litsch, Marjorie Chappel, Joan Danford, Mary Lou Holstein, Peg Moore, Eleanor Jones, Ruth Reiner, Ann E lliott, Alice Coffee, Margaret Thompson, and Becky Chappel.

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Nu Chapter Corydon, Indiana

BOTTOM ROW (left to right): Evelyn Shireman, Estelele McGill, and Media Hickman. SECOND ROW: Ruth Heishman, Effie Reas, Elizabeth Jackson, Cordelia Clunie, and Theim

Gilham. THIRD RO\V: Helen Craydeen, Ruth Reason, Keestle Johnson, Grace Keller, and Ruth Boxley. FOUR TH RO\V: Allean Martin , Mildred Gilham, Blanche Christley, Carl eta Abbott, and

Kathryn Shuck.

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Xi Chapter

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Ada Fisher Ivy Wiseman

Lois Beike

Verna Downey Roumilda Firsich

Ruth Hotapp Dolores Burst

Ern1alinda Ronweber Helenrosc Hillenbrand

Rosemar y Blank

Jessie \'V'ebster Elizabeth Oilier

Ruby Mayroe

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Batesville, Indiana

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Alma Schulte

Vyola Canfield

Evelyn Roell

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Omicron Chapter Terra Haute, Indiana

FIRST ROW (left to right): Evelyn Wiley, Gladys Carpenter, Avanelle Sebring, Helen Thompson, Emma Holt, Millie Miller, Lucille Jarrett, Mary Alice Harkness, Lenore Coakley, Bessie Fleming, Tressa Miller, Maxine Moss.

SECOND ROW: Dot Nay, Grace Rood, Charlotte Scott., Nellie Meyer, Jewel Ferguson, Ruth Shepard, Laura Pierson, Elvada Miller, Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. 0 . R. Ferguson, Asenith Denehie, Margaret Gleason, Lucille Petry , Cleta Byers, Clara M. Badwcll , Matie Kemp, Joe Ferguson.

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Pi Chapter Kokomo, Indiana

FIRST RO\'V' : Myrtle McCleary, Maryadeleen Aughe, Martha Mills, Mary Margaret Cullnane, and Ethel Haworth.

SECOND RO\'V': Louise Kemp, Geneva Patterson, Violet Newman, Thelma Zhering , Helen Costlow, Princess Finney, and Ru th Covalt.

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Rho Chapter Fairmount, Indiana

SEATED (lefr to rig ht ): Josephine Knight, Treva Clan in, Mae Brewer, Ortense Wilslow, Laura Foard, Jeanne Stout .

SECOND RO\'V' : Denise Smith, Daphne Parker, Eva Gotschall, Harriet Monohan, Martha Sa lisbury, Maude Payne, Olive Himelick, Velma Briles, Pearl Ga ley.

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Sigma Chapter Lafayette, Indiana

TOP R0\'(1: Martha Roblyer, Norma Houck, Ella Frances Henderson, Dorothy Pearson, Lois Heinmiller, Louise \Veiler, Amelia \Veiler, Ruth Lahr, Florence Hendricks.

MIDDLE RO\V: Marjorie Young, Dena Richards, Lillian Balkema, Alma Nickels, Louise Sylva, Dorothy Johnson, Dorothy Lynch, Lela Moore.

BOTTOM ROW: Elnora Dyer, \Vilma Zimmer, Edith Swanson, Dorothy Arnold, Agnes Roberts, MaryBelle Royal, Marguerite Raub.

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Tau Chapter Lawrenceburg, Indiana

FIRST ROW (pledges): Sally Ritzman, Jean Bielby, Catherine Seitz, Dorothy Karsteter, Evelyn Schneider, Marjorie Diehl.

SECOND R0\'(1: Nell Elliott, Ellen Shanks , Grace Rhodenberg, Leona Kestner, Fern Newgent, Anita Reichart, Sarah Francis Daber, Mildred Hornickel , Bernice Jones, Mildred Cole, Mary Eliza beth Ax by.

STEPS: Marie Ritzman, Lillian Cook, Elizabeth Cook, Alice Mueller. SECOND R0\'(1 STEPS: Florence O'Shaughnessey , Florence Hutchinson, Freda E lliott , Victoria

Ha yes, Elizabeth Dietz. THIRD RO\'\! STEPS: Gertrude Gardner , Laura Diehl, Evelyn Freeman, Ruth Eberhard,

Marie Ross. FOUR TH ROW: Ruth Barrott, Erma Bobrink.

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Upsilon Chapter Paoli, Indiana

FRONT ROW (left to right): Ethel McKittrick, Dorothy McCoy, Alene Peyton, Mary 0. Hoke, Leota Hoke, Beulah Horner, Myrtle Underwood, Pearl Duggins .

SECOND ROW: Minnie Hammond, Mildred \i'Tebster, Elizabeth Rhodes, Geneva Fleming, Nelle Teaford, Edith Burton, Vivian Chastain, Gertrude Chastain, Marie Beaty.

THIRD RO\i'T: Dor is Stalcup, Margaret True, Mabel 0. Burgess, Rowena Coulter, Helen Comingore, Evelyn Fleming, Maude A. Ham, Helen Jones , Ella Trinkle, Martha Throop, Maude Peyton, Julia Standiford , Evelyn Lashbrooks.

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Phi Chapter Columbus, Indiana

BOTTOM ROW: Burhl Thompson, Julianna lvlcCaslin, Lillian Gudgel, Ruth Dickey; Cassie Schenck, Lorene Essex, Mary Meyers, and Gladys Emig.

SECOND ROW: Betty Newsom, Elizabeth Tilton, Sara Green , Helen Massie, Cleo Rogers, Thelma Flanigan, Mable Buckner, Florence Barnaby, Jerry McOsker, Dorothy Spurgin, Virginia Boyer, Thelma Staley, Roberta Gaddis, Rosalin Marshall, Jean McDougal, and Margaret Shively.

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Chi Chapter Springfield, Ohio

BOTTOM ROW': Isabelle l;:akman, Betty Townsley, Emma Plank, Mildred Love, Kathryn Ruble, Margaret Babb, and Minnie Cochran.

SECOND ROW': Harriet Rhoderick , Mildred Dye, Jeanette Ballentine, Mary Catherine Mumma, Minnie Halley, Betty Merkle, Hilda Fulton, Irene Mattis, Catherine Fisher , Mabel Eisnaugle , Evelyn Luther, and Ruth \Vright.

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Psi Chapter Dayton, Ohio

FIRST ROW: Virginia Snyder, Edythe Harrison, Martha Riggs. SECOND ROW: Katherine \Veiland, Marnelle List, Anna Marie Schenk, Loring Mumma, Bess

\Vilcox , Mae Garrison, Ruth \Vykoff, Burnice Brundige. THIRD RO\V: Ella Roth, Ruth Nolte, Rose Mary Kronange, Bess Greismeyer, Naomi Slofman ,

Ruth Brown . . FOURTH RO\V: Irene Slofman, Martha Geisel, Rita Plymire, Marie Schmidt, Juanita McLeland.

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Omega Chapter Anderson, Indiana

BOTTOM RO\'V' ( left to right): Ann Kenroy , Eloise Kenroy, Louise Mi lls, Aletha Nag le, Mar y Eva lyn \Vilson, Kate French , Mrs. Rex Sample, Mrs. Robert Till ett, Mary Lee Armington.

M JDDLE RO\V: C lara Zwickle, Dorothy Whittenberger, Elizabeth Zwickl e, Mrs. Glen Seiss, Sara Loui1e \Valters, Luc ille Dye, Jo Warrender, Kate Eleanor Norr is.

TOP ROW: Josephine \Vall , Mrs. Art Dykins, Cora lyn Gary, Mariette Mars h, Mrs. Rudolph Lloyd, Greta \Velch , Mildred Askren, \Vand a Johnston, lngelborg Scheyler.

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Alpha Beta Chapter Waterloo, New York

BACK RO\V {left to right): Mrs. Eleanor Soule, Mrs. Lule Ha lst.ead, Miss Elizabeth Na ilos, Miss Ruth Sweet, Mrs . Helen Eshenour, Miss Mabel D. Brewer, Mrs. Vivian Lincoln, Miss Elizabeth Murray, Miss Elizabeth Sta ley, Miss Mary Murray, Miss Elsie Ridley, Miss Gladys Soule.

FRONT ROW: Mrs. Gladys Paine, Mrs. Harriet Griffith, Mrs. Edna May Smalley, Mrs. Jeanne Holmes, Mrs. Alice Allison, Miss Martha Cronin , Mrs. Freda \Vright and M iss Alice Spinney.

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Alpha Gamma Chapter Johnstown, Pennsylvania

STANDING: Emma May Jones, Lillian Martin, Evelyn Smith, Eth ly Schmucker, Alice Paessler, Louise Galbraith, Peg McCleary.

SITTING: Mrs. Ned Gerber and daughter, Marjorie Jean; Ann Morgan, Mrs. J. D. Lambing and daughter, Marcia Ann.

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Alpha Epsilon Vero Beach, Florida

KNEELING (left to right): Miss Alma Day, Miss Florence Lefiler, Mrs. lnza Bel Carter, and Mrs. Vera Ingalls.

ST ANDING: Mrs. Juanita Hague, Miss M~l~ward, Mrs. Viola Loy , Mrs . Betty Zigrang, Miss Myrtle Hogan, and Miss Ann EclZhoff.

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Gamma Tau Chapter A ltoona, Pennsylvania

BACK ROW : Betts Smith , Marjorie Shaffer, Ruth Kock, Elizabed1 Brady, Peg Beck, Madge DeBarber, Peg H os tler, Helen GlO\' er, Louise Cassidy.

MIDDLE RO\'(f: Peg Matter, Fanny Magee, Margaret Brown, Katherine Davis, Dorothy G lover, Kat herine \'(felsh, Meredith Bell , Eleanor Slutzker, Mary Dobso n, Esther Bell .

FRONT RO\'(f : Marj orie Moore, Mick Magee, Genevieve Best, \Vinnie Ackers, Sara Fry, Stella Green, Elizabet h Sis ley, Anna Jean Brown , Peg Isenberg, Gwendolyn McCartney.

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Delta Alpha Chapter Long Beach California

TOP ROW (left ro right): Lovetra Keats, Marian Costigan. CENTER RO\'(f: Iva Blumenstein, Velma Hood, Jo McKeen, Donna Foust. BOTTOM RO\'(f; Ardet h Huddleston, Louise Gra ham, Dorothy Rupnik.

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Eta Alpha Chapter Wheeling, W . Va.

BOTTOM ROW: Sall y Kawalko, June Flynn , Rhea Lindsey. TOP RO\'V': Marguerite Koontz, Alice Davis Far le y, Marth a Sigenth alcr, C lara Shanaman , Audre y

Campbell , Mary Bogers.

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FIRST ROW (left to right): Kathryn Harris, Lillian Hennagc.

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Washington, D. C.

SECOND ROW: Thelma Kendrick, Virginia Richards, Josephine Cochran, and E leanor Herzog.

THIRD ROW: Ceceli a Cochran, Evelyn Arrington , Marie Berger , and Webster Rich ard s. TOP ROW: Helen Harr is, Dorothy Harris, and Mary Roche.

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Theta Alpha Chapter Scottsburg, Indiana

FRONT ROW (left to right): Bernice McClellan, Grace Jones, Edith Moody. SECOND ROW: Lucile Shepherd, Wilma Hubbard, Almeda Feeler, Edna Vail. TOP ROW: Dollie East, Alice H edge, Frances Cla rk, Vera Craig, Lois Enochs.

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Theta Beta Chapter South Bend, Indiana

FIRST ROW (left to right): Alice Beiser, Helen DeMoss, Ila R andel , Mary Moore, Ruth Brackey, Mary Hildebrand, Annabel Noftsger.

SECOND ROW': Margaret McLaren, Charlotte Lake, Effie Dick, Meredith Geyer, Eva Mays, Virginia Kabel.

THIRD ROW: Dorothy Kyser, Jerie Sessler, Kathryn Howell, Florence Peltz.

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Theta Delta Chapter Tipton, Indiana

BACK ROW (left to right): Geneva Snyder (guest from Kokomo chapter), Margaret Bunch, Helen Bri'!egar, Martha Walker, Alice Downes, Grace Campbell, Kathryn Huber, Mildred Mitchell, Clara Myers, Velma Myers, Sue Ulrey, Frieda O'Banion, Faye Cline, Esther Mcintosh, Ann Hobbs.

MIDDLE ROW : Marjorie May (guest), Scdinia Yetn';an, Mary Osborn, Ann Witte, Ruth Spaulding, Imogene Carson, Georgia Morehead, Ida Florence Pyke, Mary Esther Boring, Christine Thomas, Edith Harrison , Lou Miller.

FRONT ROW: Opal Honnold, D eLoris Reese, Carolyn Haworth, Mary Achenbach, Crystal Stewart, Lucille Burdge, Roberta Ulrich , Vivian Cra il.

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Theta Epsilo.n Orleans, Indiana

BOTTOM ROW: Geneva Hopper, lv[abel Covirt, Sylvia Burton, Stella Glover.

SECOND ROW: Gladys Wallace, Helen Tegarden, Leona Osborn, Jane Tegarden.

THIRD ROW: Violet Tegarden, Mary Mann, Beulah Moss, Opal Heise.

FOUR TH ROW: Genevieve Herle, Nelle \'V'ilson, Lpuise Elrod, Lela Johnson.

TOP RO\'V': Glenn Porter , El sie Sweeney, Mary King .

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Iota Alpha Chapter Columbus, Ohio

STANDING: Josephine Huber, Mae Smith , Clara Rowe, Beulah \'V'hite, Marjorie Zimmerman, Marabelle Calkins, Edith Deeker, Evelyn Bluecher, Adelaide Conrad, Annamae Mapes, Hortense Mohr, Viola Smith.

SEATED: Irene Schneider, Juli.a Miller, LeMoyne Davis , Marjorie \'\food, Helen Snoutfer, Betty Latham, Rachel Beem, Bett.y Brown, Harriet Moates, Bertha Harlamert.

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Tau Alpha Chapter Memphis, Tennessee

FRONT ROW (left to r ight): Jennie Goodell , Lily Rose Hessem, Emily Taylor, Nadine Apple, Irma Cross, Anne Bruner , C lara Henley, Dorothy Dubard.

BACK ROW: Lucille Foster , Ruth Porter, Mary McCamey, Elizabeth Fos ter, Annaree Stanley, Frances Eller, Nell O'Hara.

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Mu Alpha Chapter Portland, Oregon

FIRST ROW' : Gaye MacMi llen, Bess Ingram, Lorraine Eillers, Marri l Schoenheit, Clara \Vagner . SECOND RO\V : Thelma Bracer, Evelyn Bragg, Austo Ky llo, Vera Stalnacker.

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Directory 1933-34 FOUNDERS

Mrs. Mae Lied Smith __ __________ __ ________________ ___ _________ _____________ ___ l443 Worthington Sr., Columbus, Ohio Mrs. Kathryn Rudder Rourzong __________________________________ __________ l 340 Cornell Drive, Dayton, Ohio Mrs . Gertrude Brown Fosrer ___ ___

0 __ __ ______ _____ ________________ ________ _____ __________ _________ _____ ____ _______ ____ 0mega, Ohio

Miss Edith Ellen \'V'olf ____ ______ ___ _____ ______________ ________ ______ 2630 F lower Sr., Huntington Park, California Mrs. Anna McSweeney Martin (deceased) Mildred Daniel

GRAND COUNCIL Presidenr __________________ ____ ________ ___ _Miss Mary Elizabeth Axby, 131 Elm Sr., La wrenceb urg, Indiana Vice President ____________ __ ______________ Miss Gladys Carpenter, 2 08 South 9th St., Terre Haute, Indiana Secretary __ _____________________________________ ____ _Miss Elizabeth Dietz, 5 62 Main St., Lawrenceburg, Indiana Treasurer ___________________________________________________ Mrs. Alice Allison, 23 Locust Sr., \'V'arerloo , New York lnspectress ____________________ , __________ ___ Miss Dorothy Davis, 160 Sou th Avenue, Bradford, Pennsylvania Editress ____________ __ __________________________________ Mrs . LeMoyne Davis, Posr Office Box 776, Columbus, Ohio

OHIO STATE Chairman ___ __ ______________ _________________________________________________ _Mrs. Kathryn H armounr, Chillicothe, Ohio

INDIANA STATE Chairman-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Mrs . Frieda Pleasant, Orleans, Indiana

BET A-Chillicothe, Ohio

President -------------------------------------------------------------·-------------------- Elizabeth Dimity, Chillicothe, Ohio Vice President -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alice \'l'ursrer, Chillicothe, Ohio Secretary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dorothy Gallagher, Chillicothe, Ohio Treasurer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dolores Metzger, Chillicothe, Ohio Edi tress -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ Jane Tomlinson, Chillicothe, Ohio Cc,nducrress ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kathryn Gallaher, Chil licothe, Ohio

GAMMA- Washington Court House, Ohio Presidenr _________ ___________ Mrs . Olive Gidding, 421 \Vest Court Sr., \'V'ashington Court. House, Ohio Vice Presidenr__ ________ ____ ___ .Mi-s. Jeannette Keenan, N. Hinde St., \'l'ashington Court House, Ohio Treasurer __ ___________________ Mrs. Virginia Van \'V'inkle, 437 East Sr., \'l'ashingron Court House, Ohio Corresponding Secrerary ________ Miss Dorothy Jones, 219 East Sr., \'V'ashingron Court House, Ohio Conducrress__ ____________ ________ ___ _________________________ _________________ Mrs . Florence Perrill, Bloomingburg, Ohio Pep Editress _____ ___ Miss Anna Lee McFadden, 110 N. North St., \'V'ashington Court House, Ohio

DELTA-Arcadia, Indiana

President ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Mrs. Freida Drumm, Arcadia, Indiana Vice President ---------------- -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. \'If esley Abel, Arcadia, Indiana Recording Secretary -------------------------------------------------------------- Miss Marjorie Small, Cicero, Indiana Corresponding Secretary ----------------------------------------------------- Miss Edith Mahan, Arcadia, Indiana Treasurer -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs . Mary Roudebush, Cicero, Indiana Conductress -------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Miss Roberta Gordon, Cicero, Indiana Pep Editress ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Miss Juanita Mayhan, Arcadia , Indiana

THETA-Indianapolis, Indiana Presidenr ________________________ ____________ Mrs . Mildred Jones, 317 Easr Maple Road, Indianapolis, Indiana Vice President. ___________________________ __ Miss Eileen Scanlon, 113 0 N. La Salle St., Indianapolis, Indiana Treasurer__ __________ ____________ Miss Alvina Zimmerman, 2215 South Deleware Sr., Indianapolis, Indiana Corresponding Secretary ____ Miss Margaret Dunlavy, 2'153 N. Meridian Sr., Indianapolis, Indiana Recording Secretary __ _________ _Miss Evelyn De \'\fese, 3060 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Indiana Pep Editress ___________________________ Jy[rs. Thelma Schneider, J 518 S. Nlcridian St., Indianapolis, Indiana

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