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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Aug 1939, p. 32

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Central Office in City Opera Building From Ithaca, N. Y, Berkeley, Calif., and Eugene, Ore., have corne packing -cases filled with records and files to be coordinated. in- the central office whièh Kappa Alpha. Theta is inauguratlng in Chicago. A reception room done mi the Sedish mtodem m xanner,, a large office with desks, typewriters, and Mting cabinets, and a private offce for, the fratemitys-new executive secretary, Miss- Helen E. Sackett, comprise the suite on> the ,tWenty- second. floor at 20 N. Wacker drive, the Civic Opera building. Miss Sackett," a Theta alumna, from the. University of Wisconsin, has had some, years of business and executive experience in New York, Springileld, Ohio, and recently in Detroit wbere she was head of edu- cation. for the Detroit Cwowiwity. Fund. A bookkeeper and two secre- taries complete the staff. Founded in 1870 at DePauw uni- versity, Greencastle, Imd,, Kappa Alpha Theta now has 65 college chapters, 53 alumnae chapters and 73 alumnnae clubs in the United States and Canada. The grand pres- ident, Mrs. Donald B. Sinclair, lives. in Toronto, Canada. Local women who are prominent in Thtbat activities are: Highly succesurful tvaa the garden pqrty, a bridge luncheom, given at the home of Mr s. John BOylaton ini Wimette Wedneaday of last week as a bene fit for the circulating library sponsored by the Catholic Action group of the Woman's Catholic. Club of Wlmette. Its auccesa aurpassed ail expectations. Among the attractive yIoung girls present were those -in this group. From left to right, in the picture are Ruth Clohisy, Mary, Witherell, Mrs. T3oylston, Mary, Jane Wells, and Helen Gîbbons.ý On Wedding Trip North Camolina and the S m o k y mountain 's is the wedding-trip-destin- ationof a bride,,and inidegroom.-UMm.-- and Mrs. Robert Mayer Sbirük, whose marriage took p l a c e Wednesday morning. In the presencèe of thé im- mete: families and . a.féw-oôut-of- town guests thé, ceremoùny was. per- formed, by the Rev. John G.. Hind- ley atîl o'clock in the, hom e ôf the parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil H.. Hurtt in. Wilmette. A wed- ding breakfastý for, the immediateý families followed at Sunset Ridge Country, club. For ber marriage, the bride, the former Be tty Jean Hurtt wore a wbite silkc jersey street-length frock with s'kirt àind bodice made with sun- burst pleats. lier white silk jersey pinwheel hat was trimmed with matehing pleats, and 1hpr corsage was of white orchida. Mrs. C. H. Hurtt, Jr., matron of honor, wore a. dubonnet and white sheer street-length suit, a leghorn hat with dubonnet velvet ribbon and carmied white flowers with a few' pink gladioli. Her husband served as best man. Mr. anid Mrs. Frederick J. Maye r and théir daughter, Lois, drove here from Sturgis. Mich,.. for the wed- Winnetica, cnairman of theNaional Magazine agency; Mrs. Willard T. Grimm, Keniiwortb, president of __District II; Mrs. Donald E. Nichols, Highland Park, president of Theta House corporation at Northwestemn university, and Mrs. Irvin H. Fath- child, of Evariston, bouse chairman: Mrs. Leslie A. Wood, président of the Evanston and North Shore AI- uninae chapter, and Mrs. E. Gor- don Fox, president of the Chicago An nual Card Party The ways and means committee of the .Southern Womnen's Education alliance, looking ahead to faîl activ- ity, already bas set the day for îts annual benefit card party. On No- vember 8, at the Evanston Womnan's club, the event will take place. The alliance, for sorne time. has Carnivals seem to be the thing this year. After the gala Wilmette and Winnetka days, the Westmore- land Country Club is giving a carnival night to top ail other car- nivals. The informai dinner-dance. which is being given there Satur- day, August 12, will have games, entertainment and side-sbowg in true carnival style. Lou Dia mond and bis orchestra ida, w here the b will live. Palm Beach will be iride and orideg: Beach or West their home. Social Choirmon azrer une reti Mrs. RowclifYi to the Flrst1 .Melvin. lss Williams is a graduate of Icliffe college, and Mr. Hannah, iu a barrister, is a graduate of University of Edinburgh. weelcs. piwql u du guat 12.

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