Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
THE CHICAGO WORLD =.
SATURDAY, NOV. le,le4s
Sigma Gamma Rho
by Alice c. Browning
"a & b Press ReIeast)

| Inc Greek letters looked Xix,
the word ZIP at first glance an,
there was Zip in the lovely Sig
ma Gamma Rho formal Saturday
November II, at the fine Parkwa,
Ballroom.
There was plenty of Zip" tor
with many of the younger and old.
er school teachers Bebopping
fhumbaing" and Jitterbugging to
Eddie Kings orchestra. And some
more zip was added when Eddie
and his men did a Lionel Hamp-
ton dance through the crowd as
they left the stage playing as they
praneed. 1t was most effective
and Buster Lotion and the old
Maestro, Eddie King are as gen
ial as ever.
Here are some Of the numerous
guests: Miss Lola Byrd, CLAM
curious in red jersey with gold
sequins. This young Columbia
student dho is teaching in Gary,
Ind. has brains and beauty, she
resembles beautiful Lena Horne,
is a younger and as lovely and
IS cultured and brif1ian. All '.
She was the Belle of the Bafr !;
Mrs. Violet Brown, Doo1itt1e
sehoolmarm, wore. black lace and
cerise; Miss Delpfine Burt in Pink
satin and black lace Jt1af1ita Riley,
student at Roosevelt, wore black
lace; Gloria Hinton Telephone
Coz was lovely in ice blue satin;
Dolores Ratchet, black velvet top
with wide black and white striped
skirt Janet Greenuf, lovely in red
velvet and white satin with gor-
geous high couture, Lucille Nc
Ch,re, in black taffeta and black
lace, Henul1ta Pe1key Of Coleman
school, 4 in black lace and pink
marquisette; Miss Carolyn Leon
of DePaul University, in blue;
Miss. Catherine Davis, sehoo1marm
at Doo1ittle school, in blue net
with red flowers and gloves and
Matte Walker in white satin.
The members Of Sigma Gamma
Rho were beautifully gowned and
they sang their hymn with feel
ing. They were followed by the
young PLEDGES who danced
rhumba number.
Around the Parkway Bar and
dancing, I saw. gay and debonaire
Arthur Evans, Matte Lee Taylor
Of Evanston; Louis Redmond,
Atty, Hiram Pittman, Miss Willie
Whiting Of John Marshall Law
School, in yellow and rhinestone,
Wendell Phillips principal, Anna
Harmon, looking lovely and very
young and heppy in ice blue, dane
ing with handsome young man,
the inimitable Dave Ke1lum, M. c.;
G. Price, 'glamourous playboy
leaving us for sunny Cafifariio
and Billie Thomas, James Hub
bard, Bernard Thomas, Edith
Posey, the pretty Bradley Sisters
and their cousin, Herbert Long,
Nelson Sparks, Excel MCGEE,
George Davis, Rudolph Savage,
! Daryl Gresham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Price, Thelma (schoo1marm) Kirk
patrick in black velvet; Mildred
{ Jordan Clopton, Prof. James Penn,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Sublett Jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H. Jones,
Vivian Conner Besley, Mr. and
Mrs. James Furgeson,. Wallace
Pumpy Williams, Barbara Burrel
IN yellow marquisette and lace
June Johnson in white satin, James
Harrison, DIR. and Mrs. John Hen
ry Mitchell, Allie Gibson, DR.. ant
Mrs. Jenkins Hightower, Mrs. E
M. Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester E
Brown, Doris Fouchess, John H
Minis, James Hughes, James Eel
Ter, Eva c. Webster, Harriet E
Hicks, Prentiss A. Dyson anC
Elaine Williams. Then from Gary
Indiana we're: DR.. Stevens, Mr.
and Mrs. William Goddin, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Henry Gay, Mrs. Bennett
Mrs. Hattie Howard, Mr.. and Mrs
Matthew Ousley, Mrs. Inez Jack