I took a taxi to the Eastside Terminal and got there just barely in time to catch the bus to the airport. I had a lovely trip to Chicago. My seat mate, a nice gentleman whose birthday it was, insisted on buying me a drink ( ginger ale) to help him celebrate it. This brought forth some interesting conversation.

I was met at Chicago by Fran of Wisconsin and driven up to her lovely home in Madison. There I spent a wonderful evening. First I met Fran's. wife who is as grand a TV wife as I've met, a real wonderful type girl. And their children, 2 little girls, one a baby just beginning to walk with help ( and I helped her) and the other a young lady of four. I played mother to both of them. I gave the little one her bottle and had Fran take a picture of the pretty mater- nal scene. Later I had the pleasure of meeting Edwina 13-M-FPE, Carol 23-S-FPE and Geraldine 49-K-3 FPE and the latter's wife Nicci. She is a doll too and was one of those fine wives who wrote a letter for THE TV AND HIS WIFE chapter Theta of FPE is the group these girls are part of.

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Next morning, Sunday, Fran and his wife drove me the Chicago Airport again, but several hours ahead of plane time so that I could go to a little get together put on by the members of Beta in Chicago. This wasn't a dress meeting except for Marie 14-K-2 FPE and my- self, but, I was very glad of the opportunity to meet some of the Beta gang none of who except for Marie and Bobie 13- D-2 FPE had I met before. Here too, is a going group, that is enjoying the pleasure of having friends who are TV's and can understand each other. Both of these groups, Beta and Theta are planning to get a project underway this year that will help to spread the news and knowledge about TVism to some of those who ought to be informed. We need more active groups to take on programs of some kind.

This get together came to an end too soon when I had to hurry off to catch my plane and begin my final trip home. You all know from my own story in TVia # 17 that I go out a lot. I have given a number of

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