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Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-04 | Page 2 | Betsy Dern is Thrilled Yb Meeting President

Type issue
Date 1934-06-04
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Betsy Dern is Thrilled Yb Meeting President
Type article
Date 1934-06-04
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 2
OCR Text Betsy Dern Is Th Thrilled r rill I 1 1 ed edBy edBy By Meeting ng President Poised Young Woman Returns From Washington Washington Wash lash lashington ington ton With Her Father By KAY HARMS IS There were few traces of the tomboy of a few years cars ago In the poised young youn woman who stepped from a a. train Monday morning In company with her distinguished f father ther Secretary of War George H. H Dern Betsy Dern Dera has learned to take formal for for- mat mal receptions and the like in stride and and she does it with grace and case She's learned that lesson from the official life in Washington where as the secretary of ot wars war's attractive daughter receptions and the like are as customary as a morning cup of or coffee coHee Yet there was girl Cill excitement excitement- she's only 20 in 20 in her hei meeting with Aunt Elizabeth Mrs W. W A. A Cavenaugh Cavenaugh Cavenaugh Cave- Cave and three of her old school chool friends that all Ill official Washington could not dispel The biggest est thrill Betsy has had from rom official Washington Meeting President Of or course I had met him here In Salt Lake but that was before he was president she confided I Iguess Iguess guess the truly most exciting moment mo ment meat was when I met him at nt a diplomatic diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic dinner at the White House Betsy Is majoring in political science sd- sd ence at George Washington university university sity and has has Just completed her junior year car It was quite natural therefore that Secretary of ot Labor Frances Perkins should be one of ot her herI idols I u swell Betsy said with terse enthusiasm A blush and a giggle was Betsy's response to queries as to the identity of th the No 1 man in her aU affections I 1 haven't got any best beau really she said Ive got beaus beaus- here and there No further Information on the subject subject subject sub sub- was forthcoming from her father Its none of or my business business official business that is Secretary Dern chuckled Of course I keep a fa fatherly eye on things but theres there's nothing nothing noth noth- ing in serious that t I can report Betsy's own private reception committee com corn consisted o of three of her former former for for- mer schoolmates Miss Barbara Strong Stron Miss Betty Strong and Miss Mis Mary Burnett After greetings hugs and kisses the youthful quartet stood Unconcernedly unconcernedly amidst the confusion of th the official reception at the depot chattering chattering chat chat- busily as magpies Their conversation con con- didn't touch on the silver sUver question army anny bases governmental l services air mall mail or the like Parties clothes and beaus were far more im Sm
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