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[BetaIotaDZ]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

All I want to say is that my badge was designed by Tiffany's, was voted Most Beautiful, has gone to the moon, and is in the Smithsonian. Also, Betty Crocker was a founding member of Xi Delta's alpha chapter.
Thank you. That is all.

I don't know you but I almost think you were in my pledge class. However, I am in a different group and probably pledged in different era from you. We learned most of your favorite urban legends from our pledge trainer (wonderful PT but painfully the granddaughter of our first Lamp editor and one of our earliest historians). So, our PT told us that our badge was designed by Tiffany's, was voted Most Beautiful, and is in the Smithsonian. She didn't tell us about its going to the moon but the giant step for mankind had only happened a few months before I went away to college so maybe... Anyway we know there was a badge of another group that did go to the moon. Also our history clearly states that a classmate of our founders, Arthur Bainsfather, designed the badge and that our first jeweler was the Newman Company.

She didn't tell us that the trademark Betty Crocker was a DZ sister but I know we share that legend because a few months after my pledging Mercedes Bates, Chi chapter, was named Delta Zeta Woman of the Year. Mrs. Bates was General Mills executive vice president and was director of the Betty Crocker Kitchens beginning in 1964. The name Betty Crocker was first used in 1921 to make letters to customers seem more personal. The iconic face was added to packaging in the 1930s with several updates over the years. "I see her as a career woman," Bates said of the sixth version in 1980, "a professional, first and last."

I really came to this thread to share something that popped up from my homepage today. It is a TMZ bit about "Guess the Greek". Hope this link works: http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/gues...ab=most_recent

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by BetaIotaDZ

I really came to this thread to share something that popped up from my homepage today. It is a TMZ bit about "Guess the Greek". Hope this link works: http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/gues...ab=most_recent

Oh, dear. They have labeled Pi Phi as Phi Beta Phi. Several times. Including letters each time.

Also, I have heard on multiple occasions that Whitney Port initiated into Theta, but she is not listed in our national directory under that name. TMZ has her as a Pi Phi. Can anyone confirm this?

[GTAlphaPhi]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

Oh, dear. They have labeled Pi Phi as Phi Beta Phi. Several times. Including letters each time.

Also, I have heard on multiple occasions that Whitney Port initiated into Theta, but she is not listed in our national directory under that name. TMZ has her as a Pi Phi. Can anyone confirm this?

Not a formal confirmation, bu I remember on an episode of her old show The City, she made the acquaintance of a male model who it turned out had also attended USC. The exchanged their Greek affiliations and she definitely said "Theta".

[Tulip86]

Originally Posted by GTAlphaPhi

Not a formal confirmation, bu I remember on an episode of her old show The City, she met made the acquaintance of a male model who it turned out had also attended USC. The exchanged their Greek affiliations and she definitely said "Theta".

I've only heard Theta for Whitney as well.
She is also mentioned as a "Famous Theta" on several Theta chapter sites. (Baylor for example)

[IrishLake]

And a Theta was the voice of Betty Crocker on the radio for many years.

[ladybug12]

When I turned 50 a few years back, some of my wonderful Phi Mu friends took us on a trip to Natchitoches for a weekend. Shelby's house in the movie is now a wonderful bed and breakfast, and I stayed in her room with the pink tiled bathroom!

The owners of the B&B knew that we were all Phi Mus and knew Shelby's parents (not her real name). They dropped by on their way to church on Sunday morning before we left and took pictures with us. They were adorable, and spoke of how much their daughter loved being a Phi Mu.

It is a memory I will treasure forever.

BYW, Natchitoches is a very old town and worth a visit.

[DrPhil]

Lauren Hutton was lovely but has aged horribly.

[33girl]

She went on lots of safaris and such in her private life. I'm guessing that with her complexion, no matter how much sunscreen she piled on, it would still take its toll.

[flirt5721]

The one that I learn and know they are not true Alpha Xi Deltas are
Goldie Hawn
Linda Carter

[AXiD SmileyFace]

Originally Posted by flirt5721

The one that I learn and know they are not true Alpha Xi Deltas are
Goldie Hawn
Linda Carter

When I was in college I heard that rumor too. I was kind of sad about not having Wonder Woman as a sister.

[DaffyKD]

When I was in school I was told that Pat Nixon (President Nixon's wife) was a Kappa Delta. Imagine my surprise when her name was not at the memorial service during convention. It was actually Jean Lowry Nixon, the authoress of children's books, who was a Kappa Delta.

DaffyKD

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by 33girl

She went on lots of safaris and such in her private life. I'm guessing that with her complexion, no matter how much sunscreen she piled on, it would still take its toll.

I just figured she was of the age where women worshipped the sun in their 20s and 30s and sunscreen wasn't such a thing. Also, isn't she a smoker?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I just figured she was of the age where women worshipped the sun in their 20s and 30s and sunscreen wasn't such a thing. Also, isn't she a smoker?

She looks like a chain smoker.

She looks like she's had too much sun (people with lighter skin need to be careful) and too much other stuff. She looks like she's lived a hard life. She's 67 now but has looked rough for quite some time.

[LXA SE285]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

She looks like she's had too much sun (people with lighter skin need to be careful) and too much other stuff. She looks like she's lived a hard life. She's 67 now but has looked rough for quite some time.

It's kinda refreshing, though, that she hasn't gone the route of Janice Dickinson (who has to have lived every bit as hard).

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Lauren Hutton was lovely but has aged horribly.

Further proof she is not a Chi Omega.