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Helene Scheff, Maryland USA: Two Conference stories ~ A group decided to go out to dinner prior to the start of a Washington DC Conference. Because of our number, we had to take two cabs. I left in the first cab with a few others. Viola Lennon, Carol Burke, and some Japanese physicians planned to follow. As our cab pulled away, another yellow car pulled up to the passenger waiting area. Vi opened the door, got in, and the others followed. They gave the driver the address only to discover that he was not a cabbie but a guest at the hotel! Of course they got out and waited for the next “official” cab.
Then there was the time I rode with Vi to the hotel for a Chicago Conference on what had to be the hottest day of the summer. Vi’s feet were swollen, so she waited until we got to the hotel to put on her new shoes—purchased on sale the previous fall and still in their box. Lo and behold she found two left shoes. Since bare feet wouldn’t work in the elegant hotel lobby, there we were in the heat, digging through the trunk and suitcases for another pair of shoes.The message of my stories? “Hang with Vi for a good time!”
