Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 232, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1933 — Page 5

FEB. 6, 1933.

COMMITTED OF SAHARA GROTTO ARE ANNOUNCED 1933 Activities to Open With Valentine Dance Thursday Night. Appointment of committees for 1933 activities of the Sahara Grotto, first event of which will be a Valentine dance Thursday night in the Hoosier Athletic Club, have been announced in the Prophet, lodge bulletin. Delbert O. Wilmeth is monarch. Directing work of the Grotto band will be Brewer T. Clary, director; Carl B. Schey, manager; W. Joe Byers, president, and George Clampitt, secretary. Drill team officers will be Chester A Pruitt, captain; Leon Richards, first lieutenant; Frank Clapp, presi-, dent; Emil H. Hardley, vice-presi-dent; Elmer Julian, secretary; Elmer Kohl, treasurer, and Joseph Nelson, quartermaster. Reed Directs Corp Officers of the drum corps, are Alonzo P. Houck, captain; Harold G. Lanham, president; William J. Lahnert, vice-president; John W. Sproule, secretary; Dr. J. C. Sidenbender, and Francis. J. Howard, quarter master. Cast activities will be led by Lee Reed, director; Fred W. Earhart, president; Harry Alexander, vicepresident, and Leon Cahen, secretary. William J. Hamilton will be master, and Elmer Wortman president of the revelers. Heads of Committees Heads of other committees are: Banquet, Charles Apostol; house. Harold Boyd; baseball. John H. Berling; bowling, Dwight McFadden; glee club, George Joslin; grievance, Ray Dille; golf, Jules Birsfield; humanitarian, Ernest Heller; luncheon. Charles B. Forrest, president; motor club, William E. Spridgeon; publicity, Clayton C. Marsh; safety, Lewis Johnson; sick. Harry Fuller; state Grotto association, Othniel Hitch, P. M.; veterans’ patrol, Michael F. Scully, captain; investigation, Davis Y. Byrkit; medical, Dr. Fred W. Hosman; reception, Ken E. Amick; entertainment, James A. Sprague; dues, Alvin Jose, and membership, Herbert R. Wald. HONOR REBEKAH CHIEF Mrs. Revah Pressler Is Entertained at Crown Point Meeting. Mrs. Revah Pressler, president of the Rebekah Assembly, and Mrs. Grace E. Child, secretary, attended a meeting honoring Mrs. Pressler at Prospect Rebekah lodge, No. 331, Crown Point, Friday night. Assembly and district officers were entertained at a dinner by Mrs. May W. Hershman, of that city, treasurer. MASONIC LODGE TO HOLD DEGREE WORK Chairmen of Centre Lodge Committees Named. ( Centre Masonic lodge No. 23 will confer the entered apprentice degree at 6:30 Wednesday night. Walter Reinacker will give the first lecture, Arthur E. Denison the second, and William A. Boyce the third. Chairmen of committees for 1933, announced today, are, charity, William H. Williams; finance, Earl Buchanan; Masonic home, Russell M. Richwine, P. M.; Banquets, Charles E. Jones, P. M.; speakers, Frank C. Stephenson, P. M.; entertainment, F. V. Schaad; examination of visitors, Buchanan; games. William A. Waller, P. M.; calendar. Jones; special investigation, Albert B. Glick, P M.; instruction of candidates, Buchanan: welfare, Clifford Miller; sick and visitation, O. F. Perry, and funeral, Glick. GRAND MATRON TO BE LODGE'S GUEST Queen Esther Chapter to Be Hostess. Queen Esther Chapter No. 3, Order of Eastern Star, will entertain the worthy grand matron, Miss Mabel Carithers of Princeton, Ind„ on her official visit here Friday. A banquet will bo given at 6 at the Masonic temple and Mrs. Alberta Gaunt, harpist, will play. Table decorations will be in keeping with the valentine season. An initiation and inspection of work will take place in the chapter room. Mrs. Estelle McCampbell is worthy matron and Walter B. Masters is worthy patron. K, OF P. LODGES TO HOLD JOINT MEETING 19th Century Unit to Be Host on Friday. Continuing a program of visits among Knights of Pythias lodges. West Indianapolis lodge No. 224 will be the guest of Nineteenth Century lodge No. 470. at 230 East Ohio street. Friday night. Speaker will be O. H. Hansen, auditor of the Indiana Railways. Nineteenth Century lodge will visit Arion lodge No. 254 next Monday night, Feb. 13. An address, and a concert by the Knights of Pythias band, directed by George E. Williams, will b? on the program. DEGREE WORK SLATED Chief Patriarch to Preside Tonight at Odd Fellows’ Rites. The golden rule degree will be conferred at Indianapolis encampment No 319. Odd Fellows. Prospect and South East streets tonight. William Reinhardt, chief patriarch, will pres.de at the ceremony.

Veterans of Foreign Wars to Hold Giant National Roundup by Radio

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A roundup of recruits for the Lavelle Gossett post No. 903, Veterans of Foreign V/ars, will be climaxed Saturday night when Admiral Robert E. Coontz, commander-in-chief of the organization will give , by radio, from Washington, the obligation to the new members. The ceremony will be a part of a program to be broadcast by the NBC network from the banquet hall of the Wardman Park hotel at 10:30 i CSTi. A number of overseas veterans will be assembled before Admiral Coontz when he gives the obligation, and recruits to posts throughout the country will accept the ceremony. Other speakers on the V. F. W. program will be Senator Arthur Robinson, Mrs. Consuelo De Coe of Sacramento, Cal., national auxiliary president, and Captain William P. Wright, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, speaking from Chicago. Admiral Coontz will be introduced by Floyd Gibbons, noted war correspondent. On the program also will be the United States Marine band, the Paul Whiteman, Jack Denny and Vincent Lopez orchestras, the Pickens sisters, and an A. E. F. chorus. Charles R. Michael, county commander and a member of the La-velle-Gossett post, is in charge of post arrangements.

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY KORAN TEMPLE Mrs. Maude M. Jones New Daughters of Nile Queen. • Koran temple No. 30, Daughters of the Nile, installed officers for 1933 last week in the Claypool. The new 7 heads are Mrs. Maude M. Jones, queen; Mrs. Mae Marcum Jacobs, princess royal; Mrs. Flossymae Crooke, junior past queen; Mrs. Hazel Uhl, princess tirzah; Mrs. Florence Swope, princess badoura; Mrs. Mayme M. De Rossette, princess recorder; Mrs. Cora Ruse, princess banker; Mrs. Vera Cones, princess marshal; Mrs. Maggie Hubbard, princess chaplain; Mrs. Sarah Julia Graham, princess musician; Mrs. Alberta Nay, lady of the keys, and Mrs. Flora May Kretsch, lady of the gates. Installing officers were Mrs. Crooke, Mrs. Tressie O. Kirk and Mrs. Carrie Lee Jones. About three hundred persons attended the ceremony. CLASS INITIATIONS ARE SET FOR WEEK Ironwood, Fortville, Ladies’ Club Camps to Meet. Ironwood. Fortville and Ladies Club camp of Marion camp. Modern Woodmen, will hold class initiations this week. Raymond Flanagan, consul, will have charge of initiation of candidates at Fortville camp No. 3137, tonight. Ladies camp of Marion camp ill initiate candidates from its own unit and from the Danville auxiliary Tuesday night at 322 East New York street. The local degree staff will have charge of the work, which will be followed by refreshments. Thurman Thornton, consul, will have charge of initiating candida.es for Ironwood camp No. 6984 at Tenth and Rural streets at 8 Friday night.

Dr. Oxnam to Speak at Masonic Lodge Banquet

Calvin Prather Unit to Hold Celebration on Feb. 17. Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam. president of De Pauw university, will be the after-dinner speaker for the annual Washington birthday banquet and celebration of Calvin W. Prather, No. 717, F. A: A. M.. Friday, Feb. 17. The meeting will be held at Prather Masonic temple. College avenue and Forty-second street, according to announcement made by Frank Seidensticker. chairman of the speakers' committee. The first section of the Mas*er Mason degree will be conferred at 4:30. Dinner will be served at 6:30, to be followed by the address of Dr. Oxnam. after which the second section of the Master Mason degree will be conferred. Entertainment will include instrumental music, and selections oy the girls’ glee club of Butler university. composed of fifty singers. Reservations for the dinner, which will be a part of one of the outstanding events of the year for Prather lodge, may be made with Fred J. Menninger, entertainment

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Carl D. Thompson, Utility Expert, Will Speak Here

Public Ownership League Secretary to Appear on Lecture Course. Carl D. Thompson, Chicago, author of the recent book "Confessions of the Power Trust,” will be the fourth speaker on the League for Industrial Democracy lecture course at 8 Wednesday night in the Y. W. C. A. He is secretary of the Public Ownership League of America. Thompson is recognized as one of the outstanding authorities on public utility problems in the country, having been active in the utility field thirty years. He has acted as special advisor to cities, state legislatures and municipal leagues, and was at one time a member of the Wisconsin state legislature. His recent book is based on the report of the federal trade commission which covers forty volumes. He also is the author of "Public Ownership.” Thompson, who will speak on "Confessions of the Powder Trust,” appeared on the league course last year and several times has addressed Indianapolis audiences. Other speakers on the course, which is given on consecutive Wednesday nights, will be John Ise, professor of economics at the University of Kansas; Garfield V. Cox, professor of finance at the University of Chicago; Karl Borders, secretary of the Chicago office of the league, and Oscar Ameringer, editor of the American Guardian. TWO CHOIR ROBES ARE STOLEN FROM AUTO Ten Gallons of Gas Taken From Parked Car, Report to Police. Two white choir robes were stolen from the automobile of Miss Lillian Hughes. 2017 Highalnd place, while it was parked at Twenty-fifth street and Boulevard street Sunday night. William Baptist, 404 North Alabama street, reported to police that ten gallons of gasoline were taken from his automobile while it was parked on Prosepct street near Shelby street. A stone tablet dated 3700 B. C. bears writing telling how to compound an inhalant for a cold in the head.

Interest Hits Fever Heat in Times Stamp Contest

Seventeen Prizes Posted for Hobbyists: Many in Competition. Stamp enthusiasts of the city, and surrounding towns, too. are working up feverish interest in The Times stamp contest, entering its second week today. Out-of-town competitors have entered the list, to vie with Indianapolis stamp collectors for the seventeen prizes which have been posted. H. Vernon Smith, who recently opened a novel busneiss establishment. the Hobby Shop, on the ninth floor of the Inland Bank building, reports that collectors of his acquaintance are hot after the awards.

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Carl D. Thompson INSPECT TWO CITY ROYAL ARCH GROUPS Grand Chapter, Commandery Officers Attend. An inspection of the most excellent master’s degree of Irvington and Veritas chapters, Royal Arch Masons, in the Brightwood temple Friday night was attended by a number of grand chapter and commandery officers. Officers who attended were: Grand lodge: Stanley G. Myers, grand king; Glenn M. Smith of Lafayette, captain of the host; John McAdams of Greenfield, grand Royal Arch captain; Herbert A. Graham of Elkhart, grand lecturer. Grand commandery officers: Fred N. Pratt of Lafayette, grand junior warden; Clyde E. Titus, grand standard bearer, and H. W. Vcdder, past grand illustrious master of the Grand Council of Indiana. The Royal Arch Masonic choir, directed by Arnold Spencer, provided entertainment. Karl C. Wolfe was toastmaster at the dinner which was part of the function. Card Party Spomjred Card party sponsored by Capital City camp No. 8743, Modern Woodmen, will be held on Thursday night at 1025 Prospect street.

Mr. Smith has made a generous donation of stamps to swell the prize list. Seventeen Prizes Offered For the seventeen best letters on the subject, “Why I Am Interested in Collecting Stamps,” the following prizes will be given: First—An International Postage stamp album for foreign and United States stamps. Has space for 22,000 stamps. A splendid prize. Donor, F. Vernon Smith, Inland Hobby Shop. Second —One package of 1,000 foreign stamps all different. Donor, Inland T ' by Shop. Th’- Ibum for United States star Donor, Stewart Book Str uc. urth—Package of 300 stamps, i .eign and United States, some high values. Donor, Dr. H. A. Washburn. Fifth—Block of four mint United States “Molly Pitcher,” commemorative of 1928. Donor, Mr. Glenn M. Pagett, president Indiana Stamp Club. Sixth —One package of 500 foreign stamps. Donor, F. Vernon Smith. Seventh—Book. “How to Collect Stamps,” by Ralph Kimple. Donor, Stewart Book Store. Inc. Ten prizes of one pound each of mission mixture (stamps on paper) may run a thousand stamps to the pound. Many are current United States. Good for trading. Donors, Joseph Zix and Floyd D. Shockley. Letters must not exceed 150 words. All letters must be sent to The Times office, postmarked not later than midnight Feb. 13, 1933. Address Stamp Editor, Indianapolis Times. Decision of the judges will be final. Winners will be announced Feb. 20. and the two best letters will be published. Give age if under 18. Mrs. F. D. Leete. Dr. T. Victor Keene, and Mrs. C. O. Robinson have been named as judges. W. R. c. MEETS TUESDAY Mrs. Mary Callahan Will Preside at Ft. Friendly Session. Major Robert Anderson post No. 44, Women's Relief Corps, will meet at 1:45 Tuesday at Ft. Friendly, 512 North Illinois street." Mrs. Mary Callahan will preside.

INSTALL CHIEFS OF POCAHONTAS LODGEJO. 350 Class to Be Adopted at Next Meeting of Local Members. Officers of Pocahontas council No. 350 were installed at a public ceremony in the hall at 137 West Nofth street, last week. The Rev. Oliver K. Black of the Speedway Methodist church gave the invocation; Mrs. Claire Williams, past great Pocahontas, made the welcome address, and L. Cherry Ross, great keeper of records, of New Palestine, gave the response. New Officers Installed The Installation was in charge of Louise Bogue, deputy; Bertha Green, senior past chief, and past Pocahontases pf other councils. Mrs. Blanche Chew was chairman of an entertainment which was part of the pregram. The new officers installed are Lorine Major, Pocahontas; Pauline Wining, Wenonah; Pari Cavanaugh, prophetess; Anna Denker. powhaan: Bertha Green, keeper of records: Blanche Chew, collector of wampum; Gertrude Haines, keeper of wampum; Mrs. Williams, drill mistress; Hazel Blue, musician, and Mayme Ray, Gertrude Harlan, and Edith Jones, trustees. Class to Be Adopted Past great chiefs and great chiefs who were present at the meeting were Lucy Cuskaden of St. Paul, great Pocahontas; Louise Hale, great keeper of wampum; Alberta Favors of St. Paul, great first scout; Huston J. Patterson, great junior sagamore; Nellie B. Ball, Connersville, who instituted the council; Alberta Robertson of Muncie, past great Pocahontas; Albert Hausman, past great sachem; Mrs. Williams and Mr. Ross. It was announced that a class will be adopted at the next meeting. VALENTINE PARTY TO BE HELD THURSDAY Junior Maccabees and Their Parents to Attend. Members of Junior court, No. 406, of the Maccabees, and their parents, will join in a Valentine party at Winamac hall, Twenty-ninth and Clifton streets, at 7:45 Thursday night. Members of the junior court, which recently has added about 200 new members to its enrollment, will be entertained with games, winners of which will receive prizes. Each child also will be given Valentine candies. The parents will play bridge and euchre. New officers of the court will be selected at the party. Miss M. P. Warrick, court director, will discuss future activities.

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Marguerite Clark Is New * Mentor of Ben Hur Group

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Mrs. Leona M. Kimmel to Assist in Work With Juniors. Miss Marguerite Clark is newly installed junior mentor of Ben-Hur Life Association. Mrs. Leona M. Kimmel, junior deputy, who has had twenty-five years’ experience with fraternal organization work, will assist Miss Clark in her work with the juniors. .New junior officers will be appointed in the junior room at 322 East New York street at 7:30 on Wednesday night. Plans for the year will be discussed. Mrs. Gladys Mill, retiring mentor, was presented with a set of silver goblets at the meeting last week. A class of twenty candidates will be initiated Wednesday night by the seniors of Arrius court No. 5. The tribe game and drill practice will follow 7 the initiation. The drill team is being trained by Louie H. Mills, chief, for the Ben Hur state meeting to be held in Elkhart in May, where they will give an exhibition drill. The Ben Hur social club will meet Friday night Feb. 20. COUNCIL WILL MEET State Secretary to Address Junior Order of U. A. M. Capitol City Council No. 68, Junior Order United American Mechanics, will be addressed by Itha McFarland, state secretary, in Buschmann’s hall, Eleventh street and College avenue, tonight. Entertainment and refreshments will be on the program. All members and former members have been invited to attend. The meeting, the first of a series planned by the new officers, is to take place in the next few months. Auxiliary Will Convene Ladies auxiliary No. 8 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will meet at the home of Mrs. Mary Gresh, 65 South Audubon road, at 2 Tuesday afternoon.

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LODGE GROUP PLANS FROLIG Past Matrons, Patrons to Give Valentine Party Thursday. Past Matron and Past Patrons Association of Marion county will hold its meeting and Valentine party in the Severin Thursday night. A program of games and entertainment has been arranged by Mrs. Lola Keenan, general chairman, and members of her committee. Mrs. Cecil Kiser, Mrs. Blanche Regett, Mrs. Helen Menhennett; Leon Russell and Clarence Kittle. Newly installed worthy matrons and patrons of Marion county Eastern Star chapters will be guests of honor. A committee will report on the advisability of forming an auxiliary of husbands and wives of association members. Mrs. Millie Gilmore, president, wall preside at the business meeting preceding the party. Members of the degree team will exemplify the work as given in the 1870 ritual at Elwood Wednesday night, Feb. 22. Dinner will be served at 6 by Mrs. Benjamin F. Huff, worthy matron of Ehvood chapter, in her home. DRUIDS TO HOLD PARTY Proceeds of Public Entertainment Will Go to Unemployed. Indianapolis Grove No. 37, United Ancient Order of Druids, will entertain with a public euchre and bunco party Wednesday night in Druid's hall, 29 South Delaware street. Proceeds wall be given unemployed members of the order. William F. Bonesteel, Fred W. Young and Otto Swanson form the committee in charge of the party.

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FIVE MEETINGS SCHEDULED DY ODD FELLOWS Plans to Be Laid for District Meeting in City on Feb. 25. Five meetings are scheduled by Odd Fellow lodges of the vicinity within the next few days. A county meeting will be held at j the Edinburg lodge Tuesday night. | George P. Bornwasser, grand scribe, and H. A. Winterowd. past grand master, ’.ill speak. poth of these officers also wall speak at a "get-together" meeting jin Greenw'ood Thursday night, at which arrangements will be made for a district meeting to be held in Indianapolis, Fob. 25. Bornwasser will speak at a joint meeting of Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges in Pittsboro Wednesday night. Program for this meeting, which will be an anniversary celebration, will include a dinner followed by a program of entertainment and addresses. Winterowd and Harry Rockwood, past grand master, will address Morgan county Odd Fellows in Paragon Saturday night. A delegation of Indianapolis lodge members will attend. A booster meeting at the Franklin lodge next Monday night will be addressed by Bornwasser and Guy Foltz, district deputy. TERRE HAUTE RALLY IS SET Great Officers of Red Men to Attend Tuesday Night Meeting. Arch H. Hobbs of Indianapolis, great chief of records for Indiana Red Men; E. C. Seabrook of New Albany, great sachem, and Huston J. Patterson of Indianapolis, great junior sagamore, will address Icnie ; tribe. No. 104 of West Terre Haute Tuesday night. The local degree of Pocahontas also will attend the meeting. Meeting will be in charge of Frank Little, chairman of the arrangements committee and a member of the state bylaws committee. A series of district meetings will be held during March and April. Jeffersonville, West Baden, Brookville, Bloomington, Youngstown, I Lebanon, Windfall, Lafayette, Dunkirk and Elkhart have been selected to entertain these meetings this year. Dance Party is Planned Capitol City Circle No. 176, Protected Home Circle, will give a ; dance and card party in Woodman hall, at 8:30 Friday night. J. W. j Murray is general chairman.