Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 60, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1936 — Page 11

MAY 20, 103(5.

Voters League Demands Pledge on Merit System From Parties; Members Hear Reports Today

Model Plank?, Petitions Will Be Presented to Conventions. (Editorial, Pan** Fourteen) Planks on the merit system of public office appointments are to be offrred by the Indiana League of Women Voters to the Republican party's state convention June 3, and to the Democratic state convention June 16. Tno action is to be in accord with the National League's plan to have delegates take 500,000 signed cards to the conventions, petitioning the political parties to abolish the spoils system. Thirty-five thousand signatures have been ohtained ir* Indiana as one of the steps in th; league's campaign lor trained personnel in government service. The proposed plank calls for party promises to abandon the patronage system because it is "a party liability and weakens faith in government.” Copies have been sent to James A. Farley and Henry P. Fletcher, Democratic and Republican national chairmen. The plank was drafted under direction of a special committee which Included Mrs. Roscoe Anderson, St. Louis, chairman; Mrs. Robert A. Taft, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Paul Eliel, Berkley, Cal. If adopted, it will commit both political parties to specific types of legislation. Principal among the recommendations are “immediate legislation” to place first, second ana third class postmasters, deputy collectors of internal revenue and United States marshals under civil service, and repeal of laws discriminatory of marital, economic status or residence against otherwise qualified persons. State and local league leaders are to begin this week to acquaint political party convention delegates and alternates with the proposed plank. Delegations are to seek a hearing before the two parties' resolutions committees. Shower Arranged o for Bridc-to-Be Mrs. Emma Vaughn is to entertain 35 guests at a buffet supper and kitchen shower honoring her niece, Miss Rosemary Clark, tonight. Table decorations are to be in the bridal colors, pink and blue. Miss Clark is the daughter of Mrs. Lauretta Clark. She is to be married to James Sullivan, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Sullivan, at St. Philip Ncri Church June 22. Miss Rosemary Commons and Miss Eleanor Egan are to be Miss Clark's bridesmaids. Mr. Sullivan has chosen his brother, John, as his best man. Ushers are to be J. D. Quigley and Edward Hughes. WASHINGTON HIGH TO CROWN QUEEN Miss Betty Kruetziner is to be rrowned May Queen at Washington High School at the Parent-Teacher Association annual festival. Special awards of scholarships and honors are to be made following the crowning ceremony. The festival is to be from 5 to 7 in the cafeteria. At 7:30 a business meeting and election of officers is to be held in the auditorium.

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Mi’s. Clarence Merrell Is Named President at Business Session. Mrs. clarence Merrell today was elected president of the Indianapolis League of Women Voters at the meeting at Woodstock Club. Other newly elected officers are Miss Margaret Denny, first vice president; Mrs. Leo Gardner, second vice president; Mrs. Oliver Greer, membership 'secretary; Mrs. John Fuller, recording secretary, and Mrs. George Fotheringham, treasurer. Newly elected directors are Mesdames Thomas D. Sheerin, Bert C Ellis, Perry Lesh, Arthur C. Shea, and Smiley Chambers, and Miss Evelyn Chambers. Mrs. Walter Greenough. acting president, was in charge of the morning business session. Mrs. S. N. Campbell spoke on proposed activities for next year, reporting on the program outlined at the recent national convention in Cincinnati. Other speakers were Miss Denny, secretary; Mrs. Howard Meeker, membership chairman; Mrs. J. W. Stickney, personnel chairman; Mrs. L. A. Ensminger, organization chairman, and Mrs. Lester Smith, government and its operation chairman. Reports also were given by the following chairmen and officers: Mrs. Sylvester Johnson, government and child welfare; Mrs. Clarence Merrell, government and economic welfare; Mrs. Ralph Vonnegut, government and education; Mrs Leonard Smith, government and foreign policy; Mrs. William Snethen, government and the legal status of women; Mrs. John Goodwin, the personnel campaign; Mrs. George Fotheringham, treasurer, and Mrs Thomas Sheerin, finance committee. Luncheon speakers were to be Fred Hoke. Indiana Public Welfare Board memi>er, who was to speak on “Plans for Public Welfare in Indiana,” and Rep. Joseph A. Andrew, Lafayette, who was to speak on “Indiana and Unemployment Compensation.” REVEAU WEDDING OF MISS HASLET Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Haslet, Ockley, announce the marriage of their daughter. Miss Irene Haslet, to John Boone, son of Dr. J. E. Boone, South Bend. The wedding took place Nov. 9. They are to go to South Bend soon to make their home. Miss Haslet attended Indiana University. Style Display Highland Golf and Country Club women members are to model in a style show of summer costumes next month at the club. The show is to be staged at the swimming pool, and models are to include professionals from the Wm. H. Block Cos. Bathing suits, sports costumes and evening costumes are to be shown. Luncheon is to be served at the pool. Approximately 100 reservations were made for the keno and bridge breakfast at the club today. Table prizes were to prepare the winners for rainy days: They were rubberized silk umbrellas. The door prize was a matching raincoat and umbrella.

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1. “Here s how,” say Helen Griffith and Barbara Prentice (left), Tudor Hall doubles tennis champions, to Barbara Brown and Sylvia Griffith, runners-up. The tennis tournament was on the schedule of the school's annual “play day” yesterday. 2. Lowell H. Patterson, who has played in the annual fathers and daughters baseball games for 10 years, puts out his daughter, Harriet Patterson, as she attempts to steal second base. 3. Thomas S. Kaufman, Edward Smith, Burling Boaz and William Keen (left to right) wait their turn at the plate. The fathers defeated the girls, 4130. Mr. Keen and Dr. Howard Lee Norris were pinch-hitters on the parents’ team for Bowman Elder and Dr. Ross Ottinger, whose

Morton Program o Set for Sunday Memorial services for Gov. Oliver P. Morton are to be held at the statue in his honor on the Statehouse grounds at 2:30 Sunday by the Oliver Perry Morton Chapter, Daughters of the Union. John Delatore, American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, is to give the call to colors. Mrs. A. F. Shaffer is flag chairman. Patriotic women's organizations’ members are to assemble with flags, and junior girls of the Womens Relief Corps are to sir.g. Mrs. E. C. Rumpler is to give the address, and Mrs. M. C. Hammer is to sing. Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, general chairman, is to place flowers on the statue, and Mr. Delatore is to sound “Taps.” TEMPLE SISTERS SELECT LEADERS Mrs. Sidney Romer is to iead the 10th and Delaware-sts Temple Sisterhood in its activities next season. Officers elected with her recently include Mrs. Sultan Cohen, first vice president; Mrs. Arthur Fairbanks second vice president; Mrs. Jack Kammins, recording secretary; Mrs. Henry Salomon, corresponding secretary; Miss Essie Solomon, financial secretary, and Mrs. George Frank treasurer. New directors are Mesdames David Lurvey. Jay Kahn and Harry Cooler. Holdover directors ar° Mesdames Harriet Plaut, Isaac Born M. M. Feuerlicht. Saul Solomon and Misses Gertrude Feibleman and trances Mazur. Mrs. Louis Markun. retiring president, was named honorary vice president. Principal to Talk Waiter Gingery, Washington High ! School principal is to speak on i Attitudes and Ideals” at the meet-1 mg of the Emerson Heights Mothers' Club of the Indianapolis Free Kmderbarten Society at 7 45 tonight. Fathers and mothers are to attend. Mrs. Carl Simon, chairman is to be assisted by Mesdames Lester Meek. Theodore Meek, Theodore Weber, Daily McCllpin, Lawrence Sullivan. Theodore Cox and Paul Robertson. Nominating Group Named Mesdames Louis Daugherty. Clyde E. Titus and Ben S. Pigman have been named nominating committee members of the Woodruff Place Women's Club by Mrs. M. K. Foxworthy, president. The club was to hold a bridge party and knitted costume fashion show today at the Woodruff Place Community Club. Mrs. Ernest Michelis and Mrs. Charles E. McFadden were to oe in charge. Permanents $3 to $lO Ten Expert Operators /uteolnOtn o * fa (ftbcSuTY^tOALON \1 llf 3*® Floor Odd Frllowj Bld.

Tennis, Dads', Daughters’ Ball Game Feature Tudor Event

daughters, Anne Elder and Mary Jean Ottinger, teamed with Betty Boaz, Anne Davis, Nancy Lockwood, Virginia Smith, Lucy Kaufman, Marjorie Bunch, Marybelle Neal, Dorothy Metzger and Miss Patterson. Paul Davis, Ralph Lockwood, Robert Ray Bunch, Alex Metzger, Thomas Neal joined Mr. Patterson, Mr. Keen, Dr. Norris, Mr. Kaufman and Mr. Boaz. Mr. Patterson looked on while the Greens and the Whites, girls’ teams, played before the fathers-daughters game. “They lock better this year than any season 1 have attended,” he remarked. The Green team defeated the White aggregation, 31-14. The Green lineup included Letitia Sinclair, Miss Kaufman, Miss Patterson, Patricia DePrez, Shelbyville;

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Mrs. William L. Scheerer (above) before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth Emminger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Emminger. Mr. Scheerer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scheerer, Huntington, Ind.

SOCIETY TO CLOSE SEASON WITH PARTY Christamore Aid Society’s season is to close with a card party next month at Woodstock Club. New officers are to take over the club's leadership at the same time. Mrs. R. Kirby 'Whyte is president; Mrs. Earl B. Barnes, vice president; Miss Elinor Stickney, secretary, and Miss Florence Barrett, treasurer. They were elected yesterday at a meeting at Mrs. Russell Johnston s home. Mrs. dohnston was assisted by Mesdames Thomas Madden. Edward Bennett, William Bertermann and Miss Betty Bertermann. Summer Teacher Named Mrs. Alice B. Wessenberg is to be a member of the summer school staff at Butler University, it has been announced. She is to teach freshman composition, appreciation of literature and contemporary poetry.

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Helen and Sylvia Griffith, Miss Prentice, Catherine Kemp, Frankfort; Nancy McCown, Jane Adams and Miss Brown. The losing team was composed of Barbara Noel, Miss Smith, Miss Metzger, Clair Norris, Mary and Alice Dickey, Terre Haute; Miss Bunch, Miss Davis, Virginia Binford, Phebe Perry, Terre Haute, and Miss Elder. Officials were Miss Margaret Slawson, athletic department director, and Miss Ruth Hutchinson. Among mothers looking on were Mrs. Neal, Mrs. Elder, Mrs. Boaz, Mrs. Bunch, Mrs. Louis Haerle, Mrs. Eugene Brown. Mrs. Charles Harvey Bradley, and Mrs. John Jameson, a visitor. Her daughter, Susanna, with Nancy Briggs and Martha Anne Scaff, came to see their friends play.

Arnica to Hear Music Program o Mrs. Martin L. Conrad, 3025 Washington-blvd, is to be hostess tonight at the annual guest meeting of the Arnica Club. Mrs. J. C. Lee, president, is to assist. Arrangements committee members are Mesdames Don W. Stuart, chairman, and Bert C. Everhart, Paul Ameter, Otto Russell and Robert L. Flutro. The program is to include a piano duet by Mrs. Charles E. Wrancher and Mrs. Raymond Knoop, and solos by Mrs. Huston Meyer and Miss Frances Jane Leonard. Miss Leonard is to be accompanied by her mother, Mrs. William Leonard. Mrs. Fred Stuckey is to give a reading, and Mrs. Curtis Hodges is to speak. Mrs. Bob Shank is to report on the year’s study course. NAME PRESIDENT OF SHORTRIDGE P.-T. A. Mrs. C. L. Harkness is to succeed Mrs. Oscar B. Brown as president of the Shortridge High School Par-ent-Teacher Association. Election took place last night at Caleb Mills Hall. Other officers are Mrs. Walter C. Holmes, first vice president; Mrs. Rolla Chowning, second vice president and corresponding secretary; Mrs. Winifred Craig, third vice president; Mrs. Eugene Wilder, treasurer, and Miss Ruth Lewman. recording secretary. St. Joan Dance Set St. Joan of Arc High School Club is to sponsor a final dance May 29 in the school auditorium with Sally Ragan and Mary Bosler, co-chair-men.

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i EVENTS MOTHERS’ GROUPS Lauter Mothers’ Club. 12:30 Thurs. 1309 W. Market-st. Covered dish luncheon. Dance 8. Mrs. Edna Swift and Mrs. Margaret Haptilow, chairmen. PROGRAMS School 2. Thurs. 8. School. Bth grade class play, “The Big Date.” LODGES Semper Fidelis Council 10, Pythian Sunshine Girls. 2 Thursday. Sears, Roebuck & Cos. social room. Card and bunco party. Hoosier Lodge 261. B. of R. T. and Golden Rule Lodge 25. 8:30 Wed. Trainmen Hall. Bingo. Ways and Means Committee, Women's Auxiliary, Sahara Grotto. 12:30 Wed. 1533 N. Gale-st. Mrs. Ruth Reinhardt, hostess. Women’s Auxiliary, Sahara Grotto. Wed. Grotto home. Business meeting. Sahara Grotto Auxiliary Glee Club. Members and husbands. 2 Thurs. Buffet supper and party. Mrs. Henry Shannon, 3015 Nowland-av, hostess. Hospitality Committee, Women’s Auxiliary, Sahara Grotto. 12:30 Fri. Mrs. Inez Shirley, hostess. Covered dish luncheon. Decorating Committee, Women's Auxiliary, Sahara Grotto. Fri. Grotto home. Buffet supper is to be served to committee and husbands at 6:15. Mrs. Hulskamp, hostess. SORORITIES Epsilon Pi Chapter, Delta Theta Tau. Sat. Claypool. Initiation and officers installation. Initiates, Misses Mae Dillinger. Mary Jane Simons and Mildred Blackwell. Miss Dorothy Addington, president; Mrs. Everett Alloway, chairman, assisted by Misses Martha Free, Ernestine Simons, Patricia Custer and Ruby Windhorst. Epsilon Chapter, Epsilon Sigma Alpha. Thurs. Y. W. C. A. Election. Miss Bernice Van Sickle, program chairman, “Italian Drama.” Theater party. Gamma Chapter, Omega Nu Tau. Tonight. Mrs. J. Nelson Marks. Patriotic pre-race party. Mesdames Robert Ellis, John M. McGuire, Paul M. Cook, E. L. Baker Jr., Misses Vivian Wolf, Betty Foster, and Gladys Underwood, guests. Mesdames John A. Lyons, Clell Dodd, Misses Marguerite Hastey and Bernice Cain, assistant hostesses. Beta Zeta Chapter of Lambda Chi Omega. 7 Wed. Lincoln. Founder’s Day banquet and installation of officers. Alpha Chapter of Sigma Delta Sigma. 8:30 Wed. Antlers. Bingo. Rho Sigma. 8 Wed. Miss Helen Dawley, entertainment. Sigma Sigma Kappa. Wed. Miss Mildred Hausner, entertainment. Philotenian Ladies. Wed. Lodge home, 1336 N. Delaware -st. Pitchin dinner. CHURCH GROUPS Queen Esther Class, First Baptist Church. 6:30 Fri. Church. Supper. Business meeting. Olive Branch Social Circle. 2 Wed. Home of Mrs. May Meredith, 4224 Cornelius-av.

RECITAL IS TO BE HELD AT CHURCH Mrs. Dovie O. Jones is to present a group of piano pupils in a recital at the Irvington Methodist Church at 7:30 Friday. Those appearing are to include James Garinger, Mary Collins, Bebe Corya, Jane Hodges, Marylin Orbison, Hal Silver, Dick Dobbs, Norman Gripe, Joan Breton, Patricia Carnahan and Betty Irvin. Others are to be Marjorie Yount, Glen walker, Margaret Stowder, Allen Stowder. Lucile Madinger, Phil Robertson, Elizabeth Davis, John Withner, Robert Henly, Alice Hackney, Sue Warden, Katherine Henly, and Betty Ward. Mrs. C. L. Withner is to sing “Butterfly,” an original composition by Mrs. Jones. GARDEN OWNERS TO BE HONORED Owners of the gardens visited by the Park School Mothers’ Association recently were to be honor guests at the tea to be given at 4 today at Mrs. John Rauch's home. Mrs. Rauch, president, was to be assisted by Mrs. Charles Harvey Bradley, secretary-treasurer Mothers of school alumni also were to be guests. A business meeting was to be held at 2. Rotary Admits Tivo “Mrs. Ella McKelvey and Miss Margaret Brockman have been admitted to membership in the Woman's Rotary Club. They are to attend the final June meeting.

Breakfast Date Set by Women J The Calendar Aid of Central Christian Church is to entertain with a rose breakfast June 2 at the church. Mrs. W. T. McClure is president and Mrs. Herbert G. Swan is general chairman. Mrs. Swan is to be assisted by Mesdames Lloyd C. Litten, W. A. Shullenberger, H. H. Arnholter and Rheta Morgan. Mrs. A. C. Zaring and Mrs. Robert L. McKechnie are publicity directors. Reservations are being accepted by all committee members.

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Local Women to Be Guests of Mrs. Keefe Supper and Card Party to Be Held Tonight at Lebanon. Indianapolis women are to attend a buffet supper and card party tonight at the home of Mrs. M. Ft. Keefe, in Country Club Park, Lebanon, Ind. Decorations are to be in varied shades of iris. With the out-of-town guests and those from Lebanon. Mrs. Keefe is to entertain approximately 50. At the same time Mr. Keefe is to entertain at a beefsteak dinner at the Ulen Country Club. Attending Mrs. Keefe's party from Indianapolis are to be Mesdames John Ruckelshaus. Clare Christy, Albert Beveridge Jr., Paul V. McNutt, John Wheeler, Earl E. Barne*, Frank McHale, Samuel Ralston, Stuart Laßue, Jack McDargh. Adams. Evan Stotsenberg, Emmett Ralston and H. F. Parr. Other out-of-town guests are to include Mrs. Catherine Lilley, Fort Collins, Col.; Mrs. W. D. Parr and Mrs. L. R. Nastzger, both of Kokomo. Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. McDargn are to provide music during the evening. Party Planned for Children at Athletic Club Children of Indianapolis Athletio Club members are to be entertained with rides in miniature racing cars at their annual party from 3:30 to 5 in the club gymnasium Saturday. The party is to include a performance by Madame Drako's dog circus, roller skating, games and contests. Refreshments are to be served at tables decorated with balloons. Two orchestras are to play for the club's pre-race supper dance May 29. Bill Schumacher's band is to play for dancing from 8 to 11. and Barney Rapp and his New Englanders are to play for the closing of the club's supper dancing season. The victory dance is to be in the fourth floor ballroom May 30. Dinner is to be served from 6:30 to 10, and dancing is to be from 7 to 10, with Jack Berry’s orchestra playing. Club members and their guests have been invited to attend the Speedway drivers’ dinner Monday, June 1, in the fourth floor ballroom, when prizes are to be awarded. The event is being sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Federation Chorus to Elect Officers The annual election of Seventh District Federation of Clubs’ chorus officers is to be held following luncheon Friday at the Y. M. C. A. Special guests are to be Mrs. C. J. Finch, federation president; Mrs. M. D. Didway, sponsor; Charles Geyer, director, and Miss Garrison. Mrs. Mary Short is luncheon chairman. Retfring officers are Mrs. Julius Rockener, president; Mrs. Albert Gray, vice president, and Mrs. Irvin Williams, secretary. Class Day Chairman Miss Betty Humphreys has been named Butler University senior class day exercise chairman. The graduating class is to present a stunt program June 13 under her direction. R. D. McDaniel has been visitinj at Atlantic City.

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