Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1936 — Page 15
INDIANAPOLIS City’s Clubs, Hotels and Hombs Open Doors to Guests Here for Annual 500-Mile Race Saturday
Celebrities of Social, Auton Automotive Worlds Will | iN “Arrive Today to Enjoy Numerous | - Pre-Race Parties, Dances.
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BY BEATRICE BURGAN
Society Editor IANAPOLIS today was living up to its reputation of nowpitalig as
‘doors were opened to visitors.
Tomorrow and Saturday club verandas
and. ballrooms will be crowded with hosts and hostesses entertaining thelr
_Buests, here for the Memorial Day race.
Celebrities from the automotive’ this. morning, checked in hotels and homes.
world and society began arriving clubs or were welcomed at friends’
‘Mr. and Ms. Joseph H. McDuffee are to attend the race with a
large group from Detroit: Col. and Walter Griswold,
Mrs. J. C. Vincent, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Kent, H. H.
Knepper, E. F. Roberts. In their boxes also are to
be Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. George W.
Walter Beech, Wichita; Mr. and Browne, Milwaukee; Mr, and Mrs.
. Clarence Sweeney, Misses Joanne Dissette and MarJorie McDuffee and Dan McDuffee.
Dinner-Dance Scheduled
"Mr. and Mrs. McDufTee are Lo entertain informally . for their guests at their home tomorrow night and after the race are to take them to the dinner- dance at the Indianapolis Country Club. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Griffin and William Griffin are
. to come £
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Miller Sr. cago, friend of William Griffin, is to be a. house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Miller Jr.
Miss Burpaa
rom Chicago to visit Mrs. Griffin’s parents,
Charles Rogers, Chi-
~ Mr. and Mrs. Miller Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Blish, and Miss Janet Blich, all of Seymour, and William Scott, Milwaukee, are to see the
face from a box.
5 Miss Marcia Wheeler, Hinsdale, Wheeler, and Mrs. Wheeler. She is | to attend the race with David Fowler, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. William Krieg, ‘Miss Mary Alice Pierson and Mayburn ‘EF. Landgraf. * Richard Fowler, Pyrdue UniversiAy student, is to return home to visit his parents, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fowler, with a group of classmates: They are to see the race together. Mrs. Billy Teel Tappan is. to take er young son Robert with her to the Speedway. They are to be with ~ Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wemmer and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Eisenlohr.
: Others to Entertain
: Mr and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge Jr. are expecting Frederick Delano from New York as their house guest. _ Mr. Delano will be one of their first
visitors since .they moved from the home of Mrs. Beveridge Sr. to 4430 N. Pennsylvania-st. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Callahan are expected from Cleveland by Mr. and Mrs. Keyes Atkins, who are making eparations to attend the race. Mrs. Robert McReynolds, Grand Rapids, Mich., arrived early in the ek to visit Mrs. Alberta Lieber Gray, at her Traders Point home, Thombrook, several days before the race festivities. - Arrange for Housewaiming
Mrs. Paul T. Hurts brother, ~ Frank C. Arndt, with his daughters, Alta and Virginia, are expected om Cleveland and are to attend the race with Dr. Hurt, Nancy Hurt and Paul Hurt Jr. ‘Miss Eleanor Anne Barrett re“turned yesterday from a visit in ~ Chicago and is to be a race spec“tfator in a box with Miss Joan hnson, Miss Elise Schmidt, Har‘vey Olson, Chicago; George Gloss“brenner and Richard Law, Chicago. Mr, and Mrs. William B. Stoke- : 1y Jr., are to have a housewarming at their new Golden Hill home to-
» Purdue Students Expected
111, is to visit her brother, Walton
and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Carter are to go to the race together. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fortune Sr., are to welcome Mrs. Fortune's sister, Mrs. Kate Lemcke Enos, Mrs. Elsie Frazee and Miss. Suzanne Brown, all of Westport, Conn., as holiday visitors. Mrs. Arthur B. Grove, White Plains, 'N. Y., who is to see the race -with them, is to stay at the Columbia Club. Former Resident Returning Mr. and Mrs. Laurens Henderson expect Mr. and Mrs. William Lowry
from Holland, Mich. before race |
day. When Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Williams, formerly of this city, come from Haverford, ConI®, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLeod, they are to be entertaiiied by many of their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Wolcott are to give a tea for them tomorrow and Mr. and Mrs. Don Hawkins are to have them as guests at dinner at the/ Indianapolis Country Club following the race. Mr. and Mrs, Karl T. Nessler are making ready t9 join the amusement seekers with Mrs. Nessler’s brother, Paul Rainier, and Mrs. Rainier, Sey-
mour; Louis‘ Rainier and his guest,’
‘Fred Lynch, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Shelly, Toledo, and Mr. and Mrs. John Blish, Seymour. Boxes Are Reserved William B. Ansted Jr. has. reserved a box for Charles Hinsch Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schmidlapp and George Schneider, all of Cincinnati; Edward Gallahue, Miss Brownie Miskimen, Oscar M. Kaelin Jr, Miss Alma Lyon, Miss Marian Willard, Beverley Hill, Cal, and Mr. and Mrs. Lindley Clark. 3 Mrs. Clark is Mr. Ansted’s sis ter. here Del. Miss Miskimen’s dinner party at the Indianapolis Country Club fol-
She and her husband moved recently from Wilmington,
* morrow after several of their out={ Towing the race is to be in honor
-town guests arrive. Among them e to-be Mrs. Ann Abbott, Hollyoa. Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon and John Haines, all of EE and Dr. and Mrs. Irving Brotman, Washington. After the 500 mile classic is over, the Stoke- ~ lys are to entertain their visitors at. ginner. 4
Race Parties lanned
Miss Virginia Hall, Washington, and Miss Elizabeth Clark, St. Louis, are to be entertained at Mr. and ~ Mrs. Conrad Ruckelshaus’ home. _ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferriday Jr., and Mrs. Robert Blakeman Jr.,
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Johnson, Chi= €ago. Additional Guests Invited Other guests to come from the Speedway are to include Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Davis, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Barry Goldwater, Miss Caroline Goldwater and Craig Goodman, all of &£hoenix, Ariz, Mr. and Mrs. Clemens Schmelzer are to arrive from Columbus, O., to accompany Mr. and Mrs. George M. Weaver to. the Speedway. Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Travis are to have Mr. and Mrs. Howard Travis, Reading, Pa., as their guests.
Reservations for
Hoosier
3 ~ Club Speedway Hop Closed
Reservations were closed today for the Hoosier Athletic Club's annual speedway sport hop, in the roof garden, which is to be formally opened tomorrow night for the dance. Late reservations indicated that more than” 200 are to attend the: dance. Waiters are to be dressed as mechanics, menus are to ‘be in the form of race cars, and tables are to
CHORUS SPONSORS MUSICAL PROGRAM
Proceeds from ‘the musical program to be sponsored by the Mothars Chorus of School 62 at 7:30 donday dre to be used to buy new usic for fhe organization. The Lik is to be given in the school
Be are to be grusiing’s ncer orchestra; Miss Vera Ni- , reader; Lark's trio, which inMrs. Lola Crockett, Mrs. inne Dell and Mrs. Juliet Shaw, npan ed by Mrs. Ralph Shep- : ial Montani, harpist; ene Mogle, baritone, accompanied r Fay Albea, both from Indiana ni College.
Visits Mother Here. Blanche Morgan has arrived , and is to spend E with her mother, Mrs. C. Morgan, 2308 N. Pennsyl- | She was accompanied 3 i Dawn Randell and Foster, and Harry Elbert Umy Hey are to attend the Speed-
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be arranged to represent the pits, in deference to Indianapolis annual 500-mile race. Members of the Woman's Athletic Club and the Women's Guild are cosponsers. John Lyons and Miss Marcia Kinder are general arrangements chairmen. Other committee heads are Mrs. Thomas W. Kercheval and Miss Edith Ambuhl, co-chairmen of the floor show assistants; Mrs. Fred LaMell and Miss Helena Wanner, decorations, and Mrs. Robert Allison and Miss Marguerite White, reservations. This week's reservations include those of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Kernel, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feaster, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schneider, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allison, G. C. Appel,
.C. A. Dahlman, William Mullin,
Raymond Thompson, Russell Fletcher and Frank McCarthy. Other reservations have been made by Messrs. and Mesdames Joseph McCarthy, Vincent Egan, John Lyons, Leander King. Joseph Everson, and Herman Metzel, W. E. Roberts, Claude Lehr, James Hill, Arthur Link, Haskel A. Gift, Charles Wheat and Lawrence McMahon.
Set Guild Meeting St. Vincent Hospital Guild is to meet from 10 to 4 Monday at the Nurses’ home to sew for the hospital.
'apolis Garden Club.
"EXTENDS SPEEDWAY VISITORS WELCOME
Mrs. Clowes Is New President of Garden Club
Mrs. G. H. A. Clowes is the newly elected president of the IndianNext - meeting of the club is to be. in October. Other officers, elected at the meeting at Mrs. Richard Fairbanks’ nome Tuesday, are Mrs. Archer Sinclair, first vice president; Mrs. Bowman Elder, second vice president; Mrs. Larz Whitcomb, recording secretary; Mrs. James Ritchey, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Charles Latham, treasurer; Miss Elizabeth Bertermann, . program chairman, and Mrs. Hermén Woig, project chairman. Mrs. ‘Ellen Shipman, New York, guest speaker, spoke on “Color
Combinations and Perpetual Bloom in the Garden.”
YOUNG CATHOLICS ARRANGING DANCE
The Catholic Young People’s So-
Hall, 617 E. North-st.
chestra. Philip Prieshoff is dance com=mittee chairman. He is to be as-
Arvin, Loretta Oyler, Ellen Marie Hoffman, Margaret Whitlow, . and Messrs. Harvey Highbaugh, Herbert Gilligan, Edward Johgson, Leonard Fort, Raymond Fort, John McMullen and Art Cecil.
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—_— GUILD TO INSTALL OFFICERS IN FALL
New officers of St. Margaret's Guild are to take office at the first meeting next season, to be held in the fall. Mrs. G. I. Seybert is president, succeeding Mrs. Jackson K. Landers. Other new officers are Mrs. Li. R. Thomas, first vice president: Mrs. 8S. E. Fenstermaker, second vice president; Mrs. L. D. Grinsbaum, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Fred Norris, recording secretary; Mrs. Harrison Bennett, treasurer, and Mrs. Reinie ‘A. Miller, assistant treasurer.
PARTY ARRANGED FOR BRIDE-TO-BE
Miss Eleanor Poirier, who ‘is to be bridesmaid for her cousin, Miss Marjorie Meyer, is to entertain tonight in honor of Miss Meyer. Table decorations are to be in the bridal colors, pink and blue, Miss Mayer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Meyer. She is to be married to Charles Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Johnson, June 6, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
RE-NAMED HEAD OF ZONTA CLUB
Mrs. Willa Proctor has been reelected president of the Zonta Club. Other officers are Miss Floro Torrence, first vice president; Mrs. Carolyn Conrad, second. vice president; Miss Anna Carpenter, corresponding secretary; Miss Eunice Henley, recording secretary and Miss Anna Feeley, treasurer. Miss Lillie Kerz has been elected a director. -
Mrs. A. M. Comb, 4224 Broadway, and her daughter, Miss Kay Comb, are visiting at the McAlpin, New York City, before going to Philadelphia and Baltimore. Mrs. Kathryn Turney Garten is spending several days at the New
Weston, New York City.
White Cross Guild Members
to Compile Cook Book Data
Cross Guild members are
compiling a issued in the fall.
by other members of her guild. Ar-]
rahgements for the cook book were’ completed at a board meeting ves.
Mie. Issey Born, president, was in . - Several members are to attend the annual luncheon of ‘the Sul ot Eadaamo, Mich, Sou » Where Dr
cial Club of Indianapolis is to give} a dance at 9 Tuesday at St. Joseph |- Music is to} - \| be ‘provided by Doc Grayson’s or-
sisted by Miss Ann Werner, Amelia
Mrs. Freeman P. Davis (center), Highland Golf and Country Club + golf star, won cover a field of state players at the Meridian Hills Country Club invitational tournament yesterday. Mrs. Ben T. Parks (left) and Miss Dorothy Ellis, hostess club's women’s golf chairman, watched Mrs. Davis’ play.
5567 Broadway, hostess. Rho Zeta Tau. hostess.
Music, Mrs. Leon Duncan.
North-st. Indianapolis White Shrine 6.
Bingo. candy chairman.
North-st. tn
EVENTS
SORORITIES Alpha Chapter, Alpha Gamma. Tonight. Miss Barbara Drummond,
8 tonight. Mrs. Earl White, 2614% N. Capitol-av, :
Indianapolis Townsend Pension Club 19. Breedlove, 1408 Kenyon-av, hostess. A. M. Anderson, speaker.
PROGRAMS
Alfarata Council 5, Daughters of Pocahontas. Fri. Hall, 127 W. Entertain members whose birthdays are in April and ‘May. Mrs. Sue A. Reynolds in charge. Tonight.
dinner preceding meeting. Patriotic drill. CARD PARTIES St. John’s Altar Society. June 4. School yard, 132 W. Georgia-st. Mrs. Pierce Brady, ticket chairman. Mrs. Kurt Wurz,
- St. Joseph Church Men’s Club. 8:30 tonight,
8 tonight. Mrs, Ota
Castle Hall. Pitch-in
Church hall, 617 E.
Tudor Hall to Award Diploriss
to 24 at Exercises Tomorrow
" Twenty-four Tudor Hall seniors ‘are to be graduated tomorrow night in commencement exercises at the First Presbyterian Church.
Following the exercises, they will,
hold their commencement dance at ‘Woodstock Club, with alumnae as special guests. Miss I. Hilda Stewart, Tudor Hall principal, is to preside at the exercises and present diplomas. Dr. J. Edgar Park, Wheaton College president, is to deliver the address. Dr. Park has spoken at most eastern colleges and secondary schools, and this year is the Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale University. Dr. George Arthur Frantz is to pronounce the invocation and benediction, and the program is to include songs by the upper school chorus, under direction of Miss Dorothy Merrill. Graduating class members are Betty Amos, Lucina Ball, Rachael Blumb ak Betty Boaz, Marjorie Bunch; Jane Carrington, Anita Cohen, Alice Crume, Patricia DePrez, Alice Dickey, Mary Dickey, Bar-
| bara Frantz, Susan Gatch, Kath-
ryn Hadley, Betty Lee Hoffman,
Barbara Kroeger, Maziorle: Jeah Mueller, Judy Preston, Sue Stackhouse, Suzanne Stokes, Jane Strashun, Jane Turner, Helen Wyatt and Rosemary White.
HONORARY GROUP TO FETE PLEDGES
Spurs, sophomore women’s honorary organization at Butler University, is to honor pledges with the annual spring dance tomorrow night at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. Hank Henry's orchestra is to play for dancing from 9 to 12. Miss Lucille Broich is general chairman. Miss Florence Renn, alumna advisor, is to be honor guest. Chaperons are to be Don Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. George Schumacher and Dr. and Mrs. Karl S. Means.
Alumni Group to Meet
Broad Ripple High School alumni are to elect officers at their reunion Friday, June 5, at the school building. Miss Virginia Earle, president, announced that a social hour is to follow the election.
Mrs, F reeman P. Davis Wins Meridian Hills Invitational T. ournev
| Union Daughters
to Meet Monday for Flag Honors
Members of. Gov. Oliver Perry
.| Morton Chapter, Daughters of the
Union, and their guests are to observe Flag Day at 2 Monday at the home of Mrs. H, E. Daugherty, 3440 Central-av.
Mrs. A. F. Shaffer is to present the. American flag for salute, and
terrace, and tables are covered with
Skyroom Offers New Rendezvous for Dinner Dancing; Many Make Reservations for s for Opening Night
Louie Lowe and Orchestra to Furnish Syncopation; Country Clubs Arrange Entertainment for Guests on Memorial Day.
The new Severin Skyroom is to
new spot for Indianapolis hosts and hostesses to
guests, here for the Speedway race.
be opened tonight, and will offer a to bring out-of- town
‘The roof has just been completed, and is to be open nightly. Musio
is to be by Louie Lowe and his orchestra, dressed in checkered coats. The foyer has been furnished with slip-covered chairs, and the ballroom has been decorated in shades of blue with indirect side lights. An oil painting at one end, by Ralph Iula, is framed by heavy curtains. Homecoming for Musician
Flower boxes decorate the wide
brown checks. A wide outdoor canopied bar has been arranged at one end.
Louie Lowe’s return to the Severin for the roof opening is an anniversary for the orchestra leader. He started his career at the Severin 10 years ago, while a student at Purdue, :
A number of parties have been arranged by local person§ for tonight’s opening. Major and Mrs. Charles E. Cox are to attend with a group which is to see the race with them. Included in the party are to be Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Morgan, Samuel Kemp, Washington; Earl Ward, Washington; Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wynfy; Washington, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Kee, Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan J. Hadley are to attend with another group. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gardner are to
have in their party Mr. and Mrs, William H. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. W, A. Atkins and Mrs. Jesse Fletcher, Reservations also have been made by Stephen Harter, Mr. and Mrs, Al. Chamberlain, Michael Wilson, Coleman Atkins, H. Bingham Booker and Ewing Sinclair. In Mr. and Mrs. Caleb York's party are to be Mr. and Mrs. Ru= dolph Stempfel, Mr. and Mrs. Her» bert Pinnell and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stempfel.
Club Programs Arranged
. Country clubs have arranged proe grams for Saturday which will’ be of interest to persons who are not attending the race.” Swimming pools at Woodstock, Meridian Hills and Highland are to open. » Woodstock has scheduled a dance for Saturday night, and the Meridian Hills club is to hold the Memorial Day golf tournament Tor men. : Highland is to entertain with spe~ cial dinners after the race, and also is to have dancing Saturday night. ] The Indianapolis Country Club is to have a swimming meet, tennis tournament and the Mayer Cup. golf tournament, with a dinner dance in the evening.
Mrs. Curtis Hodges is to give a §
brief history of the flag. . Assisting Mrs. Daugherty are to he Mesdames A. B. Glick, C. J. Finch, Thomas W. Demmerly, Walter Baxter, A. M. Tomlinson, George M. Spiegel, William I. Hoag, Thomas Larkin, ‘Allen T. Fleming, G. W. Hardesty, W. C. Bartholomew, F2 J. Hermann, Karl Kayser and C. M. Raber. Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, re-
| gent, is to preside.
Mrs. Claude J. Stephenson and three of her pupils, Bernie Burkart, Miss Jean Vanauken Ladd and Bobbiee Munger. are to give a pro-
.| gram. Dorothy Carey is to play
a group of piano numbers, and Mrs. M. F. Conner’ in costume is to tell Negro folk tales. Mrs. M. D. Didway, who is in
charge of the program, is to. ac-.
company Miss Erma Day and Mrs. George Lowe, soloists. -
Folk Dancis Fete Arranged
Interpretation of ‘the folk dances
of other nations are to be given by local Camp Pire Girls. at 7:30 tonight at Tomlinson Hall, in the first May folk dancing festival held by the organization. Plans are being made to make this an annual celebration. $
The festival, which is to be open
to the public without charge, is to present girls from groups through-
| out Indianapolis, in costumes of the
countries they represent. Music is to be by the WPA band, and dancing instruction has been given un-
der direction of Miss Lois Chester- | &
ton, Marion County Recreation Bureau. Girls to appear in the festival are to gather at Tomlinson Hall at 7.
®At the Race
*On the Golf Course
® In the Swimming Pool
® On the Road
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