Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 July 1936 — Page 9

Through Heat; Travelers

Extend

Visits to E scape

+ Michigan Lakes, Maine, Europe Beckon as Temperature Rises; Louise Vonnegut Leaving Tomorrow; Boys to Take Hiking Trip.

BY BEATRICE BURGAN Society Editor

HEA: wave bulletins have lost their disheartening portent for those fortunates who are marking time until their vacations begin. The remaining days before they seek cooler spots become bearable

as their reveries bring up visions of

water splashing on lake shores and

green leaves being swished by refreshing breezes.

Mr. temperatures, for they are cheered Burt Lake, Mich., with Mr. and Mrs.

and Mrs. Gilbert Small now are less conscious of mounting

by prospects of a weekend trip to Lucius Hamilton.

Miss Louise Vonnegut is chanting “one more day.” She is to leave

tomorrow for East Harwich, Me. to

visit Mr. and Mrs. Louis McClennen

and their young son, Adams, at their summer home. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Vonnegut are to meet their daughter later, and they are to vacation

together. Mr. and Mrs. William Garstang are looking forward to August, for then they are to go to the Walk cottage at Harbor Beach, Mich. Miss Julia Walk and Miss Sue Howe are there now, and they frequently see Dr. and Mrs. Jean S. Milner, whose summer home is next door. Other vacationers are one jump ahead of the thermometer. Record breaking temperatures arrived to find many persons had skipped off to favorite summer retreats.

Mr. and Mrs. James Watson and their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Watson, are living leisurely at Ventnor City, N. J. Stays in California

David Vawter Burns wasn't pleased with reports he received about Indiana’ weather, so he extended his visit in Pasadena, Cal, with his sister, Mrs. Daniel Layman Jr, and Mr. Layman. They made the round of recreation spets with Miss Melissa Wadley, who has been in Pasadena visiting her brother, Morris S. Wadley, and Mrs. Wad‘ley. Miss Wadley left California recently to meet Miss Evelyn Chambers in New York. They were to sail today for a European trip. Mr. Layman’s mother, Mrs. Daniel Layman Sr., and Mrs. Robert Davy Eaglesfield are exchanging family news with relatives in Virginia. They await letters from their daughters who are abroad this summer. Patricia Eaglesfield is in France, and Miss Virginia Layman is in Europe sightseeing with a: party of young girls who sailed recently on the Queen Mary. ; Plan Hiking Trip

". Robert Frost Daggett Jr. and a college classmate anticipate “meetting up” with several of their friends when they take a European hiking trip in August. Mr. and Mrs. PF. R. Kautz sought comfort at Leland, Mich. Mr. Kautz is to return here in two weeks to

meet his daughter, Miss Katherine Kautz, who is to arrive from Washington. Mrs. Kautz is to join them later. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shimer and Miss Agnes Cruse are at Estes Park, Colo.

A few homecomings have diverted |

attention from the thermometer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mason Jr. welcomed Mr. Mason's mother, Mrs. Robert Mhbson Sr., St. Augustine, Fla., and their daughter, Virginia, who has been visiting for a month at Hollywood and St. Augustine. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Baker Jr. returned from their wedding trp, and are to be with Mr. Baker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Baker Sr, until they decide on their residence. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Brown again frequent the country club terraces since their return from a trip through Yellowstone Park.

ATTEND NATIONAL SORORITY SESSIONS

Miss Lillian Voyles and Miss Lillian Beck, .member of Omicron Chapter, Chi Sigma Sorority, have gone to Philadelphia to attend the sorority’s national convention. It is to open tomorrow for a four-day session. Miss Voyles is local chapter president and Miss Beck is Delta province president.

Home Acquired by Professional

Women’s Group

The Indianapolis Business and Professional JVomen’s Club expects to hold future meetings in its own clubhouse, 1101 N. Delaware-st, former home of Mrs. John C. New. The club, which previously has met at the Woman's Department Club, plans to remodel the home. The lower floor. is to be converted into a dining room for club meetings and for meal service for the public. A general house manager is to be in charge of renting the clubhouse for outside organization meetings. Four bedrooms are to be rented as living quarters. Mrs. Nellie C. Warren presided at the meeting last night when mewmbers voted to buy the home. Mrs. Mary Stubbs Moore, clubhouse | chairman, reported on the price and probable cost of furnishings and upkeep. The house commitiee with Mrs. Moore includes Misses Glen Ander= son, Phoebe M. Jeffers, Fanny Miner, Luella A. Newport, Charlotte Reiss and Mrs. Gertrude M. Long.

SORORITY GROUP TO ATTEND PARTY

“Miss Margaret Lee is to entertain members and guests of Gamma Chapter, Omega Nu Tau Sorority with a lawn party, tonight. Games and contests are to feature the program. Mrs. J. Nelson Marks, chapter president, and Miss Nehersta Pierce, national representative, are to assist the hostess. Guests are to be Mesdames Donald Griffin, Paul M. Cook, Oscar Hagemier, E. W. Wicklund and Misses Vivian Wolf, Dorothy Cook, Lucille Demaree, Marion Albering, Iva Franklin and Betty Foster.

NEW PUBLICATION IS CIRCULATED

The first issue of the Hoosier Crier, sponsored monthly by the Woman’s Athletic Club and the Woman’s Guild of the Hoosier Athletic Slub, was issued this week. Martin M. Clinton is: editor. He also is to edit Who's Who, a monthly to be devoted to club activities.

Miss Boyle to Marry Mr. and Mrs. George Boyle announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Dorothy G. Boyle, to F. Lawrence Swearingen, son of Mrs. Nora Swearingen, Muncie. The wedding is to be July 25.

Miss Virginia Kemper, daughter of Mrs. C. E. McMurtrey, 4002 Parkav, is spending a week at Lake Wawasee. Mr, and Mrs. William H. Wemmer are expected to return this week from a trip to the East and White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Mr. and Mrs. Chantilla White, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lauritzen and

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin have returned from a vacafion at Lake Wawasee.

POUNCES ON

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because he did not like the sound of the slam bid. His choice of a lead was difficult, but a spade would have looked like a better opening. South won the opening lead of

the two of diamonds with the nine ‘and then laid: down the king of

tection in the diamond suit.

Roundup Group Is to Discuss Annual Event

The executive committee of the Indiana , Saddle Horse Association is to meet early next week to discuss preliminary arrangements for the fourth annual roundup. Fred Sharp, Franklin, for the second ‘ consecutive year, is to be general chairman. He is to announce committee chairmen and assistants at the meeting. The event, previously held at Gregg Farm, is to be held Oct. 4 at the Algonquin Riding Club. Russell Williams, Algonquin Riding Club president, and Dr. P. O.

‘Bonham, manager, are to assist with

arrangements.

No, it’s not a mirage, but a sure- enough Christmas tree with all tne

‘trimmings and twice the fun.

Children in Chinese mission fields are to know he joy ‘of Christmas

braved midsummer heat for a Christmas party. : Wilma Leavel (above) had the pleasure of knowing she contributed to Chinese children’s happiness, for she helped decorate a tree yesterday in Garfield Park. The gifts are to be sent immediately to missionaries so they will arrive at their destinations. before the Yuletide

season.

Mrs. F. B. Stickney, former association president, inaugurated the celebration, three years ago. Mrs. Asa E. Hoy is association president.

Haviiet Gamble

of Edward C. CG. Wurtz Tonight|

to Be Bride

Miss Harriet Ann Gamble is to before an “altar banked with ferns become the bride of Edward C. | ana palms.

Wurtz at 8:30 p. m. today at the|

home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert D. Gamble, 811 E. 40th-st. Dr. Richard Millard, Broadway Methodist Church pastor, is to offi-

ciate. at the candlelight ceremony,

ington-st. Bingo.

EVENTS

SORORITIES Zeta Rho. Tonight.. Mrs. Kenneth Hittle, hostess. . CARD PARTIES . Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. 8:15 p. m. today. 1002 E. Wash-

Belle Queena Council 425, Daughters of Pocahontas 8:30 p. m. Thurs. Castle Hall. 4th floor. Cards.

Miss Martha Wirtz, sister of the bridegroom, is to be Miss Gamble’s only atténdant. She is to wear white lace, tunic style, and carry a shower bouquet of blue deiphinjum, yellow roses and baby breath. -

The ‘bride is to wear white net |-

over taffeta, fashioned redingote style with a Queen Elizabeth collar and long pointed sleeves, puffed to the elbows. Her flowers are to be blue delphinium, Fellow roses and baby ‘ breath. The bride and her maid of honor are to wear roses in their hair.

George F. Gamble, brother of the |.

bride, is to act as best man. The bride’s mother is to wear French blue lace with a corsage of yellow roses.

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SPRINGER-DRAKE . WEDDING SUNDAY

Marriage vows are to be exby Miss Dorothy Ellen Drake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Drake, and Edward W. Springer Jr., at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in Central Christian Church.

Miss, Ann Tullis is to be the bride's only attendant. nh

Copenhagen blue lace with a corsage of white roses. Misses Mae Henri and Jean Lane are to provide piano and violin music. During the on “Al- | pha Chi” is to be played A reception for. the immediate families is to follow. The bridal ¢ouple is to leave on a 10-day motortrip through the East. They. are to be at home in Indianapolis upon their return. .

“What is this League of Women

they wish to join. Attention has been directed to

Wawasee home. Mrs. Richard Edwards, chairman of the state organization's govern=ment and operation department, is to speak before an Indianapolis

‘| League meeting in September, to

outline the history of the organization. Mrs. Edwards recently was named a member of the public welfare department's committee to draft plans for a merit system appointment plan for the state public welfare department employes. The committee: is to meet with the unemployment compensation board's committee to draft a uniform system for the two departments. Information Available In a pamphlet circulated by the National League of Women Voters, Washington, entitled “Know Your League,” many questions of the busy housewife, the politician, and the prospective league member are answered. The National League was organized by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. It first was proposed at the 1919 convention in St. Louis, and became a

Miss Jean Boyd, Charles Hoyt Jr. Name Attendants

‘Mrs. W. Pearce McClelland is to be matron of honor and Maurice ‘Boyd best man at the marriage of Miss Jean, Elizabeth Boyd and Charles D) Hoyt Jr. The ceremony is to be read at 3 p. m. Saturday, Aug. 15." at the Broadway Methodist Church with the Rev. W. C. Hartinger, officiat~ ing. Miss Boyd, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Boyd, 3048 Collegeav, attended Butler University where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. The bridegroom-to-be is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Hoyt, 5157 N. New Jersey-st. He was graduated from Purdue University.

SORORITY PARTY

TO BE TONIGHT

Miss Mary Ellen Modglin, 311 S. Gray-st, is to be hostess for the Psi nN Phi sorority rush party tonight. iss Aureta Stephenson, rush chairman, is to be in charge of entertainment: for guests, including Misses Thelma Baxter, Helen Kassenbrock, Sayda Stephe ,. Thelma Cline, Mary Baldwin, ty Shepherd, Alma. Arbors ‘and Mrs. Rupert Greene. ‘Misses Mary Evelyn Lechon and Irma Crume are to assist Miss Stephenson.

Mr. and Mrs. Dale T. Evans, 1310 N. Gladstone-av, are making a motor trip through the Canadian. Rockies. Miss Anne Ayres left Saturday for

-Eaton’s Ranch, Wyo. where she is

to be joined later by her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Frederic M. Ayres. °

Answers Questions About Organization's Activities National, State, Local Governmental Work

Over Period of Years Brings Many Inquiries About Program, Aims, Leaders Say.

Voters there's so much talk about?”

It’s a question that is asked by many these days—women who never have bothered about anything more public than their household affairs; politicians who find League questionnaires in their mail, and young women who are looking over women's organizations to see which ones

the League, by its public personnel

platform, which is to be studied more intensively this week when Ine diana League board members meet at Mrs. Charles N. Teetor’s Lake

national arganition at the 1920 Chicago convention of the Suffrage Association. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt has been honorary president from its beginning. Mrs. Maud Wood Park was president from 1920 to 1924, Miss Belle Sherwin from 1924 to 1934. Miss Marguerite M. Wells now . is president. National headquarters are at Washington, and all national board of directors’ members are volunteer workers. The league, by political educae tion, attempts to increase the nume ber of women who take responsible parts in government. Subjects have been divided into groups since the beginning of the league. At present, as an outgrowth of eight groups, various groups deal with government and its operation, education, child welfare, economic welfare, foreign policy and legal status of women. . Approximately 200 pamphlets have been published to provide a basis for study and support of the political education program. They are brief, so they may be read by busy persons, but are recognized as accurate, authoritative and iair.

Accomplishments Listed

“And what has the League ace complished?” its questioners ask. The organization points to. the first decade of its existence, when hundreds of legislative measures were obtained through, or partly, through, efforts of Leagues and to training of thousands of women for participation ' in. government. In 1934, the national convention launched a two-year campaign for better qualified personnel in gove ernment service and reorganization of local, state and national tax systems. The latter point was dropped, : from the active campaign. : The national organization are ranged a speaker’s panel, conducted a slogan contest, sent out petition cards to the state groups (Indiana filled out 35,000), and introduced plans at both the Republican and Democratic national conventions advocating extension of the merit system. . . The Indiana League introduced in the 1935 Assembly a bill for publice personnel management and a - merit system. The bill, left in committee in the Senate for amende ment, was withdrawn by the League. Members circulated - handbills at district caucus meetings preceding the Republican and Democratic state conventions requesting Selec tion of resolutions committee members, nationals convention delegates and a gubernatorial® nominee ‘who favored the merit system. ‘ Questionnaires were sent to lege islative candidates by the Indiana League asking their stand on the merit plan, and to date, “an over=-

‘| whelming per cent of the answers

received are in favor,” said Mrs, Virginia Moorehead Mannon, Ine diana League legislative director. Mrs. S. N. Campbell is Indiara League president, and ‘Mrs. Clarence Merrell, acting Indianapolis League

president,

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