Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1936 — Page 20

"Christmas Gift Secrecy Cloaks Careful Plans of Floor Show Committee

Revue to Be Presented

at Dance at Indianapolis

Athletic Club; Large Attendance Is Indicated As Many Arrange Parties for Event.

BY BEATRICE BURGAN

Society

(TRIES shopping isn't the only activity cloaked in secreéy. The

Editor

Lamb's Club floor show committee members are being as mysterious about their rehearsals as they are in their gift buying. Thé “Scandals”

are to be presented during the dance Saturday nigi# at the Indianapolis |

Athletic Club,

Mr. and Mrs. J. Perry Meek, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Laurens H,

Henderson and Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Jackson are responsible for the

wait and see” attitude.» ~ At least, we know there is to be a big audience. Col. and Mrs. William Guy Wall are having a dinner party at the club before the dance begins. They have invited

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barnes and Mrs.

Barnes’ sister, Miss Lora Starling, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. William C, Bobbs, Bert Reade, Gen, and Mrs, Robert H. Tyndall and Mr. and Mrs, Herbert M. Woollen. Luncheon for Sister

Miss Starling and her mother, Mrs. Charles Starling, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Barnes. After Mrs, Demarchus Brown's lecture at the Propylaeum tomorrow, Mrs, Barnes - is having a luncheon for her sister and mother. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Robinson are to greet a group of friends informally at their home before being hosts for a dinner party at the club. Their guests are to be Miss Helen Poley, Frederick Burleigh, Bomar Cramer and Mr, and Mrs. William G. Sparks. Mrs. Wallace C. Tomy’s mother, Mrs. Robert M. Churchman, Detroit, is to be visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tomy, who are to have a dinner party at the club. With them are to be Messrs. and Mesdames Henry C. Atkins Jr, Thomas Madden and John E, Hollett Jr.

Guests for Week-End

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lochhead's week-end guests, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. W. Gilliam, Louisville, are to go to the dance after the Lochheads’ informal party at home. The other guests dare to be Mr. and Mrs, Perry Lesh, Mr, and Mrs, William Kothe and Niven Stall. After stopping at Mr. and- Mrs. Herbert Pinnell’s home, Messrs. and Mesdames - Robert S. -Stempfel, Frank Dowling, Joseph Brower, Frank Throop and Donald Carter are to go to the club for dining, A group is to meet at Mr. .and Mrs. Myron Green's home before joining the party. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vonnegut are to entertain guests at dinner, and Mr. and Mrs. _ Robert Ferriday and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Loftin are to dine together.

Others Arranging Parties

Hiram W. McKee'’s party is to be jn honor of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Mothershead, who were married recently. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman S. Ayres, Mr. and Mrs, Paul Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Kevers, Mr. and. Mrs, Paul Matthews and Oscar 'F. Frenzel Jr. also are making up parties. Mrs. Caleb Lodge McKee, Columbus, O., is to be at the party with ¥imer W. Stout, James S. Rogan, Mrs. W. W. Dark, Dr. John Aspy, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davy Eaglesfield and Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander. : Mr. and Mrs. Meek and Mr. and Mrs. Henderson before the show are to have dinner with the Hendersons’ guest, Miss Isabel Arnold, Los Angeles; Francis K. Bowser, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Denny, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cotter Shea, Mr. and Mrs. David Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Macy Teetor, Hagerstown. % an Rice's dinner is to be hin of Miss Brownie Miskimen and W. Coleman Atkins, whose engagement was announced last

Saturday.

Parties Formed For Dinner at Marott Hotel

Mrs. Thomas L. Green is to entertain Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lugar, Mrs. Samuel G. Gifford, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lee Hargitt and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Adair at the Marott Hotel's formal dinner tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Willam Grau and Mr] and Mrs. John Kennelly are to be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boyer. Guests of Miss Mabel E. Ross are to be Messrs. and Mesdames Crawford Barker, T. M. Overley, Adolph Emhardt and Howard Stitt and Mesdames Ada M. Rose, Paul B. Trone, Russell Williams and Miss Ruth Emhardt and Marshall DeFoe. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Allen Jr are to entertain Mr, and Mrs. J. Carl Handy, Miss Sammy Allen and E. Clifford Gheen Jr. Mr. and. Mrs, Dayle C. Rowland's guests are to be Mr. and Mrs. Warren Smith, Mr. nd. Mrs. Robert Hiner and Miss Dorothy Lefiing, North Platte, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Gerht are to have as their guests Messrs. and Mesdames Vernon Asher, Edward P. Gallagher and Joseph White, Nohlesville; Misses B. J. Miller, Eleanor Moran and Mary Helen McKee; Howard Intermill, Jack Godfrey and Myron Rees. Urban V. Pflum is to entertain Miss Edyth J : , Miss Jean Hunter and RolSchneider. |

Pastor Returns Here || To Present Lecture!

Dr, Pred W. Backmeyer, Gary, former Meridian Heights Preshyterian Church pastor, is to give an Jlustrated lecture on “The Life of

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Wedding Is Set|.

For December

The marriage of Miss Dorothy Merrill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Clarence Merrill, Fall River, Mass., to Dr. Wayne Lockwood Ritter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight S. Ritter, 4415 Broadway, is to take place Dec. 29, in the First Congregational Church in Fall River. Miss Merrill, who is head of the Tudor Hall music department, is to leave Tuesday for her home in Fall River. Mr. and Mrs. Ritter and Mr, and Mrs, Gordon Ritter, Columbus, are to attend the ceremony. Gordon Ritter is to be his brother’s best man and Mrs. Ritter is to be an attendant of the bride-to-be. Other attendants are to be Miss Nancy Johnson, Wellesley, Mass., maid of honor; Miss Dora K. Atkins, Vermont, also a Tudor Hall teacher; Miss Betty Cook, Fall River, and Miss Louise De Wolff, New Bedford, Mass. . Ushers are to include Richard O’Daniel, Bronxville, N. Y.; Dr. James Lyons, Lynn, Mass.; Lincoln Homes and Duncan Aldrich, Fall Ver.

Southern Club

To Hold Dance And Reception

The Southern Club has issued invitations to members for a holiday formal reception’ and dinner dance on Dec. 18 at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Mr, and Mrs, Joseph P. Merriman are chairmen, assisted: by Dr. and Mrs. Louis D. Belden, Maj. and Mrs. J. V. Stark, Mr. and Mrs. George S. T. M. Overley. Maj. and Mrs. Stark are to give a charity tear for the club from 4 to 5 Pp. m, Sunday at their home, 3124 Washington-blvd. Members are to bring gifts to be distributed at Christmas to the needy.

Live Wire Class To Hold Party

Mrs. H. A. Harlan is ticket chairman for a style show, program and tea of the Live Wire Class of the

West Michigan M. E. Church, to be | 8

held from 2 to 4 p. m. tomorrow in Ayres’ auditorium. The opera ensemble is under the direction of Lenora Ivey Frederickson of the Burroughs - Jackson School of Music. ! Mrs. Robert Campbell program an, has announced the following commit- :& tees: Tickets, Mrs. § Harlan, Mrs, Hen-

Paul Hubbell, Earl Mrs. Harlan Buchanan, How- x ard Hampton, H. C. Stearns; reception, Mrs. Kirby Lucas. Those appearing on the program include Miss Helen Ferrell, pianist; Betty Marie Starr, reader; Delores Fordice and Sylvian Hendrix, accordionists; Bernadine Cook and Bill Long, dancers.

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Invitations to Tudor Alumnae Dance Prepared

Invitations are to be mailed soon for the Tudor Hall Alumnae Club dance to be held Dec. 22 at Woodstock Club. The annual holiday party is given to raise funds for the Fredonia Allen Memorial Scholarship fund. The committee met yesterday at Miss Laura Miller's home to address invitations. ) Mrs: Clifford Arrick III, president, has appointed Miss Miller chairman, assisted by Mesdames Charles Greathouse Jr., R. Kirby Whyte, J. I. Cummings, Misses Joan Aufderheide, Judith Chambers, Irving Moxley and Elizabeth Taggart.

Yule Programs Arranged for “PT. A. Groups

The Christmas theme fis to pre-

‘| dominate in programs of Marion

County Parent-Teacher Associations scheduled for next ‘week. A Christmas pageant, “Why the Chimes Rang,” directed by W.' R. Moore, is to be given - by . eighth grade .pupils at a Warren Central High School Assqciation meeting at 7:46 p. m. Dec. 16. eighth grade pupils are to be special uests. , Two playlets, “In the Light of thi Star” and “Christmas Without Patsy,” are to be presented at a Ben Davis: High School Association meeting at 7:45 p. m., Dec. 17. Mrs. Elsie Ball, speech instructor at thé

| school, is to direct the presenta-

tions. Mrs. Faye Heath is music chairman. Gertrude Ramey and Ellagene Richey are to sing. as A Yuletide message is to be given by the Rev. Donald Boyd of Glenn Valley Church before members of the Bluff Avenue School P.-T. A. meeting at 8 p. m. Dec. 15. Mrs. Jeanette Hampdon is to lead the singing of carols and . a gift exchange is to follow the program. Edgewood Study Club’s luncheon meeting .is to be held at 1 p. m. Dec. 18 at the home of Mrs, Kenneth Baker. prime A social hour and business meeting are to be held at 7:30 p."m. Dec. 16, by the Garden City P.-T. A. and the University Heights P.-T. A.

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Factory seconds in high quality street and dress foolwear. Fabric, kid, suede and combinations in all the popular colors, patterns and lasts of the winter . season. They must be bargains because we sell them for less than out petitors must pay for merchandise of the same grade.

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SELDOM TWO: PAIRS ‘ALIKE: :

Parents of |

Dorothy and Jane Bottorff, Blossom w

meeting is set for 7:30 p. m. ‘Dee.

1. Mrs. Francis Colgate Dale was' Miss Kathryn Means, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Means, before her recent marriage, (Plowmans Platt.) oo 5 : 2. Mrs. Earl Blackwell was the former Miss Eileen Chaffee, daughter of Mrs. Mayme Chaffee. Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell are to live in’ Indianapolis. (Photo by Photo-Craft.) \ 3. Before her recent marriage, Mrs. Anthony G. Fussher was Miss -Mary Carolyn Fisher, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Hugh ‘Fisher. (Photo by Plowman-Platt.) , : : :

EVENTS

SORORITIES

Fa-Lo-Sis. Tonight, Mrs. William Watkinson, 2419 College-av, hostess. Kappa Sigma Chi, 7 p. m. Fri, Colonial tearoom, Dinner. Mrs. R. V.

Rodkey, hostess. : Alpha, Fri. p. m. Mrs. W. R. Hunter,

Beta Chapter, Alpha Omicron hostess. - Alpha Pi Omega. 8 p. m. today. Silver Cup tearoom. Formal initiation, Butler University Delta Gamma pledges, Sat. p.-m. Chili supper. Open vo public. gio Alpha, Chapter, Alpha Beta Gamma Sorority, 8 p. m. Fri. Miss Dolly Coleman, 3031 E. Michigan-st, hostess.

PROGRAMS

Woman's Lecture Club. 2 p. m. Fri. Marott Hotel, Mrs, Demarchus Brown, “The Greatness of Queen: Elizabeth.” All Souls Unitarian Church More Light Guild 8 p. m. Fri. Church. Mrs. Kathryn Turney Garten, reviews, “The Lord of San Simeon,” and “Of Lena Geyer.” ? 3 Indianapolis Bahai Assembly. 8 p, m. Fri, Spink-Arms. Subject: - a ne, oe on. today. Mrs. T. R. Mead, 102 Pen Indianapolis S| Club 8 p. mn. y. 1 T. R. > en way-st, hostess. Mrs, W. Irving Palmer, piano numbers; Mrs. George Ottman, “Bolivia.” Neal Ireland, president. - ) Brittany Chapter, International Travel-Study Club, Inc. 10 a. m. Fri, Mrs. Mary Almeroth, 944 Leslie-av, hostess. Covered dish luncheon, ‘Mrs, Petrache Valesscu, “Balkan Journeys,” \ LODGE Sahara Grotto Women’s Auxiliary membership committee, 8 p. m. "today. Mrs. Margureite Schneider, 988 Campbell-av, hostess. Christmas party for committee, husbands. CIVIC GROUP : Flora Bauer, 2818 Brookside

A “Brookside Civic League. Today, Miss pkwy, N. dr, hostess. Election,

‘Ghost Parade’ To Be Presented]

“The Ghost Parade” is to be presented by .the Dramatic Club of the | Tabernacle Presbyterian Church at | 8 p. m. tomorrow in the church recreational hall, The public may attend, : The cast includes Charles Lockwood, Art Caster, Richard Harding, Firmer Homsher, Noble DeRoin,

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Jang Degischer, Martha Jane Miller, | Ralph Cleveland, Thomas Anderson, | Marcella. Hutchinson, Martha MacDougall, Helen Brady and Gene Donlon. : pail James B. Martin and Miss Mary B. Whiteman are directors.

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Singing to Mark Monday Meeting Of Reading Club

A program of Christmas music and songs is to be presented before members of the Monday Afternoon Reading Club Dec. 14 at the home of Mrs. J. R. Townsend, 3737 Car-rollton-av, ; Members are to be served breakfast. A group of harp numbers by Pasquale Montani - and songs by Mrs. Florence Free McDonald are to

for group singing, _ Holiday colors and decorations ‘are to be used throughout the receiving rooms. A gift exchange is to conclude the program. Assistant hostesses include Mes-

| dames G. A. Everett, William F.

"| Espey, : 11 Fishback and William Ball.

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[Western College Alumnae

To Entertain Mothers of

|Students at Ohio School

| Christmas Party Scheduled Saturday Afternoon at Home of Mrs. Appel;

Alice Libby, Former

Teachér, to Relate European Experience.

While local Western College students are concerned with their col+ lege routine at Oxford, O., Saturday, their mothers are to be entertained at a Christmas tea here by the Indianapolis Western College

Future Bride To Be Honored

With Shower

et Lewis, Who Is to

Miss Margaret “| be married to Gustav Dongus.on

Dec. 26, is to be honor guest at a buffet supper and crystal shower to be given tomorrow night by Mrs. James A. Stuart Jr, and Miss Delight Morrison: . The hostesses are to be assisted by their mothers; Mrs. C. Fred

Fitchey and Mrs. Paul B. Morrison.

Christmas colors are to be used in decorations. : . Miss Lewis’ mother, Mrs. A. D.

Tiewis, and her sister, Mrs. Layton

Palin, are to be guests with ‘Mesdames. Robert .,H. Stone, Lucien Dunbar; Misses. Marthabelle Bond, Bernice © Grant, Mary Elizabeth Ikerd, Jane Howe, Vivian Claffey, Zerelda Frick, Martha Jane Banister, Mary Elizabeth Pell, Mary

‘| Stierwalt and Jeanne Bugbee.

Miss Bond is to entertain with a party for Miss Lewis Monday night; Miss Grant is to be hostess for another on Tuesday night and Miss Howe on Wednesday.

Sorority to Sponsor

Christmas Luncheon

Phi Alpha Sigma Sorority is to entertain with a Christmas luncheon and bridge party Saturday at the Spink Arms Hotel. Mrs, Cyril Burton of London, England, who is visiting her brother J. T. Casebourne and Mrs. Casebourne, is to be a special guest. Mrs. George Long is arrangements committee chairman, assisted by Mrs. Casebourne, Mrs. Floyd Church, Miss Ida Lobraico and

Miss Marie Bagnoll.

Party Is Arranged Miss Alice Nichols is to entertain tonight with a party for Mrs. Paul Vandeveer. Guests are to ‘include Mrs. W. E. Wilson and Misses Mar= jorie West, Margaret Duvall, Mary

‘Griffey, Florabell Crawford, Ade-

laide Smith, Edna Wier, Helen Scanling, Thelma Mendenhall, Evalyn Fausey, Norma Hall, Martha Sullivan and Alice Schaefer,

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The party is to be held at the home of Mrs. W, L. Appel, 5802 Washington-blvd, , Pine cones, mistletoe and blue and silver tapers are to appoint the serving table and the reception rooms.

Miss Alice M. Libby, former Enge lish department head at the college, is to address the group on her recent experiences in Europe. Dean Alice Hill Bryne of the college is to be a special guest. Mrs. Thomas N. Wynne and Mrs, Alan Ritchie, Catherine Jane Wynne and Betty Ann Ritchie are enrolled at the cole lege, are to preside at the tea table,

Guests Listed

Other mothérs to be honored ‘ne clude Mesdames Max Bardach, Fue gene Brown, Norman A. Nicolai, A, J. Calloway, Tom G. Smith, John M, Smith, I,. Merrill Thiesing, Carl E. Wood and Montgomery Lewis. Indianapolis students at the col lege with Betty Ann and Catherine Jane are Adele Bardach, Ruth Es ther Burtch, Prudence Ann Brown, Lois Jeanne Nicolai, Jean Lenore Smith, Mildred Thiesing, Mariette Carolyn Wood, Lillian Calloway and Constance Lewis. ‘ During the afternoon Mrs. H. H, Brooks is to give a reading. Assisting Mrs, Appel with hospltalities. are to be Mesdames Robert Aldag, Leonard th, Ray T. Fatout and Myron J. McKee, Misses Mary Hostetter and Helen Schuller, Miss Marian White is association president,

Alumnae Group

To Have Supper

Miss Elizabeth Smith is to enter tain the Indianapolis Alumnae, Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, with a pot luck supper at 6 p. m. today at her home, 5849 Julian-av. The December business meeting is to be held at 7:30 p. m. Members have been asked to contribute toys for the Christmas box which is to be packed tonight and sent to the sorority’s health center. Miss Dorothy Lawson is to read several Christmas stories and plays, ° Assisting hostesses are to be Mesdames Milton Lofton, Marjorie Ly= man and H. B. Smith,

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méney in cooking and canning foods and why foods so cooked

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The U. 8S. Department of Agriculture recommends only one safe method of canning non-acid foods—that is to use a am cooker. Be sure to attend this, demonsiration—see how easy it is to can food this economical way.

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