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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1937

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

PAGE 11

WOMEN GOLFERS PREPARE TO OPEN SEASON APRIL 30

Indianapolis Club Events

Are Mapped

Details of Prize Play to Be Arranged Saturday

By BEATRICE BURGAN

NDIANAPOLIS Country Club

women addicted to golf are are

. practicing this week. They measuring putts and rehearsing drives in anticipation of the season's first women's golf day on April 30. The women’s committee is to settle details over ‘a luncheon table Saturday. Mrs. E. E. Gates Jr. is chairman, assisted by Mesdames Henry Davis, E. P. Dean, W. A. Miskimen and A. L. Piel. The women have - completed most of the season's shopping for prizes. They visited stores during the winter and today have the awards ready for exhibition. The merchandise is to be presented to winners of weekly matches, a spring tournament in May, an invitational vent on June 11 and the club championship play Sept. 10 to 17.

Fridays Women’s Days

Fridays are to be women's days, and the second Friday of each month is to be open to guests. Women players are to pair with men for three two-ball foursomes to be played. on Sundays. The bridge ‘group, headed by Mrs. Claude C. Jones Jr., is to arrange play for afternoons following the matches and luncheons. Mrs. William MacGregor Morris, last year’s golf chairman, is the Indianapolis Women’s Golf Association president this season. Mrs. Dean, last ‘year’s club champion; Mrs. Charles Latham, Mrs. Miskimen, Mrs. John B. Stokely, Mrs. Piel and Mrs. Herbert Piel are among the club's leading players who will set the goals for beginners. Mrs. John G. Williams and ‘Mrs. Irwin Cummings, whose husbands are top-notch players, are practicing to better scores made in their first year of play last season. " n zn The men and women who campaigned for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in its infancy paid tribute to Ferdinand Schaefer, founder and director emeritus, at a buffet supper last night at the Athenaeum following a concert. Mrs. Herbert M. Woollen, membership drive chairmen for several seasons and an Indiana State Symphony Society board director, presented him with a purse collected by admirers and a scroll with a tributey William H. Ball, society president, and Mrs. Ball came from Muncie to attend the concert and supper. He acted as toastmaster, introducing Mr. Schaeffer, Mrs. Woollen, Dr. G. H. A. Clowes and Iso Briselli, guest soloist. | Mrs. J. A. Goodman arranged a | vegetable centerpiece for the buffet | table. Small tables were centered with pots of coral colored geraniums. Mrs. Ball wore a starched- gray lace gown, with bands of organza trimming the neckline, finished with a large flat bow. Her shoulder cape was of ermine. Among the numerous symphony supporters who gave Mr. Schaefer an ovation were Mrs, Albert J. Beveridge, Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Baker, Mrs. Clowes, Robert A. Adams, Mrs. Thomas Harvey Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Latham, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur D. Peat.|

Japtain Fowler nd Bride Take

Honeymoon Trip Capt. and Mrs. Halstead C. Fowler ar¢ on a trip to Washington and New York following their marriage yesterday morning in the quarters of | the bride's parents, Brig. Gen. anfl Mrs. William K. Naylor, Ft. Behjamin Harrison. Gen. Naylor is the post commanding officer. Mrs. Fowler was the former- Mrs. Malrgaret Naylor Adams. Chaplain John Hall officiated at the ceremony, © witnessed by eintimate frignds and relatives. A wedding breakfast followed. » apt. and Mrs. Fowler are to be at jhome at the post, where Capt. Fowler has been assigned quarters on [the 19th Field Artillery officers’

nd the late Capt. Fowler, New

National Guard.

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Union Station.

{a case of thwarted “puppy” | however,

Dance Arranged By Legion Post

A | covered-dish dinner dande are to be given tonight by

newly organized Holliday Sons of American Legion

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They'll Give Carnival Air to Dance

Martha Jo Cantwell, Margery Clark and Jean Mick (shown above, left to right) will provide a carnival atmosphere at the Stansfield Circle dance Sat-

dancers.

—Times Photo.

urday night at the Woodstock Club. With Martha Louise Armstrong,

they will sell balloons to the

Wanderlust Season Is On,

But Traveler's Aid Is Ready

{ travelers in such emergencies is re-

By MARJORIE BINFORD WOODS

Maybe you've rebelled against nickname was cause for home in Mattoon, Ill., recently.

a 13-year-old girl to run away

| | “Slim.” Al from her |

being called “Red” or

It all came to light tearfully when she sought Traveler's Aid at the |

‘Maggot” and “Long Legs.” It was to be in some unknown place where she could establish a new identity. The wanderlust season is on and this is only one of the many cases which daily come to the attention of Miss Eleanor Jones, Travelers’ Aid executive secretary. Most Runaways Homesick “Usually runaways are homesick at heart after al few days of being on their own in| strange cities and are eager to be sent back to their parents,” Miss Jones said. “Once in a while there's an unusual case where juveniles are permitted to remain in the city until their families send for them.” That is what happened to two boys, aged 15 and 16, who hitchhiked here from Jackson, Mich., during spring vacation, It was a lark for them and they were given room and board by the organization for several days. It developed into love, for one youth became enamored of a curly-headed little girl who promised to write. He went back home but returned a few days

Margaret is her name, but her playmates dubbed her |

too much to bear and she wanted |

ago to report to Miss Jones that “all women are fickle.”

She has put many a lone juvenile | traveler on trains to go half-way | across the continent for a visit with | relatives. Without exception, she | says, the children reached destina- | tions without mishap. They may be filled to the satiation point with | candy and apples. given them by passengers along the way, but they | always seem to have a good time, she reports.

It won't be long now until 1i-! year-old Jackie will be coming to | Indianapolis from Charlotte, N. C., | for his annual train stopover, en | route to Illinois to spend the sum- | mer with his father. For six years he has traveled alone on this trip

Tomorrow and Friday when the national organization celebrates its anniversary at a convention in New York, the services will be discussed. When the service was established 20 years ago it was available only to women. Today hundreds of mascu-

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Rocaps on Honeymoon Trip South

Marjorie McDuffee Weds In Colorful Ceremony At St. Joan of Arc.

The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Maurice O'Connor performed the marriage of Miss Marjorie McDuffee to John T. Rocap this morning in St. doan of Arc Church. The Rev. Fr. Rob- | ert Hartman said the nuptial mass. The couple left on a trip to Washington and Virginia. The bride traveled in a cornflower blue costume suit, with navy accessories and an orchid corsage. After May 1, Mr. and Mrs. Rocap will ‘be at home at 3239 N. Illinois St. The hride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McDuffee and Mr. Rocap is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Rocap. The bride was escorted down the aisle by her father. She wore a cream satin empire-style gown, fashioned with a court train, a Vneckline and fitted sleeves shirred at the wrists. A Venetian lace veil belonging to Mrs. Robert Kirby fell from a rosepoint cap, arranged with orange blossoms. Her bouquet was of gardenias and lilies of the valley. She wore a jeweled pendant, her father’s bridal gift to her mother. Sister Attends

Miss Mary Caecelia McDuffee, the bride's sister, attended in a turquoise blue silk net gown, modeled on empire lines. It had a full skirt with a slight train, a high neckline and short puff sleeves. Spring flowers forming a coronet matched the blossoms in her colonial bouquet. : James Rocap, the bridegroom's brother, was best man. Ushers were Dan McDuffee, the bride's brother, and Kevin D. Brosnan. The bridal party advanced to the chancel through an entrance marked by two white vases, holding Easter lilies, white roses and snapdragons. The altar was banked with palms, ferns and white flowers and the family pews were marked with white ribbons. Mrs. McDuffee attended the ceremony in a blue sheer gown, designed with a pleated lace collar. Her corsage was of orchids. Mrs. Rocap's

sage was of lilies of the valley and Joanna Hill roses. Following the ceremony a breakfact was held at the Indianapolis Country Club for relatives, out-of-town guests and the bridal party.

hostess. Rho Chapter, Sigma Beta. 8:15 p. Ruckle St., hostess. assistants. Rush party. Alpha Chapter, Phi Theta Delta. Emerson St., hostess. >

Theodore Sparks, Miss Merrill

Theta Tau Psi. Fri.

Beech Grove, hosiess.

ington St. Party.

Ave., Howard St. Card party. Comanche Council 4, Comanche

EVENTS

SORORITIES Beta Chapter, Theta Mu Rho. 8 p. m. today. Mrs.

Mrs. W. Charlton Balsey,. Mrs. Robert Frost,

Evadne Club. Tonight. Mrs. Larry Price, 401 Harvard Place, hostess. Kappa Tau Epsilon. Tonight. Mrs. Marion C.| Beaver, hostess. Mrs.

Mrs. Elmer Beanblossom, hostess. Tiiiheoh, Mrs. Ralph L. Eberhardt, Mrs. William Abel, program. Alpha Chapter, Omega Phi Tau. 8:30 p. m. today. Spink Arms Hotel. Alpha Chapter, Omega Chi. Tonight. Mrs. Lee [Benner

Kappa Phi Delta. Tonight. Mrs. hostess. Misses Dorothy and Marjorie Allen, assistants.

LODGES

Golden Rule Chapter 413, O. E. North, Illinois Sts. Obligation ceremony. matron. A. D. Porter, worthy patron. A. D. Streight Circle, Ladies of G. A. R. Thurs. Ft. Friendly. Noon covered dish luncheon. Business meeting. Card party. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. 8:15 p. m. today. 1002 E. Wash-

CARD PARTIES

Women of the Moose. 2:30 p. m. party. Mrs. John L. Browning, chairman. Samaritan Odd Fellow and Honor Rebekah. Tonight. Hall, Blaine

men’s Hall, Morris, Lee Sts. Card party.

Paul Bridges,

m. today. Mrs. H. K. Phillips, 4044

Tonight. Miss Mary Rantz, 305 S.

Ashley, assistants.

Carl Siler, 1210 Congress Ave.,

S. 8 p. m. Fri. Masonic Temple, Mrs. Hazel Uhl, worthy

Thurs. 135 N. Delaware St. Card

Tribe 128. 8:30 p. m. today. Red-

Committees Are Listed for Play at Children’s Theater

- The Children’s Civic Theater is ready to ring down the curtain on

its season with three performances of ‘The Little Princess,”

Fotheringham has announced.

Mrs. George

The play, an adaptation of the novel “Sarah Crewe,” is to be pre-

sented at 2:30 p. m. Saturday and urday, May 1. Mrs. Fothéringham has listed

Miss Brown and Donald B. Fobes Are to Be Feted

Mr. and Mrs. Ancil T. Brown are to give a bridal dinner Friday night in celebration of the approaching marriage of their daughter, Shiela, and Donald B. Fobes, to take place Saturday. Out-of-town guests here for the wedding are to attend the party to be held at the Marott Hotel. Miss Betty Means is to give a

party tonight for Miss Brown. The bride-to-be was honor guest at a bridge party given last night by Mrs. John Fobes.

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Miss Esther Jane Throckmorton. The scene property committee includes Mrs. Charles W. Moores and Misses Iris Griffin, Shirley Buck and Helen Sheerin. The hand property committee is composed of Mrs. Edward L. Van Riper, Mrs. Jean Black, Miss Eunice Dissette and Miss ‘Ruth Zinn,

The sets have been designed by Mrs. J. I. Cummings, Mrs. Carl R. Vonnegut is in charge of the construction and designing of costumes, and Mrs. Frederick G. Pier is wardrobe mistress. Miss Catherine Gartland is to prompt the performances, which are under the direction of Miss Jane Weldon.

Belzer to Speak Friday F. M. Belzer, Boy Scout leader, is to speak at the School 74 ParentTeacher Association meeting at 7:30 p. m. Friday instead of tonight as previously announced.

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In Financing ‘Scholarship

St. Mary -of - the - Woods’ Club Sets Event For May 8.

St. Mary-of-the-Woods’ apolis Alumnae Club, concerned with furthering its honor tuition scholarship, is to sponsor a benefit card party and style show Saturday, May 8, in Ayres’ auditorium. The fund helps educate a girl chosen from a Catholic high school in the city for her scholastic and

social achievements. The scholar= ship provides one year's study at St. Mary's. Mrs. Edward F. Kinney and Mrs, | Richard W. Hennessey are party co= chairmen. Others working in | executive capacities are Mrs. J. Harold Blackwell, ticket chairman; Miss Mary Logan Connor and Miss Helen Connor, table prizes; Miss Josephine Deery and Miss Courtney, door prizes; Mrs. J. Barton Griffin, feature; Miss Florence Whelan and Miss Rosemary Rocap, publicity. The alumnae club is under the immediate direction of Miss Ger= trude Hardesty, president; Mrs, Herbert P. Kenney, vice president; Miss Rocap, treasurer, and Miss Dorothy ann Scrogin, secretary.

Parliamentary

[L.aw Club Elects

Mrs. Jasper Scott is the new president of the, Indianapolis Pare liamentary Law Club. Other officers, elected at a recent meeting held at Mrs. C. P. Clark's home, 3606 N. Euclid Ave., are Mrs, William E. Tinney, first vice presi= dent; Mrs. Willidm S. Evans, second vice pressident; Mrs. G. B. Taylor, third vice president; Mrs. Walter H. Vinzant, recording secretary; Mrs. J. Norman Bailey, corresponding secs retary; Mrs. Frank X. Kern, treasurer; Mrs. Glenn R. Cruzan, audi= tor; Mrs. Royce B. Stokes, histore ian and Mrs. Tharles. F. Voyles, parliamentarian.

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