Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1937 — Page 22
MONDAY, AUG. 9, 1937
+ Lindbergh's Cousin Pays Visit to City
Flier Gathering Material On Life of Father, She Reports.
By MARJORIE BINFORD WOODS
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is keeping his Minnesota relatives busy answering letters of inquiry. He is gathering data for a book on the life of his father, the late Rep. Charles Augustus Lindbergh. This information came directly from one of the book's contributors, a cousin of Col. Lindbergh, who grew up with him at Little Falls, Minn, and who is visiting in Indianapolis this week,
She is Mrs. G. V. Butler, Luzerne, Minn. With her daughter Betty and son David, who resembles Col. Lindbergh, she is the guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. A. F. McCord, and Mr. McCord, at 3420 N. Meridian St. ,
Letters Are Frequent
“The receipt of letters, bearing the postmark ‘Longbarn, England,’ are now frequent occurrences with all members of the Lindbergh family who live in the States,” Mrs. Butler said. One of the relatives on whom the Colonel is relying for information concerning his father's childhood days is Mrs. Butler's mother, Mus. June Butler, St. Paul, a sister of Rep. Lindbergh. “Butler is a name well known to the Lindbergh family,” this Indianapolis visitor hastened to explain. Her own last name happened to be the same as that of her husband, member of the Indianapolis branch of Butlers. Mrs, Butler has fond recollections of her cousin, Charles, sliding down haystacks and climbing tall trees, even at the age of 3.
Couple Unrecognized
Just before Col. Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, left this country, they visited Mrs. June Butler in St. Paul. Mrs. G. V. Butler and her family were visiting there at the time and Betty, Dr. and Mrs. Butler's 16-year-old daughter, recalls with embarrassment the cool reception which she gave her cousin. She happened to answer the door when he arrived but didn't recognie him and refused to admit him to the house. The famous couple had flown from the East and, to escape being pursued by the public, had rented a dilapidated car and disguised themselves by dark glasses and caps pulled low over their foreheads. During this visit there was much talk about the family, Mrs. Butler said, and Anne constantly wrote bits of the Lindbergh history in her notebook for future reference.
Two Stories Repeated
Mrs. Butler related here two of the historical tid-bits which she said delighted Anne when they were told by the senior Mrs. Butler. Sewing machines were very rare in Minnesota in the days of the Colonel's grandparents but the Lindberghs owned one of the strange contraptions. People came from miles around to see it, Mus. Butler said, and the women of the country-side brought great bundles of sewing and stayed for weeks at a time to catch up on their “mechanical stitching.” The second story concerned a debt which the grandfather owed to a neighbor. He was unable to pay it in cash at the time, but he had prought over from Sweden a pair of eve-glasses that the farmer coveted. Glasses at that time were such a novelty that the oddities were considered full payment of a sizable debt.
Home Life Quiet
The Lindberghs live a very quiet and secluded life in England just as they did in this country, Mrs. Butler said. Their house is a rambling old homestead which has been standing on the estate for several hundred years. “The house has been known as one of the ‘haunted houses’ for many generations,” Mrs. Butler explained. She went on to say that last year when the Colonel's mother visited there she jokingly admitted searching for the hidden ghost but said she was unable to discover it because there was not a clothes closet in the house. The Lindbergh family keeps its clothes in old-fashioned presses and each room has a small inadequate heating apparatus and no furnace, according to Mrs. Butler. Col. Lindbergh, who is an accomplished swimmer, is using the same methods of teaching his sons to swim which were used on him, 1t seems. Mrs. Butler recalled the time that Lindy’s father tossed him into the Mississippi River when he was a small boy, and ordered him to paddle to shore. That is the way he learned and the Colonel tried the same stunt on Jon, the Lindbergh's older son, when he was three years of age, she said. “But he used the Atlantic Ocean in place of the Mississippi.”
Experiment Successful
It evidently was a successful experiment’ for Jon i$ an expert swimmer now, at the age of five, according to the Colonel's cousin. “Land Morrow, the younger son, is a bit too small to learn swimming,” she said, “but he most likely will he taught in the same manner when the time comes.” * “Cousin Charles wants Anne to be with him on all his travels,” Mrs. Butler explained. “She has been criticized, I know, for leaving her children on occasion, but Charles is insistent—and they are a very devoted pair.”
Captivated by Anne
Mrs. Butler is quite proud of her famous cousin and is completely captivated by his wife. “Anne is just one of us,” she said. Although the Colonel and his wife are both interested in gathering material for the book, it is to be written by a person outside the family, probably by Miss Grace Knute, of .~ St. Paul, Mrs. Butler said. “We are all hoping that Cousin Charles will bring his family back to the United States to live,” she sald at the close of the interview.
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EVENTS
SORORITIES Alpha Chapter, Delta Sigma Chi. Tonight, Miss Delores Sauers, 1311 Lambda Chapter, Omega Nu Tau. 8 p. m. today. Y. W. C. A.
LODGES Fidelis Club, North Park O. E. S. 8 p. m. today. Mrs. Florence Baker,
278 N. Tremont St., hostess. Miss Kathryn Hodapp, assistant. CLUB Arthur Johnson General Welfare Club 1. 8 p. m. today. Castle Hall,
REUNION Barnard-Curry. All day Aug. 15. Brookside Park. Basket dinner .
m. Thursday. 512 N. Iilinois St.
Blind Girl Here
Is Promised
College Course and Dog Guide
The award of a four-year scholarship to Butler University—and the promise of a dog from the Seeing Eye Training School next spring! These are two dreams come true for an Indianapolis girl who was graduated from the Indiana School for the Blind last spring. Miss Florence Daniels, 457 N. Arsenal Ave. declares she is the luckiest girl in the world, and her face shines with gratitude even though her
eyes remain closed. Miss Daniesls, who is 22, lost her sight in a playground accident when she was 5 years old. But she seems never to have permitted it to become a handicap.
Volunteer Librarian
After she graduated from school last spring she volunteered her services in the Braille section library of the State Library. “Florence is a constant reader in
librarian for the blind, “and her
She certainly has proven her capabilities, Miss Mercer said enthusiastically. She explained that for several months Miss Daniels has been engaged in developing the vertical file service, recently originated at the library. It is similar to a clipping bureau and is the only one of its kind in the country, Miss Mercer believes.
Friends Obtain Assistance
It was through the combined efforts of Miss Mercer and Miss Faye Henley, a teacher at Butler summer school, that Miss Daniels was offered her new opportunities.
Until last week she had no knowledge of what they were doing for her. The exciting information that she might be the first person from Indianapolis to receive training at the Seeing Eye Training School at Morristown, N. J, was the first news that came to her. She had heard of the remarkable German Shepherd dogs which have brought guidance to other blind persons. But when she received a letter from the training school officials, a few days ago, informing her that she might enter next spring for a month's course and receive a dog of her verm own-—it was almost too much to believe.
: Finances Arranged
Miss Daniels learned, too, that all financial arrangements had been made by local friends for her transportation to and from Morristown. And that through remuneration for her work at the library she would be 2 Dirmitce to pay the $150 re-
Braille,” said Miss Muriel Mercer, |-
voung girl—but even a happier one
followed, Miss Daniels said. Last week-end she was notified by Butler University authorities that she is to receive a four-year scholarship to the University beginning this fall. According to the authorities, it is the first scholarship of its kind to be awarded at Butler. It includes, also, the services of a reader for lessons which are not available in Braille,
Learns Proof-Reading
Miss Daniels hopes to receive an A. B. degree anc may major in journalism, she says. She is taking a proof-reading course this summer from the American Red Cross in Washington and believes she has a natural aptitude for that sort of work, She plans for this first year to travel alone on the busses Which run to and from Butler campus. After that she hopes to have a Seeing Eye dog to lead her. Florence is the daughter of Mrs. Cora Daniels. Her brother, who was her constant companion and guide, died five weeks ago. Her pet dog, which she received two years ago as a gift through The Times, so mourned his death thet it also died. “This scholarship and the prospect of the Seeing Eye are the first bright spots in our lives for many Ynonths,” Mrs. Daniels said, as she gazed admiringly at her daughter.
Smart Sports Coats Show Pleats in Back
Pleats meet you going this season. This contradictory statement is due to the fact that pleats are favored very frequently for the bucks of coats,
Some of the smartest sports coats, belted allround or of reefer type
and belted oniy across the back, have these pleats.
| at Notre’ Dame University. ( Mr. Wingerter is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian LL. Wingerter, Chicago. The Very Rev. John F. O'Hara read the ceremony in the presence of the immediate families and a few friends. The bride wore a white sharkskin suit with white accessories. She carried a white prayer book with orchids. Miss Darlene Willman was her sister's only attendant. She wore a pink sharkskin suit with brown accessories and a gardenia corsage. George Sargus, Bellaire, O, was best man. A wedding breakfast for the bridal party and Mrs. Willman, W. | W. Willman and Miss Iris Griffen, | Indianapolis, followed at the Hotel | LaSalle. After a tour of Canada, Mr. and Mrs. Wingerter are to be at home on Aug. 20 in New York.
Personals
Mrs. Mae N. Perry and Mrs. Harriett Neighbors, 3853 N. Meridian St, are spending August at the | George Vonnegut cottage on Lake Maxinkuckee. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McIntosh, {4350 N. Illinois St., had as their house guests over the week-end Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McIntosh and granddaughter, Virginia, Cisco, Ill. Misses Marilyn and Joan Boma= laski returned to their home in Jasper Saturday after a visit with Miss Mary Spalding, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John A. Spalding, 426 E. Fall Creek Parkway, North Drive. Miss Spalding entertained informally last Thursday for her guests. H. C. Rominger Jr, New York, is vacationing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rominger Sr. 666 E. 25th St. Mrs. J. D. Sheppard, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Charles Winchel and son Charles, Merrick, N. Y., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Totten, 1438 Lee St. Mr. and Mrs. Lehman Dunning and daughter, Louise, are on a steamer trip on the Cumberland, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Jarvis and Miss Mary Jarvis are on an extended tour of the Northwest. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pobst are spending the month of August at their cottage on Lake Michigan. Miss Gladys Ewbank, 3456 Salem St., has returned home from a six weeks’ tour of Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Selko,
are to leave tomorrow with Mr. Selko’s mother for a visit at Lake Tippecanoe. Miss India M. Griffin and Miss
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Marie Gasper Names Wedding Attendants
Miss Marie Gasper, whose marriage to Harry Metzger is to take place Aug. 17 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, has announced wedding attendants. Miss Matilda Gasper is to be maid of honor and Charles McDermott is to be best man. Henry Frommeyer Jr, Charles Seske and Charles Metzger are to usher.
August and September Dates Are Selected by Two Brides-to-Be for Weddings
1. Louis Willlam Bauer has announced the engagement of his daughter, Suzanne, to Alfred Lavern Shewman, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Shewman, The wedding is to take place Sept. 6 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, (Moorefield Studio.)
2. In pretty midsummer ceremony, Miss Elaine Hightower, daughter of Mrs. Sudie Hightower, became the bride of Melvin Eyster., The wedding took place July 19. (Plowman-Platt Studio.)
3. A late August wedding is to be that of Miss Dorothy Cecil Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin L. Thompson, to Thomas Horall Williams, son of Mrs. Merrill Williams, Bethesada, Md. The service is to be read Aug. 29 in the North Methodist Church. (Plow-man-Platt Studio.)
4. Mrs. Elsie Baker has announced the marriage of her daughter Joan to Jack Iselin, The wedding took place Feb, 13.
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Parties Set In Honor of Bride-to-Be
John A. Wright and Mary, Alice Moore to Be Wed on Sept. 4.
Mr. and Mrs, George Crozier Moore announce tne engagement of their daughter, Mary Alice, to John Armington Wright, son of Mr. aed Mrs. Herbert Harold Wright. The wedding ceremony is to be read Sept. 4 in the Propylaeum. Miss Moore is a graduate of Tudor Hall School for Girls and attended Butler University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Soe rority, Mr. Wright is a Purdue Uni versity graduate and a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Among the many prenuptial parties planned for the «couple is a tea to be given Friday at the home of Mrs. C. A. Behringer. Mrs. A. D. Lange is to be cohostess. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Seaton, uncle
and aunt of the bride-to-be, are to entertain Aug. 16 for the engaged pair. Mrs. Victor P. Hertz and Miss Jane Crawford are arranging a party to fete Miss Moore but have not set the date.
Bridge and Luncheon Chairman Is Named
Mrs. Fred A. Sims is chairman of the monthly contract bridge and luncheon of the Propylaeum Club to be held Wednesday at the clube house. Assisting her are Mesdames Frank D. Hatfield, Ray G. Jenckes and John J. Bibler,
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