Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1938 — Page 7

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Book Talks To Feature Club Events

Three Chapters of P. E. ~ 0. to Hold Meetings Tomorrow.

Speakers, book reviews and papers are program favorites with Indian-

apolis clubwomen. Organization meetings scheduled for tomorrow include a variety of lecture topics and several book reviews. Three chapters of the P. E. O. Sisterhood will meet and one organization will entertain with a guest party and dessert luncheon. Another group has announced its new officers for the year and one club will conduct an Armistice Day program.

Mrs. Josephine Sacre will review the “Life of William Randolph Hearst” (Lundberg) at a meeting tomorrow of the Social Study Club. Mrs. Glen Graham will entertain members of-the group at her home, 4646 Rookwood Ave. .

A book review and talk will be included on the program tomorrow of the Inter Alia Club at the home of Mrs, T. M. Overly, 4551 Central Ave, Mrs. Charles Fenner will review “Journalist’s Wife” @.illian Mowrer) and Mrs. F. C. Hughes will talk on an “Interlude in Spain.”

Mrs. Florence McFeeters will entertain members of the Independent Social Club at 2 p. m. tomorrow at her home, 2623 W. Jackson St. Mrs. Hester F. Glinck Davis, president, will conduct the business meeting A program on William Cullen Bryant will be presented.

Mrs. George O. Stewart will be hostess at the meeting tomorrow of the Irvington Friendship Circle at her home, 308 N. Ritter Ave. She will be assisted by Mrs. D. W. Konold. -

“Hasta La Vista” will be the subject of a talk by Mrs. Pearl Ragan at a meeting tomorrow of the Procter Club. Mrs. Clarence Sweeney will entertain the group at her home, 4201 N. Pennsylvania St.

Members of the Meridian Heights Inter-Se Club will observe Armistice Day with a program at their meeting tomorrow. Mrs. M. S. Cochrane and Mrs. J. W. Brown will be hostesses for the gathering. A tour of the Indiana War Memorial Building has been planned as a program feature. Miss Minnie Lloyd, Shortridge High School, will talk on “The Constitution.” Mrs. R. L. Mason, president of the group, will preside at the meeting. —

Mrs. Ethel Lambert will entertain members of the Amicitia Club tomorrow at her home, 2329 N. La Salle St. The hostess will be assisted by Mrs. Beatrice: Crouch.

Three chapters of the P. E. O. Sisterhood will hold meetings tomorrow. Chapter W will hear a talk cn “New England Homes,” by Mrs. Mary Sue Wahle. Mrs. Alene Worth will .be hostess to the group at her home, 5209 E. Washington St.

Members of Chapter U of the organization will meet at the home of Mrs.. B. H. Lybrook, 5818 Oak Ave., for a 1 o'clock luncheon. Mrs. Hilda Boyd will assist the hostess. A “constitutional quiz” will be conducted by Mrs. H. E. Boggy and Mrs. J. W. Gillespie will present “Gleanings from the Record.”

Lawrence Davis will speak on “Groceries” at the meeting of Chapter S. Mrs. M. W, Pickett will be hostess to the organization at her home, 1616 N. New Jersey St.

A program on “Marguerite, Queen of Navaare” will be presented by Mrs. Demarchus Brown at 6:45 p. m. tomorrow at the Hotel Lincoln lor members of the Indianapolis Alpha Delphian Club, Mrs. Brown is study leader of the organization.

A business meeting and :bridge party will be conducted at the meeting tomorrow of the Alpha Kappa Latreian Club at the home of Miss Alice Baker, 417 E. 37th St. Miss Baker will be assisted by Mrs. John Dalton and Mrs. Buford Cadle. *

Members of the Alpha Beta Latreian Club will meet tomorrow for a business session at the home of Mrs. Blanton Coxen, 3834 N. New Jersey St. Mrs. Malcolm Campbell will be assistant hostess.

Members ‘of the Women’s Organzation of Retail Druggists, Chapter 20, will entertain with a guest party and dessert luncheon at 1 p. m. tomorrow at the College of Pharmacy. Mrs. Chic Jackson will be guest ~ speaker. Hostesses will include Mesdames W. F. Holmes, Wayne Gill, J. L. Simmons, O. A. Deloste, R. C. Snoddy, F. R. Keiser, J. I. Gelly and F. R. Fisher,

Mrs. Orville DeMotte was elected president of the North End Garden Club at the closing meeting of the organization held recently at the home of Mrs. Foster V. Smith, 5127 Central Ave. Other officers include Mrs. Smith, vice president; Mrs. J. R. Spalding, recording secretary; Miss Margaret Stevenson, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Walter Sanders, treasurer, and Mrs. Minor S. Goulding, historian.

Mrs. Grow Names

Art Exhibit Aids

Mrs. Walter S. Grow, chairman of the art division of the Indiana Federation of Clubs, today named hostesses to serve this week at the exhibit of works by resident Indiana artists at Ayres’ eighth floor. The federation is sponsoring the exhibit. Hostesses include: Monday, Mrs. Merle Sidener, chairman; Mesdames James N. Dungan, Frank E. Floyd and J. A. Mercer; Tuesday, Mrs. H. W. Dragoo, chairman; Mesdames Alvin G. Jose, Fred Rassmann and H. B. Ashley; Wednesday, Mrs. Ralph M. Drybrough, chairman; Mesdames F. C. Anderson, F. G. McMillen and Charles Maley; Thursday, Mrs. Gordon Mess, chairman; Mesdames Wilbur D. Peat, Emma Sangernebo, Renee Barnes and Miss Flora Lauter; Friday, Mrs. F. C. Albershardt, chairman; Mesdames Melissa . Cornish, Charles R. Yoke, Thomas L.- and Hen

skirt. The black suede belt,

felt with its rolled brim and plum ensemble.

Art Gifts Presented To Museum

33 . New . Memberships in Association Are Announced.

A number of gifts have been presented to the John Herron Art Museum during October and 33 new members have been added to the roll of the Art Association of In-

dianapolis. Among gifts donated to the mu-

seum is a wax painting, “Harrowing,” by Charles Kryter, which was on exhibit last spring with a group of Mr. Kryter's paintings. Mrs. Louis H. Wolf, 5401 N. Delaware st. nted an engraving, “Mary, the Wife of Cleophas, and Other Pious Women of Galilee.” An early 16th Century cup and saucer was ithe gift of Mrs. Frank C. Wagner, 28 E. 16th St. : Miss Amelia Waring Platter, 2112 N. Delaware St., donated a coverlet made by her great, great grandmother 200 years ago. A Spanish chasuble of the 16 Century was presented the museum by Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, New York. Six tiles with inlaid colors, said to be the first made in the United States (1878-80) were gifts of the United Encaustic Tile Works. Mrs. Frederic H. Sterling, chairman of the Art Association membership committee, reported that N. H. Noyes is a newly enrolled sustaining member. > New annual members include Mesdames A. W. Herrington, Ernest Edwards, E. J. Roberts, J. H. Andrews, Louis Hill, M. P. Bringardner, Harry E. Kitterman, Carl H. Mote, Herbert G. Bowers, Joseph L. Klotz, F, D. Norris, Peyton H. Canary, Donald H. Carter, Julia Bretzman Shields, Warren P. Thayer, S. B.

_|Lindley, Fred Coyle, Joseph Bering, |

J. I. Cummings, Richard Habbe, H.

“: |E. Sutherlin, Mary A. Kervan, Doro- ‘ {thy Alford, W. D. Hamerstadt, John

One of the loveliest black dresses of the season is this crepe gown with unusual treatment of the neck and a new interpretation of the embroidered with vari-colored crystal stones, accents the monastic simplicity of the frock. The black hat in

colored veil completes a charming

Beta Chapter, Phi Theta Delta. 8 ner, 915 Lesley Ave., hostess.

Olive St., hostess. Theta Sigma Delta. Ave., hostess. hostess.

Grant, hostess.

20 N. Sherman Drive, hostess. Chi Delta Chi. 7 p. m. Tues.

Maennerchor Ladies’ Society. 2

George Grabhorn, hostess.

EVENTS

SORORITIES

Phi Omega Kappa. 8 p. m. tonight. Tonight. Mrs. Edward Scherer, 1560 Harlan Theta Mu Rho. 8 p. m. Wed. Miss Yvonne Patterson, 1903 Ruckle, Beta Chapter, Theta Nu Chi. Tonight. Mrs. W. E. Lewis, 108 N. Alpha Chapter, Delta Phi Beta. 8 p. m. tonight. Mrs. Royal Booker,

Business meeting. Hotel Antlers,

CARD PARTY

p. m. Tues. Mrs. Edward Brant- . Miss Tommy Deckard, 1117

p. m. Fri. Anthenaeum. Mrs.

Traveler Speaks

Sarah Pomeroy Rugg,

several years. The Little Club is arranging the tea to follow Mrs. Paul T. Hurt and Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter will pour. Ushers will be Mesdames Lewis G. Ferguson, E. L. Burnett and Laurence Carter. The arrangements committee includes Miss Pearl Kiefer, chairman, Mesdames George W. Snyder, Hollie A. Shideler, Irving Blue, Hal L. Purdy, Russel B. Reutepohler, Harold K. Baicheider, John Berns, Helen Talge Brown, Ray B. *Dorward, Othniel Hitch, Alvin G. Jose, William V. Kassebaum, Everett E. Lett, Malcolm Lucas, Clyde V. Montgomery, Paul T. Rochford, Myron Jay Spring, Jerome H. Trunkey, Harold M. Trusler, and Miss Amber F. Kiefer. Mrs. Paul T. Hurt is honorary chairman of the Little Club.

The Woman's Department Club Auxiliary to the P. H. A. teaching center will meet for luncheon Tuesday with Mrs. Everett E. Lett at the home of Mrs. Frank A. Hamilton,

on Weodstock Drive.

Ketchums End Wedding Trip

Dr. and Mrs. Louis William Ketchum Jr. were at home in Indianapolis today following a short wedding trip. They will live after the first of the year at Dearborn, Mich. Mrs. Ketchum was Miss Peggy Corman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer S. Corman, 329 8. Hamilton Ave., before her marriage to Dr. Ketchum Saturday morning in Indianapolis. She wore an Oxford gray man tailored suit with a white satin blouse, black accessories and a corsage of gardenias. : Miss Margaret Thomas was the bride’s only attendant. She wore a navy blue tailored ensemble with matching accessories and a corsage of roses. Verne Hall, Detroit, was best man. Dr. Ketchum, whose home is in Dearborn, was graduated from the Lincoln Chiropractic School in Indianapolis.

Miss Mock to Report A national convention report will be read by Miss Sarah Jane Mock at the meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight of the Indianapolis Dental Assistants to be held at. Rou-

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traveler, Wednesday afternoon at a general meeting of the Woman's Department Club. She will talk on “Gala Days in London.” : A business meeting at 2 p. m. will precede the lecture. Mrs. Rugg will relate incidents of the last coronation and her experiences while

Wednesday

On ‘Gala Days in London’|

lecturer and writer, will speak

an official guide in London for

State A. A. U. W. Picks Richmond For ’°39 Meeting

The Indiana division, American Association of University Women, will hold its 1939 convention May 4 and 5 at Richmond. The convention date was set and reports of state officers and chairman presented Saturday at the organization’s first fall executive committee meeting at the Columbia Club. Mrs. Joe McCord, president, appointed Mrs. E. C. Cline, Richmond; Mrs. Walter P. Morton, Indianapolis, and Miss Helen D. Reifel, Richmond, to assist the hostess branch. The board voted to approve the program of the Roadside Development Council of Indiana. Indiana is first in the northeast central section in gross as well as per capita contributions to the National Million Dolar Fellowship Fund which provides fellowships to women for graduate study, Dr. Mary Turgi, South Bend, announced. 2 » 2 The Indianapolis branch, A. A. U. W., today opened its annual book and toy exhibit at Ayres’ auditorium. Representative books have been selected for display with particular stress placed on plays and books for puppeteers. The marionettes are the center of attention in the toy section. A transportation display is a new feature and a section on pic= tures for children’s rooms have been grouped in panels.above the toys. Daily programs are to be presented at the exhibit. Both the show and daily programs are open to the public without charge.

Ransford Chapter To Conduct Party

Nettie Ransford Chapter 464, Order of Eastern Star, will entertain at 2 p. m. Thursday with its annual fall card party at Block’s auditorium.

Mrs. Margaret Thornburgh is chairman of the commmittee in charge of arrangements. She will be assisted by Mrs. Estelle Lewis, tickble: prizes

Louis Reuss, Helene B. Thornton;

. Messrs. Jack Adams, Edward Pierre, . | William R. Simpson, - |Morgan,

DeWitt S. Frank S. Crowder and August C. Bohlen.

Today’s Pattern

It simply melts into your waistline, thanks to cleverly contrived darts that work their magic almost invisibly, And the shirred, highshouldered sleeves make the doliwaisted effect even more so! Two

big buttons at the scalloped closing, a little patch pocket on the skirt— that's all the trimming it needs because the line is so utterly lovely. Pattern 8274 is that adaptabie iype of design that’s dressy or runabout, according to the material you choose for it and the accessories with which you wear it. Certainly this simple design is a perfect background for your new jewelry. Best of all, the pattern is as easy and pleasant to make as a date for tea! Velveteen, wool crepe, moire challis are excellent fabrics for this design. Pattern 8274 is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Size 14 requires 4% yards of 39-inch material, with either long or short sleeves, The new Fall and Winter Pattern Book, 32 pages of attractive designs for every size and every occasion, is now ready. Photographs show dresses made from these patterns being worn; a feature you will enjoy. Let the charming designs in this riew book help you in your sewing. One pattern and the new Fall and Winter pattern Book—25 cents. Pattern or book alone—15 cents. To obtain the pattern and step-by-step sewing instructions inclose 15 cents in coin together with the above pattern number and your size, your name and address and mail to Pattern Editor, The Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland St, Indianapolis, Ind.

Mrs. Brown Will - Talk at I. A. C.

Mrs. Demarchus C. Brown will talk on “Marguerite of Austria and the Church She Built” at a tea for Indianapolis Athletic Club members’ wives, daughters and guests to be held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the Venetian Room. Reservations for the party, which is the first of a seires of women’s events at the club this winter, are Deine made at the manager's ofce. Election returns will

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CONTRACTS LET FOR 4 BUILDINGS ATET. HARRISON

~ Grants Totaling More | Than Million.

Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. tracts for nearly a half-million dollars’ worth of construction for Ft. Harrison are included in the $20,000,000 PWA-WPA building pro of blic today by Louis Johnson, assistant Secretary of War. MacDonald Construction Co., St. Louis, received a $31,815 contract for construction of two double noncommissioned officers’ quarters at the Indianapolis Army post; Whittenberg Construction Co., Louisville, a $331,983 contract for two 250-man barracks, and J. L. Simmons Co. Inc., Indianapolis, $51,500 for nurses’ quarters. . -

Public Works Administration funds Mr. Johnson said. :

indiana Gets Million In PWA Grants

Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Five Public Works Administration grants amounting to $1,516,549 and calling for total construction expenditures

diana over the week-end. The largest grant was $1,350,000 for construction of a $3,000,000 sewage disposal plant at East Chicago. Others were $18,652 for a $41,450 county jail at Winamac; $90,000 for $200,000 improvements in the municipal water and light plant at Rushville; $4,000 for a $120,000 school at Francesville, and $3897 for construction of a $8660 town hall at Schneider.

DIES WILL RESUME COMMUNISM PROBE

Mathews to Testify Before Committee Today.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (U. P.)— The House Committee Investigating un-American Activities will resume today its inquiry into Communistic influences among Government employees. : : J. B. Mathews, writer and lecturer, whose earlier testimony charged that many Government officials were connected with the Communist movement, will testify. It was Mr. Mathews who charged that Shirley Temple, Hollywood's child movie star, had allowed her name to be used as a sponsor of a movement in a French newspaper which, he said, was Communistic, Chairman Dies (D. Tex.) said that

| Mr. Mathews will testify about al-

leged communism within New Deal ranks. “This time he has plenty of documents, and has his testimony buttoned up to show the whole background of the movement within the Government,” Mr. Dies said. “He will show that many persons, who were Communists during his connection with the movement, are now Federal Government employees.” Mr. Mathews’ testimony on the Communist movement is based on his experiences as a traveling fellow for the movement.

500-POUND WOMAN DIES IN PENNSYLVANIA

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 7 (U. P.). —Mrs. Charles Wolk, Cambria County’s fattest woman, who traveled with several carnival companies, died yesterday, a victim of dropsy from which she suffered for three months. She was 36 and weighed 500 pounds. A special casket, 49 inches wide, was built. The casket is so large that it cannot be placed in a regulation funeral coach and will be transported to the cemetery on a truck. Ten pallbearers will be needed to carry the casket. Mrs. Wolk comes from a family of heavyweights. A cousin, Blair Luzier, of Clearfield County, weighs 402 pounds. Her father weighed 280 pounds.

LINCOLN BIER GUARD, WAR VETERAN, DEAD

BUTLER, Pa. Nov. 7 (U. P).— Scott Oakes, 91, a Civil War veteran who stood guard at the bier of Abraham Lincoln, died today at his home here. A native of Blairsville, Pa., Mr. Oakes enlisted in the Union Army at 16. He was wounded in the Spottsylvania Court House battle and spent 18 months in a hospital. Following his recovery, he was assigned to guard duty at the bier of the Civil War President.

ATLANTIC GALE REPORTED

MIAMI, Fla., Nov. T (U. P).—A disturbance located about 100 miles north of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was moving slowly west-northwest-ward over the Atlantic today, the Federal Hurricane Warning System reported.

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State Is Granted Five PWA |

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All contracts will be paid from :

of $3,370,110 were announced for In- :

honor at Claremore, Okla.

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Statue of Will Rogers Unveiled

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Times Acme Telephoto.

Mary Rogers, only daughter of the late Will Rogers, noted humorist, is shown at right, as she unveiled the bronze statute of her father during dedication ceremonies at the Memorial Musetm built jn his Jo Davidson, who made the statue, and Mrs. Rogers are shown at left foreground with their bacss Ww wie

CIRCLING

“The Warrior's Husband,” a warlike comedy of ancient Greece where men fight women, will be presented by Thespis, Butler University drama club, Dec. 9.

Dr. Walter B. Townsend, head of the Butler University reading clinic, has been made a life member of the university's Alumni Association, according to Prof. George A. Schumacher, alumni secretary.

The Y. M. C. A. Bible Investigation Club will celebrate 35th anniversary of its establishment Wednesday evening in the Y.M. C. A. Building with a ‘Past Presidents Night.” James M. Ogdon, first club president, will preside. Speakers will be Fermor Cannon, Y. M. C. A. president, and Harry W. White, general secretary.

Fermor S. Cannon, Indianapolis Railroadmen’s Federal Savings and Loan Association president, will preside at the annual convention of

|the Society of Residential Apprais-

ers in Chicago Nov. 15. George Whelden, Indianapolis, one of Association’s 15 governors, will attend a governor’s meeting in Chicago Nov. 14, at which Mr. Cannon will also preside.

Lions Club members will “travel” to South America Wednesday during their meeting at the Washington Hotel. “South by Air,” a two-

Buenos Aires, will be shown. The Club’s Thanksgiving party will be held Nov. 22, James McCoy, committee chairman, announced today.

Nat Owings of Chicago, industrial designer and architect, will discuss “Three Dimensional Advertising” at a noon meeting of the Indianapolis Advertising Club Thursday. Mr. Owings, a former Hoosier, is now associated with the New York World's Fair.

The Brookside Civic League will meet at 8 p. m. today in the Brookside Shelter House for a short business session.

’Past Noble Grands of Progressive Rebekah Lodge will sponsor a dinner and an all-day quilting party tomorrow at the Rebekah Hall, W. Michigan and Pershing Sts. Mrs.

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reel film picturing an air trip to

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Elsie Ludwig will. have charge of the event.

Dr. Clarence W. Efroymson of the Butler University Business Administration College, will address city, private and public librarians at a dinner-meeting at 6:30 o'clock tonight at the university cafeteria. He will speak on “Consumer Consciousness.”

Papers by Drs. J. N. Collins, Frederic W. Taylor and R. E. Mitchell will be read at the meeting of the Indianapolis Medical Society tomorrow at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.

BROKEN NECK FATAL

Received Injury Saving His Daughter in Fall.

A broken neck he received when he saved the life of his 4-year-old

brought death of John T. Jelf, 33-year-old Indianapolis printer, 5006 Riverview Drive. : Mr. Jelf died at Methodist Hospital yesterday. On Aug. 6, Mr. Jelf and his daughter Mildred were at the home of W. J. Humphreys, 5146 Riverview Drive, and the child started to fall down a steep em-

bankment into White River. Mr. Jelf hurled himself down the embankment and his body acted as a cushion for the child,” who was uninjured. Survivors are his wife, his daughter, a son, Billy, his mother, Mrs. Clara A. Jelf; four sisters, Mrs. H. B. Millspaugh, Indianapolis; Mrs. Adell Cobb, Detroit; Mrs. Helen Webb, St. Louis, and Mrs. Irene Baldwin, Chicago, and a brother, Lawrence W. Jelf, Indianapolis. Services are to be at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the McNeely Mortuary, 1828 N. Meridian St. Place of burial

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BOG HEARINGS

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PRICES FINISHE

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Cites Natural Gas, Competition

WASHINGTON, Nov, 7.- A

‘|nouncing completion of its

on coal prices for the Indiana the National Bituminous Coal | mission today called attention: the testimony of Alfred M. le, Indianapolis, regarding need “for conservation of: “natural resousce fuels.” ran Mr. Ogle is president of the Ine diana Gas & Chemical Corp, Haute. When prices were fixed viously by the commission, he sued on the ground that they were unigl to the artificial gas industry.

and oil in establishing the prices, NBCC officials said.

$20,000 MARIJUANA = TAKEN AT LAGRANGE

LAGRANGE, Ind. Nov. 7 (U. PJ), —Police today held three Mexicans on charges of possessing and transs porting marijuana following a raid last night in which they confiscated more than $20,000 worth of the

crop of marijuana found in the state for several years, authorities said. It was believed the weed was ready for distributipn in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, and

crop eventually would have made its way to New York City. : Taken in the raid were Pedro - |Nieto, 28, of R. R. 2, Convoy, O.; Augustine Garcia, alias Mota, 32, of Chicago; and Magdeleno Rodarte, 32, of Indiana Harbor. ho

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