Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1939 — Page 17

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By ROSEMARY REDDING AE of corn here, a spray of goldenrod there and a true blue band on the edge. “They stand for Indiana,” said Caroline Scott Harrison one day in the early Nineties as she designed a set of china for the White House.

W Some weeks later back from the firing ovens in France came e set.

One of these plates was the object of many an eye yesterday afternoon when the Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter, D. A. R,, officially opened a relic room and museum on the second floor of the chapter house, 824 N. Pennsylvania St. The grandfather clock on the stair a few feet away pointed

to 2:30 p. m. April 6, 1939, but the thoughts of chapter members had gone back to the White House days of President and Mrs. Harrison and away beyond to Revolutionary days. The collection, of course, features the Harrison mementos for the local chapter was named in Mrs. Harrison's honor. When the national Congress of D. A. R. was organized the First Lady was asked to lead the group. She was interested in a chapter for BY shop and commissioned Mrs. Chapin C. Foster to organize one here. Many of the gifts were donated to the chapter when it purchased its present headquarters. The building was owned originally by Mrs. Mary Wright Sewalll and housed the old Girls’ Classical School, a forerunner of Tudor Hall. The chapter purchased it from Oliver Willard Pierce, director of the College of Musical Art. The present collection has been gathered for display by Mrs. Walter H. Green and Miss Carolyn Thompson, curator of the chapter.

RS. HARRISON appears to have had a nostalgia for Indiana as she selected the goldenrod motif for the floral design on her cream satin inaugural gown. Miss Emma Martine dale has given a framed portion of the material for hanging on the museum’s wall. The swatch was a gift of Mrs. Harrison to Miss Martindale's mother, Mrs. E. B. Martindale. The dress, Miss Thompson says, was made by Miss Mary Williams who was a local art teacher. A well preserved afternoon gown of the first lady’s in cream moire and satin with a gold design is accented with a pearl “stomacher.” It was the gift of Mrs. Harrison's daughter, Mrs. Mary Harrison McKee. Prized along with the plate is a pointe lace handkerchief made by Mrs. Harrison for her Sunday School pupil, Miss Anna Sharp, on the occasion of her marriage to Hugh H. Hanna. It was given the chapter by Mrs, Hugh H. Hanna II. Miss Julia Walk's cone tribution is an engraving of Mrs. Harrison. Reminiscent of the Harrison political campaigns is a replica of the poster picturing a flag and a log cabin. This gift of

Mrs. Mary Wheeler Shattuck carries the signatures of President and Mrs. Harrison. A photo of President Harrison's grande father, governor of the Northwest Territory, has been donated by Mrs. Fanny T. Bryson. As a memorial to Mrs, Harrison, the national society has purchased a college building at Miami University and converted it into a dormitory for young women who need assistance while attending school. Mrs. Harrison was the daughter of the Rev. John W. Scott, president of the Oxford Female Seminary.

HE D. A. R, of course, has not overlooked Revolutionary days in the collection. A picture of Washington, a copy of one hanging on the stairway at Mt. Vernon, was contributed by Mrs. Caleb S. Denny. \ Washington entering Trenton is depicted in a photo given by Mrs. Hazel M. Baker and several plates showing Washington and his army in encampment were donated by Mrs. E. S. Perkins. A blue chinaware pitcher, given by Mrs. James L. Gavin, shows Independence Hall on the side, the Liberty Bell in the spout and carries the signatures of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence. An engraved copy of the declaration came from Mrs. Thomas A. Wynne. A rush bottom chair used by Washington when he visited ancestors of Mrs, Warren C. Buell stands in one corner of the room and a foot warmer used in carriages of the period is the gift of Mrs. H. W. Moore. Other articles and donors include a spinning wheel, Mrs. Robert Geddes; carder, Mrs. Oliver Willard Pierce; set-of walnut chairs, Mrs. Perkins Jr, a former regent; corner whatnot, Mrs. James Morton; embroidered Liberty Bell picture, Mrs. Walter B. Crowe: braided rug, Miss Thompson; Staffordshire sugar bowl, Mrs. Wilbur Johnson, and a Seth Thomas clock with wood works, Mrs. Matilda Stone. At its meeting yesterday afternoon, the chapter honored several high school students, contestants in a good citizenship pilgrimage. They included Edith Roberts, Castleton; Marian Wilcox, Shortridge; Rachel Bland, Ben Davis; Betty Fiedler, Washington; Laura Louise Buchanan, Franklin; Annabelle Lovelace, Beech Grove; Esther Alexander, New Augusta; Elizabeth Dankelmann, Southport, and Rosemary Unger, Lawrence. The museum and relic room came as a handsome addition to the now well-publicized Benjamin Harrison Memorial Home on

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Many Hoosiers to Mark Easter By Holiday Travel as Others Play Role of Host at Home

Martha Ellen, Rachel and George Clark Climax Long Visit Abroad With Holy Week Visit to Rome; Vacationists Back From Florida.

By VIRGINIA MOORHEAD MANNON Easter jottings: The Misses Martha Ellen and Rachel Clark and their brother, George Clark, who have been traveling abroad since last summer are spending Holy Week in Rome. Mr. Clark is to sail for home April 25. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Boone Jr. will be the Easter guests of Mr. Boone's parents at Manhattan, Kas, where they are visiting for 10 days. Dr. and Mrs. Byron K. Rust are to leave today for a week at New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Thomson and their daughters, Judith and Alix, are taking a 10-day motor trip to New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. Miss Mary Wildhack who has been studying dramatic art with Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya in New York will come tomorrow for a week's visit with her mother, Mrs. Donald Morris, and Mr. Morris. Miss Wildhack’s brother, John Wildhack, has left to spend a month in California. . Miss Eloise Requa, director of the Library of International Relations at Chicago, will arrive today to be the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Woollen at their home in Golden Hill. Harold Triggs and Louis Zerbe are spending a week in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Cox are home from Chicago. where they joined their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Cox Jr. of Davenport, Towa, for several days’ visit. Mrs. Maxwell Droke will be back Monday after spending Easter with friends in Chicago. The Misses Caroline Soutter and Elizabeth Melberg have returned to Cedar Rapids, Towa, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Archer C. Sinclair and their daughter, Janet, at their home in Golden Hill Miss Sinclair is here from Bradford Junior College for the Easter

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Florida Vacationers Back

Back this week from Florida vacations are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Heiskell. who have been at Miami Beach for the winter, and Mr. and Mrs. George K. Jones, who have been at Ft. Lauderdale. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lanville Brown are home after a two-month stay at Naples where Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Elder Adams, and their niece, Miss Joan Haywood, also spent several weeks. The Misses Ruth and Helen Sheerin have returned from two months at San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands and Key West, Fla. Mrs. R. G. Stall is back after six months in California and Florida where she was the guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Niven, at Hillsborough Oaks, Cal, and visited her father, Richard E. Niven, at Daytona Beach, Fla. R. Niven Stall who motored to Daytona Beach for 10 days, returned with his mother. . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinningham of Danville, Il, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Sara, to Alfred Kuerst, son of Mrs. A. W. Kuerst. The wedding date has not been set. Miss Kinningham will be graduated from Lake Forest College in June and Mr. Kuerst, who is a graduate of Lake Forest College, will be graduated from the Harvard School of Business Administration in June. Mrs, Kuerst will entertain informally for members of the two families this evening. ss = = "8 ®

Carp Leader to Be Feted

Mrs. Kathryn Francis Curtis of Asheville, N. C,, will arrive Sunday for several days’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Curle. Mrs. Curtis, who formerly was a member of the Girl Scout national staff, is director of Camp Illahee at Brevard, N. C. Mrs. Curle will give a luncheon for her guest Tuesday at the Marott Hotel and will entertain with a tea in her honor Tuesday afternoon at the American Jnited Building. Y The third ington junior riding tournament at the Robert H. Brown Stables is to be held next Friday evening. Miss Laura Sheerin is here from Connecticut College for the spring vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Sheerin. Walter W. Kuhn Jr. has come from Dartmouth College to spend the Easter holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Kuhn. Miss Eleanor Coldwell is home from the Philadelphia Schoal of Occupational Therapy for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Horace B. Co id Mrs. Arthur H. Wyatt will be home from Miami Beach Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Witt are in Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Foltz are now in their new home at 3246 N. Pennsylvania St. Mrs. Grace Federman and her daughter, Patricia, are spending a few days at Seymour, their former home. Mrs, Florence Lupton Graham is visiting at Knoxville, Tenn.

Phi Delta Theta Mothers’ Club Will Hear Talk on Needlecraft

Two travelogs, a book review and musical programs are scheduled for meetings Tuesday and Thursday of four mothers’ clubs affiliated with Greek letter groups at Butler University. Luncheons will precede

each program. : I Cr os weaann JUD Easter Ego

of the Phi Delta Theta Moth H T Club Thursday at the chapter house. | Luncheon will be served at 1 p. m. unt omorrow before the program. Mesdames

Coh and Ne Waging hg Gold and silver eggs will be reSs wards for children taking part in

Mrs. Clayton Ridge will present 2/41 annual Hunt at book review before members of the Easter egg t

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Appointees to D. A. R. Parley Are Announced

Continental Congress to Open in Washington - On April 16.

Members of the house committee and pages from the Indiana Society who will serve at the annual Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution were announced today by Mrs. William H. Schlosser, Franklin, state regent. A number of women in the state group have received special committee appointments for the conclave. The convention will be held April 16-21 in Washington. Indiana delegates and alternates will have a dinner meeting Tuesday, April 18, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington in connection with the congress. Mrs. Schlosser will serve on a committee of five to form plans for celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the National Society. The committee was named by Mrs. Henry M.

Times Photo. Mrs. Walter H. Green and Miss Carolyn Thompson are shown leafing through the Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter, D. A. R. record book for 1923-25. Included in it are records of many of the gifts in the organization’s new relic room.

By HELEN WORDEN Times Special Writer

Frank Douglass Bennett Weds Mary Gates in East Tonight

Delta Gamma Mothers’ Club of Butler University following the guest luncheon at 1 p. m. Tuesday at the chapter house. Mrs. L M Merrill is chairman of the committee in charge, assisted by Mesdames F. B. Slupesky, John C. Walsh, Forrest Chenoweth, Sara Acre, E. H. Kingston, C. J. Shirk and Charles G. Walsh.

Mrs. Vincent Russo will present an illustrated talk on “Southern States of the United States and Ttaly” at the meeting of the Lambda Chi Alpha Mothers’ Club of Butler University Tuesday afternoon. The m will follow a luncheon at 1 p. m. at the chapter house, 4721 Sunset Ave. Mrs. Oscar Burghard, program chairman, will introduce Mrs. Russo. Mrs. C. A. Breece will sing. Hostesses for the meeting will be Mesdames Mary H. Willett, Smith Burns, O. E. Butz, W. F. Wagoner and J. P. Johnson.

Miss Allegra Stewart will speak on “English” and Mrs. Charles Martin will sing a group of French songs during the program following the luncheon of members of the Pi Phi Mothers’ Club at 1 p. m. Monday at the chapter house, 831

'3 p. m. tomorrow at the Meridian | Hills Country Club. Prizes also will 'be given for finding the most eggs. The party will be divided into two sections. Children from 6 to 10 years old will hunt eggs on the north lawn, while children 5 years

old and under will have their party on the south lawn. Mrs. A. O. Pittinger is chairman of the committee. Her assistants include Mesdames William H. Walker, Richard T. Hill, Russell Clift and Russell McCermott.

3 Captains Named

In ‘War’ on Cancer

Mrs. E. M. Dill, Plainfield, will serve as captain for Hendricks County in the enlistment campaign being conducted this month by the Women's Field Army for Control of Cancer. She was appointed by Mrs. Isaac Born, state commander. Mrs. Arthur Katterhenry is newly appointed captain of DuBuois County and Mrs. J. E. Robinson of Benton County. Mrs. Alvin Hall Danville, will serve as publicity chairman for Hendricks County.

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the Bunny Hop which the Riviera Royal Reveliers

Nancylou Fullenwider are assisting with plans for { will hold Sunday night at the clubhouse. .

Parliamentary Club Is to Elect Tuesday

Officers will be elected at the meeting Tuesday at the Colonial Tearoom of the Roberts Parliamentary Law Club, Inc. A luncheon will be served at 12:30 p. m. Guest speaker will be Lieut. Samvel I. McCants, who will talk on “Panama Canal and Hawuiian Islands.” Mrs. R. M. Cruzan's talk will be on “The Constitution, RyLaws, Rules of Order, Standing Rules, How to Propose an Amendment to the Constitution and How to Amend a Proposed Amendment to the Constitution.”

Civic Theater Leader Named

Mrs. Kurt F. Pantzer will serve as hospitality committee chairman for the tea the Civic Theater affairs committee will give April 18 at the Indianapolis Athietic Club for Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. Mrs. Pantzer is replacing Mrs. Conrad Ruckelshaus, chairman, who is out of the city. Other committee members include Miss Anne Ayres, Mesdames Herbert M. Woollen, Wayne Ritter, R. Kirby Whyte, C. C. Robinson, William G. Sparks and Rosamond Van Camp Hill. Guests at the party will be limited to affairs committee members who may bring one guest. Special guests will be theater board officers and their wives, Messrs. and Mesdames Frank J. Hoke, J. Perry Meek, Frederick C. Albershardt, Mr. Sparks and the past president, Wallace O. Lee and Mrs. Lee. Other board members and their wives also will attend. Mrs. William MacGregor Morris, chairman of the affairs com-

Welfare Group To Make Party Plans Monday

nual card party will be completed Monday at the organization's luncheon meeting at the Canary Cottage. The card party will be at 2:15 p. m.

Wednesday at Ayres’ auditorium. Mrs. G. L. Davidson heads the party committee, assisted by Mrs. William Birk, cochairman. Mrs. C. B. Chambers is in charge of table prizes and Mrs. Leroy S. Martin heads the publicity committee. Others are: Reservations, Mrs. Harry Kuhn and Mrs. Blake Stone, cochairmen; Mesdames W. R. Hatton, Raleigh Fisher, E. E. Martin, Ray Holcomb, F. J. Haight and Robert Stokes. Door and candy prizes, Mesdames Gus G. Schmidt, Olin Hatton Sr. Charles Roller, Lawrence Cummings, O. A. Farthing, Reese Wysong, Hodge Worsham, H. W. Spray, Olin Hatton Jr. and Maurice Lindley. Accessories, Mesdames E. M. Campbell, E. A. ‘Craven, Major Poole, Richard Poole, Nelle Greyer, M. H. Maxwell and Donald Graham. Confections, Mrs. J. C. Phipps, chairman; Mrs. C. E. Trees, cochairman; Mesdames William Bartlett Jr, George Pugh, H. O. Luft, Paul Goldrick, A. G. Wills, E. A. Parker, Charles Maxwell and Hiram Pearce.

Alpha Delta Latreian To Elect on Tuesday

Dr. D. G. Timmons will discuss “Alcatraz” before members of the Alpha Delta Latreian Club following their luncheon meeting Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Dwight Reynolds, 5937 Central Ave. Officers will be elected. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Edward James

Plans for the Welfare Club’s an- |

mittee, heads the hostess comittee. and Mrs. Harry Gause.

EVENTS

SORORITIES

Delta Beta Chapter, Psi Tota Xi. Mon. eve. Miss Newell Hulvershorn, 3328 Washington Blvd., hostess. Mrs. Gertrude Clark and Miss Dorothy Ellen Kirk, assistants. Dessert bridge. FN eg Omega Nu Tan. Tonight. Miss Virginia Carter, 4 iss Edna IL.ogan, ss Margie i Godwin, committee. Rush party. 0 Wille Sul Mrs dene

CLUBS

Independent Social. 1:30 p. m. Tues. Mrs. M. B. liman, 5355 Broadway, hostess. Election of officers, Spellman, emas. 130 p. m. Tues. Mrs. Erwin Stevenson, Lindbergh Highlands, hostess. Covered dish luncheon and business meeting.

LODGES :

Gold Mound Council 445, Degree of Pocahontas. 6:30 p. m. Sat. Mrs. Viola Harbaugh, 649 S. Alabama, hostess. Covered ¢ - A rahe ostess. Covered dish sup ’s Social Circle, United Shepherd's Lodge. Tonight. Hall

CARD PARTY Irvington Rebekah Lodge. 8:30 p. m. Sat. Hall, 5420 E. Washington.

Ohio State Alumnae To Meet Wednesday

Mrs. Hershel Goodman, 4308 Carroliton Ave. will entertain members of the Indianapolis Ohio State Alumnae Association at their April meeting Wednesday at her home. Dessert will ‘be served at 1 p. m. followed by bridge. Mrs. M. R. Shafer and Mrs. Carl R. Smith will assist the hostess. Mrs. Alan E. Albright will be in charge of reservations and Mrs. Arthur E. Focke will be chairman of prizes.

Egg Hunt Listed At Hillcrest Club

Mrs. Peter Lambertus will be in

charge of arrangements for the 15th |tee

annual Easter egg hunt Sunday afternoon at Hillerest Country Club. The hunt will begin at 2:30 p. m. Entertainment will include games, magical acts and skits by clowns. Mrs. Lambertus will be assisted by Mesdames Paul Booth, Ray Sever and Frank Jones.

Robert Jr., president general, Serve on Committee

Mesdames Charles F. Voyles, William Dobson and Ralph Chappell, all of Indianapolis, will serve on the house committee. Mrs. Wilbur Johnson, Indianapolis, will be a hostess in the president general's room, and two local young women, Miss Mary Ellen Voyles and Miss Harriet Jane Holmes, will be pages. Other Indiana women appointed to the house committee include Mrs. Vyola Canfield Zillebuehler, Batesville; Mrs. Robert N. Van Natta, Delphi; Mrs. G. W. Wetherbee, Elkhart; Mrs. O. D. Harris, Petersburg; Mrs. Roy G. Loyd, Vincennes; Mrs. C. C. Hamilton, Linton; Mrs. H. G. Lahr, East Chicago; Miss Blanche Miller, Lafayette; Mrs. Guy Burroughs, Gary; Mrs. George Chester, Valparaiso and Mrs. William B. Duff, Ft. Wayne. Additional pages from Indiana will be Miss Jean Burns, Mentone; Miss Margaret Crum Chenoweth, Lafayette; Miss Mary Ellen Ewbank, Kingman; Miss Virginia Raridan, Greencastle; Miss Christine Redfield, Hammond; Miss Frances J. Kraft, Bourbon; Mrs. George Lukemeyer, Huntingburg; Miss Jane Dillin, Petersburg; Miss Mary Hites, Danville; Miss Grace Adams, Connersville; Miss Virginia Maxine Keller, Anderson; Miss Helen Louise Hamilton, Linton; Miss Marion Gross, La Porte; Miss Dorothy Chadwick, Gary; Mrs. Wiliiam Stockton, Rensselaer, and Miss Jean Montgomery, Madison.

Appointments Listed

Other appointments include Miss Mabel Claxton, French Lick, corridor hostess; Mrs. James A. Coats, Veedersburg, vice chairman of boxes; Mrs. L. R. Beale, Bourbon, house committee; Mrs. J. Harold Grimes, Danville, credentials committee; Mrs. Mindwell C. Wilson, Delphi, vice chairman of publicity, and Mrs. James B. Crankshaw, Ft. Wayne, founders memorial commit-

Scheduled for the convention are a memorial service Sunday, April 16, and pilgrimages to Arlington and Mt. Vernon on Monday, April 17. The convention will open orficially Monday eveni.lg and the president general's reception will be Tuesday evening followed by a pages’ ball.

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NEW YORK, April 7.—Miss Mary Alberta Gates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Gates, St. Louis, formerly of Indianapolis, and Frank Douglass Bennett will be married at 8:30 p. m. today at the home of the bride-to-be’s aunt, Mrs. Neil Calvert, Westfield, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Sinclair, Indianapolis, are to attend. Mr, Bennett, New York, is the son of Mrs. Robert Sinclair, Indianapolis. Only members of the immediate

families and a few friends are to attend the ceremony. The service will be read by the Rev. Lockhart Amerman before a fireplace banked with ferns and branches of greens. Mr. Gates will give his daughter in marriage. Miss Gates will wear a white net gown fashioned with a full skirt, short puffed sleeves and a heart-shaped neckline. A tulle fin-ger-tip veil will hang from a halo

of old Duchess lace. Miss Isabel Gates is to be her sis ter’s maid of honor. She has chosen a gown of peach net to wear at the ceremony and will carry a bouquet of spring flowers. John A. Bennett of Washington will be his brother's vest man. After a week's wedding trip to Miami by boat, the couple will be at home in Englewood, N. J.

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