Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1939 — Page 4

Shopping Tours and Plans for Gay Parties Herald Approach Of Commencement Activities

Tudor Hall Seniors Are Arranging Series of Week-End Events Preceding Graduation, Which Is to Be Held June 9.

By VIRGINIA MOORHEAD MANNON Commencement’s in the air! With little more than a month before class day, baccalaureate and the bestowing of those coveted bits of parchment, mothers are accompanying graduating daughters on shopping tours for sheer white dresses and party frocks for the forthcoming festivities Tudor Hall seniors are planning a series of week-end entertainments preceding their commencement June 9. Miss Marilyn Whitaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman B. Whitaker, and Miss Barbara Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Martin, will give a picnic Friday afternoon and Miss Nancy Goodrich, daughter of Mrs. Louis H. Haerle, is to give a tea at 4 o'clock next Saturday. The senior class will be guests at a luncheon given by Miss Virginia Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Smith, May 20, and Miss Albertine Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Palmer, will entertain with a picnic luncheon May 26. Miss Mary Eleanor Fernstermaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fenstermaker, is to be hostess for a luncheon May 27 following which Miss Pelly Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Smith, will give a theater party. Swimming, golf and tennis will be the afternoon’s entertainment following the luncheon party Miss Nancy McCown, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. E. McCown, is to give June 2 at Woodstock Club. Miss Peggy Winslow, daughter of Mrs. Maxwell Coppock, is to give a dinner preceding the class night exercises June 3 and later that evening the Misses Jane Johnston, Carolyn Culp, Betty Weiss, Nancy Lockwood, Florence Wolff and Claire Morris will be hostesses for a dance at the home of Miss Johnston's grandfather, Dr. Thomas B. Noble.

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Hoosiers at the Derby Joining the throngs at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby today will be Judge and Mrs. M. J. Fansler and Mr. and Mrs, Elder Blackledge. One party motoring to Louisville will include Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Ferrell, Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Ford. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Miner and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Campbell, too, will spend the week-end in Louisville and attend the Derby. Mr. and Mrs. Harry V. Wade will meet a group of friends at Liouisville this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hyatt also are to attend. Mrs. Harry D. Hartley is to give a luncheon party at home today for several friends who will hear the races by radio. Mr. and Mrs. Kurt F. Pantzer will entertain informally at their home preceding the Players Club's dinner, business meeting and dance tonight at Woodstock Club. Also entertaining before the party will be Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Lieber and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin G. Vonnegut. One group attending the dinner together will include Messrs. and Mesdames Charles A. Rockwood, William Henley Mooney.-Ralph C. Vonnegut and Paul E. Fisher The Dramatic Club's dinner-dance and business meeting is to be May 20 at Woodstock Club. George A. Kuhn Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Kuhn, was chairman of the freshman smoker this week at Harvard University. The entertainment which included a show at the Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Mass, and party later at Memorial Hall is one of the two major freshmen events of the year. The smoker was dedicated to E. Francis Bowditch, assistant dean of freshmen, who this fall is to be headmaster of Park School. Mr. Kuhn Jr. was graduated from Park Scheol with honors last June.

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Several parties are planned for the Propylaeum Club's buffet supper tomorrow evening when Mrs. George Philip Meier is to speak on “Famous Hands.” Dr. and Mrs. N. Wilfred Van Osdol will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zink, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey H. Eno, Mesdames Samuel Cornell Carey, Carolyn Atherton, A. H. Steinbrecher, Henry Eitel, W. W. Wentz and W. W. Critchlow. Guests of Mrs. Edson T. Wood and Mrs. John A. Butler will be Messrs. and Mesdames Frederick Wallick, John Wallick, Gaylord A. Wood and Mrs. Ernest Bradley. Mrs. Meier is to entertain for Miss Eleanor Bowman of Trenton, N. J, who is her guest for a few days at the Propylaesum. Others in the party will ‘be Dr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Noble Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur D. Peat, Mrs. H. A. Boomer, Miss Beatrice B. Malane, William Fortune, Harold I. Schoen and Aksel Henriksen. With Mrs. Frederick E. Matson, entertainment chairman, and Mr. Matson will be Mrs. John W. Kern and Mrs. E. E. Voyles. Other hostesses include Mrs. Francis P. Huston, Mrs. Fermor S. Cannon and Mrs. Ernest Barr. Mr. and Mrs. Hal R. Keeling will be home next week after two months in the West. They were in Phoenix, Ariz, and Santa Barbara, Cal, for several weeks and visited in Beverly Hills, Yosemite National Park and San Francisco. Miss Elsie Sinclair is spending the week-end at Glendale, Cincinnati, with Mr. and Mrs. Alexander P. Campbell. Miss Sinclair and Mrs. Campbell were classmates at the Emma Willard School in Troy, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Elston of Chicago and Crawfordsville are the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Olive. Mrs. L. D. Foster is back after several days’ visit in Chicago.

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Columbia Club Party Monday

"1ll Wind Up Bridge Season

Several women will entertain at parties Monday morning at the final! bridge event on the current social calendar of the Columbia Club. Three!

hundred reservations have been made for the breakfast at 11 a. m.

Mrs. Charles Seidensticker, chair-)

man of hostesses for the event will| R. Moore, John H. McClusky, William Frazee, Lawrence F. Orr, George H. Lilly, R. E. Huggins, A. H. | Warne, C. B. Edwards; Miss Ella Mrs. F. H Turner, members from| Staub, and Miss Eleanor Sargent. Ft. Harrison, are to be hostesses to| Bridge will follow the breakfast

entertain a party for seven tables of | bridge. Mrs. N. Major Boudreau and |

a party of 20. Others who have made reservations for parties are Mesdames James Miller, S. D. Godfrey, J. H.

T= a spring fashion show.

Ray Fox, C. O. Bray, J. Hart Laird, [ening

Donald Graham, William Eisenloh?,| North and Nlinois Sts.

Higburg, E. C. Bardwell,

D. Vogel, Thomas F. Carson, Earl'and patron.

0. E. S. Anniversary Set

Monument Chapter 549, O. E. 8S, r, Roy Hickman, Hal Bryant, [Will have an anniversary meeting Kemper, Roy and dinner at 6 o'clock Monday in the Masonic Temple, A Mother's Boyd Henderson, Maxwell Shaw, Joe Day program will feature the dinStokes, George S. Olive, Peter Lam- ner entertainment preceding the bertus, A. C. Steger, William H. [stated meeting at 8 o'clock in the Neva chapter room. Initiation ceremonies Styers, E. Park Akin, Dallas Foster,| will be held. Mrs. Esther Fogle and Russell Fuller, Otto Deluse, William Morris Freeman are worthy matron

Deery-Greenen Wedding Is Held At Holy Cross

The Rt. Rev. Msgr. William F. Keefe officiated at the marriage this! morning of Miss Dorothy Greenen! and Francis A. Deery in a single | ring service at the Holy Cross Cath-!

olic Church. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Greenen, 1530! Sturm Ave, and Mr. Deery’s parents |

are Mr. and Mrs. Bert F. Deery, 5110] Pleasant Run Blvd.

Mr. Greenen gave his daughter in| marriage. She wore a gown of white moire, fashioned on princess lines, with long sleeves, a V neckline, and a full skirt extending into a long train. Seed pearls ornamented the neck and shoulders and her long veil fell from a halo of orange blos-! soms, with a “blush” veil extending to the shoulders. Her bridal bouquet was of brides roses, lilies of the valley and orchids. Miss Grace Greenen, the bride's sister, and Miss Mary Cuhl were maid of honor and bridesmaid. Their gowns were alike in orchid net, made with sweetheart necklines, short puffed sleeves, fitted bodices and bouffant skirts. They wore pink and orchid ribbon bows in their hair and silver lockets on pink velvet ribbons, gifts of the bride. Miss Greenen’s bouquet was of pink! Briarcliff roses and orchid stock and Miss Cuhl carried Briarcliff roses and pink sweet peas. A. B. Harris was best man and Harold Miller and Joseph Greenen, brother of the bride, were ushers, A wedding breakfast was served at Cifaldi’s following the ceremony, and a reception will be held this afternoon at the home of the bride's parents. The couple will take a trip to the Smoky Mountains and will be at home after May 20 at 60 N. Campbell Ave. Mr. Deery is a graduate of Notre Dame University.

Fidelis Club to Dine

Members of the Fidelis Club will entertain with a Mother and Daughter dinner at 6:30 p. m. Monday at the Business and Professional Woman's Club, 11th and N. Delaware Sts. Miss Edna Shaw is in charge, assisted by Miss Esther

Davis and Mrs. Evelyn Cockre

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Times Photos. 1. Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Fulton, 3520 N. Pennsylvania St, announce the engagement of their daughter, Katharine, to Peter Norman Larsen, Louisville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Larsen, Staten Island, N. Y. The wedding will be in October. Miss Fulton attended Tudor Hall School and Briar Cliff Junior College. Mr. Larsen was graduated from Yale University. (W. Hurley Ashby Photo.) 2. The Park School Garden Tour next Saturday and the following Sunday is the topic of conversation for this trio of members from Park School Mothers’ Club, the tour sponsor. Left to right are Mesdames John Gould, C. Harvey Bradley and William J. Dieter. 3. Mrs. Gladys McGregor, Miami, Fla, announces the engagement of her daughter, Leontine, to William D. Vogel Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Vogel. The wedding will be May 27. (RamosPorter Photo.) 4. Mrs. Othniel Hitch is arranging the closing meeting of the season for the Woman's Department Club Wednesday. Luncheon will precede a business meeting and program. (Ramos-Porter Photo.) 5. The White Cross Guild will hold its annual luncheon Friday at the Riley Room of the Claypool Hotel, Miss Eleanor Haston (left) and Miss Dorothy Williams are looking forward to the event. The young women are members of the Clara Barton unit who do volunteer work in the record room at the Methodist Hospital. 6. Mrs. Oscar B. Perine is assisting with plans for the breakfast bridge to be held Monday at the Columbia Club. (W. Hurley Ashby Photo.)

3 Engagements Announced, Bridal Parties Are Chosen

Three engagements have been

have been chosen and two wedding dates have been set. social calendar includes one shower this afternoon and the announce-

ment of another later this month. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Boswell,

Joan, to Carl B. Gerdts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Gerdts,| 6000 S. East St. The wedding will be June 24 in the McKee Chapel] of the Tabernacle Presbyterian | Church. | Both Miss Boswell and Mr. Gerdts | attended Butler University. The! bride-to-be is a member of Kappa | Alpha Theta Sorority and the bridegroom-to-be is a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.

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882 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter,

announced, several bridal parties The prenuptial

Mrs. Henry Burkhart, 205 E. Hanna St., will entertain with a miscellaneous shower this afternoon for Miss Helen Jean Jordan, whose marriage to John Morris Burkhart will be May 27. This hostess will be assisted by Mrs. Genevieve Orme and Mrs. Frank Copsy.

{by Mrs. Ethel Gilliatt,

Club Will Hear Editor’s Talk On Publishing

‘Life in Siam’ and ‘Pets’ Among Other Topics Before Clubs.

Discussions of work in a publishe ing house, life in Siam and pets are included on programs for meetings of women's clubs next week. One group is planning a guest day on Monday and another will elect of= ficers. A monthly card party is scheduled for Friday afternoon. Mrs. Floyd R. Mannon, manue script editor of Bobbs-Merrill Co., will discuss “Behind the Scenes in a Publishing Hcuse” at the final meeting of the English Teachers’ Club Thursday afternoon at Thomas Carr Howe High School. Officers are to be elected during a short business meeting before the program and tea will be served in the library of the school at the close of the afternoon. Miss Ruth Bozell of Technical High School is retiring president. Miss Lena Brady is chairman of the program committee, assisted by Miss Emily Helming, Mrs. Bess Wright and Miss Katherine Sobbe.

Mrs. Gaylord Knox, a returned missionary from Siam, will talk on Siamese home life at the annual guest day program of the Monday Afternoon Reading Club, Monday afternoon at Ayres’ auditorium. Music will be provided by the Choral Club of the Indiana University School of Nursing, directed Miss Anna Corbin is pianist and Miss Helen Wright is sponsor of the clubs. Mrs. William H. Ball, president, is chairman of the committee in charge, assisted by Mesdames Royce B. Stokes, E. W. Bilyeu, Emmet Ireland, S. C. Osborn, Lewis J. Rid= dle and Arthur C. Hoffman.

Members of the Women’s Society of Indianapolis Florists will meet at 6:30 p. m. Monday at Joslyn’s on the Pendleton Pike, Hostesses for the dinner meeting are Mesdames Tom Roberts, George Buescher, Irvin Bertermann, James Hudson, Maude Kepner, Frank Luebking and Robert Kiefer,

The Maennerchor Ladies’ Society will hold its monthly card party at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Athenaeum. Mrs. William Clifford will be hostess.

Members of the Inter Arts Club will elect officers at their meeting at 7:45 p. m. Monday at the home of Miss Barbara King, 3121 N. Delaware St. Mrs. Wayne Temple will assist Miss King.

Mrs, William C, Gardner will speak on “Pets” following the luncheon meeting of Chapter P of the P. E. O. Sisterhood at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Verd R. Mayer in Plainfield, Mrs, Harry S. Rogers will be ase sistant hostess.

Floridan Weds Miss Billingsley,

Miss Oleta Rae Billingsley, daughe

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Miss Juanita Fall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Fall, has| chosen June 4 as the date for her| wedding to Milton Gamble, son of | Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Gamble, Beech

ter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bille ingsley, and Cleo I. Davidson, son of Mrs. P. L. Moore, Jacksonville, Fla, were married this morning at the Grace Methodist Church. The Rev. Wallace Calvert officiated.

Dr. J. W. DuSh

ane, New Haven,

‘Weds Mary M. Hill Tomorrow

Miss Mary Margaret Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hill,

will become the bride of Dr. James William DuShane, New Haven, Conn., |

in a quiet ceremony at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Hill home in Brendonwood. Dr. DuShane is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Du-

Shane, Columbus, Ind.

| The Rev. Richard M. Millard will

officiate at the single ring Service before an improvised altar at the fireplace. Urns of cut spring flowers will stand on each side and une

mantle will be decorated with flow- |

ers and ivy. Miss Lorinda Cottingham Howell will play bridal airs on the violin, accompanied by Miss Miriam West. Chooses Organza Gown

Miss Hill will be given in marriage by her father, She will wear a gown of white organza, fashioned with a shirred square neck, puffed sleeves edged in white velvet ribbon, a shirred waist and a full skirt, appliqued in white daisies. Her illusion veil will be fingertip-length falling from a white velvet band with a bow and streamers in back. She will wear Venetian lace mitts and will carry a colonial nosegay of roses, lilies of the valley, snapdragons and daisies. Mrs. Joseph Lincoln Stout, Lafavette, will be her sister's matron of honor. Her gown will be of yellow organza, made shepherdess style, with shirred puffed sleeves, bouffant skirt of double ruffles edged in nar

row yellow velvet ribbon. She will wear natural flowers in her hair and {will carry & colonial bouquet of | Ta {dragons and delphinium. Joseph Lincoln Stout will be best man.

Mrs. Hill will wear a navy blue sheer afternoon dress with accents of white pique and a shoulder corsage of gardenias. Mrs. DuShane’s dress will be black sheer with white lingerie trim and a gardenia corsage. Reception to Be Held

A reception will be held in the dining room following the ceremony. A four-tiered wedding cake, surrounded by flowers and greenery and lighted tapers will form the

table centerpiece, The couple will leave after the reception for a trip to the Smoky Mountains. Both Miss Hill and Mr. DuShane are graduates of DePauw University and Mr. DuShane is a graduate of the Yale University School of Medicine, Miss Hill is a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and Mr. DuShane of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity,

lisman roses, shasta daisies, snap-|

(June 3 in the Zion Evangelical | Lutheran Church.

saw, 911 N. Bancroft St, have an-| nounced the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Earl N. Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cox, Knoxville, Tenn. The wedding will be at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, May 14, in the Broadway Baptist Church. The Rev. Vincent A. Cox, Seminary Hill, Tex., a brother of the] bridegroom-to-be, will officiate at] the ceremony. ” ” »

Miss Mildred Kottlowski's engagement to Arnold Dost has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kottlowski of New Palestine. The wedding will be

Miss Pauline Hanley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam J. Hanley,

3960 Park Ave, has chosen the members of her bridal party for her wedding June 6 to Ralph A. Schneider, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Schneider, 4143 Carroliton Ave. Her sister, Miss Margaret Hanley, will be maid of honor. Miss Mary Isabelle Schneider, a sister of the bridegroom-to-be, will act as bridesmaid. Clarence Schneider, a brother of the bridegroom-to-be, will be best man. Ushers will include Carl Stipher and Charles Marbaugh. Miss Antoinette Geiger will entertain with a luncheon-bridge and personal shower Saturday, May 20, at the Geiger home on N. Meridian St. Mrs. Julius Caesar will be host

ess at a silver shower fap the Wide

to-be on Wedwesday, Sg ¢

The bride wore a street-length dress of mauve rose chiffon with matching hat and sandals. Her shoulder corsage was of Johanna Hill roses and gardenias. Miss Doleene Billingsley, the bride's sister, was her only attendant, Her gown was of blue crepe with matching sandals and a mauve rose hat. She wore a corsage of Briarcliff roses and gardenias, Charles E. Ludlow was best man. A wedding dinner will be served at Hollyhock Hill to members of the bridal party and guests. Following the dinner, the couple will leave on a wedding trip to Miami, Fla. Out-of-town guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Teeters, Dayton; grandparents of Mr. Davidson; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Wittman and their daughter Janet, St. Louis, Mo.

Grove. The wedding will be in the Henninger Methodist Church.

The date for the wedding of Miss Mildred Jasper and C. Lyle Mannweiler has been set for June 24.| Miss Jaspgr is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Herman F. Jasper, 1244 Wright St., and Mr. Mannweiler is a son of Mr, and Mrs. C. L. Mannweiler, Seymour, Conn. Mrs. Paul Dausch will be the bride-to-be’s only attendant.

Pi Omicron to Have Annual Breakfast

Pi Omicron Sorority will have a ninth annual May breakfast at 8 a. m. tomorrow in the Riley Room of the Claypool Hotel for members

of the six Indianapolis chapters. Miss Flora E. Drake will speak. Mrs. Durward B. Wood, president of the Indianapolis Council, will be toastmaster. Miss Betty Lee Zimmerman is in charge of general arrangements, assisted by Mesdames Herbert Y. Massie, Albert C. Miller and Russell Hamilton, and the Misses Florence Wingerter, Erma Teagarden and Nora Richardson.

Sorority to Entertain

Phi Gamma Sigma Sorority members will entertain guests at a dine ner tomorrow in the Bamboo Room | of the Hotel Washington. Miss MarFlanary, assisted by Miss Beriault, will be in charge.

Book Reviews Set For Fortnightly Club

Mrs. Ralph Roderick and Mrs, William W. Knapp will present book reviews at the Fortnightly Study Club meeting Monday afternoon as the home of Mrs. Robert Douglas, 719 E."54th St. Mrs. Roderick will speak on “Straw in the Wind” and Mrs."Knapp will discuss “The Boy Who Had No

Club to Have Picnic Wiliiam Lewis entertain