Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1940 — Page 4
Dinners and Parties Will Precede Traders Point Hunt Ball Tonight
DINNERS AND INFORMAL PARTIES before the ~ Traders Point Hunt Ball tonight at the Woodstock Club will add to the gaiety attendant upon the event. ! Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Schwitzer Jr. at: their home before the ball will include Mr. and Mrs,
William B. Ansted Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Gruen.
A group dining together before going to the Woodstock will be composed of Messrs. and ‘Mesdames Burford Danner, Thomas Ruckelshaus, Russell Fortune Jr. and Albert J. Beveridge Jr. The dinner will be at the Ruckelshaus’ home.
Attending the ball with Mr. and Mrs. Russell I. White will -be Mr. and Mrs. William A. Atkins. They will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Miller before the dance, as will Mr. and Mrs. A. Kiefer Mayer.
Mrs. A. Hastings Fiske was to return from Chicago today to attend the ball with Mr. Fiske. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Eisenlohs will be at the Woodstock tonight as will Mr, and Mrs. W. I. Longsworth,
‘Among Mrs. Hortense Rauh Burpee’s dinner guests before the dance will be Mrs. Roy H. Coles and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mayer. Mr. and Mrs. Roger G. Wolcott will attend the ball with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Sutphin. :
The Sutphin’s son, Samuel R. Sutphin, will have Harry Castle-
man, Louisville, Ky. as his guest at the ball tonight. Both will ride in the hunt this afternoen at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. August C. Bohlen. Mr. and Mrs. Sutphin will have a small, informal luncheon at their home tcmorrow. Others who will have dinner parties before the ball are Mr. and Mrs. William E. Munk and Mr. and Mrs. Kurt F. Pantzer. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bookwalter for the hunt ball are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McKearnan, Northbrook, Ill. Mr, McKearnan is master of the Long Meadow Hunt of Chicago. With them at dinner preceding the ball will be Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T, Holliday and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Daniels.
Frederic M. Ayres to Entertain
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Ayres Jr. will entertain with a small dinner party -honoring their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Haywood Jr., of Lafayette. Also at the dinner will be Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Ruckelshaus and their guest, Mrs. Joseph Woods of Hamilfon, Mass., and Aiken, S. C. - ? Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey, formerly of Indianapolis, and Mr, and Mrs. Leonard Smith, Cincinnati, week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. August C. Bohlen, will attend the ball. At the Bohlen’s dinner party before the dance, guests with the Baileys and the Smiths will. be Messrs. and Mesdames Herbert M. Woollen, Earl B. Barnes and William H. Wemmer., hunt and Mr. Smith is master of the Camargo Hunt. The present master of the Traders Point Hunt, Cornelius O. Alig, and Mrs. Alig also will entertain at dinner before the Hunt ball in honor of their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bechmann, Battle Creek, Mich. Mr. Bechmann is master of the Battle Creek Hunt. Other guests will be Messrs. and Mesdames Charles Harvey Beailey, ‘William Griffith and Sylvester Johnson and Robert’ A. ams,
Mrs. Conrad Ruchelshaus Is Chairman
IN ANOTHER PARTY tonight will be Messrs. and Mesdames
J. K. Lilly III, Robert B. Rhoads Jr. Irving Lemaux Jr. and J. I, Cummings. Mr. and Mrs. Lilly will entertain at dinner and Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads will take the party to the ball. Among Mr. and Mrs, Thomas M. Kaufman's dinner guests will be Mr.-and Mrs. Rudalph G. Leeds and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lontz of Richmond who are arriving today to spend the week-end with the Kaufmans. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard McGarrah Helms will be Mr. and Mrs. W. Hathaway Simmons and Mr. and Mrs. _ John Gordon Kinghan. ” ~ Mrs. Conrad Ruckelshaus acted as chairman for the Hunt Ball and has been assisted by Mesdames Samuel B. Sutphin, Russell
Fortune Jr., William C. Griffith, August C. Bohlen and William, :
H. Wemmer. Assisting Mrs. Ruckelshaus tonight will be an honorary committee of past Traders Point Hunt ball chairmen; Mesdames Cornelius O. Alig, Russell Fortune, Earl B. Barnes, William Ray Adams and Sutphin. ’
Propylaeum Contract Party Is Wednesday
THE PROPYLAEUM CLUB will have its morning contract; party at 10 a. m. Wednesday. A luncheon will follow. E. Richey is chairman.
Progressive Club Meets Monday
_ “SOME NEW MIRACLES in Education” will be the subject of Miss Harriet E. O'Shea of Purdue University when she speaks before the Progressive Club meeting at 3 p. m. Monday at the home of Mrs, Frederick T. Holliday in Sunset Lane. ; ; "Mrs. Holliday is chairman of the club’s education committee which is arranging the program. Other committee members are Mesdames Jacquelin $. Holliday, Jesse Fletcher, Henry H. McNamee, Richard Smitheran, Augustus Coburn and W. Richardson Sinclair.
St. Margaret's Guild Dance Tonight
| s A FINAL LIST of parties before the St. Margaret's Guild dinner dance at the Indianapolis Athletic Club includes Dr. and
‘Mrs. G. B. Wolfe's, | Their guests will be Dr. and Mrs, Glenn J.
Pell, Dr. and Mrs. Lyman Pearson, Messrs. and Mesdames Ray ¥, Sparrow, Clark 8. Wheeler, Willis Kuhn and E. C. Crane. Mr. and Mrs. Mort Martin will give a cocktail party before the dance for Messrs. and Mesdames Harrison Bennett, Sidney Fenstermaker, C. D. Gray, Mrs, Vera Craig and Glenn Kintop.
Mrs. Herman Wolff Hostess
THE JUNIOR AUXILIARY of the Public Health Nursing Assoclation will meet Monday at 12:45 p. m. in the home of Mrs.
Herman Wolff in Golden Hill
Daughters of British Empire to Meet
MRS, H. T. GRIFFITH will entertain ‘members of Dryburgh Abbey Chapter, Daughters of the British Empire, Monday at a
hristmas party. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. E. E. Lett and
R. F, Daggett. ~
Mr, Bailey is a former master of the local’
Mrs. Paul
Roll and Miss Virginia Wakelam,
R. L. Cleveland, 115 W. 33d St.
Ruth Schlaegel was to sing “Because” and “I Love You Truly.”. . The bride was to wear a street length frock of powder blue wool with a small veiled hat in the same shade. Her corsage was to be of orchids. Her only attendant, Miss Patricia Healy, was to wear champagne wool in street length, brown accessories and a yellow rose cor-
sage. Dr. Willard MacDonald was to be best man and ushers were tol be William King and Dudley Jordan. Mrs. Miller, the bride’s mother, was to wear a corsage of autumn flowers with her black crepe<frock and Mrs. Cleveland was to have a gardenia corsage with her deep purple gown. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Jr. were to leave for a short motor trip east after receiving friends informally at the church. They will be at home after next week at 3102 N. Capitol Ave. | Among out-of-town guests at the wedding were to be Mr. and. Mrs. William Parrill, Fairmount, and the bride’s brother, Clinton S, Miller, Ft. Wayne.
Assembly Club Tea Wednesday
Indianapolis members of the State Assembly Woman’s Club will entertain guests at a Christmas tea Wednesday from 3 to 5 p. m. in the Governor’s mansion. -In the receiving line wili be Mrs. M. Clifford Townsend, Mrs. Henry Schricker, chairman of the day, and Mrs. Curtis Shake, president of the club. The Butler University Choir will sing under the direction of Joseph Lautner. Also on the program will be songs by Sarah Sue Reid and a Christmas story by Mrs. John E. King. Gifts of jellies, cookies and
{toys will be collected for the In-
dianapolis Day Nursery. | . Hostesses for the day will ‘be Mesdames Arch N. Bobbitt, C. J. Buchanan, Thurman Gottschalk, Harry Leslie, Clarence R. Martin, Paul V. McNutt, Curtis Roll, William Storen, H. Nathan Swaim, E. C. Wakelam and Ernest C. Ropkey and Miss Tella Haines. .The following daughters of the hostesses will assist in the dining room: Mrs. Gilbert Shake, Vincennes; Mrs. Lewis Robbins, Bloomington; Mrs. Leymoyne Duncan, Anderson) Mrs, Myron Fouke, Oak Park, Ill; Miss Mary Helen Dix, Chicago; Mesdames Robert Marshall, Max Townsend, Max White, Noble Ropkey, John Gottschalk and James H. Hawk, Miss Elta Frances
Sorority to Elect | Miss Virginia Mitchell recently entertained members and rusheesof Rho Delta Sorority at a party. A meeting to elect officers will be held by the sorority
of Miss Leona Thompson, |
Martha Jane Miller to Be Wed To Ralph Cleveland Jr. Today In McKee Chapel Ceremony
Miss Martha Jane Miller, daughter of Mrs. Mary C. Miller, was to become the bride of Ralph L. Cleveland Jr. in a ceremony at 1:30 p. m. today in McKee Chapel of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, with Dr. Roy Ewing Vale officiating. The bridegroom’s parents are Mr, and Mrs,
‘Miss Donna Alles, organist, was to play for the ceremony and
Dec. 20 at the home|
Miss
Shower Honors Mildred Scales
Bridal news today includes the announcement of an engagement and several showers. ‘ Miss Lucille Stanley will be hostess tonight at a treasure hunt and miscellaneous shower for Miss Mildred Scales and John Thurston, who will be married Dec. 14. Following the hunt, a dance will be held at the Riviera Club. In the reqgeiving line will be Mr, and Mrs. Ortho L. Scales, parents of the bride-to-be; Mr. and Mrs. James Obear, Miss Scales, Miss Stanley, Mr. Thurston and I. E. Parker.
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- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hutson, 105 N. Kealing Ave., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Florence Mae to B. Lee Fischer, son of Fred C. Fischer of Crawfordsville. The wedding will take place Dec. 20 in the home of the bride's parents. » 2 2 = Mrs. Russell A. Wright, who was Miss Kathryn Fischer before her marriage Nov. 16, was guest of honor last night at a.miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. H. C. Farmer and Miss Mildren Collins at the latter's home. Mrs. William Collins assisted. Guests were Mesdames Floyd Clark, Mahlon Heiny, Adolph Fischer, Loren Teal, Ralph Teal, Ora Laughner, Vern Haffield, Floyd Boram, Cletus Seibert, Viola Huff, Nora Brown and Vivian Burkhardt, the Misses Charlotte McMahan, Bette Lanham and Valeda Haskett.
Camp Fire Girls Hear Brandt T. Steele .
Brandt T. Steele spoke ‘on “Photography” to Indianapolis Camp Fire Girls this morning at 10 -o’clock’ in the World: War Memorial, in connection with a na-tion-wide photography contest for Camp Fire Girls. : The best pictures entered in the local contest, which closes Dec. 15, will be sent to New York and entered in national competition. Essays of fewer than 200 words, explaining the picture’s theme, must accompany each photograph. _ Winning photographs and essays will be on display from Dec. 16 to 20 in Block’s auditorium and on Dec. 21 in the local Camp Fire office, 42 Union Trust Bldg. Local judges will be announced later. Judges in the national contest will be Dorothy Canfield Fisher, author; William H. Zerbe, dean of press - photographers; Victor Keppler, noted color photographer, and Dr. Orrin 8. Wightman, president of the Oval Table Society. ‘
Mrs. George Zink Hostess
Kappa Delta Theta Sorority. will .p. m. Wednesday : with
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1. Announcement has Leen made of the approaching marriage of
Miss Doris Decker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Adrion Decker of Decker,
Ind. to William Croan Greenough, son of Mr. and Mrs, Walter S. Greenough. The wedding will be in the near future. Miss Decker was graduated from Indiana University and is a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Mr. Greenough also was graduated from Indiana and has
his master’s degree from Harvard University.
He is a member of
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa scholastic society. He is personnel director at Indiana University. 2. Mrs. Hugh Flynn was Miss Dorothy Keene, daughter of Mr. and:
Mrs. Bernard M. Keene, before her Paul Cathedral.
(W. Huriey Ashby Photo.)
marriage Nov. 30 in SS. Peter and
3. Miss Virginia Balke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Balke,
. was married to Edward Warren Wohlgemuth Nov. 29 at the Second
Presbyterian Church. (W. Hurley
Ashby Photo.)
4. Miss Shirley Buck and Dr. Ivar Edward Siqveland Jr., were mar-
ried Nov. 27 at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.
Photo.)
(W. Hurley Ashby
5. Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Ellis are at home at 3606 N. Illinois St. Mrs. Ellis was Miss Jane Hargitt, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Victor B. Hargitt, before her marriage Nov. 21 . (Photo Craft Photo.)
6. Mrs. James R. Murray was
Miss Margaret Reis, daughter of,
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Reis, before her marriage Nov. 21 in St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. (Dexheimer-Carlon Photo.)
7. Mrs. Richard Bruce DeMars
was Miss Joy Geupel, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Geupel, before her marriage Nov. 30 in the
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. home in. Anderson after Dec. 15.
Mr. and Mrs. DeMars will be at
(Photo Craft Photo.)
8. Mr. and Mrs, Evans Rugenstein are at home at 1450 College Ave. Mrs. Rugenstein was Miss Freida Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Jones, before her marriage Nov. 20. (Photo Craft Photo.)
Elwood Riffett Takes Bride
The Wallace Street Presbyterian Church_was to be the scene at 2:30 p. m. today of the wedding of Miss Claire Van Remmen to Elwood Riffett. ‘The Rev. Roy Mueller, pastor, was to read the marriage service. before the families and a few close friends, pi Eh ’ Mrs. Annamae Lawrence, organist, was to play bridal airs for the ceremony. A powder blue crepe street length frock and black accessories were to be worn by the bride. Her sister, Mrs, Charles Lakens, was to wear wine crepe with black accessories. Otto Harris, Loogootee, was to be best man. Hn The couple was to leave immediately after the ceremony for a mo-
tor trip through the South. ‘They.
will be at home in Indianapolis after Dec. 15. For traveling, the bride was to add a mink-trimmed black coat to her wedding ensemble. Among out-of-town guests were to be the bridegroom’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Riffett of Montgom-|es bride is the daughter of]
ery. The Be Mrs. Ruby F. Van Remmen, 710 N.
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Hillcrest Club Dance And Bridge Tonight
Several special parties of Hillcrest Country Club members will attend the club’s dinner bridge party tonight. Messrs. and Mesdames A. D. Scheafer, Harold Yount, L. M. Fehrenbach and Earl Hunker will make up one party. . i Another group will be composed of Messrs. and Mesdames H. W. Norton, W. L. O’Connell, J. H. Olivey, A. C. Crum and Robert F. Potter. Other reservations for the party have been made by Messrs. and Mesdames Hartford Sallee, Guy E. Smith, C. J. Mick, R. R. Reeder and J. J. Schmitt.
Christmas Luncheon Is Tuesday,
. Mrs. George Davis, Rushville, will read a Christmas story Tuesof the Kappa . Alpha Theta Mothers’ Club at the Chapter ‘House, 823 Hampton Drive. Mrs. ‘Will- H, Adams will cond the devotional period. Mrs. Blackley: is chairman | committee, as
day following the noon luncheon;
of South Bend this afternoon. The wedding ceremony was to be performed by the Rev. Fr. Joseph V. Somes at 3:30 o’clock in the rectory of Christ the King Church before a fireplace decorated with spruce and arbor vitae and lighted by cathedral candles. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smith of Loogootee. The bride was to wear her goingaway dress of blue wool with deep prown accessories and a corsage of
_|gardenias and white carnation tips.
Mrs. Leo C. Crismore, Bloomington, was to be her sister's only attendant and was to wear dusty rose wool with lingerie touches. Brown accessories and a corsage of sweetheart roses and blue ageratum were to complete her costume. Harold Weber, South Bend, was to be best man. : At the reception following the ceremony the receiving line was to stand before a fireplace decorated with .Christmas greens and white chrysanthemums. The bride’s table was to be centered by the wedding cake surrounded by spruce and white chrysanthemums and lighted by ivory tapers. Hi After a short wedding trip south the couple will be at home in South Bend. The bride was graduated from DePauw University where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority. Mr. Smith is a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, St. Mary's, ‘Kan., and attended St. Mary’s an St. Xavier Colleges. = Among out-of-town guests at the wedding were to be the bridegroom’s parents; Miss Gordon Smith, Cincinnati; ‘Miss Mable Smith, Chicago; Mr. ‘Crismore, Bloomington; Miss Lorraine Brentano, Evansville; Miss Jane - Stotsenburg, New _Albany; Miss Sara Myers, Lafayette; Miss Frances Martin, Mishawaka; Walter Pope, St. Louis; Miss Mary Louise Eluere, Vincennes, and Mrs. James L. Perry, Topeka, Kan,
To Discuss Preparing Child for Christi
Rev. Fr. Somes Will Perform Smith-Cartwright Service; Reception Is to Follow
A reception for the immediate families and a *few friends at. the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence R. Cartwright, was to follow the wedding of Miss Jane Cartwright and Frederick J. Smith
British Buffet Is Tonight
The Columbia Club will entertain its members and their guests with a “British Buffet” supper dance at the Club tonight. Michael Hauer and his orchestra from Dayton, O., will play from 10 p.m. to 1 a. m. : This will be the second of a series of International buffet dances scheduled by the club for the fall’ and winter season, held the first Saturday night in’ each month. Tonight the buffet table, decorations, music and table appointments will take on the air of Old England. Supper service will begin at 9 p. m. Following the supper members who do not care to dance will play bridge. Tables will be arranged in the foyer and arrangements will be in charge of Mrs. J. Hart Laird, club hostess. A prize will be provided for each table of bridge. 5
Talks on Children’s Symphony, Concert
Civic benefits of the Children’s Concerts were discussed by Jack Steeg this morning at. the Ben Davis High School before more than The first Children’s Concert will be given at 10:30.a. m. next Saturday in the Murat Theater. . Mrs, Bert McCammon, chairman of the Speakers’ Bureau of the Children's Concerts committee, arranged the talk this morning. Sian . Mrs. Chester Spriggs is co-chair-man of the Bureau which will supply speakers: for clubs wishing to hear talks on the Children’s Con-
|Guild Will Sponsor