Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1940 — Page 4

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Society— Propylaeum Club: Will Hear Lecture On "China's Fight for Civilization"

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MRS. FREDERICK E. MATSON and the members of her entertainment committee will present Dr. M, Thomas Tchou speaking on “China’s Fight for Civilization” at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Prgpylaeum Club,

Dr. Tchou has served as private secretary with the rank of colonel to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and as director of the Labor Department in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labor. He was three times chief government delegate to, and once

vice president of, the International Labor Conference at Geneva,

Switzerland. Assisting Mrs. Matson in presenting Dr. Tchou are Mesdames Lee Burns, Hughes Patten, Albert L. Rabb, Robert Elliott, Robert P. Alexander, Jesse Cameron Moore, R. Hartley Sherwood, Giles L. Smith, Paul H. White, William R. Teel, A. M. Glossbrenner, Ernest Clifford Barrett, John M. Cunningham, Clarke Rogers, Jasper P. Scott, John S. Wright, John G. Benson, Walter S. Greenough, LeRoy Kahler, Charles F. Voyles, Ralph W. Showalter, Fred Hoke, John T. Wheeler, Clyde H. Jones and Mrs. William M. Louden, Other assistants are Misses Fannie Belle Maxwell, I. Hilda Stewart and Anne Fraser, Dr. Jane M. Ketcham, Mesdames L. C. Boyd,

Harry A. Angell, Jean S. Milner, John A. MacDonald, Charles Mc- |

Naull, H. A. O. Speers, Gustavus .B. Taylor, Rudolph Aufderheide, Harry E. Campbell, Frank E. Coulter, Charles R. Peddle, E. H. K, McComb, Edna M. Christian, Evans Woollen, William Allen Moore, Berkley W. Duck, William -L. Richardson, Ernest Rupel, Fred A. Sims, W. W. Wentz, J. Emett Hall, William R, Higgins, Frank F. Hutchinson and Isaac Woodard.

Luncheon Planned for Show Cast

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Mask and Wig Club members will not lack amusement during their day’s stay in Indianapolis on Dec. 27. They will be in town for presentation of their show, “High As a Xite,” at the Murat Theater that evening under sponsorship of the local alumni. The club will arrive in the morning on its special train and will be welcomed to thé city by a reception committee headed by Charles R. Weiss. Members will be quartered at the Indianapolis Athletic Club where they will have ‘access to the club’s swimming pool and athletic equipment. They will be entertained at a luncheon by an entertainment committee headed by Mrs. Conrad Ruckelshaus. This party «will take the place of the tea dance given in the club’s honer in 1937 and 1938. Mrs. Ruckelshaus’ committee includes Mesdames Neil Estabrook, E. E. Bollinger; Harold B. West, Albert S. Mendenhall, Philip C. Adler, Herbert Todd, N. Taylor Todd, J. Russell Townsend Jr., James C. Anfhony, Mason Gaston and J. Kent Leasure. A group of young girls will be invited as.special guests. The club members will be honor guests at the buffet supper dance to be given by the alumni at the Indianapolis Athletic Club following the performance. During the evening entertainment will be given by cast members. Mrs. Bowman Elder is the dance chairman, assisted by Mesdames Samuel R. Harrell, Thomas Ruckelshaus, Irving M. Fauvre, Norman Metzger, Maurice T. Harrell, J. Perry Meek, William C, Griffith, Harry S. Shepard, Charles 'R. Weiss and Ralph C. Vonnegut.

Students to Arrive Home Next Week for Holidays

_ MISS SUSANNAH MILNER, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jean S. Milner, will come Friday from Wellesley College to spend a two weeks’ vacation. Miss Milner in her first semester at the school has become a member of the “Barnswallows,” dramatic organization, and a member of the Wellesley Choir. She also appeared in the freshman play. ; : Miss Miriam Fatout, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray T. Fatout, will arrive Friday from Western College, With her will be her guests, Miss Marjorie Walters of San Francisco and Miss Edith Barnett from Michigan City, her classmates at Western. That evening they will attend the Children of the American Revolution dance at the Woodstock Club, /.: ) Others who will arrive Friday are Miss Sue’ Ann Eveleigh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Eveleigh, from Mt. Holyoke College; Miss Susan Gatch, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Willis D. Gatch, from Wellesley, and Miss Louise Glasser, daughter of Mrs, Julia W, Glasser, from Goucher College in Baltimore. Miss Margaret Jane Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Gray, will come from Duke University by plane and will be in Indianapolis Wednesday. ; An early arrival will be Miss Barbara Jean Flynn, daughter of Mr. ad Mrs. William P. Flynn, who will come Thursday from St. Marys of the Lake Coliete at Notre Dame. Miss Dorothy Chapin, ughter o I. an rs. W. R. Chapin, will arri i is from Western College Friday. p 8 In Invlanapoliy University of Michigan students who will start their Christmas vacations Friday are Stuart Gerrard, son of Mr..and Mrs, Archie C Gerrard; Richard Gilliom, son of Mr: and Mrs. Arthur L. Gilliom, and William Irwin, son of Mrs. Harry J. Irwin. 2 Next Saturday Miss Marjorie Geupel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Geupel, will arrive from Connecticut College for Women, The same day Miss Mary Grossman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arch V. Grossman, will be in Indianapolis on her Christmas vacation from her studies at Ashley Hall, Charleston, S. C. Among DePauw University students arriving in Indianapolis Friday will he Miss Jane Gray Freihofer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Walter B. Freihofer; Miss Mary Eleanor Fenstermaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fenstermaker, and Miss Mary Margery Clark daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Clark. . . . Another holiday visitor in Indianapolis will be Miss Janet Farrell, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas J. Farrell, who attends Mundelein College in

Chicago.

Arriving Wednesday afternoon by plane from Stephens Mo at Columbia, Mo, will be Missks Barbara - Sims, Dots Dero

s . . Do ! ‘Marjorie Miller, Mary Pat Barrett, Mary Jane ST er Spalding, Janet Sorenson, Jeanne Ross and Betty Downs. With Miss Downs will be Miss Charlotte Sommers of Dallas, Tex. a classmate. : ? Misses Becker, Downs and Sommers are seniors at the school and the other girls are juniors. Miss Sorenson, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. C. V. Sorenson, is president of her class. Miss Mary

> Margaret Fatout, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D. fatout, will

arrive from Stephens Thursday. Miss Mary Elizabeth ‘Bowen and Miss Ruth Harry will come from Western College at Oxford, O., to spend the holidays with their par-

Pe ents; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bowen and Dr. and Mrs, Sidney Blair

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Harry : ~ W. Alvis, will arrive next Wednesday from Monticello College, God-

frey, Ill.

Review Club to Have Doll Show

The Review Club will meet Monday at the home of Mrs. Clarence E. Merrell to hear Wilbur Peat speak on “The Portraits of Indiana Governors.” The program also will include a doll show. Mrs. J. Emmett Hall will assist the hostess. 75,

Literary Club to Hear Richard Helms

Richard Helms will ‘discuss “Totalitarianism” at the Indian-

apolis - Literary Club’s meeting Monday evening in the D. A. R. ‘chapter house, - t

Country Club Party Announced

Announcements of the Indianapolis Country Club's New Year's

Eve celebration have been received by club members. The event

‘be a breakfast-dance. Members also may begin their celebrawith dinner at the club, - . :

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Tri Delts Give Dinner Party

Christmas dinners appear on next week’s calendar of local sorority activities. y : Honor guests at the Christmas dinner and party to be given by the INDIANAPOLIS ALLIANCE OF DELTA DELTA DELTA Wednesday will be Butler University pledges of the sorority. A short business meeting and games will follow a dinner at Catherine’s Tearoom. Members will bring glasses of jelly to be given to the Indianapolis Day Nursery. Miss Louise Padou and Mrs. Fred Howenstine, chairmen, will be assisted by Mesdames Herman Porter,” Wallace Wadsworth, Seward Baker, James E. Allen and David C. Bixler, Miss Esther Bebinger and Miss Esther Williams.

NU ZETA ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF SIGMA ALPHA IOTA, national professional music sorority, will hold its Christmas dinner at 6 p. m, Monday in the home of Mrs. Natalia Conner, 2033 N. Alabama St. A program will follow the. monthly business meeting.

Mrs. Mary Ellery Smith, program |:

chairman, has arranged a group of piano solos by Mrs. Harold Sweeney and several Christmas carols by the sorority’s vocal ensemble directed by Mrs. Rosalee Spong. Members of the ensemble are Mesdames Paul E. Dorsey, H. L. Barr, Clare F. Cox, Marian K. Thomas, H. H. Arnholter, Carl B. Moore, J. Russell Paxton, V. Barton, O. M. Jones, Philip A. Kappes and Russell Whistler, Miss Martha L. Millikan and Miss Helen Thoms. Members will contribute a silver offering to “Bundles for Britain” rather than hold the usual gift exchange and will bring canned -goods for needy Indianapolis families. Mrs. Melissa Cornish will read a Christmas letter from England. Mesdames James H. Lowry, C. Harold Larsh and Elmer O. Roberts, the Misses Mae Henri Lane, Mabel C. ILeive and Oliver Kiler will assist, the hostess.

Regular business meeting of MU CHAPTER, PHI CHI EPSILON SORORITY, will be held at 8 o'clock Monday evening in the Italian Room of the Hotel Lincoln. Mrs. R. J. Layton will preside. Members will complete plans for the annual Christmas party Dec. 23 at tL.e home of Mrs. H. A. Milbern.

Mrs. Oscar Buehler, 924 Lesley Ave, will entertain ALPHA CHAPTER members of SIGMA DELTA PI

{SORORITY with a Christmas party

Monday evening. Miss Olive Breisch will assist her. A silver offering will be taken for Christmas baskets.

BETA IOTA CHAPTER OF TAU PHI LAMBDA, sorority of the

Supreme Forest Woodmen’s Circle,

will hold its Christmas party at 8 p. m, Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Vivian Warman, 3368 N. Sherman Drive. Members will fill Christmas baskets with staples and deliver them following the meeting. The program also will include a surprise feature.

A Christmas dinner will be held by ALPHA DELTA OMEGA SORORITY Tuesday at 6 p. m. in the Hotel Washington. Miss Jennie Henshaw

,{is in charge of program arrange-

ments.

ALPHA CHAPTER OF OMEGA CHI SORORITY will meet at the home of Mrs. Martin Oslos Wednesday evening for a Christmas party.

Mrs. Russell Davis will entertain rushees. and members of BETA CHAPTER, PHI GAMMA TAU SORORITY, with a Christmas party at her home, 848 W. 43rd St., Thursday. Christmas gifts will be exchanged. Mrs. Harry Tuschinsky and Miss Dorothy Naftzger will assist the hostess. . ie

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Mrs. Kahmann Speaks Monday

Guest speaker at the Riley Hospital Cheer Guild’s annual Christmas party at 2 p. m. Monday will be Mrs. Winifred V. Kahmann, director of occupational and physiotherapy at the Indiana University Medical Center, The party will be held in the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital. Mrs. A. J. Porter, founder of the guild, will extend greetihgs and Mrs. Frank Boles will lead group singing. Miss Janet Morgan will play marimba solos. Christmas gifts to children who are patients at the hospital will be presented by Mrs. Blanche B. McNew, Mrs. Agnés M. Todd and Miss Margaret McFarland. : Sh The following new members will be received into the guild: Mesdames Ansel A. Douglas, William G. Ennis, Chester A. Plank, Sherrill Anthony, Harry A. Huey, Paul W. Richards, George Bohnenkamp, Morris Rominger, Harry M. Roberson, W. J. Vanlderstine, C. H. Rawlings, Faye Ellis, Ray Hixon, Gottlieb Gisler, Harold Richards, Pearl Jones, Josephine Hancock, Catherine Wilding, Mattie Jo Hackley, Mary Penrod, Lela Greene, Della Crews, Ida Peacher, Anna Frederick, Elizabeth Downing, Nora Cawdell, Nellie Munro, Grace Perkins and Josephine Myers. ? Mrs. Dorsey D. King, .extension chairman, will report the organization of two new chapters. Hostesses will be Mrs. William D. Bain and Miss Alice Velsey, assisted by Mesdames John G. Beale, J. A, Garrett son, Paul Richardson, C. D. Vawter, Otto N. Ebert and Harry S. Mackey, Mrs. Garrettson

tion and Mrs, Emil H. Soufflot will

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Columbia Club Announces List >

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Juniors to Dance

Dec. 28

Invitations have gone out fo Columbia Club members announcing a diversified holiday entertainment program with features of interest

to every member of the family,

The decorators have completed the Christmas decorations on the

interior of the club and members and guests aiready feel the holiday A tall lighted Christmas tree stands in the center of I ——————————————

atmosphere. the lobby and silver garlands entwined with colored lights decorate the bannisters of the mezzanine floor. All dining rooms and corridors carry the Christmas motif of silver garlands and wreaths. The club’s calendar of special holiday events will begin Sunday afternoon, Dec. 22, when the club will entertain children of members under 12 years of age from 3 to 5 p. m. The average annual attendance is approximately 400. Santa Claus will be present to give each child a gift. A floor show for children will be presented, after which refreshments will be served. Mrs. J, Hart Laird, club hostess, who has charge of arrangements for the party, will be assisted by a committee of Columbia Club par= ents. ! Another holiday event will take place that evening when the Ogden Junior . Chorale sings Christmas songs and carols in the main dining room during the dinner hour. This will be the 21st consecutive year the organization has given a concert at the Columbia Club. After the Chorale program at 7 p. m. Art Berry's orchestra will play for danc-

1. This trio of wives of alumni of Notre Dame University are assisting with the dance which the Indianapolis Notre Dame Club will sponsor Dec. 26 at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Left to right are Mrs. August L- Bondi, wife of the president of the local alumni club, Mrs. J. Albert Smith and Mrs. Thomas J. Umphrey. 2. Miss Betty Jane Mitchell is president-of the Euvola Club which will have its Christmas formal dance Dec. 26 in the Columbia Club. (Block Photo.) | . 3. Three-year-old Marilyn is among the children who will be entertained at the Christmas party at St. Vincent’s Hospital Dec. 23. Members of St. Vincent's Hospital Guild which is arranging the fete are (left to right) the Mesdames William E. Kennedy, Charles E. Wagner and John Reynolds. : -4, Miss Betty Tharp (center) is chairman of the dance which the Tudor Hall Alumnae Association will have Dec. 28 at the Woodstock Club. Miss Mary. DePrez (left) Shelbyville, and Mrs. Donald W. Jackson are assisting. : 5. Active in preparations for the local appearance of the Mask and Wig Club show, “High as a Kite,” are Mrs. A. S. Mendenhall (left) and Mrs. Samuel R. Harrell. The show will be given at the Murat Theater Dec. 27. An entertainment for the cast will precede the performance and a supper dance at the Indianapolis Athletic Club

ing. On Christmas Day the club will serve its usual holiday dinner in the dining room from noon to 9 p. m. with dinner music from 6:30 to 8:30

1m. . Pp A Christmas tea dance will be given for members and their wives and children Thursday afternoon, Dec. 26, from 3 to 5 p. m., with Amos Ostot and his orchestra play-

will follow. 6. Mrs. Donald Laird is the new president of the Arbutus Garden this week at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. ing dance music. A committee of a : . . daughters of members will preside at Beall- I odd Rite Society Will Sp onsor The annual Yuletide formal dance : for junior Columbians and sons and The Altar Society of the Assump-|the holidays will be held Saturday, tion Catholic Church will give a|Dec. 28. Warpy Waterfall and his Miss Gail A. Beall, 61 N. Tremont| tomorrow for the benefit of the As-| The club will have its annual New Ave, was to“become the. bride of|sumption School. Dinner will be|Year’s Eve dinner dance and frolic Ave., from 11 a. m. until 1:30 p. m.|will be held in the ballroom, where The party will begin at 2 o'clock. |the Columbia Club bell-ringer will The Rev. Edward E. Aldrich was 0|arrangements, assisted by Mrs. John [Dinner service will begin at 9 p. m. read the marriage service. Hofmann and Mrs. John Fetter. with dance music starting at 10

Club, which held its Christmas party and exchange of garden gifts the tea table. : Turkey Dinner daughters home from colleges for Is Today ! Christmas turkey dinner and party orchestra have been engaged. Wesley E. Todd, 220 W. Ohio St., at|Served in the school hall, 1105 Blaine Tuesday, Dec. 31. The. celebration Roberts Park Methodist Church.|” nv. mil Claus is chairman of announce the arrival of each guest. The bride is the daughter of John| Mrs. Fetter, president of the so-|o’clock. A floor show, “The Flying

Sorority Dance Is Tonight

The annual Christmas dance: of the Zeta Kappa Chapter, Delta Theta Tau Sorority, will be at 7:30 p. m. tonight at the Hoosier Athe letic Club. Mrs. Harry Wheeler..is chairman for the event, assisted by

Mrs. William Horn and Miss: Befty

Taube. : ; A The chapter’s annual Christmas party will be held at 8 p. -m..next Friday at the home of Mrs. Blane

chard Boyle, 5148 Central Ave. Mrs,

Boyle is chairman of the commite tee arranging the party, with Mrs, Henry Bettge, Mrs. Thomas. Allen and Miss Catherine Brouse. Gifts will be exchanged. fs

Donovan-Dunivan

Wedding Today .

Times Special ELKHART, Ind, Dec. 14—The home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.; Dufiie van here will be the scene at: 2 o'clock this afternoon of the: wede ding of their daughter, Marjorie L., and Arthur R. Donovan of Indiane apolis and Boston. Mr. Donovan is the son of Mr. and .Mrs.. John J. Donovan, Quincy, Mass. =

Upon their return from a wedding

trip. Jan. 5 the couple will begat homé at 218 E. 62d St. -Indifine apolis. Mr. Donovan, an dttorfiey for the 11th region, National ‘Labor Relations Board, is ‘a: graduate jof the Georgetown University unt graduate and law schools...

ciety, will preside ‘at a business|Debs,” an: all-girl revue, will" en-

W. Beall of Terre Haute and Mr. : : ‘ nr . : meeting at 8 p. m. Monday in the|tertain during the evening. Todd's - parents are Mr. and Mrs.|school basement. A Christmas party |- Each table place will hold a fa James A. Todd, Kingston, Ontario.|and gift exchange will follow, with |for ‘women and &'pra gift Mr. and Mrs. Todd will be at|Mrs. Henry Sahm, secretary, in|men; In: addition y home after the holidays in their charge. a : * |nhoise makers be new home on N. Emerson Ave. : re

Carl Spuths to Entertain si Mr, and Mrs. Carl B. Sputh will entertain members of the Athe-|dinn haeum Turners’ Dramatic Club to-

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