Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1940 — Page 15

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= Christmas Toy Shop Opens 3d Season. As Agency for Children's Gifts

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SURROUNDED BY A SEA OF TOYS and wearing a bright but workmanlike smock, Mrs. C. Willis Adams 1s busy this week with her pet Christmas project, the Christmas Toy Shop. >

This is the third year that the Toy Shop has functioned to make Saris a8 normal and happy occasion for underprivileged chilNn, with Mrs. Adams directing its operation. During the year discarded toys were collected by several public and parochial schools 8nd, after being reconditioned by WPA workers, were taken to a Vacant storeroom at 131 E. Market St. - There Mrs. Adams and a staff of assistants help parents select Christmas gifts for children who might otherwise be forgotten by Santa Claus. The Council of ‘Social Agencies is sponsoring the project ‘in which any social agency may participate. 4 This year the groups interested are the Wheeler Mission, the Public Health Nursing Association, the Public Schools Social Service ‘Department, the Volunteers of America, the Catholic Charities Bureau, the Red Cross Home Nursing Department, Flanner House and the Family Welfare Association. f In addition, many individual donors have contributed money and merchandise. More than 2000 children will find gifts on Christmas morning that passed through the Christmas Toy Shop. From a social service agency, their parents receive requisitions which are the equivalent of cash when presented at the shop, and toys may be chosen just as if they were being bought at a commercial dealer's. And every person who comes in for toys leaves with a bag of candy and a gift stuffed Christmas stocking. If necessary, Mrs. Adams even contributes the carfare to get the shoppers to and from the store. .The shop, opening last Wednesday, will close its 10-day “season” Saturday. Mrs. Adams, who is a board member and an executive committee member of the Family Welfare Association, is being assisted by Mrs. William Strack, welfare chairman of the National Council of Catholic Women; Mrs. Joseph McDermott, of the Public Health Nursing Association; Mesdames Albert Seaton, William H. Diddel and Robert ‘Elliott.

Students Home for Holidays

THE INFLUX of college students heading home for the Christ~ mas holiday continues. Donald Test, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald N. Test, will be home Saturday from the Harvard Business School. Also arriving Saturday will be Miss Polly Smith, daughter of Mr. end Mrs. J. M. Smith, who will come from Connecticut College for Women. Arriving with her will be Miss Helen Madden, daughter of Mrs. Frank S. Dowling, and Miss Marjorie Geupel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Geupel of William Creek Estates. : A returning student who will receive an extra quota of good wishes upon her arrival Saturday is Miss Joan Dougan. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dougan, this week-end announced ‘her engagement to Jack Schragge, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Schragge, 5555 Sheridan Road. Chicago. Joan is a student at Northwestern University. No date has been set for the wedding. 2 On Sunday Stanley P. Swartz will return from Citadel Military College at Charleston, S. C.. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. Swartz. Other local students coming home from the school for the Christmas vacation are Frank Ridenour, son of Herman L. Ridenour; Howard R. Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Presley Morton; Ray Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Adams of Southport; Francis Curtis, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Curtis; James Willingham, son of Mrs. Kathryn Willingham, and Deane Doyal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Galen T. Doyal.

Return for Christmas Season

Four girls who will come from Christian College at Columbia, Mo., are Miss Margaret Hofft, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hofft: Miss Carolyn Baus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Simon Baus; Miss Bettye Rusie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Rusie, and Miss Bernice West, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. West of Brendonwood. They are expected Thursday. bd William T. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Clark, will be home Wednesday from Georgia Military College to spend the holidays with his parents. One student who plans to spend Christmas afield - len, son of Mr. and Mrs, August C. Bohlen. Bob will go a Don Cornell University, where he is a sophomore, to Sun Valley fpr his vacation. : The daughters of the Theodore B. Griffiths will return home Saturday. Helen will come from Radcliffe and Sylvia from Smith College. Other Radclife students arriving Saturday are Miss Gloria Strashun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Strashun, and Miss MarJorie Flickinger.

Meridian Hills Arranges Holiday Events

DECEMBER PLANS at the Meridian Hills Country Club include a duplicate bridge section tournament Thursday and the annual formal dinner bridge Saturday, Dec. 28. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Peterson are in charge of the tournament. Host and hostess at the dinner bridge for several years, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fiood again will make arrangements for this year’s party. Among their assistants will be Messrs. and Mesdames I. E. Woodard, Parke A.- Cooling, Arthur E. Krick, Frank H. Langsenkamp, M. Speers MacCullom, J. S. Marlowe, Carleton B. Edwards Walter Montgomery and C. A. Weller. ’ New Year's Day the club’s annual open house will with its officers in the receiving line. president; Arthur Krick, vice president, and’ M. G. Knox, secretarytreasurer. New members of the board of directors are A. A. Zinn and Fred Case. 2 :

be held, They are Paul R. Summers,

Club to Have Guest Day at Propylaeum

THE CATHARINE MERRILL Club's guest day program at the Propylaeum Saturday included Mrs. David F. Smith's talk on Old Testament literature and music by Miss Madelaine Speers. : Hostesses for the day were Mesdames Albert I. Rabb Henry Lane Bruner, Wendell Rynerson, Frank M. Fauvre, Carl F. Walk, Ethel M. Rathert, Henry Kahn and Donald B. Johnston, Miss Josephine Herron and Miss Daisy Avery.

JANE JORDAN

DEAR JANE JORDAN—I am in desperate need of help. was rather timid but have been able to ia my er ae i on a gonversation. The last few months something has come over me so that I cannot even talk to my closest friend. I hold sa good job, am educated and supposed to be bright. I'm nice looking, have the latest clothes and wonderful parents. I also have a dear boy friendwhom I'm gong to lose if I don’t overcome this terrible feeling. My friend’s mother is a dear and we always have had nice times together but the last few times I was at his home I was unable to talk. I have tried hard to overcome this but regardless of how determined I am when I get with my friends I just choke up and feel like I have to get out of the roorn if anyone looks directly at me and talks, I get real hot and my face turns a thousand colors and I look away or down or leave the room right in the middie of the conversation. I have a wide circle of friends, belong te several clubs and sororities, but I am losing friends. If I don’t get some help I'm going to drop out of everything and stay home alone, -I have fought against this by myself, but I'm no petter. Do you know of anyone I could write to or see? I will do anything or pay anything for help. My age is 22. : MISS NOBODY NOW. °°

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Answer—Don’t be so frightened. Simply regard this uncomfortable feeling as you would any other illness and call in a doctor. If you had appendicitis you would call a surgeon. If you had sinus headaches you'd call a nose and throat man: Since your trouble is emotional, call a psychiatrist. Any hospital will give you a list of reputable men whom you can consult. After all emotional tangles are just as detrimental to health as physical ills. The important thing is to regard your trouble as something as foreign to your per- \ sonality as an invasion of microbes, and ask for treatment by a * specialist. | “| Your problem is too complicated for a newspaper columnist. I ¥ haven’t the necessary knowledge of your background of experience to " put my finger on your trouble. Of course the first thing that comes to mind when one inhibits speech is that he is afraid he will say something he doesn’t want to say; so he protects himself by not at all. Probably it would take some time to discover what hidden fear holds your tongue. When you blush and leave the room under the direct gaze of another person, it suggests that you feel guilty about something. This doesn’t mean that you actually have done something which should make you feel guilty, Usually it is imaginary or neurotic guilt which . causes the difficulty. For example when you were little, if you had . wished your father or your mother dead, in a fit of anger, you might secretly think yourself comparable to a murderer when you should have laughed it off. It seems incredible that such thoughts and wishes, held by half the personality and condemned by the other half, should live on and be active beneath the level of consciousness, but it often happens that way. : ; 1 cite this as one example out of a dozen or more anti-social attitudes which can cause trouble in later life, None of them deserve to be taken so seriously. When they are unearthed from their hiding places and exposed fo the conscious judgment of the intelligence, such infantile anxieties and guilts are apt to look pretty silly, and for your comfort let me say they often disappear. By all means ‘see a psychiatrist who will help you locate your inner adversary and vercome it. : JANE JORDAN,

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Camp Fire Girls Hold Doll Tea

The annual doll tea of the Indianapolis Camp Fire Girls was held Saturday afternoon at the Young Women’s Christian Association. The dolls were judged according to ages of girls dressing them, and after the tea were given to the Indianapolis Day Nursery and other organizations for distribution at CHristmas. Approximately 125 dolls were shown, : ie Judges were Mrs. Orien Fifer, Mrs. Oramel Skinner and Miss Mamie Larsh. In the division for girls from 10 to 11 years of age, first, second and third prizes were awarded Misses Madalin Bliss, Dorothp Kessler and Cynthia Baker respectively. : : Miss Betty Jean Barker was awarded first prize in the 12 to 13 age group, with second and third prizes going to Miss Anne Lindstaedt and Miss Martha Jane Finehout.

High School Division

In the high school division, first prize was awarded to Miss Murry Hake; second to Miss Helen Herper, and third to Miss Helen Carter. Mrs. H. C. Percival won first prize in the group for guardians and Mrs. Mildred Bailey and Mrs. C. M. Palmer, second. A number of groups worked together making complete wardrobes for a single doll and first prize in this group went to the Win-Wi-cango group under the leadership of Mrs. Doris Smith; second prize to Mrs. Louise Warnock’s group, and third prize to Miss Pauline Rathert’s group. Mesdames Stewart Gordon, Robert DeWeese and Jesse Barker, the committee in charge of the tea, were assisted by the following Camp Fire Girls: Misses Marilyn Souder, Betty Foerster, Zoe Fuller, Peggy Gordon, ‘Jean Hollister, Patsy Harrison, Martha Finehout, Carolyn Reese, Diane DeWeese, Henriette Fenner, Iola Tomlinson and Patsy Foster.

Chorus Sings Too

Mrs. Paul Clark, president of the Guardians Association, and Mrs. Georgia Little, a member of the Board of Directors, poured. | The Camp Fire Girls chorus, several girls from the group meeting at School 84, and Miss Ruthann Perry sang Christmas music.

Group Will Assist Sisters of Poor

The Irvington Catholic Women’s Study Club will have a Christmas luncheon and party at 12:30 p. m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. William Betz. Following an annual custom, the members will bring jams and jellies for the Little Sisters of the-Poor. A gift exchange and the singing of carols will be a feature of the program arranged by the social committee, Mesdames George Duffy, William Strack and A. J. Ullrich.

Mrs. W. F. Holmes

To Review Book

The Student Group of Epsilon Sigma Omicron will hear a review of “The Nazarene” by Mrs. W. F. Holmes tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Herman Roesch. ; Mrs. William H. Polk will lead the discussion.

Wedding Jan. 11 Mrs. John T. Hanrahan ane nounces the engagement of her daughter, Catherine, to John T. Mahan, son of Mrs. John Mahan. The wedding: will be Jan. 11 in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral.

W.C.T. U. to Meet

The Longacre Edgewood W. C."T. U. will meet tomorrow with Mrs. George Daupleman in East Edgewood. “Mrs. Ruth Holman of the Marion County W. C. T. U. wil speak on peace and international relations.

Annual Dinner Scheduled

Women office employees of =the

. |Herff-Jones Co. will hold their an-

nual Christmas dinner and gift exchanges Wednesday in the Pheasant Room of the Hoosier Athletic Club.

Miss . Violet Ploughe is in charge of ng nts, {

will have a skating party at River-

1. Mrs. Robert L. Pfender was Miss Mary Alice Belton, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Harvey R. Belton, Acton, before her marriage Nov. 16. (Dexheimer-Carlon Photo.)

2. Miss Dorthajane Hollister was married to Edward J. Meredith, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Meredith, Nov. 9. Mrs. Meredith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Hollister. (DexheimerCarlon Photo.)

3. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob. Hagist are .at tiome in the Brookside Apartments. Mrs, Hagist was Miss Rosella Theobald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Theobald Sr. of Connersville, before her marriage Nov. 21. (Porter Photo.)

4. Mrs. Wayne M. Burns ‘was Mr. and Mrs. Linn C. Ross, La-

fayette, before her wedding Nov. 18. Mr. Burns is the son of Mr.

Girl Scout Troop 1 Plans Party; Troop 15 To Dress Tree for Family Which Will Receive Yule Basket

Tomorrow will be a busy day for several Girl Scout troops in

Indianapolis.

Troops 1, 15, 20, 21 and 50 are having parties and are com-

pleting all community service projects for Christmas.

Troop 1 will entertain Brownie

Troop 108 at a Christmas party in

the parlors of the Irvington Presbyterian Church. : Gifts will be exchanged, Christmas stories and carols are on schedule,

and a collection will be taken for local charities. All the girls will decorate a Christmas tree which will given to a needy family and the hostess troop will have on display 25 dolls it dressed for the Good Will Industries.

Troop 15 To Dress Tree

Miss Betty Sly is chairman of the refreshment committee and Miss Patty Hunnel will have charge of entertainment.” Mrs. James Foulke is troop leader and Mrs. Norman Salee is leader of the Brownie troop. Troop 15 will meet at the Church of the Advent parish house at 3:30 p. m. when it will decorate a Christmas tree for a family which will be given a Christmas basket by the Mothers’ Guild of the church. The girls also have made 24 scarves for the Riley Hospital for Christmas and will sing carols at the Altenheim on Dec. 22 at 5 p. m. Mrs. Karl Kistner is leader of this troop. A gift exchange, singing and games will be the high points of the program for the Christmas party to. be, given by Troop 21 at the Woodruff Baptist Church at 3:15 p. m. The girls recently earned enough money to buy three dozen new games and three dozen books, and will provide a Christmas basket for the Christian Center.

Join In Troop Chest

The troop will join Troops 73 and 71 in giving a troop chest to the Brownie troop which meets at this church. Miss Darlene Boyd is chairman of the refreshment committee; Miss Joyce Anderson is entertainment chairman, and Miss Betty Joe Edwards will head the committee on decorations. Mrs. O. H. Hagedon is troop leader. Troop 20 will have a party at its regular meeting place, School 91, when gifts. of toys, dolls and scrap books for the City Hospital will be collected. The girls also will prepare a basket for a needy family. They have been sewing for the Red Cross. Mrs. Gladys Wefler is troop leader. Members of Troop 50 will celebrate Christmas with a party at Joan of Arc School. There will be a gift exchange, a play and a Christmas tree, .and the troop will fill 50 fancy boxes it has made with candy. These boxes of candy will be given to children being cared for by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Mrs. Harold Bartholomew, troop leader, is assisted by Mrs. C. E. Drake.

‘Christmas Party Today

This afternoon Troop 44 was to meet at the home of the leader, Mrs. M. V. Van Kirk, for a Christmas party. A Christmas program and an exchange of gifts were to be features of the afternoon. The troop recently sponsored a book re-

‘view at the Speedway Christian

Church, the proceeds from which were given to the British War Relief Fund. : Members of Troop 87 will be guests at a Christmas supper given by Miss Mary Jane Forest Saturday evening. Miss Jane Brisby and Miss Dorothy Jones, assistant leaders, will be guests. Led by Mrs. Donald Drake, troop members also will help with the Children’s Museum Christmas Bird Feast. They

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|“cook out” at the Lake Sullivan cabin. a Mrs. E. S. Barnhill, leader of Troop 31, will entertain its members Thursday afternoon. ' They have ‘earned money to be given to charity, have furnished a Christmas basket for a needy family and have given plants to the Riley Hospital.

Calls Committee

Mrs. Charles E. Smith, chairman of the Extension Committee of the Indianapolis Council of Women, has called a meeting of her committee for 10 a. m. tomorrow in the Ban-ner-Whitehill auditorium,

Mary Sullivan Chairman The Mother Theodore Circle of the Daughters of Isabella will give its annual Christmas party tomorrow evening at the Catholic Community Center. Miss Mary Sullivan, chairman of arrangements, will be assisted by members of the Study Club.

Plan Christmas Party Mrs. Harry E. Smith, 819 N. Butler Ave, will entertain Lambda Chi Delta Sorority at 8 p. m. tomorrow. Plans will be made for a

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and Mrs. Wayne M. Burns. (Dex-heimer-Carlon Photo.)

5. A Nov. 17 wedding was that of Miss Frances C. Luichinger to William Forbes Belcher. Mr. and Mrs. Belcher are at home in Portsmouth, Va. (Luichinger Photo.)

6. Mrs. John E. Anderson was Miss Helen Cafouros before her recent marriage.

Hugh Helms To Live Here

Times Special MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 16.— Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dale Helm are on a wedding trip to Chicago following their marriage at 2:30 p. m. yesterday in the Paragon Christian Church’ at Paragon, Ind. Mrs. Helm | was Miss Georgia Jo Hodges, Indianapolis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hodges, Paragon. Mr. Helm is the son of Mrs. Florence Helm, Dallas, Tex. The wedding ceremony was read by the Rev. Glenn Tudor of Martinsville at an altar decorated with white flowers and candles against a background of greenery. The bride, given in marriage by | her father, wore a street length! frock of lead blue crepe with rhinestone pockets. Her matching tur-| ban was trimmed with rhinestone clips and a veil and she carried, white chrysanthemums. | * Miss Glenna Hodges, her sister and maid of honor, was gowned in|

hat and carried a muff of dusty |

rose chrysanthemums. The bridesmaids; Miss Francis Antel and Miss Maxine Lewis, Indianapolis, carried bronze chrysanthemums with their gold wool frocks. They also wore hats matching their dresses. Henry Hall, Marshall, Ill, was best man and ushers were Walter Kncke, Cincinnati, and James Richardson, Indianapolis. ; A reception at the home of the bride's parents followed the ceremony. Upon their return from the wedding trip, Dec. 20, Mr. and Mrs. Helm will be at home at 2312 N. Pennsylvania St., Apartment 2, In-

Christmas party Dec. 21.

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Schedules

Book Review

Christmas parties continue to be the outstanding features of the club calendar. : ‘ Mrs. Russell Sanders will give 3 TUESD; 5 QUEST CLUB'S Christmas party tomorrow. Hostesses will be Mes=

dames T. H. Beecher, 8. L. Mof-

fett and O. O. Johnson.

Mrs. J. H. Craig will review “Home for Christmas” (Lloyd Douglas) to= morrow at ‘the GROLIER FIN ARTS CLUB PARTY. Mrs. Gra Guess will be hostess, assisted by the Mesdames Paul Bowman, Earl S. Farmer and A. C. Helm. Mrs. A. L. Duncan will lead the singing of Christmas hymns,

Mrs. Alden C. Palmer will be hos ess for the SPENCER CLUB meet

‘|ing tomorrow, assisted by Mrs, Wil:

liam Thurgood and Mrs. Harry B. Perkins. Mrs. C, A. Cassady will tell a Christmas story.

The ANAGNOUS GROUP, EPSI LON SIGMA OMICRON, 1 two talks at its meeting tomorrow. Mrs. James Gaul will discuss “Ar= gentina” and Mrs. Walter Carey, “Christ of the Andes.” Mrs. Frank Symmes will be hostess. ;

Mrs. H. E. Wilcox will be hostess for the Christmas party of the CHAPTER U, P. E. O. SISTER HOOD tomorrow. Mrs. 8. N. Nail and Mrs. M. L. Payne will assist. Mrs. B. H. Lybrook will give “Gleanings from the Record.”

The WOMAN'S ROTARY CLUB Christmas dinner will be served a 7.0’clock tonight in the Propylaeum,

A silver offering will be taken for needy children’s Christmas. j

“Religiqn and Democracy” will discussed at the WY-MO-DA CLUB'S meeting tomorrow. dames E. J. Unruh, Jules Ziner and Laura Craig Poland will I speakers. Hostesses will be the Mesdames Edward C. Wischmeier Jacob L. Jones, Emory Cowley and Frank Stewart.

The CHALCEDONY CLUB will meet for a 12:30 p. m. luncheon morrow at the home of Mrs. Maude Hebblethwaite, 3620 N. Meridian St. A Christmas party following th luncheon will include a gift ex change. Mrs, E. T. Lawrence and Mrs. A. M. Hetherington will assist the hostess and Miss Daisy Parks will sing Christmas carols.

ARABIAN CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRA VEL: STUDY CLUB will meet at 10:30 a m. tomorrow for a Christmas party and gift exchange. Mrs. William G. Holley, 8530 E. Washington St. will be hostess, assisted by Mrs. Or= ville Burk. “Cruising through the East Indies” will be Mrs. Baxter

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