Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1941 — Page 4

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National Executive of Junior League To Visit Local Group Next Week

MISS HELEN T. FINDLAY, New York, arts chairs man of the Associated Junior Leagues of America, will speak Friday morning to the Indianapolis Junior League at 10:45 o'clock in the American United Life Insurance Building. Mrs. Booth T. Jameson, president of the local group, and Mrs,

John Collett will report on the recent national conference of Junior Leagues held in St. Louis.

Miss Findlay is to arrive in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon and will be a guest of the League’s board at a dinner Thursday night in the Woodstock Club. On Thursday morning she will confer with Wilbur Peat, director of John Herron Art Museum, and Donald A. Mattison, director of the John Herron Art Institute, and visit the school and museum.

Mrs. Charles Latham will give a luncheon on Thursday to ace quaint Miss Findlay with the League's work in connection with the Art Institute and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The national executive will be Mrs. Latham’s guest at the pre-concert luncheon of the women’s committee, Indiana State Symphony Society, Friday in the Athenaeum and will attend the concert which follows in the Murat Theater. Attending the dinner on Thursday night will be Mrs. Jameson, Mrs. Volney Brown, vice president; Mrs. James Collins, treasurer, Mrs. John Hollétt Jr. recording secretary; Mrs. Alfred Stokely,

~ corresponding secretary; Mesdames Howard Fieber, Frederic W,

‘Taylor, Robert Sweeney, John Cooper, Lyman S. Ayres, David P, Williams Jr., Harry V. Wade, William H. Wemmer, George Ziegler, Collett and Mattison. “The League’s Scribblers’ Club will meet at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs, Rudolf Haerle, Mrs. Clarence Alig is the club’s chairman.

Scotch Bagpiper to Play at War Relief Ball

A KILTED SCOTCH BAGPIPER playing British airs will greet guests at the Bundles for Britain ball Feb. 22 in Tom Devine's Music Hall. The ball will climax the activities of “Bundles for Britain Week” beginning Feb. 16. * Bridge as well as dancing from 9:30 o'clock are planned to raise money for the purchase of rolling canteens for feeding homeless, bombed-out: civilians of England. One of the canteens will be exe hibited here the week before the ball. ; Members of the patrons and patronesses committee with Mr,

and Mrs. Sylvester Johnson, chairmen, are Messrs. and Mesdames

William C. Griffith, Conrad Ruckelshaus, David Williams, Julius Birge, Otto N. Frenzel, Frank Weaver and Miss Helen Coffey. Mr. and Mrs. Robert. A. Adams’ decorations committee includes Messrs. and Mesdames John D. Gould, Bowman Elder, Samuel B. Sutphin, Earl B, Barnes and John Cooper and Miss Elizabeth Bertermann. The invitations committee has been assisted in compiling its list by Mesdames Clarence Sweeney, D. J. McCarthy, Newell C, Munson and Frederic H. Sterling. Mrs. Sterling is publicity chaire man for the ball and also is “Bundles for Britain Week” chairman,

In a Personal Vein

MR. AND MRS. AUGUSTUS COBURN JR. returned this week from Bradentown, Fla. where they visited Mrs. .Coburn’s father, W. W. Carter. . ... Mrs. Carl H. Mote left this week for a motor trip through Florida. She was to stop in Cincinnati for Mrs. Eliza« beth Harshman who is accompanying her. . . . Mrs, Harry Schlotze , hauer of New York is visiting her mother, Mrs. Hugh J. McGowan, « + « The Rev. and Mrs. George S. Southworth returned yesterday from a vacation trip to Miami Beach, Fla. . . . Frank Shields, who is visiting Louis Wasey of New York at Cat Cay Island, Fla. is expected home the first of next week. . . . John C, Ruckelshaus was to leave today for Florida, Mexico and Hot Springs, Ark. He will return here about April 1. ... Carl D. Fechtman has returned from a month’s visit in Miami Beach. . . . Returning Monday from ' Chicago wi'l be Edward F. Gallahue. : Mr. an§ Mrs. J. V. Stout are to return home this week-end from Palm Springs, Cal. . . . Dr. and Mrs. J. Carlton Daniel, who are visiting in Miami Beach, spent several days in Havana last week. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Lee Burns are leaving today for a winter vacation in Coral Gables, Fla. They will visit Mrs. Burn’s sister, Mrs. James J. Harvey, and Mr. Harvey in Atlanta, Ga., before returning home. , . . Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Bobbitt of Kokomo, who are frequent visitors here and members of the Lambs Club, are vacationing in Miami Beach . .. Mrs. Rudolph Aufderheide and Mrs. Raymond C. Fox are at the southern resort for a month's stay. Mrs. Ronald 8S. Skyrme is in Lakewood, O., where she is re= hearsing with the Lakewood Little Theater players for the premier of “Leighton, Ltd.” written by Miss Muriel Brown of Indianapolis. The play will open Feb. 19 and will run through March 1. Skyrme will go to Lakewood for the final performance and will return with Mrs. Skyrme to Indianapolis the following day. Mr. and Mrs. Skyrme are charter members of the Lakewood Little Theater which was founded 10 years ago. ~~ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harvey Bradley and Mr. and Mrs. William I. Munk left this week for a Caribbean cruise. They will return about Feb. 24. . . . Mr. and Mrs. John G. Rauch are in New York with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Reynolds of Phelps, Wis . . . Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hutchings left yesterday for an extended trip through !Florida and to Key West. They plan to visit Mrs. Hutchings’ father, J. Knox Julian, at Miami Beach.

Martha Louise Pearce and Fiance to Be Honored

MISS MARTHA LOUISE PEARCE and John A. Hare of Nobles« ville will be honor guests at a tea given tomorrow afternoon by Miss Jean Miller at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. Don Miller. Miss Miller will be a bridesmaid at the Couple's wedding next Saturday evening in Christ Episcopal Church. Guests with the betrothed couple tomorrow will be Messrs. and Mesdames Thomas F. O’Haver, Eugene B. Hibbs and Thomas M. Billings; Misses Bettie and Mary Anne Pearce, Ruth Osborne, Betty Hamerstadt and Jane Snyder and George Woolling, George Smith Jr., Robert Harrell and Paul W. Scheuring.

Julius Birge to Read Paper Before Literary Club

JULIUS BIRGE will read #& paper on “Mr. Justice Holmes” be fore the Indianapolis Literary Club at its meeting Monday evening in the club rooms at the D. A. R. Chapter House.

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Mrs. R. ‘Blayne McCurry and Mrs. Thomas J. Scanlon will be -

assistant hostess for the Wednesday morning meeting of the Civic Theater Affairs Committee at the home of Mrs, James S. Rogan. Mrs. R. G. Lazarus nad Miss Helen Coffey are in charge of ar< rangements.. Miss Jane Hampson will speak on “The Straw Hat Opera Company.” . : ' : a8 ” H 2 ” ”

Mrs. C. H. Beach will talk on “Chinese Art” at a meeting of the Dryburgh Abbey Chapter, Daughters of the British Empire, Monday. Hostess will be Miss Margaret L. Seegmiller, assisted by Mrs. H. E. Bostwick and Mrs, D, 8. Hutchinson,

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Reserve Seats

For Civic Play

Numerous nurses are ticket selling during their off-duty hours. They are promoting the Wednesday night performence of the Civic Theater's play, “Love From ga Stranger,” mystery melodrama by Frank Vospers. As representatives of the Central District, Indiana State Nurses Association, they are sponsors of the performance for the benefit of the organization’s educational fund. A group from Sunnyside Sanatorjum will include Drs. and Mesdames rank Jennings, Edward Boyer and John Thompson; Mrs. Morris “Thomas and Mrs. Cora Sherrick; Misses Mabel Wharton, Mary Sumpter, Daisy Bissey and Betty Presnel. A group of St. Vincent's Hospital patrons will include Misses Helen (4reen, Crertrude Barr, Betty A. Toltz, Hellen Roach, Betty Ertel,

Mary A. Leese,” Bernadine Welch,| :

Mary Hickey, Mary Louise McQuary, Zelda Seal, Mary A. Whisker, Pauline Tyson, Ellen Cain, Barbara Zoelener, Esther Royce, Helen Doyle, Naomi liaughlin, Nellie Cooney, Kathryn McManus, Emma Hannithan: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Michelis and Mesdames Cy Clark, Olga Miller, John Herman and Mila Luess. Among others to attend are Mrs. Margare; Strong, Central District registrar; Dr. and Mrs, Walter Morton, Messrs. and Mesdames F. B. Neff, E. M. Carter, S. K. Monical; Mesdames Othniel Hitch, Margaret Hofert, Ethel Fox, Misses Wilma Carr, Dochia Pigg, Bernice Cain, Beatrice Short, Lucille Wall, Josephine and Florence Brown, Doris and Dorothy Prater, Grace Witwer, Myrtle Gage, Lelia Stokes, Mary Ellen Crutcher, Frances Hellman, Ruby Me uk, Mary Johnson and John Fuehring.

Party Booked

For Veterans

. American Legion posts and their auxiliary organizations are making plans for a card party, a guest speaker and a social meeting. Veterans at the U. S. Hospital on Cold Springs Road will be guests ali the annual card party given them by Post 4 and Auxiliary Tuesday at 7:30 p. im. Mrs. 'W. J. Overmire, ways and means chairman of the Auxiliary, will entertain the party committee ati a 1 p. m. luncheon Wednesday in her home, 4465 Winthrop Ave. Committee members are Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Sellars, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Willien, Messrs. and Mesdames William Dexheimer, Charles O. Holton, Grover | Parr, Everett Baum, Dale White and Turner Couchman and Mrs, R. Karl Galbraith.

MEMORIAL UNIT 3’s POST AND AUXILIARY will meet jointly at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Forty and Eight Chateau. Preceding a talk on “Narcotics” by Gene Ryan, head of the State Narcotic Division, Mrs. Gladys Pribble will preside at a short business meeting of the Auxiliary. i

Hostesses at the MADDEN-NOT-TINGHAM AUXILIARY’S monthly maeting Tuesday evening will be John A, Weinbrecht, Edward E. Shelton and Orville G. Robinette. Mrs. Benjamin Frey will preside at a business meeting preceding a social how,

Dry Forces to Have

Dinner Monday,

1vvington dry forces will meet for a rally and community dinner Monday at 6:30 p. m. in the Irvington Methodist Church. Dr. Guy O. Carpenter will speak and Dr. E. L. Hutchens will lead a round table discussion of “What Can the Church Do to Fight Liquor Forces Successfully?” Latest news concerning local option legislation will be given. Mrs. Leland Clapp will conduct'a community sing. Reservations may be made through the Irvington churches or with Mrs. J. C. Muesing. Young people will be special guests. Sponsors of the dinner are the Downey Avenue Christian, Irvington Presbyterian, Emerson Avenue Baptist and Irvington Methodist Churches and the Irvington W. C. Vv.

Marian Guild Plans Tea

A bridge-tea, to be given at 2 p. m. Monday in the Banner-White-hill auditorium by the Marian Guild, will be preceded by a business meeting at 1:30 p. m. Hostesses for the afternoon will be Mesdames Karl Kernel, G. W. Becker, Roy Doolittle, Robert W. Gray, Bernard J. Matthews, Thomas D. McGee and C. Ralph White and Misses Pidge and Helen Brosnan.

Martha Washington Tea Scheduled

The Women’s Auxiliary to the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, Indianapolis branch, is planning a Martha Washington Tea to be given Friday from 1:45 to 3 p. m. in Block’s auditorium. Mrs. Cecile B. Shields of the Travelers’ Aid Society will speak at the monthly business meeting of the ganization Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. in the directors’ room of the Fletcher Trust Co. Entertainment chairman for the meeting is Mrs. A, F. Swickard, ,

Couple to Live In Chicago

Under a canopy of similax framed with white flowers, Miss Rosalind Barskin will be married to William S. Deckelbaum tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock. The service will be read by Rabbi Maurice Goldblatt in the home of her father, A. J. Barskin, 5640 N, Pennsylvania St. The bridegroom is the son of Sam Deckelbaum of Cleveland. Preceding the ceremony, a string trio will play “Intermezzo.” Miss Barskin will be attended by her sisters, Mrs. Myron Forman of Chicago and Mrs. Marcus Feinberg, and Mr. Deckelbaum’s brother, Myron Deckelbaum of Cleveland, will be best man. The bride will be given in marriage by her father. Miss Barskin’s bridal costume will be a beige wool dress and short jacket, trimmed with brown and white polka dot revers, and a matching turban. Her corsage will be of white orchids with yellow throats, Her sisters will wear gardenia corsages, Mrs. Feinberg with a beige and brown costume suit and Mrs. Forman with a brown and white polka dot dress and aqua coat. Following a wedding breakfast at the Broadmoor Country Club for the immediate families, the couple will fly to New York for a wedding visit and will be at home in Chicago after March ¥. Out-of-town guests at the wedding will include Irving Deckelbaum of Cleveland. and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Deckelbaum and Saughter, Lenore, of Huntington, W. a. The bride is a graduate of Tudor Hall School and attended Rollins College and the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Mr. Deckelbaum is an alumnus of Miami and Ohio Universities.

Program Tuesday

tion will be entertained at a Washington and Lincoln program at 2

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‘Bid’ Dance Follows Sorority, Dinner * A “bid” dance will follow the an= The World War Mothers’ Associa-|Rual founders’ day dinner of Alpha,

Beta and Gamma Chapters of Nu Chi Sorority this evening at the

p. m. Tuesday in the War Memorial | Columbia Club. : tomorrow

OF 1. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Williams, 1511 Park Ave., announce the en gagement of their daughter, Peggie Ann, to Lieut. William Gates Holiday, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holiday, Butler, Pa. The wedding will be March 1. Miss Williams was graduated from Tuder Hall School, attended Radcliffe* College and was graduated from Parson’s School of Fine and Applied Arts in New York. Lieut. Holiday was graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and is a Delta Upsilon Fraternity member. He is a first lieutenant in the corps of engineers on

active duty at Ft. Knox and is an instructor in the field engineering

department of the armed force school., (W. Hurley Ashby Photo.) 2. Miss Frances Courtney's engagement to John D. Long son of Mr. and Mrs. George W, Long, Phoenix, Ariz, is announced by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Courtney, 1737 N. Meridian St. The date for the wedding has not been set. Miss Courtney is a graduate of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. Mr. Long attended Villa Nova Preparatory School,” Ojai, Cal., and Santa Clara College, Santa Clara, Cal, (W. Hurley Ashby Photo.)

3. Mr. and Mrs. Milton D. Baumgartner, 430 Buckingham Drive,

announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Barbara, to John P. Murphy, Brooklyn, son of Joseph F. Murphy, Clifton Springs, N. ¥. The bride-to-be was graduated from. Butler Universtiy and is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority and Phi Kappa Phi. Mr. Murphy was graduated from Cornell University. (Ramos-Porter Photo.) 4. A summer wedding will be that of Miss Betty Jane Higbee and Victor R. Kingdon. Miss Higbee is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Higbee, 7603 N. Pennsylvania 8t.; and Mr, Kingdon's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Willlam V, Kingdon, 815 E. 58th St.

Photo.) ; ia 5. Mrs. James H. Drew, 410 E. 13th St., announces the engagement son of Mr. and

of her daughter, Mary Louise, to: William L. Mrs. William G. Wissman of Columbus, Ind. : | - 6. Mrs, Gerald B. Tuttle was Vivian Louise Claffey, daugk of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Claffey, 5026 Central Ave., before riage on Jan. 24. (Ramos-Porter P. Ly Fd Solel Laat 7. Miss Elizabeth Stoute: : r of Mr, and E. Stoutenburg, 4001 W: the k Barry Jr., son of Mr. and 7 Thursday. (Bretzman Photo.) A 8. Miss Doris McDonald, daughter of Mr. Donald, 5703 Julian Ave., will become the bride of son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Atkinson, 2534 9. Mr. and Mrs

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Mrs. A.D. Hitz To Give Paper

A paper, “On Our Way,” will be read by. Mrs. A. D. Hitz at Thursday's meeting of the PLYMOUTH UNION OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The meet« ing will be at 12:30 p. m. at the Plymouth House, 16th and Delaware Sts. Luncheon will be served by Circle 2. ‘ Mrs. Gino A. Ratti is. Plymouth Union president for 1941. Other officers are Mrs. Theodore L. Locke, first vice president; Mrs. Hitz, second vice president; Mrs. Peter Van Fleet, recording secretary; Mrs. Homer R. McKinstray, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Theodore E, Root, treasurer. Chajrmen for Circles 1 to 6 for the year are Mesdames William G, Hennis, Walter J. Tingle, Ira M. Holmes, Everett B. Carpenter, Theodore 8. Kuhns and Judson L. Stark,

A skating party will be sponsored by the CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION OF HOLY ANGELS CHURCH at 7:30 Monday at the Riverside Rink. .

A silver medal oratorical contest will be conducted by the MERIDIAN WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION at the evening worship sé@pice at the St. Paul Metho« dist Church at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow.

Scouts to Note Birthday

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