Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1942 — Page 11
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PLANS FOR CARRYING INFORMATION and understanding of government to “the people” will be blueprinted here this week in a two-day emergency meeting of the General Council of the National League of Women Voters and sessions of its board today and Friday. The meetings will be devoted to planning methods of mobilizing League members to carry to every circle they enter all sorts of information about what the government is doing and why it is doing it. As one League executive puts it: “The League wants to help people understand government in war time—to help those who are too busy to dig up the facts for themselves. In short, the members grare going to be wardens of democracy at home.” The 14 members of the national board in its sessions today are «canvassing the League’s shift in emphasis from amassing knowledge about government to “reporting and interpreting what government is doing and how it is doing it to five hundred times as many citizens as it has in the past.” rr
| Society The ‘Civic Theater's Annual Ball Will Be:March 21 at Athenaeum
THE DATE for the Civic Theater's annual ball, always one of the highlights of the spring social season, has been set for March 21. The dance will be held this
year at the Athenaeum. Sponsoring the event will be the Back Stage Club, “fun” organization of the Theater. Its officers are Dr. William H. Cook, presi. dent; Mrs. R. Kirby Whyte, vice president, and Mrs. Bertrand HawKins, secretary-treasurer.
Bundles for Bluejackets to Meet
INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORKERS in Bundles for Bluejackets will be given Friday at a meeting at 1:30 p. m. in the 38th Street Branch of thé Merchants’ National Bank. Persons interested in the work done by this group for men in the U. S. Navy are invited to
attend. The organization was founded recently by Bundles for Britain. The local branch of Bundles for Britain recently received a letter from the Duchess of Leinster in England thanking the group for a shipment of garments recently received there. The joint work of the two war relief groups is carried on at 8 E. Market St, The home of Mrs. William J, McWilliams, 5673 N. Pennsylvania St., will be opened tomorrow from 9:30 a. m. to 3 p. m. for workers of the White Cliffs Depot of Bundles for Britain. This is the Depot which has been meeting with Mrs. Ernest Spickelmier. It will be held in the homes of other workers until Mrs. Spickeimier recovers from an illness. Because of changing conditions and the need for Red Cross and home defense work, this Depot, which was organized to aid the British, will now concentrate on Red Cross work, continuing to help the British through this facility. Work may be done at home and members have announced a need for the use of electric sewing machines. »
Catharine Merrill Club to Be Entertained
MRS. ADDISON A. HOWE will be hostess for a meeting of the Catharine Merrill Club Saturday. Mrs. Margaret B. Segur will discuss Leonardo da Vinci's “Notebooks.”
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Members of the Southern Club Auxiliary will be entertained at a 1 o'clock luncheon Friday in the home of Mrs. M. O. Ross. Following a busines$ meeting, Mrs. Olive Enslen Tinder will talk on “What to Read Today.”
Assisting the hostess will be the Mesdames ©. C. Josey, Paul A, Schaffner and T. M. Riddick.
Plan Program To Aid
Defense Work
Several Indianapolis citizens interested in aiding home defense work will sponsor the first in a series of four radio programs over station WIRE Saturday at 10:30 P, m. These programs will be dedicated to raising funds to support local defense emergency activities. The Saturday program will be devoted to the Red Cross. Later programs will be dedicated to raising funds for the canteens and the Service Men’s Club and the Infantile Paralysis fund. The time for the broadcasts has been donated by station WIRE and the talent by Indianapolis artists and citizens. Participating in the opening program will be Miss Sarah Elizabeth Marks, pianist; Mrs. Ruth Devin, mezzo-soprano; the Kenneth Alyea string ensemble; Frankie Parrish, tenor, and Miss Dessa Byrd, organist.
AYRES
Speakers from the local Red Cross office will be George Scott Olive,
Annual Epiphany Tea Is This Afternoon
The annual Epiphany Tea of the Episcopal Church will be held at St. Matthew's Parish House, 25 S. Ritter Ave, today at 3 p. m. The tea was to follow the Epiphany services at St. Matthew's at 2 p. m. Mrs. J. Willard Yoder, Mrs. Eleanor Smith and Miss Lilly Pennicke were to pour. Mrs. Alfred Ridley was to be in charge, assisted by Mesdames John K. Lambie, R. J. Pedlow and Harry J. Anderson.
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Sessions are being held at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Among the methods to be suggested for sharing the League's experience with people is the mass distribution of material simpli-
fying important current issues such as price control and inflation, taxation and civilian defense activities.
THE COUNCIL, which begins its sessions tomorrow, will ask the leaders of some 600 local leagues to give their full time to preparing members to convey information about government to the people. The members will be asked to enroll for a certain number of hours of service each week. ® “League members,” one official points out, “will carry to others simple inferpretations of issues, little incidents-of what government here and there is having to do in war time. Decisions will be made in city councils, in state legislatures, in Congress, by mayors, governors and the President that will affect the conduct of the war and the welfare of the American people and the future of democratic government,
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be featured in the Indiana University yearbook, will be held Friday on the campus in Bloomington. Among young women exnected to enter
L U. To Pick Beauties for Its Yearbook on Friday
The annual Arbutus Queen Contest, to decide campus beauties to
League members will name the problems involved and report progress in solving them, “The subject will be the most important issues of the moment. For example, two broadsides will be given to council members. The first is a simple lesson in economics called ‘Why Buy Defense Bonds.’ It is answered, by the league, in a sub-title: “To help pay for the war and to help prevent inflation.’ We know people buy defense bonds because it is patriotic but not every citizen stops to think why it is patriotic. “Another sheet is on ‘Civilian Defense and Your State and Local Government.” The OCD and local defense councils seem to be largely affairs of volunteer activity. Yet this sheet refers to 10 points at which problems of,.government—some major and some minor—arise.”
= = ” = = = ! MISS MARGUERITE M. WELLS, national president, commenting on the League’s adjustment to war time, said: : “The League is preparing to sacrifice some of its own study order to share more widely what it has learned. By reporting and
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are (left to right) Miss Patricia Peterson, Indianapolis; Miss Joan Higgins, Princeton; Miss June Brown, Indianapolis; Miss Barbara Smith, Indianapolis, and Miss Margie Buckmaster, Portland.
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interpreting to a wider public what Government is doing and how it Is doing it, we are trying to bring government and the people closer together. “The League purpose has always been to break the habit of passivity about government to which Americans are too prone for safety in a democracy. The habit becomes more dangerous in war time because even a democratic government in war time must greatly enlarge its scope, and because people are likely in war time to be in a mood of passive submission. But a democratic people needs to give some intelligent attention to government in war time—especially in war time.” She said League members will, no doubt, give some of their time to current war work of the traditional kind, but such other activities should not be brought within the League organization itself. She added that “the demands government makes upon citizen understanding is greater in war time than in normal times. The League ‘is therefore even more responsible for pursuing its avowed purpose.”
Legion News Clubs
Card Party Will Be Sponsored For Veterans
Mrs. Kurt Schmidt, rehabilitation chairman of the OSRIC MILLS
Neal D. Ireland Will Address Phi Delta Theta Mothers’ Club; Catholic Group to Elect
Lectures are the principal program features of coming club meetings. The PHI DELTA THETA MOTHERS’ CLUB will have a luncheon at the chapter Mouse, 705 Hampton Drive, Thursday at 1 p. m. Neal
Butler to Have
Classes in First Aid
coeds. dan Hall Feb. 1 and 2.
Two Red Cross First Aid courses will be orfered to Butler University The classes will start in Jor-
Indiana delegates to the Council are Mrs, Clarence F. Merrell, Indiana League president, and Mrs. John K. Goodwin.
Seventh District
work.
In a letter sent to the Federation membership this week, Mrs. R. K. Grosskopf, the District president, outlined instructions for volunteer service registration and listed kinds of work to be done in Civilian Defense. She is asking that volunteers list their experience and qualifications for work they prefer. Included is an appeal for qualified Red Cross instructors in first aid and nursing. Women offering their services for the Motor Corps are asked to indicate the type of automobile which they own and if they carry liability insurance. The women are being urged to save wastepaper and to place glass In separate containers for collection. Garbage, free of tin cans and glass, also may be utilized for soap, glycerin and fertilizer, Mrs. Grosskopf points out. The letter being sent club members also announces the Indiana Federation of Clubs Day at the Hoosier Art Salon. On Jan. 19, the District will be host at a luncheon, in connection with the Salon, at the Claypool Hotel. The Salon is to be held in Block’s auditorium. Mrs. Walter Grow and Mrs. Grosskopf head the luncheon committee. Mrs. Alvin C. Johnson, the Federation’s first vice president, has announced that Mrs. Trevor Geddes is chairman of the first political science group which will attend meetings of the City Council, Board of Public Works, County Commissioners, School Board and other local Government units.
Mrs. Clayton H. Ridge, Mrs.
Federation
Will Discuss Delinquency And Health in War Time
The January meeting of the Seventh District Federation of Clubs will feature a discussion of delinquency and health problems during the war emergency and the need for women in political 4nd defense It will be held Jan. 16 at 10 a. m. in Ayres’ auditorium. The Public Welfare and Legislative Departments will be in charge.
Grosskopf and members of the Book Shelf Committee met yester- | day with Miss Wilma Reeves, libra« rian at Central Library, to choose books for the Federation’s Political Science’ Book Shelf. *
The Women’s Auxiliary to the Retail Druggists' Association has formed three Red Cross classes and has offered the use of its chapter room in the Indianapolis College of Pharmacy to clubwomen and their friends for additional nursing and first aid classes. Reservations for the use of the room should be made with Mrs. Edward H. Niles, public welfare chairman for the District, or Mrs. James L. Simmons, the Auxil« iary head.
The Women’s Auxiliary to the Railway Mail Association is setting up Red Cross classes in sewing, knitting, home nursing and first aid for its 180 members. Mrs. Theodore Caldwell is president. Theta Tau Psi, headed by Mrs. Karl Schwomeyer, and the Carnelian Club, of which Mrs, John F. Engelke is president, have sewing and knitting units.
The Alpha Gamma Latreian Club, headed by Miss Mary Louise Mann, is forming an evening class in first aid. The Cheer Broadcasters, Inc. Mrs. Everett Hays, president, also has a first aid class. Two classes in home nursing have been started at the Woman's Department Club. The Sunnyside Guild, Mrs. Gus Meyer, president, and the To-Kalon Club, Mrs. Paul F, Jock, president, have reported work in Red Cross and Civilian Defense.
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WATKINS LEGION AUXILIARY, will be in charge of § card party to be given at the Veterans’ Hospital next Tuesday at 7 o'clock in the new recreation room of the hospital. The Post and Auxiliary will sponsor the party. A covered dish luncheon will be held by the Auxiliary Thursday at 12:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. A. M. Feist, 641 E. 37th St. Mrs. John Ross, welfare chairman on distribution of Christmas baskets, and Mrs. Harry Gause, legislative chairman) will report.
The INDIANAPOLIS PETIT SALON DES HUIT CHAPEAU ET QUARANTE FEMMES 205 OF THE EIGHT AND FORTY, fun and fellowship organization of the American Legion Auxiliary, will meet Thursday at 8 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. Joseph Stocker, 2524 Union St. '
Edward Holmes, child welfare chairman, and Mrs. Arthur J. Miller, Le
report on the Christmas activities which included supplying a needy family with food, toys and clothing.
Gov. Henry FP. Schricker and State Com. Carl Graham spoke at the annual open house of the BRUCE P. ROBISON AMERICAN LEGION UNIT 138 which was held last night at the Central Christian Church dining room. National Legion and Auxiliary officers and State Legion and Auxiliary officers were invited to attend. Red Cross sewing will be done by the Auxiliary tomorrow.
Reports will be heard from Mrs. |
D. Ireland will address the group,
Stover-Knoke Rite
Is Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Paul Knoke announce the marriage of their daughter Edith to Lbuis Edwin
Stover. The ceremony was performed on Christmas Day at the St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church at 3:30 p. m. The Rev. Ernst A. Piepenbrok officiated at the service and Mrs. Amy “Cleary Morrison, organist, played bridal airs. Mrs. Edward Scheier, the bride's sister, was her only attendant. Carl H. Mueller was best man. A dinner for the bridal party was given at the home of the bride's parents following the ceremony.
For Resorts
Meridian W.C. T. U.
Meets Tomorrow
Mrs. Charles Mueller will be guest speaker at the Meridian W. C. T. U. meeting tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. at the Wheeler City Rescue Mission. Miss Clara Basse will be hostess and Mrs. Nellie Brocker will have charge of devotions.
Mrs. Garten Gives
Nurses’ White: UNIFORMS
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following luncheon, on “Adventures In Chile.” Hostesses for the day will be Mesdames Forrest E. Dukes, L. L. Paul, Fred Doebber and O. E. Butz.
The IRVINGTON CHAPTER of the D. A. R. will hear a tall on South America by Miss Pauline Vonnegut at its meeting Thursday at 2 p. m. Mrs. Lee A. Hart, 5703 E. Washington St., will be hostess to the group and Mrs. Richard B. Miller will assist as co-hostess.
The FOREST HILLS GARDEN CLUB will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Paul Pike, 6221 Wash-
ington Blvd., tomorrow. Mrs. B. F. Orr will speak on “Winter Window Gardens.”
Election of officers will be held by the IRVINGTON CATHOLIC WOMAN'S STUDY CLUB members at their meeting tomorrow with Mrs. Harry A. Burkart, 415 N. Irvington Ave. Mrs. Charles J. Spotts will have charge of the program. She will speak on “Franz Schubert, Composer.”
CHAPTER F of the P. E. O. SISTERHOOD will hear a reading of the State By-Laws by the recording secretary at its meeting tomorrow. Mrs. Cyrus Rutherford, 4601 AN. Pennsylvania St, will be hostess.
The MARION COUNTY COUNCIL of REPUBLICAN WOMEN will have a business meeting and program at the Columbia Club Thursday at 2 p. m. Ipstallation of 1942 officers will be held. Farrell Scott, director of the Seventh District Federation of Clubs Chorus, will present a musical program, accompanied by Mrs. Laurence Hayes, president.
Mrs. E. C. Rumpler
Is Speaker
“What Is Wrong With the World?” will be the title of. a talk by Mrs. E. C. Rumpler when she speaks before
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The classes, approved by Dr. D. S. Robinson, president, and Dean of Women EEzabeth B. Ward, will meet two hours a week over a period of four months.
The courses will be taught by instructors from the Red Cross and will include the standard first aid instruction brought up to date and air raid and gas precaution. A series of oral examinations will be given throughout the period and a final written examination must passed before the First Aid certificate is awarded. Formal instruction in the Red Cross classes will be given in the sewing room of the home economics laboratory in Jordan Hall. One group will receive textbook instruction, while a second group will practice First Aid procedure. Tentative plans are being discussed to select a nickname for these coed units similar to the “Flying Bulldogs,” by which name the former Butler students in the Army Air Corps are known.
Sororities
P1 Beta Phi Club Meeting Is Postponed
A meeting of INDIANA BETA CLUB OF PI BETA PHI SORORITY, originally scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed. The meeting date will be announced later. Mrs. Ray Briggs is the president.
RHO CHAPTER OF SIGMA BETA will meet tomorrow night at the home of Mrs. Ward Hunter, 5522 Rosslyn Ave.
ALPHA KAPPA CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA KAPPA wil meet at 8 p. m. tonight at the home of the president, Miss Evangeline Brown, 5028 Dewey Ave.
INDIANA BETA ETA CHAPTER OF SIGMA PHI will elect officers at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the committee room of the Y. W. C. A. A study program will follow.
Card Parties
Linens + Bedding
CANNON TOWELS 20e
Heavy, thick white With colored rope borders. Size 20x40.
15x27 17¢ 12x12 Wash Cloths. ...vveveonsvenses+. 1.00 Doz.
Guest Towel. caveurrsranstenurianss.
CONSUL Blankets 7.99
All wool, weight 3% lbs. Beautiful colors, with deep matching rayon satin binding. Size 72x90.
CONSUL SHEETS —
: Count. Bleached snowy white. January prices! >
Sanforized shrunk poplin. i Coat style; roller and rust- ot: : Tag a Broof “gripper " fasteners 1 Little Flower Club’s the hem and on sleeves. Attached loose belt; inverted pleat down back of waist and skirt. Sizes 12 to 46 and junior sizes, 1115. Nurses’ cap, 49¢c.
72x09........0v..1.09 SIND... cv Wiens 1.19 a2x38%
V2x108....00040¢+- 1.19 811x108. eeveseness 1.29
Two card parties have been schedsumption Church. They in the school basement, 1105 Blaine Ave. on Thursday evening and the evening of Jan. 15. Both parties will begin at 8 o'clock.
Entertains Sorority
Miss Lillian Schuesler, 101 N. El.|der Ave., will be hostess tomorrow at 8 p. m. to members of the Beta 3 B. of Ap
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speak in the Purdue University Union Building at 8 p. m. Mrs. Tinide Latin Amer-
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