Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1942 — Page 16

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Mrs. Ross A. Smith To 13e Hostess

Five clubs meeting tomorrow have

. scheduled programs carrying out a holiday motif. !

Mrs. Ross A. Smith, 6001 Carrollton ave. Will be the hostess tomorrow for 2 meeting of the FOREST HILLS GARDEN club. The assistant hostesses will be Mesdames Carl Coble, B. F. Orr and Paul Pike.

A feature of the Christmas party|

on flower, arrangements by Taylor Land who will illustrate his speech with slides. :

Christmas in South American - eountricz Iwill form the program theme for the EPHAMAR LITERARY ciub’s meeting tomorrow at the home of Mrs. A. Josephine Gray, 3611 N. Capitol ave. There will be a gift exchange. Mrs. Laura Craig Poland will play Spanish music. Speakers and their subjects ‘¥ill be Mrs. William H. Simons; “olombia’”; Miss Effie Fern Harris, “Venezuela”; Mrs. Arthur 8. Broy, “British Guiana”; Mrs. Anthony "F. Shaffer, “Dutch Gui-

ana” arid Mrs. Mack Burns, “French | i]

§ att Harris, George W. 4d Claude McLean.

Mrs. Charles Rothman and Mrs. rmillion will be hostesses WEDNESDAY if A Christmas ‘ory will be given by Mrs. Id @ Hartley and Miss Jula ‘Brake read “Tiny Tim.” Mrs. Ross 1iilgren will present the musical 1 rpgram.

, 8. Cummings is arrangChristmas program which 'e given tomorrow for the FAVA club. Gifts will be exchan: il by members. Mrs. George

Woo: i7ill be hostess.

C. Benchley's “Christmas “Treasurer's Re-

n” and

‘ill be discussed tomorrow by ‘Mrs. {. M. Bohnstadt before the ‘WOM 4N'S ADVANCE club meet-~ ing ‘7 ith Mrs. A. L. Kessler, 3223 Broz( ray. A Christmas party and gift | xchange will complete ' the

day's Jrogrem,

Th IRVINGTON TUESDAY club was {7 meet today for a Christmas dn the home of Mrs. A, F.

‘party | ‘Wic: 5, 40 Johnson ave.

hosts 5.

Sor rity Arranges Theater Party

Mi Gertrude Wachs is chairman for :.. theater party which Upsilon char 'r of Sigma Phi Gamma soror-

give Thursday at 7 p. m. ng her are Mrs. Carl Frey,

1. Mrs. Robert B. Mathews was Miss Elaine Emery before her

Bird's Feast Is Sponsored By Museum

The seventh annual county-wide

marriage Oct. 11 in the Irvington Methodist church. She is the daugh-

ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Emery and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Mathews, The at home address is 338 N. Ritter ave.

(Holland photo.)

2. An Oct. 17 ceremony in the Emerson, Avenué Baptist church united Miss Dorothy J. Harrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8, Harrell of Madison, and James C. Shafer, son of Mr, and Mrs. Paul RB. Shafer,

Terre Haute. The couple is at home at 2101 N. Alabama st.

field photo.)

(Moore-

3. Before her marriage Sept. 19 to Lieut. Keith L. Bryant, Mrs. Bry-

“FE. gmplification of the Ritual” was fo be the subject of the prog: im for the meeting today of CHAI 'TER 8S of P. E. O. SISTER‘HO J. Miss Ruth Hutchinson, 3515 N. ! tnnsylvania st, was to be

observance of the “Christmas Feast for the Birds” is being sponsored this month by the Children's’ museum. More than 300 feeding stations on public, private and parochial school grounds in the city and county are ready for the food which pupils will provide this week and next before schools sre dismissed for the holidays. Members of the museum’s junior board in charge of this year's observance completed plans last week-end for the project. Climaxing the school and neighborhood Christmas feeding activities will be a program on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 2:30 to 4 p. m, at the museum. A Scandinavian theme will be carried out in costumes and displays. Mrs. Henry F. Ostrom is general chairman of the bird's feast and is being assisted by Robert Russo, director, and members of the Young Naturalists Hobby club of the museum. : Members of the junior board who will serve as hosts for the Dec. 19 party are Katherine Hadley, Carolyn Stelle, Mary Harris, Barbara Elliott, Wanda Gray, Elouise Met~ ebell, Stanley Updike, Betty Chambers, Geraldine Jackson, William Abel, Carmen Bauermiester, Mary Hendrickson, Patricia Ann Templeton and Francis Hueber. Mrs. Gilbert C. Templeton is sponsor for the board. ‘ :

Mrs. | (lawrence Corlette and Miss

Betty Kelly.

Th! semi-monthly business meet-

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ant was Miss Rosemary Horn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter T.

Horn. Lieut. and Mrs. Bryant are at home in Manchester, N. H., where he is stationed at Grenier field with the air corps. The bridegroom’s

parents are Mr. and Mrs. William P, Bryant, Bethany, Mo.

heimer-Carlon photo.)

(Dex-

Annual Christmas Party fo Be Held \ Tomorrow by D. A. R. Committee

MISS HELEN CLEVER will be hostess tomorrow evening at her home, 4451 Washington blvd., for the an-

nual Christmas party of the

Golden Wheel committee of

Caroline Scott Harrison chapter, D. A. R. The committee’s holiday pxoject this year will be

sending of “buddy bags” to

service men. The program

was undertaken at the suggestion of the national D. A.R.

The Woman’s Contract Bridge club will meet at 12:15 p. m. . Thursday at the Indianapolis Athletic club. Play will begin at 12:30

p. m.

Plan Young People's Dance

THE COMMITTEE arranging the Scottish Rite. young ‘people’s dance Saturday night includes Messrs. and Mesdames J. Worth Baker, Earl F. Beam, George L. Clark, John R. Colby, -Rayal B. Colby, Dean Hall, Ralph E. Hamill, C. Kyle Hughes, Thompson Kurrie, Arthur E. Patterson, W. Clark Roggie, Lyman C. Smith, Wilbur E. Smith, Frank E. Thornburgh and Fred Zell. Ted Campbell's orchestra will play for dancing from 9 p. m. to midnight in the Scottish Rite cathedral ballroom. The dance will be the fourth of a series.

Personal Notes

MISS BARBARA WINSLOW, daughter of Mrs. William Maxwell Coppock, has been chosen as a member of the Wellesley college choir. She is a freshman at the school. . FJ ” t J Miss Doris Crane will arrive Dec. 20 from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, 1. A. Tochterman. , 8 8 2

Miss Virginia Rose Habig,

. déughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank

Habig, is a member of the St. Mary's Little Symphony estra which will make its debut Thursday evening in a concert at St. Angela’s hall on the campus of St.

: ‘Mary's college, Notre Dame.

Entertains for Bride-to-be

MISS MARIBELLE FOSTER will be honor guest this evening at a miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. Wayne C. Lanman. The hostess will be assisted by Miss Waneta Malke. Guests will be Mesdames ‘C.

Betty Barrett To Be Married

The home of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Barrett, 2836 Washington blvd., will be the scene, at 5 o'clock this arternoon, of the wedding of their daughter, Betty Elaine, to Pfc. James Howard Clayton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Emmett Clayton, Dr. John F. Edwards of the Broadway Methodist church will officiate. An informal reception in the hunters’ lodge of the Marott hotel following the ceremony will be from 7:30 to 9 p. m. Assistants will be Miss Imogene Shoemaker,

"| Miss Rosemary Carr and Mrs. John

Burger. The bride will wear a white frock with gold trim, a white hat with gold ostrich tips, and an orchid corsage. Mrs. Roland J. Schmitt, her cousin and only attendant, will wear a blue suit with pink accessories and corsage. Sergt. Lawrence Pauch, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, will be best man. Miss Barrett attended Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music and is a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority. The bridegroom is a member of the faculty in the military division at the University of West Virginia.

54th Guild Chapter

Announces Officers Miss Amy Boner is president of the newly organized Marytha chapter of the Methodist Hospital White Cross guild which will hold its first meeting Jan. 8. The chapter, 54th of the guild, is composed of business women. Other officers are Mrs. Olive Bartlowe, first vice president; Miss Mabel Hdll, second vice president; Miss Grace Roberts, secretary; Miss Charlotte ‘Wright, treasurer, and

Charles B. Foster, Alvin G, Swank, william D. Vogel, Weaver Jr., E. R.

Weber and Meyer Fleischmann.

Others will be Mesdames. Hilbert E. Roth, Charles 8. Thomas, |:

Louis Bakemeier, Karl Zeigler,

Kenneth Vance Jr. and Merle A.

Lanman and Miss Elizabeth|Z

Miss Foster's wedding to Lieut.

Wayne Ellsworth Bicknell will be

Saturday.

Auxiliary Books Annual Party

The Federal unit of the American Legion auxiliary will have its an-

nual Christmas party tomorrow at|

the home of Mrs. Marion Wilson, 5265 E. 10th st. Supper will be served at 6:30 p. m. There will be a Christmas gift ex~

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change preceding the business meetSling at 8 VeSsel may be{ S. I

Mrs. Bertha Everett, work chairman.

Joins Husband

Woman's Viewpoint—

How About Uniforms for Everyone?

By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON Times Special Writer

THERE'S A LESSON for women in the news of the court-ordered final dissolution of the Park avenue canteen in New York. “Instead of charity,” said the judge, “it was a species of self-aggrandizement; avarice masquerading as patriotism and service.” Few women, I think, are avari-

groups managed : by competent officials, with their membership serving our country humbly in its time of need, we have seen scores of small organizations spring up in different parts of the country. Knowing human nature, we are forced to believe that part of our passion for organization comes from the fact that most of us would rather boss than be bossed. I decided not long ago that I might be developing the middleaged mind, since it was such a strain for me to take the induction of women into the army and navy in my every-day stride. So I gave myself several curtain lectures and my mood began to soften. " t 4 ”

I WAS BEGINNING to feel human once again when my newspaper came forth with the announcement of another feminine military unit—the SPARS—and I'm right back where I started from. In times like these, when the taxyer faces ruin and the soldier faces death, it seems insane for us

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Sororities— : Beta Sigma Phi To Give Dance Thursday Election Scheduled By Zeta Beta Chi

A benefit dance, an election of officers and an initiation verermony, ap ‘news of sorority activities. IND PSI chapter, BETA SIGMA , will sponsor an army-

to midnight Thursday at the Hotel Antlers. Dick Robbins’ orchestra will provide dance music. Service men representing both the army and navy detachments stationed in Indianapolis have been invited. Arrangements for the dance have been made by Mesdames William Browning, Al Sweet and Walter Bertrand and Miss Mildred Heavrin. Miss Margaret Farmer is .ticket chairman. The chapter president is Miss Lestie Fleming.

i P.-T. A. Study Group

Mesdames John Mutz, E, M. Campbell, Holmes B. Raine, E. D. Burton, Ross T. Ewert and Harry G. Jones. Tea will be served.

Christmas Party The arinual Christmas party of Verae Sorores chapter, Verus Cordis sorority, will be held at Catlterine’s restaurant, 1435 N. Meridian st., at 7.p. m. today. There will be a gift exchange and revealing of “secret pals” of the past year.

Meets Tomorrow

The study group of school 84's Parent-Teacher association will hold its first meeting at 3:15 p. m. tomorrow in the home of Mrs. Bert C. McCammon, 1001 E. 58th st. Mrs. Walter L. Thoms, parent education chairman of the city P.-T. A. council, will talk on “Why Have a Study Group?” and “The Family Takes a Job in Wartime,"

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Officers of ALPHA chapter, ZETA BETA CHI, will be elected at the group’s monthly meeting at 7:45 p. m. today in the Hotel Lincoln. Members attending the meeting will sew for the City hospital nursery, under the direction of Miss Esther Siefker, chairman, and Misses Loretta Johnson, Mary Ellen MecDaniel, Marguerite Sommer, Marie| Kemper and Harriett Struve.

Formal initiation of three pledges of BETA chapter, BETA CHI THETA, will follow a 6:30 p. m. dinner tomorrow at the Summit cafe. Mrs. Floyd Shingleton will preside at the ceremony in which Mrs. Harold Goodwin, Miss Aileen Afflerbach and Miss Marguerite Uehlein become chapter members.

Mrs. Kenneth Whitsett, 526 Eugene st., will entertain this evening with a buffet supper for ALPHA UPSILON chapter, ALPHA ZETA BETA.

OMEGA PHI TAU’s BETA chapter will meet at 8 p. m. tomorrow at the home of Miss Ruth Bubeck, 1135 Marlowe ave.

PHI DELTA BETA will meet at 8 p. m. today at the Hotel Lincoln with Mrs. Harold Stewart as hostess.

Quest Club to Hold Meeting

“Our Good Neighbor, Mexico” will be the program theme for the Quest club’s meeting tomorrow evening at the central ¥Y. W. C. A. Mexican music will be featured and Miss Wilma Rose, a former club member, will show colored pictures of Mexico. Miss Jane Jenner, program chairman, will be in charge and Miss Margaret Trittipo, vice president, will preside. At 8 o'clock there will be craft shop instruction, a bridge class and a gym and badminton class under the direction of Miss Jane Hewitt, Mrs. Ralston Jones and Miss Mary Lou Beck, respectively. Dinner reservations may be made at the Y. W. The Rev. and Mrs. Carl Mattingly will be guest leaders at a religious service planned by the Thursday night employed girls’ club of the Y. W. Thursday at 7 p. m. Holiday plans announced by Miss Helen Hummel, president of the group, include a home-coming Dec. 13; a Christmas party, Dee. 17, and a New Year's eve watch party Dec.

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Party Honors § Bride-to-Be w

Miss Betty Rochford, whose marriage to Paul Leo Payleitner will be Dec. 26 in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church, will be the honor guest tonight at a linen shower given by Miss Joan Petit, 942 N. Riley ave. Mrs. C, A. Petit will assist her daughter. : Guests with the bride-to-be will include her mother, Mrs. Claude A. ‘Rochford; Mrs. J. Gordon Connor, Mrs. Kenneth Rowe, Misses Mary. Frances and Ruth Rochford, Virginia Free, Helen Fox, Frances

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| (Chaplain at Fort 3 | To Be Speaker

- The December meeting of the

central. W. C. T. U. will be held

from 2 to 4 p. m. Friday in the

‘|home of the president, Mrs, W. W.{}

{chaplain at Billings General hos-| | pital, will speak on “The Hospital

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Talmage Smith, Roy Egbert, J. G.

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