Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 December 1942 — Page 15

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3 Independent: = Club to Meet:

Tomorrow |

The ‘Christinas meeting of the| rs SOCIAL club willl’ be held tomorrow at the home of ;

Mrs P. J. Clark, 2214 Park ave. Alf 12:30. p. m. luncheon will be fol-|]

lowed by a business session.

Mrs. Edwin A. Tobey will give a}.

Christmas story and Mrs. Leo

Schultz will sing ‘carols, accompa-}

~hied by Mrs. James Thomas: Cofer. : re will be a: gift exchange. Mrs, Thomas O’Brien will assist the hostess and Mrs. John W. qugars will preside.

~The TUESDAY STUDY club will

ok its Christmas party tomorrow at 1p. m. in the home of Mrs. O. L. Fevrier, 5919 Forest lane. The as‘sistant ‘hostesses will be Mrs. E. J. Elliott and Mrs. J. H. Alltop. :

Miss Pauline Whitne will be Bastess to the LUCKY FIVE club 8 p..m. today in the Warren Botel A feature of the meeting will Ee the revealing of “secret pals”

Lor the past year. ae

. A Nov. 14 ceremony at Little"

Photoreflex photo.

Flower Catholic church -united Miss Joanne Norton and Emory

B. ‘Bryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory W. Bryan.

The bride’s

parents are Mr. and Mrs. William

J.. Norton.

{Two Holiday Dances Planned

At Y. W.C. A.

| with 40 Y, W. C. A. Cadettes, will 5 attend a Christmas party “from 8 to}

| berta Gilmore, XY. W.T.. BF | program ‘secretary, will lead : the | grand march.

{Evans Parker of service committee ‘and Miss Lucy

em ——

DAILY STORE HOURS

- Tuesday thru Saturday. a

Ayres’ Will Be Open Tonight Until 8:4)

% Store Open Today at 12:15 (Noon).

..9:45 to 5:45

\ Mondays only. ..coeeeienns... 12:15 to 8:45

Ayres’ Closed AH Day Saturday, December 26

L. S. AYRES & CO.

| Miss Mary Burks and Miss Rose

‘ing at 12:45 p. m. tomorrow at the

Ayres’

Carolers

_ will sing to you from the Shree Floor Bal- : cony, Tuesday, December 22, at 4 P. M.

L. S. AYRES & CO.

Service Men to. ‘Be. - Guests at Parties

. Forty service - men | from Pt. Benjamin Harrison ‘and. Stout field,

-11:30 p. m. tomorrow at the. Central

LY. W..C. A,; :329 N. Pennsylvania st.|

The Ft. Harrison dance orchestra ‘will play for dancing. ‘and Mrs. El-A.-USO

Sponsors of the | party ‘are. Mrs.

Schulte, business and industrial department director of the Y. W

party includes Misses Catherine Fox, Cleta Mae Alkire, Mary Ellen Wwiddop, Grabill and Phyllis. Kraus cand Messrs. Wesley Miller, Clarence Caron, .Bill O'Rourke ‘and John Powers.

Entertain Wednesday

On Wednesday, from 8 to 11:30] p. m. the Junior ‘Jeep corps, ‘a club of younger business girls in

the Y. W., will entertain a grouv of sailors from ‘the: Butler university field house at a "Christmas dance. Miss Nan Clark, club sponsor, will be the hostess. : Assisting her will be Miss Martha Miller, club president, and Misses Lois ‘Peterson, Dorothy Clayton, Betty Bowers, Betty Dusuk, Lorene Ferris and Patricia Moe. Committees - ‘helping “with the

Rosemary: Mulligan and Miss Ernestine Mecunn, refreshments, and

Lushoft, special entertainment, ' 2 8 #8

An “Owl club,” planned to provide recreation for late shift industrial workers at defense plants, will be formed soon through the co-operation of the Y. W. C. A, and the Y. M. C. A. Representatives of industrial plants will have their first meet-

Y. W. C. A. to rake plans for the organization of the club. Carl, Alford ‘of the Y. M. will preside. Mrs. Elberta Gilmore, USO program’ secretary of the ¥. W., will present tentative plans at the meeting. Other staff members who will help in the organization are Miss Lucy Schulte and Henry Miller of the ¥. W. and Y. M. respe8tively.

Women to Aud In ‘Victory Book Drive

NEW YORK; Dec. 21.—A force of more than five million women is being enlisted for duty in distributing activities ‘programs and planning participation in the 1943 “victory book campaign” which is to be conducted Jan. 5 to March 5, with the help of 22,000 affiliates of the nation’s leading Women’s clubs and organizations. . The announcement of the participation was made today at the campaign headquarters in’ the Empire State building here. The women, both as individuals and through their . organizations, have pledged themselves to assume a large share of the task of acquainting the public with the need for books for men in the services. Among the women’s groups that will help in the drive are the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, American Women’s Voluntary Services, Girl Scouts, Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans of the U. 8, Jewish Welfare Board, Na-, tional Council of Jewish Women, ‘National Council of Women of the U. S., National Traveler's Aid association, Women’s National Republican. club, Y. W. C. A, American Jewish congress, Zorita International, National Council of Catholic Women and the American Home

Economics association.

Li Cut

FLOWERS

. Choose from these fresh. cut beauties. Roses | + + pink, red

- Carnations.

| Gally wrapped blossoming ‘plants are displayed for {your selection ,.. : Poinssttias, Azaleas (min- | lature trees with a profu-

| sion of blooms), Specimen | Begonias, Camellia. Plan

the Y.. W. war|

The committee arranging the|

the business girls’ department of|

Frances LaPack, Wilda 1

event are Miss Ruth Lumley and} ~~ A Miss Ruth Kull, ‘decorations; Miss

Meridian Hills Cauntry Club to Have Formal © Dinner-Bridge - Satu rd ay.

By 'MARGUERITE YOUNG _ ‘Times Speclal Writer : NEW YORK, Dec. 21—~Women

. whe're slicing clothes budgets in - order to visit a husband or sweet-

‘heart in the. service, inspire a bright town" coat for spring and. ‘summer, 1943. And. Vera Maxwell,

‘who designed it, believes it is a

forerunner of ‘plenty of really

, practical dressing, and, I hope, ~

‘ cheaper and. begter-designed mass

production clothes.” Cut with typical Maxwell fair and ‘hand-finished, the new wrap is as fine a job as her-pre-wear imported tweed numbers. But the new one costs rauch less than they ‘did because the material is good American jersey, all wool, but less expensive than imported tweed. “I had to design for a very specific wartime living situation,”

“Miss Maxwell reports. “The type

of woman who was my customer

_ before the war usually would be

thinking of what to wear to a southern resort at this time.. This

"year she is thinking of how to ! finance a trip somewhere to see

her husband before he goes overseas. Probably, the trip comes

out of her clothes money.”

comes home with its owner.

: THE TRADITIONAL forms) Christmas dinnerbridge party of Meridian Hills country club will be held Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Flood i in charge of -

arrangements.

They will be assisted by Messrs. and Mesdames Charlton N. Carter, Isaac E. Woodard, Arthur E. Krick, James E. Bingham and -S. B. Lindley and Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Weller. ]

Children's Party

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

program of the club was to open

today with a children’s party. Miss Jo Servass was to entertain with tricks of legerdemain, and a

| Santa Claus, impersonated by W.

H. Diddel, was to appear. Mrs.

Richard Hill, chairman, has been.

assisted by Mrs. Horace E. Storer

.| and Mrs. James Beatty in arrang-

ing the party. . » 8 ” ‘ The final event of the club's holiday program will be the junior dance, Tuesday, Dec. 29, from .9 p.m. tol a. m. The Commandos orchestra will play and a supper will be served .at 11 p. m. Mrs. George F. Arensman and Mrs. George H. Cornelius have charge of arrangements.

Oldenburg ‘Alumnae Meet -

ial

THE ANNUAL Christmas meet- .

ing of the Oldenburg alumnae ‘of Indianapolis was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Robert ‘Hopkins, 3131 Graceland ave. Members brought - gifts ‘for men

in the armed forces, to be given:

to the : Catholic USO center for distribution - during the holiday season. ‘A gift . exchange among the members also was included in the afternoon's’ program.

Corpse Club Dance: THE CORPSE CLUB'S annual holiday dance will’ be ‘tomorrow

night at the Claypool hotel. Mem-

bers who will serve as hosts include Wallace O. Lee Jr, Paul Ragan, Walther: Lieber, Hare, John Geupel, William Kegley, Charles and Henry Bennett. ‘ Others are Gus Cox, Frank Throop, Richard Mercier, Fred Lesh, Alexander Lange, Robert Dedaker, S'andy McDermott,

George Buschrnann, Robert Hanley, Stewart Tompkins and Wil-:

‘Ham King.

‘| Illinois street branch of the Serv-

{Charles Walker, William Deupree

_|H. Insley, P. P. Willis, F. A. Dunn, {Clarence Jackson, C. E. Donnell, E.

| Mildred - Morgan, Arda Knox and

Theta Alumnae To Entertain Service Men

ter of “Kappa Alpha Theta sorority will assume the role of Santa Claus for a Christmas eve party at the

ice. Men's center. ‘There is to be a dance for which Joe Vera and his Billings hospital orchestra will play. The hosts and hostesses will ‘be Messrs. and Mesdames Charles Binkley, Horace McClure, Roy Coats, R. L. Nessler,

and Gerald E. Woods, Mesdames Orien Fifer, Henry F. Ostrom and Emory Baxter.

began work this week-end, includes Mesdames John A. Alexander, ‘W.

Ostrom, W. J. Hanlon, William F. Maurer, Walker; Deupree, Nessler,

W. Sherwood, Earl E. Moomaw and Misses Julia Jean Rowe, Jane Myer,

Elizabeth Bertermann.

: \ Provide Decorations

training schools in this area, with a group of cadettes, is assisting the group with trimming trees, hanging Christmas greens. and wrapping, gifts. The ballroom of the center is reing. decorated with small pine trees and ‘a 20-foot silver Christmas tree ‘presented by the Lambs club. +, ‘Also included among the decorations will be a “friendship candle” donated by Mrs. Henry H. Fout, 926 Middle dr., Woodruff pl. Mrs. Fout made the candle, standing 25 inches high and weighing 27 pounds, of old candles given her by her neighbors.

Arrange Dance

at Little Flower

‘device—to the Riley hospital.

'|Dulcet Club M eeting

The Indianapolis alumnae chap-

The decoration committee, which :

Twenty-five men from camps and|

o » ” “HENCE, this jersey coat, which packs and carries easily, without injuring its looks, And the coat In late spring and summer, in fact right through the next early fall, when she will have dark dresses for town, she will wear this light coat. x * “The ‘dark coat for town’ con-

Light weight and light colored jersey coats like these (left): replace the pre-war spring town coat of more expensive, dark tweed in Vera Maxwell’s 1943 collection. In the foreground: A banana yellow wrap, soft as butter and practically uncrushable. In the background: Bright green coat with drawstring waist.

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Chorus Sings

{At Hospitals

The mothers’ chorus. of school 44) caroled yesterday for the pdtients| at the U. 8. Veterans’ hospital and on Wednesday will sing for those at St. Vincent’s hospital. Mrs. Charles Swaim is director. The group recently, presented =a baumanometer—a - blood pressure

.The Dulcet club will have a luncheon-bridge party at 1 p. m. tomorrow in the Canary cottage with Mrs. Fred McNeeley and Mrs. Karl Friedrichs as hostesses.

. looking factory fashion.

Party Tomorrow

entfon will be oration. “She will have to strike out, and she'll ‘ove it. For in spring she'll look and feel fresher,” newer, and by fall she will be followed. by many more light-topcoated women because ‘by that time - sdyes ‘will be shorter and lighter colors. a wartime: ‘must’.” . . #8. MISS MAXWELL: can - well be heeded ‘when she talks: about war and fashion and really purposeful clothes. She has heen promoting * clothe s-for-action for vears. It was she who originated the sleeveless tennis dress for] freedom on the .court . . . she who made some of the first action= worthy ski clothes . . . she who more recently went out.and de-signed-to-order an appealing-

“It was very nice to do a tennis. ,dress which a woman of .gopd income could buy at $6.75,” she remarks, “but it’s my hunch that by the end ‘of the war such dresses, well-designed and really practical as well as pretty, may be bought for $1.75, and. therefore, bought by: more women and bought six-at-a-time so ‘each dress can; be worn Just : once before washing, :as it Some be, but now unfortunately 8 8 x “THIS KIND of thing could bring America’s. mass production - clothes .into : their own,” she -cuntinued. “We have a very .good start for that, in design, in: cur ‘great American institution—the ‘shirtmaker dress. Already it is developing into: a good-looking and . action-worthy costume of great variety.” As a matter of fact, that new coat of Miss Maxwell's is: kin to the shirtwaist dress in design;.. is made to.go smoothly over a shirt- - waist “dress or over slacks and shirt. ’

Mrs, Velessen: Noah

Mrs. Petrache Velesscu was to be Ithe speaker today at a meeting of the Cherokee chapter, International | Travel-Study club, at 1:15 p, m. in the Indiana National bank. Mrs. Ray W. Smith, treasurer, was to receive members’ donations toward furnishing a. “day” room at Camp Atterbury.

The Methers’ club of -the English Avenue Boys’ : glub will have a Christmas party and gift: exchange at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow at the club, 1400 English ave. . Mrs. - Dorothy

or Br

{eerie Read

At Church

Reception’ Is Held at “D. J. 0’Connor Home

- A mantel banked with chrssan: themums formed the background. for - the marriage of Miss Laura Elizabeth Emmons of Indianapolis

to Lieut. Roland D, Najar of Camp * Atterbury yesterday afternoon in

the parlors of sthe ‘Tabernacle Presbyterian church.’ The ceremony: was read by Dr. Roy Ewing Vale, pastor of the church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair P, Emmons of Artesia, N. M,, and Lieut. Najar is the son of Mrs. Mary Najar of = Housatonic; Mass. : Corp. Charles Emmons of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., the bride's

: brother, gave her in marriage,

A dress of chartreuse jersey, fashjoned along Grecian lines, ‘was chosen by the bride. She wore black accessories and carried orchids. The maid of honor, Miss : ‘Frances O'Connor, wore a purple wool : dress: with black accessories - and carried orchids. Following a reception at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. D. J. O'Connor, 4901 N. Illinois st., the couple left on a short wedding trip. They will be at home at 4160 Guilford ave. .Out-of- town guests were Mrs. Mary. Thiesen: of Detroit; Mr. and

|Mrs.; D. C. Lindemann and Miss

Marjorie Adams of St. Louis, and Miss Louise Copeland of Chicago.

Steele-Preston Rite

To Be Tomorrow

«Miss .Jane - Preston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Preston, 731 ‘W. 31st st, will become the bride of Sergt. Theodore I. Steele, Camp ‘Forest; Tenn., in a ceremony tomorrow evening. The wedding will be at 8:30 p. m. in the Broadway Methodist church with Dr. John F. Edwards, pastor, officiating. The prospective hridegroom is the son. of Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Steele, 3409 Winthrop ave.

Entertgin Club

Louis Fleury, J. Frank Holmes, Carl Steeg and Percy R. were to be hostesses today at a ngon luncheon and Christmas ° party . for -the Carnelian club. The to be at the Sundial tea- . There was to be a gift ex-

Maloney is chairman.

e and a -doll shower.

DROP LEAF [arp

solid mahogany.

$15.00.

~ $15.00.

SO BEAUTIFUL

A Gift From Shem: A Gift in Good Taste .

SO USEFUL

The fublle flattery of 4 git for the HOME conveys your wishes better than any other.

a gift’ imaginable, : theartly..

and Sante will approve

.CELLARETTE ‘In. genuine.

. er top.

Fully equipped

with 3 :sets of six glasses, decanter, ice bowl. $39.00.

table in Metal

claw foot peds stal type.

~ HUMIDOR TABLE in-mahog: any. Metal lines. Melstone » Extra. Shelf. ‘Crys tal cigarette jar and: ash. “froy i included.

~~ COMMODE in “ solid ‘mahogany with two draw ers and extra shelf, Piecrust gallery. $17.90.