Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1943 — Page 6

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Society—

Gloria Marian Geddes' Engagement To Lt. R. R.Witte Jr. Is Announced

THE ENGAGEMENT OF Miss Gloria Marian Geddes to Lt. Roland Ratcliff Witte Jr., son of Mrs. Roland Ratcliff Witte of Hollywood, Cal., is announced by her mother, Mrs. Randall Felix Geddes of Indianapolis and Los Angeles. The wedding will be the first week in July

in Los Angeles. Miss Geddes is a graduate of Tudor Hall school and Bennett Junior college in Millbrook, N. Y, She is a member of the Dramatic club and formerly was an active member of the Civic theater. Lt. Witte was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He now is in the naval air corps, U.S.N.R., and has returned recently from 10 months’ active duty in the Pacific. On June 7 in Washington he was awarded the distinguished flying cross.

Parties Honor Miss Hereth, Mr. Kreutzinger

A spinster dinner to be given at 6:30 p.'m. Monday will honor Miss Mary Ann Hereth whose marriage to Henry J. Kreutzinger Jr. will be Wednesday evening in the Advent Episcopal church. The dinner will be given at the home of the prospective bride-

; groom’s mother, Mrs. H. J. Kreutzinger, by - -his sister, Mrs. Robert H.

Penn of Clermont. The guests will include Miss Hereth's maid of honor, Miss Jean Wichser; her sister, Mrs. Howard W. Sams of Zionsville; Mrs, Homer O. Sams and Mrs. Walter Sams, also of Zionsville, and Miss Inez Whitaker of Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. R. D. Myers, Plainfield, aunts of the prospective bridegroom. ” » » » ® o Don E. Fry, Mr. Kreutzinger’s best man, will give a bachelor dinner for him the same night. Guests will be Homer E. Paulin, Kiel Gibbs, Howard W. Sams, Mr. Penn, John H. Wilson, Mr. Myers, Jacob C. Schmid, Don B. Mead, Robert Lankford and Joseph W. ne. pay The hostesses at a shower given recently for Miss Hereth were Miss Eleanor Waterhouse and Miss Margaret Woodrum. ‘Included among the guests were Mesdames H. W. Sams, Kreutzinger, William Barnes, Paulin and Gibbs, and Misses Harriet Gerdts, Virglnja Caldwell, Betty Parkhurst and Ethel Willey.

Meridian Hills Members Entertain A NUMBER OF Meridian Hills Country club members have ar-

* ranged parties for tomorrow night's buffet supper at the club.

Among them are Messrs. and Mesdames W. C.. Whipple, Paul W, Burkholder, Hulbert Smith, Stewart E. Gordon, R. C. .Becherer, E; WW. Hebel, C. F. Arensman, Leslie M. DeVoe, Verne Trask, M. G. Knox, C. Raymond Miller, Vernon MacNabb, Earl -Conway, Carl: M. Geupel, Horace G. Barden, William G. Davis, J. B. Newcomb and

Ralph L. Flood.

Others include Horace Shonle, W. L. Appel, J. Floyd King, Frank

Langsenkamp Jr., Norb Shaefer and Philip F. Holton, Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Harrison, Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Powell, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Call and Dr. and Mrs. Harry L. Foreman.

Orchard Board Elects Officers THE ORCHARD SCHOOL board of trustees has slacted Robert

DD. Robinson president for: the next school year.

- Serving with Mr. Robinson will be Robert N. Bowen, vice president; Mrs. ‘Robert Ferriday Jr. and Mrs. David P. Williams Jr. recording and corresponding secretaries, and Howard E. Nyhart, ‘re-

“elected treasurer.

Qther members of the board are Mesdames Guy A. Wainwright, Victor R. Jose, Robert R. Hare and Luther E. Brooks, who is presi-

dent of the Orchard School Parents’ association, Earl C: Randles and Joseph J. Daniels, Mrs. Silas B. Reagan is the secretary-

treasurer of the parents’ association for the coming year. . . During the summer vacation period the school . buildings and grounds’ will be used by Butler university for a summer school and educational clinic for elementary school children under the direction

of Dr. Frank Hs: Gorman, director of the Sepuriamny of elementary education at Butler. : :

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The final June meeting of the Dryburgh Abbey. chapter, Be ters of the British Empire, will be at noon Monday in; the:home of

Mrs. Arthur P. Holt, 106th st., Carmel. Mrs. L. E. Gillingham will give an’ informal talk following the nic luncheon. Her subject will be “My Impression of Japan.” ; LOllingham has spent most of her life in Japan.

wimming Party Set |i be in charge and.

Bridegroom'’s Cousin Reads Wedding Rite The bridegroom’s cousin, the Rev.

Fr. Eugen Weidman, officiated this morning at the wedding of Miss

Margaret Catherine Murray to Harry David Caskey, U.S.N.R. The ceremony was at 9 o’clock in

St. Philip Neri Catholic church. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Charles Murray, 930 Parker ave. and Mr. Caskey’s mother is Mrs, Harry Caskey, 614 Buchanan st. The service was read before an altar banked with palms and garden flowers. . A gown of white marquisette and lace was worn by the bride. It was made with a fitted bodice and bouffant skirt. Her fingertip veil of illusion was held by a tiara of orange blossoms and she carried a bouquet of white roses with an orchid center. She also wore the bridegroom’s gift, a rhinestone bracelet. :

Sister Is Attendant

* Miss Mary Ann Murray, her sister’s only attendant, wore blush pink ‘marquisette in bouffant style, and a Juliet cap of sweet peas. Her shower - bouquet was ‘of Talisman roses and sweet peas. Harold J. Weidman, the bridegroom’s uncle, was. best man and the ushers were William Garrett, U. 8. N. R,, and Louis Buennagel, U: S. N. R. Gardenia corsages were worn by the mothers of the couple. Mrs.

{Murray was in a navy sheer with

white accessories and Mrs. Caskey wore lime mesh with white accessories. A wedding breakfast at the Hotel Antlers followed the ceremony and a reception was to be held at the home of the bride’s mother from 2 to 5 p.m.

Mr. and Mrs. Caskey will leave|to 4 p. m., in the Henrietta Roberts

for a short wedding trip, the bride traveling in a light weight yellow gabardine suit with green, brown and white accessories. They will be at home at 920 Burton ave., Apt. 18, Cincinnati.

Party Will Honor Chub Presidents

- ‘The president's day luncheon of |’ the Children’s Sunshine Club, Inc. will be held at the umbia club at noon Thursday. Mary Jane | vice Eddington will sing a group of songs

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Tomorrow’s the day fathers step into the limelight. Smiles on their faces indicate they're wililng to take advantage of the situation. Looking proud as punch, these Indianapolis fathers represent thousands throughout the city who will be honored by their fa milies.

1. Brothers Bob (left) and Dr. Hiram Sexson hold daughters, Deborah and Cynthia Ann, who wonder

what Libs all about.

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. It’s time for play as Gordon H. Thompson, dir ector of Orchard school, swings Nancy Jean while sons gin (left) and Jim go in for acrobatics. : .

3. Dr. Glenn C. Lord looks at home ‘With daughter, Ann, on his lap and Tom at his side.

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4. William Paul Diener likes to be held by his father, George S. Diener.

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5. A golf lesson isn’t drudgery for Laura when it’s given by her father, Stacey B. Lindley. 6. Rough and tumble play is fun for Bert Kingan Jr. and son, Jeffery Edwin. 7. Father Bob Pritchard has fun’ while children, Nancy and Tommy, look pensive.

War Mothers Arrange Tea

A silver tea will be held by the Marion county chapter of American War Mothers Tuesday, from 2

room of St. Paul’s Episcopal church. Appearing on a musical program Sisevied by Mrs. Bertha M. Didway will be Miss Mary Jane Eddington, singer, and Miss Floe May Foreman, pianist. Mrs. Nellie W. Savage, chapter president; Mrs. Ada Oren, first vice president; Mrs. Ida Harvey and Mrs. Thomas Nugent, past president, will preside at the tea table. The committee in charge includes Mss. E. May Hahn, national first president; Mrs. Ralph Kennington, past chapter president;

a. m. tomorrow. ‘Mager. Dickson including a few of her own compo- | Mesdames George Healey, Nugent,

Mary Gifford, Augusta Siersdale and . | Harvey

Parliamentary Club

: To Be Entertained

Mrs. Charles F. Voyles, 4150 N. Meridian st., Monday for members of the Indianapolis Parliamentary Law club. She will be assisted by the retiring executive board. The program, “Pasllamsniary Pickles,” will be presented by Mrs Jasper Scott, resolutions chairman, and her committee, Mrs. E. E. Stacy and Miss Frances Darracott.

Schedule Luncheon

Mrs. George Meihaus, 5025 Broadway, will be the hostess Wednesday at an 11 a. m. covered dish luncheon for the V-5 Mothers’ club. The luncheon wilk end the: club’s activities for the year.

Scouts from John Strange school will serve. Mrs. Eifie Biggs, corresponding

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Home Safety To Be Topic

A talk on home dehydration of vegetables will be given Tuesday by Mrs. Ruth Buel, director of the home service department, Indianapolis Power & Light Co. at a home safety, mass meeting in Ayres’ auditorium. The ‘meeting will be at 1:30 p. m. In addition to ‘talking on the dehydration technique, Mrs. Buel will give safety pointers to home

canners. The principal speaker will be Dr. Earl C. Bowman, head of the department of . education of DePauw university and co-author with Paul Boston of the textbook, “Living Safely.” William A. Evans, safety director for the public ‘schools, also wl | peak as will Mrs. Sasorgs

will be the hostess|

Conour-Smith Wedding to Be

Tomorrow

Miss Marian L. Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Smith, 1537 Dawson st., will become the bride of Cpl. William E. Conour Jr. in a ceremony at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Olive Branch Christian church. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Conour, 1329 N. Olney st. Palms and branched candelabra will form the background before which the Rev. Wales E. Smith, pastor of the church, will officiate. Martha Stephens, organist, will play bridal airs for the ceremony. The bride, given in marriage by her father, willl wear white satin and net styled with a sweetheart neckline, long sleeves tapering into wrist points and a full skirt extending into a train.

To Wear Crown

Her two-tiered fingertip illusion veil will cascade from a crown of orange blossoms and she will carry a prayer book with a spray of white gladioli and babies’ breath. Mrs. James R. Smith, the bride’s sister-in-law and matron of honor, will wear pale green made with a taffeta bodice and a full net skirt. She. will: carry a bouquet of gladioli. Thomas L. Rossell will be the best man and the ushers willbe Joe Boughton and Robert Hamner. A reception for the families will be held in the church parlors: before the couple leaves for a short wedding trip. The bride will travel in a pale blue silk frock with brown accessories. “

Church Women Plan To Install Officers

versity Park Christian church will hold a business session and installation of officers Thursday at the ‘church. The business meeting will be, at 1 a. m. A moon luncheon will precede the Sp stalation at which . Mrs.

a orange blossoms and The women’s council of the Uni-

Mrs. C. M.|sorori

The Bridal Scene— Franklin-Craig Wedding Rite

Is Announced

Marriage announcements are high« lights of bridal news. The marriage of Miss Mary Eliza« beth Craig to Ensign Franklin A, Fleece, U, S. N. R. Norfolk, Va. took place at 7 p. m. last Saturday in the home of the bride's cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Silsby, at Richmond. The bride is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph H. Craig, 3469 N. Capitol ave. and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph B. Fleece. Crawfordsville. The ceremony was read by the bride's father, assisted by Chaplain Harold F, McGee of the ame phibian training base, Little Creek, Va. Attendants were "Mrs. Charles Davis, North Salem, matron of honor; Ensign Charles R. Lomax, U. 8. N. R.,, best man, and Max} Silsby, flower girl. The couple left for a short wedd ding trip to Williamsburg, Va. The bride attended Lake Erie col lege, Painesville, O., and was graduated from Butler university, where she was a Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority member. Ensign Foltz also is a Butler graduate and attended the University of South Carolina.

He is a member of Delta Tau Delta

fraternity. » ”» ” Miss Elsie Stock, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Henry Stock, Brownsburg, Charles Boswell in a ceremony Tuesday in the parsonage of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed

church, The service was read by

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Harold E. Klingel. Lt. Boswell is the son of Mr. and ‘Mrs. Caleb Boswell, 1235 N. Sheri= dan ave. The ceremony, attended by the families and close friends, was fol lowed by a dinner given by the bride's aunt, Mrs. John Noelp, whose daughter, Mrs. Elmer Vv. Mc= Cormick, assisted. Lt. Boswell was graduated from the navy indoctrination school at the University of Arizona. He and

Mrs. Boswell will leave next Sature’ day for Boston where he will re«

ceive additional {raining.

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Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Pittman, a {

Northwestern ave., announce the marriage of their daughter, Maudie Ann, to Bernard Eugene Pine, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pine, 117 W. 29th st. The wedding, June 2, was at Frankfort. The Rev. E. E. Franklin, pastor of the Christian ch at Frankfort, read the ceremony,

Rabbi Chodos To Officiate

Rabbi Israel Chodes will officiate

at 5:30 p. m. tomorrow at the .

wedding of Miss Harriet Tamler,

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles

Tamler, 518 8. Central court, and David Cohn, son of Mr. and Mrs, Sol Cohn, 1504 S. Meridian st. The ceremony will be before the fireplace in the Tamler home. tt and candelabra will be used decorate. Miss Mary Ka

Stair, harpist, will play bridal’ se- ;

Life. ” Attending the bride will be ‘MF Robert M. Burgauer, who will pink net and lace, and Evelyn Stein, who "will wear They both will carry arm’ of summer flowers. Leo Cohn be his brother’s best man.

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The bride’s gown will be of white,

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