Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1943 — Page 13
Numerous Parties Formed fo Attend i * Premiere of "This Is the Army’ Tonight
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INDIANAPOLIS SOCIETY will turn out en masse ght for the state: premiere of “This Is the Army”
“at. the Indiana theater. Among parties that will attend
: the first showing are
Mrs. Baldwin M. Baldwin and her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.‘Miskimen; Mrs. Jack A.. Goodman and Mrs. Charles B. Sommers; Dr. and Mts. E. Bishop Mumford and their daughter-in-law, Mrs. H. 4 Bingham Booker, and a group for which reservations “iwere made by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Boozer.
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"Other parties will include that of Governor and Mrs. ‘Henry F. ker; another including Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bohlen and Mrs.
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D. Bohlen, and that of Mrs, Noble Dean Sr. and her son, 2d Lt.
John G, Dean, and Mrs. William Shafer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Adams ‘and Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Elder will attend together as will Samuel Dowden and Mrs. Erwin Coburn. With Mr. and . Mrs. Paul E. Booth will be Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Grummann Jr. . Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wallerich and their daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Pier, will attend together. Another group will include Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Vondersaar, Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Miller, William Vondersaar,
Mrs. Claudia Vondersaar and Myr. and Mrs. Leonard Miller. Mr. and . Frank Fairchild, Mrs. Florence Graham and Al A. D. Smith
form a party for the show.
‘Frank B. Shields, Mrs. Dean, Lt-Dean, Mrs. Shafer, Dr." ~and Mrs, Mumford and Mrs. Booker will ‘be among those attending an informal party at the Officers’ club following the premiere,
Anne Gavin Fox Is Engaged
\« THE ENGAGEMENT OF MISS ANNE GAVIN FOX to Lt: (jg) fdohn Carnegie Wills, USNR, son of Mrs. C. Harold Wills, Detroit, ‘and the late Mr. Wills, is announced by the bride-to-be’s parsnts, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Michael Fox. Miss Fox is a graduate of ‘Tudor Hall school and attended Smith college. She is a member of the ashington Junior league. Lt. Wills was graduated from Mercersurg academy and the Rensselaer Institute of Technology.
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+ Miss Sally Walker was the guest last night of Ensign J. E. Eschbach II'.of \Varsaw at the-ball held in the Edgewater Beach “Hotel, Chicago, following graduation ceremonies of the midshipmen's training school at Northwestern university. Miss Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Walker, will spend the remainder of the Week with one of her Indiana university schoolmates, Miss Patay
Craig, Gary. » n ” Members of the O. W. L. Sub-
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at Lake’ Tippecanoe. The girls attending will be Misses Patricia Roof, Martha Fear, Betty Darringer, Martha Ellis, Susan Harger and Sally Bicknell Mrs. Mary Roof will act as cheperon for the party.
Shower Will Honor Bride-to-Be. XY. © MISS EILEEN NEWBY will entertain tonight at her home with “8 linen showér for Miss Mary Jane Smith who will be married Saturday to Midshipman Wilfred H. Lusher, son of Mr, and Mrs. Her-
man H. Lusher of Columbus, Ind.
Guests attending the shower will be Mrs. Frank Taylor Smith, mother of the bride-to-be; Mesdames Robert Chattin, Norman Eggers and Jack Miller, Misses Jean Lindsteedt, Betly Ward, Barbara Shaeffer, Ruth Taylor. Elizabeth Ann Schmidt, Anna Shackleford, Barbara Demmary, Patty Glossbrenner, Lavonne Seikling and Mar-
- Skellmar,
Miss Newby and Miss Mary ‘Alice: Miller entertained recently th a linen shower for Mrs. Noel Kitchen at the home of Miss filler. Attending the party were Mrs. William Davis, mother of the
‘bride,
Mesdames Paul Miller, 'L. R. Newby, Charles Bottorff and
Oatley Kitchen, Misses Mavis Partain, Betty Jane Smith and Jane
Singer.
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A rush dinner will be given tonight at Catherine's restaurant by. the ‘Indianapolis alumnae of Alpha Delta Pi sorority for young ‘Yomen entering Indiana university this fall. Mrs, Pat Lorenzen,
‘province president, will be a special guest.
On the committee in
charge are Mrs. Joseph F. Guminings, Miss Jean Arnold and Miss
Edith Seitz.
‘Jeanne Ann Pluess to Be Married To Gordon G. Graves - In Ceremony at Parents’ Home
The marriage of Miss Jeanne Ann Pluess. to Gordon G. Graves will
“ be at 7:30 p. m. today in: the home of the bride’s paren
Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Pluess, 688 East dr, Woodruff Place. The bridegroom is the
of Mr. and Mrs. James Graves,
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Huntington, W.,. Va.
The Rev. Ralph Weisser, pastor of the First Reformed and Evan-
gelical church, will read the ceremony ‘before. a mantel banked with
flowers and palms. " The bride,” ‘who will be given in marriage by her father, will wear a softly tailored ivory satin suit. Her veil will be fingertip length and will have tiny white flowers on the headpiece. She will carry a bouquet ‘of white orchids, white iris and stephanotis. ‘Mrs, Lawson FPF. Lawrence of Mooresville and Miss Marjorie Pluess, sisters of the bride and attendants for the wedding, will wear identical frocks of vision green crepe ‘with pleated skirts and short sleeves. They will wear single strands of pearls and will have garden flowers in their hair. They will carry ‘bouquets of garden flowers tied with pink ribbon. Mr. Lawrence, brother-in-law of the. bride, - will be the bést man. The bride’s mother will wear a costume of gray-blue voile with white: .accessories and a corsage of
7 Music “will be played by Miss ry Catherine Stair, harpist, and will*include “Oh Promise Me,” “Ave Maria” and “Clair de Lune.” A reception will follow at the bride’s home. Mrs. Harry Henry nd Mrs. Doral Hill will assist. _ ‘The couple will leave on a short dding trip after which the bridegroom will return to Ft. Leonard
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Wood, Mo., “where he is stationed with ‘the army. The bride will be at home with her parents, She will travel in a turquoise blue wool jersey suit worn with brown accessories and an orchid corsage. The bride is a graduate of Hanover college and was a member of Phi Mu sorority.
of Oklahoma and was a Kappa Alpha fraternity member. Out-of-town guests will be Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Vance of Ansonia, 0O., grandparents of the bride; Mr. and Mrs, William E. Vance, Columbus, O., Messrs. and Mesdames M. D. Pluess, Major Vance and Robert Vance and Miss Fon Ridings, all of Greenville, O; and Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Goodman of HumMnglon, W. Va.’
Sorority to Give Rush Party
‘A rush party will be held tonight by Alpha Kappa chapter of Delta Sigma Kappa sorority at the home of Mrs. Howard Sinclair, 1228 N. Drexel ave. Guests will include: Mrs. Wilford Brockman, Mrs. Palmer Millikan, Misses Virginia Melloncamp, Doro-
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The bridegroom | was graduated from the University |
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ho By. LOUISE FLETCHER % : Times: Women’s Editor
THE CITY ‘FATHERS ‘were in a quandary. -
parks, and staring them in the face with a baleful glare was a Personnel Problem.
fied workers to go around. What with more parents in war jobs, there would be more youngesters at parks and playgrounds this
their play. Then Someone remembered the citizens’ service ‘corps and its contingent of child care aids—young girls who had received their fraining under the guidance of the youth aétivities committee of the Marion county civilian dcfense council in co-operation with leaders of local youth. organizations and the public
: schools.
S0,'all this summer, the volunteer child care aids have been pinchhitting and providing the answer to that Personnel Problem that faced the city fathers. Nn. .8 IT ALL BEGAN last year when the exodus of mothers into war relief work and war industries made apparent the need of wholesome recreation programs for the youngsters left at home. A youth activities committee including. representatives of all, the recognized youth organizations in the city was formed ‘by Mrs. Mar'vin 'E. Curle who had Been:appointed chairman for such a group by. the county. civilian defense council. She and her committee ‘were to co-ordinate the war and community service programs of the various groups. In addition to service to such agencies as the Red Cross, the U.S.0. the defense council and the war fund, the program was to include training in thrift in war materials, instruction in better health habits, in nutrition, ‘recreation, and in activities which would release adults for the defense program. ” 2 ”
WITH THE INCREASING demand for trained help in day-care centers, a subcommittee was appointed to organize and carry out a definite training program for young girls. Mrs. Bert McCammon, chair- - man, enlisted the aid of Mrs. Lyman Meiks, a graduate nurse representing the Girl Scouts; Miss Louise Braxton, supervisor of home economics in the public schools and representative of the 4-H clubs; Miss Gertrude Thuemler, dean of girls at Technical high school and vice president of the Camp Fire Girls; Mrs. Boyd I. Miller, chairman of the work section of the Council of Social Agencies and representative of the Girl Reserves; Mrs. Larry Zapp, Red - Cross first-aid instructor representing : the Catholic Youth organization, and Miss Malvin ‘Morton, executive secretary of the Girl Reserves. - First results of their plans were a number of courses in child care in both grade and high schools and. at the Y.W.C.A. One course was sponsored by the HoriZon club at Howe high school and another by the Victory corps at Broad Ripple high school. ; . » » : AT TECHNICAL high schopl, the course was made part of the “regular curriculum, and girls completing their training. there received credit at the semester's end. At Shortridge high school, the Girl Scouts acted as sponsors.
bers of any organized group. but was made available to all who were interested. ‘Girls of junior high school age who began the work were those of Girl Scout troops 76 and 15 of Woodruff Place and. the Advent Episcopal church, of the Camp Fire group at school 78, and of the Girl ‘Scouts and 4-H club at St.
Mary, B. Orvis To Be Speaker
Miss Mary B. Orvis will be the speaker tomorrow night before the Story-a-Month club meeting at 8:30 o'clock at the Rauh Memorial library. She will talk on “Recent
Trends in. the Short Story.” Miss Orvis is an instructor "in short story writing in the Indiana university extension division here
For an hour before the lecture,
‘| stories by club ‘ members will bel.
read and criticized. Miss Hortense Powner will preside. New members of the club -announced by Miss Powner, summer chairman, are Mrs. ‘Royal _Gross-
holter. The meeting will be open to the public.
‘Bundles’ Branch
The Indianapolis branch of ‘Bundles for Britain has been
~ voluntéer
Training was not limited to mem-
man, Franklin, ‘and Mrs. H H Am-|
Local Child
“Here it was, getting: on to-. : ward the time when recrea- - tion workers should be lined f up for summer jobs in the city =:
There Just weren't enough’ quali- : :
year, but it looked as if there would! be fewer assistants to Supesvise :
1. Fourteen-year-old Joan Bry- 4%
ant. (center) has gained: a lot of
practical experience this summer
in entertaining children ‘through.
her daily story-telling hour at
Garfield park. She is one of 41 child-care aids serving city parks and day-care centers who received ‘their training under the guidance of the youth activities committee, Marion county - civilian - defense council, - in co-operation’ ‘with leaders of local : youth organizations ‘and ‘the public schools.
-2.. Geraldine Harman (standing) is one of two Shortridge high school girls giving four heurs of service daily at the day-care center at school 60.
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Joan of Arc school. Girl Reserves
sponsored the Y.W.C. A. courses *
where six groups of 35 each were formed instead. of the anticipated one. The local OCD office believes that Indianapolis is the first city
in the country to have the train-
ing courses leading to home and community service. The plan was submitted to the national organizations: of larger
youth groups, and was carried out °
with their suggestions and approval. It is believed that similar study courses will be adopted in other cities,
» » 8 TO DATE, more than 500 young girls have been trained, and of this number: 41 are serving regularly in. parks and in the two child . day-care centers at schools 60 and 3. Their record of voluntary service now approaches the 1000-hour mark. Trained in first-aid, handcraft and story-telling, the girls are relieving an acute shortage of public. recreation personnel at a time when ‘the number of ‘children needing recreation facilities has “boomed” along with employment of their mothers. ‘In’ the courses, the girls have
learned not only to maintain daily -
routines for the physical care of children and to entertain them, but ‘also how ‘to deal with tantrums," to follow special instructions of parents, and to give firstaid. They even know what to do in an emergency blackout. As the ‘training courses progressed, a - second subcommittee
. was ‘appointed to plan for place-
ment of the trained child-care : ci Mrs. Meiks became 'chair- - assisted by. Mrs. Robert Glass.
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» » td i SIXTY-FIVE GIRLS ‘pledged 50 hours of community service, and were inducted into the citizens’ service corps with the privilege of wearing the OCD uniform and’ insignia, The 41 working: at
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11th Annual Exhibit To Be Held at Ayres’
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+ Committee members in charge fhe: 11th annual fall hook and toy exhibit. of the ‘Indianapolis branch of the American Association of ‘University Women met ‘this morn=
ing -at Ayres’ to complete general
‘| plans for the show.
parks - and ' day-care centers .already have completed their 50 “hours. "The others are attending summer ‘school, working or serving as counsellors - in camps .and Bible schools. = One is helping with recreation work in Cincinnati and another: in Richmond, Ind. .. Representatives of the public schools in charge of the day-care ‘centers ‘and: of the park board
“have . approved - the work of : the
. girls, many. of whom planito continue next year. The child-care - courses will be conducted on a larger scale during the coming school year. In order to perfect them, Miss Thuemler and a group of counsellors visit the aids each week ‘to: advise: them on problems they may have. ‘Assisting - Miss Thuemler ‘are Mrs. Audrey Lindley and Miss : Blythe Osborne, chief counsellors, and Mrs, Paul Morrison, Mrs. Hu- * bert. Allen,’ Misses Dorothy Bowen, .
“ Evelyn Achenbach and Katherine
I’ Smith. » t J “" TWO. SHORTRIDGE high ‘school . girls giving four hours .of - volunteer: service -each day at the school 260 ‘day care center are Geraldine Harman and Lois “Jeanne Erwin. They act as as_sistants to Miss Jeannette Riker, supervisor of special education in the public schools, in. caring for the 27 children enrolled.
JANE JORDAN
DEAR JANE JORDAN-—I am faced with a ‘problem which ‘nol’ doubt confronts. many other army wives. Should I leave my home and position to live near the distant camp where my: husband ' is: stationed? He writes insisting that other service men’s wives are doing it every day. : "I.love my husband and miss him very much but I am fearful of renting my home to strangers and going to a strange place to find work
and. attractive. : “In’the ‘minds of these wives there
is. no doubt about what they want|
to do.’ They want to be with their husbands as long as they are in the country. The home they left behind them is. ‘meaningless without the man,
To: be sure. they take risks, en:
I:have-no. children and | In service.’
have been married four years.
months ago. I wil greatly: apie. ciate Jour advice. 3
awarded a plaque by national headquarters at New York for “un-|] .{usual achievements in service devoted to providing war Somlorts to}
The aids at'the school 3 center re ' Dortha. (Fowler, : Margaret Kidd, Carol Overstreet, Constance
Prim and Delores Smith. ~ Miss Fowler also conducts a daily story Hour at Brookside. park. Other’ girls have given voluriteer ‘service’ at parks and playgrounds, in’ vacation Bible schools and neighborhood day camps. Among them are Marian Annis,
_Dorisvan Barnes, Dolores Baxter, . Joan Bryant, Jo Carter, Jodella
Doll,’ Nancy" Dye, Martha Egan, Loueen Erner, . Ruth’ Ellen. Fark,
Ann Fennell and Mary Ann Frendt.. Additional ‘volunteers have been Virginia 'G'alerman, Madeline Harman, Sandra Hunter, - Mary
Lou’ Jamison, Marguerite Long, “Elizabeth * Mapel, - Taella Martin,
Betty Moffitt, Roberta Moon, Marilyn -Niebrand, Ellen Norman, Jean :Nuding, Nancy Patrick, Susanne Payne, Lois Rednour, Mary Virginia Rider, Patricia. Russell, Dolores Smith, Jean’ Snarr, Ruth Taylor, Ann Thornburgh and Marilyn Wiegand.
, ‘The display will be shown Nov. 8 to 13 in Ayres’ auditorium and will
relationship of the home, education religion, literature, fine arts, health and recreation.
Serve ori Committees Mrs. Walter L. Caley is general chairman of the exhibit.
Her committees. include: . Books—Mrs. Murray F. Conner
son, George W. Outcalt, Walter D
.|Alfke and John Thomas Rahm toys—Mrs. Paul Butt, chairman,
Mesdames Ray H. Linson, J. Lowell Kohlstaedt and Herbert E. ‘Red ding. H. Bilby, J. Fred Murphy, Alfred
ligion — Mrs, Virginia Brackett
Green, chairman, Harkness and Mrs. Noble Poole. Health — Mrs. Emmett Lamb, chairman, Mesdames Morris B.
E. Love and ‘Helen Stckes and Dr,
ward E. Campbell, Mrs. Edward
Miss Martha Burton.
—Mrs. Byron Miller, chairman, and Mrs. Horace Pettee.
Beta Sigma Phi Group. to Note Anniversary
The fifth anniversary of Omega chapter, Beta Sigma Phi sorority,
. {will be observed this evening at a
6:15 o'clock dinner in the Colonial tearoom. Bridge . play wil follow the dinner,
dent, is in charge of arrangements, assisted by Mrs. James Dunlap, Mrs, Mary Jane Miller and Miss Betty Newman. Guests will be Mesdames Oliver Wilson, Kenneth Cooke, Henry Blessing, Clyde Cochran, Norman Holcraft, Robert Brant and Estella Miller and Miss Mary Cummins. Members attending will. be Mes= dames Dunlap,” George Fowler, Jo« seph Hancock, Ray Watkins, Miller, Helen Hoskins, H. L. Barkdull and Verna Thompson, Misses Virginia Dodd, Virginia Fike, Gertrude McKenna, Betty and LaVerne Newman
and Valentine.
CRYSTAL TUMBLERS
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A heavily weighted bases: of shining: solid glass,
each one decorated with a , handsome "hand-cut
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chairman, Mesdames Robert Nel-
Craig, Robert M. Andrew, Kenneth Education—Mrs. Henry G. Sel_|mer, chairman, Mesdames William E. Kuerst and Emerson Kern; re- :
‘Mrs. C, Loren
Paynter, Arthur G. Richter, Anna
Helen Crawford; fine arts—Mrs. Oscar ‘Helmer, chairman, Mrs, Ed-
Hughes, Miss Kathryn Haywood and
Hostesses — Mrs. Russell Benson, chairman, and Mrs. Leslie M, De= Voe: advisory—Mrs. Harold Votaw, chairman, Mrs. Arthur M, Curtiss and Mrs... Edmond Hebel; publicity
Miss Thelma Valentirie, vice presi--
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