Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1944 — Page 5
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Society—
Miss Leah Lovell Porter's Engagement
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Cumberland, W. Va.
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l¢ has been chosen for the ceremony.
& member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
4alk. Mrs, Carwithen is national
vice president general; Mrs. Roscoe
Mrs. Herbert Hill to Preside
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Other guests will include Mrs. LaFa
‘THE ENGAGEMENT OF Miss Leah Lovell Porter to Lt. James Jarvis Carter, son of Dr. and Mrs. James Charles Carter of Indianapolis, is announced by -her™parents, Mr, and Mrs. James Bennett Porter of New
No date has been set for the wedding, Miss Porter
is a graduate of Highland hall school, Holidaysburg, Pa., She was. graduated from Indiana Hh university where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. Carter was graduated from Mercersburg academy and I. U., where. he was a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity member.
Lt. He 1s §tationed in ‘s : :
Mrs. Howard J. Levy of Hollywood, Cal, announces the engagement of her daughter, Patricia Jane, to Robert 8S. Sternberger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Sternbérger of Indianapolis. No date
The prospective bridegroom attended Purdue university and is
fraternity. After gerving in the
armed forces, Mr. Sternberger was a test pilot and then a commercial pllot for a trans-Atlantic airline.
BM D. A. R. Chapter Sets Meeting
- THE THEME FOR THE January meeting of the Cargline Scott Harrison chapter of the D. A. R. will be schools owned and maintained by the national organization. The meeting will be: held * at 1:30 p. m. in the chapter house, Mrs. VanCourt Carwithen, Malvern, Pa., will give an illustrated
chairman of approved schools. yette LeVan Porter, Greencastle, C. O'Byrne, Brookville, registrar
general; Mrs, J. Harold Grimes, Danville, state regent, and Mrs. William Mettler, Gary, state chairman of approved schools, Preceding the meeting, there will be a luncheon in the chapter house honoring Mrs. Carwithen. The guests, the chapter's board of management and the approved school committee members will attend. Mrs. William Dobson and Mrs. Alexander L. Taggart, chairman and vice chairman of the committee, are arranging the luncheon.
ALSO INVITED TO THE luncheon are Mrs. James L. Gavin, chairman of the Florence A. Gavin endowment fund for patriotic
Russell S. Bosart, endowment
fund committee treasurer, and Miss Mary Helen North, national
Show chairman of the Helen Pouch scholarship fund, Junior D. A. R. ' Nite ’ assembly, ) : Mrs. Herbert R. Hill will preside at the luncheon and the after “ , Doon meeting and music will be provided by Mrs. Harold Sweeney. Hostesses at the tea hour following the program will be Mrs. Arthur . DE B. Richter and Mrs. Montreau F. Hatt, » » 2 8 » a ‘4 Mrs. ‘Hugh J. Baker and her son, David, will entertain with a tea from 4 until 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in their home for Marshall : students at Principia college in Elsah, Ill, and the students of the ARE J upper school in 8t. Louis. Among those invifed to attend are Missgs IKE" Corinne Grinslade, Jacqueline Losche, Constance McLean and yo gv Jeane Ann Mussman, Arthur Patfick and Thomas Heckel Jr. The DW NIGHT alumnae and their families and parents of the students also have VE been invited. . ter Midnight : 8 8 =» a 8 - EE — Mrs. Ernest Edwards’ will be hostess Friday for the Southern I's TODA club auxiliary’s luncheon meeting. Mrs. Edwards will be assisted by Mesdames P. D. Powers, W. D. Browning and Cullen Barnes. £2 Ten Young Women Are Honored yr ' CATCHERS’ " : mt For Achievement Records SHOW! : Tr ve Set During the Past Year AR . Dott at 224 Times Special )pen 13: ’ NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Ten outstanding young women are cited for Ri high achievement in 1944 by Mademoiselle magazine in its January issue. OLD LACE” In its quest for 10 young women deserving of the second annual “Mlle.”
Henry Brandom Wm, Royle
Pacific.
seven of the Mlle. merit award winpers were able to come to New York in person, two by proxy, to receive their awards plus a war bond, rectly from Editor-in-Chief Betyy
selle offices. Fields from which the award winners were chosen run the gamut, too. They range all the way from 4n award to Betsey (daughter of Bruce) Barton, author of “And Now ‘to Live Again,” to Lady, heroic marine war dog who died in action in the Southwest Pacific.
1002 Betsey Barton's life began. where | E IT. BIG” , Ee. many another's might have ended
Paralyzed in an automobile accident when she was 16, in 1944 she won
. Taam victory over her 10-year fight JANIE” against invalidism. Working now mt min in rehabilitation of the disabled, ight. "ue sday she is helping others win their fight Darnell ) Opera Singer morrow” Eleanor Steber has opera audi‘Holds ”" | ences screaming curtain calls for oliday A her niade-in-America Violetta and ES ——— Marguerite. Trained and tried in — ——— the U. 8, the West- Virginia soprano ith & Ilinols has built up a burgeoning repertory TA-1400 ) L at the Met, where she made her debut as a winner of the Auditions he # 30¢ of the Air, , aalets Jean Stafford handed her first HoOL” book over to the publishers after Robert . four years of work on the manuitgomery script; last fall's publication ‘found )OSE” her acclaimed by many critics not { simply as a promising first novelist DE A but as the writer of her generation. Her “Boston Adventure” is con00 W. Wash, 86. ceived in the great tradition of the A SOLDIER” novel and-the product of
the record of human experience of
Saves Work Hours
Mary Pretch has saved some 35, 000 man-hours annually in the production of war materfal.- At the R. C. A's plant in Harrison, N. J, the parts preparation departhas supplemented her suggesting time-sav-the manufacturé of that go to our forces, only woman
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merit awards, Mademoiselle not only scoured this country, but came up with winners from France, New Guinea and elsewhere in the Southwest
{from a hospital plane that crashed {in New Guinea last June. Flight
| medal, the purple heart, and—high(est award ever made to a woman in {uniform—the distinguished flying | cross. Hilda Simms—24, a bachelor of arts, and a former teaching fellow at Hampton institute—is taking as many curtain calls on Broadway as she did bh few months ago uptown in the American Negro theater. She is the star of the same play, “Anna Lucasta.”
Movie Discovery
Lauren Bacall's slumbrous vitality, reflected in a photograph on a magazine cover in 1943, sent Hollywood Rroducer Howard Hawks scurrying for contract, pen and ink. In “To Have and Have Not,” the cinematic outcome of it all, 20-year-old Lauren emerged as the movie discovery of 1944. Nicela is a member of the. French Forces of the Interior, a young woman who risked life for liberty, who hunted Nazis through the flelds and towns of France and led an American patrol to one of their machine-gun nests on D-day, Lady, the only female member of the first war dog tactical unit operating in the Southwest Pacific’ died last fall in the service of her country. A Belgian shepherd owned by John Marcario of Minersville, Pa., she went ashore with the first wave of raiders at Cape Gloucester. In absentia, Nicola’s Mlle. merit award was received for her by Mrs. Isabel Jones of the French press and information service. It will be forwarded to her in Paris. Lady's award was received by Miss Lilla Murchie of dogs for defense, through whose efforts Lady enlisted for action, The award will be forwarded to her owner.
Norway Club to Have Holiday Party
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annual Christmas dinner party at 6:30 p. m. today in the D. A. R. chapter house. A musical program will be given by Edward M. Liljeblad accompanied by Mrs. George C. Megorden. Mrs, Walter Twiname and Mrs. Gert Iverson are in chagge of refreshments and the decorations committee includes Mesdames Reidar Skabo, A. M. Feist and Emil
is Mrs. Houston T. Coty preside.
Iverson will hx pn
The ‘Norway club will have its R
Unger. The reservatiens chairmah|
Norma Highfill Is Bride of V. P. Koesters'
A ceremony at 9 o'clock this
{morning in the Sacred Heart Cath-
olic church united Miss Norma Mae Highfill and Cpl. Vincent P. Koesters. The Rev. Pr. Dennis Hall officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Highfill, 1846 Olive st., and Mr, Koesters' mother is Mrs. Catherine Koesters, 314 Parkway ave. A white satin gown fashioned with a marquisette yoke, long sleeves, fitted bodice and a long train was worn by the bride. Her fingertip ‘veil fell from a .silver sequin cap and she carried a bouquet of red roses and snow chyrsanthemums.
Maid of Honor
Miss Theresa Koesters, the bridegrcom's sister, was the maid of honor. She was in pink made with a. satin brocade “bodice and sheer skirt and wore a pink net calot. She carried’ pink snapdragons, deep pink roses and white pompons. The bridesmaids were Miss Loraine Ward, Shelbyville, and Miss Jeanette. Riggle. They chose blue dresses like the maid of honor’s and wore matching calots. Their bouquets were of yellow snapdragons and roses.
Breakfast Held
The flower girl, Rosemary Zimmerman, niece of the.bridegroom, was gowned in satin brocade and net and carried a colonial bouquet of red roses and white pompons. The ringbearer was Joseph Mader and Pvt. Harold Shoemaker served {as best man. Malcolm Highfill, the
And by a fortunate coincidence, despite the vast distances involved, bride's brother, and Harold Coffey,
her brother-in-law, were the ushers. A breakfast was held in the |Koesters’ home and a reception will
i-| Nurse Dial today wears the air be given tonight by the bride-
groom's brother-in-law and sister, mr, and Mrs. Daniel Zimmerman, 5018 Rawls ave., in their home. The | couple will be at home in Reno, Nev,
K.K. G. Group
Plans Dinner
The 66th anniversary of Mu chapter, Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, at Butler university, will be celebrated at a dinner Wednesday. The event will be at 6 p. m. in the chapter house, 821 W. Hampton dr, Walter Leckrone, editor of The Indianapolis Times, will be the guest speaker, His subject will be “Post-War Peace Problems.” Mrs. Everett Schofleld is chairman for the dinner and her assistants will be Mrs, Mark H. Reasoner and: Mrs. George E. Oburn. Preceding the dinner, there will be a board meeting with Mrs. John | R. Brayton presiding. Hostesses for the evening will include Mesdames Gayle B. Wolfe,
Dec. 16 in St. Catherine's church.
son of Mr, and Mrs. William R. Zepf, Madison,
2. Miss Priscilla Bates Johnson’ Doak was announced this week by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bates Johnson. Lt. Doak, who is serving overseas with the 9th army, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Doak of Germantown, Pa. No date has been set for the wedding. of Wellesley college and is on the ‘Bank Street school faculty, New York. Lt. Doak is a Princeton university graduate.
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1. Mr. and Mrs. Lester M. Sweeney announce the marriage of their daughter, Janet, to William C. Zepf, specialist 2-¢, U. 8. N. R,,
The wedding was (P. H. Ho photo.)
s engagement to Lt. Charles Boone
Miss Johnson is a graduate
'$. ‘Mr. and Mrs. James Bennett Porter, New Cumberland, W. Va. announce the engagement of their daughter, Leah, to Lt. James Jarvis Carter, U. 8. A, son of Dr. and Mrs. James Charles Carter of
Indianapolis. (Emma Gene Tucker
4. Mrs. Glenn W. Denton was Miss Verda Marie Kaufman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam F. Kaufman, before her wedding Nov. 7.
Cpl. Denton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Camp Hood, Tex,
5. . The engagement of Miss Patricia Jane Levy to Robert 8S. Sternberger of Indianapolis is announced by her
Levy, Hollywood, Cal
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photo.) John W. Denton, is stationed at
mother, Mrs. Howard J.
Robert Brown,
Mary Daufel To Be Married
Times Special SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. 30.--Miss Mary Louise Daufel and Pvt. Robert F. Brown will be married at 5:15 o'clock this afternoon in the| army air base post chapel Here. The vows will be read by the Rev. Fr A. B. Reny. Miss .Daufel will- wear a powder blue street-length dress made with a sweetheart neckline outlined in seed pearls. Her accessories wiil he black, and she will carry a white prayer book topped with a white orchid. The bridegroom’s sister, Miss Alice Brown, will be Miss Daufel’s only attendant, She will be gowned in a pale pink dress fashioned like the bride's and will wear brown accesso¥les. She will carry a colonial bcuquet. . Pvt. Charles Cooney will be the test man. A dinner will be held in tne Cataract hotel following the ceremony and the couple ‘will pe at home in Sioux Falls. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Fdward Daufel, 2528 S. Delaware st.,, Indianapolis, and Mr. Brown's {parents are Mr. and Mrs. Mathew IL. Brown, 743 Sparrow ave., also of Indianapolis. Mrs. Daufel and the bridegroom's mother will attend the wedding.
E. Y. Brown, Prank Woolling, Allen McGinnis, George Schley, Robeit H. Stone, Bradford Noyes, Lewis J.| Wood and Johnny B. Collins, Misses | Mildred Stilz, Mary Aiice Hicks, | Adele Meyer and Julia Guess. Both the collegiate chapter and alumhae members will participate in the program. Mrs. Leckrone will | be among the guests,
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{guests at a 6:30 p. m. dinner today
Guests to Be Feted At Meridian Hills
Several members of the Meridian Hills Country club will “entertain guests at the club’s dinner-bridge party tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Edward B, Taggart and Mr, and Mrs. Roscoe Riegner will be the guests of the Stacey B. Lindleys, With Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Wagner will be Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Rutledge, and the Ray T. Fatouts' guests will be Mr. and Mrs, Roy J. Pile. ~ Mr, and Mrs. T. Shannon Perkins will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Frank Olive, and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Trudgen will be with Mr, | and Mrs. R. C. Wallace. Dr, and Mrs, C. E. McConnell will go with Mr, and Mrs. Walter Montgomery and the Albert Wohlgemuths with Mr, ‘and Mrs. Frank Balke, The David G. Bantas' guests will be Mr. and Mrs. James Ciyens. Mr, and Mrs, Bert P, Kelly also will be guests.
Sorority ‘Members: : To Be Entertained
Members of Beta Eta chapter, Beta Sigma Phi sorority, will be
in the home of their sponsor, Mrs. George Shaffer, 351 N. Ritter ave. , Miss Rosemary Carr 15 the pro-
gram chairman and the arrange-|
The Bridal Scene— Betty J. Beitman To L. L. Cohn Is
Wedding Will Be Jan. 21
The announcements of engagements and several recent weddings
are highlights of the bridal news.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd R. Beitman, 17 E. 40th st., announce the engagement of their daughter, Betty Jean: to Ensign Leonard L. Cohn, U. 8. N. R,, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cohn, St. Paul, Minn, The yedding
will be Jan. 21. Miss Beitman attended Indiana university and is a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority. The bridegroom is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. . » . » Mrs. Sara A. Fichman and Dr. H. A. Frank were married Sunday in the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Alpert, 3906 N. New Jersey st. Dr. Prank. is the son of Mrs. David Prank, Newcastle, Pa, * # =
The engagement of Miss Bettye R. Hovanec to Lt. E. J. Kriel is announced by the bride-to-be’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hovanec, Paoli, Pa. The wedding will be in the spring. Lt. Kriel attended Butler university. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B, Kriel, 5630 W. Washington st. ” ” »
A ceremony Dec, 12 Neri Catholic church Kathryn Ann Bumen and Leo A. Massing, fireman 1-c, U. 8. N, R. The Rev. Pr. James Barton officiated. Miss Rosemary Bumen, sister of the bride, was her only attendant and Raymond Massing served as his brother's best man. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Eleanor Bumen, Beech Grove. oo. » . Mr. and Mrs. ley of Danville announce the marriage of their daughter, Lucy Jane, and Dr. Alvin LeRoy Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Henry of Seymour. The Rev. J. Willard Yoder read the ceremony Sunday in All Saints Episcopal cathedral, The couple is at home at 1040 N. Delaware st. The bride attended Lindenwood college and was gradAunjyersity. She is a Sigma Kappa sorority member. Dr. Henry was graduated .from the I. U. School of Medicine and is a member of Phi Chi medical fraternity.
in St. Philip united Miss
New.Year's Dance . The O-Del club will. hold fits New Year's dance at 8:30 p. m. tomorrow in the clibroom, 24% 8. Illinuis st. Charles Bivin's orchestra will play. A second weekly dance will be held at 8:30. o'clock Tuesday night. a : :
s Engagement
David Arthur Had-[~
Announced;
Clinton Hobbs To Be Wed
Times Special LOS ALTOS, Cal, Dec. 30.—Miss Olive E. Cory will become the bride
of Clinton H, Hobbs, Salinas, Cal. in a ceremony at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Los Altos Union church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver H, Cory, of this city, and Mr. Hobbs’ mother is Mrs. Guy F. Hobbs, 1001 W. 32d st., Indianapolis. Miss Mary Cory, sister of the bride, will be her only attendant and the best man will be Albert E. Hunter, Salinas. A reception will be held in the home of the bride's parents and the couple will leave for a. wedding trip. They will be| at home in Salinas. The bride attended San Jose State college and Mr, Hobbs is a graduate of Purdue university and also received his doctor's degree there. He was a faculty member of the Purdue and Shortridge high school biology departments.
&_Sororities
Four chapters of the P. E O. Sisterhood will hold meetings next week to discuss the groups’ state bylaws, Mrs. Lawrence Newburn, 414 W. 43d st., will be hostess Wednesday for a business meeting of Chapter E.
Chapter AJ will meet Thursday in" the home of Mrs. Lawrence Dorsey, 3540 N. Pennsylvania st. Mrs. JA Matthews —will-—be—ini charge of a study of the constitu, tion.
A business meeting will be held Wednesday by Chapter AF in the Y. M. C. A. The annual letter of
session.
Mrs. D. T. Wilson will be in charge of the reading and the discussion of the state by-laws Tuesday at Chapter Q's meeting. The group will
meet in the home of Mrs. J. R. Kuebler, 304 Burgess ave. ya
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500 To Attend Athletic Club Dance Tonight
Among the additional reservations for the year-end party tonight at the Indianapolis Athletic club are those of Messfs, and Mesdames Homer E. Capehart, Russel Williams, Fred T. Hill, J. LeRoy Potter and E. W. Essig. Five hundred reservations have been made for the party. Others who will attend are Messrs. and Mesdames Harold Green,-Rob-ert McKinney, Ernest L. Miller, W. R. Summers, J. M. Edwards, M. A. Auerbach, Thomas Mocody, Robert Schlegel, John Lee, Robert Hiner and E., B. Hibbs, Also, Sgt. James R. Waters, Dr. Roy Shanks, Capt. Edward Jett, Lt George Mudon, Lt. J. W. Barrow, Dr. Roy V. Myers, Lt, Col. T, J. Brooks, Messrs, K. T. Slack, Donald D. Cody, J. K. Bole Jr, C. J. Freeman, Kent Thomas, W. T. Fuller, Jack Galllvan, Robert McConnell, Parker H. James, Donald Springate, W. L. Bolin, C. F. Johnson, Robert C. Crews, Allen Lawson and Victor O. Langen. Messrs. Walter Thomas Smith, John E. Lesow, Glenn Ray, A. L.! Clark and Joseph Short, Mrs. John Burke, Misses Stanis Stfoy, Rita Rae Toad, Virginia -Stottlemeyer and Elizabeth Lewark.
Visit Here Lt. and Mrs. Maurice R. Kirk- | wood of Camp Lee, Va. are vis-| iting Mrs. Kirkwood's aunt, Mrs. C. C. Trueblood, 836 Berkley rd. Lt. and Mrs. Kirkwood will visit his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Walter Kirkwood of Tipton,
Club Will Meet
Ye Olde Tyme Cinch club mem-
Organizations—
Will Install New Officers
Tuesday at an all-day meeting -of the. St. Francis Hospital guild in the hospital.
Trimpe, president; Gedig and Mrs. James P. Mugivan, first and second vice presidents; Mrs. Walter Reimer and Mrs, Wile liam A. Obergfell, recording and financial secretaries. ,
and Mesdames Walter Stumpf, Wile liam PF. Murphy, I. G. Boyd, George Graber and Arthur W. Heidenreich, directors.
‘lon the group's Christmas projects
Hospital Guild
Several organizations h a v @ ned meetings for next week. Installation of officers will be held
The officers are Mrs. Edward H. Mrs, John L.
Mrs. Bernard J. Weimer, treasurer,
A tea will be given at 2:30 p. m, Tuesday by the Women’s society, Tabernacle Presbyterian church, in the church. Mrs, Edgar J. Ellse worth will speak on “Songs of Consolation and Refugee Negro Spirituals.” : Mrs. Max Critchfield will present a musical program and Mrs, Ralph L. Lochry and Mrs. George L. Clark will pour at the tea. Circles B and PF are in charge of arrangee ments. An executive board meets ing will precede thé session.
The Marion County salon, 126, 8 and 40, will have a dinner at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. John A. Noon will pree side and the dinner chairman is Mrs. Henning Johnson. : Mrs. William Weimer will report
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and a report on the sale of Christe mas seals will be made by Mrs. Mar« tin Collins.
A meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m. next Saturday by the 11th district, American Legion auxiliary, in the west room of the War. Memorial building. Mrs. Martin Collins, prese ident, has called a board meeting for 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Chester Sniith, legislative chairman, and Mrs. Wilmot Goode all, education and scholarship chaire man, will give reports on the year's work.
Society Books Installation -
Officers of the Woman's Society of Christian Service, Fifty-First Street Methodist church, will be ine stalled Tuesday at the group’s meet« ing. Mrs. Harry W. Heidergott, 4411 Central ave, will be the hostess, The Rev. Emery Parks, pastor of the church, will be in charge of a candlelight service. A musical program will be pree sented by Mrs. Arch N. Bobbitt, Misses Beatrice Ann Cooper, Muriel Holland, Verna Croddy and Helen Negley will assist at the tea. Mrs, Frank Jordan is the general chaire man. The officers are Mrs. W.- Stewart LaRue, re-elected president; Mrs, Heidergott and Mrs. R. 8. Hysom, first vice presidents, Mesdames J, R. Cooper, E. H. Vaughn and A. O; Negley, second through fourth vice presidents, Mesdames C. T. Kaelin, T. A, Guffy and Horace Thornburg, litere
bers will meet at 1 p. m. Priday in Pt. Friendly, Mrs. Catherine Lavery will be hostess.
ature, corresponding and recording secretaries, and Mrs, L. W. Shue maker,” treasurer.
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