Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1947 — Page 14

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Programs First Meeting Will} “Be Held Sept. 20 President's day Saturday, Sept. 20,

J open the fall ssh of Magis s for Chapter G, P. E. O. Sister

hostess. Her assistants will clude . past presidents of the ter. “Summer Echoes” will be theme.

4 Miss Dixie Toole, 362 Grand ave. |

entertain the group on Oct. 8. The state by-laws will be read. The meeting Oct. 20-will be enter

.E. N. Smith, R. R. 9, will be]

tained by Mrs. C. F, Brinkman, 4722 B® 15th st. will be the chairman, 1 “Wisdom From Conyersation” will be ‘the theme, and a covered dish| supper will be held. { Exemplification of the ritual is scheduled for Nov. 3. Mrs. Edna Asche, 5264 E. 10th st, will be the hostess. | Miss Heathco, Miss Ward To Entertain on Nov. 17 Miss: Nell Heathco and Miss Lucy Ward, 37 Johnson ave., will be host- | gases for a covered dish supper Nov. 17 Mrs. Smith will be chairman: | “Wisdom From Writing” will be the meeting's theme.

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: ? P. HK. Hp photo, ENGAGEMENT ANNDUNCED—Mr, and Mrs, James D. | . Hayden, 2101 N, Delawara si., announce the engagement of their

The chapter will meet Dec. 1 with! daughter, Joan, to Allan’ M, Spiegel, son of Mr, and Mrs, C, R

Mrs. Della Thompson, 3360 N. Me-|

pidian st. “Wisdom From Art” will .

Marriage Guidance Council

be - the theme, and Miss Anna

Kellum is to be the chairman, * The group will hold its Christmas Bary Dec. 15 at the home of Mrs . PF. Rubin, 2825 Oak ave. The social committees will be in charge “Wisdom From Books” will be the theme for the meeting Jan. § Miss Kallum, 1320 N. Delaware st., | will entertain, and Miss Miidred Foster “will be the chairman

'‘P.E.O. Achievements’ To Be Meeting Theme Miss Brinkman will be chairman when the chapter meets Jan. 19 with Miss Ann Davidson, 82 N Hawthorne lane. “Achievements in P. E O" will be the theme. Miss Iva Pearcy, 271 8. Ritter

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By JEAN HODGSON, Times Special Writer LONDON, July. 28. Teams of psychologists, ministers and” social

workers, organized as volunteer teams In 50 cities and towns throughout | | Britain, are helping to steer thousands of married couples through the difficulties of postwar life

Center of this activity is the Marriage Guidance couneil in London,

which was founded during®*the war to combat a sharply rising divorce rate. The council acts as a clearing | = ————— is - “ {station where unhappy couples are point pr put in touch, privately, hest expert help available, One of the most active figures be- LU

ogram: (1) To prevent the,

with the breakdown of marriages hy a long-|

term policy of ‘ sound education hrough all chanpels of informa-

ave, will entertain the group on hind the council is Dr; Ethél Dukes, | tion, including the screen, press

Feb. 2. Mrs. Thompson will be Aged woman with sil- and chairman, and “Wisdom From siiin, widgiesAged wo Society’ 1s to be the theme She is

The social committee will entertain the group at the meeting Feb. 16 In the 38th st. branch, Mer.

knotty mar chant: National bank. A covered hundreds of distraught husbands dish supper is planned and wives

white, complexion. chairman. bedding om Dr. Dukes hag helped untangle — ’ ital ie for| logical, medical and spiritual. |

radio; (2) to remedy falling

’ \ d ink-and- marriages through personal con-| Yering {iv Laff, anda p vice tacts and the help of qualified ex-|

peris onthe - different .aspects of social, psycho-|

“False standards and unsound |

The experience and! attitudes about marriages and fam.

Election of officers will be held ideas she has gained have gone ily life” ‘says Dr. Dukes. “lie at

March 1. Miss Nellie Hester, 6515

She the root of most marriage break-

through years of hard work Lowell ave, wil enjertain, feels she knows what can be done to downs. The final meeting of the season straighten out -many disrupted “Problems that start as psycho- | will be held March 15 in the 38ih | mes logical,” she believes, “nearly always]

st. branch, Merchants National bank. A covered dish supper will be served. The educational and memorial] program will be in charge of the!

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When the war began, Dr

became ‘psychotherapist children {from London to Buckinghamshire.

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evacuated particular

»ducational committee. | Ghildren Developed

Miss Greer Receives | Junior League Post

thy Walker Gréer, Hartford, Conn. their has been appointed executive sec prought to Dr. Dukes’ offic retary of the Association Of the gh, treated their psychological dis- Physical” MS. orders, *

Junior Leagues of America. Ralph Jones, president of the asso-

today.

retary for the last four years. Pennock recently was

3 more prominently, / Miss Greer replaces Mrs. .O. H. L. one of the founders of the Mar;

Pennock, New York, executive No | riage Guidance covncil, and it rs. at

appointed | the first meetings took place.

Nervous Disorders Youngsters away from home de-|

veloped nervous and social disorders. | yon q1itieg involved. Some cases need! NEW YORK, July 28.—Miss Doro- Others were simply backward In long treatment. We see that these were people are sent to the right spe- | e. where Cialists whether psychological or)

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work. * They

Dukes, become physical and vice versa.” in charge She herself does not ‘ollow any

psychological method. “It's essential to learn from Freud, Jung and Adler. After that I develop ny own approach and technique.” “Marital problems are as varied | d complex as the human per-!

On the prevention side, the coun- |

Gradually the larger problem of Cll starts right.at the beginning. | clation, made the announcement g..ime marriages begén to loom Through lectures and personal in|

Dr. Dukes was lerviews, it impresses on parents

and others connected with child]

“was Welfare the importance of sex in- |

her London home that many of struction, given in the right. way by,

Dr. the right person.

It indorses mar-|

secretary for ‘the National Confer. pykes found herself worked hard. riage education for groups of young!

ence on Family Life.

In the first two years, more than People. and more detailed prepara- (80) LONG LINE BRAS, lace, English net

Formerly assistant director of the 1500 husbands and wives had come tion“for those about to marry. | Service Bureau for Woman's Or-!{o her for help.

ganizations of the Beatrice Fox

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also was program secretary for the [plains Dr. Dukes National League of Women Voters. ! sound family

Smith work at Bryn Mawr,

“We have a vast task of domestic Greer | rehabilitation on our hands,” ex“Unless we have life first,

college and did graduate stitutions. )

|Marriage, Divorce | Both Are Rising |

The council also provides lectures

we can't|for young married couples to help She is a graduate of Dana Hall and begin to reconstruct our social in- them overcome any special prob- |

lems. It hélds conferences of doc-

The council “is backing a two- tors, ministers, social workers, pro-

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bation officers and others who are {aware of marital problems and who can contribute to their solution. { While the American divorce rate {is currently estimated at one in three, Britain's divorce courts too. are getting busier, for about one in five British marriages are breaking down, In the first three months of | this year, 17,000 ‘divorce petitions {were filed. This would average {68,000 a year. | Petitions for divorce filed at the | principal registry office in London {show that 42 per cent involve child- | less marriages and 33 per cent mar|riages with one child only. At the same time, more women in Britaln are marrying than ever before. Just before the war. there were fewer spinsters in Britain than at any period in the past 100 years. | About 1,000,000 people have set up new homes in the past two years. | As to reasons for the’ present | wave of marital unrest, Dr. Dukes |

tudes formed in childhood and! adolescence that have been aggravated by the strain and unhappi- | ness of wartime separation, by the | housing shortage, and by the (rigors of our postwar life.” Dr. Dukes hasn't a marriage problem herself. She married young and chose a medical student like herself. They started off with a (very small bank account and took a" lot of risks. But today they are , {both at the top of their professions.

sound postwar Britain is the target | for the Marriage Guidance council,

| “Good homes, good food and proper health services are helping to -rebuild family life,” says Dr. Dukes, “but there is still the psychological side ™ | “I have turned many young

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Photo Reflex photo WEDDING NEAR-—-A ceremony Aug. |6 in the Edwin Ray Methodist church will unite Miss Anna Borden and Benjamin Hill Fendley. Their parents are Mr, and" Mrs, Clinton Borden, 1542 Hoyt ave. and Mr, and Mrs, B F, Fendley, 938 Elm st.

|and Betty Roquet, the latter a sister of the bridegroom, wore light blue, green and yellow dresses with

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TWO FUTURE BRIDES WILL BE ENTERTAINED at several parties planned in their honor. z Miss Patricia Ann Ryan will be the homor guest at four functions. —She willbe wed to-Fames R.-Zapapas-the-morning of Aug. 30 in St. Joan of Are Catholic church. Mrs. E. S. O'Neill will give a personal shower for her

Friday night in her home. Invited to the event are Mrs. W. J. Rvan and Mrs. James Zapapas, mothers of the engaged couple; Mesdames Roy Wilmeth, John T.

Feeser, Minnie Feeser, E. J. Ittenbach/ James J. Pizgerald, Edwin K..

Shepperd and Walter Knowles; Mrs. Charles A. Wood, Knightstown, Mrs. R. O. Jackson, Columbia City; Miss Carol Thoms, and Mize JacMiss Jeffries 1s planning a linen shower for Miss Ryan, and Miss Helen Gardner will give a kitchen shower in her honor. Miss Ryan's sisters Mesdames Wilmeth, Wood “Mrs. Lugar will entertain for and John Peeser also will entertain. | pug poConnell and Miss Betty Miss Mattha McConnell will be Lynn Hargitt Friday, Aug. 22, at feted at a luncheon and miscels | "1h haan in the Indianapolis laneous shower 10 be given Pri- | ,.piatie club. day in Meridian Hills Country Miss McConnell will be wed to club by Mrs, Kenneth Adair and John J. Hudson, Springfield, 0, her daughter, Nancy. Aug. 20, and Miss Hargitt will beInvited to the party are Mrs. | come the bride of James Hutchi~ John A. McConnell, mother of the | son Sept. 3. bride-to-be; Mesdames Philip Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. ScheidOxley, Joseph Blakeslee, John | enhelm announce the marriage of Bruhn, Murray DeArmond, Rob- | their daughter, Gene, to Fldon ert Renick, Marvin Lugar, Wen- | Alig, son of Mrs. Paul Weer. The dell Hicks and Harry Hooley and | ceremony was read in Rhine Miss Elizabeth Ott, lander, Wis, yesterday. >

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The bride wore a white dotted ninon gown with a full skirt and train. A tiara of wax orange blossoms held her tip illusion vefl. She carried wifite roses and carnations. Leon Roquet Jr. was his brother's best man, and the ushers were Kenneth Woody Robbins, James Irwin and Roy Nicoloff. A reception at the home of the bride's parents was held after the {ceremony. After a short trip, the | couple will live at 535 Lawrence ave,

Two Couples Mark

Anniversaries Mr, and Mrs. Edward Bruck, 834 N. Graham ave, héld open house from 3 to 7 p. m. yesterday in { honor of their 25th wedding an- | niversary. No invitations were seqt. From 8 to 11 p. m. today, Mr. and Mrs, Jacob Solotken will be honored at a reception given by their sons-in-law and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alpert and Dr. and Mrs. Norman Chassin. The couple will celebrate ‘their 35th anniversary. : |. The party will be in the Alpert home, 5406 Kenwood ave. No invitations have been issued.

Mrs. Tague Elected

The Eagles unit; Amer) Legion auxiliary, recently elec Mrs. Lyman Tague president. Other officers are Mrs. ‘Walter Heppner and Mrs. Leona Flick, vice presidents; Mrs. Robert LeMasters, secretary; Mrs, Stella Zether, treasurer; Mrs.

Dehne, historian, and Mrs. Clarence Currens, sergeant at arms.

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Counci} Plans Picnic The Indianapolis Council of the|Ross, P. BE. O. Sisterhood will have a picWilltam Dehne. chaplain; Miss Mary (nic at 12:30 p. m. Wednesday at Holliday park. All P. E. O. chapters have been invited to attend.

ENGAGED—Miss Elnora A. Shorten is the bride-to-be of Fred M. Mast Jr. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Shorten, 2003 S. Pershing ave. and his parents are of Lancaster, Pa. No wedding date has been set.

Vows Unite Mr. Fisher and Miss Priest

Wedding vows united Miss Eva jPe

Lou Priest and William ¥F. Fisher

at 3:30 p. m. yesterday in the Park and the Avenue Evangelical United Breth.|®nd Russell

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Brethren church at Clay City, read|bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.

the ceremony. The parents of the couple are Mr.

and Mrs. J. L. Priest, 1518 N. Rural [couple will

st., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pisher, Hartford City. The maid of honor, Miss Virginia Priest, the bride's sister, and ‘the

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chiffon frocks. The flower girl, Bonnie Priest, another sister of the bride, wore a pink net dress. Tony and Timmy Mongan were the pages.

Annual Party

The societies of SS. Peter and

The bride was dressed in a white Paul cathedral will sponsor their

gown styled with a summer satin bodice and a white net skirt and

on the cathedral train. Her fingertip illusion veil ds 0 5 to 11 p. ™. Satard ‘ Louis Wilkinson; general man of the festival, will be assisted

by Ben Royse and Arthur Harold, chairmen of arrangements.

was held with a seed pear] tiara. She carried a white Bible topped with roses. : Ross €. Snyder, Hartford City, was the best man. The ushers were Bill and Alfred .Fisher and Leo Jeffries, all of Hartford City. A reception was held at the church after the ceremony. Fol-

annual dinner and summer festival

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lowing a trip to California, the 980; August Krieg, Walter Maloney,

couple will live in. Los Angeles. The bridegroom is a graduate of Indiana Central Teachers college.

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