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Society—

"Parties Honor Miss Friedmeyer, .~Bride-to-Be of Charles L. Boschan

" TWO PARTIES ARE BEING PLANNED to honor Miss Mary Louise Friedmeyer before she is married Dec. 20 to Charles Lee Boschen. Mrs. Hezzie B. Pike and Miss Marian Collins will give a ted and kitchen shower Sunday in the Pike home. The bride-to-be will be honored with a silver shower Dec. 14, to be given by Miss Helen Daven-

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Attending the party Sunday will be Mrs, Henry G. Friedmeyer and Mrs. Morris G. Boschen, mothers of the engaged couple; Mesdames John Babbitt, Gilbert Littell, Priscilla McLaugnlin, Cecil A. Taylor, Janet Brown, 8. W. Hendryx, Gertrude Ryger, Victor Deitch and John R. Copp, Mrs. William Brasaemle of Franklin and Mrs. G. B. Taylor of Noblesville. Mrs. Freidemeyer and Mrs. Boschen will pour. Also invited to the shower are Misses Davenport, Peggy Rathert, Barbara Bard, Vinson Radacker, Ann Thornburg, Lois Thomas, Margaret Medsker, Barbara Corbitt and Mary Ann Hands. Other guests will be Misses Gretchen Van Arsdale, Lois Hare,

My Day—

U. S. Railroads Can Show Good Record

By ELEANOR ROOSEVELT GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 3--To continue the discussion of private enterprise versus nationalization begun in my preceding column, here are the facts in favor of private ownership of American rail-| roads, as presented to me by the head of one of our railroads.

Frances Phipps, Marge Arthur, Jane Biller, Shirley Frick, Anne Belle Kopp, Joyce Kilmeg,. Betty Ann Lewis, Ruth Schnicke’ Sarah Sertell, Jane Haddath, Madaline

and Gerry Harman, Carol Wilson, Patricia Bradley, Mary Alice Ken-

nedy, Jo Stafford, Irma Swichard, Pat Stevens and Joan Norman. Miss Bard and Miss Rathert recently entertained with a personal shower for Miss Friedmeyer,

Art Association Members To Hear Archaeologist

Members of the Art Association of Indianapolis will hear Dr. H. G Quaritch Wales discuss “Angkor and Borobudur” at 8:30 p. m. Friday, Dec. 12, in the Herron Art

Many Parties | Will Precede

‘Christmas Carousel’ | Will Be Saturday | Many additional parties have been announced to precede the | “Christmas Carousel” dinner dance

to be sponsored by St. Margaret's

Hospital Guild Saturday in the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Mr, and Mrs. Elmer R. Krueger will entertain for Messrs. and Mesdames B.;G. Burke, Roger Bourland, Robert W. Garten, C. Clair Knox, Richard W. Sharpless, Edward 8. Dowling and Virgil W. Potts and Mr. B. J. Richards. Clem Stettler, Mildred George Cecil and Mr, and Mrs, Max North will be the guests

lof Mr. and Mrs, Harry W. Beebe. ||

Mr. and Mrs. W. PF. Sandmann will be hosts to Messrs. and Mesdames |8. W. Terry, Bernard J. Lanagan, | Paul L. McCord and E. J. Lanagan {and Mrs. J. R. McNutt. \ ; | The guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest N. Gimbel include Messrs, {and Mesdames Cullen B. Barnes, N.

Shumaker and G. H. Woody. Another party has been planned by Mr, and Mrs. Albert Dickinson) Smith. Their guests will be Messrs. and Mesdames Robert J. Cover, Fred T. Hill and Hilbert Rust, Miss

Dotty Jane Smith and Jerry D.| R. Oldenburg, Evansville. They will be married in February.

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FEBRUARY BRIDE—Mr. and Mrs, Wilfrid Charles Bussing, "open to guests. Evansville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Marilyn, |

& [DAR Chapters { Will Meet Tomorrow Mayor Denny to Be

Clubs— Patronesses

‘Will Have {Program = “-

Mrs. Schneider Will |! . Narrate Presentation | Many local clubs will have Christ- | mas programs at their next Meet.) {ings, The Patroness Club of Mu Phi| ¢ 3 ; Epsilon Sorority will have a program | £0 a x

Two DAR chapters will meet to- § | morrow, The Caroline Scott Harrison {Chapter will meet at 1:30 p. m. in i | the chapter house, 824 N, Pennsyl» ® |vania St. This meeting will consti= " | tute “Indiana Day.” t

lon “Christmas in Words and ay hy Te ¢ 1 Martha Martin will present the 3 - x Music,” written by Mrs, Norman L. Shain wi 'songs of old Vincennes, Mayor |Schneider, It will be at 10:30 a. m. + : } jCoorge L. Denny is to be the guest

|in ‘the Redeemer Lutheran Church a a 0 8 There will be a Christmas party

next Wednesday. Mrs. Schneider will be narrator MARRIED — Mrs, Carl: Ber- | for Beibers of ‘the Cortisiin. Coie | Also on the program will be Mrs.| hard Sauer was Miss Norma |Fairbanks Chapter at 2:30 p. in. In | Jean Williams before her mar- [the Propylaeum. Mrs. Charles R.

{Lee Harris, Mrs. James Costin and etme] of ; |Peddle is hostess chairman. Miss Gertrude Gutelius, soloists; | riage Nov. 22 in the Holy |*™™ aliens rete be M

Mesdames Harriett Burtch, William | Angels Catholic Church, Their |Edgar H. Evans, Russell T, Bye:s, |Gibbs and James Loomis, organists,| parents are William C. Willitms, |pouglas T. Reid, Henry C. Atkins {and Mrs. Homer Woods, violinist. | 6027 Colonial Court, and Mr. land William H. Howard, Miss De=

| Mrs, Paul Seehausen will preside] 5nd Mrs. Roman Sauer, 2705 S. |borah Duane Moore and Miss Emma \dames Herbert Wagner, J. T. clapp, Church Women Set | The program and luncheon will be| i church will sponsor a pillow| Indianapolis YWCA members and

rat the luncheon following the pro-| ||inois St. Claypool. |S. E. Fenstermaker, James Loomis, | Y \ \ Member S \Henry Laut, Attia Martin and Le- Card Party | case card party at 1:30 p. m. Tues- their friends will celebrate the tra Mrs. Willlam Remy, 44 E. 54th day in Block's auditorium, Mes- | ditional “hanging of the greens”

{gram; -8he will be assisted by Mes-| | . {land Fishback. } The women of St. Patrick's Cath- To Tr 1m Tr cc

to Robert Frederick Oldenburg, son of Mr. and Mrs, Clarence gi “win entertain members of the dames Arthur Gundlach, Frank program at 2 p. m. Dec. 14 in the

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. mam-| | €2 to Be Held | EVENTS

_all our inland freight. During World| much Army freight, 20 times as

American railroads directly serve Miceum unities. employ . : 60,000 comin, They an poy A British archaeologist, Dr. about 1,360,000 pers Wales is a scholar of East Indian, Wolfe, Dr. and Mrs. Dale Lents,

ph os wa, SORE tf ’ es Xn 8 per employee was $1820; today it Is| go ,014 1rving Platt has left for

Angeles; Messrs,

| Their guests 1] ( " , H y ] clude: Dr. and Mrs. Gayle B.! n ates ome Irvington Kindergarten. 8 p.

The Indianapolis Branch of the, Thurs. derson; Mrs. D. G. Williams of Los|State Assembly Women's Club will Fisher, “What Makes a Good Carol singing - will feature the Colbert. and -Mesdames have

MISCELLANEOUS Kindergarten, Geo

its Christmas ' tea next] Home.”

Culture Club with a Christmas party Beck and Fred Engelking are chair- Central YWCA. The theme for the {Friday. Mrs, Willlam Norton will men. program is “Y-Families Around the lassist, | They wilt be assisted by Mesdames World.” | Mrs. Roy Coats is program chair- James McGovern, Joseph Madden, Six families overseas have been man. The program theme will be John Fitzgerald, Joseph Davey, Hen- “adopted” by the local members, and m. “Christmas Stories «and Foreign IV Belch, Dan Moran, James Curry, 8ifts of food and clothing Will be “polls.” Richard French, Harrison Riley and collected. There will be a program of Te Theodore Munn and Miss Helen carols and a pageant after the tree is decorated. . Miss Katherine

Christmas party the Young Profes-| Lippincott is

almost $3100. The railroads pur-. oo ih in Hollywood. He will ‘Mark Enright; C. B. Stine, Jack|Wednesday in the governor's man-yockefleld Kindergarten, 1:30 p. m sional Women's Club will hold to- party the Pierian Study- Ciub will chairman for the event. Other come

chase annually about $1,500,000,000 return Dec. 20. worth of goods, and their aggre-| gate taxes amount to about $500,-| 000,000 per year. | will have a Christmas bridge par | Nn mdwards. . 4 8 | at 8 p. m. tonight. Misses Alberta pa TODAY they are only one of a| and Jean Wells will be the host- Russel Williams number of types of transportation | esses. Also Plan Party in the United States, but they did] The members will have a gift much of the pioneering work in the| exchange. They will bring canned development of unity between dif-| goods for a needy family the :lub Williams ferent sections of our country. is assisting. . They are still interested’ in such development because the general passenger . rates

ard Williams, E. R. Sanders, Rob-

and Mesdames James E. Bingham,

increased only py .a0 M. Riddick, Floyd R. Man-

agement, which is famifiar with the motives, and fewer freight cars and E. McKinney, Edwin G. White existing and prospective needs )f the passenger cars, the railroads moved George Mess Bernard Schotters L communities that the railroads/on the average each month about E Kincannon and Robert C Bur; serve. twice as many troops, twice as many |, ... * | Railroads handle 60 per cent of passengers, more than five times as The guests of Mr. and Mrs, Rob-

ert M. Stith will be Major and Mrs. Elmer W. Sherwood, Messrs. and Mesdames Emory R. Baxter, Hanley nn R. Blackburn, James A. Hogshire, IN proportion, of course, the taxes Ralph Hook, Hae L. Beattey and {paid to the government were very Arch N. Bobbitt. The J EE a ah higher during World War II,} Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Fields will | mile increased 51 per cent, and the 50 that this would seem to have entertain for Dr. and Mrs. E. O.| average revenue per ton mile in- been an outstanding record for pri-iNogle, Messrs. and Mesdames Carl creased about 80 per cent. But dur- vate enterprise. J Weinhardt, W. V. Woolen and ing the period from January 1, 1918, It is estimated that about .1,000.- Clarence E. Griener. Messrs, and to March 1, 1920, in spite of the in- 000 people own ral Iroad bonds, Mesdames V. R. Rupp, H. H. Hinchcrease in both freight rates and pas- 8nd many others are interested) man and R. E. Hickman will be ensenger fares, there was a deficit of through holdings o ws Empatieh,|etained by Mr. and Mrs, L. L.| jinsurance companies, etc. e -| 5. { ae Hat lete borne) cads contribute in taxes about half| Another party will be that given, ' nr 7 la billion dollars annually underiby Mr, and Mrs. S. E. Fenster-| IN WORLD WAR II, when the present traffic volume. They are maker. The guests will be Mrs.

railroads were not taken qver by the given no subsidy, which is not the Ethel Bromert, Mrs. Sue Burke,

War II, almost two-thirds of all much Navy freight, and nearly twice United States traffic-and more than as much other freight than had 90 per cent of Army and Navy been carried during World War IL. freight was moved by rail. In World War I, the railroads

Cunningham, Paul D. Frame, How- sion. 4 0 8 a Mrs. Raalph F. Gates will be The Alpha Zeta Latreian Club ont pmerick, E. R. Lindesmith and|hostess for the event, from 2:30 to

is in charge of arrangements, A musical program will be pre- | sented by the Broad Ripple High | SORORITIES A pre-dance party has -also been School Trio, made up of Miss Mary planned by Mr. and Mrs. Russel Peacock, Miss Marilyn Hull and| The guests will be Dr.\Don Shelhorn, and the and Mrs, J. 8. Browning, Messrs./ Township Girls’ Glee Club. Club members will traffic and operating policies of the!slightly, but the taxpayers sustained = “poi BR Summers, 1 and jelly to be distributed to the Chap. AJ, PEO Sisterhood. 1:30 p. many companies originate with and no loss. Under private operation, Curle, Luther mig Malin E Indianapolis Day Nursery and the | are mainly directed by local man- with fewer employees, fewer 10CO-| grant william H. Jarrett, Prank Flower Miss on Hospital.

government, freight rates remained|case with all me

thods of transpor-

at approximately pre-war level and tation. rein -

Messrs. and Mesdames L. M. Vogler, | H, L. Freyn, Mort Martin, B, B. Purcell and Charles Hagedon. In Miss Mary Helen Bastin’s

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| party will be Miss Patricia Klein, ! | Robert Corlet and Leonard Olson. |An informal party has also been {planned by Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur C.! | Patterson for Mr. and Mrs. Leslie! | Cortner, Knightstown; Col. and: (Mrs. G. 1. Seybert, Mr. and Mrs. W Harold Reed and Mr, and Mrs. # | Clarence Greenlee.

Yvonne Akers ‘To Be Wed

Mrs. M. H. Bennett, 668 E. 12th | 8t., announces the engagement and | approaching marriage of her daugh- { ter, Miss Yvonne Akers, to John W.! | Brannon Jr. son of Mr, and Mrs. Brannon, 7255 Edgewater Place, |

oe. in time The couple will be married at CHRISTMAS pl — - 3:30 p. m. on Dec, 20 in the St. stmas Gromg. {Augustine Chapel of Canterbury |

SPECIALS

One picture is. regularly *5.00

in quantities ¢ 33 of 3, they : are each only

| College, Danville, The prospective! | bridegroom is a student at Canter-| | bury. |

ily ; | Miss Joyce M. Dearing will be the | friends when you give them |, of honor and William W, Lo-| that prize package for Christ |gan Jr: will be the best man,

mas...your photograph | The bride-to-be attended Indiana taken in our popular studio! | University. She is a member of Pil} ‘Auxiliary Arranges

| Beta Phi Sorority. locke ‘Two Card Parties

Photograph Studie, Third Floof | There was an executive meeting lof the Northeast Unit, American, = ./Legion Auxiliary, at 8 p. m. last!

night in the post home. Plans for| Gee {two December card parties were dis-| | cussed. i

The first party will be held at! |8 p. m. tonight and .the second on {Dec. 17 in the post home. Mrs. pwoseph Wilkerson is chairman,

‘Women Will Hold Annual Party

The annual Christmas party of the Women Druggist tion | ; will be held at 12:30 p. m. Tuesday he at Butler University. Mrs, William

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Review Tuesday.

Mrs. Kathryn Turney Garten will | review ¥Human Destiny” (du Nouy) | |at 8:15 p. m. Tuesday in Caleb Mills auditorium. The review is sponsored |

by the women of the First Friends)

brother, Richar “Kerkoff. Mr. Kerkoff was mari on Thanksgiv-

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‘morrow in the YWCA, have tomorrow. {mittee chairmen are Miss Clara A Christmas story will be told by Stambaugh and Miss Helen Batche Mrs. Lewis Sebastian. ; elor, invitations and program; Miss | Grace Olin, decorations; Mrs. Elmer | The Nature Study Club will hold C- Bornkamp, refreshments; Miss | : : |open house for new members at 2:30 Pat Sullivan and Miss Bonnie | Mrs. Denzil Washmuth, 4856 Ev-\, m sunday in the cabin at Wool- Drudge, hosts and hostesses; Al \anston Ave. will be the hostess. |jon's Gardens. {Evans and Ed Kirsch, stage sets;

| Mrs. Thomas Toll will speak to) members of the Ernie Pyle Chapter,

{Beta Zeta Chap, Lambda Chi Ome-| The Thursday Lyceum Club will] Miss Ruby Wolfe and Miss Anna Miss Jean Sherman, costumes, and ga. 6:30 p. m. Thurs. Mrs. Loral Meet tomorrow with Mrs. Thomas Louise Cochrane will be in charge of Mrs. Gonard Felland, choir director,

D. Campbell, 3600 Central Ave. Mrs. the program. Burton A. Knight will tell a Christ- | mas story, ™

Club Meeting

| The 1908 Club will meet tomorrow The Newcomers Club met at 1:30 |with Mrs, Edwin Thompson Abbett, p. m. today in Block's auditorium,

m. Thurs, Mrs, J. T. VanZant,| Mrs. Victor Brown, 5506 N. Illinois 6398 Washington Blvd, There will Mrs. Howard McDavitt reviewed

|“When the Mountain Fell.”

'8t., will be hostess for the Christmasibe a program on “State Parks.”

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