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Heat Relief Gets People Going Again

Ava Kysar Entertains

For The Rockwoods

By KATY ATKINS RELIEF FROM the heat early in the week gave everybody a lift and got them stirring around a little more. A of young people gathin the pergola at the Landon ‘Davises Tuesday when Ava Saunders

wood. They have been iiving in Califor nia since Clyde (Ens. U.S.N.) got back from duty in China and are now to be stationed at Annapolis. Since friends of Bob and Ann Amelia Marmon Green- . leaf were there, they were especially interested in the arrival of Christopher Greenleaf the week before. Agnes Alig has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Paul Weer. She bas an interesting job in the library of a California university but has loved being home

Mrs. Atkins

for a vacation.

Also here from California where she has been living for some years, is Martha Fishback. She is staying at the Sheffield Inn, but visiting with her brother and sister-in-law, Frank and Arthella’

Fishback, and her many friends. T Off to West

MARGARET and Hiram McKee, having got settled in their new house, are off on an extended trip to the west and northwest. I know they are ready for a breather. Hal and Mary Elizabéth Benham are home from a stay at the club house in Harbor Point. Mary Elizabeth's mother, Mrs. Jesse Fletcher, had their son with her while they were away and has now gone : Leland to visit Mr. and Mts, Charles Weiss, Mrs. Willlam Mode Taylor flew home from there recently with Jo Broderick of Muncie, Nothing fazes Mrs, Taylor, who is one of our really “great ladies.” When asked how she liked flying after her first flight, her reply was that the trip was so uneventful she really couldn't form an opinion. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Alig arrived in Indianapolis morning after a month in Europe. They flew home, but because of necessary repair to the plane, changed to a smaller one in Ireland so the trip was not without adventure. That was the least pleasant of their

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wonderful time

Tarkington Letters I SPENT a delightful evening last week with an advance copy of “Your Amiable Uncle.” Published by BobbsMerrill, the book is a collec flon of letters by the late

Booth Tarkinon writs = John

nephews, Donald - Booth Jameson, while he was in Europe in 1903. It is fllustrated * with the

have wide appeal, it is priceJess reading for thoss who live in Indianapolis bécause of its references to . local

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Billi Lou Carpenter,

ing the registration list is a dai

By JEAN MANEY BUTLER UNIVERSITY coeds know that “rush is the perfect name for. the period of activity that begins Sept. 6 and ends Sept. 10. \ Seven sorority women are already knee deep in the activities that precede the teas, parties and meetings. They are the “rush captains” of the sororities with chapters on the Butler campus.

week”

gy Seriass and Catherine Hart . . , Check-

chore.

A ‘rush captain must be sure that invitations are

printed and ready to be sent, that the cook knows what refreshments will be needed for the teas and parties plus a hundred other details.

* THE GIRLS AT the helm this fall at Butler are Mary Alice Wilson, Noblesville, Alpha Chi Omega; Delta Delta Delta; Peggy Catherine Hart, Kappa Alpha Theta; Greta Lou Petersen, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Ruth Reed, Pi Beta Phi, and June Bodley, East Chicago, Zeta "Tau Alpha. The president of the ZTA chapter, Margery Cunningham, is assistant She is handling the dethils of pre-

Billi Lou Carpenter, Spriggs, Delta Gamma;

rush captain,

In a Personal Vein—

prospective members.

OUT-OF-TOWN rushees will meet at 6:30 p. m., Sept. 6, in the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity house, The non-Indianapolis girls will live in the Phi Deit house during rush week. The sorority members will be up early on Wednesday to deliver invitations to the Dean of Women's office at 7 a. m. The rushees will pick up the invitations from 9 to 9:30 a. m. and they will call on all the sororities which have invited them from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p. m. There is another compulsory meeting scheduled for the freshmen at 2:30 p. m. Thursday's invitations are due in the Dean's office at 7 a. m. that day and the rushees will again

Mrs. Inez Taylor and Greta Lou Petersen . . » The cook and fhe captain have a conference.

rush activities until June arrives in Indianapolis, Formal rush week at Butler will open at 1 p. m. on Sept. 6 with a compulsory meeting for all rushees. The rules governing rush will be explained to the From 2 to 6 p. m. that day there will be teas in all the sorority houses. There are no invitations and the rushees are expected to visit each chapter house.

Ruth Reed . . . Invitations and lists fake up half of a rush captain's day.

make calls from 9:30 a. m. to 1 p. mM. Three sororities have planned parties for Sept. 8. Kappa Alpha Theta will entertain from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m.; Alpha Chi Omega from 4:30 to 6:30 p. m.,, and Delta Delta Delta from 8 to 10 p. m. HB FOUR GROUPS will have parties on Friday after a period of calling hours.

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They are Delta Gamma,

y 230 to 4:30 p. m.; Pi Beta Phi, 4:30 to 6:30 p. m.;

Zeta Tau Alpha, 7:30 to 9:30 p. m., and Kappa Kappa: Gamma, 9:30 to 11:30 p. m. On Sept. 10 the rushees will sign preference cards

indicating their choice of sororities at 2 p, m., and

- at 3:30 p.m.

the sororities will turn in their lists of preferences

The big moment of rush week comes that night when rushees are notified of their pledging between 9 and 10:30 o'clock. There will be Coke parties for os new pledges in each sorority house at 11 p. m.

The grand finale comes on Sept. 14 when all the

new pledges are feted at a Panhellenjc dinner in the Indianapolis Athletic Club.

Prospective Tudor Hall First Graders Take One Last Summer FlingBefore Getting Down To Serious Business Of Learning To Read

By MARJORIE TURK ALUMNI ARE BUSY GIVING pointers on everything from raincoats to group games as the grade school set gets ready for

the first day of §chdol.

Classes will ‘start at the Tudor Hall School Sept. 14. The prospective students are taking one last fling on their swings before getting down to their studies.

Most of the first graders prepped in the Tudor kinderrten. Matriculating to . Tudor will be Susan Mallory, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers Mallory, Golden Hill. Susan has been getting a lot of advice on school practices from her older sister Sandra who is in the second grade at Tudor. When the 66-year-old enters she will be carrying out 4 family tradition. Miss Martha Gill, who is the first grade teacher at the school, taught

Susan's mother. Susan's grandmother, , Mrs. Lowell Patterson, is also an alumna.

Likes Dolls, Stories In kindergarten Susan was most interested in the story telling. Playing with dolls is her favorite extra-curricular activity. Her summer was spent in educational pursuits, too. She went to Connecticut and

of Dr. and Mrs. John W. Hendricks, 124 W. 64th St.

Familiy. Her pigtér, 1s Broun, was a Tudor girl.

went with their parents to Higgins Lake, Mich,

‘Ballet Lessons

After. 2 summer spent at Lake Maxinkuckee, Judy Henry will be at Tudor. Judy

prepared forthe first grade

fit Meridian Heights Kindergarten. She has been assembling a variety of sweaters and skirts for her back-to-school wardrobe... Besides the regular academic program, Judy will take ballet lessons at Jordan Music College. Her ambition is to assist her father, Dr. Russell Henry. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs, Henry, 710 E, 58th St. Judy has a sister, Patricia, who is in the fourth grade at

the school and a_ brother, .

John, who was in the Naval School at 6 Culver Military Academy this summer.

Ambitious Cowboy Coming from the Peter Pan Kindergarten and the Tudor Rindergasten, Earl

Breech - III will a Tudor first grader. He is an all-

round student but prefers to

concentrate on being a cowboy. He hopes to be another Roy v iy For the record his mother, Mrs. Breech, 4565 Park Ave.

is & Tudor alumna, and his

little sister, e Delores, 3, is waiting for the day when she can begin her

academic Sarent at the North

Side schoo Diane Oh, main in anoter

Fog

'N. Meridian St.

rider. She's been furthering her career by travel. This summer she went West and last Summer to Mexico, getting a comprehensive picture of ranch life. Mrs. Durham has taken over the job of getting Diane's clothes ready, making pinafores and checked and plaid dresses for her,

Family Tradition

Following In grandmother's footsteps, Jody Hollett will begin her -school career at Tudor this year. Her mother, Mrs. Byron P. Hollett, 4001 and her grandmother, Mrs. Alex Metzger, are alumnae. Jody, with her parents, has returned from six weeks. at Charlevoix, Mich. She is fond of the outdoors with. swimming and horseback rdling as her two favorite sports. Jody has also shown a predilection for art, drawing on everything in her home. Among those who began their studies in the Tudor Kindergarten is Ales a McTarsney, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Robert McTarsney, 2763 N. Kessler Bivd. This prospective member of the grade schoo] set has been up in Canada on a fishing trip with her parents. While at the Johnson Brothers’ Fishing Camp she caught a wall-eyed pike.

Learning to Read The McTarsney’s left their car at Ely, Minn, and went by boat and portage to the fishing ares. Jody, besides her fishing, played with gar ter snakes, and watched the’ deer, beaver, gray foxes and

making hex decision, she wants to learn to read. She is sure that Miss Gill will be able to explain the mysteries of the printed word to her on

Sept. 14. Susan cher, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Piicher,

4061 Graceland Ave., has had a mixed-up summer. But she is back in town now for the serious business of getting ready for Tudor and the first grade. Susan ‘has been at Acorn Camp, at Lake Tippecanoe and at Lake Webster with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, D. A. Plicher. Mrs. J. E. Pilcher and her Dorothy Dun~ lap, who ig in the seventh grade at Tudor, vacationed in Minnesota, Mrs. Plicher’'s son, Don Dunlap, has been visiting in New York. Susan is an alumna of the Tudor Hall Kindergarten. Her sister, Jackie Plicher, is a senior at Tudor,

Future Homemaker

Nancy Rahke, who began her school work at the Tudor Hall Kindergarten, is registered for the first grade this year. She is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Fletcher Rahke, 465 N. Michigan Road, She has a sister, Barbara, 15 months, who is a future Tudor girl Nancy is looking forward to a career as a homemaker. While playing with her dolls she already speaks about the time when she will have her very own home and her own children. Her favorite extra-curricu-lar activities are reading the

Golden ‘Books, swimming and’ °

horseback riding. During her kindergarten

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ler. However, since she received a doctor set last Christmas, she has been interested in nursing.

Skirts Replace Jeans Ginny Lou, who'll enter the

‘first grade, has a sister, Bar-

bara Kaye, who is in the fifth grade.. The girls have been taking week-end trips this ‘summer with their parents, Mr. and Mrs, Howard C, Smith, 6068 Riverview Drive. They have been to Lake Wawasee and down to the Cincinnati Zoo. Another member of the first grade at Tudor will be Sharon Tirendl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tirendl, 1230 Central Ave. She will concentrate on dancing lessons in her af-ter-school hours and ‘wants to be ‘an entertainer. Mr. and Mrs. John Mead, 5027 Washington Blvd, and their children, Edith, Jack and Franklin, vacationed in Leland, Mich. There Edith, who's entering the first grade at Tudor, became a strong contender for - the title of best bait hocker on the lake. Edith, whose mother went to Tudor, likes to watch her brothers, Park School students, play baseball and foot. ball, She is looking forward 10 wearing skirts and blouses. Up till the first day of school she will continue wearing her favorite . outfit — blue jeans with a holster and two guns.

Penny Potter, daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W, Potter, 5324 N. Delaware St, got her kindergarten training at Miss Vesta Cook's. Penny is very excited about her school wardrobe and going to Tudor, She went Wa Acorn Camp this. summer and vacationed and Upper New

in Michigan i York Baia with hec parents,

Counter-Spy—

Burlap—Once Used To Sack Spuds—

Is Fashion Fabric

Now Available In Gay Colors, It Will Go into New Fall Wardrobes

By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor BURLAP HAS COME UP IN THE WORLD. The loosely woven material, which used to be employed" almost exclusively for sacking large quantities of vegetables, has now made the “blue book” of fashion. Some-

time during the summer, reports began percolating in from fashion centers that burlap was being used by designers for skirts, jackets , , . even for shoes and handbags.

burlap garments in their promotions of back- clothes, and one fall pattern magazine also starred burlap coats and separates for campus wear. Late this past week, burlap-by-the-yard for use in costumes made its appearance in the dress-goods . ++ Wasson’s. Fifty inches wide and selling for $1.29 a yard, it comes in fashionable high shades as well as the natural sandy tone. Among these are chartreuse, . Spanish yellow (gold), terra cotta, off-white, champagne, medium ‘blue, dark cardinal, myrtle green and potato. “Potato” describes a shade a little deeper than the natural tone . .. just the color of the spuds which used to wear burlap kimonos.

One Hat—Umpteen Styles A GIRL CAN PRACTICALLY be her own milliner with a new hat coming up in Ayres’ second-floor hat department. - The novel headgear is a fleecy fez with the happy knack of assuming a variety of shapes. Making it assume the assorted shapes should let anyone express the millinery creator's urge. Called the “Araby,” the hat is made of shearling wool. This is a fabric with a thick-napped wool surface and an underneath

side which looks like close-knitted cotton. Theattatr is about 10% inches tall, tapering up to a squared-off open top measuring

department of a local store

6% Inches across,

It is called “the hat with a dozen moods” and six of these are shown, all achieved merely by folding and draping . . . or the addition of-a bit of jewelry. The Araby has been given &

duPont “Aridex” water repellent finish to make it an allweather style. It is available, at $3.95, in seven colors—all carrying out the Araby thems —oasis green, desert copper, fez red (scarlet), camel beige, turban white, sultana chamois and Sudan black.

Stove-Toppers .oT8 OF housewives like to do top-of-

the-stove cooking ... to ‘avoid oven heat in hot

weather or if, living in small quarters, they have not the space for a big range with an oven. They're the ones who welcomed the nowfamous "Tater Baker which permit.

fed them to bake potatoes over a single burner on the . stove top. :

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