Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 October 1950 — Page 36

By OPAL

KNITTING NEEDLES clack: in Billings Hospital at Fort

Benjamin Harrison. There's exchange of recipe sewing circle meets, Buzzing about bobby pins a ings and the bloodshed of war, That's because seven of the - 870 patients are women, The group includes a World War I nurse, two nurses from World War II, and four War iI servicewomen,

Surplus of Men

THOUGH THERE are 53 men to each woman, most of the

women patients are seriously |

interested in but one man--the husband or boy friend who appears on visiting nights. When well enough they mix at parties

with the male patients in |

games, cards and dancing arranged by Dr. Haughton Baxley, hospital manager, and Sidney Amy, chief of special services and public relations officer, While her stitches from sur-

"gery healed, Mrs. Alma R. |

Verran stitched an afghan. She's the World War I nurse, honorably discharged as first Heutenant after 20 years’ servfee. A tramp through the woods is the first thing she plans when she's dismissed,

_MRS.: VERRAN, wife of |

Richard T. Verran, 2626 8. Lockburn, St. served principally in England and France

during War I and later in the | Philippines, New York, New

Jersey, California and Colorado. She enlisted Feb. 20, 1918, in Indianapolis. Her sister, Mrs, Genevieve Parker, | wifé of the late Dr. Harry C. Parker, 1349 8. Tibbs Ave, also | was a nurse. ‘

Plans After Dismissal MRS. VERRAN'S roommates, admitted this month, are Mrs. Mary Shipley of Marfon and Mrs. Delores A. Troy"er of Elkhart. Both served in the Waves, training in Hunter College, New York. They were stationed in Washington. Mrs, Shipley finished boot training the week her husband went home with Army discharge. She's going to eat chop suey

the first thing after dismissal, |

Mrs. Troyer expresses but one desire, She wants to talk. She's been whispering for three months because of a throat ailment, School at Home DECATUR, Ga.—Ernest Harwey, a lawyer here, owes his law § knowledge to the faithful reading of his wife. As a signalman in the last war, he was blinded in

an explosion. For three years

after they were married, Mrs. Harvey faithfully read him his lessons.

Mesdames Delores Troyer, Mary Shipley ind Alma Verran (left to right) convert Billings Hospital into a beauty parler,

! regarded as the dean in managing

CROCKETT

s and talk of hemlines, when the

nd lipstick, replaces talk of bomb-

Saturday Sof For Meie

Children's Society | To Hear Speaker

The annual fall meeting of the Indiana Society for Crippled Children, Inc., will be held Saturday in the Hotel Severin. ‘Guest speaker for the afternoon session will be Mrs, Charles W. Rowland, Streator, IH. Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers exceptional child chairman. Mrs. Rowland will speak at the parent and public education sesision at 2 p. m. { Presiding will be Mrs, Joseph W. Walker, Greenfield. Indiana Mrs. Rowland

PTA Congress president,

versity College of Education dean, will be the speaker for the 12:30 p. m. luncheon.

Following registration at 9

tions of the effective use of audio-~ visual aid by Dr. W. A, Wittich, {University of Wisconsin bureau lof visual instruction director, and ithe executone home-to-school pro-

gram by the Indiana Bell Tele-/

iphone Co, Ralph Wright, Indianapolis public. schools music director, is /chairman for the music program, | an organ recital. Playing will be l13- -year-old Joey Scotti, a Chi[cago spastic. | Members of the American Womjen’s Voluntary Services will be ‘hostesses for the silver tea at 3:30 p. m, |

Has 30,000 Brothers | NEW YORK-Miss Luella L. Bovard is known as. the only woman with 30,000 brothers, She recently retired as office manager of Delta Upsilon Fraternity here after 39 years of service, She is

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