Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1951 — Page 17

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Section Two P | : : SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1951

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COSTUME COMPLETE—Mauve and navy are teamed-in Mrs. Ben Weaver's flared coat. Long jacket of her navy gabardine suit is coachman style, the pockets padded. Her home is 6081 Washington Blvd. »

Times photos. by John R. Spicklemire.

Washington Blvd., ¢hooses navy

TWO OF A KIND—Sally (right) and Joan Tischer wear wool boxy jackets and straight skirts—Sally's melon pink over blue; Joan's navy over green. Their mother, Mrs. Paul Tischer, 4166 Washington Blvd., is in navy faille peplum jacket and slender

Milateen skirt and white wool cutaway jacket. A pansy-trimmed fuchsia cartwheel and matching hter Glee's ensemble, nubby wool suit, pumps, gloves and purse, are the color of her eyes, powder blue. There are forget-me-nots on her leghorn hat.

'CHECKING' UP—-Mrs.

Easter Parade Preview ‘Suits’ Hoosier Weather

Spring-Like Air Fills Marott Hotel At Reception for Newlyweds

Thomas L. Riddick, 555 Forest

Blvd., picks navy-and-white shepherd checks for a wool jacket dress with taffeta lining and dress top. For Marilyn, a flecked beige wool coat and skirt; for Tommy, gray wool trousers, top-

coat and hat.

AND IN the spring . . . If she’s a wise woman her fancy turns to clothes. " » Here six of our local young matrons — some with their children — give a preview of next Sunday's Easter Parade. They. al) choose the -costume look. All the choices are practical, “suited” to” Indi-

. ana's unpredictable weather,

and ready to take their wearers through a post-Lenten season crowded with social and club activities.

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ORIGINAL—A Talmack-designed navy wool tailleur is the choice of Mrs. E. |. Kabel, 635 E. 84th St. Striped taf. feta collar and cuffs are removable. Hat

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World's Musical Loss Indianapolis’ Gain; Mrs. Kiser; Accompanist, Recalls Career

A NATION — perhaps the world — might have acclaimed her as its most

gifted piano accompanist. She never gave them a chance. The city of her birth, though, did. Musically Indianapolis is still building on its endowment from a talented pianist, Mrs. Simon L. Kiser. She helped lay the fine musical foundation. She's over four score years, but Florence Bamberger Kiser can recall her career as if it were yesterday. It begah before the turn of the century. Married and a mother, Mrs. Kiser was asked to be accompanist for the May Festival, once a great annual musical event in the city. She already was a contralto in the chorus. In those days Frank Van der Stucken came from Cincinnagi to direct the productions? (Later he directed the Cincinnati Symphony.)

Famous Overnight

“YOU CAN do it,” declared her beloved piano instructor, Max Leckner. “Keep a cool head on your shoulders, Van der Stucken is thunder and lightning on chains.” Though she had only a few hours to practice the accompaniment r two famous guest artists, Eugene Ysaye, violinist, and Madame Johanna Gadski, reigning Wagnerian soprano of the Metropolitan for the final night, Mrs, Kiser woke up famous the next morning. It was the last of the May Festivals but the launching of her own brilliant career. That was only the first of many times until the zero hour, dressed

she practiced .

and dashed from without supper to inspired perform-

quickly home give an ance. The scrapbook press notices, many. still unpasted because she's never had time to glue them, read: “Unsurpassed in this city,” ‘one of the great accompanists in the country.”

And the treasured auto-

MELODY OF MEMORIES—Mrs,

BROWN STUDY—Checked brown box jacket, solid brown gabardine slim skirt make Mrs. John David Baker's Easter-and-after suit. Mrs. Baker lives at 3902 N. Delaware St.

By KATY ATKINS Poa, HE LATE winter snowstorm had no effect on the spring-like atmosphere at the reception in the Marott Hotel following thé marriage of Jean and Richard Steele Wednesday. Punch bowls at either end of a long table were surrounded by green garlands, A garland of sweetheart roses, forget-me-nots and grape hyacinths went ground the cake in the center. of the table which was flanked by crystal eper-

~ genc®illed with the same

flowers, Jean wore a navy suit with white hat when they left for their wedding trip. Her mother, Mrs, John L. Porteous, was smart in a two-piece beige faille dress while the bridegroom’s mother; Mrs. Harry A. Steele, chose a gown of pale lilac with beige accessories. Mrs. John M. Heffelfinger entertained with a breakfast and shower for Jean a week ago Charming bridal figures under arches of sweetheart roses were at either end of the table. An Easter bunny bride decorated the gift table,

Party for Juniors : ECORATIONS with a capital “D” transformed the Woman's Depart-

ment Club into the Coconut Grove Club for the recent Junior Assembly party. “Wajters” at the door, barred by the conventionad velvet rope, flowergirls, pienus and a

Mrs. Atkins

floor show carried out the nightclub theme.

A thatched roof sheltered the orchestra which played on a beach complete with palm trees and waves. The only other occupant of the beach was a sun bather. It was a brown painted figure of a man wearing white shorts with a hat over his face that cleverly bypassed construction difficulties. Among the performers was Dick Gilbert who scored a great hit with his songs. Supper was served in the “Tropicale Room” upstairs, gay with gold-fringed cloths and leis,

A Family Affair y MEMBERS of the Traders Point Hunt

gathered for one of its informal

Sunday night suppers in the clubhouse last week. This is a family affair with the younger generation expected. Susie Clark was there with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lindley Clark. The Sylvester Johnsons Jr., back from a skiing expedition; Carol and Alex Holliday; Jane and Bill Fortune,

Mary and Louis Schwitzer Jr. and Martha -

Jane and Wells Hampton were on hand as were the Fred Heslars, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Alig and Jane and the John Beard Washburns who came with Mrs. Van Camp Mayer.

Mrs. Mayer's daughter, Betty, with her husband, Tom Trixler, and their little boy have returned to their home in Portland, Ore. after a two weeks’ visit here. . . . Mrs. Kenneth Ogle, formerly of Indianapolis, has been here from California with her son, Kenneth, and Penny. 2 Irving ‘and Frank Springer are back from their wedding trip to-the Virgin Islands and are no doubt house hunting like mad. . Mrs. Robert McKisson of Winnetka stopped for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hendrickson on her way to Nashville to visit a married daughter. The former Mary Hendrickson, she is as pretty as ‘ever with her beautiful white hair adding to her good looks. - Mrs. Hendrickson had a small tea for her, giving Mary's many friends an opportunity for a ra¥e visit. . . . Mrs. Fred B. Willlams Jr. and Mrs. George Parry have returned from a visit in Tucson, Ariz.

Hostess for Club MES. WILLIAM A. ATKINS was. hostess for the Progressive Club last Monday when Donald Mattison was

the speaker. Masses of snapdragons, “home grown,” were lovely in the drawing-room as were the pots of gorgeous white cyclamen lining the passage from: the dining-reom to the greenhouse. Red roses were on the tea table where Mrs. Robert Tyndall, Mrs. Ralph Lockwood and Mrs. Sylvester Johnson poured. & »

. MRS. SCOTT BANGE, Mrs. Brandt Downey, Mrs. Dorsey King and Mrs. Austin Clifford poured at the open house, sponsored by the Juvenile Court Citizens Advisory Committee, at the Marion County Juvenile Center on Monday. i Mrs. Karl Koons, Mrs. Louis Nie, Mrs. William Dye, Mrs, Cora D’Arcy and Mrs. Bert <MeCammon were assisting. More than 200 visitors were especially impressed with the remodeled building housing the gymnasium and craft shop. The latter, where salvaged fnaterials are put to various ingenious uses, was decorated entirely by the children under the supervision of the craft director, Mary Lou Hill. It is an exciting and colorful spot. Gov. Schricker, Mayor Bayt, Dr. and Mrs. Herman Shibler and Mr. and Mrs; Frank Fairchild headed the celebrities on hand. Others glimpsed in the crowd were Mrs. C. 8. Ober, Miss Bertha Leming, Mrs, R. H. G. Mathews, Mrs. Paul Rupprecht and Mrs, Samuel Ashby. : hb MRS. WILLIAM NILES WISHARD was extremely smart in a gray dress with a dark green velvet collar when she introduced Dr. Walter N. Judd who was the speaker for a recent meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Indianapolis Medical Society. It was a privilege to hear Dr. Judd. Among those giving him their full attention were Mrs. Herman Kothe, Mrs. Fred Boone, Dr. and Mrs. Willis D. Gatch, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Lynn, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly and Dr. and Mrs. H. A. VanOsdol.

Easter Sunday Is a ‘Circle Date’ for Singing Family

By AGNES H. OSTROM

“LETS ALL sing louder!”

The mike on the Circle

Theater stage picked up the enthusiastic bid of a

small youngster.

Tightly clutching his small bouquet of yellow daffodils, blossoms down, which almost matched his blond hair, Buzzy Guckenberger spoke to a group of white-

robed flower children. Politely restless—and a bit bewildered — they surrounded him. It was Easter morning two years ago. A halting rain which prophesied no letup had forced the Mon-

graphs of the nation’s great artists of that decade she holds in her tapered “piano hands” are just as complimentary.

Accompanied Choruses FOR 20 YEARS, until thé

end of World War I, she worked side by side with

(Cont. to Page 21, Col. 1)

Simon La Kiser, once the

accompanist for all. Indianapolis, looks through her collection of

autographed photographs and press notices.

££

ument Circle Easter Sun-

rise Carol Service inside

for the second time in’ its 27year history.

Buzzy did something for that service. His voice carried—not only in the theater

—but over the radio too. Just everybody sang louder. Voices of the moppet set swelled. So did those of others taking part in the service. And the scores of spectators crowded into the playhouse forgot their initial disappointment in missing an outdoor program. They joined in at specified intervals with real gusto. Even the radio audience at home caught Buzzy's ardor. Heads taller, maybe not quite so blonde, Buzzy will be singing even louder this year ... he, brother Bing and their mother, Mrs. George Guckenberger III. Easter in Indianapolis is a standing date for them. At home—in Wyoming, O., an incorporated town in Cincinnati—friends and neighbors begin asking about this time of year, “Well, are you going to sing on the Monument again?’ They already know the answer. The boys, known formally as George IV, 91, and Wayne, 6, are one of several second generation families in

the annual carol service. couple

of war years,

SUNRISE SINGERS—An Ohio trio, Mrs. George Guckenberger Ill and sons, Buzzy (center) and Bing rehearse at home for the Monument Circle Easter Sunrise Carol Service.

Mrs, stage on a table in the attic

Chorale Veteran

HILE she was still attending School 60, in 1927, Virginia Mary Wheeler began going back to the school on Satturday mornings for the weekly practice of the Odgen Junior Chorale. With her was her sister, Doris; now Mrs, Fred LI. Toumey, 801 E. 46th St. Directing was Mrs. James M. Ogden, founder of the service and the chorale. At the piano was Mrs. Luther Shirley, now in Hollywood and New York with her actor son, Bill. . Except for college years in DePauw University, where she met her husband, and ‘a

Guckenberger has always sung at Easter. Bing’'s arrival the week after Easter one year kept her at home. “It's a highlight for us,” observes Virginia Mary. “The boys love it and talk about it

a lot.” They also count on a visit with their grandmother, Mrs. C .8. Wheeler, 5678 Central Ave.

Dramatic Bent

BUZzY has been one of the flower children

since he was 4. This

year's 29th ‘annual service will be Bing’s third appearance.

Often Buzzy uses his dra-

matic bent to reproduce the -

entire service with blocks and puppets, Centered on & play

playroom is the rugged cross. That's just about where his

mother usually stands when she helps release the ‘doves after the youngsters’ recessional, : Bing helps too. But al this point he'd rather be playing a game. “More the outdoor type,” his mother comments. Buzzy's particularly proud this year. He's the only boy in his fourth grade room who has been asked into the ele-

mentary (grades-four through six) chorus of Wyoming School. The Ohio trio will arrive Wednesday for their visit and the 6:30 a. m. program Easter Sunday on the Monument

steps. Mr. Guckenberger will

join his family for the week-

sod.