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TOOL ASSEMBLY —Mrs. Robert C. Blessing.

Pair Goes fo Canada

After Their Wedding In the Bride's Home

By KATY ATKINS ELSE ANNE and Wesley Dunn are off to Mont Tremblant on their honeymoon after their marriage Friday afternoon in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Locke.

Wesley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Dunn. He is a graduate of Harvard University and received his PhD, at Pur- & due. Elsie & Anne attended Smith College and Indiana University. Only mem-

bers of the

immediate families were ; : | at the cere- “* : mony which Katy Atkins was followed by a recption in the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Here the guests had a great surprise as they did not know that there had been a wedding. Invitations had been issued for a party and lots of people suspected that the engagement was going to be announced. One can imagine the extra excite ment and gaiety at this gathering.

” ” ’ THE PLAYERS CLUB hit a high spot with its two recent plays at the Booth Tarkington Civie Theater. Dusty Rhoades’ set of a railroad waiting-room was used for both plays. For “Albuquerque, 10 Minutes,” it was brightly lit to be flooded with sunlight and to show the charming Indian murals. For the horror play, “Heat Lightning,” it was s tripped down and turned into a murky little bus station. Elizabeth Lieber made the most of being a touristy tourist in the first play in which the roles .of a Broadway actress and a Hollywood cowboy were played by the good-looking Earl Townsends.

” o ” . THE WARD FENSTERMAKERS brought down the house as silent Indians typical- of Western stations,” until the train - “pulled out” when they threw off their blankets and, all dressed up, took off to a night club. This play was directed by Eunice Dissette. Edith Ferriday’ directed the other in which Margaret Mead played the role that, we think, was done by Veronica Lake on television. ‘She played her part

with such magnificent suspense.

and emoted so hard that, when it came time to take a bow, she just stayed where she had

landed when she was “murdered.” Harry Wade and Wayne Ritter who were the other members of the cast stretched out on the stage too, thus breaking the very real tension built up.

” ” ” EVERYONE WENT OFF to dance happily at Woodstock where Margaret wore a navy taffeta dress with lilacs at the neckline, Peg Hiser wore red

taffeta and Mrs. Edward Wohl-

gemuth was in pink and black nylon net. _ The Hisers, Wohigemuths, Willlam Dyers and Alex Taggarts Jr. formed the committee for the evening. : ” 8 8 TWO RECENT VISITORS have returned to their homes in the East. Ann Schemmerhorn has been with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Elder. Lulu Mayer was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Russell Ryan and Mr. Ryan.

This first week of April has brought ' mahy people home from trips. Flo and Tom Binford and Mary Scott and Nelson Johnson have been in the West as have Elizabeth Hoke and Mr, and Mrs. J. Charles Schaf. Helen Sheerin and Myla Jordan are back from Mexico where they were joined briefly by Eloise Gall. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McNally were in Cuba and Cat Cay and Eleanor Stout has been in Flor-

ida. : ” ” n

DATES HAVE BEEN get for. .

two weddings that are of interest locally. Sally Bunnell

and Jack McLeod will be mar- »

ried in Evanston, Ill, May 31. Mary Driscoll and Jim Bryan have chosen June 14 for their big day. Many Indianapolis friends are longing to be in Marion, Mass., that day to wish them ‘luck and to see the Driscoll family. : ” n ” THE (ONVENTIONAL good taste of the appointments on the buffet table for the Junior Assembly supper dance in the recently redecorated ballroom of the Marott Hotel marked it as a more formal event than many of this group's. parties, Long dresses meant no square dances, but it was a gay evening. : The boys on the committee in chefs’ regalia and the girls in frilly aprons and fillet headbands served the supper.

BORDER CULTIVATION-—Mrs. Robert M. Smith and Mary Scott Smith,

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1952

When Spring's First Sunny Days Arrive Women Gardeners Dig In’ On Home Soil

By AGNES H. OSTROM 9s Woman's Edlior WHER the spring sun breaks through and milder breezes blow Indianapolis goes outdoors.

It's a gardener's paradise and first on the scene are the Eve's. . "Whenever housewives can they slip away from indoor cleaning, routine chores and outside events, change into ‘jeans, grab a rake, spade and trowel, put on gardening gloves, tie a scarf around their heads and head outside for as long as the sun shines. Interest in meetings and card playing suddenly fades, They're “busy today.” ” ” ~ CHILDREN MAY HELP after school. Father can be counted “in” for a family session on the week end — well, until good golf weather anyway —but the women get an early start with those few stolen

hours between appointments.

There are winter's protective straw, leaves and just plain debris to be gently raked off with a flexible tool. Dead, dried stems to be pulled. Bushes to be trimmed. Ground to be cultivated for fertilizer and peat moss. More ground to be broken for new beds—“where the soil's better.” Lawns to be seeded.

For Mrs. Robert C. Blessing, 5855 Allisonville Rd. spring means moving garden tools from ‘an outside shed into the garage attached to the house. Then she's ready for planting in the shaded wild flower bed just back of the house and clearing off of the rock bed with the southern exposure. She's already cut narcissus for a luncheon party, And planted seeds in the wild flower ! bed that has 17 varieties transplanted from the wooded ravine back of the tool shed. “Saves high school youngsters looking for specimens. They can just come along the house

and take one of each kind, They don't have to bother going down into the woods.” » ” ” IN THE BLESSING rock bed at various stages of growth are the narcissus, tulips, seven types of creeping flocks, spice pinks and myriads of dwarf perennials—most the Blessings seeded themselves. Across the road is their orehard--30 Grimes Golden trees—which will blossom before too long.

Mrs. Walter P. Morton's se

cluded backyard at 3434 BE, Fall

Creek Pkwy., is a “pure perennial garden—no annuals.” Narcissus and hemerocallis are blooming. A peach tree, one of 18 fruit trees there, is pinkstudded.

A longtime gardener, Mrs, Morton has spread her growthstimulating fertilizer on the beds, is ready to cultivate, edge borders, then spread peat moss (“good for our shady soll”) which was watered down last week.

8he and her husband, Dr. Morton, divide their time between gardening on Fall Creek and farming at Bhining Waters, Mrs. Morton's childhood home Just: east of Marshall, Ill. All the surplus from here is taken there for borders around an

acre of lawn. Nearby is 12

acres of forest with the 16,000 trees they've planted. Mrs. Morton has just turned columnist, Since January she’s heen the by-lined author of “Footnotes on City Farming” for the weekly shall Herald. ” ” » MANY FAMILIES, like the Robert M. Bmiths, 432 W. Hampton Dr., and the Eugene Hibbs, 7411 N. Pennsylvania 8t., have moved and are starting from scratch, A yew hedge in front is Mrs. Smith's goal this year, Ricky Hibbs may help break ground for his mother's flower garden. But he has his eye on & backyard spot for his own

PLOWING—Mrs. Eugene B.

vegetable garden, From past experience his mother thinks she'll he left with the “corn and beans” later in the summer,

THE J. LESLIE MUESING’S expansive lawn, in front and back of their homes, 5515 KE. St. Clair Bt., takes lots of care. But ’

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LAWN ROLLING—Mrs. J. Leslie Mussing and Teddy Muesing.

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actually no more than the pers .

eners over the city these women are determined to take advantage of every nice day and get their grounds in shape for a colorful summer,

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Tiny Tots Learn Competitive Swimming In IAC Pool |

BASIC INSTRUCTION—IAC Coach Jim Clark shows an arm stroke to Bryce Pruett, Ann Reel and Janet McCracken (seated, left to right); Beverly Ann Berner, Jimmy Reid, Martha Ann Spicklemire and Janet Sue Heath (standing, left to right).

'Y OUNGSTERS just out of the baby stage ~re getting championship swimming training in the Indianapolis Athletic Club pool.

Daily Monday through Friday on the club’s lower level Jim Clark, IAC swimming coach, is putting a group of pre-kindergarten moppets— 4 and under—through varsity aquatic paces. They're loving it. And learning a lot faster than many older children or adults how to stay on top. It’s sometimes a splashy pre-

view. That's whea the child is

frightened. Then the tall, darkhaired, genial coach uses psychology. “Just throw em in a few times.” It’s harder on parents watching from the poolside than the youngster. “But,” observes Jim, ‘“‘we’ve never lost a swimmer yet. ? “Why, I teach beginners just like competitive swimmers. I divide the lessbn into four phases and stress whatever the children are weakest in" First come the kicks—flutter, frog and scissors. Arm strokes are next. Then all-im-portant breathing. Afterward the three are combined. Age doesn’t mean a thing to

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CAUTIOUS BEGINNER—Waterwings and Jim serve as boons to Jimmy Reid (above) who was taking his first” lesson when this picture was taken.

Jim. Buf the repetition of attending class every day does. “These children can learn more by coming every day for two weeks than once a week for a

year” is his theory. .

“The. secret. is getting the in often ‘enough and making them work hard.” They do vharder than adults anyway.

He's found by swimming every day an average child can achieve 25 yards in 41 lessons. “And that's based on £0,000 cases with which I've come into contact directly or indirectly,” says the man who

is turning out champions In the dpper-age bracket all the time. Currently the youngest beginner is Janet Sus Heath, just 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Eugene Heath, 2954 N. Sherman Drive.

Jim's also discovered children accustomed to beaches or wad- - ing pools require about four times as long to learn swimming as those who have never been in before. The latter start by knowing only water over their heads, a bug-a-boo to the others.

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SECOND GENERATION—Mrs. John C. Reel, the former Patty Aspinall, IAC-trained national breast stroke champion, ‘41-43, holds her young son, David, as she watches the progress of daughter Ann,

With infinite = patience any mother watching could well

envy and extreme caution the coach trains the tots individually and in groups. He varies the approarh to .the child—not all respond to the same thing.

He uses such aids as kicking boards and waterwings — big and little—until the child is ready to take off under his own power.

Jim's theories work like charms. Soon ths youngsters are scrambling in and out of the water as confidently as they do a sand pile in their

own back yards and them—

making a pool length in fale form, A piping voice saying, “Turn the hot water on” disturbs him not at all. He knows the owner, after a quick rubdown with a bath towel held by mother on the sidelines, will be back in the pool within seconds to.try something else. : He's just now getting seconds generation IAC trained swime mers. And is { out a hatch of kids EE the water because HOW w V