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POSTMAN'S HELPERS — Mrs. Emsley Johnson Jr. and Mrs. Robert E. Jones (extreme left to right) receive acceptances for the Indianapolis Day Nursery Junior Auxiliary fashion show from Mrs. Johnson's daughter Gracia and her playmate, Marcia Raber (left to right), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Raber, 6036 Haverford Ave. The acceptances for the show, to be at 4 p. m. Tuesday in the Marott Hotel being delivered to the Johnson home, 5745 N. Pennsylvania St.

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Your Child and Your School—

School Army Stands Ready to Aid Child

Mrs. Patai believe her son

By IRENE PATAI N ANGRY mother came to my school early in the morning. She had been asked to come because her son Charles had been a truant for more than a week. “I don’t believe it,” she declared firmly. “He has told me about his by school work { last week. Charles would gE never lie to g¥ me.” } “But Charles }+ was found out- ; = @ side the build- | ing” replied i the attendance officer. The mother still refused to had lied to her. “Then suppose you over-hear a conversation,” suggested the attendance officer. He asked Charles’ mother to sit in the adjoining room where she could hear everything without being seen. Charles was sent for, “Did you cut your classes yesterday?” asked the attendance officer. “Sure,” Charles admitted freely and with a certain amount of bravado. “Did you tell your mother?.. “Sure,” said Charles, “She knows all about it.” In the adjoining room his mother clenched her fists. She had heard enough. She stormed into the office. “How could you lie to me, Charles?” she cried as she began to pummel him. In a last desperate attempt to maintain his innocence, Charles turned on the attendance officer. “Who is this woman?” he screamed. “Why do you let her do this to me?” t » ” MANY PARENTS, like Charles mother, are not aware that there is an invisible army, constantly at work in the school systems of America, ready to Help them. Too often these agencies are overlooked because their existence isn’t known. There are the guardians of your child’s physical and mental health: a battery of doctors, nurses, psychologists, teachers for the handicapped and homebound children, dietitians, sight conservation classes,

NOTE: This is a third in a timely series for parents and pupils keyed to “first days of school.” The author is a teacher and a mother of three young children.

teachers for the mentally deficient. : Most schools have a nurse on the staff. There also may be a visiting doctor who gives medjcal examinations, injections against diphtheria and small pox, ear and eye tests. How valuable these are I know. My own child needed glasses in the first grade. The school doctor knew it before I did. In my school, at least one child was discovered to have tuberculosis as a result of the Patch Test. Often the health education department of the school can get a child to do what a parent cannot, such as going to a dentist. As part of a school campaign to encourage eating breakfast, I remember my own astonishment when I asked for a show of hands.. Only onethird of my class had breakfast that morning. The effectiveness of the school psychologist is remarkable. But hardly enough attention is being paid to this important preventive agent. He is usually a part-time worker and can give his attention only

to the most serious cases.

NEXT COME the agencies whose job it is to meet your child's mental and vocational needs: The attendance officers, guidance counselors, -employment bureau, deans and principals. The guidance counselors are specially trained to rate the child’s capacity for work and to guide him in his choice of vocation, college or special trade school. Very often the child does not know what he wants to do when school days end. Then it is the counselor who may show him several possibilities, For instance, a girl was not sure whether to go to nursing school or to college. Her record indicated that she could be very successful at college. Her counselor arranged her program so that she might qualify for both. When she was graduated, she decided on the college and was grateful for her counselor's foresight.

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sight danger signals. Charles’ truancy mentioned a bo ve, brought out the fact that he had been the butt of a rough, boyish prank and “couldn’t bear” to face the pupils who had humiliated him. He was quickly straightened out. ” » » WHATEVER the cause, be glad we tell you. We are trying to protect your child. Truancy can lead to an abandonment of school and delinquency. It doesn’t always. I remember how heartbroken Earl's parents were when they discovered he had “played hookey” for several weeks, They were convinced he would end up in prison. The guidance counselor got on the job. Earl, he found, had an exceptionally fine record, a good IQ and always received excellent character ratings from his teachers. Earl finally told the counselor he had been worried about a girl of whom his parents disapproved. The first time he was truant he had arranged to meet her. The next day he met her again. The third day he found it hard to go back to school because he had fallen behind in his work. The counselor realized Earl would profit most if he were helped to regain his former status. He received permission from the dean to permit Earl to take the final exams. His teachers were instructed to raise the passing grade as a punishment. Earl had no trouble in passing, graduated from elementary and high school successfully. That is a perfect example of good teamwork between school experts and parents. You may live in a community which lacks one or more of these agencies. Through the joint effort of your PTA and your local school board, it may be possible to work out your specific problems. TOMORROW: Teachers are human, too.

Couple Wed 50 Years

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Elliott will hold open house from 2 to 4 p. m. Sunday in observance of their 50th wedding anniversary in their home, 1724 Cottage Ave.

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Guild Fashions

Delight Viewers .___ At Showing Here

By BETTY LOCHER Times Fashion Editor

ALF of the audience sweltered in woolens.

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half was comfortable in silks, rayon crepe and even fall cotton tweeds at the Children’s Museum Guild Fashion Show luncheon yesterday in the Columbia Club.

The show featured the entire fall collection of Jo Copeland, New York designer who was there through the efforts of Block's. The show was repeated again at noon today. Highlight of the afternoon was the appearance of the lovely Jo Copeland in. person. She is a petite blonde and was wearing one of her own creations, a slim biue and green plaid wool dress with a draped surplice bodice and wide black elastic waist cincher. She carried ‘a long black fox furpiece. Her delightful little black velvet hat twined through her hair like a garland, ending in a jeweled star on one side. d » = FASHIONS worn by the spectators were as smart as those seen on the runway. Mrs. Ralph B. Coble looked cool and lovely in a new fall cotton twopiece dress of olive green with cream, red and black plaid windowpane check. Black velvet buttons and binding on the collar and cuffs matched her chic black velvet hat. Mrs. Lynn N. Summers wore a blond sheer wool dress. The paneled skirt buttoned down one side and the bodice was ‘highlighted with a beaded gold emblem. She also wore a matching small velours off-the-face hat. Mrs. Glenn V. Ryan chose a silver and gray tie silk print dress with a full skirt and a large brimmed hat of pale olive green banded with a twist of American Beauty jersey and pearls. Mrs. Oral Bridgford was stunning in a plum tweed suit with a deep raspberry velours hat, side tilted. , » ” #" MRS. WILLIAM WIGGINS wore a blond wool jersey side draped dress with a beaver felt hat in olive green and yellow banded with scarlet and

gold. Mrs. Wilber Elliott looked smart in a light gray woo! suit with a flared skirt, black velvet pillbox and white gloves. Mrs. Copeland and Thelma Ireland, Block's fashion co-or-dinator, alternated in commentating the show. Two New York models who came for the show were Miss Peggy Parter and Miss Genese Donnerth, Block's professional models as well as guild members kept the show running swiftly. Guild members who modeled were Mesdames James O. Birr, Robert Blackburn, George Bockstahler, Lee Ford Jr, Charles Harrison, Robert Hoover, Thomas Reilly and Wm. Wiggins. Their husbands were seated at a special table to watch the performance. ” n ”

CORDURY was starred in new ways in the fashion collection. There was a winter weight cordury coat in carmel with a gentle tulip flare to the skirt and a mink shawl collar. Corduroy suits with matching satin ascots and satin blouses were dressy. A~stunning carmel corduroy coat dress had a gored skirt and matching satin cuffs, buttons and binding down the front. In the group of cocktail dresses were several that were mummy - wrapped from just under the bust to well down on the hips with skirts flaring widely below. This silhouet was particularly smart with a black taffeta top and middle, black sheer wool skirt. Grand finale of the dramatic show was a bare-topped peacock evening gown. If was a sheath of iridescent sequins with a rosette and- spread of net panels in the same glorious colors fanning out from one side of the hip to the floor.

Protests Roadside Spray

HE Garden Club of Indiana executive board yesterday registered a protest against the indiscriminate spraying of roadside weeds, especially by electric power cgm-

panies and certain chemical

Indiana natural shrubs and trees. Mrs. T. Eugene Bailey, Lafayette, club conservation chairman, reported letters "suggesting a better method be tried have been sent to each member club in the state for distribution to county commissioners. The spray drifts 50 feet or more and is killing grass, crops and particularly rare wild flowers and native dogwood and redbud for which Indiana is famous. The letters stated damage to the native wildlife overbalanced the good resulting from killing of the weeds.

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MAR. 25-26, 1953, were announced as dates for the state convention here in Indianapolis at the business session in the Columbia Club. Regional meeting of the National Council of State Garden: Clubs will be Oct. 10-11 in Chicago. The club will ~complete its project of erecting Blue Star markers and landscaping highway roadsides in October with the dedication of a marker in South Bend. Mrs. John Downing, Martins-

Speakers to Meet

Miss Clara Ryan will address the Indianapolis Speakers Club at its 7:30 p. m. meeting Friday in the Hotel Washington. She will talk on “Words, Their Use and Their Magic.” Miss Edna Burns will serve as toastmistress for the speech-practice period.

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ville, outlined the club's new constructive program, “Model Miles for More Beautiful Indiana.” Each club member is being held responsible for the conditions of one roadside mile in its vicinity.

Mrs. Simpson Stowe, Selma, president, announced Holcomb House, Indianapolis; Green Growing Garden Club, Marion, and Worthington Senior Garden Club, Worthington, | were new affiliates with the state

group.

Expert to Give Pattern Talks

Miss Else of Cincinnati will give lectures on how to adjust commercial dregs patterns to personal measurements in Block's Auditorium tomorrow and Friday. The talks are scheduled for 2:30 and 6:30 p. m. tomorrow and 10:30 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. Friday. She will be in Block's Yardage Department, Fourth Floor, all day Saturday for consultation. Miss Else will have with her basic patterns in both paper and muslin in sizes 12 to 44% to sell. She will adjust the patterns to each purchaser and give advice on fitting problems. She has studied dressmaking and designing in Vienna and Paris, was born in Europe and is now an American citizen. She" is touring the country visiting stores to introduce her new ideas in selling basic patterns.

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CITY SUIT—Maurice Rentner projects the blade slim line in a molded suit of sheer wool with hips pared down, a cut-away jacket and slim skirt. It will be shown in the French Room at Ayres’ as a part of his fall collection tomorrow and Friday. There will be informal modeling all day with Miss Arden Sneed, formerly of Indianapolis, as model and Miss Eleanor Stoner as fashion representative,

Camp Fire Girls Announce Program

Cook-outs and hiking as well as nature and camp craft work are being planned by week-end camping groups of Indianapolis Camp Fire Girls in Camp Delight. Those already scheduled to attend are Kekoki group, Mrs.

Frances Abbott, guardian; Trinity Lutheran Camp Fire Girls, Mrs. Willlam Dearmin, guardian; Pugs Horizon Club from Shortridge; All-City Horizon Club, and Tuxedo Park Baptist Church group, Mrs, Raymond Fye, guardian.

DAC Group Lists Plans For Meeting

STATE committee chairmen of the Daughters of the American Colonists will

attend a luncheon meeting at noon Saturday in the Hawthorn Room, Miss Mary Elizabeth Bell, state regent, has called the meeting to discuss duties and

plans of the committees for the Year. Members elected as state committee chairmen are Mrs, Charles Dove, Richmond, finance; Mrs. Walter Titus, auditing; Mrs, G. W. Hays, Bedford, by-laws and revision; Mrs. John Eudaly, Richmond, colonial and genealogical records, and Miss Eva Perrin, Terre Haute, correct use of the flag.

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MRS. ALFRED STANLEY, Terre Haute, insignia; Mrs. I. C. Morgan, Austin, flag and banner service; Mrs. Herbert Bayne, Pennville, memorial marking historical spots; Miss Ellen Adaline Wood, Ridgeville, national defense, and Miss Mary Ellen Zimmerman, Terre Haute, patriotic education. Mrs. Foster Goss, “W. Terre Haute, printing; Mrs, Margaret Waltz, Winchester, membership; Mrs, Joseph Meier, publicity; Miss Wenonah Goshorn, Terre Haute, radio and television; Mrs. Ralph Reynolds, Richmond, rehabilitation and veterans hospitals, and Miss Mayme Applegate, New Castle, credentials. Miss Thyrza Parker, Terre Haute, registration; Mrs. Bertram Carmack, program; Mrs, Grover Roll, Terre Haute, resolutions; Mrs: C. E. Gilliatt, Seymour, state project; Mrs. Elmer Rees, Richmond, year book, and Mrs. Jerome Powers, Richmond, honorary = national president, parliamentarian,

Saengerchor Plans

Two Card Parties

Two card parties are scheduled for this week by Ladies of the Indianapolis Saengerchor. They will both be in the choir’s hall at 521 E. 13th St. The first will be at 1:30 p. m, tomorrow and the second at 8:30 p. m. Saturday.

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