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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1929
Page
6
Delegates from fifteen Indiana chapters of Phi Beta Psi elected Miss Lucille Rector of Anderson as state president during the annual state convention held in Anderson last week.
Frances Paget reports that the knee skirt and raised waistline no longer frighten educated women. The fashion movement tied to the Valli or Yall style is clarified as season two collections roll out. Critics once alarmed by long skirts and short waists now accept customized, moderate interpretations free from corset fears.
The Indianapolis Association Retail Druggists will sponsor a Christmas party Friday for women of the county infirmary. Readings by Mrs. N H Deal Ralph Rissler Jr and Frank Stevenson. Bernice and Wilbur Hessel plan costume dances. Mrs John Schulmeyer and Mrs Edward Crawford lead the musical program. Hostesses include Mrs Fred Dunnington chair man Mrs Edward Ferger Mrs Crawford Mrs J S Jeely and Miss Dorothy Fogas. Festive decora tions and appointments will be used.
Arthur Gist, principal of a training school and director of practice teaching at State Teachers' College in San Francisco, will speak on Important Movements in Elementary Education at Teachers College of Indianapolis. He will also confer with the teacher training department and address the Indiana Council of Administrative Women later Thursday.
New members of the Indianapolis Junior League will be entertained at a tea on Saturday December 14 hosted by president Mrs Benjamin D Hitz at Brendenwood.
Mrs John Lyman Blish entertained at Maple Crest in Seymour with a luncheon bridge party in honor of Miss Jane Griffith. Her marriage to James Cameron Moag will be on Saturday December 14 at 8 30 at Tabernacle Presbyterian church. Decorations were Christmas colored and the tea table featured a Christmas tree. Guests included Mrs Howard Thomas Griffith Mrs William Hogan Mrs Elijah Martindale Mrs Henry Frenzel Mrs Frederick Jungelaus Mrs Wayne Kinnaird Miss Jeanette Craft Miss Katharine Malott Brown and Miss Elizabeth Hereth.
The piece surveys Paris fashion shows where long skirts struggle to dominate daytime wear while gowns with extreme silhouettes remain popular in salons. It notes a shift away from tanning and toward skin bleaching, and previews Christmas card ideas and May-Helly designs worn by Miss America in Deauville.
President and Mrs. William Cullen Dennis of Earlham College will be guests of honor at a 7 tonight dinner at the Woodstock Club hosted by Earlham alumni in Indianapolis. Margaret M. Evans directs arrangements. Dennis will speak, introduced by Dr. Murray N. Hadley. Delmar W. Stout will speak. Mrs. Charles Marvel and Miss Louise Ford will give short talks representing Earlham women's clubs.
Poet and playwright Michael Strange will read poems and dramas at Tudor Hall School in the assembly hall Thursday night at 8. This is the second of three winter lectures at the school.
Members of the Trumps Bridge Club will hold their monthly meeting at 8 Thursday night at the Hoosier Athletic Club. The list of members includes Mrs. Thomas Corry Mrs. Ford Frerrs Mrs. Charles Harris Mrs. Robert Meeker Mrs. Russell Pence Mrs. Paul Phillips Mrs. Arthur Sanders Mrs. Joseph Stillings Mrs. Le Roy Vaughn Mrs. Floys Vernon Miss Doris Beck Miss Myrtle Brunsma Miss Rosemary Cutter Miss Donna Jacobsen Miss Grace King Miss Lois Lee Miss Susie Nicely Miss Elizabeth Riley Miss Marie Strieblen and Miss Ann Hahn.
Dr James H Peeling will address the International relations group of the American Association of University Women at a Thursday 10 o'clock meeting in parlor B of the Y W C A. The topic is Pan American Arbitration and Conciliation.
Advice discusses the difficulty widowed parents face when remarrying and how grown children may resist a stepparent. It advises maintaining respect for a partner, avoiding control or jealousy, and recognizing that adults balance family duties with a new relationship. It then answers a reader with guidance on distrustful rumors and dinner invitations within blended families.
Paynter-Whetsell miss Rheba Whetsell daughter of Mr and Mrs Elvin Whetsell Anderson and Lester Paynter son of Mr and Mrs John Paynter Anderson were married at the First Methodist Episcopal parsonage Anderson by Rev Freeland A Hall.
The Farewell for Sponsor Mrs Montgomery of the McCrea chapter will be held tonight at 4163 Broadway home of Mrs Rose Montgomery. Miss Mildred Lo Rash, president, asks all members to attend with transportation arranged.
Mrs Harry Leslie hosted the Indianapolis branch of the State Assembly Women's Club Christmas party at 101 East Twenty seventh Street. More than fifty women attended with two long luncheon tables, holly decor, and red candlelight. Mrs James Ogen led carols, Ruth Bradford read two stories, and Mrs Otto Fifield spoke on A Trip East.
Pattern notes describe a two piece circular skirt model with a close fitting sleeve and deep cuff, using plain or printed fabrics like linen silk wool tweed and georgette. Sizes 16 18 20 years require yards of fabric and contrasting facings, price 15 cents, book of fashions available by mail.
Miss Grace Jans hosts Beta chapter Delta Phi Beta sorority meeting at Southport home tonight for the annual election of officers. Mrs La Vonne Stokes and Miss Donna Morris along with Miss Alice Smith and Miss Louise Pritchback will be pledged at the gathering.
One hundred members and guests attended the Chil dren's Sunshine Club luncheon at Sunnyside today. The event featured tables with red poinsettias and red tapers, a decorated Christmas tree and bells in the reception room. Mrs. Harry Kennett chaired, aided by a list of named committee members.
Arlington Riding Club holds its second tournament of the season in the clubhouse riding ring with Mrs. C L Donahue as judge. Eleven young riders compete. Last tournament winners include seniors Joan Metzger Sally Smith Mary Elizabeth Kurtz and Charles Niven and juniors Barbara Hadley Dorothy Metzger Lucius Hamilton and James Smith.
Mrs. Louise Swain of the Indiana women's prison told 175 members of the Indianapolis Council of Women that drunkenness is a major reason women incur prison time for minor offenses. She also cited living beyond means as a key crime factor during a luncheon at Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. A. B. Glick presided.
Miss Doris Owens of 1437 Tibbs Avenue will host Theta Mu Rho sorority tonight. Cath erine Ziegner chairs as Bunco and bridge are planned with guests Miss Hostelle Easton Miss Margaret Hohlt Miss Esther Van Hook and Miss Catherine Swan present.
Beta Rho Sigma sorority will hold a meeting at the home of Mrs. Robert Earl on Twenty fourth street tonight.
Magnolia Circle No 4 plans a benefit card party Friday at 2 p m at Red Men s hall Morris and Lee streets for community support.
Will Entertain Sorority Zeta Psi Omega is hosted tonight at the home of Miss Katherine Mansfield located at 5822 East Washington Street. The event is a social gathering planned by members and attended by guests from the campus community.
Theta Sigma Delta sorority plans a meeting with Miss Marjorie Franklin at 71 North Whittier Place Thursday night. All members and pledges are urged to attend.
Kappa Chi Theta sorority will hold a meeting at the home of Mrs. George Cochran 822 North Bradley Street on Friday night.
Mr and Mrs John Graham of 4800 Washington Boulevard travel to New York City for a week. Emil Mantel at 3425 North Meridian Street arrived in New York Tuesday night aboard the Franconia after being abroad since early November. Mrs Cora L Epps of the Marott Hotel visits Brookline Massachusetts to see her daughter Mrs Horace F Hill.
Members of the Indianapolis branch of the Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays announced a guest party in February at their meeting held Tuesday in Fletcher American Bank parlors. Mrs. E. L. Burnett will lead a benefit luncheon bridge January 17 at the home economics studio. Neighborhood theaters are planning potato and apple matinees sponsored by the indorsers during the Christmas season, with Mrs. H. C. Bertrand in charge.
Mrs Clyde J Roach hosted a 3 to 6 pm tea at the Wood stock Club honoring her daughter Mrs Charles Rock wood newly arrived in Indianapolis from Des Moines Iowa. The tea table featured yellow roses and yellow tapers in silver holders with a large guest list of local ladies.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Second Moravian church at Thirty-fourth and Hovey streets announces its annual Christmas bazar to be held at the church on Friday afternoon and night. A supper will be served at 6 o'clock.
The Annual Christmas party of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society was held at 603 Highland Drive at 2 o’clock this afternoon hosted by Mrs. J A Kohl.
Mrs C Willis Adams oversees the event as general chair with committees for downtown booths led by Mrs Carl H Wallerich and assistants including Mrs Russell Wilson and others. Motor corps chairmen are aided by several members, and roles include clubs publicity school orders factory orders and related tasks.
Mrs Edward Ferger hosted a 1 o clock dinner at 5151 North Pennsylvania Street for invited guests including Mrs Charles Gemmer of Los Angeles California, formerly of Indianapolis, who was the honored guest. The luncheon center was a red damask cloth with a century old service and bone handled cutlery. Meals were served in old fashioned style.
The Children’s Museum held a luncheon Tuesday for its new board of advisers. Attendees included Mrs. Maudy Moody Mrs. Harry R. Wilson Mrs. J. Don Miller Warren D. Oakes Charles F. Miller Christopher Coleman Thomas A. Hendricks and Herman C. Wolff.
Mrs G P Davidson of 3340 North Meridian Street will host the Friday Service Club luncheon at 12 30 Friday. Assisting her will be Mrs Harry Joslin and Mrs James E Berry.
Young men and women of St Ann's Catholic church Mars Hill will entertain with a dance in the parish hall at 9 Saturday night.
The Phi Beta Tau sorority will participate in the O'Hara Sans carnival at Liberty Hall located 3208 East Michigan Street on Saturday night.
The Call Business Meeting Alpha chapter of Omega Phi Tau sorority will hold its regular business meeting at 8 30 Wednesday night at the Chamber of Commerce building. Members are asked to attend.
The Chi Delta Chi sorority will hold a joint meeting of the Alpha and Beta chapters at 8 tonight at Miss Minnie Adair’s home located at 142 West Twenty Sixth Street.
Christmas party and luncheon of the Mothers' Club of Delta Delta Rho sorority held today at the L. S. Ayres tearoom.
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