Betrothal plans and Christmas events fill city social page
Miss Lois Georgian Rooker and Arthur McCammen set to wed at Third Christian Church with T W Grafton officiating. Families, bridal party, gowns, music, and reception details listed along with Mu Phi Epsilon and Delta Zeta chapter activities and multiple holiday gatherings across Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Georgian Rooker
W. D. Rooker
Alabama, St
Arthur McCammen
E. W. McCammon
Bellefontaine St
Third Christian Church
T. W. Grafton
Grace Black
James Allen
Theresa Rooker
Lucille McE
Aaron Ward
Dixie Young
Robert Reed
Dorothy Oblinger
James Ulrich
Virginia Austin
Kappas Hold Christmas Party In Indianapolis Club Home
Indianapolis alumnae association of Kappa Kappa Gamma entertained members and out of town alumnae at Mrs. F. Ellis Hunter home 3921 N Delaware St with gift exchange a Christmas tree a sacred and secular music program led by Mrs Theodore Vonnegut and performances by Mrs Mansur B Oakes including Ghosts The Sugar Dollie and There Is a Song in the Air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mu Phi Epsilon National Honorary Musical Sorority
Florence Jeup
N. Talbott Ave
Ruth Fillmore
Focal Quartette
Jessie Barkeley Fitch
June Baker
Mildred Johns
Ruth Beals
Frederick Krull
Phillip Schoff
Daughters of 1812
Samuel Elliott Perkins
Pennsylvania St
S. E. Perkins
Indiana
Dirk H. A. Kolff
Ters
B. W. Gillespie
Cosmopoliltan Chapel
Maryland St
Margaret Yule
Old Glory
James L. Kalleen
Chapter House
Indianapolis
Kap Kappa Gamma
F. Ellis Hunter
Delaware St
Theodore Vonnegut
Mansur B. Oakes
Margaret Lang
Jerushy
Jessie Gaynor
Oley Speaks
Christmas Gifts Boudoir Pillow and Doll Top
Ornament oriented decor ideas for a boudoir pillow and doll head centerpiece. Suggestions include satin covers with silk ruffles evoking Civil War era crinoline, a leather center, and refined French dolls for pin cushions or powder bowls.
Music Notes at Metropolitan School of Music Christmas Programs
The Metropoli tan School of Music hosts The Blue Prince Christmas play Tuesday at 8 p.m. directed by Miss Faye Heller with a pupil cast and numbers by Robert Geis and Zelma Flora. Readings by Josephine Fitch and Helen Wargl. A second recital and Christmas program follows next Saturday at 3 p.m. Miss Aileen Klaiber presents a Christmas program Thursday evening. Crescendo Club Christmas party plans feature multiple performers. Indiana Chapter of the American Guild of Organists meets Sunday at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church with a 2 p.m. business meeting and recital by Paul Matthews. Public welcome.
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Margaret Donnan
Woman's Department Club
Edwin Green
Lucille Crews
Omega Chapter
Phi Gamma Pui Sorority
Marie Ritberger
Grace Lawin
Martha Obrist
Ethel Meier
Helen Grannan
Beryl Smith
Hamilton Berry
Service Star Legion
W. W. Winslow
Meridian St
Myron R. Willams
Edward Rosener
John A. Dyer
Betty Williams
Jack Dyer
Metropolitan School of Music
Faye Heller
Robert Geis
Zelma Flora
Edward Nell
Josephine Fitch
Helen Wargl
Frances Berk
Betty McFadden
Frances Louise Patton
Maxine Biddle
Raymond Lee Jones
Lorinda Cottingham
Pennsylvania St
Girl’s Glee Club
Theodore Sperry
Susan Woodbury
Verdi
Robert Winsted
MacDowell
Maxine O'Conner
Indiana
American Guild of Organists
Tabernace Presbyterian Church
Central Ave
Thirty-Fourth St
Paul Matthews
Tahérmaclée Choir
Mary Martha Lewis
Butler College
Federation Girls
The
Peppers
Zippers
Health Education Department
Mechanical Mothers and Rules in Child Rearing
Martha Lee argues against rigid rule based parenting and urges adapting to each child’s needs. A reader asks how to navigate parental restrictions on dating and freedom while seeking recreation and trust. The columnist urges obedience to gradually earn more freedom and notes consequences of overgeneralized rules.
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Johnny
Mary
Anne
Jimmy
Club Calendar December Events and Hostesses
Listings detail multiple club meetings across Indianapolis areas with hostesses and addresses. Programs include Christmas readings, plays, cantatas, luncheons, carols, Bible lessons, and gift exchanges. Notable groups include Irvington Women New Era Alpha Chi Omega and Inter-Se, with dates from December 11 to December 21.
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Ernest Wales
Pennsylvania St
L.aansfield
E. E B. Dunlap
Middle Dr
Woodruff Place
Irvington Women's
Co. B. Clarke
S. Audubon Rd
New Era
J. D. Davy
Schurman Ave
O. R. Wolf
A. E. Eggleton
E. E. Padgett
P. Leherer
Frank Measlin
R. O. MacAlexander
N. Delaware St
J. M. Dadrymple
Felix T. WeWhirter
W. H. Killman
Alpha Chi Omega Quartette
Papini
Life of Christ
Charles J. Buchanan
Ages and Engagements in a Cross Generational Letter
A reader asks if a 4 year old should marry a 25 year old in a playful letter to Lew. The response notes Lew is 18 and compares maturity and age gaps, suggesting happiness may hinge on rapid maturation differences and advising a Christmas greeting to the young man.
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Mise Lee
Lew
New Year Party Menu Idea From Hillie And Bobbie
Two girls from north Indianapolis plan a festive sendoff for the old year and welcome the new one. They suggest Welsh rarebit and candy with soft drinks before midnight but note it may be heavy. They propose lighter fare of salad sandwiches and coffee or soft drinks.
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Miss Lee
Indianapolia
Hillie
Bobbie
W C T U Gatherings and Christmas Plans Across Unions
The W C T U schedules meetings at multiple locations including Mrs E B Sprague and Mrs Carrie Handy. They plan Christmas programs and a state county Christmas entertainment at Ft Benjamin Harrison. Local unions request donations by Dec 18 and note anniversaries and guest attendance. Dr George H Tapy remarks at Tabernacle Presbyterian with 373 attending and Wabash College Glee Club quartet performing.
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Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Carrie Handy
Central Ave
George H. Tapy
Wabash College
Brotherhood of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Wabash College Glee Club
Christmas party plans and society gatherings in town
The Friendship Circle hosts a Christmas party Tuesday at 4118 N Pennsylvania St. The Jolly Five Hundred Club holds a Sunday dinner at 3010 N New Jersey St with couple invitations listed. The Lambda Chi Alpha Friendship Club stages a Tuesday shower at 24 Butler Ave with four club members in charge.
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Friendship Circle
Edward Wacker
Pennsylvania St
Jolly Five Hundred Club
William Kassenberg
New Jersey St
Thomas Mabey
Edwin Wright
James Meyers
Hubert McShay
Leviller
Peter Dufek
Lambda Chi Alpha Friendship Club
Butler Ave
Otis McCracken
Harvey Kures
Edgar F. Stewart
J. Harold Waidsworth
Costumed Dancers Lead Theta Party Event at Butler College
Miss Agnes Gahagan and Miss Gertrude Gahagan with Miss Kitty Lou Fitzgerald performed as dancers among whistling numbers by Dorcas Rock of Butler College. Chimpanzees loaned by William H. Block Company added novelty to the program. Santa distributed gifts as Mrs. Allen H. Greer chaired the hostess committee with a long list of assistants.
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Albert Wright
N. Tremont St
Hawthorne Club
Santa Claus
David Lowrie
Wright
Lowrie
Fred Stevens
D. Steed
Agnes Gahagan
Gertrude Gahagan
Kitty Lou Fitzgerald
Dorcas Rock
Butler College
Robert Long Hospital
Indianapolis
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Agnes
Helene Hibben
Irvington
Misunderstanding of marriage in a revealing letter
Leslie argues that mind and nature clash and that men and women are not suited for union as oil and water. He critiques respect and love in relationships, notes Sydney Carton as mortal yet admirable, and praises the child Jack as a model of eugenics while acknowledging moral conflict.
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Ruth
Marquise
Jack
Sydney
Karl Whitney
Leslie
Harry
Paula Perler
Little Jack
NEA Service, Inc
Nativity Pageant Led by Madonna Hessler at YWCA
Eleven scenes present The Nativity in a pantomime at the YWCA Sunday at 4 p m Madonna Hessler from Technical High School Club leads enunciation and shepherds Frances Berk reads Bible passages. Musicians and various student performers join the cast amid Christmas hymns and charitable fund donations next week.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Madonna Hessler
Technical High School
Frances Berk
Cyrilla Humes
William C. Harrison
Helen Harrison
Florence Lanham
Catherine Bailey
Frederica Brown
Urith Dailey
Mary
Hazel Geckler
Joseph
Mary Folger
Herod
Gladys Cline
Elisa Clark
Nellie Clark
Ophelia de Motte
Elinor Buxton
Frances Foster
Marjorie Coy
Gracie Robb
Wise Men
Thelma Tacoma
Margaret Black
Bessie Parrish
Shepherds
Myra Majors
Louise Bhrgott
Clara Vincent
Fern Bowers
Florence Born
Esther Cook
Jeannie Patton
Little Angels
Louise Otterman
Janet Nagle
Frances Patton
Mary Lou Koster
Edna Charliine Alverson
City Garage Addition Proposed by City Architect
Frank B. Hunter, city architect, submits plans for a new annex to the current municipal garage to house sixty additional machines. The addition would adjoin the existing facility and be reviewed by the board of works.
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Board of Works
Frank B. Hunter
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Ente Weddings
Ferris E. Young
Edward Mochelle
Jack Risk
O. G. Ireland
Bernard Wheelan
Bert Rep
Martha Hawkins Society
First Baptist Church
Crawford Baptist Industrial Schoo
Zionsville
Society
Mesdames
H. J. Buell
Ray Wells
O. J. Hitch
M. B. Scott
E. W. Hildebrand
Delta Zeta
Polly Prim
Tau Gamma Tau
Alberta Coburn
Frances Quirk
Bertha Rinehart
Pearl Bartley
Helen Kerr
Louise Randall
Hope Carter
Winthrop Kellogg
Robert Allen
Helen Beatty
James Thomas McClamrock
College Ave
John H. Oliver
N. Meridian St
Propylaeum
Fred Ellison Bastian
James Livingston ‘Thompson
Patriotic Education and Americanization Committee
Caroline
Harrison
Daugh
Eleanor Dunn
Bloomington
Lowell K. Stormont
Washington Blvd
Friday Bridge Club
Estella Hart
E. G. Walker
Fred Klee
Mec
James C. J. Prentiss
G. .S. Wainwright
William E. George
W. D. Jong
A. S. Dewey
Lucius ©. Hamilton
R. O. McAlexander
Charles I. Smith
F. H. Windate
Rob K. Whitehead
Julian C. Ralston
Heber Dewitt Willams
Carrollton Ave
Washington
PD. C
Mr. Ralston
Samel Ralston
East
Whitehead
Baltimore
Philadelpha
New York
Boston
Gamma Chi Gamma Sorority
Lincoln
Frances Review
WB. A
Red Men's Hall
North St
Capitol Ave
Beta Chi Mothers’ Club
Major P. Dale
Phi Sigma Delta Sorority
Murat
Velma Tyner
S. LaSalle St
Alice Wallace
N. Gale St
Georgia Young
No. 60
William A. Bell School
Ogden Chorale
James Ogden
Burgmein
Alpha Chi
Don Bridge
Harrold Forsythe
Kappas
L. R. Pearson
Blue Prince
Aileen Klaiber
Rural St
Homer Marsh
Martha Lee
Martha Tre
Father
Sesson
Oo. E. Dongus
Centennial St
Meritian Heights
Inter-Se
Edgar Coffman
Sunset Ave
Frank Kern
Guy Wachstetter
Edwin Lewie
T. K. Lang
Howland Johnson
Irvington Chautauqua
Pierre van Sickle
Whittier
Hi. M. Cochrane
W. Siédeler
Lutheran Orphans Home
R. HW. Davidson
Michigan St
H. D. Trotter
FR. L. Davidson
C. Rothman
Speedway Ave
O. S. Wright
E. H. Thomson
H. W
Horace Flatun
Newman St
Hoosier
F C. Robinson
Park Ave
J. L. Hodges
G. O. Huffman
Lyceum
J. L. Fish
Earl Conder
Papisti
A. B. Carr
Albert A. Ogle
Norman L. Schneller
Walter Carpenter
W.C.T.U
Mary E. Baich
E. B. Sprague
Twenty-Ninth St
Americanization Center
Bright St
North East Union
Faith Home
Fletcher Ave
Edgewood Longacre Union
Marie Duncan
Edgewood
Anna Gordon W. C. T. U
N. Smith Monfort
Kenwood Ave
the Boy and His
J.C. Hutzell Druggist
Indiana State Board of Pharmacy
Hutzell
West Main St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ruth Hardin
Corinne Wilson
Edna Henry
Dorothy Beam
G. E. Donnell
Morris Dowd
C. B. Dyer
A. D. Erehart
J. R. Cook
Emma Freeman
J. J. Griffith
Taylor Groninger
Elizabeth Hack
Paul Kistler
Clifford Harrod
Earl Hassler
Marie Fitzgerald
Marcus Gunn
Dale Hodges
Elizabeth Horner
Leslie Prescot
Leslie Prescott
West Pocket
Linn
Shermer
Caris
W.C
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Our Christmas Club
Pennsylvania and
Market Streets
Olivervenue
Roosevelt Avenue
North Michools Street
Illinois Street
Tenth Street
Washington Street
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