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Newspaper

Terre Haute Tribune

Location

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1956

Page

7

Wedding Bells For McKibben Whitesell In June

Miss Mary Elizabeth McKibben daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Pettit McKibben and Philip Allen Whitesell son of Mr and Mrs Louis Allen Whitesell will wed at St Stephen Episcopal Church June 23 at noon. The couple will reside in Cleveland after a reception at the Terre Haute House.

Mary Elizabeth McKibben Joseph Pettit McKibben South Center Street Philip Allen Whitesell Louis Allen Whitesell Indianapolis St. Stephen Episcopal Church Thomas Mabley Cleveland

Wedding Bells for Slover and Wedel in Terre Haute

Miss Karen Jane Slover and Donald L. Wedel unite in marriage at Centenary Methodist Church with a candlelight ceremony. Attendants include Patricia Wedel and Kay Feld. The couple to reside at 1224 South Seventh Street after a Eastbound wedding trip.

Karen Jane Slover Donald L. Wedel Phillips Brooks Smith Centenary Methodist Church Roy G. Slover Mary Lane Mabel Wedel North Thirteenth Street Clifton Wedel Indianapolis H. Kimberley Jerry McCarthy Patricia Wedel Kay Feld William Slover Ronald Slover Richard Finley Brazil Jerry Finley Terre Haute House Louise Hale Lonnie Anderson Diana Dixon South Seventh Street

Shower and dessert honor Sue Dannenberg with June wedding planned

A social event notes a shower and dessert party for Miss Sue Dannenberg, daughter of Carl J. and Mrs. Dannenberg, with plans for her June 16 marriage to Dan Tucker. Guests listed include Gertrude Kleisen, Frank Kleisen, and Martha Richart, among others, at 341 Barton Avenue.

Sue Dannenberg Miss Dannenberg Carl J. Dannenberg South Fifth Street Dan Tucker Emma Tucker South Twenty-fifth Street R. D. Tucker Hymera Ind Tuachaw Savaueunlo Ave Auveuay Ralph Tucker Wood Gageby

Buying Guide for Home Appliance Purchases

When purchasing a kitchen range, washing machine, or other major household item, ask for the price. Inquire whether the price is cash or on terms, request the down payment amount, and clarify any discounts or financing terms available.

Miss Sutherland and Miss Dunlap Honored Before LA Summer Posts

Miss Joan Sutherland of 2423 Garfield Avenue and Miss Patsy Dunlap of Hammond Indiana were honored at a Sunday party by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sutherland. A barbecue for 25 guests preceded their Friday departure to Los Angeles where both will work for United Airlines at the International Airport this summer.

Joan Sutherland Garfield Avenue Patsy Dunlap Hammond Ind Los Angeles Miss Sutherland Harold Sutherland Miss Dunlap United Airlines International

Cowboy Party At Kiddie Kollege For Local Children

Gary Watts and Charles Rogers hosted a Friday cowboy party for Jack and Jill Kiddie Kollege attendees at 1805 South Fifth Street and South Sixth Street. Guests wore cowboy outfits and joined contests cutting jacket shapes and spurs from sacks and cardboard. Fare featured cowboy and Indian music with stories and moving pictures.

Gary Watts Sanford Watts South Fifth Street Charles Rogers Doris Boyd Clay Anderson

Conover Piker Schultz Family Reunion Set for June 1

The Conover Piker Schultz reunion will be held Sunday June 1 at the Ute Oven in Deming Park. A basket dinner is planned at noon and all friends and relatives are invited to attend.

Deming Park

Newcomers Club This Week Meeting Schedule

The Newcomers' Club lists this week meetings for several groups. Events include Monday 8 PM duplicate bridge at Mrs Herschel Jones 740 East Prospect Ave. Tuesday 1 PM Canasta at Judy's Dinner Club. Thursday 9 AM crafts at Mrs John Learnard 527 South Center St. Thursday 8 PM bridge at Mrs Sei bert Allen 47 South Twenty third St. Thursday 9 AM golf lesson at Rea Park and Friday 9 AM golf practice.

Herschel Jones East Prospect Avenue Judy John Learnard South Center Street Seibert Allen South Twenty-third Street Druie Cavender Rea Park

Poets Study Club Plans Tuesday Picnic

Members of the Poets Study Club will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Esther Davis Stop 13 on the Clinton bus route. A picnic supper is planned for 6 p.m. Those needing transportation should call Mrs. Davis at N-2642.

Poets Study Club Esther Davis Clinton

Vacation Church School Opens June 11 in Downtown Churches

Nearly 100 advance registrations for a cooperative Vacation Church School to be held June 11 to 24 across Central Presbyterian Central Christian St Stephen Episcopal and Centenary Methodist churches. Classes run 9 to 11 20 daily with a 10 minute evaluation, ages nursery to junior high.

Cooperative Vacation Church Eugene Boroughs Central Presbyterian Central Christian St. Stephen Episcopal Centenary Methodist Seventh Street Church School Kenneth White Sidney Westwood, Jr

Women’s Circles Meet at First Baptist Church

The Women’s Circles of the First Baptist Church plan meetings on Thursday June 7 at 1 30 pm in listed homes Circle 1 through Circle 6 feature speakers and transportation details Circle 7 8 9 will gather for cooperative dinners at 6 30 pm with food and table service Bring attendance and talk on the Holy Land is announced for Circle 7.

First Baptist Church Pat Bailey John M. Pine Route 2 West Terre Haute Arthur Dodgson Otis Sims Roy Kuykendall Kenneth Jenkins Circle 9

Rotary Speaker Richard Pao to Talk on Communism in China

Dr. Richard Pao, China born professor at Rose Polytechnic Institute, will address Terre Haute Rotary Club at the House luncheon Tuesday. His talk, Communism in China and Its Impact on World Peace, follows his 1954 Rose Poly appointment after studies at St Johns University Shanghai and degrees from Illinois.

Richard Pao Rose Polytechnic Institute Rotary Club Terre Haute House China St. Johns University Shanghai Pao University of Illinois New York Rose Poly

Derby Film Shown To Exchange Club Members

Exchange Club members will view a sound color film of the 1955 national Soap Box Derby at Ak Ron Ohio during their Tuesday luncheon at Hotel Deming. Russell Howard and Gene Butts present the film and remarks about Terre Haute events, with over 100 entrants.

Akron Ohio Exchange Club Hotel Deming Russell Howard Tribune- Star Gene Butts Chevrolet Sales, Inc Terre Haute Robert Garrard Ray Garmony

John Rand’s 1841 Venting of Collapsible Metal Tube

American inventor John Rand develops a collapsible metal tube in 1841. The brief note credits his innovation with advancing portable containment, highlighting its novelty for the period.

John Rand

Women Groups Announce Meetings and Officers

The Laboratory Parents' Council meets Tuesday at 1 30 p m in the school nursery room with new officers to be installed by Dr Harley Lautenschlager. Officers include Vel Steffy president Robert Jones vice president and H O Bright secretary treasurer. A social hour follows for teachers and parents. The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity orders a final club year meeting at 7 30 p m at the fraternity house 515 North Sixth Street with hostesses Mrs Ernest Nicoson Mrs Ronald L Bratton and Mrs James Schnabel. The Lioness Club plans a Wednesday picnic at Shelter 6 Deming Park with a regular business meeting to follow and notes this is the last meeting until fall. The Pure Gold Circle will hold its June meeting on Wednesday June 6 at 6 p m at the YWCA.

Harley Lautenschlager Vel Steffy Robert Jones H. O. Bright Order of Diana of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity North Sixth Street Mmes Ernest Nicoson Ronald L. Bratton James Schnabel Lioness Club Shelter 6 Deming Park

Turman Art Exhibit Opens Tomorrow in Los Angeles

Invitations announce the first Southern California exhibition of William T. Turman paintings at Olympic Art Gallery Los Angeles from June 5 to July 7. Turman a retired Indiana state teachers college fine art professor has shown at Swope Gallery Hoosier Art Salon Evansville Museum of Art Smithsonian Gallery and Marshall Field Galleries Chicago.

California William T. Turman Terre Haute Olympic Art Gallery Los Angeles Mr. Turman Indiana State Teachers College Swope Art Gallery Hoosier Art Salon Museum of Art Evansville Smithsonian Gallery Washington, D. C Marshall Field Galleries Chicago

Mrs Gerrish Hosts Cooperative Dinner for Tri Kappa

Mrs Don Gerrish of North Terre Haute will host a cooperative dinner for the Beta Associate Center of Tri Kappa at her home Wednesday at 6 30 PM. Officers for the coming year will be elected after the dinner followed by a social hour. This is the final meeting of the club year. Committee includes Mrs Gerrish as chairman and Miss Mary Gertrude Quinlan Mrs Mary Frances Graham and Mrs Warren Williams.

Don Gerrish North Terre Haute Ceater Tri Kappa Gerrish Mary Gertrude Quinlan Mary Frances Graham Warren Williams

Social notes among Terre Haute residents and guests

Mrs. Victor Mea Cornelia Meagher of Walnut Street visits with Mr and Mrs Meagher s daughter and family. Mrs Charles E Hays returns home from St Anthony Hospital. The Pickering family hosts Mrs S A Dominick and Miss Phyllis Dominick from South Bend for the weekend. Russell Heelan joins Sigma Nu at Rose Polytechnic Institute. The Connors host Mr and Mrs Walter Snedeker and son Keith in Arlington. The Maurer family announces the birth of a son Robert Thomson on May 29 and a daughter Jean Ann. Maurer’s father is Kenneth G Maurer Sr. Ronald E Smith and wife announce the birth of daughter Susan Lynn. Mack A Ralston of Terre Haute will speak at Indiana University June 11 for Doctor of Education. H F Lippincott and sons visit Terre Haute from Fort Worth. Lyall W Southcott and family attend Henrotin Hospital School of Nursing graduation in Chicago with a Drake Hotel reception. Philip Roth and family plan trips to Baltimore and Washington to visit Fred Ballard. Ralph Monce announces daughter Marjorie Jo. older daughter Marilyn June. Tom Phillips and family return from Indiana University after his freshman year. O C Garmony of Washington Avenue visits St Louis for two weeks with son-in-law R C Williams and family.

Joan Switzer Dale E. Akers Piethany Congregational Church Miss Switzer J. S. Switzer West Terre Haute Mr. Akers Raymond Akers Phyllis Sloan Maude Rittinghouse Toledo Ohio Sue Bush Indianapolis May Ann Sholten Pat Ellsworth Carla Lowry Pearl Akers Clara Akers Ronda Lormen Switzer Flower Girls Robert Prox III David Percy Ushers Phil Lough Jim Williams Mark Webster Dave Hank Bob Kuykendall Frank Mills Arthur All Eugene Esperson Y.M.C.A Concannon High School Concannon U. S. Navy Thuban Robert Maurer South Twenty-fourth Street Robert Thomson Union Hospital Ronald E. Smith South Eighteenth Street Susan Lynn St. Anthony Hospital Ronald Garry Mack A. Ralston Terre Haute Indiana University Ralston Braxton Nash South Center Street Marjorie Nash Lyall W. Southcott Sharon Kay Peggy Jo Chicago Henrotin Hospital School of Nursing Carolyn Sue Southcott Drake Hotel

Carlisle Friends Attend Indiana University Opera

Carlisle Indiana June 4 special report Mrs Carl Steffy and Mrs China Sproatt with Mrs Gaynelle Smith attended an opera at Indiana University Bloomington. Mrs Jesse N Walters visited Terre Haute with her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas McPherson. Mrs C V Sproatt spent a day at Bloomington with her daughter Miss Marylyn Sproatt a member of Indiana University graduating class of 1956.

Carlisle Ind Carl Steffy China Sproatt Gaynelle Smith Indiana University At Bloomington Jesse N. Walters Terre Haute Thomas McPherson C. V. Sproatt Marylyn Sproatt Indiana University

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Jane Nattkemper Tribune Society McKibben-Whitesell Miss McKibben Tudor Hall School Smith College Northampton Mass Mr. Whitesell Park School Harvard University Cambridge Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church Janet Lucinda Rhoads Carolyn L. Rhoads South Twenty-second Street Arthur I. Masters Paul Masters Anderson Irvin Hooper Roy Jackson Dennis Shoemaker John Gregory James Mook Walter McIndoo Robert Burtner Poplar St Man Marvin W. Carty, Mer Switzer-Akers Arine HE K. A. Mueller Grand Theater Bailey Cash Market Ichoice Wabash Say Faye Bethany Congregational Church Dannenberg Martha Ellen Richart Robert Dean Miller Sam B. Davis Frank Ornduff Davis South Nineteenth Street Miss Richart James V Richart Deming Woods Mr. Miller Mrs Raymond Miller North Thirty Fifth Street Cowboy Poets’ Picnic Crosley Shelvador Wiley High School Pure Gold Circle Y.W.C.A Turman Mrs. Gerrish Victor Mea Cornelia Meagher Walnut Street Mrs. Meagher Charles E. Hays South Sixth Street Connie Pickering South Twenty-first Street Pickering S. A. Dominick Phyllis Dominick South Bend Russell Heelan R. E. Heelan View Avenue Sigma Nu Wilson E. Conner Maple Avenue Walter R. Snedeker Keith Arlington H. F. Lippincott and Philip Roth Deming Place Baltimore Ralph Monce North Twenty-sixth Street Marjorie Jo Tom Phillips Mr. and Gher Barton Avenue Cincinnati William Roth O. C. Garmony Washington Avenue St. Louis R. C. Williams David James and Leeland Woodburn Printing Co., Inc South 6Th Street Goodie Shop Carlisle, Ind Perro Er Meadow G.C. North Process Root’s Herm Ermisch Hlersa-Ermusch Poplar 16Th St
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