Sorority Dance At Emma Willard School Highlights Yuletide Cheer
Emma Willard School’s Alpha Sigma Sorority staged their annual Christmas dance in the assembly hall with laurel garlands wreaths and two lit trees. Miss Jean Beiermeister led the receiving line joined by Miss Anne Wellington and Miss Clemewell Lay. About fifty couples attended with escorts in service uniforms adding wartime flair as Gross and his orchestra played and Grace Heffern sang My Heart Tells Me and the Pony Express dance became the hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Willard School
Alpha Sigma Sorority
Jean Beiermeister
Anne Wellington
Clemewell Lay
Floyd Wander
Harnson
B. Suntane i
Gross
Grace Heffern
Pony Express
Emma Willard Graduate Bride and Engagement Notice
Emma Willard graduate Miss Jane Porteous wed Capt. Richard G. Kinscherf Army Air Forces at Brick Presbyterian Church New York. Bride served with Red Cross recreation, Smith College alumna, to reside at Harvard University Cambridge. Engagement of Lucille A. Traeger to Seaman First Class William J. Wisted announced. wedding planned December 27 at St Francis de Sales Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Porteous
Emma Willard School
Alfred Mitchell, Jr
Park Avenue
New York
Prout’s Neck
John B. Porteous
Portland
Brick Presbyterian Church
Richard G. Kinscherf
Army Air Forces
R. G. Kimscherf
Boonton
W. J
James F. Farr
Smith College
Junior League of
American Red Cross
Kinscherf
Cornell University
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Annowice
William A. Traeger
College Avenue
Lucille A. Traeger
William J. Wisted
Navy
Henry Fitting
Hagie Mills
St. Francis Dt Sales’ Church
Holiday visitors and students in New York and beyond
Mrs Harold J Shields and Miss Margaret Shields of 17 Second Ave visit friends at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. Miss Alma Doran, a Mount St Vincent student, enjoys holidays with her parents in New York. Miss Jeanne Cavanagh, daughter of Luke Cavanagh, pledges to Chi Sigma Theta at a New York college. Several others headed to Lake Placid Club for Christmas and New Year. Mrs William J Cannon Jr sails to Santa Ana to join Lt Cannon in the Air Force. Elizabeth Ann Hotz, a freshman at House in the Pines Norton, MA, returns home for winter recess after taking part in a Christmas pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Shields
Margaret Shields
Second Avenue
Fifth Avenue
New York
Alma Doran
College of Mount St. Vincent
New York City
Daniel J. Doran
Jeanne Cavanagh
Luke Cavanagh
Grace Court
Seventh Avenue
New York State Teacher's College
Chi Sigma Thata
Patricia Maloney
Manon Maloney
Fifteenth Street
Mary Drislane
Edith Drislane
Ann Kelly
Albany
Lake Placid Club
William J. Cannon, Jr
Hoosick Street
Santa Ana
Cal
Lieutenant Cannon
Air Force
Carolyn H. Jones
John S Jones
Elizabeth Ann Hotz
R . Hotz
South Farm
New Lebanon
Former Albany Dean Will Go to Buffalo
Rev Edward R Welles former dean of the Cathedral of All Saints Albany will succeed Rev Austin Pardue as dean of St Pauls Episcopal Cathedral in Buffalo The Associated Press announced in Buffalo He left Albany in 1936 at age 29 to become rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Alexandria VA and now moves to Buffalo from Alexandria Jan 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R Weiles
Cathedral of
All Saints
Albany
Austin Pardue
St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Buffalo
Associated Press
Dean Pardue
B.shop
Pittsburg
Welles
Alexandria
Christ Episcopal Church
Stockholm Reports Berlin Ghost City
Stockholm dispatches describe Berlin as a ghost city a month after the BoA Fire assault began with bodies still being removed from ruins. Swedish correspondents report evacuaton pressures and inhabitants crying upon seeing the destruction as sections of the city remain smoking ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Berlin
Uti
Boa
Itt
Aft
Waterford Couple to Mark Fortieth Wedding Anniversary
Waterford Mr and Mrs Chester A Bull plan their fortieth anniversary celebration hosted by daughters Mrs Charles E Pollock Mrs Burton Connor and Mrs Caryle Pitcher at their State Street home. Twenty five guests attended with gifts and games. Mrs Bull formerly Miss Etta Orr of Canoes. The couple wed at the Baptist parsonage in Canoes with Rev Joan Et ug M officiating. They have two sons including Staff Sgt Frank J Bull serving in the Army. A church service at Grace Episcopal Church today at 10 am with Holy Communion will be led by St James T Kerr ail. The Girls Division of the Waterford Methodist Church will meet this afternoon at 3:30 at Mrs Raymond Lavender’s Home. The midweek Chapel Hour is set for tomorrow at 7:30 pm and a choir rehearsal is scheduled for Thursday evening. Personal notes include Mrs Elmer Burdick in Samaritan Hospital and Pvt Raymond Johnson visiting his wife and parents in Northside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A Bull
Whair
State Street
Charles E Pollock
Burton Connor
Caryle Pitcher
Mrs Bull
Victor Pitcher
Lawrence J Quimby
Virginia
Pollock
Grace Episcopal Church
James T Kerrail
Elmer Burdick
First Street
Samaritan Hospital
Raymond Johnson
Maryland
Saratoga Avenue
Northside
Frank Hayes
Danbury, Conn
C. J. Fisher
Syracuse
Matthew T. Hayes
Miss Cooper Engaged to Lieut Ball in Pa Wedding Plans
Announcement of engagement between Miss Dorothy Joyce Cooper of Drexel Hill Pennsylvania and Lieut Frank Putnam Ball son of Col and Mrs Ball of Waco Texas. Ball an Army Air Corps graduate of West Point is stationed at Ardmore Oklahoma. No wedding date set. Railroads now photograph waybills on film at fifty per minute to save space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Joyce Cooper
John W. Cooper
Highland Avenue
Drexel Hill
Northside
Cohoes
Frank Putnam Ball
Chaton W. Ball
Waco
Tex
Moss Cooper
Waterford High School
Skidmore College
Saratha Springs
Ball
Christian Brothers Academy
Albany
Mallard Preparatory School
Washington,d. C
United States Military Academy
West Point
Army Air Corps
Ardmore
Oklo
Nurse To Be Bride Jean Graham Engaged to Pfc George Benware
Miss Jean Phyllis Graham daughter of Mr and Mrs James Andres Graham of Schenectady engaged to Private First Class George Julian Benware son of Mr and Mrs George J Benware of Newport Wt The couple plan nuptials after his service at the University of Maine Benware a Newport High School graduate attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity The bride to be is a Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing graduate now private duty nursing at Ellis Hospital Schenectady
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Andress Graham
Schenectady
Jean Phyllis Graham
Pfc
George Julian Benware
George J. Benware
Newport, Wt
Graham
Nott Terrace High School
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Ellis Hospital
Benware
Newport High School
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
University of Maine
iLouple Plan to Wed Next Monday
Miss Isabel Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Martin of Summit New Jersey formerly of Chappaqua will wed Pfc Robert W Williams son of Robert Jay Williams of New York next Monday afternoon in the clubhouse of the New York Junior League The ceremony will be performed by the Right Rev S Harrington Littell Episcopal Bishop of Honolulu The prospective bride is a graduate of Emma Willard School and or Bryn Mawr College She is a member of the New York Junior League Private First Class Williams is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Martin
William H. Martin
Summit
N. J
Chappaqua
Pfc
Robert W. Williams
Robert Jay Williams
New York
New York Junior League
S. Harrington Littell
Episcopal
Honolulu
Emma Willard School
Bryn Mawr College
Holiday Guests and Away For Christmas
About Town notes list multiple holiday travelers and guests. Miss Anne Wellington leaves Emma Willard School for Belmont Massachusetts for Christmas. Mrs Eric W Barnes and son Eric travel from Muncie Indiana to Memphis Tennessee to spend holidays with Mrs William G Barnes. Parents Mrs T Colwell Thomas and children from Short Hills New Jersey arrive to visit Mrs Thomas patients over Christmas. Gov Thomas H Dewey and family plan Christmas at Pawling with Mrs George M Dewey in Owosso and in-law relatives O T Hutt Sapula Oklahoma and Harold Hutt Holly Michigan. Janet Westbrook daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell T Westbrook will visit University of Texas classmates in Houston and Galveston hosted by Joy Loeffler and Beryl Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Wellington
Emma Willard School
Belmont
Mass
Tennessee
Eric W. Barnes
Eric
William B. Barnes
Muncie
Ind
Memphis
Tenn
William G Barnes
T. Colwell Thomas
Short Hills
N. J
Thomas
Joseph Ayres
Bennington
Thomas H. Dewey and Sons
Tin Pawling
George M. Dewey
Owosso
Mich
Dewey
O. T. Hutt
Sapula
Okla
Harold Hutt
Holly
Janet Westbrook
Russell T. Westbrook
Solomons
East Acres
University of Texas
Houston
Joyl Loeffler
Galveston
Beryl Robinson
Miss Frances Swan to Wed J Packard Laird
Miss Frances Sumner Swan of Bronxville and Washington and J Packard Laird of Wilmington Del announce their engagement. Swan, Emma Willard graduate, attends Sarah Lawrence College and debuted at the Westchester Cotillion. Laird, Princeton University alumnus and junior engineer with Carl Norden Inc, is son of the late Dr Joseph Packard Laird and Matilda Balge Laird. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Combes Swan
Bronxville
Washington, Conn
Frances Sumner Swan
Emma Willard School
J. Packard Laird
Joseph Packard Laird
Matilda Coleman Balge Laird
Wilmington
Del
Miss Swan
Sarah Lawrence College
Westchester Cotillion
Mr. Laird
Episcopal High School of Virginia
Princeton University
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Carl L. Norden, Inc
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Sorority
Emma Willard
Optician
Prescription
Ve. Rth
Old Roy
Proctor
Knitcraft
Alpha Sigma Sorority of
Mass Jean Beiermeister
William Keller
Grace Southworth
Charles Smith
Yuss
Dorothy Joyce Cooter
Berth
Pasement
Beverwyck
Waterford
Miss Cooper
iLouple
Diamond Rock Hall
Anna Duffy
Lee Geisler
Edward Simpkins
Thomas Wilson
Bertha Simpkins
Townsend Club
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