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HGHT THE RACINE JOURNAL-TIMES, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 3, 1938. Group of Young Persons Interested in Dramatics Organizes Racine Theater Guild Three Plays to Be Offered THE ALTAR The Social Notebook Breakfast at Hotel Racine Follows Wedding at Church Will Mark Wedding i -i -V Appearance make-up and costumes are to be directed by Helen Fancher, Dorp- thy jlaas, and Monies Worsley. Casts Are Rehearsing. Tbe guild is already deep at work and has announced It first appearance for Wednesday, 10, when three plays will be given at the Douglas Park community house. Casts have been completed and are busy in rehearsals for these three plays, "The Bride Wore Red Pajamas," "Murder by Morning and Chinese Money." 1 Baptists to Hear Former Minister The mid-week devotional service" and Bible study of Grace Baptist! church usually held on Wednesday evenings will be omitted during the month of August At the morning worship service at 10:30 next Sunday, the preach- er will be Rev.

O. R. Schroeder o4 1 Anaheim, Calif. Rev. Schroeder, who is spending a prolonged vaca- Dr.

and Mrs. F. A. Wier, 312 Sixth street, have returned from a three weeks' vacation spent at the Alpine resort. Egg and the Northern Lights resort, Mani-towish.

Mrs. C. D. 'Skow, Ruth and Paul Skow, and Mrs. William Sampsell left Monday on a tour through ths southwest.

They will be guests of Major Carl P. Skow at Randolph field, Texas, and will spend some time in Mexico City. They plan to be back by Labor day. Thirty-five members of Mea-dowbrook Country, club participated in a drrt'ing, approaching and putting contest yesterday. In the driving contest, winners were Mrs.

Max Weidner, Mrs. John Hu-ber, Mrs Dale Karstaedt, C. Prizes for approaching and putting were won by Mrs. Milo Cape, Class Mrs. Dunham, Class and Mrs.

Baumann, Class C. Following; golf, luncheon was served and a business meeting li'as held. Bridge was played with prizes going; to Mrs. V. Dunham, Mrs.

Arthur Wise, Mrs. Dale Karstaedt and Mrs. Burton Rowley. Next Tuesday, members will qualify for the club championship. On Friday, Aug.

12, women of Meadowbrook will be guests at Tuckaway club, Milwaukee. The five short hole contest, the everft at Kilbourn Country club yesterday, attracted 33 members. Winners were Class Mrs. Oscar Frings; Class Mrs. John Farver; Class Mrs.

Earl Bowers. Low net honors for the day in their respective classes went to the following: Mrs. Earl Halberstadt, Mrs. Herbert Johnson, and Mrs. Robert Anger.

Mrs. John Small presided at the monthly business meeting which followed luncheon, when weekly and monthly prizes were distributed. The directors' trophy, a traveling cup, was awarded to Mrs. John Feiner for a year. This trophy was awarded for the lowest net score covering four Tuesdays.

In the afternoon's bridge, contract winners were Mrs. Earl Bowers, Mrs. Warren Carmen and Mrs. Richard and auction winners were Mrs. Rosenberg and her guest, Miss Anita Wiegand.

Announcement was made of a mixed four ball foursome for Sunday. Reservations for guest day on Aug. llf are to be made by Tuesday, Aug. 9. Miss Florence Jensen, Park avenue; Miss Helen R.

Andersen, Hamilton avenue, and Miss Gladys Tetzlaff, Howe street, returned recently from a motor trip through the south. Two Racine Lodges Will Give Picnic Racine lodge Odd Fellows and; Lily of thef West, Rebekah lodges will hold a joint picnic on August 14 at Island park. It is to be a basket picnic and coffeee will be served at 5:30 p. m. The Mmes.

Clara Vandenberg, Rose Wilkenson and Florence Mutchie will have charge of card games. Rising Star Theta Rho club will have charge of children's games. i i Xi Zahn Studio Photo MRS. GERALD T. FLYNN Carries, grandmother's rosary Soloists Will Feature Band Concert Washington Park amphitheater will be the scene of this week's regular city band concert, the sixth of the series, to be presented tonight at 7:30 under the direction of Frederick Schulte.

Soloists from within the membership of the Park Board band will be featured. The program is open to the public without charge and those attending are requested to clip the following program and use it for reference, as there will be no printed programs aV the park: March, "Basses, on a Rampage" (Hyffine). Overture, "Pique Dame" Suppe). Dedication and Benediction from "Les Huguenots" (Meyerbeer). Duet from flute and horn, "Serenade" (Titl) Harold Cas- terton and Don Kortemeier.

"Sally Trombone" (Fillmore). Three dances from "Henry the Eighth" (German), 1. Morris Dance; 2. Shepherds' Dance; 3. Torch Dance.

Intermission. Selection from "Sicilian Vespers" (Verdi). "A Garden" Dance" (Vargas). Saxophone quartet, "A Night in June" (King) Angelo Carelli, Frank Mazzie, Thomas Hart-nett, Howard Wood. Caprice, "The Whistler and His Dog" (Pryor).

"Uncle Tom's Dream Picture of the Old South" (Lampe). "Deep Purple" (DeRose). "The Star Spangled Banner." On Club's I st With a mutual interest in dramatics and its various phases, a group of young people have held frequent meetings, and out of those meetings has grown a new local dramatic organization to be known as the Racine Theater Guild. A large membership of enthusiastic workers has already been enrolled by the newly organized guild. Included in the membership are many who have had wide experience in dramatics in colleges and other schools, as well as in local and out of town dramatic groups.

Capable Chairman. The guild is chairmaned by John Thompson who has appeared In frequent local productions, Including the University Women's play given at the annual senior girls' reception in the spring and at the city-wide drama festival at Douglas Park community house. Fred W. Baumann Jr. is business manager, and publicity is to be handled by Bob Venn, Rosemary Clancy, and Jack Lynes.

Stage and lighting chairmen are Vance Smith and Jack Lynes, and Church Societies The Ladies' Aid of Bethel M. E. church will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Amanda Erickson, 225 Lafayette avenue. The Ladies Aid of Bethesda Lutheran church will meet tomorrow at 2:30 p.

m. at the home of Mrs. Frank Omholdt, 266 Jones street. The Ladies' Aid of Grace chapel will meet tomorrow at 2:30 p. m.

with Mrs. IrvinTKappel, 1124 Cleveland avenue. The meeting will be in the form of the annual picnic. The regular monthly meeting of the German Senior Ladies' Aid of the First Evangelical Lutheran church will be postponed to a week from this Thursday because of remodeling the school halL The Ladies Aid of Our Savior's church will hold a regular meeting tomorrow afternoon in the church parlors. Hostesses will be Mmes.

Andrew Jenson, Rudolph Jenson, Soren Jenson, and Carl Frost Danish Ladies' Aid of Immanuel Lutheran church will meet Thursday afternoon at the Island at Eagle lake, at Mrs. Roy Hilker's cottage. Cars will leave from the church at 1 p. and from the North Shore station at 1:15. Two Are Hostesses Honoring Bride-to-Be Complimentary to Miss Ann Medzis, who is to be an August' bride, the Misses Mary and Emily Mikulsky entertained at a shower recently.

Bunco and other games were played, with prizes going to the Misses Ann White, Etta Krucas, Helen Urbush, Eleanor Zalecky, and Mrs. Emily Borkhus. Luncheon was served after which the guest bf honor was presented gifts. "Give me Something 130 MAIN STREET Osts Tinlty mmi wv ALLUR I White gladioli, white asters, snapdragons and phlox decorated the altar of St. Patrick's church this morning for the nuptial high mass celebrated by Rev.

James Kelly to join in marriage Miss Mary Cecilia McAvoy, daughter of Mrs. Myron McAvoy, 1128 Erie street, and Gerald T. Flynn, ion of Mr. and Mrs. John Flynn, Route 2, Franksville.

The nuptiaJs were solemnized at 9 oclock in the" presence of the immediate families, and were followed by a wedding breakfast at 12 oclock at Hotel Racine for th wedding party and the imme-i diate families. Later this after-, noon, a reception in honor of Mr. i and Mrs. Flynn was held at the I bride's home, previous to their departure on a wedding trip through the east and Canada. I After Aug.

20 they will be at home at 2212 Superior street. Carries Old Rosary. Given in marriage by her uncle, Jerome E. Murphy, the bride wore a gown of white satin and a fingertip veil. She carried a blue rosary, an inheritance from her grandmother, and a shower bouquet.

The maid of honor, Miss Ellen McAvoy, wore white marquisette over taffeta, redingote style trimmed in blue, and carried a colonial bouquet in which yellow and blue predominated. The bridesmaid, Miss Jane McAvoy, was frocked in a gown similar to that of the maid of honor, and also carried a yellow and blue colonial bouquet. A niece -of the bridegroom. I Jean Daley, was the flower girl. and had a dress of white point d' es prit, o-er taffeta, a replica of; the gowns worn by the bride's attendants.

Her miniature shower bouquet-was also in yellow and blue flowers. Attend Bridegroom. Best man was Lawrence Ruetz, Norman Johnson was 'groomsman, and Vincent Luccarelli and Anthony DeMark were ushers. Junior usher was David Berres, nephew of the bridegroom. All attendants and the bridegroom wore white suits.

Appropriate music at the ceremony was by Miss Ella organist, who accompanied Miss Catherine O'Day who contributed vocal selections. The bride, a graduate of Mil waukee State Teachers' college and a member of Sigma Omicron Delta sorority, has taught in the Garfield school for the past two years. Mr. Flynn, who is a law graduate of Marquette university, where he was affiliated with Delta Theta Phi law fraternity, is an attorney practising in Racine. Pastor to Discuss Nineteenth Psalm Rev.

F. J. Turner is conducting a series of talks on certain of the psalms at the First Methodist church Wednesday evenings. The series bears- the general title, "Songs of the Soul." The nineteenth psalm will be considered this evening. The service begins at 7:30 and con eludes at 8:30.

flirted energetically with another guest's husband. She had to be entertained constantly and never once wandered off for a lone walk alone the beach. And she didn't have much of an appetite. Then there is George good old George got tight and stayed tight the whole week-end. That accounted for all his shortcomings but didn't make up for them.

He burned a hole in a new pair of blankets, got violently ill, was alternately morose and hi larious and. went away with a hanc-over. looking like someone who had spent the week-end in a hospital instead of a friend cot tage. Both Anne and George left their worn-out hostess convinced that no one should be a week end guest in the country who has not been on the other end of the hook. Coprrlf at.

m. KIA SttIc. Inc. ICE CREAM SOCIAL An ice cream social will be held tomorrow night starting at 7 oclock at 828 Hayes avenue. Panyk-Mueller Carrying a bouquet of white roses, sweetpeas, fever few and gardenias, Miss Selma Mueller, daughter of Mrs.

Marie Mueller, 518 Hamilton street, was given in marriage by her brother, David, to Emil Panyk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Panyk, Route 1, Box 397. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Walter Hellman on Saturday in St.

John's Ev. Lutheran church. The bride's long veil fell from a cap of orange blossoms over her gown of lace and net. Her sister, Mrs. David Markus, was matron of honor.

She wore aqua moire with a matching halo. Miss Nathalie Miller was bridesmaid in yellow organdy. Both attendants carried roses, fever few, daisies, larkspur and chrysanthemums. George Benuska was best man. F.

L. Weber played the wedding march and Miss Marion Weber sang, "Let Us Ever Walk With Jesus." Supper was served at the home of the bride's mother for about 25. The couple will reside at 2032 Franklin street. 0 Those from away who attended the wedding included Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Rezny Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rezny, Mr. and Mrs. George Benuska, Mr.

and Mrs. Verner Fagerberg and Mr. and Mrs. George Rezny of Berwyn, Fred Reiss, Mrs. Paul Wolske, Henry Mueller and Mr.

and Mrs. Ferdinand Kraustf of Sheboygan. Umbrellas Featured At Surprise Shower Miniature umbrellas were fea- tured in the motif of a surprise shower on Monday evening in honor of Miss Ruth Eifler who will soon become a bride. Miss Bunny Klema was hostess with Miss La Verne Keller assisting. Novelty games were played and prizes were presented to Miss Evelyn Skovstad, Miss Ruth Eifler and Miss Marjorie Hanson.

The guest of honor was given a lei of red poppies and white alyssum. Others present were the Misses Margaret Back, Lydia Adolph, Tillie Fliss, Lydia Lassen, Muriel Peterson, Winifred Wildman, Amelia Boticki, Myrtle Chrlsten-sen, Grace Christensen and Marion Sorenson. Members of Club Re-elect Officers The Jewish American club, meeting last evening at the home of Bernice Goodman, 1830 Twelfth street, re-elected its. entire staff of officers as follows: president Aby Gillman; vice-president, Lil lian Fleishman; secretary; Rebec ca Gellman; treasurer, Leo Grot-sky. Plans were made for a formal dinner dance at which there will be installation of officers.

Every other meeting i to be in the form of an outing. The next gathering of the club will be at a beach party on Tuesday, Aug. 9 Mission Society Votes Sudan Aid The English Mission society of Our Savior's Lutheran church held a meeting in the church parlors yesterday. Ten dollars were voted to the Sudan missions. In the program which followed the business session, Mrs.

George Due read the concluding chapter of "My Robber Captain." Mrs. Fred Jorgenson read a paper call ed "The Church Year." Mrs. Henry Smith and Miss Lily Nelson were hostesses at the meeting. RETURNS HOME Billy Mainland, 1011 Deane boulevard, has returned home af ter an operation. Lodges, Societies Victoria lodge, Danish Sisterhood, will meet Thursday at 8 p.

m. in Danish Brotherhood hall. The treasurer will be at the hall between 2 and 5 p. m. $.00 (Package of six dozen) SAVE 20c for your convenience.

too! 72 Modess, sanitary a dozen. TODAY! Notions, Street Floor I Herbert F. Johnson Jr. and R. P.

Gardiner left yesterday for New York to visit there and in Washington, D. preliminary to sailing on a business trip to South America. Mr. and 'Mrs. Floyd E.

Wesp and family, 1024 Main street, left Sunday for Iowa, for a vacation visit with Mr. Wesp's mother. Dr. and Mrs. C.

K. Hahn, 1025 Lake avenue, left on Tuesday for a 2-month trip abroad. They will visit particularly in Germany 1 where Dr. Hahn has relatives. Many parties were given in their honor before their departure.

Among their hosts and -hostesses were Dr. and Mrs. Charles Con-i stantine, Dr. and Mrs. F.

W. Pope, Dr. and Mrs. C. T.

Browne, Mrs. Charles Armstrong and Mrs. Phillip Wackerhagen. Mr. and Mrs.

C. I. Josephson of St. Louis, and Jheir two children were guests over the weekend at the home of Mrs. Josephson's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. L. N. Burns of College avenue Mr. and Mrs.

Gordon Guilbert, 3001 Michigan boulevard, entertained at breakfast in their honor on Sunday. Among those present were Mr. and. Mrs. Arthur Stoffel, Mr.

and Mrs. W. W. Ramsey, and Mr. and Mrs.

Burns. Mr. and Mrs. L. R.

Semmes and their son, David, of Madison, left on Sunday after being the guests of Mrs. Arthur Porter, Route 2, for two weeks. Miss Eleanor Wiechers, 612 Lafayette avenue, and Miss Ella Johnson, 809 Forest street, returned yesterday from a vacation in Bermuda. Mrs. Esther Solum, 833 Grand avenue, and her son, Billie, have returned from Dr.

David Roberts' lodge at Pewaukee. Mrs. D. E. Callender, 1242 Main street, had as her guests on Friday and Saturday her two daughters, Mrs.

Gordon Brine and son, Tim-mie, of DesMoines, Iowa, and Mrs. John Engle and her two children of Hinsdale, 111. Mrs. Callender returned to Hinsdale with Mrs. Engle to spend Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. T. H. VanHorn, 1016 College avenue, Mrs.

Lou Baxter, New York, and Mrs. William Pauli, Lake avenue, returned recently from a month's vacation in the west. They motored to San Francisco, Los Angeles and returned by way of the Rocky mountains, visiting all of the national parks and great canyons on the way. Mr. and Mrs.

Benton Wiechers of Mont Clair, N. and their two children, John and Gretchen, are visiting relatives in Racine. Mrs. Adaline Kaiser, 2523 Green street, and her son, John, are expected home today from a motor trip through the west While they were gone, they visited Mrs. Kaiser's brother, William Easton, Richfield, Utah.

Miss Alverna Coffey, 3818 Olive street, and Miss Bernadine Gement, 1410 Villa street, accompanied by Miss Julia Leach, Burlington, returned recently from a month's vacation in Mexico. In New Orleans, on their return trip, they were joined by Miss Louise Thom of Kenosha, who continued home with them. They attended the municipal opera in St Louis, and stayed several days in Vermont, 111., as the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Willis Moore.

Mrs. Sylvia Evans of Muskegon, is spending a few weeks with her father and brother, Alvin and Harry Snyder, 481 Water street. Mrs. Evans has not been in Racine for 12 years. Rev.

and Mrs. Alexander Simpson, of St Luke's church, have moved to. 1505 College avenue. Miss Gladys Harris, 1819 Douglas avenue, is spending several weeks at a summer camp at Lily lake. I wminmm UAVCCIA mmj.

II mJ A DIAMONDS LET US HELP YOU SELECT YOUR ENGAGEMENT RING Clem Kosterman's wist maenre jtwtibt AKS GIFT SHOr 3118 Washington Ave. 0u nniversary In honor of Brigadier and Mrs. C. A. McClellan who are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary, members of the Salvation Army will hold a reception tonight at the citadel on Washington avenue.

A program will be presented, including music and talks by several out-of-town officers who will be guests. Refreshments will be served in the dining room following the program in the auditorium. Here from Michigan. Brigadier and Mrs. McClellan came to the Racine appointment 18 monthi ago from Muskegon, taking the place of Major and Mrs.

V. J. Huffman, who are now in charge of the work at Muskegon. Mr. McClellan, who was a captain, married Gertrude West-wood at Cleveland, Ohio, at the close of the camp meeting on the shores of Lake Erie.

Their appointments have followed in Ohio arid Michigan, and their transfer to Racine was a promotion to the rank of Brigadiers, one of the first three brigadiers to be made in America among the field officers. They have seven children. Two older girls are captains in the Salvation Army work. Gertrude, the eldest daughter, has just been appointed, with her husband, Capt. B.

Purdue, to the command of Oklahoma City, Okla. Directs Relief Work. Capt. Helen McClellan is in' charge bf the relief work in the city of Detroit. At present, $1,000 worth of milk is being distributed each week to Detroit children, supplied by a motor industrialist of Detroit.

One hundred and fifty mothers and children are sent to th fresh air camps each week by Capt. McClellan, and hundreds of families are receiving penny ice distributed by the Salvation Army under her direction in the city of Detroit. William "McClellan is a life guard at the Salvation Army camp at East Troy during the vacation period. In September, he returns for his third year at the Northwestern Medical college in Chicago. Clarence, is working his way through Western State Teachers college at Kalamazoo, being a senior this year and will teach as well as coach in the profession- he has begun.

James McClellan, a married son, lives with his family in Kalamazoo, Mich. Lewis and Grace McClellan are living at home. Lewis is a senior at Washington Park high school and Grace attends Franklin junior high. Brigadier and Mrs. McClellan began their careers in the Salvation Army at the ages of 18 and have been officers for the past 35 years.

Many messages of congratulation have been received today by Brigadier and Mrs. McClellan. Among those received was a message from W. A. Mclntyre, commissioner, at territorial headquarters In Chicago.

Avenue Little Folks Shop offtr a large variety of Specials for Day including children's and ladies' dresses SHOP TOMORROW SAVE AVENUE LITTLE FOLKS SHOP 1400 Washington Ar. Send the Appropriote FUNERAL FLOWERS As Dnigntd at DEWEY'S HOUSE OF FLOWERS 1601 WosftinfttM Arc J. 2934 r.EnP. 'Anrncoi Painter, Decorator and Paper Hanger I IOCS Grange Are. Jack.

3913 4 Lovely to Look at I Cslight Frocks I Mo Excluththr ia Out Own Shop Prictd to. pleas la cool summer silks and cotton I Jr YsaH delight ia vtor if tM smart tracks. TKs Delight Frcsk I HnutlM 4 Areafe lleU Jackson 4W2 iion witn relatives wmcago, was the jpastor of this church more than 30 years ago when the present edifice was constructed He last visited the Racine church four years ago. Yes! Children'! PERMANENTS Are Popular! They hr been to popular with na tend have bn so suceeMful in (Ivlnc them that twllcvt that wt can tav that we are "children's ware ipecialiau." Now before school begins would be an Ideal time for the ware she'li like our crisp air-cooled shop. THE BEAUTY NOOK 2nd Floor, Baker Block 521 Main St Jackson I HAIR STYLING I TO SUIT S-eeasJ YOUR TASTE Oar Experts "Will Crtota Coiffure to Express Your tnonalirjr.

KARON BEAUTY 1 SHOPPE tSreeeeet SSSS lit Mala Street Baier Bids'. PHONE JACKSON 4843 for Expert Beauty Servic VOGUE BEAUTY BOr SM BAKCB BLDO. miasu Fcrsonalixcil 1 Jnctu in' A JteCOdltioioa Ctt A GeMine Mm. son oK zed1 fermoitmr Wat which $fre yae dtrfswf eyi to wear roar hair. Wert done with or wft-otff appoint- BEAUTY SHOPPE JACKSON Iflll frUsr Temlfs i llCouple Is Surprised Guests on Weekend Prove Acid Test of Friendship ir.v.-.-.

By RUTH MILLETT Week-end guesting is in full swing. And many a hostess is finding out that her friends aren't the near-perfect creatures they seemed. In fact, it isn't too much to say that the aver age week-end is a headache for a hostess. Simply because not even: nice people cai be counted On to be satisfactory guests. Ann missed her train and had to be met at the station twice.

She had to borrow a bathing suit, i Roth Millett cold cream and an evening wrap from her hostess. She left her bed unmade and then grew helpful when her hostess was trying to prepare a meal In the kitchen built for one. She led the children candy and On 10th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. William Theres, 628 Augusta street, were surprised on Monday evening by 60 of their friends and relatives at Danish Brotherhood hall in honor of their tenth wedding anniversary.

Dancing furnished the entertainment for the evening. Supper was served, with the tables decorated in larkspur, gladioli, and other flowers. Talks of congratulation were given by Carl Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Max Clem-enson, Mrs.

P. J. Braun, Mrs. C. Miller, Frank Cetrano, Lieut.

Arthur Muehlke, C. Christensen, Herb Schweitzer, J. Morgensen. Arthur Johnson, president of the Danish Brotherhood lodge, was the toastmaster. The honor guests were presented a gift.

PUBLIC CARD PARTY A card party will be held at 2:30 tomorrow in Moose temple, with Dolly Hammer and her coworkers in charge. There will be prizes and refreshments. A new package designed It will save you. money, 'napkins at less than 17c ORDER iHtlAL-OLEABAQCEj OF SOfJUEO IIHS 1 (Hlifji All our wood bead and few qJxJ I 1 pastel color bags at 25 off. A limited, number of 50c hand- 1 -fr3 kerchiefs at 35c (I )jJS) 35c Handkerchiefs 25c 1 GERTnUDE THIELEf WILLIAMS Hat Shop 316 Sixth St.

I FRO THE SAME BOTTLE AT NO EXTRA COST Phone Jackson 1177 lor Freo Demonstration OUR ORANGE DRINK Meee Frees tiSly Kipeneel SUNKIST ORANGES 17 A.

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