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PAGE SIX Phone 2263 POTI5TOWN MERCURY, POTISTOWN, PA. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY H34 SOCIAL EVENTS-PARTIES PAGE CLUB ACTIVITIES MUSICALES--WEDDINGS VV 1 1 1 1 i 1 ACNES M. PRINCE, Society Editor FEATURES-PERSONALS Elizabeth Kupp Resigns As Secretary New Scribe of American Legion Auxiliary To Be Appointed T3y Executive Committee of Group With keen regret, the resignation of Miss Elizabeth Kupp, secretary the American Legion auxiliary, received at the meeting last night in the post home, King and Franklin streets. Mrs. Harry J.

Ginther, president of the auxiliary, who was in charge of the session, announced a special meeting of the executive committee would be held to appoint a new secretary for the unexpired term. Forty-three members were present the meet and heard an appeal from the finance committee chairman, Mrs. Benjamin Steele, who urged members to hold individual card parties for several tables of players, in order to raise funds for the association. Mrs. Steele also announced a traveling basket would go the round of members.

It was started last night. The February 19 meeting will take the form of a covered dish social, it was announced. Sixteen New Members Mrs. Earl Feight, membership chairman, announced 16 new members were admitted to the auxiliary, making a total membership of 112. Plans for a poppy poster contest, to be staged by the auxiliary, were placed in the hands of Mrs.

Mildred Hutt and Mrs. Alioe Eppehimer and members of their committee. Announcement was made by Mrs. Ginther that materials had been received from the department welfare chairman to be made into garments for the needy. The sewing club will meet tomorrow afternoon 1 o'clock ttt the post work on the garments.

Mrs. Alice Eppehimer, chairman; Mrs. Mildred Hutt, Mrs. William Wagner, Mrs. Leah Boalton and Mrs.

Harry Ginther were named to join with the legion on the committee. Miss Elizabeth Kupp and Mrs. Alice Eppehimer will be hostesses Saturday night when the drill team will hold its sauerkraut supper in the post home. The committee in charge of arrangements includes Mrs. Florence Brown.

Mrs. Mary Quinter, Mrs. Elsie Coles. Mrs. Pearl Haas and Mrs.

Harry Ginther. A pig-in-the-box was won by Miss Elizabeth Kupp. Easter Pageant To Be Given By Epworth League An Easter pageant will be sponsored on Palm Sunday evening by members of the Epworth League of First M. E. church, and will be directed by Mrs.

Helen Bewley. Members decided this last night when they held their New Year's meeting and social in the junior department of the Sunday school. Mrs. Rudolph Eppler, president, was in charge of the meeting. Miss Ruth Francis and Miss Margaret Zimmerman were admitted as new members of the league.

Games and entertainment, which followed the business session, were under the supervision of Miss Ethel Smith, fourth vice president of the group. Those present were Misses Helen Weller, Evelyn Rahn, Violetta Maloney. Ruth Zimmerman, Francis Zimmerman, Margaret Zimmerman, Martha Bower, Irene Yergey, Edna Rippel, Maxine Rice, Sylvia Di Ilio, Ethel Smith, Pearl Pike, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Eppler, Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence Pike, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Pike, Mr. Walton Merkel, Clyde Robinson and the Rev.

J. George Smith. WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Plans Going Ahead For Norco Seniors' Card Party Things are shaping up for the card party which will be sponsored by the senior class of North Coventry high school Friday night at 8 o'clock in North Coventry high school auditorium. Committees for the effort were appointed by George Sweda, president of the class. The table and chairs committee named included William Boyer, chairman; Marion Hamer, William Yoeom and Benjamin Wade.

Prizes will be selected and presented by Mildred Wampler, chairman; Janice MacDonald, Alice Rhoads and Kenneth Hartung. Refreshments will be charge of Doris Wager, chairman; Bertine Evans, Helen Ellwanger and Albert Yocom. The cards committee is headed by Margaret Batdorf, chairman, assisted by Kenneth Neiman, Frances Neiman and Carl Riegner. John Quinter is chairman of the ticket committee and will be assisted by Mildred Wampler and Janice MacDonald. "Taking.New Is Topic of Meet Century Club Members To Attend Session of Southeastern District of State Federation Saturday Of interest to members of the ntury club is the 11th annual meeting of the Southeastern District of State Federation of Pennsylvania Women to be held Saturday in Clothiier Memorial Swartbmore college, with the Delaware County Federation of clubs as hostess.

Mrs. John J. Ji. Phillips is president of the Delaware county group. New will be the theme of the meeting which is scheduled to start promptly at 10:30 o'clock.

Various aspects ol trends will be presented by distinguished speakers, among whom will be Mrs. Richard J. Hamilton, State president. Mr. Cyril F.

James, assistant professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania will present of Many Economic Problems Facing Us Mrs. Beatrice Bishop sociologist and psychiatric social worker of New York city, will discuss for Marriage and Family Marie Stone Langston, soloist, wiil give a group of songs as a musical highlight. The chorus will sing, led by the Southeastern district chairman of music, Mrs. H. Mattmann.

Members of the chorus will rehearse at 11:30 Clubwomen all over the State were invited to attend the annual get-together. They were asked to bring box luncheons or to make reservations with the proprietor of the tearoom beiore Friday. Mrs. Edgar Marburg, Southeastern District president, will be chairman of the meeting. Mrs J.

Bertram Harvey, newly-elected director, will officiate for the first tiime. Those who will leave Pottstown on the 8:24 train, may take bus from Merz terminal or subway car to 69th street terminal, from which place busses leave each half hour after 10 Private cars will meet suburban trains in the morning. Mrs. Leroy Krause, transportation chairman of the Century club, would like to hear from those who plan to motor to the session, before Thursday, it was announced last night. WITH THE CONVALESCENTS Mr.

and Mrs. John Copenhafer of 709 North Charlotte street, will receive congratulations today on their 25th wadding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. John W.

Overdorf, Parkerford, are observing their 20th wedding anniversary today, Mr. and Mrs. William Shafei, 611 Howard street, are receiving congratulations on their 15th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs.

John Frain observed the anniversary of their wedding yesterday. Mrs. E. C. Perry, 857 North Evans street, wife of the principal of Junior high school, has passed the danger period since her operation an abscess of the pelvis bone.

She was operated upon the past week in the Temple University hospital. Dr. John R. Moore is the attending physician. Mr.

Allen O. Souder, 515 North Evans street, is seriously ill with pneumonia at his home. After having been confined to his home at 858 North Evans street for ten days by illness. Mr. Ralph H.

Spare, secretary of the Pottstown Chamber of Commerce, was at his office again yesterday. Parents Urged By Mrs.E.N. Hay To "Talk Less" Mr. Jasper Deeter To Talk in Reading Pottstown devotees of the Little Theater movement will have an opportunity to hear an authority on the subject speak tonight when Mr. Jasper Deeter, director of the Hedgerow theater, near Media, will address the Reading Community Playsrs in their theater on Franklin street near Fourth Reading.

There will be no admission charge. Fhe meeting will begin at 7:45 clock and will be in charge of Mr. Jacob Setter. West High street, puaient or the organization. Miss Dorothy Usher To Wed Mr.

Wilke Child Psychology Teacher Tells Audience To Be And To insist On Discipline often talk too Mrs. Edward Northiup Hay, Hatboro, supervisor of a private kindergarten and mother of six children. said last night as she admonished an audience of parents in the Y. W. C.

A. at the first of a series of five lectures on Child Psychology. parents would just make their statements or demands firmly, instead of going into long discussions or heated explanations when they are addressing their children, they would get along more the teacher continued. Mrs. Hay, who spoke to between 60 and 70 persons on and was introduced by Mrs.

F. Herman Fritz, chairman of the education committee of the Y. W. The series of lectures is being sponsored by the Y. W.

and the local associations. Freedom Is Regulated The freedom of the present age was compared with the freedom of olden days. According to the speaker, children were allowed little or no freedom in the days gone by. Then the pendulum swung in the other direction and children had too much freedom. Now parents have begun to check up and they realize children shculd not be allowed to do everything they desire.

Parents are regulating the freedom of their children correctly now, Mrs. Hay said. Stressing firmness and kindness as an outstanding requisite of parents, the speaker urged the aoidi Fifty Tables Filled At Party At Kirby Place St. Aloysius Church Sponsors Benefit Card Social; Father Hughes Heads Committee in Charge ence to insist on children what is told them. When parents allow things to after they ask children to do certain things, they ire on the discipline so necessary to proper guidance.

The formation of good habits of eating and sleeping also were discussed by the speaker, whose talk was followed by an open discussion. Among topics suggested for Mrs. remaining talks, the next one of which will take place Monday night at 7:30 in the Y. were Wise Planning of Meals and Buying of Evening of Harmony in the and Favorite Musica Instruments To Be Announced Approximately 50 tables were filled with players last night when St. Aloysius church held a card party at Kirby's place along the West Chester highway.

The scene of the event was crowded to capacity at the benefit event which featured hassie, bridge and pinochle. Father John P. Hughes, with the assistance of women of the parish, arranged the affair, during which the door prize, a huge fern, was won by Mrs. Earl Case. A handmade quilt was awarded Mrs.

Irma Wagner, 101 King street. Those who received prizes were Mr. Alfred O'Neill Mrs. Alice Reifsnyder, Mrs. Mary Nawrocki, Doris Powers, Nellie Wolfe, J.

W. Sovia, Mrs. J. W. Sovla, Mrs.

Raymond Nobel, Anna Norton, Helen Mohn. Clara Clemmer, Helen Clarey, Mrs. Robert Hartenstine, Lawrence Angelo, Mrs. Shaeffer, Mrs. Ed Keene, Mrs.

Lellig. Mrs. Bernard Pickar, Mrs. Underwood, Mrs. Bower, Michael Peterson.

Mrs. G. Bellini, Ed Keene, M. Schultz, Leo Levengood, Gertrude Matz, Mrs. Thomas Argue, Mrs.

Bastian, Mrs. G. McGee, Charles Peterson, Mrs. Charles Heil, Mrs. Albright.

Also Mr. A. J. Schultz, Mrs. G.

Sweeney, Mrs. Crawford, Gerald Fritz, Thomas Coiihon, Agnes Mahoney, Mrs. Harry Levengood, Mrs. Gorman, Mr. A.

Lennlch, Mrs. A. Lennich, Mrs. Florence Lellig, Mrs. John Andre, Mrs.

Elizabeth Hennessey, Mrs. Young, Mary Ott, Mrs. Trout, YOUR BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY Want your wedding or birthday anniversary noted in these columns? If you do, please send into or call The Mercury full name address and date of birth or wedding. Gerald Clay 71 Edgewood street, is celebrating his 13th birthday anniversary today. Miss Catherine pn daughter of Mrs.

Edwin Connelly, 439 Chestnut street, is cele- 15tm5Irthday anniversary today. Richard Major 3d, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Major 626 North Evans street, will be six years old today. A family dinner will mark the occasion.

Mr. James Hetrick. Gilbertsville, is observing his birthday anniversary today. Warren Spiese, Kenilworth, yesterday celebrated his birthday anniversary. Mrs.

Florence Egoif, Penn street, will receive congratulations today on the anniversary of her birth. Joseph Kelley, G. B. Hinton, Made line DeSimmins, Charles Lessig M. Parvenski, Joseph Levengood, Joseph Donofrio, Mrs.

Pyle, Betty Hennessey, Marie Troutman, Louise Lindama, Mrs. Donofrio, Mrs. William Thompson, Mrs. James Sides, Mrs. LaPish, Anne Clarey, Mrs.

George Sweeney, Mrs. Kirby. Y.W.C.A. NOTES The names of their favorite musical instruments will be announced by members of the Young Women's club of Pottstown when they will meet tonight at 8 in the Y. W.

C. A. to enjoy an all-musical program in charge of Mrs. Jesse Buckwalter, Mrs. Jack Tinkler, president of the group, Will be in charge of a business meeting during which the by-laws, read at recent meetings, will be voted upon.

Each member of the club was asked to bring one or more prospective members to the session. Group singing, to be led by Mrs. James Wilke, will be accompanied by Mrs. Earl S. Yohn.

Following this, Mrs. George Rotz, soprano soloist, will present several selections. A string quartet, consisting of Edith Nagle, Gladys Levengood, Elizabeth StoufTer and Linford Richard, accompanied at the piano by Ruth Shaffer, will play four selections. Miss Jeanette Shanley will give a talk on and Miss Elisabeth Richardson will discuss to continue the theme of the session. A club paper will be read by Mrs.

Robert J. Stephens. The sigma Gamma weekly meeting yesterday afternoon took the form of a doggie roast in the Y. W. C.

A. clubroom. Dancing and ping-pong were enjoyed by those present. Toasted cheese sandwiches were made and sold. RUTH NETTLES, Reporter.

Members of the Pi Eta Sigma club of the Y. W. C. A. will hold a theater party next Monday night and will attend the performance of They decided this when they met last night in the clubrooms.

They also planned a basketball game for Jan. 29, with members of the club on both teams. Miss Betty Kugler was named chairman of a benefit card party to be held some time in the near future. A tentative date also was set for a St. dance.

Definite arrangements lor the two events will be announced later. Mrs. Percy Rowland, adviser, was among those present. club embers salted peanuts when they met yesterday afternoon in the clubroom and held their weekly session. Discussion during the meeting centered around the mid-Winter conference and camping trips.

NEW ARRIVAL Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Foster, Kansas City, announce the birth of a daughter, Nancy Ann, January 7 in the Kansas City hospital. Mr.

Foster was assistant manager of the Mercury subscription campaign. STRAND lattine HEPBURN LOUISA MAY ALCOTTS I 11 I 0 UITlt WOMEN n.K.O.'S Hit With tea UN NETT Favi LUKAS EDNA MAY OLIVER PERSONALS Miller Home Is Scene of Card Party Business and Professional Women Club Holds Benefit Next Social at Mr. Newlin Raker, Second Lieutenant in U. S. Army Air Corps stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is spending some time with his mother.

Mrs. Amy Newlin Raker, 155 North Hanover street. Mrs. Clara Slonaker, East Coventry, is spending the Winter in Philadelphia as the guest of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.

Walter W. Slo- Hnaker, Oak Lane. Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson, Chester, were week-end guests of friends in town.

They also visited relatives in Boyertown while in this section. Alton Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reed, Nantmeal, and Charles Troop, also of Nantmeal, presented a musical in Harmony vllle Brethren church Sunday. Mrs.

Fred J. Forsyth and son, Frederick Bayard, Upper Darby, are spending some time at the home of Mrs. sister, Mrs. Harry B. Prizer, 647 Chestnut street.

Father James McDonald, former assistant at St. Aloysius rectory, but now stationed at Philadelphia, spent last night in Pottstown. Third of a series of card parties sponsored by members of the Business and Professional Women's clubs was enjoyed last night at the home of Mrs. Raymond B. Miller and Miss Eleanor Miller, Beech and Penn streets.

Bridge prize winners were Mrs. Percy Rowland, Mrs William Firth, Mrs. Edwin Mackrich, Miss Amy Fermier and Mr3. Dorothy Wanner. Hokum winner was Miss Esther Boyer and winner at 500 was Miss Dorothy Purnell.

The next of the series of benefit affairs will be Feb. 12 at the home of Mrs. John Smale, 1258 Queen street. Those present were Miss Mabel Royer, Miss Lean Hancock, Miss A. Edna Hutt, Miss Esther Seeders, Miss Helen Purnell.

Miss Elizabeth Evans, Miss Martha Keck, Miss Miriam Dougherty, Mrs. John Dougherty, Mrs. Dorothy Wanner, Miss Arlene Henry, Miss Dorothy Purnell, Mrs. Florence Purnell, Mrs. Ida Quicksell, Mrs.

Peggy Nagle. Mrs. Edwin Mackrich, Mrs. Percy Rowland, Dr. Alice Sheppard.

Mrs. L. K. Stein, Miss Margaret Milligan, Mrs. John Smale, Miss Helen Henricks, Mrs.

Rose Swinehart. Mrs. Ruth Levengood, Miss Kathryn Bachman, Miss Stella Bechtel, Miss Amy Fermier, Miss Esther Boyer. Miss Marion Boyer. Mrs.

William Firth, Mrs. Bessie Gerhart, MrSr-Jteimaty-Mrs. Steletta-zKeck, Mrs. David Miller and the hostesses, Mrs. Raymond B.

Miller and Miss Eleanor Miller. Crant-Rupert P.T.A. To Discuss Library Offerings Pottstown Offers Its Children Through the will be the theme of Thursday meeting of the Grant-Rupert association in the Rupert building. The session is scheduled to begin at 7:45 Mrs. W.

K. Oresh, head of the program committee, will introduce iss-Freda Glossi-local librarian, who will speak on the topic of the session. Mrs. M. Holland, founder and leader of the Holland Day School, Norristown, will address the group on As a musical treat, the P.

T. A. chorus will sing Barefoot (Marion Phelps) and Green (Gordon Johnston). Mrs. L.

K. Simons, president, will be chairman of the business session. Turkey Dinner Civen At Stapp Home Dr. and Mrs. H.

F. Stapp, 312 King street, entertained at a turkey dinner at their home Sunday night. Their guests were their daughter, Harriett, and Miss Rae Newsome and Miss Ruth Burrow, all roommates at Ursinus college; their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.

Lynn Edwards. Easton; Mrs. Kate Frantz, Reading, and Mr. Frank Wagner, Reading, father of Mrs. Stapp.

Mizpah Bible Class To Meet Tonight Members of the Mizpah Bible class of Trinity Reformed Sunday school will meet tonight at 8 at the home of Mrs. H. B. Christman, 506 Walnut street. In the absence of the president, Mrs.

Chrissie Harner, the vice president, Mrs. Florence Leigl, will be chairman. M. E. Ministerium MeetsHereTomorrow First M.

E. church will be the scene tomorrow of the meeting of the M. E. Ministerium of Reading and vicinity. Dr.

A. E. Piper, pastor of Holy Cross church, Reading, will preside. A dinner will be served by members of the Aid society. Century Club Croup To Sew for Red Cross A discussion of the recent Congressional session will be presented by Mrs.

P. L. Diefenderfer, chairman of education, when members of the Century club will hold another of their sewing days for the Red Cross tomorrow in the clubroom in Library hall. The talk will follow a box luncheon to be served at noontime. American citizenship, American home and conservation committees especially were asked to be present at the sewing which is scheduled to begin at 9:30 Mrs.

David Todd Jones will be in charge of the sewing. All Set For Big Card Party Tonight who is is expected to be in attendance tonight when the Auxiliary of the Pottstown hospital sponsors its benefit card narty in the nurses' home. Playing is scheduled to get under way at 8 Uniform awards, a door prize and refreshments arc included in the admission charge of the event, which is one of the major social efforts of the season. Plans for the party are in charge of the ways and means committee, of which Stanley Gross is head. SafcguardTender Skins by Daily Use of CUTICURA SOAP and OINTMENT Never too young to start using Cuticura Soap 25c.

Ointment 25 and 50c. Potter Chemical Corporation, Malden, Mass. HOSPITALS POTTSTOWN Discharged: Wilmer Conway. Stowe, surgical; Albert Smith, 149 Chestnut street, surgical; Francis Adamski, 531 Water street, medical; Mrs. Martha Yergey, South Pottstown, maternity; Mrs.

Elsie Cole, 763 Walnut street, maternity. HOMEOPATHIC Admitted: Russell Bacchi, 304 North Evans street, surgical. Discharged: Albert Gordon. 558 Grosstown road. Stowe, surgical.

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T. A. MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT North Coventry Parent-Teachers association will mctt tonight at 8 in North Coventry high school. Mr. J.

J. Hartung. president, will be chairman of the mecU.