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Eagle Staff photo group at the Hopewell Society Pussy Cat, Where Have You Been," kiddies and the older ones at the M. Jenkins Is Married In Church Former Brooklyn Couple Is United Miss Margaret Purner Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford North Jenkins of 59 Westminster Road, West Hempstead and East Quogue, formerly of Brooklyn was married last evening to Sgt. Donald Stuart McKennett, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Walter F. McKennett, of Queens Village, also former Brooklynites. The wedding took place at historic Christ First Presbyterian Church of Hempstead, with the Rev. Frank M.

Kerr, D.D., officiating. Dr. Kerr is rounding out his 50th year as pastor of the church. Lowell Patton of the National Broadcasting Company was at the organ. The bride was given in marriage by her father.

A reception was held at the Garden City Country Club. Mrs. Carl G. Braun of Kew Gardens (Virvinia Wittenberg of Rockville Centre attended the bride as matron of honor. The other attendants were Robert Thomas of Garden City, Mrs.

Walter Meyer of Lynbrook and the Misses Caroline Earle White and Martha Purner White of Butler, N. cousins of the bride. The bride wore a white satin gown, pearl trimmed. made with a sweetheart scalloped neckline and a long train. Her duchess lace cap was caught with orange blossoms whim had been worn by five generations of her mother's family.

The bridal veil of illusion had been worn by her mother and she carried white orchids. sweet peas and bouvardia. Mrs. Braun wore an aquamarine satin and net frock, a Juliet cap embroidered in bugle pearls holding a net flounce. The bridesmaids wore rose frocks made like that worn by Mrs.

Braun. Mr. McKennet was best man for his son, and the ushers were Lt. (j.g.) Ernest McKay, U. S.

N. Pvt. Donald S. McKay and Sgt. Fred C.

Edebohl, cousins of the bridegroom, and Pvt. Walter C. Meyer and Carl G. Braun. Mrs.

McKennett was graduated from Hempstead High School, attended St. Lawrence University, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi, National Sorority and was graduated, 1942. from She Adelphi is a member College, of Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Sergeant McKennett attended Jamaica High School and the American Institute of Banking and at the time of his induction in 1942 was with the Dry Dock Savings Bank.

He is a member of the New York Athletic Club. St. Peter's Auxiliary To Hear Reports The Ladies Auxiliary of St. Peter's Hospital will hold its monthly meeting at the hospital on Thursday at 3:30 o'clock. Reports on the bridge held yesterday at the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf -Astoria.

Manhattan, will be made by the chairman. Mrs. Loring Black, and her committees. The president, Miss Bolen. will preside.

Gloria Buerk Wed To Lt. E. R. Zolnier Mr. and Mrs.

George Buerk of 115 80th St. announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Gloria. Buerk, to Lt. Edwin Richard Zolnia" U. 9.

Marine Air Corps Reserve. son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Zolnier of 7403 11th Ave. The mony was performed at Laguna Beach.

on Jan. 21. The bride is a graduate of the Packer Collegiate Institute and is a member Colony House Junior Guild. Lieutenant Zolnier was ASSOclated with the New York Daily News before he enlisted. He is a fighter -pilot and now 15 stationed at El Centro, Cal.

1 BROOKLYN EAGLE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1944 Eagle Staff photo HAVE A offers a confection made by the kindergarten group of the Hopewell Society of Brooklyn to Mrs. Addison Y. Foshay, president of the society, and Mrs. W. T.

Thompson, whose grandmother was an original member of the board. Standing are Miss Agnes Fowler, superintendent, and Mrs. Clara Boyer, who is the honorary superintendent, having served for 30 years. Hopewell Youngsters Reflect Good Living Children From Broken Homes Forget Former Poor Environments as a New Life Unfolds By RUTH G. DAVIS "Happy Valentine to every one," that's what the youngsters of the Hopewell Society sang last week at their home at 218 Gates Ave.

Watching them at their Valentine party one would never believe that these children, in the kindergarten class, are all from emotionally upset homes. They look contented, happy and amazingly poised. That is the kind of a job the Hopewell Society is doing for its children, not only the little ones, but the older girls in high school. The first consideration is to make them feel secure, to help them realize that the Hopewell Society is a real home, where they are surrounded by affection, sympathy, tenderness and understanding. Children Have Average Life The children, who come from children's aid societies, courts and from broken homes where mothers or fathers cannot keep them, are helped to forget unhappy environments.

Long periods of forgetfulness are sometimes necessary before the new happy surrounding becomes a home. The youngsters in the kindergarten, girls and boys from 3 to 6 years of age, are instructed by Mrs. Kathleen B. Manzella, who has a particularly keen appreciation of her young charges. Her interest goes beyond their so-called class room activities.

They are trained in rhythmic dancing, learn to have a deep interest in music and arts. Mrs. Manzella manages to keep family relationships as far as possible, for when there are sisters at the home she helps them to learn to work together and appreciate one another. Parents may always visit at the Hopewell Society at any time of the day. The children, who also are subject to adoption, are given an average life as far as is possible.

Mrs. Manzella takes them in the kitchen to do little tasks. They made the cookies for the Valentine party. Their teacher even takes them home with her for an overnight party, so that they can learn to pack their little bags and conduct themselves properly as guests in a home. In order to avoid the institutionalizing of these juniors each is given a bag in which to keep his very own trinkets.

All the child's precious little things that he collects, a red piece of string, a book. and perhaps a dolly, all his very own, all go into this bag. Mrs. Florence Murphy is their housemother. Select Own Schooling From the kindergarten, the children go to public school, namely P.

S. 3, and then from there to high school. At present the girls are attending commercial and homemaking high schools, They make their own decisions as to what high school they want to attend with the very able guidance of the superintendent, Miss Agnes Fowler. Miss Fowler doesn't tell them what to do, she only suggests, being a very wise woman. There are 55 altogether in the school, 20 of them in the kindergarten.

The others are girls attending the public schools with Hopewell Society their home. Mrs. Beatrice Cox is the housemother to the juniors. The senior girls occupy the home at 25 Monroe Place, called Gould Hall. Here the housemother, Mrs.

Josephine Manning, guides their activities and here, with her, they handle the housekeeping job. The girls are not restricted. They attend classes and dances and go swimming at a nearby Y. M. C.

A. and are permitted to have their men friends visit them at the home once a week. They either visit on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays, and occasionally on Sundays the boys may be guests at buffet suppers. How Organization Started The Hopewell Society of Brooklyn is 75 years old. In the year 1868.

Mrs. Catherine Duryea Elwell visited the Raymond St. jail three poor women who had been punished for crimes growing out of habits of intemperance. She found them completely alone in the world and so took rooms on Canton St. near the jail for them.

This was the beginning of the first "Home for the Friendless." The first annual meeting was held on April 4, 1870, in the Lafayette Presbyterian Church. All applicants to the home were received without regard to creed or country, without the requirement of fees, introductions or credentials. But the pecuniary condition of the society was most discouraging, as it had no organized system of collections and was sustained solely from the casual bounty of its generous friends. In order to care for the sick children, the managers labored personally without regard to "committees." The absolute necessity of a large house and more funds pressed the managers, and the good work was not without its reward, for donations were forthcoming, and $19,000 was raised by collection books. Events followed each other rapidly after that and the home at 20 Concord St.

was purchased. Halt a century passed before the former name of the society was changed in 1921 to the present name, the Hopewell Society of Brooklyn. In 1922 the old house on Concord St. was sold and the society moved to the large residence with spacious ground at 218 Gates Ave. Then through the generosity of the late Mrs.

Sarah G. Robinson, who had willed many thousands of dollars to the society, an addition was made possible. Edwin Gould, one of America's great philanthropists and benefactors, gave the society two buildings. Donations Maintain Society All the funds for the maintenance of the Hopewell Society come from donations. Some of the parents are able to pay $7.50 a week for the care of the young, but the cost is $12 so that there is a good deal to be made up.

A staff of 15 is maintained. The Ida Harris Purdy Auxiliary, which is composed of young business women, raises money for the society so that little extra things can be bought. This auxiliary will have a benefit card party for the society on April 22 at the home, 218 Gates Ave. 724 WHERE HAVE YOU of Brooklyn, plays with the fascinates the children, society appears here today. 9 Eagle Staff photo HER VERY OWN- -Miss Lillian Drellich, accompanist for the kindergarten group, for their dancing and singing, admires one of the youngster's dolls at the Valentine Party.

The children have their own toys and other possessions which they carry around in bags like the one shown here. Thrift Shop Benefit To Aid Local Groups Benefit Groups Forward, Mrs. Remick Eckardt. Mrs. Lawrence R.

Hills, Mrs. Lawrence C. Hull Mrs. Robert B. Jordan, Mrs.

Robert E. Ross. Mrs. L. Spence Mrs.

F. Christopher Weber and Miss Susan Hays; the Memorial Hospital Social Service, the Appalachian Board of the Church of the Ascension, hattanville Day Nursery, the Chi Kappa Committee of Stony Wold Sanatorium. The executive committee of the shop is headed by the president. Mrs. Langdon H.

Roper: Mrs. Herbert T. Wikle, vice president; Mrs. J. Russell Grant, secretary: Mrs.

Richard Lott. treasurer, and Mrs. John Vanneck, treasurer. Carlo Restivo, accordionist. has again been engaged for the afternoon.

riage by her father and was attended by her sister, Mrs. William Van Shalscha of Englewood, N. as matron of honor. and Miss Dolcres Hendricks. another sister.

and Mrs. Eleanor O'Donnell of Providence, sister of the bridegroom, as bridesmaids. Lt. Louis Paul Willemin, U.S. A.

was best man. The couple will go to the Poconos on their wedding trip and will make their home in Brooklyn. Ensign Holland is taking an advanced training course at Sheepshead Bay. Kathleen B. Manzella, children at the home.

The who range in age from 3 to 6 Lt. Reitz' Marriage Announced December Bridal Revealed Today Capt. Leon Buford Scott, U.S. and Mrs. Scott of Washington, D.

announce the marriage of Captain Scott's daughter, Miss Barbara Buford Scott, to Lt. Spencer Reitz, U. S. N. of Dr.

and Mrs. Ballantyne "Reitz of 22 8th Ave. The wedding took place Dec. 7 in St. Rose Chapel in Balboa, Canal Zone, with Chaplain William I.

McClung, U. S. officiating. Miss Anne Smith of Jeannette. was maid of honor for the bride and Comm.

Victor B. Cole served as best man. White marquisette and Chantilly lace formed the bride's wedding gown and she carried bouquet of white butterfly orchids. Lieutenant and Mrs. Reitz left after the reception for Medillin, Colombia, to spend a short time.

Lieutenant Reitz, who is a graduate of the University of Michigan in naval architecture and marine engineering, has been in the Naval Reserve since June of 1941, when he was commissioned an ensign, and has been in Balboa for the past year and a half. His maternal grandfather was the late Dr. Thomas Bakewell Hegeman, who for many years was a prominent physician in Flatbush and a descendant of Adrian Hegeman, who was one of the first settlers in New Utrecht. Dr. Reitz, who is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, is attending surgeon at John's, Brooklyn Cancer and Cumberland Hospitals and is consulting traumatic surgeon at Bay Ridge Hospital.

L. I. College Hospital Elects New Officers The Guild of the Long Island College Hospital has elected as new officers for the year: Mrs. W. Rutherford James, president; Mrs.

Fedor L. Senger. first vice president; Mrs. Charles W. Wolseley, second vice president; Mrs.

Hans J. Isbrandtsen, third vice president; Mrs. Francis T. Keliher, secretary; Mrs. Lauson H.

Stone, treasurer; C. W. Bush, auditor. On the board of directors for 1944 are Mrs. Alfred C.

Beck. Mrs. Walter Bruchhausen, Mrs. Benjamin M. Cissel, Mrs.

Jean Curran, Mrs. Tasker Howard, Mrs. Irving Idler, Mrs. Isbrandtsen. Mrs.

Palmer Jadwin, Mrs. James. Mrs. Keliher. Mrs.

Lambert Krahulik, Mrs. John V. Lassoe, Mrs. Maxwell Lester, Mrs. Robert A.

Love. Mrs. Frederick D. MacKay, Mrs. Albert C.

Magee, Mrs. E. R. Marzullo, Mrs. J.

Hamilton Crawford, Mrs. Kenneth M. Reed, Mrs. George H. Roberts, Mrs.

Robert M. Rogers, Mrs. Valentine Seaman, Mrs. Theodore Streibert, Mrs. Stone.

Mrs. Walter D. Stuart. Mrs. Clarence S.

Welch, Mrs. Charles A. Weymuller, Mrs. Robert M. Winslow and Mrs.

Wolseley. Melissa Hebberd To Wed Sgt. Pedersen Miss Adelaide, Hebberd, daughter Mrs. Harry Melissa, Atwood Hebberd of Walnut Rockville Centre, will become the bride of Sgt. Norman Pedersen, son of Mr.

and Mrs. J. M. Pedersen of Kent, Wash. Saturday, in a ceremony to be performed at her parents' home at 4 p.m.

by the Rev. Frederick A. Meyer. pastor of the Congregational Church of Rockville Centre. Miss Lydia Hebberd will serve her sister as maid of honor.

A reception for the members of the immediate families will follow. Miss Hebberd is a graduate of South High School. Rockville Centre. She attended Packer Collegiate Institute. Sergeant Pedersen is stationed at Mitchel Field.

Following A short wedding trip the couple will reside in Hempstead. teacher at the Kindergarten good old favorite, "Pussy Cat, years. An article about these Pach photo ENGAGED GIRL--Miss Eluned Aitken McLaren is the daughter of James P. McLaren of Brooklyn and Setauket and the fiancee of Lt. (j.

John Young Millar, U. S. N. son of Mr. and Mrs.

David Millar of Forest Hills and Amagansett. Stuyvesant Square Thrift Shop will give a benefit tea and cocktail party on Thursday from 5 to 7 at the Coq Rouge, 65 E. 56th Manhattan. This will be the third consecutive year that the committee of the Stuyvesant Square Thrift Shop has given. a cocktail party vat Coq Rouge for the benefit of the six charities which it helps to support.

These charities are: The Brooklyn Cancer Welfare Service. Mrs. Herbert T. Wikle. Mrs.

Edward A. Griffin. Mrs. John E. Jennings.

Mrs. Russell Hume, Mrs. Frederic Pratt. Mrs. George Smith the Misses Helen C.

Wood and Irene Braman, committee: Brooklyn Maternity Center Association, Mrs. Albert T. Meisel. Mrs. De Witt Agatha M.

Hendricks Married to Ensign The marriage of Miss Agatha M. Hendricks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hendricks of Flatbush was married yesterday morning to Ensign Arthur D.

Holland, M.M.. son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Holland of Providence, R.

I. The ceremony took place in Holy Cross Church and a reception followed at the Park Terrace. Miss Hendricks was given in mar Ravitz photo TREASURER Mrs. Lauson Harlan Stone has been reelected treasurer of the Guild of the Long Island College Hospital. Other officers are announced here today.

Michael Shuter photo JUST WED- Mrs. Edwin Rich. lard Zolnier was formerly Miss Gloria Buerk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percival G.

Buerk of 115 80th St. The monthly meeting of the board of auxiliary directors of the Children's Home of the Long Island Baptist Association will be held at the home on Tuesday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock. The Rev. Hugh Winton of the Woodhaven Church will lead the devotions..