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NEWS-PILOT SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA SATURDAY EVENING MARCH 18 1939 Pag 3 Groups Schedule Outstanding Programs Degree of Honor Fetes Mothers of Members at Program Meeting An open meeting of the San Pedro Degree -of Honor at which mothers or mothers of the members were honored guests was held Thursday evening at the Woman's clubhouse Minnie Smith president of the organization presided at the meeting At the close of the business session she presented a program dedicated to the mothers Each member was asked to introduce her mother who responded with a nursery rhyme Taking part in the program were Marilyn and Billy Carnahan who entertained with dances Mrs Mary Jane Carnahan who gave a pianologue Billie Land who played two piano solos one his own composition and Minnie Smith who read two poems Community singing was led by Ma-belle Dominguez Refreshments were served to members and guests in the sun-room where the table was decorated with shamrocks and smilax Lillian Land and Mayfield Morehouse were hostesses The drill team directed by Ann Lindner practiced its drill for the state convention to be held in Los Angeles June 4 Needlework Department Will Send Two Girls to Summer Camps At this meeting members of the Needlework department of the San Pedro club voted to send two girls to summer camp One girl will be sent to the Girl Scout camp and the other to Camp Torqua The department will sponsor a card party after Lent in order to raise money to help finance the campers During the season two layettes have been completed by the department and help has been given to seven needy families Mrs Millidge Day chairman of the department appointed a nominating committee at the meeting which includes Mrs Kerr Mrs Morrison and Mrs Clayson The committee appointed to take care of the camp arrangements includes Mrs Robert Herron Mrs Feman and Mrs Shaffer YWCA Announces Preliminary Plans for Camp Torqua The camp committee of the YW CA has completed preliminary plans for its summer camp which is located at Catalina Island This is the tenth summer that the camp has been maintained by the YW CA It is under the supervision of the camp committee composed of Mrs Lazard Lippman chairman Mesdames Robert Herron Eloi Amar Edward Haley Alfred Jorgenson Allender Grow William McAllister and Nellie Williams The camp is open for five weeks during the summer the first period beginning July 11 The camp closes August 18 The rates this year will be the same as in former years The camp committee has voted to make a substantial reduction to harbor district girls who register before May 15 Further information regarding the dates and rates of camp may be had by calling the YW CA Girls from the ages of eight to 16 years are accepted as campers The program is planned to satisfy the needs and desires of all Selected college students serve as councilors The program includes such interesting activities as swimming boating life-saving courses handcraft campcraft hiking horse back riding dramatics music etc Miss Katharine Perine Girl Reserve secretary will again serve as director of the camp Mrs Lippman camp chairman expressed the desire that many harbor district girls will avail themselves of the fine opportunities that Camp Tor-qua offers Woman's Club Topic Mrs Goldsmith to Be Friday Speaker Two of San leading women's organizations the San Pedro Woman's club and the Friday Morning Study club have outstanding programs scheduled for their next meetings Tuesday afternoon the Woman's club will present Dr William Ashe-Everest who will discuss "Egypt and the Mrs Lillian Burkhart Goldsmith returns next week few her second lecture before the Friday Study club Of great interest and educational value is Dr lecture according to reports from clubs already priviledged to hear him The speaker is former European adviser to Prince Yusseff Kamel of Egypt Dr Ashe-Everest will illustrate his fascinating topic with a chart showing the scientific nature of the interior of the great pyramid of Gizeh its passageways and the chamber The speaker will be presented by Mrs Harry Summers program chairman following a business meeting at which Mrs Alfred Jorgensen president will preside The meeting will convene at 2 at tire clubhouse Tea will be served in the sunroom at the close of the program Hostesses for the day are Mrs Scarborough Mrs Ballinger Mrs Goodwin and Mrs Maude Rich At the Friday Morning Study club Mis Goldsmith will give one of the dramatic readings for which she is so famous as well as discussing world affairs With the rush of important world events that have taken place within the last few days members of the club are looking forward with keen interest to her discussion In addition to the speaker Mrs Holland program chairman of the club will present Marilyn Woodruff who will play a violin selectkv and Dorothy Woodruff who will play a group of piano solos Mrs A Dagoberg president will conduct the business session which is scheduled to convene at 10 in the morning The meeting will be held at the YWCA MEANS OF for some worthy young person of the harbor area is assured as Dr VV Guidinger president of the board of directors of the Juliette Pierce Memorial Scholarship fund accepts from Mrs McCaffrey welfare chairman of the Assistance League of San Pedro a check for two hundred dollars that organization's gift to the fund The contribution to the Pierce fund is the first departure from care far physical needs into the realm of providing the cultural things as well (News-Pilot Photo) BRIDE-ELECT Lois Genter daughter of Mr and Mrs A Genter of this city has chosen June 25 as the date for her wedding to Robert Kelley son of Mr and Mrs Haworth Housewarming Fetes Mrs Tom Mason Mrs Marko Cvitanich gave a housewarming recently honoring Mrs Tom Mason The affair was held at Mrs new home 450 Thirteenth street Games were played and prizes were awarded to Mrs Vincent Karmelich and Mrs Pearl Vilicich Included in the party were Mesdames John Cvitanich Marko Cvitanich John Moskovita Jerry Marincovich Vincent Karmelich Mate Marinkovich Frank Karmelich Jack Moskovita Lucy Zoroto-vich Jack Despol Jack Bodlovich Nick Bodlovich Ben Karmelich Steve Burich Vincent Jaksich Walter Radmilovich John Tonsich Steve Evanesevich Joe Villicich Justo Karmelich Vincent Karmelich George Karmelich Marion Chuka Frank Breskovich Luka Pussich Frank Elezovieh and Andrew Vilicich Pawnee Thimble Club Meets for Luncheon Members of the Pawnee Thimble club were entertained with a St day luncheon Wednesday by Edna Johnson and Myra Miller Mrs Miller was winner of the attendance prize while the special prize went to Elizabeth Schiedeck a guest Clever Irish favors marked places for Mrs Schiedeck Wilhelmina Smith Mary Nora Harrison Ada Parberry Meda Goodrich Mable Harkness Rilla Miller Helene Eck-hardt Florence Rundell Anna Wells and the hostesses The club will meet April 6 at Mrs home Finer selection of greeting cards for all occasions Sunset Photo Si Gift Shop 825 So Adv Spinsterettes Learn Duties as Auxiliary to Assistance League Mrs Percy James of the Assistance League of San Pedro discussed the duties of the Spinsterettes as the first auxiliary of the league at this meeting of the organization held at the home of June DeFever The Spinsterettes organized more than a year ago as a social organization will become affiliated with the Assistance League in April At the close of the business meeting refreshments were served by the hostess Spinsterettes attending were Mary Stewart Jean Messenger Martha Jane Kinnaird Margie Rodgers Annette Lippman Belle Keys Florence Bryan Jean Tracy Ruth Tracy Phyllis Jennings Eleanor Haubold Emilie Brackett Betty Nelson Dulcle Slate Rebekah Williams Alice Midgely and the hostess Ouf-of-Town Guests Attend Harbor Chapter Meeting A number of out-of-town members as well as past matrons and patrons of the host chapter were introduced at this meeting of San Pedro Harbor chapter Order of Eastern Star Irene Weber worthy matron and Charles Smith worthy patron presided Past matrons and patrons introduced were Pearl Monro Jessie Weaver Mary Van Dorn Rena Pearson Nellie Young Mae Johnson Minnie Smith Jessie Beaton Bertha Ingmire At Monro Oscar Pearson Henry Haynes Harry Weaver and Roy Beaton Visitors from Wilmington Point Firmin Torrance and Los Angeles chapters were introduced as well as guests from St Louis Mo and Burma Iowa An Invitation from Loyalty chapter asking that Harbor chapter members attend the reception honoring Maude Ethel Fleutsch worthy grand matron and John Vale worthy grand patron to be held Thursday evening March 23 at the Elks temple 607 Parkview street Los Angeles was read Mrs Deber has been asked to fill the marshall's chair for the evening Vital Statistics NOTICES OP INTENTION TO MARRY March 16 1939 Fragile Simas 39 of Azores Island San Pedro and Mabel Cotta 23 of 256 Jackson st Hynes March 17 Harold Price 22 of 8 Maryland and Evelyn Swartz 24 of 739 West Eighteenth street San Pedro Louis Meyers 29 of 9114 Palos Verdes street San Pedro and Geraldine Bakotlch 22 of Ban Pedro "Service par ides" Lois enter Will Wed Robert Kelley in Late June Miss Lois Genter daughter of Mr and Mrs A Genter has chosen June 25 as the date for her wedding to Robert Kelley son of Mr and Mrs Haworth Both of the young people were reared in San Pedro and are graduates of the local high school The troth news was revealed at a party given by the parents of the bride-elect at their home on Eighth street by a clever announcement card bearing the pictures of the engaged couple and enclosed in a scroll on which the guests wrote their bits of wisdom and advice These were assembled in a bride's memory book and created much comment and merriment when read as a part of the entertainment Besides the honorees a formal dinner party included Mr and Mrs Haworth and daughter Dorothy Daugherty and the host and hostess and their sons Jack and Bob Relatives of the family and friends chosen for the wedding party Invited for the evening were Messrs and Mesdames A Keltie Stratton and Charles Over-street Misses Ruth Ihme and Betty Jane Skirvin and Mr Robert Funk all of Long Beach Mr and Mrs Genter and daughter Jean of Wilmington the Rev and Mrs Oscar Nurse Messrs and Mesdames Genter Genter and Bullock and Miss Carrie Bullock all of San Pedro Several Camp Fire Events Scheduled for Last of March Several interesting Camp Fire events are scheduled for the near future The first to be held Monday evening at 6:30 is a dinner honoring Miss Ruth Teith-mann national field worker to which all guardians assistants sponsors and committee members are invited The dinner will be held at the church of the Messiah 2445 West Washington boulevard Los Angeles The first annual conference for older Camp Fire girls of Southern California will be held March 25 from 10 in the morning until 3 In the afternoon at the Pacific Coast club in Long Beach Mrs George Moyse will speak on "Standards and Qualities of There will be discussion songs and an exchange of ideas on topics of interest to older girls Senior high school and junior college girls are eligible The annual grand council fire of the harbor district will take place the evening of March 25 at 7:30 in Banning Park Recreation building Wilmington Announcement of the program will be made later Names Omitted From Sisterhood Board Through an error In the Thursday edition of the News-Pilot the names of one member of the new board and two members of the retiring board of the San Pedro Jewish Sisterhood were omitted Lillian Lazar is an additional member of the new board The retiring board also Included Pearl Priegel and Anna Stoll Minnie Stone is the new president of the organization Miss Vivian Stapley Wishes to Invite all her friends and patrons to her new location at the PRINCESS BEAL'TY SHOPPE 614 So Mesa Ph 643 Group-Gift Shower at Army and Navy Club to Honor Miss Smith A group-gift shower honoring Pat Smith daughter of Mrs Merle Smith whose marriage to Ensign McDonald Thompson will be an event of June will be given tomorrow afternoon at the Army and Navy club in Long Beach with Mrs Dean Painter Bernice Stevens and Mary Kay Hannay as hostesses The affair will be a dessert-game party Garden flowers will be used in decoration A pink and white color scheme will be followed Bidden to the party in addition to the honoree and her mother are Mesdames Peggy Stanberru Richardson and William A Shaw Misses Tootsie Brown and Virginia Savage all of Long Beach Mrs Vincent Jorgensen and Misses Dolly Chamberlain Ruth Grady and Demetra Castleberry all of Los Angeles Mrs Roby jr of Alhambra Mesdames Marshall Clayson William Bryant John Crockett Emma Radcliff Wahl-ers Joseph Pegg Stevens Bertram David and Frank Stevens Misses Kay Peale Norma Becker Jean Cadien May Fred-erickson Wilma Kinney Helen Slipsager Betty Rock i Dorothy Dyrness June Hibbard Leatrice Dwyer Frances Carr Ruby Heck-enlively Kay Shultz Marion Cameron Marcella Scheffler Jean Hawkins Lillian and Rita Dever Virginia and Constance Blair Betty Hartley Mary Jane and Catherine Chowning Ardelle Borham and June Williams Activity at Nursery School Increases With Coming of Spring Spring activity is in the air at the San Pedro Co-operative Nursery school Serious business includes building sand pile castles painting pictures cleaning doll houses climbing jungle-jims and making new acquaintances with new students Several additions and subtractions have been made in the student personnel during the second semester Two youngsters having reached kindergarten age are now attending other schools These alumni are Charles Haynes and Lois Isert New students are Stephen Homsy son of Mr and Mrs James Homsy John Straight son of Mrs Leslie Straight Roger Short son of Mr and Mrs Short and Tommy and Dicky Spires sons of Dr and Mrs Spires The parents recently enjoyed a buffet dinner and party held at the school Spring flowers decorated the rooms After dinner an amusing game designed on nursery school psychology by prohibiting the use of the words and was played Negativism and egotism were found to be prevalent in the personality make-up of many of the parents The fines paid for using these words will be used toward a paving fund Parents who attended were Messrs and Mbsdames Biven Henry Haynes John and James Homsy Dr Oscar Jacobs Virgil Keith Manuel Laraneta Pearson Orville Sweet Richard Burgess and Dr and Mrs Leonard Thompson A continued discussion of the varied aspects of personality was resumed at the last afternoon meeting Results of these studies are being tabulated so that a clarified resume will be available at the end of the year Attendance at this meeting included Mesdames Richard Burgess John and James Homsy Leonard Thompson Orville Sweet Pearson Jack Sederlund Virgil Keith Libi-now Marie Waldo Amigo Henry Hanes and Morris Beck Book Interpreter Gives Inspiring Talk at Rotary Ann Luncheon A spiritual interpretation of the popular current book which made the story live for those who had not read it and brought new meanings to those who had was given Thursday afternoon by Ruth Cornell Fuller before San Pedro Rotary Anns and their guests The interpreter was presented by Mrs Harry Summers program chairman at the annual reciprocity luncheon held at the Palos Verdes Country club In addition to her inspiring discussion of Mrs Fuller gave an equally deep and significant interpretation of Tides of Mont San Mrs Fuller in addition to her rare understanding of human emotions strengths and frailties has the power to express herself in simple and direct form A sense of the dramatic adds much to the interest of her interpretations Mrs Summers also presented a short musical program sent from the Porter School of Music Norma Arwood 15-year-old lyric soprano sang several selections which were well received She was accompanied at the piano by Lois Anne Balsley Elinor Zankich supported her in one number with a violin obllgatto Mrs James Mee president of Rotary Ann presided at the meeting and welcomed the guests Approximately 70 out-of-town guests including wives of Rotarians from Los Angeles Wilshire district Southwest Los Angeles Wilmington Hawthorne Hermosa Beach Redondo Beach and Inglewood were present Mrs William Davis Mrs Scarborough and Mrs Ballinger were hostesses for the luncheon which was served at tables attractively decorated with white flowers and green candles Tiny shamrock bouttonieres marked places for the guests Group singing of Irish songs completed the entertainment Euterpe Opera Reading Club Plans Benefit Bridge and luncheon will form the program at the Euterpe Opera Reading club benefit Tuesday afternoon March 21 The party will be held at the Melody Lane on Wilshire boulevard and Detroit at 12:30 o'clock Assisting Mrs Scott Campbell chairman as hostesses will be Mesdames Scott Rager Clark Buchanan Bashaw Herbert Webb Booth Kenneth Strickland and Effie Hughes Sweney Patronesses for the benefit include Mrs A Bennett Cooke president of Euterpe and Mesdajnes Crawford Marsh Clara Wein-getz Elmer Mansfield Cour-sen John Salmon Lena Pass-more Major Whittingham and Ballard Mrs Anderson Acts as Critic for Toastmistress Club Mrs Anderson who for a number of years has been curator of the highly successful English class at the A contributed her bit to the growth of the newly organized Toastmistress club of San Pedro this week by appearing as general critic for the group Mrs Anderson departed from the usual custom of criticizing only the speakers delving into the grammatical and pronunciation errors of program participants and audience alike A drill of commonly mispronounced and misused words added much to the educational value of the evening Taking part in the stated program were Mrs Brucker and Mrs Burhorn five-minute speaker Mrs Millidge Day extem-poraneaus speaker Mrs Kenneth Larson toastmistress Ruth Conrad Mrs Besecker and Lois Gilbert critics Mrs Harry Earl conducted the word drill Mrs Earl also presided during the business session B'nai B'rifh Auxiliary Celebrates Seventh Birthday With Social At a social meeting held Thursday evening at the Jewish Community center San Pedro auxiliary celebrated its seventh birthday The lodge entertained the group with a mock trial Many guests attended the celebration Among the distinguished guests who were introduced were Mrs A Louis past president and Mrs A Vendell president of Long Beach auxiliary number four Bella Stoll past president and Doris Lippman president of the Junior Girls auxiliary of Mrs Inez Levy president and Mrs Jack Lax vice-president of Congregation Beth El Mrs Minnie Stone president and Mrs Elizabeth Gotkin vice-president of San Pedro Jewish Sisterhood Mrs Rose Rapaport president and past president Mrs Anna Sol-loway vice-president Mesdames Minnie Stone Helen Forster Hattie Brown Catherine Cline and Edna Grant past presidents of B'rifh auxiliary A Robinson president and past president Dr Oscar Jacobs Irvin Grant Robert Cohn A Rosenfeld Maurice Meyers Harold Forster Louis Weiss Harold Frankl and Max Grody past presidents of lodge A trunk three suitfases a kodak and $40 in cash were stolen from his room by a burglar who entered during the night Shono Japanese of 1618 Cannery street Terminal Island yesterday informed police Scandinavian Ladies Aid Society Holds Monthly Meeting The Ladies Aid society of the Scandinavian church held an interesting meeting Thursday afternoon with approximately 50 present including visitors from Lomita Gardena Torrance and Los Angeles Luncheon was served at noon by the hostesses Mrs Holland and Mrs Holger Jensen Devotions were led by the Rev Fredrik Enge-bretsen Mrs Larson sang with Mrs Dorff at the piano Mrs Olaf Halvorson of Hunting-ton Park gave an entertaining talk telling of her experiences and observations during her recent visit with her husband to the island of Java in the East Indies and a vivid description of India particularly the city of Benares A short business session was conducted by Fredrik Engebret-sen Reports of the work done by the society during the past month were given and plans for the future were laid It was decided to hold the annual spring dinner during the month of April The officers were asked to serve as the committee on arrangements Post-Nuptial Shower Honors Mrs Kefner The committee of the Southern Counties Gas company chose the Pacific Coast club in Long Beach Thursday evening as the scene of a bridal shower for Mrs Henry Ketner (formerly Mrs Katherine Gies) whose marriage was recently announced The St motif was carried out in table decorations Following dinner the guests gathered in the game room where an evening of fun and hilarity had been arranged by the hostesses Mrs Nora Quivey and Mrs Lois Messick Prizes for the games were awarded Margaret Mudd Isabell Baker and June Williams Consolation prize went to Marjorie Anderson At dinner covers were laid for the honor guest Katherine Ketner Ina Dodson Dale Harbicht Adelina 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