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Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 8

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Herald and Reviewi
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Decatur, Illinois
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fafturday, May 10, 1941. DECATUR HERALD SOCIETY 8 Let's Talk It Over BARN COLONY PREPARES Bring Varied Impressions From A. A. U. Convention By Layah Rggs Rehearsal Dinner For Miss Westervelt Rehearsal dinner for the prin side is the turkey hen.

Farm buildings, a rail fence, well sweep, a great American elm, and a close border of purely American field flowers, fill in the plates. The owner, old and ill and now ready to sell them, says she bought them on sale 50 years ago and has used them fairly steadily, but not one of the 13 pieces has even a nick in it. She does not know how long the previous owner had them, how old they are, or the name of the design. But they are certainly beautiful things. L.

R. SERVE A CHICKEN DINNER MOTHER'S DAY 5449 PHONE TODAY White Rock. 2-3 to 3l2 Lb. Ave. FRIES 30c Hens, lb.

26c Healthy Poultry. Full DretMd. Fresh Bvry Day. Perfectly Cleaned and thoroughly Waah-ed. Delivered.

Large 2 layer Lady Baltimore CAKES 25c and 3lc "PUT YOUR STUFF on a tray and take it in the living room to eat it," she said. "That's the way I do, and I live alone. It works all right for me, and' I can look out the window." The best eyeballing (as our favorite J. M. U.

student calls it) in our apartment is out the south kitchen window, over the garden and across to Wood street. More goes on there than out the living room windows which front on the campus. Periodically the campus bursts into activities of a sort, but there is construction work going on over on Wood street, and it's more fun to see than just students. Speaking of dining, we saw some of the loveliest chinaware the other day that we've ever seen, and we are not ordinarily one to go all-out over dishes, either. These are "blue, 12 plates and an enormous platter, made in England many years ago, but evidently for the American trade for the design is purely American.

In the denter of each plate and of the platter is a huge strutting turkey gobbler, a bird not found in Europe, and off to one ing to correct physical defects before the child enters school. Children played games during this time. Mrs. Lester Rees is co-chairman1 with Mrs. Harold Hopper on the pre school roundup.

Mrs. Glenn Atterberry will visit homes with them. Many and Many a Cake Mothers Have Baked to Make a Child's Heart Glad So We Have Made and Decorated a Cake Especially for Mother ers, who are left to right, Mrs. Germaine West, Mrs. W.

S. Threlfall, Herman Jackson, Mrs. Martha Maxon, A. Hartmann, Miss Evelyn Harvey, Paul Montgomery. tLindquist photo) The Barn Colony is shown in the barn on the Art Institute grounds in busy preparation for its art show to be in the galleries of the Art Institute May 28 through June 15.

Each Butterscotch BRITTLE 1' dozen 20c; second dozen" Present Day Success Women To Be Honored at Convention VanZefti Bakery Buy Where Baked It's Fresher 433 N. Water St. FOR ART SHOW member may submit six pictures and these may be landscapes, charcoal studies, pastels or water color. Miss Dorothy Wasson is shown above as model for the following paint Robscn. Miss Maude Adams.

Wcrfc for women in industry. Miss Ma Anriprsnn. Club women with the longest record of service and those with records of conspicuous leadership will be cited and will be presented with handsome gold medals. Gowns of the "Gay Nineties'' and earlier periods will be worn by the pioneer women, and a prize will be awarded for the most unusual and beautiful one. Town Meeting Broadcast The Honorable Adolph A.

Berle, assistant Secretary of State, will speak on down-to-the moment developments in diplomacy. Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the United States public health service, will discuss, "Health and Defense." America's most celebrated radio forum, the Town Meeting of the Air, George V. Denny, president, will move from New York to Atlantic City for its regular session that week, and two nationally known speakers will discuss a problem of interst to youth, as a part of the junior night program. At least two leaders in the field of religion, both nationally known as dynamic speakers, will be heard.

These will include. Dr. Daniel A. Poling, pastor of Temple Baptist church. Philadelphia, and Dr.

Morris S. Lazaron, rabbi of the Hebrew congregation of Baltimore. In sharp contrast to the profound discussions of serious problems, there will be offered a trio of speakers on the pleasures to be derived by perusing the arts and letters. Col. Theodore Roosevelt.

will speak on "The Joy of Circus Party for Pre-School Children A merry go round made of orange crates with paste board animals featured a first grade room at Washington school Friday in honor of 27 pre school children. Pupils of Miss Florence Myers had made the merry go round and other circus decorations. Oth er first grade teachers of the school. Miss Florence McNutt and Miss Dail Heape, were introduced. Paper hats and balloons were given as favors.

Miss Lydia Hackman, school nurse, told the mothers of the importance of medical examinations for their children and of attempt- cipals of the Margaret Westervelt and Kenneth Bauman wedding, which will be this afternoon at 2:30 p. was given by Mr. and Mrs. S. C.

Hamilton Friday eve ning in their home at 1358 West Forest. The bride-elect and Mrs. Hamilton are cousins. The 20 guests, which included members of the families, went to Westminster Presbyterian church following dinner. A bouquet of red roses decorated the dinner table.

DeMolay Mothers Coming This Thursday Dinner in the Masonic temple with Rev. Mr. Flewelling as speaker, installation of state officers, me morial services, a tea and tour of the city will be highlights of the DeMolay Mothers' convention which opens in the Masonic temple Wednesday and continues through Thursday. Full program is as follows: Wednesday 10:30 a. m.

Business session by Mrs. Billy Casad. state president from Cham- paien. 12:30 p. m.

Luncheon. Women reconvene. 3:13 Adjournment with sons, "Ood Bless America. Banquet in -Masonic temple with Rev. Carrel W.

Fleweitioe as speaker. Installation of state officer, with Mrs. John Dalton. installing president. Mrs.

Fdna Stalker, marshal, and Mrs- J. Toilirtav as chaplain. 9:00 Interpolation and short pro-cram. Thursday 8:30 a. m.

Meetina in temple followed by representative DeMolay pro-Eram by Mrs. Maude Rouse of Kansas City. Mo. 11:30 Memorial service by the Champa ien and TJrbana circles. 12:15 Tea in the temple.

1:1 A visit to Staleys and a tour of ihe city. Miss Mildred Louise Crum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.

Crum of Coffeen, and 1 Cook Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Edwards of Coffeen, were married in Old Monroe, May attendants were Mr. r.nd Mrs. Woodrow Edwards of Alton, brother and sister-in-law of the bridegroom.

The bride is a graduate of the Coffeen High school in 1939. and has been employed at the Colonial Inn in Hills-boro for six months. The bridegroom graduated in 1939, and works in a machine shop in Deca tur engaged in the manufacture of! defense materials. The couple will live in Decatur. American Government Information league voted to carry cn as an independent, non-partizan group Thursday morning following a round table discussion in the Woman's club building.

Mrs. Carl Dick. Mrs. Ivan Buys, and Mrs. E.

L. Simmons, led discussion. Although a number were in favor of the League of Women Voters policy, the majority preferred the one voted. Miss Mabeline Lilly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Mortie J. Lilly of Sullivan, and Daniel Robert Furman of Evansville were married April 25 in the Church at the End of the Roard, St. Thomas Episcopal, in Chicago. Mrs. Furman taught in Oglesby school for nine years and in the A.

Gastman school for one year before going to Chicago where she has been with the Scott-Forseman Mr- Furman is with a glove company in tvansvuie. Auxiliary to Locomotive Firemen had potluck Thursday in the home of Mrs. W. I. Jackson and the women sewed for the Red Cross.

The group will meet next Thursday with Mrs. R. E. Crum, 1424 East Lawrence avenue. St.

Mary's Sodality will have a special mothers' day mass at 7 a.m. Sunday with a mother-daughter breakfast afterward in St. James school, for sodalists and guests. Wilma Hawkins kindergarten visited various points of interest in Decatur this week including the Union Dairy, Decatur Airport, and Wabash station week they will tour a bakery. WE HAVE 'EM.

iAr Four members of Decatur club branch of the American Association of University Women have returned from the A. A. U. W. national convention at Cincinnati which closes today.

One was surprised with the fact that the dress rehearsal of the Cincinnati symphony meant that the women dressed in their smartest evening formals while the musi cians played in work clothes and sweaters. Another member was impressed by an English woman speaker who said. wish I were back in England where people are not so gloomy." One of the features of the six day program was a two way broadcast between London and Cincinnati. Following the broadcast the Columbia Broadcasting System announcer stated that it was the first two way program since Dec. 8.

1940. which had not dealt exclusively with war. Women and War "University Women and War" was the topic discussed by Dr. Mary E. Woolley.

president emeritus of Mount Holyoke; Dr. Edith Summerskill, member of British Farliament: and Lady Iris Capell. Theme for the entire convention was "The American Cause is Again the Cause of the Creative Human Spirit which No Enemy Has Ever Overcome." Moral Crusade Speakers at the meeting emphasized the necessity for an intellectual outlook upon a war clouded future and stressed the responsibilities of women in the distorted world. Miss Mann, daughter of the well known Thomas Mann, said: "Our task is on a moral basis rather than a political one. Love of freedom, pride of human dignity, devotion to democracy and Christianity must again become a crusading force." Avoid Hoarding Director of purchases of the United States Office of Production Management, Donald Nelson, told the 2.500 university women that: "The day of business as usual, and living as usual, is over until the emergency ends.

"While there is a shortage of some materials, war conditions should not bring about a food shortage or much rise in food prices, if the consumer exercises restraint on scarce buying and avoids hoarding." Those who attended the sessions from Decatur at the Hotel Netherland Plaza were Mrs. M. J. Wricht. Mrs.

C. M. Jack, Mrs. H. J.

Pettee, Mrs. Herbert Nelson, and Miss Marian Harris. Mrs. Nelson will stay in Cincinnati over the weekend. Junior Recital in Conservatory Tonight Millikin Conservatory of Music will present young pupils in a junior recital at 7:30 p.m.

tonight in Kaeuper hall. All who are interested are invited to attend. Pupils who will appear are: Marlene S'ewart Mary Louise Scherer Mary Deardorlf Dick Staley Lucien Kapp Marianne ililnes Mary Idelle Greider Dclores Whitman Sandra Schaub Pistorius Virzinia Ann Owen Patty Whitman Marilyn Mover Betty Funk Jane Summers Mary Margaret Nichols Mary Pat Lanclois Wikoff Franchelle Wilkinson Beverly McMillen Pose Mane Goins Marilyn Aulabaush Eusene F-lpy Dolores Smith Martyn Owen Country Club of Decatur bridge association had seven tables in play Thursday afternoon. Mrs. F.

E. Strickling and Mrs. Luther Wal-bridge were high scorers. Robert Webb. 1329 West Macon street, is one of the two representatives of Theta Delta Chi social fraternity at the University of Illinois to be chosen for membership In Skull and Crescent, sophomore activity honorary fraternity.

He was chosen for his scholarship standing and participation in extracurricular activities. Skull and Crescent is for the promoting of good fellowship among members of 60 fraternities on the campus. Girls 'Double Up' For Tennis Guests Out-of-town guests attending Millikin's 29th annual intercollegiate invitational tennis tournament for women in Illinois are being housed in Aston hall and sorority houses. The hall is nearly full this year but tne girls are doubling up to make room for the guests, who came yesterday and will be here today. Matches were played Friday and will continue today from 9-12 and Gold and silver trophies are offered.

A box supper in Fair-view park last night honored the guests. FLOWERS For MOTHER'S DAY SUNDAY. MAY llth We are known for the lasting quality of our Flowers Sent by Telegraph Anywhere POTTED PLANTS Hydrangea. Pelargoniums Fuchsia, Begonias, Rose Plants. (Mixed Blooming Plants CUT FLOWERS A Large Variety of All inds to Choose rom Beautiful CORSAGES Make Your Selection Early GREENWOOD AVENUE GREENHOUSES 702 Greenwood Ave.

Phone 2-M83 PLENTY PARKIN SPACE If you're going to get the full fine flavor out of coffee and that's what you pay for then your coffee must be ground to just the fineness required for your type of coffee pot. Or to use the term it must be Custom Ground for you. Here's the reason: The different types of coffee pot bring hot water into contact with coffee for different lengths of time, as follows In Regular Pots, boiling water is in constant contact with hence, you should have Coffee ground coarse. Percolators force the water over coffee only intermittently so have your Coffee ground medium. In Drip Pots, water goes through the grounds only once so Coffee should be ground fine.

In Vacuum Pots, the contact of water and coffee is briefest of all so have your Turn to Page 9 "Present Day" nJ atC Her Excellency Viscountess Halifax, wife of the British ambassador to the United States, will bring greetings from the women of Great Britain to the members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs at their Golden Jubilee convention to be held in Atlantic City, May 19-24. The Honorable Burton K. Wheeler, Republican United States senator from Montana, and leader of the isolationist group; and the Honorable Claude Pepper, Democrat United States senator from Florida, a leading spokesman for the Administration, will present the question of American aid to Britain, the law as already enacted, and possible further steps toward American intervention. Modern Pioneers The great strides made by wom en in tne lasi ou years mauv lines of public service prompted the federation to seek out notably successful pioneers and ask them to be present to receive richly embossed parchment scrolls. Women chosen for this distinction are: Aviation: Mrs.

Mieuel Otero. Miss Ruth Nichols. Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh.

Broadcastine: Miss Judith Waller. Business: Mrs. Eleanor Patterson. Miss Josephine Roche (business executive" Child welfare: Miss Katherine F. Len- rDiplomatic service: Mrs.

Ruth Bryan Rohde. Mrs. J. Borden Harriman. Education.

Dr. Mary E. Woolley: Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart trurali; Miss Martha McC. Berry 'rural).

Eneineerinc: Mrs. Frank Bunker Gil-breth Mrs. Nora Stanton Barney. Exploration: Mrs. Clark Getts (Mrs.

Martin Johnson'. Government service: Miss Frances Perkins (first woman in President's cabinet). Health: Dr. Florence R. Sabin.

Dr. Alice C. Evans. Dr. Josephine S.

Baker Humanitarian service: Mrs- Franklin D. Rocsevelt. Journalism: Miss Dorothy M. Dir. Miss Maude MacDouf-all.

Judicial field: Judee Florence Allen. Judse Genevieve Cline. lecal field: Miss Mary r. j-amrop. Literary: Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Mrs.

Margaret Wace Deland. Motion pictures: Miss Mary Pickford. Mo'ion picture industry: Mrs. Thomas G. Winter.

Music: Mrs. Carrie Jacobs Bond. Mrs. H. H.

A. Beach. Frontier nursinn: Mrs. Mary Brecken-ridce. Opera: Miss Geraldine Farrar.

Orchestra conducting: Miss Ethel Legin-ska. Miss Antonia Brico. Peace and Women's rttrhts: Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. Penology: Miss Mary B.

narris. Politics: Miss Jeannette Rankin. Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross. Mrs.

Hattie Caraway, Mrs. Miriam AT Ferguson. Radio: Miss Margaret Cuthbert. Miss Kate Smith. Religion: Dr.

Georgia Elma Harkness, Miss Hilda Libby Ives. Social service: Miss Helen Keller. Miss Evangeline Booth. Sports: Miss Eleanor Sears. Mrs.

Hazel H. Wichtman. Ptate; Miss Fthel Barrymore. Miss May RUGS Shampooed 2 Single OJO Cfl eDomestie ifai.OU Schudels' of LAMB LB. LB.

Shoulder Baby Beef BEEF ROAST, lb. Best Cuts. lb. 24c Brisket BOILING BEEF, lb. Fresh Killed cut up and skillet cleaned FRYING CHICKENS riece Lb.

Home Grown RHUBARB. GREEN ONIONS, RADISHES. 3 bchs. Sweet. Tender Mississippi FRESH PEAS, 3 lbs.

25c U. S. No. 1 Texas New Potatoes, 6 lbs. 25s Large 176 siza Seedless Valencia's FLA.

ORANGES, doz. 25c The perfect laundry bleach PUREX 3 qts. with coupon 25c mk 45C I lQ Qg If jlj jp Be sure to tell the clerk in your Coffee Department the type of coffee pot you use then the fresh coffee beans will be Custom Ground exactly right, so that you'll get all the magnificent flavor. There are three Coffee blends to suit every taste; Eight O'Clock, mild and mellow; Red Grcle, rich and full-bodied and Bolt a r. tuVnrnm II mmm i I and winey.

Try your favorite blend today. Ill -zSm i "T7i mnut. FOOD ARCADE PHONE 4238 134 MERCHANT STREET FREE DELIVERY Genuine 1941 Spring Lamb LEG of LAMB SHOULDER ROAST boned and rolled if you wish Hickory Pit. ready to serve cold or reheat BAR B-Q RIBS. lb.

33c Fresh, home made POTATO SALAD, lb. 19c Ready to serve SPICED HAM, lb. 29c Oscar Mayer Approved Cooked, ready to serve Canadian Bacon i Vwj Wheat Breakfast Center Slices, lb. 55c Tender, fresh morsels 'of shredded 1 whole wheat deliciously "fiavor- ZTZFX mellowed" and toasted crisp and 1 brown CUBS give you vitamin Bi, WTii 1L BflGS Dei Monte drip or regular urind packed in duraglas COFFEE, lb. 25c Del Monte.

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