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-PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1966 to- Day By MARION LESLIE Dutch Treat Party Before 'Great Waltz' Performance Instead of two after-theater celebrity parties during the Civic Light Opera season, the Civic Light Opera Guild has arranged one Dutch Treat dinner and one after-theater party for the series which Monday in the Civic Arena with "The Great opens Waltz." The Dutch Treat Dinner will be held on Thursday, the fourth night of "The Great Waltz." The after theater party is scheduled for Aug, 11 during the Robert Goulet Revue. Mrs. W. Dee Shepherd is general chairman, and Mrs. Joseph J.

Rochez, co-chairman of these festivities. Mrs. Loyall G. Harkins is Guild president. Mrs.

Albert J. Wyant has charge of arrangements for the Thursday night dinner and is accepting reservations. And the has inspired Mrs. Edwin J. (Sue) Booth to poetry in dinner Referring first to the Guild's "Pink Frolic," a the invitations.

benefit for the Civic Light Opera, Mrs. Booth continues on lyrically speaking, to the facts about 1 the Dutch Treat dinner the Duquesne Club and a bus to take the diners to the at Arena. IT TRULY WAS applause night for Fayette S. Olmsted and his mother, Mrs. Blanche Olmsted, when members of the official family of Music for Mt.

Lebanon, gathered for a surprise testimonial dinner for them last night in the South Hills Country Club. The party was given by the organization's board of directors, the Keynotes and the Women's Committee "in grateful appreciation of their untiring efforts in bringing 20 years of the best in music to Mt. Lebanon and for being responsible for fine friendships formed." Dr. John A. O'Donnell, Joseph Esposito and John 1 Moeller represented the board.

Mrs. O'Donnell and Mrs. John W. Conner were the Keynotes' members on the committee. Mrs.

William Major and Mrs. Junius F. Allen represented the Women's Committee. (Members of the Keynotes are past chairmen of the Women's Committee). DESOLATE WHEN TOLD that the apple 1 tree in her garden was dying, Mrs.

J. Cleve. land McKenna of Latrobe figured out a way to keep it part of the landscape. After nursery experts dealt with it, she had them cut the bare trunk and the branches SO that the remains resemble a modern sculpture, What's more she's going to try her own creativeness in carving a sculpture from the tree just where it stands. Virgil Cantini had wanted the tree, but transporting it proved too much of a problem.

One of her indoor artistic conversation pieces at the MeKenna residence is the beautiful bronze and pewter Phillip La Verne coffee table in the living room which depicts the story of the kidnapping of the emperor's son which started the Ming War. Incidentally, one of the MODERN SCULPTURE same tables is in Buckingham Palace, as well as in the Metropolitan and Museum of Modern Art in New York. FROM LANCASTER, to Sewickley last week came Miss Appel and Miss Ellen Appel to visit their cousins, Miss Susan B. Nevin of Grove Sewickley, and Mrs. Hugh W.

Nevin of Centennial Sewickley. The Lancaster visitors are sisters of Dr. James Z. Appel of Lancaster who completed his administration as president of the American Medical Association the Association's convention in Chicago this week. Miss Nevin, the Post-Gazette Club Editor, is convalescing at her Sewickley home after a serious illness.

NEWS FROM THE PITTSBURGH Playhouse Is that opening night for "The Mad Show" on July 12 will be a "mad affair." There will be a champagne intermission between acts of this zany musical and A buffet dinner. reception after the show. Mrs. Joel Greenwald, new president of Playhouse Plus, has named Mrs. John W.

German and Mrs. Louis Meyer general chairmen. Mrs. Edward McFarland will head the "goldfish committee" and Mrs. Robert L.

Kann, the committee on prizes. Playhouse Plus and William Roberts, Playhouse publicity director, are dreaming up these "extravaganza" projects. Playhouse General Manager Richard Hoover turned the opening night festivities over to Playhouse Plus right on top of the installation of new officers. JON DAVIS, SON of Dr. Ing today for Israel on a Bar the Jewish Agency, Jon, a dice High School, will return Pittsburgh boy to take this trip.

and Mrs. Harold Davis, Is leavMitzvah pilgrimage sponsored ninth grader at Taylor Allderon Aug. 22. He is the second LIKE MANY OTHERS attending the American Wind Symphony Orchestra's Spanish Dock Party at Point State Park last Friday night, I paused to look at the Block House. I found myself wondering if the ghosts of some the early visitors to and residents of this particular site Indians, frontiersmen, English, French, Scots, etc.

might be enjoying this benefit arranged by the AWSO Women's Association. I looked at some of the historical tablets. One reported that George Washington had visited there in 1753, 1758 and 1770. Another reminded me that Gen. John Forbes had occupied Fort Duquesne on Nov.

25, 1758 and shortly thereafter gave our city its proud name. And as I stood there listening to the Wind Symphony concert from its barge on the Allegheny River, I realized that the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence was almost at hand. How long had it since I had read that magnificent document with its basic principles of freedom? How long had it been since I had read the Constitution the United States with its guarantees of those liberties? Lest we forget the history of these priceless documents and their guarantee of freedom, why not make at least portions of them required reading on Monday, the Fourth of July? Double Ring Ceremony A double ring ceremony was performed for Linda M. Knouse and Thomas W. Adair in Sacred Heart Church, St.

Marys. A trip to Canada followed the June 25 wedding. The couple will live on Swallowhill Road, Scott Township. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Roland H. Knouse of St. Marys, had Theresia D'Amore for her maid of honor. Johanna Herbstritt, Mrs. Mary Jane Achilles and Mrs.

Carolee Adair were bridesmaids. She chose Bonnie and Maureen Adair for junior bridesmaids. Mr. Adair, son of Mr. and Mrs.

James R. Adair of Osage Drive, had his brother, Donald Adair, for best man. Ushers were William Palmer, Keith Knouse and Robin Adair. THE BETTER HALF By Bob Barnes SALINAS GOLF COUNTRY CLUB The Reg Tribune "I was only six over par, but on the second hole I blew up." League Ball To Be Held On Oct. 29 This year, the ball sponsored by the Junior League of Pittsburgh will be a dinner dance from 8 p.

m. 2 a. according to an announcement by Mrs. A. P.

Hill, League chairman. In previous years, it started about 10 p. m. It will be held at Carnegie Museum on Oct. 29.

Mrs. George A. Bartholomew is co-chairman of this annual event which raises money for the Junior League's Community Trust Fund. The League returns the money to the community in the form of projects and services. Mrs.

Wallace W. Smith is secretary and Mrs. Gerald D. Coffey, treasurer of the ball. Mrs.

Nathan K. Parker, treasurer, of the Junior League Pittsburgh, is ex. ecutive committee represesentative. Miss Mary Cosgrove as charge of invitations and Mrs. Dwight D.

Foster, and Mrs. John H. Dugan of reservations. Mrs. 1.

William H. Arnold, chairman of the 1965 ball, heads the public relations committee, and Mrs. William D. Roberts has charge of publicity. Selection and presentation of the "Volunteer of the Year," always a highlight of the ball, will be in the hands of a committee, headed by Mrs.

William M. Crawmer and Mrs. William Laird 111. Mrs. Robert L.

Lewis and Mrs. Edward F. Jacob have charge of decorations and Mrs. G. Gray Garland and Mrs.

Thomas L. Denney, of special services. Among other committee chairmen are Mrs. Lawrence B. Niemann Donald C.

Winson, catering; Mrs. Richard Moulton, entertainment; Mrs. Robert C. Clements and Mrs. Philip L.

Wyche, ball hostesses; Mrs. Stephen S. Evans and Mrs. William P. Simon, program; Mrs.

John L. Koch, and Mrs. Kenneth C. MacDonald, ways and means, and Mrs. Edward Reick and Mrs.

Ben L. Williams, -League publicity, Radcliffe Grad Weds Mr. Savin Following her magna cum laude graduation from Radcliffe College, Virginia Elizabeth Jenkins and Michael Alan Savin were married in the Appleton Chapel, Harvard University. She was given in marriage by her father, the Rev. John M.

Jenkins of the Cheswick Presbyterian Church who served as chaplain at Radcliffe's commencement. A reception followed at Comstock Hall, Radcliffe. Martha Ruth Jenkins was her sister's maid of honor and George Weickhardt was the best man. Donald Kaplan and Jeffrey Borer were ushers. The bridegroom is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Maurice Savin of San Francisco. He and his best man and ushers are graduates of Harvard University. He is attending the University of Pittsburgh Medical School where his bride will be a first year student next fall. Jene-Mager Auxiliary Maps Plans Jene-Mager Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary will meet Wednesday at the Post Home, Gangwish St.

in Bloomfield, a discussion of the VFW Auxiliary State Convention. Headquarters for the July 13 through July 16 convention will be the Holiday Inn Town Motel in Harrisburg. Heading the Jene-Mager Auxiliary delegates will be retiring president Mrs. Mary Lou Wolff. Mrs.

Kay Hartman, Auxillary member, will be installed as president of District No. 29, Department of Pennsylvania VFW Auxiliary. National area publicity chair. man, Mrs. Margaret Agy, will be guest at the Department Auxiliary convention banquet July 14 in the ballroom of the Penn Harris Hotel.

Honored guests will include Mrs. Vallie Steele, Department president, and Joseph Vicites, Department VFW commander. Incoming president of JeneMager Auxiliary is Mrs. Gertrude Miller of Wellesley Ave. She will assume office at the close of the convention.

Hanger-Meyer made of the recent wedding of Linda Jean Hanger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kress M. Hanger, and Richard Alan Meyer of Annapolis, Md. Mr.

Meyer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Meyer of Dalzell Place. After a trip to the Virgin Islands, Mr.

and Mrs. Meyer will be at home in Annapolis, Change, Not Retirement, Lures Irene McDermott By FRANCES WALKER Irene McDermott, Director of Home Economics Education of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, is leaving what she calls "an exciting career" after 42 years. Can it be that long, she wonders, she started teaching seventh and eighth grade home economics in the elementary school in Soho, instructing pupils also from St. Agnes Catholic School at the center? For only a brief period she interrupted her service with the Pittsburgh Board of Education to become dietitian (at a raise se of $600) in the First Presbyterian Church, serving lunches to downtown workers, planning menus for Sunday school classes and for mothers' meetings. DR.

PATRICIA SMITH ON HOME LEAVE. Introducing Our Doctor 'Visitor' From Viet Nam By ZORA UNKOVICH To many Americans, headline. For Dr. Patricia living. It is a little boy, caught and flown to a hospital medical care.

It is 5 teens, playing in a field. Moments later two are dead from the explosion of a hidden Communist mine. The other three are severely injured. It is a long hot summer. It is going to bed prepared for the possibility of being taken prisoner overnight.

It is treating all of diseases and injuries in a hospital owned by the Catholic Mission of Kantum. At the moment it is trav. eling through the United States, on the first visit home in 5 years, trying to interest nurses into going to the hospital in Vietnam raising funds for a perately needed jeep, equipment for a water sys. tem, and medical supplies and medicines. Dr.

Smith took time yesterday from a brief visit with her brother, W. J. Smith of McMurray, to tell students in the Graduate School Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh, about her medical work in Vietnam. Her sister. in-law was among the students in her audience.

WHEN DR. SMITH went to Vietnam in 1959, she was sponsored by Grail, an sending people organization "interested, in "I had headquarters in a leprosarium, about 4 miles from Kantum. We were up in the hills, working with the aborigines, the Montagnards. I think theirs is the highest rate of leprosy in the world. "But when I visited the villages, I found other problems worse than leprosy: about 75 per cent of the young people died before they were 18 malaria was almost 100 per cent about 40 per cent had tuberculosis.

Typhoid, dysentery, malnutrition and parasites increased the mortality. After 6 months the American doctor heard there was a 5-room house available in town. She opened an office on the veranda, but it took a while until patients came in any numbers. The mountaineers believed evil spirits bring disease only the sorcerer could cure it, they said. EVENTUALLY a grant from the German Bishops' Relief Fund made possible the building of a 40-bed hospital.

Organizations from all parts of the world helped. The day there were 40 patients, plus 8 brought in "from the brush." Dr. Smith, who thought she couldn't manage 40 tients, has since cared for from 120 to 150 a day plus several hundred outpatients. Her staff is three Jean Platz Milwaunurses, Joan Blonien, and kee, and Barbara Beard from Memphis. They work as many as 16 hours a day.

Thirty Montagnards assist them. Milwaukee residents, aware Trip Planned been By City Club Womans City Club will spend a day at Seven Springs Mountain Resort July 13. Members will leave by char. tered bus at 9:30 a. m.

from the First Baptist Church, Oakland, and will return at 5 p.m. Following a noon luncheon at the Lodge, members will visit the Carl B. Jansen summer home. The following May and June there was need of a substitute home ec teacher at the Morse School on the South Side, and came Miss McDermott job back, she found she liked bestworking with children. Her permanent assignment was at Allderdice High, where she taught junior and senior pupils until June, 1936, until her present appointment as Director of Home Economics Education.

Work Expanded During the years she has seen her department expand now occupational, vocational and education in home economics. In 1964 two "saleable" courses, that of Child Development and Food Service, were opened, and the number of these courses, to fit high school graduate to be ready for professions, have expanded to 57. But Miss McDermott still believes the basically important classes in home economics are for personal or family need. "In other words," says Miss McDermott, "we are teaching people how to live." This week at South High she is enthusiastically con- Post-Gazette Photo HOME ECONOMICS' IRENE McDERMOTT Pony ducting a seminar, which has as its subjects Food Science, Child Development, Home Institutional Attendants, Merchandising Clothing, Laundry, Pressing and 1 Dry' Cleaning, Home Institutional Management, Cosmetology, Industrial Sewing, and Commercial Baking. What To Do What will Miss McDermott do when she leaves the school work she has enjoyed SO much? Writing, mostly, because she is the co-author of three books "Food for Modern "Home Making for Teen Agers, Book for junior high, and "Home Making for Teen Agers, Book II," for senior high students.

Miss McDermott began collaborating in her writings Avalon Club Selects Service Keys Theme "Keys for Ralph F. Hughes, lon Woman's The keys include standing and love. Other incoming Mrs. Robert Golden Albert Mura, first Service" is the theme selected by Mrs. newly-elected president of the AvaClub, for the club's coming activties.

vision, faith, fellowship, under- officers are Mrs. Irene Goodhardt, Mrs Fry, Elsie Metz, Mrs. A. W. and Mrs.

Love and Mrs. Maurer as a and second co-chairman. vice president; Mrs. Lawrence Vogel and Mrs. W.

C. Anderson, recording and corresponding secretaries; Mrs. Robert Deveney and Mrs. J. C.

Schneider, treasurer assistant treasurer; Mrs. Raymond Bigley, publicity chairman; Mrs. Martha Brainard, historian. Board of directors members are Mrs. Thomas B.

Carter, Mrs. S. H. Parker and Mrs. John Murphy.

Committee chairmen are Mrs. Schneider, Mrs. Mura, Mrs. W. L.

Arnette, Mrs. John Murphy, Mrs. Warren Shipe, Mrs. Edward Schuchert, Mrs. Raymond Merritt, Dorothy Stacey and Mrs.

Homer Maurer, Mrs. O. Earl Herrington will be parlimentarian and Mrs. Howard Fry, poetry. Department chairmen are A Lovelier You Miss Velte Married To R.

J. Friedel Marriage vows were changed June 18 in St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Millvale, by Sharon Lee Velte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.

Lorentz, of Lithgow and Raymond L. Friedel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto B. Friedel of Maryland Ave.

Diana Klein served as maid of honor and Janet Beitel was bridesmaid. Ralph Friedel was best man for his brother. An afternoon reception was held at Pat McBride's. The couple will reside in Evans City. Aids to Beautiful Travel By MARY SUE MILLER Among new beauty and grooming aids there are a number of special interest to travel-bound lovelies.

All are designed to travel light and safely, Use during junkets would insure freshness without fuss. As for example: Kind-to-the skin soaps, both clear and milled, housed in a covered soap dish of plastic. Also purse compacts, outfitted damp with clear soap and a cosmetic sponge. pads in foil envelopes; towelettes impregnated with insect repellent. For messless removal of nail polish, non-smear gel in tubes; unbreakable, stand-up tubes of conditioning suds to expedite shampoos.

Small blusher and eyeshadow compacts, containing several shades. de parfums of world 6-20 0.02 fame, dispensed from flat, self-metered plastic atomizers. To keep a wardrobe on the go, pads that act like a magic whisk on dust and lint; spot in a travel-pack tube with brush. For safety's sake in cases of minor cuts, a squeeze bottle of first aid spray-one with deep-down germ inhibitors. To eliminate the unpack repack nuisance, "pocket" valises -roomy, one-pound nylon cases with see through pockets for stowing cosmetics, lingerie and accessories in bureau-drawer fashion.

Using those suggestions as clues, look around cosmetic, notion and drug counters. You'll find all the essentials for spruce traveling in travel form. WINNING MANNERS To open a door on increased poise and popularity, send for our booklet, WINNING MANNERS. Topics included are Introductions, Invitations, Table Manners, The Charming Hostess, You- The Guest, Dating Manners, Formal Dances, Travel Tips and Tipping, Small Points, like when to wear a hat or check your For your copy, write to Mary Sue Miller in care of The Post enclosing 25 cents in coin, and 8 long, self-addressed stamped envelope. with the late Mrs.

Florence Nicholas, home maker and art lecturer. She is now collaborating with Jeanne L. Norris, member of the Home Economics staff at Peabody High School, on a book concerning merchandising clothing. war in Viet Nam is a news Smith it is a part of daily between crossfire, rescued in the hills for emergency of their nurses' dedication, have contributed much of the necessary funds for the upkeep. Dr.

Smith couldn't have had her present vacation if three doctors from Switzer. land hadn't appeared, at their own expense, and offered to take over. FOR A WHILE, the staff was overwhelmed by war casualties, civilians from the province who were injured. She recalls: "This is a funny sort of war in Viet Nam. Sometimes it is very close.

Sometimes it does seem around us at all. Last summer we expected to be taken prisoners. Every night the call would come from Saigon: 'Are you still Twice within a month the North Viet-Namese forces were in a village just mile from us. It would be very easy for them to walk in on us anytime but they simply haven't come. "I think they must have a policy of leaving medical people alone.

"In April when the attacks against American policy were so bad in Saigon, one of Montagnards came to me, asking that I tell the Americans: 'If they don't want you in Saigon, come here to us. We want the Americans. We love Charlsons To Live In Pittsburgh MRS. CHARLSON Pittsburgh will be the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Howard N. Charlson after a Florida wedding trip. They were married June 19 in the Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel, Port Chester, N. Y. Joseph Speiser and Rabbi Jacob Shragowitz officiated.

A luncheon followed. The bride is the former Joan Ellen Granowitz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Granowitz of Port Chester. The bridegroom is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Charlson of Knowlson Ave. Mrs. Joseph Saltzer was matron of honor. Two cousins of the bride, Ida S.

Granowitz and Tina A. Granowitz, served as bridesmaid and junior bridesmaid, respectively. Henry A. Billeter was best man. Philip Granowitz, cousin of the bride, and George Grega were ushers, graduate of Bethany College, Miss McDermott received her master's degree at Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, She was born in Meadville, and attended Meadville High school.

Her father, John EdWard McDermott, age 91, is now living with his son, James, in California, where Miss McDermott hopes to visit more, upon her sever. ance from her present work. work. She 1s planning a vacation trip to Massachusetts now. But she is reluctant to talk about leaving Pittsburgh, where she has so enjoyed her work with the school board, and where she has many friends.

She is a member of the Pittsburgh College Club, Zonta International, Monday Luncheon Club, Fashion Group of Pittsburgh, American Home Economics Association, both National and Pennsylvania Educational Association, the Administrative Women in Education, also Alpha Xi Delta and Phi Lambda Theta. She recelved one of the State's high honors in being chosen as Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania. The Post-Gazette also selected her as one of its Women of the Year. "Pittsburgh has been good to me," commented 1 Miss McDermott. offered me many opportunities that I'd never have dreamt about when I came here as a green teacher, starting in a little Soho school.

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