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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II, 1948 -12 Young Nofions Vacation Reading Causes Dither in Public Library If By Dorothy Miller Working in a library isn't the dull Dati, a tt. i fa-ume worus suggcou ivcu wxicu uue sun Shin eg Louise Home Bridge Is Earliest Benefit On Fall Schedule Nancy Case Brown to Be Bride in Late August By Anne Ryan Lesh Usually the first big benefit of the fall, the annual bridge luncheon and fashion- show for Louise Home-for Babies has one of the earliest benefit dates announced so far September 23. The party wfll take place, as it has for years, in the outside, the Homewood branch of the Carnegie lib steady stream of borrowers. to Summertime has brought the clique in iean set up especially for them. Jio the onTTs.

i r) i 'I A' vlli- Jtw JO A i T'AtjlL JUyL. zZT -n i corner. They dart back and forth to the w. V. main desk asking lor this book application desk tt td pression on hig fac and that.

The denim readers strictly observe one sign "Do not hesitat to ask." sented with fines owed on since 1940. Finally he tun, I Ve hppn in u-i Hotel Schenley. fivir the third vear Mrs. John h.b service tn- since then. Miss.

tw. me a discount?" Stephen Episcopal Church, Se-wickley. Miss Brown will be attended by Sara Vail Allen of Salem, M. Roberta in will be chairman, and her co-chairman, Mrs. Robert M.

Repp ia one of many Place to Howl He pays his fiftv.f as maid of honor, and by Mary women who have been helping staeeers limit in books, te'n-b- 1 on sociology. Alison Ulsh of Brookville, L. Mrs. James Homer Donald of San Antonio, and three Se wick-ley girls: Janet Ellen Philips, Around v.C.y Louise Home for years. Publicity for the party is in charge of Mrs.

Charles N. Hig-gins, with Mrs. Harry J. Danger-field as her co-chairman. Summer, young people claim, gives them time to read.

They gaze over the best sellers and saunter through the stacks. They stand half-hours at a time before the travel display and usually end up at ths special baseball shelf, a meeting place for all clans, young and old. Flying Pigtails Tots in the children's room run with pigtails flying and with paper cups in their hands, begging drinks while the supply of cups holds out. The children librarian patiently questions a 6-year-old applying for a card. "Surely you know, now, Jimmie.

Try to remember. What street do you live on?" Out in the well-lighted adult room the older summer students with that experienced, long-suffering look in their eyes, continue comes in tft tl PP(tnni CUV j- no sooner otti 1 Janet Mitchell and Joan Magdalen tO WOrk than Chaplin. Miss Allen and Miss Ulsh Mrs. Grant Dibert is honorary went to Briarclifl Junior College with the bride-elect. Mrs.

Donald fei0uu silence decide t. this is the place to howl clerks finally corner hin, is her cousin. H. Fred Mercer, will be his ursn ana rftn i. his mother.

brother's best man, and to usher roT'n he has asked Samuel Brown 3 nurarian I On the stpno Casey, Robert L. Kress and Port-Gazette Photo right, Mrs. F. A. Conover, Mrs.

J. G. Linn, the club's president; Mrs. Hubbard and Mrs. R.

K. Carpenter. Other members of the committee are: Mrs. C. W.

lams, Mrs. J. J. Jacobs, Mrs. W.

G. Jens, Mrs. W. W. McClaren, Mrs.

J. Colvin Reld, Mrs. L. A. Rust, Mrs.

L. A. Schreiner, Mrs. R. A.

Stoner and Mrs. L. H. Vom Hofe, "Unity" is to be the theme. James Shirley Austin, Jr.

191.1 I i i Although many of the members of the VY Of KI 11 CJ Fortnightly Review of Mt. Lebanon are away on vacations, the program committee, headed by Mrs. J. W. Hubbard, isn't idle.

Their meetings to decide on next year's events, are taking place in Mt. Lebanon homes. They were photographed at one such meeting in Mrs. Hubbard's Orchard drive residence left to Cynthia Mercer Kelly and Roberts will be flower girls, before you come in rwo teen ajre nacpq to pull bulky histories from their and Woodruff Scovel Kelly, truck to the back will be the nngbearer. start packing the bookj 'l think these Dermic nn president of the executive board and the other officers are: President, Mrs.

Philip Huss; vice presidents, Mrs. John W. Hawley, Mrs. Harry G. McComb and Mrs.

Joseph L. Roberts; recording secretary, Miss Virginia Rossell; corresponding secretary, Mrs. James Holding treasurer, Mrs. Arthur Shaw, and assistant treasurer, Mrs. George H.

Robinette. Serving on the board of managers are Mrs. George Baton, Mrs. Sanford B. Evans, Mrs.

W. S. Horner, Mrs. William R. Kuhn, Mrs.

B. W. Lewis, Mrs. Joseph W. Marsh, Mrs.

Robert T. Rossell, Mrs. John M. Roberts, Mrs. James Holding Mrs.

Edmund C. Boots, Mrs. Robert M. Repp Mrs. Roland C.

Smith Mrs. E. M. Rodenbaugh, Mrs. Oscar Taylor and Mrs.

Robert M. Repp. tired of borrowing Connecticut Wedding Mr. and Mrs. William Weston Blelock of Litchfield, an asks.

"Wait till you set thiivj when school starts again." tJ other replies. "Summer's si nounce the coming marriage of season. Things eo a tJzS Zelienople Travelers View "Personality of Pittsburgh" Having returned from a "Story Book Tour of the United States" last year the Traveler! Club of Zelienople will not "travel" any further afield this year than Pittsburgh. But in the program for the coming year the interesting topics selected for discussion will portray "The Personality of Allegheny College Alumni Married in New Castle Mrs. David Paul Miller of New Castle, announces the marriage of her daughter, Miss Glenna Frances Miller, to Robert G.

Manley of New York, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Manley of Mt. Lebanon.

The Reverend Doctor D. L. Ferguson performed the ceremony last Saturday at 4:30, in their daughter Sally Clara Blelock to Andrew Leitch Rowan, son of Mrs. Charles Aubrey Rowan, of James street, Pittsburgh, and the late Mr. Rowan, which will take place on August 28 at four in St.

Michael's Episcopal Church, Litch Pittsburgh," rather than travel the Highland Presbyterian Church' thai; attendance, Mrs. Herbert field, with the rector, the Rever end Howard F. Dunn officiating. points. law of the bride, was the matron of New Castle, in the presence of Brown-Mercer Plans Nancy Case Brown, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Stuart Davis Brown Miller, and drives, Mrs. Monte In order to develop the "person A reception in the Litchfield the immediate families. Reuben. Country Club will follow.

The bride was attended by her Members of the bridal party will of honor and Miss Anne Slobodian was maid of honor. They wore gowns of pastel pink dotted swiss and carried bouquets of carnations ality" of the city the ciud win delve briefly into the past with stories of by-gone days, of early if A 1 'fl'SJtafeL I sister. Miss Helen Miller of Van The garden department of the of Poia place, Edgeworth, and Richard Dustin Mercer, son of Mrs. H. Fred Mercer of St.

James include Patricia Osborne of Litch dergrift, and Mr. Manley served iWi field as maid of honor; Mrs. Fa- work shops and industries, oi as his son's best man. Avalon Woman' Club will meet next Wednesday at 10, in the home of Mrs. A.

W. Love, Malvern and gladiolas. neuil Adams of Cambridge, Pittsburgh's Heritage of Song," street and the late Mr. Mercer, have made their wedding plans. Following the ceremony a dinner was served in The Judy Marshall of Tenafly, John Proch was the best man road.

Plans for the fall flower with sketches of "Old Mansions," its parks, bridges, churches, stores, Shirley Thompson of Litchfield, and serving as ushers were Robert Tavern, New Wilmington. show will be They will be married at 5:30 o'clock on August 28 in the Edge-worth Club. Sewickley. by the Eleanor Rowan, sister of the pros libraries and educational institu The bride wore a street-length tions. tiocnenaoner ana i nomas vveise, A reception in The Pines followed the ceremony.

The Ladies Auxiliary of St. pective bridegroom and Diana Johnson of Great Neck, L. as Reverend Robert Reddish of St. Throughout the forty-third year Athanasius Lyceum will sponsor a dress and matching hat in aqua and carried an arm bouquet of white roses and baby's breath. The bridesmaid wore a similar gown book of the club, just issued, in dessert card party on Wednes bridesmaids.

Mr. Rowan's brother, Charles A Englehart-Campbell teresting facts about Pittsburgh day at one, in the church hall, Wentworth avenue, West View. Rowan will be best man and 1 in orchid and carried yellow roses are given on every page with the Mr. and Mrs. George R.

Engle- and orchid delphinium. program, ranging from telling how hart of Sheraden announce the Miss Blelock's brother, William Weston Blelock Stephen Beard Mr. and Mrs. Manley both at Pittsburgh acquired its to the engagement of their daughter, Lecture Series amount of money spent by women of Saybrook, Robert Dwyer of Hartford, Charles Miller of Spring tended Allegheny College, where the bride was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Mr. Manley in the city's beauty shops.

Jonas Studio Miss Gertrude Englehart, to Arthur E. Campbell, son of Mrs. Merrill Campbell of Easthampton, Mass. The United World Federalists Mrs. Roger Robinson is the new field, and Peter Dyke of Syracuse, wiU serve as ush president of the club for the com Engaged A nounce-ment hat will hold a series of Wednesday night meetings in the downtown belonged to Phi Delta Theta.

After a wedding trip the couple will be ers. ing season, and serving with her An early spring wedding is be Miss Blelock is a graduate of YMCA, Wood street, starting on at home in New York City. are: First vice president, Mrs. Cal ing planned. i St.

Margaret's school and Briar- Hubbard; second vice president, Mr. and cliff Junior College, Briarcliff Ma-t Engaged- Mrs. A. M. Baldinger; secretary, Wednesday at eight.

Clifford Berschneider and William Bliss of the University of Pittsburgh and Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan will lecture Setzenfand-Klingman Mr. and Mrs. Harry Setzenfand IViUiami been made of the engagement of Miss Margaret O. Helbling, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Leo N. Helbling of Aspimvall, to James W. McFarland, son of Mr. and Mrs.

James C. McFarland of Crafton. Reich-Weisman Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sylvan Reich Mrs.

H. E. Harper; assistant sec nor, N. Y. A graduate of Taft school, Mr.

Rowan served three McDonald of Brentwood retary, Mrs. C. Passavant of Morefield street have announced ounce the engagement ot fheti years in the Marine Corps and is on problems of the United and treasurer, Mrs. R. E.

Gal- daughter, Miss Janet McDonald, the marriage of their daughter, Miss Betty Johanna Setzenfand, Nations, international relations now a student in Wesleyan University, where he is a member of of Beechwood boulevard announce the marriage of their sister, Miss Gertrude Harriett Reich of Wood-mont street, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Herman A. Reich, to Arthur Charles Grosso, son The program committee includes Mrs. Hubbard, Mrs.

H. and world government. The series to Edward Klingman, son of Mr. of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Gtosm Alpha Delta Phi. will continue on August 18 and house of St. Michael's Church, Canerdy, Miss Dorothy Blayney, of 3It. Lebanon. Southside.

wiu be followed by a 25. September first and eighth. Mrs. Gallagher, and Mrs. Burton and Mrs.

M. Klingman of Nelson Run road. The wedding took place last Saturday in St. Mary's to A. Langer Weisman, son of Seashore Vacation reception in the home of the bride.

Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weisman of The couple will live in 707 Tay Roman Catholic Church. Caton street.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Crossman Fit- lor avenue, Avalon. At a special board meeting of After a wedding trip to New ler of Highmont road are spend The ceremony was performed on the Jewish Children's1 Aid Society England the couple will be at home I 1 ing the summer at their home at Sunday morning by Rabbi Floyd Vittor-Williams the president, Mrs.

Ben Gelman, Manoloking, near Bay Head, on Fierman his study in Rodef -a school discriminate' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vittor of Shalom Temple. A breakfast for the New Jersey shore. appointed her chairmen for the coming year.

They are as follows: Mrs. Fitter's daughter, Eliza Secretarial fbrVoumOfdmat Fifth avenue have announced the marriage of 'their daughter, Miss Cerebral palsy, Mrs. Nathen the immediate family followed in the Hotel Schenley. in East street. Proch-Collins The marriage of Miss Ann Proch, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Proch of Massachusetts avenue, to W. Robert Collins, son beth Lyddon, was graduated from Gross; dental, Mrs. Frank Specter; Phoebe Kathryn Vittor, to Charles After a wedding trip to Ber Penn Hall, Chambersburg, in Saildin Pittsburgh 22, J. Williams, son of Mr.

and Mrs. June. social, Mrs. Sol Friedman; mem bership, Mrs. William Piatt; by muda Mr.

and Mrs. Weisman will make their home in the Wardman Bradford Williams of Canonsburg, 11 CfeV AvlV laws, Mrs. Harry R. Stein; tele which took place on July Park Hotel, Washington, D. C.

Women of Moose of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Collins of Stewart avenue, took place last phone, Mrs. Emanuel Randall; welfare-honor-memory, Mrs. Harry RESIDENT FACILITIES DAY CLASSES, TUESDAY.

SEPTEMBER 7 EVENING CLASSES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Wed Next Week third. Lutz-Wakefield Saturday afternoon, in the Mc AT. Clure Avenue Presbyterian Zamsky; magazines, Mrs. Sol Goldbere: nublicity. Mrs.

A. Women of the Moose, Pittsburgh Chapter No. 1, will meet on Wednesday night at eight, with Next Tuesday is the date set for Mr. and Mrs. F.

A. Lutz of Church. The bride wore a gown of white Goddy; scrapbook, Mrs. S. Rosen the wedding of Miss Eleanor M.

Bittner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Ada Atkinson, senior regent, Crafton announce the engagement lace with off-the-shoulder neckline presiding. The opening of ritual August Bittner of Perrysville of their daughter, Miss Joan Lutz, will be conducted by Mrs.

Crissie to Harold Wakefield, son of Mr. road, and Sylvester A. Doerschner, Speaker. There will be a discussion and Mrs. Wilbur Wakefield of Johnstown, Pa.

son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doerschner of Chalfont street. Ootz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph F. Cotz of Beechview, will be married to Richard G. Knipe of Ridgewood, Long Island, on Saturday, August 2L They plan a trip in the East. The Reverend John McCann will perform the ceremony in St. Catherine's Church, Beechview.

of the Western Pennsylvania con outlined with a bertha trimmed with seed pearls. The full skirt ended in a court train. Her veil of illusion fell from a tiara of seed pearls, and she carried a bouquet of white roses and' gladiolas. Mrs. Loretta Proch, sister-in- vention program, for the Women Miss Lutz and her fiance are The ceremony in the parish graduates of Penn State College.

i i A or uie ivioose, to oe held on August 26 to 29 in the Roosevelt HoteL DESIGNING WOMAN By Elizabeth Hillyer DAILY STORE HOURS 9:30 to 5:30 0 An early fall wedding is bemg planned. Rosenberg-Posner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rosenberg of Walnut street announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Margery Rosenberg, to Mayer Posner, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Jacob Posner of Philadelphia, which took place on August sixth. Mr. and Mrs. Posner are both graduates of Pennsylvania State dollesre. After September first -jit ILpf, f' Try It For Size When you bring the things he lives with down to his size you help yourself bring up your child.

they will be at home in Cleveland, O. Vojtko-McCrea The engagement of Miss Evelyn Vojtko to George McCrea, son of Mr. and Mrs. George McCrea of Hamilton avenue, has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

William Vojtko of Cherry way, Braddock. Cathedral Wedding On September 4 An eleven o'clock wedding the morning of September fourth in St. Paul's Cathedral, is being planned by Miss Margaret J. Reilly and Clair J. Horstman Jr.

The reception is to take place in the Churchill Valley Country Club. Miss Reilly a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Reilly of Stan It's such a great big world he lives in and so much of it is so far over his head.

Of course those clean towels fall to the floor if the little one must stretch to reach them .5.95 A WW foyour fall future and can not make it even on tip toe to put them back. His own shelf and towel jack at his own level in the bathroom starts the smallest of growing ups on his Forstmann's Charmeen Gabardine, -figure-moulding in texture yours in fall tones of wine, oxford, forest green, red, brown, natural or black. Sizes 10 to 20. $119.75 way to good habits of neatness Look for a shelf with a rack at Imagine such hM fort in a fashion-' er. bid farewell to fatigue with the aids: Steel arch Individually placed" atarsal pad Perfectly flat innerio Second Floor tached ready-made in the stores you'll find them small enough for the limited space of even a tiny bathroom.

Or put up a board on brackets and attach a rack to its ton avenue, will be attended by Miss Dolores Ross, as maid of under side. A mirror over the shelf makes brushing curls or slicking down that cowlick so much easier honor and Miss Mary Jean Barker, bridesmaid. and a job to be proud of. Children Mr. Horstman, a son of Mr.

and 6 love things of their very own, Mrs. Clair J. Horstman of Friend avid shin avenue, has asked Robert Weber to be his best man. The right-sized and special in our too big grown up world. They love to do things for themselves, too, and in helping them to "do them with ideas like this you put over train ushers named are James Horstman, Ronald Weber, RegU Horst 40 Filth Avenue WILLIAM PENN HOTEL, 539 GRANT ST.

man and Francis Massco. Mr. Horstman ii a student in ing points and aave your own time. Duquesne University..

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