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the the a a a a a a BY AND ABOUT WOMEN SOCIETY THE DETROIT FREE PRESS-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1939 Post-Deb Tells Troth EMBERS of the CaulM this kins time family, who getting by are used to the bridal atmosphere, returned last week-end from New York where they had been present at the marriage of Jean Louise Caulkins and William K. McDaniel on Thursday, and, on Sunday, gathered again to hear the news of the betrothal of another member of the clan, Barbara Ann Caulkins, to Rex McNaughton Lamb, of Mt. Vernon, 0. Mr. Lamb is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Rex M. Lamb, of Mt. Vernon. Miss Caulkins had just returned from New York where she had been maid of honor at her cousin's wedding.

The announcement was made at the regular Sunday night family supper party which is usually held at Mrs. Horace J. Caulkins' home on Lewiston Road, this time took place at the home of the bride-elect's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Peck Caulkins, of Rivard Blvd.

The news was told by small cards, the names, Rex and were attached to beatinich old-fashioned nosegays of sweetheart roses and valley lilies, and white carnations which marked the places of the guests. The supper table was laid with a cloth of ivory lace, and a low white pottery bowl filled with white biossoms formed the centerpiece. White tapers in tall silver holders were placed at each end of the table. MRS. guests CAULKINS wearing a received dinner her gown of navy blue chiffon fashioned with short puffed sleeves and a long full skirt.

The neckline was high in back and formed a low in front, finthe ished with a white pique bow. A self belt with an insert of white pique in the front marked the fitted waistline. She wore a lavender orchid corsage. Miss Caulkins' gown was of bright blue brocade embroidered in small pink and gold flowers. The square neckline was off-set on either side by a blue stone clip and the fitted girdle formed a bow in the back.

Her sleeves were short and the skirt, floor She wore a purple orchid, guests were Mrs. A Horace the Caulkins and Mrs. John Fauser, grandmothers of the bride-elect; 'and her uncles and aunts, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S.

Ford, Mr. and Mrs. George McMahon, the Charles B. Johnsons with their sons Charles, and Stephen II; Harold Mulhauser, Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Adix, with their sons Robert and Jack and their daughter Dorothy, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Caulkins. Miss Caulkins' sister Christine also attended, as did her brothers John, George, and Henry, Mrs.

Johnson and her sons James and Dan, Mrs. Horace J. Caulkins, Mr. and Mrs. Ford, Christine Caulkins, Mrs.

McMahon and Henry L. Caulkins motored back from New York on Saturday. The bridegroom-elect arrived on Saturday to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George P.

Caulkins and his fiance over the week MISS member CAULKINS, of the a post-debu- popular tante set, graduated from the Grosse Pointe Country Day School and the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pa. She also attended Wellesley College and is a member of Tau Beta Association. She tea on 1937, given by was presented, to society at a Mrs. Horace J. Caulkins and Mrs.

Ford when she and her cousin, William (Jean Caulkins), made their bows to- Mr. Lamb is a graduate of Culver Military Academy and Princeton University where he was a member of the Campus Club. The wedding will be an event of next spring. John F. Engerson and his daughter Alice, of Cloverlawn left Friday for East Tawas to join Mrs.

Engerson and another daughter Clara, who have been spending the summer there. They will all return on Tuesday. Alice will leave Sunday, Sept. 17, for Hillsdale College where she is a student. Mrs.

A. W. Humphrey, of Chalmers with Margaret Kline, Fara Romine, June Foster and Margaret Maher, returned Thursday from a week in Chicago. The executive and advisory board meeting of the Women's Association for the Detroit Symphoney Orchestra will be held on Monday, Sept. 18, at 10:30 o'clock at the Women's City Club.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin W. Boss (Virginia Besner), of Doris announce the birth of a daughter on Sept, 5. Hats Beautiful Considerately priced from 8.50 Maltin-Fierce Women's City Club 2110 Park Ave.

Autumn Announced RRANGEMENTS of pink A gladioli phinium and were blue used delthroughout the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Shierson on Burlington Drive Saturday afternoon for the tea Mrs. Shierson gave to announce the engagement of her daughter Elizabeth and Althonse H.

mond, of Chicago, son of Air: and Mrs. Aymond, Sr. Mrs. Shierson's niece, Marilyn Kay Kennedy, of Pontiac, presented guest with 8 tiny white card that told the exciting news of the troth. A wedding bell was etched on the card, and in the center of the bell were pictures of the engaged pair, with the date of the wedding, Sept.

30, 1939, written on the rim. A chinese grass cloth covered the tea table, which wag centered with low arrangement of rubrum lilies. Assisting Mrs. Shierson and presiding at the table during the afternoon were Mrs. E.

C. Oliver and Mrs. John Finch, of Adrian; Mrs. Frank Hubble, of Birmingham; Mrs. Charles French, of Ann Arbor, and Mrs.

Claude Resseguie, of Saginaw. THE wore for ATTRACTIVE the party a bride-elect tailored frock of peacock lame, made in shirtwaist fashion. Mrs. Shierson greeted, the black Fuestion wearing, te lace. Miss Shierson graduated from the University of Michigan, where she was affiliated with Alpha Phi, and Mr.

Aymand, received his degree the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi. The wedding will take place in Grace Chapel of St. Paul's Cathedral, with the Rev. Wellington Hughes officiating at the service at 7 o'clock. The brideelect has asked Mrs.

James K. Shierson, of Jackson, her sisterin-law, to be her only attendant, and John Aymand, of Chicago, will assist his brother as best man. Mr. and Mrs. William R.

Mitchell, of Baldwin announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret Melville to William Anthony Niemetta. The marriage will take place Sept. 23 at chapel 8. o'clock of in the the Church evening of in the Covenant. Mr.

and Mrs. Paul J. Meiser, of Kenilworth with their daughters Betty Jane and Alice Jo have returned from a trip to New York, Washington, and Butler, Pa. In New York, Betty Jane was the guest of Lucile Meyer. On Sept.

19 Betty will return to Michigan State College to resume her studies. Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Waples and Mr.

Waples' mother, Mrs. Belmont Waples, all of the Fort Shelby, have returned to their home after spending the summer Ironwood, Mich. Jane Burnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A.

Burnett, of Hamilton Drive, left Thursday to attend Mills College at Oakland, Calif. Jane's sister Mary, who had been in the East for 10 days, returned Saturday to her home. She Was accompanied by Barbara Blanding, of Greenwich, N. Y. Mr.

and Mrs. D. W. Squire and their daughter Nancy and son Williaim, of Oak Drive, have returned home from spending two weeks at Houghton Lake. Chapter to Have Meeting on Saturday The General Josiah Harmar chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, will hold its first regular meeting of the year at the home of Mrs.

Meyers Booth on Moran Road, on 16, at 2 o'clock. Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock. Some of the members who have visited historical places during the summer review their experiences. 139 0 Streamlining the Feminine Figure Developing New Beauty of Face and Hair and Creating More Pep and Greater Vitality is the business of the Perfect Figure Studios, Inc. Now Located in Their Luxurious New Home Embracing the Entire 21st Floor of the Washington Boulevard Building Washington Blvd.

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John W. Anderson, of Lake Shore Road, will arrive Thursday from York Harbor, where she has spent the last three months. Mrs. John P. Wilson, with her sons Warren and Gordon, of Lake Forest, left Friday after spending a few days with her mother, Mrs.

Benjamin S. Warren, of Lake Shore Road. Mrs. Wilson and her sons were en route home from 8 summer at Charlevoix. Mr.

and Mrs. William M. Joy, of Cranford Lane, who had been at Harbor Point for several weeks, have returned to the city. Their small daughter Patricia has been staying, with Mrs. her Joseph B.

grandparents, Schlotman, of Lake Shore Road. Mr. and Mrs. Joy will remain temporarily with the Schlotmans. Mr.

and Mrs. William P. Harris, and their sons William and Richard and daughter Julia, who have been at the Huron Mountain Club for the summer season, will return on Tuesday to their home on Windmill Pointe Drive. Mrs. Emory M.

Ford, of Provencal Road, with her son Thomas, has returned from a visit with her Mr. and Mrs. Howard Evans, of Pittsburgh, at their summer home at Cape Cod. Mr. and Mrs.

Edgar B. Whitcomb, of Lake Shore Road, have returned from their summer home at Wistowe Island, Muskoka Lakes, Ont. Mrs. Theodore G. Fletcher, of Rivard has returned from five weeks in the West, visiting her broth and sister, Mr.

and Gordon Beham, of Kansas City, who have been staying in La Jolla, during the summer. Panhellenic Group to Hold Annual Ball The annual Panhellenic Ball of the Detroit Panhellenic Association will be held from 9:30 to 1:30 o'clock Saturday evening, Oct. 21, in the banquet hall of the Hotel Statler. Alpha Delta Pi Alumnae Association will hold the first dinner meeting of the season Tuesday evening, Sept. 12, at 6:30 o'clock in the home of Mrs.

Robert Sterling, on Oxford Road, Pleasant Ridge. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Ernest Berger and Miss' Dorothea Schmidt. Mrs. Wilber M.

Brucker and her son Wilber, of Seminole returned Saturday from two weeks on the East coast. While away they were the guests for a week of Maj. and Mrs. William Beers, of Portland, and visited the Fair in New York. Mrs.

Charles Bell, of Lakewood, 0., returned Friday to her home after spending a week with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hubb Bell, of McLean Ave. Audrey Leila and Mary Gertrude Finley, daughters Mr. and Mrs.

J. Edgar Finley, of Rhode Island have as their guests Dorothy Speckhard and Ruth Mairy Stone, of Saginaw, who arrived Friday for the week-end. They are returning today, Monday, to their home. Miss Speckhard and Miss Stone are classmates of the Finleys' daughters at Michigan State College. Mr.

and Mrs. William H. Vilas, of Agnes have returned from a motor trip in the East where they visited the World's Fair in New York. On Oct. 1, Mr.

and Mrs. Vilas will go to Scarsdale, N. to live. Shampoo TINT THE KEY to your gray hair problem TINTS AS IT If your hair is gray (completely, partially or just beginning) it's all one to Roux and our Efficient operators. In thirty minutes they can tint your hair a new color or blend the color with Nature's Own.

The tinted growth shows never trace of dyed or bleached look! representative of the Roux Co. will be in our Salon Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday HESTER Beauty Salon 709 Empire Bldg. CL. 3542 Maids Named for Fall Rites MIGHT maids precede Mary Lou Anderson up the long aisle of Grosse Pointe Memorial Church on Saturday, Sept. 30, for her marriage to Horace Beard Adams, who is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Clyde Rapley Adams, of Capac, Mich. Miss Anderson is the daughter Mr. and Mrs. Lee Anderson, of Provencal Road.

Aileen and Kathleen Keena will be the maids of honor, and Miss Anderson has asked to be bridesmaids Margaret Griffith, of Lansing; Gertrude Stewart, of Easton, Mrs. Dennis Guthrie, of New York; Mrs. Thomas J. Litle III, Mrs. Brewster Loud, and Mary Crapp.

Howard Snyder will be the best man for Mr. Adams, and seating tl.e guests will be Dennis Guthrie, of New York; Thomas J. Litle III, John Watling, Alan P. Beebe, Dexter Ferry, Daniel Warner, William Dunn and Donald Hyde. In honor of the popular couple, Miss Aileen and Miss Kathleen Keene entertained at a tea 4 Sunday in their home on Lincoln Road.

Thirty guests attended the event. Miss Anderson wore a shoulder bouquet of white cape jasmine with tailored. frock of gray-green sheer Her accessories were brown. parties are in store for Jane Servis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Howard H. Servis, of Boston who will marry William Robbins Rudell, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rudell, of Sault Ste.

Marie. The wedding will take, place on Oct. 7 in the home the bride-elect. Mrs. David D.

Williams, of Monica has chosen Wednesevening, Sept. 27, honor Miss Servis and Ann Timmons, a bride-elect of Oct. 21. The party a buffet dinner for 15, wils.be Mrs. Williams' home.

Miss Timmons' engegement to Charles Royal Burgess, son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Burgess, of Dundee Road, was announced last month. She is the daughter of Charles Ansel Timmons, of Glynn Court.

On Sunday, Oct. 1, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee Henson, of Grayton Road, will honor Miss Servis and Mr.

Rudell at a cocktail party, and on' Wednesday, Oct. 4, the bride-elect will be guest of honor at a luncheon and shower at the Detroit Boat Club at which Mrs. Donald A. Williams, of Whitmore Road, and Mrs. Jerome W.

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Newel Feather Mattress Co. The Chatterbox By Ann Loges END energy was N' Saturday expended while about the town on young crowd plotted parties and the rain pelted down unmercifully. Dick Williams had a dinner at in honor of his Charles the Country Club Saturday, night Curtiss, whose home is in Iowa. Thirty-six guests had been invited to the gathering, all members of the young crew in the Pointe. At this stage, the hard-working members of the Beta chapter of Sigma Delta Chi have every single one of the details polished off for their dance this week, on Saturday, the sixteenth, at Springdale Club in Birmingham.

Most of the damp and dreary Saturday was spent in deciding on cardigans and slipons to go with plaited skirts for this sweater and skirt frolic. Barbara Arends, who is going with Al Joerin, has her pet cherry-colored sweater and the slick, very fall-1939 navy skirt that goes with it all ready for the dance, and Marion Baetz will be done up in a plumcolored angora pull-over and a plaid skirt in plum and turquoise. Richard Huegli will be her date, and Fred Merrier will be squiring Virginia Hess, who will be wearing a pink sweater with her light blue skirt. Isabelle Tiefry, in purple and white skirt and pull-over, respectively, will be with Bill Mulheron. THE trickiest bit on the the Continent to date is necklace of little pencils and erasers that Maisie King will be sporting with her cardigan and matching wool skirt in grass green.

The throat piece has been the envy of the other sorority girls since Maisie carted same home just the other day. Don Martin will beau Maisie. A green skirt will be Emily Hallberg's choice too, and with it, she'll be wearing a white slipon with silver buttons sewed down the front. Kenny Krause will be her date. About the time we're deciding that any color, as long as it's green, will be in order for the Beta chapter's dance, along comes some slick combination like the, affair Harriet Schumacher wearing.

Harriet will be done up in a gold and white and red plaid skirt with a pale yellow cardigan. Ray Ulbrich will be escorting Harriet, and John Wilkinson has a date with Phyllis Upledger the dance party. are a Phyllis' rust-colored choices for skirt with a moss colored sweater, and Marjorie Provo, who will be with Ed Boss, is wearing a fuchsia cardigan with her gray, swing skirt. You'll be seeing Margaret Ginther the night of the festivity in a purple skirt and matching sweater. Jack Brennan will be doing the squiring.

first Saturday luncheon dance of fall season at they Casino shortly in the after 1 Book got o'clock under on the rainy day-before-yesterday, a goodly portion of young, crowd on hand for the gathering. Barbara Farr and her sister Esther came in from Birmingham. Esther was celebrating her birthday and both of them were looking forward to Sunday and the first of the Lions' games this year. Joan and Mildred Modell were with Mrs. Joseph Modell, and just across from them were the young John Girardins.

Marge and Evelyn Fecteau were having a snack and doing a few steps with Billy Baxter and Bob Crosby. Any of you happy larks who have been waiting to get in a chat with La Rue Neal since he came back from the Upper Peninsula had better make an appointment. La Rue is well past his ears in packing now, and on Friday he is leaving for Purdue for a session with engi. neering. Earlier in the summer, you know, he was at Culver Summer Naval School, where he was a senior lieutenant and commander of his company.

Moffett Photo Engagement Revealed The engagement of Barbara Caulkins, post-deb daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Peck Caulkins, of Rivard and Rex McNaughton Lamb, of Mt. Vernon, was announced at a family dinner Sunday evening. Mr.

Lamb is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rex M. Lamb, of Mt. Vernon.

September Bride Holds Fragrant White Bouquet ILLICENT KATHAM RYNE of Mr. and daughter Mrs. Edward George Hardig, of Woodingham Drive, and Adam Benedict Kronk, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A.

Kronk, of Cheyenne spoke their vows on Saturday morning, Sept. 9, at 10 o'clock in Gesu Church with the Rev. Father Thomas Moore officiating at the rites. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of heavy ivory satin made on empire lines. The sleeves were long and fitted, extending into points over the wrists, and the square neckline was cut into a tucked bodice.

The long train was covered by a veil of bridal illusion from a coronet of seed pearls. Gardenias and stephanotis formed the bridal bouquet. Margaret Schiable, of Cincin- Leaflet Gives Tips on Permanents Permanent grown out? Then it's time you were thinking of another, because the glamorous hair-do you'll need to set off your fall clothes is impossible without a good permanent. In her newest leaflet Grace M. Barber, beauty editor, tells you all about permanents.

How to prepare your hair--how often to get permanents different methods--the problem of white or bleached, dry or coarse hair. Send three cents with your name and address to the Detroit Free Press Women's Service Bureau for WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PERMANENTS. Copies are also available at the Free Press downtown office, Cunningham's Drug Store, 1124 Griswold St. HONEY AND PEANUTS Here's a new spread drop cakes: strained honey sprinkled with chopped roasted peanuts. The youngster will gobble these up.

nati, cousin of the bride and maid of honor, wore a gown of Spanish rose faille fashioned with a square neckline, fitted bodice and short puffed sleeves. The skirt was full and hooped and she carried a matching faille muff covered with dainty flowers. BROCAYNE blue bridesmaids' was the frocks, color which were similar to that of the honor attendant. The bridesmaids carried matching muffs and wore French doll hats, trimmed with velvet streamers. Mrs.

David S. McHardy, of Port Huron, Mrs. M. Kennedy Bryant, Mrs. Arthur Schumann and Mrs.

A. W. Breault, of Grosse Ile, were the attendants. Leonard Kronk, brother of the bridegroom, was best man, and Albert Kronk, the bridegroom's cousin; Arthur Schumann, Albert Case, Jack Halle, A. W.

Breault and Fred McFawn were the ushers. Mrs. Hardig wore a faille gown in a deep pansy shade for her daughter's wedding dins and a matching hat which trimmed with ostrich plumes. A plum velvet gown was worn by Mrs. Kronk, mother of the bridegroom.

Both wore corsages of orchids. A wedding breakfast and reception were held after the rites at Dearborn Inn and later the couple left on Buffalo boat for a trip through the East. On their return they will live on Chicago Blvd. For traveling, Mrs. Kronk wore a heavy blue costume suit with sleeves of blue fox.

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