v*" SOCIAL THE DAILY ARGUS, MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, lUt SOCIAL'

Committee Hans Parties

I Week Of Jan. 20 Will Raise Funds For Redecoration, New

I * Furnishings

The Ways and Means Committee \lfif the Young Women's Christian

Association Is planning a series of "hostess parties" during the week beginning Monday, Jan. 30, to raise funds for interior redecoration and new furnishings for the clubhouse.

"The outside of the clubhouse has $ been renovated with new shingles

and a fresh coat of white paint, but Interior Improvements are still lack­ing. To raise funds for the project,

Sfctfce Ways and Means Committee is jSJtppealing to every member and jfrlend of the association to give a I bridge, tea or sewing bee during the it particular week set aside for that [I purpose. The goal is $1,500.

The committee, which is under I the chairmanship of Mrs. Hans [; Rasmus Hansen, consists of Mrs. B William Law Bowman, Mrs. Fred-fferick Celander, Mrs. Reuel C. Es-I till, Mrs. Howard B. Evans, Mrs.

»f Frederic W. Hold, Mrs. Chester E. fHoWredge, Mrs. Edward J. John-

I: son, Mrs.- Denis McGillicuddy, Miss U Elizabeth Miles and Mrs. Victor &3L Pezzoli.

Plans Complete For Cat Exhibit

Proceeds Will Benefit British War Relief

Arrangements have been com-I pleted for the eighth annual show I of the Westchester Cat Club, to be | held tomorrow at the Hotel Grama-* I tan, Bronxville, from 10 A. M. to

10 P. M. Proceeds will benefit the I British War Relief Society of I Bronxville.

Mrs. E. B. Dougherty of Balti­more will judge the show, which

v will be staged under rules of the : Cat Fanciers' Association, of which f the club is an affiliate.

Mrs. L, V. Burton of Scarsdale, \ president, will act as show man -jager. Mrs. John S. Hunter, foun-Ider, secretary-treasurer, will serve •as consultant. Mrs. E. L. Sullivan Jof Bronxville is secretary; Dr. Louis | J. Camuti, veterinarian.

Class money and trophies will be 'awarded winners.

Others from Mount Vernon assist­i n g are Mrs. Prescott Hoard, in 'Charge of publicity and gate chair-;man; John S. Hunter of Mount •Vernon, in charge of transporta­tion; Mrs. Camuti, on gate com-imittee; Mrs. H. L. Reilly. awards nommittee. Mrs. Stephen Stillman TK Pelham is a member of the house

^committee. A dinner will be given tomorrow

evening at the Hotel Gramatan in honor of the judge. Mrs. A. E. Townsend, Mrs. George McElroy :a|d Mrs. Douglas M. Clauson com­pose the dinner committee.

(Ware Photoi MISS ELINOR BITTER is the

fiancee of Robert W. Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bennett, of 248 North Terrace Avenue, this city, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Bitter of Lsrchmont have announced. "•"' *

Personal News Of Mount Vernon Folks' Activities Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schramm,

Robert and Louis Schramm, and Miss Elsie O. Wagner, all of 23 Sherman Avenue, are listed among the recent registrants at the Chal-fonte-Haddon Hall in Atlantic City.

Miss Lillian Cohan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Cohan, 2nd, of 331 Packman Avenue, will resume her studies at the Berkeley School, New York City, following her holiday vacation at the home of her parents. f'

Among the recent registrants listed at the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall in Atlantic City are Mrs. Clif­ford Cochran, of 310 East Sidney Avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Simmons, of 232 Summit Avenue.

Charles Barletta, son or Mrs. Edith C. Barletta, 417 North Ter­race Avenue, will return Monday to Colby College in Maine, where he is a member of the sophomore class.

Robert W. Bennett To Wed Miss Bitter

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Bitter, of Larchmont, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Elinor Bitter, to Robert W. Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bennett, of 248 North Terrace Avenue.

Miss Bitter is a graduate of St. Mary's Parochial School in Port Chester and of the Port Chester Senior High School. Her fiance was graduated from A. B. Davis High School and has completed a course at the Delahanty Aviation Institute. He is with the Republican Aviation Corporation in Long Island.

No date has been set for the wedding.

Health Classes Begin Jan. 14

Winter Program at 'Y' Is Announced

Mr. and Mrs. Emmet A. Lenne-han and Mrs.- George R. Paul of Perth Amboy, N. J., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roth, of 37 Adams Street, for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Lennehan are the parents and Mrs. Paul is the aunt of Mrs. Roth.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kerewsky, of 85 Vernon Avenue, have as their house guests, Mr5 and Mrs. Harry R. Michelson and son, William, of Trenton, N. J. Mrs. Michelson is the former Miss Mildred Schwartz of this City. She and her son will bf here for several weeks; Mr. Michelson is returning to Trenton Sunday night.

Dr. and Mrs. George Conn and their daughter, Barbara, of 630 Gramatan Avenue, have left for a three weeks' sojourn at Miami Beach, Fla.

Town Meeting Slated By Z. B. T. Alumni

WHITE PLAINS—The Zeta Beta Tau Alumni Club of Westchester will have its own "town meeting" next Thursday night in connection with the weekly Town Meeting of ;th* Air. ; Members and guests will meet at 8:15 at the Jewish Community Cen­ter, Post Road and Sterling Avenue here, for a program preceding the radio broadcast.

Speakers are to be Lee H. Burton ;of Larchmont, member of the West­chester Society for Ethical Culture; Louis A. Rosett, president of Tem­ple Israel, New Rochelle, and Law­rence W. Schwartz, rabbi at the Community Center.

They will speak fof 30 minutes on "How Essentia! is Religion to Democracy?" With general discus­sion following until 9:35, when the group will tune in on the broadcast. Partner discussion will take place after the regular town hall program.

R. Paul Wingate of New Rochelle Is president of the club.

The Winter Health Education Term, of the Young Women's Chris­tian Association will begin Tuesday, Jan. 14, under the direction of Mrs. Ella Romoser. The course includes swimming, diving, life-saving, bad­minton and "keep fit" classes. A new life saving class will begin in February. •

A new term in the children's dancing class will start Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the T. W, C. A., under the direction of Miss Hope Buist, in preparation for a Spring dancing demonstration in rhythmic, interpretive a n d tap dancing.

Classes missed on Christmas Eve may, be made up Tuesday from 7:30 to 8:30 P. M., and there also will be a keep fit class at 10:30 o'clock that morning. At 9 P. M., the local Y. W. C. A. will play its finst bad­minton match this season against the Carroll Club.

Mrs. Tredwell To Open Home

Gamma Phi Beta Tea Will Be Held Monday

Mrs. Thomas W. Tredwell of 16 Crows Nest Road, Bronxville, will open her home on Monday after­noon for the Westchester Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta tea which opens the New Year meetings. Mrs. E. B. Meckiing of Scarsdale will act as assistant hostess.

Mrs. H. L Hosford of Scarsdale is in charge of the knitting group

/nfxthe sorority which has organized as a separate knitting unit under the "general working program of Bundles for Britain.

Plans for the bridge party the unit holds annually in February will be made under the direction of Mrs. Richard Marvin of New Rochelle, chairman of the event. The party proceeds will be used for the sorority's camp fund and a per­centage of it will benefit war relief work, it has been announced.

David M Scotford, son of the Rev. and Mrs. John R. Scotford, of 497 North Pulton Avenue, will return to Dartmouth Monday morn­ing after spending, the Christmas holidays at home. Mr. Scotford, his brother, John, who was gradu­ated from Dartmouth two years ago, John's fiancee, Miss Anne Hahn, her sister, Miss Doris Harm, of Jamaica, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Thompson, plan to go to Pittsfleld, Mass., Sunday for skiing if there is sufficient snow.

Robert Lockwpod Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Prank L. Adams, 67 Fletcher Avenue, has been spend­ing the Christmas holidays with his parents. A freshman at Hobart Col­lege, Geneva, N. Y., he is expected back at school Jan. 13. In the meantime, he expects to race at Newburgh, N. Y. Sunday, if there is enough ice. He has been skating for years and expects to take part also in the Dartmouth Ice Carnival in February.

Robert J. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Allen, .336 Claremont Avenue, and his sister, Miss Frances Allen, are spending the holidays at home. Robert, a junior at Notre Dame University, attended the Notre Dame dance Dec. 27 at the Astor. Miss Allen was hostess at a party at Orienta Beach Club dur­ing the holidays. Both will return to their colleges on Sunday.

* Miss Janet E. Fletcher, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Cecil G. Fletcher, 121 Lorraine Avenue, will return Tuesday to ^Connecticut College, where she is a senior and head of the Student Government. During her vacation, she was the guest of Miss Peggy Jadden at Pittsburgh, Pa.» for a few days. Her brother, Roland, is home from the Loomis School at Windsor, Conn., to which he will return Monday. Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher entertained at a New Year's Eve party at the Boulder Brook Club. Their guests Included Mrs. Gunnison Appleton, of White Plains; Mr. and Mrs. William B. Mylchreest, Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Grady Hipp, of Mount Vernon; Roger Williams of Pelham; Dr. and Mrs. Fred Pfeiffer, Dr. and Mrs Edward Murphy of Scarsdale; Dr. and Mrs. A. Wilbur Duryee of New York.

Mrs. Henry Exner, of 334 Nuber Avenue, has as her guest Mrs. Van Allen Mcintosh of Henrietta, Okla., the former Miss Alta Gilmour of Mount Vernon. Mrs. Mcintosh, ex­pects to be here about a fortnight.

Miss Alice H. Hooper, of 29 Ham­ilton Avenue, has returned from the American Woman's Club in New York City, where she spent a few days.

Charles L. Downes who has been confined to the Mount Vernon Hos­pital for several days, has returned to his home, 19 East Fourth Street, where he is convalescing.

John E. Morse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd W. Morse, of 132 Villa Street, will return Sunday to Dart­mouth College, where he is a fresh­man. He has been visiting his par­ents over the Christmas holidays.

Philip Locke will return to Dart­mouth College Monday after spend­ing Christmas and New Year's with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Locke, of 349 Rich Avenue.

Miss Louise E. Retchgott, daugh­ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reich-gott, of 212 Commonwealth Avenue, home for the Christmas and New Year holidays, will return to Con­necticut College Tuesday. Miss Reichgott is a sophomore.

Miss Jean Gebhard and her brother, Karl Gebhard, are home from college for the holidays. Jean, a sophomore, is due back at Con­necticut College Tuesday, and her brother will return to Yale on Sun­day. They are daughter and son of Dr. and Mrs. Karl Gebhard, of 119 Park Avenue.

Miss Edna L. Fuchs has been visiting %er parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fuchs, of 347 North Fulton Avenue, during the Christmas vaca­tion. Miss Fuchs, a junior, will re­turn to Connecticut College Tues­day.

David McLean Appleton, a mem­ber of the class of '42 at Hamilton College, is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. Graham Appleton of 427 Nuber Avenue, during the Christmas vacation. He spent New Year's Eve at a party in Colonia, N. J. The event was a college gathering at the home of Llyle Reeb. Mr. Appleton is returning to the college early Sunday.

Lawrence Robert Auerbach, who has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Auerbach, of 431 Mc-Clellan Avenue, during the holidays, is returning tomorrow evening to the University of Missouri. The young man is a freshman at the university.

Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Haag of 20 Benedict Place, Pelham, are spend­ing the holidays at the Seignory Club in Quebec. They are expected to return tomorrow.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Kirby, of 118 North Ninth Avenue, have re­turned- from a 10-day sojourn in Bridgeport, Conn., where they were the guests over the holidays of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kirby.

Miss Clotilde Elliffe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Elliffe, of 1 Stuyvesant Plaza, has returned from Speculator, N. Y., in the.Adi-rondacks, where she spent a week participating in Winter sports. Miss Elliffe will resume her studies at St. Gabriel's School in New Ro­chelle on Monday.

Alec Templeton Scout Camp Benefit Has Support Of President's Wife

John W. Brantman, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. JoLn Brantman of 145 North Terrace Avenue, has been spendi flr the holidays with his brother, William, at Los Angeles. Both young men were football stars at Davis High School. John, who is a member of the freshman team at Arizona State College, w411 re-trn to school Jan. 6. He is expected home in June.

Miss Priscilla Redfleld, a junior at Connecticut College, is spending the holiday vacation with her par­ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Redfleld, of 227 Sheridan Avenue. She will return to college on Tuesday.

Mrs. H. C. Redstone of 35 Park­view Avenue, Bronxville, is in Law­rence Hospital, Bronxville, recover­ing from a broken hip which she received as the result of a fall.

Miss Arlene Avrutine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Avrutine, of 215 Bradley Avenue, has as her house guests, Miss Annaliese Green-stein of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Martin Cummings of Glassboro, N. J., and David Kornhauser of Philadelphia. The four young people, a%students at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., will return to college together on Monday.

Wedding Is Planned By Anthony Lagana

Anthony Lagana, son of Mr. and Ma. Pjral Lagana, of 308 North High .'MfMt, will take as his bride on ftmday Miss Emma Pogact, daugh­ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pogact, of Chappaqua, N. Y.

The ceremony will be performed at 1 P. M., at St. John's and St. Mary's Church in Chappaqua. and will be followed by a reception at the Pogact home.

The bride-elect, given in marriage by her father, will have her sister-in-law, Mrs. Iva Pogact of White Plains, as her matron of honor and only attendant. The best man is to be Lincoln Waters of Yonkers.

Miss Pogact attended schools in 3ua. Her fiance, a graduate

llson Vocational and Technical High School. Is associated with the County Refrigeration Service of Mount Vernon.

After a motor trip, the couple will Hi* at 1 Oakley Place, this city.

Miss Coupe Engaged To Frank O'Brien, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo O. Coupe, of Utica, have announced the engage­ment of their daughter. Miss Helen Gloria Coupe, to Prank J. O'Brien, Jr., of Syracuse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. OBrien, of 157 Jack­son Avenue, Prlham Manor.

Miss Coupe is a member of the senior class at Manhattanvtlle Col­lege of the Sacred Heart in New York City.

Mr. OBrien is a graduate of Tabor Academy and Dartmouth College. '37. He is connected with the Continental Can Company in Syracuse. No date has been set for the wedding.

TO F U N GAME Omega Delta will meet tonight at

;i:3#, at the home of Laurence ;Baker, 2M East Lincoln Avenue, to •make final plans for a basketball tfame to be played with Omega Beta Phi Praternity tomorrow evening at •the T. M. H. A. The game is part of ft double header program, the 4ther game to be between Iota Phi M * CU Xpallan AJpba Sororities.

T Co-Eds Will Hear Mrs. Scott Sunday

Mrs. George T. Scott, n volun­teer worker for the American Com­mittee for Christian Refugees, Inc., will speak on the subject of "American Refugees" on Sunday at 5:15 P. M„ at the Young Women's Christian Association.

She will address the Sunday "Y" Co-eds at their regular meeting, to which visitors will be welcome, it has been announced. Daniel Marino is president of the group. A nomi­nating committee will be appointed at the session, and election Will

take place Sunday, Jan. lfl.

Edwin Benjamin, Jr., will return Sunday to Norwich University, cav­alry school at»Northfleld, Vt., where he is a freshman. During the holi­days he attended the Tau Delta-Zeta Phi dance at the Hickory Country Club and also enjoyed hciseback riding. His sister, Miss Mary Benjamin, a freshman at New Paltz Normal School, also will re­turn Sunday. During her vacation, she had a guest, Miss Mary Prances Smith of Parniingdale, L.J^. Both young people are son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Benjamin of _428 Prospect Avenue.

Both socially and musically one of the most brilliant events of the Winter season will be the appear­ance tomorrow night of Alec Tem-pleton, sightless pianist-composer, at the County Center, White Plains in a concert for the benefit of Rock Hill Summer Camp, of the West­chester County Girl Scouts.

Examination of a partial ad­vance list of boxholders, patrons and patronesses of the affair re­veals among the subscribers Gov­ernor and Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman of Purchase, and Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, wife of the Presi­dent. Mrs. Roosevelt heads a list of more than 100 patrons and patronesses, while Governor and Mrs. Lehman will have one of the 60 boxes which will be occupied by leading subscribers to charitable events in Westchester and the met­ropolitan area.

Heading the committee which has secured the subscriptions of box-holders and patrons is Miss Mary Steers of New York City, with Mrs. Mosely Taylor of Purchase as

Concert Planned To Aid British

Mrs. H. P. Hoyle of 109 Archer Avenue, returned last evening from a holiday sojourn at the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall in Atlantic City.

Howard Spring Book Is Next In Series

The Rev. Carl S. Weist, pastor of the Community Church at the Circle, will review "Fame Is the Spur," by Howard Spring, author of "My Son! My Son!'L.at the next in his series of book reviews.

The talk will be given Wednesday at the church. Mrs. Orrin B. Ritchie will introduce Mr. Weist. Hostesses, will be Mrs. David J. MacDonald, Mrs. Harley Klght and Mrs, John C. Patterson.

CLUB TO MEET The Amicltae Chapter of the Sub-

Deb Club -will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of Miss Joyce Harris, 2 Chesterwood Avenue, to make plana for the Winter and Spring.

Pelham War Workers to Sponsor Musicale

A musicale to raise funds for the aero-ambulance drive being spon­sored by the Pelham War Workers' Group will be held Saturday, Jap. 11, at 8:30 P. M. at the home of Mrs. Lars Boisen, 537 Monterey Avenue, Pelham Manor.

Soloists will be Miss Tamara Bliss, young pianist and student of Jose Iturbi for the past four years, and Katerine Judah. soprano, a member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company during the past season.

Guests speakers will be Lord Ruxton, head of the Ambulances for Briton Drive in New York City as well as a membesfof Parliament and head of the British R.A.P., whose name is to be announced.

Miss Bliss has held scholarships from Miss Edgar's School in Mont­real, Canada; the Columbia Gram­mar School in New York City, and at present is a freshman at Bar­nard College, on a scholarship. At the age of twelve, Miss Bliss was soloist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Montreal Sym­phony Orchestra under the direc­tion, of Wilfred Pelletler.

Miss Judah was graduated from the Juilllard School three years ago.

vice-chairman. Miss Steers is a former president of the board of the Westchester Girl Scouts, which is currently headed by Mrs. E. P. Gaillard of Bronxville. Mrs. Alfred Levinger of Scarsdale is the benefit chairman.

Rock Hill Summer Camp, for which the concert is being held, serves the 20 councils of the West­chester County Girl Scouts, and is located on a 147-acre tract on Long Pond, near Lake Mahopac. About 500 girls attend the camp during the course of a Summer, remaining from an average of two to four weeks. Mrs. Joan T. Mikell of Hartsdale is camp director.

Mr. Templeton has announced a program for Saturday evening which takes in the full range of his talents, with the first portion of the evening devoted to serious music, and the latter half to his own improvisations, impersonations and compositions. The curtain will rise at 8:30 P. M.

Many supper parties and dinner gatherings are' being planned in connection with the event.

Patrons and patronesses from this vicinity include Mrs. Waller V. Morgan of Mount Vernon; Mrs. Clifford Black and Mrs. P. H. Brophy of Pelham; and from Bronxville, Mrs. Anson Lowitz, Miss Winifred Brown, Mrs. William De W. Andrus, Mrs. Frederick Baker, Mrs. Charles B. Best, Mrs. Richard E. Burdett, Mrs. George Burpee, Mrs. P. J. Byrne, Mrs. Jackson Chambers, Mrs. R. Bernard Cris-pell, Mrs. Frederick C. Fuller, Mrs. John K. Moffett, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­seph Pope, Mrs. T. E. Rivers, Mrs. Leland Rex Robinson, Mrs. John M. Williams and Mrs. Edgar V. O'Daniel.

Box holders include Mrs. G. Ricker Gowen, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R McKenna of this city; Mrs. Frank Cole, Mrs. E. P. Gaillard, Mrs. Leland S. Hanson, Mrs. Fran­cis C. Hawkins, Mrs. J. Sidney Stone, Mrs. William E. Tucker, of Bronxville,

Frederick P. Rose of 171 Audubon Avenue, a freshman at Yale, will return home Sunday after spending the vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Rose.

Douglas D. Perry of 146 Summit Avenue, is leaving today for Say-brook, Conn., to spend a few days with friends before returning to Dartmouth College, where he is a sophomore. He spent the Christmas and New Year holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gor­don Perry. Christmas guests of the Perrys also were Mrs. Ellse Perry Bartnett of Clinton, Conn., and her three grandchildren, R a y m o n d , Barbara and Bruce.

Mr. and Mrs. Benson Storfer of 239 Sheridan Avenue, arrived home New Year's \ Day with their sons, Broderick and Herbert, from a cruise to the West Indies aboard the S. S. America. They stopped at Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Haiti and Havana. Herbert won the shuffle-board contest as well as the mas­querade to which he went as a Dartmouth Indian. Frederick, who is a student at the Horace Mann School, will return there Monday. Herbert, a freshman at Dartmouth, is expected back at college Tues­day.

Herbert I. Wine*.of 258 Westches­ter Avenue, expects to return Sun­day to Yale University, where he is a junior. He is the son of Mrs. Hajnalka Winer, whom he has been visiting during the holidays.

Robert Beeman, son of M*. and Mrs. Carl Beeman of 120 Vista Place, expects to return to Yale University Sunday after spending his Christmas vacation at home. He is a member of the senior class.

William E. Lerner, a senior at Yale, and a resident of California Road, is spending the holidays in California with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Lerner.

Mrs. Arthur L. Becker of 49 Pal­mer Avenue, gave a "Sweet Six­teen" birthday party recently for her daughter, Joyce. Approximate­ly 50 guests enjoyed dancing and a buffet supper was served.

Miss Jean L. Baer will return to Cornell University Sunday after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Baer, of 126 Cedar Street. Miss Baer, a freshman at the university, is a member of the Dramatic Club and of the Radio Guild.

Richard T. Bagg. son of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Bagg, 318 Summit Avenue, has left Mount Vernon after visiting here for the holidays, to spend some time with friends in Syracuse. He will return from there to Wesleyan University, where he is a senior.

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MISS RITA BOWLER of As­toria, L. I., is the fiance of Wil­liam Jorgensen son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Jorgensen, of 407 South Second Avenue, Mount Vernon.

Alice Sears Plans Bridal

To Be Married on Sunday to Charles Werner

Miss Alice Sears, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Sears of 9 Park Avenue, has completed plans for her marriage on Sunday to Charles Werner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cart Werner of 39 Ellerton Avenue, New Rochelle.

The ceremony will be solemnized at 5 o'clock, in St. Gabriel's Church in New Rochelle, by the Rev. George P. McGrath. A reception for the immediate families will fol­low at the Werner home.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride will have her sister, Mrs. Myron Hoffer of this city, as her matron of honor and only attend­ant. Mr. Werner's cousin, Edward Havey of Brooklyn, will serve as best man.

Miss Sears attended schools in Mount Vernon. Her fiance, who was graduated from St. Gabriel's School in New Rochelle, is with the Railway Express Company in that city.

The couple will make their home in New Rochelle.

Junior Hadassah To Raise Funds ? In Coming Year \

Plans for 1941 Program! Made at Meeting Held at Hyman Home

Fund raising projects and pro­gram meeting for the coming sea­son were discussed last night at a board meeting of the Mount Ver­non Unit of junior Hadassah. The group convened at the home of Miss Leona Hyman, 148 South Thir­teenth Avenue.

It was announced that Mrs. Harry P. Fierst, chairman of the Lower jNew York Region of Senior. Hadassah, has been invited to ad­dress the organization at its next session on Thursday. In connection with the celebration of the eightieth birthday of Miss Henrietta Szold, Hadassah's founder, Mrs. Fierst will describe the early struggles of the organization and will discuss In detail the year's progress at Meyer Shfeyah, the children's village, and] the Henrietta Szold Nursing School. Both these Palestinian projects ara supported by the work of Junior Hadassah.

Twjy events to raise funds for thes projects were planned for the near future. They include a "Janu-" ary Junior Jubilee" to be held at the home of Miss Betty Soloff, 85 Sherman Avenue, Sunday eve­ning, Jan. 19, and a dance to bo held at a New York hotel, in con­junction with Bronx Junior Hadas­sah, sometime in February. The Jubilee, an informal affair, will fea­ture dancing, cards, games and en- , tertainment.

Dessert Party Slated Monday

* Mah Jongg, Bridge Will Be Benefit Event

Miss Patricia Bradbury, of Strat­ford, Conn., has returned home after spending several days as the guest of Mr., and Mrs. H. C. Bald­win, 370 Collins Avenue. The Bald­wins' son, Chandler D. Baldwin, will return Sunday to Bates College after spending the holidays with his parents. He is a /member of the class of '42.

Miss Katherine Burnett, daugh­ter of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Burnett of Danbury, Conn., formerly of Pel­ham Manor, has returned to Dan-bury after being the guest for a few days of Miss Constance Coughlan of 1074 Clay Avenue, Pelham Manor. Miss Burnett, during her stay in Pelham, was a guest at a luncheon and bridge given by Miss Anne Ray Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben G. Smith of 384 Washington Avenue, Pelham.

Jonas A. Barish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Barish, 41 Ellwood Ave­nue, will return to Harvard Uni­versity Sunday following his holiday vacation which he spent here with his family. He is a junior at the university.

Miss Marion Barnum, a junior at Russell Sage College, will return Monday to continue her studies after spending Christmas with her mother, Mrs. M. W. Barnum of 10 Rich Avenue.

FRIDAY CLUB MEETING The Friday 8oclalite* will meet

tonight at 8:15 at the home of Miss Sylvia Cunningham, 29 South Fourth Avenue. Pinal arrangements will be made for a theater party on Jan. 10, when the group will at­tend a performance of "Life With Father."

RELIEF MEETING Mrs. Henry- Leffler, 355 Summit

Avenue, will open her home Tues­day afternoon, at 1:30, for a meet­ing of Yetta Gredinger Relief. Mrs. Joseph Pearson, president of the group, will conduct the session.

Miss Nancy Fenaco To Be Bride Sunday

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will be the scene of the wedding on Sunday of Miss Nancy Fenaco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. SaJvatore Fenaco, of 110 North Fifth Avenue, to Frank Gagliardl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gregorio Gag­liardl, of 246 South Tenth Avenue.

The ceremony will be performed at 5 o'clock by the pastor of the church, the Rev. Joseph Montagna. and will be followed by a reception at Mount Carmel School Hall. '

Oiven in marriage by her father, the bride-elect will have Miss Mary Spillo of this city as her maid of honor and only attendant. Anthony Pacclno of the Bronx will be best man.

After a wedding trip, the couple will live at 22 Orchard Street

ASBURY SOCIETY Mrs. Richard English, Mrs. Wort-

man Bason and Mrs. Mary Farring-ton will be hostesses when the Wo­men's Society of Christian Service of Asbury Methodist Church meets Tuesday afternoon at the church

John F. Belcher and Alfred Belcher, sons of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Belcher, 50 Vernon Parkway, are home from Lehigh University, where both are students. They will leave for college Sunday night after spending the holiday^ with their parents. John is a junior; Alfred, a freshman at the university,

Donald G. Boegehold, son ot Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Boegehold, of 406 South Columbus Avenue, is re­turning to Cornell University Sun­day. Mr. and Mrs. Boegehold, with Donald, a daughter, Margaret, and another son, Alan, spent Christmas at Ocean Grove with Mrs. Boege-hold's mother, Mrs. Margaret Gough. Alan, a baritone, la there now, where he is busy with sing­ing engagements. Margaret, a senior at Sarah Lawrence, also returns fB school Sunday. During his vacation, Donald was the guest for a few days of Miss Eleanor Camreta in East Orange.

A dessert mah jongg and bridge will be held Monday at 1:30 P. M., at Masonic Temple, Mount Vernon, under auspices of Westchester 34, United Order of True Sisters. Proceeds of the event will benefit the refugee fund of the organiza­tion, which is used for regular con­tributions to the American Nursery School for Refugees at the True Sister Club House in New York City.

Mrs. Herbert Kolberg is chairman of a committee which Is planning a party at the school on Friday, Jan. 17, at which time gifts and refresh­ments will be given to the children. There are more than 10 nationali­ties represented at the school, which is under the supervision of the New York Kindergarten Asso­ciation.

On Tuesday, the first regular meeting of 1941 will be held by Westchester 34 at Masonic Temple at 1:30 P. M. The date has' been changed from the usual meeting date on the second Tuesday, which is Jan. 14 in this case, to permit many of the members to attend the 90th anniversary luncheon of the Grand Lodge, to be held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on the same day.

At the conclusion of routine busi­ness at this coming Tuesday's meeting, the Cultural Group, of which Mrs. Norman Morris Is chair­man, will hear a review of the Ethel Vance novel, "Escape," by Mrs. Morris Schultz.

Mrs. Clarence Teter To Entertain Club

Mrs. Clarence Teter of 445 Gra­matan Avenue will be hostess to the Aloha Club of Mount Vernon at the first meeting of the new year on Tuesday at 2 P. M.

The program* will Include a talk on "The Education of the Modern Child," by Miss Charlotte Wake-man, retired school principal. Mrs. B. Griggs Holt, president, will con­duct the business session.

Miss Widulski Will Be Bride

To Be Married Jan. 25 To Edward M. Kemp

Miss Pauline Ann Widulski, of 325 Locust Street, has completed plans for, her wedding on Saturday, Jan. 25, to Edward M. Kemp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Kemp, of Hollis, L. I.

The ceremony will be performed at 4 o'clock, at Our Lady of Vic­tory Church, by the pastor, the Rev. Patrick CMarra. A reception for members of the immediate fam­ilies will follow at Mayer's Parkway Inn, the Bronx.

The bride-elect, given in marriage by her brother, Fred A. Widulski of this city, will have her sister, Manuel A. Martin of New Bruns­wick, N. J., asher matron of honor, and Miss Regina Thompson of Mount Vernon and Mrs. Joseph Miller of Yonkers, as attendants.

Arthur J. Kemp of Woodhaven, N. Y., will serve as his brother's best man. The ushers will include Carl Widell of Mount Vernon, brother of the future bride, and Harry Kemp of Hollis, the pros­pective bridegroom's brother.

Miss Widulski attended Mount Vernon High School and was grad­uated from Our Lady of Victory Business School. Her fiance, who attended Brooklyn schools, is con­nected with the Brooklyn Edison Company.

After a wedding trip, the couple will live in Brooklyn.

Mr. Rothstein To Wed Miss Lillian Bergman

The wedding ot Miss Lillian Berg­man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bergman, 'of 248 South Ninth Avenue, to Murray Rothstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roth­stein, of 120 South Sixth Avenue, is taking place Sunday at 1:30 P. M.

The ceremony will be performed at the Paramount Caterers, New York City, by Rabbi Max Maccoby of the Free Synagogue of West­chester, this city. A reception will follow at the same place for mem­bers of the immediate families.

The future bride, who will be un­attended, will be given in marriage by her father and mother. Irving Daniel of Mount Vernon will serve as Mr. Rotlisteln's best man.

Miss Marion Bendix, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bendix, of 180 Summit Avenue, is leaving Monday for Russell Sage College to continue her studies as a member of the freshman class. While home for the holidays, she had as her guest for several days, Miss Sonjav Hill of Poughkeepsie. She also visited in Merri-k, L. I., Iqr several days as the guest of Miss Virginia Heaid.

Miss Helen Klngsley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Klngsley, of Fowler Avenue, Pelham, will resume her studies at Wheatoh College, Norton, Mass., on Tuesday. Miss Kini&ley is a senior. — —

OMEGA BETA PHI Richard Fink and Leonard Weiss

will attend officially their first meeting of Omega Beta Phi, to be held tonight at the home of Wil­liam Pearson, 317 East Fourth Street. Plans will be discussed for the annual fraternity dinner, to be held in the near future, and final preparations will be made for a basketball game, to be held with Omega Delta tomorrow evening at me Y.M.H.A. .

TO PLAN DANCE Tau Sigma Delta meets tonight

at the home of Miss Mary Bianco, 553 South Tenth Avenue, at 8:15, to discuss further plans for a formal dance to be held at Glen Island Casino on Saturday, Feb. 1.

TAU OMEGA SESSION A meeting of Tau Omega will be

held at 8:30 this evening, at the home of Miss Nora Betty, 2039 East 241st Street, *the Bronx.

TAU ETA GAMMA Tau Eta Gamma Sorority will

convene this evening at its club-rooms, 59 South Tenth Avenue,

Young Palestinians Begin Play Rehearsal

The Young Palestinians, meeting yesterday afternoon at the home of their director, Mrs. Louis Freedom, 7 Forster Parkway, started re­hearsals for a play entitled "Life Begins at Sweet Sixteen," which the organization plans to produce In the near future.

Mrs. Freedman conducted the session, which opened with the singing of Hebrew songs and closed with "Hatikvah," the H e b r e w national anthem.

Nurse Will Speak At Fulton School

Mrs. Edith W. Mills, school nurse at Rotertrulton School, will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Child Study Group of the Parent-Teacher Association on Tuesday, at 2 o'clock at the school.

The topic of Mrs. Mills' talk will be "Health and Good Citizenship." Mrs. Martin Gfaney is chairman of the group, and will conduct the meeting.

OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT The Young People's Fellowship of

the Church of the Ascension will hold open house for members and friends this evening at 8 o'clock, in the parish house. Games, dancing and refreshments will feature the occasion. Addison Hayner Is presi­dent of the group.

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