The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-15
Formal Ball
Will Open
Club Season

The Columbia Clubs annual din
ner and formal military ball, which
will be held April % at the club
house, will be one Of the most bril-
liant affairs of the year, and will
open the spring social session at the
club.
Distinguished officers of the Gull
yer military academy, TT. Benjamin
Harrison, the Thirty eighth division,
national guard, and the Eighty
fourth division reserve officers will
be present, with War Secretary
Patrick J. Hurley as guest of honor
and speaker at the dinner.
All members of the club are in
vited to attend, and those who are
members of any Of the above units
will appear in uniform.
Escort to Be Formed
A military escort will be formed
for Secretary Hurley upon his ar
rival in the city Monday by the
r. o. T. G. units of the Indianapolis
high schools. The procession will
move through the downtown streets,
and business firms have been re-
quested by the Chamber of Com
lnerce to display flags, in honor of
the secretary.
While in Indianapolis Secretary
Hurley will have as his military
aid Colonel Everett F. Mccoy Of the
Thirty eighth division, and Major
General Denis E. Nolin, commander
of the Fifth corps area, United
States army, will have as his aid,
Lieutenant-C Colonel Mark Hamer,
also Of the Thirty-eighth division
staff.
The definite time OF the arrival
OF the secretary is not known, and
final arrangements will not be
made, pending information as to
whether he will come by train or
plane
Many Reservations Made
A number of table reservations
for dinner parties have been made
for the dinner, during which Miss
Ruth Tyndall, daughter Of Major
General Robert H. Tyndall, COM
handing officer of the Thirty
eighth division national guard, will
be made a sponsor of the artillery
unit of the division, by the cadet
officers of Culver Military academy.
Among those reserving tables for
parties are:
Harper j. Ransburg. Norman A. Perry, j.
c. Ruckelshaus. Joseph steiner. DR.. Z. A.
Ensminger, Frank z. Ball. James Cronin
Jr., Ralph c. Miller. Colonel H. P. Hobbs,
William J. Hogan, Lieutenant Richard
Sears. Edward schurman Jr., Major o. A.
Manseau Carroll K Sheffield, Captain
Harvey Morgan, Robert E. Francis. Lieu
tenant Colonel W. T. Conway. Russell @.
Rottger. Curtis H. Rottger. J. Hart Laird,
John K Ruckelshaus. Howard A. Koch,
Thomas F. Carson. General George H.
Jamerson. Felix M. Mcwhirter and Wallace
Q. Lee.
Military and patriotic decorations
will be used. The committee in
charge is composed of:
r. G. Rottger. chairman; Harper J. Rams
burg and Wallace o. Lee. merchantmen;
Leroy Carson. j. j. Cole. Fred Donaldson.
R. M. Fuestel, L. G. Gardner. Howard A.
Koch, Richard A. Kurtz Vance Osthout.
H. c. Pennicke and Jake Wolf. Lieuten-
ant-Colonel N. A. Nicolai of the Thirty
eighth division, national guard. and Lieu
tenant Richard Sears OF TT. Harrison, will
assist with military matters
Governor Harry G. Leslie, with
his military staff, and Mayor Reg
inald Sullivan will be present. Rear
Admiral Walter S. Crosley, com
mandant of the Great Lakes train
ing station, Ninth naval district
Great Lakes, Ill, will be a guest, as
a representative of the navy.