The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-25
LEISURE HOUR
CLUBS SEEKING
MEETING SITES
One Section of City Formed
Into District With Four
SUBJ Organizations.


gained into Leisure Hour Club
with four sub-clubs, under direction
OF the district headquarters, and
twelve others being organized, the
movement to occupy spare time OF
citizenry today opened an offensive
for daytime clubrooms.
Dwight S. Ritter, director Of the
movement, with headquarters at Gil
Majestic building, said day club
rooms were being sought now for the
neighborhood of Michigan and Mo-
BILE streets. Other clubroom sites
will be sought as communities band
together and request that centers
for amusement be provided.
Complete Organization
The Leisure Hour Club Of the
Brookside Community house plans
to hold its first weekly program
under auspices Of the Brookside
Women's Club, Nov. 9.
The committee in charge OF ar
rangements for the club programs
are
Mrs. Walter Baxter. chairman; Mrs.
Alice Ellison. Mrs Raymond Yount, Or.
r. E. Mitchell. Mrs Rpthanne Kerstine,
Miss Ruth Burns. Vernon Parker, Mrs Joe
Kettery. Miss Christian Valentine, Miss
Caroline Brown.
Tonight the club of the Garfield
park community house will meet to
complete organization plans and to
name the committee in charge of
weekly arrangements. The Gar
field Park Dramatic club will give
the organizations first program
Nov 3.
Wednesday night Rhodius park
will complete its organization. The
Central Christian church club will
meet in the church, Delaware and
Walnut streets, Thursday night to
formulate organization plans and
name program committees.
Use School Buildings
The school board has granted two
clubs, one at School 26 and at
Crispus Attacks high school, per-
mission to use their buildings. AT
a meeting Monday, F. E. De Frantz
was named chairman of the pro-
gram committee for the two clubs,
and he will name committees 10
arrange programs of entertainment.
C. o. Gray is organizing a club
to meet in the building loaned by
the Volunteers of America at Nine
teenth and Alabama streets.
The Prospect-Sherman Club, with
headquarters at Phoenix chapel,
Orange and Earhart streets, will be
opened Nov. with forty mem
bers. Officers are: w. o. Cox,
president; Lloyd Washington, vice
president; Miss Dorothy Prontus,
secretary, and r. G. Kinnick,
treasurer.
Fathering four clubs, the Haw-
thorne social service center has or
gained a district with territory
from White river west to the coun-
ty line and from Michigan street
south to the Pennsylvania tracks.
Forming More Clubs
1t is planned to hold entertain
ment programs three times a week
in various sections of the district.
The clubrooms will be open each
day, with literature and games pro-
vided for patrons.
The district composes the social
service house club, one in Lauter
memorial park community center,
one at the Fairfax center and one
in Ben Davis.
officers of the district in charge
of entertainments are G. q. Baker,
chairman; L. E. Hall, vice-chair-
man. and Mrs. Catherine Fansler,
Secretary-treasurer.
Other clubs in the city organized
or under process Of organization
are: Margaret Christian community
house, Municipal Gardens, School
%, 1880 South Illinois street.
Entertainment Mapped
Ritter announced chairmen of
committees in arranging entertain
ment programs or helping clubs to
obtain entertainers are:
Mrs. Frank b Hunter. president of the
Federation of Music Clubs, music; Mrs.
Jules zinter. chairman of recreation.
Parent-Teacher Association, dramatics: H.
w. Midlesworth. director of recreation of
the park department. athletics; F. o.
Belzer, Boy Scout executive. games; Mrs
David Ross. Indiana Indorsers of Photo
plays, pictures; A. B. Carr, curator of the
chIldrens museum. novelty educational
programs and DR. H. C. Morgan. secretary
OF the board of health health.
The committees in charge of
neighborhood entertainment in the
Hawthorne district are:
w. G. Gingerv and Mrs Charles Par
rene. Washington high school: Mrs. Fred
Kepner, school No So NJ b. Stump.
school No. 30: L. f. Hall and Mrs. Daisy
Ludwig, school No. Is; 1 T. Stafford and
Mrs Richard Ross. school No 81; Eliza
beth O'Mara and Mrs. Paul Black school
No. So; the Rev. John Farr and Mrs
Lorene Howell, West Park Christian
church, Herbert Evans, Washington Street
M. E., church; the Rev. T. J. Simpson.
Washington Street Presbyterian church;
Ruth Bell West Side mission; C. G. Baker
and Alma r. Lemen Hawthorne house;
Mrs. Swift, Lauter Club; Miss Dunbar,
Family Welfare Society; j. Malcolm Dunn,
township trustee; Mrs. H. r. Fletemeyer
and Mrs NJ }. Heaiey, ST. Anthony's
Catholic church. Ralph Phelps, Earl
Buchanan, c. G. Slagle and Earl Carr. the
Rev. C. H. seheick. the Rev Frank Hop
per, c. H. Vance and Mrs. Catherine
Fansler industries.