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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-14
DIED

 IRIoN-In this city, July 14th, 1943, Albert A. Irion, of 23 Demorest St; Funeral Friday afternoon, at 200 o'clock, from Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Central Ave. Burial in Riverside cemetery. COLLIGAN-In this city, July 18th, 1943, Mrs. Catherine Colligan, Of 30 Cooke St.
 Funeral Friday morning, at 8:3o o'clock, from 30 Cooke St, to Inn maculate Conception Church, at 800 o'clock, Burial in New St. Joseph's cemetery.
 MAKRIs-In this city, July 13, 1943, Mrs. Panagis Makris, of 476 North Main St.
 Eefein Funeral Home, 29O East Main st.. to Hellenic Orthodox Holy Trinity Church. Burial in New Pine Grove cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-14

Funeral services for Mrs. Wllhel- nina Schenker Wilke, will be held tomorrow from the Clark Funeral Home, 20 State street, at 2 p. m. Rev. Francis O. Ayres, rector of St: Johns Church, officiating. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery: Friends may call at the funeral home from ' to g p. m. today.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

man OF q group Of members Of the
club who meet Wednesdays and
Thursdays in the Library Of Con-
gress annex for the making of band
ages. This group is composed OF
wives of members of the Lower
House of Congress or ladies in their
families and they have worked con-
tinuously for 13 months.
Another worthwhile group is that
under the craftsmanship of Mrs
Albert Carter and Mrs. John H.
Tolan. These ladies have charge
Of the booth at the Statler Hotel
for the sale of War Bonds and
Stamps. They have the most sue
cess in selling War Stamps in
bouquets and they recently made q
Christmas wreath of stamps which
sold for $50.
Mrs. Ewing Thomason IS chairman
of volunteers for USO work at the
Union Station lounge and Mrs.
Schuyler Otis Bland has charge of
securing interesting speakers for
the weekly teas on Fridays when
the talk or program IS followed
by tea.
The annual New Year Day recep-
ton of the club will be held Sunday
afternoon which will serve as the
formal opening of the attractive
clubhouse at 2001 New Hampshire
avenue.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Mrs. R00SeveHIs Patr0ness
For Stage Door Canteen Sb01V

I Others include Mrs. William L. Bait,
Mrs. Arthur Macarthur, Col. and
Mrs. Robert Guggenheim and a
host of others.
The exhibit promises to be a color
full and interesting affair, and
Washingtonians who have not been
inside the old Belasco playhouse or
Madison place, facing Lafayette
Park, since the good old days when
the theater lights were on will fino
some striking changes in the in
terror, now turned into canteen
and at the same time view one OF
the most interesting art shows ever
to be staged.
A group of interesting portraits
OF servicemen made by Maj. San
ford E. Gerard, U. S. A., and Comdr
Charles Bittinger, U. S. N, will be
among hundreds of others done by
such distinguished artists as Bettina
Steinke and Israel Zadidow ("Zad'')
of New York, Senor Jorge Delano o1
Santiago, Chile, and William Meade
Prince, famous for his illustrations
OF the Roark Bradford stories.
Maj. Gerard and Comdr. Bittinge1
will be On hand at the grand open
ing to make portraits of those
visitors bidding highest for the
privilege of having a sketch made
on the spot by crack artists. This
will be one of the features of the
show, which will run through Janu-
airy 5, and which will be open fo1
inspection every weekday afternoon
from 2 to 4.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Holiday Fetes
| lit Embassies
| And LEGATIONS

The dean Of the diplomatic corps
the Peruvian Ambassador, Senor
Don Manuel de Freyre y Santander
accompanied by his son, Senor Frank
de Freyre, and daughter, Senorita
Peggy de Freyre, returned to the
Embassy on Scott Circle in time
for Christmas. There was no festlv-
ity planned beyond their family
group and the celebration not only
marked Christmas but also the
graduation Of Senor Frank de
Freyre. The Ambassador and his
daughter went to Easton for the
ceremonies Thursday when the
young man Of the house received his
sheepskin from Fayette College.
The Chilean Ambassador and
Sonora de Michels and their daugh-
ter, Senorita Cristina Michels, will
go to New York tonight or tomor-
row to remain over the New Year.
They probably will be absent week
or 10 days. Today the Ambassador
and Sonora de Michels will be hosts
at a buffet luncheon, when their
guests will be members of the En-
(See FETES, Page DID
Evening star., 1943-12-26

Mrs. Roosevelt heads the list of
patronesses and patrons for the art
exhibit which will be formally
opened Wednesday afternoon at
the Washington Stage Door Can
teen. Others on the list include
the Vice President and Mrs. Henry
A. Wallace, the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Henry Morgen-
thau, jr., the Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Mrs. Claude H. Wickard
Senator and Mrs. Claude Pepper
Senator and Mrs. Guy M. Gillette
the Administrator of Federal Sc
curity and Mrs. Paul v. McNutt.
The Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Ralph A. Bard also
are among the patrons and patron
esses, as we'll as the commandant
of the Marine Corps and Mrs
Thomas Holcomb, 1t. Gen. Alexan-
der A. Vandegrift, U. S. M. c., and
Mrs. Vandegrift, Rear Admiral Clark
Woodward, U. S. M. c., and Mrs
Woodward, the chairman of the
Maritime Commission and Mrs. En-
ory Scott Land, the commandant
of the Navy Yard and Mrs. Ferdi-
nand Reichmuth, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Randall Jacobs and Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Robert Donohoe.
Patrons and patronesses from
Army circles include 1t. Gen. and
Mrs. M. L. McNair, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Lorenzo L. Gasser, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Virgil Patterson, Maj
Gen. and Mrs. Conger Pratt, Col
and Mrs. John Mccormick and
Col. and Mrs. Walter Layman
Evening star., 1943-12-26
| First Visitor
| Of 1914 to Be
| Venezuelan

The President of Venezuela, Gen.
1saias Medina Angarita, will be the
first important visitor of the new
year. He Is expected to arrive Janu-
ary 20, and will be guest of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the
White House that evening and over
night. The program of entertain
ment will. of course, closely follow
that of other heads of states who
have been guests Of the Government
The Venezuelan Ambassador and
Sonora de Escalante probably will
give large afternoon reception for
their distinguished countryman Sat-
urday afternoon, January %, at the
Embassy. These plans have not
been completed, and should the
visiting Chief Executives plans for
conferences interfere with afternoon
feteS they will give their reception
in the evening at the Pan-American
Union Building. But the date prob
ably will remain the same. The
Secretary of State, Mr.. Cordell Hull
Will be host at dinner in honor of
President Medina Angarita unless
the Secretary is out of town, when
the Undersecretary, Mr.. Edward r.
Stettinius, jr., will be host.
The visiting Chief Executive will
move from the White House the day
after his arrival and will be a guest
OF the Government at Blair House
for the remainder of his visit In
Washington. He will be accompa-
MED to this country by small group
OF officials of Venezuela, and they
will be guests of other republics OF
this hemisphere before returning to
their homeland.
Another distinguished visitor In
Washington was the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs of Belgium, M
Camille Quit, who has been the
guest Of the Ambassador, Count
Robert van der Straten-Ponthoz
The Finance Minister is spending
Christmas and the week end in New
York, and shortly will return to Lon
don, where the Belgian Government
is established since the invasion OF
their country.
The Minister of Education Of Po-
land, Gen. Josef Haller, who was
here for a short time and made a
brief visit in the Middle West, has
returned to London, where the Po-
lish Government also is established
for the duration.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Congressional Club Schedule
ICro1Vded Through January

The Congressional Club, composed
Of the wives and hostesses of the
members Of the Congress, has ar
ranged full schedule of events for
January. Mrs. Roosevelt will be
guest Of honor and speaker at an
informal brunch Friday. Janu-
ary Z. The Presidents wife is an
honorary member of the club and
there will be no guests at this
event. Mrs. Roosevelt has declined
all invitations for purely social
events since Pearl Harbor but meets
with the members of the Congress
sional Club once each year and since
December, 1941, has given talk
on some constructive subject each
time.
Miss Vivian Vestal is chairman of
the associate members of the club
and has charge of the Sunday aft
ernoon tea dances for bachelor off,
GERS of the United States forces.
Work for the Red Cross and the
sale of War Bonds and Stamps con-
tinues by members of this organiza-
ton. Members meet each Monday
to make bandages for local hos
pitfalls and garments for refugee
children. Mrs. Allen j. Ellender
| is chairman for this work and q
simple luncheon is served for those
working each Monday.
Mrs. Charles S. Dewey is chair
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Debut Party
|B0V to Society
Informally at
Dinner Dance
By Lillian b. Arthur

Mr.. and Mrs. Melville Bell Gros-
venor and Capt. James Bennett
Sykes presented their daughters,
Miss Helen Rowland Grosvenor and
her close friend, Miss Mary Arnold
Sykes, at . wartime debut party
last evening with a dinner dance
at the Chevy Chase Club.
The party was carried out with
the greatest informality and sim
plicity In keeping with . coming
out party in wartimes. However, =
debut Is debut whether 1t Is made
in peacetimes or in the hurry and
hustle of wartimes, and 50 the party
with Its multicolored table decora-
tions and the young girls in their
pretty dresses had much OF the
gayety Of the old days, although the
presence of so many men in uni
form instead Of the customary black
tie and tails gave more serious
note to the occasion.
The evening began with what the
invitations called rendezvous" At
the Grosvenor home on Woodland
drive. The young people arrive6
there at $50 and stayed until 7:30.
when 1t was time to 60 to the club
for the dinner. and the dance that
followed.
Christmas greens filled the room
where the dinner party was held.
and the table decorations Of little
Christmas trees, made by Mrs.
Sykes, brought exclamations OF ad-
miration from the young guests when
they seated themselves for the din
ner. The little trees were made Of
the Texas crown Of thorns bush
shipped to Washington for the party
by Miss Sykes grandmother, Mrs.
Samuel Austin Crawford Of Willis,
Tex, and the Roman confetti with
which they were covered was
brought back from Rome when Capt.
and Mrs Sykes returned from q
tour OF duty there, where Capt.
Sykes was Assistant Military At
tache for Air at the United States
Embassy in Rome for two years
prior to this country's entry into
the war.
AliC WV yOhll5 SdCoIo VI ilciiDl
made a pretty picture as they well
coined their guests. Miss Gros-
venor's dress-a black net skirt.
made very full and quite long, with
its bodice of French blue and silver
brocade, and its very short sleeves
and slightly rounded neckline was a
pleasant contrast to the poinsettia
red net gown which Miss Sykes
chose for the party. Miss Sykes
skirt was full and long, like that Of
Miss Grosvenor. 1t was covered
with tiers of white lace and the
plain bodice with its round girlish
neckline had a scarf of the net
which she wore throughout the eve
ming to complete the costume. Both
girls wore corsages of white gar
denias.
Seated at the table when the
party began were Miss Elizabeth
Lyon, Miss Frances Barry, Miss
Nancy Trowbridge, Miss Joan Blair,
Miss Grosvenor's cousin, who is
spending her Christmas vacation
Evening star., 1943-12-26
More Blood Donors Needed;
Shopping, Fin Reduce quotas
By Betty Grove Smith

Mrs. Walter r. Lake serves as liai-
son officer between the Red Cross
public relations and the Blood Donor
Center and when she isn't working
on that you'll probably find her
busy with her other Red Cross job
chairman of display of Red Cross
material for the District Chapter.
She has no regular schedule, she
says. But after hearing some of
the things she does We decided that
maybe a regular schedule wouldn't
be quite long enough! She talked
first about the Blood Donor Center.
One of the most important things
for the public to learn about that,
Mrs. Lake feels, is that while in
diyidual blood donors are very well
come at all times-it's the repeat
donors that really keep up the
quota. BY that she means the
donors who come in regularly every
eight weeks to give their blood.
They make OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
appointments-just as you would
with your dentist or your hairdresser
(the same people, and they 60 over
and over again.
The flu and Christmas shopping
both reduced the number of blood
donors tremendously during the past
month, Mrs. Lake said. She hopes
that now that Christmas is behind
us-noW that people have seen their
own children warm and happy in
their own homes with gifts and food
and cheer-that those people who
have no boys of their own on the
fighting fronts will give that great
est of all gifts-to the boy that they
do not knoW--there blood that may
save his life. It's too late for Christ
mas donors, but it's as good New
Years resolution as any you can
make to give your blood. And if
you make yourself repeat donor
you'll be doing a service as long as
Evening star., 1943-12-26
BY MARGARET GERMOND.

ny MAHGAkET GERMOND.
This Christmas season has brought
with 1t a veritable deluge of en-
gagement announcements, anc
prominent among those being made
today is that of Mr.. and Mrs. w
Selden Washington of Alexandria OF
the engagement of their daughter
Miss Nancy James Washington, tc
Ensign Walter G. Treanor, U. S
N. r., Of Richmond Heights, St
Louis.
Miss Washington is a granddaugh-
ter Of Mrs. Lawrence Washington OF
this city and the late Mr.. Washing
ton, who was born at Mount Vernon
and she is great granddaughter OF
John Augustine in Washington who
sold the historic estate which now
is the Nations most revered shrine
On her maternal side Miss Wash
ington is a granddaughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. James Whitefield
Tinsley of East Radford, Va, and q
great-granddaughter of the late DR.
John Craighead James, a noted phy-
sician and surgeon of Southern
Virginia.
Miss Washington made her debut
in January, 1910, when she and Miss
Mary Lee of New York led the
Virginia Cotillion at the Army and
Navy Country Club and in May OF
the same year she represented st
Agnes School in Alexandria as a
princess at the Winchester Apple
Blossom Festival. She is a graduate
of st. Agnes School and attended
Hollins College and is now COM
pleting her senior year at Principis
College at Elsah, Ill. Her father is
the delegate-elect representing the
City of Alexandria in the State Leg
islature, which will convene in jan
uary.
Ensign Treanor is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Treanor of Rich
mond Heights and is descended from
long line of English educators. He
was graduated from Principal Col
lege and completed his naval train
ing at Northwestern University, re-
ceiving his commission there Wed.
nesday. He will report for duty
January S at New Orleans, and nc
date has been set for the wedding.
Miss Washington attended the
Midshipmen's dance Monday evening
at Northwestern University and wa.
among those present at the gradua.
ton exercises Wednesday. She i
spending the Christmas HOLIDAYS ir
Evening star., 1943-12-26
New Year Celebrations
Festivities
Less DHrizp
Wartime
By Katharine M. Brooks.

Time was when New Year Day
was the busiest, socially, OF all the
365 OF the year. There was . recep-
tion at the White House. . brilliant
midday breakfast for diplomats
which the Secretary of State and
his wife gave, and countless after
noon receptions. So the leaders in
official and residential circles in
the National Capital found them
selves exhausted at the close of the
day-and many unable to be at
their desks the following day.
This year, like those during the
Great War, as well as for the past
II years, there will be no New Year
Day reception at the White House.
These were very taxing on the
strength of the Chief Executive,
and one-William Henry Harrison
never recovered from his first and
only such ordeal. First the officials,
diplomats and judiciary with their
wives were received, then members
OF patriotic organizations, and final
ly the general public. There al
ways was some one desiring to be
the first of the general public to go
down the line, and usually some
one so anxious that he sat and stood,
alternately, all night--no matter
what the weather-at the west gate
on Pennsylvania avenue. The public
reception seldom began before 2
o'clock in the afternoon after the
President had lunched, brief re-
spite in his day of shaking hands.
The diplomatic breakfast, as the
Secretary of States party was desig-
mated, was held in the Pan-Ameri-
can Union Building, the cabinet
officer usually serving as chairman
of the Governing Board of that
union. Here the late Secretary
Philander C. Knox and Mrs. Knox
1naugurated this delightful form of
wishing happy New Year to the
foreign representatives in Wash
tngton. Then, all the members of
the corps were included, but as
that group grew in number, the
parties had to be curtailed to in
clude only heads Of missions. A
number of times the committees on
foreign relations and foreign af-
fairs of Congress as we'll as officials
OF the State Department were in
cluded and for several years a gen.
.erous number from residential So
ciety also was invited.
The late Secretary of State and
Mrs. Robert Lansing gave two such
parties, each in their own home on
Eighteenth street because of the
war in Europe, as there were diplo-
mats in this then neutral Capital
who represented the warning ma
tions and who were not invited to
the same parties, Then, this coun-
try entered the Great War and the
breakfasts were discontinued. 1t
was pleasant custom and the
Pan-American Building was an ideal
setting for such a fete-not only
because it is a beautiful building,
but because it represents the union
of the republics Of the Western
Hemisphere.
Those we're the days when there
Evening star., 1943-12-26

the war lasts. The quota for the
local center has now been raised to
5000 pints a week. That's a lot of
blood and it requires lot of donors
and regular ones.
What do you do as chairman of
dlsplay?" Mrs. Lake was asked. And
then she told us how many of the
local shops have offered window
space (some for the duration, others
for short periods) to the Red Gross
for display of their work in the diff
ferent corps. Sometimes the shops
specify the display they prefer, but
more often they leave it to the Red
Cross, and that's where Mrs. Lake
comes in. If it is left up to the Red
cross to arrange the display Mrs.
Lake visits the corps she has decided
to feature, gets the materials and
uniforms together and arranges the
display. If you've noticed some of
the Christmas Red Cross displays in
particular, you'll know that Mrs.
Lake is good and very good at her
job.
The Lakes have lived in Washing
ton for almost nine years now. Be-
fore that they lived in PHILADELPHIA
Mrs. Lake used to fox hunt in those
days and as often as she could for
she adores riding. She doesn't find
time for it now and won't until
peace comes again. But she Is doing
what she wants and that is as much
volunteer work as she possibly can
to help win the war. She practices
what she breaches, too, for not only
does she help recruit blood donors,
she is one herself, and although she
did not tell us, we rather suspect
that Mrs. Lake is a repeat donor.
If you would like to be a donor
won't you call Republic $500 and
make your appointment now. The
fact that the quota for blood has
gone up shows what every victory is
costing us in casualties and In the
lneed OF that precious plasma.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
MISS JANET ELIZABETH
GRIFFITH

Her engagement to Phar-
mdcisfs Mate (Second Glass;
Fred L. Dunn, U. S. N. r., 1oho
IS noD on duty in the Pacific
,odr zone, is among the many
formal announcements being
made today. The bride-elect
IS a student at the University
OF MARYLAND.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

RICHMOND HelgntS as the guest OF
Ensign Treanors parents.
The engagement Of Miss Joan Cas-
terlin to Corpl. Javier P. Eguiguren,
jr.. was announced at a dinner party
given last evening by her mother,
Mrs. Ann Casterlin, at Tilden Gar
dens, for members of the immediate
families.
Miss Casterlin was graduated from
the National Cathedral School for
Girls, where she majored in music
and art, and now is a student at the
Julliard Institute of Musical Art In
New York.
Corpl. Eguiguren is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Eguiguren of New York.
He attended Brooklyn College before
entering the service in 1912 and he
now is stationed at the University
of Maryland under the Army spe-
cialized training program.
No date for the wedding has been
set.
Another engagement that will be
OF wide interest in Washington. as
we'll as in Virginia circles, is that of
Evening star., 1943-12-26

MISS SARAH L. STUART.
No date has been set for the
,Dedding OF the attractive
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
A. Stuart OF Falls Church, pho
are announcing her engage
ment to 1t. James w. Brown.
jr., son OF Dr.. and Mrs. Bropn.
also OF Falls Church.
-Bachrach Photo.
]b-
Evening star., 1943-12-26

(See ENGAGEMENTS, Page Dill
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Engagements Announced Today
Miss Wasbimgtomto Be Married,
Dinner Party for Miss Casterlim

Richmond Heights as the guest OF
Ensign Treanor's parents.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

(See DEBUT PARTY, Page D-l1.)
Evening star., 1943-12-26

MISS MARY ABBY DORSEY.
An early summer tDedding is planned for
Miss Dorsey and Mr.. Harry Clinton Barton, jr.,
Whose engagement Is announced by her moth
er, Mrs. Wilbur Dorsey of LAUREL
White Photo.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

(See FETES, Page DID
Evening star., 1943-12-26

(See WARTIME, Page D-11.)
Evening star., 1943-12-26

MISS NANCY JAMES WASHINGTON.
The engagement OF Miss Washington
to Ensign Walter g. Treanor. U. S. N. R.,
is announced BY her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Selden Washington of Aleran- -
dria. The brtde-elect is spending the
holidays as the guest of her fance's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Treanor.
Van Durdnd Photo,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-24
FORMER DETROIT
INFIELDER DIES


CHICAGO CAMP William r.
Robinson utility man at ChIcago's
famous Grand thealer for 43 years
and who had known most OF the
celebrities OF the legitimate stage
for nearly half century was
buried Wednesday He died sun
day in County hospital OF pneu-
monla
Friends say Robinson was the
first Negro player on the Detroit
Athletic club baseball team In the
COS In 1900 he was hired by the
late John A. Hamln white. patent
medicine king who built Hamlins
theaier in 1872 amid the ruins OF
the ERE OF 1871 Later Hamlin re-
named II the Chicago Grand Opera
house
when the late George NJ. Cohan
acquired the Grand. Robinson be-
came Of his personal attendant
whenever the actor-manager was
in town. a bachelor. Robinson
lived in the theater.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-24
Pacific Parachute Company Gets
More Essential War Contracts

san DIEGO Cal CAMP Thru
The efforts ~ Howard "Skirpv
Smith. president ~ Pacific Para
chute conpanv the international
concern became The recipient OF
more essential war contracts This
week
The former parachute jumper
Who skyfocksted to fame last
year when he became instrument
al In launching ihe first Negro
owned firm In The Emitted States
70 hire workers ~ Seaen different
naiionslitieg. has bcen making
frequent trips 10 Los Angeles IN
the interest OF me contracts
In addition to The pflof para
rhuies now being manufactured hN
The company imp rlani airplau'
parts viii be- supplied ,hc poug
las Aircraft COMPANY hy me locsi
concern
AS the United states takes iht
offensive into enemy teuitHy o.
is necessary thai We neiei also
take The offensive indusifially