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Evening star., 1944-05-11
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Mss Jane RoWen
Becomes Bride y

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Rowen
jr., of Alexandria, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Jane Rowen, to Pvt. James B. ALI
man, the ceremony taking place
Saturday evening in historic Christ
Episcopal Church in Alexandra
with Chaplain Richard K. White
of Fort Belvoir officiating at I
o'clock. Pvt. Altman is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Altman OF
Beverley Hills.
Mr.. Rowen escorted his daugh-
ter and gave her in marriage and
she wore a redingote ensemble OF
lime green and gray and carried a
bouquet of orchids and lilies of the
valley.
Miss Barbara Rowen was maid
of honor for her sister and was
costumed in melon pink crepe with
navy trim and wore a corsage OF
gardenias. Pvt. Thomas L. Lund
jr., of Columbus, Ohio, served as
best man.
A small reception was held at the
home of the brides parents, after
which Pvt. and Mrs. Altman left
for wedding trip. He is stationed
at Fort Belvoir, and for the present
he and his bride will make their
home with her parents at 511 Brax-
ton place,
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Miss Tnroper We'd
To 1t. Friedman
Last Eueninq

Miss Naomi Joy Turover, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Isador S. Turnover
became the bride last evening of 1t
q. g. Harry D. Friedman, U. S
N. r., son Of Rabbi and Mrs. Moses
M. Friedman of York, Pa. Rabbi
Friedman and Rabbi Solomon H
Metz, assisted by Cantor Louis No.
wick, off1ciated at the ceremony
which was held at the Mayfiower
Hotel at $3.50 o'clock.
The grand ballroom of the hoteI
was transformed into a bower
of flowers for the wedding and the
traditional bridal canopy was deco
rated with white carnations ano
lilacs. instrumental music was
played before the nuptial ceremony
and Mrs. Eugene Kressin sang sew.
eral solos.
The bride wore an ivory satin we'd
ding gown embroidered in seed
pearls and her f1ngertip veil fell
from a halo of shirred net trimmed
with orange blossoms. She carried
a prayer book covered with white
orchids, with a shower of steph-
anotis.
Mrs. Max Sittenfeld of Belleville
ILL.,. was matron of honor for her
sister, wearing a gray gown with
yellow floral trimming, and the
bridegroom's sister, Miss Ethel
Friedman Of New York, the maid OF
honor, wore pink net gown. The
brides younger sister, Miss Ruthe
Turnover, who acted as bridesmaid
wore pale green marquisette. All
of the attendants wore small velvet
hats with tulle yelling to match their
gowns and carried bouquets of mixed
spring flowers.
Mr.. Joseph Friedman of York
served as best man for his brother
and the ushers were DR.. Sidney Penn
|of Mount Pleasant, Pa, and 1t
q. g. H. Goffberg, U. S. N. r., OF
Philadelphia.
A reception and buffet supper, fol-
lowed by dancing, took place after
the nuptial ceremony. when a num-
ber of guests from out of town were
present.
1t. Friedman and his bride left
later for Chicago en- route to the
West Coast, where the former will
return to duty.
Both the bride and bridegroom
were graduated from Pennsylvania
State College. The former is a
member Of Phi Sigma Sigma, Phi
Sigma Iota. ri Gamma Mu and Phi
Kappa Phi. She is president OF
the Washington Unit of Junior
HadaSsah.
The bridegroom is a member oi
Phi Sigma Delta and Phi Beta
Kappa. He received his commission
at the New York Midshipmen's
School and is on leave following 1s
months of sea dllty
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the Counselor of the. Venezuelan
Embassy and Sonora de Lares.
Capt. Wynn, whose home is in
Boston, formerly was chief test pilot
of the Royal Canadian Air Force
and later was member of the Royal
Air Force Ferry Command. Since
the beginning of the war he has
been with the United States Army
Air Transport Command and in
1943 flew Mrs. Roosevelt back from
England. He is the author of
''Bombers Across" story of the
transatlantic ferry pilots, which
will be released in June.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Wynn.Cr0mer-

Another interesting wedding of
yesterday was that of Miss Jane
Cromer and Capt. Edgar j. Wynn
A. A. F., which took place at 6 O'Clock
at the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church, the Rev. George w
Burroughs, jr., officiating in the
presence of small company of rela-
tives and friends. A reception at
the Shoreham, where Capt. and Mrs
Wynn will reside temporarily, fol-
lowed the nuptial ceremony.
The bride, who is the daughter OF
Mrs. Nell Cromer of Washington
and Mr.. Walter o. Cromer of Cleve-
land, was attended by Miss Patricis
Ennis as maid of honor. She wore
a beige-and-black ensemble with q
small black hat trimmed with a vel
and carried bouquet of white
orchids and valley lilies. Miss Ennis
wore a black and white small
checked suit with a white sailor hal
trimmed with a red rose and a char
treuse veil and carried an old-fash-
ioned bouquet.
Maj Cornelius Vanderbilt, ir.
u. S. A., retired, served as best man
for Capt. Wynn and reception fol-
lowed the ceremony at the home oi
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Garden Setting
For School Fefe

Miss Virginia Galloway, daughter
of Col. and Mrs. Clark Galloway,
who is president of the senior class
at Mount Vernon Seminary, re-
sponded with an amusing speech to
the toast offered her last evening
at the annual fete given the seniors
by the members of the junior class.
The party was arranged in the resi-
dent house, which the hosts trans
formed into garden with quantities
of flowers, grass and greens. Each
of the girls took the part of flower
and others from Washington who
took part in the program were Miss
Lucie Mack, Miss Barbara Jones and
Miss Margaret Eisinger.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Groom Princess
To Attend Obera

Her Royal Highness Martha
Crown Princess of Norway and her
party of 30, will occupy boxes at
the National Theater Monday eve
ming when the San Carlo Opera
will open its Washington week OF
grand opera with La Traviata'
with Stella Andreva in the role OF
Violetta.
The supporting cast will include
Eugene Conley. the young tenor
furloughed by the Army Air Forces
for this engagement, and Carlo
Morelli, the Chilean baritone. Lydia
Arlova and Lucien Prideaux will
head the San Carlo ballet.
Evening star., 1944-05-11

trustees, supply department. and
Mrs. Katherine E. Church, supreme
board of trustees, Cottey College.
Cottey College, a duly accredited
Junior college for girls, located at
Nevada, Mo, Is maintained by the
sisterhood, which carries an educa-
tional fund of over 100000. More
than 10000 members of the sister,
hood compose chapters throughout
the United States, Canada and Ha-
waii. Eight thousand girls have
been helped to a higher education
by the sisterhood, according to re-
port during the convention by Miss
Elting, chairman of the Educational
Projects Committee.
At the conclusion of the confer
ence the convention voted to accept
the invitation of Chapters A and B
as hostesses for the 1915 annual
convention next May. Chapters r,
8 and T were hostess chapters this
year with Mrs. w. L. Dalrymple Of
Chapter r as general chairman.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Pubbef Shoes Added
To Seminary Fete

The seminary fair to be held to-
morrow afternoon on the grounds OF
the Episcopal Theological Seminary
near Alexandria, will have an extra
added attraction in series of pup
pet shows A special inclosure is
being set up for Mr.. Walter Wilken-
son and his many tiny actors, whose
repertory runs from the Canterbury
Tales through fairyland right up to
the present time. Mr.. Wilkinson
has trundled his troupe in wheel
barrow the length and breadth OF
England and less romantically by
train all over this country.
The fair will open at O'Clock
and continue until 6 and those from
Washington will find buses at
Twelfth and Pennsylvania avenue
leaving every half hour, which will
take them directly to the seminary
gates,
Evening star., 1944-05-11
PEG SisterbO0d
Ends Conference
With Election

Mrs. Ward M. Buckles was elected
president of the District of CO.
lumbia Chapter, PEG Sisterhood,
yesterday at the final session of the
annual conference, which has been
held at Hotel 2400 for the past two
days.
Mrs. Buckles, a member of Chap
ter N, succeeds Miss Jane Mackay
Anderson of Chapter j, who has
headed the organization for the
past year.
Other officers elected include Miss
Jessie o. Elting, first vice president;
Miss Alma Barry, second vice presi-
dent: Mrs. l.. A. Wilkinson, or
ganizer; Mrs. r. E. Brewster, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Daniel F.
Coombs, corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. Edgar A. Stainfield, treas
urer.
Installation Ceremonies.
Installation ceremonies were con-
Quoted by Mrs. Howard E. Simpson,
president of the Supreme Chapter
of Grand Forks, N. Oak, who pre-
sented Miss Anderson with a GER
tiflcate emitting her seat in the
Supreme Chapter. The retiring
president was also presented with
the official past presidents pin, the
presentation being made by Mrs
M. H. Fohrman, Junior past presi-
dent.
Following elections, Mrs. Simpson
answered questions which were
placed by members in the question
box, a small replica of a clubmobile
representing the clubmobiles which
the PEG Sisterhood has contrib.
uted to the American Red Cross
Five OF these clubmobiles have been
given by the PEG and are now ir
operation at the battle fronts where
they are maintained by the Sister
hood at an approximate cost oi
s21 900 a year.
A report given by Mrs. Buckles as
vice president preceding her election
as president, on the activities of the
Women's War Work, revealed thai
80 per cent of the 900 members oil
the District Chapter are engaged In
some phase of war work, including
Red Cross, War Bond purchases and
allied activities. Over $4,000 has
been given by the Sisterhood tc
United Service Organizations in ad-
dition to large contributions to the
Red Cross, Civilian Defense, United
Victory Fund and War Bonds and
stamps. PEGS have lot men rela-
tives serving with the armed forces
have adopted four orphans of the
war and have 81 members who have
been blood donors.
Model Meeting.
A model meeting was featured at
the morning session with Miss
Barry, State organizer, as supervisor
Those participating were Miss
Mahala Hayes, real initiate, and
officers and members of the newly
formed Chapter u, with Miss Gene
We've Poole as president. Chapter
U received its charter during the
Tuesday sessions from Mrs. Simp-
son.
Honor guests at the convention
were Mrs. Simpson. Mrs. Katherine
Flower Jacob, supreme board of
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Mrs. Kaufman
To Visit Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter R. Tucker
man will have as their guest at
Tuxeden, their home in Edgemoor,
Mrs. James L. Kaufman, who will
come from Miami where she has
been through the winter.
Mrs. Kaufman is coming to
Washington to make the acouaint-
ance of her granddaughter born
Sunday to 1t. Comdr. and Mrs.
Draper L. Kaufman. Comdr. Kauff-
man is on duty in-,the South Pa
cific where his father, Rear Ad-
miral Kaufman, is in command of
submarine warfare.
Mrs. Kaufman, mother of the
baby, formerly was Miss Margaret
Cary Tuckerman. and she has been
with her parents at Tuxeden since
Comdr. Kaufman left for sea duty.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Social Ne1Us
In Nearby
Suburbs

Mrs. Frank Paul FalloWfield was
bridge-luncheon hostess yesterday
in her Chevy Chase home, her guests
being Mrs. Miles Engelbach, Mrs.
Robert Duncan, Mrs Stephen Full
Ter, Mrs. Fred FRANKIE. Mrs. John
Yonkers, Mrs. P. K. Norris, Mrs
Willkam Moore and Mrs. Roy ALI
eyer.
Mrs. Fallowfield also is entertain
ing at luncheon and bridge today
when her guests include Mrs. Lewis
Baumgardner, Mrs. Sidney r. White
Mrs. Adrian Waring, Mrs. John
Benton, Mrs. Carl Kunde, Mrs. Fred
F. McFarline, Miss Jean Elizabeth
Benton and Miss carp of Philadel-
phia, who is the house guest of Mrs
Carl Kunde.
Mrs. Thomas B. Brown enter
tanned at bridge and buffet supper
last evening in her home in North
Arlington, when the guests included
Mrs. Hugh Reid, Mrs. William B
Wright, Mrs. Kendrick Gibson, Mrs
Eugene Tucker, Mrs. G. E. H. Good
ner, Mrs. Stanton C. Moore and Miss
Harriet Richards.
Mrs Karl Pitt gave lunch party
yesterday in Chevy Chase, enter
tanning Mrs. Dudley Hoffman. Mrs
Baughn Bowley, Mrs. j. Hawley
Smith, Mrs. William Orem, jr.; Mrs
Fred McFarline. Mrs. James Defan-
dorf and Mrs Osmund Varela.
Mrs. Harlow c. McCord of Chevy
Chase entertained at luncheon yes
terday at the Army and Navy Coun-
try Club in honor of Mrs. Russell
Giffen of Fresno, Calf.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Congressional Club
VIII Meet Tomorrow

Mrs. Thomas Ford, president of
the Congressional Club, has re-
turned to Washington after spend
ing a month at her home in Los
Angeles. She will preside at the
meeting of the club tomorrow after
noon.
Mrs. Ellen Woodward will be the
guest of honor and speaker at the
meeting and will be presented by
Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. chairman
of the Program Committee. Mrs.
woodward is member of the So
cial Security Board and her sub
ject will be Social Security in the
Postwar World"
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to Meet

Younger members Of the Mount
Vernon Alumnae Association will
be entertained by Miss Agnes De-
Lano at 8 pm. tomorrow in her
apartment in the Alban Towers.
High light of the evening will be
a talk by Hilary Knapp, young Brit
ish actress now living in Washing
ton, on her experiences on the
English stage Miss Knapp has
played with Sir Cedric Harwicke
and other well-known English ac-
tors and has directed short skits for
the British BroadcaSting Co.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Soviet Diplomat
To Oben E1hibn

The Soviet Ambassador and Nine.
Gromyko will be present tomorrow
afternoon when the Washington
Chapter of the Russian War Relief
will have reception at the United
Nations War Relief Center at 1720
I street NV The Ambassador and
Nine. Gromyko will be on hand from
$3.50 to $50 o'clock, when the price,
less collection of articles from Rus
sia will be on view.
The tea is planned in honor of
those who participated in the recent
drive to send emergency household
kits to Russian families returning
to their captured villages.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
SOrObfiniSfs Elect

At its annual election YESTERDAY
the Soroptimist Club elected Mrs
Florence Meara president. Other
officers are: Mrs. Rose Robson
Cohen, first vice president; Miss
Ethel Eyres, second vice president;
Miss Rena Pond, treasurer; Mrs
Eleanor Austin, recording secretary
and Miss Viola S. Schantz, CORE.
spending secretary. New members
of the Board of Directors are Miss
Agnes Cady and Miss Elinor Lee.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
GROUP Dimes

The annual dinner of the Catho-
lie Women's Benevolent Legion was
held last night at the Collier Inn
with DR.. and Mrs. J. Chester Brady
as guests of honor Following din
ner, a joint installation of officers
was held representing the follow
ing councils: Father Walters, Liber-
ty. Gonzaga, Trinity and M. P. Sui
livan. Delegates to the coming 10th
triennial convention to be held in
New York include Miss Margaret
Kennedy, Mrs, Caroline A. Nc
Mahon, Mrs. Mary N. McCawley
Mrs. E. D. Dulaney and Mrs. Eu-
genie Hu2in.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Danes Unit to Meet

The Col. William Branthwayte
Chapter of Colonial Danes of the
xVIIth Century will meet at 2::3C
pm. Saturday at the home of Mrs
Minnie Ashbrook Tull, the presi-
dent. 215 A street NE. The hostess
will be assisted by Mrs. Anna De-
Weese, Mrs. Shelton Lamar, Mrs
Mabel Cole and Miss Grace Swift
Installation OF officers will follow
the business.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
DR.. HummeI TO Sbeak

"China's Literary Heritage" will
be the subject of a talk by DR..
Arthur w. Hummel of the Library
of Congress at meeting of the
Womens Alliance at 2 pm. tomor-
row in Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV. The talk will
follow a business meeting at IL
no0p
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Party Tuesday

The Counselor Of the Greek EN-
bassy and Nine. Philon have issued
cards for a party Tuesday evening
from to o'clock in their home
at 18 Grafton street, just off Chevy
Chase Circle.
Evening star., 1944-05-11

"1tDs W III LUOh III
The bride, 10ho is the for
mer Miss Kathryn Winsloap,
,DdS married to Mr.. William,
H. Luckett in the Church of
the Ascension. Her sister,
Mrs. Lois w. HarDard, Was
her matron of honor, and Mr..
Hayward Lnckett 11dS best
man for his brother. The
couple Dent to Florida on
their Dedding trip.
-UndertCOod Photo.
Evening star., 1944-05-11

basic engineering training last Au-
gust He is a graduate of st. Al
bans School and was at Washing
ton and Lee University for time
before entering the service.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

life with the attending medlCo giving
her about a week to 1--we. As an IN
valid child, she grew up complete
lntrovert - which has much 70 do
with her present personality. When
she struck out professionally, She
took her steptather's name rather
than trade on the success OF her
older sister, DIVA de Havliland.
Joan played bit parts and b leads
IN exactly dozen pictures before
"RebeCca' made her a star, and
"Susplc,on' won her the Academy
Award David SelznCk gave her the
lead in 'RebecCa' after FOntalne.
sitting next to hun at dinner party,
told hun she had just read the Du
Evening star., 1944-09-03

Maurler novel and thought Mar
garet SULLIVAN would be perfect for
II Selznlck scanned her face and
SAID Il think YOU would be better.
In the four films Fontalnc has
made SINCE then she has suffered vlo-
lentlv IN all OF them But in her
newest picture. "Frcnchmen's
Greek, she play her first glam"r
Gus part and doesn't suffer once.
Between films Joan works CON
sclentlously as Nurses AIDE three
times week III a Los Angeles hospital
She uses her former husbands name
there. and not many people realize
that Mrs. Aherne IS Joan Fontalne.
She helps support IL English
orphanageS. but saves on small
things like halrdressers by dong her
own ash blond HAIR Bas,cally. she is
impulslvely generous. On her last
visit to New York she was sitting
IN one of the towns most expensive
tea shops when she noticed a rather
shabblly dressed very old woman
discussing the menu with the head
waiter. Joan overheard her ask,
What can | have for a dollar?'
The captain and the woman studied
the menu carefully and evidently
found no answer to the question,
so the woman started out.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
A Lady, Sometimes

JOAN DE Beauvolr de Havllland
Fontalne is a combination of two
extremes. She is a lady and hoy
den. 1t S not an act, because innately
she is lady and behaving like one is
natural to her. Yet with old friends
she is more like the bounding Tessa,
the part she played in The Con-
slant Nymph'
She will be sitting cross-legged on
the floor, talking The phone rings.
With a couple of leaps the charming
hostess hops over her guests and
dashes to answer it.
Studio people. particularly pub
liclty workers. have tagged the tiny
blonde with that unpleasant adjec
tive, difficult" This covers many
things like not being chubby with
the press and being stand-offish
with the publicity department.
She will talk until the cows come
home about acting. But her love
life, or the lack of it, she believes.
should interest no one but herself.
Nothing has ever come easily to
Fontalne. She has taken SO many
tough things on the chin that fgura-
lively it IS now cut glass wired to-
gether with high hope. She started
Evening star., 1944-09-03
She's Miss Fontaine.
movie star. But few
people believe it!

THERE is nothing less fiatterlng
to a movie star than not beng
recognized off the screen. That hap
pens to Joan Fontalne all the time,
Perhaps 1t Is because she never wears
dark glasses. Or maybe its because
she Is actually PLAIN.
1t does rather annoy her to be
dlsbelleved when she tells people
who she IS. At the Hollywood Stage
Door Canteen recently. five sailors
were alternating dances with her, In
turn they asked her name, which she
told them. The sailors walked out on
her and reported to a hostess that
"a fresh kid was pretending to be
Joan Fontalne
Evening star., 1944-09-03
She Loses Face

OVERCOMING her natural ShynesS,
Fontalne hurried after her to ask the
aged lady to JON her for tea. Joan
reached the door in time to see her
entering beautiful. chauffeur
driven town car. MY instincts are
often wrong" Joan admits.
She is wonderful cook. an anna
teur gourmet and has collected reCi-
pes from all parts Of the world. She
lost face recently, though. IN her own
kitchen. Late one night she felt
hungry, went to the lcebOx and
found dish of stew. She heated 1t
and enjoyed it immensely. Next
morning she compllmented the cook
on its excellence and was amazed at
the look of horror that came over
her face. That stew, Miss Fon-
tame, was for the dog" Fontaine
still insists 1t was delicious.
TN 9-3-44
Evening star., 1944-09-03

you'll LIKE "Hl-kAc", TOO! Best bar
by far, you'll say. Yes, "Hi-Mac" is really
that good! Coated with smooth, rich
chocolate. Has luscious center that's
soft, satisfying, and sweet. And then
there's layer of caramel to make this
treat complete! Try "Hi-Mac" today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
Need Special Efforts
In Bond Drive Here
Waterbury May Not Obtain Official Recognition Unless
E. Bond Quota Is Reached; Total Now SIC, 200, 900

drive swings into its final week will
be presented byb Eugene T. Wilson,
chairman of the Connecticut War
Finance Committee, in a broadcast
to be heard over Station VITO
Wednesday, February 9 from 1880
to 7:45 p. m.
Appearing on the broadcast with
Mr.. Wilson will be the following
State War Finance officials: Mrs.
Raymond E. Baldwin, Schools-at-
War chairman; Mrs. Horatio H.
Armstrong, vice-chairman in charge
of women's activities; Paul E. Gala
nan, vice chairman and director
of the banking and investment di-
vision; and John M. Hurley, execu-
tive manager. They will take part
in a panel discussion on the Fourth
War Loan.
Although 1ast-minute campaign
date has been selected 1t is evident
that the Waterbury Companies, Inc.
plans to give its employees something
to think about when Seaman Basil
Izzi returns here for special speak
ing engagement. The young sailor
who was rescued with several COM
panies after being adrift on a raft
in the ocean for SO days.
Seaman Izzi has spoken at sew
.eral bond rallies here. He will adj
dress the Waterbury Companies on
Friday, afternoon. The employees
who have already invested viii be
happy to know that they are boost
ing the victory effort. Others will
realize that 1t is still possible for
them to help in a substantial way
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
$4,000 Case
Is Settled
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out the question as to whether or
not the debris which struck the
Wright car was actually from We
hicle owned by the defendant con-
Germ. The lawyer stated the plain
tiff would have to prove that the
truck involved was really that Of the
Torrington concern. He stated the
fact that truck of the concern was
in that vicinity at that particular
time does not prove that it was the
vehicle which dropped the debris.
The firm of Schatz and Weinsteln
of Hartford represented the defend
ant.
Several dozen witnesses had been
summoned to testify in the case. The
hearing opened last Thursday and
was resumed again yesterday morn
ing, continuing throughout the day.
Several attempts at settlement had
been made previously but proved
unsuccessful. Presentation Of the
testimony was resumed following
each conference of the lawyers.
The juror who was absent was
reported to have missed bus, and
because Of few bus trips scheduled
from the out-of- town point 1t ap-
peared that considerable delay
would result before the hearing
could resume today. The settlement
was reported after an hours wait
ing. Judge Frank P. McEvoy pre-
sided at the hearing.