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SOCIAL THE DAILY ARGUS MOUNT VERNON SATURDAY DECEMBER 31 1938 SOCIAL Pelham Residents Plan Gay Parties or This Evening Dinner Dance Is Planned at Country Club Others To Give Own unctions Hie New Year will be ushered in bv Pelham residents at a number of private home parties as well as a large party at tire Pelham Country Club in the form of a dinner dance Kenneth Kelly is in charge of the arrangements for the party atthe club for which reservations indicate a large attendance There will be a program of entertainment and special decorations fitting to the festivity of the occasion have been put up throughout the club house Dinner will be served from 10 with dancing starting an hour earlier Among those entertaining to wel come the New Year are Miss Caro line Claggett daughter of Mr and Mi Strabo Claggett of High brook Avenue who will have a dance at her home from 9 to 1 to night for about 50 guests Mr and Mrs Edwin Mortimore of Stellar Avenue will entertain at a dinner party at their homes to night Dinner parties will also be given bv Miss Betty Donaldson daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Donald son of the Esplanade and Miss Elizabeth Lykes and her brother Joseph Lykes Jr before the New Eve party at the home of Mr and Mrs LeRoy rantz of New Rochelle Miss Bettie Battle Thorpe daugh ter of Mr Mrs James Thorpe of Heywood Road and Miss Virginia ish daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert ish of the Boulevard will have a dance the ish resi dence tonight Miss Marcia Drake daughter of Mr and Mrs rancis Drake of the Boulevard will enter tain at a dance Parties on New Day in clude one given by Miss Mary Gar reau daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Carreau of the Esplanade who will entertain at a tea for about 100 guests Mr and Mrs William Hurlbut of Pelhamdale Avenue also will entertain on New Year's Day from 4 to 7 I' in honor of their daughter Miss Louise Hurlbut and Roy Tilden Parker Jr whose en gagement was announced over the holidays Mr and Mrs Donald Roberts of Young Avenue will have an egg nog party at their home on Monday afternoon Also emeraining on Monday are the Misses Jean and Crozier of Second Avenue Countess of Listowel Will Address Club The Countess of Listowel will open Westchester Club programs for the new year on Tuesday when she appears in the series of current events lectures be ing held at the club this season She will speak at 10 A on the subject rontiers in the Dan vman Mrs Thomas Charles Swift is Current Events chairman The Civics Department will hold a business meeting in the club Jounce Wednesday at 1 and at 2 the regular monthly meeting of the club as a whole will take place featuring an annual roll call of members Mrs Charles icke will preside The Choral Group of the club will present a pro cram of music for the Society of the irst Presbyterian Church on riday jMiss Renee Layman Engaged To Be Wed 1 Mr and Mrs James Layman of 607 South Columbus Avenue have announced the engagement of their daughter Renee to Alexander Raf Pells amily Joins In Exodus To South Mr and Mrs William' Pells of 1 Park Lane West left this morn ing for St Petersburg la They will be joined later by Mrs lor ence Chapman of Parkway West and several other Mount Vernon residents While in St Petersburg Mr and Mrs Pells will spend several days with Mrs Katherine Swan mother of their son in law Raymond Swan of 1 Park Lany Others in lorida from (his section are Mr and Mrs Walter Goodnough of Sycamore Avenue who have an orange grove near Sanford Arthur Simpsons Reside In Chicago Bride Is ormer Helen 31 Shailer of That City Mr and Mrs Artnur Porteus Simpson Jr have returned from their wedding trip and are making their home in Chicago following their wedding on Saturday Dec 17 Mrs Simpson is the former Miss Helen Morgan Shailer daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Shailer of Chicago and her nusband is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Por teus Simpson of 484 East ifth Street this city The ceremony was performed at the Church of the Holy Apostles Chicago by the Rev Dennis and followed by a reception for 60 guests at the Hotel Admiral Tire attendants included Miss Katherine Kuhnen of Chicago as maid of honor the Misses Ruth and Dorothy Simpson sisters of the bridegroom Miss Margaret Dady and Mrs Robert Lauber both of Chicago who were bridesmaids Russell was the best man and Lawrence Shailer Jr brother of the bride Robert Lauber Carl Lindberg and James Butler were ushers Both the bride and bridegroom are graduates of the University of Il linois where Mrs Simpson was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority and her husband of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity Mr Simpson was graduated earlier from A Davis High School here where he be longed to Alpha Iota Epsilon and is connected with the Chicago office of the Quaker Lace Company Vassar Alumnae To Hold Benefit Is Selected As Scholarship Aid Mrs Thomas Beardsley presi dent of the Vassar Club of New York has announced that the 17th annual scholarship benefit will be held at the Metropolitan Opera House on riday Jan 27 when a performance of will be given with Kirsten lagstad Lauritz Melchior and Elizabeth Rethberg in the leading roles The Vassar Club of New York has sent 27 girls to Vassar some on complete four year scholarships and some on partial ones Phi Beta Kappa keys places on the list and other scholastic and ex tracurricula honors have been won consistently by these girls thus justifying the confidence of the Scholarship Comimttee in making their annual selection Mrs Arthur Butler Graham is chairman of the Opera Benefit Committee and the Westchester Committee has Mrs Pliny Wil liamson of Scarsdale as chairman The Westchester Committee also in cludes Mrs William Bliss of Yonkers Mrs Donald Geary of New Rochelle Mrs George Gouge of Scarborough Mrs Callender Hemingway of Chappaqua Mrs Wideman Lee of Rye Mrs Theodore McGregor of White Plains Miss Ruth Nolan of Scarsdale and Mrs George Van Schaick of Bronx Miss Denarie To Be Married Engagement To Andrew Hufnagel Announced Mr and Mrs Joseph Denarie of 425 Bedford Avenue have an nounced the engagement of their daughter Miss Georgette rances Denarie to Andrew Hufnagel son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Hufnagel of 125 South Thirteenth Avenue The engagement was made known at a party given in honor of Miss Denarie and Mr Hufnagel by Miss parents on Christmas Eve The prospective bride a gradu ate of De Witt Clinton School and of A Davis High School is con nected with the Mount Vernon office of the New York Telephone Company She is an active member of Sigma Lambda Sorority Gamma Chapter Mr Hufnagel who was gradu ated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in New York is also con nected with the New York Tele phone Company No date has been set for the wedding Edward Jacobson To Be Married Sara Berenson of Brookline Mass To Be His Bride Mr and Mrs Solomon Berenson of 169 Rawson Road Brookline Mass last night announced the engagement of their daughter Sara Constance to Edward Jacobson son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Jacobson of 303 Sheridan Bou levard this city The betrothal was made known at a triple function at the Berenson residence honoring Mr Berenson's birthday Mrs Jacobson's departure today on a South American cruise and the engaged couple 'Miss Berenson is a graduate of Brookline High School and attended the University of Vermont Her fiance who is associated with his parents as a director at Camp Dun more for Girls Brandon Vt is a senior at the University of Ver mont Mr Jacobson was graduated from the Mount Vernon High School in 1931 At the University of Vermont he has been on the List for three years is a member of Phi Gamma Mu national social science honorary society has been sports editor of the university newspaper and year book the and the and was president of the International Relations Club in his junior year He has been active also in other campus organizations No date has been set for the wedding 'Slums' Subject Of Talk Jan 6 Mrs Walter Will Address Presbyterian Society Mrs George Walter health and welfare chairman of the Mount Ver non Council of Home and School Associations will speak on Condi tions Prevailing in the Slum Dis tricts of this City on riday Jan 6 The occasion of her address will be an afternoon meeting of the Wo Society of the irst Pres byterian Church which will also feature selections' by the members of the Choral Group of the Westches ter Woman's Club under the direc tion of Mrs Carl Dufft In the morning of the same day at 10 A a sewing session will be held under the leadership of Miss Eleanor Stadler Mrs Charles airbank will lead the Spiritual Life Group at 12 and at 12:45 Mrs George Group will serve luncheon and will sponsor a sale of fancy articles and food The general meeting will open at 2 with Mrs Charles Qilkeson conducting the devotions Students home from school and college have been invited to attend the Young People's Candle Light and Communion Service to be held at the church at 6 Sunday evening The Post Hi and Hi Group will entertain the students at a re ception and buffet supper following the service be obtained from of New York Hotel New Weston Personal Mention fit fl 8 South Day who con In Mount 99c 59c 69c 79c Dr and Mrs Irwin Stein of 544 East Lincoln Avenue left yes terday for Lake Placid where they will spend the holiday week end guests at a tea given by Miss Marie Wynne of 125 Cottage Avenue for her classmates at Marymount School in New York City Presiding at the tea table which was appointed with an all white centerpiece of sweet peas snapdragons and carnations as well as smilax and white candles in silver holders were the Misses Anita Welch and Madeline riel of New York City Others present in cluded the Misses Jane Pitt Joan Murray Joan Kelly Laura Walker Jane Glynn Mary rances Lasette all of New York and Julia Rogner of lushing I Miss Beulah Ammer ducts dancing schools Vernon and the Bronx gave a party at the local studio 48 South ourth Avenue for her pupils and a num ber of guests Miss Ammer and her sister gave an exhibition tango Refreshments and the taking of pic tures of the group completed the party Col and Mrs Otto Thiede of 4 West ourth Street left last night to be week end guests of Major George Williams and Mrs Williams of Newburgh Col Thiede who is commander of the 156th ield Artillery will go from there to Albany where he serves as a member of Governor Lehman's staff Seymour Corman of 104 Over look Street is at Miami Beach la on a combined business and pleas ure trip He is expected back in about a week after a visit of more than two weeks in the Postmaster arley's daughter GUILD TO CONVENE Professor Otto Klineberg Ph anthropologist will discuss "Orieins made of Race at a meeting of I the Guild of the ree I Synagogue Wednesday The meet I ing will be held at 2 o'clock at the I community house fio son of Mr and Mrs Emile Raffio of 256 Washington Avenue New Rochelle ville Miss Layman attended De Witti Tickets mav Clinton and Edison Vocational and these committee members or or Technical High School Her fiance dered directly from the Vassar Club a graduate ot tne New RocheUe High School is in the wholesale grocery business with his father in that city No date has been set for the wed ding The betrothal i known on Christmas Eve To All Our riends And Patrons We extend our heartiest greetings If you appreciate value Orchids As lot as Gardenias ea Camillas ea Sweet Peas (corsage) Roses Violets Lilies of the Valley OR MEN Special Dark Red CARNATIONS for Boutonniere Open Sunday 4k New Year's lower King 11 A Grampian Avenue Opposite Catherine Lockwood entertained at a treasure hunt at her home 24 Rockridge Road to celebrate her birthday Those present included Betsy Lee Elizabeth Willson Audrey Meyers Carol Hoffman Irene Andrews Joanne Miller Doris Innecken Marjorie Scheder Eugene i Hallahan Barton Lockwood red erick Stuebe Steuart Marshall Paul Tina gero Arthur Swenson Joseph Miss Ann arley was among the Hammond James lemming and Warren Ainley SAIL ON NEW CRUISE I Tf A 4 A 4 Aft Mr and Mrs Henry Pizzutello of Gramatan Avenue are on an eight day New cruise to Havana Nassau and Bermuda They are shown as they sailed Wednesday aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain Ida Wright Bowman To Be Speaker At Manor Club Meeting Tuesday Claire Troth Announced by Parents Mr and Mrs William Hayes of 119 East ourth Street announce the engagement of their daughter Claire to Donald Van leet son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Van leet of 5 Carpenter Place Miss Hayes is a graduate of Davis High School and Busi ness School Her fiance was gradu ated from Davis also and is now with the Rexair Company of Mount Vernon No date has been set for the wed ding Young People Plan Reception Event To Honor Students Home for Holidays A reception for students who are home from college for the holidays will be given on New Day in the ellowship Room of irst Pres byterian Church by the Youth Groups of the church Students from most of the eastern colleges as well as some from western and southern colleges are expected to be present The reception will follow a spe cial New Year's candlelight Service and Communion for young people which will take place at 6 o'clock in the auditorium There will be music by the Youth Choir and carol singing A waffle and ice cream supper will be served at the reception which will be an informal one William Ranck will welcome the students and act as master of cere monies for the supper program which will include both humorous and serious numbers The table decorations are in white green and silver with pine cones and sprays The committee in charge includes Ann Taylor Elizabeth Emmel Charlotte Burn ham chairman Katherine Ross Eleanor McCallum Sara Marie Scott Chester Berke William Ross Howard Kelly and Edward Taylor The Misses Mary Houghton and Marie Maeder will sing some special numbers during the supper program AUXILIARY SESSION Two new members the Misses Ida Castelli and Louise Gelormino were present when the Junior Auxiliary of the North Side Club met yesterday at the clubhouse Miss Dolores Sousa presided Mrs reeman Samuel Werber Marry At Home Couple Leave for Wedding Trip Through South' Will Live Here At a quiet home wedding Mrs Julia reeman daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Subitzky Ot 60 East ourth Street was mar ried yesterday to Samuel Werber of 242 West Lincoln Avenue The ceremony was performed at 3 at the Subitzky residence by Rabbi Max Maccoby of the ree Synagogue of Westchester and was followed by a reception for members of the immediate families at the same place The bride given in marriage by her father was unattended She wore an afternoon dress of aqua marine crepe made with a neck and short puffed sleeves Her small veiled turban was of Dubonnet as were her accessories and she wore a corsage of orchids and lilies The bride has been associated with the Eastchester Savings Bank for a number of years Mr Werber is president of the Mount Vernon Auto Body Works The couple left on a motor trip through the South and will live at 242 West Lincoln Avenue when they return rances Merrow To Become Bride Engagement To rank Witt Announced by Parents The' engagement of Miss rances Elizabeth Merrow daughter of Merrow of 420 Union'1 Avenue and the late Mrs Merrow to Jrank Witt son of Mr and Mrs A Witt of 65 Wildwood Avenue has been announced by the prospective father Both Miss Merrow and her fiance attended A Davis High School The former was graduated later from Edison Vocational and Tech nical High School while Mr Witt studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City He is with the Standard Oil Company jn this city 7 Miss Merrow received her ring on Christmas Day at a family din ner at her residence Mr and Mrs Skidmore of Mount Vernon were guests at the event No wed ding date has been set County Sparkles With Gay Parties Glitter Of Many Engagement Rings Ida Wright Bowman well known lecturer and commentator on cur rent events will be the speaker on Tuesday afternoon at the program meeting of the Manor Club Pel ham Manor She will talk at 3 Mrs Bowman has lectured before at the Manor Club a number of New younger set and many of the young people of the Long Island Brooklyn Staten Island New Jersey Westchester and upstate communities will "go Polish in a big way" this Winter The vivacity of Polish music and dancing the beauty of Polish cos tumes and decorations and the fas cinating stories of Polish legend and history as revealed in the Kosci uszko oundation's annual "Night in Ball and Pageant for the benefit of exchange scholar ships in the United States and Poland each year is attracting the interest and support of a larger number of socially prominent Amer icans in the metropolitan and sub urban areas This year they are active on the Executive Committee as well as on the Reception Junior Debutante and loor Committees making plans for the Sixth Annual in Ball and Pag eant which will be presented in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York riday Jan 20 Dr Henry Noble MacCracken President of Vassar College is President of the Kosciusbko oun dation Professor Stephen Mizwa of Scarsdale is Secretary and Ex ecutive Director in charge of na tional headquarters at 149 East 67th Street York City Mrs Al brecht Pagenstecher 3rd New York who has traveled extensively in Poland is chairman of this Executive Committee This Night in Poland Ball will be honored with the attendance both of the Polish Ambassador to the United States Count Jerzy Potoeki and of the American Am bassador to Poland Anthony artistic past tvhich would contri bute to the scholarly gaiety of the occasion to bring it to the club for exhibition on or before Tues day The hostesses at the tea and ex hibit will be Mrs Charles Chen ery and Mrs Alexander romhold Drexel Biddle Jr of Philadelphia who will arrive from Warsaw Mrs Biddle to attend the ball Count Potoeki has again accepted the honorary chairmanship of the ball Among the other official guests of honor at the ball will be the Consul General of Poland in New York Sylvester Gruszka and Mme Gruszka and Governor William Vanderbilt of Rhode Island and Mrs Vanderbilt One of the new features of this year's arrangements for the ball is the formation of a Reception Com mittee under the chairmanship of Mrs David Meredith Hare of 21 East 65th Street New York It will be the function of this committee of young matrons to welcome the official guests of honor at the ball and escort them to their boxes and with the assistance of the members of the loor Committee to introduce American and Polish guests to each other so that both the Polish and American dances may be enjoyed by all Two orches tras will play throughout the night in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria which will be lavishly decorated with decorations reminiscent of the Polish TatraMountains Night in the Tatra Moun will be the theme of this pageant which will be under the direction of David Guy Asher man junior executive of the Kosciuszko oundation The prin cipal characters in the pageant will be King Jan Sobieski of Poland hero of the Battle of Vienna 1683 which saved Western European civilization from the Turks: and Janosik the Polish Robin Hood hero of Polish legends and folk lore Mary O'Connor To Be Married Engagement To George Bur ger Jr Announced Mr and Mrs Eu gene O'Connor 65 Parkview Drive have announced the engagement of their daughter Mery Constance to George Burger Jr son of Mr and Mrs George Burger of New Rochelle The bride elect was graduated from the Immaculate Conception Academy in Davenport Iowa and attended Clark College in Dubuque Iowa She is a member of Zeta Phi sorority end of the Junior Section of the Catholic Club of Westchester Mr Burger a graduate of Iona School in New Rochelle and of ordham University is a lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps and is with the National Association of In dependent Tire Dealers in New York City Seniors Dance At Manor Club Several Entertain Before Hol iday unction About 200 young people attended the holiday dance for seniors held last night at the Manor Club Pel ham Manor where Howard Lanin's orchestra played for dancing Mrs rederick Miller was chairman of the committee Serving with her were Mrs Win fred Holton Jr Mrs George Costello Mrs Clifford Black Mrs Kendall Gillett Mrs James Elliott Mrs William Ransom Mrs Joseph Carreau Mrs Carroll Haff Several get together parties were held before the dance Entertaining were Mr and Mrs rederick Wright and Mr and Mrs Costello at the Wright residence for Harry Wright Miss Jean Costello and Jack Cos tello at a buffet supper for about 70 guests Mr and Mrs Donald Robb en tertained at their home at a supper for 40 guests in honor of Miss Pris cilla Robb Miss rances Williams assisted in receiving Miss Nanette Currie daughter of Mr and Mrs Currie had as dinner guests at her home the Misses Sybil Warner Anne and Jane Peck and John Douglas Ed w'ard Greene Stephen Hart Edwin Leonard David Peck and Clifford Weihman Mr and Mrs Holton entertained for about 40 guests in honor of Miss Nancy Holton Mrs James Harper entertained at dinner in honor of Miss Helen Har per and James Harper Miss Elea nor Kingsbury Conrad Ruppert of Pelham the Misses Winifred Von Bonin Grace Ward John Jacob Westermann and David Wester mann of New York City Miss Julia Stimson Will Address PTA Miss Julia Stimson prominent in Army nursing work will be the guest speaker on Wednesday night Jan 11 at an evening meeting of Knapp Chapter Pelham unit of the Daughters of the American Revo lution The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs Ellen Stevens Whitall on Beech Tree Lane Miss Stimson who held the rank of major in the Army is at the head of nursing with the A She is a sister of former Secretary of State Henry Stimson Her topic for the evening will be "Wom an's Work in the World riends and husbands of A members have been invited to at tend the meeting Mrs Hilliard Birney chapter regent will preside Edith rigo Engaged To Mr Springer Jr Mr Robert rigo of 149 South ourteenth Avenue has announced the engagement of his daughter Edith to William Springer Jr son of Mr and Mrs William Springer of 952 Rosedale Avenue the Bronx Miss rigo attended A Davis High School Her fiance a gradu ate of New York University is In business for himself in New York City No date has been set for the wedding The betrothal was made known at a Christmas Day dinner in honor of the affianced couple Miss Morse Hostess To Hi Debs Escorts Miss Charlotte Morse of 132 Villa Street a member of the Hi Debs of the Young Women's Chris tian Association entertained at a Christmas party at her home last night for members of the group and their escorts Among those present were the Misses Vivian Young Nancy er guson Betty Korsen and Winifred Cammack also George McCoy Alan Ainley and John Lindhjem Dancing games and refreshments featured the evening LUCILE SCUDDER ENGAGED In an engagement announcement published in yesterday's Daily Argus the name of Miss Lucile Scudder was given erroneously as Miss Louise Scudder The young woman the daughter of Mrs John Scud der of 120 ourth Avenue Pelham and the late Mr Scudder will be come the bride of Keith Matheson son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Matheson of 157 East Lincoln Ave nue By KAY ROSS? Westchester the County of Park ways is changing its title for an evening to be known tonight as the county of parties The list of them public and private is overwhelming Practi cally every club has sent out invi tations there'll be in addition hundreds of hostesses welcoming guests beneath their roofs rais ing midnight toasts to the passing of an old year the arrival of a new just as midnight strikes No matter what kind of a party looking for Westchester is the place you'll find it on New Year's Eve If you want one large and fancy with four orchestras four count the Westchester Country Club has it all arranged Or if you'd care for something dif ferent you might be interested in the party to be held in the Hudson River on the modernized barge owned by the Ludlow Yacht Club of Yonkers Rear Commodore Miller will be chairman of that party which of necessity will be slightly smaller than the country club party on the Harrison hilltop Dinner supper and breakfast are on the schedule in most places or in many places The roadhouses which will be as gay as the country clubs will add another note of festivity to the New Eve scene If you add all the parties up get a number resembling the County debt A few of the spots where festivi ties are scheduled include on the Sound side of the county the Apawamis and the Coveleigh Beach Club in Rye Orienta Beach Club in Mamaroneck Bonnie Briar in Larchmont Wykagyl New Rochelle Shore Club New Rochelle Yacht Club in New Rochelle and the New York Athletid Club's function at Travers Island be parties at the Amackassin Club in Yonkers at the Ardsley Country Club the Tappan Zee the Washington Irv ing the Elmsford Sleepy Hollow Country Club at Scarborough Tamarack in Port Chester Briar well add the names of all the other clubs now open in the and you'll know where all the parties are to be New Rochelle has produced a modern Lochinvar rbut he come ouj of the West he's gone out to the West and he didn't gal lop he flew It's a cute enough story Last Summer Gordon Mirtin who had just completed his junior year at Yale toured Europe with a party of his fellow students Somewhere on the Continent he met a girl named Elizabeth Copeland from Grand Junction Col spend ing his holidays out in Grand Junction having flown 'there from the East he'll return after the New Year New Rochelle has also produced some sparkling engagement news this week One ot the city's pret tiest girls Jeanne Watson Drake daughter of Dr and Mrs Ber trand Drake is to marry Dale rancis Morgan son of Mr and Mrs Morgan also of the Queen City on the Sound Jeanne who attended Laselle Junior College at Auburndale Mass is descended through her father from Major James Drake and is a great granddaughter of Cap tain Trusten Polk Governor of Missouri United States Senator and Judge Advocate of the Con federacy Through her maternal grandmother Mrs George Watson she is descended from William Gladstone noted Victorian states man Her grandfather George Watson is one of New Rochelle's mast prominent citizens Young Mr Morgan graduated with honors this June from Massa chusetts Institute of Technology is now studying there on a fellow ship for his Master of Arts degree He is permanent secretary of the class of 1938 a member of Beta Theta Pi and of Tau Beta Pi honorary engineering society and winner at I of the William Barton Rogers award Jean Bell Millett daughter of Kenneth Millett of New Ro chelle is to marry William Henry Morse son of Dr and Mrs Morse of New York Miss Millett's great grandfather was Thomas Rushmore who three generations ago owned a large part of Orienta Point Mamaroneck and who was a prominent figure in Mamaroneck's civic life for many years Miss Millett attended Mount Holyoke her fiance studied at Col umbia University and belongs to the 7th Regiment rom Mount Kisco comes news that Miss Beatrice Butler daughter of Mr and Mrs George Prentiss Butler Jr is to become the bride of itzwilliam Sargent 3d son of Mr and Mrs itzwillian Sargent of Haverford Pa and Manchester Mass ollowing graduation from Miss Porter's School and attendance at Miss Hewitt's classes Miss Butler made her debut in 1936 Mr Sargent was graduated from Milton and Phillips Exeter Academies and from Harvard University He is studying law at the University of Virginia Dickerman Hollister of Bronxville is to take as his wife Miss Juliet Sewell Garretson daughter of Mr and Mrs James Garretson of 150 East 72nd Street New York The son of Mr and Mrs George Clay Hollister the prospective bride groom was graduated from Yale In 1932 studied law at Cambridge Uni versity in England and at the Harvard Law Schoo! and is with the firm of Evarts Choate Curtin and Leon of New York Miss Garretson granddaughter of the late Justice Garret James Gar retson is amvnber of the Junior League and made her debut in Baltimore and New York in 1934 Mr and Mrs Theodore Pratt of New Rochelle have left for Lake Worth la where they will remain until Spring Mr Pratt's play "Big Blow" is enjoying a highly success ful run on Broadway times and has also given a series of lectures presented by the Ways and Means Committee The Tues day talk will be the first of a series of three lectures on Current Events due to a widespread demand Mrs Louis Carreau will preside Meeting earlier that day follow ing luncheon at 12:30 o'clock mem bers of the Garden Section of the club will have an informal flower show' featuring arrangements of dried seed pods and other dry ma terial Mrs Harry Hansen will be in charge Mrs John Bear section chairman will preside The Studio Theater will meet at 8 o'clock that evening for the first session after the new year Mrs Lars Boisen and Mrs John Almy will present a pro gram of American olk songs on Wednesday at 3 when the Music Section of the club meets Several interesting special features are planned for the program ollowing the music will come the opening of the Picture Exhibit The Music Section has joined the Art Section sponsoring a display of oils water colors pastels and charcoal drawings by members The show will be on view for sev eral days and the sections have urged anyone with a souvenir of an Wednesday night at 8 o'clock the Junior Section of the club will hear Douglas Merrill 'welfare director at Children's Village Dobbs erry as speaker The Junior Section has adopted as its charity project for the year work at Children's' Village The plan is to have members of the section work directly the youngsters at the village on swim ming dancing parties and crafts The section also will contribute ma terials for craft work by the chil dren at the village Miss Carman Hart is chairman of the Junior Section Congregational Group Will Elect Officers Election of officers will be held at the meeting of the So ciety of the Congregational Church of the Pelhams on Tuesday when the group meets at the home of Mrs A Scotti 345 Washington Avenue Pelham Plans will be discussed for the so ciety's annual entertainment to be given some time in January and for the annual dinner scheduled for the latter part of the month Polish Music Dancing Costumes To Mark Ball At Waldorf Jan 20.