New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1922, Page 3

So;ial_ Notes One of the most notable of the sea- son's engagement unnouncements s that of Miss Catherine Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Herbert L. Mills, of Curtts street, to Edwin W. Davis of Rock Island, 11l The engagement was announced at a luncheon which Mrs. Mills gave to her daughter at the Shuttle Meadow club today. The club dining room was very beautifully decorated with pale pink roses, tulips and orchid colored sweet peas. Tiny old-fashioned bouquets were given to each guest. Miss Mills is a popular member of the younger set in town. She s a graduate of the local High school and Wellesley college in the clags of 1920. Mr. Davis is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Samuerl F. Davis of Rock Island, TIl. He is a graduate of Hill school and of Yale university in the class of 1918, He is also a mem- ber of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. rew The New Britain Musical club has planned a most attractive program of muslc for its active and associate members, to be given Monday even- Ing at the Camp school. The sub- ‘ect of the evening will be “Opera’ Mth a paper on this theme by John A. Lindsay, and with the musical numbers on the program taken from famous operas. Miss Tomassoni will preside. The program {s as follows: Arfa Vissi D'Arte (La Tosca).... Puccini Miss Vater. Trio, Scene of the Swords (Faust) Gounod Messrs. Shailer, Lindsay and Klein. Spinning Song (Flying Dutchman) ‘Wagner Two pianos. Miss Hine and Mlss Parker, Aria, O, mlo Fernando (La Favors fta oiiiiiaiiiinan . Donizetti Miss Schade. Aria, As when the Dove (Acis and Galatea) S Handel Mrs. Shailer. Piano, To the Evening Star (Tann- hauser) . Wagner-Liszt Miss Manning. Meditation, Je Souvient il du lumineux (Thais) With violin Massenet Mrs. Sindell, Mr. Fleitzer. La Fatal Pietra (Aida) (The Fatal Stone) Miss Earnest, Mr. Stuhlmann. Quartet, Good Night (Martha) . ¥ otow Mrs. Sindell, Miss Schade, Mr. Stuhl- mann, Mr. Latham. Accompanists: Miss Parker, Tomassoni and Mr. Hart. . .o Miss The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts will held fts twelfth annual ex- hibition in the annex of the Wads- worth Athenaeum, Hartford, April 17 to 30. There will be many exhibits by Connecticut artists, the only work acceptable being oils and sculptures which have not before been publicly shown in Hartford. The two cash prizes which will be awarded by the jury of awards are the Charles Noel Flagg prize of $100 and the Alice Col- lins Dunham prize of $25. The jury of selection which will de- cide whether or not a work will be shown is composed of the following people: Daniel F. Wentworth, chair- man; Albertus Jones, Harold Abbot Green, James Goodwin McManus, Carl Ringius, Norrha Wright Sloper, Nunzio Vayana, Evelyn Beatrice Longman, Clara Mamre Norton, Willlam H. Smith and Cornelia C. Vetter. . . Mr. and Mrs. Simon Luddy of Bas- sett street have announced the en- gagement of their daughter, M. Ger- trude, to James Kiniry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kiniry of Curtis street. Miss Luddy is a graduate of the local High school in the class of 1917, and she attended the Connecti- cnt Agricultural college for two years. Mr. Kiniry is an accountant, being connected with the firm of Kiniry & company. No date has been set for the wedding. “oe A large attendance was present at the first of a series of six lectures which was given Monday evening at the Chamber of Commerce rooms un- der the auspices of the New Britain League of Women Voters. Mrs. F. L. C. Kitchelt of Hartford was the speak- er and chose as her subject, “Town and Country Government.” ' Next Monday evening the class will be ad- dressed by Mrs. C. Taylor Henry of West Hartford, who will speak on “Borough and City Government.” v e Friends of Mr. and Mrs, Frederick West Porter of Hartford, will be interested to know that Mr., and Mrs. Porter are planning to make their residence in New Britain eal in the spring. Mr. Porter has plrchased an interest in the Citizens' Coal Co., and will be actively assoclated with that concern after March 18, Mr, Porter will be connected with the rales department. . s . {nder the auspices of the Nathan Hale Community’ association, a mags meeting and entertainment was held at the Nathan Hale school last eve- ning, with Nelson F. Marion presid- fug, The meeting’s program consist~ ed df a talk by Stanley H. Holmes, sehool superintendent, violin selec. tions by George Westerman, accom- panied by Barbara Troop; vocal solos by Benjamin Cohn, and a talk by James E. O'Brien, Americanization director, . The Woman's club of Maple Hill held a card party on Wednesday af- ternoon at the home of Mrs. W. J. Borrow, the proceeds going to the club fund. The club will entertain at 2 mauricale next Wednesday eve- ning at the home of Mrs. T, H. Cogs- well, who will be the hostess, assist- ed by Mrs. E. A. Ellott, Mrs. G. W. Nowe and Mrs. Stebbins. . s The A. A. alumnae will entertain the active members of the A. A. soror- ity at a bridge party next Tuesday, eveniag at the home of Miss Harriet Resmal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis 8. Reynal of Grove H’lll.' S ——— — PALACE — SUN., MON,, TUES., WED. Wallace Reid--Elsie Ferguson “FOREVER” The members and guests of the Woman's club enjoyed a most de lighttul musicale through the court- esy of Mrs, George E. M. Bean, Wednesday evening at the Camp school, The artlsts of the evening were Mrs. Truman K. Fassett, 'cellist; Mrs. Louis C. Newman, pianist, and Mrs, Joseph Dallet, violinist, whose artistic work as a trio brought great pleasure to their appreclative audi- ence, Mrs, Fassett, the soloist, was a pu- pil of Leo Schultz of the New York Symnhnn* orchestra, and, later, of Schroeder” of Boston, Her exhaustive study of the violoucello was made manifest by her able techhique, while the splendid tones of her instrument, in her solo numbers, particularly, de- clared her sympathetic interpretation and true musical abllity, After the musical program there was an informal reception at which Mrs. Bean introduced the artists per- sonally, to the guests. The program of the evening was as follows: (1) Andante Pocco Adagio Finale Presto on Haydn Widmung Mazurka Mrs Serenade Popper Popper Widor Perrin Mr. o Opus 104 ) Constantine Sternberg Allegro Theme with variations. Rondo Tri; Trio . . New Britain people are anticipating with much pleasure the concert which the New Britain Choral society will give on Mcnday, May §, at the Fox theater. The members of this society, i which is a most fmportant musical factor here, met Monday evening to transact the business of the organi- zation and to plan and rehearse the music for the Spring festival con- cert. It was announced that the members * would sing ‘“HiawatHa's Wedding Feas by Coleridge-Taylor and ‘“Narcissus’ by Massenet, the celebrated French composer, and that the Boston Testival orchestra would play on this occasion. The orchestra is composed of forty able musicians and it will be the first time it has played for a New Britain audience since the days of the Plilharmonic society. The New Britain Choral so- ciety officers who were elected Mon- day are: John A. Linds: president; Jean <Cochrane, e-president; Miss Laura Farrell, vice-president: J. I7. Burns, vice-president; J. H. Jackson, treasurer; B. W, Clark, secretary; N. G. Curtis, auditor; Mrs. J. Baumgart- ner, assistant treasurer: Miss Mae Stauffer, assistant secretary; Stanley M. Hunt, librarian; Harry F. Hodge, business manager. The board of governors are: Kimball, chairman; A. J. P, Hart, H. H. Wheeler, Loomis, Johnstone Vance, C. Smith, H. C. M. Thomson, G. Traut, H. S. Hart, B. F. Gaffney. PR . Miss Arthur Sloper, J. G. G. The members of the New Britain High school football team of 1921 were the guests of honor at a social and dance given Monday evening at the Graham academy. James A. Graham was toastmaster, calling on George A. Quigley and Willlam Fleischer, both of whom responded, complimenting the team on its splen- did work and its gallant sportsman- ship. Mr. Flelscher presented the team members with the gold football emblems, reviewing the football sea- son and calling upon Captain Fien- neman of the 1921 champion team, Captain Murtha of the 1922 team, and Coach Cassidy, to whgse untiring work much credit is due, for re- marks. . The Glee, Mandolin and Ukulele clubs at Mount Holyoke college gave a combined concert Friday evening in {the Student Alumnae hall. The most Mpnghtrul number of the program was “The Swan,” by Saint-Saens, sung by the Glee club, with harp and ‘cello ac- companiment, Connecticut girls tak- ing phrt in the Glee club are: The Misses Mabel L, Pihl of New Britain, Frances T. Wooding of Wallingford and Katherine Hood of Winsted. . v 'n Mrs. Richard Pinches, Mrs. Charles Merwin and Mrs, John Flannery will leave tomorrow for Atlantic City to join Mrs. George Corbin, who is stop- ping there for the coming two weeks on ker trip north from Florida where she has been spending the past six weeks. .o Marcus White, principal of the Normal school, addressed the Teach- ers' Institute of Secondary Schools of Southern Connecticut at New Haven on Friday. In his talk Mr. White urged his hearers to remember that Normal schools are in effect colleges and the standards of training should be high and the requirements for ad- mission more stringent. .o Miss Ingeborg Fromen, daughter of Dr, and Mrs. E. T. Fromen of West Main street, s spending a few days with her parents, Miss Fromen has as her guest during her visit in the city, Miss Edith Monroe, daughter of Frank Monroe, the well known actor and' former directer of the Hunter Bradford Players., Miss Monroe s filling an engagement with the Poll Players in Hartford. .o The Mothers' club of the Central Junior High school held a meeting Thursday afternoon, There were fifty in attendance. Mlss Ahlers of Hart- ford was the sppaker and spoke of the need of Americanization work among the people of the city. . Cards have been sent out for the re- ception and dance which B. A. Haw- ley will give in honor of Miss Virginia Hart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Hart of Hart street, on Saturday, March 256, at the Shuttie Meadow club. . e The New Britain McAll Auxillary held an all-day sewing meeting at the IMirst church chapel on Friday. Lunch- con was served at noon. EW BRITAIN I JARLY HERALD Mrs. Sidney Paul Johnston, daughter of Mrs. George Corbin of Lexington street, and a popular member of New Britain’ set, who was married in DeLand, Fla., last week. younger She met her husband while visiting in the south with her mother and will make her home in Florida. The complimentary musicale, which will be given tomorrow afternoon af the Shuttle Meadow club, to club members and their guests, promises to be one of the most attractive so- cial events of the season. A slpendid program made nup of work of modern composers will be presented by Ger- trude Tingley mezzo-contralto, of Boston; Jessie Hatch Symonds, vio- linist, of Roston and Millicent Chap- man. pianist, of London. Miss Ting ley and Mme. Symonds are well known throughout New Ingland for their concert work. Miss Chapman, although a newcomer in this countr, has been quite favorably received in| n musical circles. She is one of W young women to receive a de- gree from the IRoyal Academy of Musie, London. The following presented: program is to he Violin Hymn to the Sun (From Le Coq D'or) Kreisler La Gitans eisler Pavanne 5 or rench 15th Century Debussy Massanet Songs in L'Amour’ de Moi. . Mandoline ; Crepuscule FA% D Piano Sibelius Debus Cyril Scott Romance La Cathedral Engloutie. Riki-Tiki-Taw . Valdez Elman . .Debussy Giypsy Serenade Orientale. Valse Que Arr Lente v « songs In English Cyril Scott Smilin’ Thru The . John A. Carpenter A Manney . Margaret Lang by Mi Unforseen The Lordg Do’ . Conseo Nonsense is Songs . Trio : saint-Saens .San fg Kreisle arranged a specinl who wish to dine The Swan cien Her Face 1s Fair.... FAILTABY 5o e b n The stewart ha dinner for those after the musicale. ok Mr. and Mrs. George Gearhart of Wooster street, Mr. and Mrs. Loren C. Baker and daughter, Miss Lemoine Baker, of Belvidere, and Miss Ruth Schaefer of Hartford, will 1 from New York, March 18th, on the 8. 8. Araguaya, for Bermuda. They plan to return about the first of April. The following account of the wed- ding of Miss Constance Corbin was printed in the DeLand (Fla.) Daily News, lagt Mond “Sydney Paul Johnston of DeLand was the bridegroom and Miss Con- [stance Georgia Corbin of New Britain, Conn., was the charming bride Satur- day night at a pretty service at the home of Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Lewis of the First Congregational church of Daytona. “The impressive ring service was |used in the exchange of vows between the beautiful young woman and the anly young man (who was born and reared here and numbers his friends and admirers by the population of the county.) The bride w attended by Miss Virginia . Johnston, a sister of the |bridegroom, and the groom had as his |best man Mr. Austin Conrad of Glen- wood. | “The ceremony was performed in Daytona and the wedding party mo- |tored from DeLand over the beautiful |speedway that conneats the two towns |early in the afternoon. | “The bride was gowned in an ex- quisite dress of blue chiffon, and the maid of honor in an effective orchid | georgette, and the perfume of real orange blcssoms ever prevalent at this season of the year, contributed to the |traditional fragrance of the nuptial |ceremony. “Miss Corbin is the daughter of the late George W. Corbin, of ‘Corbin lock’ fame, and during his life was |one of New Britain's most popular |and prominent citizens. “Miss Corbin graduated at New Britain High school and the National Park seminary, Forest Glenn, Md., and was one of the most popular and attractive of New DRritain's younger set. “Mr. Johnston, known everywhere in this section as ‘Paul Johnston,' did ‘his bit' during the world war as &an aviator, and even after the armi | was signed and the dove of peace was supposed to have settled to rest, he continued his efforts for peace and democracy by fighting through the hideous nine months' campaign on the island of Santo Domingo. For the past two years he has been serving as assistant manager of the E. O. Paint- | Start Of Mary’s Honeymoon Prinee Maiy and Lord Lastelles at Paddington Station just of which his for many Printing ther has nr, ‘After the company, been manager the as- hotel, s served the marriage ceremony ewly weds' and their friends mbled at the Clarendon ¢here an exquisite banquet w; nd the young people danced \erry hours away. “The happy couple will be at home o their friends after March 15 at Vest New York avenue, DeLand.” 8 0ey New Britain people will be interest- 'd to know that “Jimmie" Norton, former professional golfer at the Shuttle Meadow club, became a mem- | ber of the Hole-in-One club at Hot Springs, Ark,, when he sank his tce shot at the sixteenth hole, v e Miss Eloise Unkelbach is spending the week-end with her parents, Mr ind Mrs. Max Unkelbach of Black Rock avenue. Miss Unkelbach is a| student at Boston university, Doston, | Mass. | v l Mrs. Lucy Towers of Hamilton| |street has returned from New York city, where she has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. William Thomson, for | |the past two months. | ) | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnston are motoring through Florida, starting at | St. Petersburg and stopping at Day- [tona for a week. They will make the trip north by automobile also, arriv- !ing here early in April. | s | The Motherhood club of Berlin will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday afternoon of next week when Mrs, Chase Coale will be the |hostess and Miss Mary Wells of the | Connecticut Consumers’ league will be the speaker. e John E. Darling of Seymour Park, Newington, observed their thirtieth wedding anniversary Tuesday at the home of their daugh- ter, Mrs. Emery F. Clough, 69°City avenue. Mr. and Mrs. e Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Schall of Bethel have announced the engage- ment of their daughter, Miss Adelaide H. Schall, to Atwood Palmer of this city. “e The Artists' club of Hartford held a delightful reception Thur: after- noon at the studios of Nunzio Vayana, Pratt street, in honor of Mademoiselle Berthe Bert, the noted French pianist. e Mrs. Joel L. English, Mrs. William G. Cowles, Mrs. Norma Wright Sloper and Mrs. John Pierson received the guests whijle Mrs. B. H. Blood, Mrs. C. D. Talcott, Mrs. Clinton T. King, PMiss Marion Maercklein and Mrs. Grace Weir presided at the attractive . tea table. The Parents and Teachers' associa- | tion of the Hubbard school, Berlin will hold its next meeting on Thurs- | day evening, March 23. | P evening Miss Caroline Bartlett of the City Mission gave a most interesting talk before the Young Women's society of the South church, teling of the work of the mission and of the Fresh Air camp. P On Monday The interest in the junior achieve- ment work is made manifest by the number of junior achievement clubs there are in New Britain, the official list of which has twenty-seven names, registered with the secretary of the local council, James E. O'Brien. *ae Mrs. Richard Saunders, formerly of | New Britain, entertained at a bridge party at her home in Hartford Friday afternoon. ¥ e Mr. and Mrs. C. . Sloper, W. L. Hatch, W. Spear and F. S§. Chamberlain have returned | from Southern Pines, N, C. e e Frisbie, W. T.| Miss Clara Wessel of Maple street | lis v e Mrs. T. H. Bristol of Grove Hill entertained at a bridge party Friday afternoon. e Miss Hannah Waskowitz has re- turned from New York city, having spent the week there. . ) Leonard Maier of Albany, N. Y was the guest of his parents, Rev. and Mrs, Henry Maier, during the past| week. | “ e Miss Julia Gold has returned from the spring fashion openings in New ng in St. Petersburg, Fla. | the guest of Mrs. F. N coln street Corwin of dn- e The Stanley Woman's Relig{ Corps held an all-day sewing meeting on Wednesday Articles were sewed for the Red Cross. . Friends of Mr, and Mrs. A, N. Abbe in the city have received cards mailed from Lisbon, Mr. and Mrs. Abbe are making a tour of Kurope. Several New Britain Rotarians wnl] be guests at the luncheon and recep- tion which the Hartford Rotarians will give next Tuesday to Sir Harry Lauder at the Hotel Bond e of New York spent last Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Swift. ‘e Robert Swift Mrs. Henry eightioth birthday avage hill, last day evening observed her at her home on Berlin, last Satur- Mrs. H. B. Humason of Vine street has returned from Providence, R. I., where she has been visiting her daughter, Miss Sally Humason Mr. and Mrs, I', G ing a few weeks in Platt are spend- Atlantic City, | Mrs, Walter I, Crabtree nd daught Priscilla, of Lincoln street, have returned from New York city. | Mr. and The A. A. Sorority will hold its an- | {n ring dance at the Elks' club, | [ 8aturday evening, April 1 Dancing will be enjoyed from 8 to 12, The | music will be furnished by the Trin- ity Bacchanalian orchestra! The com- mittee in charge is Amalie Traut, | chairman; Margaret Christ and Jus- tine Traut . The Misses Martha Clark, Margaret Lewis and Clara [raut are attending the annual banquet of the New Ha- ven Chapter of the A. A. Sorority to- day. . . . The Women's Aid society of the Berlin Congregational church met with Mrs. Fiske at the parson- age Wednesday afternoon. . . of few William T. Sloper street is spending a Southern Pines, N. C. A Mrs. Thomas Crowe of Grove Hill and Mrs. J. T. O'Connor of Liberty street have returned from Bermuda. X e T. W. O'Connor of Bassett street will leave tomorrow to spend the coming month at Pinehurst, N. C. e The Shuttle Meadow club has an- nounced for the next few weeks a spe- cial dinner to be served on Thursday venings at 6:30 with an informal bridge tournament following see Mrs. Monroe Parsons of New Lon- don is visiting friends in town. PR Lexington weeks at o The New Rritain College club will meet Monday evening at St. Mark's church, where they will enjoy a sup- per followed by a social hour. e Mrs. Frederick (. Rathbun and daughter, of New London have been the guests of Mrs. Rathbun's sister, Mrs. Loren C. Baker of Belvidede during the past week. PR Mrs. Arthur G. Kimball of Lexing- ton street has returned from a short stay in New York city. P Carlisle Baldwin of Forrest has returned from New York where she has spent the past Mrs. street city week. o Mrs. A. C. McKinnie of [orrest Istreet entertained several friends at a luncheon bridge which she gave on Tuesday at the Farmington Country club, . Mrs. Robert Parsons of Vine street has been visiting friends in New York city during the past week. AR .. { The bridge tournament held at the |Shuttle Meadow club last Saturday evening was a marked success there being numerous tables of enthusiastic players and Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Parsons and Mr, and Mrs. W. K. At- wood winning the prizes. R T of Earl | Dayton | Announcement has been made the engagement of I‘rederick Butler to Miss Hazn Irene York city. | oo The New Rritain College club \\'|ll“ hold a meeting Monday evening at St.| Mark's church. . | _Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Towers of Hamilton street will spend the coming | week in New York city. ¢ ek | Mrs. Annette Savage of the Y. W., C. A. is visiting friends in New Haven | over the week-end. “an Miss Corrine Bacon of Lexington strect is in New York city. .. Dr. J. 8. Irving of Garden street is| in New York city over the week-end. 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