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THE INDEX, Saturday, June 16, 1928
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The wedding of Miss Margaret Malone
Meals, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W.
Meals, of North Negley Avenue, and Mr. William
Frederick Ewart, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William McKibben Ewart, of Forbes Street,
will take place Saturday evening, June twenty-third,
in the home of the bride at half past
eight o'clock. Miss Mary Belle Meals is to be
her sister's maid of honor and Shirley Jean
Krick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Krick, is to be flower girl. Mr. Ewart's
brother, Mr. Samuel Dicken Ewart, is to
serve as his best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert B. Thomas returned
to their home in Flushing, New York, Tuesday
after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. John W.
MacGregor, of Fair Oaks Street. Mr. and
Mrs. MacGregor entertained their guests at
the Allegheny Country Club Horse Show last
week and among the affairs given for them
was Miss Roberta Wilson's luncheon, at her
home in Glen Osborne, last week and the
musicale that Mrs. Taylor Allderdice gave
Monday at her home in Wilkins Avenue.
S O C I E T Y
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Darlington, of Sewickley
Heights, have left for their Summer
home at Watch Hill, stopping on the way for
a few days in New York.
The wedding of Miss Dorothy Schryver
Steele, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Hall Steele, of Wightman Street, and Mr.
William Earle Bikle, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Bikle, of Hagerstown, Maryland, took
place in the Steele home Saturday evening,
June ninth. The Rev. H. N. Cameron performed
the ceremony in the living-room before
an embankment of ferns, palms and
Spring flowers. The bride, who was given
away by her father, wore a gown of white
Georgette trimmed with old duchesse lace
that has been in the family for years. Old lace
also edged her net veil, which was held in
place with orange blossoms, and her flowers
were white orchids, lilies of the valley and
white roses. Miss Martha Jane Steele, as her
sister's maid of honor, wore a gown of pink
Georgette with matching slippers and carried
blue and pink garden flowers, tied with blue
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maline. Katherine Vaughn, as flower girl,
wore a frock of pink chiffon and carried a
Colonial bouquet. Mr. Robert Atwell served
as Mr. Bikle's best man and the ushers were
Dr. Edwin Glotfelty and Mr. E. H. Vaughn.
A reception and dinner followed the ceremony,
with Mr. and Mrs. Steele and Mr. and
Mrs. Bikle in the receiving line. Mrs. Steele
wore a gown of pale blue chiffon, studded
with rhinestones. Spring flowers decorated
the house and the bride's table, where covers
were laid for twelve, was centered with pink
flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Bikle left during the
evening for a motor trip to Big Moose Lake,
The Adirondacks. After July first they will
be at home in Oakmont. The evening preceding
the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Robert Atwell
gave the rehearsal dinner in their home.
Among the out of town guests who came
on for the wedding, in addition to Mr. Bikle's
parents, were his sister and brother, Miss
Matilda Bikle and Mr. Christian Bikle, of
Hagerstown; the bride's brother, Mr. George
Steele, and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Snyder, of
New York; Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Jones, of Baltimore.
C L U B S - P H I L A N T H R O P I E S - C I V I C S
JUST off the press are the year books for
several women's clubs. The Woman's
Club of Pittsburgh, the oldest in the
city, will open its season with the usual reception
in honor of the president, Mrs. Joseph
B. Drake, in Congress Clubhouse the afternoon
of Tuesday, October second. The Social
and Music committees will be in charge and
the hostesses will be Mrs. J. C. Bily and Mrs.
C. D. Monroe. Among the speakers listed for
the year of 1928-29 are Miss Jane Bryce, who
will talk on "Girls' Vocational Schools of
Pittsburgh;" Mrs. John M. Phillips, chairman
of the American Home Department,
State Federation of Pennsylvania Women,
whose subject will be "The Soul of the American
Home;" Dr. N. Andrew N. Cleven, of the
University of Pittsburgh, on "International
Relations;" Miss Roberta Johns, on "International
Institute of the Y. W. C. A.;" Mrs.
Frederic B. Chalfant, "Better Magazines
Movement;" Thomas Liggett, "Our State
Parks—Their Use—Their Value."
The following committees have been appointed
to serve for the year: Program, Mrs.
D. Edwin Miller, chairman, Mrs. Walter R.
Fleming, Mrs. E. W. Bartberger, Mrs. Nellie
A. C. Forbes, Mrs. R. E. Johnston, Mrs. A. C.
Latimer, Mrs. S. C. McCorkle and Mrs Ada
E. McWhinney. Music, Mrs. Joseph C. Bily,
chairman, Mrs. Bertha Gross King, Mrs. W.
L. Stone, Mrs. Vida McCullough McClure,
Mrs. George D. Herwig and Mrs. Estelle Med­
ley. Social, Mrs. C. D. Monroe, chairman",
Mrs. S. A. Hunter, Mrs. J. C. Eckel, Mrs. W.
L. Sheppard, Mrs. Lida C. Staving, Mrs. W. J.
McMarlin, Mrs Frank Johnston and Mrs.
Harry W. Fulton. Press, Mrs. Ray S. Judd,
chairman, Mrs. S. Stingel, Mrs. Charles M.
Bregg, Miss Anne Weiss, Miss Emma B. Suydam.
Blind, Mrs. George Weber, chairman,
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Nutt, Mrs. D. T. Jonas,
Mrs. C. W. Huff, Mrs. Harry C. Wilson, Mrs.
William J. Ward and Mrs. Harry C. Estep.
Legislative, Mrs. R. W. Johnston, chairman,
Mrs. Sarah Archer, Mrs. J. J. Clarke and Mrs.
James C. Mace. Welfare, Mrs. Charles S.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Olga Lechner, Mrs. A. C.
Houston and Mrs. W. C. Haslage. Forestry,
Mrs. H. C. Reller, chairman, Mrs. A. D. Hammond,
Mrs. Martha B. Geis and Mrs. Amelia
Hepburn. Drama, Mrs. E. W. Bartberger,
chairman, Mrs. J. C. Schreiner, Mrs. George
Morcroft and Mrs. Edward C. Turbett. Current
Events, Mrs. Lillian C. Morgart. Ways
and Means, Mrs. S. J. Corbett, chairman,
Mrs. George C. Sterling, Miss Alice C. Hall,
Mrs. Ada E. McWhinney, Mrs. John P. Teets,
Miss Annie Johnston, Mrs. James McNeil,
Mrs. Alice Osmond, Mrs. J. C. Schreiner and
Mrs. Harry S. Brown. Altruistic, Mrs. E. R.
Braun, chairman, Mrs. W. C. Kauffeld, Mrs.
Edward Rahm, Mrs. S. A. Sturm, Mrs. S. H.
McKibben. Hospitality, Mrs. James McNeil.
The Epoch Club has chosen for study during
the coming Winter "The Romance of
Cities" and "Famous Highways and By-
Ways." President's day, Thursday afternoon,
October eighteenth, in the home of
Mrs. Charles Orchard, will open the season.
The honor guest will be Mrs. Edwin J. Stockslager.
By means of papers and talks the
club will ramble through rural England and
its cathedral towns; Scandinavian countries;
through Turkey, France, Spain, Spanish
towns in America; through New England,
the South and Pennsylvania.
Committees for the year are as follows:
Membership and Nominating, Mrs. Frank L.
Slocum, Mrs. Arthur H. Smith, Mrs. Francis
D. Glover. Entertainment, Mrs. Clark Hammond,
Mrs. Harold W. Cope, Mrs. George S.
Proctor. Legislative, Mrs. Jonathan S.
Green, Mrs. J. Harry Letsche. Publicity,
Mrs. Truman P. Gaylord, Mrs. Lamont H.
Button. Program, Mrs. C. Calvin Burgess,
Mrs. Jens G. L. Schreuder, Mrs. Frank D.
Newbury.
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, how does
your garden grow?" and other new features
that could not appear at the Civic Club Flower
Market last week because of rain are to
be the attractions at a garden party, Saturday,
June twenty-third, from two to five
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. William
Thaw, Jr., "As You Like It," on Sewickley
Heights.