[Newspaper]
Publication: The Saturday Spectator
Terre Haute, IN, United States
vol. 34, no. 18, p. 29, col. 1-2
Muncie Girl To Be
Married To Fred Crapo
THE engagement of Fred Martin Crapo, of Muncie, son of Mrs. John R. Crapo, 130 South Sixth, and Miss Mildred Kitselman, of Muncie, was announced at a luncheon at the Kitselman home in Muncie during Mrs. Crapo's recent visit in that city.
The Muncie Evening Press gives the following account of the announcement party and of the young people.
"Of distinct interest to Muncie society is the announcement of the engagement of two of its most prominent younger members, which was made Tuesday. Miss Mildred Kitselman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Maitland Kitselman, 805 West Charles street, entertained a few friends with a beautifully appointed luncheon at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at her home. She chose this time to announce her engagement to Fred Martin Crapo, of this city, son of Mrs. John R. Crapo of Terre Haute. The announcement was made during the luncheon by Miss Kitselman’s mother.
"Miss Kitselman has always made her home in Muncie and is one of the younger set’s most interesting young women. She is a pianist of talent and has appeared on many programs. She studied some tine in New York city with Ernesto Berumen and also at tended Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
"She attended Belcourt Seminary in Washington, D. C. a year and was a student at the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma national sorority. She is a member of the local chapter of the Psi Iota Xi sorority.
Electrical Engineer From Rose.
"Mr. Crapo has been in Muncie two years. During that time he has made his home with his cousin, Mrs. Ralph G. Hemingray. He was graduated in electrical engineering from Rose Polytechnic Institute at Terre Haute, and later did post graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston. He is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He is connected in business here with the Hemingray Glass Company.
"An artistic combination of premier roses and garden flowers was used for the floral decoration of the luncheon tables at Miss Kitselman’s home. A long, narrow panel of the pink roses, interspersed with blue delphinium and other delicately shaded flowers and ferns, decorated the center of the large table. At each corner of the miniature flower garden stood a silver candlestick with a tall taper in faint pink. The smaller tables were centered with a similar arrangement of flowers and two silver candlesticks.
"The window seat was decorated with a large basket of premier roses, delphinium, and maiden hair ferns. Bouquets of mixed garden flowers were arranged about the living rooms. The guests’ places were marked with quaint flower baskets. Nosegays of sweetheart roses were the luncheon favors. There were twenty guests."
The wedding will take place in the early fall.
Honor Guests at Numerous Parties.
Mrs. Crapo returned Tuesday evening from a two weeks’ visit in Muncie with her niece, Mrs. Ralph Gray Hemingray (Eva Holllnger). Mrs. Hemingray also had as her guest at this time another aunt, Mrs. Alice Fisher Harcourt, of New York, a sister of Mrs. Crapo’s. A few days before Mrs. Crapo returned to Terre Haute Mrs. Harcourt left for Gloucester, Mass., where she will spend the summer, returning to New York next fall.
Mrs. Crapo and Mrs. Harcourt were honor guests at a number of functions during their stay in Muncie. Among these was a luncheon given by Mrs. Hemingray of which the Evening Press spoke as follows:
"Mrs. Ralph G. Hemingray entertained with a smart luncheon Thursday noon at the country club as a courtesy to her aunts, Mrs. John R. Crapo of Terre Haute and Mrs. William Harcourt of New York city, both of whom are her house guests. The table was attractively arranged with summer flowers. The guests’ places were marked with dainty hand-tinted name cards and Individual silver baskets of candies. Fifty of Mrs. Hemingray’s friends were invited."