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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1948)
b - Westminster Hostess 'Aunt Eva' to Regulars By WALLY HUMPHRIES , * Newly appointed hostess at - Westminster house, University Presbyterian foundation, is Mrs. Eva B. Starr, who recently moved * here from Portland. Mrs. Starr, a tery amiable and congenial wom - an, is already well known as “Aunt Eva” to the regulars around the house. r Although originally from Penn I sylvania, she likes to claim Elwood, Indiana, where she lived the long est, as her home town. While liv ing in Elwood, also the home town of Wendell Willkie, the Starr and Willkie families were very good friends. Picture in Papers * “Aunt Eva” once had her pic . ture in the newspapers with the Republican author and world traveler. She still uses the trouble *- she had with people who tried to .meet and ask her about Willkie, as an excuse for not wanting her pic ture taken, but she was finally con vinced that her picture should ap pear in the Emerald. The places she has lived make +an impressive list. Born in Appolo, . Pennsylvania, she later lived in El wood, Cleveland, Seattle, Portland, and now Eugene. Moves to Eugene _ The last few years the Starrs lived in Portland, but, after her husband passed away last year, "Mrs. Starr decided j:o move to Eu , gene so she could live with her daughter and son-in-law, the C. J. Sullivans. Dr. Sullivan is a philoso phy professor on this campus, t- “Aunt Eva” was educated at . Ferry Hall women’s seminary at Wake Forest, Illinois, and later at * a Presbyterian school in Indian apolis, Indiana. More recently, since Oier family has grown up, she has taken several courses through the Wesley Is Host To Three Leaders Wesley Foundation’s "University -of Life” will be host Sunday eve ning to three more leaders in the student interest groups, “We, the 'Peoples,” “Methodism Has a Chal . lenge,” and “Religions in Music.” Dr. D. M. Dougherty, head of the ' Romance language department, will speak on conditions and prob lems in France; Rev. Ellsworth Til ton, minister of the Ebbert Memo rial Methodist church of Spring * field, will have “John Wesley” as his subject; and in the music group, -■ students will hear Sam Rosen dis cuss “Hebrew Worship Music.” Marjorie Beckett, senior student, ' will be guest chapel speaker; Les Jones will conduct the 5 p.m. “get - acquainted mixer”; Weslie Eyres will serve as chairman of the sup -per committee; and Ed Moe is chairman of the house committee. Christian Group " Holds Gathering An all-state conference spon . sored by the University of Oregon’s . Intervarsity Christian fellowship will be held February 6, 7, and 8 at the Friends’ Conference camp, two miles south of Twin Rocks, Oregon. Calvin Chao, head of IVCF in . China, who is just completing a speaking tour of this country be fore returning to his native China, - will be the principal speaker. Other speakers include: Murray Smoot from Seattle, who expects to accompany Chao as a missionary when he returns to the Orient; Miss - Rosalind Rinker, Intervarsity staff member for the state of Oregon and a former missionary to China, where she plans to return in March and Herbert Nietsch, IV, staff rep resentative for Washington, Idaho nd western Montana. EVA B. STARR University of Washington exten sion division. When queried as to her plans for Westminster house Mrs. Starr said, “I want to put a lot of pep in the house first, and will keep the tra dition that ail students are wel come and invited to participate in all of our activities, regardless of race, creed or color.” | CAMPUS I CALENDAR SATURDAY 8 p.m.: Drop-in at Westminster. Records, singing, sociability. 10 p.m.: Date night and open house at Wesley house. SUNDAY 9:15 a.m.: Westminster' bouse discussion. Coffee and rolls. 9:15 a.m.: Wesley college Sundsy school class at First Methodist church. 5 p.m.: Lutheran student asso ciation meeting at YWCA. 5 p.m.: Buffet supper at Wesley house. 6 p.m.: Westminster Sunday eve ning fomrn. 6:30 p.m.: “Univers ty of Life” discussions at Wesley house. MONDAY 9:30 p.m.: Fireside sing at West minster house. Ad Staff: Day Manager: RAY MUESSIG Layout Staff: R. MUESSIG Soliciting Staff: MERTEN MEEKER First-grade enrollments arc up nine per cent this year beqause the first wave of “war babies,” born during 1941 and 1942, is ready for school. Youthful Skater Rests ST, MORITZ, Feb. 6 (UP) Richard (Dick) Button, the 1S year-old Englewood. N. J., ice art ist, was rewarded for his triumph in the Olympic men's figure skat ing competition. His trainer, Gus Lussi, gave him the afternoon off to see the women • haters go through their free skat ing competition. There are no bones about it Eat fish the painless way. Campbell's j Grocery 145*-> Hast 13th 13th street - One block down from Emerald Hall Be with tin /•••x ^<Tivo* \ YOU CAN BECOME . A MEMBER OF THE CITIZEN MARINES Yes, now the Citizen Marine Corps (Re serve) is opening its membership to young men between the age of 17 and 32, both veterans and non-veterans. This organization is the civilian branch of the famous U. S. Marines whose accomplishments and proud traditions are written in history. If you wish, you may receive the well known Marine training under competent in structors; obtain high school and college credits, or training in a trade. You are invited to engage in sports, recreation, parties and dances. You may even be paid to visit Virginia. Southern California or North Carolina with other young men from your community during the summer. It is possible to earn from $157 to $350 per year in your spare time, depending on your rank (reservists receive promotionsl). All this, and you're still a civilian I So. if you want to share the prestige and tradition of the iinest, phone or visit your local Marine Reserve Headquarters. There is a spot for you. 41 W. 8th Ave., Eugene Or See Lt. JACK L. BILLINGS, Rm. 3, Journalism