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N STATE5MAH. SALEM Oregon, Tutsdar Homing Doctmbox XX 1841
I
Salem Folk
Arrive
Home
Holiday visitors are many
these days and are arriving in
the capital to spend Christmas
and New Year's with their fam-
i
Hie.
Mr. Phillip Barrett, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Bar- .
rett, arrived Saturday from San
Francisco to be here for the
holiday season. He is attending
the San Francisco Theological
Seminary. Other guests at the
Barrett home for Christmas will
be Mr. and Mrs. Amos Jahn
(Margaret Barrett) of Seattle.
They will arrive on Wednesday.
Mrs. Thomas I. Hayes, jr.
(Louise Hayes) arrived in Sa
lem last week from San Rafael,
Calif., where she has been re
siding since her marriage in
June. Lt. Hayes is with the army
air corps and Mrs. Hayes will
be at the Lablsh home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F,
Hayes, for the duration. Jack
Hayes, an Oregon State college
student, is also home for the
holidays.
House Guests
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Smith are
entertaining as their holiday
guests their son, Mr. William
M. Smith, a senior at Oregon
State college and Mrs. Smith's
slstersMrs. William C. Kruegel
of Pullman, Wash., and Miss
Frances Malotte of San Fran
cisco. On Christmas Mrs. Kruegel
will be joined by her husband
and daughter, Miss Marian
Kruegel of Portland. Another
Christmas guest at the Smith
home will be Mr. Lawrence
Dunihue of Portland.
Miss Patricia Otten, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Otten,
will arrive on the streamliner
Wednesday morning from
' Washington, DC to spend
Christmas with her parents.
She will leave by plane for the
east on Sunday. Miss Otten, who
Is in Senator Rufus Holman's
office, telegraphed her parents
Sunday she would be home af
ter an earlier letter saying she
would be unable to come west.
Miss Charlotte Eyre, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Eyre, will be home Wednesday
from Myrtle Point where she
is a member of the high school
faculty. She will be in Salem
for the holidays at the home of
her parents.
Couples Honored
On Wedding
Royal Neighbors of America
entertained with a delightful
party Monday night at the Fra
ternal temple in honor of thcee
couples, members of the lodge,
who celebrated their golden
wedding anniversaries this year.
They include Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Matten, Mr. and Mrs. John Ack
erman and Mr. and Mrs. George
Rufe of Independence.
A mock wedding was held with
Rev. Robert Hutchinson offici
ating. Bridesmaids were Mrs.
Mary Ackerman. Mrs. Edna
Sheppherd, Mrs. Dora Pratt,
Mrsr. Julia Gregory, Mrs. Rose
Abbott and Mrs. LaVerna Fiala.
Flower girls were Jocele Greg-
ory and Gloria Jean Butler.
The tables were decorated in
gold and white with a wedding
cake in the center. A program
was given with Royal Neighbors
and families attending. Mrs.
Sarah Peterson and Mrs. Fran
cis Hoyte were in charge of ar
rangements. - Mrs. Finley to
Entertain
Mrs. Delwin Finley will enter
tain her club at a Christmas par
ty .tonight at her East Lincoln
street home. Several hours of
contract will be followed by a
late supper.
Members are Mrs. Joseph Fel
ton, Mrs. Roy Mink, Mrs. War
ren Baker, Mrs. C. E. Young,
Mrs. Kenneth Barker. Mrs. Clin
ton Standish, Mrs. Lee Craw
ford and Mrs. Finley.
Miss Vivian Webb, who U
studying at Sacramento Junior
college, is visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Barton,
during the holiday season.
Mr. and Mrs. Jka Wdbnrn
are leaving for Seattle Wednes
day to spend the holidays with
their son, Harold and wife.
M
R. and Mrs. Charles Elwood Dull of
Maplewood, New Jersey
announcing the engagement of their only
daughter, Miss Mary Lou Dull, to Ensign'
Wallace A. Sprague, son of Governor and
Mrs. Charles A. Sprague. The wedding is
planned to take place this spring.
The couple met during their college days
at Oberlin where they graduated in 1939.
The bride-elect has come west twice to visit
with her fiance's parents and was here the
last time in August Ensign Sprague had
planned to go east to spend Christmas at
the Dull home but due to war conditions
was unable to leave.
Miss Dull received her master's degree
Miss Mary Jane Brabec and
Mr. William Phillips entertained
a group of the younger set at
an informal party at the Wil
liam Phillips home on West Le
felle street Saturday night pre
ceding the Rainbow dance.
Pupils Attend
Party '
Pupils of the Billings and Arm
strong school of the dance, were
entertained at a Christmas par
ty on Friday night. A hundred
guests saw the floor show and
program for which Santa Claus
was master of ceremonies.
Taking part in the program
were Kinky Burton, Beverly
Brown, Claudette Coleman, Di
ana McKay, Sharon Fleming,
Darlene Loose, Laura Smith,
Sally Jo Greig, Marilyn Lorenz,
Joan Ferguson, Lorraine Ray,
Leah LaDou, Marilyn Miller,
Patty Lloyd, Kay Muhs, Alice
Jay Miller, Diane Mackso.n,
Mary Kay Brown, Judy Bee
croft, Loris Merriott, Norma
Miller, Marlene Henney, Barba
ra Bachelor, Diane Putnam,
Sondra Lee Allison, Jerry Bar
chus, Peggy Kuhns, Donna Jean
Ayres, Marilyn and Marlene
Frichtle, Darlene Dozler, Mar
lene Prosser, Ramona Hassing,
Lola Travis, Dorothy Prosser
and Amadean Bean.
Mrs. Johnson
Fetes Club
Mrs. Grace Johnson honored
members of her club with a
Christmas party and luncheon
Monday afternoon at her Che
meketa street home. Bridge was
in play during the afternoon.
Places were laid for Mrs. G.
Kelly, Mrs. W. J. Liljequist, Mrs.
Rex Davis, Mrs. W. E. Hanson,
Mrs. R. C. Hunter, Mrs. Jesse
Campbell, Mrs. T. H. Galloway,
Mrs. Frank Loose, Mrs. Frank
Myers, Mrs. W. S. Levens and
Mrs. Johnson.
She'll Marry Ensign Sprague
in English at the Graduate -School of Philo
sophy, Columbia university and later took
graduate work in education at Columbia
Teachers college. She is now teacher of
English at Central high school, Port Byron,
New York.
Ensign Sprague Is with the naval re
serves, 13th division, Seattle, public rela
tions department. He is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and received his master's de
gree in history at Harvard university. Before
leaving for active duty he was associated
with The Oregon Statesman. Ensign
Sprague's sister is Mrs. Melvin T. Hurley of
San Francisco. (Photograph by Bachrach).
are today
New Pledges
Of Honor
Society
New pledges to Sigma Lam
da, high school scholastic honor
society were named at a formal
ceremony held in the home
rooms Friday. The new pledges
will be honored at a homecom
ing banquet tonight in the high
school cafeteria. The members
of Sigma Lambda will be hosts,
and have invited prominent
guests and alumni to speak.
Prospective members, named
on Friday by older members,
dressed in robes and making the
announcements in the home
room, include:
Arley Boyce, Vernita Batson,
Laura Jean Bates, Margaret
Bellinger, Clyde Christman,
Elaine Evans, Patricia Edgerton,
Mary Duncan, Alice Fay Daugh
erty, Kathryn Hill, Rollie Haag,
Delvon Long, Dorothy Kenney,
Janice Nelson, Joe Power, Bob
Over, David Ringland, Imogene
Rock, Ruth Rempel, Jim Smith,
Don Stoudenmeyer, Eileen Teel,
Roger Wagner, Stanley Wel
born, Loren Wiederkehr and
Helen ZielinskL
Mrs. Hal D. Fattoa returned
last week from a stay in San
Francisco and Los Angeles. This
weekend her daughter, Miss
Marie Patton of Hermiston, vis
ited with her mother.
Pienings Hosts
JO vJaiTOlerS
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Piening
were hosts to the carol singers of
the First Christian church Sun
day night at their home at 850
Thompson street Following
singing of Christmas carols, the
group of young men and women
-enjoyed a social time.
Those present were Delvon
Long, Dawn Bates, Bernice Cap
linger, Stewart Leek, Audrey
.Jackson, Dorothy Gibson, Ann
Hendrickson, Jerry Tfllott, Nor
ma Belle Weather by, Hollis
s Ruth Epley, Esther Fullenwider,
' Janis Robinson, Ruby Qinebell,
David Leek, Herbert Clausman,
director, Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Gritton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
' Lindsey, Mrs." Nellie " Harrison
and the host and hostess. The
front of the home i decorated
, with fflumhiated'paintings of the
SffiVBtON-Births aithe
verton hospital during the past
week include sons to Mr, and Mrs.
Robert Van 'Hatten, ML AngeL
and tai Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Forrest,
Scotts Mills, and a daughter to
the. Clifford Almquist on Decem-
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mee went
by car last Saturday to Clifton,
Col., where they will spend the
holiday season with daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John
Pendegraft, and two grandchil
dren, Rose and Marion.
Buffet Supper
At Schulzes
Dean and Mrs. Daniel H.
Schulze presided at a smartly
appointed buffet supper Monday
night at their home on Hansen
avenue for a group of their
friends.
The buffet table was decorated
with red satin ribbon, holly,
Santa Claus and white candles.
The individual tables were cen
tered with holly and the mantle
was festive with holly and silver
spent informally.
Covers were placed for Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Erickson, Dr.
and Mrs. Charles H. Johnson,
Dr. and Mrs. Egbert S. Oliver,
Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Hutchins,
Dean and Mrs. Melvin H. Geist,
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Rahe, Dr.
and Mrs. R. Franklin Thompson,
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Brennen,
Mr. and Mrs. Lestle J. Sparks
and Dean and Mrs. Schulze.
Mrs. Pierce
Is Hostess
Mrs. Edgar T. Pierce honored
members of her club at a Christ
mas party Monday night at her
Fairmount Hill home. A late
supper was served by the hostess
and gifts exchanged.
Attending were Mrs. Ralph
Hamilton, Mrs. Brazier Small,
Mrs. Walter Kirk, Mrs. E. V.
McMechan, Mrs. Roger Mything,
Mrs. Karl Becke, Mrs. Ronald
Jones, Mrs. F. W. Poorman and
Mrs. Pierce.
Heme for the Chris tnusholi
days is Miss Renee Caplan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Caplan. Miss Caplan is attending
the University of Oregon and is
a pledge of Alpha Delta Pi so
rority. Mrs. Caplan drove to
Eugene and returned to Salem
with her daughter last weekend,
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Store Hours Wednesday
9A.M. to 6 P.M.
( v Chese from wide
,., ; , . , cms, all at wards
Parties Are
On Holiday
Calendar
Invitations are In the mail for
three large holiday parties to
which members of - the high
school and college contingent
have been invited.
Miss Miriam Becke, attractive
young daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Karl Becke, will be hostess for
a holiday tea at the North Sum
Bier street home of her parents
on Monday; December. 29. A
large group of the high school
set have been invited to call
during the afternoon.
' Miss Mary Elizabeth Sisson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brown
E. Sisson and Miss Edith Mox
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred B. Moxley, have sent in
vitations to a formal dance for
which they will be hostesses on
Monday night, December 29.
Dancing hours are from 9 to
12 o'clock and 70 couples have
been bidden to the affair. Cha
perones will be Mr. and Mrs.
Sisson, Mr. and Mrs. Moxley,
Miss Beryl Holt and Miss Mabel
P. Robertson.
Mrs. Harry N. Crain and her
daughter, Miss Barbara Crain,
have arranged an "at home"
for Tuesday afternoon, Decem
ber 30 at their South High
street residence. A large group
of Salem matrons and maids
have been invited to call be
tween 4 and 6 o'clock.
Anniversary
Celebrated Mr. and Mrs. John Fromm
were honor guests on their sil
ver wedding anniversary Sun
day at the-home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Fromm on route seven.
Mr. and Mrs. Fromm, married
in Beulah, South Dakota, have
lived near Salem for the past
17 years.
The anniversary celebration
began with a dinner, later a
program included a reading by
Alice Fromm, songs and guitar
numbers by Harry Schneider
and Ruben Roth, accordion
numbers by Arlene Fromm,
cornet and trumpet duets by
Alma and Donald Baal and
songs by August Baal and Es
ther Letz.
Mr. and Mrs. Fromm's chil
dren are Herbert Fromm, Elno
ra Roth, Delma and Alice
Fromm. Present at the dinner
and program were:
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kelly,
Donna Jo Kelly, Independence;
Mrs. L. S. Lohse, Paul Lohse,
Clarence, Wilfred and Erna
Lohse, Mr. and Mrs. William
Roth, Shirley Ann and Beverjy
Joan Roth, William Vern Roth,
jr., Ruben Roth, Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Letz, Esther, Walter and
Roy Letz, Mrs. August Baal,
Donald and Alma Baal, Mr. and
Mrs. Gust Gaertner, Mrs. Eme
lia Raaf, Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Roth, Mr. and Mrs. F. F.
Schneider, Viola, Gertrude, Al
bert, Harry and Elsie Schneider,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sheets, Ron
ald Sheets, Mr. Charley Matt
son, Mr. Herman Weikum, Mr.
and Mrs. G. Grenz, Helen and
Richard Grenz, Mrs. Margarete
Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Johnson, Mrs. Mary Pedersen,
Delma, Alice and Delbert
Fromm,
Fromm,
Fromm.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Arlene and Gordon
Mice Rrrrnrl To
Engaged
Announcement is being made
by Judge and Mrs. James T.
Brand of the engagement of
their daughter. Miss Morley
Brand of New York City, to Mr.
Paul Asmussen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Asmussen of New
York City. There has been no
date set for the wedding.
The bride-elect Is a graduate
of Oberlin college and received
a degree in journalism at Co
lumbia university. She is now
engaged in journalistic work in
New York.
Mr. Asmussen is in the United
States army stationed with the
42nd engineers at Camp Selby,
Miss. He formerly was associ
ated with his father in business
in New York City.
Dinner Club at .
Andersons
Mrs, A. M. Anderson was
hostess at a dinner on Saturday
honoring members of her club.
Gifts were exchanged during
the afternoon.
Those present were Mrs. J. A.
Kamey, Mrs. P. T. Bouffler, Mrs.
I. W. Geer, Mrs. E. S. Adams,
Mrs. J. J. Wiens, Mrs. L. D.
Keuscher, Mrs. D. Livingstone,
and the hostess. Mrs. Geer is a
new member of the club.
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assortments el Quality
aewn-t earth prices.
MAX1NE BUKrJN
Editor
Surprise Tea
Fetes Miss
Cameron ,
Miss Jane Cameron, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Cam
eron, was honored at a lovely
surprise tea on Sunday after
noon when Mrs. Cameron, en
tertained at her Center street
home. The occasion was the
birthday anniversary of Miss
Cameron. Guests called between
3:30 and 5 o'clock.
Miss ' Sybil Spears and Miss
Beryl Robison of Portland pre
sided at the tea urns and as
sisting were Miss Betty Wirth
and Miss Nancy Stricklin.
Silver and red were used in
the table appointments with
roses, silver birds and fruit
flanked by candles centering the
table. The mantle was decorated
with silver and blue and ar
rangements of holly and can
dles were used about the rooms.
The living room window was
festive with snow, stars and
candles.
Honoring Miss Cameron were
Miss Beryl Robison of Portland,
Miss Betty Wirth, Miss Doro
thy Vandeneynde, Miss Leone
Spaulding and a group of her
Salem Beta Chi sorority sis
ters, Miss Sybil Spears, Miss .
Pat Ryan, Miss Ruthanne DdlighterS Unit
Thompson, Miss Bernice Elgin,
Miss Margaret Sehon, Miss Stel- J Beall's
Nancy Stricklin, Miss Dorothy
Koschmider, Miss Emma Lou
East, Miss Joyce Harper, Miss
AHeen Hutchinson, Miss Mary
Laughlin, Miss Mary Joe Gei
ser and Mrs. John Pollock.
Club Members
Are Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Bressler
were hosts to members of the
Knot-a-Care-Klub and their hus
bands Saturday night. Pinochle
was in play, honors awarded to
Mrs. Albert Baker, Mr. Maurice
Gustafson and Mrs. W. C. Thom
as. Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Ann. Wayne, special guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Gustafson,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thomas, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Andresen, Mr.
and Mrs. Judson Bressler, Mrs.
Irene Birch, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Baker and Mrs. Carl Wolz.
Husbands Are
Party Guests
The PLEF club of Pythian Sis
ters, with their husbands as spe
cial guests, met for a business
meeting and Christmas party at
home of Mrs. Chester Hixson,
with Mrs. C. J. Pugh assisting the
hostess.
A Christmas basket was filled
for a needy family and also a box
of fruit prepared for the Oregon
Washington Pythian home.
Five hundred was in play, hon
ors going to Mrs. Dorothy Wilson,
Mr. L. B. Hixson and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Kinzer.
After an exchange of Christmas
gifts, refreshments were served to
Mrs. Nora Davidson, Mrs. Mary
Aplin, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Pugh,
Mrs. W. J. Peek, Mr. William
Hague, Mrs Charles Parmenter,
Mrs. Laura Johnson, Mrs. Rida
Lineback, Mrs. Caroline Hixson,
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hixson, Anna
Muncey, Miss Daisy Hayden, Mr.
and Mrs. L. B. Hixson, Mrs.
Dorothy Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Burk, Donald Burk and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Knizer.
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pierce
and daughter, Susan, and Miss
Barbara Pierce of Portland were
the weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar T. Pierce at their
Falrmount hill home.
Daues Are Hosts '
At Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Daue en
tertained members of their club
at a Christmas party Monday
night at their Saginaw street
home.
A no-host buffet dinner was
served and the small tables were
decorated with red candles and
holly. Greens and candles were
arranged" about the' rooms and
the guests exchanged gifts.
Bridge was in play during the
evening.
Covers were placed for Mr.
and Mrs. Eric Butler, Mr. and
Mrs. Harley O. White, Mr. and
Mrs. David Wright, Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Gleason, Mr. and Mrs.
Mose Adams, Mr. and Mrs. F. G.
DeLano, Mr. and Mrs. Elijah
Kurtz, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Yocom,
Mr. and Mrs. Claire Vibbert, Mr,
and Mrs. Fred S. Annunsen, Dr.
and Mrs. O. A. Olson and Mr.
and Mrs. Daue.
Daughters unit of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars auxiliary met
on Thursday at the home of
Mrs. James Beall. Mrs. Solon
Shinkle and Mrs. Ralph Harlan
assisted the hostess.
Present at. the meeting and
Christmas party were Loris
Harlan, Cornelia Strayer, Joan
Hoereth, Verletta Jacobsen, Dor
othy Cady, Lois Young. Ann
Marie and Lucy Van Cleef, Mary
McCormick, Joanne Day, Alvera
Purcell, Virginia BealL Rita
Free, Rosemary Shattuck and
. Marilyn Hart, Mrs. F. K. Hoer
eth, Mrs. Ralph Harlan, Mrs.
Charles Norton, Mrs. D. Day,
Mrs. Solon Shinkle and Mrs.
James BealL
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The Week
Candy is an absolute neces
sity for this coming holiday, and
the woman who can make it it
assured popularity. Here are
several excellent candies for
Christmas making.
PULLED MINTS
3 cups sugar
1 cup water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
10 drops oil peppermint
Put all Ingredients except oil
of peppermint into a saucepan
and cook, stirring constantly un
til sugar is dissolved. Then cover
and cook for 2 minutes, so that
the steam may wash down sugar
crystals from sides of pan. Re
move cover and cook to f 5 de
grees. Wash down sides of pan
occasionally with pastry brush
dipped in water to remove sugar
as it forms. Remove from fire
and pour into a greased pan.
When cool enough to handle put
oil of peppermint into center of
mass, fold over the comers, so
that the peppermint win not be
lost, form into a balL and pull
until It becomes quite firm.
Stretch out In a long rope and
cut into small pieces. These are
supposed to be served as after
dinner mints and should be
dainty. Sift together 2 cups pow
dered sugar and 1 cup corn
starch. Spread this mixture over
bottom of shallow pan, drop
pieces of candy Into the mix
ture, keeping pieces separated.
Let stand over night Sift off the
sugar and pack in covered Jars
or tins.
VICTORIA SKITTLE
1 pound granulated sugar
(2 cups)
Vi pound almonds
Vi pound butter
Bitter chocolate for dipping
More chopped almonds for top
Melt butter, add sugar and
boil to 237 degrees or until melt
ed, stir constantly. Stir in al
monds and boil to 312 degrees
or about 3 minutes longer, and
until amber colored. Pour in
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