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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1942)
Society, Clubs Music-' ' : . V (2)tejBofetatesraan ' ; : - -' " - ; ' 1 v''i;:,i V , - ( " . , . ...!,-. - ' . - W . ' v -. ' w V . ; . , A . t-: , - --i-T - . "v 7 -y-jmyr j&m$m iifsw JiiWWMi: ' MWiiseteail . " V - - I- ' . i . . i i - Miss Margaret Siegmund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Siegmund, whose en gagement to Mr. Arnold Hardman was told Wed-, nesday night at a party at her home. (Kennell-Elis) Mrs. Joseph Harvey jr., who left this week to join her husband in Portland. They will make their home in. the Irvington district. She is the former Jane Fisher. (Jesten-Miller photo) In The 5 Dinners, luncheons and teas, all informal and small gatherings, mark the ' social calendar these spring days. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Stiff, sr. were hosts ot a smartly arranged dinner party Saturday night at their North Winter street home. . Guests were seated at small tables centered with bouquets of C e c i 1 e Brunner roses and primroses. Arrangements jof mixed spring flowers were used obcut the rooms. Bridge was in play during) the evening. Covers were placed for Mr. and Mrs. ienry V. Compton, Mr. and Mrs. )taster Bear, Judge and Mrs. E. M. Page, Mf. and Mrs. Robert Duncan of Sil verton, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Busick, Mr. land Mrs. Leo Page, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Quisenberry, Miss Mario Breitenstein and Mr. and Mrs. Stiff. Mr. and Mrs. Elton H. Thompson presided at a dinner Saturday night at their South Church street residence. The affair honored Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson, who with their children, Ralph and! Barbara, will be leaving in early June for Portland to make their home. j Covers were placed for 12 guests and contract bridge was in play after the dinner hour. , , . An event of this afternoon will be the AAUW fellowship infdrmal tea for which Miss Ida Mae Smith, Miss Leila Johnson, Miss Laura J. Taylor of Mon mouth and Mrs. Delia Kenney of Independence will be hostesses at the Smith home on. East Lincoln street , Fifty guests from Salem and Monmouth have been invited to call between 3 and 5 o'clock. Mrs. Herbert Rahe will assist in receiving the guests. Presiding at the tea urns will be Mrs. Charles Ratcliff, Miss Frances Vir ginle Melton, Mrs. Elmer O. Berg and Mrs! George Rossman. A bouquet of mixed spring flowers will provide the decorative note on the table. Tea and Dinner Planned- - Mr, Charles L Wood and his son, Mr. Donald Wood, will be hosts at two affairs today at their South High street residence in compliment to Miss Adele Balsiger of Portland and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Balsiger. Miss Balsiger will marry Lieutenant Charles Llewellyn Wood, jr., son of Mr. Charles L Wood, sometime in "June. . . Miss.Balsiger and her parents are leaving this week for Fort Bragg, North Carolina where the wedding will take place. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Oregon State college and a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Lt Wood graduatedln forestry at Oregon State college and is a Kappa 0 Sigma member." He is with the field artillery. United States army. Mr. Donald Wood 'will preside at dinner today for his brother's fiancee. . Guests will be Miss Balsiger, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Balsiger, Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Pfaender and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Whitehead of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Winchester and Mrs. : Nellie Halvorseri, of Salem, Miss Mary Lou Paetz hold of Corvallls and Mrr Charles L. Wood - : - Additional guests and'friends have been invi ted to call at the Wood home .taftight to meet and say au revoir to Miss Balsiger Presiding at the serving i table will, be Mrs. Robert Pfaender and Mrs. Richard Whitehead. Assisting in formally will be Mrs. Leoha Johnson and.Mrs. Nellie Halvorseni Entertain Fathers ' . v . ..... ' . - v , .. ; . A group of Beta Chi sorority girls will entertain their fathers at dinner at the chapter house at one o'clock this afternoon After the dinner hour Mr. Lestle J. Sparks will show movies of Willamette campus scenes. . , V. Covers will be placed for Miss Eileen Hutchinson and Rev. Robert Hutch inson, Miss Miriam Jensen and Dr. Egbert S. Oliver, ; Miss Jan Johnson and Mr. . E. Johnson of Canby, Miss Barbara Hollingworth and Dr. Carl Hollingworth "cf Portland, Miss Mary Laughlin and Dr. S. B. Laiighlin, Miss Nancy Stricklin and Mr C. E Stricklin, Miss Jane Cameron and Mr.' David H. Cameron and Mr Lestle lv Sparks and Mcrrian Speaks. : ' v " Mrs. Daniel Schulze will be hostess to membera of Delta Tau Gamma at her home on Hanson crvenue Wednesday night' The honor guests will be v ' graduating seniors of the sorority, Miss Hazel Magee; Miss Aileen LaRaut, Miss ' " Luree Norris, Miss Mary FJi2dbeth Ross, Miss Luann Green and Miss Ruth x- Cramer. - .- ; . : . ...y. : .r. : : ' .-r'.v-.v ; --. v- ' Special guests biddentto the supper.party are Mrs.' Chester F. Luther, Mrs. C, H. Johnson.1 Mrs. Roy S. Keene, Mrs. Howard 'Maple, ' Mrs. C, R. Monk, Mrs. -Herbert E Rahe, Mrs. Ivca B. Rhodes, Mrs. Lestlt J. Sparks, Mrs. C. P. Bishop nd Miss" Olive M. Dahl ",-;.;:,',.:. f ', '".'. ' Miss Margaret Ann Bligh, (above), will be married on J u n e ; 6 to Mr. Casper Schweigert, at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. An na Bligh. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Bligh. (Jesten-Miller) I J LANS are being completed for the 1 5th annual convention of Oregon Federation of Garden clubs to be held in Salem June 16 and 17 at the American Legion Home. Members of the Salem Garden club, under the direc tion of the president, Miss Edith Schryver, are the hostesses. Assistant hostess clubs are Brooks, Hazel Green, Independence, Monmouth Civic club, Oak Grove Gardeners of Rickreall, Stayton and Little Garden club of Salem Heights. Miss Schryver and Mayor W. W. Chadwick will welcome the several hundred delegates who will be here for the two day session. At the noon luncheon on June 16 Miss Eleanor Stephens, state librarian, will speak and in the afternoon there will be a tour of gardens and a tea at the homo of Miss Elizabeth Lord and Miss Edith Schryver. Governor Charles A. Sprague will speak at the banquet at the Marion hotel in the evening as will Mr. Edgar Kline. Main event on Wednesday's cal endar is the president's no-host breakfast with, Mrs. Daniel Heffner, state president, presiding. Following the morning business session a no-host lunch eon will be served at noon. Salem Garden club members making arrangements for the convention are Mrs. J. B. Van Cleave, registration; Miss Rovena Eyre, publicity; Mrs. Homer McWain, decorations; Mrs. William Everett Anderson, arrangements; Mrs. William L Phillips, transportation; Mrs. Lester.Barr, hospitality; Miss Elizabeth Lord, tea; Mrs. Walter H. Smith and.Mrs. Lee Canfield, visiting gardens; Miss Edith Schryver, program; Mrs. W. A. Scott, information; Mrs. William Bur ghardt and Mrs. O. K. DeWitt, reservations for dinners, luncheons and breakfast Miss Patricia Otten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Otten, has an nounced her engagement -to Ensign Eugene Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Reed of Portland. (Jesten-Miller) Miss Maxme Klmge became Mrs. Calvin Kent Saturday night when tfi couple exchanged wedding vows at 4he First Congregational church in Gtistcn, the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Klinge. Mr. Kent is the son of Mrs. Vernice Kent of Willamina. Rev. Alton Brostrcm performed the cere mony at 8 o'clock. The altar was decorated with calla lilies, carnations and snapdragons, flanked by tall white tapers in candelabras. Miss Marian Bretz of-Salem sang "Until" and "Ah Sweet Mystery of Life." Miss Margaret Mullen of Salem was the organist. - The bride was preceded to the altar by Miss Margie Rumer and Miss Lena Glath of Salem, Mrs. Harold Kristensen of Portland and Miss Clarissa Weber cf Grangeville, Idaho. Their frocks were of heaven blue, fashioned with full net skirts and taffeta waists. The sleeves were elbow length and the sweetheart necklines were outlined with net. They wore shoulder length veils of matching blue net, caught with daisies in their hair and carried colonial bouquets; of pink swetpeas, daisies and delphinium. - Mrs. Francis Ward of Portland, matron cf honor, wore a gown of pink em bossed organza designed with full skirt, fitted bodice and pink edging th neckline and the sleeves. She wore a crown of flowers and her bouquet was of blue delphinium, daisies and mixed sweet peas. Sharcn Chapman of Hills boro was flower girl. ' , - Mr. Klinge gave his daughter in marriage. For her wedding she wore a handsome gown of white satin, fashioned with a full skirt which terminated in a court train. The long sleeves were full at the shoulders ending in points over the wrists. The gathered bodice was fashioned with a sweetheart neckline. Her full length tulle veil was edged in lace with wide lace insertions on the train. It was caught to her hair with a coronet of orange blossoms and for the wedding she wore a face veil. She carried a white prayer book with a white orchid and shdwer of white sweetpeas. Mr. Ted Kent of Oregon City stood with his brother as best man. Seating the guests were Mr. La Verne Dahl, Forest Grove, Mr. George Robinson, Sa lem, Mr. Elton Everhart, Molalla and Mr. Ralph William Snyder, Salem. Mrs. Klinge ware a gown of petal blue taffeta and net and a -corsage cf roses and sweetpeas for- her daughter's nuptials. Mrs. Kent's gown was cf dusty rose and her flowers were roses and sWeet peas. The hewlyweds greeted guests at the reception in the church parlors. Mrs. Elton Everhart sister of the groom, cut the cake and Miss Helen Koberstein d Gaston presided at the punch bowl. Serving were Miss Mary Shindler, Mist Agnes Walsh and Miss Gail Ferguson of Salem, Miss Violet Beatty, Miss Nf ma Johnson and Miss Harriet Minturn of Portland. , i - For travelling the bride chose a pastel blue wool gabardine .suit with a . pink top coat Her accessories were navy. Mr. and Mrs. Kent will return to Sa lem after their wedding trip and will be at home at 717 North Cottage street The young couple have made their home in Salem for several years and Mr. Kent is a field, audi tor with the state department cf vocational educaticn. Both are alumni of the University of Oregon. r ' Marries in Eugene . A former Salem girl. Miss Jean Hewitt, was married Thursday night to Mr. Everett Lee Nicklaus of Los Angeles, formerly cf Eugene. The wedding took place in Eugene at the First Congregational church, with Dr. Victor P. Morris of the University of Oregon reading the 8 o'clock service. The bride if the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay B. Hewitt of Eugene formerly of Salem and the groom's mother Is Mrs. Fred CookLof Eugene. Baskets of white snapdragons, daisies, cajla lilies and white candles dec orated the altar. Mrs. - P, H. Lehman was the organist and Mr." Wilbur, Jessen -sang. , - Of white marquisette was the bridal gown. The bishop sleeves were caiwht ct the wrist with a band of lace and the bodice was fashioned with a high V neckline with tiny buttons down the back. The full skirt was enhanced with lace inserts. Her fingertip length tulle veil fell from a Mary Stuart cap and sh' wore a pearl necklace. Her flowers were roses, gardenias and bauvardla. Mr. Hewitt gave his daughter in marriagel . , r i . ' r . Miss Estol Sly of Eugene was her cousin's maid of honor and Miss Kay Booth of Salem was bridesmaid. They wore identical frocks of turquoise mar-' quisetie with lace trim, square necklines and short puffed sleeves. It their hodr were flower bdrideaus and they carried nosegays and wore pastel pearl neck laces. " .: " - f V. v v.'' ' '."'') . . ' Mr. Jack Bryan was best man for Mrl Nicklaus and ushers were Mr. Robert Needham and Mr. Frank Anderson. . " . - s . . . . For her daughter's wedding Mrs. Hewitt wore a white printed silk -Jersey, gown and small flowered hat Mrs. Cook wore a flowered jersey frock and a black hat ' , '-" v" A reception was held in the church parlors crfteVme'weddingt Mrs. Allan' McCallister of Corvallis cut me wedding cake and Miss Roberta .Winston pre sided at the punch bowl. Assisting were Miss Evelyn Wood, Mrs. Leona Con ger, Mrs. J. D.-.Vertrees and Miss JcKxrueline Frakes . v ;.r The -couple went south on their wedding trip and for going away th bride wore a beige fcdlleur with Kelly green hat and bag arid beige accessories. : Mr.-and, Mrs. Nicklaus .will make their home in Los Angeles.' -t . . VThVbride attended the University of Oregon and is a graduate of Cwgon ' State College. She tsa member of Sigma Kappa sorority. Mr. Nlcklaua also at - tended the University of Oregon- , ' . , -i -
