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REFLECTIONS of school days are seen by the above group
cf Salem high school senior girls. Left to right are Carolyn
Brady, Rosemary Billings, Helen Wilhelm, Delvon Long and
Barbara Belt.
"IT'S FAREWELL TO WILLAMETTE" for the three seniors
at the right, as they walk from historic Waller hall following
senior chapel. They" are members of Willamette's centennial
graduating class. Left to right are Carolyn Brown, Mar j oris
Waters and Esther Mae Devore Photos by Statesman society
department.
High school and Willamette university graduates will participate in commencement festivities this week. Concluding
Graduation activities for the high school students will be the annual junior-senior prom on Friday night in the gymnasium.
Chuck Regon's orchestra will play for the formal affair from 7 to 10 o'clock. Miss Mary East, vice president of the junior class,
is prcm chairman and announces that the decorative theme will be kept a secret until that evening.
Only juniors and seniors may attend the prom, although each senior is entitled to bring an outside guest as an escort
Members cf the high school faculty, their wives and husbands will be special guests. Patrons and patronesses include parents
cf the junior class officers and those of the associated student body. Faculty advisors for the host class are Mrs. Grace Hockett,
Mrs. Mary B. Smith and Mr. Glade Fcllis.
Committee fcr the prcm are as follows: theme. Bill Burns, chairman, Jean Rowland, Shirley Ann Bailey, Berts Jean Sim
mons, Winser Acton; decorations, Lillian Oliver, chairman, Herbert Ray, Mary Jane Kestly, Doris Duffy, Pat Sears, Bland
Cimmons; orchestra, Bernice Bowersox, chairman, Charlotte Cchen, Virginia Covert, Robert Brown; dance programs, Dizabeth
McGee, chairman, Lizbeth Kennedy, Marian Lou Wampler, Janet Halik; patrons and patronesses, Lois Barrick, chairman, Janice
Lemmon, Evelyn Johnson; tickets, Pat Leary, Robert Guderian; floor, Fritz Deckebach, chairman, Frank Bennett; publicity, Marion
Macy, chairman, Jim Gilbertson, Lorraine Murdock; reception, Nancy Brown chairman, Pat JFish, Betty Pierce; cleanup, Ronald
Smith, chairman, Nyla Phillips, Ted Gordon, Landy Franz, Lorah Kate Griffith, Jack Morgan and Lu-Della Luper.
Commencement Features
Willamette university centennial commencement activities will open Saturday morning with the senior class breakfast on the
campus at 8 o'clok. Following the annual meeting of the board of trustees on Friday morning President and Mrs. Carl Sumner
VniT,f will ontortnin tVio Tinnr4 nt liinrlioAn i-rt TTniiresreUir T4-,, , '
The annual Willamette university faculty reception in honor cf the graduates and their "parents is slated for Saturday night
at Lausanne hall from 8 to 10 o'clock. Invitations have been sent to seniors and their parents and a general invitation is being
extended through the press to townspeople, alumni, trustees and students to attend. -
Greeting guests at the door will be Dean and Mrs. Daniel Schulze, . DeaW and Mrs. ,Ray Smith, Dr. and -Mrs. R. Franklin
Thompson, Dean and Mrs. Melvin Geist, Professor and Mrs. Herman Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Erickson.
Dr. Helen Pearce and Dean Olive M. Dahl will introduce guests to the receiving line which will include Dr. and Mrs. Carl
Sumner Knopf, Dean and Mrs. Chester Luther and Mr. and Ms. Tinkham Gilbert
- Mrs. Frank Erickson, Mrs. William E. Kirk, Mrs. Ernest C. Richards and Mrs. Morton E. Peck have been asked to preside at
th punch bowl during the evening and a group of junior girls will assist in serving. ;"
Mrs. Chester F. Luther heads the committee in charge of arrangements and her committee includes Dean Olive M. Dahl.
Mrs.' Daniel Schulze, Mrs. Morton E. Peck, Mrs, Robert M. Gatke, Miss Constance Fowler,'. Mrs. S. B. Laughlin, Mrs. Earl T.
Brown, Mrs. Ernest C; Richards, Mrs. Egbert S. Oliver, Mrs. Herbert E. Rahe., Miss Lorena lack and Miss Lois Latimer.
Breakfasts Served . 1 . . ' . : '
The Beta Chi and Delta Phi sorority dumnae are planning their annual breakfasts for Sunday.; morning, May, 31 at the
Marion hotel.- The all-university alumni luncheon will be held on the campus following the baccalcrureate services Sunday
morning. Seniors, their parents, alumni, faculty and trustees are invited to attend. Dr. Helen Pearce. president of the associa
tion, will preside and a business meeting will follow in the afternoon at Waller hall. The luncheon is -taking" the place of the
usual banquet Mrs. Verlin G. Coleman (Gwen Hunt) of Portland has invited guests to her annual commencement dinner at
sthe Salem home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hunt The group has been meeting annually for the past seven years.
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-lAY.IS a popular month lor ntertainirig.
Several luncheon cmd'ders"arrdn
the social "calendar as well as au revoir parfles.
Mrs. Francis Wade and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Jackson, who are . leaving in early June fi
Portland tareside,. are the honor guests for
several affairs. Captain Wade left earlier, in
the month for Fort Douglas, Utah, and Mrs.
Wade and daughter, Corinne, will spend the
summer in Portland and Hillsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Knox and Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Bonesteele wer9 hosts for a des
sert supper and bridge party Saturday night
at the former's home' cn Park Lane in com
pliment to Mr. and Mrs. Jackson.
Guests were seated at small tables and the
- centerpieces were low bowls with yellow and
purple pcinsies floating and yellow candles.
Eighteen .guests were bidden to the party. .
Mrs.. H. Lawrence Lister will -preside at a
bridge luncheon on Wednesday afternoon c
het . Jefferson street home ' in honor of Mr.
Wade and Mrs. Jackson .
Mr. arid Mrs. Paul Morse entertained a
group of friends at the'r cabin on the' Santiam
Sunday for Mr. and. Mrs. Jackson. "
' Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Lebold are en-
m tertaining with a series of informal dinner
parties at their Kingwood Heights home. They
have invited twelve guests to dinner and bridge
tonight" and the small tables will be centered
with nosegays of pastel spring' flowers.
Going Away
Mrs. George Allen has invited a group oi
young matrons to luncheon Tuesday after
noon at her North 21st street home. The honor
guest will be Mrs. Phil H. Ringle, who is plan
ning to leave the end of the month for Tucson,
Arizona to visit her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Smallhouse, and Mrs. J. S.
Bayless, a friend of Mrs. Allen's. Enroute hom
Mrs. Ringle will stop in Los Angeles, to visit
relatives. A btye and pink color scheme will
be carried out in the decorations and the tabl
- centerpiece will be of roses.
Mrs. Charles S. lOlcElhinriy will preside ox
a 1 o'clock luncheon Monday afternoon at hei
Court street home in compliment to a grcup
of friends. Red roses will provide the degfcra
tive. note and bridge will be in play during tht
afternoon. J
Covers will be placed for Mrs. G.fredericli
Chambers, Miss Dorothea Steusloff, Mr Bur
ton Myers, Mrs. Dan McLellan, Mrs. E. M.
Page, Mrs. George Croisan, Mrs. William J.
Busick, Mrs, Herbert Stiff, sr., and Mrs. Mo
Elhinny. '
Mrs. Karl B. Kugel is entertaining with th
first of a series of spring parties on Monday
afternoon at her North Capitol street home,
Guests have been invited to luncheon at 1:311
o'clock with several hours of contract bridge
following.
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BEAUTIFUL SPRING tea was given at the home of Judge and Mrs. James T. Brand Saturday afternoon when
.Mrs. Brand, Mrs. Ray A. Yocom and Mrs. Dqyid, Wright entertaineAThe affair was given in honor of two
attractive sisters. Miss Ruth Anunsen, a bride-elect, 'and Mrs. Robert Gaston Brady, jr. (Jean Anunsen).
Several hundred guests called between 3 and 5 o'clock. Miss Betty Anunsen, wearing a green net frock
over taffeta, opened the door. The rooms were festive with bouquets of sweet rocket, iris, peonies ttnd roses. On
bouquet was of wild azaleas sent to Mrs. Brand from Curry county. '
In the receiving line were Mrs. Brand, who wore a flowered print crepe frock, Mrs. Yocom, who wore an all
over print gown, Mrs. Wright in a flowered silk jersey dress. Miss Ruth Anunsen, who will be married to Mr.
Thomas B. Hill, jr., on May 31, was gowned in a flowered pique frock and Mrs. Brady wore white net with a
printed bodice. Also receiving were Mrs. Fred Severerie Anunsen, the honor guest' mother, whose dress was
of teal blue crepe. Mrs. R. G. Brady, sr., who wore a petal blue jacket frock and Mrs. Thomas B. Hill, sr., in an
aqua crepe gown.' - - '
At either ehd of the tea table were copper tea-services and the centerpiece was of talisman roses. Presiding at
the urns were 'Mrs. Paul B. Wallace, Mrs. William L Phillips, Mrs. George Rossman and Mrs. Ralph MitchelL
Serving were the Misses Roberta Jean Yocom, Mary Jane Kestly, Janice Nelson, Marjorie Hill, Helen ielinski and - ; -z
Patricia Lamb. Assisting in the living room were Mrs. Eric Butler, Mrs. Charles Pratt and Mrs. Bruce W. Carkin. - '-