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C&8-PAG2S Hi 0II30:rCIATCMAlLSaIa Oregeaw Eeafisy KoreSafr Uoy tL 1M2 Brides-Elect Reveal Plans Two more brides-elect have completed details for June wed slings. Miss Gertrude Schnider, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Schnider, will be married on Fri day, June 5, to Mr. Lester Jack fon of Portland, son of Mrs. Bessie Jackson of Corvallis. The wedding will take place at St Joseph's Catholic church with father T. J. Bernards officiating ait 4 o'clock. Miss Myrtle Meier will sing "Ave Marie" and Mr. Wayne Meusey will play the or fan accompaniment The bride, who will be given in marriage by her father, has asked her sister, Mrs. Robert Maneely'of Portland, to be her honor attendant Mr. Maneely will serve as best man. Ushers are Mr. William Jackson and Mr. Allen Guerber of Corvallis. A reception will be held at the Schnider home after the wedding. Mr. Jackson and his bride will reside In Portland. Tan Natta-Fleet Miss Maxine Fleet and Mr. William H. Van Natta will ex change marriage vows on Satur day, June 6 at the home of the bride-elect's mother, Mrs. W. A. Rentschler, In Salem Heights. Judge E. M. Page will read the 8 o'clock service and Miss Ber nice Rentschler will light the candles. Mr. Herman Rehfuss will sing and Miss Ruth Bedford will play. Mrs. Charles Sanderson will be Miss Fleet's only attendant and Mr. Stephen Mergler will be Mr. Van Natta's best man. Lou Ann and Stephanie Mergler will hold ribbons to form the bridal aisle. A reception will be held after the wedding for the guests. The cou ple's new home will be in Portland. 2ot't Jdooh AIoua.. but . . . here's something interesting. Mrs. Mark McCallister, Corvallis, formerly of Sa lem, writes about th graduating gener ations of her family. Her father, Hugh Mc Nary Finley (whose brother William was OSC's first president) graduated in the sec ond class, 1871. His children, Ross, Edna (Buchanan) and Ada (McCallister) also gra duated from OSC as three of the four second-generation graduates. These two new graduates, Doris McCallister Coiner and Alan McCallister are, according to the let ter, the first third-generation graduates to get degrees from the college. Speaking of records . . . here's another. Marilyn Coretto, high school graduate of this year, who also went to school in Arizona and California, ha3 only missed 8V2 days of Graduate Has Line Party Betty-Lou Kayser was hostess to a group of Parrish ninth grade graduates at a line party Saturday afternoon. After the show they had dinner at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kasyer. The long table was covered with lace cloth with centerpiece of Cecile B run ner roses. Talisman roses were used in the living and dining rooms. Those attending were: Misses Shirley Lukins, Jackie Torgason, Delores Hamilton, June Young, Marjorie Lundahl, Addyse Lane, Darlene Gardner, Jean Clare Swift, Jean Fidler, Mary Hughes, Dessa Lee Holmes, Messrs. Mel Case, Don Farnum, Don Yocum, Richard Yocum, Reno Young, Lyle Parks, Stanley Coons, Eddie McCall, Loren Helmhout, Clinton Mason, Rich ard Ostrin, Bob Mentzer and the hostess Miss Kayser. At 7:30 the group left for a arty at the home of Miss Shir ey Lukins. WEDDING CALENDAR Marjorie Van DeWalker Kenneth Sherman Ruth Anuntan Tom HiU. Jr. ConfTtfational Kutbanne Thompson Vinton Presbyterian -Florence Upjohn Oscar Paulson ConjTegaUonaL. Lure Norris Kenneth Hushes Methodist . Edna Thoman Robert Ramp Roberta' studio Irene Webb Richard Barton. Jr. Carrier Room Joan DuRette Warren James -Gervals , Gertrude hnider Lester. Jackson St. Joseph's ... Gretchen Gamer John Anninf home Chloe Anderson Homt-r Millard Santa Ana. Calif. Margaret Ann Bligh Casper Schweifert home Maxine Fleet William Van Natta horn Alice Sarkus Milton Peterson Evangelical Batty Starr Robert Anderson Portland Shirley Plant Donald Rasmussen Jewell Minier Enrin Potter First Marian Hermanek Lt Jack Hack Elisabeth. Ballon Ralph Leedy Genevieve Scharf Gerald Jaffa m I 1 MM MO. $1 YAUH SjCZI 4fh or. tat UMTTSIIMI Swish oa forehead, "lata, nape it aeck. Coollag, refresUag. Choke f !; eamnw OCtfttH M Ofy Me. II else, pfr 9 ttrs ti yaiue omy WILLETTS CAPITAL DRUG STORE Cor. State & Liberty . Phone 3118 fc1 i WORTHY ADVISOR Miss Mary Elizabeth Sisson. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brown E Sisson, who was in stalled worthy advisor of Chadwick Assembly, Order of Rainbow for Girls. Tuesday night The following night she received her diploma from Salem high school. (Jesten-Miller). school since she began her education. She's the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Coretto. Bridal procession . . . what was it, two million brides last year? June is the month of brides you remember, so expect a -lot this June. Good lime . . . last week a family of our acquaintance spent all Sunday after noon driving around at 20 miles an hour. All agreed that they saw more of the coun try that afternoon than they had ever seen on a 200-mile trip at 50 miles an hour. Re minds us of the days we drove in the surrey and had time to identify birds in the trees and pick wild flowers along the road. and . . . Old Fred stopped for a deep drink at every watering trough along the road . . . Maxine Buren. Jason Lee Wesleyan service guild will meet Monday at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Er cel Mundinger, 1185 North Capi tol street. Co-hostesses are Mrs. Carl Martin, Mrs. Robert Klem pel, and Mrs. Harvey Aston. Mrs. Herbert Lang will have charge of the devotions and Mrs. Her man Rehfuss will have charge of the study period. Members are asked to bring their gift boxes. The North Salem WCTU will meet Tuesday at S o'clock with Mrs. Mina Bates, 2011 Maple avenue. Mrs. V. VanLydegraf will lead devotions, Mrs. Mae Fenwick will lead the singing and talk on child welfare and Mrs. Mollie Spires will discuss the flower missions. Teams will report on Farm Home activities. Leaving teday far Spokane are Mrs. David Wright, Mrs. H. Lawrence Lister and Mrs. David H. Cameron. They will attend the supreme convention of Daughters of the Nile at the" Davenport hotel. -May Jl Miy SI -June 1 -June 1 -June 1 June 1 -June -June I ..June S -June -June -June -June -June 1 June 14 home June SO Methodist The Dalles June SO .Juno 21 -Juno 22 -Juno 27 I! t -i - , j f i. 4 ', J v v. - i ? ' t ; Convention to Call Teachers Miss Frances Virginie Melton, state president of the Oregon Music Teachers association has announced the state convention to be held in Portland June 18 and 18, with a prc-convention musical at the Art Institute Sun day afternoon followed by a tea at the Oswego Lake summer home of Mrs. Clifford Moore. Speakers at the convention will include Dr. Ernest Block, com poser, who recently located in Oregon, buying a home at Agate Beach. He will talk on "Changes in music compositions as I have seen during my lifetime." Miss Hazel Gertrude Klnscella, na tional music authority, composer, author of music books, will talk on "American Music' Wagner Swayne, eminent musician, late of Paris, France, pianist and teacher, will talk on "My ap proach to the piano." There will be forums and re citals by prominent Oregon mu sicians. M JUNE RITES Three Co-eds Will Marry Choose First Day of June Miss Edna Louise Thoman and Mr. Robert M. Ramp will exchange marriage vows Monday night at the home, of Pro fessor and Mrs. T. S. Roberts. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thoman of Stockett, Mont, and her fiance's , parents are Mr. and Mrs. Malcomb Ramp of Portland. Dr. J. C Harrison will read the 8:30 o'clock service. Mrs. Roberts will greet the guests at the door. The ceremony will be performed In the music room which will be decorated with palms, ferns, white sweetpeas and white carnations flanked by white tapers in wrought Iron candelabras. Professor Roberts will play the organ. Preceding the wedding Mrs. Malcom Ramp will sing "At Dawning" and "Calm as the Night." Miss Barbara Young will light the candles in a dress of shell pink chiffon and satin. Miss Thoman will be given In marriage by Mr. Harry Weil of Portland. She will wear a gown of white chiffon, fashioned with a high neckline, lace inserts, bishop sleeves, and a long court train. Her finger-tip veil will fall from a crown of seed pearls and will be edged in lace. She will carry a shower bouquet of sweet peas, bouvardia and Cecile B runner roses. Maid of honor will bo Miss Jessica Kinsey, who will wear a pink chiffon dress. In her hair she will wear a small wreath of pink and blue flowers and will carry a nosegay of blue delphin ium and pink sweet peas. Miss Neva Ramp will be bridesmaid. She will wear a gown of light blue chiffon and wreath of blue and yellow flowers and is carry ing a nosegay of yellow roses and pale blue delphinium. Mr. Irwin Wedel will serve as best man for Mr. Ramp. Ush ers will be Mr. Sam Ramp and Mr. Robert Hauser. Mrs. Thoman, here from Mon tana for her daughter's wedding, will wear a gown of soft rose and a corsage of sweet peas and pink roses. The mother of the groom, will wear a gown of dusty rose with corsage of sweet peas and pink roses. A reception will follow the wedding. Mrs. Winifred Worrell of Portland will cut the bride's cake and Mrs. A. A. Siewert will preside at the urn. Mrs. Agnes Jones will cut the ices. Inviting to the dining room will be Mrs. Sam Ramp and Mrs. Irwin Wedel. Miss Marion Sand ers will be in charge of the dining room. Assisting will be , the Misses Janice Lemmon, Beth Siewert, Marjorie Horr, Eliza beth Anne Herrick and Jean Jackson. Assisting about the rooms will be Mrs. H. G. Carl, Mrs. W. T. Jenks, and Mrs. T. W. Hall. Miss Ruth Bedford and . Miss Olga Wikberg will be in charge of the gift room and Miss Helen MacHirron the guest book. For traveling the bride ha chosen a blue wool costume suit with navy blue hat and matching accessories. Following a wed ding trip they will bo at homo at the Jefferson apartments, Se attle. Miss Thoman is a graduate of Willamette university where she was affiliated with Delta Tau Gamma. She was a member of Cap and Gown, Mu Phi Epsilon and Alpha Kappa Nu. For the past two years she has taughf , music in the junior high school at Hood River. Mr. Ramp also attended Willamette university where he was affiliated with Kappa Gamma Rho. He is now with the airway traffic control department at Seattle. Haghos-Norrls The first day of June has also been chosen for the wedding of Miss Luree Norris of Salem, daughter of Mrs. Ruth Norris of Seattle, and Mrs. Kenneth Hughes, son of Mrs. Ina Hughes of Harrisburg. The ceremony 0) fO) fil OT II . r- k. will be read in the Carrier room of the First Methodist church with Rev. Glenn Olds officiating at 8 o'clock. - Preceding, the wedding Mr. Robert Mealy will sing "I Love Thee" and Schubert's "Ave Ma ria." Mrs. Lawrence Edwards will be the organist Pink and white peonies will be arranged on either aid of the fireplace and lighting the candles will be Miss Luann Green. For her wedding the.bride has chosen a white marquisette gown embossed with painted flowers in shades of pink, blue and yel low. The full skirt is gathered and the torso waist is mad with puffed sleeves and sweetheart neckline. A spray of orange blossoms will hold the bride's fingertip length tulle veil in place and she will carry white roses. Miss Olive Ward who has come from Boise, Idaho, to be her cousin's honor attendant, will wear a yellow marquisette frock and carry blue delphinium and pink snapdragons. Bridesmaids will be Miss Hazel Magee, who will wear pink marquisette, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Ross, whose dress is of blue marquisette. Mr. Robert Storm of Corval lis will stand with Mr. Hughes as best man and the ushers are Mr. Arnold Hardman and Mr. William Keene of Corvallis. A reception will bo held for the guests in the Carrier room. Mrs. W. P. Miller and Mrs. Luth er Chapin will preside at the serving table and assisting will be Miss Margaret Anderson of Portland, Miss Betty Boydston, Miss Esther Mae Devore and Miss Carol Clark. Miss Norris will receive her diploma from Willamette uni versity this afternoon and her fiance graduated last June. He is now attending Oregon State col lege on a fellowship. Miss Nor ris is a Delta Tau Gamma mem ber. Ellis-Thompson At S o'clock Monday after noon Miss Ruthanne Thompson and Mr. Vinton Ellis will be married at the First Presbyterian church. The bride is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thomp son of Burt, Iowa, and Mr. Ellis is the son of Dr. and Mrs. R. V. Ellis of Ketchikan, Alaska. Rev. W. Irvin Williams will road the ceremony before mem bers of the immediate family. The blonde bride has chosen a mist blue silk frock with matching shoes and silk jersey hat for her wedding. The only touch of color will be pink gloves and an orchid corsage. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lathrop of Salem, brother-in-law and sister of the bride, will attend the couple. Mrs. Lathrop will wear pastel pink silk dress and her corsage will be of gardenias. The couple will leave by car directly after the ceremony for Iowa to visit with Miss Thomp son's parents. Mr. and.. Mrs. Thompson have planned a re ception for Monday, June 8, In compliment to their daughter and her husband-to-be. Mr. Ellis and his bride plan to return to Salem the middle of June and will be at home at the Sundberg apartment. Miss Thompson and Mr. Ellis have completed their sophomore years at Willamette university and she is a member of Beta Chi sorority and Mr. Ellis is affiliat ed with Alpha Psi Delta fraterni ty. -He will continue with his studies at Willamette in the fall. TELLS TROTH Miss Shirley OxufieH-dauJhtT-rf Mr. and Mrs. Percy Caufield of Oregon Qty, whose en gagement to Mr. Oscar Leonard Donaldson, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L Donaldson, sr. of Salem, wai told at the Beta Chi sorority house at dinner last Sunday. Miss Cau field has completed her Junior year at Willamette and her fiance is stationed at Saa Luis Obispo. (Kennell-Ellis). I LEAVING Mrs. George Neuman (Eloise Elliott) who.. ..is leaving on June 1 for San Francisco to join her husband, stationed with the United States navy. They were married in the bay city on April 18. (Jesten Miller). Circles Meet Wednesday The following circles of the First Presbyterian church will meet on Wednesday: Circle 1 Mrs. Claude H. Mur phy, leader, with Mrs. R. T. Boals, 750 North Capitol for 1:15 luncheon. C ircle 2 Mrs. Abner Kline, leader, with Mrs. L. R. Springer, 1395 Fir street, for 1:15 luncheon. Circle 3 Mrs. E. A. Collier, leader, with Mrs.' S. H. Boardman, 1083 North 15th street, for 1:15 dessert luncheon. Circle 4 Mrs. Max O. Buren, leader, with Mrs. J. F. Ulrich, 348 North 12th street for 1:15 luncheon. Circle 5 Mrs. L. M. Purvine, leader, with Mrs. J. J. Nunn, 940 North 19th street, at 1:00 o'clock. Circle 8 Mrs. Wil liam Hartley, leader, with Mrs. C. E. Siegmund, 250 Garden road for a covered dish luncheon at 1:00 o'clock. Take Four Corners bus. Circle 7 Mrs. L. M. Ram age, leader, with Mrs. S. A. Baldwin, 480 North 24th street, for 1:15 luncheon. Circle 8 Mrs. W. R. Dallas, leader, with Mrs. Dallas, Route I, Box 105, for 1:15 luncheon. Good-byes were said this week to Mrs. Annie E. Berger, David and Ann, who left Saturday for Fowler, Indiana, to reside with hor mother, Mrs. Jack Cheno weth. Captain Berger is with the armed forces in Australia. Ihome life requires more inUUUHl, IMLbli DAT) As motoring and outside amusements ore curtailed, home be comes a center of attraction for the family, and should be re furbished and Vlohrened. As budgets ore curtailed by necessary axes and war bond buying, we erasr leant to buy ether things snore carefuBY- 'These are el excels reasons for doser acquaintance Fennoy store, It hobo ho, fanvty and bvdg I Hostesses to Fete Jewell Minier -Mrs. R. Franklin Thompson and Mrs. Melvin Geist have in vited guests to a bridal shower Tuesday night for the pleasure of Miss Jewell Minier, bride-' elect of Mr. Ervin Potter. The affair will be held at the Thomp son home on West Lefelle street After an informal evening a dessert supper will be served and a miscellaneous shower given to fete the bride-to-be. Roses and other spring flowers will provide the decorative note. Bidden to honor Miss Minier are Mrs. Walter B. Minier, Mrs. T. M. Hicks, Mrs. J. D. Foley, Mrs. Eugene Grabenhorst, Mrs. Donald Dawson, Mrs. Carl Sum ner Knopf, Mrs. Daniel Schrei ber of Independence, Mrs. Oscar Swenson, Mrs. Al Klassen, Mrs. Ralph Nohlgren, Mrs. Philo Hall of Newark, New Jersey, Mrs. Ro bert Rieder; Mrs. Wheeler R. English, Mrs. S. Campbell, Mrs. Palmer Bue and Miss Barbara Hollingworth of Portland, Mrs. Melvin Goode of Albany and Miss Margaret Hood. vVOWELO Camp Fire Girls Column The Ohiciyapi Camp Fire girls held the last meeting of the year and received firmakers and wood gathers ranks. Taking the ranks were Irene Boatwright, Edris Stewart, Gloria Dean Mc Dow, Joyce Holmstead, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Donna Bramel, Donna Seay, Virginia Bowers, Patsy Boyer. The Ahwandah Camp Fire girls met at the home of their guardian, Mrs. James Bunnell. They checked up on their note books and made sure they could pass their ranks. They planned a picnic and council fire for June 1. The Kahanka group entertain ed their mothers at a tea at Margaret Acton's homo Wednes day. Margaret has taken the trail seeker's rank. Mrs. James C. Pike will en tertain members of the Junior Woman's Book club Monday night at her Jefferson street home. m m New Garden Clubs Are Welcomed When the Oregon Federatioa of Garden dubs holds its annual convention in Salem June 16-11 many smaller garden clubs from throughout the state win be rep resented for thefirst time Eighteen clubs were added to the federation roster during the past year, bringing the total to 108 dubs, which lndudes 8152 mem bers. New dubs welcomed into the federation indude North Bend, Hazel Green, Redmond, Powell Butte, Englewood, Hood view, Ardonwald, Milwaukie, Red wood, Myrtle Point, Progressive, Triangle Lake, Coquille, Alta mont. Ocean Spray, Powellhurst, Maywood, Maplewood Garden dubs and the Jolly Gardners. The Oregon Federation of Garden dubs has done much to make the state "garden con scious" and a thorough program of gardening subjects has been made available to the general public. The KOAC Home Garden hour program, given from 2 until 2:30 pjn. each Thursday over KOAC, has had full cooperation of the Oregon Federation of Garden dubs and many KOAC garden dubs have been formed by small groups of women who gather to hear and discuss radio programs. Conservation work has been another important project on the federation's calendar and is par ticularly necessary during war time. Flower shows and garden centers have been sponsored by the federation j throughout the state. There are now 10 garden centers in Oregon cities. The Medford Center gave away 350 packets of seed during the past year. The Oregon. Federation has made available a long list of excellent speakers on many sub jects of vital interest to garden ers with the various dubs secur ing speakers for their meetings through the Federation's pro gram and lecture bureau. Roadside beautification is an other major project of the fed eration, with all clubs cooperat ing in their communities. Mrs. Daniel Heffner of Port land will preside at the conven tion, which is to be held in the American Legion hall. Mrs. Heffner, during her term as president, has ' represented the Oregon Federation at many gar den meetings throughout the United States. She was in at tendance at the national meet ing in Ashville, NC, and attend ed the regional meeting in Phoe nix, Ariz. She has been present at all district meetings, many committee sessions and has per sonally visited 72 Oregon gar den clubs. Mrs. Heffner also finds time to contribute garden material to various magazine and publications. Miss Edith Schryver, president of the Salem Garden club, has announced that Governor Charles A. Sprague, Edgar Kline, Miss Eleanor Stephens, Mrs. A. G. Proctor and Mrs. I. D. Lamb, will be among those appearing on the convention pro gram. Dr. and Mrs. Henry E. Morris hdd their annual dinner Thurs day night at their home for win ners of the Morris scholastic cup. Those attending were Dr. and Mrs. Morris, Mr. Ivan Osterman, Mrs. Hazel McElroy Tandy, Mrs. Velma Ross Cooley, Mr. Ingvard Hanson, Mrs. Clarice Kolbe All port, Mr. Robert Hauser, Mr. Lee Nelswander, Miss Doris Krueger, Miss Elizabeth Mason, Mr. Frank Gosser, Mrs. Deona Hartman Davis, Miss Virginia Gamble, Mr. Harlan Hanson, this year's winner, Harold Hartman, Miss Violet Swanson, Mr. LaRue Richards and Mr. Merritt Davis. A letter was read from Mr. Earl Crabbe, a former winner, now serving in the US navy.