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Mrs. H. G. Maison, formerly of Salem but now living
In Portland, will bo hostess at a reception on Sunday after
noon in the Marine room of the Marlon hotel, given in
honor of hex son. Mack, who Is spending the holidays here
as her guest and Stuart Nelson, here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Nelson. The boys are midshipmen at Ann
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Mrs. Maison has asked Carl Gabrieldson, Mrs. Mar
garet Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Kirk and Mr. and Mrs.
Karl Becke to assist her. Miss MolHe Maison will also assist
her mother.
Guests will be friends of the boys, and their parents.
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Tillicums Will Dance
Members of the Tillicum Dancing club will hold their
annual New Year's eve dance at the armory on Thursday
night A large number of guests have been invited to at
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Officers, who are arranging the dance are Dr. Edward
Lebold, president, and Mr. A. A. Kruger, secretary.
CZXECUTIVES OF THE USO are busy discussing plans for their work, even while the pho
I tographer snaps their picture. Mr. Robert Boardman, director of the USO s chats with
Mrs. O. K. DeWitt, secretary, and M. Roy Kunz, piogimu director. Their offices are in the
former American Legion hall Chemeketa and Cottage streets. : ;
Although the Salem United Service organization is. new, as compared to many other institutions' in'
the city, we like to flunk that isji phenominal success. Many soldiers will agree" mat the USO center in Salem
is exceptionally fine, the best they have encountered since enlistment in the army. Certainly' it is well pat
ronized, and success is usually determined by pleased customers.
The USO center at Chemawa and Cottage streets is a busy place, bustling with workers and soldier
patrons. Each volunteer worker has her own duties, and these Salem housewives have taken hold with 3
seriousness given at the center. , . , -
Robert Boardman, general director of the USO, Roy Kunz, program director and Mrs. O. K. DeWitt and
Mrs. Kenneth Humphreys are usually on hand as paid evecutives, and other work is volunteered by local
women. - -
The USO especially caters to soldiers who like a home atmosphere and prefer not to be on the streets
during days off duty. The building, owned by the American Legion, includes a ball room, a fireplace room
which houses the offices and has been transferred into a writing and reading room are on the first floor.
The basement is given over to recreation rooms and the famous USO canteen, which is "manned" by varl
ous groups from women's service clubs from Salem and nearby communities..
There are many services offered for the men In uniform who like to drop into the USO (and one Satur-
day, 2000 were checked in). The writing room is - :
one of the popular spots Stamps may be purchased,
there are stationery, picture postcards and even" a
typewriter, available. . ' ,
Her Wedding Day ...
: rMiss Charlotte Eyre will become Mrs. Ivan H. Hunt, ct
a ceremony performed Monday night at 8:20 at the home cf
her grandmother, Mrs. G. W. Eyre on Mill, street She U
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eyre and Mr. Hunt's
father is Mr. B. H. Hunt of Yuba City. CaliL '
. " ' Rev. H. C Stover will read the ceremony. ' '
7 Mr. Eyre will give his daughter in marriage. She will
wear a street length dress of victory' blue crepe, and will
- carry a bouquet of Talisman roses .and gardenias.
Her attendant Mre. Donald Patterson of Central Point
will wear a gold crepe of street length, trimmed in gold
braid. She will carry a bouquet of roses. - -
- Mrs. Raymond " Andrews, aunt of the bride, will play
"1 Love You Truly" and accompany Mrs. Howard Cole '
. when she sings, "God Made You Mine."
; Dr. Donald Patterson will be best man. ' .
The ceremony will be performed belore a background
ox Unristmas greens ana Dasxeis oi wmie uowers anu
white candles arranged in a recessed window. I
The reception will follow the ceremony. Assisting her
cousin, and cutting the cake will be Miss Rovena Eyre. Mrs.
Faye Collins will pour. Mrs. W. G. Ross will cut the ices
and Mrs. Theo Beck, Mrs. Gilbert Davis and Mrs. George
Cunningham of Redmond will assist in serving. Mrs. Ralph
Eyre will be in charge of the guest book.
. ' - Mrs. Eyre will wear a crepe of soldier blue with a gar
denla corsage. , . -- '
' The young couple will leave after the ceremony, for
: a trip into California, and will live in Medford. Miss Eyre
is a graduate of Salem high school and Willamette uni
: versity, where she was a member of Beta Chi. She has
been on the Hood River high school faculty. i
. .. . Staff Sergeant Hunt attended schools in Marysyille,'
. .CaliL, and is now in. the medical section of the army and
' stationed at Camp White.
Shower for the Bride ' ' ' .'
Miss Evre was the honor guest on Wednesday at a
bridal shower when Mrs. F. H. Collins and Mrs, W. G.
Ros"s entertained for her at the Court street home of Mrs.1
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The rooms "Were attractively decorated with Christmas
greens. Mrs. H. J. Thomas accompanied by Mrs. W. H.
' Frist 1rl - the exroun sinaina Qiristmas carols. Later in the
' evening. lunch was served. ' '..';' 1
The guest list included Mesdames W. C. Cavender, C.
P. Dickson, Lloyd Drorbough, Edward Shultz. Jack Wright,
Don Watson. W. C. O'Niel, R. C. Bamett. E.,B. Daligherty,
H. I. Thomas, Floyd Volkel, Paul Miller, Claude Glenn; E.
L. Powell, W. H. East, George Haugen, GUbert Davis, H. R.
Crawford, Frank Zinn, Reece Jones, E. J. Trick, Robert Cun
; ningham, Charles Eyre, Miss Theo Beck, Mrs. F. H. Collins
anc Mrs. W. G. Ross.
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"THE HOME HOSPITALITY committee's desk is a busy one. especially
I . an the weekends, Here Miss Mildred Geft) and Miss Marjorie Christenson
find sleeping rooms for two soldiers. If servicemen, prefer, private homes to
the two dormitories, the committee contacts women who have offered rooms,
and 6end the soldiers out to meet their hostess and see the rooms. The
Christenson sisters who take the desk on the busy Saturday : afternoons,
placed 110 men in homes last Saturday, and turned-away another hundred
for lack of space. Mrs. W. L. Phillips is committee chairman.
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TIIE CANTEEN is I a popular place. Mrs. Walter Spcrulding Geft) deffly
handles the coffee pot while the evening's , assistants serve 'more-coffee,
coifclwiches and Eweals. They are Mrs..Victor Murdock, Mrs. Roy S. Keene
cad I4i3. Richcrd, Slatec T v, -
Billeting of soldiers for overnight sleeping quar
ters is one of the largest services, and presents d
great problem. There are now 125 cots at St. Jo- ;
; seph's hall and 70 at the YMCA available for service
men at a small cost, and many Salem housewives
have opened rooms for small rent to soldiers. With
hundreds of men oh furlough in the city on week
ends, places to sleep are at a premium and workers
at the home hospitality desk tries to place as many .
men as possible. Often soldiers are turned away for
lack of sleeping space. "
During the pre-Christmds weeks, over a thousand
packages were wrapped as gifts, then prepared for
mailing. This service is free of course, soldiers have
only to pay the regular postoffice fees for stamps
and insurance.
The Button Brigade is another important func
tional group of the USO. Working long hours on
Fridays, Saturday and Sundays the junior and
senior hostesses on this committee sew on hundreds
of chevrons, cap braid, and , buttons. They mend
seams, alter clothes and darn holes in clothing. :
The American War mothers take care of the sew
ing on Tuesdays. -
The canteen is one of the popular spots in the
Center Woman's church, dub and lodge groups
have regular days . to furnish . food each month.
Sandwiches, cakes, cookies and pies are brought in -in
large quantities to be distributed free. Coffee is
sold at a nickel a . cup. Women find pleasure in
serving (he boys, who find even more pleasure in
eating home-cooked sweets, served usually by old
er women. - ,
; ' ;The recreation room, with Its. ping-pong tables,
piano, card and checker; tablesV keep hundreds of .
soldier guests busy at games and group singing.
; A fine pool-table was, the gift of one :Sdem house-;
hold. " ' .
Many other small but" thoughtful services are .
aiven at the USO. ' It's the place where hostesses
v call ,up and give Sunday dinner invitations to sol-.
diers, and the home hospitality committee arranges .
' for the proper guests. It's a clearing house for extra
tickets to concerts, movie passes which are donated
by many local persons, for invitations to attend club ;
'meetings or church services. -It's -an Information
' center in general Testaments are given out to, the-:
men wishing them, religious - pamphlets are avail-
able. There's a wash room with shaving , and shoe
chining equipment There are parties and enter-
tainments, dances and" community sings. - .
. . -''"And most of these functions are managed by. ,
rnembers of the Hostess league, and entertainmenl ,
is provided by . the Junior hostesses. Almost every -
church and club croup in townt and in the com
munities and smaller towns around about, are join
ing in enthustically to assist in &e, management of
the USO, so that soldiers from far away.who like ,
ether entertainment than down town establishment!
provide,-can come and enjoy a homey atmosphere.
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STRICTLY A CHRISTMAS service, but a much appreciated one was gift
wrappftig; and stamp selling. Here three women assist soldiers with their
gift sending'. At the left Miss Ieannette Brown wraps gifts for mailing and at
the right 6tamps are being sold to a serviceman by Mrs. Carmen Jennison.
ifNE ' ANDERSON, chief Button Brigadier, knows Jjust .where to place
inaw chevrons for soldier, boys. Here . she's, replacing, a soldisr's lone
for a double one. He paid SO cerite to have the original stripe put cn,
but th service is free at the USO. Insignia and cap : braid -U often sewed on
izt soldiers. "Alterations are- medte t Several women work hours each,
v-rsk, and always have plenty cf sewing to keep them busy. (All phctos by
:an Woman's department) , . "
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