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si" BriHe-Elect.Is Fete3 . . J - ; ' i Highlight on the wedding calendar for this week will be the marriags jc! Miss Barbara Bell and Captain Robert E Barnett. United States anny.-whidi will be an event of Saturclay afternoon at chapel No. 2, . Camp Adair. Tha 4 o'clock rites will be read by Rev. George H. Swift with many. Salem and out cJ-tc folk attending.; ' V" ' I - - The benedlctelecfs mother; Mrs. E. L. Baroett of Idaho Falls, Idaho, will arrive on Tuesday for her son's wedding and will be house guest of Miss Bell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth 'Bell. "Mr. Baniett is unable to be Here for the wedding. - . ' 1 - - .. f ; , ' The wedding lehearsal. is slated for. Friday, night at the chapel and aft erwards Mr. and Mrs." Bell wilT entertairi at la dessert supper at their Leslie street home for their daughter' and feniinine members of the bridal party. The .airls lncdude Miss JeaiT Burrell Miss- Dorothy Engel,' Miss Betty Childs. Miss Mary Jane Brabec. Mss Mary Jane Simmons. Miss Dorothy Hopping of Ta- 4 i : Society.-. ' Clubs , Music ' Xs'. CKjBonCvfafeamaa. r v 1 -. J , , . : .' - .. .- ;T. . : -. .. ... . 1-1 . . . i) if;.; ' ' ' 1 . . vn Ih J V i I 6 -.ft.'-: - -J.-' A Word has reached Salem that Miss Margaret Purvine, daughter! of Dr. Mary B. Purvine, will leave February 10 for Washington, DC, where she will take Red Cross training as a social worker. Miss Purvine, who has been making her home in Berkeley and Oakland, Calif., expects to be stationed at a naval hospital on the west coast after her training. . She has j been probation officer in Juvenile court.in Oakland and before i that wcrs'a social service worker. A graduate of Willamette .1 university and a Beta Chi sorority member, she received her f master's degree at Mills college and later took work at the University of California. Chosen as the favorite pin-up girl by Willamette university studehts at the junior class dance Saturday night wass Miss Janice Pattersbn, standing at right above. Pictured are all the pirnup candidates, : chosen by the navy V-12 men on the campus. From left to "right are Miss Gloria Brough, Oregon City, who represented Alpha Psi hall; Miss Olive Torbet, Kent, AlphaPhi Alpha sorority; Miss j Viola Jacpbsen, former Salem girl who now lives in Portland, Beta Chi sorority; Miss Paula Smith, Stayton, Frederickson hall; Miss Elaine Cloudy, Ketchikan, Alaska, Kappa hall; and Miss Janice Patterson, Salem, Delta Phi sorority. President G. Herbert Smith announced the selection of the pin-up girl and officiated at her cor onation. Ed Ferguson was in general charge of the informal 1 dance. (Statesman photo). ! 1 Miss Harbison Engaged Romantic news today concerns Miss Jane Harbison and Mr. jKennfeth Allen Juza. The couple's engagement Is being announced by the blonde bride-elect's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John! W. Harbison. No plans have been made for the, wedding. Mr. Juza, machinist's mate first class. United States navy, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Juza. V I I . Miss Harbison is a graduate of Salem" schools and is employed; at Sears Roebuck and company. She has two brothers,- Lt Samuel Harbi- son, stationed with the army in the Pacific islands, and John W. Harbison, Jr., a signal man in the navy in the Aleutians. I f Mr. Juza has been home the past month on leave, the first time he has been in the states for four years. He has bee nan active duty to the Pa rifie and has served in three maior battles. He returned to his base In Se attle last week and has been assigned 1 graduate of Salem schools. to a new destroyer. Mr. Juza is a Piand" Concert Tuesday-. . . When Rudolf Serkin, internationally famous pianist, ap pears on the Salem high school auditorium platform on Tues day night as. third in the series of Community Concert artists, he will play a program of favorite classics. He has chosen numbers by the great composers, from! among the best known end most brilliant of their works. ! : Serkin J a Czecho-Slovakian by birth, is considered one of the top ranking living pianists. He made his American debut in 1936 as soloist with the New York Philharmonic symphony orchestra under Toscanlni . and has since played in cities throughout the United States and Canada. Admission to the program Is by membership in the asso ciation only, no tickets will be sold at the door. ' His program includes: : ! Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue --... Bach '.-'- ' ( f ; v I 1 , , V ' " ' f S ) - j - - ; , i i- ri i i I I I I ! T - ! I t-' ' a ; - ; -A , . ; For Thxirsday nighf Miss -Mary Jane Simmons, Miss Mary Jane Bra&ec a and Miss Jean Burrell are arranging a bridal party for Miss Bell at the coun- try home of Miss Simmons. : . ' , J r s i Dinner -Honors Visitors I . . o- Pfc and Mrs. Stuart McGUchrist (Edith Heise) arrived in the capital this weekend to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C Heise and Mr. and Mra. Gor don McGilchrisi Mr. McGilchrist is stationed at Woodward, Oklahoma, where .the couple have been residing. -y - ' Today also marks the first wedding anniversary of the couple. This after noon Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Heise are entertaining at a family dinner in honor of their daughter and her husband. A bouquet of spring flowers will center the caning table. I R' J . II': i , . - ev. W. Irvln Williams welcomes Mrs. Mar tha Ferguson McKeown, Mrs. George Rho- ten (center) and Miss Presbyterian church. Frances Kells to the First ; where meetings of the Older Girls conference will be held February 11. 12 & 13. Mrs. McKeown of Haad Rived is di rector of the conference, Mrs. Rhoten heads the -publicity committee and Miss Kells is president of the conference. Both are from Salem. (States man photo). Li Older Girls Coming Covers will be placed for Mr. and Mrs. Stuart McGilchrist, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Heise and Monica of Portland, MrJ and Mrs. Lynn Heise and John, Mrs. Grace Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Heise. . j ; - , ' Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McGilchrist will be hosts for a family din ner in honor of their; son and daughter-in-law. Miss Beverly McGilchrist. a Pi ceta tm at uregon btater college, came home from school for the weekend to see her brother. i Annual Dinner Planned J , ... Annual membership and dinner meeting of the YWCA will be held Mon- i day night at the First Presbyterian church at 6 o'clock. . Dr. Lawrence Bee of the sociology departmerit of. the University of Oregon will be the main speaker I and his topic is "Today, Tomorrow's Foundation."- He is speaking through i the courtesy of the E C.- Brown trust division of social hygiene education. Uni- versity of Oregon Medical school. . ' ; - ' 'Tamily Fellowship" is the theme for the dinner and program.' The din- f: ner will be served family style. Former board presidents, trustees of the board. Mayor and Mrs. I. M. Doughton and Mrsl Lawrence Bee will be honor guests. if Mrs. Guy Hickock, president of the board,- wilt preside at the dinner meeting. t " The Girl Reserve choir, with Vlrginic Ward Elliott as director, will sing a j group of numbers. Mrs. Elliott will also sing arid her accompanist will be Mrs ) I D. B. Kleihege. Miss Julia Webster and Miss Dorothea Steusl off will report s - on the. 1943 finance committee and Mrs. William E. Kirk, chairman of the f , nominating committee, will give a report on new members and the 1944 nom- . lnations for the board. i I I 1 - lr ; . i , " ' -- '- ,f - ;, - ! ' ' . " i . Arranging the dinner are MrsJ Arthur Selander, Mrs. Helen Goodenough. V - MrsTC H. Ostrin and Mrs. George Hug. Mrs-Prince W. Byrd is arranging the 1 . , table decorations and Mrs. Norman Frees- is In charge of the membership table. ! Open House at Sorority . . V - . tDelta Phi sorority members will honor their new housemother, Mrs.' Albert f : Thomas Hill, at an open house this "afternoon at the Court street chapter house. ! Townspeople and university students are invited to call between 4 "and 6 s o'clock. Mrs. Hill's home is in LaGrande nd she recently has beenresicling in r Myrtle Point ! ... i ' ' . . ! . j j---- - - j Miss Helen Zimmerman will introduce the guests to the receiving line -j - . which . will :incjude Miss Eleanor Todd, house president, Mrs. Hill, and Mrs." J. i ;- Harry Holt Salem Mother's club president Miss Ruth Wahlgreh will greet the t" guests at the door and Miss Gloria Brough will pass the guest book. M88 Dorothy Estes will preside atthf punch bowl and senior girls will as- sist : in serving. VArrghgements of spring flowers and candles will provide the f ?, degxaativejnote. . During the afternoon Kfess Louise jWrisley and Miss Nancy I Hak'will play a "group of piano numbers. ; ' ' . . t v-vMiss, Zimmerman, is general chairman for the affair arid assisting are Miss Vicky Jones, decorations; Miss Lorraine Nelson, invitations; Miss Marge Sipes, . refreshments; and Miss Mary Nims, entertainment j ' I ' - I : . -- - !-.' ;--. - I - -. I 1 : I ' Willamette sophomores are planning an all school informal dance for next t weekend In the school gymnasium. - The' theme of the dance which will honor j navy men leaving school at the end of the semester is "Aloha." Decorations - will transform the gym into an island paradise. : All students In school are Invited to attend. Admission Is fifty cents and . ... i tickets will go on sale next week.,- Student body tickets are not necessary to buy i : programs. . Lloyd Griffiths is president of the class and Bill Blade is general F chairman for the dance. Heading the refreshment committee Is Betty Randall I and Barbara Pierce is In charge of programs. Sonata in C sharp minor (Moonlight) Carnival. Op. 9 -Beethoven (Scenes mlgnonnes sur quatre notes) Two Impromptus Op. 90 ; G-flat major ; E flat major Scherzo, E minor Op. 16 Two Songs without Words G major C major . ; Une barque ur 1 ocean . Schumann .Schubert Alborada del gracioso Polonaise. A flat major. Op. 53 5 - 1- Mendelssohn ...Mendelssohn .. .Ravel ...-Ravel !.- .Chopin Christened on Saturday . . Mary Elizabeth Russell, one month old daughter of Mr. arid Mrs. James C. Russell, was christened at an impressive f ceremony Saturday night at St' Paul's Episcopal chapel. Rev. i George H. Swift officiated at the 8 o'clock service." . - The little girl's godmothers are iMrs. Ira J. Fitts nd Miss Alberta DeLano. Mr. Fitts is the godfather. Mary Elizabeth vore the baptismal' dress given her by the' aunt, Mrs. Fred I Mueller, for whom she was named. Her grandparents are Mrs. Celia Russell of Minneapolis and Mr. and Mrs. W. DeLano of Grand-Forks," North" Dakota. . v- A reception at the Russell home on South High street fol-v lowed the christening. . Mr." Russell, who Is stationed at Nelsr celt with the coast guard, was home for the cjccasion. - I Older girls of the state will gather In Salem on February 11 12 and 13 for the 31st annual Older Girls' conference,! and will hold most of their meetings at the First Presbyterian church. Miss Frances Kells, president of the Older Girls will preside at f business sessions." f.- J ,. V.: !,.-- . ; . . ;. U if! 1 Registration begins on Friday afternoon and will fM fol-, lowed b ya "get acquainted" dinner and meeting later. J ! Saturday's program begins with music by the conference choir and the morning session will featurea talk by Dr.wR.' Franklin Thompson, president of the College of Puget Sounds and former member of the Willamette university faculty; the" official conference " speaker. Panel discussions will highlight J the! morning -session and during the uncheon. Miss Dulcina Brown. Portland, will ' interview two holders of world and state ' swimming; records, Nancy Murld and Suzanne Zimmerman. -. t A tea will be held Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. I C P. Bishop. ! - t -. - - V, .' t During ' the " Saturday night meeting. Miss Beth Siewert ' contralto, and Geraldine Schmorker, violinist will furnish: mu-' sicf and Miss Muriel White of West Lynn, will direct d pageant . RnndfTxr frrhiroi ln("1ii4a nrnmlTwr urnreitn aA tnftC V I ; erine Thomas and other girls from Willamette university, a con- ixiivuu ptuiuiuiy luiiuawa una u nosing canaie ceremony. I The conference is sponsored by the Oregon Council of Churches and directed by Martha Terguson McKeown of Hood - River. Miss Muriel is assistant director and Mrs. George Rho ten is In charge of publicity and is tea chairman. ! it V&lentine Dance .. . I The . Trotters Dancing club, newly organized dance group, will hold its second dance Friday night at the VeteranV halL The semi-formal affair is from 9 to 12 o'clock and members will bring guests. . '"' , 4 - t ; ? The valentine motif will be carried out in the decorations and the theme. The committee in charge of arrangements in- eludes Mr. and Mrs. Walter Karsten and Mr. and Mrs. Francis . Jemigan. 1 Several Informal parties are being arranged to 'pre cede and follow the affair. . ?" - - . ' ' 1 -J levealing her betrothal is Miss Betty Lee Mercer, . daughter of Mr. arid Mrs. Francis Ei Mercer. Her engagement to Mr. Fred Kirchoff, sergeant United States army, was announced this week by her par- ents. No date has been set for' the wedding. Serge ant Kirchoff Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kirchoff of Little Fairy, New Jersey, and he is stationed at Fort Lewis. (Kennell-EUis)., f irs. Maynard Edlund, -who was Louise Rarnaga before her marriage on Thursday night at Cie home of her mother Mrs. L. M. Ramage. The bride- Icroom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Edlund of Sa - jlem and i a staff sergeant stationed at Wes!pcrt Wash. His bride will remain In Salem. (Jesien-MJ-kr). '. ."' 1: r -; ' - - . r