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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1944)
J 1 K - 1 ' ' Betrothal of Patricia Higgins The list of engaged couples Is augmented by the addition of iwo more names, for Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Higgins are today announ- g the engagement of their only aughter. Miss Patricia Higgins, o Mr. Walter Achterman, United tates Army . Medical Reserve, in of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Achter- of Eugene. The news was first told at a inner at the Delta Delta Delta Sorority house on . the Oregon iktate college campus Tuesday night when the bride-elect passed out cards to her sorority sisters revealing the engagement. No date has been set for the wed ding.' ' i - . V : Miss Higgins ir a J u n I o r at Oregon State college and is j graduate of Salem high school. -Mr. Achterman wiU graduate n September from the University f Oregon- Medical scnooi ana ill take his interneship at uthern Pacific hospital in San rancisco. He took his pre-med- Ics at the University or Oregon and his fraternity is DelU Upsi lon. His medical fraternity is Alpha Kappa Kappa. Neighbors Meet On Friday Night ! Neighbors of Woodcraft met cn Friday night to hear a pro gram and have a business meet ing. On the program were Stel Ik Pearl Teeson, who sang, ac companied by Irene Hansell, Barbara Jane Macklin, who played violin numbers, - accom panied by E 1 m a Dickey Mrs. Stella Blackerby, who g a v e a reading and little Jane Ferguson, tip dancer. Following refreshments, which were served alter tne program, business meeting and practice lor installation were held. Mrs. Gale Herbs entertained dinner Friday night for her husband's birthday. Among the guests were Mrs. Douglas Baird of Washington, DC, who with hpr two little girls, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Cornele Stut- ti ford. Spring flowers and can es, decorated the table. The Mayflower! Guild of the Congregational church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. David Nielsen. 7 15 North Cap itol Street, Wednesday afternoon t 2:30 o'clock. Assisting host- eises are Mrs. Ray Yocom and Mrs. Charles Ratcliff. Mrs. Homer H. Smith, sr., will open her North Summer street tome to members of the Junior Guild of St Paul's Episcopal church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock. Hostesses are Mrs. Rue Erager, Mrs. Charles Jory, Mrs. Paul Gemmell and Mrs. Smith.' iMrs. Gar Hkkek, president of e YWCA board, will preside at e regular board meeting Tues day morning at 10 o'clock. Na tional policies of the YWCA will be reviewed for new board mem bers and plans, for the new year will be discussed. Monthly re ports will also be given. Kalakew Girls will meet at the Masonic Temple . Tuesday night alt 7:30 o'clock. Plans for, a rum mage sale and spring dance will .be discussed. . Miss Helen Paul son, worthy advisor, and Mrs. Wayne ' Henry, mother advisor, wii preside at the meeting and initiation of new members. - , Dr. Margaret L. Ftncke, pre f essor of foods and. nutrition re search at Oregon State college, will! discuss "How Public Policies Effect Nutrition" on the regular AAUW radio b road cast over KOAC Tuesday afternoon at 2 i o'clock. r ' :- Tcsisil Eardcn Seeds Havinf our own Seed Laboratory, we test all our seeds for .ffermin&Uon before offering- forale aad are very carefnl ir) buying only from reliable .growers. That" assures yoa ef seeds that winrowand. produce xood crops, r'''' r -. -i -y; - J ;v- "' ;'f Have a rood selection but wonld -adrise early gprinj buying as some seeds are scarce. Abo, Onion. Sts Onion Plants, Seed Potatoes, Cab bage and Lettuce Plants. . , d. -iL unrfii a sons 261 State St. .20 Eiviiczi nttfa wby policyholders renew with Husgias office year after year. ... THE GENERAL CAPITAL STOCK INSURANCE AT ITS BEST. ; . BS . .... --"IMSURAKCE ' "Oregon Largest Salem and 123 tf. CoTnncrcia! u Miss Patriqja Miss Smith Reveals ! Date Miss Estelene Smith, bride elect of IX Wallace E. Hancock! jr, returned to the capital Satf urday after a visit in Los Ange les with her fiance's parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. E. Hancock, sr. She was joined in the southern city by Lt Hancock, who has juste turned from Fort Benning, Georf gia. (.'!' 1 Miss Smith, the daughter ok Mr. and Mrs. Hoy E. Smith, an nounced her engagement to Lt. Hancock while in Los Angeles!. She is a graduate of Salem schools and is employed at the secretary of state's office. " 1 Lt Hancock received, his edu cation in Los Angeles and is sta tioned at Camp Adair. j The young couple have made plans for their marriage on Satf urday afternoon, March 18 at 4 o'clock at the First Evangelical church. A reception will be held following j the ceremony. Rev, H. E. Scheuerman of Monmouth; will officiate at the afternoon rites. i I Miss Ruth Skinner and Miss Irene Berning will be hostesses for a miscellaneous shower Mon day night at the former's apart-? ment in compliment to Miss Smith;; Bridge will be in play during the evening and a late . supper will b served by the hostesses.! Bidden to honor Mis.: Smith are Miss Georgia Clark, Miss Marjorie Price, Miss Peggy Wie nert, Miss : Jean BurreU, Miss Jean Hazel ton. Miss Jo Corbett Miss Audrey Winship, Miss Ar dell Scott, Miss Pat Sharp, Miss Betty Jean Smith and Miss Mar tha Franz. AVMSVUXE 4 The Mission- ary society of the j Bethel church met all day Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Luta Fuson. Eighteen women attended. A covered dish luncheon was served at the noon hour and the missionary study followed. Later the women folded a large numi ber of bandages for the Red "Cross. - ; v . ' : Permanent tnsh vVave 0 cn Camplete. i4.3U Open Thurs Eve by Appointment fel 4hsk SOS First NatlMai Baak Bid. .Castle Perm. Waven . Phone 4952 Upstate Agency . MarshfielJ - Salem - .4400 The A. Higtfins I CLUB CALENDAR MONDAY i 1 American Legion auxiliary ex ecutive committee with Mrs. -W. L. Osborne. 1337 North Winter street, 8 p. m. 1 Deaconess hospital auxiliary meet at hospital. 1:30 p.m. i Salem Junior Woman's club meet at Woman's club 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY 't ': I American Legion auxiliary sew ing with Mrs. Fred Cahladorf, -1 -to 4 i p. nu, 885 North Church 'Street i " i Laurel Social Hour club, with Mrs. H. j. Clements, 380 North 1 14th street. 1:30 pjn. : , I Eastern t Star social afternoon club. Masonic temple. 10 a.m.. no-host luncheon. 1 YWCA board meeting. 10 ajn. at YWCA' Yomarcd class, with Mrs. Wal ter Spaulduig. 1728 Court street, M:1S dessert luncheon.! j Junior Guild St Paul's Episco pal church with Mrs. Homer H. Smith, ! sr. 87 North Summer , street l.pjn, ::. i? I Willamette university faculty wives entertain husbands, cover ed dish dinner, Chresto cottage, JO pjn. i Past Presidents Women's Re lier Corps with Mrs. Bertha Lovelaad. 405 South ZSth street, covered dish luncheon at noon. . I Red Cross unit of WCTU with Mrs. L. G. Prescott 143 South I Uth street 10 ajn. WEDNESDAY Salem Writers' club with Mrs. Blanche Jones'. 60S South Church street. ? i A- Daughters i of Union Veterans of the i Civil War with Mrs. P. A. Elliott 550 North Summer street, i Ambaasador apartments. p.m. ! i I . Westminster Guild of Presby terian ? church meet at church 2 o.m. First ! Methodist church wscs. 10:45 ajn. at business meeting church.; f I i! THURSDAY j Friendly Neighbors Garden club, with i Mrs. Ralph Toler. ; Liberty; fori dessert luncheon, ; 1 .15 pjn. i i I Lions auxiliary with Mrs. Vir- ; gil Golden, 2895 South Xommer- cial street 8 p.m. I SILVERTON Mrs. Victor Hadley will be hostess ' Monday , night to members of the Junior Woman's club at her apartment. Her . assistant hostess will ; be Mrs. Clifton Hadley. ; j j MrsJ Byron Gordon, president, will conduct! a business meeting during j which plans will ' be made f0r spring events of the Club. ; j ; i Mrs. Louis Wavra is scheduled to assist; at the Mothers classes , on March 3li Various club mem- " bers help at these classes. i . IN THESE TIMES . . . WATCH YOUR. God spirits aad good . siaslth gs together. And ner--erwastlkcreatiiBewbeabotl were mttdtd more abundaiit . . ty tkaa right stow I IodtTidu . aUy, aad as a aadoa, we mar be strooc aad stout-heartec We caa't afbrd the bar den oi . aaseceissxy illaess. So, if -yoa'M a bit smder par. sec -yortricia right sow and let as &U kis prescripooa. . 4 - - iii.ii i ;, . Wtlletfs : Cc;!id Dreg Slcre , : Car. EUtaA Liberty - Pbana Slit 02SG021 STATESMAN. Solem;, Seen and Heard . . ; By JERYME .- FTJMX)UGn BRIDES . . . . Blonde Stella Mitchell and Fred Reidy, who have been a steady duo for. years, became Mr. and Mrs. f Wednesday jst SL Joseph's Catholic church . Stella was ' stunning in her lilac suit with fuschia accessories . . The just ' weds received congratulations at "breakfast at the Marion hotel . . Later they left for a short honey-' moon . . Fred, a first class petty officer in ".the naval air corps, will soon return to his base or Norfolk, Virginia ... . ' Patricia Carson has been ex cited ever since she heard the first of the week that her fiance, Warren Carkin, would be home and the wedding would take place today . . . The couple's engagement was " announced in August and their wedding plans ' have been uncertain all this time . . " Pat was in Portland early Saturday to meet Warren and it wasn't until he arrived that final plant'eould be made.. SCHOOL DATS ' AGAIN for the Kells sisters . ; ; ,'Mary Eliz abeth and Frances are both liv ing at International House in New York City and studying at Columbia university . . . . Fran- ces is a senior in sculpture and studying: with Maldexhei . . . . She is helping to arrange the In ternational exhibition of art which is to be held at Interna tional House .this spring t . . . Frances is also completing one of her own pieces, The City of God,, made up of all sorts of hands, to place in the exhibit . . Mary Elizabeth is studying at the school of opera and coaching with the opera house . . . She at the Congregational Passaic, New Their married ley B. Hies tand is residing in her doctor husband son . . tMargaret, harp lessons continuing them . V I Harley at the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Medical school on the campus, of the University of Pennsylvania. MOVING SOON will be Mrs. Robert Barnett (Barbara Bell) Her army captain husband has been transferred from Camp Adair to the presidio at Monter ey, Calif. . . . They plan to live in CarmeL Barbara is with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bell,; until she receives the "come" signal from her husband. OLD HOME WEEK . . . When Lt tig) and Mrs. George Abbott (Irma Oehler) came up from Oakland, Calif., last week .... They were visiting with Mrs. Ralph Nohlgren and Mrs. John Kelly, whose husbands are both in the service . . . and joining them for the weekend were Mrs. Edwin Mc Wain (Barbara Hol lingworth), whose army lieuten ant husband is now on maneu vers, and Charlotte Kalander, who came down from Portland . - . . Barbara expects to leave soon for Texas to join Ed . ... Irma said that; she and George and Lt and Mrs. Edward Frantz (Ruth Chapman) recently had dinner with Lt Comm. and Mrs. Roy S. Keene, at'their San Fran cisco home . . . " FOR HEE ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY Dorothy Mott wore a be coming hunter's green velveteen dress with gold buttons, and ar ranged in " her dark hair were pink roses . . . Dorothy's betro thal to Benjamin Whisenand was told last Saturday ! night at din ner at the country home of Dor- singer. Paul Ait-u sMiiisii5 zmmmmmmmmmmm jersey... . ,--. , mmmmmmMmmmmmmmMmmkm immmsmmmmmmmmmmm (Margaret Ken) mmmmmmmmmmmmmf -:--.; t : mmmmmmmmmmmm Phoadeiphi. with mmmmmmmmmmri'i mmmmmmmmmmm in indianarwiis, is i giw . vm ,y o ymmmmmmmmmmm III ! Oregon; Sunday Morning. March 12. 1944 ENGLISH , ; othy's parents. Congressman ' and Mrs. James Mott . . . Dorothy has had quite a time keeping her engagement; a secret as she has had her ling for over a month ... Coincidence that her father was ' here for all the excitement A PRETTY PICTURE to see brunette Marylee Fry, , who will be Mrs. William Earl Snell after March 25, open her lovely gifts at the shower and tea Mrs. Tay lor Hawkins and daughter, Har- . riet, gave last Saturday , The many packages were. in a huge gaily wrapped boxtied with a big blue bow and topped with a colonial nosegay ". . Marylee, . who wore black with a white lace yoke and an orchid pinned to her shoulder, sat down on the floor to open her gitfs . ... There is a round of parties for her, one nearly every day, in the remain ing two weeks before her marrl ' age j AT THE GRAINGER CON ' CERT. . . A sister duo . . . Mrs. Asel Eoff just back from a two months stay-in Palm Springs, "wearing a! most becoming tan -. . . and Mrs. Bruce Spaulding in black, with a blue feather pom pom in her hair V . . . Mrs. Otto Skopfl, jr, smart in a black fur trimmed coat and off the face hat, sitting with Mrs. AT SCHLESINGER-S it izmmmmmmm is also a soloist vjss mmmmmmmmmmmmm church in mmmmmmmmmmsmmmm ; -, tt 'r, mmimm$ sister, Mrs-Bar- gWWMiriW lUrC' MMW?SSmm who took mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi.v . ymmmmmmmmmmma in Philadelphia - la' - vwmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmy v. tfmmmmmmmmmmmmm .xX'X'X'Xv.vx-x-x-:'X'.v' i t vyyyAw.-wA-vyyyyy mmmmmmmmml t 7 SS'XX-:WWxX;Xx.x.:.x-M I j , - " tXx-x-x-x-xx'X:X::x'X-x-xj I ' ; (. . ' . vn it . II , . 1 ... , i M W v I .'! " 1 . " " " .1 - - T --, -f. - ? . "'V"- '"'-? ' ' ."' ' . . ".; ' Victor Murdock and;,Miss Eliza beth Kennedy . , A number In evening dress wHt on i tov th home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dobbs after the concert for an informal reception"- which hon-; ored Percy Grainger. Field Director. to : Speak" to Guild 1- Mr. Harold E. Simmons, assist ant field director of the Amer ican Red Cross, will be the guest speaker at the Westminster Guild meeting at the First Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon at -2 o'clock. Mrs; E. T. Barnett will fc be' the soloist 'u' -Miss F. A1U Davis will lead the ' devotions. Mrs. Willard Bartlett is president of the guild and elec- ' tion of officers will be held dur ing the meeting. . " At the tea hou? Mrs. ,W. Irvm Williams, who Is ' leaving with Rev.. Williams for Long Beach, Calif, to reside, and new mem bers of the guild, will be honored. The committee In. charge of. tea are MrsJ James Sears, Mrs. Bus sell Pratt, Mrs. J. Deane Patter son, Mrs. derm Morris and Mrs. . James Hardifcr-;:'' j.:, : Mrs. Charles RateUff will give a book review at the Beta Chi Mothers club j meeting Tuesday afternoon at the chapter house at .2:30 o'clock. Hostesses are Mrs. J. M. Lamb, Mrs. Clifton Ross and Mrs. . W Peterson. .BEAUTIFUL SPRING SUITS . WITH COATS TO. 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Leota Bradley IS an" army nurse. ' . , -. - "" i t'- -i " MONMOUTH -Lola I Houk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Houk of Monmouth, and a sen-' i ior at Oregon College of lEduca- i tion, has completed enrollment in the WACTs at Portland, and has been assigned as a classifica tion V specialist with? the - San Francisco recruiting and induc tion district upon completion of her basic tiairunf. -frJ :(:-". . She has been active in college : in the Women's Athletic associa tion and Christian Youth move ment She specialized in psy chology and physical education. S I L V E RT0 N Miss Myrna Schroeder, RN, has received her -commission as a second lieuten ant In the army air nurses corps, and wiU report for duty at Santa Ana air base, Santa Ana, Califor nia, on March 13. ' Miss Schroeder, the daughter Uk0t cf Mrs. Mabel Schroeder-of Sil verton, is a graduate of Silver ton high school, later finishing her nurse's training at the Em manuel hospital at Portland. For the past five years she has been on the Oregon State hospital staff. . Faculty Wives to HonbrHiisbdnds The Willamette University . faculty wives will entertain their husbands at a covered dish sup per Tuesday night at Chresto Cottage at 5:30 o'clock. The St. Patrick's theme will be carried out in the table appointments. ' Mrs Maurice Brennen heads the directorate for the affair and assisting are Mrs. Roy M. Lock enour, Mrs. William . Kirk Mrs. Morton E. Peck, Mrs. Men denhalL ; Miss Helen MacHirron, . Mrsw Ray Smith, Mrs. V i ic t o r Murdock and Miss Marion Mor - ange. " ; , . .' ' CENTRAL HOWELL The : Nemo; club was entertained Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry "Rasmussen with Mrs. Pete Dit . chen, assistant hostess.'' Roll call was answered with a believe it or not statement The April meeting will be an all day, no-host meeting, at the Richard ' True iiorae with Mrs. P. A. Wood as co-hostess. " r1 Ohm vs MraTJi Li i ( .