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Smith Home
' The Salem Business and Pro-
fessional Women's club will have
a wassail party at the home of !
Miss Ida May and Miss Effle
Smith, 250 East Lincoln street,
Wednesday night at 750 o'clock.
Christmas carols will be sun by
the group, to be followed by a
gift exchange. j
Planning the affair are' mem'
bers of the health and recreation
committee, Miss Betty Elofson,
chairman, hospitality committee, -Miss
F.ffie Smith, chairman, and
the music committee, with Mrs.
- Jessie Bush Mickelson, the chair-'
man. - - -
Willamette Shrine Ne. 2. Whltt
Shrine of Jerusalem will; hold a
meeting and Christmas ceremon
ial Monday night at the. Masonic
temple at 8 o'clock. A social hour
vAll follow.' : Christmas ' carols
will be sung and gifts will be ex
changed among members. Mrs.
Wayne Henry heads tlwi upper
committee. Mrs. Albert j Smith,
worthy high priestess, and. Mr.
. William J2 Brown, watchmen oi
the shepherds, will presida. ,
- Past Regents ef Daughters tf
the American Revolution will
have, ft Christinas meeting ' and
no-host luncheon at the . home of
Mrs. J. C Sell Monday afternoon
at one o'clock. ' . -
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Among those participating in this afternoon's presen-
tation of Rondel's "The Messiah" at the Salem high school
auditorivim at 3:30 o'clock are Josephine Albert Spauld
ing (upper lefO. contralto soloist, John Schmidt, jr., (upper "
right), tenor soloist. Dean MelvuvGeist (lower right), di
rector, land Lewis Pankaskie, director of "the accompany
ing orchestra. Other soloists are Virginia Ward Elliott and
Margaret Skruggs, sopranos, Mark Daniels, bass.
"tU Messiah"
Handel's Oratorio to Be Sung Today
At High School by Chorus of 300
This is the day to which the music-loving people of Salem have
been looking forward with pleasurable anticipation, for this after
noon at 3:30 the Salem Oratorio society will give its annual Christ
mas performance of Handel's "The Messiah," at the high school au
ditorium. No admission charge win be made. One of the purposes
of the society is to bring the great, oratorios to the people 6f Salem
and -vicinity.
The chorus of 300 voices will
be assisted by . soloists of out-
. standing ability. These are, Vir
ginia Ward Elliott and Margaret
, Skruggs, s o p r a nos, Josephine
Albert Spaulding, contralto, John
Schmidt, jr., tenor, and Mark
Daniels. l?ass.
; Linfield college knew Mrs. El
liott as a professor of voice for a
number of years. She studied -
: voice iii New York and at Illi
nois Wesleyan, and is now and
for several years has been choir
, director of Salem First Presby
terian qhurch. Miss Skruggs re
ceived her vocal training at Ob
erlin college under distinguished
teachers." She was on the music
faculties of Milwaukee-Downing
college and the state university
at Bowling Green, Ohio. She is
at present a member of the fac
ulty of the schooLof music at
Willamette university. Salem
people know Mrs. Spaulding
well. A graduate of Willamette,
she studied music at the Julliard
school in New York and under
Maude Conley Hopper of Seat
tle. Mr. Schmidt also is a home
town artist He has sung the
tenor solos in "The Messiah" and
other oratorios on several occa
sions. He attended Willamette
university and, the University of
Oregon, and was a voice pupil of
.the late Nikola Zan of Portland.
He is director of the choir of the
Salem First Christian church.
The name of Mark Daniels is a
by-word among music lovers of
the. riorthwest. The bass arias of
all the great oratorios are fa
miliar to him. Formerly, he. sang
with, the American Opera com
pany in Chicago and with' the
Ravenia Opera company. In or
atorio work, he has been heard
frequently as soloist with the
Portland Symphony chorus.
The chorus of 300 voices will
be directed by Dean Melvin H.
Geist of Willamette university,
and orchestra will accompany
the' singers, and will be con
ducted by Professor Lewis Pan
kaskie of Willamette. Maurice
Brennan will be organist, and
Bennett Luddin pianist. '
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I J: Yonurco class of the First Me
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'-Christmas parties this week. The,
afternoon party will be held at
. the home of Mrs. Henry Carl on
. E. street Thursday afternoon at
1:15 o'cloclCr The evening party
: for both men and women will ba
held at the studio of iProfessor
: and Mrs. Tv S, Roberts Friday
night at T o'clock, ', ,
' District No. 3, Oregon State
' Nurses association will meet
V Monday night at the nurses res
idence at the tuberculosis hos.
. pitaL Each one' is asked to bring-'
v a gift Special guests will be the
Red Cross nurses aides. A sur-'
prise program will be given. -A
board meeting will precede (he '
; meeting at 730 o'clock. . 1
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