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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1945)
I : - : ' - 'I i ; ' 4 A " - : " I"! ' I - -' i : ; " To Walk Down 'Aisle. . . By Jerym English . - - Statesman Scxdety Editor ; First Christian church will fee the setting this- after ..noon of the marriage of Miss LaVeme Dumas, daughter of Mrs. Truman Dragoo and Mr. J. E. Dumas of Coquille, -and Technical Sergeant Fred Nicholls, United States army. . The 3 o'clock ceremony will" be read by Rev. Dudley Strain. . . j ' The altar will be baskets' of. stock and snapdragons and greens and white tapers in candelabras. Mrs. Kent Bauersfeld, who will light -the candles, will wear a blue gown." Mr; John Schmidt, jr, will sing "At Dawning'' and : "Because" preceding the rites and during the ceremony he Will sing "O Promise Me." ; Mrs. Schmidt will play the organ accompaniments. " ' ,The bride, who will be given in marriage by her fa ther, has chosen a floor length white taffeta gown for her . wedding. ; The dress! Is fashioned with a very full skirt, , sweetheart neckline Cmd elbow length sleeves. Her finger-. . tip length tulle veil will cascade from a coronet of fresias anji Cecille Brunner roses. She will carry a white bible, marked with a white orchid and satin streamers ' caught : , with freesias. I - ,:, . Mrs. Raleigh Wirth who will be the matron of honor, ' will wear a pink chiffon gown. Miss Patricia Ryer in yel- -low and Mrs. Jack Strickladden in blue will be the brides maids. Their dresses are made with full skirts, sweet heart necklines and elbow length sleeves. The girls will carry nosegrys of roses, violets, sweetpeas and daisies. fTgt Sgt Frank Nicholls, who is stationed at Baxter (general hospital, Spokanet will stand with his brother as ' b)eSt man. Seating the guests will be Mr. W. C. Dumas cf Portland, brother tof the bride, and Sgt Louis Osborn: J- For her daughter's nuptials Mrsi Dragoo has chosen eholdier blue dress with black accessories and a corsage of -roses. ! -" j j - I A wedding reception in the church parlors will be held, immediately alter the ceremony. Mrs. Lee U. Eyerly and i Mrs. Kay Simmons will preside at the coffee urns. Mrs. Helen Goodenough will cut the bride's cake. Assist ing In the serving will be Mrs. lames Neal, Mrs., Cecil E. Young. Mrs. James Henery and Mrs. Ernest Schwabbauer. ; ' Miss Darlene Simmons will pass the guest book and Mrs. - W. G. Dumas will be in charge of the gifts. When the newlyweds leave on their wedding trip the bride will wear! a gold tailleur with black accessories Cxnd an orchid corsage. , The bride, who has made her home here for several " years, is a.graduale of Milwaukie schools. Her husband-to-be is a graduate of Salem schools and attended Wil lamette universitybefore entering ..:a service. He recent ly returned from 39 months in the South Pacific and after a month's furlough will return to his outfit with the army engineers. I i " - ! - ; -v . " , K r' - ' i i -li' V- I j f i i I St J Mi ; T ? f. i I " i ; ' ' f ' ' i - i t-i 5 i . ' ' 4 4,' 1r - "... Ui''" " :' ,i''A r. Society . Clubs '''' Music SECT 101 s Urn ". : t- IE J T -. 1 A i j. ; Silver Wedding Party,. . J One o the larger social events caenjlared for the coming week is at the home for which Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rithes willj be hosts at their South High street residence ' orj Wednesday night '. . ; i , ' . j . j They wll celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. Invitations Were in the mail Saturday to the affairs A large -group of the couple's friends have been invited to call b tween 7 arid 1 1 o'clock. ; j Mr. ar id Mrs. Riches will receive' informally in the . living room where a silver and white decorative scheme wll be used in flower drrangemertsr Assisting about the : rooms will be Mr. and Mrs.-Karl Heinlein. (Mr. and Mrs.. Rplph H. (Dampbell, Mr. and Mrs. Hoxry Schenk, Com-5 rnjander and Mrs. Verden E Hockelt ar.d Mr. and Mr3. Rjissell Bonesteele.' J -..r- ' ' ' 41 J Mrs. Jbner Kline, Mrs. Frank Mogan cojid Mrs. Tnorn a$ J. Riches will be in charge-of the dining toom. i '1- 4 ' "f I I - V A 4 i i I niignr and Mrs, Lloyd A. Griffiths pictured with the ! bridal party following their marriage on March 12 at the First iCori-gregational church. Left to right are Mis r s Dorothy. Hoar, rrjaid of honor, the bridaand, groom, lr. ames Thompson,"; best ; man, and the flower girl,! Meredith Jean Huggins. The bride, the former Virginia Pope, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Pope, at whcs home, the vrsdding re ception wcs held, t The groom is the j son of Mrs. Loren Grfifithi. The newlyweds will reside in Ottuma, Iovp, while he is ta'dng his naval aii corps training. (Jesten- Miller phpio). I Tidbits of News J Former Salem residents here for "he Chi Omega fei- ;allatiOn are Mrs. Noel Cavender cf Portland and 'Mis. Francis W ade of Fort Douglas, Utah. Mrs." W ade's daugh ter, Corinrie. a sftident at Oregon State college, will speijid hjer springj vacation in Salem and Portland with her mo ther, who Will return, to Salt Lake in April. j . - - - . ' i f Mr. aid Mrs. John Slottee of Astoria and Miss Vidla Slotte'e "of jSan Francisco are the weekend guests of trie former's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Feike. Saturday night the former Le- I t, To Honor; Mrs. Beririisori . L " i ;- . I i- - : v-. - j j t - - - i 1 Mrsif Robert 0. Bamett has invited, guests to a dessert! supper at heir home on Leslie street in compliment to Mrs. Jams Bennison,! one Spablding. J I j i ' Contract bridge will be in play after the supper hour. I Arrqmgementsl.of early spring flowers will provide the decorative note. I f honoring Mrs. Bennison will be Mrs. Walter L. Spaijlding, Mrs. John Kelty, Mrs. J Charles Powers, jr., (Mrs. Norman Yagle. Mrs. Doiuglak Chambers, Mrs. Roger Ouackenbush, Mjs. Robert Devlieg, Mrs. C. KennelhlBel Mjss Dorothy Vanden eynde, Miss Jean Burr ell, Miss Mary Jane Simmons, Miss Betty Childs and Mrs. n Li, ) . i- i ! i i DOIIieiU ir j i if IP V T " :-'":'- 1- ' 1 f 1 f . i - r f I- -I - i. i li r i- A I' V i r I. t t i: f-. .. jT .... 5 3 4 t 3-t"h ; - ! iss' Patricia Waters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.; Frank N; j L ,A Waters of Salem, who is the first president ol Nu Deltct Chapter, Chi Omega, national women's fraternity, which was -'i-formally installed on the "Willamette university campus this 7 weekend. ; Miss Waters isja sophomore student onfth cam- . i . pus and a graduate of St. Helen's hall in Portland. (Kennell-Et- ! -'lis photo).';'.-' f T . ? ' . ::;T " ; -: - - T. ,';;"- : . ' ' At' Past 1 Presidents Banquet !. j . . Calendared for Monday night, March 26 is the annuqli Past Presi- . dent's banquet of the Salem Junior Woman's club. The affair will be , held in the Marifoer room of the Marion hotel at 7 o'clock 3 I w Mrs. Delbert Schwabbauer, immediate past president' will be the , honor guest and will be presented the past president's pini ..: . , , ' ' ' Theme for the banquet is "Star Gazing." The program will Include . songs by the Tri-Y triple trio under the direction of Virginia " Ward El liott Miss Margaret Hood will play a group of piano selections Mrs." Fred Gast, frst vice-president of the club, will act as toastmistress. Mrs. Gast heads the directorate for the banquet and Jissisting are Mrs. Elmo Undholm, Miss Eunice Furman, Mrs. Lawrence Fitzgerald, Mrs. Walter Beck. Mrs. Lloyd ReiHy and Mrs. Agnes Dnimmond. Christening Today.-. . - Mary Catherine, year-old daughter of Mr. qnd Mrs.- Daniel Schrei ber of Independence, formerly of Salem, will be christsrued.this after noon jin the chapel oiSt Paul's Episcopal church. Rev. George, Swift , will perform the christening service at 12:15 o'clock. Godparents for Mary Catherine will be Mr. and Mrs. Loyal A. wamer. fk amner will follow the ceremony. . 7 7 . 1 rs. John Rfchard Kelty, the former' Mary Jane Brafeec,-who arrived early in "?March from Madison, Wisconsin.; where she. has; been.with her army hus-. band, :;who is, in radar with the army air corps. Mrs; Kelly plans to make her home here with her pafents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Brabec. This is Mrs. Kely's first visit home since her 'marriage in Texas last May. (Kennell-Ellis jphatoi. ' , ; ' jj rs.! James A. Bennison, who has "returned to jSalem. to re- j 5ide with her mother, MrsJ Walter L. Spauldirt. whUe her army lieutenant husband is ovfrseasJLtsBenrisca is now in' Frarwhe. I Mrs. Bennison will be" rerneirfberfed cxs Leone .Spaul- dina: Lt! and Mrs. Bennison resMed at Fort Smllh; Arkansas before He left for active duty'. (Kennell-Ellis ,pho!o) Dates Are Set. '. . ' , First; announcement is being made this weekend of the coming . celebration jof National Music week. May 6 through! 13. This 13 the 22nd annual observance, which in 1940 took on an international aspect. For the second year the theme will be "Use Music to Foster Unity fcr .War and the' Peace -to Follow." ; " ' 1 ''.'' " ' " Originally the Idea was. to foster American music, 'and this has -been a basic thought through ihe years of observahce, even though - inter-American music and music of the United Nciicnfe will be stressed. - t - I ' . - ' - - - - ' f ' - - ' :y Those planning Natonal Music week believe" that music provides . a common band between peoples, and should aid lin their recondlia "tioru . The solidarity ot this hemisphere has been greirfy advanced by increasing interchange of musical ideas. - - - . i .. . . ' ' Plans are being made for a statewide cmd ci-wide celebration of . National music, week! v Ivirs: Walter Denton is Oregon and Salsm chairman, j Miss Frances Virginie Melton, pre sicentl of the Salem Mu- sic Teachers association, which sponsors the music v.-eek in Salem, is' state arairinan or American , music, arid has : suggested familiarinng school cliilren with the works of Edward MacDowe3. one of America's greatest composers. ' . r i 1