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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1948)
r t Wlt 1 1 .1' SOCI ETY CLlUBS MUSIC Heading Women of Rotary this year is Mrs. Abner K. Kline. The group holds lunch eon meetings once a month and contributes to charitable events during the season. A member ship tea is slated for later in the fall and once a year they entertain the Rotary men. (Kennell-Ellis). Dinner Dances . By Jeryme English Statesman Society Editor The coming weekend will be highlighted with several dinners and dances to be given by clubs and or ganizations. Reserve Officers Dance On Friday night. October 15 will be the formal dinner dance of the Marion chapter, , Reserve Officers association at the Legion club. The social hour will begin at 8:30 o'clock with dinner and dancing to the mu sic of El vin Thomas and his orches tra following at 9 o'clock. All reserve officers of the air corps, navy and army and their wives are invited to attend. Men are to wear their uniforms and the women will be Informal dress. Ma jor Edward Houser is president of thp chapter and IX. CoL Homer Iyon, secretary. Major Harlan Judd is in general charge of the affair and as sisting on the committee are Lt. CoL. Eugene Laird, Lt. Comdr. Carl Cover and Lt. : Roy Rice. ! f First Anniversary Jarty The Exchange club, which was or ganized a year ago, will celebrate its first anniversary at a buffet din ner and dance Friday night at the Salem Golf club. Hours for the in formal affair are between 8 and 12 o'clock. Members, their Wives and guests are bidden to the affair. The committee in charge' of ar rangements includes William L Phil lips, jr., Otto Skopil, jr., Feery T. Buren and John Hay. Dance Clubs to Open Season The Cama-club dance is also sla ted for Friday night at Crystal Gar dens with Claude Bird's orchestra to play for dancing between 9:30 and 12:30 o'clock. The Monday Night Dancing club will hold its first for mal dinner dance of the season Sat urday night at the Marion hotel. Dinner will be at 7:30 o'clock with dancing to follow from 9 to 12 o'clock to the music of Claude Bird and his orchestra. Clubs Resume Meetings For the Winter . . . Madame President is taking the spotlight these early a"tuinn das as clubs resume their meetings for the winter season. Today we have pictured a few of the presidents of the larger ciubs in Salem, which are actively engaged! in civic and philanthropic affairs during the year. A AL ff' Luncheon Meeting Prof. Wiliiam H. Winslow, a member of the Willamette university law school faculty, will be the guest speaker! at the one o'clock luncheon meeting of the SaR"1 branch, American Association of University Women on Saturday afternoon. October 16 at the Marion hotel. He will report on the UNESCO to which he was a repre sentative last spring of the American Association of Law Schools. This will be a membership luncheon at which aU new members will be honored. The hospitality commit tee, headed by Miss Marjorie Chester, will assist the membership committee of which Mrs. Deena Davis is the chairman. Reservations for the luncheon must be made Thursday or Friday morning with Mrs. Paul E. Wilson or Mrs. B. B. Boy lan. Dads - Mothers to Gather ; University of Oregon Mothers and Dads will hold a joint dinner meeting on Monday night at the May flower hall aj 6 o'clock. All new or old mothers and dads aIf invited to attend. Speakers will be Ernest Hay cox, Portland, president of the state Dads, and Mrs. Walter Thorne, Portland, president of the state Mothers. Mrs. John Carson is social chairman and in charge of arrangements for the dinner are Mrs. John Caughell, and Mrs. Hpllis Huntington. Fashion Bridge on Friday A number of Salem women have already made tabl reservations for the Junior Woman's club annual fash ion bridge benefit Friday night at the chamber of com1"" at 8 o'clock. Those desiring reservations may call Mrs. Robert Johnson or Mrs. Charles Fearing and tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Verne Robb at Miller's. Fashions will be shown by Miller's and Miss Harriet Ness will be the commentator. Models will include Mrs. James Mohatt, Mrs. P. J. Boyer, Mrs. F. H. Newell, Mrs.?C. Stanley, Mrs. Sam Campbell, Mrs. Fred Gast, Mrs. Ralph Atwood, Mrs. Peery T. Buren, Mrs. J. Garth Wilkinson and Miss Lucille Satter. Bridge Luncheons , n the social agenda for the coming week will j i if luncheons for which Mrs. Urlin S. Page and her sister, Mrs. Vern W. Miller, will be host- "s", a in "age home on East Lincoln quests have been invited to luncheons on udy ana riday afternoons with roiiowing. Bouquets of leaves will provide the decorative note. '' V i 2: 1 ..- 'v-L- - . -1 ! ' WH : street. Thurs- bridge to be in autumn flowers and I J 1 1 A Fesldent of th Salem junior Woman's club this year is Mrs. Cedric it Reaneyf The club enga ges in many worthwhile iervice projects and enter tains with several dances and benefit parties dur ing the year. First event of the season for the group will be the fall fashion bridge Friday night at the chamber of commerce. (Kennell-Ellis). Tells Betrothal; . . Romantic announcement made Saturday night at the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house on the Willamette university campus was the engagement of Miss Mary Katheryn Phelps to Robert N. Phillips, jr. The news was revealed at dinner when a poem was read telling the "sisters" to look into the jack-o-lantern for the identity of the engaged couplej Inside the lanjern were two fig tires,; a witch and a sdarecrbw, on, which were the pic tures; of the duo. Miss Phelps, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard T. Phelps of Portland; attended Willamette for three years! and majored In English literature. Her fiance, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Phillips of Salem, is a senior at the University of Oregon, majoring In business administration. His fraternity Is Pi Kappa Phi. No date has been set for the wedding. Mrs. William C. Dyer, Jr. Is president cf the newly organized Salem Army-Navy league, which held Its charter tea on Tuesday after noon at the H. G. Maison home. The league will hold monthly social meetings with several special events scheduled to take place during the year. All officers wives are eligible for membership. (Kennell-F!is). ! ' , J : V .- i ' -i , - - I . K: ' ." . ' i , 1 , ' ' t " '.. J XI 1 t. . .x . y . ' I--!' mt . . . ' ! , . t ... , -i 1, . ' t 4 . j, i ' t .''-' , 1 I i - - .'' -'., ;( . . . " j: ' ..:;.. , :(- I: ) . 1. -: S SI'. : " ; .' . ; Mrs. Jacob Fuhrer Is president of th Salem Lions auxiliary for th ensuing year. All wives of Lions! club members are eligible fo membership. The group holds' monthly meetings and entertains twice a year with parties for the rnert. Several large service projects are tu i.i t .1 ! i .i ' i wit. 11 i f aertaKen oy me auxiliary auring tne year, uxennen -r-iJis;. .. I . x 7 - - . , : i 9 S-S'' 1 J the - -1 ' - ' j "3 : j f - : . -,f j- ' - t . " i . ; ...5 f s ; 1'"' ? y -; i I- .. . t " , If ;J ; i . - i . t 7 i it - - ii- " i i -' fi fci-. L.-tSr i " :-.- Li ; '. " i .- i. . I - . . f ' - ; - V t ... i . ' - Vti i,' V f - ' V V ;. if- v jd ' I O TNlrecting activities o the MaTlon-Pollt county Medl- cal auxiliary will be Mrs. Willard J. Stone, whose husband is Marion cotimty public health, officer. The group meets monthly dt homes of members with pro- J ! 1 i " . J 1 & - 1 grams ana social everungs. unce a year a joim nivvt-n or party is held with the doctors. OCennell-Ellls). ; If s Travel Time An unusual number of Salem folk are planning txten- fall months thia year, by plan; traht sive trips during the and car. Mrs. B. O. Schucking is leaving Sunday, October 17 on an interesting six weeks plane trip which will first take her to New York City for a week to visit her brother-in-law, William Graf. She Will then fly south to Miami to attend the national convention of the Florifts Telegraph leliverjf association. After a week in Miami' Mrs. Schucking Will leave for Havana, Jamaica, Panama, Guatemala and Mex ico City. She will fly home by way of San Francisco for a few days tttp, returning to Salem the first of December. Mrs. Ira Fitts anji her mother, Mrs. Mabel Staples, are leaving by icar Monday for a several weeks visit j in Ithe south. Thtv! will be in Santa Monica, Calif., with Mrs. Fltts sister, Mrs. lawrence McEntee, and will visit another sister. Miss Lucy Staples in Alhambra. The latter formerly re$ld ed here when teaching in the public tchools. Enroute south the travelers will stop in Klamath Falls for a visit With Mrs. Fitts' ton and daughter-in-law; Dr. and Mrs,1 Harry Fredricks. j , : . - Mrs. Clinton Stindish and daughter, Elaine, are 'en training forjMcCook, Nebraska on Tuesday for a lortnight's visit with Mr. and Mfs.r William Schulti, formerly of Salem. Next weekend they will attend the Notre' Dame-Nebraska game at Lincoln. i Local Talent Presents Presiding at the meetings of the Salem branch, Ameri can Association of University Women this year is Mrs. Vernon Wiscarson. Luncheon meetings are slated for each month and always a highlight of thef winter sea son is the annual Christmas musicale. Classes in liter ature, radio, arts, i music and international relations tared sponsored by the branch. QCennell-EUis). j i rrs. txnest l. rtichards is president oi town ana Gown, one of the larger women's groups in the city. Monthly tea meetings with musical programs and speak ers are held from October through May. Several hundred townswomen and Willamette faculty women and wives comprise the membership. (Kennell-Ellis). Serving as president of the Salem Woman's club this year is Mrs. Guy N. Hickok. Over a hundred women maintain membership in the club, which is engaged in many service projects and conducts classes in fine arts and literature. Benefit affairs are also sponsored by the group to carry on the philanthropic work. (Kennell-Ellis). ' viil . 1 A. dramatic Droeram. studio thirteen, is being presented .ly eachj Sunday night at 9 o'clock byr a group of Salem jvung people, Beverly Bell, Doris FrohnLyle Lorentz and Paul Ward. These ambitious and talented young players select, cast, plan and. rehearse their own productions, i Their most recent offering, a comedy entitled TUng Once for Central.' wis marked by intelligent characteriza tion, a lively tempo fnd able projection, according to Mias Margaret Burroughs of the Salem high school faculty. t The Ring of General Macias. will be given tonight oa L ' 1 J sir -i i