Last Minute
Candy, With Nuts Predominant Are
Good Christmas Specialties to Make
Br Maxine Buren
Woman's Editor. The Statesman
Candies are still on the list of what's to be done before Christmas.
Nuts of course take first place to add elegance to candies. They're
pretty high in price but well worth the expense. Here are several
slightly different but not-too-hard candies to make for the holiday.
SPICED NUTS
1 cup sugar
i cup water
1 tsp cinnamon
tsp nutmeg
4 tsp each cloves, ginger
1 cup nuts j,
Cook sugar, water, cinnamon.
nutmeg, cloves and ginger togeth
er to 238 degrees. Add nuts and
heat over slow fire until it starts
to granulate, stirring gently. Sep
arate nuts on a sheet and cool.
SYRUP DIVINITY
Boil together 1 cup sugar and
cup water until it spins
thread. Pour over 3 stiffly beaten
whites. Boil together 3 cups more
sugar. 1 cup corn syrup and M
cup water until it spins a thread
7 inches long. Pour over first mix
ture and beat until cold, then beat
In 1 cup walnuts and 1 teaspoon
vanilla.
PRALINES
3 cups sugar
1 cup thin cream or milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup pecans
1 cup sugar, caramelized
-4 cup hot water
Add water to caramelized sugar
and cook until melted. Put all but
nuts together and boil to a soft
balL Remove from stove, beat un
til creamy and add nuts. Drop from
spoon on oiled paper. ;
PEANUT BRITTLE
3 cups sugar
V4 cup butter
x4 pound raw peanuts
1 cup glucose or ll4 cup corn
syrup
2Vz tsp soda
2 tsp vanilla
1 M cups water
Stir sugar, water and glucose to
gether until it boils- Wash sides of
pan, steam syrup a few minutes
with the cover on and cook to 275
degrees or a hard crack. Remove
thermometer, add peanuts and but
ter and stir constantly until pea
. nuts are roasted and the syrup
is a golden brown. Remove from
fire, add soda dissolved in a very
little water and stir well. Pour
onto greased slab or tray and as
soon as it begins to set, run a knife
under the batch and turn it over.
While it Is still hot take hold of
edges and stretch as thin as pos
sible, breaking it off as you pull.
Place pieces onto a greased plat
ter. Do edges first as they harden
first. Keep in a cool dry place.
Raw peanuts may be purchased at
candy makers' shops.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cannon
(Verla Beckett) are expected to
arrive in the capital today from
a honeymoon trip south to Los
Angeles- The wedding of the cou
ple took place on December 12.
Ensign and Mrs. Ronald M.
Smith (Carmen Campbell) have
arrived in the capital from Ala
meda, Calif., to spend the holi
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Van Wieder.
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At Homes
On Holiday
Calendar
The holiday social agenda is be
ginning to fill with at homes, din
ners and teas.
Invitations were in the mail
Tuesday to a New Year's Day open
house for which Dr. and Mrs.
Frank V. Prime and Mr. and Mrs.
B. E. Owens will be hosts at the
latter's residence on Saginaw
street. A large group of their
friends have been invited to call
between 4 and 10 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Ander
son will entertain with their an
nual Christmas eve open house
on Friday at their East Superior
street home. Guests have been
bidden to call after 4 o'clock and
assisting the hosts will be their
daughters, Mrs. R. T. Sutich and
Mrs. Henry Hall.
Miss Mary Eyre will entertain
with her annual open house on
Sunday, December 26 for members
of her family. Calling hours are
from 3 to 7 o'clock at her Mill
street home.
Mrs. R. L. Edwards will be a
hostess tonight at her Fairmount
Hill home for the pleasure of her
son, Lt. Comm. Irwin Edwards,
who is here for the holidays. A
few of his intimate friends have
been bidden to the buffet supper
and informal evening to follow.
Commander Edwards will leave
for his base at Long Beach, Calif.,
on Sunday.
Jaycee-Ettes at
Boniface Home
Mrs. Milan Boniface was host
ess Monday night for the Jaycee-
Ette Christmas party and a short
business meeting at her home.
In a spet4al election Mrs. S. A.
Boise was named secretary, replac
ing Mrs. Jack Baker, who is mov
ing to Albany. Plans for a covered
dish supper to be held in Febru
ary were discussed.
Each attending member wrap
ped a gift for children of Fair
view home.
Boughs from the historic Cedar
of Lebanon tree recently cut on
Chemeketa street decorated the
rooms, and each guest received a
corsage of cedar twigs. Assisting
the hostess were the Mesdames
Nick Klein, Mahlon Pengra, Irwin
Wedel and Tom Pomeroy.
Mrs. Kenneth Frad will enter
tain the January meeting at her
home.
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Miss Ruth
Barber a
Bride
The First Congregational church
was the setting for the wedding of
Miss Ruth K. Barber, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Barber, to
Elwyn Montre McCargar, jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. McCargar,
on Tuesday night. The Rev. Seth
Huntington performed the 7:30 o'
clock nuptials. Wayne Meusey sang
and played the wedding music.
Of white slipper satin was the
bridal gown designed with a short
train, short puffed sleeves and an
off-shoulder neckline with net
yoke. For "something old" she
wore her mother's Spanish lace
mantilla, lace mitts and carried a
nosegay of white chrysanthemums.
Mr. Barber gave his daughter in
marriage.
Miss Patricia McCargar, the
groom's sister, was the honor maid
and wore a mauve gown fashioned
similar to the brides. Bridesmaids
were Miss Ruth Bain, in orchid.
Miss Barbara Kent in sea green,
and Mrs. Blaine T. Hanks, who
wore yellow. Their dresses were
all fashioned identical to the
honor attendants, and they wore
matching poke bonnet style hats
and mitts. Their colonial bouquets
were of chrysanthemums in pastel
shades. Flower girls were Carol
and Barbara Schroyer, who wore
orchid and green dresses and car
ried miniature nosegays.
Blaine T. Hanks stood with the
groom as best man and seating the
guests were Martin Barber, Wil
liam Barber. Herbert Savage and
Edwin Barron.
Mrs. Barber wore a navy blue
afternoon gown for her daughter's
wedding and the groom's mother
chose a black gown. Both wore
corsages of pastel flowers.
A reception followed in the
fireplace room. Mrs. Martin S.
Barber presided at the coffee urn
nd cutting the cake were Miss
June Kelder and Miss Jessie Bin-
!ord.
For traveling the bride wore a
wo piece black dress with gold
trimmed jacket and black acces
sories. After January 1 the couple
Will be at home in Salem at 1720
Cross st.
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Pythians Elect
Mrs. Stanton
Pvthian sisters met at the home
Of Mrs. A. W- Rockafellow Monday
tvhen election of officers was held.
Elected were Mrs. W. A. Stanton,
president; Mrs. George Thomas,
yice president; Mrs. Herman Berg
fter, secretary; Mrs. Dan Duvall,
press correspondent; Mrs. Harry
Wilson, treasurer.
Mrs. Dora Stanton Is retiring
president.
( Gifts were exchanged and sev
eral songs sung by Janice Burk.
'I'he next meeting wilt be Janu
ary 14 at the home of Mrs. H. E-
Evans.
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price. We earnestly ask you to come in and
check the unbelievable values of these bags.
Mrs. Phillips
A Hostess
Mrs. James Phillips will be a
Christmas party hostess Thursday
night at her North Capital street
home for a group of the college
and young married set who get
together each year for a gift ex
change. A late supper will be
served by the hostess.
Bidden to the party are Mrs.
Hubert Williamson, Mrs. Ernest
Hobbs, Mrs. Budd Coons, Mrs.
Courtney Jones, Mrs. Edward Sal
strom, Mrs. Robert Tonnesen, Mrs.
Y'illiam Pettit, Misses Barbara
Sundet, Suzanne Small, Dolores
Clement, Miriam Shellenberger,
Patricia Brock, Joan Fitzmaurice,
Madeleine Keene of Corvallis,
Mariann Croisan, Gloria and Bar
bara McClintock. Margaret New
ton, Patricia Nickens and Jane
Carson.
Johnson-Larson
Nuptials Held
SILVERTON Miss Beverly
Jeanne Larson, daughter of Mr:
and Mrs. Albert Larson, and Shel-
don Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Conrad Johnson, were married
Saturday night, December 11, at
a double ring, candlelight cere
mony at Immanuel Lutheran
church with the Rev. S. L. Almlie
reading the ceremony.
Mrs. Arthur Dahl played the
wedding marches, and Gilbert
Kirman of Portland sang.
Pat Johnson and Marvin Dahl
seated the guests and tapers were
lighted by Misses Ruth and Esther,
Barthold, wearing identical for
ma Is of beach and green.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore white satin
fashioned with a fitted bodice,
Peter Pan collar, scalloped yoke
and hemline, with a full court
train. The full length lace-edged
veil fell from a pearl tiara. She
carried white carnations and pink
rosebuds.
Mrs. Lawrence Crabell. matron
of honor, wore peach taffeta and
carried a pastel nosegay of carna
tions, while bridesmaids. Misses
Sonja Johnson and Ellen Gunder
son wore blue and pink taffeta
gowns and carried white carna
tions. Janet Rogers, the flower girl,
wore a floor length peach taffeta
frock with matching hat and a
rose and bouvardia nosegay.
Earl Johnson was best man for
his brother with Roger Loe and
Kenneth Larson as attendants.
At the reception which follow
ed Mrs. George Towe cut the
wedding cake, Mrs. Albert Funrue
served the punch. Miss Charlotte
Johnson passed the guest book,
and at the gift table were Mrs.
Marvin Dahl, Mrs. Earl Johnson
and Miss Joan Fantz. Assisting
were Mrs. Jasper P. Dullum of
Long Beach. Calif.. Mrs. Edwin
Overlund, Mrs. Paul Iferigstad,
Mrs. Leif Barthold. Mrs. Martin
Haaland and Mrs. Arthur Peder
son. For going away the bride wore
a beige suit with brown acces
sories. Following a trip to south
ern California, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson plan to live at Seattle.
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CLUB CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY
Nebraska club auxiliary, covered
dish dinner, lft exchange, with Mrs.
George Hall. 2490 S. Church at.
Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sis
ters. Christmas party. KP hall. S p.m.
Messiah to Be
Heard on Air
A presentation of the entire ora
torio "The Messiah
cast on Christmas day, beginning
l v- on ri.mju. This mag
nificent work by Handel will be
conducted bv Sir Thomas Puh-
am and will feature the Royal
riiuiiarmotuc orchestra with a full
chorus and soloists.
Long hailed as the climax of
Handel's brilliant musical career,
the score of "The Messiah" was
composed in just 26 swift days
when contemporaries were de
claiming the German born musi
cal genius as a doddering old man
As a bit of international irony, he
was unable to get his great work,
32?e Messih" heard in England,
and the first presentation was giv
en in- Dublin, Ireland, in April
The version of "The Messiah"
to be presented Christmas day at
2 o'clock, directed by Sir Beech
am, has been widely acclaimed as
the finest available in these times.
It features the English operatic so
prano Elsie Suddaby, Marjory
Thomas, internationally known
contralto, Heddle Nash, tenor, and
Trevor Antony, bass.. The Luton
choral society, working in conjunc
tion with a special choir, supplies
the choral background and "The
Messiah" high point, the "Hel
lelujah Chorus."
Ceremony to Be
On Sunday
Announcement is being made of
the wedding of Mrs. Deen Car
negie to Luther J. Murhammer,
which will take place on December
26 at the First Congregational
church at 4:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Carnegie is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Callaway
and Mr. Murhammer is the son
of Mrs. Henry Murhammer, all
of Salem-
SILVERTON L. H. Meyer and
his daughter. Miss Althea Meyer,
entertained at dinner Sunday In
compliment to their -son and
brother. Ludvig A. Meyer's birth
day anniversary and the 15th wed
ding anniversary of Mr, and Mrs.
R us-ell Nelson of Scotts Mills.
Christmas decorations were used
in the living room and dining
room where covers were placed
for Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Meyer
and Karen and Mary of Silverton,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nelson and
Russell, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Kellis and Janet, and S. P.
Moberg from Scotts Mills, and
the hosts.
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Dance on
Christmas
Highlight of the Christmas sea
son for the college and young mar
ried set will be the Spinsters form
al charity ball on Christmas night
at Glen wood ballroom. Glenn
Woodry s orchestra has been en
gaged to play for dancing between
9 and 12 o'clock. Reservations
have already been made by over a
hundred couples planning to at
tend the affair.
Pre-baU Parties
A number of parties are being
arranged to precede the ball. Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Bower have in
vited twenty of their friends to a
pre-dance party at their home on
South 23rd street.
John Crockatt will be a host be
fore the dance for a few of his
college friends at the Fairmount
Hill home of his parents, the E. L.
Crockatts.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barclay
will entertain informally before
the ball for a few of their friends
at their Fairmount Hill home.
Among those coming from out-of-town
for the ball will be Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Hunter of Dal
las, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bark
hurst and Mr. and Mrs. George
Alexander of Eugene, and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Brown of Portland.
Miss Virginia Parr of Portland
will be down for the dance as the
guest of Miss Jeanne Foster.
Jlans Completed
Final plans for the charity ball
were completed at a meeting of
the Spinsters Monday night at the
North Summer street home of
Miss Margaret CooLey. Thirty-four
attended and brought gifts for a
Christmas basket. Santa Claus
called du.ring the evening and
brought candy canes to tho guests
and a donation to tho basket.
Plans were made for the annual
dinner in honor of the patronesses
which will be an event of Janu
ary 4 at the Legion club. Refresh
ments were served by the hostess,
assisted by her mother. Mrs. Ralph
Cooley, Miss Mary Lou McKay
and Miss Jean Claire Swift.
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Lodge Holds Yule Parly
A hundred attended the Re
bekah Lodge Christmas party
Monday night with Santa Claus
distributing gifts to children and
treats to the parents. A program
was given including dances by
Iris Hunt. Dorma McClure, Dale
Rock and Teddy Jenks, from
Jenks School of Dancing; instru
mental solos by Salvation Army
quartet; piano solos by Joan
Lesher; and a solo number by
Marjorie Elliott,
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. John
Jerman and son, Jay, of Portland,
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THE STORES OF BETTER
will be interested to learn that
they have gone by plane to Lone
Beach; Calif, to spend the holidays
with her parents, Mr- and Mrs.
ueorge rowelL
Expected to arrive ia tho capital
today from Oberlin, Ohio, la Wir
ren Downs, son of Dr. Chester IA.
Downs, who will spend the holi
days at the Downs' hom4 He la
attending Oberlin college pin
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eastern state.
Misses Carolle and Sharon ri
fey, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Ro-
Den coney of Portland, fdrmefly
of Salem, will be in Salem tonight
as guests of the Misses Joan and
Suzanne Barnes at the Rainbow
formal dance at the armory.
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