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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1949)
t - ,i " -'-1 Head Woman....: Today we honor the woman executive,! who holds responsible ro sitions in the business and professional world. Pictured on our page o e just a few of the dozens of the tcp womeri executives in our capital city, representing the various fie'cs of work open to women- Though most of them rarely take dictation now, they becjc n some years aro os office secretaries, working to the tcp of tve ladder and now have, many men and women working vnder thern. s -, SOCIETY - CLUB S M USIC a I ? ' i i '-r r - Thm Oregon Statesman, Salm. Oregon. Sunday. March 20, 1949 . , - , , -j . . 1 -. " . V - - - r . r ' '' " " jir - S - ... ' Ji ,,vS .v- - - To Fete a Bride-Elect . . Miss Mary Reimann, June bride-elect of Oscar Christensen, jr., will be the honor guest at a pre-nuptial party Wednesday night when her Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sister. Miss Mary Lou McKay, entertains at the Jer ris avenue home of her parents. Governor and Mrs. pouglas McKay. Guests have been bidden to a 7 o'clock supper with a bridal shower following. Honoring Miss Reimann will be her mother, Mrs. Leo Reimann, Mrs. O. C. Christensen, mother of the benedict-elect, his sisters. Miss Ardis and Miss Marne Christensen, Miss Shirley Reirrtann, sister of the honor guest, and the following Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sisters, Mrs. Roger M. Schnell, Mrs. Robert Elgin, Miss Marianne poneteele. Miss Jean Pick ens, Miss.. Nancy Snyder, Miss Betty Jean Manoles, Miss Anita Miller and Miss Joan Schuler of Woodbum, and Mrs. Douglas McKay and the hoste?. Miss Reimann and her fiance are juniors at Oregon State college and his fraternity is Beta Theta PL I I L M M fh. ' ill li i : i, til I'M- C i i ft 7r . V. ' ! jj-:."..- , T Tousekeeper super-deluxe is Miss Lorena Jack, director of li' residence halls at Willamette university the past twelve years. She manages Baxter Tiall including the four fraternity wings, Lausanne hall, Frederickson hall and Laurel hall, hous ing a total of 410 students. She has charge of all the buying, housekeeping and prepares the menus. She has 60 full time and 40 student employes under her ' management Here she is shown checking the daily menu before taking It to the kitchens. OCennell-Qlis). : .. - .f.) ' -'-'--f ':, : ' 'I- " ':-.vi I Trlnrvrtlnn r'Trrfm tha Hmo rvf Kff Tnv Will Trfnr4rv-rl rf T oTfa Timfrtr VilnVi r-Vi nnl AVr?A J from her strenuous duties as an educator, she is much in demand for speaking en- l- ! tr ti rmi! i if ue lor uve years, uvenneu-rjiiis;. 4 -. V w Though she looks like a fash ion model, Mrs. F. Ethel Lau has d large and respcnyible job cut at the Paulus Brothers Pack ing Co. in southeast Salem. As Ira lie manager of the com pany, she is directly responsi ble for all supplies andjjroduce ccm.hg in and going from the cannery. She has been with the organization for 25 years. She has two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Bent,. Salem, and Mrs. Carl E. McLaughlin, Portland and five grandchildren. (Kennell-Ellis). Right hand, woman to Governor Douglas MKay Is Miss Alene Phillips, the governor's private secretary. Her job is to receive all visitors to to executive office, she takes care of the governor's appointments, does secretarial work and handles his correspondence. She's pictured here caring for one of three lots of mail re ceived daily. Miss Phillips has been with the state for 20 years in the secretary of state and governor's offices. (Kennell-Ellis). f . . j - j j . , ... . - - . . j -? - - ; r ' ' ' 1 , ... .. ... . ,, . )...- ... - ., ... . - - i . i - . Nuptials on Saturday ... : t f , Of interest to Salem friends of the couple is the wedding ceremony which took place in Portland Saturday etiernoon un iting in marriage Miss Mary Kathryn Phelps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard T. Phelps of Portland, and Robert Norman Phillips, jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Phillips of Salem. The nuptials were performed at St. Michael and All Angels church at 4 o'clock with the Rev. George R. Turney officiating. Mrs. E. Stone was the organist . J t .For her wedding the brunette bride chose a pearl grey dressmaker suit with navy and white accessories. She. carried white Bible topped with a white orchid. Mr. Phelps gave his daughter in marriage. Miss Artie Phillips of Salem, sister of the groom, was the bride's only attendant. She wore a navy blue bolero suit with navy and pink accessories and carried a nosegay of pastel flow ers. Paul C Rodger was best man for Mr. Phillips and seating the guests were Robert G. Coates and Dan H. Ross. Mrs. Phelps wore a navy blue suit with corsage of white roses for her daughter's wedding and Mrs. Phillips! selected a beige ensemble with orchid corsage for her son's marriage. The newlywed greeted their guests at a reception at the Phelps home in Portland. Mrs. C. A. Cox and Mrs. E. J. Schmitz presided at the coffee urns and Miss Vera Jack cut the cake. Assisting were the Misses Lorraine Milelr, Joan Cloudy, Mar Jorie Stockman, Owen Harper, Margaret Austin ? and Sara Warner. , f Mr. Phillip and his bride have gone north to Victoria, B. C, on their wedding trip and will be at home in Salem aft er April 1. - To Model Easter Bonnets . A preview of Easter hats will be shown at the Salem Junior Woman's club annual Easter bonnet bridge benefit on Monday night, April 11 at the Salem Woman's clubhouse at o'clock. Plans were completed for the event this; week with Mrs. Arthur Roethlin named as chairman. Her committee in cludes Mrs. Donald Cannon, Mrs. Jack Strickfaden, Mrs. Ray mond Randall, Mrs. George Sirnio, Mrs. Robert; Bowling and Mrs. Floyd Colburn.: ' ' . . i-,.' u ,C I , , Miller's will show the hats to be modeled by the follow ing club members: Mrs. C. M. Collins, Mr! Thomas Gabriel, Mrs.. William Stewart, Mrs Terry Randall, Mrs. Robert John son, Mrs." Carlton Greider, and Mrs. Ross Coppock. .-V. ' -: 1 - ': - i Busy registering all Marion county men between the ages of 18 and 26 Is Mrs. lohrij S." Beakey, who is chief clerk of selectiveservice, Marion county board. To date ther are 6,000 registrants in the county, but at the present no men are being called to duty; Besides having her fingertips on all information in the files she is kept busy answering the many inquiries cn the phone as well as personal office calls. She is the mother of two daughters and a son. (Kennell-Ellis). Social Slate Filled With Varied Events... By Jeryaae English Teas, luncheons and dances will mark the social calendar during the ensuing week. First large event will be the open house and tea this afternoon for which members of Sigma Alpha Epsllon fra ternity on the Willamette university campus will be hosts. The affair climaxes the weekend festiv ities for the fraternity including the formal installation of the chapter on the campus and initiation. A dance and banquet were held Saturday night at the chamber of commerce. 'SAE Tea This Afternoon All friends of the fraternity. townsDeoDle. faculty, trustees, students! alumnae and mothers club. of panhellenic groups are invited to call between 3 and 5 o'clock. In the receiving line ! will be Charles Bowc, president of the active chapter, Mrs. Elizabeth Higbee, housemother, Robert G. Brady, president of the Salem alumnae of SAE, and the national officers here for the ceremonies Including G. A. Ginter, national president; Emmett B. Mcore. national vice-president; Lauren Foreman, ex ecutive secretary; Al Scoth, chapter supervisor; and Glenn T. Nygreen, province president. F J Pouring during the afternoon will be Mrs. Albert T. Anderson, Mrs. Robert Hynes, Mrs. Robert G. Brady and Mrs. George Neuner, all wives of alumnae. Mrs. McKay at Home , Mrs. Douglas McKay held her weekly at home on Tuesday afternoon at her Jerris avenue ret U dence for all interested townspeople and out-of-town guests in the city lor tne oay. An Au Revoir Tea Having the, distinction of being the only chief deputy sheriff In the state is Miss Alma Johnson. Who is chief deputy of the Marion county sheriff's office, who takes full charge when Sheriff Denver Young is called out of the office, which is often. She has been in the sheriffs office for nearly six years and finds her work most interesting. (Ken-' nell-Dlis). ? For Thursday afternoon is the informal tea for which Mrs. Robert E. Shinn and her daughter, Mrs. Harry V. Carson., Jr., will be hostesses at the Shinn home on North Summer street. The au revol tea is being arranged in compliment to Miss Sally McLellan, daughter of the Daniel J. McLellans.'Whe is now awaiting her orders to leave for Europe, where she will return as an army hostess with the tpe-' cial branch of the U. S, army. Miss McLellan returned to the states in October from Germany after two years of duty. She expects her orders by the first of April.,- ' M A group of Miss McLellan's Kappa Alpha Theta sorority sisters, and Intimate friends have been invited to call between 4 and 6 o'clock. " : i Waverly Club Dinner Dance - : : ' , ! Event of the coming weekend for members of the young married contingent will be Waverly club's formal dinner dance In the Mirror room of the Marion hotel Saturday night, March 26. Dinner wilt be served at 9 o'clock with dancing following to the music of Glenn Williams and his orchestra. ' Hosts and hostesses will be Dr. and Mrs, Maynard Shifter, Dr. and Mrs. Horace McGee and Mr. and Mrs. Coburn Grabenhorst. The decorating committee includes Mrs. Clifford Hill, Mrs. Charles Carey and Mrs Mark Gehlar. A number of out-of-town guests are expected to attend and several par tie are being arranged to precede the affair. 1 !