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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1949)
Debut Today SO C I ETY 'CLUBS' MUSIC The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Sunday. March 27, 1949 'J - ;' - ' ' I ' if - j V.. if : 1 '.: t , -"''" . - . - J: -f i I - t Flutes, clarlnels and their kin in the - woodwind section, above, play over a score in preparation for the concert this aft ernoon at the Salem high school. In th front row, left to right, are Marian Churchill, Marilyn Broer, Emily Stone and Ann Gib be ns; second row. Jack Proctor, George Hewitt and William S k e w i s; third row, Mary Swig art, Frank Combs, Ma ria Puckett and Albert Lund. A new musical organization mikes its debut in Salem high school auditorium at 3:15 th: afternoon. The Salem Community orchestra, composed of 45 musicians who play for the fun of it will give classical music with several well &nown compositions included. Everyone is invited, and there will be no charge. Highlight of the concert, as announced by Frank Fisher, director, will be the presentation of the firs movement of the Oncerto in D minor, for piano and orchestra by Rubin stein. Young high school musician, Ann Gibbens, will be at the piano. Also on the program will be overture to "The Secret Marriage" (Cimarosa), intermezzo from "Goyescas" (Gran ados), "Unfinished symphony. No. 8 in B minor, (Schubert) "Dance of the Mirlitons" from Nutcracker suite (Tschaikow sky) Artists Life waltz (Strauss) ?nd the Russian Sailors j Dance from "The Red Poppy" by Gliere. Reception For Orchestra Guests have been invited to an informal reception" after the concert at the Salem Woman's r!ubhou.e between 5 and 6 o'clock honoring members of the S.ilcm Community orches tra. Presiding at the urns will be Mrs. Harvey Gibbens, Mrs. David Eason. Mrs. Phillip Boyer and Mrs. C. M. Collins. Frank Fisher, conductor, and orchestra members will receive informally about the rwms. The committece in charpe of arrangements includes Mrs. Georpe Hewitt. Mrs. , A. W. Blankenship, Mrs. William A. Skewis. Mr?. Gerard Brown, Mrs. Bruce Spaulding and Mrs. Ralph Mercer. Carol Young Tells Troth . . . From San Francisco comes romantic news telling of the engagement of a former Salem fcirl. Miss Carol Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbell A. Young of Salem, to Frank Lauritzen. son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Lauritzen of Oakland, Calif. The wedding is planned for the late summer. The news was revealed in the bay city Saturday after noon at a tea for which Miss Young and her roomate. Miss Patricia Northrup, a former Oregon State college coed, were hostesses for 35 of their college friends now living in the bay area. The blonde bride-elect, who is wearing a diamond on tier left hand, is a graduate of Salem schools and Oregon State college. She is a member of Gamma Phi Beta soror ity. She has been in San Francisco the past three and a half years with International Business Machine COrp. Her fiance attended the University of California prior to entering the service. He is a graduate of Armstrone college at Oakland and is now a junior executive with Capwell Incorporated in Oakland. r'i ' - s ' '- l I . c . , - 9 . ! I H rY Frank Hsher, conductor of the Salem Community orches tra, which plays Its first concert this afternoon at 3.i5, checks over a musical score, while h! doy, Penny, rej islers canine interest A Springtime Travelers of Note . By Jeryme English, Society Editor Mr. and Mrs. Chester I. Chase left Saturday by car for San Francisco, from Whore they will sail on Monday on the Lurline for a several weeks sojourning in Honolulu and the islands. They will return by snip on April 20. Their daugh ter, Miss Phyllis Chase, a United Airlines stewardess, who is on the Hawaii flight, plans to meet her parents both in the bay city and Honolulu. Mrs. Abner K. Kline and Mrs. Lynn Lambeth are driving south to Califor nia Wednesday for an extended stay. Mrs. Lambeth will stop off in Sacramento for a visit and Mrs. Kline will stop on Mojave desert enroute to Los Angeles, where she will spend a month. In Monterey Park she will be the guest of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Smith. Mrs. Kline also plans to Visit several Soroptomists clubs in Los Angeles and "Hollywood. Miss Elizabeth Lord will arrive in Portland by Pan American airlines Wed nesday morning from Manila, where she has been the past two and a half months visiting with her brother, Montague Lord. Miss Lord, who will be met in Portland by Miss. Edith Schryver, toured many of the Philippine islands during her stay. Arriving home today from a six weeks sojourn in Palm Springs will be Mrs.T Charles Huggins and son, Charles. Mr. Huggins joined his family in the south two weeks ago and their daughter,Suzanne, spent her spring vacation from the University of Oregon in the south with her parents. The four are driving north together. p o rt i o n of the brass section at the left blows for the photographer. Left to righ'. are Melvin Hew itt, Robert O'Neill. 43 Verne Hiebert and Dr. Jean K. Brooks. (All photos by George Hew-. Mr o'V V'- " V- '" - " . i Jl il " a The orchestra's vloltn section gets In some last minute practice. They are, front row, left to right. Betty Kuhlman, Frank Holm an. Jerry Brown, Betty Lou Sawyer, tecond row, Phil Blankenship, Bonnie Litchenberg, Caroline Matter, Roberta Graham. v i i 'isi W5AfcJ-..- ., MaMHHMMMeaV - 9 ' 5 ". ;rv;; ..-..vw , - - . "-r . i : nil r 7 . . ,1 Two newcomers are being welcomed In the capital. Directly above are A Mrs. Samuel Richardson and nineteen months old daughter, Anna, who recently moved here from Medford. Mr, Richardson is district man ager of Phoenix Mutual Insurance Co. here. Both are former University of Oregon shidents and she is a Pi Beta Phi. - At the left is Mrs. Stanley Mott-Smith and two year old daughter, Mimi, who moved to Salem from Seattle this past year. He is with the Columbia Metals Corporation and they are at home at 590 N. Summer street Mjs. Mott-Smith attended Jhe University of Washington and was a member of the Seattle Junior League. QCennell-Dlis photos.) Officers cf the newly organized. Willamette VaTley alumna Panhellenlc a:e pictured above cn the state house steps left to right; Mrs. George S. Hoffman, Kappa Alpha Theta, vice-president; Mrs. G. Herbert Smith. Pi' Beta Phi. president; Mrs. Charles Marsh all. Zeta Tau Alpha, treasurer; and Mrs. Dougla3 Parker, Alpha Chi Omega, secretary. Meetings will be held the fourth Friday of each month and officers will rotate yearly o cording to the sorority's entrance into the naticnal Panhellenlc. First project to be un dertaken by the City Panhellenlc, as it is more commonly known, is tho sponsorship cf the lily parade for the Oregon Cripple Childien's society. Coeds will sell lilies the Satur day before Easter. (Kennell-FJlis photo). '
