Debut Today
SO C I ETY 'CLUBS' MUSIC
The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Sunday. March 27, 1949
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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.
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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
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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.
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brass section at
the left blows for the
photographer. Left to
righ'. are Melvin Hew
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Verne Hiebert and Dr.
Jean K. Brooks. (All
photos by George Hew-.
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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.
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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). '