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I SOCI ETV CLUBS MUSIC The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Sunday. April 17. 1949 Breakfasts, Family Dinners Highlights . . . By Jeryme English. Society Editor Easter day will be marked with family gatherings and dinner parties, with early morning break lasts and the traditional Easter egg hunts lor the children. Families will attend the various morning church services throughout the city with dinners aijd blossom day rides to follow in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Powell will be hosts for theirannual Easter egg hunt this morning at their Mis sion street home, "Deepwood." Youngsters bidden are her grandchildren, John and Clifford Brown, lorn of the Werner Browns, Vivenne, Roxanne anil Bil! Brown, children of Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Brown, Susan and Casey Olinger, children of Dr. and Mrs. Harold Oiingcr. Two Breakfasts Slated A group of young maids and matrons wili gained for their annual Easter breakfast this morning at the Marion hotel. Covers will be placed for the Misses Joyce Smith, Wanda Hathaway, Luella Camp bell, Patricia Burrell Patti Ray, Virginia Huston, Marilyn Hill, Marianne Bonesteele, Joan Blaxall, Barbara Hendrickson, Patricia Wilson, JoanAdoiph, Mrs. James Erickson, Mrs. Harvey Loveall, jr., Mrs. William Hill, Mrs. Dale Pence and Mrs. KeTith Morris. Gathering this morning at the Senator hotel for a 9 o'clock Easter breakfast will be a group of young matrons, who have been meeting since high school days. Covers will be placed for Mrs. War ren Ling, Mrs. Donald Blaisdell, Mrs. James Bodie, Mrs. James Sheldon, Mrs. Frank Nicholls, Mrs. Frank Page, Mrs. James Henery, Mrs. Casper Schweigert. Mrs. Robert Siewert, Mrs Herbert Glais yer, Jr., Mrs. Dall Sullivan, Mrs. Raymond Steinke, Mrs. Donald Cutler, Mrs. Frank Lukins, Mrs. James Taylor, Mrs. Donald Muidock, Mrs. Peter Schweigert, Mrs. Mary Jo Causey, Mrs. Carl Hult enberg, Jr., of Kelso, Wash., Mrs. Robert Brown and Mrs. Ted Ogdahl of Portland. Families Gather for Dinner Mrs. J. J. Nunn is entertaining with a family gathering today at her North 19th street home. Her daughter, Mrs. Peter Newell, arrived in the capital Saturday morning from Oakland, Calif., to spend Easter with her mother. She will return south Monds-y night. Other guests at the Nunn home today for dinner will be her other daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McGilvra and children, Joanne and Paul, of Forest Grove, B. M. Durland, brother of Mrs. Nunn, and his daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Culp and son, Michael, of LaGrande. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Spaulding will be hosts for a family dinner today at their Fairmount Hill home. Their guests will be Dr. and Mrs. John Griffith, Mary and Joan, Mrs. Lewis Griffith and son, John, Mr and Mrs. John Copenhaver, Karen and John, Mrs. George Rodger. Mr. and Mrs. Asel Eoff and son, Joe, Miss Hattie Bratzel, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sigel and daughter, Suzanne, of Port land, and Doris Helen and Jean Spaulding. Come From Out-of-Town The country home of Mr. and-Mrs. C. Ronald Hudkins will be the scene of family gathering to day and au revoir party for her mother, Mrs. E. E. Gilbert,: who is leaving next week for Europe. Din ner guests will be Mrs. Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. ?eller, Bruce, Robert and Janet of Battleground, Wash., Mr. and Mrs Marion Moore, Danny and Lnda, Mar go, Charles and John Hudkins and the hosts. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bonesteele will entertain with a family dinner party at their North 18th street home this afternoon for Mrs. H. F. Bonesteele and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bonesteele and chil dren, Barbara and Ray of Corvallis, formerly of Salem. Gathering at the North Summer street home of Dr. and Mrs. Wolcott E. Buren for Easter dinner today will Be her mother and sister, Mrs. L. H. Hausler and Miss Lillian Hausler, and her aunt. Miss Lillie Meissner. all of Portland, Miss Nancy Buren, who is home from Oregon State college for the weekend, and Dick Buren. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bjarne Ericksen for Easter dinner today will be Mr and Mrs. Erwin Laughlin, Bob and Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ericksen and Craig, and Mr. and Mrs. Torolf Erick sen, Joan and Judy, all of PortUhd, and John and Wayne Ericksen. Panhellenic Luncheon . . City Panhellenic will entertain with a buffet luncheon at the Le gion club Friday afternoon, April 22 at 12:30 o'clock. This will be the first open, meeting of the new ly organized group and all frater nity women in the city are invited to attend. Anyone not contacted max call Mrs. Clark Brown or Mrs. William E. Healy, co-chairmen, for reservations. . Mrs. G. Herbert Smith, presi dent of the City Panhellenic, will preside at the luncheon meeting. The guest speaker will be Mrs. John Dundore of Portland. Also coming down from Portland for the affair will be Mrs. John J. Hess and Mrs. Earl P. Newberry, newly elected and retiring presi dents respectively of the Portland Panhellenic?" Founder's Day . . Event of Friday night, April 22 will be the formal banquet at the Pi Beta Phi chapter house on the Willamette university campus to commemorate the 82nd anniver sary of the founding of the frater nity on April 28, 1887 at Mon mouth college, Illinois. The six o'clock banquet is for mal and Geri Bowles will be the toastmistress. Over a hundred are expected to attend. Guest speak er will be Dr. G. Herbert Smith, president of Willamette university and national ' president of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. All alumnae in the city and members of the active chapter will attend the banquet and al umnae are in charge of arrange ments with Mrs. G. Herbert Smith as chairman. Assisting on the general committee are Mrs. Clar ence Hamilton, Mrs. P. D. Quis enberry, Mrs. James Humphrey, Mrs. Charles Huggins, Miss Caro lyn Brady. Mrs. Marion Mulkey and Mrs. Albert T. Anderson. A Workshop . . . First panhellenic workshop on the Willamette uni-ersity campus will be held Saturday. April 23 with Mrs. C. R. Nelson, panhellen ic adviser, in charge. The opening session will be at 10 a. m. in the gymnasium with Dan W. Poling, dean of men, Oregon State college, giving the address. Panel discus sions will follow at 10:30 a. m. with Pat Howard, Geri Bowles, Carol Dimond. LaVern Showacy. Mrs. Vernon Gilmore and Mrs. Marion Mulkey. the leaders. Highlight of the day will be the awards luncheon at 12:30 p. m. at Lausanne hall dining room. President G. Herbert Smith of Willamette university will be the main speaker. Dean of women, Mrs. Regina Ewalt, will make the scholarship announcement and Mrs. C. R. Nelson, panhellenic advisor, will give the recognition awards. Miss Dona Adams, past president of Willamette panhellen nic, will be master of ceremonies. A rushing round table discussion will follow the luncheon and lead ers wili be Joy Bushnell, Beth Tedford, Maxine Muckle, Martha Brooks and Barbara Bates. All sorority alumnae in the city re welcome to attend the workshop. Visitors in Capital For Holiday . v . A number, of visitors are in the capital for the Easter weekend to spend the day with their families and others are out-of-town to be with rel atives. Miss Mary Lou McKay and her fiance, Lester Green, are home from Oregon State college and University of Oregon respectively, to spend Easter at the home of her parents, Governor and Mrs. Douglas McKay. Weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd W. Shepard are their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Alexander, and son, Robert Shepard, of Eugene, the latter two students at the University of Ore gon, and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Macaulay of Portland. Mrs. Thomas Watson of Portland is spending the Easter weekend in Sa lem with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Paulson. Miss Edna L. Sterling of Seattle is in Salem for Easter and is the guest of Mr and Mrs. Paul B. Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Franko (Civilla Reeher) of Aberdeen. Wash., are spending Easter in the capital at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Gerald A. Reeher. Auxiliary Tea at Child's Homo Mrs. Ben Wil- Chirles D. Wood. Out'of-Tonn for Easter Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Caley and son, Eldon, mond and Bend at the home of her daughter. will The spend Easter in Red- occasion will be Mrs. Caley's birthday and they will meet Mr. and Mrs. E. Fisher at Bend for dinner at the Pine Tavern, returning to Redmond at the Fisher home. Mr. and Mrs. Claybourne Dyer, Shannon and Clay, and Mrs. W. Con nell Dyer will be in Portland for Easter'as guests of MrsJ Claybourne Dyer's mother, Mrs Gertrude R. Walton. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. VanWyngarden and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Van Wyn garden and children, Larry and Richard, will spend Easter in Springfield at the home of the former's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert VanWyngarden. Mrs. E. E. Bergman is in Seattle for Easter to visit her son and daughter-in-law, Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. Howard Bergman. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Fravel and children, Glenda and Robert, will be Eas ter guests at the Mt. Angel home of Mr. and Mrs N. G. Mickle. Joining them will be Mrs. Fravel's brother and sister-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Earnest Greenwood of Sandy. Mrs. A. Hugh Bower, Miss Janet Bower and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bow er will spend Easter in Portland at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pickett. ( Luncheon For High School Set . . Miss Margie Smith will be hostess for an Easter luncheon on Monday afternoon at one o'clock at the South Winter street home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. G. Herbert Smith. A group of Salem high school seniors have been bidden to the affair. Guests will be seated at individual tables with spring bouquets for centerpieces. The afternoon hours will be spent informally and Edna Marie Hill will play for the group. Bidden by the hostess are the Misses Catherine Siegmund, Martha Jane Pearcy, Donna Jean Pence, Mary Jo Ogle. Patricia Fitzsimons, Helen and Beverly Wilt, Suzanne and Joan Barnes, Shirlee Newbry, Sue McElhinny, Lois Archibald, Dorothy Curtis, Lorraine Welling, Barbara Zumwalt, Una Mae Grayless, Janet Gaiser, Edna Hill, Marilyn Quamme, Dorothy Pearce, Mary Ruth Dowd, Alcetta Gilbert, Alice Louise Ohling, Gladys Boock, Viv ian Brown, Marjorie Emmerfon and Muriel Steusloff Reception to Honor the McKay's . . Attracting a number of Salem people to Portland next weekend will be the formal reception, dinner and dance to be given by the University club in compliment to Governor and Mrs. Douglas McKay and their daughters, Mrs. Wayne Hadley and Miss Mary Lou McKay, on Saturday, April 23. A reception will beheld in the Guild .room from 7 to 8 p. m. and a buf fet dinner will be served in the Orchid and Rose rooms between 7:30 and 11 o'clock. Dancing will be in the main dining room from 9 to 1 o'clock A feature of the evening's entertainment will be singing by the Oswego male quartet. The affair has attracted unusual interest and in expected to draw one of the largest crowds of the club's spring social calendar Highlight of the coming week will be the benefit tea for which members of the Salem Memorial hospital auxiliary will be hostesses on Thursday aft ernoon at the North 14th street home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo N Childa. The) interested public is invited to call between the hours of 2 and flro'clock. Fro ceeds from the event will be used to equip the new formula room in the nur sery at the hospital. j Greeting guests at the door will be Mrs. Leon Perry.' Mr. Wtllard M. Thompson and Mrs. Howard Doak. Mrs. Russell E. Pratt, Mrs. Ralph Nohl gren and Mrs. Bruce Spaulding will introduce guests to the receiving line wmcn win include Airs. A. c. Haag, Mrs. Peter W. GeUerJ peiden;t of the ujuuary, jvirs innas ana Mrs. Adam Lefor. ; Those who have been asked to preside at the tea urn are hams. Mrs. William L. Phillips. Mrs. Douclas McKav. Mr. C'h Mrs. B. O. Schucking and Mrs. Charles A. Snr.ipnc A in -h.mt and in the serving will be Mrs. L. A. Ballmer. Mrs. Gerald Wing. Mrs. Har old Heiserman, Mrs. Robert F. Wulf, Mrs. .Malvin Rudd, Mrs t Frank Kel logg, Mrs. William Crothers. Mra. Harmon Harvey, Mr. Irwin iWedtl, Mrs. Kenneth Potts, Mrs. Gordom Leonard, Mrs. Edward Gceckneri Mrs. Siiae Gaiser, Mrs. H. E. Gilbert and Mrs. M: E. Knickerbocker. ' Mrs. Jacob Foo? and Mrs. A. C Haag are co-chairmen ofhhe tea and assisting on the general committee are Mr. Harold O. Schneider j Mr?. George R. Hoflman, Mrs. Malvin Rudd, Mrs. Frank Kellogg. Mr. Geofge CiotkettL Mrs. Arthur Cole and Mrs. James B. Haworth. $ i a Mrs, Swift to Be Honor Guest . . . j .u r' Geore H- Swift, who was recently elected diocesan president of. the Woman's auxiliary of te Episcopal church of Oregon, will be the honos guest at an informal tea on Wednesday afternoon, April 20, at the pariati house. Women of St. Paul's Episcopal church here are arranging the tee te honor the new presdient and wife of the rector of the church. Calling hur are from 3 to 6 o'clock and all women of the church are invited to attend. Presidents of the church guilds have been asked to pour dufing the aft ernoon They include Mrs. Cecil Rogers of St. Paul's Guild; Mrs. Paul Gem mell. Junior Guild: Mrs. Mlgnon Lamkin, St. Agnes Guild; Mrs Charleev Clarke. St. Anne's Guild; Mrs.Floyd W. Shepard. Daughters of St. Elizaeethi and Mrs. John Horner, St. Helena's guild. Members of St. Cecelia, of wil Miss Carilyn Brady is president, will assist in the serving, Miss Marjorie Harris is general chairman of the affair and iMisi Maeel P. Robertson is heading the tea committee. i A Benefit Card Party re Mm. Walter BatUnen Carletbn Roth, Mrsv Calendared fir Wednesday night, April 20 is the benefit card party fti which the St. Joseph's Mothers club is arranging at St. Joseph's hall at t o'clock. The interested public is invited to attend and proceeds will be uiwvf xo equip me scnooi catetena. All card games will be in play and guerts seu io oring meir own iaDie accessories. Those wishing reservations asked to call Mrs. Henry A. Meyer or Mrs L. J. Marker. Mrs. Donald Burke is president of the club and has appointed Mrs. Mar ker and Mrs. Peter Wright as co-chairmen of the affair. Working on the gen eral committee are Mrs. Herman Waltz, Mrs. W. J. Kraft. Mrs. Maurice Eb ner, Mrs. Rex Morris, Mrs. Jack Taggert, Mrs. Orris Hoffman,! Mrs. Gen- vaise tniott, Mrs. ford Watkins, Mrs. Karl Barr, Mrs. Lawrence Kelsh, Mrs, aeverin l-ange, Mrs. j j. MeiKe, Mrs. Frank Test, Mrs. Richard Schmidt, Mrs. Lawrence Alley, Mrs. Charles Chan, Mrs. Henry Barr and Mrs. Roger Hoy. Plans Made For Nile Tea . . . On the social agenda for Thursday, April 28 is the silver te for which members of the Salem Daughters of the Nile club will be hostesses at th Masonic temple. Calling hours will be from 2 to 5 o'clock fnd all proceeds derived from the tea will be turned over to the Shrine hospiital in Portland. Mrs. Charles Boyer, president of the club, has appointed Mrs. Rustell Bright as general chairman of the tea. Assisting on the general committee will be Mrs. Richard A. Meyer, Mrs. Merle Travis, Mrs. Carl Staats, Mr., Elmo McMillan. Mrs. Robert McEwan, Mrs. J. Parke: Lideberry, Mrs. C Ward Davis, Mrs. William Newmyer and Mrs. Virgil Goldeji. t J I ! I 1 .., 1 ; r i i " ' . . - .Sift; j ,T-q,t ... - ,..)..-..-,-; syciim d F Hf 'i V gmgjm- . :y-: 1 ... ' 1 i. 'V. 111 Te did tcx lay them," says Christy Cannon, center, to her older sister, Cathy, who seems a bit skeptical. Cynthia, th Xa. youngest of the sisters, doesn't much care who laid them, but she'd like to feed bunny a carrot, please. The young girle or the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Cannon. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer)
