1 iv Jilt:' inruLiw
r-
.
i Ths Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Sunday, March 11, 1950
Shirley Griffin
Named Varsity
Queen at Ball
Pretty Shirley Griffin of Van
couver, Wash, freshman and Pi
J3eta Phi member, was crowned
the Varsity Queen at the annual
Letterman's formal ball Saturday
Hiht la the Willamette' university
gymnasium. Other members of her
court are-Dona Mears, Roseburg;
Marie Corner, Bothell, Wash-;
Del Fisher, Portland; and Muriel
Baney, Salem. The identity of the
queen was kept a' secret until 10:15
p. m when she was1 escorted down
st maroon carpeted aisle with ma
roon roping to the stage where she
was crowned by Boy Harrington,
president of the Letterman's club.
Queen Virginia Wilson of the
1949 court presented the crown to
Queen Shirley. Immediately fol
bwing the coronation the queen
and her court were interviewed
over KOCO. Members of the
court were given gifts by Salem
merchants and wort orchid cor
sages, r'.-f - ;
Several hundred attended the
formal student . body dance and
Pave Longton's band from Port
land played for dancing. Chaper
ones were Coach and Mrs. Chester
Etackhouse, Coach and Mrs. John
Lewis and Mr. and; Mrs. Leslie
Sparks. ! S
The gymnasium was elaborately
decorated far the occasion with a
blue false ceiling and a "waterfall"
theme .was used for the decor. A
waterfall was placed in the center
of the -room and the walls were
covered with varied colored drapes
and indirect lighting-
WCTU Institute
On Friday i
. .The Marion county WCTU In
stitute will be held Friday, March
1? at the Mayflower hall with the
morning session opening at 1030
a. m. Music will be directed by
Mrs. Viola Burson and Mrs. Milton
Cot will lead the devotions. Mrs.
Necia Bock. Corvallis. will speak
on "Peace," with' an open discus
sion to follow. Mrs. C A. Keus
will talk on publicity and its im
portance. A no-host luncheon will
be served at 12 o'clock, i
The afternoon session will open
at 1p.m. and Mrs. C. W. Stacey
vJl discuss legislation. This will
beTollowed by a technicolor pic
ture, "The Vicious Circle,'' shown
by , the state president, Mrs. Ruth
Tooze, Portland. Closing instruc
tions win be submitted by Mrs.
Varsity Queen Crowned .
,. 't - ' "V - ,' - -
. M . - ., t i f
- - ' " , : " h '-' x "
'''"'"v" ;;' ' ' " ' ' ' ""''"''''" r' '' y - - Z.
' " - ' " : -. v I ,
iT. ."T '-'':''", i-":V- .' L-'.w , .
I i " -.. ; .. -w' . .-" ,. t i
I . t . J v. 4 y
I V'" ' - J" . t l' ' ' ' J .
I r . ;-S
A-''""' .?"-".?
Miss Shirley Griffin of Vancouver, Wash., center, and a Pi Beta Phi was crowned Var
sity Queon at the annual Letterman's ball on the Willamette university campus Saturday
night Members of the royal court left to right are Miss Del Fisher, Portland; Miss Muriel Ba
ney, Salem; Miss Griffin, Miss Donna Mears, Boseburg; and Miss Marie Comer, BothweH.
Wash, (Kennell-BUs photo). ,
Book Review, Program
Mrs. Harold Rosebraugh will
give book review at the meeting
of the Westminster Guild on Wed
nesday afternoon at the First Pres
byterian church. A 1:11 dessert
luncheon will be served with Mrs.
Edward Burnside the chairman.
Mrs. Maynard Sniffer Is arranging
the program and has secured Mrs.
Hobart Jackson to sing. During the
meeting there will be a sale of
plants, used clothing and a white
elephant -
11 Beta Pal aaeihers will
at the chapter house Tuesday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock. The tea corn-
Walter Barkus, county president
The public is invited to attend. .
mitteei includes Mrs. Wayne Price,
Mrs. a P. Schmoker and Mrs. RsH.
Letteken of Dallas.
Dr. Zat Jens wul be heetess to
members of the Soroptimist club
on Wednesday night at her East
Center street home at 730 o'clock.
Assisting hostesses are Mrs. Ellen
Gabriel, Mrs. Henry Kayser, Mrs.
Henry Millie and Miss Lena Blum.
Gamma Phi Bete slan vD
be entertained at f HO buffet din
ner Monday night at the home of
Mrs. Hugh Taylor on D street As
sisting hostesses are Mrs. Harold
Olinger, Mrs. Prank C Angle and
Mrs. C C Higgins. Any new al
umnae m Salem are asked to call
Mrs. Higgins.
'J
Speaker at the AA17W fellow
ship luncheon Saturday, March
18, at one o'clock, , at the Marion
hotel will be Miss Mirdaz Tlmma,
Latvian student attending Reed
college. Mrs. P. A. Massee. fellow
ship chairman for the Salem
branch, is in charge of arrange
ments for the program.-
Miss Tlmma and her family
were residents of i Riga, Latvia's
capital city prior to the wa
Through Dr. Theodore Staprans,
physician at the Oregon State
hospital. Miss Timma's name was
submitted to the National Luther
an Students', council, which was
responsible for bringing her to
this country to study. Dr. Stap
rans was friend of Miss Tim
ma's parents In Latvia. Miss Tlm
ma plans to enter the University
of Oregon dental school when she
has completed a- year's course at
Reed. Her major at Reed is biology.
During the war Miss Tlmma and
her parents were shipped from
Latvia with thousands of other
Latvians to a nazi labor camp in
central Germany. In the spring
of IMS the family was moved to
the Baltic displaced persons camp
In the American zone at Augsburg
in southern Germany. While in
Augsburg Miss Tlmma wrote a
children's book, "Dandelion."
which has been translated into
German and part of it into Lith
uanian, She has written plays.
short stories, periodical articles
and another children's book en
titled "Basket of Fairy Tales."
Miss Tlmma Is listed in a Who's
Who of Latvian authors. Mies Tf t-
I ma has also won honors In ath' 'c
competition. She holds the Lat
vian women's records In high and
broad jumps and during the 1947
German Baltic Olympics broke
her own records.
Hostesses for the hmcheon. ap
pointed by Mrs. H. Gordon Carl,
nocpataiuy csamnaa tor the Sa
lem branch, included Misses Lili
an Davis. Helen Pleteber. Lelia
Johnson. Mary Eyre. Mrs. Sylvia
Krapps and Mrs. George Brown.
Hit.
CUTS
Baltic Student
Will BeAAUW
Speaker
SfOHTBtAT
I PJB.
Bouaa club wtta MUs Tada Em.
tar tin. pa. Mim. C 8.
ad Mrs W. D. Cvrdaar hocta
Chapter AB of PSQ, with Mrs. C X,
Bates. I -41 pjb.
Chapter BQ. PXO with Sfim. Maurice
Brconaa. T.-S pjm.
Practical Nones
Memorial chapel. S
St. PaoTa
luncrnoo. 1 pm. par-
pjn. with
alowntaut
TTKSDAT
Junior Guild.
diurcn.
teh hooM.
Delta Zeta Ahimnaa.
us. w. u. roster.
view um.
Sweyte Bead Gardea chih. with Mrs.
Robert Wi JieaTi
Chapter BC PXO with aCra. Oscar
L Paulaoa. 1 JO de tit.
WCONKSDAT
Soroptimist octel meetlnf with Dr.
Buth Jena. East Center sl. T3I
Wesbnlacter Guild at First
teriaa church, las dun it.
THtntSSAT
Willamette Taculty Women" chih
wtth Mrs. Roy M. Lockeaour, 147S Cen
ter St, 2:30 pjn.
Auxiliary Plans
Fashion Bridge
Plans are beinf completed this
week for the benefit dessert lun
cheon and style show which mem
bers of Capital Unit 9, American
Leflofi auxiliary wfH be hostesses
on Monday, March 29 at the Am
erican Legion club at 130 o'clock.
Fashions will be shown by The
Vogue of Salem and shoes and
purses will -be from Raemar's.
Proceeds from the affair wijl be
used to carry on the auxiliary's
child welfare and rehabilitation
work.
Mrs. John E.i Wood is general
chairman of the benefit and assist
ing are Mrs. T. . Borkman, Mrs.
A. B. Inge! a, Mrs. Donald Madison,
Mrs. Maloolm Cameron and Mrs.
John Gordon. Reservations may be
made by calling Mrs. Madison.
Miss Ola Clark Will be m charge
of decorations.
Beservatians tan be made for
the luncheon by j telephoning Mrs.
John Goldsmith !or Mrs. Edward
Dyck before noon on Friday,
March 17.
mi !!h mmm i ! i mm i h
at Schlesinger & Co.
for. spring 1950
at Schlesinger & Co.
for spring 1950
ROTHMOOR . . . america jr most
name
tn women s a,
i
i
i
7
Dpareu
-v. '
- ' -.' - .'""
america s most
outstanding
High' fashion
blouse . . exclusive
in Salem at
Schlesinger & Co.
inger & Co.
f C9 Court
U4 ..
Saloni
These make news
Imported plaid and
matching tweed
superbly tailored by
ROTHMOOR
Tissue t bin wool plaid and tweed
woven just for Rothmoor by Cobb
Jenkins of England. Woven to Roth
toor's own blgh fabric staswlards
W softness, tttummm, amated colors.
Handled in the dasaie amassacr
the aeit iai plaid the coat in
snstHaiaig tweed. In HcatWr ttmk
m Willow Creeau
at Schlesinger
. or spring 19501
exclusive in Salem at
Schlesinger & Co,
&
Cm1
1
1 i
..-'Ml
Salem U CmM
& Co.
9 :
uresses dv uorornv u nara
ft"
' . f
exciting...
colorful
originals . .
exclusive in
Salem at
Schlesinger
& Co.J
i's News!
ROTH MOOR'S I
Semi-flapper siUiouel T' '
Look csref ull st this tpsV Isn't
it faiatlj reminiscent of tbo
1920a wbcat pockets dropped
Iwtsdbatioasinmc&vp short
the wmistlisr? Now, its as de
gsnt as a pair of white kid gkrres
asid iwst sWhecossuaus. Harnd
tailored the! itxaoas Rothmoor
way
Co
ScWesinfe & Co.
it .- : .
-IV