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or a Christmas breakfast Mrs. Carl G. Collins choos-
dark green cloth with a boxwood tree decor-
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for a centerpiece . . . the tree is in a brass container
and at the base are gaily wrapped miniature packages
. . . and flanking the arrangement are two wooden
figures, "Santa's Helpers" . . . Scrambled eggs and
bacon are a must for Christmas breakfast in the Collins
family and on the serving cart, is the chafing dish . . .
her ceramic dishes are also in shades of green. (Ken-nell-Ellis
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"rg. Emerir.bbs combines red ank vrhifo as a striking color scheme for hex Qtfistmas' morning breakfast . . .
"all of her dishes are of milk glass and the cloth is red caught at one comer with bows and ornaments ... The
centerpiece' is "'i mUk glass sleigh filled with white oieen's lc adorned with tiny red and green balls . . . Clusters
of the balls are placed on each napkin as a Christmas corsage for the guests . . (Kennell-Ellis photo).
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Mrs. Lesier D. Green has made nearly all of
her Christmas decorations and will use
them on her tree and for entertaining during
the holidays . . . Above, Mrs. Green is shown
with one of the dozens of angels she has made
of metail foil wrapping paper, lace doilies and
cotton heads . . her holiday tea table is cen
tered with a milk glass sleigh filled with greens,
to which she arranged the angels . . . red
twisted tapers are in brass candelabras and
the Santa is filled with candy canes . . . the
table is covered with a white embroidered
cloth and her china is a moss rose pattern . . .
the dark green faille ruffled curtains form a per
fect background in her dining room for a
Christmas tea and pinned to .them are stars
she has made of the foiL (Kennell-Ellis photos).
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rs. Robert W. Gormsen has decorated a holiday-
punch table for our page ... here she hasr v
used a red pique cloth bordered with white cotton lace
for a contrast with the milk glass punch bcfwl and ap-
pointments ... a silver and glass antique center
piece topped with a tiny milk glass santa and sleigh,
holly and milk glass candlesticks with red tapers r.
Directly above Mrs. Gormsen is arranging the last
piece of holly on a compote circled with ruffles of white
eyelet embroidery and filled with small, red apples and
holly ... in the center is a hurricane lamp. (Ken-nell-Ellis
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Holiday at Homes . -
By Jeryme English
Statesman Society Editor -The
holiday season promises to be a gay one with n'um
erous at homes, teas and dinners on the agenda. Opentag
the pre-Christmas week will be the open house for which
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Von Eschen will be hosts this afternoon
at their new Fairmount Hill residence. A large, group "f '.
their friends have been bidden to call between 5 and 9
o'clock. f t- "
Assisting the hosts will be Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gahfe
dorf, Mr. and Mrs. Urlin S. Page, Mr. and Mrs. Newbary
Close, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Paulus, Mr. afid Mrs. Ed
win Viesko, Mrs. Sephus W. Starr, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gal
lagher, Pat rarrell, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Simmons , and
Mr. and Mrs. Barney van Onsenoord.
Gormsens to Entertain
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gormsen are entertaining-with
two at homes this week at their -Hines street residence. -Tuesday
night the affair will honor Mrs.' Gormsen's. father,
Paul B. Wallace, with a group of his friends invited U call .
between 8 and 10 o'clock. Mrs. Wallace Guild, isister of the
hostess, will assist informally. On Thursday night, th
Gormsens have bidden a group of the young married set to
an open house between 8 and 10 o'clock. Assisting the hosts
will be Mr. and Mrs. John H. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Bogardus. ' ; S . r .
Mr. and Mrs. James Walton and daughter, Elisabeth,
ere entertaining with an at home at their Fairmount Hill
residence on Wednesday night for a group of Elisabeth's
Leslie junior high school friends and their, parents. Greet
ing guests at the door the first-hour will be -Susan Olingrr
and Martha Minto and the last hour will be Susan Merrill
and Roxanne Brown. . - . ?. 4 . . -
Presiding at the punch bowl the first hour I will be Mrs.
Charles Heltzel and the second hour will be Miss Eula Mc
Cully. Serving will be Kathy Heltzel, Nancy Snider, Sharon
Johnson, and Sally MerrilL I . ,
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lamport will entertain with a
holiday open house on Friday night at their Ben Lomand" ;
park home for a large group of their friends between 5 and
8 o'clock. Assisting the hosts will be Mr. and Mrs. Linn C. .
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Donald C
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heltzel and Dr. and Mrs. W.
Wells Baum. . ' ,
Parties Slated for Saturday
Several at homes are slated for Saturday night, Decem
ber 22. Mr. and Mrs. Tom H.- Dunham will ibe hosts for
their annual Christmas open house from 8 to 10 o'clock.-Dr.
and Mrs. Joseph Moreland and : Dr. and Mrs. Douglas
Thompson will assist the hosts informally. ? j -
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hendricks win entertain on Satur- -day
night with an at home between 5:30 and 8:30 o'clock :
at their Fairmount Hill residence. - - ! i
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chambers, Mr. and ?Mrs. Donald ;
Freel and Dr. and Mrs. Owen Miller have invited guests
a holiday party at the Chambers' home on Acorn Lane Sat
urday night between 7 and 10 o'clock. - f
Invitations are in the mail this weekend: to a holiday
at home for which Mr.' and Mrs. Merrill D. Chling will fe
hosts on Sunday, December 23 at their South, High street
residence between 5:30 and 10 o'clock. , J -r -