Thm Statesman Salem, Oroaon. Sunday Pocswnber 21, 1352
Holidays Marked With Many
Parties, Visitors to Be Feted
The holiday week win be filled with numerous parties, at homes,
teas and showers for brides-elect.
Mrs. Arthur Atherton will be a coffee hostess Monday morning at
her East Browning Avenue residence for a group of her friends be
tween 10 and 12 o'clock.
Mrs. Arthur Bates will greet guests at the door. Presiding at the
Annual Holiday
Party
Held
Thursday
The Insurance Women's Associa
tion of Salem held their annual
Christmas party in the Marine
Room of the Marion Hotel on
Thursday. Mrs. John L. Hoffman
played Christmas piano selections
while refreshments were servea
during the reception hour which
preceded dinner. The reception
room and dinner tables were dec
orated with Santa Claus sleighs
and reindeer and Christmas green
ery. Mrs. Frances Freedenburg, pres
ident of the Eugene Insurance
Women's Association, assisted by
Miss Nila Cluett, president of the
Salem club, presented a Braille
writer, purchased jointly by the
two clubs, to Miss Iva M. Speed,
a blind student at Oregon College
of Education at Monmouth.
Several members volunteered
their services for Saturday after
noon in mailing of March of Dimes
literature. Welfare project funds
and gifts for the Christmas basket
for a needy family were received.
Santa Claus then distributed the
exchange gifts brought by the
members. -
Guests from Eugene were Mrs.
Francese Freedenburg, Mrs. Bea
Boss, Mrs. Evelyn Hilen Mrs. Ra
mona Zeigler, and Brs. Bernice
Taylor; from Albany, Mrs. Kath
ryn McHugh; and from Salem:
Miss Bernice Ruettgers, Mis Shir
ley Jones, and Mrs. J. A. Kinzer.
Engagement of
Phylli
is Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Don X. Firth are
announcing the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Phyllis Jean
Sc-rtt, to Charles Stayton Staab,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Staab.
No date has been set for the wed
ding. The bride-elect is a graduate of
Salem High School and attended
Oregon State College. Mr. Staab is
also a Salem High School graduate,
and attended Oregon State Col
lege. He is now an electronic tech
nician third class with the United
States navy. He is now at home
for the holidays.
Y-Wlves Honored
At Holiday Party
The Y- Wives of the YWCA
-were entertained at a Christmas
party Wednesday night at the
home of Mrs. Wolf D. von Otter
atedt on Chemeketa Street. A des
sert supper was served followed
by a gift exchange.
F'er the program Sue Spring, a
member of the Salem High School
debate team, gave a group of read
ings, several of which she had
given at the Pacific University
speech tournament.
The Jan. 15 meeting will be
keld at the YWCA. Several new
members were welcomed by the
group and anyone interested in
becoming a member is asked to
call Mrs. von Otterstedt or attend
the next meeting.
Dr. and Mrs. 8. D. Wiles and
children, Nancy, Steele and Mark,
are leaving Monday for Seattle to
spend Christmas at the home of
Mrs. Wiles' parents, Mr. ,and Mr.
R. R. Wilcken. They will return
the end of the week.
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Capital Drug Store
Ui BUteSt. . . Corner of Liberty
Tf a give fUkH Green Stamps an all cash purchases
coffee urns will be Mrs. Law-
rence A. Ballmer and Mrs. Guy
N. Hickok. Assisting will be Mrs.
Chester Loe, Mrs. James Arm
priest, Mrs. Robert Howells, Mar
go Hudkins and Nancy Atherton.
Entertaining with an informal
open house Monday night will be
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Moreland and
Dr. and Mrs. Merle Brown.' A
group of friends have been bidden
to call between 7 and 11 o'clock at
the Moreland home in Ben Lom
and Park.
Christmas Morning Coffee
Justice and Mrs. James T. Brand
have invited friends to come over
for coffee on Christmas morning
at their Kingwood Heights home
between 9 and 12 o'clock. This is
an annual custom of the hosts and
assisting will be their son, Tom
Brand, who is home from his stu
dies at the University of .Oregon
Law School for the holidays.
Tm Honor Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Hug
gins Jr. will be hosts for an in
formal open house the day after
Christmas at their South Liberty
Street residence between 4 and 6
o'clock. The affair will compliment
their holiday guests, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Thompson of New Bruns
wick, New Jersey, parents of
Mrs. Huggins, and Mr. and Mrs.
William Hoagland of Palo Alto,
Calif., brother-in-law and sister of
Mrs. Huggins. Assisting the hosts
will be Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd G
Hammel and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Boise.
Mother-Daughter Tea
For the afternoon of Dec. 27 is
the informal mother-daughter tea
Mrs. Dean K. Brooks and her
daughters, Denise, India and Ulis
ta. will be hostesses at their home,
They have invited a group of their
friends to call between 3 and 5
o'clock.
Assisting about the rooms will
be Mrs. Horace McGee and daugh
ter, Susan, Mrs. William Phelps
and daughter, Kathy, Mrs. Ste
phen Sherman and Mrs. Harvey
Gibbens.
At Homes Calendared
Event of Sunday, Dec. 28 will be
the informal at home for which
Mr. and Mrs. Harland G. Brock
and their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Miller,
will be hosts at the former's new
Morningside residence on Bluff
Avenue. Guests have been bidden
to call between 4 and 7 o'clock.
Assisting the hosts will be Mrs.
J. N. Bishop and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Taylor are
planning a holiday at home for
Tuesday, Dec. 30 at their D Street
residence between 5:30 and 8:30 o'
clock. The Taylors have invited
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Perry, Mr,
and Mrs. Glen Wilbur, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Meyer and Mr. and
Mrs. Harris Lietz to assist them
durnig the evening.
Date is Set for
Installation
Mrs. R. E. Meredith and William
Hall Jr., worthy matron and pa
tron of Ainsworth Chapter, OES,
presided at their last meeting of
the season Wednesday night. A
special degree was given in honor
of the retiring officers.
Open installation will be held
for the 1953 officers on Friday,
Jan. 2 at the .Scottish Rite Temple
at 8 p. m.
The refreshment committee In
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Jenks, Mr. and Mrs. Otic Cass.
Mrs. Helen Lovett and Mrs. Ralph
Allen.
Guests attending were Mrs. Paul
H. Hauser, past grand worthy ma
tron, and Miss Leila Johnson, both
honorary members of Ainsworth
Chapter.
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard Norton Smith (Constance Patricia
Nickey) who were married on Dec. 13 at the First Evange
lical United Brethren Church. The bride is the daughter of
the P. A. Nickeys of Newberg and the groom is the son of
the R. Wendell Smiths of Vancouver, Wash. The newlyweds
will live in Seattle. (McEwan Studio).
Junior CDA
Formal on
Dec. 29
Outstanding event of the year
for the Junior Catholic Daughters
of America will be their winter
formal on Monday night, Dec. 29
at the Catholic Center.
Charlie Nee and his orchestra
will play for dancing between 9
an4 12 o'clock. Skaters holiday is
the theme for the decor and the
dance floor will be decorated to
resemble an ice pond encircled
with snow laden trees. There will
be snow men, sleds and ice skates
to complete the decor.
Patrons and patronesses for the
dance include Mr. and Mrs. An
thony J. Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Na
poleon Rocque, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tag
gart, Mr. and Mrs. George Cor
rigan, Mr. and Mrs. Al Cramer,
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roguski,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gravinho,
Miss Marlene Raschko Ttnd Miss
Dolores BrunkeL
Margaret Bach Is general chair
man of the dance and her commit
tees include; programs, Mary Ce
cile Rocque; publicity, Meredith
Hayes; decorations, Mary Angela
Suing, co-chairman, Joanne Pol
ster; refreshments, Jackie Larson,
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Prices reduced on hundreds of items throughout our toy department. Only
a few are: Tricycles, wagons, strollers, doll buggies, trains, automobiles, doll
houses, games galore, dolls and more dolls, cowboy and cowgirl suit:;, toy
pistols, trucks, ranch sets, tree lights, ornaments, road builder sets, books,
hot rods, stuffed animals, rodeo sets, hobby horses, airplanes, puppets, music
makers, nurse and doctor kits, sewing
dump trucks, timber trucks, educational toys, and many, many moreJ
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Lansing Garden
Club Feted
Lansing .Neighbors Garden club
meeting Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Ernest Thaller on
Rawlins Ave., gave over the hours
following the dessert luncheon to
the work of decorating nine small
two foot high Christmas trees for
the rooms of the Lansing Nursing
home. Each tree was placed in a
bright can and the trees all dif
ferently decorated with two wom
en working on each tree. The ma
tron of the home will change the
trees so each patient will sec all
trees.
Favors of cookies tied in bright
red paper were made for serving
trays. For the short business meet
ing conducted by the president,
Mrs. Milton Blackman, members
answered roll call with their fav
orite annuals. Following the meet-i
ing several attended the Salem
Garden club greens show, the club
had helped with the decorating.
Mrs. Clark MeCa.lI represented
the Salem Unit of the Oregon
Federation of Republican Women
at the monthly board meeting held
in Portland Saturday.
co-chairman, Pat Gilles; clean up,
Carol Sohn, and CO Cfiali iixBIXf
Donn Kirscher.
Liberty
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Brides-Elect to
Be Honored at
Parties
Holiday brides-elect are sharing
in much of the entertaining with
parties planned in their honor.
Miss Frances Baum. who will
be married to Edward Ragozzino
on Dec. 27, will be complimented
at a pre-nuptial party Monday
night when Mrs. Merrill D. Ohling
and her coed daughter. Miss Alice
Louise Ohling, and Mrs. E. M.
Page entertain at the Ohling home
on South High Street. A dessert
supper will be served and a mis
cellaneous shower will fete the
bride-to-be. The Christmas motif
will be used in the decor about
the rooms.
On Friday night Dr. and Mrs.
W. Wells Baum will be hosts for
a dinner party at the American
Legion Club in honor of their
slaughter and her fiance. The af
fair will follow the 7 o'clock wed
ding rehearsal and bidden are
members of the bridal party and
the immediate family. 1
Far Eng-ared Dae
Miss Jocelyn Davis and her
fiance, Richard Scandling, will be
feted at two affairs this week.
Monday night Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Loder will be hosts for an infor
mal party at their Morningside
home for the engaged duo. A
group of the Scandlings longtime
friends and a few of the young
married set have been bidden to
call after 5 o'clock.
The wedding rehearsal Is sched
uled for "Wednesday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock at the First Presby
terian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Scandling will entertain with
an informal party at the Hotel
Marion following the rehearsal for
their son and his fiancee. Miss
Margaret Scandling, who arrived
from San Francisco on Saturday
for her brother's wedding and to
be" one of the bridesmaids, will
assist her parents. Bidden are
members of the bridal party and
the two families.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Needham
and children, Beth and Tommy,
are in Portland today for a pre
Christmas family dinner at the
home of Mrs. Needham's moth
er, Mrs. W. C. Rankin.
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Annual Party for
Post, Auxiliary
: Salem Post 138 and auxiliary,
American Legion, will hold their
annual Christmas party on Tues
day evening at 7:30 pjn. at the
Izaak Walton Hall. This is an an
nual affair and is given for the
members, their families and pros
pective members.
There will be a program of
music and a movie will be shown.
A: Christmas tree with gifts and
Santa Claus win be the feature of
the evening.
Refreshments will be served by
the auxiliary. The committee
chairmen for the affair include
Elwood Townsend, assisted by
Carlton Roth, Leslie Beard and
Mrs. John CattraU, chairman for
the auxiliary, assisted by Mrs.
Donald van Hess and Mrs. Rich
ard Jennings.
Camp Fire Giris
Are Entertained
SALEM HEIGHTS Mrs. Floyd
McClellan entertained the Ote
kaye" Camp Fire - group of the
sixth grade of the Salem Heights
School on Thursday evening at
her home on Ratcliff Drive at a
chili dinner.
The group honored their leader,
Mrs. Kenneth Zwicker, on her
birthday as well as the group's
annual Christmas party. They
played games and sang songs, and
had an exchange of gifts.
Present were Nancy Baker,
Bonnie Jean Kurth, Karen Harris,
Susan Zwicker, Carolyn Howells,
Betty Jean Dyke, Laura Moore,
Charlotte Ponsford, Judy McClel
lan, Claudia Weaver, Sue Bart
lett, and Joan Has kins.
Navy Ensign to Arrive
Ensign Wilfred Loggan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Loggan, is
expected to arrive in the capital
on Wednesday from San Francisco.
He recently arrived in the bay city
aboard his navy transport. The
navy officer, who is known to his
friends as Tink, will be here a
week before reporting back to his
ship. He entered the service last
spring following his graduation
from Oregon State College.
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Students Give Program
The third grade pupils of Miss
Donna Rees and Mrs. Thelma
Schirman and the 5th grade stu
dents of Miss Eva Wolfe provided
the entertainment for the Wash
ington School Mothers Club pro
gram on Thursday. Hostesses were
Mrs. Edwin Lyle, Mrs. Frederic
Smalley, Mrs. Samuel Pahl and
Mrs. Ernest Smith. In charge of
the p re-school nursery were Mrs.
Elizabeth Lens and Mrs. Harold
Pendergast. j
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Junior Club Party
At; Jenny Homo
( The Salem Junior Woman's
Club annual Christmas party will
be an event of Monday night at
the home of the president, Mrs.
Theodore Jenny, at 8 o'clock.
There will be a gift exchange,
games and refreshments. Mrs.
Floyd Miles is heading the com
mittee in charge of arrangements.
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