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EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1943
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Engagement Announcements Feature Local Social
News; Several Weddings Also Calendared
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MISS MARY ANN FOX
Announced this week-end is the engagement of Miss
Mary Ann Fox to Rodney E. Lewman. .- .
Mgue Two Months Ahead
)n Red Cross Activity
Welfare League members have completed one of their
maior projects for the year, making of 1400 ditty bags and ,
1400 sewing kits for soldiers under Red Cross quotas two
months ahead of schedule. The League took the quota
last May to complete the total in d year. In addition to
making the 1400 bags and 1400 kits, the members have
filled completely 260 of the bags supplying all articles '
6at go into them.
For the remainder of the club year, the League mem-
tership willl concentrate its efforts on. making surgical
dressings for the Red Cross, the group to meet at the Red
Cross rooms Monday and Thureday afternoons of every
week.' ,
Next meeting for the League comes March 5.
Mrs. 0. D. Sprecher was hostess Tuesday evening at a
dessert and miscellaneous shower party honoring Mrs. '
George F. Skipworth (Mavis Llghtfoot), a recent bride.
Attending the party were Mrs. Skipworth, Mrs. William ,
lijhtfoot, Mrs. William P. Lightfoot, Mrs. May Cherry, Mrs.
G. F. Skipworth, Mrs. Harold Skipworth, Mrs. J. D. Bryant,
Mrs. Edna L. Pearson, Mrs. E. E. Wyatt, Mrs. S. E. Stevens, :
Mrs. Norman K. Tully, Miss Norma Tully, Mrs. H. F. Stein
metz, Mrs. L. C. Mack, Miss Virginia Clark, Miss Ella Car- .
rick, Mrs. Clifford Winters,. Miss Rosemary Hobbs, Miss
Margaret Zimmerman, Mrs. Arne Strom'mer, Mrs. William
Woodte, Mrs. H..B. Plaisted, Mrs. I. L. Hollingsworth, Mrs.
F.G. Reed, Mrs. W. D. Schmieding, Mrs. 'Truman Wills,
Mrs. I. A. Cressey, and Mrs. Spreeher.
At the luncheon of the Eugene cjub, Daughters of the
Kile, this week, committees for the 1943 work were an- .
nounced. The luncheon was given at the home of Mrs. ..
E. M. Reagan, new officers being hostesses. Gifts were
presented to the retiring officers, Mrs. Reagan, Mrs. J. H.
Tiemey, and Mrs. R. L. Collins, also, to Mrs. Frank W. Sco
bert. The committees for the new year are as follows:
Crippled Children: Mrs. Frank W. Scobert, Mrs. E. E.
Hiltibrand, Mrs. Raymond E. Glass, Mrs. Fred C. Walters, .
"Its. 1. 1. Godlove, Mrs. Roy E. Short, Mrs. I. M. Peterson.
Calling and Flowers: Mrs. Paul D. Green, Mrs. Ira O.
SWart, Mrs. Leroy E. Detling.
Finance and Ways and Means: Dr. Victory H. Morris,
!rs. M. C. Suit, Mrs. J. H. Tierney, Mrs. J. W. Lind, Mrs.
Muriel R, Trayler.
Gift: Mrs. Frank Nombalais, Mrs. W. J. Oglesby, Mrs.
R. Kirkpatrick. - ' '
Hostess: Mrs. Harry S. Grlndell, Mrs. Ray E. Allen, Mrs. 1
H. W.Lombard. .
Lookout: Mrs. Ellsha Large, Mrs. C. P. Tillman, Mrs.
E-K. Mills. . . ..
Social: Mrs. Stanley R. Stevenson, Mrs. Harry W. Titus,
R. L. Collins, Mrs. C. A. Huntington, Mrs. Charles
"iper, Mrs. Clair N. Hoflich.
Press and Publicity: Mrs. F. R. Brockschink.
Philanthropic: Mrs. F. t. Beard, Mrs. O. C. Davis, Mrs.
"Ms E. Bean. Mrs. S. A. Peters, Mrs. James A. Russell. .
, J19 February all-club luncheon for the Women's City .
ock ananged for nexl ThursdaY at Seymour cafe, one v
Dr. Warren D. Smith of tile University of Oregon will
guest speaker, his topic to Be "Postwar Problems." He '
WMrr.ent on the article by Culbertson in the last Read-
Digest, "The Peace to Cpme."
I. E. Richmond will sing a group of songs. " .
All reservations for the luncheon should be In to the
L A mu Mrs" Iack Burn' Mrs- B- Earle Parker' or Mrs
fcvltei ' by Tuelay. All members and friends are
The February event for Star club. Blue River chapter,
j Eas'em Star, will be held Friday, one-fifteen
tf?Lj 9rt' McKenzle River Masonic temple, sawing
td V? ,0 olIow 1119 short bus'ness session. Visiting
' . -E-S. members are invited,
tri' F'iH Skillern and Mrs. E. W. Hinshaw are cc
rv.? un t tJle cmmittee of hostesses, and will be as
L L u n ,,Irs- I- G- Haworth, Mrs. W. L Hoadley, Mrs.
JT V?"ln,gsworth' Mrs- E- A. Johnson, Mrs. Charles Min-
-irs. Wayne Montandon, and Mrs. R. L. Robertson.
rV n5,9tr,a Phl ambers will be entertained by Miss
vuT Wis Elaln9 Untermanh 6t the Bell home
AT7 ,evenlng, seven forty-five o'clock, Misc Dorothy
-ona to give the program.
fcwced for the evening of March 13 Is the next
. ?Kt the Assembly club, Osbum hotel. Dr. and Mrs.
?v' Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Gage, Jr., and Dr.
j. B. Shegajd. git th s$aynittM for tha dance,
By MARIAN LOWRY .
Engagements and approaching marriages are spot
lighted in social news of the week-end, presaging a crowd
ed calendar of weddings for the spring and early summer,
MU Fox Engaged
Announcement is made by Dr. and Mrs. Irvln R. Fox of
the betrothal of their daughter, Miss Mary Ann Fox, to
Rodney E. Lewman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. Lewman of '
Eugene.
No date is revealed for the wedding. Miss Fox attended
the University of Oregon for two years, being a member of
Pi Beta Phi sorority on the campus, and this year is com
pleting her .nurses' training in Portland under the university
course. Mr. Lewman also attended the University and is
a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He is now a cadet
In training for his commission at the army air force school
' at Ellington Field, Texas.
Seeley-Peterson
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Told this week-end also Is the engagement of Miss
Stephanie French Peterson, daughter of Mrs. Ten Eyck
Wendell. Jr. of Cazenovia, New York, and of Curt Peterson
of New York city, to Don E. Seeley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Seeley of Salem, The bride-elect is a granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. P. Augustus Peterson of this city and has
made her home with them for some time.
Both Miss Peterson and Mr. Seeley are students at the ;
University of Oregon, the bride-elect being a member of .
Delta Delta Delta sorority, Mr. Seeley of Sigma Nu frater
nity. Date for the wedding has not been set.
The engagement Is the second announced within a .
" week in the Peterson family, Miss Peterson's sister, Miss
Janeth Peterson last week telling of her betrothal to Staff
Sergeant William D. Keen, the wedding of this couple being
arranged for this week. .
Miss Taylor Engaged
At an Informal dessert party Saturday evening, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace H. Taylor announced the engagement of
their elder daughter, Miss Mary Kathryn Taylor, to Dale
,' E. Helikson of Camp Barkeley, Texas, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Helikson of Eugene. No date was set for the wedding
but it is being planned in early April.
News of the engagement was told by means of a violet
nosegay at each place, the nosegay being fastened with
white streamers with tiny purple scrolls bearing the name
of the couple tied at the end.
Miss Taylor is a graduate of Multnomah training school
and the University of Oregon. She is a member of Alpha
" Tau Delta, national honorary nursing sorority. Mr. Helik
son, who Is now attending officers' candidate school at
Camp Barkeley, Texas, is also agraduate of the University :
of Oregon and attended law school on the campus, being
a member of the PhlAIpha Delta law honorary.
Invited to the announcement party were Misses Betty - ':
Jean Taylor, Lois Ann Helikson, Louise Rickabaugh, Shirley ,
Roach, Janet Chase, and Mrs. Roy Sandborn, Mrs. Delbert
. Lane, Mrs. Kenneth Drew, Mrs. Leonard Ruth, Mrs. C. Lee
Page, Mrs. John Skillern, Mrs. Howard Christensen, Mrs.
LeRoy Elliott, and Mrs. Clifford Winters.
Hooker-Scroggie
Announced for the evening of Wednesday, March 3, is
. the marriage of Miss Winnlfred Scroggie and Lieutenant
Jerome S. Hooker. The ceremony will be at eight o'clock
in the First Congregational church, Dr. Willlston Wirt of-.
, ficiatlng.
Miss Marjorie Scroggie will be maid of honor for her
sister and Captain P. E. Peterson is to be best man. Lynn
-Wasson will be flower girl.
Following the church service, a reception' is to be held ;
in the minor room at the Eugene hotel. ,
At the card party of the Ladies of the Elks, Thursday
afternoon, about forty attended. At contract bridge, for
which Mrs. C. J. Daniel was hostess, Mrs W. C. Walling v
and Mrs. C. N. Allen won the honors; and at auction, Mrs.
J. E. Turnbull as hostess, Mrs. A. W. Wagner and Mrs.
George A. Simon won the honors. ';,
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MRS. ORVTLLE H. GOPLEN
A recent wedding was that of Mrs. Orville H. Goplen,
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The marriage of Miss Mary Ellaine Newman, daughter
cf Mr. and Mrs. John Newman of this city, to John F. Cor
dell, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cordell, also of Eugene, was
solemnized February 12 at a nine o'clock morning cere
mony in St. Joseph's Catholic church at Wenatchee, Wash,
Rev. Father Duffy officiating.
' Attending the wedding from Eugene were Mrs. John
. Newman, Mrs. John Cordell, and Miss Shirley Cordellj
and another sister of the bridegroom, Miss Betty Cordell,
Seattle.
Miss Shirley Cordell and Albert Snyder attended tha
couple.
The bride wore o white satin gown with long train, the
dress having long sleeves and a yoke of tulle trimmed In
seed pearls. The full length veil of tulle fell from a coronet '
of seed pearls. The bride carried a prayer book on which
were arranged two white orchids with streamers. The maid
of honor wore a blue dress of faille over marquisette, and
her bouquet was of white and pastel blooms,
The bride's mother wore a rose crepe dress with navy ,
accessories, and the bridegroom's mother a dress of aqua
blue with gold accessories.
Following the church service, a wedding breakfast was
"held at the hotel, relatives and the bridal party attending.
The couple are home at present at Wenatchee, Mr. 1
Cordell, a reserve In the army air force, completing his
basic CPT course.
A wedding for this afternoon will be that of Miss Flor
ence Anderson and Staff Sergeant Wendell Jensenof the
army air forces. The ceremony will be at two-thirty o'clock
in Central Presbyterian church, Dr. Norman K. Tully of
ficiating. Mrs. Kenneth G. Reeves' of Lebanon, sister of
t Sergeant Jensen, will be matron of honor, and Miss Erma
Scott of Eugene and Miss Vesta Miller of Marshfleld,
bridesmaids. Lieutenant Herbert Anderson of Fort Bennlng,
brother of the bride, is to be best man. A reception will be
held at Westminster house following the service. Miss An
derson Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odin A. Anderson,
Marshfleld, Sergeant Jensen the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Jensen of Eugene.
Chapter H of P.E.O. Sisterhood will be entertained Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs. Arthur Quackenbush,
sevsn-ufteen o'clock, Mrs. Quirlnus Breen assisting.
Chapter AM of the Sisterhood will meet Wednesday,
. twelve forty-five o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Omar Fen
dall, Mrs. A. C. Dixon assisting.
Chapter AY also meets Wednesday afternoon, ona
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Mary Ebrlght, Mrs. Victor P.
Morris to have the program.
A. L. homax Speaker For
League of Women Voters
Planned for Thursday evening Is an Interesting program
meeting for the League of Women Voters, the event to be '
at eight o'clock In room 207, Chapman hall, University of
Oregon campus.
Alfred L. Lomax of .the university school of business
administration faculty is to be guest speaker, his topis
being "Changing Patterns of International Trade."
The meeting Is an open one, the public Interested In the
subject being Invited.
Interesting to many student friends on the campus was
. a wedding Friday evening when Miss Roslynn Morrill,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Morrill of Honolulu, T. H.,
was married to Thomas E. Terry, son of Colonel and Mrs.
. R. K. Terry of Portland. The ceremony was solemnized at
seven-thirty o'clock In the chapel of the First Congrega
tional church, Dr. Williston Wirt, church pastor, officiating,
and only a small group of relatives and close friends at
tending. Miss Eleanor Engdahl of Pendleton and Marlon Cloud
of Long Beach, Cal., attended the couple. .
The bride wore a slate blue suit with lei of while carna
tions. Miss Engdahl wore a dark blue suit with corsage of
pink carnations.
Following the service at the church, a reception was
held In the Eugene hotel mirror room.
Both the couple are students at the University of Oregon
and will continue their school work, They will be at homa
at 1886 University street. The bride, a Junior on the campus,
Is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, Mr. Terry, a
senior, being a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Among those at the wedding were the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Morrill, who came from San Francisco
for the ceremony; the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Anita
Lloyd of London, England, and the bridegroom's mother,
Mrs. R. K. Terry, of Portland; and Miss Violet Winter of
London, England.
Honoring their grandson, Cadet Robert Deverell, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hykmd entertained at dinner the past
week, guests including the honor guest, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ruth, and Mrs,
Eugene Lincoln and children, Wilbur and Tommy, of Grants
Pass. Cadet Deverell, who has just completed his pre
liminary training at Pasco, Wash., left Friday for further
training at Corpus Chrlstl, Texas.
Installation ceremonies for new officers In the Younj
Business Women's club will be held Wednesday evening
in connection with the dessert party of the group at the Os
bum hotel, seven-thirty o'clock. Misses Marforie Christian
sen and Betty Van Orden are hostesses for the meeting.
New officers taking over are: Miss Doris Mae Reinholtz,
president; Miss Martha Boentgen, vice-president; Miss
Charlotte Berryhlll, secretary; Miss Constance Bacon, cor
responding secretary; Miss Bette Hack, treasurer.
An evening of sociability and fellowship is arranged
for the Eugene Business and Professional Women's club
membership next Thursday evening for the monthly social
of the group. A dinner Is to be served in St. Mary's Epis
copal church parish hall. The hospitality committee is in
charge, headed by Mrs. Perry Walbridge.
K't. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell, Jr. of Cazenovia, Nevr
York, arrived Friday evening for a visit with Mrs. Wendell's
daughters, Misses Janeth and Stephanie Peterson, and to
be here for the wedding of Miss Janeth Peterson and Stafi
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- . MISS STEPHANIE PETERSON ;
. Among engagements being announced is that of Miss ! '
, Stephanie Peterson to Don E. Seeley. , ; '
Newcomers9 Qroup Plans j
Tea Monday Afternoon 1
Planned for Monday afternoon Is the tea for the New-;
' comers division, University of Oregon Women's Faculty J
club, the event to be In Gerllnger hall from three until five
f'clock. i
Mrs. H. G. Barnett Is social chairman, and serving with
her as hostesses for the afternoon are Mrs. Robert Davis,
Mrs. William C. Jones, Mrs. P. A. KUlgallon, Mrs. .Warren
a Price. .
. Mrs. Wesley C. Ballalne' is to pour. .
The group will do some type of war work' during tha ;
afternoon. A nursery is to be maintained for small children ;
accompanying their. mothers. ' . . ..J
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wroth" announce fhe marriage o!
their daughter, Miss Jean Wroth, to Donn W. Chase, son
of Mr, and Mrs. P. S. Chase of Eugene. ' '
The wedding was an event of February 9 In the First
Christian church at Phoenix, Arizona, Dr. Elmore perform
ing the ceremony. The bride wore a blue suit with taatch
lng accessories . . . .
The bride is a graduate of Eugene high school and
attended University Business college. Mr. Chase was grad
uated from University high school and Is now stationed,
with the army air forces at Williams Field, Arizona
Social activities for the Vlnter term at fhe University
- of Oregon concluded this week-end. The term will end ,
- March 10 and the spring term resume March 16.
Groups entertaining Friday evening were Alpha Tau
" Omega fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu and Sigma Phi Epsllon
" fraternities, Sigma Kappa sorority, and Phi Gamma Delta,
. Theta Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Nu, and Kappa .Sigma
fraternities. The Beaux Art bazaar also was Friday evening.
On Saturday evening were held the Sigma Alpha
" Epsllon and all-dormitory dances.
. Mrs. Fannie L. Stansble Is to entertain Thursday after-,
noon for the Sorosls club, the group to meet at two-thirty..
o'clock at the Shamrock tearoom, Penney store. . '
Zota Tau Alpha Mothers' club' Is giving a potluck" sup- .'
per at the sorority chapter house Monday evening, five-',
thirty o'clock, honoring the girls of the active chapter.
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MISS MARY KATHRYN TAYLOR
The engagement of Miss Mary Kathryn Taylor to Dal
. Helikson was announced Sutuiday avenina. -