fne Capital Journal, Salem Oregon
Friday, December 4, 1942
Six
SOCIETY CL UBS and MUSIC
Sororities
Entertain
With Dance
Willamette University Campus
The gay moods of "Carnlvale"
will create a festive atmosphere
as members of the three sorori
ties and their dates dance to the
music of George Carey and his
11-piece orchestra at the inter
nroritv winter formal tonight
th Willamette gymnasium
Gaudy streamers of many colors
and shadow-murals thrown In
geniously on the walls will carry
out the theme in decorations.
Pink punch will be served from
o hriehtlv trimmed red- and
white candy striped booth. Palms
about the gymnasium will com
plete the setting,
nanclne will continue from
8:30 to 11:30 o'clock. Mr. Carey's
orchestra is from the University
nf Oregon campus. A soloist
'ti nlxn featured.
Knppia 1 ffuesls will include
and Mrs. Charles A
Sprague, Hon. and Mrs. Earl
Snell, Dr. and Mrs. G. Herbert
Smith, Dean and Mrs. Chester
F. Luther, Dean and Mrs. Daniel
H. Schulze, Dean and Mrs. wai
ter E. Erickson, Dean and Mrs,
Melvln H. Geist," Dean and Mrs,
Bay L. Smith, Mrs. Maria David
son, Mrs. W. E. Kirk, Mrs,
Frank James and Dean Olive M,
Dahl.
Chairmen planning decora
tions for the affair are Miss Mir
iam Jensen. Miss Helen Zim
merman, and Miss Barbara Vie
. ko. Assisting them are Miss
Botip Burkhart. Miss Carol
VounB. Miss Shirley Vallian,
MIm Kay Wilson, Miss Janet
Blake, Miss Dorothy Hoar, Miss
Toon Selden. Miss Billie Mc-
rionrt Miss Jean Wing, Miss
Ruth Finney, Miss Rosella Bell,
Miss Pat Short and Miss Betty
Andrews.
Other groups selected from
the three sororities aiding in
making arrangements are the
punch committee with Miss
Eleanor Todd, chairman, Miss
Elolse Flndley, Miss Vicky
Jones, Miss Susanna Schramm,
Miss Lois Phillips, Miss Mary
Bennett. Miss Thyra Jean Cur-
rey and the cleanup committee
consisting of Miss Jeanette
Mack, Miss Margaret Hughlett,
Miss Virginia Hobbs, Miss Mar
torle Sloes, Miss Pat Carter,
Miss Marjorie Hill, Miss Beth
Nordean, Miss Jean Hotzman,
Miss Barbara Tallant, Miss Grace
Hannign and Miss Betty Jean
Tucker.
Miss Kingsbury
Is Speaker
Woodburn Miss Grace Kings
bury, executive secretary of the
Marlon county health associa
tion, was the guest speaker at
the December meeting of the
Woodburn Woman's club, held
Wednesday afternoon at the lib
rary clubrooms. Miss Kings
bury talked on the subject of
TJfe!flnn aa th RAMI Of GOOd
Health," and also showed two
motion picture films, one on nu
trition and the other on tuber
culosis. A no-host luncheon was held
at 12:30 o'clock and the business
session opened at 2 o'clock.
Money was voted for the pur
chase of Christmas seals, and
for servicemen. A collection
was taken up for the purchase
of war stamps.
Mrs. Carl Huber was elected
vice-president to succeed Mrs,
C, G, Rue, who is moving to
Newberg soon. Mrs. H. S, Lc
Febvro was taken into the club.
Mrs. Wallace Jones, president,
announced that the clubrooms
will be open every Wednesday
afternoon for Red Cross sew
ing. A quilt Is to be completed
which will be sold for the bene
fit of the Red Cross.
Post-Nuptial Shower
Event of Tuesday
Mrs. Warren Jones, the for-j
mer Marie Schindler, who was
an October bride, was an incen
tive for a gay party and miscel
aneous shower at the home of
Mrs. Carl Schneider in South
Winter street Tuesday evening
jiosicsscs tor the alfair were
Mrs. Schneider and Miss Agnes
Walsh.
The evening was spent In
formally and a late supper was
served by the hostess from a
lace covered table centered with
an arrangement of white chry
anthemums.
Bidden to honor Mrs. Jones
were Mrs. Jack- Neville, Mrs.
Harvey Quislad, Mrs. Bud Mclln,
Mrs. Glenn Paxson, Miss Fran
ces Decker, Miss Virginia Bart
ruff, Miss Florence Ritchie, Miss
Patsy Schneider and Miss Lena
Glass of Portland. I
Kdiud bf
Hazel Green The Brooks
Garden club meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs; Britt
Aspinwall on Friday, December
4 rather than December 3 as
previously announced.
A meeting of the board of
directors of the Salem Art cen
ter will be held at the center
tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
Enthusiastic Salem Audience
AttendsDelbertAndersonConcert
Almost a capacity audience enthusiastically greeted the con
cert given Thursday evening at the Salem High school auditorium
by Delbert Lee Anderson, of Seattle, tenor, under the auspices
of the Crescendo club. Mr. Anderson, a former Salem student,
displayed a great ability in the vocal field. Excellent diction.
Woman's Club
Plans 'Social'
Mehama The first December
meeting of the Mehama Wom
an's club was held Wednesday
at the clubhouse with Winifred
Branch presiding and Gladys
Marks, Ardys Kimsey and Myr
tle Goodell acting as hostesses
At the business session the sec
retary read letters of thanks from
sailors and soldiers overseas
who had received Christmas gift
boxes from the club.
Rachel Liedtke was elected
vice-president to replace Mar
garet Kimsey, who resigned. It
was decided to officially, name
the club the Mehama Woman's
club. Plans were discussed and
voted upon to have a dance and
an old-fashioned basket social
at the clubhouse New Year's eve.
A five dollar bond for the
Christmas seal drive was purr
chased and also it was decided
to buy candy and nuts to fill
Christmas sacks for the grade
school children, After the bust
ness meeting members joined in
singing old time songs. The next
meeting will be the annual
Christmas party, December 18,
with Estelle Phllippi, Mildred
Greer and Alice Pooler acting as
hostesses.
Woman's Club
At Mason Home
Mill City Mrs. C. E, Mason
entertained the members of the
Mill City Woman's club at her
home Tuesday evening, Thir
teen members were present, Fol
lowing the regular opening cere
monies, minutes and correspond
ence were read. It was voted to
send a special donation to the
Doernbecher Hospital for Chil
dren, to add to their Christmas
fund.
It was also voted to buy ft $5
Christmas Seal Bond from the
Marion County Public Health
Association to aid In fighting
tuberculosis.
Members drew names for the
usual exchange of Christmas
gifts at the annual Christmas
party to be held at Mrs. J. F.
Potter's on December 15. The
response to roll call was "News
from Washington," some very
interesting items being mention
ed. Mrs. Donald Sheythe told
of exciting events related by her
brother, Delmar Corbin, an en
gineer in the merchant marine
who just completed a 10-day
visit here.
Following adjournment, two
violin solos were played by Mrs.
Sheythe, including a group of
"Viennese Waltzes," with piano
accompaniment by Mrs. Robert
Schroedcr,
Dinner Honors
Serviceman
Mrs. Rose Kinsley entertain
ed at her home in North Front
street Sunday honoring her son,
Sergeant Fred H. Kinsley of
Camp Pickett, Virginia, who Is
home on a brief furlough.
covers at the dinner were
placed for Sergeant and Mrs
Fred H. Kinsley, Mr. and Mrs,
Norman Pfaffinger, Mr. and Mrs
A. M. Elliott of Woodburn, Mr.
and Mrs. Glen McClellan of Tur
ner, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Muhs
of Portland, Miss Ruby Kuenzli,
nooert Kuenzli and the hostess,
Mrs. Rose Kinsley.
Special Program
Is Announced
Silverton Mrs. Nell Black
and assistant advisor. Mrs, S. A
Pitney, are announcing a special
program, refreshments, fancy-
work and white elephant sale to
be featured during the social
hour at Monday night's regular
meeting of the American Lesion
auxiliary, Delbert Reeves unit
No. 7, with the Junior Girls In
charge In an effort to raise funds
with which to purchase a de
fense bond.
The younger group has several
dollars worth of stamps from Its
penny drill, but Is desirous of
doing bigger things in the bond
buying field. ,
Mrs. Arthur Gottenberg, unit
(Concluded on Pag 7) ,
lunutrit Riedir. Phont tail
Age Retirement and Youth
Employment club No. 12 will
meet at the George Stoddard
home at 8 o'clock Monday eve
ning. Subscription club members
will entertain with" their second
dinner dance of the fall and win
ter season at the Marion hotel
Saturday night.
combined with a lyric quality of
tenor voice serves to make him
an outstanding young vocalist
He displayed ability in the
singing of selections in French
and German as well as English
His well chosen program varied
in mood and derivation, with
composers chosen from the tra
ditional to the more modern
Mr, Anderson was generous with
nis encores and returned time
after time to please his au
dience with additional selec
tions. Perhaps the encores,
which were most enjoyed by the
appreciative audience, were his
vocal interpretations of the
"Twenty -Third Psalm." and
"Songs My Mother Taught Me."
The artist opened his program
with the singing of the Star
Spangled Banner, in which he
was joined by the audience. His
first group included three, se
lections in English, which were,
"I Attempt from Love's Sick
ness to Fly," "Have You Seen
nut a White Lillie Grow" and
under the Greenwood Tree."
Three German selections and
tne aria "The Dream of Des
Grieux" from "Manon" by Mass
enet, sung in French, completed
me iirst half of his program,
Particularly fine were the
three selections sung in Franch,
which opened the second half of
the concert. These selections in
cluded "Romance" and "Beau
Soir" by Debussy, and "Bon
jour, Suzon" by Dellbes. The
concluding group of numbers
included "Silent Noon" by Wil
liams, "Nocturne" by Sharpe,
"Blue Are Her Eyes" by Watts
and "A Dream" by Grieg.
Liborius Hauptmann, of Seat
tle, added much to the enjoy
able evening by his excellent
accompaniments.
Miss Winters
Tells of Seal Sale
Independence Mrs. T. D.
Pomeroy presided at the regular
meeting of the Independence
Woman's club Tuesday after
noon. Mrs. B. F. Swope, mem
bership chairman, announced
that three new members, Mrs.
Robert Grantham, Mrs. Thad
Moreland and Mrs. Bruce Roes
ler, had been added to the club.
Mrs. M. J. Butler, program
chairman, introduced the speak
er, Miss Elsie Winters of Port
land, who gave an enlightening
talk on tuberculosis entitled
"Fighters Always." She urged
members to buy Christmas seals
to help in the battle of tubercu
losis and stated that of each dol
lar given in Oregon, 83 cents
remained in the state and that
in Polk county the Polk county
public health association kept 75
cents of each dollar- for work In
the county. She stated that 282
Oregonians died last year from
tuberculosis.
Following the speaker, Miss
Virginia Makoff gave two ac
cordion solos, "While Christmas"
and "Why Don't You Tall in
.Love With Me?
An Informal' lea hour with
Mrs. M, J. Butler. Mrs. T. TV
Pomeroy and Mrs. Etta Welch
as hostesses closed an interesting
afternoon. The tea table and
room were attractively decor
ated wllh chyrsanthemums.
a stern Rites
Are Said
Mill City Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Horner announce the marriage
of their daughter, Shirley Cleo,
to Lieut. George W. Laird, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Laird of Vernonia. The cere
mony took place August 15 at
Dillon, South Carolina, in the
Baptist church with Rev. Lyon
officiating.
The bride wore a white 1erov
dress with white accessories, and
corsage of white orchids. The
couple was attended by Lieut.
ana Mrs. G. Hunter of Fort
Bragg. Mrs. Hunter's corsage
was also a white orchid.
Lieut, and Mrs. Laird r Hv.
ing at Faycttcvlllc, North Caro
lina, while he is stationed at
Fort Bragg. Mrs. Laird is a
graduate of the Mill City hieh
school.
Lieut. Laird made a short visit
at the Horner home Thursday. I
Miss Seder strom
Is Honored
At Party
Miss Eleanor Sederstrom,
bride-elect of Arne Jensen was
honored Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. George Fake, when
six hostesses entertained in her
honor. Sharing hostess honors
were Mrs. Albert J. Torgerson,
Mrs. Louis Ramus,, Mrs. E. H.
Thompson, Mrs. Oscar L. Leu
dahl, Mrs. LeRoy J. Stewart and
Mrs. Fake.
During the evening' Miss Sed-
aSsT1. Don't let their gay1 beauty deceive you ' ijlL- " I
or eack these gift accessories was ' I
' chosen or 'on wearing heartiness and ffj& -I'V'
HlS easy-to-care-for practicality. Bags to . li
C hold all, gloves that can be washed, -7, , ff
jj msmr-i neckwear to make one dress seem many, I 2l3wV """ Q
and glitter that says "be of good cheer" . V
VS. Featuring Nationally ' ' ' fife jStfll
KmWnBrand8'
pj "SALEM'S LEAVING GIFT STORE"
erstrom was presented with a
miscellaneous shower, and the
wedding theme was used in the
decor and in the appointments.
Bidden to honor Miss Seder
strom were Mrs. Emma Olson,
Mrs. L. Rudle, Mrs. A. J. Shol
seth, Mrs. Paul Tromlitz, Mrs.
H. Jaqua, Mrs. Dewey Baumgart,
Mrs. Lyle Ertzgaard, Mrs. H.
Hakcnsen, Mrs. A. G. Anderson,
Mrs. E. F. Arneson, Mrs. L.
Thompson, Mrs. Anna Homyer,
Mrs. O. T. Nelson, Mrs. Ray Poff ,
Mrs. H. E. Dahlberg, Mrs. Wil
liam Brietzke, Mrs. H. Kort
meyer, Mrs. C. Barnes, Mrs. E.
Holmes, Mrs. Max Gehlhar, Mrs.
R. G. Severin, Mrs. A. G. Torger
son, Mrs. C. A. Kolby, Mrs. Tom
Allport, Mrs. M. Aasheim, Mrs.
M, A. Getzcndaner, Miss Paula
Tromlitz, Miss Bernice Rosen
dahl, Miss Iola and Miss Gladys
Quesseth, Miss Alice Kirk, Miss
Clara Homycar, Miss Dorothy
Poff and Miss Maxine Aasheim.
Varty is
Event oft
Tonight
This evening members of the
Business and Professional Wom
en's club will have a party at the
home of Miss 'Juana Holmes,
2295 South High street. The par
ty is under the direction of the
health and recreation committee
and the membership committee.
Chairmen for the affair will be
Miss Bessie Hammer and Miss
Hazel Roenicke, and will begin
at 8 o'clock.
Cards will be in play during
the evening hours and members
of the committees planning the
party are Mrs. Winifred Herrick,
Miss Juana Holmes, Mrs. Rose
Wilkes, Mrs. Dovle Hatfield, Miss
Frances Whitaker, Mrs. Mabel
Parker, Miss Elizabeth Stock-j
hausen, Miss Daisy Hayden, Mrs,
Ethel Parr, Miss Josephine Ev
ans, Mrs. Agnes Tschopp and
Miss Ruth Moore.
Guardians Name
New Officers
Camp Fire Guardian associa
tion met at the Presbyterian
church recently. Plans were
made for a broadcast of Christ
mas Carols on December 18,
from the First Presbyterian
church.
Announcement was made that
Miss Elvora DeMots of Portland,
associate field. . secretary of
Camp Fire, will be in the capi
tal December 14 and 15. New
officers were elected including
Mrs. A. E. Ullman, chairman;
Mrs. O. B. Bowers, vice chair
man; Mrs. Lloyd Edgell, treas
urer, and Mrs. James E. Bun
nell, secretary.
Miss Douglas '
Will Marry o
Army Man
Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Douglas
are announcing the betrothal of
their daughter, Miss Ruth Doug
las to Leslie Williams, son of
Mrs, Roy Prathcr of Independ
ence. Mr. Williams has just com
pleted his preliminary training
in the paratroops, and is now en
route to Ft. Benning, Georgia,
where he will receive further
training. Miss Douglas will
leave in the near future to join
his in Georgia, where they will
be married.
In the days of Queen Eliza
beth, Englishmen were required
by law to eat fish 55 days of the
year. '