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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1944)
"27 ONTIANS FROM throughout the Jfc northwest gathered in Oregon's ' capital today lor the annual Au tumn conference of District Six, Zonta Iiyfrrnational, with the Salem Zonta club acting as hostess group. Miss He. len Yockey of Salem, chairman of Dis trict Six and long an active member of the Salem club, is presiding, at the business sessions. Registration was held at 9 o'clock this morning at the Hotel Marion, where the business sessions are being held. Mrs. Dora Stacey gave the address of welcome and Miss Ann Johnston of Seattle responded at the first session of the conference. Dr. Helen Pearce, prominent Oregon educator and past president of Zonta International, spoke this morning on "Amelia Earhart." Miss Marie Fitz gerald of Spokane talked informally on "A Broader Field for Women." Miss Evangeline Philbin, well-known Port land clubwoman, spoke on "Zonta's Res ponsibilities to the Public." Frank Bennett, superintendent of the Salem school system, talked to the Zon tians and chose as his subject "You Alflfn Teach." Miss Bertha Allen spoke on' the "Importance of Organization." The Medford Zonta club was in charge of the luncheon arrangements at the Hotel Marion. The banquet in the Mirroroom of the Hotel Marion will be an event of in terest tonight. Miss Evangeline Phil bin will act as tnastmislress. Dr. Ivan Lovell of the Willamette university faculty will be the banquet speaker. His subject will be "Looking Ahead." Dean Melvin Geist of the Willamette school of music will sing. Mrs. Lydia Derrick of Olympia is arranging a stunt program for the late evening. Dr. Helen Pearce is arranging an ob. servance of Zonta International's silver anniversary at the Sunday morning breakfast. Miss Helen Yockey will preside and Mrs. Bruce Spaulding will sing. Greetings will be read from the International olficers and district mem bers. The conference will adjourn fol lowing the breakfast meeting, V . Miss Marie Patton of Bend Is spend ing the week-end at the Leslie street home of her mother, Mrs, Hal D, Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jochimsen en tertained a group of friends at dinner Thursday evening with several hours of contract following the dinner hour. Mrs. , Julia Gregory entertained Sat urday afternoon for the pleasure of her mother, Mrs. Katharine Rogers, who was celebrating her 91st birthday. Jocille Gregory, a great granddaugh ter, assisted with the opening of the gifts. Mrs. Rogers received birthday best wishes by telegram from Mrs. Georgia Coffin of Seattle. The tea table was oovered with a lace cloth centered with a lovely birth day cake, guarded by tall pink candles. Those present were Mrs. Catherine Gregory and daughter Jocille of Port land, Mesdames Bertha Loveland, Mary Wls&man, Laverna Fiala, Dora Pratt. France Hoyt, Sarah Peterson, Mary Ackerrnan, Rose Abbott, Jossie Boeden heimer, Hattie Rodgers, Zula Webt, Irene Speed, Edna Shepard, Mae Givens, Mary Stevens, Nettie Cole, Mary Swin wall and Gertrude Walker. THE MISSES MARY ANN AND CAROLYN BRADY, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brady, one of the loveliest sister twosomes iq town. Miss Mary Ann will enter Willamette as a freshman -this autumn and Miss Carolyn, who is an active nurses' aide. Is a member of Pi Beta Phi at Willamette and a member of Spinsters. t Jesten-Miller). Miss Dorothy Koschnider and Miss Bernice Elgin entertained with a smart ly Arranged dessert supper Friday eve ninipat the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Koschnider. Following the supper hour tables were made up for bridge. Yel low roses formed the decorative note about the rooms. Bidden were Miss Patricia Ryan, Miss Beth Siewert, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Ernestine Frederlckson, Miss Ger aldine Shafer, Miss Nancy Stricklin, Miss Suzanna Schramm, Mrs. James Howard, Mrs. Orville South, Mrs,. Wil liam Whitmore, Mrs. Norman Yagle, and the hostesses, Miss Elgin and Miss Koschnider. j Members of the Mayflower Evening Guild of the First Congregational church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Martin Elle, 1690 North 17th street. Monday night. During the evening Mrs. Charles A. Ratjcliff will review "Time for Decision" .bjfimner Welles. Sharing hostess hon ors with Mrs. Elle will be Mrs. Ray Bairey. ) OODBURN The Marion Coun- Federation of Women's clubs will hold its annual meetinc at Woodburn October 27. The meeting will be held in the Methodist church and about 100 women are expected, Mrs. George Gast of Salem is county presiden). Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the business session will get under way at 10 o'clock. Luncheon will be served by the Meth odist women. Mrs. L. S. Mochel, president of the Woodburn Womans'. club, is in charge of local arrangements and the co-hostesses will be the Woodburn Womans" club, the Junior Womans' club and the Woodburn Rural club. Lieutenant George Bliss, in command of the V-12 training at Willamette Uni versity, will speak at the Wednesday meeting of the Women's Association of the Presbyterian church at the church. Soloist on the program will be Mrs, Arthur Linerode. The meeting will begin at 2 o'clock, preceded by an ex ecutive session at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Robert Rieder and her little daughter, Neena Lee, returned to their home in Corvallis today after a vis', with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Smith. ' Women of Rotary will meet for lunch eon at the Golden Pheasant Monday at 1 o'clock. Miss Isabel Childs will speak on measures to appear on the November ballot and Mrs. N. H. Napier will sing a group of numbers. . From Fort Richardson, Alaska, comes news of the marriage there August 21 of Miss Margaret Louise Hamilton, daughter of Mrs. Louise M. Hamilton, Portland, and Lt. Charles W. Brown, son of Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Brown, Fort Worth, Texas. The wedding was per formed by Chaplain L. F. Obrist in the post chapel. Miss Marian McCann, Seattle, was the bride's only attendant and Lt. William P. Sheahan was best man. Victor G. Rowe, Anchorage, Alaska, gave the bride in marriage. A break fast for the wedding party was held afterward at the Rowe home in Anchor age. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are at home in . Anchorage. Mrs. Brown is well known in Salem. Mrs. George Tate and Miss Dorothy Tate were visitors in Lebanon Thursday. The Golden Pheasant was the scene of a smartly arranged dinner party Tuesday night when Mrs. Helen Buck land entertained honoring Mrs. William Skewis on the occasion of her birthday. Gold chrysanthemums and lighted tapers centered the attractive table. Covers were placed for Mrs. Skewis, the honored guest, Mrs. Mina Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Lebold, Herbert Staples, Captain William Langhaus.er and the hostess, Mrs. Helen Buckland. Pvt. Tom Brand is home from Corval lis for the week-end as the guest of his parents, Supcrme Court Justice and Mrs. James T, Brand. S?P!TC??ISslj American War Mothers will gather at the USO Tuesday for an all-day meet ing. The Misses Betty Andrews and Lois Butler will arrive in Salem this week end from their Portland homes to open the Pi Beta Phi sorority house in State street. Rainbow Order for Girls will meet In the Masonic temple Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock for a carnival and program arranged for the pleasure of the mem bers' "mystery mothers." Miss Addyse, Lane will be the presiding officers. Mrs. Wayne Henry, mother advisor, will be in attendance. The program will include groups of vocal selections by Patricia Powell, Sal ly Terrill and the Rainbow choir and numbers by Betty Zoe Allen, flutist. Committee chairmen are Miss Beverly Davenport, program: Miss Lois Burris, entertainment; Miss Patricia Miller, re freshments; Miss Donna Savage, decorations. V Li V v, . f j k A f v. f I 1 1 ' I. t-uw J M m.. I ak i .... A WEDDING of interest calendar ed for late October is that of Miss Norma Smith, daughter of Commander and Mrs. Elmer E. Smith of Salem, who will become the bride of Dr. John Chandler Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Chandler Smith of Hood River, at 4 o'clock next Wed nesday in a ceremony to' be held in St. Michael and Ail Angel's church in Port land. The bride will be given in marriage by her brother, Ensign Elmer E. Smith, Jr., of Seattle, as her father is serving in the South Pacific war theater. She will wear a smart brown wool tailleur with matching accessories and a cor sage of white orchids. Miss Beatrice Smith will be her sister's attendant. The couple will greet their wedding guests in the church foyer following the ceremony and leave directly afterward for Detroit, Mich., where Dr. Smith will take his internship at Eloise hos pital. Miss Smith is a graduate of Salem schools and Emmanuel hospital school of nursing in Portland. She is a mem ber of the United States Cadet Nurses' corps. Dr. Smith attended the Uni versity of Oregon and was graduated from the University of Oregon Medical school last month. In compliment to Miss Smith a pret tily appointed tea was arranged Wed nesday by Mrs. Duane Gibson and Mrs. Clifford Chaffee at the former's home. Making up the guest list were Miss Smith, Mrs. Elmer Smith, Mrs. Glenn Adams, Mrs. L. D. Gibson, Mrs. W. C. Franklin, Mrs. Charles Glaze, Mrs. Mar vin Johnson, Mrs. A. L. Newton, Mrs. Marie Flint McCall. Mrs. Jennie Gib son, Mrs. Lockwood Franklin, Mrs. Law rence Imlah, Mrs. Rex Gibson, Mrs. Ray Binegar. Mrs. L. E. Wendt, Mrs. P. E. Castle, Mrs. John Crabtree, Mrs. Duane Gibson. Mrs. Clifford Chaffee and Mis. M. P. Adams. I Mrs. Thomas Ewing (Evanelle F.ssnn) Is leaving Sunday to spend a month in California, visiting friends in Los An geles and San Francisco. Lt. (j.g.) and Mrs. Stearns Eason and small daughter, Miss Lynn, will arrive October 27 for a several days' visit with Mr. and Mrs. David Eason. Lt. Eason recently returned from two years service in the South Pacific and is enjoying a 30-day leave. Mrs. George Rossman and Mrs. Ar thur Hay will entertain the A.A.U.W. Afternoon Literature group at the home of Judge and Mrs. Rossman in North Capitol street Wednesday aflernoon. Mrs. C. A. Ratcliff will give a book review. I ' Miss Stella McKay will entertain the Spinsters Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Phillip Brandt, Jr., and her young son, Phillip III, have been in Corvallis during the past week as the guests of Professor and Mrs. P. M. Brandt. . Mrs. Brandt and her son recently re turned from Fort Douglas, Utah, where they were with Captain Brandt. They plan to make their home in Salem while Captain Brandt is stationed at Fort Sill, Okla. AAUW will sponsor a radio program Tuesday, October 25. at 2 o'clock over KOAC. Chairman of the broadcast is U. G. Dubach, head of the political science department at Oregon Slate col lege. Subject of discussion will be "What Shall We Do With Germany?" Arriving from her home in San Fran cisco Friday was Miss Dolores Nicholls, who is the house guest of her Pi Beta Phi sorority sister, Miss Bernice Elgin. Monday evening Miss Elgin will en tertain for the pleasure of Miss Ni cholls with a group of their sorority sis ters making up the guest list. THREE SISTERS are Miss Stella McKay, Miss Mary .McKay and Miss Connie McKay, daughters of Mrs. Stanley McKay, who are prominent in the philanthropic work of the Spinsters and many other activities of the younger set. Miss Stella McKay Is a Red Cross Nurses aide and spends much time assisting at the hospitals, (Jesten-Miller.) ''OWN and Gown will have its first meeting of the season Thurs day, October 26, in the Music hall at 2:30 o'clock. Ralph Dobbs will play several piano selections followed by a talk by Miss Joy Hills, principal of Leslie Junior High school. Her topic will be "The Passing of the Fireside." The program will be followed by a tea at the home of Mrs. G. Homer Smith. Those assisting at the tea will be Mrs. George W. Shepard, Mrs. Oscar Cutler, Mrs. George C. Bliss, Mrs. J. N. Chambers, Mrs. Arthur Hay, Mrs. Mel vin Geist, Mrs. James T. Brand, Mrs. L. C. McLeod, Mrs. George Alexander, Mrs. W. L. Phillips, Mrs. Karl B. Kugel, Mrs. Rex Putnam, Mrs. W. H. Wood, Mrs. Ray Yocom, Mrs. W. E. Hanson, Mrs. W. I. Needham, and Mrs Herbert E. Rahe. Mrs. George Rossman and Mrs. Ches ter Luther will pour.1 Mrs. Richard C. Nelson has been SDcnding several days In Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney King will enter tain at dinner at their home this even ing with covers placed for 12. Bridge will be in play during the evening. Most of the counties of the state were represented at a special division session of women chairmen Thursday at the two-day state conference of the Oregon war finance committee at the Benson hotel in Portland. Several speakers from different sections reported that the sixth war loan drive, soon to start, will find their workers ready to repeat, with willing enthusiasm, the duties which were theirs in the five previous bond drives. Presiding was Mrs. Ellen MacVeagh, associate director of the state women's division, in the absence of the director, Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar. The Multnomah county director, Mrs. Donald Bradford, who was called upon first, declared sound organization is the most vital thing. Mrs. Martin T. Pratt, head of block leaders in the county out side Portland, and Mrs. J. A. Minolt, sneaking for Portland block leaders, as sured Mrs. MacVeagh that women will exert every effort again in selling bonds for the sixth war loan drive. Among other speakers were Mrs. Winnie Pettyjohn of Salem and Mrs. Viola Moore of Grants Pass. Mrs. Pelly john explained training classes she has conducted for 10 to 25 women at a time so they will understand the bond pic ture as a whole. "The first thing to make clear to wo men who are going to sell bonds," snid Mrs. Pettyjohn, "is the tremendous cost of the war. Next it is necessary to ex plain inflation, and third the remedies for inflation should be given. 'E' bonds are one of the best remedies." She asserted that in Salem 90 per cent of the war bond solicitors are wo men. They must learn to evaluate them selves and demand recognition when they are entitled to it, she argued, Mrs. O. K. DeWitt was In town Friday from her Mehama country place. Announced is the approaching mar riage of Miss Elizabeth Hayes to David Martin Wieder. The wedding will take place the eve ning of October 25, at the new home of the couple, 1229 SE 55lh avenue, in Portland. Dr. Thomas Franklyn Hud son of Westminster Presbyterian church will officiate. A reception will be held afler the ceremony. Mr. Wieder's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wieder, live In Albany and are well known in Salem. Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Oct. 21, 1944 T A GALA PERFORMANCE by the famed Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo is scheduled for the Salem Senior high school auditorium on the evening of Wednesday, November 15, at 8:30 o'clock. News of this engage ment was revealed here today by Phil Hart, manager of The Record Shop in Portland, who is in charge of the Salem and Portland appearances of this inter nationally famed ballet troupe. The Ballet Russe has appeared pre viously here as a part of a Community Concert series, but this is the first time that it has been open to general single ticket sale. Three of the finest ballets In the rep ertoire of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo will be included in the Salem program. "Les Sylphides", the lovely classical "whita ballet" with music by Chopin, will open the program. It will be followed by the new American bal let, "Rodeo", which has music by Aaron Copeland and choreography by Agnes de Mille, designer of the dances in "Oklahoma." The final number on the program will be one of the most popu lar of all ballets, "Gaite Parisienne," complete with Can-Can girls and a scintllating score by Offenbach. This season the Ballet Russe again has an exceptionally fine touring troupe with a brilliant corps de ballet, sym phony orchestra, and such featured dancers as Natalie Krassovska, Ruth anna Boris, Dorothy Elheridge, Mary Ellen Moylan, Yurek Laowski and Leon Danielian. . For this, the only large scale ballet performance in Oregon outside of Port land this season, general admission tickets are available by mail order from The Record Shop in Portland. Mrs. Rose Reilly and Mrs. May Ben nett will act as hostesses to the Sons of Union Veterans and auxiliary when they meet for a no-host dinner Tuesday evening, October 24, at 6:30 o'clock. ' THE MISSES SAI.I.Y AND MARCIK SMITH, dauehtcrs of Dr. and Mrs. (iforse Herbert Smith, who make their home with their parents at Cnlver sttv House on the Willamette campus. Miss Sally Is a sophomore at Salem Hirh sehool and Is Interested In the Junior Nurses' Aides. Miss Marle Is in the eighth grade at Pa Irish Junior High school and an active member of Girl Reserves. (Jesten-Miller.) ISS CAROL COOK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cook, will become the bride of Corporal Bernard Raymond Sibulsky of Fort Leo nard Wood, Missouri, son of Stanley Sibulsky of Exeter, Pennsylvania, at a beautiful ceremony to he held In St. Joseph's Catholic church at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. T. J. Bernards will officiate. The bride will wear a princess gown of heavy white satin designed with round neck embellished with seed pearls, long sleeves and court train. Her veil will fall from a tiara of seed pearls and she will carry a while prayer book top ped with a white orchid. Mrs, Clyde Gilman, the matron of honor, will wear a gown of white chif fon trimmed in royal blue. Her hat will be blue and she will carry an old fashioned nosegay. Conrad Cook, brother of the bride, Will be the best man. A reception will follow at the studio of Prof, and Mrs. T. S. Roberts with the wedding party receiving. Miss Eliz abeth Ann Apple will greet the guests at the door and assisting In greeting the guests will be Mrs. Fred Klaus. Miss Shirley Slearns, accompanied by Miss Dorothy Pearce, will sing a group of numbers during the reception. Mrs. Michael Panek will preside at the urns and Miss Mabel Potts of Eu gene will assist in serving. Mrs. W. L. Robertson, Jr., of Albany will be in charge of the guest book and little Miss Martha Marie Klaus will pass the dream cakes. Later the couple will leave on a wed ding trip to the Oregon beaches. The bride will wear a stone blue flannel suit with black accessories and an orchid corsage for travelling. Miss Cook will return to the Univers ity of Oregon to complete her senior year. She is editor of "Old Oregon," the University of Oregon alumni magazine. Cpl. Sibulsky will return to Camp Leon ard Wood where he Is with the 70th division. He is a graduate of Exeter and Wilkes-Barre schools. Mrs. Reynolds Allen entrained last night for a holiday in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hines of Leba non are announcing the marriage of their daughter, Miss Bernadine Hmz of Salem, and Lt. Roy Fulks of West Vir finia and formerly of Camp Adair. The ceremony was held in Berkeley, Calif., Friday in the presence of a few close friends and relatives. " The bride was lovely In a poudre blue suit with an orchid hat and accessories and a corsage of orchids. A small reception followed the cere mony with the couple leaving later on a short wedding trip. Mrs. Fulks attended Lebanon schools and has been with Johnson's shop in Salem. Her husband was educated in the east and was stationed at Camp Adair for some time. Miss Gertrude Shoemaker, who re turned home recently from missionary work In Africa, is attending the Inter national Convention of Christian Churches held this week in Columbus, Ohio. She was on the program on Fri day. Next week she will visit relative in Minnesota on her return trip. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Page have had MJs Virginia Lee Campbell, daughter of Mrs, W. E. Rose of Santa Ana, Calif., ae their house guest during the past week. Au revolrs will be said next week to Mr. and Mrs. R. Van Dorn and their daughter, Jane Allyn, who will leave to take up their residence In Portland. (Additional Society on Page 11) v. , 1 Iff :V
