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H. AND MRS. ROY NELSON
were honored on their 25th wed
ding anniversary Monday night
it;
when a group of close friends entertain
ed with a no-host surprise party at their
home in North 19th street. Supper was
served following an informal evening.
Honoring Mr. and Mrs. Nelson were
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Follis, Mr. and Mrs.
Glade Follis, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth
Ricketts, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Thomas, Mr.
and Mrs. James McFarland, Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Furher, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Harvey, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Gamee R.
Cranor, Mrs. E. Ed,man, Rev. George
Quigley. Mr. and Mrs. Art Kinman of
Milwaukie, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Staple,
Mrs. Ray Webber and Mrs. M. Stephen
son. Mrs. Robert Gentzkow and her two
sons, Robert and Douglas, have return
ed from an extended visit in Potlatch,
Idaho, with Mrs. Leslie Lande. While
in Idaho the group enjoyed a stay at
Coeur d'Alene.
MRS. CHARLES HARRIS OF MANILA, glimpsed with her two sons,
Thomas Sheridan Harris and Charles Waildinglon Harris. Mr. and" Mrs.
Harris and their sons are popular visitors in the capital as guests of her
mother, Mrs. James Waddlngton. The visitors recently arrived in the
States from Manila, where Mr. Harris was connected with the National
City Bank of New York before the Japanese occupation. Mrs. Harris
was feted at tea' Thursday when Miss Dorathea Steusloff and Mrs. G.
F. Chambers were hostesses. (Jesten-Miller)
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F MUCH interest to Salemites is
the marriage of Miss Betty An
rirpws daushter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles L. Andrews of Portland, and
Jay Savereid, son of Mrs. S. J. Savereid
and the. late Mr. Savereid. The cere
mony will be solemnized tomorrow' at
the Arlington Heights' home of the
bride's parents.
Rev. Bernard Montgomery will offi
ciate in the presence of Salem and PoH
friends. Mr. Andrews will give his daughter
in marriage. The lovely brunette will
wear a white satin wedding gown de
signed along princess lines with a full
skirt extending into a court train. Her
veil of illusion is trimmed with princess
lace, which was worn by her mother
when she was married.
The bride has asked Miss Eileen
Hutchinson, formerly of Salem and now
of Seattle, to be her honor attendant.
She will wear a frock of light pink
taffeta and carry an arm bouquet of
pastel garden flowers.
Mr. Savereid will have George New
of Chicago as his best man.
The couple will greet their guests at
a wedding reception following the cere
mony. Later they will leave on a short
wedding trip and upon their return they
will come to Salem where they will
make their home at the Carkins' apart
ments in North Summer street.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Wil
lamette university, where she was
prominent in campus activities, and is
a member of Pi Beta Phi. Her fiance
is a graduate of Northwestern univer
sity. i r.c lamoe J. Walton and
their children, Elisabeth and Jeff, have
been enjoying a holiday at Ncskowin.
From Bexley Heath, England, comes
word of the marriage of Miss Joy A.
Beaver, daughter of Mrs. R. Beaver,
i. and Pfc. Carl S. Beebe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy A. Beebe of Salem. The
," marriage was solemnized recently in
England with the Rev. Mr. Moore of-7-
ficiating.
The bride was given in marriage by
", her brother, Anthony Beaver, and her
- bridesmaids were the Misses Margaret
: Mercer, Barbara Hill and Betty Courch-
Sgt. Herbert Jaquist was the best
man. ,
A small and informal reception fol
lowed the ceremony and later the cou
ple left for a honeymoon in Surrey.
House guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Kirk at their home in South High street
are Mrs. Florence Blackley and son,
Terry, who arrived from their home in
Oakland, Calif., on Friday, and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Cochran and their daughter,
Miss Gwendolyn Cochran, all of Tilla
mook. Miss Rosalie Dalke has been entertain
ing as her guest during the past week
her mnthpr onri .ictpr Mrs. Anna Dalka
and Miss Ruth Dalke of Aberdeen, Idaho.
RS. BYRON B. HERRTCK an
Miss Edna Lucker will enter
tain informally in the gardenj
at the former's home in Richmond ave
nue next Thursday evening in compli
ment to members of the Salem Zonta
club.
A dessert supper will be followed by
a business session.
OVERNOR AND MRS EARL
-SNELL will be moving into their
new home at 160 East Lincoln
street early next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Spaulding are
now "at home" in their new residence,
219 West Lincoln street, formerly occu
pied by Governor and Mrs. Snell.
Eastern Star Social club will meet for
all-day Red Cross sewing at the Masonic
temple Tuesday. Luncheon will be serv
ed at noon.
TirAROM WASHINGTON, D.C., comes
In word that Miss Doris Armstrong,,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Armstrong, has been named as a Red
Cross staff worker in Washington and
will act as assistant to Miss Minnie Har
mon, special service head.
Miss Armstrong, who went east this
spring, recently completed her course
of training at American University in
Washington. She has attended many
interesting functions in the nation's
capital, including the luncheon given
recently at the Hotel Statler in compli
ment to General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The home of Supreme Court Justice
and Mrs. Percy R. Kelly will be the
scene of a gala picnic on August 12 when
members of the Salem Shrine club en
tertain. Over 60 Salem folk are ex
pected to be in attendance. ,
MRS. RONALD FRIZZELI, l blnf wrlromrd In Salem after an extended
residence In Seattle with Major Frlr.iell, who t now servln oversea.
Shown with Mrs. Frlnell Is her sleek , Blsckle II. The Friiiell had
their yarht moored at the Seattle Yacht club while living in Seattle
and enjoyed cruising about the sound. (Jesten-Miller)
THE WEST SALEM METHODIST
church was the scene of a beau
tiful wedding at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon when Miss Idabelle Clark,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd J.
Clark of Ontario, became the bride of
Lt. Joseph W. Rierson, United States
Army Air Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Rierson of West Salem. Rev.
Nevett Smith officiated.
White gladioluses and palms graced
the church altar. Before the ceremony
Miss Elizabeth Nyegaard of Eugene, a
classmate of the bride at the Emanuel
School of Nursing, sang. Mrs. Raymond
Martsolf, sister of the bridegroom, play
ed the wedding music.
Mr. Clark gave his daughter in mar
riage. She wore a wedding gown of
white brocade combined with marqui
sette. The tight bodice was fashioned
of brocade and the bouffant skirt was
made of the delicate marquisette. Her
fingertip veil was held with a Juliet
cap and she carried a bride's bouquet of
Talisman roses. Her only ornament
was a strand of handsome blue heir
loom beads, which had belonged to her
grandmother.
Miss Lucy Barham of Salem, vho was
the bride's roommate at Emanuel School
of Nursing for three years, was the
honor attendant. She wore a quaint
model of pink dotted Swiss and her
flowers were gardenias.
Wayne Snider, United States Army,
was the best man.
Seating the wedding guests were
Miss Bonnie Dixson, cousin of the bride
groorn, and Miss Dorothy Dick, who was
In nurses' training with the bride.
Mrs. Clark wore a navy blue dress
and accessories and a corsage of Talis
man roses for her daughter's marriage
and Mrs. Rierson wore a costume of
blue combined with white and a cor
sage of roses.
A reception followed in the church
parlors. Mrs. E. A. Dickson and Mrs.
George Lathrop cut the wedding cake
and presided at the urns and Mrs. Merle
Phillips passed the guest book.
For going away the bride wore a
wool crepe dressmaker suit with a white
hat and accessories. Her blouse was
made of nylon parachute silk, which Lt.
Rierson had made into a blouse on the
Isle of Capri. Her corsage was of rose
buds. The' bride was graduated from the
Emanuel school of nursing this spring.
She attended Ontario schools. Her hus
band also attended Ontario schools and
has just returned from Italy, where he
has completed his tour of duty as a
B-24 pilot. He completed 34 missions.
Upon completion of his 30-day leave he
will report to Tampa, Fla., for further
orders.
Miss. Dorothy Cornelius was a visitor
In Newberg on Thursday.
Miss Roberta Paulus is spending the
week-end in Portland as the house guest
of Miss Estella Douglas, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Vernon A. Douglas, former
Salem residents.
JVlisses Dolores Clement, Betty Twedt,
Beverly Kenney and Barbara Upjohn
are spending the week-end at the Up
john cabin at Cutler City. There for'
the summer are Mrs. Oscar I. Paulson,
Jr., and her son, Stephen Michael.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heath were Port
land visitors Thursday.
Dr. and Mrs. Lee Strickland of Oregon
City were the guests of Mrs. Francis W.
Smith at her Kingwood Heights resi
dence Wednesday.
ARRIVING In Salem ' next week
from Washington, D.C., will be
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Hanger and
daughter, Patricia Lou, who will visit
Mrs. Hanger's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Sharp.
Mr. Hanger, an employe of the United
States government, has been transfer
red from the nation's capital to Port
land, where the family will make their
home following their visit here.
ENATOR AND MRS. JOHN H.
! CARSON have as their house
-5 guests Mrs. William Reinhart and
her son, Bill, of Washington, D.C., who
are here en route to San Francisco,
where they will join Lt. Commander
Reinhart.
Mrs. Carson will entertain at tea
Tuesday afternoon at her home in South
Commercial street in compliment to
Mrs. Reinhart. Thirty-five matrons and
maids will make up the guest list. Mrs.
Reinhart and Mrs. Carson are sisters.
Mrs. Wallace Carson and Mrs. Dan
McLellan are arranging a luncheon for
next Thursday honoring Mrs. Reinhart.
The visitor was honored Friday when
Mrs. James B. Young presided at lunch
eon on the terrace of her North Sum
mer street residence.
EMBERS OF THE General Fed
eration of Women's clubs have
sold war bonds totaling $72.-
509.470 this year to help provide an air
armada for the navy, Mrs. Charles W.
Robison of Portland, chairman of the
Oregon federation, learned this week
from the national organization's chair
man, Mrs. Mervin G. Pierpont.
The campaign, major project of Am
erican clubwomen during the 1944-45
club year, closed June 30. When final
figures are tabulated, total sales are
expected to reach $100,000,000, Mrs.
Pierpont said.
The figure she quoted represented
totals for 36 states. Leading the list is
Texas with bond sales of over $12,
000,000. The Ohio federation was in
second place, reporting $6,574,485;
Missouri was third with $6,272,100.
Others in the top ten were Tennessee,
Florida, North Carolina, Michigan,
Massachusetts, California and Wiscon
sin. Oregon sales reached $811,950, Mrs.,
Robison said.
The air armada drive was a follow
up to the. "buy a bomber" campaign
conducted by the general federation
in 1943-44, when its women sold
enough bonds to "pay for" more than
400 army bombers. Purpose of the air
armada effort was to supply the pur
chase price of eight types of navy planes
ranging from Corsair fighters, which
cost about $108,000, to Mariner pat
rol bombers, which cost about $413,000.
Mrs. Sheldon F. Sackett, of Coos Bay,
who is the house guest of her mother,
Mrs. James Walton, will be In Portland
Monday to attend the state board of
higher education session.
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The .home of Mr. and Mrs. G.
LaMire was recently the scene of
the wedding of their son,- Francis La
Mire, and Miss Emelia Weikum.
Mrs. Howard Olson played the wed
ding march and Howard Olson sang..
The bride was dressed in a white gab
ardine suit with white accessories. She
wore a corsage of red roses and . gar
denias. Mrs. Charles Warren, sister of the
bride, was. matron of honor.. Mrs. War
ren wore an aqua colored suit with light
accessories.
Elwood Obert was Mr. LaMire's best
man.
A reception was held after the cere
mony at the home of Mrs. Warren.
The couple spent a short honeymoon
at the Oregon beaches. They will make
their home in Salem, where Mr. LaMire
Is in business.
Miss Janet Kirk was a visitor at Breit
enbush Springs Friday.
Mrs. Asahel Bush and Miss Jody Bush
are enjoying a visit with friends in
Grants Pass and Klamath Falls.
Miss Maryann Croisan entertained a
group of the sub-deb set with a gala
buffet supper at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Croisan, last
Tuesday evening.
A striking arrangement of mixed
summer flowers centered the attractive
buffet table.
Bidden were the Misses Madeleine
Kcene, Suzanne Small, Midge Newton,
Gloria and Barbara McClintock, Cathy
Moran, Patsy Nickens, Harriet Huston,
Barbara Sundet, Pat Agee, Peggy Sears,
Jane Carson, Dorothy Bergsvik, Peggy
Paxson, Miss Joan Lochead, Dolores
Hamilton, Miriam Shellenberger, Joan
Randall and the hostess, Miss Croisan.
Supreme Court Justice and Mrs.
James T. Brand had Mr, and Mrs. J. W.
Mclnturff of Coos Bay as their house
guests Tuesday.
Miss Mary Jane Simmons, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Simmons, who is
attending the University of Oregon sum
mer session, will spend next week-end
in Salem with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. John Heltel have been
enjoying a sojourn at Neskowin,
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Adams will enter
tain the Sons of Union Veterans and
auxiliary with a picnic at their home
in Glen Creek drive on Tuesday even
ing, July 24. Several additional guests
are expected to attend from Portland
and Eugene.
Returning from a holiday at Neskowin
Inn Friday was Mrs. Clo Johnson.
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BIRS. SIIKI.DON F. SACKETT and her children, Miss Marcla Anne and
John Walton Saikctl, all of Coos Bay, who are spending a fortnight in
the rapital with .Mrs. James Walfon in Center street. Fritzi, the dachs
hund, is the children's constant companion. Mrs. Sackett was feted with
an informal garden party Tuesday by Miss Fliiabeth Lord and Miss
Edith Schryver and Mrs. Walter nnrsch presided at luncheon Thursday
in her honor. (Jesten-Miller)
ROMANTIC news evoking the In
terest of capital society today is
being announced by Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Simmons, who are revealing the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Betty Simmons, a prominent Salem
Spinster, and James B. Haley, son of
Mrs. Emma Haley of Salem. No date
has been set for the wedding.
The bride-elect is a graduate of Sa
lem schools and attended Leland Stan
ford university. She has been excep
tionally active in Spinsters and has serv
ed many hours as a Red Cross Nurse3
Aide.
Mr. Haley recently received a medi
cal discharge from the United States
Army air corps. He attended Salem
schools and is now manager of the Gen
eral Finance Company.
A gay house party will be held at
Neskowin this week-end when Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Needham entertain for a
group of the younger married set at their
beach house.
Making up the party will be Mr. and
Mrs. Carl G. Collins, Miss Esther Baird,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Buck, Lt. Ralph
Purvine and the Needhams.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowetl Kern had Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Hendricks as their house
guests at Neskowin last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Goodenough of
Salem were invited to a gay picnic at
the McMinnville country place of Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Marsh last Sunday.
The affair was arranged in compli
ment to members of the Oregon State
Bar board of governors and their wives.
SGT. AM) MRS. RKRNARP Genlj.kow of Marvsvllle. Calif., who have
been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gentzkow. Sgt. Gentzkow. who
served in the Pacific war theater for 22 months, is now stationed at Camp
Beale.
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, July 21, 19457
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rORE THAN 600,000 women ai
all-time high now are mem'
bers of the American Legloi
auxiliary, Mrs. Charles B. Gilbert, Iti
president, announced during the weel
from national headquarters in Indian
apolis. The 600,000 mark was reached foi
the first time in the history of the or
ganization when the July membershil
report showed a gain of 64,359 mem.
bers over the same date last year. Total
enrollment now Is 619,231, with ad
ditional memberships for 1945 still com,
ing in.
According to Mrs. Earl Templar d
Klamath Falls, vice-president and mem
bership chairman of th departmen)
of Oregon, membership In this statt
stands now at 8,278, highest on record
This is more than 1,000 more than th
1944 figures for the same time, whicl
was 7,250.
During the past year the Oregon da
partment has added seven new units
Mrs. Templar said, which is the larges
number organized in any one year sinc
the early period of expansion In thi
state group. The new units were char
tered at Myrtle Point, Sandy, Indepen
dence, Waldport, St. Paul, Central Point
and Gold Beach.
New members of the auxiliary an
women eligible through the service o)
men of their families in both World
War I and II, and women who them
selves have served in the armed forces
Mothers, wives, sisters and daughters o)
servicemen are not eligible to mem.
bership in the auxiliary until the ser
viceman has been honorably discharg.
ed and has become a member of tin
American Legion. Women members ol
the families of men who lose their livei
in the service are immediately eligible.
Women serving in the armed forces ar
eligible upon discharge.