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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1946)
CHRISTMAS Is the children's time with all the intriguing activities of the season centering around them ... Quick last minute shopping tours, with time out to gaze in gorgeous store windows or to drop money in the Sal vation Army bucket to accompaniment of the tinkling bell. Trimming the Christmas tree is al ways a near-Christmas eve highlight as is gathering around the piano to sing the beloved carols. But most exciting is hanging the stockings and going to bed while "vis ions of sugar plums dance through their heads." Yet not all the activities center around the children, for it is a time of festive adult gaiety as well, with a large number of parties filling every day of the week between Christmas and New Year's. ean or A T THE Church of the Immacu late Conception at Shaw on Mon- day morning at 9 o'clock, Mrs. Marion Adele Hart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Say, will become the bride of Bernard F. Engel, of Eu gene, son of Dr. and Mrs. I. L. Engel of Portland. Rev. Daniel K. O'Conncll will per form the ceremony which will take place before a gathering of members of the family. Mr. Say will give his daughter in marriage and attending her as her ma tron of honor will be her sister, Mrs. James F. Greenwood of San Francisco, who with her husband is motoring up for the nuptials. George Engel will be his brother's best man. Following the rites, a wedding break fast for members of the two families will be held at the Say country home. The bride is attending the University of Oregon, from which her husband-to-be graduated last June. He attended the University before the war, later serving with the famous 104th division In the army. He is now on the news staff of the Eugene Register-Guard. Monday morning Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Walkey and their daughter, Marilyn, will arrive by train from their home in Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Calif., to spend the holidays at the George Put nam home. For the first time in many years, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Jarmon will be hosts to all their family during the Christmas holidays. Arriving Saturady from their home in Everett, Wash., were Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Reynolds and son, Danny. Coming by motor Sunday are Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Burgy and her daughter, Joan, from their home at Santa Barbara. On Mon day will arrive Mr. and Mrs. William J. Thompson and Gary of Forest Grove and here Tuesday will be Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Sive, of Santa Monica. Joining the group for Christmas day will be Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Findlcy of Rickreall and their family. , I H . . ' ; . ' ARMY l ! ' ' (j CHRISTMAS I l NJ V CHEER I .So I . . , r S I s ? - ... ONE OF THE Tlinil.I.S of pre-C'hrislmas shoppint Is to drop mnnev in the familiar Salvation Army pot with the attendant and lier jingling hell nearby, riillip, 8' and (iary, 5. sons of .Mr. and Sirs. Homer I., (ioulet. Jr., contribute to the Christinas cheer of other children. (Jcstcn-Mllicr studio) Marion auxiliary No. 661, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold a Christmas party wiHi the veterans on Monday eve ning at 8 o'clock. All members and their families are invited. Dancing and . refreshments will follow the program and gift exchange. Mr. and Mrs. George Arbuckle and their small son, George, will motor to Portland Wednesday morning to spend Christmas day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Wheeler In Portland. Tuesday evening, they will be hosts for a small informal open house at their home in Imperial street. "wnwrnnwi .w. 'mmmmf'Kmmmrmmwmmfmmmimmmmimivnmm w wny i.b.h" 11 unman nwyy - ' . ----- . ' ' 'P i ' V : - , . - y x v V if. (-J' "l?m i? v lsh ft r : TRADITIONAL JOB OF THE FAMILY of Mr. and Sirs. Floyd Shepard which fills one cori:?r of the attractive livhifr room of their heme in North and sophomore at I.eland Stanford university, assists Susan, 3, wilh the rain, colorful ornaments, IJesten-Millcr studio.) Arriving Christmas eve by plane from San Francisco to spend the holiday with their families are Miss Grace Covert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Covert and Miss Margaret Kwing. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Diving. Arriving by home by plane on Tues day from San Francisco, where she serves as stewardess for United Air Lines, will be Miss Viola Jacobscn, lo spend two days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Axel Jacobscn. Announcement is being made of t lie engagement of Miss Betty White, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. White, lo Rob ert Dickson, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Enimett Dickson of Salem. Bolii young people attended Salem high school. She is with the slate high way department. No dale has been set Xor the wedding. 1- .."...fJl ONE of llv Christmas is the at 'NE of the largest events of the slnias social scene this year home for which Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Pierce will be joint hosts at the Pierce home in North Wiinter street on Sunday. The guests have been Invited to call between the hours of 3 o'clock and 9. The hosts will receive informally in the living room. To be in Salem for the holidays with their mother, Airs. Dan Johnston at her home in East Wilson street, will be Dr. Robert Johnston of Portland, who ar rives Tuesday and Mr. and Mrs. William Dick of The Dalles who motored down Saturday. The D. H. Upjohn home in South Li berty street will be scene during Christ mas week of a large family reunion, as members of the family gather from all over the nation for the celebration. CBM L. L. Hunter, USN. arrived this week from his station at Norfolk, Va., to remain until after Christmas. Mrs. Hunter (Margaret Upjohn) has been visiting with her parents for several weeks. Miss Barbara Upjohn arrived home Friday afternoon by plane from Berke ley. Calif., where she is enrolled at the University of California as a freshman. Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Upjohn, their children Donald and Ann, will arrive Sunday from Brooklyn, N. Y. He was recently loleased from the army where he was a major stationed as a surgeon at a hospital in Puerto Rico. His family was witli him. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Paulson, Jr.. (Flor ence Upjohn) and son, Stephen Michael, arrive Sunday from Corvallis where he is attending OSC. Expected on Christ mas day are Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Wal ker and son. Douglas Airlie. from Port land. And to arrive home before Christ mas too is another son. William B. Upjohn, student at the University of Ulah at Salt Lake City. Miss Donna Upjohn is at home.. Guest for the holidays at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lee is her sister. Miss Helen Atwood of Gig Harbor, Wash. Arriving Monday will be a son and his family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Lee. Bobbie and Diane, of Klamath Falls and joining them for Christmas will be another son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lcc and John and Claralyn of Salem. ' Announcement is being made this week-end of the engagement of Miss Lu cille Bair. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bair, to Kenneth Eilcrt, son of lr. and Mrs. Roy Eilert of Salem. No date has been set for the wedding. Both young people attended Salem schools, and she is employed with the state industrial accident commission. He served in Hie army and is now at tending Cascade college in Portland. 5 " t ' Is decorating the large Christmas treei Summer stre?;. Ii;len. eldest daughter as Sydney, 9, and Robert, 15, hane the INVITATIONS were in the mail Sat urday for the informal at home for which Mr. and Mrs. W. Emery Hobbs will be hosts at their home in -Jefferson street on Sunday afternoon, December 29. Guests have been asked to call be tween the hours of 4 o'clock and1 8. Fifty couples have been invited. Assisting the hosts about the rooms will be Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hug and Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes. Born November 29 at Sutter Maternity hospital in Sacramento, Calif., to Rev. and Mrs. Theodore A. Youngquist (Mar ion Horn) was a boy, Theodore Eric, who weighed nine pounds. The little boy's grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Horn of Salem and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Youngquist of Glendale, Calif. TRANSFIXED BY THE town as they finish up their a.TCVI IS i .. A i 3 y t t-l ' "I f ESQ -. eHRISTMAS EVE festive dinners, Santa Claus and the hanging of the stocking make the event ex citing. This year a number of family dinners are planned by Salemites on "the night before Christmas." Guests that evening at the home of D. W. Eyre will be his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David W. Eyre, Jr., Miss Conard and Master Larry of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart McElhinny will be hosts at their Broadway street home for a familv pre-Christmas dinner. Covers will be placed for Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Duffy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McElhinny, Miss Florence Duffy, Miss Sue McElhinny, William McElhinny and the hosts. In Salem at '.he Kenneth Potts home in Jefferson street for Christmas eve din ner will be her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Montgomery of Portland. MID winter white and green flower arrangements, Miss Carol Mae Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Powell of Long Beach, Calif., became the bride of John Merton Jerman, son of Mrs. Linn C. Smith of Salem, Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock, at the Bay Shore Congrega tional church in Long Beach. Rev. Milton G. Gabriclson performed the ceremony. Miss Marjorie Jean Flat ley sang "Because" and "At Dawning" before the rites, accompanied by Mrs. Helen Allen. Given in marriage by her father, the dark-haired bride wore a period style wedding gown of off-white satin, with a high round neckline and long sleeves, a peplum edged in heavy satin roses and a long train. Her headdress of match ing satin roses was .made in crown shape and held in place a three-tiered illusion veil. She carried a pinnacle ar rangement of white roses and bouvar dia. The bride's sister-in-law, Mrs. George A. Powell, Jr., was matron of honor, wearing a gold nylon taffeta gown with bustle effect, slightly hooped skirt with gold gloves to match. She carried a nosegay of yellow roses and wore in her hair a tiara of the same flowers. Miss Nancy Powell, sister of the bride, and Miss Carol Barber,' bridesmaids, wore pine-needle green gowns made like that of the matron of honor. Their flower headdresses and bouquets were of talisman roses. George A. Powell, Jr., brother of the bride, was best man. Seating the guests were Harold Brasure. Donald Plympton of Oregon City, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, Richard Kohler and Robert Chrisman. For her daughter's nuptials. Mrs. Powell chose a pale yellow, suede-cloth gown, wearing with it yellow carna tions in her hair. Mrs. Smith wore a shell pink gown with gold trim and baby orchids of the same shade. A reception was held at the Quincy avenue home of the bride's parents in Long Beach. At the small affair were 80 friends and members of the family. Mrs. Sidney W. Brasure, aunt of the bride, cut the bride's cake. Centering the serving table was the bride's cake edged in white flowers. Assisting about the rooms were Mrs. Jack W. Cassedy, Mrs. Robert Lee Pet tefer and Mrs. Raymond Bell. When the young couple left on their wedding trip, the bride was wearing a white wine gabardine suit with peplum effect. Her shoes and bag were of green cobraskin. She carried black gloves and her black velvet hat was made with a veil in a mantilla effect. To her en semble's shoulder she pinned two pur ple orchids. After January 2, they will be at home In Corvallis, where both are attending Orcsun State college. The Sons of Union Veterans will not hold the regular meeting on January 1. ) J' .i.jfmwrww!t'iiWM 0 SILVER CHRISTMAS TREE enticintly decked Christmas shopping, are the children of Mr. and ' 5' ' 1 1 "I II 0 HE First Presbyterian church will be the setting Saturday evenng for the marriage of Miss Anila Kathleen Strickland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Strickland, and Milton S. Nygaard, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nygaard of Bristol, S. Dak. Rev. Chester Hamblin will perform the double-ring, candle-light ceremony at eight o'clock. Decorations will be white flowers and candles. Mrs. Ralph Dobbs is to be the organist and Mrs. Frank Peterson will sing "Ave Maria," and "Because." Lighting the tapers be fore the ceremony will be Miss Artie Phillips and Miss Rose Ann Hanks, both wearing blue. The bride, given in marriage by her father, will wear a gown of traditional while satin, fashioned with French sleeves and a sheer yoke of marquisette. The gown buttons down the back lo a low waistline and a train. Her finger tip, lace-edged veil falls from a pearled coronet. She will wear a strand of pearls and carry a bouquet of white roses. Miss Dorothy Zerzan is to be maid of honor. She will wear a gown of pale blue chiffon with a bodice of silver and blue. Bridesmaids are Mrs. Russell Zink and Miss Virginia Cannon. They will wear identical gowns of heaven blue satin and net. All three will carry colonial nosegays of white carnations centered with pink. Eugene Strickland, brother of the bride, will be best man. Russell Zink and Leonard Odom will seat the guests. For her daughter's marriage, Mrs. Strickland has chosen a gown of soft blue crepe and pink flower hat. Her corsage will be an orchid. At the reception for close friends and relatives, immediately following tl?e ceremony, at the home of the bride's parents, the young couple will greet guests beneath a white wedding bell. Mrs. Myrtle Walker will pour and Miss Velle Felton will cut the wedding cake. Assisting will be Mrs. Samuel Strinsky of Portland. Miss Virginia Cannon will pass the guest book. When the couple leave on their wed ding trip, the bride will wear a powder blue dressmaker suit and black hat with gold sequin trim and veil. Her topcoat and accessories are black, and her cor sage will be an orchid. After December 25, the couple will make their home in Salem while she is completing her edu cation at Willamette. A HOLIDAY highlight for a num ber of Salem folk will be the for mal Christmas benefit ball De cember 25 at Normandy Manor, to be given by the Spinsters club, debutante philanthropic organization. Miss Jean Taylor is president and serving on the dance directorate are Miss Lorraine Taylor, Miss Pat Cannon, Miss Virginia Case, Miss Phyllis Ryan and Miss Mary McKay. Hours for the affair are from 9 o'clock until one. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shepard will be patronesses for the affair as will Mr. aVid Mrs. Gene A. Vandeneynde and Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Huntington. A number of parties are on the roster for the festive affair. Miss Florence Duffy will entertain a small group at her home in North Capital street bef'fue the dance. I Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Barclay are Inviting a group of 20 to their home in North 14th ctreet before the formal af fair. Guests have been asked to call between the hours of 7:30 o'clock and 9. Bidden are Mr. and Mrs. James Ben nison of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Eric W. Allen, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. John Steelhammer, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grabenhorst, Misi Flor ence Duffy. Lt. Mack Maison, USN, Miss Pat Cannon, Miss Betty Childs, Miss Jean Taylor and Thomas E. Aut zen of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Hillary Etzel ara also inviting a small group of their friends to their apartment in the Ambassador before the dance. W v with real candy canes, on display downi"A Mrs. Glenn Wilbur, Mary 5, and John 1a. r ' wr 1 I
