"NOEL, NOEt," ia sin? the daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Vern Miller u they father around the piano for the beloved
and lovely Christmas hymns and carols. Playing, Joan Marie, 14, and from left are Nancy, 6; Juliannc, 11- and
Margaret, 13, The girls have a baby lister, Marilyn, born in September, (Jesten-Mlller studio.)
JLET1DE DINNERS are exciting,
after the presents are opened and.
admired, the table laden with
rich delicacies is a well-beloved custom.
A traditional affair is that which takes
place at the Paul B. Wallace country
home, Wallace Orchards, when friends
gather Christmas night for a buffet din
ner. The dinner is served from the din
ging room and guests are seated at a
'long dining table in the living room.
Covers will be placed for Dr. and Mrs.
G Herbert Smith and Sallie and Mar
gie. Judge and Mrs. James T. Brand and
Tom, Bishop and Mrs. Bruce Baxter of
Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Powell,
Mrs. Chester Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
Johnson, D. W. Eyre, Miss Mabel P.
Robertson, William S. Walton, Miss Eliz
abeth Lord, Mi'-s Edith Schryvcr, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles A. Sprague, Wyatt
Sprague of Seattle, Mr. and Mrs. Don
ald Young and Donald, Miss Edna Ster
ling of Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Gormsen, Miss Paulie Wallace and the
hosts.
Twenty members of the Chambers
' family will gather at the G. F. Cham
bers home in North 13th street for the
annual Christmas dinner on Wednesday
afternoon.
The Robert Shinn home in North
Summer street will be scene of their
family dinner Wednesday Later in the
day, Mr. and Mrs. Shinn will motor
down to Portlano to be with her moth
er, parents, Dr and Mrs. W. J. Kerr.
Covers at dinner in Salem will be placed
for Mr. and Mrs Harry Carson, Jr., and
Kit, of Silveiton, Mr. and Mrs. William
Shinn of Silverton and Mr. and Mrs.
Shinn.
From Portland will come the family
pf Mr. and Mrs Adam Engel to spend
Christmas. An-ving on Tuesday will
be Mr. and Mrs Charles Powers and
Diana. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lenchitsky
and their three children, Terry and
twins, Joanne and Sallie Ann.
The Gene A. Vandeneynde home will
rtbe scene Wednesday afternoon of the
"traditional Christmas dinner. Covers
will be placed for Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
G. Vandeneynde of Portland, Mr. and
Mrs. John Steelhammer, Mrs. C. A. Low,
Miss Patricia Vandeneynde and the
hosts.
Miss Pal Lee is in San Francisco for
the holidays, guest of Mrs. E. B. Ross,
her aunt, in Mcnlo Park, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Force in the bay city and Mr.
and Mrs. Jcrrold Owen in Oakland.
Miss Joyce Smith, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Smith, was hostess Frfday
evening when she entertained with a
pre-yulelide dinner party at the home of
her parents in South Summer street.
An event of the evening was the ex
change of gifts.
Covers were placed for Miss Barbara
Hendrickson, Miss Patty Wilson, Miss
Pattie Ray, Miss Barbara King, Miss
Joan Blaxall, Miss Joan Adolph. Miss
Delores Dickey, Miss Wanda Hathaway
and Miss Joyce Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newburgh and
daughter, Bonnie, of Portland will mo
tor to Los Angeles for the holidays.
With them will be Mr. Newburgh's
mother, Mrs. Christena Newburgh of
alem who will stop off at Berkeley,
fl?alif.. to visit her sister, Mrs. Harry
Smith.
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"OLIDAY gatherings, planned and
impromptu, are part ol the ex-
citing C'u-istmas season and the
social calendar seems filled to the brim
with festive events.
Mr. and Mrs. John Caughell and Miss
Josephine Eaumgartner will be hosts
Sunday, December 29 for a large gather
ing of their friends.
Guests have been asked to call at the
Caughell home in North Cottage street
from 5 o'clock until 9.
Asked to assist the hosts have been
Dr. and Mrs. John Griffith and Miss
Mildred Christensen.
Mrs. George Barnes has bidden a
group of her friends to a holiday at
home Sunday afternoon between 6 o'
clock and 8 at her home in Electric
street. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marr and their
son. Robert Michael, will spend the
Christmas holidays at t'lo ho:.ie of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moon in
Klamath Falls.
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DANCING parties are numerous this
holiday season with one scheduled
for almost every evening by the
various dance groups in the city.
Tillicum club will hold its regular
monthly dance, , an informal dinner
dance Friday at the Mirror room of the
Marion hotel. Guy Albin's orchestra
will play for dancing. .
Chairman of the group is Frank Shafer
and hosts for Friday's holiday affair are
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Simmons and Mr.
and Jus. William Schlitt.
Expected In Salem Sunday or Mon
day to spend Christmas at the Paul B.
Wallace home is Miss Edna Sterling of
Seattle who is en route home from a
six weeks' trip in the cast and south.
Miss Lois Fisher, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wiili?m H. Fisher, arrived home
by .streamliner Friday from Valparaiso
university, Valpariro, Ind., to spend the
holidays with her parents.
SANTA ( LACS before the fireplare of their parents' home are the children of Dr. and
left, Al Carolyn and Jimmj. (Jesten-MiNer itudio.)
-JlfA VERYWHERE this time of year,
IPO families are gathering together for
the gaiety that is Christmas. A
number of Salemites have left the city,
already, to take part in Yuletide cele
brations elsewhere and a number more
will leave within the next few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Pierce and Miss
Barbara Pierce plan to spend Christmas
eve in Portland at the home of their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Pierce, and their two daugh
ters, Kathy and Susan. They will visit
other members of the family while
there.
Mrs. Olive Beardsley will entrain
Sunday for San Francisco, where she
will spend the holiday with members
of her family who Christmas day will
gather at the home of her brother-in-law
and sister. Mr. and Mrs. O. W.
James of San Francisco.
Among those in attendance will be
Mrs. Beardsley's two sons and daughters-in-law,
Mr, and Mrs. Russell
Beardsley of Oakland and Lt. and Mrs,
Orville Beardsley of Fairfield, Calif.,
and their families.
Mrs. Walter Spaulding will visit with
her brother and his family. Clay Miller,
Bobbie, Ritchie, at Gresham. Also pres
ent for the family gathering will be
Barbara Miller. PEO scholarship stu
dent at Cottey college, Cottey, Mo. Mrs.
Spaulding will return Friday.
Motoring down, to Portland for Christ
mas eve dinner at the Lowell C. Kern
home Tuesday evening will be Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Hendricks, who will spend
Christmas in Salem. Also attending the
Kern affair will be Herbert Brazel of
Salem.
Mrs. Taylor Hawkins and Miss
Harriet Hawkins will have as their
Christmas eve dinner guest. Mrs. Hawk
ins' nephew. Dr. Robert McMurray of
Portland. Christmas night Miss Hawk
ins and Mrs. Hawkins will be guests at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. St. Pierre for
dinner.
AN EVENT of the Yuletic
will be the tea given by :
ma Plii Via nlianlnr In
jletide season
Beta Sig
ma Phi, Eta chapter, to welcome
members of the recently-formed chapter
of the international sorority. The event
is to be at the home of Mrs. Loyal
Warner on Sunday from 3 until 5 o'clock.
A traditional Christmas tree, candle
light and holly will be used about the
rooms. The tea table will feature a
group of Christmas tapers on a circular
mirror wreathed with holly.
Adding to the holiday atmosphere will
be the "Carol Corner," in charge of Mrs.
Dalbert Jepscn, where guests will be
invited to join in the singing of familiar
Christmas carols.
Mrs. Burl Cox is chairman in charge
of arrangements for the lea, assisted by
Mrs. Roger Lewis, Miss Hazel Shutt,
Miss Hattie Bratzel and Miss Imogene
Johnson. Greeting guests at the door
will be Miss Nyla Phillips.
Assisting about the rooms will be Miss
Tina Duerksen, president; Mrs. Loyal
Warner, social sponsor, and members of
Eta chapter.
Mrs. J. A. Wiltsey and Mrs. Clay Coch
ran will preside at the tea table. Serving
will be Mrs. Ed. Lewis, Miss Hattie
Bratzel, Miss Hazel Shutt, and Mrs.
Roger Lewis.
The guest list will include Mrs. Clay
Cochran, Mrs. P. H. Thede, Mrs. O. K.
DeWitt, Mrs. Charles Douglas, Mrs. Ted
Medford and all members of the new
chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.
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The United Spanish War Veterans
auxiliary met at the VFW hall Monday
night. Mrs. Bertha DeSart presiding.
Mrs. Hazel Gordy, a transfer from River
side, Calif, was accepted to membership.
Mrs. Emma Bohnet, past department
president of Nebraska was a visitor.
Next meeting will be January 6 with
a no-host supper at 6:30 and meeting at
8 o'clock followed by joint installation
of officers.
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A CHRISTMAS TREE Jl'ST HIS SIZE Is the prixe possession of Master
Rtlliu I'lirvine, sen of Dr. ;uul Mrs. Rnbih K. Purvhie, glimpfted in a corner of
his room at his Saginaw street home. (Jcstcii-Millcr.)
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Gorgeous Greenery Skilled hands,
talent and originality combined with
beauty of natural greens made the ar
rangements on display at the Salem
Garden club's Christmas green show
elegant ... no one could help but go
home witli wonderful ideas for Christ
mas decorations ... A large crowd
donated Salem's great interest in home
decorations . . .
First of The Homes Most of the visi
tors on tour started at the W. E. Ander
son home, the door of which was decked
with a heavy swag of holly, green
Cryptomeria, cedar and a red satin bow,
pointed up with silvered filberts, done
by Mrs. Walter Smith . . . Ohs and alls
of interest at the dining table Mrs.
Stewart Johnson arranged on ivory
damask cloth ahuge bow and stream
ers of turquoise satin and yellow mar
quisette ribbon arranged behind a spray
of juniper sent by Mrs. Donald Wiley
Poole of Redmond, blue and gold tree
ornaments and artificial glistcny berries
made it bright . . . interest too in the
Spodc Christmas tree plates . . . Mrs.
R. E. Cartwright arranged a charming
breakfast table with cranberry glass
on a white cloth, green and white dishes,
centered with a cranberry and whito
glass epergne filled with holly ... a rich
garland of Cedar of Lebanon, fir, holly
and silver bows hung down square over
the manlal . . . Mrs. Henry Compton
arranged a lovely madonna in a setting
of Rctnispora, fir, cedar, perncttia and
Christmas roses . . . Mrs. Frank Durbin
encircled five branch silver candelabra
with holly and fir on twin pie-crust
tables ... at the door was a charming
tiny Christmas tree looped 'round with
lace paper and cranberry strings, done
by Mrs. Lester Barr . . .
Carols Too During the afternoon,
Mrs. Clark Lcthine sang Christmas
carols . . . receiving were Mrs. William
Burghardt, wearing the first flower hat
we've seen this winter, a white bcngaline
puff with while roses on the side . . .
Mrs. Rosecrans wore a charming blue
wool gown with brown accessories . . .
Viewing the displays were many smart
Salem matrons . . . together were Mrs.
H. G. Maison, wearing a mustard coat
with brown fur tuxedo front and a
brown hat, and Mrs. Karl Beckc, all in
grey, with a fur coal and grey velour
hat . . . Both in black were Miss
Dorathca Stcusloff and Mrs. G. F.
Chambers . . . Miss Stcusloff in a black
suit with tiny round satin hat and a
striped blouse of black and sky blue
and Mrs. Chambers in a tinv black wool
hat and thrce-auarter length coat. . .
Christmas At Home The Conrad
Paulson home was arranaed with dis
plays perfect for the family Christmas
. . . over the rich dark wood mantel was
holly and red tapers and centering a
buffet table, red timers in cryst.il-prism-ed
holders with holly. Cedar of Lebanon
and Cryptomeria around a long mirror
. . . done by Mrs. Hnll Lusk who was
stunning in a wood green wool crepe
tailored gown with a matching hat . . .
side-table arrangement of interest was
one done by Mrs. Paulson, combining
pepper berries, silvered eucalyptus and
vigil candles . . . another was white
painted scotch broom, butterfly bush
and blue balls with white tapers, look
ing for all the world like a miniature
snow-swept winter field . . . Mrs. Charles
Cole did the arrangement ... Of in
terest was Mrs. Paulson's son, Tommic,
who each year does a snow scene, com
plete with mountains, trees, chalets and
charming penguins carved of soap by
his mother . . . lovely welcoming piece
was the firc covered ereclie, animals
and figures for which Mrs. Paulson had
carved . . .
At the Schramm's Visitors stayed at
the final house to sip tea and chat about
the lovely displays . . . Mrs. Carl Nelson,
head of the tea committee, greeted guests
in a smart black gown with keyhole
neckline. Mrs. Paul Wallace was in a
handsome sage green long sloevcd-high-ncck
gown of moss green satin . . . Mrs.
C. K. Logan in brown with gold; presi
dent ol the club, Mrs. R. M. Fitzmauricc,
'N a Christmas setting of red ana
while, Miss Mary Ann Brady will
become the bride of Robert Siddo-
way of Portland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Siddoway of Nehalem on Sunday.
For the two o'clock riles, the tiny
chapel of St. Paul's Episcopal church
will be decked in white dahlias. Rev.
George H. Swift will officiate at the
ceremony. Reid Shclton will sing "Be
loved, It Is Morn," accompanied by Misi
Ruth Bedford.
The lovely blonde bride, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Brady, will
enter the aisle and be given in marriage
by her father. She will wear the bridal
gown worn by her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Robert G. Brady, Jr., (Jean Anunsen).
It is white marquisette fashioned with
a high round neckline and heavy lace
yoke. The long sleeves are full and
falling from the light-fitting waist is
a full skirt and court train. Her veil,
also Mrs. Brady's, Is court length illu
sion and her cap is a real lace halo. She
will carry a fan bouquet of red carna
tions. The bride's sister, Miss Carolyn Brady,
will be her only attendant. She will
wear a Christmas red crepe gown de
signed with full cap sleeves, a low,
round neckline and a full, floor-length
skirt falling from an inserted peplum.
She will carry a nosegay of white car
nations and wear a red crepe cap
trimmed with Irish lace. She will also
wear long, white kid gloves.
Best man for his son will be Mr.
Siddoway. Seating (he guests will be
the brother of the bride, Robert G.
Brady, Jr.
A buffet dinner for members of the
bridal party and of the immediate fam
ily, will be held at the Brady country
home In Garden road.
Silver and white will be the color
theme carried out In the appoint
ments, with white chrysanthemums
centering the serving table combined
with silver bells, while tapers in silver
candelabra guarding the arrangement
menl.
When the young pair go away, the
bride will be wearing a winter white
wool long sleeved dress with gold stud
trim on the pockels and collar. Witli
the dress she will wear a mouton coat
and a brown fcjl baby bonnet hat trim
med with gold studs. Just over the car
is fastened a gold star. Her accessories
will be brown.
They will be away from the city on
a short trip until Christmas morning
when they will return to spend the day
with die Brady family. They will go
on lo Portland to make their home later
in Hie week.
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Mrs. Byron It. Ilerrirk is entraining
Sunday for Napa, Calif., lo spend the
holidays with her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas llrinkerhorf
(Klizahcth Anne Ilerrirk) and their
children, David and Christine Ann. She
plans lo return next week.
wore a lime green dress topped with
a liniewool coat . . . Mrs. F. W. I'oormaii
looked smart in a black suit with a
leopard bow at the neck and a black
sailor will) tiny black satin bows lined
in red satin around the brim ... a
stunning winter white shaggy wool
coachman's hat was Mrs. James Young's
. . . gold-studded . . . Mrs. P. D. Quiscn
berry wore a grape green felt hat with
a grey fur coat over a handsome black
suit . , , Mrs. Keith Powell combined
winter berry and grey in a distinctive
ensemble.
Most Distinctive Greens and ma
donnas were handled so differently . . .
the broad mirror over the fireplace was
banked with fir laurel and cedar with
white tapers and a white madonna . . .
a delight was a white tree tied to which
were tiny hard candies in eclophane . .
on a beige base stood a simple gold and
white madonna, backed with a glitter
ingly gilded spray of quaking grass from
Missouri . . . quKc one of the most im
pressive arrangements of tile show in
its peace and simplicity . . .
Gay Holiday Mood The smart tea
(able, with a gold satin cloth, pine and
choirboys, repeated in the buffet ar
rangements . . .