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Miss Phyllis Schnell, who has
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as the date for her marriage to Robert
Strebig, the ceremony to be an evening
one in the First Congregational church.
Miss Schnell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. P. H. Schnell, returned last week
from the University of Oregon. Mr.
Strebig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter F.
Strebig, has been attending Willamette
and the couple will both be at the Uni
versity of Oregon next year to complete
their senior year. Their engagement
was announced this spring at the bride
elect's sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma,
in Eugene. Mr. Strebig is a member of
Phi Gamma Delta.
By Marian Lowry Fischer
MOSTESSES Monday evening will
be Mrs. C. W. Parker and her
daughter, Mrs. Gerald Robison,
who are entertaining at a desert party
complimenting Miss Janice Myers, bride
elect of Lloyd V. Lewis of Eugene. The
party will be at- the Parker residence
and the guests will fete Miss Myers with
a pottery shower.
In the group will be Miss Myers, her
mother, Mrs. Burton A. Myers, her sis
ter, Miss Jeanne Myers, and her grand
mother. Mrs. E. A. McElvain; Mrs. Frank
Myers, Mrs. Tom McNeill, Mrs. Arthur
Bates, Mrs. William D. Carlson, Mrs.
Walter Snyder, Mrs. Theodore Roake,
Mrs. Manley Robison, Mrs. Fred H.
Thompson, Mrs. Roy H. Mills, Mrs. Carl
W. Emmons, Mrs. Lewis D. Griffith,
Mrs. W. E. Kirk, Mrs. Ralph Gordon
and the two hostesses.
The Lewis- Myers wedding is to be
July 17,
Honoring Miss Leta Jean Evans, who
Is to be married tomorrow to Thomas
F. Faught, Jr., Miss Sarah Jane Back
strand was hostess Thursday evening at
her home for a party and linen shower.
In the group were Miss Leta Jean
Evans, Miss Cherie Knox of Gold Beach,
Miss Marjorie Olin of Portland, Miss
Marjorie Scott of Carlton, Miss Mary
Ann Cushman of Condon, Miss Jahala
Keys, Miss Donna Jane Macklin, Miss
Marilyn Nichols, Miss Patricia Ullman,
Miss Jeanne Hoffman, Miss Jacqueline
Johnson, Miss Claralyn Lee, Miss Bev
erly Becker, Mrs. W. H. Evans, Miss
Marilyn Burris, Mrs. Thomas F. Faught
and Miss Sarah Jane Backstrand.
Mr. and Mrs. Dayl Burres will be
hosts this evening at a buffet supper at
their home, the occasion being their 20th
wedding anniversary.
Guests will include Mrs. Beth Newton
of Oregon City, James Sullivan of Ore
gon City, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barker
and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gustafson, all
of Eugene, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Viesko,
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Fisher, Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Pickens, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Gerdon, Mr. and Mrs. Delwin Finley,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnston.
Announced for Saturday, July 2, Is
the wedding date for Miss Helen Jean
Gilbert and Donald Nyswaner.
The ceremony will be at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon in the Knight Memorial
Congregational chu(ch, the Rev. Louis
X. White officiating.
The engagement of the couple was
announced in the early spring. The
bride-elect is the daughter of Mrs. Mar
garet Gilbert and Mr. Nyswaner is the
son of Mrs. Ollie F. Nyswaner, all of
Salem.
Adams-Nelson
An attractive bride this evening will
be Miss Elizabeth Winn Nelson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George William Nel
son, who is to be wed to Irwin Scot
Adams, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin
Scott Adams of Milwaukie, Ore.
The ceremony will be solemnized at
8 o'clock in St. Paul's Episcopal church,
the Rev. George H. Swift officiating.
Miss Edith Fairham is to be soloist
to sing "I Love Thee" and "The Lord's
Prayer." Miss Ruth Bedford will be at
the organ.
An eggshell satin gown will be worn
by the bride. It is fashioned with a
bertha collar with three rows of lace,
and train, and down the back and on
the cuffs are covered buttons. The veil
is fingertip length. The bride will carry
a prayer book given by Dr. Fred Clayton
of Milwaukie and on it will be a spray
of white orchids. Mr. Nelson is to give
his daughter In marriage.
Miss Janet Kirk of San Francisco as
honor attendant will wear a pnle green
taffeta gown fashioned with bustle and
bertha collar.
Miss Ann Adams, sister of Mr.
Adams, and Miss Sara Bjorset of Cot
tage Grove, both wealing peach taffeta
gowns also designed with bustles and
bertha collars, will be the bridesmaids.
Warren Richcy of Portland is to be
best man and the ushers will be Robert
Stceves, Jack Nelson, Neil Sutherland
and Jack Hinshaw, both of Milwaukie,
For her daughter's wedding Mrs. Nel
son will wear a delft blue gown with
corsage of roses.
The reception will be in the parish
house of the church, decorations fea
turing blue delft and pink rambler
roses.
Mrs. George Nelson Jr. of Klamath
Falls and Miss Henrietta Cox of Seattle
will out the cake. Pouring will be Mrs.
E M. Cox of Seattle, great aunt of the
bride, Mrs. Cora Hagedorn of Eugene,
Mrs. E H. Kennedy and Mrs. Albert C.
Gragg. Mrs C. Lester Newman will
serve the ices. Assisting in serving will
be Miss Beth Basler of Portland, Miss
Joan Risley, Miss Carol Adams, sister
of the bridegroom, Milwaukie, Miss
Carol Bartel of Redmond, Miss Carroll
Gragg, Miss Roberta Meyer, Miss Jean
Fidler. Miss Margie Tate, Miss Margaret
Jane Coolcy, Mrs. Douglas Armstrong.
For traveling the bride is to wear
a light green suit with navy accessories
and corsage of orchids. Following a trip
to San Francisco the couple will be at
home in Portland, after July 9. Both
young people were graduated this year
from University of Oregon, where tha
bride is a member of Delta Delta Delta
sorority and Mr. Adams is affiliated
With Sigma Alpha Xpsllon fraternity.
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LUMNAE of Sigma Kappa soror
ity are to entertain at an informal
tea next Wednesday afternoon at
the home Mrs. Fred Viesko in Mission
Bottom, the event to honor Sigma Kappa
mothers.
Guests are invited to call between 2
and 4 o'clock. The tea will be on the
patio.
Mrs. Leon Everitt is chairman for the
event and is being assisted by Mrs.
Allan Johnson, Mrs. Stuart Compton
and Mrs. B. W. Stacey.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Wallace Carson and son,
Wally, arc in Bend this week-end. Mr.
Carson, a member of the board of gov
ernors for the state bar, is attending
meetings of that group.
In Centralia this week-end are four
Salem girls to attend the wedding of
Miss Betsy Lyons, former Willamette
university student, and John McNiven.
The wedding was this afternoon.
Miss Sara Ann Ohling and Miss Phyl
lis Freres were bridesmaids and they
were accompanied north by Miss Addyse
Lane and Miss Carolyn Carson who as
sisted at the reception.
THE WEnntXR of Mrs. Donald Prelss, the former Jane Acton. an event of June
n in the First Methodist church. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H.
Arton. Salem, Mr. Preiss tha son of Mr. and Mrs, A. A. Prciss of Vancouver, Wuh.
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A GAY WEEK IS BOOKED ahead for this group of girls who make up the court of royalty for Salem's annual Cherryland
Festival which will begin next Thursday. Left to right the group includes Miss Katherine Specht, Jefferson, Miss Doro
thy Neufeld of Dallas, both princesses; Miss Patricia O'Connor of Stayton, who is the festival queen; Mis. Grace Kirk
of St. Paul and Miss Jeannine Bentley of Lyons, the other two princesses. The queen and her court will be honored
tomorrow afternoon at an informal tea to be given by the Salem Zonta club at the home of Mayor and Mrs. Robert
L. Elfstrom. The coronation Is scheduled for Thursday evening and for the next three days the girls will whirl through
a varied calendar of appearances in the Cherryland realm. (McEwan studio picture)
Thursday Tea to
Prominent on the new week's social
calendar is the tea for which Mrs. James
T. Brand and Mrs. Charles A. Sprague
will be hostesses next Thursday after
noon at the Brand residence.
The event is to honor Miss Mary Lou
McKay, who is to be wed July 23 to
Lester D. Green of Eugene, and Miss
Margaret Jane Cooley, who will be mar
ried August 6 to John Philip Maulding
of Tillamook,
Some 150 guests have been bidden to
call between 3 and 6 o'clock.
Greeting guests at the door during the
first period will be Mrs. Robert W.
Gormsen and during the second period,
Mrs. Richard L. Cooley.
Receiving the guests will be the two
hostesses, the honoree and Mrs. Douglas
McKay and Mrs. Ralph H. Cooley, the
mothers of the two brides-to-be.
Assisting about the living room for the
Honor Two
first period will be Mrs. George H. Swift,
Mrs. Floyd W. Shepard and Mrs. George
Alexander. During the second hour
those assisting in the living room will
be Miss Dorathea Steusloff, Mrs. George
Croisan and Mrs. E. M. Page.
Miss Katherine Karnopp of Portland
is to have charge of the dining room.
Pouring during the first hour will be
Mrs. Harry V. Collins and Mrs. E. J.
Scellars, and during the second period,
Mrs. G. Frederick Chambers and Mrs.
A. A. Schramm.
Kappa Delta alumnae and their hus
bands are to gather for a no-host picinc
on Sunday at the country place of Mr.
and Mrs. Harris Lietz on Pudding river.
Invitation is extended to all Kappa
Delta alumnae to attend. Mrs. Lietz and
Mrs. John Ficklin are arranging the
event.
Mrs. E. F. Wilkinson has returned
from a two weeks' trip to Honolulu,
making the trip by plane. While there
she and her husband took in the King
Kamehameha day festivities and tour
ed the islands. Mr. Wilkinson, who is
in the navy, has gone to Guam and Mrs.
Wilkinson will be here with her parents,
Mr and Mrs. E. A. Brown, until his re
turn. Schroeder-Nickens
At an afUrnoon ceremony in St.
Paul's Episconal church tomorrow Miss
Patricia Jean Nielsens, drughtrr of Mr.
an.', Mrs Robert E. Nickenf, will be wed
to Robert Leonard Schrocder son ot
Mi and Mrs. Leonard G. Schrocdc of
Po-tlan !, the Rev. Geor-e H. Swift to
rend the vow? at 4 o'clock.
Baskets of white delphiniums and
pink gladioluses, ferns and lighted tapers
in candclabrums will decorate the
church, and the pews will be marked
with white gladioluses and ribbon bows.
Acolytes for the service will be Bob
Robbins and Tom Bartlctt.
Miss Beverly Kenncy is to be solo
ist to sing "Thine Alone" and "The
Lord's Prayer," with Miss Ruth Bed
ford at the organ.
To be given in marriage by her father,
the bride has chosen a handsome wed
ding gown of white slipper satin design
ed with sheer yoke and lace bertha, the
bodice coming to a point with full gath
ered skirt and train. The fingertip
illusion veil cascades from a beaded
pearl coronet. For her flowers the bride
is to carry a cascade bouquet of pink
roses and stephanotis tied with white
streamers.
Attendants in Pink
Mrs. Ernest C. Hobbs as matron of
honor will be gowned in pink net over
pink taffeta, the dress designed with
short ruffled net cape and a full gath
ered skirt. Her flowers will be white
roses with pink and orchid sweet peas
and a touch of violet ribbon.
Misses Barbara Lee and Gloria Ann
McClintock will be bridesmaids. Their
gowns are identical to that of the matron
of honor, and their flowers are pink,
white and orchid sweet peas with violet
ribbon loops.
Su Carolyn Shaw is the flower girl,
and aha will wear pink taffeta frock
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State Representative and Mrs. W. W.
Chadwick will leave next Friday for a
month's vacation trip to Alaska. They
will fly to Seattle and from there will
sail on the Aleutian for Seward. They
will take a train trip inland to Fair
banks and Anchorage and a bus trip
to White Horse. They also are booked
for a nine-day river cruise on the Yu
kon. The return plane trip will be from
White Horse to Salem and they plan
to be home by the first of August.
Misses Jane Carson and Charlotte Al
exander went to Portland for a wed
ding this morning, the wedding being
that of Miss Mary Hibbitt and Robert
Hilbers. Miss Hibbitt was graduated this
year from, University of Oregon and is
a Gamma Phi Beta sorority sister of Miss
Carson and Miss Alexander.
Mrs. James G. Hellzel is leaving next
Saturday for Denver to spend a month
with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Hamby.
Visitor arriving this week-end will
be Col. Malcolm Young of Santa Bar
bara who' is to be guest at the home of
Col. and Mrs. Philip W. Allison. He is
a cousin of Colonel Allison.
The Allisons were at Neskowin two
days this week as guests of Mr. and MrV
John Landing.
Rites Sunday
with sheer net yoke and ruffled bertha.
She will carry a basket filled with pastel "
co'oreri sweet ras.
Fred Pc!iroc.Jor is to be best man for
his brother. Jlai-rice Lundberg. Ken
neth Lenaburg and Donald E'hlcman are
the I'shTs.
For her I'l.u.-litfr's wedding, Mrs.
Nickens is io wear a navy sheer with
petal pink accessories and a corsage of
pink roses. The bridegroom's mother
has chosen a blue costume with white
accessories and her corsage will be of
white baby orchids.
The reception following is to be in
the church parish house.
An .its Assist
The bride's aunt, Mrs. C. L. Hcckcs
of Sacramento, will cut the cake, assist
ed by Mrs. C. R. Shaw. Pouring will
be Mrs. J. G. Heckcs of Sacramento, also
an aunt ot the bride, and at the punch
bowl another aunt, Mrs. Hazel Heckes
of Sacramento.
The table will carry out the pink and
white theme
In charge of the guest book will be
Miss Jane Carson. Serving will be Miss
Margaret Newton, Miss Miriam Shellen
bcrger. Miss Patricia Moore of Portland,
Miss Carolyn Cramer of Hubbard, and
Mrs Budd Coons.
For going away the bride will wear
an attractive light aqua suit with linen
straw picture hat trimmed in light cocoa,
and other accessories in light cocoa.
With the costume she will wear a fur
stole.
The couple have planned a trip to
Banff and Lake Louise and after July
10 will be at home at 1504 S.E. Ankeny,
Portland. The bride, graduate of Sa
lem high school, attended Oregon State
college where she is a member of
Gamma Phi Beta. Mr. Schroeder is an
OSC graduate.
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"ISS Mary Lou McKay, one of
the summers popular brides-
elect, who will be wed July 23
to Lester D. Green of Eugene, will be
honored guest at a dessert party and
kitchen shower for which Mrs. John S.
Beakey and her daughter, Mrs. Roger
Schnell, will entertain on Monday eve
ning at the Beakey residence. Guests
have been bidden for 7 o'clock. The
evening will be spent informally with
bridge.
In the group will be Miss McKay and
her mother, Mrs. Douglas McKay, Mrs.
Wayne Hadley and daughter, Eileen;1
Mrs. P. H. Schnell, Miss Phyllis Schnell,
Mrs. Robert Elgin, Miss Betty Jean Man
oles, Mrs. Oscar C. Christensen, Jr., Miss
Shirlee Reimann, Miss Marianne Bone
steele, Miss Jean Pickens, Miss Nancy
Snyder, Miss Shirley Lukins, Miss Valda
Wold of Corvallis, Mrs. Richard Green
of Corvallis, Miss Margaret Jane Cooley,
Miss Mariann Croisan, Mrs. George C.
Alexander, Miss Charlotte Alexander,
Miss Jean Claire Swift, Miss June
Young, Miss Suzanne Small, Mrs. John
S. Beakey, Miss Beverly Beakey and
Mrs, Roger Schnell.
Miss.Vada Hill and Mrs. Elmore Hill
are to entertain this evening at the home
of the former at a farewell party for
Mrs. O. L. Donnelly, wtio is going to
Mill City., Bridge will be in play.
In the group will be-Mrs. Donnelly,
Mrs. ' . Marion Wooden, ' Miss Cecelia
Woodruff, Mrs. Claude Jorgensen, Miss
Marie Weber,' Mrs. Theima Waller, Mrs.
Delbert Schwabbauer; Mrs. Leona Tay
lor, Mrs. Al Laue, Mrs. J. L. Morgan and
the two hostesses. .
BRIDE AT A CEREMONY In St. Luke's
Catholic church in St. Paul. June 18, was
Mrs. Carl Eugene Smith, the former Patricia
Ann Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam A. Brown of Aurora. Mr. Smith is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F "i ffi St.
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