Capital Women
Edited by MARIAN LOWRY F1SCHKB
6 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, August 2, 1949
Miss Gregg
Recent Bride
Bride on July 22 was Miss
Lillian Gregg of Salem, daugn
ter of Mrs. Annie Gregg of Nys
sa, Ore., her marriage to Leo
L. Baton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mason Bishop of Salem being
solemnized that date at an 8:M0
o'colck service in the evening
at the First Baptist church, the
Dr. Lloyd T. Anderson offici
atinc.
For her wedding the bride
wore a white taffeta gown, de
signed with bustle effect in back
and a train. The fingertip veil
was arranged from a bandeau
. with orange blossoms at the
sides. For her flowers, the bride
carried a crescent bouquet of
Vanda orchids, Rapture roses
and white sweet peas.
Mrs. Howard Paschall of Mit
chell was matron of honor for
her aunt, She wore a sky blue
taffeta dress, and Miss Vera
Jones was bridesmaid wearing
a teal blue marquisette frock
Both carried crescent bouquets of
Rapture roses and pink and white
sweet peas. Flower girl was
Judith Hansen, wearing a pink
taffeta dress. Edwin Watkins of
Hillsboro was best man and
ushering was Ray Guthner. Vic
tor Gregg, a nephew of the
bride, Nyssa was ring bearer
Lighting the tapers were Miss
Mary Carolyn Pavis, wearing a
white gown, and Miss Pearl
Combs, who was in blue. Both
wore Rubrum lilies in their hair
hair.
For the music, the Rev. Mrs.
Brickwedel sang and Mrs. John
Schmidt, Jr. was at the organ.
The reception following also
was at the church. Mrs. V. L
Loucks of Scio, sister of the
bride, cut the cake. Miss Ardith
Combs poured and assisting with
the serving were Miss Myrl
Gramse and Miss Betty Holland
Following a trip to Lake
Louise and Banff the couple are
at home in Salem until the fall
when they will go to Portland to
live. Mr. Baton is a civil en
gineer. HOSTESS yesterday at an In
formal luncheon and bridge aft
ernoon was Mrs. Elmer O. Berg,
a group of eight being invited
to her home.
AMONG those entertaining at
the week-end were Mr. and Mrs.
Linn C. Smith, who invited a
group for a supper in their garden.
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Guthner-Gramse
Wedding Sunday
Miss Myrl Gramse and .Ray
Guthner were married Sunday
evening at a simple service in
the First Baptist church, the
ceremony being solemnized at
the close of the young people's
service with Dr. Lloyd T. Ander
son officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown of
Portland attended the couple
and others standing with the
bridal couple were Miss Alice
Bailey, Miss Mary Carolyn Dav
is, Walter Judd and Norman
Mann.
The bride wore a green suit
with gray hat and carried a
white Bible on which was placed
an orchid.
The informal reception was
held after the church services
The young couple will live
in Portland, Mr. Guthner to
continue his studies at the Mult
nomah School of the Bible.
Clan Reunion
Dallas The 1940 meeting of
the Humphreys clan was held in
the Dallas City park, with 72
members present. The family
includse descendants of Thomas
Melvin and Jane Humphreys.
The event opened with a no-
host dinner, the business meet
ing following. Ernest Savage
presided. The Dallas City park
was selected as the meeting
place for the 1950 gathering
The same officers were re-elected,
Ernest Savage, president;
Claude Ashby, vice president;
Alma Ashby Knower, secretary-
treasurer. A genealogy of the
family from 1734-1949 was pre
sented to the group by the his
torian, Jennie King Humphreys.
An interesting part of the
meeting was the viewing of old
family portraits brought by dif
ferent members of the group.
Present were the honor
guests, William H. Humphreys,
of Stayton, 94 years of age; W
H. Humphreys of Portland, 82
years of age: L. Anna Hum
phreys of Portland, 80 years of
age. Other members attending
were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hofstet
ter, Wiley Humphreys, Lois
Humphreys of Vancouver.
Wash.; Mrs. Florence Lauer, Bob
Lauer, Maxine Holroyd and Mr.
and Mrs. John Savage of Port
land; Peggy Wightman of Hep-
pner; Mr. and Mrs. John P.
Humphreys of Eugene; Mrs. Dor
othy Humphreys, John and
Michael, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Humphreys, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
Ince Humphreys, Sandra, Wally
i-anv and uan, Cavort Hum
phreys, Mr. and Mrs. Blynn
Humphreys of Stayton: Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Champ of Lyons; Mr.
and Mrs. Orlo Humphreys of
Sublimity; Mr. and Mrs. Russel
Grey, Nancy of Toledo; Mr. and
Mrs. js. xi. Hcrrell, Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Doerfler, Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Savage, Mrs. Milton Savage
and Jurhee, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Savage, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Cole, Cheryl, Bess Shanks
bhelton and Mrs. W. E. Knower
of Salem.
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Is Bride-Elect The engagement of Miss Mavis Eggens,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Eggens, to John Petty, son of
Mrs. Maude Petty of Gladstone, was announced recently.
The wedding is planned for the late fall. (Jesten-Miller studio
photo)
Picnic on Sunday
Honors Visitors
A group of relatives and
friends gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Worth Sun
day, a picnic dinner being serv
ed in honor of their cousins, Mr.
and Mrs. Z. W. Kilgore and
daughter Betha Jane, visitors
from Kirksville, Mo.
Attending the gathering were
Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore and Betha
Jane; Mrs. Nora Gray, Mr. and
Mrs. Tony George, Mr. and Mrs.
M. Magce, Miss Margaret Magee,
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Nicholson,
all of Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Iwn
Smith, Mrs. Addie Smith, Mrs.
Ellis Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs.
James Nicholson and Jimmy
and Linden, all of Scotts Mills;
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Magee, Bud
dy, Linda and Jimmy, Mrs. Myr-
tie McCoun, John McCoun, all
of Aumsville; Mr. and Mrs.
Louie Magee of Dayton; Don
Poulsen of McMinnville; Diane,
Louise, Nancy and Tommy
Worth and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Worth.
ARRIVING this past week
end to spend the month of Au
gust here were Mrs. Ivan Hunt
and children, Charles and Elaine
of Marysville, Calif. They are
guests at the home of Mrs.
Hunt's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Eyre. Mr. Hunt is to
come later to join his family for
a stay before returning to
Marysville.
Two Birthday Dates
Observed at Dinner
S i 1 v e r t o n Mrs. Amanda
Thomas and Mrs. Howard Ench
were special birthday dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Akin home in North
Second street, observance of the
anniversaries of their joint.birth
days. Present were the Howard
Ench'es and two daughters, Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Hilton and
son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs,
Harry Pendegrass, his mother,
Mrs. Anna Pendegrass and Sam
Pendegrass, and the hosts, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Akin.
Miss Donna Kletzing
Given Kitchen Shower
Independence Miss Donna
Kletzing was honored with a
kitchen shower at the home of
Mrs. John Irving Jr. .
' After playing games and
opening guts the guests were
taken to the home of Mrs. Ruth
Reich wherp a "hriinph" wn
served by Mrs. Reich to Misses
Marilyn mix, Phyllis Craven,
Delores Hultman, Barbara Klet
zinir Virginia Rnchv Mrs
Ralph Kletzing, Mrs. Elmer Ad
dison and Mrs. Irving, all of In-
deDendenop. Miss lVTnrinl WnrH
Miss Elsie Barrett of Portland;
Mrs. Betty Allen, Mrs. June
Hanks, Mrs. Jean Anderson and
Miss Charlene Meier, nil nf Sa
lem.
Miss AdolpK
Wed July 28
' From the south comes news
of the marriage of Miss Joanne
Frances Adolph, daughter of
Rex Adolph of Salem, to Fred
erick Howard Field, son of Mrs.
Frederick H. Field of San Fran
cisco, the wedding taking place
July 28 in Carson City, Nev.
The bride has been living in
San Mateo and San Francisco
since in the spring.
Miss Ruth Jackson and Burt
Delavan of Sacramento attended
the couple.
The couple were here over the
week-end at the Adolph home
and left yesterday for San Fran
cisco. Mr. Field is to attend
the University of Southern Cal
ifornia this fall.
The bride was graduated from
Salem schools and is a member
of the Spinsters club. Mr. Field
attended Menlo Park Junior col
lege. .
Miss Heenan
To Be Bride
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Heenan
are announcing the engagement
and approaching marriage of
their daughter, Miss Rita Hee
nan, to Wallace E. Ross, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elfin Ross of Sa
lem. The wedding will take
place in St. Vincent de Paul
Catholic church on September Z
In honor of Miss Heenan, Miss
Minnie Dauenhauer, Miss Ann
Bartole and Mrs. Henrietta Bai
ley entertained with a linen
shower Friday, at the Dauenhau
er home. Games were played
and several times during the eve
ning, the honor guest had to lo
cate a ringing alarm clock with
which her gifts were hidden. La
ter, a supper was served.
The guest list included Miss
Rita Heenan, Mrs. Edward Hee
nan, Mrs. Elfin Ross, Mrs. Ralph
Meyers, Mrs. Arnold Claassen,
Mrs. Charles Nelke, Mrs. War
ren Miles, Mrs. Ernest G e r i g,
Mrs. Harry Poole, Mrs. Ned Bur-
ris, Mrs. Alvin Stein, Mrs. John
Stalnaker, Mrs. Monty McCar
ger, Mrs. Dona Ritchie, Miss Ir
ene Lough, Miss Kathy Haskins,
Miss Cathy Cooper, Miss Erma
Cowden, Miss Connie Michaels,
Miss Mary Heenen, and the host-
UNIONVALK Friends have
received invitations for the wed
ding of Miss Anna Lois Hibbs
and John Orin Becker, the cere
mony to be solemnized Sunday
afternoon, August 14 at 3
o'clock in the First Methodist
church, McMinnville.
Miss Hibbs is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Wesley
Hibbs, who have lived in Union-
vale many years. The bride-
elect was graduated from Day
ton Union high school, class of
1947, and has since been em
ployed at Oregon Mutual Insur
ance company at McMinnville
Mr. Becker is the son of Mr,
and Mrs. Fred Becker of Mc
Minnville, and received his
schooling in Montana and is em
ployed at McMinnville.
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Picnic Event
Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae
sponsored their annual summer
picnic Sunday at the summer
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley
Sullivan at Lincoln beach.
Attending were: Miss Eliza
beth Odle, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin
L. Peterson and Kent and Ste
phen; Mr. and Mrs. Stuart
Thede, Jimmy, Janice and Jody;
Dr. and Mrs. Estill L. Brunk,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tiernan
and Kent; Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Flory and Karen and Paul; Mr.
and Mrs. Maynard A. Nelson,
Gary and George; Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Dilatush and Vicky; Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Groff, Janice
and Stephen; and Mr. and Mrs.
Sullivan and Nancy and Stephen.
Birthday Party
Allen Kay Wright, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Al. Wright, celebrated
his sixth birthday anniversary,
Saturday, with a party at his
home on North 4th.
Pink, white and blue featur
ed the table decorations. Follow
ing an afternoon of games the
traditional b i r t hday luncheon
was served.
Joining Alen Kay in obser
vance of the day were his sis
ter, Sharon Wright; Roberta
DeWeese, Gill Roger Vaughn,
Lynn Fairbrother, Donna Nel
son, Lynda Nelson, Donnie Dyer;
also Mrs. Don Nelson, Mrs. Keith
Dyer, Mrs. Joe Chapman, Susan
Chapman, Clarence Fairbrother,
Mrs. Blaine Chapman, Mrs
Clarkson and Mrs. Wright.
At Auxiliary Convention
convention activities taKe ine spumum in oaiem uic umi icw
days with the American Legion and auxiliary gathering here for
their annual department event.
Starting off events for the department meeting of the auxiliary
Wednesday will be a meeting of the executive committee at 10
a. m. in the state senate chambers.
Members of the executive committee include; Mrs. Mitchell
Thorn, The Dalles, department president; Mrs. W. W, Graham,
Corvallis, vice president; Mrs. Mae Whitcomb, Portland, secre
tary; Mrs. McKinley Kane, Dundee, treasurer; Mrs. Craig Coyner,
Bend, national committeewoman; and the following district presi
dents: Mrs. C. Harold Moyer, Astoria; Mrs. Robert S. Kreason,
Dallas; Mrs. Clifford Cruson, Oakridge; Mrs. B. L. Badden,
Kerby; Mrs. Harold L. Leach, Bonneville; Mrs. M. J. Pinney,
Pendleton, Mrs. Joseph W. Boyer, Baker; Mrs. John Parodi, Port
land; Mrs. LaVerne Van Ausdell, Troutdale; Mrs. H. F. Hatfield,
Roseburg; Mrs. Ernest Sieloff, Burns; Mrs. R. E. Tull, Redmond.
Big event of Wednesday evening for the Legion auxiliary groups
will be their annual ritualistic contest, set for 8 p. m. in the Wil
lamette gymnasium. The ceremonies present installation and
initiation services. Mrs. Don Apperson is general chairman. The
public is invited.
A special event for Friday afternoon in the auxiliary con
vention will be the " '49'er Hour," honoring those who obtain
ed five or more new memoes in their auxiliary.
The event will be between 5 and 6 o'clock in the Merlaine Dance
studio, 155 South Liberty. The '49'er theme will be featured at th)
party.
Mrs. Walter L. Spaulding, membership chairman of Capital Unit
No. 9, Salem, is general chairman for the " '49'er Hour," and on
the committee with her are Mrs. Sam Harbison as co-chairman;
Mrs. Austin H. Wilson, Mrs. Carl Chambers, Mrs. Theodore Ul
lakko, Mrs. Curtis Cross, Mrs. Ira Pilcher. The program will
feature Mrs. Clifton Mudd, Mrs. Malcolm Cameron, Mrs. Bert A.
Walker and Mrs. Ira Pilcher in special numbers.
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"Dan McGrew and the Lady Known as Lou" invite past and
present secretaries and treasurers and their friends to a miners'
breakfast in the "Malamute Saloon" (Salem Chamber of Com
merce, really), reads the notice for the 1 a. m. breakfast to be
given Friday to honor units' treasurers and secretaries.
"The menu will be in keeping with the theme and the program
promises to more than keep you awake" says the invitation. Mrs.
Bert A. Walker is general chariman and on the committee with her
are Mrs. Malcolm Cameron, Mrs. E. Jack Simpkins, Mrs. Kenneth
Shomaker, Mrs. Homer Lyon, Mrs. Robert DeArmond, Mrs. Rose
mary Henningsgard.
Salem and Silverton members of the American Legion Auxiliary
Juniors will serve as pages at the business sessions of the conven
tion. Carol McLeod is to be personal page for Mrs. Mitchell
Thorn of The Dalles, state president. Carol is the daughter of
Mrs. Helen McLeod, president the past year for Capital Unit
No, 9, Salem,
Patsy Cameron is to be personal page for Mrs. Mae Whitcomb,
Portland, department secretary.
General pages will be Gail Dorr, Mary Cecile Rocque, Joan
Polster, Sharon Laverty, Dianne Miller, Marilyn Olson, Doris
Rohland, Jackie Romm, Joan Fabry, Dolores DePhillippi, Joan
Windishar, Kay Lovell, Grace Corey, Vera Nell Bowman, Mary.
Ann Fisher, Gail DeBow, all of Salem, Vivian Reenes and Lois
Porter of Silverton.
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Members of the auxiliary Juniors will present a floral tribute
to Mrs. Hubert A. Goode, national auxiliary president, Friday fol
lowing her address. The group presenting the tribute will include
Edith Gayle Brown, Sue Arlene Wilson, Lynn Nystrom, Larry
Lou Osterman, Diane Emigh, Sheryl Boyd, Mylrea Mulcahy. -
THE WOMAN'S Society of
Christian Service of the Leslie
Methodist church is sponsoring
a no-host dinner at the church
at 6:30 Wednesday evening with
members and friends of the
church as guests.
The program is on Korea with
Mrs. Byung Koh, a Korean,
speaking on that country. By
ung Koh will present vocal
numbers. Mrs. S. M. Laws will
conduct the devotional program.
Members of the society are
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a business session to precede
the supper and program.
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