MONG brides-elect telling plant
for their approaching nupiiais is
k Mica .Tnnii-x Middleton. who is to
be married Saturday, September 10, to
LaVern Hiebert. The service will be at
8 o'clock in the evening in the First Me
thodist church, the Rev. Brooks Moore
officiating. Soloist lor the service will be
Ronald Craven.
Lighting the tapers will be Miss Bar
bara Smith and Miss Marian Sayre, the
latter of Brooks.
Mrs. Allan Bartlett of Oceanlake will
be matron of honor. Bridesmaids are to
be Miss Lois Ruecker, Miss Patricia Car
ver and Miss Barbara Halvarson.
Jerry Clay will be best man and ush
'' ering will be Darwyn Hiebert, a brother
' of Mr. Hiebert; Dan McCall and Richard
Cole. i
The reception following is to be in the
Carrier room at the church.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Mrs.
Lee Crawford, Mr. Hiebert the son of
. Mr. and Mrs. Nels E.: Hiebert.
By Marian Lowry Fischer
-ISS MARJORIE Tate, who is
to be married the evening of
Saturday, September 10, to Law
rence E. Christian of Lebanon, is an
nouncing members of the wedding party.
The service will take place at 8
o'clock that evening in the First Congre
gational church, Dr. Seth R. Hunting
ton officiating.
Mrs. Robert Bryant, Portland, a Delta
Delta Delta sorority sister of the bride-to-be,
is to be matron of honor. The
four bridesmaids are to be Mrs. John P.
Maulding (Margaret Jane Cooley), Mrs.
. John Gilbertson of Eugene, Miss Patri
cia Christian of Lebanon, sister of Mr.
Christian, and Miss Virginia Nikand.
Loree King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Verle King of Silverton, cousin of the
bride-elect, is to be flower girl. Alan
, McEachran of Milwaukie will be best
man and serving as ushers will be Tho
mas Young of Haines, William Juza of
, Lebanon, Donald Van Zyl of Gresham
and John P. Maulding. The ushers will
light the tapers. Soloist for the wedding
is to be Mrs. Scott Adams (Elizabeth
Nelson) of Portland and Jean Hobson
Rich will be at the organ.
The reception following is to be in the
church fireplace room.
Miss Tate is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ulwin M. Tate of Sublimity, Mr.
Christian the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Christian of Lebanon.
Plans for her wedding are being an
nounced by Miss Yvonne Gray, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Gray, Sr., who is
to be married the morning of Wednes
day, September 7, to Dale Crandall, son
of Dale Crandall, Sr., of Merced, Calif.
The ceremony will be solemnized at
11 o'clock that date in St. Paul's Episco
pal church, the Rev. George H. Swift
officiating. Mrs. Frank Hrubetz is to
be soloist, Mrs. Raymond Barton to play
the organ. Lighting the tapers will be
the two ushers, William Hempy and
George Paris, both of Eugene. Mrs.
E. L, Gray, Jr., is to be matron of honor
for her sister-in-law and the best man
is to be Harry Stewart of Merced, Calif.
The reception following is planned at
the Gray residence.
Misi Lovella O'Brien, bride-elect of
Ralph Lindahl of Dallas, was honored
at a bridal shower for which Mrs. Ray
Bairey and Mrs. Gladys Schollian were
hostesses Thursday evening at the Bai
rey home.
Bidden to the party were Miss O'Bri
en, Miss Rita O'Brien, Mrs. Elizabeth
O'Brien, Mrs. George Lindahl, Mrs. Em
ma Lindahl, Mrs. Carl Steelhammer,
Mrs. E. Whitaker, Miss Josephine Nolan,
Mrs. Leonard Howe, Mrs. Jack Hunt,
Miss Norma Jane Boles, Miss Mildred
Toombs, Mrs. Genevieve Olsen, Mrs. Ro
bert Van Orsdcl, Jr., Miss Emma Belt,
Mrs. Ray Olsen, Mrs. Louis Nichol, Mrs.
Victor Buckingham, Miss Donna Seay,
Miss Bernlce Ruettgers, Mrs. Robert
Lard, Mrs. Marie Bertram, Mrs. Betty
Weston and the two hostesses.
Miss O'Brien and Mr. Lindahl are to
be married September 9. The ceremony
will be at 8 o'clock in the evening in the
Carrier room at the First Methodist
church, the Rev. Brooks Moore officiat
ing. Miss Rita O'Brien will attend her
sister and George Lindahl will be best
man for his brother. The reception fol
lowing also will be in the church.
Mrs. Roger Schnell and Mrs. Robert
Elgin will be hostesses Monday evening
for the Spinsters club meeting, the event
to be at the home of Mrs. Schnell'a
mother, Mrs. John 8. Beakey,
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Waller Kirk
will entertain at an all-day party at their
summer home at Devil's lake, guests to
Include members of Mrs. Kirk's bridge
club and their husbands. Brunch will be
served at noon and during the afternoon,
Mr. Kirk is to christen his new boat by
taking guests for rides on the lake. In
the group will be Mr. and Mrs. Palmer
Macdonald and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. El
liott of Portland, Carl Gabrielson, all as
additional guests; Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Becke, Mr. and Mrs. Brazier Small, Mr.
and Mrs. F. W. Poorman, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E.
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Pierce, Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Maison and Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Hamilton, and the hosts.
Miss Charlotte Alexander leaves this
week-end for Seattle to spend a few
days visiting friends.
A daughter, who has been named
Karen Sue, was born Wednesday, Au
gust 24 to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Showers
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Mr. and Mrs. Sam Carter of Salem, Mrs..
Showers being the former Marian Car
ter. Mrs. Carter is leaving this week
end to spend a time at the Showers home
In Oakland,
Miss Kathleen Hug is expected to
arrive from Portland at the mid-week
to spend a month's vacation here with
hmt mother, Mrs. George Hug.
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ANOTHER SET OF sisters to go away for college are Miss Joan Barnes, at left, and Miss
Suzanne Barnes, daughters of Mrs. Chester A. Downs. Joan has chosen Lewis and Clark '
college in Portland and Suzanne will enter Oregon State college. Both are to be freshmen.
College Plans Big Interest Now
"Away to college" is the big interest for many Salem girls right now and these
next two weeks will be busy ones for the girls and their mothers alike with
preparations under way to get wardrobes in readiness and other details arranged
for the opening of school.
As usual interest centers on the choice of schools for the freshmen, and Salem
Is sending off a large crop of them this year.
Miss Margaret Acton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Acton, leaves next
Friday for Pullman, Wash., to enter Washington State college.
To University of Oregon at Eugene, leaving September 11, will go as freshmen,
Miss Marjorie Becke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Becke; Miss Catherine Sieg
mund, daughter of Floyd Siegmund; Miss Shirley Karsten, daughter of the W. P.
Karstens; Miss Ann Carson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Carson; Miss AUie
Lou Ohling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill D. Ohling.
Oregon State college, its freshmen week to begin September 18, is drawing
a large contingent of local girls to Corvallis. Among them are Miss Shirlee New
bry, daughter of Secretary of State and Mrs. Earl T. Newbry; Miss Diane Perry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Perry; Miss Marijo Ogle, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Ogle; Miss Thais Crandall, daughter of the F. Bruce Crandalls; Miss
Barbara Zumwalt, daughter of the Chester Zumwalts; Miss Beverly Beakey,
daughter of Mrs. John S. Beakey; Miss Audrey Simmons, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Forrest Simmons; Miss Jean Clement, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. D.
Clement; Miss Dorothy McCall, daughter of Fred S. McCalls; Miss Joanne Hen
drle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hendrie.
Misses Suzanne and Joan Barnes, daughters of Mrs. C. A. Downs, will both
be freshmen this year, but at different schools. Suzanne will be among those
enrolling at Oregon State college, Joan to enter Lewis and Clark collge at
Portland.
Miss Margaret Smith, younger daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. Herbert Smith,
is leaving early in September for Greencastle, Ind., to enter DePauw university
as a freshman, her sister, Miss Sara Louise Smith, leaving at the same time to go
1o Lynchburg, Va., to begin her junior year, at RaYidolph-Macon Women's college.
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Girod-Halvarson Wedding Sunday
A candlelight ceremony in the First
Methodist church is planned for the
wedding of Miss Barbara Jean Halvar
son and Stanley T. Girod, Sunday eve
ning, the service sto be solemnized at
8:30 o'clock with the Rev. Brooks Moore
officiating at the double-ring service.
The bride-lo-be is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred L. Halvarson and Mr.
Girod is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
O. Girod.
Lighted tapers will glow down both
aisles, the candelabrums to be decorated
with white blooms and ribbons. Baskets
of white and variously shaded pink glad
ioluses and asters will decorate the
church front and altar.
Gordon Pratt of Portland is to be
the soloist, singing "How Do I Love
Thee," "Through the Years" and the
"Lord's Prayer" before the service. Miss
Jessica Kinsey will be at the organ.
The taper lighters, Mrs. Merritt Wood
of Mayfield, Wash., and Miss Louise
Ulvin, will wear sea green organdy
frocks designed with white collars and
sashes, and they will wear wreaths of
pink blooms in their hair.
Wears Ivory Satin
To be given in marriage by her father,
Miss Halvarson has chosen a heavy
ivory salin gown for her wedding. The
dress is cut with a soft roll encircling
the shoulders, a yoke of ivory nylon
net, long sleeves pointed at the wrists
and a train. The bride is to wear pearls,
a gift of Mr. Girod. The Ivory French
silk illusion veil, fingertip length will
be arranged from a bonnet type head
dress of shirred net scattered with seed
pearls. For her flowers the bride will,
carry white baby orchids centered with
white beganias from her father's garden.
Miss Barbara Schultz of Forest Grove
is to be the honor attendant. Her dress
is of rose organdy designed with white
organdy collar and sash and a very full
skirt with the gathered fullness in back.
She will wear a shepherdess hat in rose
color, tied with a bow under the chin,
and mitts matching the gown. Her flow
ers will be begonias in different shades
of pink fashioned in a basket with a
aatin handle to match her gown.
Miss Janice Middleton and Mist Alice
Girod, sister of Mr. Girod, are to be
bridesmaids. Their (own will be iden
at Hand Again
Mum
tical in style to that of the maid of honor
but in the pink organdy. Their shep
herdess hats and mitts also will match
their gowns and they will carry the
baskets of begonias with the satin han
dles matching the dresses. All the be
gonias for the flowers are from the
Halvarson garden.
Standing with Mr. Girod as his best
man will be his brother, Howard Girod.
Ushering will be Robert Singleton, Earl
Cooley, Eugene Fowler and LaVern Hie
bert. Mrs. Halvarson is to be gowned in a
changeable wine taffeta dress with black
accessories and black lace mitts for her
daughter's wedding and she will wear
rose-colored roses in her hair. Mrs.
Girod, mother of the bridegroom, is to
wear a fuchsia crepe gown with white
accessories and gloves, and a corsage of
white roses.
Aunt Assists t
The reception is arranged in the Car
rier room at the church. Mrs. Kenneth
Cunningham, aunt of the bride, will
serve the cake. Mrs, Ross Slyter of
Portland will be at the coffee urn. and
Mrs. Louis Girod of Tigard at the punch
bowl. Miss Amy Girod and Miss Mari
lyn Nichols are to have charge of the
gifts and passing the guest book will
be Miss Pauline Girod. Mrs. Allan Bart
lett, Mrs. Bob Lee Smith, Miss Fern In
gram and Miss Elcanora Loveless will
be assisting at the reception. Rose, pink
and white begonias and sweet peas will
decorate the reception room. ,
For going away the bride has chosen
a gold suit dress with eggshell coat,
mocha brown accessories and corsage of
white baby orchids. Following a trip
to Washington the couple will be at
home in Portland, both to attend Lewis
and Clark college this fall. Both have
been attending Willamette university,
the bride being a member of Alpha Chi
Omega on the campus here.
Mrs. James Dunn and Mrs. Keith
Gwynn were hostesses at the home of
the former Thursday evening at a mis
cellaneous shower honoring Mrs. Dan'
Morley. Twenty-five were bidden. A
late aupper followed an informal evening.
Mrs. Kenneth Kohnen of Eugene and
Miss Betty Childs of Portland will be
out-of-town guests here for the buffet
supper and linen shower for which Mrs.
Carl E. Nelson and her daughter, Mrs.
William Ean of Portland, are to enter
tain next Wednesday evening at the
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TO COLLEGES IN the mid-west and east go Miss Sara Louise Smith, at left, and her
sister, Miss Margaret Smith, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. G. Herbert Smith. Sally will be
junior at Randolph-Macon College for Women in Lynchburg, Va., following two years at
Willamette. Margie will enter as a freshman at DePauw university in Greencastle, Ind,
A group of 16 has been bidden' to a
miscellaneous shower and late supper
for which Mrs. A. R. Tartar is to enter
tain Monday evening in compliment to
Miss Carol Young, bride-elect of Frank
Lauritzen of Oakland, Calif., and Miss
June Young, who is to wed Stanley
Ralph Underwood of McMinnville.
At the party will be the Misses Young '
and their mother, Mrs. Hubbell A.
Young, Mrs. J. L. Kennedy, Mrs. Allan
Johns, Mrs. Willard Wirtz, Mrs, Stan-'
ley McKay, Mrs. Marie Ling, Mrs. Lu
cille Burnett, Mrs. Howard Jenks, Mrs.
C. C. HigginS, Mrs. Claude Steusloff,
Mrs. E. A. Young, Mrs. Roy Nutting of
Albany, Mrs. Emerson Teague, Mrs. Flo
Nutting of Albany, Mrs. Howard Mix, .
Mrs. Thomas Kenagy and the hostess. .
Among visitors in the capital is Miss
Marie Churchill of Portland who is
here until the first of the month at
the home, of her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Weller.
A dinner party is being given this eve
ning by Dr. and Mrs. Horace McGee and
Dr. and Mrs. Maynard Shiffer at the
home of the former, bridge games to
follow the dinner.
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AN ATTRACTIVE BRIDE whose wedding look place August 20 was Mrs. Theodore R. Flook,
Jr., the former Miriam Shellenberger. She is the daughter of Mrs. A. G. Matherly of
Sitem, Mr. Floot the too of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Flook of Portland. The couple will live
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Nelson residence to ' honor Miss Flor
ence Duffy, bride-elect of John S. Hor
ton. Mrs. Kohnen is the sister of Mr.
Horton. Thirty guests have been in
vited, the party being a mother and
daughter one.
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Mr.-and Mrs. Keith Brown are to be
hosts, this evening at a dinner and in
formal evening at their country home
for a group of 12 friends.
Members of the board for Eta chap
ter, Beta Sigma Phi, will meet Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. Burl Cox.
Mrs. George Giustina and Miss Anita
McGuire of Eugene will be luncheon
guests of Mrs. Elmer O. Berg, Monday,
the visitors being en route to Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wilson, Jr.
will be hosts for an informal at home at
their Fairmount Hill residence Sunday,
complimenting Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bon
awitz, who recently moved to the capital
from Portland. Mrs. Bonawitz is a sister
of Mrs. Wilson.
Guests have been bidden to call be
tween' 3 and 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bell are to assist the hosts. '
.Miss Patricia Long and Miss Patricia
Carver are to be 'hostesses next Thurs
day evening at a dessert party and pan
try shower to honor Miss Janice Middle
ton, September bride-elect of LaVern
Hiebert. A group of 14 has been bidden,
the party to be at the home of Miss Long.
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KNIGHT Memorial church will be
the setting for a wedding of in
terest Sunday evening when Miss
Norma Jane Cass, daughter of Mrs. and
Mrs. Luis A. E. Cass, Salem will be mar
ried to Richard Martin Thurin, son of
Mrs. Reynold Thurin of Altadena, Calif.,
and Reynold Thurin of La Canada, Calif.
The church will be decorated in white
and pastel gladioluses and candlelight
for the service, the Rev. Louis E. White
to read the vows at 8:30 o'clock.
Preceding the service, Miss Beverly
Kenney is to sing "Because" and "Al
ways," Mrs. Clifton Cass, sister-in-law
of the bride, to be at the organ.
Lighting the tapers will be Miss Mavis
Eggens and Miss Shirley Long. , Both
will wear aqua gowns.
Mr. Cass is to give his daughter in
marriage. The wedding gown is of white
satin, fashioned in princess style with
a lace yoke and large bertha, and a long
train. The fingertip 'veil is to be ar
ranged from a headpiece of the veil ma
terial. . For her flowers, the bride is to
carry a cible with baby orchids.
Five Attendants .
Mrs. Richard Givens (Charlotte Wil
liams) will be matron of honor, wearing
an aqua gown.1 Miss Frances Gilbert,
Miss Vclma Dsvis, Miss Ramona Evans
and Mrs. Lewis Sturgis are to be brides
maids. The attendants will te in gowns
matching in style te- bride's dress e--cept
they will not have yokes, two nf
them in gold, tvo in pqua. Their flowers .
will be bouquets of gold chrysanthe
mums. Four-year-old Peggy Lee Cass will be
flower girl for her aunt and will wear
an aqua organdy frock and carry gold
flowers.
Attending Mr. Thurin as best man
will te James Ma?on of 'Los Angeles
and actin? as ushers will be Clifton Cass,
brother of the bride-to-be', James Car
son, John Petty and Patrick Tynan.
For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Cass
is to be in a gray gown with corsage of
rosebuds.
The reception following is arranged
in the church fireplace room. Cutting
the cake will be Mrs. Clifton Cass, sister-in-law
of the bride, and pouring will
be Mrs. Eva Arnett. Assisting at the
reception will be Mrs. Donald Dill, Mrs.
Donald Smith, Miss Lois Johnson, Miss
Harriett Thurin, Miss Betty Canter.
The couple plan a trip to southern
Oregon beaches. For traveling the bride
is to wear a rose suit with white acces
sories and a corsage of white orchids.
After September 10 the couple are to
be at home at 1809 S. W. 11th, King Al
bert apartments, Portland. Both are
former Oregon State college students.
Recent -visitor at the Robert W. Wil
son, Jr. home was the former's brother,
Howard W. Wilson, recently of Ray
mond, Wash. Mrs. Howard W, Wilson
and daughter are spending the summer
in Victoria, B.C. .'
Preparations are under way for the
start of freshman and rushing week at
Willamette university, September .14.
Students will be arriving on the cam
pus September 12 and 13.
The four sororities in the Willamette
Panhellenic group have parties arranged
for September 14, 15, 16 and 17. The
preference luncheon is to be given Sep
tember 17, the preference banquet that
evening with formal bidding following.
After bids are accepted the girls will go
to their respective houses tor firesides;
Panhellenic groups at Willamette in
clude Pi Beta Phi, Chi Omega, Alpha
Chi Omega and Delta Gamma.
A meeting of the campus Panhellenic
is to be held the week-end freshman
week opens, reports Mrs. C. R. Nelson,
Panhellenic adviser on the campus. .
Rehearsal Eyents
Several rehearsal parties are on the
calendar next week in conjunction with
early September weddings. -
Dr. and Mrs. Carl W. Emmons are to
entertain Wednesday evening at a buffet
dinner at their home to honor their
daughter, Miss Margaret-Jane Emmons,
and her fiance, John H. Syme of Parma,
Idaho. The affair will be at 5:30 o'clock,
. preceding the wedding rehearsal. About
30 will be in the group, including all
members of the wedding party and rel
atives. Mr. and Mrs" James C. Syme, parents
of Mr. Syme, and sons, Donald, Jim and
Bruce, and daughter, Miss Jeanne Syme,
will arrive Wednesday afternoon from
Parma.
The Syme-Emmons wedding is to be
an event of Thursday evening, Septem
ber 1, in the First Presbyterian church,
the reception following also to be in the
church.
Thursday Event ,
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Schnell are to be
hosts Thursday at a party for their
daughter, Miss Phyllis Schnell, and her
fiance, Robert W. Strebig, the affair to
precede the wedding rehearsal. In the
group will be members of the wedding
party and the parent's and families of
the young couple.
Miss Schnell and Mr. Strebig are to
be married next Friday evening, Sep
tember 2, in the First Congregational
church, the reception following to be at
the Schnell residence.
Entertain Friday
Mr. and Mrs Hubbell A. Young have
arranged a buffet dinner for next Friday
evening at their home at 6 o'clock, hon
oring their daughters, Misses Carol and
June Young and their respective fiances,
Frank Lauritzen of Oakland, Calif., and
Stanley Ralph Underwood of McMinn
, ville. The dinner will precede the wed
ding rehearsal, the two couples to be
married at a double ceremony Satur
day evening, September 3, in the First
Presbyterian church.
Attending the dinner will be all mem
bers of the wedding party and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Lauritzen, parents
of Mr. Lauritzen, are to arrive from
Oakland, Calif., that day, accompanied
by their daughter, Mrs. Paul Childs,
their son, William Lauritzen. and their
son-in-law, James Watt, also all of Oak
land. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley King Un
derwood of Los Angeles, parents of Mr.
Underwood, are to arrive Saturday
morning for the wedding, accompanied
by friends.