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6 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore
Alumnae Are
Entertained;
Plan Work
Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae
met last evening with Mrs. G. S.
Hoffman and Mrs. Cliff Robin
son as hostesses at the Rose
street home of Mrs. Huffman.
The group plans to study the
possibilities of assisting the Jun
ior Woman's club project for
equipping playgrounds of the
city.
Also, the alumnae packed
their usual box to go to their
"adopted" French boy.
Attending the meeting were
Mrs. Keith Powell, Mrs. George
Hug. Mrs. Wayne Hadley, Mrs
Donald Fisher, Mrs. Richard
Slater, Mrs. Willard Marshall,
Mrs. Victor Murdock, Mrs. Wil
liam Smith, Mrs. William Ryan,
Mrs. Richard Hayward, Mrs.
Rosalie Porter, Mrs. Franke
Burke, Mrs. Donald McCargar,
Mrs. Hoffman and Mrs. Robin
son.
Miss Dare Home
Home from three months in
Europe is Miss Maria Dare. She
arrived in New York City last
week, being met there by Mr.
and Mrs. George Fletcher, for
mer Salem residents now living
in Hartford, Conn.
Miss Dare was in Italy, visit
ing in Rome, Florence, Genoa
and Trieste. She spent some time
in' Venice and nearby places,
visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Dare spent some time in
Paris, too, before returning to
the States.
Engagement Told
Announcement is being made
of the engagement of Miss Dor
othy Denniston, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. Denniston of Eugene,
to Charles E. Johnson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Johnson of
Salem.
The wedding is planned for
December.
Miss Denniston is a nurse at
Salem Memorial hospital.
Mr. Johnson is a senior at Ore
gon State college.
Betrothal Announced
The engagement of Miss
Dolores Bornidina Rolofson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Rolofson, to Lawrence Franklin
Ycllcn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Yellen, all of Salem, has
been announced.
The wedding is planned for
next June. The bride-elect is a
student at Salem high school and
Mr. Yellen is a graduate of the
high school.
Saturday Party
Honoring her nephew's wife,
Mrs. William Egan, a bride of
the summer, Mrs. Frederick
Deckebach is to entertain inform
ally at luncheon Saturday after
noon at her home. Mrs. Egan is
the former Lois Mansfield and
came here from Portland.
Following the luncheon bridge
will be in play.
man entertained the Indepen
dence Rural Woman's club,
Thursday afternoon. It was de
cided to purchase some silver
ware for use nt the school house.
Mrs. H. Bartel will entertain the
club the second Thursday in No
vember. BORN Thursday, November S,
to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Lu
cas was a son, David Alan, at
Salem General hospital. Also
welcoming the new arrival is a
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- Friday, November 4, 1949
Named by Croup
University of Oregon, Eugene,
(Special) Miss Jo Anne Gilmore,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. D.
Gilmore, 498 Wayne drive, Sa
lem, was tapped this week on
the University of Oregon cam
pus for membership into Phi
Beta, women's national speech
and music fraternity.
Miss Gilmore is a junior major
in English.
Miss Laux Bride
At Sublimity Church
Sublimity St. Boniface
church in Sublimity was the
scene of a beautiful fall wedding
Saturday, October 29, at 8:3U
o'clock when Miss Grace Ann
Laux daughter of Mrs. Ann Laux
of Sublimity, was wed to Andrew
Silbernagcl, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Silbernagel of Jordan. Rev.
Joseph Scherbring officiated.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her brother, Eugene
Laux, and wore a white satin
gown with a net yoke, and bodice
trimmed in Chantilly lace. Her
two-tiered fingertip veil fell
from-a crown of seed pearls. She
carried a white prayer book with
white carnations and streamers
caught with white button chry
santhemums. Miss Margaret Laux, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor and
wore a gown of sky blue taffetta
with lace yoke, matching mitts
and a lace crown fastened with
a blue satin bow.
Miss Marcella Silbernagcl,
sister of the bridegroom, was
bridesmaid and wore a sky blue
gown styled identically to that
of the honor attendant, and wore
like accessories. They carried
bouquets of white chrysanthe
mums tied with a ribbon of
white satin.
John Laux, brother of the
bride, was best man and grooms
man was Benny Silbernagel,
brother of the bridegroom. Clif
ford Laux and Raymond Silber
nagel brothers of the bridal
couple, were ushers.
Mrs. Leonard Neal was organ
ist and the high school choir
sang the nuptial mass.
A dinner was served to rela
tives and friends of the wedding
party at the St. Boniface parish
hall, followed by a reception in
the afternoon. Mrs. Marie Zim
merman, aunt of the bride, cut
the wedding cake which was
decorated with tinted blue roses
and topped with a silver bell.
Mrs. Nick Senz, aunt of the bride,
poured and Mrs. Henry Thomas,
sister of the bridegroom presid
ed at the punch bowl. Betty Ann
Silbernagcl was in charge of the
guest book. The bride assisted
by Miss Bertha Silbernagel, sis
ter of the bridegroom, opened the
wedding gifts.
Serving at the dinner and re
ception were: Misses Margaret
Laux, Patricia Ditter, Donna
Susbauer, Marjorie Cries, Betty
Schumakcr and Angeline Hart-
man. Mrs. Nettie Grics and Mrs.
Marie Lulay prepared the din
ner.
Relatives from out-of-town at
tending the wedding were: Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Laux, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Laux from Cor-
vallis. Mrs. Arnold Senz and
daughter, Marie from North
Bend, and Mr. and Mrs. Nick
Senz from Bcaverton.
For going away the bride
chose a dark green suit with
matching accessories. She wore a
corsage of while carnations.
After a wedding to Canada,
the couple will make their home
near Jordan.
brother, Donald Herbert. Grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. James
E. Lucas of Salem.
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JEWELERS AND
State and Liberty
Livcslry
Auxiliary
Head Due
The national president of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars auxi
liary, Mrs. Evelyn Monaco, will
make her official visit to Port
land, November 12 and 13, local
members have been informed
There will be a turkey dinner,
November 12, at 6:30 p.m. at
the Sellwood Masonic hall, 7226
S. E. Milwaukie.
Reservations can be made with
Mrs. Clarice Henderson, 2921
S. E. Yamhill, Portland 15.
On November 13 at 2 p.m., an
open department meeting will be
held at 7226 S. E. Milwaukie.
All members of Marion auxi
liary are asked to attend. For
further information, they may
call 2-5367 or 2-1438.
The president of Marion auxi
liary, Mrs. Mae Wilder, has
asked all members to meet at
Marion square at 10:15 a.m.,
November 11, to participate in
the Armistice day parade.
Dr. Smith Gives
Talk at Woodburn
Woodburn Dr. G. Herbert
Smith, president of Willamette
university, was the guest speak
er at the November meeting of
the Woodburn Woman's club,
Wednesday afternoon, at the li
brary club rooms. Principal L.
E. Keller of Woodburn high
school presented Dr. Smith. His
talk was on educational lines.
Musical numbers were three vo
cal selections, one in French, by
Mrs. Alice Rose Jones, musical
director of the high school, ac
companied by Miss Grace Bank
er. During the business session
Mrs. W. O. Green presided and
reports were given by Mrs. A.
W. Andrews, vice president, on
the third district convention in
Portland and by Mrs. Fred
Frentz on the semi-annual Mar
ion County Federation conven
tion at Aurora last week.
Mrs. Andrews announced the
annual bazaar, featuring baked
foods, fancywork, white ele
phants and rummage, to be held
in the old theatre building on
Front street, November 19. A
sewing bee will be held at the
library Nov. 9 to work on ar
ticles for the bazaar and mem
bers are urged to attend and
bring materials. A sack lunch
will be served at noon. A dona
tion was made to the Commun-
ty Chest drive.
Thirty-five members answer
ed roll call in addition to a num
ber of guests who included Mrs.
Clifford Rappe, Mrs. S. Nelson,
Mrs. A. Demmett, Mrs. Glen Pol
ly, Mrs. O. H. Boje, MrS R. E.
Allison, Mrs. Margaret Johnson,
Mrs. James Livesay, Mrs. Ja
cob Weber and Mrs. Carrie Bo
nackcr. Tea was served by the hostess
committee which included Mrs.
J. B. Gay, Mrs. Mark Thompson,
Mrs. Guy Graham and Mrs.
Frank Purdey. The serving ta
ble was attractive with decora
tions of tiny yellow chrysanthe
mums and yellow tapers. Pre
siding at the urns were Mrs. P.
C. McLaughlin and Mrs. J. Mel
vin Ringo.
AMONG Salemitcs to be at
the game between University of
Oregon and University of Wash
ington Saturday afternoon in
Portland will be Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Huggins. They will
also greet their daughter. Miss
Suzanne Huggins, UO student,
while there. Miss Huggins is
spending the week-end in Port
land with school friends.
AMONG those entertaining
at the late week are Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Chambers, who have invit
ed friends for an informal din
ner and bridge party this eve
ning at their home.
ON SUNDAY evening, Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Parker are to
entertain for their club at a
dessert supper, bridge to follow.
It costs so little to give your lovely dia
mond a new look. Bring it in today.
We'll show you a variety of handsome
mountings and help you choose the
one that will dramatize YOUR prec
ious gem.
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(Alice M. Jackson) were married September 24 in Raymond,
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Campus Clippings university
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Highlighting the week-end's social calendar are the several
fraternity parties scheduled for this ivening. The Phi Delta
Theta pledges have planned a semi-formal date dinner and dance
and have hinted that steaks are to be included on the menu.
The chapter house will be decorated with the fraternity colors of
azure blue and white. ine
pledge class of Sigma Chi is also
entertaining in a similar fashion,
and has invited the members to
join them at the dance following
their banquet. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon will "go formal" to
night at their "Fantasy Under
sea". Luminous fish silhouet
ted against backdrops will lend
an underwater atmosphere, with
an old galleon providing the set
ting for the orchestra. There
will be an orchid corsage for
every coed as well as program
souvenirs of dark blue paper
decorated with pictures of tropi
cal fish.
Another campus publication,
"The Wallulah", Willamette's
yearbook, has received the dis
tinction of being awarded the
highest rating by the National
Scholastic Press association.
This is the first time in four
years of competition with schools
all over the country that "The
Wallulah" has achieved the sta
tus of "All-American." Gcri
Bowles edited the 1949 book,
which was rated particularly
by the judges for its introduc
tory, faculty and class section,
coverage and personality.
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Rehearsals for the annual
presentation of Handel's Mes
siah, sponsored by the Salem
Oratorio society, got under way
this week. Auditions for the
solo parts are still in progress.
and a chorus of 350 Is expected
to perform, including the mem
bers of the university a cap-
pella choir.
A new organization on the
campus has enlisted the interest
of many students. It is called
UNESCO and will approach the
problems of future peace and
war through a knowledge and
understanding of other peoples. I
worKing in conjunction with the
United Nations Economical and
Social Council, local UNESCO
proposes to tackle the questions
of causes of war, bases of hatred
and national differences. As a
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means to achieve this end,
Lowell Miller of Salem, chair
man of the group, has suggested
the exchange of material objects
of interest between countries,
the presentation to the student
body of a model United Nation
and a program to enable stu
dents to study situations in for
eign lands first hand.
Thornton Wilder's "Our
Town" has been selected as the
first of three plays to be present
ed this year under the sponsor
ship of the drama department.
Tryouts began last night in pre
paration for the performance on
December at the Salem high
school auditorium. The play,
which centers around the lives
of two families in a small town,
is creating much interest among
the students who are intrigued
by the proposed setting which
only suggests the background.
A DAUGHTER, Ulista Jean,
was born Tuesday, November 1,
to Dr. and Mrs. Dean K. Brooks,
at Salem General hospital. There
are two older daughters in the
family, India and Denise. Grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Moser of New York City and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Brooks of Law
rence, Kansas, and the great
grandmother is Mrs. E. Balyeat,
also of Lawrence. Mrs. Moser
is here to spend the month at
the Brooks home, Dr. Moser
planning to come west for
Thanksgiving.
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We also hove a nice assortment of
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Guests Invited
For Luncheon
An event of this afternoon
was the luncheon and bridge
party for which Mrs. Gordon O.
Leonard was hostess at Churck't
Steak House, guests for 12 ta
bles being invited.
Guest list for the party in
cluded: Mrs. P. C. Anderson,
Mrs. Ralph Atwood. Mrs H. M.
Randall, Mrs. Melvin Bedsaul,
Mrs. A. J. Becker, Mrs. Charles
F. Haynes, Mrs. Irvin F. Bryan,
Mrs. Elmer O. Berg, Mrs. Frank
Ward, Mrs. Willis C. Clark, Mrs.
Luis duBuy, Mrs. Robert E.
Corey, Mrs. Gerald H. Wing,
Mrs. Arthur W. Cole, Mrs. Wal
ter Toy, Mrs. G. E. Crockett,
Mrs. Roy Todd, Mrs. A. P. Col
lins, Mrs. Lee I .Thomas, Mrs.
Sam Campbell, Mrs. Arthur
Erickson, Mrs. Stuart Thede,
Mrs. Smith French, Mrs. Milo
Taylor, Mrs. Rodney Fety, Mrs.
Charles Shaw, Mrs. John Glen
non, Mrs, Harold O. Schneider.
Mrs. Robert M. Fischer, Jr., Mrs.
Malvin B. Rudd, Mrs. Jacob
Foos, Mrs. William D. Galloway,
Jr., Mrs. Howard R. Post, Mrs.
Ed Goeckner, Mrs. James L.
Payne, Mrs. Edwin L. Graham,
Mrs. Horace McGee, Mrs. E. J.
Hagen, Mrs. Hugh Morrow, Mrs.
William E. Healy, Mrs. Frank E.
Manbeck, Mrs. Harold H. Heiser
man, Mrs. Rollin Lewis, Mrs.
Roger Hoy, Mrs. Hobart Jackson,
Mrs. Loren W. Lewis, Mrs. M.
E. Knickerbocker, Mrs. Arthur
Young.
Mrs. Clark Is
Hostess to Club
Liberty Mrs. Lester Clark
was hostess to the Liberty Wom
an's club Thursday afternoon at
her home on route 9. There were
27 present with Mrs. Eugene
Bloom and Mrs. Clarence Grif
fis assisting the hostess.
Reports were made on the
Marion County Fe deration
meeting held recently in Auro
ra, and the club voted to make
50 bean bags for the children of
the Liberty school.
Mrs. C. W. Staccy reported on
child welfare and the club voted
to send $5 to the Children's
Farm home at Corvallis and a
collection was taken to pur
chase Christmas gifts in advance
for the home. The club voted to
make stuffed animals and toys
for Christmas gifts for the Fair
view home and to save their
Christmas cards and magazines.
The club members also have
been asked to save their can
celled stamps for the Chin-Up
club.
It was announced that the new
Girl Scout leader was Mrs. Pau
line Morrow, with Mrs. Alvin
Poole as assistant.
On the program were Mrs.
Daye Idleman, who is principal
of the Fairview home and Mrs.
Josephine Mursell, a teacher
there. They told of the schooling,
training program and activities
of the home; also that the hospi
tal was being started this week.
The club held a plant shower for
Mrs. Wayne Blaco who is build
ing a new home on Boone road.
The next meeting will be the
Christmas party at the home of
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Mrs. Harold Lane on Skyline
road. It will be December IS,
and each one is asked to bring a
50 cent gift lor an exchange.
Mrs. W. J. Hall extended an
invitation to the extension unit
meeting November 17, at the Sa
lem Heights hall. The project
will be on window treatment.
Legion Auxiliary
Plans for Event
The Kingwood American Le
gion auxiliary met Thursday
night and made plans for Armis
tice day. There will be a no-host
dinner and then the afternoon
will be spent in quilting.
Mrs. Guy Hastings was ap
pointed chairman of a commit
tee in charge of the refresh
ments which will be served by
the auxiliary at the American
Legion's turkey shoot which will
be held at the Salem Gun club,
November 13. Mrs. E m m e 1 1
Dickson and Mrs. C. H. Boyd
will assist on the committee.
The group voted to send a
check to the Methodist Old Peo
ple's home to help with their
elevator fund. There will be a
tea at this home November 18 to
which all auxiliary members are
invited.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Floyd E. White and Mrs.
Robert Dickson.
MONMOUTH The Horizon
club sponsored a bridal shower
Tuesday evening in Brainerd
parish hall for Miss Grace
Schroeder.
Following the opening of the
gifts refreshments were served
to Gladys Young, Margaret
Stump, Bonny Flickenger, Don
na Tomkins, Pat Petrick, Wan
da Nelson, Rita Lewis, Calene
Sawtelle, Ethel Burns, Karleen
Evans, Earlene Conkey, Betty
Bollinger, Grace Schroeder,
Mrs. Larry Fresh, Mrs. Schroe
der and Mrs. Jack Stump.
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Mrs. Stoddard
Given Surprise
The home of Mrs. George
Stoddard on 4th street was the
scene of a party Monday evening
when friends called in "spooky
attire for a surprise party. - ,
The evening was spent infor
mally. A lunch was served at;,a
late hour.
Mrs. Stoddard has long passed
her 80th birthday. During the
evening she appeared in a Hal
loween costume and gave
dance for the guests.
Those present were Mrs. Stod
dard, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Voegtlin,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Harms, Mr.
and Mrs. John Bruijn, Mr. arid
Mrs. Shurman Mann, Mesdames
Sarah Vrooman, Constance
Rausch, Lucile Laws, Zana Mon
zingo, Irene Nelson of Portland,
Elvera Cervenka, Mae Graham,
Grace Johnson, Elvera Beard,
Marie Nelson, Ernie Stein and
Irving M. Zeller.
GATES Members of
the Gates Woman's club were
entertained for the social meet
ing of the month at the home of
Mrs. Theodore Burton with
Mrs. Frank Saunders assisting
hostess. Mr. Burton, principal of
the local high school, was pres
ent and made a short talk offer
ing suggestions to the ladies on
ways and means to raise money
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plans for
to finish the clubhouse :
der construction. An
discussion featured pi
the annual bazaar to be given by
the club Saturday evening, De
cember 3. At the close of the
afternoon, refreshments were
served by the hostesses to Mrs,
C. O. Rhames, Mrs. Glen Hear;
ing, Mrs. Lincoln Henness, Mrs. i
Elmer Stewart, Mrs. Harold
Wilson, Mrs. Albert Millsap,
Mrs. Larry Shelton, Mrs. Joe
Joaquin, Mrs. Floyd Volkcl,
Mrs. Laura Joaquin and Mrs.
Edward Chance. ' "'"
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