Instructor
In Nursing
. Miss Elizabeth Mcintosh has
joined the staff of Salem Gen
eral hospital as nursing art in
itructor, it is announced by Miss
Lillian McDonald, hospital sup
erintendent. Miss Mcintosh will
have charge of nursing services
t the hospital and of the train
ing and supervision of nurses
aides.
The aides met last week to or
ganize as a social group, naming
Carl J. Woodruff as chairman
Mrs. Minnie Gregory as vice
chairman, and Mrs. Eugene
Krebs as secretary-treasurer.
The organization meeting was
attended by 49.
Christmas party fo. the aides
was held last evening at the
nurses home. Miss Mcintosh as
an honor guest.
; The hospital nurses also held
, their Christmas party, at the
nurses home, 50 attending. Miss
: Grace Taylor was a special guest.
' A late buffet supper was served
Wednesday afternoon, the non
professional personnel at the
hospital met for their Christmas
tree and party in the dining
room. Miss Betty Bolton, die
tician at the hospital, is sponsor
.'for this group.
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Couple Honored
As Goldenweds
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond L. Lan
ders of West Salem celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary,
December 18, at the Evangeli
cal United Brethren church in
Philomath. Approximately 125
friends and relatives gathered to
enjoy a dinner at 1:30 o clock
and a reception which continued
throughout the afternoon. Rev.
Arthur Bates of Silverton, Mr.
Landers' brother, was master of
ceremonies. A tribute to the cou-
Cle from all the nieces and neph
ews was made by Chester Bow
ers of Coos Bay. Dean Stcph
ens of Klamath Falls sang, as
sisted in pantomime by Mrs.
Ralph Cheney of Portland and
accompanied at the piano by
Robert Field of Portland. Toasts
were given by Richard Mar-
I quardt of Corvallis and little
J Ronnie and David Thorkildson
' of Portland in behalf of the
1 grandnieces and nephews.
Seated at the honor table with
Mr. and Mrs. Landers were then
son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and
Mrs. Ellery Landers of Port
land; Mrs. Landers brothers-in-
law and sisters, Mr. and Mrs,
Howard Peterson of Corvallis,
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McKenney
of Eugene, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Cheney of Portland, Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Campbell of North
Bend, and Mrs. Hattie Bowers of
Eugene; Mrs. Landers' brothers
and sisters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Bowers of Corvallis, and
Ben Bowers also of Corvallis;
Mr. Landers' brothers and sisters-in-law,
Rev. and Mrs. Ar
thur Bates and Mr. and Mrs.
Loma Field of Dundee. The
only other living brother of Mr.
Landers, Henry Landers of El
mira, was unable to be present.
Every living brother and sister
and their wives and husbands, of
Mrs. Landers were present.
Guests came from Lakeview,
The Dalles, Coos Bay and many
communities of the Willamette
valley, also from Camas, Ocean
Park and Vancouver, Wash.
There were 46 nieces and ne
phews and 26 grandnieces and
nephews present, many of whom
assisted with the dinner and
about the rooms. Mrs. Myrtle
Murphey of Philomath was in
charge of the kitchen.
Mr. and Mrs. Landers are both
members of pioneer families of
the Willamette valley. Mr. Lan
ders came to Oregon at the age
of five with his two brothers and
their widowed mother, about
1878. They came overland from
Missouri to San Francisco, then
to Oregon by ship and settled in
the Willamette valley near Irv
ing. Mrs. Landers was born in
Oregon, her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Solomon Bowers, having
.crossed the plains when they
were small children, by ox team
during the height of the western
migration near the middle of the
last century.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Landers took place December 20,
1899 at Irving, Oregon, in which
vicinity they lived for many
years. A son, Ellery, was born
in 1902 in Eugene. The family
resided in Eugene until 1916
when they moved to Willamina.
In 1918 they moved to Portland,
residing there until they moved
to Salem, 17 years ago, where
they now have their home at 891
Rosemont avenue.
AP Lists Outstanding Women of Year
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Eleanor Roosevelt jT . v' , Jocque Mercer
Olivia de" ' "" '
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Marie Wilson
Georgia Neese Clark Margaret Clapp Margaret Chase Smith
Mary Martin, the Texas girif-
who washes her hair nightly as
star of the Broadway phenome
non, "South Pacific," has receiv
ed high vote in the annual AP
poll on outstanding women of
the year.
The poll, conducted among
editors of Associated Press news
papers, was divided in most
categories, but was almost un
animous in naming Miss Martin
top actress of 1949.
It was the first time an ac
tress received top vote in the
annual editors' poll. Outstand
ing women named in previous
years have included such per
sonalities as: Clare Boothe Luce
(then ccngresswoman) in 1944;
Lise Meitner, atomic scientist, in
1945; Princess Elizabeth in 1947
and Margaret Chase Smith, sen
ator from Maine, in 1948.
Mary Martin began her career
as a dancing school teacher in
Texas, gave the movies a tenta
tive whirl and made her first
impact on Broadway in 1938,
when she wowed the customers
with "My Heart Belongs to Dad
dy, " hit song of "Leave It to
Me."
She is married to Richard
Halliday, former film executive,
and lives quietly in Norwalk,
Conn., with her 17-year-old son,
Larry, and their seven-year-old
daughter. Marry Heller.
len other women were voted
outstanding in their respective
fields for 1949.
Woman of the year in the field
of sports was 15-year-old Mar
Iene Bauer, of Los Angeles, win-
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Traubel, Wagnerian soprano of
the Metropolitan Opera, again
was voted tops. A native of St.
Louis, Mo., Miss Traubel has
won fresh laurels this year, be
ing named a "Woman of Achieve
ment" by the Group Action
Council of St. Louis and receiv
ing an honorary doctorate of
music from the University of
Southern California.
In politics, the laurels went
to Margaret Chase Smith, first
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of the year" in 1948.
Outstanding movie actress of
1949 was Olivia deHaviland.who
won national acclaim for her re
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role in the film, "The Heiress,"
after a similar earlier triumph
in the role of the mad heroine of
The Snake Pit."
In the field of business, the
poll named Georgia Neese Clark,
of Richland, Kans., appointed
this year first woman treasurer
of the United States. Her sig
nature appears on all U.S. cur
rency issued since her appoint
ment a distinction never before
accorded to a woman.
The vote for outstanding wom
an in the field of radio went to
Marie Wilson, star of the zany
program "My Friend Irma."
Woman of the year in litera
ture was Eleanor Roosevelt,
whose memoir, "This I Remem
ber," has been a best-seller.
Margaret Clapp, new presi
dent of Wellesley college, was
named woman of the year in the
field of education. The eighth
president of the famous wom
en's college in Massachusetts re
cently won a Pulitzer Prize for
her scholarly biography, "For
gotten First Citizen. John Bige
low," and at the time of her ap
pointment was an assistant pro
fessor of history at Brooklyn
college and a Wellesley alumna
of the class of 1930.
Named outstanding in the
field of sciences was Dr. Mar
garet Mead, noted anthropolog-
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and Female." She is associate
curator of Ethnology at the A
merican Museum of Natural
History.
Outstanding beauty of the ear
was the current Miss America,
Jacque Mercer, of Phoenix,
Arizona.
MONMOUTH Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Haller celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary when
they held open house at their
home in Beaverton, Sunday af
ternoon, December 18. They were
married December 18, 50 years
ago at Taylor, la. Before mov
ing to Beaverton they lived for
a number of years on a farm
ist and author of an impressive north of town. Five of their six
children were present, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Riddell and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith at
tended from here. Mrs. Smith
assisted in serving.
Formal Party Enjoyed
Mill City A group of young
people attending the formal par
ty given by the Girls' Athletic
association of the high school
gathered following the affair at
the home of Miss Patricia Cree
for a tamale supper. They were
Misses Dolores Brewer, Sunnl.
Hoffman, Lavetta Powelson, Pat
ricia and Betty Cree, and four
boys home for the holidays from
Oregon State: Gordon Kay, Bill
Howe, Duane McFadden and
Harold Cox.
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