Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, November 21, 1952, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextCandidates for Sweetheart The three pretty Willamette university coeds above are the final group Irom which the 1952-53 "Sweetheart ol Sigma Chi" for Willamette university chapter of the fraternity will be named at the Sigma Chi Sweetheart ball this Friday evening. Left to right: Mis Maxine Brown of Bend, Miss Jill Gellerman of Burlingame, Calif., and Miss Joyce Karn of Tillamook. (Steimonts studio picture.) Capital Women ft Edited by MARIAN LOWRV FISCHER 1 'auuaitMAMimmitmimi iiiiiii ii i mil 'my,, , - '.. 6 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Friday, November 21, 1952 Sigma Kappa Group Meets Sigma Kappa alumnae were entertained Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Lynn Wallace, Mrs. George LeTourneux as the co-hostcss. A farewell gift was given Mrs. George Robinson who is leaving with her husband for Washington, D. C, to live. MrsJ Bert A. Walker, who is state civil defense chairman in the American Legion auxiliary, told of her trip to St. Mary's college In the fall for the western con ference of national civil defense leaders, Mrs. Walker represent ing the Oregon Legion auxiliary at the meeting. A no-host dinner and Christ mas party are planned for Dec ember 18 at the home of Mrs. Earl Hampton. Attending the meeting were Mrs. B. W. Staccy, Mrs. George LeTourneux, Mrs. Joseph Franko, Mrs. Bert A. Walker, Mrs. Robert Stewart of Turner, Mrs. E. E. Bcckman, Mrs. Lynn Wallace, Mrs. Earl Hampton, Mrs. Eric Carlson, Mrs. Frank DeWitt, Mrs. Nor man Johnson, Mrs. L. L. Jensen, Mrs. George Robinson. Honor Birthday Ford street birthday club met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Elva Feidler to honor Mrs. George Minifie on the oc. casion of her birthday. Mrs. John Minifie and Mrs. Henry Kecncy were hostesses. Others attending were Mrs. Ira Ralston, Mrs. Wil bur Clark, Mrs. John Justis, Mrs. James Johnson, Mrs. Irene Lyons, Mrs. Clara Loynes. Mrs. Grace Maring, Mrs. Myra Fisch er, Mrs. Hobnrt Dixon. Feted on Birthday Randy Dale Curtis, son of Mr and Mrs. Ray Curtis, was guest of honor at a party last evening, the occasion being his first birth day. Guests attending the party at the Curtis home were Mr. and Mrs. Merle Curtis. Misses Nor ma, Shirley and Delorcs Curtis; Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Orr, and Larry, Terry and Lynne Orr; Johnny and Lynn Hern, and Nancy and Marilyn Curtis, Ran dy's sisters. Miss MacDonald Feted at Party Miss Patricia MacDonald, who is to be married to Ralph Woods In December, was honored at a surprise party ana miscellane ous shower for which Mrs. Har old Pfeil and Mrs. Bernard Man neman were hostesses at the home of Mrs. Pfeil on Wednes day evening. Guests included Miss MacDon ald, Mrs. William MacDonald, Mrs. D. J. Harvy, Mrs. William Loft is, Mrs. John Rex, Mrs. Har ry McDowall, Mrs. Donald Boyd, Mrs. Tom Fiscus, Miss Margie Dunigan, Miss Ina Mae Brown and the hostesses. Insurance Group Welcomes Members Nineteen new members were welcomed by the Insurance Wo men's association of Salom at its Thursday evening meeting In the Marine room of the Marion hotel. During the program Mrs. Else Allen showed colored slides of her trip to Europe last year and several piano selections were played by young Ronnie Potts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Potts. Guests from Albany included Mrs. Fern Griffith and Mrs. Elaine Marks and from Salem, Mrs. Inez Graffius and Mrs. J. A, Kinzer. Special prizes for obtain ing the most new members went to Mrs. Gwcn Hill, Miss Pauline Hillpot, Mrs. Marguerite Kirk and Mrs. Elaine Kittleson. . Birthday Event Mrs. Everett Hearing enter tained Wednesday evening at f party in honor of the birthday anniversaries of Mrs. Ronald Rossner and Mrs. Kenneth Mor ris. Cards were played, gifts pre sented and a supper served. Three tables of cards were in play. War Mothers American War Mothers were entertained Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Sally Cook, with guessing games and sewing featured. The annual Christmas cookie and gift shipment for the veterans at Camp White was Shower On Thursday Honoring Mrs. Robert F. An derson. Mrs. Fred Cords enter tained last evening at a dessert party and informal evening. The group feted the honoree with a shower of gifts. Guests included Mrs. Ander son, Mrs., Gus Moore, Mrs. Carl ton Greider. Mrs. Roth Holtz, Mrs. Ardo Tarem, Mrs. Frank Washburn, Mrs. Arthur Ritchie, Mrs. Dean Pfouts, Miss Celia Balcaen, Mrs. Jason Lee, Mrs, Charles Derthick, Mrs. Les Nel son, Mrs. John M. Kamage ana the hostess. Auxiliary Entertained A travel picture on Bermuda was shown for the Lions club auxiliary meeting Thursday eve- nine at the home of Mrs. R. w Land. Ed Handle or tne Holly wood Lions club ran off the pic ture for the group. Co-hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Erich Laetsch, Mrs. Richard Pickell, Mrs. George A. Brown, Mrs. Joseph B. Felton Mrs. Walter Dry, Mrs. Lee Oh mart, Mrs. Stuart Walker. The group planned its Christ mas meeting for December 11 at the home of Mrs. Milo Boniface. The auxiliary is to remember a family at Christmas time with gifts and food. Garden Club meets Salem Heights Mrs. Helen Grabenhorst was hostess to the Wee Weeders Garden club on Tuesday afternoon at a dessert luncheon at her home on Scenic View Drive. The group discussed the green show to be sponsored by the Sa lem Garden club. The club will make an entry. There will be a penny collection for the cheer committee at each meeting. Mrs. Gerald Knepper was appointed chairman of the scrapbook. Each member present made a winter corsage. In December the group will make Christmas greens, and an all day meeting Is scheduled. SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bllm and Charlene have returned to their home in Spring field after a visit with relatives in Silverton. Mrs. Bllm' is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blundcll. Some Notations . . . This department is going to miss the weekly visits with Mrs. Douglas McKay, wife of Ore gon's governor, who will be leav ing the capital soon with the gov ernor when he takes his new job as secretary of the interior . . . Come next month it will seem the weekly schedule of calls is off balance because we will not be calling the familiar 37198 . . . If any group is in position to evaluate people it Is the working press who meet and talk with them constantly . . . And to this nna iinimnnptnnl mftmhor nf 1h( fourth estate, Mrs. McKay is tops I wjh her interest in her hus . , ,;(U t. ( hf band's career and what it means to Oregon Mrs. McKay looks .By M. L. F.j Wayne Hadley (Shirley McKay); and Danny Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester D. Green (Mary lou McKay) . . . And with Mrs. McKay's de parture for the east, the capital loses its champion angel cake baker for a time at least . . . Very few parties there have been at the McKay home that the fa mous angel food has not been served, in fact guests, practically demanding it . . . The McKays definitely are not giving up their home here, they are just leaving it for a while . to work with . . . Never too busy to take our call, always friendly and gracious, she has ever been conscientious to make sure we got our news, completely and on time .. . . But she has been more than just a voice over the tele phone . . . Always she has time to chat about our own doings and interests as well as to give us inadvertently little choice notes about her family and her schedule as she chats along . . . Always, she is a person and individual, first; and in the pub lic eye secondly, in other words she always has been just herself with no extra front just because she has been the state's First Lady . . . Mrs. McKay regretfully leaves her home to go to the national capital, her home and her fam ily always meaning so much . . . But duty comes first with Mrs. McKay . . . She promises she will be back frequently, after all five young grandchildren are a very fine excuse to get "home'! as often as possible . . . Both the McKays' daughters and fami lies have lived close by , . . The five grandchildren are Eileen, Allan, Bruce and Nancy Had ley, children of Mr. and Mrs. planned. The items are to be due at the next meeting of the group, December 5, at the home of Mrs. Ben Randall, 1875 West Nob Hill. Mrs. Glenn Prather, presi dent, and Mrs. Randall are charge of this meeting. Parties in Farewell highlighted by jet QualiCraft shoes with that $20.00 look! Black or grey luedel Red, blue, brown or black calf! Black patent leather! Sizes 3 through 10, AAA to C OPEN FRIDAY NIGH1 '111 9 Lterfs 170 N. Liberty .mil ORDERS mvlttDI Add 2H, C. 0. D.'l, cluigu coJIect V;: Committees for Smorgasbord Are Announced Committee chairmen for the sixth YWCA-YMCA smorgas board on December 3 were named this week by Mrs. Harold O. Schneider, president of the YWCA, and Gus Moore, general secretary of the Salem YMCA. Mrs. Gus Moore, Carlton Grei der and Ronald Hudkins will handle program arrangements. Dave Hoss has been appointed master of ceremonies for the event. In charge of food for the smor- gasboard will be Mrs. Vernon Gilmore, Mrs. Robert D. Gregg, Mrs. Wallace Carson and Mrs. Oscar Liudahl. Lobby hosts and hostesses are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fearing and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Loe. Willamette university YM and YW members will serve as dish washers, with dining room serv ice to be handled by eighth and ninth grade Y-Teeners. YMCA men and board mem bers will serve as traffic man agers. Lobby booths will be un der the supervision of Miss Eliza beth Beat, Miss Lillian Schoot and Ardo Tarum. Publicity has been assigned to Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Brandt, Jr., and Miss Nancy Stuart. Decorations committee will be announced at a later date. Plan at Home Mr. and Mrs. Will ard Mar shall have invitations out for an at home on November 2f) be tween 8 and 10 o'clock. Council Meets Discussion of a hnmp fnr de linquent youths for Salem was presented at th. ThnrsHnv nft. ernoon meeting of Salem Coun cil or women's Organizations, the group convening in the fire place room of the city library. A committee to study the proj ect was appointed, Mrs. Harry Sapoenfield. Mrs. W. H Bnrhor and Mrs. Laura S. Johnson. BORN THURSDAY to Lt. and Mrs. Ned Burris was a son, Ned ry Allen. Mrs. Burris is living In Salem while Lt. Burris is with the air force in Japan. welcoming the new arrival are sister, Molly Elizabeth, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Burris and Mrs. Lilley Shel- ton, all of Salem. forward to the stay in Washing ton . . . The possibility that State Sen ator Paul L. Patterson will come to Salem as governor when Governor Douglas McKay goes to Washington as the new sec retary of the interior is watched with keen interest in the state capital where Senator and Mrs. Patterson have many friends. Through his years of service in the legislature and through activities of both in civic and public life, both the Pattersons are well known here. Mrs. Patterson is the former Georgia Benson, daughter of the Amos S. Bensons and grand daughter of Oregon's noted phil anthropist, Simon Benson. And should Senator Patterson become governor, the board of control would take on a bit of all in the family" tone the new state treasurer to take office in January, Sigfrid Benson Unan der, is a cousin of Mrs. Patterson. A graduate of University of Oregon, where she is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, Mrs. Patterson is known for her friendliness and interest in peo ple, and for capable leadership. In the university she was prom; inent throughout her four years there and climaxed her activities by serving as president of the Associated Women Students. Married in 1927, the Patter sons have made their home in Hillsboro ever since. There are three children in the family, Mrs. John Smithson (Patricia Patterson) of Portland; Paul Patterson, Jr., now in the army stationed at Camp Roberts, Calif.; and Miss Virginia Pat terson, known as Jinks, now a sophomore at Stanford. Then there are two grandchildren,! Kristi, the five-year old daugh ter of the Smithsons, and Paul ratterson III, son of the Paul Pattersons, Jr. In addition to her home and family and many civic duties in Hillsboro, Mrs. Patterson has been active in several state in terests. For several years she has been on the state board of edu cation. She also has served on the state boards of the American Association of University Women, the Parent-Teachers as sociation and the American Le gion auxiliary. The Pattersons are not much for the extensive social life, en tertaining informally always but graciously, their parties being the Kina wnere everyone has a real good time. The schedule a governor's wife has to keep up may be de cidedly different from her way of life, but those knowing Mrs. Patterson know she can take it in stride and come through with flying colors. Salem Heights Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Forbis were hosts at a family dinner on Sunday at their home of Liberty road honoring Mrs. Lloyd B. Chapman, and son, Scott, who will leave Sunday by boat to join Captain Lloyd Chap man in Okinawa where he is sta tioned with the army. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Arch B. Chapman, Joe and Sus an, the Rev. and Mrs. George Palmer, Ronald and Rozanna, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Bill K. Chapman, Billy, Stephen and Judy. Captain Lloyd Chapman is the son of Mr. and . Mrs. Clarence Forbis. Mrs. Clarence' E. Forbis and Mrs. Arch B. Chapman were hostesses at a handkerchief shower in honor of Mrs. Chap man at the Forbis home on Lib erty road. Honoring Mrs. Chapman were Mrs. Les Mussman, Mrs. James C. Owens, Mrs. Truett B. Owens, Mrs. Dale Brooks, Mrs. Lou Scrivens, Mrs. Marjorie Panek, Mrs. Charles Hagemann, Mrs. Robert Rounds, Mrs. Robert Tay lor, Mrs. Lloyd Riegel, Mrs. Gil bert Bates, Mrs. Denton Walker, Mrs. Paul Melcherick, Mrs. Vir- girl Avery, of Corvallis, who is Mrs. Chapman s mother, Mrs. Clarence Forbis and Mrs. Arch B. Chapman. PAST MATRONS club of Or der of Eastern Star is to meet to night at the Golden Pheasant for dinner and program at 6:30 o'clock. Leaving for South Leaving Monday for Califor nia tor an exienaea nay rolnnel and Mrs. Mark Hillary. They will go first to Fort Ord to visit their son, isi iii. uaviu L. Hillary. The Hillarys plan to be gone until March or April. During their absence, Mr. ana Mrs. Ray Hinebaugh are occupy ing their apartment. WRC Dinner A turkey dinner was the feat ure for the November social meeting of Past Presidents club of Sedgwick chapter, No. 1, Woman's Relief Corps, Thurs day. The event was at the home of Mrs. Forrest Pratt. Mrs. Pratt won the special afternoon prize. Those present were Mrs. W. G. Walker, Mrs. W. J. Beard, Mrs. F. M. Hoyt, Mrs. Goldia Kyle, Mrs. Bertha DeSart, Mrs. Flor ence Shipp, Mrs. Sarah Peter son, Mrs. Blanche Stewart, Mrs. Clarence Townsend, Mrs. Mary Ackerman and the hostess. The December meeting is to be at the home of Mrs. W. G. Walk er, and lt will be a Christmas i party. 1 HOSTS to their supper club on Sunday evening will be Mr. and Mrs. James R. Humphrey. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Spaulding of Portland, formerly of Salem, will be out-of-town members attending. Try a Private DANCE LESSON $100 ONLY I All Types of Dancing Taught Studio Open 10 a m to 10 p.m. JON-MAR DANCE STUDIO 677 8. Commercial Ph 4-4862 , WE HAVE A COMPUTE I STOCK OF... ITTHWMIH tm ill 469 STATE ST. Come to AIIIIIICKLE'S CIRCUS ROOM For Your CHILDREN'S SHOES Buster Brown Propr-Bilt Junping Jacks 33 Years the Willamette Valley's Leading Family Shoe Store Open Friday Night' Til 9 481 State NOW! 24-HOUR DRUG SERVICE Open Daily 8 A.M. lo 11 P.M. and Duly Pharmacist on Call 11 P.M. to 8 A.M. Just Phone 3-9123 or 4-2248 QUISENBERRY'S Prescription Store, 130 South Liberty THESE PRICES EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, SATURDAY IN SALEM STORES FRUITCAKE MIX ... PEAS Del Monls SWIFTNING MIRACLE WHIP BLEACH- PUREX WHITE MAGIC CRACKERS" HI-HO TEA TIMERS VELVEETA BREEZE MB. PKG. NO. 303 3 LB. CAN QUART 39c 19c 69c 49c Vi GALLON 27C Vi GALLON 25C 1 LB. MB. CHEESE 31c 31c POUND POUND 89c 85c TURKEYS Over 16-lbs. ESQ' Eviscerated Pan-Ready . lb. vl Tender Young' Turkeys ftfb 8 to 16-lbs. lb. Otf Young Beltsville White . fE 3 to 8-lbs. lb. Dw HAMS Whole er Half POUND 59C SMOKED PICNICS - 39c CRISP CELERY 10c ORANGES m 10c Sweet Potatoes or Yams 2 29c FRESH CRANBERRIES 27c YELLOW CLING PEACHES Libby's No. IVi or Halves or OQ Castle Crest Slices r raf BISQUICK MINCE MEAT 40-01. Pkg, 39 BORDEN'S DUDE RANCH 29 OL 24 02. 43c 29c 2120 Fairground! Rd. 245 Court St. 1265 Center St. 935 S. Commercial St.