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Spinsters Christmas Ball Event for December 19
A gala pre-Christmaa event circled
on the calendar for a large (roup Beat
Saturday evening, December 19, is the
annual Christmas Ball of Salem Spin
sters club. -
The festive affair will be In the Gold
room at the Marion hotel, the setting
to feature Christmas decorations and
the black and gold theme. Dancing will
be between 9:30 and 1 o'clock, Robin
Gilbert's orchestra playing.
Patrons for the affair will Include Mr.
and Mrs. George Alexander, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester F. Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Becke, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill D. Ohling,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Cooler, Mrs. Cur
tis Cross, Mrs. Ross Hofue, Miss Beryl
Bolt Mrs. David Bennett Hill, Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald E. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Kirk, Mrs. Louis Lachmund, Mrs.
William McGilchrist, Jr., Mrs. C. 8. Ham
ilton, Mrs. Donald A. Young, Mrs. B. O.
Schucking, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Fry.
Mrs. Frank H. Spears, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert E. Shinn, Mr. and Mrs. Homer H.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Harry V. Collins,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Fischer, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Wheeler English. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Drager, Mr. and Mrs. James H.
Nicholson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Drye, MP. and Mrs. Hugh William Mc
Elhlnny, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Collins, Mr.
and Mrs. Sigfrid B. Unander.
The ball is a benefit for the philan
thropic projects of the Spinsters, this
year's special project being the state
school for the blind. Mrs. Ronald
Jones, Jr., is president of the club for
this term.
Mrs. Delwyn Kleen Is general chair-
man for the dance and on the various
committees are Mrs. William Byers,
Miss Margaret Stump, Miss Lois Mul
cahy. Miss Beverly Lytle, Miss Betty
Breakey, Miss Pstricia UUman, Miss
Ann Carson, Miss Janet Kirk, Miss Nor
ma Sletton, Mrs. Howard Mader, Mrs.
James R. White, Mrs. George C Alts
ander. Meeting Monday
Club members are meeting Monday
evening to talk over final plans tor the
ball, the meeting to be at the home of
Miss Sue Rawlinson on Candalaria
Heights. Co-hostesses are Miss Beverly
Lytle, Mrs. George C Alexander, Miss
Beverly Beakey. There will be a whit
elephant sale.
Bl'ST at wart deeoratlnr a Christmas trc to set the thrme far Salem Spinsters club's annual Christmaa
Charity Bail are Ibex flu above. The dance la one or the taihllihli of the holiday season here and will be
given this year en Saturday, December 19, at the Marlon hotel. Left to right. Miss Patricia lllman, Mrs. Howard
Mader, Mlaa Beverly Lytle, Miss Betty Breaker, and at the top of the ladder, Mn Lola Moleahr. proceeds from the
formal affair to the philanthropic projects ef the club.
Coffee Party
On of the pre-holldsy parties on
next week's calendar Is the informal
coffee for which Mrs. Lee V. Ohmart
and her ilster-ln-law, Mri. Arthur M.
Roethlin, will entertain on Tuesday
morning at the Ohmart home.
Guests are Invited to call between 10
a.m. and noon.
Pouring will be Mrs. Arnold Roethlin
Mrs. Hedda Swart, Mrs. Charles A.
Sprague, Mrs. E. M. Page.
Assisting during the two hour period
will be Mrs. Rudy Calaba. Mrs. William
Leeper, Mrs. Howard Eismann, Mrs.
Willis Ross, Mrs. Joseph B. Felton,
Mrs. Bruce Williams, Mrs. Bruce F.
Pickett, Mrs. Peery T. Buren.
FROM
in Washington
Washington, DC, December 8.
Dear Marian.
On of the highlights of our New
Tork visit was a special tour of the
United Nations. Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge, the United States dele
fate, assigned a member of hi staff to
escort Secretary and Mrs. Douglas Mc
Kay through the several auditoriums
and rooms, and we had the pr.vilcge of
getting a close up view of the Inlaid
woods In the doors of the room decor
ated by Norway, of the gorgeous hand
woven draperies in the. auditorium
furnished by Sweden, and of the use
of color in the Denmark designed coun
cil room.
The Norwegian marble, and wall cov
ering of damask which matched the
draperies in that room also attracted
ur attention. Use of the lighter col
ored Cuban mahogany In some sreas
of the building was interesting and
specially attractive is one of the
lounges that has white leather uphol
stered divans and chairs against a back
ground of green. We tat for a short
time near the desks of the United States
delegation in the gold and blue general
assembly room. So many persons at
home have viewed the United Nations
building that I have Just touched on a
few reactions to the beauty of the in
terior. From the United Nations, the Secre
tary went to lower Wall street to lunch
with T. Henry Boyd, who moved from
Portland to Chicago in 1935 and on to
New York in 1942. As lst Division
members, the two men have been long
time friends. Mrs. McKay and I lunch
ed with Mrs. Boyd in the Washington
Square area where the Boyds have an
apartment While Secretary McKay
spoke at a banquet meeting of the
American Mining Congress, Mrs. Mc
Kay and I saw "The Teahouse of the
' August Moon" an enchanting comedy,
beautifully acted and based on an inci
dent that never happened on Okinawa.
The McKays returned to Washington
on Wednesday but, I stayed on for the
remainder of the jeek for my long de
layed Mew York visit "Picnic" and
PREPARE FOR SPINSTERS CHARITY BALL
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
HOSTESS for one of the pre-holi-day
parties on Monday after
noon will be Mrs. Arnold Krue
ger, who has invited friends to call at
her apartment in the Lee between 2:30
and 5:30 o'clock.
Assisting the hostess will be her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Gordon Krueger;
Mrs. L. V. Benson, Mrs. G. E. McCor
mick, Mrs. T. Harold Tomlinson, Mrs.
Ellis Von Eschen, Mrs. Bruce Williams,
Mrs. Steve Tabacchl, Mrs. Clifford
Dane. Mrs. Bamey VanOnsenoord,
Mrs. Herman Jochimsen, Mrs. Carl Jor
dan, Mrs. Robert Sears.
Hostess to her bridge club on Wed
nesday evening will be Mrs. Sam Haley.
BY ALENE (PEG) PHILLIPS
"Can-Can" were additional theater
highlights of the week, but almost as
exciting as the color ar.d drama of the
stage were the Christmas decorations
both in and out of the stores. The use
of tremendous lighted displays against
the outside walls of the tall department
store buildings is a dazzling sight and
the windows with their shimmering
fabrics and glittering baubles and jew
els added further holiday glow to the
scene.
One jewelry store window called for
repeated strolls to that particular cor
ner. In each of some 10 windows was
a large Christmas tree of two dimen
sions only, outlined in a pale, pale
green crystalline mossy substance
Within the shape of the tree hung
crystal prisms and clear, glittering star
shaped objects that picked up tones of
the green and of the blue of the day
or the night all In all the most spar
kling windows one could Imagine.
While the Christmas tree In Rockefeller
Center and the long line of trees placed
along the center strip of Park avenue
were not decorated, one could guess the
picture it would be when lights were
placed and blarmg. In the open dis
play area of the modern Lever House
skyscraper was a gay, little carousel
with the tiny horses glistening with
decorations and the miniature carriages
piled with gaily wrapped gift boxes.
After luncheons at "21" and the
Stork, and a special dinner arranged
on the aircraft carrier "Antietam,"
which we toured from galley to bridge
up and down ship's ladders, an unex
pected event was attendance at a Uni
versity of Oregon alumni dinner Dr.
and Mrs. Meredith Wilson were the
honor guests and the New York alumnt
were delighted to have the opportunity
to meet the new president of the '.,'ni
versity and his wife before they leave
for the west. Commander and Mrs.
Wallace Hog of Salem, were my hosts
at a dinner at the attractive officers'
club st the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
after the visit with them and with other
friends In New York and New Jersey,
vacationing was over. As is this letter.
PEG.
(JMUB-Mtller studio plcuirt)
2 Christmas
Time Dances
Two pre-Christmas dance parties are
on the calendar for cxt week-end.
Bonheur Event
The pre-Christmas dance for Bon
heur club is planned for Friday eve
ning at Veterans of Foreign Wars hall,
dancing starting at 9 o'clock.
On the committee for the evening are
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Crosc. Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Jenks, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hal
varson, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lee, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sens and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Morgan.
Waverly Club
Wavcrly club members plan their for
mal dinner dance for Saturday evening.
December 19, in the Senator hotel Capi
tol room. Tl.c social hour will be at
7:30 o'clock, the dinner and dancing
from 8:30 to 12 o'clock.
Yuletidc decorations will feature the
party. On the decorating committee
arc Mr. and Mrs. James C. Armpriest
Dr and Mrs. Maynard Sniffer. Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto J. Wilson.
Several guests are expecting to at
tend the party. Among them will be
Mr. and Mrs. William Reder, guests of
the Douglas Bakers: Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Cline. guests of the E A. Lindens,
Jr Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Specht of Tilla
mook, who will be guests of the Oscar
Spechts, Jr ; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Un
derwood, guest of Mr and Mrs.
Thomas Stacer; Mr. and Mrs Fredrik
Rosier, to be guests of Mr and Mrs.
Stuart McElhinnyt Mr. and Mrs Homer
G. Lyon Jr., w ho are to be guests of the
Phil Brownells.
Mrs. Otto Skopil. Jr., Is to entertain
for her evening bridge club next Fri
day, the group to meet for dinner and
Christmas party.
Chapter CQ of the P.E.O. Sisterhood
will meet for dessert and Christmas
party at the home of Mrs. K. D. Lytle
140 W. Lincoln street, at 1:15 o.m. Tues
day. December 15
Co-hostess will be Mrs. H. T. Hcaton.
In charge of arrangements are Mrs.
John Mulr and Mrs. G. W. Bruce.
Christmas party for Eta chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi is planned for next
Wednesday evening at the home of the
sponsor. Mrs. Walter L. Spaulding. There
will be an exchange of gifts Pledges
of this year are to be hostesses.
Hostess to her bridge club on Tues
day for luncheon and the afternoon will
be Mrs. Parker Gies, this to be the
Christmas party for the group.
Members of Chapter AB of P.E O.
Sisterhood are to meet on Monday eve
ning at the home of Mrs. Robert F. An
derson with Mrs. Iva Howard Kirk as
co-hostess.
At Home for
McKays Set
An informal at home to give Secre
tary of Interior and Mrs. Douglas Mc
Kay an opportunity to meet old friends
while in the city over the Christmas
holidays Is planned for the evening of
'Tuesday, December 22.
The affair will be given by the Mc
Kays' two sons-in-law and daughters,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hadley and Mr.
and Mrs. Lester D. Green at the Hadley
home on Cross street
Friends of the McKays are invited
through the press to call between T and
10 o'clock for the informal affair.
The McKays arrive Sunday. Decem
ber 20, to be here until after Christmas
visiting at the homes of their two
daughters. ,
Mrs. Melvin H. Geist is to entertain
Sunday afternoon at an informal tea for
active members of Mu Phi Epsilon, na
tional music honorary on the Willam
ette university campus. Guests are in
vited to call between S and 4:30 o'clock.
Alumnae of Mu Phi Epsilon and wives
of college of music faculty members
also are bidden.
Mrs. G. Herbert Smith will pour and
Mrs. Josef Schnelker is in charge of the
dining room. Mrs. Robert Topping and
Miss Jane Gray, president of Mu Phi
Epsilon, will assist in the living room-
Chapter G of P.E.O. Sisterhood has ar
ranged its Christmas party for next
Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
G. Herbert Smith, dessert to be at 1:15
o'clock. Mrs. Gordon McGilchrist and
Mrs B. F. Williams are co-hostesses.
Hostess to the Drama class for its
Christmas party on Monday evening
will, be Mrs. Merrill D. Ohling. The
group will met for a supper at 7 o'clock.
Chi Omega alumnae of Salem will
gather at the Willamette university ac
tive chapter house for their Christmas
party on Monday evening, December
14, at 8 o'clock, the active girls to meet
with them.
Hostesses are Mrs. Robert Carey,
Mrs. Charles Darou, Jr., Mrs. Clarence
Webber, Jr., Mrs. Jackson Hazelett,
Mrs. Hal Rucker. There will be a gift
exchange, and Mrs. Carey and Miss
Carol McLeod will present a demon
stration on gift wrapping.
It Is another busy week ahead for
Mrs. Paul L. Patterson, wife of Ore
gon's governor.
On Monday and Tuesday she will be
attending committee meetings and gen
eral session for the state board of edu
cation in Salem. She is a member of
the board.
Later in the week, she will Join Gov.
ernor Patterson in eastern Oregon. He
is to be at Pendleton on Wednesday,
later at Hermiston and Umatilla, Mrs.
Patterson to Join him there.
On Friday, they will attend the dedi
cation of the bridge at The Dalles.
Next Saturday, the Pattersons'
younger daughter. Miss Virginia Pat
tersou, will arrive from Stanford uni
versity to be home for the holidays.
She is a junior at Stanford.
Mrs. Coburn Grabenhorst will enter
tain her bridge club for a Christmas
party on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Bjarne Erlcksen is to be hostess
to her bridge club for dessert and after
noon, Wednesday.
Salem Memorial Hospital auxiliary
plans its regular meeting for Monday
morning. December 14, in the hospital
annex at 10 o'clock.
Reports will be given on the recent
successful benefit show "High Fever
Follies." Mrs. Kenneth Sherman will
name committees for future projects of
the group.
Alpha Phi Alumnae club of Salem
plans its regular meeting and annual
Christmas party Monday, December 14,
at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Law
rence C. Merriam, Jr, 1477 Strong
Road. Members will exchange small
gifts. Mrs. Robert Friess will assist the
hostess.
Arriving Tuesday from Jackson. Miss,
will be Mr. and Mrs. Kelton Lowery and
three children to be here for over the
holidays with Mrs. Lowery's parents, the
H. G. Maisona.
Members of Chapter BQ of P.E.O. Sis
terhood are meeting for their Christmas
party on Monday evening at 7:45 o'clock
at the Manbrin Gardens borne of Mrs. J.
M. Glass.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chambers are en
tertaining with a series of holiday sup
pers, one to be Sunday Evening A group
of 12 has been Invited for a buffet
AMONG parties to be given pre
ceding the Spinsters club Christ
mas Charity Ball next Saturday
evening will be the one for which Miss
Grace Shields, Miss Nancy Hershe, Wil
liam Merriam and Richard Taw are to
entertain at the home of Miss Shields.
Guests are Invited to call between
7:30 and 9:30 o'clock.
Invited are Mr. and Mrs. David Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Compton, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy L. Houck, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Mader, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Bonesteele, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James
Hatfield, Mr. and Mrs. George Juba,
Miss Antoinette Kuzmanlch, Mark O.
Hatfield, Miss Beverly Lytle, John Grif
fith, Miss Mary Louise Lee, James
Fritts, Miss Evelyn Johnson, James Gil
berton. Miss Margaret Smith, Joe
Hardman, Miss Joanne Estey, Tom
Yates, Tom Brand.
Hostesses at a holiday time brunch
next Thursday, Dec. 17, will be Mrs.
Ralph W. Johnson and Mrs. H. M.
Boesch, the two to entertain at the
Fairmount Hill home of Mrs. Johnson
between 10:30 and 2:30 o'clock.
Pouring will be Mrs. Ralph H. Coo
ley, Mrs. Theron Hoover and Mrs. A. L.
Torgerson.
Assisting will be Mrs. Lawrence A.
Ballmer, Mrs. Carl Collins, Mrs. Carl
Quistad, Mrs. Harvey Gibbens, Mrs.
Richard A. Meyer, Mrs. William Schlitt,
Mrs. James R. Phillips, . Mrs. Ward R.
Davis, Mrs. B. L. Trelstad, Mrs. Melvin
Johnson, Mrs. Bert Sjoding.
The Henry M. Hanzen home will be
the scene for three pre-holiday parties
next week.
On Monday afternqpn, Mrs. Hanzen
will entertain her bridge club for
luncheon and the afternoon. Mrs. Don
ald Madison is to be an additional guest
On Wednesday and Thursday after
noons, Mrs. Hanzen will entertain at
luncheon and bridge parties, inviting
guests for three tables for each day.
The "Jule koffee" planned by Mrs.
Chester Loe will be an event of next
Thursday at her home between 10 a.m. '
and 1 p.m.
Assisting the hostess at the holiday
affair will be Mrs. Donald McCargar,
Mrs. Glenn Stevens, Mrs. Bruce F.
Pickett, Mrs. E. L. Peterson, Mrs. Ar
thur A. Atherton, Mrs. Bruce Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guerin are to en
tertain at a Christmas time supper party
Sunday evening at their home.. Cards
will follow the supper.
Christmas party for Salem Soroptim
1st club members will be next Wednes
day evening at the home of Mrs. Lee
Eyerly. Mrs. Donald Reinke heads the
committee, co-hostesses being Mrs. Leo
H. Johnson, Mrs. William E. Scandling,
Mrs. Hope Randall. Members will take
their gifts for the state hospital.
A Christmas dinner party has been
set for 6:13 Thursday evening, Decem
ber 17, at the home of Mrs. Sid Rising,
795 South Church, by the Insurance
Women's association of Salem.
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Tinsel Ball
For Rainbows
. "Tinsel Ball" la the theme for the
annual Christmas dance of Chadwick
assembly. Order of Rainbow for Girls,
next Friday evening, December IS, at
Crystal Gardens.
Each holiday season this Is one of the
major social gatherings for the young
folk. A huge Christmas tree will high- .
light the decorations. Bob Cross' or
chestra is to play. -
Patrons for the evening are Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Bramble, Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Pax
son, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Wood, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Hildreth, Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dar
by, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hartman, Mrs. Mary Dorfler.
Miss Margaret Hildreth, worthy ad
viser, is general chairman. Misses Lo
Anne Mundinger and Eleanor Mleziva
are on the decorating committee. Mitt
Ann Hansen is in charge of the tree,
Miss Jan Gillespie Is chairman for pro
grams, Miss Patricia Gilmore beads ths
music group. Miss Janice Wood is chair,
man for refreshments,- Miss -Ada Hart
man is publicity chairman.
MrsTWilliam L. Phillips, Sr., will bt
hostess to the Gaiety Hill Garden club
members for their annual all-day
Christmas greens workshop Tuesday.
Luncheon will be served at noon.
Members of the Etokta Woman's club
will meet for a luncheon at the China
City restaurant at 1 p.m., Tuesday, De
cember 15.
Following the luncheon, the group
will go to the home of Mrs. Glen Lar
kins for a meeting and gift exchange.
On the committee for the afternoon
are Mrs. W. W. Chadwick, Mrs. Ray
Clark, Mrs. Glen Larkins, and Miss
Antoinette White.
Kappa Delta alumnae plan their
Christmas party for next Thursday eve
ning at the home of Mrs. A. M. Me
Danlel, 1915 North 24th. There win
be a gift exchange. Mrs. Ralph Sip.
prell is co-hostess.
Mrs. George A. White and Mrs. A. J.
Tourtelotte are entertaining on Tuesday
at a luncheon in Portland at the Tourtel
otte home, a group of Salem friends be
ing Included among the guests. Those
asked from Salem include Mrs Homer
Goulet, Mrs. E. J. Scellars, Mrs. Dsn
Johnston, Mrs. William L. Phillips, Sr.,
Mrs. William McGilchrist, Jr., Mrs.
Frank Healy.
Mrs. Glenn Stevens will be hostess
for her traditional Christmas party for
Alpha XI Delta alumnae Wednesday
evening at her Candalaria Heights
home, the affair arranged for 8 o'clock.
Miss Vema Keppinger and Mrs. Clyde
Charters are In charge of the Christmas
program. There will be an exchange
of gifts.
1
Mrs. Maurice H. Saffron Is to enter
tain for her evening bridge club for its
Christmas party on Tuesday.