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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1954)
Wedding in South Mr. and Mrs. Winston G. Burris will leave Sunday (or Sacramento, Calif. The wedding of their elder daughter Miss Lois Burris, and Lt. Curtis Franklin, Jr., will take place next Friday, February, 5, at 4 p.m. in the Episcopal church at Sac ramento. Lt, Franklin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cur tis Franklin of Rob-Ben Point. Mountain Lakes, N.J., are flying west for the cere mony. ' Miss Merle Rhoten of Salem, who is also teaching in Sacramento, is to attend the bride. Following the service, there will be a dinner at the Senator hotel in Sacramento. Miss Burris is teaching in Sacramento junior high school. Lt. Franklin is in the air force, stationed at Mather field at Sac ramento. ' Mr. and Mrs. Burris plan to go on to south ern California following the wedding and will be gone three weeks. ; By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER . parly hostess next week will be Mrs. Frank A. Brown who has in vited a group for dessert and eve ning of bridge on Wednesday. The party will be at the Keith Brown home. Invited are Mrs. Hubert L. Williamson, Mrs. Ernest Hobbs, Mrs. Theodore Flook, Mrs. Courtney Jones; Mrs. Newbury Close, Mrs. Edward Salstrom, Mrs. James It, Phillips, Mrs. Ernest H. Miller, Mrs. Gor don Cooley, Mrs. Alton L. Chamberlain, Mrs. Jack Fitzmaurice, Mrs. Lester D. Green, Mrs. Donald Sommers, Mrs. Don E. Phillips, Mrs. Ronald Jones, Jr., Mrs. Lloyd F. Ramey, Mrs. Ralph Underwood, Mrs. George C. Huggins, Jr., Mrs. George C. Alexander, Mrs. Joe B. Richards. Hostess for an informal luncheon party next Friday afternoon at her West Lefelle street home will be Mrs. William I Phil lips, Sr. who has invited a small group of friends for the event Invitations were received today for a Valentine tea for which Mrs. Arthur A. Atherton and Mrs. Ervin L. Peterson are to be hostesses on Monday afternoon, Feb ruary 8. - Guests are invited to call between 1 and t o'clock that afternoon at the Atherton heme, 206 Browning avenue. Mrs. William C. Perry, Mrs. George L. HOI and Mrs. Francis T. Wade will enter tain the Salem alumnae of Chi Omega at the Perry home, 2875 Bolton boulevard, Tuesday, February 2. Dessert will be served at 7:30. It will be followed by a short busi ness meeting and social hour. All interested alumnae are invited to attend. Mrs. Bruce Crandall is to be hostess to the Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae of Salem for a meeting on Tuesday evening. . Chapter CQ of P.E.O. Sisterhood is meet ing for dessert next Tuesday at 1:15 o'clock at the home of Mrs. C. M. Forbes, North 17th. Mrs. K. D. Lylle will be in charge of the program with Mrs. F. A. de Lespinasse and Miss Winifred Carrithcrs serving as co-hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Soos are observing their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb ruary 7, and will be honored that afternoon at a reception to be given by their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sons. The reception will be in Christ Lutheran church, 1750 State street, between 2 and 4 o'clock. Friends are invited through the press to ealL Mr. and Mrs. Soos have lived here for more than 40 years. Besides the son, there also is a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Kochn of Vida, two grandchildren and six great grandchildren. V MISS BARBARA PICKENS TnK ENGAGEMENT of Miss Barbara Pirkrn. above, daughter of Mr. nd Mrs. George IMrkens, In tharlrs Kn.vtych, son of .Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knytych, tu announced recently. ' .wiwHiit'Wffl.1 ay.ieM -A yT U I V i r v mi :iih I'm aWVit.: Tit-;.:' . OrJ. A GALA event for February 6 will be the annual St. Valentine'! time dance sponsored by Junior Woman's club for benefit of the group's philanthropic funds. On the committee are these five above, left to right: Mrs. Donald Griswold, Mrs. Donald Dougherty, Mrs. Ted Tibbutt, general chairman, Mrs. Fran cis Wasser, Mrs. Floyd Brodhagen. Johnson-Kinsey Wedding Today at Roberts Studio; Reception Follows A wedding of interest to a large circle of friends was an tvont of this afternoon when Miss Jessica Louise Kinsey of Port land, formerly of Salem, was married to Orville Lee Johnson of Seattle. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Norma B. Shaw of Salem, and made her home here for many years. Mr. Johnson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Johnson of Chiro, Calif. The service was at 4 o'clock in the Rob erts studio on North Summer, the Rev. J. Arthur Stevenson of Vernon Presbyter ian church of Portland officiating. The ceremony was solemnized before an impro vised altar of spring flowers and white candles. Professor T. S. Roberts played the organ for the service. C. P. Williams of San Bernardino, an uncle of the bride, gave her in marriage. She wore a light blue suit with white hat, navy accessories and a corsage of white rosebuds. Mrs. Robert Hamp of Eugene was matron of honor. She wore a navy blue suit with Delta Delta Delta alumnae are meeting next Monday evening for their February event, at the home of Mrs. Richard B. Jen ning, 1150 Evergreen. Co-hostesses are Mrs. Allan Sicwert, Mrs. H. J. Anning and Mrs. Robert Craig. Mrs. Charles Clarke is to give a talk on interior decorating. .4uLm fJrtm-MU:r lluttlA Mrturt) a COMMITTEE FOR VALENTINE DANCE " pink hat and corsage of pink rosebuds. Thomas Snyder of Seattle was best man. Ushering were Andrew Pashkow.ski of Se attle, Ronald Craven, Ervin W. Potter and Garnet Six. For her daughters' wedding, Mrs. Shaw wore an ice blue afternoon dress with navy blue accessories and corsage of white rose buds. The reception also was at the studio. Cutting the cake were Mrs. M. D. Goodman of Emmctt, Idaho, aunt of the bride, and Mrs. Edna Stockslager of Berkeley, Calif., cousin of the bride. Mrs. V. E. Kirk poured. Others assisting at the reception were Miss Ann Boentje, Miss Jaunita Brown, Mrs. Glenn Briedwell of Silverton, Miss Gladys Crenshaw, Mrs. Margaret Fessendcn, Mrs. Gordon Krueger, Mrs. Edna Pickett, Mrs. William E. Smith, Mrs. Lestle Sparks, Mrs. Winifred Worrell of Portland, Miss Etta White, Mrs. Orin Watkins, Mrs. Robert F. Anderson. The couple will be at home in Seattle. Chapter G of P.E.O. Sisterhood is meeting next Thursday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock at the home of Mrs. William Cole with Mrs. George Aiken and Mrs. J. W. Clayton as co-hostesses. Hostess to her bridge club on Thursday evening will be Mrs. Byron Mennis. Mrs. Mary Thomas and daughter, Susan, leave next Wednesday for a trip to the Hawaiian Islands. They will fly via the Pan American lines from Portland to Hon olulu. During their three weeks stay, they will take a tour of the outer islands. An event for Sunday evening will be the informal open house for which Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Kromer are to entertain at their Fairmount Hill home to honor her hrolher-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Von Harten of Seattle. Guests arc invited to call between 6 and B o'clock. Assisting the hosts in greeting the guests will be Mrs. Kromcr's two sisters, Mrs. Gor don Barstow of El Cajon, Calif., and Mrs. Richard B. Wrisht of Oswego, and her father, 11. II. O'Reilly of Portland. At the buffet will be Mrs. Otlo B. Prael, Mrs. Allen M. Ellsworth, both of Portland, and Mrs. .Maylon E. Scott. Others assisting will include two sisters-in-law, Mrs. David y. Kromer of Portland and Mrs. Henry L. lA'backcn of Roseburg, a niece, Mrs. Oren W. Uays, Jr., .Mrs. Adeline Kendall, Mrs. Alexander Scharbach and Mis. James G. Harding, all of Portland, Mrs. Donald Mc Cargar and Miss Antoinette Kuzmanieh. Committee Personnel Listed for McKinley Mothers Tea, February 1 1 Planned for the aflrrnnon of Thurs day, February II, is the annual .silver lea of McKinley School Mothers club, Ihr event to he lietween 3 and 5 o'clock at the home of .Mrs. Waller K. .Martin, 1950 Saginaw. The tea honors the faculty of the school, including Mrs. I.yle Itae, Mrs. Charles Stingley, Mrs. Marjorte Nelson, Miss Esther Y. Long, Mrs. I.yle Suittcr, Mrs. Joseph Chambers, Mrs. Clay Eggles ton, Mrs. M. C. Wood, Miss Angeline Gal loway, Mrs. Claude Martin, Miss Cna Mae Stoyka, Miss Lois E. Van Allen, Miss Jo anna l lemenson, Mrs. K. C. Forsythc, Mrs. Joseph Kormick. Mrs. Ralph Boone and Mrs. John W. Groom are co-chairmen of the directorate tor the tea. Greeting at the door will be Mrs. Law rence N. Krown and Mrs. Wayne Hadley. In the receiving line will be Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Rae and Mrs. Robert W. Ke Inx, president of the McKinlev Mothers club. In charge of the guest book will be Mrs. K. B. Dagcett and Mrs. A. Freeman Uolmrr. Invited to pour are Mrs burioo H Saffron, Mrs. Charles W. Mills. Mrs. Jo. eph Chambers, Mist Una Mae Stoyki. (Juten-Mlllcr Hudio plcturel TILLICUM club's February dance is to be next Saturday evening, February 6, at the Marion hotel. The party is a formal dinner dance at 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jochimsen, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Lietz and Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler English are on the committee for the eve ning. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Blundell and chil dren Karen, Craig and Christine left Fri day for a two-week trip to the home of Mrs. Blundell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Botsford, Menlo Park, Calif. Theatre Arts group is to meet on Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Sam Haley, 1915 Sag inaw, at 12:45 o'clock. For the program, Mrs. N. F. Anderson is to review "Some En chanted Evenings" by Taylor. Members of the board of Salem branch, American Association of University Women,, are meeting on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Stanley Butler. Plans will be made for the group's next luncheon meeting, Feb ruary 20. Alpha Xi Delta alumnae are to be enter tained on Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Rollin Lewis with Mrs. Clyde Char ters as co-hostcss. Miss Violet McKee, per sonnel director at Lipman, Wolfe and com pany, Portland, and an alumna of the soror ity, will be guest speaker. Gamma Phi Beta alumnae arc to meet on Tuesday evening for their monthly supper at the home of Mrs. William Wharton at 6:30 o'clock. Co-hostcsses are Mrs. Marens Mallby, Mrs. William H. Hammond and Mrs. Frank Angle. An event for Sunday afternoon will be the informal reception to honor Mrs. J. C. Mor ris, who is observing her 88th birthday next week. Friends are invited through the press to call Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Morris' son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Howard N. Hunsakcr, 2470 Trade street, between 2 and 5 o'clock. Assisting Mrs. Hunsakcr will be two other daughters of Mrs. Morris, Mrs. .1. E. White head of Keizer and Mrs. R. 11. Struck of Portland: three granddaughters of the honor guest. Mrs. Robert French of Oswego, Mrs. Dee Himes of Portland. Mrs. J. H. Tomp kins of Dayton: and two granddaughters-in-law, Mrs. Howard Struck of Portland and Mrs. Norman Whitehead of Turner. Mrs. Jack Henmngsen is to arrange the center piece for the tea table. It will be set with an orchid cloth. French heather and pink carnalions for the flowers, and rose-orchid candles. Assisting about Ihe living room will he Mrs. Robert U. Hamilton, Mrs. Arthur A. Fishrr. Mrs J. Earl Cook, Mrs. Edcar Lin den, Jr., Mrs. Pel Milne. Mr. Larrv M. Johnson, Mrs. J. B. Avison. Mrs. . W. Jenks, Mrs. J. W. Lockard, Mrs. Otto J. Wilson, Mrs. Ralph E. Purvine. Assisting in the dining room will he Mrs. A. C. Newell, Mrs. John II llann, Mrs. J. Lee Stewart. Mrs. Joseph II. Soloman, Mrs. M. E. Knickerbocker, Mrs. Darwin Hi wer. Mrs. F. J. Nicholls, Mrs. Coburn Gra benhorst, Mrs. D. E. Cooper. On the kitchen committee are Mrs. Marens Maltby, Mrs. Milton Thomas, Mrs. E. L. Peterson. Mrs. J. J. Van Keulen, Mrs. Burch Judson. Mrs. Norman Corev, Mrs. Kenneth Decatur, Mrs. Richard Cutler, Mrs. S. W. Robh. In charge of the food is Mrs. C. J. Hamilton, of the dishes, Mrs. James Minty. Arranging the decorations are Mrs. Maurice Brennen, Mrs. Harold Robertson. Mrs. E. A. Dyck is finance chairman, Mrs. Ray Stringham heads the transportation group, Mrs. Lrland A. Shinn is publicity chairman. The interested public is invited to at tend as well as all parents and friends of the school and members of other school mothers groups. Miss Coffel Wed At Service in St. Joseph s Church St. Joseph's Catholic church was the set ting for a pretty wedding this afternoon when Miss Rosa Lee Eileen Coffel, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Coffel, was mar ried to Conrad Booze, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Booze. The double ring service was at 3 o'clock, the Rev? Joseph E. Van derbeck officiating. Blue and white stock and snapdragons decorated the church front, and the pews were marked with blue bows and clusters of the white blooms. Lorraine Nelke and Gerald Neitling were soloists, Mary Barton playing the organ. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a white lace and net dress. The bodice and long sleeves were of the lace, and the skirt was a full one of the lace over net and satin. The fingertip veil was arranged from a headpiece trimmed with seed pearls. For her flowers, the bride carried a cascade type bouquet of white roses with a white orchid in the center. Miss Mary Ann Fischer was maid of hon or. She wore a light blue frock, the bodice of velvet, the floor length skirt of net over taffeta. Her flowers were a cascade bou quet of white camellias. Jcrold Booze was best man for his NileClub February luncheon and meeting for Salem club. Daughters of the Nile, come Monday, at the Masonic temple. Members will meet at 10 o'clock for sew ing under the direction of Mrs. W. Clark Backman. New officers are to be installed. Mrs. Jacob Fuhrer is the new president The luncheon will be at noon with Mrs. Lloyd L. Hughes as chairman, assisted by Mrs. Adolph Bombeck, Mrs. Robert Driscoll, Mrs. E. T. Armstrong, Mrs. Percy R. Kelly, Mrs. Paul Hicks, Mrs. L. V. Benson, Mrs. Carl Quistad, Mrs. Elmo W. McMillan, Mrs. Estill L. Brunk, Mrs. James L. Smith, Mrs. Merle D. Travis, Mrs. Robert White, Mrs. E. D. Crabtree, Mrs. James W. Tin dall, Mrs. Paul A. Hale, Mrs. Edward a Williams, Mrs. Rex Turner, Mrs. Lyle Mc Caulcy, Mrs. Roy M. Remington, Mrs. D. M. Eby. Several events are on the calendar next week for Governor and Mrs. Paul L. Pat terson. On Monday evening they will be at the banquet of the Council of Churches, Gover nor Patterson to be speaker. On Thursday and Friday, Mrs. Patterson will be in Klamath Falls to attend meet ings of the advisory committee for the Ore gon Technical Institute. The Pattersons will be guests at the dis trict 2 conclave of the American Legion and auxiliary in Silverton on Sunday, Feb ruary 7, the dinner to be at 6:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lochead leave next week for a trip south. Mr. Lochead is to attend an insurance convention in River side. They plan to spend some time after the convention in southern California, and will be gone about three weeks. Alpha Chi Omega Mothers club is meet ing next Tuesday evening at 7:45 o'clock at the chapter house, 610 North 15th street. A dish towel shower and gifts of jams and jellies for the house are planned for the meeting. Mrs. Glenn Hoar and Mrs. Harold Jory are the hostesses. The Study club is meeting Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Chester A. Downs for luncheon and the afternoon. Hostess to her bridge club for luncheon and the afternoon on Wednesday will be Mrs. Wolcott E. Buren. Meeting next Tuesday morning will be Salem General Hospital auxiliary at 9:45 o'clock at the YWCA. Plans will be discussed for the group's annual rummage sale to be staged February 12 and 13. FROM in Washington Washington, D. C, Jan. 25 Dear Marian: With Congressional committee meetings well under way, with hearings of various types before federal commissions, and with national conventions attracting members from the west coast, there has been an influx of Oregonians during the past two weeks. To name a few: Mrs. Roy Bishop, Portland, here for Republican meetings and in a group received by Mrs. Eisen hower; Charles II. Ilcllzel and David Don, from Salem; Tom Sandoz, C. II. Gueffroy, Ward Cook. Robert S. Miller, Jack Winn, and Paul MrKee, Portland: Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fischer, Marcola: Rex Porterfield, young winner of the Kiwanis potato grow ing contest and his escort to the capitol, Bryant Williams, also a Klamath basin potato grower; (ienc I). Knudson, Salem; Glenn Jackson, Medford; and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stacey. Salem. The Staeeys were delighted with the results of the fur auction in New York where their pelts placed in the top lot of Aleutian minks sold in the huge auction. They placed top lots in both the male and female Aleutians. They have also placed this year in the lop lots in male sapphire and in male and female silver blue in other auctions, which they believe will bring more recognition to Oregon as a state in which good skins can he produced. The Staeeys picked up a car here and are driving to Mexico before returning home. The Vic MarKemies, of Salem and Car mel. have returned to Washington for the spring months, following a month in Hawaii. They are in the same apartment they occupied last year in the Grcenbriar, where Serrrtary of the Interior and Mrs. Douglas MrKay live. The latter couple welcomed the MarKcnzics at dinner Thursday evening, the group including Senator and Mrs. Guy Cordon as their other guests. The Cordons, Congressman and Mrs. Har ris Ellsworth and I were dinner guests of the Dale Fischers Wednesday evening at the Embassy Room at the Statler, where a Spanish orchestra and one of the best ot the young Flamenco dancers are top flicht entertainers. Two Orrcomans we met in Florida were Miss Kleanore Mieelll, riaiiKhter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mirelli. of Roseburg. who is working on the Florida Sun, a weekly news This Afternoon i,,ihor Ushers were Robert Svejkovslrf and Arnie Hoffman. The bride's mother wore a beige dress maker suit with brown accessories and cor sage of Talisman roses. The bridegroom' mother wore a wine colored dress with navy accessories and a corsage of white roses. ' The reception following was arranged at the Coffel home on South Liberty. The bride's table was set with a blue satin cloth, white camellias and blue candles. An aunt of the bride, Mrs. W. R. Brauner of Nampa, Idaho, and Mrs. Esther Wendt, aunt of the bridegroom, cut the cake. Miss Max ine Booze, sister of the bridegroom, wa at the coffee urn and at the punch bowl was an aunt of the bride, Mrs. Martin Brauner of Klamath Falls. Assisting were Miss Marilyn Coffel, sister of the bride, and Miss Darlene Staab. For traveling, the bride wore a light blue wool crepe dress with brown accessor ies and coat, and the white orchid corsage from her bouquet. The couple will be at home jn Monterey, the bridegroom stationed with the army at Fort Ord, Calif. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm PLANS for her wedding are being told by Miss Patricia Anne Weathers, whe is to be married on Saturday, Febru ary 13, to Laurence John Herberger. The ceremony will be solemnized at 10 o'clock that morning in St. Vincent de Paul Catholic church, the Rev. Lowell Blackburn, officiating. Mrs. Robert Hammack is to be matron of honor for her sister and the bridesmaids will be Miss Dwyn Anne Herberger, sister of the bridegroom, Miss Marlene Raschko, Mrs. R. J. Chance and Miss Betty Zahara, the latter a cousin of the bride. Nancy Hammack, niece of the bride, il to be flower girl. Robert Lebold is to be best man. Usher ing will be Donald and Carl Weathers, broth ers of the birde, Ronald Krebs, and Robert Hammack, brother-in-law of the bride. For the music, Gerald1 Neitling and Lorance Nelke are to be soloists, Wayne Meusey the organist. Immediately following the service there will be a wedding breakfast for the bridal party and families. The reception will be between 1 and 4 p.m. in the American Legion club. The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Weathers and Mr. Herberger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Herberger. Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Shogren leave next Wednesday on an interesting trip, all to be by plane. They will fly from Portland to New York City to be guests of RCA-Victor at "the Waldorf-Astoria. Then they will go on a cruise to Bermuda and the Bahamas, head quartering at Nassau, then will return to New York City as guests of the RCA com pany to take in TV shows and other enter tainment. They will fly to New Orleans then, go on to Dallas and Phoenix, Ariz., and will come home by way of San Fran cisco. They will be gone more than a month. St. Agnes guild, St. Paul's Episcopal church, is to meet next Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock in the parish hall for a no-host supper. On the committee are Miss Vivian Chandler, Miss Marjoric Harris, Miss Eliza beth Porter, Miss Genevieve Morgan. Hostess to her bridge rlub on Tuesday evening will be Mrs. Brazier C. Small, en tertaining the group for dinner and eve ning of cards. Meeting on Wednesday for a no-host lunch eon at 12:30 o'clock in the Guild room will be St. Paul's guild of St. Paul's Episcopal church. The Salem Writers club will meet at 7:43 p m. on Tuesday, February 2, at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. John F. McNallie, near Jefferson. BY ALENE (PEG) PHILLIPS- paper at Miami Beach; and Edmund Buck nell, of Klamath Falls, at an Everglades ranger station. The young man works at Crater Lake in the summers and in Florida in the winters, which sounds like an ex cellent program. Secretary McKay has had a busy week of office conferences, a Congressional ap propriations hearing, and White House meetings. In addition, he attended the re ception given by members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce for the Washington Congressional delegation at the Sheraton Carlton Friday evening and the annual din ner of the Alfalfa Club on Saturday eve ning at the Statler. At the latter event, the President was an interested spectator of the fun-making program. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge was introduced as the club's candidate for president but' the audi ence remembered that none of the candi dates advanced by the club in its annual tongue-in-cheek campaign has ever been elected. Some one at home has remarked that menus from Washington banquets are of interest and in this case. I report that the diners were served terrapin soup an maderc, lobster and rrab Newhurg ail sherry, filet micnon and mushrooms With sauce, Pericourdine and hnmhe glare, with sauce cardinale. It would he of more in terest to Ihe recipe-collectors if the con tents of the several sauces could he ana lyzed. In addition to these affairs, the Secretary was installed as a member of the Board of Trustees at the morning service of the National Presbyterian Church Sundav and during the week attended a luncheon of the Post Mortem Club where he was presented with a special award with which the club "spoofs" its guests. Dr. William Pearl, newly appointed Bonneville Power Admin istrator, was sworn in at a ceremony in the Secretary's office this week and joined the Secretary and the top secretarial staff at lunch. Mrs. McKay has been struggling with a bronchial cold and cancelled en gagements during the week, but she has improved and will join with other cabinet wives Tuesday noon in a luncheon honor ing Mrs. Eisenhower. A few more days of snow on the ground this week but it didn't slow the pare of eve ning parties, 1 report rather breathlessly.