Social Lites - - CALL 6-9228 or 6-9284 by Jo By JO PETTYJOHN YES, CLOSER and closer to Santa Claus time, but eveything around here is pretty well under control. The social calendar for last week and this week seems to be quite full of Christmas par ties as the holiday season swings into step. College students are home and local school young sters will soon have a 10-day va cation. The kids say one thing is still missing and that is the snow for Christmas time! PRECEDING THE Elks Ladies M,'jht, last Thursday, the on er's wives entertained with a poiluck dinner foi Mrs. Ray Schroth, Hermiston, w.msj hus band was paying his official visit to lodge, at the home of Mrs. W. H. Wolff last Thursday night. Helping with the dinner were Mrs. t'onley Lanham, Mrs. Bob Flatt, Mrs. Pat O'Brien, Mrs. Bob Brindle, Mrs. Jerry Daggett, Mrs. Clint Agee, Mrs. Glen Ward, and Mrs. Kenneth Turner. Also present were the trustee's wives Mrs. LeRoy Gardner, Mrs. Jack Van Winkle, Mrs. Terrel Benge, and Mrs. Bill Collins. The rooms were very beautiful with the colorful Christmas decorations. 0 0 0 HOSTESSES FOR Ladies Night were Ginger Kiethley and Sharon Harrison who served cof fee during the evening and had charge of the play. June Bellen brock won high for bridge; Lil lian Sweek was second; and Joy ce Ward won the door prize. High .for pinochle was Edna Turner; second went to Janina Johnson; and Millie Evans won the door prize. Pinochle players out-did themselves this time as they fill ed seven tables as compared with only three of bridge, quite unusual! 0 0 0 A CHRISTMAS party was held Monday night at the Legion hall for the Legion and auxiliary members and their families. The hall was decorated with a tree and Christmas decorations on the tables. A gift fish pond was in operation for the youngsters to fish for gifts. The Squared-Up Kounders dance group entertain ed with several routines. The re freshment table included many snack type foods which everyone munched on during the evening and later they enjoyed playing games. ooo DUPLICATE BRIDGE was on the menu Friday night at the Gor don Hutchens home with six couples playing. Included in on tne play were the LaVerne van Marters, Bert Huffs, Terry Thompsons, Bob Jone s , Bob Brindles, and the Hutchens. La Verne and Gordon tied for high. They used the Howell movement in the scoring which gives one group of winners instead of the north-south, east-west groups. I am learning a little more about bridge! Phyllis had her house decorated for the Christmas sea son and served coffee and cookies during the evening, ooo IN KEEPING with the holiday season Laurel Van Marter gave lovely poinsettia plants as prizes wnen she entertained bridge last Thursday evening. Doreen Jacobs, lone, won high; Suzanne Jepsen, lone, second; and Lil Boyce, lone, low. Also getting in on the poinsettias were Harriet Hall and Laurel Cannon, lone, whose birthdays were on that day! Laurel served Christmas punch for the festive party with cheese and crackers during the play. Open-faced sandwiches and coffee concluded the evening. Others present were Nancy Ekstrom, lone, Mary Jean McCabe, and Elaine George. ooo CARRIE BECKETT entertained the Pinochle club Friday after noon with Janina Johnson filling in for Beulah Mankin who was down with the flu. Mary Harris won high and teamed up with Dor s Watk ns to win tne pino chle, and Carrie won low. Millie Evans, Gladys Beckett, Pearl Wright, and Hannah Anderson also played during tne anernwn ooo MONDAY NIGHT Mary McLeod entertained the Bridge Biddies at the home of Mary Jean mc Cabe. I asked the first Mary about having club at one anoth er's home, she said it was so much easier because one of them cleans house and the other one brings the refreshments. There's an idea, gals! Marian Jonasson won high, and Mary McClure won second and the traveling prize of having 100 honors, Lucky gal, lots ot ennstmas pre sents! Marv McLeod served choc olate velvet cake topped with white frosting, sounds delicious! She said she ended up baking two of them because she couian t get it to come out of the pan in one piece. Anyhow, the family got a cake even it was patched together a little! Boy, what frost ing can conceal? Others, in on the play were Janina jonnson, Jan Agee, Dorothy O'Rourke, and LaFyrne Pratt, and the two "Marys . 0 0 0 THREE ENERGETIC gals got to gether and came up with a nice idea which turned into a great success as they entertained five tables of bridge Friday night. Edda Mae Lovgren, Na dine O'Brien, and Joyce Ward were the hostesses at the Lov gren home for a Christmas bridge party. They started with the dessert of green chiffon salad topped with a red maraschino cherry which was made by Betty Hamilton. This was served with party crackers with cheese topping. tour progressions were played with Bebe Munkers winning high; Kay Robinson, second; and Rita Wolff, third. They all re ceived Christmas flower arrange ments, Nona bowell and Mary McLeod won low and each won a red covered container. Florence Green, Hazel Mahoney, and Daisy Collins won door prizes and each received a red pixie. Others playing were Patty Prock, Betty Gimbel, Cork Norene, Mary Jean Mclabe, Jean Bennett, Gwen Healy, Elsie Cole, Eileen Prock, Ramona Marshall, Jan Agee, Marian Jonasson, and Dee Unbble. Following piay tney ex changed gifts which each had brought and all of this made for a gala evening! ooo LAUREL VAN MARTER and Dick Meador won high at du plicate bridge play Saturday night at the Gordon Fratt nome. Second went to La Verne Van Marter and Phyllis Hutchens. Christmas decorations carried out the holiday theme about the rooms and the guests enjoyed singing Christmas carols. A buf fet table of delicious treats was served during the evening. Other couples present were the Dr. Wolffs, Lowell Gribbles, Clint McQuarries, Conley Lanham s , Gordon Hutchens, and Van Mar ters. ooo INEZ HUFFMAN had bridge club at her home Wednesday after noon with two tables in play. Margery Worden won high and Lota Tibbies was second high. Inez said the cards were "miser able" for everyone, and after five progressions she ended up with 1100 for low! Also in on the play were Ginger Wilkinson, Beth Bryant, Hester Creswick, Gena Leonard, and Wavel Wilkinson. Hope those cards do better for you next time! Aren't you glad they weren't telling fortunes? ooo SEVEN TABLES were in play bunday atternoon at the multi purpose room for the Unit bridge party. Elsie Cole and Isabelle Davis, Condon, won hibh north south; Gus and Mary Jo Hartz heim, Hermiston, were second; Delia McCurdy and Harlan Mc Curdy, Jr. were third. Gordon Pratt and Marian Jonasson were high east-west; Daisy Collins and LaVerne Van Marter won Second: P(tr Hantaan IJ.ii.tv.la ton, and Bill Lewis, Pendleton, won third. 0 0 0 IN THE Tuesday night bridge play at the Episcopal church Grace Nickerson and LaVerne Van Marter won high north south with Elsie Cole and Bob Hull winning second. Laurel Van Marter and Harriett Hall were high east-west with Fay Fergu son and Delia McCurdv takine second. A reminder to the twice monthly Tuesday niglt players, because of Christmas Dav fallins on the playing nicht. the etoud will meet the following night, December 26. ooo AND TO conclude the bridge ses sion, (I guess that is all every one did last week. Where are the loyal pinochle players ? ? ) a group of six traveled to Hermis ton last Monday to participate in their master point play and came home with a big share of the loot! 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