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Society and CL UBS Miss Jean Peters, George H. Conant Wed In Portland News of the wedding of Miss Jean Peters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Peters, former Medford residents, will be of interest to friends of the bride and her family. Miss Peters was married Sunday, August 27, to George H. Conant of Eugene, the service taking place in Port land at the home of a friend, Miss Alice McCoy. The bride graduated from Medford high school where her record resulted in awarding of a scholarship to attend the Uni versity of Oregon. She later at tended the University of Oregon Nurses Training school, gradu ating recently. Mr. and Mrs. Conant have taken up residence in Chicago where the groom, a veteran of more than two years service in the South Pacific, will study at the Chicago Art Institute. Mrs. Conant plans to continue her nursing career. Has Study Meeting The Adult Missionary Society of the First Christian church continued its study of the Amer ican Indian at a meeting at the church Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. C. M. Hon had charge of the program and Mrs. Walter Kindred presided over a busi ness session. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Fred Daugherty's group. El's Ncl So Hard to keep youngsters' cloth ing clean and neat if you use our laundry service , . . It'i surprisingly moderate in cost, so convenient these busy wartime days when every minute counts. BUY WAR BONDS Hinmans Leaving for Oregon City; i Daughter Is Here Mrs. E. R. Van Lceuwen of! Washington, D. C, has arrived in Medford to spend a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee E. Hinman, 912 West Tenth street, before their de parture for Oregon City where they plan to live in the future. The Hinmans have built a new home four miles from Oregon City on the Clackamas river on the estate of their son, Laurin E. Hinman, who is representa tive for Training Within Indus try, governmental bureau, for the four major Pacific coast states. The Hinmans have made their home in the Rogue River valley for the past 35 years, coming here from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They were owners of an orchard in the Perrydale district for a time. The Hinmans are leaving here because of ill health and both Mr. and Mrs. Hinman have expressed their deep regret over their departure. Mrs. Van Leeuwen will a-l company her parents when they leave Medford, Sept. 12, and will spend several weeks in Ore-, gon City and Portland before returning to her home. A tram-1 ber of dinner parties and other i social affairs are being given for the Hinmans by their friends. I Informal Parties Are Arranged for Former Resident Mrs. A. J. Loeffler, who ar rived from Parkville, Mo., a short time ago to spend several weeks in Medford and Portland, has been honored at a number of informal gatherings since her arrival. Mrs. Loeffler and her husband, Lt. Com. Loeffler, for merly resided here with their family and have many friends in the city. Tonight a number of friends are gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Diamond Flynn on Queen Anne avenue in order to spend the evening with Mrs. Loeffler. Buffet supper will be served at 6 o'clock and about fourteen are expected. Friday night of last week Mrs. Royal Clare entertained at two ta bles of bridge for Mrs. Loef fler's pleasure, the affair being at her home, 21 South Wash ington avenue. Mrs. A. O. Bauman, 215 North Ivy street, is entertaining Mrs. Loeffler as her house guest and one afternoon invited a small group of friends for bridge in her honor. One of the first affairs for Mrs. Loef fler was a no-host steak dinner given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scott, 45 Glen Oak Court. Over the Labor Day holidays Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Glutsch, Mr. and Mrs. Bauman and Mrs. Loeffler were at Diamond Lake for an outing. Present Member Shower of Gifts A shower of gifts was pre sented Mrs. Lottie Cave at the regular meeting of Olive Rebck ah lodge Monday night. Mrs. Cave is leaving soon to make her home in San Francisco. Plans were made for initia tion the first Monday night in October. Next meeting of the ) lodge will be bept. 18. Mrs. Bess Dyer will be chairman of the social hour and each mem ber is asked to bring a hat which she made. These will be displayed and the best selected. Mrs. Marie Hansen and a com mittee will serve refreshments. Visitors at the meeting last week were Inez Benton and her uncle, H. B. Benton, both mem bers of Blythedale lodge at Mill City, Calif. Former Resident Prospect Married; Visits Relatives Prospect Announcem e n t s have been received here telling of the marriage of a former Prospect girl, Berryl Cunning ham, daughter of Floyd Cun ningham of Klamath Falls, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nye, of Prospect, to El ton Clarke, formerly of La Grande, and at the present with the Naval Air Corps stationed at the Naval Air Base at Klamath Falls. The wedding took place at Klamath Falls, August 7. Mrs. Clarke was graduated from Ashland high school, and South ern Oregon College of Educa tion, and taught the third grade in a Klamath Falls elementary school during the past year. The newlyweds and Mrs. Clarke's father, Mr. Cunning ham, were week end guests at the home of Mrs. Clarke's grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Nel son Nye. and a dinner was given in their honor, August 27. Cov ers were placed for the honored guests, also, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Phipps, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Nye and children, Darlene, Pa tricia, and Wallace, Ed and Miss Ida Boothby, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bean and son, Darwin, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Hedgpeth and son, Robin. Miss Lyla Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Taylor and children, Margaret and Jimmy, Cal Hedgpeth, and Mr. and Mrs. Nye. Lady Lions Hold First Meeting Tuesday Evening Resuming the faU program of meetings after the summer va cation, Lady Lions were enter tained last Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Clifford Proc tor, 134 Portland avenue, presi dent of the group. Assisting host esses were Mrs. Frank Runtz, Mrs. Dow Rowe and Mrs. Frank Cullcn. Dessert was served at 7:30 o'clock and was followed by a business meeting and social eve ning. In attendance at the first meeting were the Mesdames Lyle Thurman, George Goodman, Clyde Leonard, James Grigsby, Elmo Atterbury, Claude Hag gard, Linn Mills, Wren Orcy, O. H. Selby, Emil Tarns, Noble Vincent, Larry Neeley, Leo Mc Corkle, Earl Sims, Ben Newman and the hostesses. Mrs. Williams Returns From Trip To Michigan Mrs. Thomas V. Williams of Route 4 has returned home from a three-weeks trip to Marquette, Mich., where she visited her mother, Mrs. Ernest Rankin. Mrs. Williams also spent a short time in Sioux City, la., with her son, Lt. David Wil liams of the army air corps. In Chicago she spent a day with Mrs. Harvey Spalding, former Medford resident, Mrs. Spalding coming from her home in South Bend, Ind., to see Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Spalding's son, John R. Spalding, Jr., has been inducted into the army. Winninghams Hold Annual Gathering At McKee Bridge . About 50 members of the Win ningham family held the 13th annual reunion Sept. 3, the re union being in the form of a pic nic at McKee bridge. The Win ninghams were among the early settlers of the Rogue River Val ley and many descendants have continued to live in Southern Oregon. Due to the war, many Winninghams were unable to at tend, some being in service and others unable to make the trip because of traveling conditions. In past years about 100 have at tended the annual gatherings. Present for the family gather ing were Mr. and Mrs. David Winningham and sons, Johnnie and Jerry, Klamath Falls; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Whitney, Jack sonville; Mr. and Mrs. Ed M. Russell, Medford; Aletha and Russell Scholer, Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Loyd W. Whitney, Mar tha and Clinton, Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs, R. J. Lawrence and son, Jim, Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winningham, Phillip and Judy, Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Winningham, Norman Darrcll, Warren and Nita, Bly; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Russell, Joyce and Michael of Table Rock; Mr. and Mrs. James Gwin, Joan and Keith, Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Winningham and Dorothy, Applegate; Mrs. Stella Winningham and Roy, Ap plegate; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cun ningham, Bonanza; Mrs. Violet Young and Susan. Jacksonville: Mrs. Percy Merritt and Eugena Ruch: Mr. and Mrs. Hester Knut zen, Butte Falls. Talent Visitors From Canal Zone Visiting relatives and friends In the valley are Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Davis of Cocoli, Canal Zone. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have been four years in the Canal Zone, Mr. Davis being an em ployee of the government there. Mrs. Davis is the former Mar garet Ward and at present she and Mr. Davis are visiting .her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ward in Talent. They are also spending some time with Mr. Davis" parents, who also reside in Talent. A number of friends have been entertaining for the visit ors and last Monday afternoon Mrs. R. T. Nichol was hostess for a tea In Mrs. Davis honor. The affair was at Mrs. Nichol's home, 916 Whitman avenue, and was for a few close friends of the honored guest. Catholic Society To Hold Meeting Bringing to a close the sum mer vacation period, St. Anne's Altar Society of Sacred Heart Catholic church will meet Tues day at the parish hall for the first regular session of the fall. Lunch will be served at one o'clock by unit two of which Mrs. A. Carrara is chairman. Mrs. L. Rentz is president of this society, one of the most, ac tive of the city's church groups. Group Chairmen, Committee H eads Named for AAUW Appointments of study group chairmen and heads of standing committees who will serve the Medford chapter of American Association of University Wom en this coming year have been announced by Mrs. A. M. Can non, president. First meeting of the chapter for the fall season will be Sept. 20. Mrs. Robert W. Shepherd will be chairman of the arts study group, Mrs. Justin B. Smith of the international relations study group and Mrs. Paul McDuffee will head the social studies di vision. Chairman of standing com mittees include Mrs. H. D. By ington, legislation; Mrs. Rich ard Payne, program; Miss Maur ine Shearer, membership; Miss Delie Whisenant, fellowship; Mrs. Zane Kemler, hospitality; Mrs. Gordon Gilmore, telephone committee. In addition to Mrs. Cannon, other officers are Mrs. W. Alex Kuehlthau, vice-president; Mrs. Maynard Bush, treasurer; Miss Josephine Koppcs, secretary. Couple Honored At Shower Party Prospect Mr. and Mrs. R. Ce ford Garoutte were the guests of honor at a welcoming party and dish shower given at the home of Mrs. Garoutte's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fair child, Sr., Sept. 2. After the honored guests opened the gifts, the group played Zioncheck rummy with Miss Dorothy Fair child winning first prize and Glenn Fairchild, Jr., consolation award. Following the late sup per group singing, with Miss Fairchild at the piano and Mrs. Garoutte playing the saxophone, was enjoyed. Those attending Included Mr. and Mrs. Garoutte and daughter, Glenda. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Con ger, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. B. Broomfield. Mr. and Mrs. Archie McKillop and daughters, Sally and Suzanne, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Goode, daughter Pat, and son Ralph, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Jantzer, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clemens, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fair child, Sr., Miss Norma Deanc Chandler, Glenn Fairchild, Jr., and Miss Dorothy Fairchild. Longworth - Sturm Rites of Interest Details of the wadding of Miss Paulina Longworth to Alexan der McCormick Sturm have been received in Medford by Mrs. J. O. Yciser, Findley apart ment, the groom being a neph ew of Mrs. Yelser. The wedding, which took place August 26 in Manchester, M ass., was of nation-wide interest since the bride is the daughter of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and the late Mr. Longworth, former Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, and is a granddaugh ter of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. She is a graduate of Vassar College. The groom is the son of Mr. Sunday, Sept. 10, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE ancT Mrs. Justin Sturm, Sr., of Westport, Conn. He Is a gradu ate of Davenport college, Yale, and has written and illustrated two books. The first, "The Problem Fox" was published when he was but 17 years old; and the second, "Ambush to Zig-Zag", a year later. His fa-1 ther is a sculptor, author and; playwright. j The bride and groom are on a wedding trip during which they will visit Mrs. Yelser'i father In Nebraska. The Platte river extends 1,030 miles in length. PARTS and SERVICE for all Makes ot WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartlott Phone 2419 Tempting Oven-Fresh BREAD Decorated CAKES PASTRIES Tops In Goodness! 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