FOUR MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE
Society
Elizabeth Sample,
Sgt. Alfred Beck
Married Tuesday
Among last week's weddings
was that of Mrs. Elizabeth J.
Sample, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Bittle, Maple Park
drive, to Sgt. Alfred M. Beck, son
of Mr. and Mr. Michael Been.
The service took place Tuesday,
Oct. 9, at the Beck home on the
Old Stage Hoad and was read ut
high noon by Dr. Louis C. Kirby
of the Methodist church.
Precedig the double-ring cere
mony Harry Young sang "O
Promise Me" and "Because", ac
companied by Roberta Ward
Bebb, who also played the wed
ding march. The fireplace, bank
ed ith ferns and white and pink
blossoms, served as a setting for
the bridal party.
The bride wore a powder blue
afternoon dress with a feathered
hat of matching shade and a
short white veil. She carried a
white prayer book and wore a
corsage of orchids. Matron-of-honor
was Mrs. Richard H. Witt,
aister of the groom, and for the
service Mrs. Witt wore a water
melon pink dress with black ac
cessories and a gardenia corsage.
Richard H. Witt served as best
man for his brother-in-law.
The bride's mother was gown
ed in sage green while the
groom's motlior wore a suit of
fuchsia tone. Both wore cor
sages of gardenias and rosebuds.
Louis Blttlo. Jr., lighted the
candles before the ceremony,
Diane Hight had charge of the
guest book and D'Ann Beck was
in charge of gifts.
Assisting at the reception were
Mrs. Earl D. Scrlpter and Mrs.
A. Orin Schenck, who poured,
and Mrs. Albert Frank, who conv
pleted the serving of the cake.
Later in the day a wedding din
ner for the family was served at
Burgoyne's.
After the honeymoon in Call
fornla Sgt. Beck and his bride
will reside at Fairfield, Calif.,
where the sergeant is stationed
as an instructor with the Army
Transport corps. After the ser
geant's release from the army
the couple plan to reside at
Klamath Falls where the groom
will take over the management
of Beck's Bakery.
The bride has recently been
employed by the Pittsburgh
Paint company.
Presbyterian Society
Will Meat Tuesday
Mrs. Victor Birdseye will have
charge of the program for the
meeting of the Women s Mission
ary society of the Presbyterian
church set for Tuesday following
1 o'clock luncheon at the church.
Mrs. Sidney Bouck will sing and
Mrs. G. O. Sanden will lead de
votionals. A nursery will be provided for
children, it Is announced, and
those attending are asked to
bring service.
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Medford Woman Return
From Motor Trip Cast
Mrs. O. L, Overmeyer and
Mrs. Henry Brown, 810 South
Holly street, returned Wednes
day from a motor trip. They
traveled to Minneapolis, Minn.,
and also visited friends and re
latives in Washington, the Da
kotas, Montana and Idaho.
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Apostolic Faith Church
N. Central
Grand Congregational
Singing
Ltd by Symphony Orchestra
WORSHIP WITH US AT THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
Bundayi 11 A. M.. 3:00 P, M.. 7:45 P. M.
Tuesday and Friday) 8 P. M.
"Let everything that htth breath praise tha Lord"
Sunday. Oct. H, hMm Joan Shull
and Clubs
Brewer-Van Dyke
Wedding is Held
At Chapel Sunday
An event of Sunday, Oct. 7
was the wedding of Belle Brew
er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Free, Fort Worth, Texas, to
Samuel H. Van Dyke, son of
Vern Van Dyke, 311 North Peach
street. The marriage took place
at two o'clock In the Chapel of
the Rocks and Roses with the
Rov. D. E. Millard reading the
service before a siru.ll group of
friends.
Before the service the Rev.
Millard sang "I Love You Truly.'
The bride wore an aqua blue
suit with fuchsia accessories and
a corsage of gardenias. Miss Jean
E. Halaas, bridesmaid, wore a
purple suit with pink accessories
and a gardenia corsage.
Stanley Sherwood was best
man for the groom.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyke will
reside at 315 South Peach street.
The groom is associated with his
father in Lamport's Sporting
Goods store here.
Texas Couple Wed
In Chapel Rites;
Will Reside Here
At a service in the Chapel of
the Rocks and Roses Sunday aft
ernoon, Miss Earnestine Bigham
daughter of R. F, Bigham of Ro
tan, Texas, became the bride of
Eugene Victor Coppedge, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coppedge,
also of Rotan. The Rev. D. E
Millard officiated.
For the service Miss Bigham
wore a black and white checked
suit with black accessories and
an orchid corsage. Mrs. A. T.
Coppedge, sister of the bride, was
matron-of-honor and A. T. Copp
edge, brother of the groom, was
best man.
Before the ceremony, attended
by a number of friends and rela
Uvea, the Rev. Millard sang.
The groom, electrician's mate
second class in the navy, has
served 38 months in the Pacific
and expects to be released next
month. After a wedding trip the
couple will return to Medford
to make their home here.
Installation Held
By Medford Union;
Directors Named
Installation of-o f f 1 c e r s was
held Thursday at a meeting of
the Women's Christian Temper
ance union at the home of Mrs,
R. G. Keller, with Dr. Susie B,
Standard conducting the candle
light service. Mrs. Minnie Bryant
was Installed president; Mrs. G.
O. Sanden, vice-president; Mrs.
M. A. Putney, recording secre
tary; Mrs. H. J. Knutson, cor
responding secretary, and Mrs.
Guy Cox, treasurer.
Directors appointed are Mrs.
Mitchell Russell, official papers;
Mrs. Millie Tucker, membership;
Mrs. Edna Purcell, flower mis
sion and relief; Mrs. Iva Low,
temperance and missions; Mrs.
E. R. Cobb, music; Mrs. Jose
phine Iverson, spiritual life; Mrs.
F. I. Caulklns, legislation; Mrs.
Belle Llttrell, Americanization;
Dr. Standard, scientific temper
ance. Others will be appointed
later.
Miss Dpbornh Trembley, Pres
byterian church secretary and di
rector of young people, gave the
afternoon devotionals with spec
ial music by Mrs. Alctha Knut
son. Mrs. E. M. Cobb was accom
panist. Refreshments were served bv
Mrs. Knutson and Mrs. Purcell.
Next meeting of the group
will be Nov. 8.
Daughters to Hold
Formal Initiation
Bethel 14, Order of Jobs'
Daughters, will hold formal inl
tintiim at the Masonic Hall the
night of Wednesday, Oct. 17. An
official inspection of tha Bethel
will be made at that time by a
member of the grand council of
the order.
To be Initiated are the Misses
Brenda Joan Fields, Barbara
Green June Durno Sybil Older
and JoAnn Bean.
& 3rd St.
Married Tuesday
To Robert Burns
Central Point Miss Joan
Hazel Shull, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray C. Shull, Central Point,
became the bride of Robert
Burns, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Burns, Portland, at a service
Tuesday evening, Oct. 9, in the
Chapel of the Rocks and Roses.
The Rev. D. E. Millard perform
ed the ceremony before about 20
friends and relatives.
The bride's wedding costume
was a light blue gown with
matching veil, and she wore
gardenia corsage. Miss Blanche
Siper, bridesmaid, wore a navy
blue suit with white accessories
and a corsage of gladioli.
Sgt. Raymond L. Cline was
best man.
The groom, a former technical
sergeant in the army air corps
recently was discharged after
having served two years with the
Eighth air force In the European
theater of war and holds several
decorations.
Mr. and Mrs. Burns will reside
in Central Point.
Medford Couple
Announce Troth
At University
Announcement of the betro
thal of Miss Joan Elliott to Jack
Baker was made Oct. 4 at the
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
house at the University fo Ore
gon, Eugene. Miss Elliott is a
daughter of Mrs. Marguerite El
liott, GeBaucr Apartments, and
Dr. Bert R. Elliott, Route 2,
while Mr. Baker's parents are
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Baker, Route
1, Central Point.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Miss Elliott, a member of the
university chapter of Kappa Al
pha Theta, was In Eugene for the
nnouncement and later returned
to Medford. She plans to re-enter
the university as a sophomore In
January. Her fiance, seaman first
class In the navy, is now . at
Bremerton awaiting a second
tour of overseas service, having
been in the South Pacific for
eight months of the past year.
Both are graduates of Medford
senior high school.
Reception and Tea
To Honor Sisters
Of Local Academy
A reception and tea will be
given at St. Mary's Academy
Sunday afternoon, Oct. 21, to
honor the Sisters of the academy.
Women of Sacred Heart Catholic
church parish and parents of stu
dents are planning the affair
which will be from three to five
o'clock.
Pouring will be Mrs. T. B,
Morris, Mrs. M. Merriman, Mrs.
L. McCormick and Mrs. W. Alex
Kuehlthau. Chairmen in charge
Include Mrs. J. P. Dugan. Mrs.
E. C. Kelly, Mrs. Kuehlthau and
Mrs. H. J. Roomer..
Parents and friends of children
attending the academy are cor
dially invited to attend.
Hansons Announce
Daughter's Troth
At Monday Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. O C. Hanson,
832 West Twelfth street, an
nounced the engagement and
approaching wedding of their
daughter, Dorothy to Douglas
Plurr.ley at a family dinner held
Monday evening at the Hanson
home.
Oct 27 has been set as the
date r.f the wedding.
Present for the dinner were
Miss Hanson, her fiance his
parent", Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Plumlny, Phyllis and Neil Plum-
ey. Mr. and Mrs Lafe Cronk.
grandoarents of the groom-elect.
Dickie Hanson and the host and
hostess.
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Golden IVedding Celebrated
By Medford Couple Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F
Skeeters, widely known native
residents of Jackson cour.ty,
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary last Sunday with an
informal reception at their hume
on the old Crater Lake highway.
More than 100 friend and rela
tives called during the day.
The affair was planned by
their daughter, Mrs. Marjorie
Hopkins, who was assisted dur
ing the day by Mrs. Charles L.
Skeeters, Mrs. Ivah Murray,
Mrs. Roy Byrd, Mrs. Al. Floyd,
Mrs. Emerson Anderson, Mrs.
Barney Tenant, Mrs. Claude
Scott and the Misses Ilene Clau
sen and Effie Corless.
Among the flowers used to
decorate the Skeeters' home were
chrysanthemums from the Cry
stal Springs company packing
crew and from the Charles L.
Skeeters family of Talent.
Special wedding cakes were
made for the couple by Mrs.
Emerson Anderson and Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Naffziger and Mr. and
Mrs. Iver Ellis also presented
the Skeeters with wedding cakes.
Individual decorated cakes were
served each guest.
On display were several wed
ding gifts which were presented
to the couple on their wedding
day Oct. 9, 1895 and also dis
played were family albums with
pictures, taken in the '90's, of
many guests who were present
for the celebration.
Miss Ruth Golden
Becomes Bride Of
Pennsylvania Man
Miss Ruth Lavonne Golden,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
H. Golden, 106 Lincoln avenue,
and Elvln Otis Fox, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Otto O. Fox of Wil
liamsport, Penn., were married
Sunday afternoon by the Rev. D.
E. Millard in the Chapel of the
Rocks and Roses.
The couple was attended by
the bride's mother and father.
The bride wore a light gray
suit with white and green acces
sories, and an orchid corsage,
while Mrs. Golden wore gray
with red and white accessories.
Guests included Mrs. Stella
Fisher, grandmother of the bride,
and the bride's uncle, Glen John
son, Mrs. Johnson and Miss Don
na Johnson, all of Medford.
The groom, recently discharg
ed from the service, was chief
purser in the army transporta
tion service for nearly two years
and prior to that served more
than three years in the navy.
Mr. and Mrs. Fox will reside in
Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Huson
Entertain Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Huson
and Mrs. Huson's father, Thomas
Blackburn of Cloverdale, Ore.,
are in Medford to visit Mr.
Huson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Huson, Route 1. Also here
are Mrs. Huson's sister, Mrs.
Lucile Smith and her two chil
dren of Salem. The visitors will
remain all week.
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Here for the reception were
Mrs. Skeeters' only brother, Al
bert Scranton and his family
from Klamath Falls. Mr. Skeet
ers' only sister, Mrs. Leo Mar
tin of Waldport, was unable to
attend. Oldest relative present
was Mrs. Sally Riley. 8S, a
cousin, from Eagle Point, and
the youngest was the two-month-old
son of Edwin Owens, nephew
of Mrs. Skeeters. Pictures were
taken of Charles F. Skeeters and
his grandnephew, William Joe
Skeeters, son of Everett Skeet
ers of Prospect, as the oldest and
youngest living members of the
Skeeters family.
Charles Skeeters and Julia
Scranton were married at the
home of the bride's parents near
Kerby,, in 1895, and they have
lived in this county for most of
their 60 years of married life.
Mr. Skeeters was born on the
old Stimpson place near what is
now the 401 Orchard in 1866
while Mrs. Skeeters was born in
1877 on the Taylor homestead
on Butte Creek.
The Skeeters began playing
for dances before they were mar
ried and even now play occa
sionally for local "old time"
parties. In recent years they
have had recordings made of a
number of selections and during
the day these were played for
dancing on the lawn.
Only grandchild of the couple
is Alvin Pena, Mrs. Hopkins'
son, now in the navy.
Shower Honors
Choir Member;
Election Held
Mrs. Delbert Daniels was
honored guest at an informal
surprise shower party given by
members of the First Christian
church choir Thursday evening
of last week after choir practice
at the church. The affair was
in observance of Mrs. Daniel's
birthday anniversary and she
was given a shower of handker
chiefs. About 40 persons were pres
ent. Choir election was held, with
Mrs. Grant Hutchins being nam
ed president. Mrs. Ralph Cook
was elected secretary and treas
urer, Verne L. Bailey, librarian;
Mrs. Elolse Winkelbeck, tele
phone chairman; Mrs. Arnold
Bohnert, social chairman and
Mrs. Ronald Rice, publicity
chairman.
World Charter Reviewed
At Meeting of Circle
Mrs. John R. Larwood review
ed the world charter drafted at
the San Francisco security con
ference at the meeting of Loyalty
circle of the Methodist church
held Thursday at the home of
Mrs. L. C. Kirby. 27 North
Orange street. 2 Mrs. Frank Mc-
Keown gave devotions and Mrs.
Albert Frank read a poem on
the devotional theme.
Assisting hostesses were Mrs.
Ray Harrison and Mrs. John Car
ter. Hostesses for the November
meeting will be Mrs. Lyle
Schoppert and Mrs. Earl Hall.
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Ivy LaVerne Frey
Married Recently
To Glenne Albert
At an afternoon ceremony
Sunday, Sept. 30, in the Chapel
of the Rocks and Roses, Miss
Iva LaVerne Frey, daughter of
O. E. Frey, Prospect, became the
bride of Glenne W. H. Albert,
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Poole,
Butte Falls. The Rev. D. E. Mil
lard performed the ceremony.
Preceding the service the Rev.
and Mrs. Millard sang "Moon
light and Roses" and "I Love
You Truly' and Mrs. Millard
played the wedding march.
The bride wore a gown of
white satin and lace with a long
train and a finger-tip length veil.
She carried red roses. Miss Bar
bara Frey, sister of the bride
and ma id-of -honor, wore a pale
blue gown and a corsage of gar
denias. Bridesmaids, Miss Mar
jorie McGrew and Miss Neoda
Herman, wore pale blue gowns
with gardenia corsages.
F. E. Poole, father of the
groom, was best man.
At the reception the wedding
cake was served by Mrs. Joan
Wright and Miss McGrew. About
30 friends were present for the
wedding and reception.
Following a brief honeymoon
the couple will take up residence
in Prospect.
Announce Troth
Dorothy Jensen
To Colin Gould
Mrs. Oliver Martin, Central
Point, Route 1, announces the
betrothal of her daughter, Doro
thy Jensen, to Colin J. Gould,
son of Mrs. O. J. Gould, 1316
West Main Street.
A date for the wedding has
not vet been set.
Mis Jensen formerly resided
in Long Beach, Calif., where
she was teletype operator for a
federal agency and is now em
ployed at the naval hospital at
Camp White as chief teletype
operator.
Mr. Gould is a veteran of the
41st Infantry Division and serv
ed three years overseas. He is
at present with Foster and
Kleisr company here.
Adarel Chapter Plans
Masonic Nighf Program
Adarel Chapter No. 3, O.E.S.
will entertain members of War
ren lodge No. 10 and their wives
with a covered dish dinner and
program at the Masonic hall in
Jacksonville Thursday evening.
Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.
m. and the program following
will be in observance of the an
nual Masonic night. i
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Carpenters Hosts "
For Supper Party
Saturday Evening
A large cocktail and supper
party was given last evening by
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. V. Car
penter at their home, "Top
sides," on the Old Stage Road.
Guests were Capt. H. B. La
Favre, medical officer in com
mand of the Camp White naval
hospital, his staff members and
their wives. A number of towns
people were also present, guests
numbering about 125.
Residents Returning
After Absence From City
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Jacob
sen, former Medford residents,
are to arrive in the city soon
and plan to make their home
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