Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 16, 1945, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Pc. IB. 1945 Society Corinne D'Albini Becomes Bride Of William C. Briggs Among last week's weddings was that of Miss Corinne D'Al bini, who became the bride of Capt. William Craven Brings. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini, Ha Quince street. Medford, wmi the groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. David Briggs of Lexington, N. C. The Rev. Delbert Daniels per formed the ceremony at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, Dec. 12. at the First Christian church. Miss Katherine Centner was at the organ for the traditional wedding music. For her wedding Miss D'Al blni wore a powder blue suit with white hat and white acces sories and an orchid corsage. Her attendant was her sister, Mrs. Henrv J. Mondot of San Fran' Cisco, who wore a fawn tan suit with brown accessories and a corsage of brown orchids. Mr. Mondot was best man for the groom. A small reception was held at the D'Albini home for relatives and close friends. Mrs. L. P Older cut the wedding cake and Mrs. Oral E. Freemeyer served punch, with Miss Billy Older as slstlng and Mrs. James A. Mills In charge of the guest book. Capt. and Mrs. Briggs will re turn here after their wedding trip and Will remain In Medford for the holldavs, after which thev will leave for Lexington to make their home. Both are on terminal leave from the army the bride from the army nurse corns and the groom from an engineer's unit. Mrs. Briggs served as a lieutenant with the 104th Evarnatlnn hospital In the Euronean theater for two years and the captain was overseas for nearly two years, Mrs. Briggs was graduated from St. Mary's Hall and Good Samaritan hospital school of nursing In Portland while the groom graduated from Catawba college in North Carolina. Society To Hear Christmas Music Monday Evening High school musle punlls, di rected by Miss Mabel Nansen. will present a program of Christ mas music for the meeting of the Medford Musical society set for Monday, 8 p. m. In room 33 of the senior high school. Miss Nansen states that both tradi tional and modern music will be on the program. Mrs. O. L. Williams, president of the society, states that a brief business meeting will be held and that members of the society may Invite friends to hear the Christmas program. Mrs. Wall To Spend" Holiday In California Mrs. Nellie Wall left today for Garden Valley, Calif., where she will spend the Christmas holi days wllh her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wall. Mrs. Wall, who has been living In Roscburg for the past two years, has been spending re cent weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Wall, Williams, and Mr. and Mrs. Hnrold Wall, Klamath Falls, having returned from Klamath Falls Thursday. It ft W TmpuW St mm b U lh tin. l t ' I and Qut)3 Elderly Couple Married Friday At Club Meeting Of unusual interest are the details of the wedding of Mrs. Jennie May Ruch to Grant Young which took place Friday evening at the Knights of Pyth las hall following a meeting of the Medford Townsend club, The bride Is 73 while Mr. Young is 82 years of age. The service was performed by the Rev. D. E. Millard. Mrs. Ruch wore for the wedding a dove grey dress and curried a bouquet of pink carnations. She was attended by Mrs. W, A. Bliss, who wore a flowered grey dress and carried red rosebuds. Mrs. Ruch was given in mar riage by her son, Henry Ruch of Medford. W. A. Bliss served as best man for Mr. Young. Preceding the service the Rev. and Mrs. Millard sang "Moon light and Roses" and Mrs. Mil lard played the wedding march. Following the ceremony refresh ments were served in the dining hall. About 100 members of the club attended the service. Mr. and Mrs. Young will re side at 020 South Central ave nu,!. Mrs. Young has lived In Medford her entire life, while Mr. Young came here about a year ago from Lander, Wyo. Review, Program Given at Meeting Of College Club Mrs. R. A. Work gave an In teresting review of the book, "Behold Your King", by Flor ence Martin Bauer, at the meet ing of the College Women's club of the Rogue River Valley held Dec. 8 at the home of Mrs. C. G. Van Valzah, IS Geneva street. Miss Elizabeth McKay was chairman of the meeting. A trio of high school girls, the Misses Harriett Houghton, Loree Monticth and Vera Smith, sang two numbers. The girls are pu pils of Miss Mabel Nansen, who played their accompaniment. Miss McKay and her commit tee, composed of the Mesdames Blanche Canode, Porter Neff, R. H. Paxton, H. G. Cllirgwln and Miss Elizabeth Ferguson, served refreshments. Mrs. Alice Wlllets and Mrs. Horace Thompson pre sided at the attractively appoint ed tea table. The Christmas motif was used in decorating the rooms of the Van Valzah homo. Outpost to Hold Open House Party Next Sunday Eve Invitations are being extended this week to army and navy of ficers and their wives and a few townspeople for a yuletido open house party at the Outpost Sun day, Dec. 23. The committee on arrangements Is composed of Mrs. John W. Hnrsley, Mrs. Nor man Nelson. Mrs. Royal Bcbb, Capt. John Flamming, Capt. Vir gil Lancaster and Lt. Robert Gabrlclson, The Outpost hostesses, headed by Miss Margaret Ruth Bolton, will assist during the afternoon. Hours will bo from 4 to 7 o'clock. A musical program will be presented by Mrs. Ted Pachcco, concert pianist, who recently ar rived In Medford. 1 riJe anJ QrOOm Leave For Detroit After Rites Here i Flight Officer and Mrs. Ed ward Nowak, whose wedding was an event of Dec. 1 at St, Mark's Episcopal church here left Dec. 8 for a wedding trip through California en route to Detroit, Mich., where they will make their home. The bride is the former Miss Margaret J Dean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Warren J. Dean of Cave Junc tion, and the officer's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Nowak of Detroit. The Rev. A. H. MacDonnell rector of Trinity Episcopal church. Ashland, read the serv ice. The bride, given In mar riage by her father, wore a plum colored traveling suit with brown accessories and a corsage of gardenias and orange blos soms. Miss Jean Page, Medford cousin of the bride, was the only attendant for Miss Dean. War ren J. Dean, brother of the bride, was best man. After the wedding a reception and dinner were given by the bride's grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Thomcn of Med ford at the home of Mrs. Jack Roth on Ross Lane. The heir loom linen and silver used for the dinner were originally own ed bv the bride's grandmother and have been used for family weddings for three generations The bride's cake had been hnked by Mrs. Roth while Mrs Thomen baked the wedding fruit cake from a recipe used for fam ily wedding cakes for six genera tions. Charles C. Page, former Butte Falls lumberman now residing on North Riverside avenue. Is a great, great uncle of the bride. The bride and groom both at tended school In Detroit, the bride having been graduated from Northwestern high school and the groom from Cass techni cal school. Wi7e Daughters Hold Initiation At Temple Here Zulelma Temple, Daughters of the Nile, met at the Masonic Temple In Medford Saturday afternoon, Dec. 8, for a stated meeting and ceremonial with 28 candidates Initiated. Pre c -ding the ceremonial, a lunch con for members and candi dates was held In the Blue Room at the Hotel Holland. Princes Edna Overmyer had charge of luncheon arrange ments and Queen Phlna Nord- wick of Medford welcomed the group of women In attendance Zulelma Temple patrol mem bers acted as hostesses at the tea following the ceremonial The tea table, presided over by Junior Past Queen Nelle Van nice and Past Queen Anna Hammcrbacher, both of Grants Pass, was decorated with yellow chrysanthemums, as were also the luncheon tables. Medford Student In Queen Contest Miss Ruth Andrews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Andrews, 1400 Euclid avenue, was one of flvu candidates who vied for the honor of being named queen of the sophomore cotillion dance held at Oregon State college last week-end. The five finalists were voted on by both men and women attending the dance. Miss Andrews, sophomore In home economics, is cxDected homo Tuesday to spend the holl-1 days " ere with her parents. 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Miss Miller Wed To Vaughn Lamb In Service Here Of Interest to friends here will be announcement of the wed ding of Miss Betty Miller, form er Medford resident, to Vaughn H. Lamb of Dunsmuir, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, married In the Methodist church here Dec. 2, are tcmnorarlly at home in Coos Boy, Ore. The Rev. Louis C. Kirby read the marriage' ceremony at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The bride's gown was of white. fashioned with a lace basque and bouffant net skirt ending in a train, and her fingertip length veil was held with a halo of orange blossoms. She carried white gardenias and red rose buds. Miss Phyllis Lamb, sister of the groom, was maid-of-honor. She wore a gown of delft blue Inre and carried white gardenias. Willinm Roid of Los Angeles, who served overseas wllh the groom, served at best man. Present for the wedding were R. L. Miller of Dunsmuir, who gave his daughter In marriage Mrs. Miller and the groom's par ents, who also came from Duns- mi V, and other friends and re latives from northern California and from Medford. The wedding recentlon was hold at the home of Mrs. J. W. Barnard of 19 Geneva street. Assisting at the reception were Mrs. K. V. James and Mrs. Glen Hoist, both of Medford. Mr. Lamb, who served in the Pacific war theater for nearly two years as a pharmacist's mate, was recently released from the navy. Miss Geneva Hill, Herbert Guenther Married Recently Announced this week was the wedding of Miss Geneva Hill LaGrange, Ga., to Herbert Guenther of Medford. The rites took place In Reno, Nev., Nov. 29. The couple has been with Mr. Guenther's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Guenther, 613 South Newtown street, for the past sev eral days and after this week end will be at home at 1020 North Central avenue. Both Mr. and Mrs. Guenther were recently released from the service, the groom having served as a sergeant and Mrs. Guenther having been in the Women's Army corps. Both were sta tioned at Homestead, Fla. Miss Yost Wed To Mr. Converse At Local Chapel Miss Lois Irene Yost, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Yost, Marsh Lane, and Frank Floyd Converse, son of Mrs. Bertha A. Converse, Battle Creek, Mich., were married Dec. 12 in a double-ring ceremony performed by the Rev. D. E. Millard in the Chapel of the Rocks and Roses. The bride was gowned in a soldier blue suit and wore a cor sage of orchids. She was attend ed by Margaret Louise Pence, maid of honor. Roger Yost, brother of the bride, was best man. The Rev. and Mrs. Millard sang following the ceremony. About forty guests attended the wedding and reception which followed at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. Converse recently receiv ed an honorable discharge from the navy after three years over seas seryice and the bride has been employed at Ward's Dental laboratory. She is a graduate of Medford high school with the class of 1942. The young couple will make their home in Battle Creek fol lowing a short wedding trip to Michigan. Business Women Have Yule Party Thursday Night Medford Business and Profes sional Women held the annual Christmas party Thursday at the Girls' Community club, sieging Yuletide carols and ex changing gifts. Mrs. Eve Pren tice's Accordion Band presented a musical program and accom panied the carol singing. Miss Laura York 'conducted a brief business meeting and games were played with Mabel Sherwood winning a prize. A committee composed of the Mesdames Ethel T e n n a n t, Jacque Lenox and Dorothy Da vidson was In charge of arrange ments and the program commit tee was composed of the Mes dames Eve Prentice, Nellie Rob inson, Zola Sims and Margaret Clements. Guests for the evening were members of the band, Mabel Sherwood, Mary Porters, Mrs. Hill, Mary Fawcett, June Erick son, Elizabeth Martin, Mrs. Erickson, Blanche Burke and Ann Shannon. Rector And Wife Entertain Today With Open House This afternoon the Rev. and Mrs. George R. Turney will hold open house for members and friends of St. Mark's Episcopal parish, the. affair to be at the rectory, 203 North Oakdale ave nue. Hours will be from 2 to S o'clock. Pouring will be Mrs. Robert Schenck, Mrs. Emerson Merrick and Mrs. N. D. Rowe. This wjll be the third annual open house which the rector and his wife have given. Student To Be Guest Miss Nancy Swcm, freshman student at Midland college, Fre mont, Neb., will spend the Christmas holidays with friends in Fremont instead of making the trip home to be with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Swem. Miss Swem has written her par ents that she was named on the honor roll for the first nine week school period. She resides at Becgle hail on the Fremont college campus. AN CXO TIMER fSONE WHO KIN PEMF.M6EH VrNfJi TNS HII4HTOP lUXUfty VrAS TO X&XC A hOT I RON TO PEP" i Not such a bad Idea either, if this cold spell continues. But no amount of cold weather can keep Christmas shoppers away from PRUITT'S, where they will find scores of unusual gift suggestions, ranging from kiddies' storybook records to books on music, such as "The History of Music" by Pratt. Especially recommended: George Gershwin's Song Book, a reprint at $2.50 of a de luxe edition formerly priced much higher. Miss Hazel Kime, Leonard Nyberg Married In Reno Miss Hazel Kime, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Kime, Rt. 1, and Leonard Nyberg, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nyberg, Rt. 3, were married in Reno, Nev., Nov. 27. Mrs. Nyberg is remaining here at the home of her parents while the groom, boatswain's mate in the navy, has reported to Charleston, S. C, for further duty with the navy. He recently returned from China and has been in the navy since March of 1942. Mrs. Nyberg was graduated from Medford high school with the class of 1944. Announce Troth Of Alta Hartley To Mr. Langsten Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dale, 145 South Ivy street, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alta Hartley, to Lloyd C. Lang sten, sen of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Langsten of 114 Tripp street. The wedding date will be set for the near future. Mr. Langsten recently return ed to the United States after serving overseas for two years with a Naval Construction Bat talion. Plan Special Meeting A special meeting will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. by Med ford Bethel, Daughters of Job. at the Masonic hall. The major ity degree will be conferred In semi-formal ceremonies and it is stated that this will be a clos ed meeting. They're the perfect answer to your gift-giving problem . . . in soft pastels, delicate florals or in gay prints we have just the robe you'll want for "her." 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