FOUR 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.
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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
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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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Mrs. Richard D. Proebstel is
the former Miss Barbara Lois
Kelchum of Portland. Her wed
ding to Mr. Proebstel, nephew
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben E. Harder,
Old Strge Road, took place late
in November at St. Stephen's
Episcopal church in Portland.
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.
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kiddies' storybook records to
books on music, such as
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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.
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