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illMfirrtiiiM FOUH MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Society Med ford Couple Will Celebrate 63rd Anniversary Tuesday will be an especially Joyous day for the members of the Vroman family, for In addi tion to the celebration of Christ mas, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Vro man, 122 Tripp street, will cele brate their 63rd wedding anni versary. The day will be mark ed with a family dinner at the home of a son, Clinton Vroman, near Phoenix, and it Is expected that about 25 children, grand children and great-grandchildren will be present. Coming from out-of-town will be the oldest snn, Orris Vroman, of Klamath Falls, another son, Harry, from Throe Rivers, Calif., and living in this district are Clinton, Phoenix. Edwin Vro man of Medford and Mrs. Matle Huencrgnrdt. Route 1, Medford In addition eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren will be present. Expected home today from Ft Lewis is Sgt. Robert Vroman, a grandson of the couple, who has been in service four years ana who recently has been in Eng land. The Vromans were married in Mankato. Minn. They came to Medford in 1910 and from then until 1931 Mr. Vroman engaged In the plumbing business here. They resided In Minnesota and Idaho before coming to Oregon Mr. Vroman will be 87 years old April 18 and Mrs. Vroman will be 85 July 8. Thursday Club To Hold Dinner Phoenix Phoenix Thursday elwb will hold the annual Christ mas dinner for members and husbands Thursday evening. Dec. 27, at the Holland hotel. The affair will be no-host and is set for 7 o'clock. A program of games and other entertain ment will follow the dinner. Reservations for the affair may be made with Mrs. Frank Falrweather, telephone S825, un til Monday evening. Plans for the next meeting of the club will be made during the dinner. JOT A SIMPLE WISH that Is as Btnuln. as gold itself. AMD A HEARTY THANK YOU for favors of the past. We ere truly grateful. ADRIENNE'S We Will Be Open All Df MONDAY ww "i 'cm my And A Happy New Year In the true friendly spirit that dominates the entire world at this time, we extend our wishes for a delightful Yuletide Season and a successful New Year. We sincerely hope that the pleasure wt have had In serving you In the past has been mutual, and we wish to take this occasion to thank you for your patronage. Harmony Beauty Shop j Sunday, Dee. 23. 194S and Clubs Jean Hermanson, Sergeant Carr Wed in Bay City Among early December wed dings was that of Miss Jean Hermanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Hermanson, 502 South Grape street, to Sgt. Ro bert Carr, son of Mrs. Ann Pre vett, Los Angeles, Calif. The ceremony took place Dec, 2 at the chapel of the Presidio of San Francisco with Chaplain W. O. Butcher performing the double-ring ceremony at o'clock In the afternoon. The bride was given In marriage by her father. Miss Hermanson wore a gown of while jersey with net and a fingertip length veil, fashioned with a crown of orange blos soms. The bridal bouquet was white orchids and orange blos soms. Miss June Chesney, Medford, bridesmaid, wore pink net and carried a bouquet of pink and white aweetpeas. Wyatt Fisher of San Francis co was best man and ushers were Clyde Rodcn and Bill Ellis. Following the service a re ception and luncheon were held at the apartment of Miss Wilda Merritt and Miss Dorothy Frost Sixty guests were present. Sgt. Carr and his bride made a wedding trip to Carmel and are now at home in San Fran Cisco. For traveling Mrs. Carr wore a grey suit with black accessories. The bride is a graduate of Medford high school and later attended Medford business col lege. She is a field assistant for the American Red Cross al the Presidio. Sgt. Carr, who was employed by General Petroleum before entering the service, attended the University of Illinois. In addition to the bride's parents, guests Included Mrs. W. A. Mansfield and son Billy, Mrs. V. A. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Morris, Miss June Ches ney. all of Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gray and sons of Santa Cruz, Calif., Mrs. Ann Prevett, Mrs. Mary Trlpps, grandmother of the groom; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pohl, aunt and uncle of the groom, and Mr. Bill Tipps, all of Los Angeles. Beverley Malone To Become Bride Of Sgt. Bergold Set for today Is the wedding of Miss Beverly Malone, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Malone, Coleman Creek Road, to Sgt. Theodore A. Bergold of Alameda, Calif. The service Is to take place at St. Phillip's Catholic church In Alameda, with the reception to be In the Spanish Room of the Alameda Hotel. Miss Malone left for Alameda several days ago and her par ents and sister, Marilyn, left Wednesday for the south. Leav ing Thursday was Miss Ruth Dow, Coker Butte Road, who will serve as bridesmaid for Miss Malone. 1 Couples Will Spend Holidays In Medford Expected here today to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Flck, 608 South Newtown street are Mr. and Mrs. Merle Sleeper, Bend, son-in-law and daughter of the Flcks. Also ar riving will be Major and Mrs. D. W. Malone of San Francisco. Major Malone, a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Flck. recently return ed to the United States from I the Philippine Islands. Reames Chapter Names Officers; Initiation Set Bertha Morse was elected worthy matron of Reames chap ter, O.E.S., at a recent meeting She will succeed Amelia Hiles. who has served for the past year. Edward C. Root was named worthy patron. Other officers elected were Delia Denney, associate matron; Ransom Webster, associate pat ron; Julia Canfield, secretary; Ethel Coverstone, treasurer; Ester Turpin, conductress; Jane McCarty, associate conductress. Christmas carols were sung during the meeting and refresh merits were served In the dining room which had been decorated In a festive fashion by Nell Purdin and a committee. Initiation and a farewell party are scheduled for Dec. 27. Kathleen Hambly, Ernest Strahan Wed in Medford Miss Marion Kathleen Hamb ly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hambly, Grants Pass, was married Dec. 19 to Ernest Dale Strahan, son of Earl Strahan, Rogue River. The service was held at the Chapel of the Rocks and Roses in Medford, with the Rev. D. E. Millard performing the ceremony at eight o'clock In the evening. Miss Hambly wore a gown of black crepe with a corsage of white carnations. Mrs. Byrd Weltman, matron-of-honor, were green crepe and a corsage of white carnations. Byrd Weltman was best man for the groom. The Rev. and Mrs. Millard sang "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" preceding the ceremony and the Rev. Millard sang "Be cause." A small group of relatives and friends attended the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Strahan w ill make their home In Grants Pass following a wedding trip. The bride, graduated from the Grants Pass high school, has been employed In the Josephine county clerk's office in recent months. The groom, recently dis charged from the army, spent two years in the European thea ter as a corporal and holds the Belgian Fourre de Guerre, pres idential unit and meritorious service citations. Dinner Marking Daughters' Day Is Held By Tent A dinner observing "Daught ers' Day" was held Friday eve ning in the Lincoln school din ing room by the Elta Deuel Hubbs Tent. No. 11, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. In charge of the evening were Mrs. Larry Schade, Mrs. M. S. Mallory and Mrs. J. B. Carr. Tw'enty-flve members and guests were seated around a table de corated with red candles and holiday greenery. Miss Ora Cox, past national department president, reviewed the accomplishments and aims of the organization following group singing accompanied by Miss Amelia Kaufman and Miss Marion Dorf, accordionists. Miss Eloise Cox of Illinois, guest of her aunt, Mss Ora Cox, gave the history of the organization. Mrs. Richard Klemm reviewed the work of the local tent. The regular meeting was held fol lowing the dinner. THE MAN WHO OOESNT LOVE. CHRISTMASTIOE. SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR. THERE $ SOMETHING THE. MATTER WITH HIS HEART Thanks, folks, for the blg g 1 1 Christmas business PRUITT'S have ever en joyed. Sorry we couldn't do any thing about the hundreds of demands for radios and rec ord players. But, we hon estly believe it won't be long now until deliveries start rolling in. Better get on our waiting list, if you are not already there. No obligation or de posits required. PRUITT'S will have the fin est In radios, radio-phonographs, recorders, and auto radios, including General Electric, Emerson, Motorola, Wilcox-Gay, and the deluxe Ansley. 6 Students Return To Spend Holidays In Valley Homes Adding to the gaiety of the holiday season for the valley is the return of students from schools and colleges throughout the west. Among the first to arrive were Stanford students, who have been home for about a week. Attending Stanford from here are the Misses Barbara In- skeep, Patricia Farrell and Lois Pringle and Allen Lewis and Billy Patton. They will return to the campus Jan. 1 and 2. Oregon State college students for the most part arrived in Medford and other valley towns Tuesday. Home from Corvallis are the Misses Mildred McKen- zie, June Jarmin, Ruth Andrews, JoAnn Humphrey, Claire Thomas, Marjorie Johnson, Mar garet Drysdale, Adrlenne Leach, Margaret Roberts, Joan Burke. and Lois Ann Hubbard. Home from the University of Oregon are the Misses Charlene Thurston, Joan Adler, Anne Van Valzah, Beverly Jones, Joan El liott, Betty Jean McKenzle, Bet ty Mack, Calista Farrell, Hor- tense Jennings, Joan Smith, Ber- nlece Stearns, Margo Gammill, Betty Rose, Rhoda and Phyllis Williams, Marilyn Wright, Jo anne and Joyce Utz, Anne Scrip tcr, Phyllis Field, Virginia Ham mond and Betty Frey. Miss Frey was accompanied home by Miss Dorothy Davis of Klamath Falls who is a guest of the Freys. Also home from the univer sity are Harry Nordwick and Bob Pittenger. The Misses Shirley Pankey and Jean Farley arrived Friday night from College of the Paci fic, Stockton, Calif., to spend the holidays with their parents and Miss Helen Rubenstein was ex pected home yesterday after noon from the University of California. She will return south the middle of the week. Erma Jean McCay Married Tuesday To Army Captain Miss Erma Jean McCay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lome McCay, Howard avenue, Med ford, is a December bride, her marriage to Capt. William B. Breeden, son of Mrs. E. G. Breeden, Baltimore, Md., hav ing been of event of Tuesday, Dec. 18. The candlelight service was read at the home of her parents and was performed by Maurice Tisdell, minister of the Church of Christ. For the wedding the bride wore a pale peach colored dress trimmed with gold thread em broidery. Her corsage was of gardenias and roses. Following the ceremony a wedding supper was served and later the bride and groom de parted for southern California for a wedding trip. They will return to Medford to reside. The bride Is a graduate of Medford nigh school and has been on the staff of the United States Nitional bank in Med ford. Capt. Breeden, a graduate of Johns Hopkins university, is now on terminal leave from the army. He recently returned from Eurqpe, where he served 16 months and was awarded the bronze star. MAKE IT A Merry Christmas with one of these lovely gifts . . . Because of late express shipments Leons are still able to offer you a great selection for that last min ute shopping ... CI I DC Hundreds of lovely white and tearose DUIrd slips 3.95 to 8.95 D A WIT" I EC All elastic tops . . . white, tearose PAN I I CO ,nd colors 59c to 2.95 ROBES Q; Quilted . erseys SLIPPERS i - SWEATERS Medford Teacher Married Friday To Mr. Van Scoy Mrs. Johnnie Smith, Medford senior high school teacher, be came the bride of Lyle Van Scoy of Eagle Point at a wedding service held Friday at St. Mark's Episcopal church here. The ceremony was read by the Rev. George R. Turney at 5 o'clock in the evening. Attendants for the couple were Mr. and Mrs. William E. Following the service a wed ding dinner was served at the Holland hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Van Scoy are spending several dcys in Portland and upon their return to Medford will be at home at the GeBauer apart ments. In Medford for the wedding were Mrs. Van Scoy s sister ana brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clark, Los Angeles. Mrs. Van Scoy is a daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Floot nf. Npw Franklin. Mo.. while the groom is a son of Mrs. Charlotte Van Scoy, Eagle Foint. Hospital Scene Of Many Parties During December December has been a month of parties for the Camp White navy hospital, with a number of small affairs climaxed by a for mal Christmas dance held Dec. 17 in the recreation hall. The parties were planned by Miss Nancy Day, chairman of the Gray Lady party committee, as sisted by the Red Cross Social club headed by Miss Shirley Weisncburger. Members of the social club have acted as hos tesses for the hospital for two years. First of the affairs was a car nival party held earlier this month and Dec. 16 a Christmas tree trimming party was held in the recreation hall. Patients and corpsmen trimmed the huge tree with over 1,700 glittering decorations made by Junior Red Cross members of Medford and Grants Pass. During the decorating Miss Faith W a r n o c k played for Christmas carols, which the men and hostesses sang from the tops of ladders and around the tree as they hung the decorations. Refreshments . were served by members of the USWV auxili ary, with three members assist ing Mrs. E. L. Hitt, president, in serving. Invitations for the formal dance had been extended to both navy men and to the early arrivals of the engineer detach ments at Camp White. Young women from Ashland and Grants Pass, the latter accom panied by Mrs. Mosier, as well as the 35 members of the Red Cross Social club, acted as hos tesses for the evening. Other entertainment projects are being planned. Miss Day states. Sisteri To Arrive For Holiday Visit Expected here Monday from Chicago are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Roberts and Miss Estelle Hun ter. They will spend the holi days with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holmes, Modoc avenue. Mrs. Roberts and Miss Hunter are sisters of Mrs. Holmes. . . Satins Crepes, and 7.95 to 21.95 ; ind 99c to 4.95 b;l M,ee,ion youv' 3.95 to 14.95 Miss Rector Wed To New York Man In Church Rites Miss Leona Rector, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Rector of Full Brant, Tenn., and for merly of Central Point, and Harrison Gray Meyers of Fay etteville, N. Y., were married Nov. 25 in a double-ring cere mony performed by the Rev. Delbert W. Daniels at the First Christian church here. Miss Verene Bailey was at the piano for the traditional wedding music and accompan ied C. Ronald Rice who sang "Because" and "O Perfect Love" preceding the service. For her wedding Miss Rector chose a suit of powder blue gaberdine with black hat and accessories worn with a corsage of orchids. Her attendant. Miss Marian Hale, wore a suit of coral wool with black hat and a corsage of gardenias. Ralph Cook was best man for the groom. The bride, who was graduat ed from Central Point high school, has been employed at the Camp White telegraph sta tion for the past two and one half years. The groom was Just recently discharged from the sen-ice after two years overseas duty in the Pacific. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers left Im mediately after the ceremony for Fayetteville where they will make their home and the groom will be associated with his father in the insurance business. Prince-McCorkle Rites Are Held At Local Chapel The wedding of Miss Doris Cecilia Prince, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Prince, Phoenix, to Robert Earl McCorkle, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Mc Corkle, 912 South Oakdale ave nue, was an event of last week. The double -ring candle-light ceremony was read at the Chapel of the Rocks and Roses at 7 o'clock Friday evening by the Rev. D. E. Millard. Miss Prince, given in mar riage by her brother-in-law. Klamath Falls naval air base, wore a suit of fuchsia color with a corsage of violets centered with a sweetheart rose. Matron-of-honor was Mrs. Bette Hart, sister of the groom, who wore a powder blue suit with a corsage of talisman roses. Preceding the ceremony the Rev. Millard sang "Always" and "Because," while Mrs. Millard played the wedding march. About 40 relatives and friends were present for the service. The reception was at the chapel. The wedding cake was served by the bride's mother and Mrs. Effie Nelson served punch. Mr. and Mrs. McCorkle are making a wedding trip to Cali fornia and will return to Med ford to reside. The groom, re cently released from the army, is a veteran of 23 months serv ice in the European theater of operations. i I 1 Tell Engagement Of Miss Withrow To Earl Sommer Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Withrow of Talent announce the engage ment of their daughter, Claire, to Earl A. Sommer, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Sommer of Route 2, Ashland. Both are graduates of Talent high school. Miss Withrow has been em ployed at the Medford Account ing service for the past two and one-half years. Her fiance was recently discharged from the marine air corps, where he held the rank of sergeant, after near ly three years of service. No date has been set for the wedding. t Young "Women Home For Holiday Vacation Miss Beverly and Miss Ad rienne Leach are in the valley to spend the holidays with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leach, Route 2. Miss Beverly Leach, HAlc in the Waves, was graduated from the national naval medical center at Bethes da, Md., Dec. 18, and came to the west coast by plane. After a 7-day leave here she will re port at the naval hospital at Seattle. Si.e entered the Waves last August. CHRISTMAS SERVICES . ::p APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH (N. Central & 3rd St.) Where the True Meaning of Christmas Is Proclaimed in Music, Preaching, Testimony Sunday: 11a. m., 3 p. m,. 7:45 p. m. 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He recently returned' from Europe where he served for an extended period with the 1175th Engineer Combat group. The captain is well known in the valley and in Klamath Falls, where he formerly made his hime. Capt. and Mrs. Delzell left Medford for Portland to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Delzell. WASHING MACHINE REPAIR FOR ALL MAKES Also Refrigeration Service Yoimger's Appliance 31 N. Bartlett Phone 2419 to o I- o o LEONS M. M. DEPT. STORE 21 N. Central f
