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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.
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A SIMPLE WISH that Is as
Btnuln. as gold itself.
AMD A HEARTY THANK
YOU for favors of the past.
We ere truly grateful.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Her sister, freshman at Ore
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Captain and Wife
Visit Relatives Here
Capt. William A. Delzell and
Mrs. Delzell left Medford the
first of last week after visiting
here with Mr. and Mrs. Don
Newbury, 7 Eastwood Drive.
Capt. Delzell is a brother of Mrs!
Newbury. 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.
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