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TWO -MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Couple Returns From Honeymoon; Live in Medford - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. MerrimaiTaro living at 81 4 -West Second street, following their wedding December 31 and a trip to California The Rev. Charles Scott read the rites at 1 o'clock in the afternoon at Sacred Heart Catholic church ' . -.1 The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Leffler, - 33 Chestnut f street, and the bride ; groom's parents arc Mr. . and Mrs. Myrle : M. Merriman, 1 304 King street. ' A About 100 guests attended the ceremony and. the reception which was, held at the Medford hotel. ' - :Miss Caron Lee Leffler was maid of honor for her sister and Dennis OTooleiwas the best man. ', .. n ; ' - ' . Ushers were Tim Dugan, Rich ard Knutson, Laval Meunier and jerry Murphy. c Mr. Leffler escorted his daugh ter to thealtar. She wore a navy blue suit with white and navy blue accessories and her flowers were white orchids.' "' ' - . The maid of honor . wore a white suit i and . her accessories were red. Her corsage was of red rosebuds.iy .1 , -; ;c V f Bruno Pellegrini furnished the wedding music. . .'. ' Mrs. Leffler wore a charcoal grey suit with fuchsia accessories and the bridegroom's mother was dressed in teal blue with . white accessories. At the reception Mrs. Louis Rentz cut the wedding cake as- ;. sisted by Mrs. Ted Ivan. Mrs. Ev erett. Gosch poured the . coffee while the punch was served by Mrs. Russell Torbeck and Mrs. James - Singler. Miss Eleanor Davis registered the guests and Mrs. John Howell had charge of the gifts. ' ' The bride is a Medford Senior High school graduate and the bridegroom was graduated from St. Mary's school. He is em ployed at the Richfield Truck terminal. - ' , Council Members y To Leave Tuesday For State Session Five valley women : plan to leave Tuesday for Eugene where they will attend an annual state convention of the Oregon Coun cil of Church women to be held February 1 through 3. The .wom en are Mrs Claude Sparks, Mrs. Harlan P." Bosworthv Jr., Mrs. ; Grover .C Coram, Mrs. Arthur Cummings and Mrs. Samuel D. Earhart. '-" ; ; -. A planning committee meeting of officers of the local council was held Monday at the home of Mrs. Bert Elliott Mrs. Claude Sparks, the p r e s i d e n t, had charge ot the meeting jvhtn plans for the annual observance of the World day of prayer Were made. This year the observance will be held February 23 and traditionally is held on the first Friday of , Lent.'. Mrs. D u a n e Bowman will have charge of the program at the First Methodist church., ?, ' -; "' V. ' r- Work and plans for the year also were' made at the Monday meeting. ?.V A-V?C -;;v -v-- Master Point Play ..r c Scheduled by Club; J Winners Announced Master point play for members of Riverside Duplicate' Bridge club is scheduled for Wednes day, February 2. ' Winners of the January . 26 session cf the club, have been announced -, ' Mrs. M. M. Herman and Mrs. Van Gilbert won first for the north-south position withl," a score; of 86 Vi. In sceond place were William. Isaacs and John Solheim, who scored 82 Vt points, Mrs. E. K. Bicker -and Mr s. Fred Rehling, and Mrs. T. : J. Fuson and Dr. William Miller tied for third and fourth places. Their scores were 75 points. East-west winners were . Mrs. C. E. Kunz and Tom Munds, first with 77 points; Mrs. Al Gilhousen. and Mrs. Frank Bak er, second with 74V$; Mrs. Ben Todd and Mrs. " Richard Mile stone, third, 70; and Mrs. B. D Sanderson and Mrs. George Dean, fourth, 69. Eight tables were in play. v - " Two Groups Plan . " Annual Ceremony Installation ceremonies -for Dramatic' Order of Knights of Khorassah- and Nomads of Av rudaka wilt be held at the Pyth ian building, 'Saturday, Febru ary 5, at z p.m. " . There wiU be entertainment - and refreshments and the public is invited to attend. -. All ' DQKK-' and . Nomad 'offic ers are to meet at the Pythian building, Sunday, . January- 30, at 4 p-m.-for practice. .r. Breakfast Planned For Credit Club 1 ; Credit - - Women's Breakfast club will meet Tuesday,, Febru ary '1 at;7u-ajn-at the Jackson hoteL Vera Bacon of Medford Credit Bureau "will ' be - guest speaker. i" --. . .' '.'' -Guests are cordially. , invited to attend. - . H' - , 1 . ; ?'?t Jm ft - h ' " 'J- - Mr, and Mrs., Greene-Bi shop Held in Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville Presbyterian church was the scene January 22 of the wedding of Joan Pearl Bishop and Donald Lyle Greene. The bride and bridegroom both are graduates of the Jack sonville high school. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Burnett Bishop, 307 South Fourth street, and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Greene, 107 South Ore gon street, all of Jacksonville. The Rev. N.K. Tully read the rites' at 7 o'clock in the evening and about 75 guests attended. Miss Eugena Merrit was 'maid of honor and Miss Esther Smith was bridesmaid.':'; CS Ed Greene was best man for his brother and Sam Bishop, ' a brother of the bride, . and Ron Greene, another brother of . the bridegroom, seated the guests. Future Nurses To Be Sponsored By District Four Members of Oregon State Nurses association, District 4, will serve as sponsors for a Fu ture Nurses club at Medford Senior High school, it 'was an nounced at a recent meeting of the district members. Mrs. Juan-ita- Anderson, faculty: member, will represent the association as an advisor to the group .and other, members will participate in programs and in counseling with the students. - Miss Lotus Eaton was appoint ed legislation chairmen at the recent meeting.' Miss Dorothy Collard is in charge of publicity; Mrs. Phyllis Schroeder, member ship; Mrs. Stella Demo, finance; Mrs. : Martha Donahue; Miss Mary Vandenburg, scholarship; Mrs. Nettie Dunlapi'v?private duty; Mrs. Anderson,- nursmg careers; and Mrs. Lois Beach, goodwill. . r. - , Newer trends in the. care of cardiac patients were explained by Dr. Martin L. Vorheis, Med ford physician. The session was held at the Community hospital penthouse. , Luncheon, Cards : Planned by Group .: Lady Elks plan a salad lunch' eon' and an afternoon 'of cards at the Elks club party lounge Tuesday, February .1, at 1:30 pjn. . ' Wives of Elks club members are invited and bridge and pi nochle will be played. The serv ing committee .is made up of Mrs. - K. L. Denton-, Mrs. E. T. DiVecchio and Mrs. CJaude Hoo ver. . v - Alpha Phis Plan Meeting Thursday . - Southern Oregon Alph Phi Alumnae association, will meet at, the home of Mrs. Harry Pos torv 22 Reddy avenue', Thurs day, February 3, at 8 pjn. ; All Alpha Phi members in the valley are invited to attend. Ave, T iw--.iOe. Cfatar take Sunday January 30, 18SS .Donald Lrle Greene " 'W (Curiwrighi photo) Service ; The bride, given in marriage by her father, .wore a dress of white lace over taffeta and she carried a bouquet of white, car nations and a white Orchid. JMiss Merrit's dress was pink net over' taffeta, and her - flow ers were pink carnations. Miss Smith was dressed in a blue net gown over taffeta and she car ried blue carnations. - Lighting - the candles was a brother of. the bride, Tom Bish op. White stock; snapdragons and chysanthemums were - used to decorate the church. Miss Betty Stevens ; furnished, the wedding songs accompanied by Miss Judy Hall. v The reception was held in the church recreation rooms and punch and cake were served. xne oriae s motner wore a dark blue dress with a pink hat and. the ; bridegroom's mother was dressed in pale blue with a matching hat. Both wore cor sages of- white orchids. The couple made their wed ding trip tpr San Francisco and are living at Blue Lake, Calif., Where he is . employed as a saw yer at the Timber, Inc., mill. " Honor Fraternity Initiates Student Craig Philips, son of Dr. and Mrs. Stanley E. Philips, Big Boulder orchard, was one of 19 "outstanding freshmen" at the University of Oregon recently in itiated into Phi Eta Sigma, men's scholastic honorary society. The initiation took place Thursday evening during a banquet at the campus. . .v.- The, organization is made un of lower division students who either have a 3.5 accumulative grade point average for their freshman year in school or who make a 3.5 during their first term. - -.-,-lv,-.. ..,-a--.:- Dan Poling, dean of men at Oregon State college, .'was . the guest speaker. . Young Philips is majoring in uoerai aru. 31 allTfepWi'Jenline kits I Any youngster gtts a thrill out. of telling ' V - you, 1 made it myself." Help your child experience this pleasure with Hallmark 'r "Mik'-Your-Own" Valentine kits. See, Our A r I All Kinds of A SI!!"- !- Will1 J Q VALENTINES 15th Anniversary To Be Observed By Medford Club The 15th' anniversary of or ganization of the Medford 'So journers club will be observed Thursday, February 10;. at .,a luncheon meeting in the Med ford hoteL The luncheon- - will be served at 12:30 pan., and res ervations "sfiould be '- made by calling Mrs. A. L. McClure, tele' phone 3-3924, or Mrs. George Lovenborg, .telephone 2-4781. The: deadline for reservations is February 7. t An : mvitation is extended to all inactive members to attend. Newcomers to Medford and the vicinity who have lived here ess than two years are eligible for membership, and are invited to attend. Bridge, canasta and pinochle will' be played. . V At a meeting held last Thurs day; at the' hotel 43 members and prospective members attend ed. Mrs. lovenborg, who Is pres ident, presided and the hostesses were Mrs. Paul Harper and Mrs. L W. Housechild. ' Prospective members there for the first time, were Mrs. Floyd Ob -r, Mrs. A. C. James,' Mrs. Earl Turperung, Mrrf.R. G. Miller, Mrs. D. DeBonde, Mrs. Clyde Brooks, Mrs.. Myers Jones and Mrs. W. C. Riley, i tK-h- Those who became members of the club at the meeting are Mrs. Carl Borge, Mrs. Wayne Safely and Mrs. Ora Rusk.t ' -Birthday greetings were ex tended to Mrs. O.. W. Larson, Mrs. E. R. James, Mrs. Arthur Marineau and Mrs. Turpening. : A prize was awarded Mrs. J. G. Clark. At ; cards in the afternoon pinochle prizes went to Mrs. H. H. Howard and Mrs. Mabel Wright. Bridge awards were won by Mrs. Louis - Ruhl and Mrs. M. O." Jones. Mrs. A. L. McClure and Mrs. J E Westlund won at .canasta. . ' Two Chapters Plan Meetings This Week; Hostesses Announced Two of Medford's PEO chap ters will meet this week. .Chapter CG will meet at the home of Mrs. E. L. . Bartholo mew, 2635 Hillcrest road, Wed nesday, F e bru a r y 2 for a. 7 o'clock v supper. "Mrs. R. j E. Mencke is. the assisting hostess. Chapter BE will hold its regu lar meeting Tuesday, February 1, at 8 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Allen Perry, 105 Geneva street. Mrs. W. E. Hercher is in charge of the program. , ? , ' Couple to Make Visit in Japan J ' Camp White Mr and Mrs. Eugene K. Bicker -plan to vis it their -son, . Array ; Capt. John K. Ricker, and his - family, sta tioned in- Yokohama,' Japan, soon, it was learned Saturday. They plan to' be gone for six or eight weeks. , ? ?! -. . Mr. Ricker is manager of the Veterans ' Administration domi ciliary . center here." ib ; -f ; ' He has been' notified that ten tative arrangements for the trip have been made, and they plan to leave on board ah Army trans port February 3. He is travelling as a retired Army major, and may have to delay, his departure if priority is exercised for the transport space, hesaid. ' "This will be toy: first trip to Japan, and in fact my first trip overseas," Manager .Ricker said. - Minister, Wife Hold Open House Dr. and Mrs. D. Kirkland West held open house at the First Presbyterian church manse, 52 Ross court, Thursday and Fri day evenings for members of the congregation. Hours were1 from 7 to 10 p.m. Among those who called were many newcomers to the vicinity , and new members of the church. Punch and cake were served for the informal event. Mr H H i Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bob town Church of Christ, Long, Btach, Calif., are shown here in- an informal pose at their j new home in Medford. The bride is the former Connie Lee Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ewtll D. Rogers, Long Beach, and the bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs, Jack Owen, Little Butte Star route. Eagle Point . (lonnie Martin, Kenneth Owen Wed Recently Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bob Owen, married January 2 in Long Beach, Calif., are now liv ing in J Medford. ; The brjde is the former Connie Lee Martin, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Swell D. Rogers, Long Beach, .and the bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Owen, Little Butte Star route, Eagle Point. Ths Wedding ' ceremony took place at - Uptown Church of Christ in Long Beach, with 200 guests attending. The Rev. Don ald A. Hardage officiated. For the wedding the bride wore a gown of pastel pink nylon .with pink velvet jacket fashioned with a mandarin col lar embroidered in rhinestones and pearls - and she . carried a white Bible with a white orchid and valley lilies. Mr. .Rogers gave his stepdaughter, in mar riage. rT'fViMv Mrs. Nancy L. Hall was ma-tron-of-honor for her cousin. She wore a gown of blue nylon and carried pink carnations. Charles . E. Wardman, Lyn wood, Calif., was best man and ushers were' Riley Brown and Tom Turner. ,""'"' Ben Spivey was soloist; -- . The bride, who attended Jor dan High school in Long Beach, was a typist for McMahan's Furniture company in Long Beach before the wedding. . Mr. Owen, who attended Polytechnic High school in LOng Beach, is a crop" duster With Medford'' Air service. 4 r Sister Here ' ... Mrs. Frank J. Andrews, San Francisco, arrived Saturday from San Francisco to visit for a week with her sister, Mrs. El sie Groves, .301 North Peach it., and with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Ol son, 111 Newtown st. Mrs. An drews was accompanied by her daughter," Mrs. Chester A. Foley and son, Michael Foley, of Gold Hill, who had been visiting for several weeks in San Francisco. is yjjLL Hi a Etui 6 YOUR SILVER STORE Specializing in Fine Diamonds' and .Watches, Too! v J. 130 EAST MAIN -T-; . - EST. 1903 M Owen, married January 2 in Up Home Service On Sunday Weds Couple Central Point A one o'clock afternoon ceremony last Sunday wedded Miss Barbara Joan Greb and Ellis M. Feinstein. The couple made their wedding trip to San Francisco, Calif., and will live in Central Point on their return. - -The ceremony was held at the home of the Rev.' and Mrs. D. E. Millard near. Eagle Point. The Rev. Mr. Millard performed . the double ring ceremony and he and Mrs. Millard furnished the wedding music. - 7 . The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Gertrude - - Greb, -. Central Point ; The bridegroom,' of 737 Laurel street, Central Point, is a son of Mrs. Henrietta Feinstein of San .Rafael, Calif. Sfie and Melvin Feinstein, a brother of the bridegroom, also of San Ra fael, were here for the wedding. : -: The bride wore an .eggshell white silk faille princess dinner dress and her accessories were in. an avocado shade and white. Her. maid of . honor, Miss Pa tricia Greb, a sister, wore a rose silk faiye dinner dress and her accessories were black. - . Sid Knox of Ashland was-best man. ' , . 'The bride has lived in the Med ford vicinity the most of her life and is a 1992 graduate of Med ford High schooL She also at' tended Behnke-Walker Business college and is employed at the Westinghouse a Electric ' supply company in Medford. : . The bridegroom,' a native of California,, came to this vicinity from San Francisco last October, He was graduated from the Pet- aluma, Calif.;" High school in 1952 and is ; employed by the Eccles Electric company in Med ford. - ;:v-. : v - ' Both the mother of the bride and - the bridegroom wore navy blue silk crepe dresses for the occasion. A small group of rela tives attended the wedding. A skarp blow worn mounting ; can mean the loss oi your ' ckerished Jiaatond. Give t your diamond ... newbeanty and dependalile security smart new ; . Orange Blossom -ring styling. Do it today! Use our convenient . credit plan.' , , WE I Party Marks Anniversary Sixty-five members and guests of the Disabled American Vet erans chapter and auxiliary Ko. met Monday for a dinner and program to observe the 20th nLtt'- -.n ,r Mnf.MnM niversary - of . the auxiliary. H Ut7 -,safue ntewc Baden Robinson, - - DAY ; stite commander. - led the arouo in singing "Hafpy Birthday" to the auxiliary. Mrs. Jhn Lillie, first auxiliary commander, vtated that the group was instituted in January 1935, and the charter was grant ed in April 1935. Charter mem bers ' present : were ; Mrs. Hay Ahart, Mrs. Carold Parker, Mrs. Harvey . Cassman, . Mrs.i Effie Reynolds, Mrs. Ed .Neff : and Mrs. Lillie. Twelve of the; sev enteen past "commanders " were present. They are Mrs. Lillie and Mrs. Cassman, who each served two terms Mrs. Bert Hickman, Mrs. Dorthene . Simmons, Mrs. Warren Godard, Mrs. Jim Peach- er, Mrs. Clifton Heeter, Mrs. Neff, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. J. P. Graham, Mrs. Hazel .VanDer- mark, and Mrs. Everett Grissom. Mrs. Ivan - Hatfield, present commander, gave her greetings. Mrs. John Marion led hVgroup singing, with Mrs. James Cech as pianist. Hans Sorensen played several numbers on his accor dion. - Two : solo numbers were sung by Chief Irving Gray and two numbers by Mrs. Marion, -v Mrs. Hazel VanDermark; was mistress of ceremonies and Mrs. Reynolds was dinner chairman. Guests ' introduced were Mr. and Mrs.. Baden Robinson, Lee Turner, Mrs, Turner,, auxiliary commander . of District 5 and auxiliay state conductress, Les ter Moser, commander, of Chap ter 8, Mr. and Mrs. Carold Par ker, James Cech, newest mem- be of the chapter, Sharon Sim mons, junior auxiliary comman der, and Jacqueline George, jun ior auxiliary senior vice-commander.' - Valentine Party Planned by Club Committee members in charge of a valentine dinner and party, to be given February 14 by members of the Scottish Rites Women's club, were announced Oast week. They are Mrs. Clay Lee, Mrs.' Hazel : Dickson, Mrs. Mary Grant, Mrs. Morris Bough- ner and Mrs. Robert Simpson. All Scottish Rites men. their wives, daughters, mothers, sis ters ' and widows are invited. The dinner will be potluck and club members will be contacted regarding . food for the meal which will be served at -. 6:30 p.m. v No February meeting for the club will be held and at the March, meeting - a : nominating committee will - report. T h e committees were, appointed dur ing a meeting January 17. - Adrienne' ; 1 en f?3vf . SAVE NOW! Many, Many Tbrrific Valuci Throughout. Thi Stcro In Our . FINAt CLIEARANCE SALE! dne 214 East Main League Member CAt Conference; Meeting Monday Mrs. Hugh Collins, 40 Glen Oak court, represented Medford Lmiiii of Wnimn Vntra at th uua January u in worvauis. r ' ' Sight leagues throughout the state were reDresented at the meeting. The state league bud g rt committee, closely integrated with the National 'League- bud get committee, studied and dis cussed problems related to the league at the national level. No. action was taken at the meeting but from this study the state budget will be prepared. The league's evening unit, will meet Monday, January 31, at the home of Mrs. Justin & Smith, 21 Geneva street, at 8 p. m. The topic of discussion will be the sanitation problems affecting Medford in relation to the Know Your Town" survey the league Is now doing. The speak er will be a woman who has been active in the elimination of a problem of this type in her own community near Medford.' All are welcome to attend the meet ing. ; . Big Day Coming Up ? Always Say h With Flowers Whether' It's a wedding, a' wed ding . anniversary, a graduation, t otrtrKMV. vaicnttnt s day. or anv celebration, we guarantee SPEEDY oanveiy around . the corner or across the United States through our Hower-by-Wws stfrvioa. ' W take piii in evtry Fhr. 3-1733 flowers, 6 Gifts 5 56 SOUTH CENTRAL LITTLE TWEED COAT How bright you are in this English import-translation exclusive tweed. ' Our fabulous success coat, like -: you, will sparkle on the town, , . have the fresh casualties of eeuntry-side living. 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