Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 30, 1955, Image 14

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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.
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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.
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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. - .
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'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,
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Sunday January 30, 18SS
.Donald Lrle Greene
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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.
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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.
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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. , ?
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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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. -
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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. ; .
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