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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE i7 . iU If I Mr. and Mri. Horace Tharp Mann (Classic studios) Miss Lorraine Cummings JVed to Horace Tharp Mann An event of Easter Sunday, April 1, was the wedding of Miss Lorraine Cummings, Alexandria, Va., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Cummings, 1000 Alta street, to Horace Tharp Mann, Wash ington, D.C. The bridegroom is a son of Mrs. Horace Tharp Mann Sr., Rolla, Mo. The ceremony took place at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon at Zion Lutheran church, with the Rev. G. Herbert Hillerrnan offi ciating for the double-ring com munion service. About 175 guests were present. Mr. Cummings gave his daugh ter in marriage. She wore a tra ditional gown of satin and lace with veil first worn by her sis ter. The gold bracelet she wore was an heirloom given to her by the bridegroom's mother. The bride carried a white Bible topped with a white orchid and carnations. Mrs. John Liming, Fresno, was honor attendant for her sis ter and additional attendants were Mrs. Wallace Soland, Tole do, Wash., Miss Marion Juricic, Joliet, 111., and Miss Gay Gaydos, Washington, D.C. Kristine Lim ing, niece of the bride, was flow er girl. The attendants all wore frocks of blue lace and crystallette fash ioned empire style, with match ing shoes and hats of satin and nylon net. They carried nose gays of pink carnations with white rosebud centers. John Liming, Fresno, was best man for the bridegroom and ush ers were Wallace Soland, Toledo, Alan Pierce and Clifford Cain, Medford. Gary Cummings, brother of the bride, was junior usher. The church was decorated with arrangements of white snapdragons, stock and roses, and pink and blue carnations, Otto Ewaldsen was soloist, and Tim Hillerrnan was at the organ The reception which followed was in the church parlor. Mrs, A. J. Andersen, Tacoma, aunt of the bride, cut the cake, Mrs. Roy V. Rickard presided at the coffee service and Mrs. W. R. Gass at the punch bowl. Donald Ander sen, Tacoma, cousin of the bride, took charge of the guest book. Calla lilies and candelabra decorated the bride's table. For her daughter's wedding Mrs. Cummings wore a lavender crepe gown with orchid corsage. The bridegroom's mother wore a blue lace gown with red rose bud corsage. Also here for the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nel son, Coeur d'Alene, Ida., grand parents of the bride; A. J. An dersen and son, .Norman, and Oscar Nelson, Tacoma, relatives of the bride; Jeffrey Liming, nephew of the bride; Mr. and for Mother's Day For April Only... 1 Big 8x10 Portrait for you to keep 2 fine 5x7'$ for you to give Each mounted in lovely book folder FULL SELECTION OF PROOFS MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT NOW! I! Mrs. Ernest Liming and the Misses Eva and Mable Freeburg, Vancouver, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H a g e n, Pendleton, Ore. The night preceding the wed ding the Cummings were hosts for a buffet dinner for out-of-town guests and Friday night the bridegroom's mother entertain ed at a dinner for the bridal par ty before the rehearsal. It was given at Mon Desir inn. Gen. and Mrs. Roy Rickard were hosts for a pre-dinner party at their home. Mr. Mann and his bride trav eled to San Francisco and Wash ington, D.C, for their wedding trip and will be at home at Ar lington, Va. The bride, a stew ardess for United Air Lines, at tended Pacific Lutheran college, Parkland, Wash., and the Uni versity of Hawaii. Mr. Mann is with the engineering research di vision, Department of Defense in- Washington. He attended Mis souri School of Mines, the Uni versity of Texas and the Univer sity of Maryland. Mrs. Horace Mann Guest in Medford Mrs. Horace Tharp Mann Sr., left Tuesday for her home in Rolla, Mo., after having been in Medford for the wedding of her son, Horace Tharp Mann, to Miss Lorraine Cummings. The wed ding took place Easter Sunday at Zion Lutheran church here. While here Mrs. Mann was a guest of Gen. and Mrs. Roy Rick ard, 901 Newtown street, long time friends. Tuesday noon before her de parture Mrs. Mann was honored at a luncheon at Rogue Valley Country club given by the bride's mother, Mrs. A. G. Cum mings, 1000 Alta street. Medford Couple Home From Trip Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Krows, 1215 East Main street, arrived home Wednesday after traveling some 7,000 miles through south west states and Mexico. They arrived home by way of El Paso, Tex., and took the cen tral route through the Navajo Indian country and Nevada, ar riving here by way of Alturas, Calif. They reported excellent weath er conditions throughout their trip with sunshine every day. $895 CAMERAS PHOTOGRAPHS A 120 East Main St. Sunday, April 8, 1956 Guest Night Plans Made by Sorority; Party Conducted Plans for a guest night meet ing were made by members of Beta Sigma Upsilon sorority rec ently at the home of Mrs. M. H. Parsons. The observance is to be held May 15. Mrs. Wayne Harris, Mrs. Jack Cannon and Mrs. Walter W. Smith were selected as member ship committee members. It was decided that new pledges wil be received into the chapter next fall and Mrs. Carl Christensen was appointed program chair man. The cultural program was giv en by Mrs. Walter W. Smith on the topic. "You and Your Aud ience." The second program was presented by Mrs. De Von Wray on "Express Yourself." After the meeting refresh ments -were served by the host ess and Mrs. Robert Schroeder, .Next meeting of the group will be held April 17 at 8 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Gerald Von Ting, 1853 Delta Waters road. A box supper was held by Beta ' Sigma Upsilon sorority women and their husbands March 24 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wright, 506 Barnes road. After dinner bridge, canasta and pinochle was played. High prize-for canasta was taken by Mrs. DeVon Wray and low prize by Mr. Wray. Pinochle high was won by Walter W. Smith and low by Mrs. Walter W. Smith .Bridge high was won by Warren Wolf and low by Mrs. Wolf. Those assisting with the party were Mrs. Wayne Wright, Mrs. John Selby, Mrs. Gerald Von Ting and Mrs. Walter W. Smith. Vaughans Leave For1 Trip East Eagle Point Mr. and Mrs. Vinson Vaughan, Brownsboro road, left Friday for San Fran cisco from where they enplaned for New York. The Vaughans were accompanied by their son, Dale. Their daughter, Vicki and son, Rusty, went by plane to Los Angeles to spend a vacation with their grandmother, Mrs. Dale Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan will transact business while in New York and Mrs. Vaughan will! buy stock for her shop, Town and Country, in Eagle Point. Visit Mrs. Ken Baker and daughter, Miss Carol Sue Baker, Oakland, Calif., are visiting Mrs. Baker's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hale, and their in fant son, Gordon Curtis, who was born here March 31. The Hales live at 924 Alta street. Mrs. Baker and Miss Baker plan to be here for about two weeks. ON for only 200 a week mm day you can have Corham Sterling, enduring and lovely always, to use and enjoy every day Come in soon, choose the place-settings you need in the Corham pattern of your choice, and enjoy the use of this fine sterling while you pay for it P.S. Ask to st e the exclusive Corham Sterling one-piece, dent-resistant knife handle. LAWRENCE'S YOUR SILVER STORE Specializing in Fine Diamonds and Watches, Too! 130 EAST MAIN EST. 1908 i 1 Ht Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Wickmart (Classic Studios) Wichnan- Campbell Rites Held at Methodist Church Miss Joanne Grace Campbell and Robert M. Wickman were married March 17 in afternoon rites at First Methodist church. Dr. Raymond Balcomb performed the double-ring ceremony. About 125 guests attended the ceremony-and reception, also held at the church. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Campbell, 1395 South Peach street, and the bridegroom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wickman, 722 King street. The bride was given in mar riage by her father. Her gown was designed with lace bodice over satin and the full length skirt was made with lace panels. She carried a bouquet of white orchids with white carnations. Mrs. R. K. Schulz, a sister of the bride, was the honor attend ant and Miss Peggy Rutter and Mrs. Ive McKinney were brides maid and bridesmatron. The attendants' gowns were of crystalline in ballerina length. ' That worn by Mrs. Schulz was in a coral shade while Miss Rut ter wore blue and Mrs. McKin ney, maize. Their iiowers were coral roses with blue and yellow carnations in nosegays with ruf fles of crystalline to match their gowns. Candle lighters were Miss Mary Campbell and Miss Martha Campbell, twin sisters of the bride, who wore matching gowns of green and-lavender. Bert Rostel, Central Point was best man. Ushers were Lo ren Carter and Ron Clawson. The church was decorated with candles and baskets filled with forsythia, pussy willows OUR CLUB PLAN per six-piece place-setting zor just a few cents each Tcuiiica' i greenery and white stock. Nose gays marked the pew ends.' The church rooms were deco rated in white with pink for the reception. A dinner was given at the home of the bride's parents after the reception, with relatives of both families attending. About 30 persons were present includ ing the bride's brother and his family, the L. E. Campbells trom Portland, and her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brom ley of Salem. The couple made their wed ding trip to San Francisco and Keno, Nev. They returned by way of Lake Tahoe. Their new home is at 1205 Withington street. The bride is a senior student at Southern Oregon college and the bridegroom is a partner in business with his father in Med ford Plate Glass and Mirror com pany. Both young people attend ed Medford Senior High school and. the bridegroom attended Oregon State college. Bigger, Better Displays Than Ever Before! o FAST FREE DELIVERY o EASY TERMS o Soprano i To Appear In Concert Sylvia DeVoss, young colora tura soprano, will be soloist for the final concert of the Philhar monic Society of Southern Ore gon. The concert is set tor bun- day, April 15, at 3 o clock at Medford Senior High school auditorium. Mrs. DeVoss, a native of British Columbia, Canada, has had con siderable experience in the con cert field. She began singing at the age of 10, appearing in church events, and at the age of 12 placed fourth in the section for girl's solo, high voice, at the British Columbia Musical Comp etition festival. She sang and played the piano over Station CKWX, Vancouver, that same year, and placed third irt the same festival the next year. The singer attended the Uni versity of Redlands in Califor nia, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in music. She played the role of Zer bina in an opera workshop pro duction of "The Maid as Mis tress" by Pergolesi, in 1947, and played the female lead in "Whis perland Fantasy" a musical comedy. This was the culmina tion of graduation festivities in 1948. Mrs. DeVoss has also played Gilda in an opera workshop pro duction of "Rigoletto," the mech anical doll in "Tales of Hof fman" and was soprano soloist for a production of "The Mes siah" presented at the University of Redlands. She was also soloist for the Chapel choir which tour ed southern California. For the coming concert Mrs. DeVoss will sing a group with orchestra accompaniment and another with accompaniment by Eruno Pellegrini, pianist. Her first group will be Handel's "My Beloved" and "O luce di auest'anima." recitative and cavatina from "Linda di Cham ounix" by Donizetti. The second will include "Sing, Smile, Slumber" by Gounod with flute obligato; "Carmena Waltz Song" by H. Lane Wil son; "Crepescule" by Massenet and "Hymn to the Sun" by Rim-sky-Korsakoff . The singer's husband, Henry DeVoss, is a speech correction- ist in special education for the Medford school system. Tickets for the concert are now on sale. Mrs'. Ralph Matlack, 3-1045, is ticket chairman. 'A meeting of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority will be held Mon day, April 9 at 8 p.m., in the home of Mrs. . Howard Phillips, 228 Sunrise avenue. Tim -111 -iiim 11 iniiaiiiiir " Sylvia DeVoss (Landis-Shangle photo) MEETING ANNOUNCED FOR EVENING GUILD St. Mark's Evening Guild will meet April 9, at 8 p.m., in the Parish house.. Hostesses will be Mrs. Ralph Matthews, Mrs. Doug las Roach, and Mrs. Mark Tay lor. One Group of Fine W0L SUITS km CCIATS Values lo $59.95 Reg. & Half Sizes VALUES lo S79.G3 ITS 1 All new merchandise Hurry! Supply Limited! The Fashionette 22 S. Central Across from Craterian Phone 2-8168 It was with considerable pride that we re-epened our new, finer store at Sixth and Bartlett streets, .and invited our southern Oregon friends to pay us a visit. Your re sponse to this invitation far exceeded our most optimistic hopes. Special displays, unique and interesting demonstrations, entertainment and prizes were arranqed to make your call a pleasant and profitable one. We were delighted with the crowds attending this four-day re-opening .... and we were especially pleased with the many enthusiastic and sincere compliments paid by our guests. So, with deep feeling, we say: "thanks a million" for your won derful reception of the new, bigger and better Medford Furniture Store .... and assure you that a warm welcome will al ways await you here. Robert Rector MITU SIXTH & BARTLETT SAVING CENTER AT 220 North Bartlett Traveler Back From Bay Area Mrs. Royal Bebb arrived home Friday by plane from San Francisco where she had been since before Easter to visit her son, Ward Bebb, and to spend the Easter holidays. While there she attended a presentation of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis," at the San Francisco Opera house. Enrique Jorda conducted. Noted singers who. appeared were Jan Peerce, tenor, and Yi-Kwei-Sze, bass baritone. Choruses from the University of California partici pated and a quartet of soloists took part. The visitor also attended per formances of "Oklahoma," and "Anniversary Waltz." Return Mr. and Mrs. John Mansfield and son David, 924 Kenyon street, returned home Monday after spending the Easter holi day visiting relatives in the Bay area. They attended a Mansfield family reunion in Albany, and also visited in San Mateo. Price di o a0 Price 2 o
