Daniel-Truman Wedding Service
Held Yesterday; Devoid of Pomp
By MARGARET RICHARDS
United Press Correspondent
Independence, Mo. U.R;
Miss Margaret Truman yester
day became the bride of New
York newsman, Clifton Daniel
Jr., in a simple sacrament, com
pounded of beauty and rever
ence, devoid of pomp.
Bright sunlight streamed
" down on the bridal party as Miss
Truman and her attendants en
tered the tiny Trinity Episcopal
church of h e r childhood. The
party began its measured pro
cessional to the rolling organ
tones of a liturgical march,
'Trumpet Voluntary," by the
17th century English composer,
Henry Pursell. The great organ
music of Bach preceded the cere
mony. The processional was brief,
only 45 feet down the green
carpeted aisle between aging
pews.
The bride, wearing a pale
beige, ankle length gown of 200-year-old
Venetian lace, and a
veil floating only a little below
her shoulders, entered on the
arm of her father, former Presi
dent Harry S. Truman.
Two old and dear friends pre
ceded her. First came Mrs. Cole
man Branton of Kansas City,
formerly of Independence, clad
in a gown of palest yellow. She
was followed by Mrs. John Hor
ton. the former Drucie Snyder,
in apple green, contrasting subt
ly with the bride's gown.
Margaret Radiant, Solemn ,
Miss Truman carried a prayer
book given her by her grand
mother when she was confirmed
in the same little church 16
years ago.
She met her bridegroom at the
same altar rail where her par
ents exchanged their marriage
vows on a June Saturday nearly
37 years ago. The best man was
John Knox Barrow Jr., of Ahos
kie, N. C, a boyhood friend of
Mr. Daniel. !
There, too, stood Father Patric
Hutton, wearing vestments top
ped by an inricately embroid
ered cape of gold cloth.
Radiant but solemn, the bride
followed Mr. Daniel's spoken
pledge in virtually the same
words.
"I, Margaret, take thee Clif
ton to be my wedded husband,
to have and to hold from this
day forward, for better or worse,
for ricner for poorer, in sick
ness and in health, to love and
to cherish, till death us do part,
according to God's holy ordin
ance, and thereto I give thee
my troth.
When the words were spo
ken, the bridegroom placed the
ring on her finger with the tra
ditional words of many faiths,
including his own and that of
former President Truman, a
Baptist. '
"With this ring I thee wed;
in the name of the Father, and
of the Son and of the Holy
Ghost." he said.
Everything Simple
The events leading up to the
Medford Couple
Now in Europe;
Daughter to Join
Mr. and Mrs. Agnar Larsen,
2234 Aloha street, are en route
to Rome, Italy, after visiting at
Copenhagen, Denmark, with rel
atives of Mr. Larsen. In Ger
many they purchased a Volks
wagen with which they will tour
Europe. They made the trip by
Scandanavian air lines across
the Polar route, leaving Medford
March 27 and Los Angeles
March 28.
After visiting Rome the travel-
lers will arrive at Paris, France,
where on June 12 they are to
meet their daughter, Mrs. Floyd
Hart, 25 North Berkeley way,
who will accompany them on the
motor tour of Europe. She plans
to leave here June 11 and also
will go by Scandanavian air
lines, but will leave New York
City directly for Paris.
With the exception of a broth
er in Iowa, Mr. Larsen's imme
diate relatives live in Denmark
and the family, after driving
through European countries,
will return there to visit.
Mrs Roosevelt
Attends Wedding
En route to Medford to speak
at the Roosevelt Memorial din
ner tomorrow, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt yesterday attended the
wedding of her granddaughter,
Miss Ruth Chandler to Henry D.
Lindsley III at Ft. Worth, Tex.
The ceremony took place in
All Saints Episcopal church and
a reception afterwards was held
at River Crest Country clubs at
Ft. Worth. Only the families and
those who were in the wedding
group attended the wedding, but
the reception guest list was a
large one.
The bride is a daughter of
Mrs. Harry T. Eidson 'of Ft.
Worth, and Elliott Roosevelt of
Meeker, Colo. The bridegroom's
parents are Mrs. Robert H. Stew
art Jr., Dallas, Tex., and Henry
D. Lindsley Jr., also of Dallas.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be a guest
at a morning coffee hour Tues
day, April 24 at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Rease Braley, the
event being arranged by the
Medford chapter of Oregon
United Nations association. Dur
ing the Memorial dinner Monday
evening. Mrs. Roosevelt will re
ceive an honorary membership
in the international chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi sorority.
Couple Married
In New Jersey
Trail Mrs. Nancy A. Busch,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Busch of Trail became the bride
of Michael J. Figueroa, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bienvenido Figue
roa of Brooklyn, New York, in
a ceremony performed April 16
by a justice of the peace in
Pleasantville, N.J.
The bride was attended by
Miss Cynthia Garner.
The bride, a 1954 graduate of
Eagle Point High school, enlist
ed in the Navy in July of 1954,
attended technical schools in
Jacksonville, Fla., and Olathe,
Kan., and is now stationed at
Atlantic City, N.J., with the rat
ing of air controlman third
class.
The bridegroom is a graduate
of Haaren High school in New
York, and spent four years in
the National Guard. - attaining
the rank of technical sergeant.
He then enlisted in the Navy,
spending 28 months aboard the
USS Wasp, and is at present sta
tioned at the Naval Air Base at
Atlantic City as an aviation
boatswain second class.
The newlyweds are honey
mooning at Niagara Falls, N.Y.,
and Washington, D.C., and will
be at home soon in Pleasantville.
wedding were devoid of pomp
and circumstance and were as
far apart as Independence is
from Monaco.
Such personages as party giv
er Perle Mesta of Washington
and Mr. and Mrs. William Zeck
endorf of New York were in
Independence for the wedding,
but the socialites were outnum
bered by the longtime friends
of Margaret's childhood.
Only relatives attended the
bridal dinner Friday night at
the Kansas City club in down
town Kansas Ciey. The party
was headed by former President
and Mrs. Truman.
No airplanes swooped down
dropping roses, as was the case
in ' that other wedding," but the
owner of the filling station next
dcor to the church got a new
coat of white paint on it in a
hurry-
Pomp is unknown in Inde
pendence. Instead, a man trims
his hedge, sweeps the walk and
cleans the lawn to get ready for
a thing like a big wedding.
One has to walk around the
square and stand in front of the
tall, frame house on North Dela
ware street to get the feel of the
city. Unless one gives the com
munity the benefit of patience
and understanding, he may
snap-judge this community of
30,000 souls and think it cold.
It isn't.
Trumans Overjoyed .
Since Margaret was a child
here, she has been kown as a
happy, bright, personable girl.
Living in the White House didn't
change her, nor did her own
good fortune on the concert stage
and in the fields of television
and radio.
The Trumans like privacy,
though they find it hard to come
by, even at home where home
folks try to protect them. Today
is well beyond their control, but
Mr. and Mrs. Truman were ever-
joyed in their daughter's happi
ness.
The bridegroom, an assistant
to the foreign news, editor of the
New York Times and former
foreign correspondent, already
had won the approval of the
townspeople.
The quiet, dignifed newsman
said he had not seen much of
Independence but found what he
had seen charming.
The bride has said she will be
an early-rising wife who pre
pares breakfast for her husband
before he leaves for his 9:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. stint on the foreign
desk of the New York Times.
She will begin that chore in
about two weeks when they re
turn from their honeymoon in
the Bahamas. They expect to be
back in time to see Mr. and Mrs.
Truman off for Europe on May
11.
Speaker Announced
For Herb Society
"The Ancient Ones," will be
title of a lecture on herbs which
will be given by Mrs. Stephen
F. Counts at a meeting of Rogue
Valley Herb society planned for
Tuesday. April 24. Mrs. C. C.
Stearns, 522 West Fourth street,
will be hostess.
"Old Herbals" will be the
theme for exhibits to be furnish
ed by members. "Spice Cara
vans" and Chinese figurines will
be used for the days herb ar
rangement. In keeping with the day's
theme, roll call will be answered
by members naming an herb
used in ancient times and giv
ing' their uses.
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Sunday, April 22, 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Many handsome old wedding gowns will be modeled at
the annual benefit tea and hobby show of Jackson County unit,
American Cancer society, o be held Wednesday, April 25, at
Hillcrest orchards. Pictured here are Mrs. L. Scott Ellis
modeling a dress which is a copy of the wedding gown worn
by the late Mrs. Reginald Parsons, mother of Mrs. John S.
Day (at right). Mrs. Day is general chairman in this county
for the American Cancer society, and general tea chairman.
The original lace was used when the gown was re-made, and'
the cap and veil are the originals worn by Mrs. Parsons. The
tea Wednesday is open to the public. (Brainerd photo).
Annual Silver Tea, Show
To Be Held at Hillcrest
Final plans for the annual sil
ver tea and hobby show of the
Jackson County unit, American
Cancer society, were made
Wednesday morning at a board
meeting held at the home of Mrs.
L. W. Bates, 19 South Barneburg
road. The tea is planned for next
Wednesday, April 25, from 2 to
4 o'clock at Hillcrest Orchards,
Hillcrest road, Medford. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
Many beautiful wedding
gowns, several dating back to
the 1860 era, will be displayed
and some of them will be mod
eled by local women. Miss Eliz
abeth Burr, Medford, will pour
at the tea table wearing the
wedding dress of her mother. As
in the past, the tea set of Miss
Burr's mother will be used at
the table.
The bridal theme will be used
again in the table settings which
are being arranged by several
women's organizations. Prizes
will be awarded for the best set
ting. Interesting hobbies and old
wedding pictures will be another
highlight of this year's tea.
Mrs. John S. Day, county
chairman, will serve as chairman
of the tea.' Mrs. B. Brandt Bartels
and Mrs. L. W. Bates are vice
chairmen. Mrs. Raymond Mik
sche will arrange the flowers for
the tea.
Other committee chairmen are
Mrs. B. Brandt Bartels, hobbies;
Mrs. Fred Burich, table settings
and newspaper education; Mrs.
L. W. Bates, food; Mrs. Ralph
Thompsen, scheduling of work
ers; Mrs. Ray Casterline, cour
tesy; Mrs. L. Scott Ellis, secur
ing of models; Mrs. M. L. Vor
heis, radio and TV publicity;
Mrs. M. Donald McGeary, news
paper publicity.
Funds derived from the annual
campaign of the American Can
cer society go mainly for re
search. Much recent research has
been in the field of lung cancer,
one of the leading killers in the
United States today and one of
the least understood by the pub
lic in terms of how to protect
themselves, the society states.
According to a current ACS
statement, "Pandemic (widely
epidemic) lung cancer has re
corded the most rapid increase
ever ascribed to a non-infectious
disease." ACS figures show that
in the last 20 years the age-adjusted
death rate from lung can
cer has increased about 400 per
cent among white men and about
100 per cent among white
women.
"The estimated number of
deaths from that specific disease
in this country for 1955. at the
latest indicated rates, is 27,000."
At least four out of five occur
among men, and more than 90
per cent of such cancers develop
after the age of 45," the society
states. "So every man over 45
is in the group of highest suscep
tibility to lung cancer, and
should have a chest x-ray exam
ination every six months, in ad
dition to a yearly general phys
ical checkup to keep well."
It is pointed out that lung can
cer now kills more Americans in
a single year than tuberculosis
or diabetes, or murders and sui
cides combined. This alarming
increase has been attributed to
environmental factors. Under in
vestigation are known and sus
pected cancer-inducing agents
found in tobacco, automobile ex
hausts, industrial fumes, and
chemical dusts, coal and oil
smoke, smog, and other irritants
common to modern civilization.
Kiwanian Dames
To Meet at Peeks
Kiwanian Dames will meet
Tuesday, April 24, at the home
of Mrs. William J. Peek, 2511
Hillcrest road. Luncheon will
be served at 12:30 p.m. All
wives of Kiwanis club members
are invited to attend, and reser
vations may be made by calling
Mrs. John H. Pletch, telephone
2-8116.
Mrs. Paul J. Selby, Mrs. Ray
mond S. Wise, Mrs. William A.
Singler, Mrs. Del L. Wright and
Mrs. Peek will serve as host
esses. Transportation may be ar
ranged by telephoning Mrs. Milo
Kubalek, 2-8196, or Mrs. Thom
as C. Anderson, 2-5616.
A social afternoon, with
bridge and canasta, is planned
to follow the business meeting.
Sojourners
Sojourners' club will meet at
1 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at
the Medford hotel. Women who
have resided in Medford and
vicinity less than two years are
cordially invited to attend and
become members. Bridge, pi
nochle and canasta will be play
ed. .
Gardeners Plan
May Flower Show
At Hedrick School
"Mother Nature's Flower Bas
ket" is to be the theme for the
spring flower show which the
Medford Garden club has plan
ned for Medford and Rogue
Valley flower lovers on May 12.
Hours will be from 12 noon to 8
p.m. This year's show will be
in the Hedrick Junior High
School building, 1501 East Jack
son street.
Since the show will be held
on Saturday, there will be am
ple parking space for all who
wish to attend this gala event.
The exhibit is planned for
both attraction and education
value and will feature the artis
try of many of the valley's most
able arrangers. The show will
be non-competitive and open to
all arrangers and flower lovers,
both as individuals or from
groups, clubs and organizations.
Rules, regulations and instruc
tions will appear in The Mail
Tribune soon.
Chairman for the show is Mrs.
Leroy Cline, telephone 2-4770.
Committee chairmen are sched
ule, Mrs. J. E. Harper; staging,
Mrs. Mattie Carson; publicity,
Mrs. Ruby Rusque; hospitality,
Mrs. R. W. Smith; announce
ments, Mrs. A. O. Floyd; entries,
Miss Florence Bain; properties,
Mrs. E L. Crain; conservation,
Mrs. Dee Hendrickson; corsages,
Mrs. Evelyn Tice; tea, Mrs. Ger
ald von Ting: birds, Mrs. How
ard Bush: herbs, Mrs. C. C. Sat
er; horticulture, Mrs. E. M. Wal
lin: commercial exhibitors, Mrs.
R. T. Nichol; registration, Mrs.
Earl Bradfish; magazines and
information, Mrs. Leland Knox.
Mrs. C. C. Stearns is club
president.
The American, Cancer society
urges all cancer patients to be
ware of quacks and "wonder
cures." Only radiation or sur
gery can now cure that disease.
Shower Held
Mrs. Bob Roberts was honored
at a shower given April 18 at
the home of Mrs. Aaron Ayres,
12 North Groveland avenue.
Mrs. Pat Ryan was hostess. Re
freshments were served and the
evening was spent in games. The
honored guest was presented
gifts. About 30 guests attended.
Storm damage to trees is easy
to correct by prunning during
the winter months.
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