anaheim-gazette 1946-11-21

WOMEN’S ACTIVITIES Phone 220 GRACE THOMPSON NAME MARY WEBB HONORED QUEEN OF JOB’S DAUGHTERS AT BANQUET Miss Nancy Webb was elected honored queen of Job’s Daughters, Bethel No. 5, during an impressive banquet-meeting last Monday night at the local Masonic Temple at 6 o’clock. Additional highlight of the affair was a grand finale to letter writing between each member and their “mystery father”, Masonic Lodge member, with approximately 100 Masons and girls attending. Other officers elected with Miss Webb included Mary Lou Wurtz, senior princess; Jewel Leverich, junior princess; Veota Tessner, guide, and Jerry Homan, marshal. The other 14 officers will be appointed by Honored Queen Mary Webb, following the formal installation ceremony to be scheduled next month. Musical selections were featured on a short program with M. L. Hall, associate guardian, acting as master of ceremonies. Miss Edith Browne, talented young vocalist, interpreted three selections and Bird Gross, past associate guardian, sang two numbers. Both were accompanied by Shirley Eaton. A unique cigar-box stringed instrument, with bow, was played by its creator, Ralph Seward. He also presented apt imitations. Two members, Veota Mae Tessmer and Jerry Homan sang two duets, accompanied by Mary Wright. The organization’s outgoing officers were introduced to the assemblage by Royal Seward, high priest of the Royal Arch. With the honored queen, Miss Jean Hall, who presided during the short business session, they include Mary Webb, senior princess; Mary Lou Wurtz and Jewel Leverich, guide marshal. He also presented the officers and members and their mystery fathers. Charles Hunt, De Molay dad for Anaheim, introduced past honored queens, Gloria Temple, Edith Browne and Margaret Edans. The council members were in charge of the delicious dinner and artistic decorations for the affair, under the chairmanship of Mrs. M. L. Hall, guardian. For the regular meeting the girls retired to the bethel room and, robed in the traditional purple and white, performed the opening and closing ceremony. Huge arrangements of chysan-theums graced the long tables and were scattered throughout the hall. The initiation of many members will head the bureau of the next meeting, it was nooned. Varied Program For Benjamin Franklin P.-T.A. Rheumatic fever and the few cases in California was cussed by Dr. Edward Lee-sell, Orange county health officer before members of the Ben-Franklin Parent-Teachers association Wednesday of last Mrs. Walter Taylor, presided during the business session which preceded tea hour the school auditorium. Four uniformed Girl S presented the colors and led flag salute. Mrs. Afton Reinert, chairman, presented Miss Clark's kindergarten class Miss Hazel Gibson's first and ond grade classes who each pretended an original Thanksgiving program. Under the direction of Missothy Bowe, Girl Scout exec- The S.Q.R. Store SEE IT DEMONSTRATED...YOU'LL WANT ONE IMMEDIATELY Home Users! Dressmakers! Alterationists! Tailors! Teachers! For Gifts! Pin-it SKIRT MARKER Now... YOU CAN PIN AN EVEN HEMLINE Easily ... Quickly Accurately • No Fuss • No Musts • No Chalk $198 Even Dad and Junior will get a kick out of using it. Gone are the days of fumbling and guesswork with yardstick and chalk...now you can pin • No Fuss • No Muss • No Chalk Gone are the days of fumbling and guesswork with yardstick and chalk... now you can pin an accurate hemline easily and quickly... Pin-It Skirt Marker is fun to use... and you'll be proud of the professional results! Easy does it! AN EVEN HEMLINE EVERY TIME, Marker measures height and holds the skirt while you insert pins... 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Varied Program for Benjamin Franklin P.-T.A. heumatic fever and the need for specialists for the relatively cases in California was disbanded by Dr. Edward Lee Russo. Orange county health officer, more members of the Benjamin Franklin Parent-Teachers association, Wednesday of last week. Walter Taylor, president, assisted during the business session which preceded tea hour in school auditorium. Four uniformed Girl Scouts presented the colors and led the salute. Mrs. Afton Reinert, programerman, presented Miss Anna Park's kindergarten class and Mrs Hazel Gibson's first and second grade classes who each intermed an original Thanksgiving program. Under the direction of Miss Dorothy Bowe, Girl Scout executive MARY ANN MORRISON for the school, Mrs. Dierberger, Mrs. Wayne Leigh and Mrs. Everett Cone conducted an impressive scout installation ceremony. Chester Fowler, sixth grade teacher, ways and means chairman, reported on the budget which was accepted by the group. A rag drive is being staged at the school by his class this week, to conclude Saturday. Future plans include a bazaar, set for the middle of December. A variety of articles including canned fruits, nuts, aprons and other household items will be featured. Final plans will be formulated at the next meeting, December 11 at the school. An appropriate Thanksgiving motif marked the tea table centerpiece and favors. Mrs. Chester Barnes was in charge of decorations. Mrs. Walter Taylor and Mrs. Afton Reinert presided at the tea and coffee urns. At present the group boasts of a membership of 228. Cranston Concert This Sunday Albert M. Cranston, voice teacher of Anaheim, will present, in concert, Miss Mary Anne Morrison, talented 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex M. Morrison of Fullerton, next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Melrose Abbey, 101 highway between Anaheim and Santa Ana. Miss Morrison will interpret sacred operatic and art selections in French, Spanish, Italian, German and English. To accompany and assist her, will be Mrs. Louise Tate Foss and Miss Janette Easton, both well known artists of Fullerton, at the plano and organ. The public is cordially invited to attend. Edith Browne With Manettes On Los Angeles Program Miss Edith Browne of this city, featured with the Manettes, group of eight young dancers directed by Mrs. Cleta Mann, well known dance manager of Los Angeles, appeared on a gala service men's benefit program at the Embassy theater, Los Angeles, last Friday night before a large audience. The group interpreted an impressive Chinese ballet under fluorescent lighting and a unique routine on the variety show. Attending the affair from Anaheim were Miss Browne's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Reinhardt; her mother, Mrs. Alberta Brown and Mrs. Lenoir Martin, director of the Richards-Martin school of dancing. The other four troupes, directed by Mrs. Mann, have toured throughout the country. At present, one is billed on the Shrine Convention program in Texas, another is playing in New York and an acrobatic troupe and dance Mr. and Mrs. Cranston Back From Palm Springs Honey Just returned from a honeymoon trip to Palm Springs are Mr. and Mrs. Chriss. The couple repeat marriage vows recently in formal afternoon ceremony ducted at the bride's home South Van Ness avenue. Ana, the Rev. Harry Bings, pastor of the First church of this city, office. The bride is the former Francis, active member Business and Professional's club in Santa Ana. She chose a softly tailed dress for the occasion. Cut crystal and onxy bridegroom were her on ment. The bride was associating the Occidental Life company, Santa Ana. Her groom is the own Colonial House at 512 East street, Anaheim, and a representative of the A. Shower Honors Alice Williams In an atmosphere man with artistic arrangement chrysanthemums, Miss Alliamson, bride-elect of Meyers of Fullerton, wowed by a shower given Walter Frey of 517 South Angeles street last Monday. After the honoree had her many lovely presents table refreshments of he cider and dainty spice cured with white frosting with a white wedding Lily (Continued on Page) L. H. STAN Violin, Accordion, Hawk Spanish Instrument Final plans will be formulated at the next meeting, December 11 at the school. An appropriate Thanksgiving motif marked the tea table centerpiece and favors. Mrs. Chester Barnes was in charge of decorations. Mrs. Walter Taylor and Mrs. Afton Reinert presided at the tea and coffee urns. At present the group boasts of a membership of 228. Parent Education Class and P.-T. A. Board Meet at AUHS "The Family Is Our Fortune" was the topic of discussion at the Parent Education class at Anaheim Union high school presented by Mrs. B. E. Baumbach, under the auspices of the AUHS Parent-Teachers association last Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. She read a correlating article from the National P.-T.A. magazine before the 18 members attending and excerpts from other current magazines concerning the problems of adolescent youth. A discussion period followed. The main points involved included "The importance of the adult making the adolescent feel he is an important part of the family" and "The necessity for sharing in the home", that "Love and security play a major role in the lives of children of all ages and that adolescents are dependent on love, and security plays an assurance of being trusted". was stressed. The regular P.-T.A. board meeting followed with Mrs. Melvin Salveson, president, presiding. Mrs. Ted Payne reported that the Friday night dances in the gymnasium are proving highly successful. A number of parents attended the homecoming dance staged recently. Next social affair scheduled is the junior class dance to be held tomorrow, Friday night, after the football game. A report on the large sale of tickets for the faculty play, "Quality Street", staged under the sponsorship of the association, was given by Mrs. Gilbert Bottger. She revealed that Mrs. Leo Friis took top honors with a sales record of 74 tickets. The presentation enabled the group to meet their budget for the year, Mrs. O. M. Goodman, ways and means chairman, stated. A vote of thanks was given to the teachers for their "splendid cooperation". Next meeting of the association Attending the affair from Anaheim were Miss Browne's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Reinhardt; her mother, Mrs. Alberta Brown and Mrs. Lenoir Martin, director of the Richards-Martin school of dancing. The other four troupes, directed by Mrs. Mann, have toured throughout the country. At present, one is billed on the Shrine Convention program in Texas, another is playing in New York and an acrobatic troupe and dance group are featured in Los Angeles now. Miss Browne appeared recently as the soloist with the Manettes during a program performed at the Mummer's club in Los Angeles, an organization of retired motion picture actors and actresses. She sang four ballads for a Show Girl routine and two Hawaiian numbers for a kanaka interpretation. The group presented a tap dance and interpreted the popular "South of the Border" chapaneas. The Whitakers Return After Extended Trip After a fair-weather vacation of visiting friends and relatives in Oklahoma and Kansas for six weeks, "lots of rain was encountered in sunny California by Mr. and Mrs. William Whitaker of Orangethorpe avenue and Spadra. They returned last week, spending two days at their mountain cabin at Glenn ranch before arriving here. Leaving this city September 28, the couple enjoyed a reunion celebration with his brother, H. A. Whitaker, and nine married children of Topeka Kansas. At Severy, Kansas, they were joined by her brother, Bert Smith, who recently sold his business establishment there. He returned to California with the Whitakers and is now a home-owner in Fuller Park. Many close friendships were renewed in Oklahoma City, where they had resided for 12 years. They visited her nephew, Harry B. Smith there and his two daughters, Mrs. Marquis Colby of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Arthur Combs of Blackwell, Oklahoma. While staying with the Combs, the couple attended a stock sale where their hosts' "high-grade" cattle took top honors. Mrs. Nora Harkins Junler will get a kick out of using it. Staged under the sponsorship of the association, was given by Mrs. Gilbert Bottger. She revealed that Mrs. Leo Friis took top honors with a sales record of 74 tickets. The presentation enabled the group to meet their budget for the year, Mrs. O. M. Goodman, ways and means chairman, stated. A vote of thanks was given to the teachers for their "splendid cooperation". Next meeting of the association will be a panel discussion scheduled for December 3 in the high school library at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. The main topic will be "Understanding True Values" presented by a parent, a student, a teacher and a minister. Coordinator will be Mrs. Richard Roehm, president of the Anaheim P.T.A. council. The membership drive is still underway, it was announced. Anyone wishing to join may telephone Mrs. Jessie Thatcher, 4061. She will call for dues personally and present the membership cards. Red Cross to Honor Wartime Volunteers Soon Honor certificates have been issued to the local Red Cross chapter office, signed by President Harry S. Truman, National Red Cross head, Mrs. M. A. Gauer, local chapter chairman, disclosed. Any Anaheimer who volunteered 200 or more hours to Red Cross work between January, 1940, until the end of the war period is asked to call at the local Red Cross headquarters on the second floor of the city hall. During the two moves made by the chapter some of the volunteer production records were misplaced. Mrs. Nora Harkins Arrives Here From New York Monday Mrs. Nora Harkins of St. Albans, Long Island, New York, arrived here last Monday and will make Anaheim her future home, residing with her daughter, Catherine H. Wilson, and Frances Walton, who are completing a new home at 825 North Clementine street. This is the first time in more than four years that Mrs. Harkins has had the opportunity to be with her daughter, since Mrs. Wilson served overseas in the United States Army with the WAC corps for three years. During her duty, she spent her service period in England. Miss Walton, a very close friend, spent almost three years overseas in England and at the Normandy base in France and in Paris. Miss Walton and Mrs. Wilson arrived in Anaheim in September, 1945, shortly after being discharged from the Army, for a visit with relatives of the former, and decided to remain in the golden west. The arrival of Mrs. Harkins will complete the family circle with "Kimi", the doggey member of the family. PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 FOR ADDITIONAL SOCIETY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Criss Back From Palm Springs Honeymoon Just returned from a week's honeymoon trip to Palm Springs are Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Chriss. The couple repeated their marriage vows recently in an informal afternoon ceremony conducted at the bride's home at 1210 South Van Ness avenue, Santa Ana, the Rev. Harry Evan Owings, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, officiating. The bride is the former Agnes Francis, active member of the Business and Professional Woman's club in Santa Ana. She chose a softly tailored red dress for the occasion. A gift of cut crystal and onxy from her bridegroom were her only adornment. The bride was associated with the Occidental Life Insurance company, Santa Ana. Her groom is the owner of the Colonial House at 512 East Center street, Anaheim, and a business representative of the A. F. of L. Shower Honors Alice Williamson In an atmosphere made festive with artistic arrangements of chrysanthemums, Miss Alice Williamson, bride-elect of Lawrence Meyers of Fullerton, was honored by a shower given by Mrs. Walter Frey of 517 South Los Angeles street last Monday evening. After the honoree had opened her many lovely presents, delicate refreshments of hot spiced cider and dainty spice cakes topped with white frosting centered with a white wedding bell were (Continued on Page 4) L. H. STAN Violin, Accordion, Hawaiian & Spanish Guitar Instruction Stop! Look! Listen! 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