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WEDDED AT CEREMONY IN PIEDMONT HOME Governor Assailed by Clubwomen Failure to Act FRIPAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1142 U.C. Girl Father Acts As Best Man At Wedding Percy A. Wood, Serves Son Who Weds Miss Mary Sherwood Banked with white flowers and greenery the big fireplace in the living room at the home of Mrs.

H. Warner Sherwood in Piedmont, made a beautiful background for Miss Mary Josephine Sherwood and Mr. Percy Addison Wood as they exchanged vows yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The Rev. Ronald Merrix, pastor of St Paul's SAN MATEO WEDDING DRAWS BAY SOCIETY On Blind Home Report It Cited By ALICE RYAN WINN Failure of Governor Culbert L.

Announi nam Engageme: Olson to UK action on the findings of the Assembly Interim Investigating Committee as of July 11, was Miss Patricia Finigan to Become Bride oi Ensign Oliver V. Merle in Colorful Ceremony challenged today by the Alameda County Federation of Women's Many friends from the Bay area Barbara Bamford To Become Bride Of Naral OOcer Clubs. will go down to San Mateo tomor guests will be: Ensign Graham Knowles, U.S.N.R.; Lieut. Rawlins Mackroth, U.S.N.. and Lleuts.

Ber- A letter to this effect sent to the ens Nelson, Richard Fraser and row for the wedding of Miss Patricia Finigan to Ensign Oliver V. Merle, which will be solemnized in St. Matthew's Catholic Church. It William Sink, U.S.N.R. Chief Executive was drafted yesterday at the Federation's monthly meeting upon a motion presented by lira.

H. N. Herrtck, Berkeley. Episcopal Churcn, officiated at the marriage, which was attended by immediate relatives of the couple A recent part in Berkeley honor 2r Miss Barbara BifflfeM, of Mr. and lira.

Heatfy will be a colorful marriage with to ing the bride-elect was the bar' nd closest friends. The motion as originally pre- be cue that Miss Sheyla Johnson In place of Mr. James Allen, who of La Jolla. a member at CM mlny young men in the uniform of the United States Navy present al tented by Mrs. Merrick called for and Ensign Knowles gave at the ft Sorority at the University Governor Olson's action specmcauy home of Miss Johnson's parents members of the bridal party.

was galled into the service, Mr. Percy Addison Wood Sr. served his son as best man. fornla, has announced the S. Orie Johnsons, on Warring Mrs.

Peter Berkkely, a long-time en the reappointment of Robert C. Chandler as superintendent of the to Dr. John F. Cowan, friend of the bride's family, arrived this week from the East to give the Industrial Home for the Adult United States Navy, and also Street. A cocktail party was also a recent affair at which the host was Mr.

Jimei Walker who entertained at his home down the Blind. It was later revised, upon bride in marriage. the vote of the majority, to ask ac Richard Duff will be best man known the date of her October 10. White ivy, bouvardias and cockscomb were used in the "decorations and were arranged in containers on tall standards. Combined with autumn leaves and greenery the decorations made a most effective setting for the bridal couple with tion on the Investigating Commit for the bridegroom, and seating the tees recommendation, with no spe Miaa Bamford attend fefc cific names mentioned.

VITAL CONC1MT versity of Oregon as wJ and alio took a course at their guests. BRIDE WEARS WHITE Camp Fire Girls To Entertain Ira. John Stearns Thayer, presi Horace Millers Return to Bay ford School of Nurttfui, romance with Doctor dent of the California Federation of its beginning. Her brother Women's Clubs, attending yester day's meeting, expressed herself as sign Henry Bamford Jr. who is stationed away r.

and Mra. Horace Miller art being intensely concerned with the The bride was dressed in the wedding gown belonging to her sister, Mrs. Clay Harrold, who is at Virginia Beach, and whose wedding took place little more than two years ago. The gown was a model of white marquisette and the Bay ciUee. Doctor Cowan Ii a ton from their honeymoon trip Oakland area Camp Fire leaders will be honored at the semi-annual meeting of the Oakland Council of Camp Fire Girls when St meets reinstatement of Chandler, wnose pott was filled in April by Ernest Leelie.

blind attorney, and will make their home in the Garner Smith of Sen the late Dr. John I. The industrial Home for tne ao Bay area. The wedding of the couple took place this month and fingertip length veil of tulle and ult Blind is vitally concerned with was a professor of surgery Stanford Medical school. 1 rosepoint lace was held on the coif' Monday at 1:15 p.m.

for luncheon and afternoon program, according the bride was formerly Miss Hor the war effort. It is lagging behind in Hi work now and a change fure with a coronet arrangement of ter is Mlis Barbara Coweo, tense Spoehr, daughter of Dr. and to Mrs. Ezra W. Decoto, president.

Mrs. H. A. Spoehr. Her father Is engagement to Mr.

Ha must be made," Mrs. Thayer said rosepoint. Her flowers were bou vardla and orchids. wai made known in the a director of plant biology at Car Homer W. Buckley, chief co-ordi' Passage of the Hot Cargo Bill, Miss Barbara Sherwood was maid mer.

Doctor Cowan recel nator of civilian defense in Oak Proposition No. 1 on the November negie Institute and she has a brother, Dr. Alexander Spoehr, who of honor for her sister and Miss degrees from the Stanford School and Stanford Ut land, as speaker will give recogni is associated with the Field Mu Katherine Wood, sister nf the bride ballot ia California's chance to stabilize industry and aid the war effort, the Federation executive em- tion to these leaders by emphasiz He ii a member of the DeUt seum in Chicago. The new Mrs. Miller is a grad ing the Importance of their work as Ion Fraternity and the Nil groom, was bridesmaid.

The two girls were In blue chiffon dresses nd carried arm bouquets of bou- Nu Medical Society. phaslaed as she called on club women to turn all their support In leaders of youth groups from the Following their mamajf civilian defense viewpoint. putting the measure oter. ardia. RECEPTION FOLLOWS youiur medico and his win Hale Streeter, member of the uate of Stanford University and the Library School at Columbia University.

Her husband is a University of California graduate. He is connected with the engineering department of a large steel company. STOKES DEPLORED make their home in VaDtJe; jl Junior Chamber of Commerce, will speak briefly on the formation of "Boycotts and picketing are still The ceremony was followed by a reception after which Mr. Wood tr a 1 extant they must be stopped. nd his bride departed on a honey moon of only a few days, following To Be Fall Bride the Oakland area War Cheat, of which Camp Fire is one of the participating agencies.

Mrs. Walter Kolasa. State chairman of the a ii i. Woman Attorney! to Honor Member at Tea which they will go to San Leandro where they will reside for a while An early November wtiiUUtJr Strikes won't win this war," she laid. Assemblyman Gardiner Johnson was presented in an explanation of the ballot measures coming up for the November vote.

scrap book drive committee, will The new Mrs. Wood was a Kappa las piace wnen jub nil Sauter will become the bridev The Queen's Bench, an organiza explain the activities of her group, Alpha Theta at the University of Alexander Cornell. The tion of women attorneys, will honor since this is a project which Camp California and recently completed a secretarial course at a business Mrs. Imil May, Hiyward. pre Mr.

and Mra. Percy Additon Wood Jr. (Mary Joeephine Sherwood) tnapped ai til bride wee about to tou her bouquet to her waiting attendant! following the wedding yesterday after noon in the Piedmont home of the bride'i mother. Photo by The Gatchella. Fire girls will be taking part in.

one of its members. Theresa Meikle, superior judge-elect, with a tea to will be solemnized Norrah St. Augustine's Church ear 1 sided at the County Federation meet Mrs. Geraldine Potts, Camp Fire morrow at the St. Francis Yacht 250 cards will be sent em ewy executive, will make a detailed re held at the College Women's Club.

The Political Science Club was hos school. Her husband gave up his studies at Stanford University to enter the Boeinff Air School in Ala Club, San Francisco. occasion. port of the Camp Celio Summer ns well as results of the "in-town" tess organization. Miss Esther Phillips, assistant Mrs.

Frances Torrents, The county group voted to furnish meda from which he graduated a' short time ago. i United States district attorney, will Summer program. tne bitae eiect, win oe a convalescent room it Camp stone honor and attending The Camp Fire executive board MISS GREY GIBBS TO WED TOMORROW give the welcoming address. Barbara Pico, dramatic soprano, will sing several Spanish numbers. will be Misses Miry Tea Honors Navy Wife man.

The project will be aireciea by Mri. J. G. Mssidsm. will meet at 11 a.m.

of the fame day in the Bank of Commerce Cornell, sisters of the groom, Miss Franoae Miss La Prele Johnson, dramatic County Federations, hitherto affairs, will for the duration be Building, with the committees reporting on their various activities after which they will adjourn to Miss Lorraine MooMjr. Day will be best man tat held only in the morning, it announced. reader, will present several selections. Mrs. Laurel Waller Strieff, president, will head the hostess grouD, rh.n.l Sanland Mr.

Hichard Leighton will be Honoring Mrs. John E. Collins, ToneaaM the Colonial Cafeteria for the will be Messrs. Don I best man for Mr. Dutton.

Attending wj nf rMii. itv Francisco, the wedding of Miss Grey u. 01 lieutenant Collins, U.5.N., luncheon and program. Mrs. How Mrs.

Martha Naylor and Mrs. Juliet a tea was given this week by Mrs. Edward Hawn. Following their wedding pie plan to make their Alameda. ard Gunton.

social chairman, is assisting with plans for the day's Mane Gibbs to Mr. David Cecil Dunn. U.S.N.R., of San Diego, and Lowenthal are in charge of arrange Appointed as Advisory Member Mrs. J. J.

Garland, first vice-president of the California Congress of Parents and Teachers, has been appointed a member of the advisory committee to the State Department of Social Welfare. Program Tea Invitations have been issued by the Twentieth Century Club for a program tea, to be given in the Derby Street clubhouse on October 20. Mrs. Walter Kant, the president, will head the receiving line. Mary Woods Reveals Troth William Arlow Morrison at her menu.

activities. home nn Chestnut Street, San Fran Dutton Jr. of Piedmont, will takejMr. Ward Dawson Jr. of Piedmont, pbee tomorrow afternoon at 3 i A reception will follow at the o'clock.

Dean Wright will conduct home of the Misses Gibbs in San the ceremony and the bride will be, Francisco, great auntl of the bride- civrn in marriage by her father, I elect. Regular Stars STORE OPEN every THURSDAY NIGHT 'til 9 p.m. Store Hours Thursday 12 noon to 9 p.m. Mr. Charles E.

Gibbs of San Francisco. Miss Audrey Clark nf Oakland, will be the sole bridal attendant. (iDlliis to Man and Wife no longer cisco. The hostess invited friends from both sides of the Bay to meet the guest of honor, who has just published the bonk, "None but the Good." Mrs. Collins is the former Mary Garden and is a daughter of Mrs.

Edward Gordon Garden of Berkeley. Assisting the hostess In receiving her gue.ts were Mesdnmes Richard Link. Robert Ehrhardt, Robert Derkee, Jud Miller. Peter Harden-burgh. Dr.

Elizabeth Hosmer and Miss Helen MacMillan. Edith Borman To Wed Officer The bride-elect attended Fashion Art School snd is a member of Juniper Branch of the Children's Hospital of the Eastbay. Mr. Dutton belongs to a prominent Piedmont family and was a member of the class of '39 at Stanford University, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity This year he received a degree from Hastings College of the Law and if affiliated with Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. Miss Guittard To Be Honored 1 "When Miv FrlilVi Tlnrman At the Claremont Country Club! nnimi-ed her engagement to Lieut tomorrow Miss Margaret Jessee willi Everett Une Derenthal.

U.S.A. Air be the hostess at a luncheon hon-j Corps, she nlso made known the onng Miss Jeanne Guittard. a that she and her fiance planned elect. Following the lunrheon have .1 December wedding. The hostess and her guests will enjoy I definite dnte for the ceremony will mrt knit.

Captain and Mrs. A. S. J. Woods of Berkeley announced the engagement of their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to Ensign G.

H. Apitz at a cocktail party held recently at their home. Onsthe table there was large centerpiece of flowers in the shape of an aeroplane and tiny parachutes of red begonias inscribed with the names Gus and Mary. About 30 guests were present and the news came as a pleasant surprise. Miss Woods attended school la Shanghai, China, Miss Faulknera in New York and graduated from the University of California.

She Is a sister of Captain Gene Woods of the U.S.A. Air Corps and Captain C. Y. Woods of Berkeley. Ensign Apitz is a ion of Mr.

and Mrs. William Apitz of Henderson, and received his Commission at Pensacola. He is a graduate of MacAllester College and Michigan State University. No date has been set for the wedding. Palo Alto Publisher Married In Botton BOSTON.

Sept. 25. t) Miss Kathryn Stewart of Ventura and Los Angeles. was married in the Church of the Covenant here today to Robert Meredith Speldel, vice-president of Spiedel Newspapers, who Is enrolled in the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in training for an Army commission. Speidcl, who lives both in Colorado Springs, Colo and Palo Alto, 'Calif graduated from Culver Military Academy, Stanford University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism before joining hia father In the operation of 28 newspapers and eight radio nutlets in the Speldel enterprises Miss Stewart, also a graduate of Stanford, is the daughter of Charles Chester Stewart, Los Angeles and Ventura businessman.

be set for a few weeks and the The wedding of Miss Guittard to Mr. Albert Oabney Hogan will take place on the evening of October 17 In Corpus Christl Church and will be followed by a reception and supper at the Claremont Country Club. Mrs. James Joseph (Camille Cavalier), whose marriage bride-elect will name her attendants Miss Borman Is a senior at Stanford University and Is a daughter of Mrs. Mnrjorie M.

Borman of Hillsborough. She is an Alpha Oml-cron Pi at Stanford. I.ieutennnt Derenthal is a son of Mrs Anthony Derenthal of Austin. Minn and graduated from the University of Minnesota. His fraternity is Phi Kappa Psi.

Contra Costa Women To Start Club Year The Past Presidents' Assembly nf the Contra Costa County Federation took place in Florida last May, will be matron of honor at the wedding. She is visiting her parents, the Wil liam Cavaliers, in Piedmont, while her husband, Lieutenant Durnry. U.S.A., is on duty. The maid honor will be Miss Nancy Newsom and the bridesmaids will be Miss THEIR MARRIED HISS SO quickly changed to hesrt-break. Yet she didn't guess that her "one neglect" was carelessness about feminine hygiene (inlimaU ptrtmal deanlt-am).

Today, so many modern wires use Lysol disinfectant. It cleansee quickly, thoroughly, and deodorizes, too. Yet it's so gentle it won't harm sensitive vagimii tiwues just follow easy directions. Costs so little. Write J).

1 Margaret Jessee of Sacramento, Mra. Edward Douglm Channel I 1 Merita Wynne) and Miss Barbara of Women's Clubs will open the year on Monday, September 28, with a "Brunch" meeting, at 0:48. In the Jolly. Walnut Creek Women's Clubhouse. Mr.

Thomas Hogan III will be best man for his brother snd the ushers will be named soon. for FREE Feminine Hygiene Book- 7i(KW fl let OA-0 (in plain wr.pp.rl. FEMININE HYIIENE Cnpr I4t, hr ihn rink PrtxVjrU Corn. Hostesses will be members from Alamo, Danville and Walnut Creek and presiding will be Mrs. 0.

E. Cook, president. Chine. Art Exhibit The Central California Wellesley Club when it opens its Fall season a. mm tomorrow will have an opportunity of seeing an exhibit of Chinese art.

LOOK The exhibit will be shown by Mrs. YOUR SKIN TO younger again! Nation-wide Mara at luJiKieaas She new, scleMife eadermic iisnwerr fee fees, aeck aod heees astit William Mayer, who will be hostess to the club at her home, 321 Indian Rock Avenue, Berkeley. Mri. Mayer lived in China over a long period. Reciprocity Tea Rill end Valley Club of Hayward will entertain at reciprocity tee on October 5 at Dania Hall, Hay- sb this creua does ia a great aaa)arirf ef ease takt ska skia keek toaajar aeaia.

Because Eodoerttae algae oBttias ACITtUL sstdily suseteate me decrease of which freeteaxlr cauMS women's skioi to dry snd sfa. Maaf ware?" Invitations for the affair ten report inptwnaaeM within dart; waiver smart infontJ2 is Mary Lou sAwe admit she speaks very few have been Issued by Mrs. Henry A. Dodge, president. NEWLYWEDS son awre stubborn skint take longer.

One month'i supply com I1V41 dir. What aa extra value Of words1 fee your cotaaetk doilw! Remem ber, in these dart ot wtrnme work But just ask herwMs ad ttraia, rea atutt stewrve "the saiKtinr of that youthful RETURN FROM HONEYMOON Out Cosmetic Cone Shell grab her blocks and ouicklv spelll ter will gladly supply a tt mm Users Thiak ef lede- trsaae. J.JOe)ar-ef- kb ffe morales slWs so swarf Buf iMZHIVbriigs vdweM wins your Ut! 6(ie for 30 days' Mr. Ronald Knox and bis bride have returned to Berkeley from their honeymoon trip to the Yo-eemite Valley, where they spent two weeks. The wedding of Miss Anne Robertson to Mr.

Knox took place in the Little Church of the Flowers In the presence of relatives and a few close friends. Both Mr. and Mra. Knox are graduates of the University of California, where they were active in Now, More Than Ever New you want a coat that's 1010 'sound tnouejtt to ondure lor ir-ss New yc CH. C.

CrU reUetriee, Areat Floay camnui events. Mra. Knox was Identified with the Uitaie Kiml.

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