The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 5

Weddings And Engagements Share Social Spotlight As Bridal Season Approaches aajiwSlSiSMSssMsMaSSsSSMM i 4V --i 'f -'v l' r- Ih A aeries of betrothal announcements during the past week have provided a second interest at this time of the season when social activities swing toward the parade of June weddings Miss Mable Marty top left has announced her engagement to Walter Knight of Bakersfield and Fresno Miss Helen Osborn of SaultSte Marie Mich and formerly of Fresno center top is the fiancee of Dr Robert Jeff Patton of Ann Arbor Mich Miss Lois Sullivan right top will be married to Ray White also of Fresno in San Francisco Wednesday a tea yesterday served to announce the engagement of Miss Julia Knowles lower left to Ivan Walsh of Fresno and Mrs Richard Babcock lower right was Miss Janet Sayers of Fresno until her wedding last night Knowles Osborn Marty and Sullivan photos by Lyle Rennick Mrs Babcock by The Fresno Bee Cameraman Omegas Give Spring Dance At Sunnyside Vari-colored balloons decorated the 8unnyside -Country Club last night where the Omega Xi Omlcron Sorority held its annual Spring dance Palm trees were placed on the floor to which brightly hued balloons were tied Other balloons floated In the air and tiny Imitation trees were placed on the gaily covered tables Individual bowls of soap suds and pipes were provided for the guests to complete the bubble motS In the receiving line were the president Miss Georgina Sharp and her escort Kenneth Hickman the vice president Miss Margaret Ratcliffe and Oliver Jamison and the dance chairman Miss Helen Grlmsley with Loren Nickels Miss Floy Lewis and Mrs Seymour Mathiesen the sponsors also were present Other committee members 1 were Misses Ina White Catherine White Betty Schutz Patricia Murphy and Ratcliffe Those present were Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Cox and Mathiesen Catherine White Stanley Lee Van Tuyle Lillian Hansen Katherine Buel Betty Schutz Virginia Snodgrass Marjorie Bertram Barbara Wilson Opal Lambert Agnes Bide-garay Marian Fleming Marjorie Wakefield Virginia DeVore Lois Long Betty Brown Chiystine Brown Evelyn Poe sons Eileen Sullivan Jane Olson Lois Gaines Muriel Kilby Beatrice Kilby Dolores Wright Ruth Aynesworth Marie Rushen 1 Dorothy Donleavey Patricia Murphy Virginia Johnson Wanda Truax Jane Clancy Cath-leen Hansen and Betty Sue Dickinson Messrs James Forkner Oakley Hunter Franklin Knapp John Ruby John Darnell Luzon Kellogg Robert Eten Jack Magill Francis Matthews Thomas McKeighan James Quinn Glen Steward Roy Balt Joseph Dale Jr William Swenson Robert Machlin William Wlnkleman Martin Jr Charles Hightower John Hawkins Sam Brantley Leonard Hartley Wilbur Chapman William Hua-tead- Dan Hurt Ernest Martin Jr Charles Tilden George Wood-gates Higginbotham Clark Mosgrove Lloyd Anderson Jr Howard Bonniksen and Jack Enos AT MOUNTAIN RESORT Mr and Mrs Edmondson and Mr and Mrs Phelan are spending the weekend and holiday at Huntington Lake where the Edmondsons have taken a cottage for the season Prescott-Conn Nuptial Plans AreAnnounced Miss Wilma Conn and Phil Prescott who will be married at 8 on the evening of June 26th have selected the First Congregational Church for their nuptial ceremony which will be performed by Rev Howard Conn of Glenbrook Conn brother of the bride-elect i Delta Gamma Borotity alaters formerly of the Stanford University campus will attend Miss Conn and Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity brothers will attend Prescott Her maid of honor will be Miss Mary Ann Wheeler of Spokane Wash a former roommate at Stanford Miss Wheeler also accompanied Miss Conn abroad last Summer and lived with her In Boston Mass where they attended a merchandising school The bridesmaids Will be Misses Zoe Ann Hill of San Jose Lucille Soule of Berkeley Katherine Crommleln of Spokane Wash and Betty Wheeler of Pebble Beach Kendrick Pnaacott a brother of the bridegroom-elect will be the best man Other attendants will be Messrs Jack Downey of Sacramento Donald Pinnell Jr of Phoenix Arts William Knapp a cousin from San Francisco and Howard Campen of San Jose Miss Evelyn Johnston entertained Thursday afternoon at another of the pre-nuptial parties that have complimented Mias Conn sines ber engagement was announced A dozen friends of the honoree attended a luncheon served in the Johnston home on North Van Ness Avenue Card table trays used for the luncheon servioe were decorated with small boquets of coreopsis larkspur snapdragons and pansier The talleys used later at the contract bridge tables carried out the bridal motif ON WEEKEND VISIT The three-day weekend is being passed in the bay region by Mr and Mrs Thomas Wright In addition to spending a part of the time In San Francisco tha couple also are visiting his brother-in-law and sister Dr and Mrs Richardson of Santa Rosa REVIEW IS PLANNED A review of Margaret Mitchell's book Gone With The Wind will be given by Mrs Arthur Shipley Thursday at the Blue Triangle Court at 9:19 A The program will be open to the public Miss Helen Osborn Will Become Bride Of Dr Robert Patton By Bess Middleton Mr and Mra George A announcement last week In Sault Ste Marie Mich of the engagement of their daughter Helen Dunstan Osborn to Dr Robert Jeff Patton of Ann Arbor Mich has reached friends of the family here Miss Osborn who made the last visit to her former home In Fresno a year ago la one of three daughters of Mr and Mrs George A Osborn who resided here until recent years The bride-elect Is the sister cf Mrs Stanley Pratt Jr of Fresno who was Miss Ann Osborn before her wedding to the Fresnan in Sault Ste Marie during the Christmas holidays and of Mias Janet Mary Osborn of Sault Ste Marie An uncle and aunt are Mr and Mrs Chase Osborn Jr of Fresno She was graduated from the Fresno High School and Stanford University in 1932 and was affiliated with Pi Beta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Miss Osborn also was a member of the Entre Nous during her high school days here At present she is in Ann Arbor where she has been doing post-graduate work at the university since February Dr Patton Is the son of Dr and Mrs Charles Lanphier Patton of Springfield I1L He was graduated from the University of Michigan's medical achool and completed his interneship last year He is affiliated with the university medical school now and is expected to become junior instructor in surgery at the institution next year Margaret Adams Is Guest Of Honor At Barstow Home Another party and linen shower for Miss Margaret Adams who will be married to Frank Lerrigo on June 20th in the Stanford Memorial Church waa given Thursday evening by Mrs Richard Barstow at her home on Madison Avenue The guests were entertained with bridge games and after the gifts had been presented to Miss Adams refreshments were served at the card tables where miniature wedding cakes formed the center arrangement The guests invited with Miss Adams were Mesdames Lucten Franscinl II Ralph Chorn Theodore Wilding John Beck Wilson Cobb Ernest Klff Clark McCartney Beverly Wells Robert Denison Donald Madsen and Harvey McKenry Misses Mathilde Koch Margaret Steele Alberta McColm Claudine Ostrander Lucille Daugherty Lillie Oakland and Juanita Daugherty Mable Marty Is Bride-Elect Of Walter Knight The betrothal of their daughter Mable to Walter Knight of Bakers-" field and formerly of this city was announced this weekend by Mr and Mrs George Marty of Fresno The wedding of the couple to be solemnized here will take place during the latter part of June after which they will establish their home in Bakersfield The bride-elect who spends part of each year in Madera where she is a school faculty member is a graduate of the Fresno High School and the Fresno State Col- lege She is the sister of Walter Marty Ben and William Marty Mrs Robert Crandall and Miss 7 Elsie all of Fresno Knight whose parents are Mr Mrs Loren Knight of Fresno i resided here until ten years ago graduating from Fresno schools He is employed in Bakersfield by the San Joaquin light and Power Corporation Several informal parties already have been given for Miss Marty in Madera where she informally told of her engagement to the former Fresnan Fellow school faculty members complimented her at the 1 annual faculty dinner recently and Frank Snyder was hostess at another pre-nuptial party at her home in Madera WILL GO TO MODESTO Mrs Corlis Betsey expects to join her husband later this week in 1- Modesto where the young couple i will establish their new home Mra Beasey and her baby daughter now are guests at the home of her pai- ents Mr and Mra Cole on Floradora Avenue Julia Knowles And Ivan Walsh Plight Troth Miss Buel Feted Small dlploma-Ilke parchment scrolls in Old English lettering announced the betrothal of Mlsa Julia Knowles to Ivan Walsh at a formal tea yesterday afternoon The affair was given by the bride-elect in compliment to Miss Katherine Buel on her approaching graduation from the Fresno State College Approximately 100 guests called at the Knowles home on Dlvisadero Street for the occasion Guests were received by Miss Knowles and her mother Mrs Knowles who were assisted by Misses Jane Olson Ida Woodbury Muriel Kilby Lola Long Dorothy Roushall and Lynn 8 Johnson Green and white were the two colors carried out in the decorations of the living rooms A glazed pottery bowl of soft green filled with all-white snapdragons and larkspur centered the table which was covered with a lace cloth over the aame colored satin1 Presiding at the tea table were Mrs Knowles Mrs David Buttles a sister of the groom-elect and Mrs Bay-miller Miss Knowles who is a daughter of Mr and -Mrs Knowles was graduated bwn the Fresno High School and attended the Fresno State College for four years where she wa a member of the Omega XI Omlcron Sorority Mrs Warlow is an aunt of the bride-to-be and Chester Warlow is a cousin Walsh is the son of the late Mr and Mrs Daniel Walsh of this city and a nephew of Mrs Cornelia reamer with whom he resides He was -graduated from the Fresno High School and attended the Fresno State College where he is a member of the Sigma Alpha Chi Fraternity He also studied economica at Stanford University from where he waj graduated last (Continued on Page A) Helen McAlpine And Clarice Roberts Are Honored At Shower Two June bridea-elect Misses Helen McAlpine and Clarice Roberts were complimented at a party given last weekend for members of the Delta Mu Phi alumnae by Mesdamea Vincent Bragg and Arthur Hunnicutt The shower was given in the former's home on McKinley Avenue The afternoon was spent playing games of bridge and refreshments were served from table trays decorated with boquets of garden flowers New officers of the alumnae organization also were elected with Mrs Clinton Linder president Miss McAlpine vice president: Miss Nadine Roberts secretary-treasurer and Mrs Margaret Driscoll historian-reporter Those present with the honorees were Mesdames Robert Oakley Martin Winton Linder Clyde Quick Fred Edgerly Driscoll Misses Roberts Etna Williams Elizabeth Horan and Hazel Dean Miss McAlpine will be married to Seth Stairs next month though no definite date has yet been announced and Miss Roberta will become the bride of Fred Hartman WILL RETURN HOME Mrs Hattie 8mith who has been visiting her daughter Mrs Frank Ruff and Dr Ruff at their home on Kerckhoff Avenue since last Summer will leave Monday for her home in Richmond Va Janet Sayers Becomes Bride Of Babcock The home of Mrs Lola Sayers on Iowa Avenue was tha aetting for the nuptial ceremony of Miss Mary Janet Sayers and Richard Babcock solemnized last night Rev Luther Stein of the First Presbyterian Church officiated Miss Martha Shupe and Ray Russell were the only attendants At informal aupper followed the ceremony and the couple left for Los Angeles for a brief honeymoon They will return to establish their home at 2202 Glenn Avenue Miss Sayers was gowned in a beige silk ensemble with which she wore a blouse of talisman-colored silk The coat was fingertip length flared from the shoulders and was styled with fur-trimmed bwll shaped sleeves She wore matching accessories and a bridal corsage of talisman roses and lilies of the valley A navy blue silk tallleur was selected by Miss Shupe for her attendant's costume With this she wore a white silk linen blouse and navy accessories Her corsage was made of gardenias Mrs Babcock attended the Roosevelt High School graduated from the Fresno- Technical High School and later attended the Fresno State College where she was a member of the Delta Mu Phi Sorority Her husband is a son of Mr and Mrs A Babcock of Los Angeles He studied in a local business college and la employed here in the office of tha Cudahy Packing Company RETliRNR TO THE SOUTH 'Mrs McKinnon left today for her home in Los Angeles after visiting Here for the last two weeks with her son-in-law and daughter Dr and Mrs Phillips Krikava-Theile Wedding Will Be Held June 17 In First Congregational Church Mr: Charlea Lerrigo of Topeka Kan mother of the groom-to-be arrived here Friday from Los Angeles where she has been visiting relatives for the last week She will remain in Fresno as the guest of her son at his apartment on North Van Ness Avenue until after the wedding Miss Theile and her fiance were honored Friday evening when a group with whom they are associated in First Congregational Church activities entertained with a buffet supper party in the garden of Mr and- Mrs Claude Cowan's home in the Fig Gardens After the supper a gift was presented to Miss Theile and her fiance by those present who were Messrs and Mesdames Iener Nielsen Richard Helm Fred Russell Tidyman Fred McGrew Jack Hartwell Mrs Myrtle Colley Misses Jean Priest Sarah Mac-Cracken Betty Colley Rev Nor man Henderson and Wallace Henderson Invitations were received during the week for the of Miss Nells Theile and Leland Kri- kava which will be solemnize'! at 8 o'clock on the evening of June 17th in the First Congregational Church For the ceremony which win be followed by a reception in the garden of the aunts Misses Mina and Laura Theile on Wilson Avenue Miss Theile will have her sister Miss Freda Schneider of San Jose as an attendant Krikava son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Ktikava of Cottonwood will be attended by his brother William Anklin of Matin Ore VISIT AT COAST Dr and Mrs Franklin Wolfe are spending ths weekend holiday in San Luis Obispo where they are house guests of her brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs Oldham I i.