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The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 6

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Page 6 THE EVENING CITIZEN, Ottawa, Ont. Monday, April 19, 1943. Social and Personal Agnes McCloskey Honored By Alumnae First Canadian woman to hold a ranking post in Canada's foreign service, Miss Agnes McCloskey, recently appointed as consul to New York, was honored Saturday when members of the Alumnae of the Congregation de Notre Dame entertained at luncheon at the Miss Osborne Weds John C. Decker Miss Edith Ann Osborne, daugh John Tanton. both sisters of the.

groom, played a violin solo. The bride, given in marriage by her brother, Mr. George Meuser. wore a fur-trimmed coral suit with navy blue accessories. She carried a miniature cascade bouquet of white sweet peas, African daisies and calla lilies.

Second Lieutenant Dorothy Meuser was bridesmaid and Lieut. Douglas Taylor was best man. Mr. John Tanton was usher. Following the reception th couple left on a short trip and will reside in Toronto.

Lett nie-l I user A wedding of Ottawa interest was solemnized recently In Emmanuel College, Toronto, of Miss Helen Evangeline Meuser, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. N. Meuser of Chengtu, West China, to Lieut.

Arthur Francis Lennie, R.C.N.V.R., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Lennie of Toronto, formerly" of Ottawa.

Rev. Dr. W. E. Smith, uncle of the bride, officiated.

Preceding the ceremony. Miss Jean Lennie. accompanied by Mrs. a halo of net and embroidery. She carried red roses and gardenias.

Miss Dunning was gowned in mist green velvet, fashioned on the same lines as the gown worn by the bride, with bracelet sleeves. She wore a bow of velvet in her hair and carried a bouquet of Talisman roses and iris. The reception was held in the officers' mess of the R.C.A.S.C. and later the bride and groom left for Quebec city. Travelling the bride wore a Mexican tan suit with a brown felt hat.

They will reside in Ottawa. Guests from out-of-town included Mr. and Mrs. F. Amell of Cornwall and Mrs.

R. Elliott of Shawville. Miss Clarke Retires From Girl Guides At the. monthly meeting of the Ottawa Local Association of the Canadian Girl Guides' Associations, held at the residence of Mrs. E.

C. Woolsey, 160 Bay street, the members rose to mark their appreciation of the services of Miss Alison Clarke and in order also unanimously to second a motion of regret at her resignation as district commissioner for North Ottawa. Miss Clarke, who retired owing to ill-health, had served the movement for more than 20 years as a leading guider, an enthusiastic camper, and latterly as a district commissioner. Chairman at the meeting was Mrs. Montagu Powell.

Mrs. Allon Peebles, division commissioner, presented an interesting report of the recent commissioners', conference the annual meeting of the Ontario Provincial Council of the Canadian Girl Guides' Association. The difficulties of operating the Ottawa Local Association camp under existing wartime restrictions were dealt with by Mrs. Hoyes Lloyd, convener of the camp committee, who submitted a progress report to the meeting. "During the past month." said Mrs.

A. J. Gates, convener of the overseas gift project committee. aMMMMMMHMOM AMI tail V-HftMi, Martha Logan, Swift's famed home economist, whose weekly wartime cookingcolumn is a tegular feature of this pge. Look for these valuable hints each Monday ter of Mr.

and M-s. H. N. Osborne of Arnprior, became the bride of Mr. John Chester Decker of To-Toronto, son of Mr.

and Mrs. C. J. Decker of Toronto, at Deer Park United church on Saturday at half-past three o'clock. Dr.

Stanley Russell officiated at the ceremony, and the wedding music was played by Mr. Robert Crosby. The bride entered the church with her father, and was attended by Mrs. Langford Barker, as matron-of-honor, while Mr. Howard Yeigh acted as best man for the groom.

The ushers were Flight Lieutenant D. P. Hall and Leading Aircraftman Warner Al-combrack and Mr. David Decker. A gardenia white lace over satin gown was worn by the bride.

It was styled with a long torso bodice and a flaring skirt. Her headdress was made of matching lace in butterfly design, and she carried a bouquet of white gardenias, carnations and. sweet peas. The matron-of-honor was in a daytime dress of ice blue faille fashioned with a long torso bodice trimmed with covered buttons from the neckline to. the fitted waistline, and her matching hat was faced with deep pink.

The wedding reception was held at the Granite Club and later the young couple left on their wedding trip, the bride wearing a three-piece travelling costume of cinnamon brown gabardine with a matching hat and mink furs. Mr. and Mrs. Decker will reside in Toronto. District Teachers Appoint Officers Miss Mary MacDonald was elected president of Districts No.

12 and 13 of the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario, at the annual meeting which preceded an informal luncheon at the Chelsea Club Saturday. Reports of the local associations were presented, covering the counties of Carleton. Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell. An increase in war activities and membership was reported. Officers elected to the district were as follows: President, Miss MacDonald; past-president, Miss Sally Wilson; vice-presidents.

Miss Clara Gillespie and Miss Bessie Piggott; secretary-treasurer, Miss Wilma Burrill. Presidents of the locals are: Ottawa, Miss I. Piercey; Gloucester. Miss Mary Arthur; Nepean, Miss Margaret Carlyle; Arnprior, Miss Myra Lindsay; Almonte, Miss Elizabeth Schoular; Carleton Place, Miss Hilda Cramm; Perth, Miss M. Houston and Smiths Falls.

Miss Ann Ferguson. 4 a xwmmy Only tne "sweet and young" can gracefully wear the "Junior Miss" type of dress shown above. It's navy and white checked taffeta, with built-in ruffles from shoulder to waist. of the bride's parents, the young couple left for Toronto, Mrs. Rason travelling in a dusky pink wool suit with navy blue accessories and a navy blue topcoat.

Trousseau Tea Mrs. Francis W. Cowan entertained at a trousseau tea in honor of her daughter, Muriel, whose marriage has been arranged to take place this month. The hostess received in a navy blue and white ensemble with a shoulder bouquet of sweet peas and the bride-elect was in a blue crepe frock with American Beauty roses forming her shoulder knot. Presiding at the tea table were Mrs.

Godfrey Marsan, Mrs. Paul Hudson, Mrs. George Feilders, Mrs. Goldwyn Joynt and Mrs. Stuart Linttell.

The assistants were Mrs. Alec Mitchell, Mrs. Byron Somerville, Mrs. Stuart Cowan. Misses Helen Elliott, Vera Cowan, Irma Perrault, Marjorle Stewart and Cpl.

Norma Bleakney. 4 I i 4' life" vM 4t Vw I 4 '4 i I ft i i 4 i 3 "more than 180 articles had been forwarded abroad, including two complete layettes for British babies." The meeting recommended that applications for warrants be made for Miss Mary Chesley, captain of the 41st company, and for Mrs. Rielle Thomson, district commis- sioner for North Ottawa. Miss G. Tyler Bride Capt.

N. M. Fraser Rev. Canon G. A.

Brunet was assisted by Captain A. Anderson, R.C.A.S.C., when he officiated at the Fraser-Tyler wedding Saturday afternoon at 2.30 in St. Matthew's Anglican church. The bride, Miss Gwynneth Tyler, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John G. Tyler of Derbyshire, England, and the groom. Captain Norman Mac-Tavish Fraser, R.C.A.S.C. (Reserve), is the son of Mrs. Alex Fraser of Ottawa and the late Mr.

Fraser. Dr. J. W. Bearder played the wedding music and the soloist was Mr.

Robert Van Dyne. The bride was given in marriage by her brother-in-law, Mr. John Kemp, and was attended by Miss Jean Dunning. The best man was Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan, R.C.A.S.C., and the ushers were Captain C. W.

Spencer, R.C.A.S.C.. Kingston, and Cadet Neville Kemp, R.C.A.F.. nephew of the bride. A gown of ivory velvet, designed with a sweetheart neckline and lonx, close-fitting sleeves which formed points over the hands, was woyi by the bride. The skirt was floor length and her tulle finger-tip veil was arranged with 1 fem nht i -Tir -i XJt It's Fun Particularly in wartime we should avoid letting our approach to nutrition become too grim Our government's nutrition program, important though it is to the prosecution of the war, is not anything to become grim about.

It is not an attempt to thrust unappetising food down our throats just because it's good for us. On the contrary, all that we housewives are asked to do is to see that our families eat every day certain basic protective foods foods which we were accustomed to eating anyway, though not always in sufficient quantities or with sufficient regularity. But the nutrition expert is the first to say that if the food is not appetizing and interesting, we won't benefit from it as much as we should. That is why it is such a challenge to us women of Canada in a time of shortage such as the present, to use our ingenuity to prepare nutritionally correct meals Margaret Hess Weds Cpl. McDonald A long white satin gown was chosen by Miss Margaret Elizabeth Hess for her marriage to Corporal John Harvey McDonald, R.C.C.S., on Saturday afternoon.

Designed in long torso style, the dress had a sweetheart neckline, sleeves forming points over the hands and a frill of lace accenting the neck and waistline. Her finger-tip veil was arranged from a Juliet cap studded with Sweetheart roses and her arm bouquet was of deep pink roses. Rev. F. S.

Milliken officiated in Stewarton United church at half-past two o'clock and the wedding music was played by Mr. H. Hill, who accompanied the soloist, Miss Rose Fitzgerald. The bride, who is the only daughter of Mrs. B.

Hess, was given away by her uncle, Mr. R. Lindsay. Misses Betty and Joan Esdale were the attendants. Pri vate Alvin Chartrand, R.C.C.S., was best man and the ushers of the same corps were Corporal Herbert Roach and Lance- Corporal Charles Schiemann.

The bridesmaids' gowns were styled like the bride's. Miss Betty being in pale rose, and Miss Joan in turquoise. The former carried white carnations and the latter, pale pink carnations. Their matching Juliet caps had waist-length veils. Following the reception the bride and groom left on a motor trip to Niagara Falls, Mrs.

McDonald wearing a beige camel hair suit with a brown felt hat, brown accessories and a shoulder knot of red roses. They will reside in Ottawa. Helpers Wanted New members would be wel- corned by the Westboro branch of the Women's Naval Auxiliary when it holds a work meeting this evening at 8 p.m. at 365 Edison avenue, Westboro. Wool is provided for knitters and sewers are urgently required to make sea- men's slippers.

The ladies meet twice a month and helpers from Ottawa West and Britannia are invited to contact the society by telephoning 8-0472. POSY print Hankie Ur. and Mrs. W. Blondin have returned to Ottawa following a three-months visit in Florida.

Miss R. Freeman was a visitor in the Capital over the week-end, and stayed at the Lord Elgin Hotel. Miss Evelyn Helson entertained on Friday evening in honor of Miss Shirley Miller, a bride-elect of May. Mrs. V.

O. Miller poured coffee and ices were cut by Mrs. L. Howard. Gifts of linen were presented in the form of a wedding cake topped by a shoulder bouquet for the guest-of-honor.

Misses Dorothy Pearson and Gertrude McMeekan were assistants. Mrs. A. Millar. Mrs.

M. A. Ogilvie and Mrs. Purdy of Montreal were in town to attend the annual banquet of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Clan Cameron. Mr.

W. B. Dingle will leave on Friday for Norman Wells, N.W.T. Mrs. Dingle, accompanied by their children.

Rosemary and Thomas, is going to British Columbia the latter part of May to reside. Miss Lois Horsfield, a bride-elect, was entertained at dinner at the Chateau Laurier on Friday evening by Miss Elizabeth Buckley. Covers for twelve were laid and the guest-of-honor received a gift and a shoulder bouquet. Complimenting Miss Yahne Feathers tonhaugh, whose marriage has been arranged to take place shortly, the Equipment and Supply Branch of Naval Head quarters entertained at dinner on Friday evening. Covers were laid for fifteen.

Pay Lieutenant Commander K. C. Cooper made the presentation of a hand-carved ralnut coffee table, a gift of Belgian crystal and a shoulder knot of roses, prior to the dinner. Mr. and Mrs.

Gordon Appleby have announced the engagement of only daughter, Helen Marguerite, to Sergeant Douglas Hopkinson. CivLS.C. only son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hopkinson.

The marriage has been arranged to take place on May 15. Mrs. Hugh B. Anderson spent Thursday in Montreal visiting her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Ander- on. i Mr.

A. C. Campbell was thej eek-end guest in Montreal of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbell.

Miss Isobel Benny was hostess at a dinner party in honor of Miss Lois Horsfield, whose marriage! has been arranged to take place shortly. Mr. and Mrs. Orian B. Low en- lertained recently at an evening i party in honour of Miss Lois Hors- field and Pilot Officer George' Gowling.

whose marriage has been i arranged to take place on May l.j Mr. and Mrs. George Pelletier entertained at dinner on Thursday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J.

L. Page of Kapuskasing. and their son. Flight Sergeant W. J.

Page, B.E.M.. R.C.A.F.. of Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs.

Page were at home to their friends on Friday evening in the Chateau Laurier, following the Investiture in which their son was decorated. While in town over the weekend from Montreal. Miss C. Plax-ton and Miss R. Plaxton stayed at the Lord Elgin Hotel.

Miss Alice Olver of Brooklin, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. Russell White, when she was in the Capital to attend the MacTavish-White wedding cere- mcny on Saturday afternoon. Mrs.

M. Brennan and Mrs. D. Blair of Montreal were in town to attend the annual banquet of the Ladies' Auxiliary to Clan Cameron. Mrs.

Martial Cote of Quebec city is the guest of her son-in-law and daughter. Col. and Mrs. Gerard Garneau, for several wetks. Rason-M art in At half-past seven o'clock Saturday evening in the vestry of Southminster church.

Rev. Charles Donald solemnized the marriage of Miss Edith Robena Martin to Leading Aircraftman David S. Rason, R.C.A.F.. The bride, who is the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

C. Martin of Billings Bridge, entered the church with her father, and had as her only attendant her sister, Mrs. J. White. Mr.

Hardy Rason of Toronto was groomsman for his brother, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rason of Toronto. An afternoon model of azure blue crepe designed in two-piece effect on long torso lines was worn by the bride. Her blue straw hat was veiled and trimmed with flowers, and at her shoulder was a corsage bouquet of Briarcliffe roses.

Mrs. White was in a dusky rose costv.me complemented by a veiled blue ribbon hat and a shoulder knot of Talisman roses. Following the wedding reception, which was held at the home What Is a Furlygrem Chateau Laurier. Mrs. H.

J. Dunlap presided and congratulated Miss McCloskey on her appointment and Mrs. Roland Millar, a graduate of Miss Mc-Closkey's year, presented her with a corsage bouquet in the C.N.D. colors. The past president.

Mrs. W. T. 'Regan, also extended congratulations on behalf of the French members of the alumnae. Following luncheon, an informal visit was made to the convent, when the Rev.

Mother Provincial, Rev. Mother Superior and Mother St. George, dean of Notre Dame College, added their congratulations. Seated at the head table were the guest of honor, Mrs. Dunlap, Mrs.

O'Regan, Miss Kathleen McCloskey, Mrs. J. A. MacCabe. Mrs.

T. Rinfret, Mrs. Hugh Dunne. Mrs. Roland Millar, Mrs.

J. A. Hawley. Mrs. W.

E. O'Brien, Mrs. J. F. Neville, Mrs.

J. D. Larose, Mrs. J. E.

Doyle. Mrs. D. E. Chartrand, Misses Yvonne Roy, Anna Fogarty.

Germaine Lefebvre and Doris Rainboth. Protestant Girls Misses Orma Hunt and Isabel Peterkin. now of Washington, received the members and guests at the Protestant Girls' Club tea dance on Saturday afternoon in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. F.

H. Moore and Mrs. J. D. Robertson presided at the tea table.

The convener. Miss Grace Moore, was assisted by Misses Edith Kirk, Joy Lyon, Delia McLean, Irene Morrison, Myrtle Pearson and Ferne and Conn-stance McLean. GEE, YOU'D LIKE JO JELL JHE FOLKS BACK HOME NOW MUCH YOU WISH JHEM "HAPPY EASTER!" IDEA! DASH OUT TO AN F. T. FLORIST.

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