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I EDMONTON JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANTARY 29, 1951- -PAGE SEVENTEEN Saturday Reception Honors Retiring Officer and Wife Photographed above are a few of the distinguished guests who attended an informal reception in the officers' mess at North West Air Command on Saturday evening in honor Maj. -Gen. M. H. S.

Penhale, who is retiring as general officer commanding headquarters Western Army Command. and Mrs. Penhale, From left to right are Mrs. R. F.

Jobson, Lt. -Col. R. F. Jobson, Mrs.

W. E. Bennett, Air Commodore W. E. Bennett, Mrs.

C. R. Dunlap, Maj. -Gen. Penhale, Mrs.

Penhale, Col. M. Capping Ceremony Saturday Ends First Training Period Some 30 student nurses, members of the second graduating class of 1953 of the Royal Alexandra Hospital school of nursing, received their caps, marking the end of their six months' preliminary training, at a ceremony in the nurses' home Saturday afternoon. Following an address of welcome by Miss Ida Johnson, superintendent of nurses, Miss Jean Mackie and Mrs. Z.

Oswald presented the students their caps as Miss Johnson introduced them to the guests. Recelving, their Louise caps Cherniak, PatHazel Hardin, Barbara Keddy, Sophie Klapouschak, Mary MacGillivray, Grace Peterson, Jean Riddell. Anne Smith and Maryon Wingrove, all of Edmonton; Lois Collins of Provost: Roberta Fennell of Melfort, Elizabeth Gibson Morag MacRae of Hardisty; Margaret Hall and Lorna Park of Lacombe; Grace Jarema of Smoky Lake. Jean Laing and Gail Manarey of Medicine Hat; Aimee Loberg of Valhalla Centre; Doreen Moen, for "BEST buy Connor Thermo From Factory Service Dealer The J. E.

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Musical selections were presented by Miss R. Stockman and Miss C. Groves, members of the second class of 1951. Following the ceremony tea was served when those presiding at the urns were Mrs. D.

D. McGarvey, president of the women's auxiliary to the hospital, and Mrs. T. H. Field, newly-appointed member of the hospital board.

About 90 guests were present at the ceremony. MINISTER TO SPEAK Rev. John Linton, recently appointed secretary of the Canadian Temperance Federation, will address a mass meeting of all women interested in the advance of temperance work in the Dominion. The meeting will be held in Metropolitan United Church assembly hall Wednesday at 3:15 p.m. 18TH CHILD BORN PITTSBURGH, (AP) Mrs.

Arthur Griser, 36, whose children include four sets of twins and one set of triplets, gave birth to her 18th child Saturday at her home in nearby Pitcairn. Unit Gamble Don't gamble on your transportation arrangements. Let an experienced Travel Agent arrange all the details at NO EXTRA COST. AGENTS FOR Phone 28333 All World 24236 Airlines Steamships 24 HOUR Bus Lines SERVICE Hotels Confirmed Now is the time to enjoy a winter holiday to the old country or a Caribbean winter cruise. Contact Holiday Travel about CRUISES making all the necessary arrangements.

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Howell Williams, Mrs. J. E. Sloan and Mrs. Lambert presided at the tea urns at the Memorial Hall on Sunday afternoon when the Edmonton Women's Branch, No.

215, Canadian Legion, installed officers for the coming year. The tea table, laid with an ecru lace cloth, was centered with a bouquet of iris and daffodils depicting the association's colors of blue and gold. Further decorations included blue crystal holders. The new president, Miss Zeta Christie, made a presentation to the retiring president, Miss Helen Stewart. Miss Lena Ewanchuk, first vice-president, made a presentation to Miss Elsie Gilholme, retiring secretary.

Members of the BOSTO Club of First Presbyterian Church and their friends have been invited to a sleigh ride to White Mud to be held by the club Wednesday erening. Those planning to attend are asked to meet at the Varscona Theatre at 8:00 p.m. Anyone wishing to take their skates may do so. Miss Betty Lou Davis, whose marriage to Mr. Bjorn Asseltine is a mid February event, was feted at a miscellenous shower at the home of Mrs.

N. W. Tlotke on Thursday evening. Mrs. Andrew Duncan was a co-hostess.

Gifts were presented to the bride-elect in a decorated basket by Master Unier Tlotke. Rooms throughout the house were decorated with mixed bouquets of spring flowers and the tea table was laid with an ecru lace cloth. Mrs. Campbell McCully poured tea and assisting in serving were Mrs. E.

J. B. Tlotke, Mrs. Howard Good and Miss Lillian Ziegler. About 25 guests were present.

On another occasion Mrs. McCully was hostess to about 18 guests at a linen shower in honor of Miss Davis when Mrs. B. Durrand presided at the tea table. Serving guests were Miss Ella Callihwo.

Miss Betty-Lou Farwell and Miss Helen Caine. Gifts, were presented in a wishing p.m. Members and friends of the Edmonton Branch Alliance Francaise were entertained recently at the home Mr. and Mrs. J.

St. Martin. Miss Paulette Crevolin and Mrs. St. Martin received guests.

Mr. Bouvier showed French films and Mr. St. Martin sang "Le Drapeau de la France." Mrs. L.

Foissier and Miss Sylvia Evans poured coffee, assisted by Miss Suzanne Dame, Miss Claire Chatain, Miss Reine Morin. Miss Marie-Paule Bleriot and Mrs. T. A. Walkeden.

The next informal meeting will be held Feb. 5 at 8:30 p.m. in the music room of the Public Library. Everyone is welcome. Several out-of-town guests were in the city recently to attend the marriage of Miss Eillen Obermeier to Mr.

Marcotte. They were Mr. Mrs. Robert SterDonald, ling of Shelbrook, Mr. and Mrs.

E. Houle of Villeneuve, Mrs. L. Leveque of Calgary, Mr. and Mrs.

W. Demarre of Fedorah, Joseph Roosa of Vancouver, Mr. and Mrs. L. Houle, Mrs.

J. LaBarr, Mr. and Mrs. Veilleux and Mr. and Mrs.

L. Kartz of St. Albert. Community Leagues Cloverdale Cribbage will be played in the Cloverdale hall Tuesday at 8:00 Refreshments will be served. Christ Church W.A.

Arranges Pre-Lenten Tea, Wednesday Mrs. I. J. Cadogan will convene a pre-Lenten tea to be held by Christ Church W.A. on Wednesday afternoon at the church.

Mrs. A. H. Adams and Mrs. E.

S. Ottley will receive the guests. Those who have accepted invitations, to pour James tea are Forbes, Mrs. Mrs. S.

Francis Kerrison and Mrs. Horace Reid. Serving the guests will be Mrs. D. W.

F. Richardson, Mrs. L. E. McIntosh.

Mrs. W. D. Neely, Mrs. C.

W. Pearcy, Mrs. F. O. Roth, Mrs.

F. W. Timleck, Mrs. L. D.

Moore, Mrs. MacEwan, Mrs. T. R. Blaine, Mrs.

J. F. Thompson, Mrs. H. J.

Wilson and Mrs. A. V. Ferguson. Others who will be assisting will be Mrs.

A. McLachlin, Mrs. G. C. Laight, Mrs.

R. S. D. Gibbons, Mrs. G.

Irving, Mrs. G. M. Freeze and Mrs. F.

J. Higgins. Treasurer for the tea will be Mrs. C. S.

Kilgour. Mrs. H. Gutteridge, Mrs. R.

B. Williamson and Mrs. H. W. J.

Maddison will be in charge of a sale of home cooking. Arrangements for decorations are being made by Mrs. Gutteridge. Quiet Bridal Held In Chapel In Metropolitan United Church chapel recently a quiet wedding took place when Miss Janet Ruth Johnston, daughter of Mrs. A.

P. Johnston and the late Mr. Johnston of Edmonton. became the bride of Mr. Gordon McIntosh Kemp, son Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Kemp of New Westminster, B.C. Rev. Reid Vipond performed the ceremony. Given in marriage by her brother.

Mr. W. A. R. Johnston, the bride wore a dress of mink brown crepe with brown accessories.

Her jewelry was a jade and gold necklace with matching earrings. She carried a colonial bouquet of velow rosebuds and baby chrysanthemums. The bride's attendant was Miss Doreen Fullerton, wearing an apple green faille dress with matching green hat. She carried a colonial bouquet of pink rosebuds and carnations. Mr.

Edward Adams was best man and Mr. Hugh Ingram was usher. Later a reception for 25 guests was held at the bride's home where Mrs. Johnston received wearing a navy dress with matching accessories. Her corsage was of white carnations.

The bride's table was centred with a threetiered wedding cake flanked by white tapers and pink azaleas. Mrs. P. S. Brown presided at the coffee urns and Mr.

Ingram proposed a toast to the bride. Later the bride changed to brown gabardine suit with brown velvet trimming, topped by a muskrat coat. The newlyweds left by air for a honeymoon at the Pacific coast. Anti-Feminist Peer Decides To Marry LONDON, (AP)-Lord Holden, self -styled anti-feminist, finally has met his match. It was disclosed Friday that the 52-year-old peer- socialist deputy speaker of the house of lordswould be married soon to Mrs.

Constance Mackness, an artist. His lordship once wrote a parody of Dante's "Divine Comedy" in which "hypocritical women" were sent to a man-less purgatory. When Kidneys Work Too Often You May Lose Sleep and Pep There is nothing that can make you feel irritating. non-specific germs in acid urine more miserable than backache and frequent conditions. (2) Thus helps soothe and reand irritating passages, caused by simple lieve a frequent cause of many irritating kidney and bladder troubles, which may pains such as backache.

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the they ants. hat Or. with 11 70 About 160 guests were received at the Memorial Hail on Sunday afternoon when the Edmonton Women's Branch. No. 215, Canadian Legion, installed officers for the coming year at a tea and installation ceremony, One group of visitors, from left to right above, included Miss Aleta Magoon, Mrs.

Dorothy Thompson, a patient at the Col. Mewburn Hospital, Miss R. Anderson, Mrs. George Tuesday Tea To Aid Society Among those who have been invited to pour at the John Howard Society membership tea at the Museum of Arts on Tuesday from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m., are Mrs. Mary Mooney, Mrs.

Lucien Maynard, Mrs. R. M. Dingwall, Mrs. William Hawrelak, Mrs.

P. P. Griffith and Mrs. G. M.

Gossage. Serviteurs will be Mrs. W. F. Barfoot, Mrs.

W. F. Bowker, Mrs. R. B.

Clifton, S. O. Hillerud, Mrs. J. Lane, Mrs.

A. J. Maure, Mrs. F. Newson.

Mrs. J. R. Sutherland, Mrs. H.

J. Wilson and Mrs. A. R. Schrag.

Mrs. A. C. Emery, Mrs. Roy Kay and Mrs.

Kate Lyons will be receiving memberships. Those who will be in charge of clothing and books for the prisoners in the Fort Saskatchewan jail and the new Bowden jail will be Mrs. A. Clarke, Mrs. G.

Amerongen, Mrs. W. W. McBain, Mrs. H.

Kennedy and Mrs. J. Weir. "Valuable" Violin Found To Be Fraud REGINA. (CP) The LeaderPost recently published a story of a Yorkton.

man whose violin bore the name of the immortal violin creator, Antonio Stradivari. Telephone calls and letters poured in, claiming similar violins. One or two looked to the untrained eye as if they just might be genuine. But a Moosomin. man wrote that the mark reads: "Antonio Stradivarius.

Cremonensis Faciebat, Anno 1725-Made in Japan." A diamond wedding anniversary party was interrupted at Zandvoort, North Holland, by city officials who had records to show that the celebrating couple had been married only 59 years. Y.W.C.A. Board Of Directors Reviews Travellers' Aid Blossoms Form Bridal Setting The soft glow of candlelight bouquets of chrysanthemums and daffodils formed the setting for a pretty wedding at Metropolitan United Church when Miss Eileen Frances Obermeier exchanged vows with Mr. Donald George Marcotte. The bride is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. J. Obermeier. The groom is the son of Mrs. M.

Roosa, all of Edmonton. Rev. Reid Vipond performed the ceremony. Entering the church on the arm of her father the. bride wore a gown of white nylon brocaded satin.

The dress was styled with leg-of-mutton sleeves which tapered over the wrists in lily points. Her tulle veil was held in place with a coronet of seed pearls and she carried a white pearl Prayer book covered with gardenias and pink rosebuds. Mrs. Robert Sterling. Miss AuRoosa and little Karen Scott attended the bride.

The matron of honor and bridesmaid wore identical gowns of nylon sheer in shades of yellow and nile green. respectively, The little flower girl wore a nylon frock of pale mauve. The attendants carried net muffs covered with tea roses. Mr. T.

Roosa was best man and Anderson and Mr. Joseph, Clifford Olson were ushers. For her daughter's wedding Mrs. Obermeier wore a navy faille frock trimmed with gray and a corsage of roses pinned at her shoulder. The groom's mother wore dress of black velvet with pink accessories and a rose corsage.

About 100 guests attended a reception at the Frontiersmen Legion Hall. The bride's table was decorated with a three-tiered wedding cake flanked by slender white tapers in crystal candelabra. Mr. K. Halwa proposed a toast to the bride.

The newlyweds will make their home in Edmonton. Hospital Alumnae Hold Banquet Mrs. R. G. Watson.

president of the Edmonton General Hospital Alumnae Association, reviewed the year's work at the annual membership banquet last Wednesday at the Corona Hotel. About 100 guests were present to hear her tell of the award made of the $125 scholarship to a graduate nurse for postwork: a $50 donation to the Winnipeg Relief Fund: medal awarded for bedside nursing: and $50 donated to financing a student nurse to the biennial of the C.N.A. at Vancouver. monthly donation of $5 was made to the children's ward for the purchase of a view master projector. Mrs.

Watson also outlined the plans drawn up for 1951. The tables were done in mauve, yellow and white chrysanthemums. the school's colors. Mrs. Watson presided and Miss Elizabeth Beitsch was chairman.

Beitsch then introduced members of the executive for 1951, who include Mrs. Watson. Mrs. Pawlowski, Mrs. Hare.

Mrs. G. Fortier. Mrs. J.

Hope, Mrs. R. J. Price. Mrs.

N. MacIntyre, Mrs. E. Barnes. Mrs.

K. Nicolls, Miss N. Moderwell, Miss M. Kruk. Miss G.

Hockhausen. Mrs. J. O'Brien, Mrs. J.

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24654 Drapes- -Curtains Upholstered Furniture Slip Covers More than 1,200 people have been referred to rooms by the Y.W.C.A.. it was reported to the board of directors of the when it met Friday afternoon in the club room with Mrs. W. D. McDougall presiding.

Mrs. Sanford Baker, in her Counselling and Travellers' Aid report, said that nearly 2.500 trains had been met. More than 3,000 persons were counselled. Some required a minimum of time and for some, hours were spent in helping them find a solution to their problems. She felt also that the assistance given to the wives and children of service personnel.

going north to join their husbands, is greatly appreciated. The devotional was, taken by Mrs. McDougall who used one of the inspirational prayers from the national annual meeting in Toronto. The convener of the finance committee. Mrs.

George Conquest, commented on the standing of the departments for 1950. showing that largest surplus made by cafeteria and thee that the service departments had deficits. She reported that the office secretary and receptionist, Mrs. Horace Bradley, is leaving soon to join her husband in Peterborough, Ont. Mrs.

Bradley been on the staff for four years. Mrs. Frank Upright reported that $60 were raised for the World Service Fund through a mixed bridge held in January. A review of a busy month in the was given by the executive director. Mrs.

Cora Casselman. Mrs. McDougall reminded members that the annual meeting and dinner will be held Monday when Miss Estelle Amaron will be zuest speaker and Mrs. Dalton Jeffrey, soloist. Mrs.

R. Malone will accompany Mrs. Jeffrey. A number of committee members then joined the directors an address by Miss Amaton," after which tea was by the social committee, served, W. Macbeth, Mrs.

Cyril Kenway and Mrs. S. W. Flewelling. Mrs.

MacDougall poured tea while guests were shown Miss Amaron's pictures of Burma. Y.W.C.A. work in India, Burma and Ceylon was the theme of Miss Amaron's address. The Rangoon was bombed when the Japanese swept into Burma, left. and All only the equipment bare walls and furnishings were looted and temporary quarters were hard to obtain at the time when ministrations were "most needed.

After the occupation the Burmese were determined to manage their own affairs independently and the separation from Great Britain was made without bloodshed. The treaty negotiate I set up Burma as a republic side the British Commonweaith. However opposition parties within the country kept it in turmoil by armed insurrection. for arms were easy to obtain because the Japanese dropped everything in their haste to evacuate the country. Mrs.

John Kelman thanked the speaker for giving a new understanding of the World Service. of Daily Calendar B.I.W.F.-In the Y.W.C.A. cafeteria Wednesday at 8:00 p.m., Members' fees are now due. MRS. A.

H. ADAMS Britain's No. 1 animal lover now looks after 50 cats, 40 goats, 30 geese, seven donkeys, a cow, a sheep, and a tame seagull at her Ingham. England, home. Edmonton Progressive Conservative Women's meeting in the club room of the Corona Hotel Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.

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