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Times Colonist from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada • 23

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Times Colonisti
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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1 ryaT Hirtnria HathtStmriS FRIDAY, 23, 1961 23 TO Vancouver Home After Honeymoon In South mm -v. fy- Women's Editor Pat Dufour They complemented their en sembles with whimsies of aqua satin rosettes and net veiling. White crystal chrysanthemums and satin ribbons en tone formed Of Personal Interest A PARTY DUO Tho Dufrcrin Avenue home of Mrs. Vivien Moore will be decorated in blue and while theme on Sunday morning at a coffee party in honor of Mrs. Esther Pilkethley whose marriage la Mr.

II. Barnes takes place on October 3. The hostess will be assisted by her daughter, Mrs. S. Van Nes.

Chrysanthemums and zinnias will be used to decorate the home and the refreshment table will be highlighted with a Japanese centrepiece and floral arrangement. The bride-to-be will be presented with a chrysanthemum plant. Guests attending will include Miss Arden Ford, Montreal, the honor guest's niece; Mrs. C. It.

Margison, Mrs. K. J. Davis, Mrs. W.

II. Newcombe, Mrs. L. Campbell, Mrs. II.

B. McClung, Mrs. G. Laird, Mrs. G.

Harris, Mrs. II. Damaske, Mrs. K. McLeod, Mrs.

D. Humphries, Mrs. T. Lumsden, Mrs. D.

G. Pennock, Mrs. D. Sweeting and Mrs. M.

Campbell. The Victoria Jaycee-Ettes hold a tea in the Oak Bay Beach Hotel Thursday afternoon as marking National Jaycee Week. President, Mrs. Reginald Owen, third from right, is seen guests that attended. They are, left to right, Mrs.

C. W. Conrad, Mrs. Percy B. Scurrah, I.

R. Fuller and Mrs. Alan Higinbotham. their part in celebrations with some of the many Mrs. Allan Leith, Mrs.

their bouquets. Clifford Wilkins was best man for his brother and ushering guests were Ronald Wilkins, another brother, and Barry Trumble, Vancouver. A pink and white cake, flanked by pink candles, centred the bride's table at a reception that followed in the Costal Garden. Raymond Wardell proposed the toast to his niece. For travelling, the bride donned a three-piece knit outfit in smoky blue with bone mari-bou hat and matching accessories.

Pale apricot Johanna Hill roses were in her corsage. Return Home Capt. and Mrs. M. G.

Wat-ton returned to their home at Isleworth Kennels on Sooke Road recently following a three-day trip to Washington State. While there, they were the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Young of Bellevue, Wash. They also attended a meeting of the Washington State Scottish Terrier Club and visited a number of kennels in the district.

Highlight of their trip was a tour of the Carnation Kennels in Carnation, Wash. Mrs. Pitkethley has also been honored at a party held in CGIT the Oak Bay Avenue home of Mrs. K. A.

McLeod. She received a corsage of pink roses. Five Hundred At 50th Anniversary Reunion nize the distinctive needs and characteristics of adolescent girls. She said one of its fundamental objectives, and one that has not changed, is to keep the groups relatively small, because teen-agers must be treated as individuals rather than en masse. Ruth Tillman, present national secretary, said that several hundred thousand girls have passed through the ranks.

In 1921, there were C0.119 girls in 2,766 groups. Dr. Thomas said Toronto, Hamilton and Belleville, were the experimental centres On vniuvn frrtm a limifivmnrm! trip to California, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanley Wilkins will make their home in Vancouver.

The bride is the former Miss Jeanette Isabell Ellen Wight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Wight, 1033 Monterey Ave.

The groom's parents are Mrs. O. V. Wilkins, 1115 Collinson Street, and R. II.

Wilkins, Asquith. Sask. Metropolitan United Church was decorated with baskets of white crystal chrysanthemums and gladioli with green foliage, for the ceremony at which Rev. A. E.

King officiated. During the ceremony, the bride's brother, Robert Wight sang Because. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of heavy peau de soie that featured lily point sleeves and rounded neckline. Pearl beadwork ap pliques enhanced the front panel of the gown and the slight train was caught with two rosettes at the waistline. Her chapel-length tulle veil misted from a headpiece of orange blossoms.

She canned a cascade bouquet of pink roses, white stephanotis and toning satin ribbons. Identical bell-skirted gowns of aqua silk were choice of ma tron of honor, Mrs. E. Hills; bridesmatron, Mrs. D.

McGavin, and bridesmaid, Miss Rhona Longman, Vancouver. locket and so young, ent included Mrs. John Caldwell, Mrs. Jim Caldwell, Mrs. S.

Caldwell, Mrs. G. Kellington, Mrs. J. Sutton, Mrs.

Joan Sutton, Mrs. P. Lee, Mrs. D. Lee, Mrs.

D. Bennett, Mrs. V. Skinner, Mrs. J.

Nicol, Mrs. L. Beckley, Mrs. J. McMillan, Mrs.

M. Pearson, Mrs. S. Waistell, Master Bruce Jeffries, the Misses Crystal Jeffries, Brenda Hansen, Susan Kellington and Kandis Caldwell. Pink and White A pink and while shower cake, made and decorated by Mrs.

H. T. Mason, centred the refreshment table at a shower held in her Wende Street home in honor of Miss Beryl Galland. Corsages were presented to the bride-elect; her mother, Mrs. J.

Tait Galland, and the groom-elect's mother, Mrs. R. J. King. Gifts were contained in a decorated basket.

Guests included Mrs. A. J. Galland, the honor guest's grandmother; Mrs. A.

Donley, Mrs. W. Coxford, Mrs. J. W.

Corbett, Mrs. D. Emery, Mrs. J. Nicholson, Mrs.

J. Page, Mrs. G. Thomson, Mrs. E.

Mullins, Mrs. C. Parsons, Mrs. L. Brewis, Mrs.

A. Rodger, Penticton; Mrs. P. Little, Vancouver; Mrs. H.

Williams, Errington; Mrs. A. Emery, Mrs. R. Calton, Mrs.

C. McEwan, Mrs. H. Morfey, Mrs. C.

Stewart, and the Misses Margaret Nicholson, Dawn Coxford and Lynne Mason. Set Date Mr. and Mrs. Howard Clark, of Summerland, B.C., announce the engagement of their elder daughter, Betty Ann, to Mr. David Bruce Binny, only son of Mr.

and Mrs. H. B. Binny, 33S0 Veteran Road. The marriage will take place on Saturday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m.

in Summerland United Church with Rev. Philip Louie officiating. Feels smooth as silk-fits soft as a glove. Unlined butter-soft leather with the stacked heel height you like best for walking. Of course, too, there's the famous Air Step fit you like best for comfort.

Red Roses Corsages of red roses were presented to bride-elect Bliss Virginia Ross, her mother, Mrs. A. H. Rutherford, and Mrs. A.

Smith at a shower, given in the Obed Avenue home of Mrs. L. Forbes. Sharing hostess duties with Mrs. Forbes were her two daughters, Mrs.

D. P. Morris and Mrs. Delphine Marshall. Also attending were Mrs.

V. V. Ross, Mrs. L. Redi'ate, Mrs.

C. Blake, Mrs. William Parlby, Mrs. Frank Morris Mrs. Frank Morris, Mrs.

Jack Drover, Mrs. R. Mackintosh, Mrs. R. D.

Rutherford, the Misses Valerie and Kim Morris and Diane Mackintosh. Attend Ceremony Mr. and Mrs. L. Aughterlonie travelled from Pender Island to attend the ceremony that united Miss Jeanette Wight and Mr.

Robert Wilkins. Other out-of-town guests included Mr. and Mrs. E. Tayloe of Huntington Beach, Mrs.

J. with Margo and Bill, Mrs. B. Trumble and Mr. and Mrs.

C. Ormiston, all of Vancouver; Mr. D. Forteath and Mrs. R.

Forteath of Trail, Mr. S. Forteath and Mr. D. Forteath of New Westminster, and Mrs.

G. Armistead, Port Angeles. Gifts In Wagon Gifts were contained in a pink and white decorated when Mrs. K. Jeffries, aunt of the groom-elect, and Mrs.

M. H. Hansen, his entertained at a surprise shower in honor of his fiancee, Miss Beatrice Sutton. Affair was held in the Jeffries home on Lyall Street. Carnation corsages were presented to the honor truest; the groom-elect's mother, Mrs.

M. H. Hansen, and his grandmother, Mrs. R. Caldwell.

(James were played and refreshments served. Those pres a shoe that boasts of SOFTNESS HEEL TO TOE Available In: Black or Brown Calf with the practical ripple sole tor the church-centred pro grams. The CGIT program spread quickly because it could be conducted in small towns and rural areas as well as in large cities. During the current year, the group hopes to send $50,000 to Indonesia to build a Christian education conference centre. as a miniature in a TORONTO (CP)-Fifty years ago an organization was formed in Canada solely for teen-age girls.

Now, with 30,000 girls between the aes of 12 and 17 active in Dominion-wide groups, the Canadian Girls in Training began celebrating its 50th anniversary Thursday by holding the first major event of its anniversary year a reunion in Toronto of more than 500 former members. Dr. Winnifred Thomas, national secretary of the CGIT's founding body from 1918 to 1925, said in an interview the organization was the first to recog Tarnish soft fdr months la Just one easy polishing first silver polish that tffectlTely and InTlslblf prevents tarnish 5-J98 $298 NEW HAGERTY SILVER DUSTER Use Hagerty Tarnish Preventative once and then just dust your silver with this silver cloth and your sil ver gleams on and on without re-polishing. ONLY For rerularly tisfd llatware pieres, Just wash your silver with Itnd sprvinc Hag-rtf SHvrr Foam. Tarnish, dirt and polish rinse away like mafia New, gentle formula clean and restores a more-beautiful than-ever learn to your precious stone and jewelry and handy dip basket makes it easier ONLY No other product can save you the time, work and money Hagerty Tarnish Preventative keeps silver free of tarnish 10 times longer than ordinary polishes use Hagerty Silver Foam for easier care of flat ware and pieces In dally use.

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In the fall fashions collection suits for all occasions and romantic young ball gowns in Junior Miss size Gibson Girls all but steal the show from the more staidly elegant outfits. Suits from $25.00. "Tom Jones" at College Back-to-school fashion in the high school and college league shows no diversion from the A-line. Shifts and jumpers are being featured by the Gibson Girl for the fall, mostly in double knits or tweeds. Herringbone and diagonal tweeds adapt nicely to princess lines, and are accented with half-belts or leather trim.

Braid, buckles and brass buttons abound, to give a sport look. Frills are seen on more dressy outfits. The "Tom Jones" look appears in low-necked dresses or sweaters or dickeys. Detachable dickeys, and even cuffs in some cases, solve the cleaning needs of many costumes. Another English style popular this fall is the Chelsea look deep V-necks with point collars.

Choirboy collars (sort of enlarged Peter Pan with a narrow black bow) are shown on a lot of dark striped shifts, either in self fabric or white. Fashion report from Linda "The Gibson Girl" 1203 DOUGLAS Open Friday Might Until 9:00 p.m. 0 JEWELERS 1317 DOUGLAS ST. 1211 Douglas St. 0k i fi jyfy Sj HS-.

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