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Dixon, Illinois, Saturday, September 5, 1942 DIXON EVENING TELEGRAPH Page Xtiree Trend Is to Slim Silhouette and Elegant Fabrics: British and Russian Inspiration Noted in Creations Mrs. ANOTHER CONTINGENT OF Will Become Mrs. JUNE GRADUATES ANNOUNCE Newman, Tonight PLANS FOR COLLEGE STUDY Summer garden flowers in pastel colors will decorate the living room at the home of Mrs. Marie Wedlake, 921 Sixth street, this evening for a candlelight wedding ceremony in which Mrs, Wedlake elder daughter, Mrs. Doris Viola Morrison, is to become the bride of Charles A.

Newman of Rock Falls. The Rev. Herbert J. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will hear the vows at 8 o'clock, with about 50 guests from Davenport. Detroit, Dixon, Rock Falls, Oglesby and LaSalle witnessing the single ring ceremony.

Mrs. Barbara Larson will he her matron of honor, and Freeman Bollivar will serve Mr. Newman as best man. Mrs. Morrison will be wearing a street-longth dress of victory blue, with beige accessories, accented by a shoulder bouquet of sweetpeas and roses.

Her pearl necklace is a gift from her bridegroom. Mrs. Larson will weai black chiffon, with a red glame- lia. Pink and white appointments will be used at the refreshment table for the informal reception that is to follow this wedding ceremony. A tiny bridal pair adorns the top tier of the bride's cake.

After their return from a wedding trip to southern Illinois, about Sept. 15, Mr. Newman and his bride will be at home at 601 West Fifth street, Rock Falls. Mrs. Morrison has been employed as a cook at Katherine Shaw Bethea hospital for the past 14 years.

Mr. Newman is with the Northwestern Steel and Wire company at Sterling. Out-of-town guests expected to attend ceremony are the son, George Morrison, of Davenport, and her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Terl- berg, of Detroit.

WALKER WALLACE Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Violet Wallace, daughter of the C. L. Wallaces of Rock Falls, anil DeRoy Walker of Dixon, which took place Saturday morning, Aug. 22, in Kahoka, Mo. The ceremony was performed by the pastor of the Christian church.

Mrs. Florence Williamson of Rock Falls and the bride's father witnessed the ceremony. Mrs. Walker is employed in the office of the Russell. Burdsall and Ward Bolt and Nut company in Rock Falls, and Mr.

Walker is with the Northwestern Steel and Wire company in Sterling. The couple is residing at 317 College avenue, Dixon. SUPPER RIDE Seventeen members of the Rock River Trail and Horseman's association were on the trail Thursday evening. Afterward, President and Mrs. Clarence Myers were serving hamburgers at the outdoor grill at Sorrell Top stables.

Today there's news of additional June graduates of Dixon high school, who will soon be off to the college, university and training school of their choice. Bill Newman, son of the Carl Newmans of 734 East Third street, expects to leave about Sept. 18 for Cedar Rapids, where he will enroll at Coe. Bill played the French horn in the school band, and this summer, has been employed at the Green River ordnance plant. While attending Coe, he will reside at Greene hall.

Having returned earlier in the week from Ludington, where she spent the summer, Helen Boyd is busily occupied with last-minute preparations for her departure for Columbia. where she plans to study radio production and program-planning at Stephens college. Helen, who is the daughter of the A. N. Boyds, was business manager of The Yearbook for one semester, and of The Dixini for the other semester, as a senior.

She sang with the Glee club all four years, and has been a member of the Treble Clef choir of the First Methodist church. Also studying at Stephens this year will he Mavis Westgor, daughter of the Orville Westgors, who hopes to major in art and win a place in the symphony orchestra. Mavis likes figures and portraits best, and while in high school, designed many programs and posters for plays and parties. Her father directs the school orchestra and band, in which she played a French horn. Bernard Frazer, son of Principal and Mrs.

B. J. Frazer, has been granted a two-year scholarship at the University of Chicago, where lie hopes to study medicine. He leaves about Sept. 20 to participate in Freshman Week activities, and will continue his work at the ordnance plant until the preceeding week.

Bernard, who is master councilor of Dixon chapter, Order of DeMolay, served as editor of The Telegraph's annual school supplement last spring, was editor of the Dixini, and appeared in leading roles in several plays staged by the Dramatic club. Evelyn Duffy will be leaving Tuesday for DeKalb to enter Northern Illinois State Teachers college. Her address will be Williston hall, and she plans to major in history and minor in Spanish. Evelyn, a daughter of the Lloyd Duffys, is also a scholarship student, having received a full four-year Normal school award. Mary Jane Harden, daughter of the Alvin Hardens, and Neva Jean Moeller, daughter of the John Moellers of Nelson, will also be studying at DeKalb this year.

Elizabeth Kennedy entered the Katherine Shaw Bethea hospital training school on Tuesday. Another member of the class of Florence Bevilacqua, who has decided upon nursing as a profession, plans to enter a January class in Dixon or Chicago. as she is more familiarly known to her friends, is a daughter of Mrs. Louis Bevilacqua of Nelson, and is assisting her mother and sisters at their Soda Grill on Galena avenue. ARE EXPECTING GUESTS FROM NEW YORK AND KANSAS Atty.

and Mrs. Sidney Baciia- rach and their twin sons, Dickey and Andy, will be arriving in Dixon from New York City next Thursday for a visit with Mr. Bacharach's father and aunt, Samuel Baeharach and Miss Carrie Rosenthal at the Rosenthal home on Second street. Arriving from the west on the same day will be Mr. and Mrs.

Marvin Katz of Kansas City. Attorney Baeharach, who is with the firm of Van Voorst. Siegel and Smith in New York, will be celebrating his fiftieth birthday anniversary, the day after his arrival here. Mrs. Katz is a daughter of Mrs.

Helen Bacharach Alschuler of Kansas City, formerly of Dixon, and her husband is a member of the Katz Brothers drug store chain. Salute to LABOR TOILING FOR VICTORY Next Monday, Sept. 7, is Labor Day. But instead of parades, oratory and band concerts, most workers will be on the job Monday as usual in factories throughout the Nation. Winning the War is all-important now.

Men and women who are toiling day and night to produce the equipment essential to Victory are doing their full share here on the home front to back up our fighting men and hasten the day of peace. All honor to them on Labor Day. CITY NATIONAL BANK Established 1855 IN PLXON OFFICERS: Z. W. Moss, President Clyde H.

Lenox, Cashier John L. Davies. Vice Pres. V. Tennant, Ass't.

Cashier William J. Keenan, Ass't. Cashier Z. W. Moss L.

G. Rorer DIRECTORS John L. Davies C. Warner E. L.

Crawford INTEREST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Member EDI Corporation AT LAKE GENEVA The Lake Geneva Country club in Lake Geneva, is having a special three-dav golf tournament the Labor Day week end. Some of those entertaining at a dancing party to be held there tonight are the senior and junior Albert F. Madleners and the Arthur W. Wakeleys. The junior Mrs.

Madlener is a daughter of former Governor Frank O. Lowden, and the Wakeleys are the parents of Miss Barbara Wakeley, who bowed to Chicago society June with Miss Joan Ralston of Dixon and Chicago. WILL ATTEND HELMICK CLAN Mr. and Mrs. D.

E. Helmick, their daughter, Mrs. Robert Brewster. and her children. Karen and John, left this morning for Chicago.

Tomorrow, they will go to Berrien Springs, to attend the annual reunion of the Helmick clan, which is to take place at Tabor Hall, The family has met annually at the same place for about 40 years. About 100 relatives usually attend. IN SPRINGFIELD Mrs. Walter Bylinowski Is spending the week end in Springfield. as the guest of Miss Janice Greidor.

a former employe of the Dixon State hospital. Features HOME STYLE COOKING Moderate Prices SERVICE EVERY DAY i EXCEPT SUNDAYS 511 St. PHONE 325 Ground Floor of Clinic TO ECQUADOR Major John Habecker, son of Dr. and Mrs. I.

N. Habecker of 516 Ottawa avenue, has arrived in Quito, Ecquador, where he has been appointed to serve as assistant military' attache. Mrs. Habecker arrived in Dixon yesterday from Washington, D. for a brief visit with her husband's parents, and will be leaving tomorrow for Upland, to spend some time with her parents before leaving for Quito to join about Oct Major Haabecker's new mail address is: U.

S. Embassy, Quito, Ecquador, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Mail Room. War Washington, D. C. Ordnance Plant Employes Wed This Morning Miss Betty M.

Baxter of 607 Ottawa avenue, elder of the two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George Baxter of Princeton, and Daniel Pollingue. also of Dixon, son of the senior D. J.

Pollingues of Lafayette, exchanged marriage vows in a nuptial high mass at St. Catholic church this morning. The double ring ceremony was performed at 9 in the presence of about a dozen relatives and friends. Miss Patricia Burke of Ohio, 111., was only attendant, and William Leonard of Chicago served Daniel as best man. The chose brown accessories for her muskrat-trimmed suit of grape wool, and Miss Burke was wearing a blue suit.

Each was wearing an orchid glamelia at the shoulder of her jacket. A wedding breakfast for 12 was served at tea room, following the ceremony. Summer flowers trimmed the table. Afterward, the bridal pair left on a four-day wedding trip through Michigan. They have taken an apartment at 315 East Fourth street.

bride was graduated from Prmeeton high school in 1938, and since March, has been employed as a stenographer in the architectural engineering department of the Green River ordnance plant. Mr. Pollingue is a designer in the engineering department. Miss Jane Baxter of Princeton was among those attending the ceremony in which her sister became Mr. Pollingue bride.

----MRS. HELMICK HAS SMORGASBORD OF SERVICE MEN FORM NEW CLUB 1 Members of the MacArthur club to change the name of their organization to the at an afternoon meeting held by the group on Thursday at the Loveland Community House. Memberships are open to mothers of service men throughout and bordering Lee county, and the charter will remain open for 30 days. PERSONALS Mrs. Muriel Phelps of Sterling visited Dixon friends on Tuesday.

Mrs. John Stager of Sterling visited yesterday with Mrs. Clevidence of Peoria avenue, who has been quite ill. Mrs. Irene Moore of Springfield is a guest at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.

anil Al.il tan Thu'wood. ------Mrs. Nina Boucher, who sustained severe injuries in a fall about six weeks ago, is much improved. She is receiving treatment at the Katherine Shaw Bethea hospital. Bobby Hess, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Clark Hess, sustained a double fracture of his right ankle while playing football on Thursday afternoon. Rev. C. L.

Wagner, Edna and Irene Gerdes and Hulda Schaefer left this afternoon for East Bay Lake, Bloomington to attend the Illinois district Luther League convention, Irene Gerdes is a delegate from the League of the Im- manual Lutheran church. They will return to Dixon Monday afternoon. Essentially simple lines team with elegant fabrics in this charming evening dress, designed by Bergdorf Goodman. It is baby-pink silk with a wide satin stripe. The precisely fitted bodice meets the 1942 bouffant skirt at the hipline, conveying a look of greater fulness than exists.

The enveloping tulle is brown. Mrs. D. E. Helmick entertained 24 members of the Secret Sister club of Circle Three, First Methodist church, with a 1 smorgasbord yesterday.

Following the luncheon, gift packages were exchanged that revealed identities of of the past year. WINS STAKE Mahogany Miss, the four- year-old show horse of Miss Joan Killian of Sterling, placed first in the three- gaited stake at me Bradford horse show Thursday evening, and was third in the three- gaited amatqur class. Captain Kelly, Miss Killian's other horse, was second in the three-gaited class. Calendar Tonight New State Park movie, Open be shown, free, at White Pmes Forest state park lodge, 8 p. by Mrs.

Alice L. Hills, park naturalist. Sunday Schiller drama, be presented at 1:30 p. m. fin Swiss) by Wilhelm Tell Community Guild, New Glarus, Wis.

Monday Schiller drama, be presented (in English) at 1:30 by Wilhelm Tell Community Guild, New Glams, Wis. Tuesday South Dixon Home Bureau Charles Kreger, hostess. Rock River Camera club Durward Brader, host. Palmyra Reading circle At home of Mrs. Charles Dickey.

South Dixon Teacher's Reading Lee Ackert, hostess. 7:45 p. m. Highland Avenue club Mrs. J.

B. Conroy, 7:30 p. m. edneeday Young Presbyterian church Carl Santee, hostess. Past club, Bald win I.

Goodwin, hostess. THE Yes, Soldiers Are Worried; But Only About Parents By RUTIl MILLETT I like the Army fine and, at this point, I like to see a little action. The only thing that bothers me is how Mother and Dad will get along. They're not so young any more and they worry about nie." A mother, who is just back from a visit to her son in an Army camp, says she heard that over and over again from officers and privates alike. The young men aren't worried about what may happen to them.

They're worried about just one thing how their parents are going to take it if they get sent across. So up to every Mom and Dad with a son In the service to take that weight off the mind right now. Sure, you're sick. You couldn be a natural mother or father if you weren't. But you can keep it to yourself, it means your boy will be happier, easier in his mind? Keep Fears to Yourself Certainly, you can.

When he was small you hid your fears from him and you can do it he is grown. Instead of letting him think of you as sitting home worrying, let him carry in his mind a picture of you as proud that your son is enough of a man to he doing a most dangerous job fighting for his country. You'll have to exercise self-control: even have to act a bit to be the brave, rather than worried, parents. But you can do it. After all, you say sincerely, you wish you could take your boy's place.

Well, if you would do that for him you certainly can make a real effort to send him into the fight feeling that behind him pushing and not dragging him back by emotional ties. Make him think of you as no matter how much you feel like TO PANAMA Daniel C. Mishler of this city has accepted an appointment as operating engineer with the United States government in the Panama Canal zone. He leaves tomorrow for Brownsville, Texas, where he will board a plane for the Isthmus. Mrs.

Mishler will accompany her husband to Brownsville, and will return TcT Dixon to 1 ilaRT her for the present, but plans to join Mr. Mishler in the Canal zone later. TO CHICAGO Miss Ila Reuter of near Ohio, 111., who has been residing in Dix- on recently, expects to leave soon to enter the Presbyterian College i of Christian Education in Chicago, Miss Reuter, a former teacher in the Galesburg schools, plans to I prepare herself to teach Christian i education in the public schools. DoWitt MacKenzie, Wide World war analyst, has a daily article appearing in this paper. Do not fail to read it.

gives comfort to aching, tired feet. Sold by all druggists. Susanville Grocers All Close Shop in Protest Susanville, Sept. YAP) can't buy a pound of tomatoes or a cut of round steak in this booming mountain city, because every grocery and meat market in town is locked tight in a labor controversy. The majority of the stores were closed yesterday by their owners in what a spokesman for the Susanville council said was a protest against the previous walkout of AFL retail food clerkfi from Purity Stores and Safeway stores here.

The clerks struck for higher wages. The spokesman said the closure would continue indefinitely. Do you read the DeWitt MacKenzie column appearing daily in this paper It is full jnterest- ing information. Read it now. tf In This Your Life unlikely to duplicate the Peter food and atmosphere at comparable prices.

Enjoy our refreshing drinks and excellent meals in air-cooled comfort. Luncheon 11 :30 A.M. 3 P. M. from Week Days 3 P.

M. 1 A. Sundays, Noon to 8 P.M. PETER PIPER'S ON STATE ROUTE 2 At Grand Detour Bridge KAREN BREWSTER IS NOW THREE hostess, club of Mi-s, Karen Brewster, little daughter of Capt. and Mrs.

Robert Brewster, was three years old yesterday, but she was celebrating her anniversary a day early, when her mother entertained with an afternoon part for her pleasure on Thursday at the D. E. Helmick home. Nursery and singing games were pastime, and pictures were taken of the young party-goers. A birthday lunch was served at small tables.

Candles and flowers harmonized with the pastel table service. Those wishing Karen a happy birthday were Buddy Gerlach, Mary Adams. Neil and Norman Grimes, Nancy Rorer, Ellen Rorer, Ann Eichler, Mary Anne Tousley, Joan Vandenberg, and the little birthday brother, John. TO OKLAHOMA Mrs. W.

E. Clarke of Oklahoma City left this morning for her home, after spending about a month here with her sister, Mrs. S. C. Stanfield of 322 East Everett street.

Mrs. Stanfield, who suffered severe injuries in a fali some time ago, and was confined to the hospital for several weeks, is able to be out again. DIXON UNIT Members of the South Dixon Home Bureau unit will meet at 1:30 p. Tuesday at the Charles Kreger home. PALMYRA UNIT Members of the Palmyra Home Bureau unit will meet at 1:30 p.

m. Thursday at the Loveland Community House. HEAR THEM LUNCHEON HOSTESS Mrs. W. A.

McNichols is entertaining at luncheon today for Mrs. Leonard Underwood and Miss Grace Steel of Portland. Oregon. LLOYD JOHNSON A Evangelist, whose message is is conducting a special meeting every night but Monday and Saturday at 7:45 at the Four Square Chapel located at 607 West 7th Street, Sermon subjects are: Sunday, Painted Tuesday, Wednesday, Last Thursday, When a person dies, what hap- Friday, Wrong With Sunday, Sept. 13th: Mason and Dixon (an illustrated message).

Your neighbors are attending. Why not you? Come! See! Hear! And he convinced! WAR AS IN PEACE JL HE management ot this bank is pledged to conservative operation. The safety of funds is our primary consideration. in addition, the bank is a member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.which insures each of our depositors against loss to a maximum of $5,000. DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED THE DIXON NATIONAL BANK The Bank With the Chimet Clock Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation OFFICERS W.

H. McMaster, President J. B. Lennon. Vice Pres.

H. G. Byers, Vice Pres. Wilhelm, Cashier Leo B. Miller, Asst, Cashier R.

Bracken F. X. Newcom Dement Schuler DIRECTORS W. H. McMaster W.

Trein C. R. Walgreen, Jr..

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