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i 1944 I 8 DETROIT FREE PRESS Monday. December 4. "Whether There's Snow Overseas Return Smorgasbord Dravrs Crowd to Party nal for Celebration Sig 1 when you want 17 IrlTMd vtfl 4 it BY NANCY DYGEKT WHILE MOST OF THE interesting tales of foreign lands are being told by servicemen now and again there is a civilian whose return from abroad means dragging out the family atlas while he recounts his adventures. That's the case of Edmund H. Sale, who has come back to his home on Pilgrim Road in Birmingham after spending a year and a half in Malta, Sicily, and Italy on business.

To celebrate the event he and Mrs. Sale invited some of their friends in for an open house Sunday afternoon. Another party was going on at the same time in the home of Mr. and Mrs. HalJL Smith, of Windmill Pointe Drive.

After a family dinner, the Smiths gave a cocktail party from 4 to 6 o'clock for their son and daughter-in-law, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Yates G. Smith, of Dayton, who celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary a day ahead of time.

The colonel and his wife are leaving this Monday after being here just for the week-end. On Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil H. Hoffs, of Vendome Road, entertained at dinner in their home in honoring their daughter, Mrs.

E. Hobbs Lee, of Pasadena, who came Friday for a three months' visit. IS 4 5 They'll Be Together ft JOLLITY combined with dm-ing on wonderfully-prepared Swedish dishes, set the keynote for Grosse Pointe Yacht Club's annual Smorgasbord party held at club Saturday evening. Ingrid Koebel, Irene FY arizen, Betty Olson and Mary Lundell, daughters of members, started the Klap dance which brought members and their guests to the dance floor. Mrs.

Otto Lundell was hostess in one group at the Smorgasbord fete, her guests including 'Gosta Oldenburg, Swedish consul general, of Chicago, who was visiting here; Carl Berglund, Swedish consul in Detroit, and Mrs. Berglund, and the Walter Woods. The Tore Franzens had a table close by, their guests being Ernst Holmberg, Mrs. Esther Mclntyre, Mr. and Mrs.

Gunnar Karlstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Albinson and Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Thompson, of Mount Clemens.

The Navarre G. Bennetts were noted chatting with friends; Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Koebel had as guests Capt.

and Mrs. L. P. Rham, and with Mr. and Mrs.

George N. Lilygren were Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy E. Swift, Commodore and Mrs.

James Markes, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Funkhauser and the Eugene Christiansens. Others were Mr. and Mrs.

Alvin C. Hamer, Mr. and Mrs. Thor M. Olson, the Everett E.

Lundbergs, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Lenz and the Howard M. Grants with their party.

Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Schroeder entertained for Mrs.

Florence Campbell, William Schroeder and PO 3-C Benjamin L. Schroeder and Mrs. Schroeder, who are returning to Key West this NATURALLY, CHRISTMAS PLANS are foremost in every Bedroom f'xure in rose, beige or btus. Shea'e of French Crysa' gives arrp'e S3tt light. i i 8 2i Five ligfit dinlnq Ljy roei fixture finis'nsd VfV I i 3-wfl switch liqMs 1 1 soft 1 .49 jpi Prch Unfarn In Vv crystal glass g'obe.

i 1- one's mind, and wherever possible, there'll be family reunions. Mrs. Benjamin S. Warren, of Lake Shore, is leaving on the twentieth to be with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

W. Randall Compton and their son, Benjamin, of Washington, and the Leslie A. Weary's of University Place, will be joined by their son, Peyton, who is coming here Dec. 20 from Phillips Kxeter Academy. Mrs.

Cobb Lanphier, of the Whittier, is getting her plans organized to give cocktail party for her son, Maj. Thomas Lanphier, USAAF, and his wife when they arrive the middle of the month from Colorado Springs. Romantic Ramblings THE NAVY HELD the spotlight over the week-end as far as the romantic news was concerned, for the engagements of two ensigns were announced. At a luncheon Saturday at Devon Gables, Jean Wagner told fc I L.IV Man. 12:30 t.

P. M. This big snowman and many, many little snowmen will be part of the decorations at TOP's Snow Flurry Friday night at the Detroit Leland. Left to right, Mary Lou Bowers, Mary Jane Kohr and Sally Hamlin put the finishing touches on him for that extra dash. Wajhjngton Blvd.

at Clifford Say MERRY CHRISTMAS with a gift from Walter's pin. 25.00 3 jf $2.40 Chatterbox -y 1 v9S '3 frame. 15.00 BY BETTY IDE COSPER WE'RE PRETTY PROUD of our young Detroiters and the work they're doing nowadays. And once in a while, one of them stands out from all the rest with exceptional display of talent; like Pat Tobin, for instance. Pat, with her genius, seems to be following in the footsteps of people like Orson Welles and Noel Coward, on the one-man production basis.

Her major at Stephens College is radio work in all its phases. And we do mean because that smartie is broadcasting seven days a week Not only does she write scripts. and act in them, but she announces and directs, dreams up the sound effects and works out any iittle technical difficulties that arise. Pat's proud papa, R. R.

Tobin, vows he wouldn't have recognized his own daughter's voice if he hadn't been behind a glass partition watching her at a broadcast the other day. Krfe Prrss Photo MARJORIE BEAN Local Juniors Are Pledged at Stephens NEWS COMES from Stephens College of the first-year girls who hail from Detroit and its vicinity. They've been pledged to their favorite sororities, which (as it is all over now) stress war work rather than the usual social activities. The girls are Wilma Patterson, Joan Riddell. Peggy Anne Burden, Elizabeth Livermore, Eileen El berg, Jean Kraus, Elizabeth Anne Dondineau, Janet Strachen, Gwen Bice, Patricia Day, of P.oyal Oak; Barbara Ann Smith, Sally Lou Read and Marilyn Planck.

Gail Isbey was one of a hundred girls chosen at Mount Holyoke for the freshman choir, which made its first appearance Sunday at vespers. KTE members and their escorts gave a wiener roast picnic Saturday night. The girls there were Marie Saylor, Dot Jones, Gloria Livezey, Winnie Williams. Sally Miller, Jean Boos, Margie Pullar and Jean Brown. Jean Glowacki was hostess recently in her Wildemere Ave.

home to the members of the Beta Chi Sorority at a rush tea. Jean Magagna, Beverly Mcln-tyre and Jane Hazlett were made pledges. Mary Lou Baker, Ann Busher, Fern Anna Marie Magagna and Ann Lyman were made honorary members. ROBES 14.95 to 39.95 FRAMES. 6.95 to 15.00 CLOCKS.

12.95 to 35.00 JEWELRY. 2.00. to 45.00 SWEATERS 3.95 to 12.95 JEAN WAGNER If Chromo watt bractst .0 I I with switch. A fineiy i iff 5f finishetJ fixture with cpsl glass shads. ..) Nv) Serri direct lighting soft, fine light.

bowl, metal hanger in jjji- ivory and gold. I 1 3.69 Bronze and gold fin- ished fixture, attrac- ve glass shades in ivory with gold bands. C-- 2-3-5 lights, 3 -way NjS' 'iT7 DETROIT AND DEAR- B0RN SHOWROOMS 't0'KZt'aS OPEN WEDNESDAY EVE- b.J NINGS. Port Huron St Mtftu'lklt showroom open Monday 0 Pp ftp -tfL 1130 16501 14, ANN fOfVt 7 HINI UVWNOIS MICHIGAN Aot 4lls. The mnd nther beautiful tttms itom our (titt Shop conccntentt 4 tmated on the main floor 1 4 Their bethrothals announced her friends about her engagement to Ensign Sidney J.

Wilkins and Marjorie Bean, a sophomore at the University of Michigan, was in from Ann Arbor to let her friends know about her betrothal to Ensign Adolph Henry Behrman. Jean is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wagner, of Birmingham, and Sidney, who is overseas, is the son of Fred Wilkins, of Birmingham, and Mrs. Harry Clemens, of Iroquois Ave.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Michigan State College, where she was a Kappa Kappa Gamma and her fiance, a graduate of Brown University, was a Sigma Chi. Marjorie's parents are Mr. and Mrs. George Fraser Bean, of Longfellow and Ensign Behrman is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Behrman, of Weiser, Id. Just now Hank is stationed at Norfolk, where he went after finishing his midshipman's training course at Notre Dame. He schooled at the University of Idaho, Illinois Tech and the University of Michigan, where he was affiliated with Delta Tau Delta. Personal Mention 1 Sh Everyone es Marabou and velvet robe 39.95 fPlu Fedtral Tax) Finest gift of all War Bonds Pat announced the program in her natural tone of voice, at which Mr. Tobin beamed happily; but when she figuratively hopped from the shoes of one character in the play to another, he began to get more and more baffled.

She took four parts, including two youngsters, their mama and even their grandfather! (Note to Pat: As far a your technical study goes, 1 have a portable that squawks like mad and I'm missing my favorite programs. Will you fix it up if I send it down?) tfwC2--3: CfCSv-CL-iCrt CfCiw.CiisJi F3JiFZ CfCaw-GSsCTi CfCsCD-Tt tt GihTS WITH A FUTURE I is with her parents, the Roses', of Glastonbury G. A. Road. while Capt.

Brown is in the Far East. -co, I I 11 y- RUSSEKS Cm tf WAR LOAN 1448 WOODWARD AVENUE Shop Monday, 12:30 to 9 P. M. Mrs. Mark Gable Bowen, of Indianapolis, a the house guest of Mrs.

David Whitney III, of Muskoka Road. Ensign William B. Cary, who received his wings at Corpus Christi last week, will leave Dec. 26 for Jacksonville, after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Carol B. Carey, of Wildemere Ave. He arrived here Friday. Mr. and Mrs.

Herbert A. Goldman (Carole Morgan), of Webb announce the birth of a daughter, Darlene Adele, on Nov. 29. Pfc. Walter M.

Cusak, USAAF, is spending 15 days with his parents, the Walter M. Cusaks, of Wildemere en route from Harlingen, to Lincoln, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sheppard, of Glynn Court, have moved into the city for the winter months from their country home at Wixom, Mich.

Their daughters, Mrs. Gus VanLingen and Mrs. Wynn Handy, will remain at Wixom with their children. Mrs. Robert S.

MacClure has returned to Chicago after visiting her parents, the Albert H. Zimmermans, of Bedford Road. Capt. and Mrs. Stanley M.

Brown announce the birth of a daughter on Nov. 29. Mrs. Brown, the former Dorothy Rose, $75 7 I I i J) 5 I i i 5) The Signature of Beauty on lnrludf Tax I J87.50 $75.50 DIAMOND RINGS is the Trade Mark GENUINE ORANGE BLOSSOM HAT is really beautiful needs no adorning. That's hy Genuine Orange Blossom diamond rings are so exquisitely simple in design.

For nature's most perfect gift, the A Every Girl's a Sweater Girl OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT diamond, is set off to best advantage in a tiny golden wreath of lovely orange blossoms. The very name GENUINE ORANGE BLOSSOM is the signature of beauty on diamond rings as it is the pledge of perfect quality and surpassing value. Give her the proudest name in Diamond Rings this Christmas. AND THESE MAKE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EASY! jnrabian Niaits Tl I 1 Jk VuJk A I I i i rte aii-time tavonte bov du lover dars. bna-t, oaste i he aii-time favorite boy puliove dark, COiO'S.

PERFUME 100 wool by Glendundee. 5.95 or red. 7.95 Hand-kmt type lacket sweater purple, green A weedy icent blended of Sandal, wood and Amber 100 woo 00 woo American beauty, rose, 12.95 Cashmere Cardigan, imported gold or blue. SQUARE DEAL JEWELER GRAND RIVER GRAND RIVER at Time Square at Oalcmia SWEATERS D. Sequin-trimmed black evening sweater for holiday wear.

16.95 FIFTH FLOOR SCMERK NEW YORK $70 to SI. 25 ptus to tcwv? zses-m tcj-crvip Cs---s3 tcs--? Zcs.

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