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Woman's World MAXIXE Nl'R.MI, Woman's Editor WBA Members Hold Birthday Dinner Honoring members whose birth days are in November and an ad dress by .Mrs E. P. Ehrock. a member of the Neighborhood Club, was an event of the social meeting of the Woman's Benefit Association, when they met in the Odd Fellows dining room Monday evening. Tables were artistically decorated with a copper bowl of poinsettias and ceoar greener' centering the officers' table. At each side were candle holders with a gold and green group three candles ea'-h. The serving table displayed two cakes, one a white confetti angel food and a chocolate cake in hon or of those having birthdays in November. The meeting was presided over by Lois Livingston, vice-president, in the absence of Stella Garrett, president who was ill. Mrs. Liv- By Ed Craig In women's fashions, this is a season of sparkle. Dresses, blouses and evening wraps are r e s p l e n -dent with, metallic fab : rics. Some dresses and wraps are made entire ly of lame. Other fabrics that are fav-r orites are, silks, satins, velvets, even wools shot through with met allic threads. these fabrics aro fascinating but they alo present cleaning difficulties. Fabrics containing metal threads are extremely susceptible to severe creasing and wrinkling. Most metal threads consist of a cotton inner thread which serves as a base around which a thin metallic ribbon is rolled spirally. The bae metal is us ually copper which, when the lacquer wears off, tarnishes badly and tarnish is almost im possible to remove by any method of cleaning. Synthetic metal-like threads do not pre sent this tarnish problem. Be fore he can safely clean cloth with metal threads woven through it, your clearer must test to find out if the metal has a copper base or is a syn thetic thread. We always make sure of the fabric content of every article you send us. You can count on our taking a little more painstaking care with the cleaning and finishing of your finest, most delicate fabrics. That's why the best dressed people in town send their dry cleaning to us! REMEMBER Inspect Th garment after wear ingIf it it too toiltd for the next wearing, if is too soiled to hang back in the closet! CRAIG'S NU-WAY CLEANERS 17U8 Sixth Phone WO 3-2311 at. " (Jtl talk 'fasfy would Deserved e&l DON DEMPSEY'S FUNERAL CHAPEL WO 3-5022 ingston opened with a prayer and asked for committee rennrts: a letter was read concerning a White House Conference on Chil dren and Youth from the Union County committee finance chair man, Mrs. Robert IKPhetridge. Another was a bond from the Ltilon County Tuberculosis and 'Health Association. Mrs. Livingston named the nominating committee as Mrs. El mer Locken, Mrs. Herbert Miller and MrsJLeo Hansen. Thev will oUsctwrt on new officers Dec. 7. Mrs. Sihrock was presented and tamed Dnetiy on the Neighbor im,d Club, and then expressed me program oi each organization or club sending two members to each meeting of the City Commis sioners when that committee meets. She said the meetings were of interest to each and ev eryone as to what conies up and what happens at those meetings. Mrs. Atha Miller paid tribute to Myrtle Hansen, state field di rector, and read a poem, "There Might Have Been Others" in hon or ol her birthday. Mrs. Hansen acknowledged the honor and in turn thanked Jessie Damerell, welfare supervisor, for her acts and deeds and then read a poem in her honor. Mis. Damerell was awarded an appreciation gift and Mrs. Hansen received a birthday gift from the members. Mrs. i Hansen then paid tribute to Mrs. Wetzel, who has filled all the of fices of the Association and then she presented her with her 50 year pin. .Mrs. Ethel May, Mrs. French and Mrs. Wetzel are char ter members. Games were played with Mrs. Leo Hansen, Mrs. bill Livingston. Airs. Herbert Miller, Mrs. James Jigerson, Mrs. Claud Damerell and. Mrs. Roscoe Furman each lelhg awarded prizes. (Cake and coffee were served lit ft rnmmitlpp Mrc t"l,.t, ir.i..l tPLpC'Iillcr, Mrs. Bill Livingston, Mrs. jonn tngie and Mrs. Ros- I coe;Furman. Ucyon Students Make Honor Roll J'JJION (Special ) High School Honor Roll for the First nine weeks:. 4 0 Sara Jane White. Bob Cockrell, Kathy Edvalson, Rita (Jibbs, Claudia Herman, and Bill Vockrell. 3.8 Don Baxter, Deanna Straight, Carolyn Vickers, Janice Hibbeln and Henry Miller. 3-6 Leese Taylor, Peggy Jacob, and, ? 3.5 La Verne Briggs. Union OES Chapter 49 Sets Christmas Party UNION (Special (-Grande Ronde Valley chapter 49 OES held their regular meeting Wednesday eve ning. Mrs. Emma Bell, worthy matron and Nele Morrison, worthy patron presided. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Johnson of Wallowa were escorted and intro duced. Johnson is worthy patron of the Wallowa chapter. Mrs. Johnson is a grand committee member. ' A committee was appointed to check over the chapter books and report at the next meeting. Next meeting will be a Christ mas party, Dec. 9. FINEST Or FACILITIES... We.Sr'e proud of our beauti ful chapel, our luxurious limousines, all our modern equipment and facil ities that mean so much at time of sorrow! Observer, La Grande, Ore., ANN LANDERS Ann Receives Into Soviet Family Home (This is anqther in a series of articles by the author of America's most popular human relations column.) MOSCOW-It's very late and I'm exhaustid. But I must keep my eyes op'n long enough to g t this story cn paper , tonight while the detuils are fresh in my mind. I'm happy a companion shared the experience with me because this story needs a witness. Before I left America all the right" sources told "You'll never get into a Rusisan home. The people have orders not to get chummy with Americans. They'll be friend'y and polit?, but they'll never ask you in." Tonight I was virtually pulled into a Russian heme. And the people were strangers. It was one of the most heartwarming experiences of my life. This is how it happened: Dr. Thomas Nicholas of Bu'falo. Wyo., and I, over a bowl of borscht. were comparing notes on a recent tour of a medical clinic. About 9 e'e'ock. Dr. Nicholas and I decided, on an impulse, to test the theory that Russians may appear friendly, but are leary o( Americans. "How do we do this?" he askrd. "By going to any fpartment bui'ding. knocking on a door, and saying, 'Z-dros-voy-tych-Amcrican-sky nyet penveh-niysh horrashaw Paroosky ' Then wait for a re action." APPROACH APARTMENT We agreed that approach might get us in trouble with the police and that it could result in having several doors slamnvd in our faces. After all. if a counle of Russians appeared at your front door one evening and announced. "Goed evening. We are Rusians and we don't speak good English" . . . what would you do? We realized it was an impulsive experiment, but it was a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to learn first hand how the average Russian family would react to an un announced visit from a pair of Americans. The doctor had noticed a row of apartment houses about a block from th hotel. That was our objective. As we walked toward the building, the second floor was well lighted so we decided to try there. My heart pounded as we climbed to the second floor of the eight-story brick building. We chose apartment No. 39. The doctor rapped on the door. An agreable-Iooking woman of about 33 appeared. She had a frizzled permanent wave, and dis- played two shimmering stainless steel teeth as she smiled her greeting. It was almost as if she were expecting us. I blurted out the planned phrase. "z-dros-voy-tyeh-Americansky nyet ponyeh myeh horrashaw Paroosky" (Good evening. We are Ameri cans who cannot speak good Rus sian.) At that moment a nvsn we as sumed to be her husband appar ed. He was square-jawed, husky and had a wealth of black curly hair. He flung the door open wider, burst into smiles and shout ed "Americansky drog droog-vy-deetsyeh, pajaloosta." ( Am-ricans are friends. Come in, please.) FRIENDLY WELCOME The woman extended her hand to the doctor. Her husband reach ed for mine. Together we four stood in the doorway shaking hands in friendship. It was as if w e were eld friends who had come to visit. In that handshake I felt a heart. It was a warm, honest clasp that said "We like you. Wel come to our home." Arm in arm we walked into thf dining room, to m-et the others "Americansky, they shouted "Get the vodka. Be our guests!" We had interrupied their supper. Three men, four women and a teen-age girl were seated around 20 ALL DRESSES, ROBES and Sports Coals (ONLY 4 LEFT) at Esther's Apparel SAC ANNEX EFFECTIVE NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS! Will Hold Layaways Until Dec. 21st ALL SALES FINAL NO RETURNS,' EXCHANGES OR RErX'NDS Men., Nov. 30, 1959 Page 5 Warm Wecome a squire table, the nousewm brought two additional plati s silverware, c'oth napkins lalthoug1' they were using paper ones! ami two wine glasses. H-r husband opened a bottle of vodka. The ba bushka i grandmother' le.'t the Uble and returned with a newly opened can of sardines. One of the young-r women look the flowers from the window- sir and placed them en the table Both the doctor and I had jus! finished enormous bowls o! borscht, but I was determined t accept their o'fi'ring even if I had Tuesday at lini Depot Sir-et be o put those sardines in my ea: rttn the hours of 9 a.m. and When I managed t0 finish llu-P Pm. Persons wishing original sardines, the Russian wife 'ieoiies or permits to? drive are my empty plate and Insisted I.aked to (;le applications well take a piece of sa'ami. I pleaded' head "f the scheduled closing with the doctor to help me. hour in odor t'o assure time for He came to my rescue. When the grandmother saw this sIk scolded, "Nye!, yet." and placed two larg-r pieces of salami on both his plate and mine. I asked the men what kind or work they did. The husband was a courtroom recorder. The young est of the group (his b: other wa an accountant. The third niiii worked for the telephon" company One woman w.-s a typist, anuih i or a kindergarten teacher end th 1 housewife was an insiector in a i dress factory. The 13-year old girl ! was me aaugntor u: the woman who had answered the door. She Iwd come home early from sum mer camp because she missed her family. 1 looked around the apartment. iKruitdaio, Wednesday at 7 45 p' Although it was a new bui'dine. ;m. (hii.tmas party with home th're wore cracks in the coilino ! .i,. P,,; ti. and plaster walls. It was neat and modestly furnished. Lino leum with a red floral pattern covered the dining room and living room floors. The furniture was the ovorstufred, shapeless, bro cadod vlvet one sees in the Bus sian hotel lobbies. ROOM VISITED I asked if I could be excused for a moment. I wanted to sec the "jenskya cawnitaw" (ladies' room! and also se? how many other rooms wer in the unit. The small "jenskya cawnitaw" had a bathtub, toilet, and a wash basin, several pairs oi men s socks mini; over the towel rack. Ten towels hung on hooks. It was apparent several persons were using this bathroom. There was only one other room the kitchen. It was large, with an ice box 'not refrigerator.!, stove, food cabinet and an oilcloth covered table, around which were eight chairs. When I rrturned to the dining room they asked if I had pictures of my family (the doctor had shown , his). I showed them a picture of my "mooj" I husband I and "adeon dautch" (one daughter They asked if my daughter was in the movies. I told them she was a student. They wanted to know what my husband did for a living. I told them he was president of a factory that makes pens. "Oh . . . big money." they said "No, just big responsibility," I told them. "His father owned the factory?" "No. He started sweeping the floors in a store when he was 16 years old." "How did he get to be a boss?" "Under capitalism anybody who has 'tah-lont' and is willing to work hard, can be a boss. There are no limits in America." They asked what th doctor did for a living. When I told them he was a doctor of medicine, they wanted to know if he was a h?art specialist, and seemed disappoint ed when he said "nyet." We visited for about 45 minutes, then decided it was time to Say ?ood night. As we stood to say "arewcll, our frijnds filled their j'asses with the special vodka hey had opened for the American sky who couldn't speak very good OFF LOCAL EVENTS Blue Mountain Ce.n Club will '"f! Monday at H p.m. in the Roman's ( lubliouse at Vnion. 'otluik at 7 p.m. Bring own "''le sen ice and rock fer alli um. N'iborhoed Club will he'd n ' t-ular me -ting. Tuesday at 2 P m in M. clubhouse. Mrs. l oirs S.im-on h,ave the p'ouram. heme "M oping Old Traditions." :'lso niu.-iuil numbers. Eaoltj Auxiliary drill team and ofiiieri il ho'd a practice in their h-ll. Ta sday evening at 7 30. A Drivers License Examiner be on duty in La Grande on compli turn, of the required license t t. M Sgt. W. F. Lillis, l ilted States Army Recruiter, will be ill ' a Grande two days a week. Tues '' and Fridays, from 10 a in. "til 3 p.m. He will be in the Selective Service office located n the l',)t office building. lirfcVr Ladies Aid will moot n the hoToe of Harold Bingaman on- iiiiiit (i iMrnni liiiiiiauian. . . , . , , . , ti h r ti,. i . ' .,.imenibei-s reminded to bring the tier. Thursday at 2 p.m. t.lftf ... , ,.., ., r..nn'" exchange and potluok dessert. Chapter CO of PEO will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the home if Mrs. ltamoiul Gray. Blue Mountain Jrs. Extension unit will meet in the home of i1rs Hull ir,l ll-,ri I xiil ll-.l..n n favorite holiday -mi;; to exchange. recipes I Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wiles, E';- in. hae a daughter born Nov. ill the Grande Ronde Hosnilal. Tiny ha.e named bor Kristy Hay-1 line and she weighs six pounds.! four and a half ounces. j YWEA will hold their first monthly mooting Tuesday at 8 p. I m. in the Sanctuary of the First! Methodist church. . j trysia Rebekah Lodge will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Russian. A hush fell over the room as the husband, with tears in his eves, solemnly said "M or-i dronjb'uh'' 'peace and friendship', and in broken Knglish: "I would liko to drink this toast 0 your great country. 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St. Peters Episcopal Guild will moot Wodnsday at 2 p m. in the I'arish hall. Celebrating birthdays today will be Gilah Dickenson and Albert ilamaiin. First Methodist Woman's Socio - ty of Christian Service will moot n me nome in mis. uui.j ble, 5iil Washington Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Avenue. VFW Auxiliary will meet Tues day at 8 p.m. in their hall. All rtu (. II, rt r:,i'i t:iht nt ramn White, and also for the adopted ict. UNION (Special) Th" I'nion lloine Kxtonsion I'nit will moo: Tuesday at 7:30 p m. at the home ol Mrs. Wilma McCrae. The pro ject will be "Consumer Buying." announcing the S IM NF 1 Locfcst'fMlnust V For trim morfam f Dei gned to cut B I (licks apart cat II look and wenn I! impart and vl 11 "y tor inttr comtort you at- A roar of wind and W changeability. wan wanted. bieeiea. with exclusive new winoiniiid feature DESIGNED FOR TCKGEH3W Available To Try And See Wed., Dee. 2nd 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. SACAJAWEA HOIEL, La Grande Ask For Mr. 'Fay Richmond If you can't come in. Call for home appointment. (Kven. by re quest), (No Cost or Obligation). for hums. If 1 answer, she "'''-"ICIO gCI U lU'rilSC "h iiewr there's a club party she I u. ,.,.,, t.v .niny. " otli.rs have on! her braen belnii ior and I"-d th, tf- oyohrous. T!us unman can't coim- any l e.d truii! w 're ton o'd lor th it. Imi wonder if I should toll r f..-H.-.m's Wife. Der H.im's Wife: Why jet down to th fishwife level? A wemsn who is secure in her mjrneji has no n;d to tell off himy. She's calm, ceol and amujad at the whole rid colons p:-torm-mce. Q pleasant and f'iendly. It would be erormous ly fla'terii.g to the lomon to know y u'ra worried tint she miqht get toue?!d. D?ar Ann: As faithful readers I". juui enii'mi wo can i lorgive I vuu for hceii! a bi a-j-'-rt wif'iou' 1 , M,nv, ,( pr..,w(in ,,. volir j , ,M.r , , h, Y(,u sM v,m(,.ld , inmed Hiinioh Oio.. t r, .-h Iron, U ,,,, Ny iii chk.iw 1 tieal is (.;, a miles 'mm Cl.i- I . 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