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THURSDAY. APRIL 21, 1949 Nursing Offers Big Opportunity, High School Girls Told Professional careers for girls are more easily available today than ever before, Miss Olive Slocum and Miss Esther McMullen of the School of Nursing of the University of Ore gon Medical School told the girls of Central Point high school last Mon day. To the young woman who res ponds to the challenge of a profes sional career, nursing offers an opportunity duplicated in no other field. It enables her to take an active part in bringing new health and renewed confidence to count less people, Miss Slocum said. She listed 37 types of positions now open to girls who are professional nurses with academic degrees. Girls who like people get the most inspiration from careers in nursing The nurse is recognized as a profes sional person in her community. Rate of pay is higher than ever be fore and working hours and condi tions are much more attractive than at any time, Miss Slocum said. Special emphasis in clinical techni ques in both general and specialized fields of nursing are being empha sized by the School of Nursing of the University of Oregon Medical Sc’ ool in Portland. The list of 37 fields of interest to professional nurses listed by the speaker included: hospital nursing, maternity, childrens, orthopedic, comunicable disease, private duty or special nursing, public health nurs ing, school, psychiatric nursing; government services such as Army, Navy, Indian, U.S. Public Health Service. Veterans Administration; geriatrics and nurse educator. Naw Mothers Meet At Adams Home The Central Point Navy Mothers Club No. 466 had a very enjoyable meeting at the home of Mrs. Ina Adams Wednesday, April 13. Seven members and three guests, Mrs. Donna Burns. Mrs. Lola Ludwig, of Medford Club No. 46 and Navy Recruiter Crumpton were present. Pictures of Navy Life and of Navy Airplanes were shown at one o’ clock, then members did sewing. One quilt was tied. Plans for a party at the V.A. Domiciliary Cen ter Saturday were made. Reports on the Ways and Means project were given. The picture to be awarded will be displayed in the Mann Dept, store soon. Next business meeting will be Wednesday afternoon, April 27 at PAGE FIVE the home of Mrs. Bernice Taylor, at Fourth and Manzanita St. with Iva Copinger and Hester Culbert son as co-hostesses. Six members went to the V.A Domiciliary Center on Saturday and conducted a Bingo party for the members. Prizes were won by a good many and Easter eggs were given to each one present. Do-nuts and coffee were served. Girl Scout Troop Entertained April 14 Girl Scout Troop 100 were enter tained by Troop 18 at their last meeting Thursday evening April 14. Mrs. Marjorie (Beaver) Hopkins .vas present and taught the girls several very interesting folk and singing games. Before the games started Troop 100 met in the lunch room and made shadow boxes of various greeting cards and sardine cans. These were to be presented to their mothers as Easter gifts. Delicious refreshments of cookies, cake and punch were served by Trop 18. COOKERY II CLUB The 4-Corners branch of Central Point Cookery club met at the home of their leader, Lois Parsons. The subject of the day was vege table salads and eggs as a main dish. After the business meeting .which was presided over by the vice president, Erma Jean Childress, the girls were divided into 3 groups. While one group made an egg ome let, the second group made various salads of vegetables, the third group discussed record books and the uses and food value of salads and eggs used as main dishes. The girls changed places until all had a turn at each of the three groups. To complete the menu a dessert of fruit jello and cocoa was served. Saturday the girls hiked to Med ford where they took the train for Ashland and a day in the Lithia park, ending in a swim at Jackson Hot Springs. I hits by Cahaii, Osborne, Simmons and Mulhollen and three errors. The Pointers had tied up the game in their half of the sixth inning after being behind the count right fro mthe start of the game. Eagle Point will play Kerby at Eagle Point Friday afternoon and Central Point will entertain Suther lin in a doubleheader the same afternoon. Line scores: Eagle Point 200 010 02—5 Central Point 010 011 00—3 Cox and Dodenhoff; Bigham and Anhorn, Colley (6). Errors by both teams plus some lusty hitting featured the game here Sunday afternoon when the Cen tral Point town team played South ern Oregon college’s baseball aggre gation in a non-league gei-tugether. The college boys tallied a single run in the ninth inning that spelled defeat for the Pointers 7 to 6. Up to then the lead had changed several times and the game tied up on three occasions over the nine inning route. Ron Pinkham who relieved Tex Gatlin in the seventh inning for the Al Simpson-coached Ashland youths was credited with the victory. Errors on the part of both teams marred much fancy fielding. Wm. Wearne Suffers Broken Leg Saturday Members Presbyterian 3rd Easter Egg Church to Meet Hunt Gibbon Acres It will be the members and friends of the Presbyterian church in Central Point who will meet this week for pot-luck dinner and even ing of entertainment in their church —not in Jacksonville as might have been understood in last week's an nouncement. The dinner is arranged for April 28, instead of as originally planned on April 29, since that date conflicts with the school play. The evening, will begin at 6:30 with the dinner, and entertainment after ward includes two moving pictures —“Daybreak.” a film giving an in sight on conditions of European re fugees. This film produced by the World Church Service is produced by national churches which is also furtheres the "bean bag" kit project of small items needed by European refguees. The Westminister Fellowship groups of the Central Point and Jacksonville Presbyterian churches are now busy making “bean bag” kits to help in this project. The other film of the evening is a religi ous picture “No Greter Power.” Members of the Westminster. Fellowship clubs, of Central Point and Jacksonville will appear for the first time outside their own meet ings, in the new youth orchestra. The young folks have been rehears ing selections especially for the occasion and several new members have joined since the group’s begin ning. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Powell, accompanied by Mrs. Wm. Wearne of the Sams Valley district, motored to Grants Pass Saturday evening to Mr. Elmer Wilson entered the visit at the Effie Rinquette home. Veterans’ hospital in Portland, Fri When Mr. Wearne came home from day morning, the 22nd for a routine his work at Camp White later in the physical check-up. evening, he stopped his car while he opened the gate. In some way Central Point the car started to roll and pinned him against the gate, breaking his SHOP right leg in two places below the knee. Oiintom RAW FTT.ING AXD REPAIR His nephew, Ray Harp, who lives in a trailer house near the Wearne Mill Hawi Rnud Suwm. ETC. house, heard calling for help and Tool Grinding managed to release him and took CT/OSKD SAT. AFTERNOON him to the Sacred Heart hosiptal in Medford, where his leg was taken P.O. Box IB Phene till Eagles Defeat care of and he is now resting easy. Centra! Point, Oregon When the Powells brought Mrs. Pointers 5 to 3 Wearne home late in the evening MILL CAFE Eagle Point high’s baseball team] i they found no one at the house, but Across from Cheney MW retained its undefeated status in i 1 with the Wearne car parked near southern Oregon class “A” competi-1 the gate in a manner not at all usual. . SPECIALIZING IN tion here Tuesday afternoon by | After waiting some time the nephew ' HAMBURGER SANDWICHES pinning an 8 to 6 defeat on Central j returned from taking the injured HAMBURGER STEAK Point m a district and J-D-J league | man to the hospital and told them | of the accident. It was fortunate CHICKEN FRIED STEAK game. the nephew lived so near. Other AND MILKSHAKES The extra inning affair was won HOMEMADE PIES by the Eagles in the eighth inning wise Wearne would have had to re when two runs crossed the plate on main in agony for many hours. Open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. It is thought that Mr. Wearne will Saturday—6 a.m. to 8 p.m. be released from the hospital in CLOSED SUNDAYS! about three weeks, but will have ’o TEXACO GAS AND OIL wear a cast on his leg for about Frank Koch. Proprietor eight weeks. ------ ---------------- . ! . SAW NEW POSITION ACCEPTED— Harold P. Jewett, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Jewett of this city, and who was graduated from Oregon State college in March, has accepted a position as technical assistant warden for the Eastern Lane Forest Protective association. He with Mrs. Jewett and little daughter, Grace, are residing in Springfield. Mrs. Jewett is the former Elizabeth Wilson, teacher in the local school for a number of years and the daughter of Mrs. Amice Wilson. The Jewetts visited their parents in Central Point in March. The third annual Easter egg hunt at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Van F. McCoy was held on Easter Day by members from Central Point and Medford of the Pentecostal Church of God, with 67 in attendance. Rev. Trautman of Medford and Rev. Skelly of Central Point were pre sent for the occasion. 150 eggs were hidden under leaves and in the grass, some so well that they were never found. The IN SOUTH AMERICA— little folks had their hunt on the (Part of a letter writter by Mrs. north side of Orr Drive near the Leo Obenchain. to this office, which Robert Ellis property. The older will be of interest to our readers.) P.O. Box 309 folks also had a hunt of their own. Branford. Conn. The prize egg was found by John April 3, 1949 ny Anhorn. The prize was a plac- “Have been very busy helping que, inscribed with the words Leo prepare for his departure to “Jesus Never Fails.” The greatest Concepcion, Chili, South America. number of eggs was found by Ralph His address is Pieza No. 39, City Murhpy, who received a prize of a Hotel, Conception, Chili. 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