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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1948)
A Soul hern Oregon New* Reiew, Ashland, Oregon, Thursday, December i | , S , ..... __ f ) fi M * fire su lc every joy th a t is d e a r . ^ i lx ti ti ti _ 8 UtfTIDt GlttflM GS » - >• ***** i m T“ ' Fortmillers Department Store ftä 8 « ¿3 G reeting * ■ Mi r* • ‘ '*** 1 S .f e -V - FOR THE HOLIDAYS foefcAIR BROTHERS > o ir' REXAM. Store A Aar 44^* 4 C Charter Offieera and 11 ostesse s, Lithia Toastmistress Club M a y th is C h ris trro s b rin g to ',< a r t-f- f»5 8 S h ••* a ¿5 ¿5 Sr i- uttle C hristmas n < Your FIRESTONE Store C. K. Pernell and Son s 'A M Alj CliristttiQS LI -pH LjOur heart th true happiness, and Lrincj Ljoujoij and peace» all tli^oucjk^ t L c o r ii^ ijcar. Wick Furniture Store 297 East Main Seated (left to riqhth Helon Schilling, Vice Pre sident and founder ot local nroup; Mv ra Wirenius, Albeny. Director of International T o.stm istres.es, , . woo recently presented Charter and installed the officers; Zola Peters. President; Beulah Stevens. X Secretary; Irma Carroll Club Representative; Frances Miller, Treasurer. S.**"d?"’ :.1^ lldr*d1. A’ *I' ¡-ot»»* Ransdell Marva lillctt. Lillian Exline. Betty Adams, Bonnie Con- rad , nd Cozette Jones. Photo by Memory Lane Studio bv E lsie R ansey personality developm ent lor c h ll-, ;»♦ Geger Field, Spokane, that li e The Lithia Toastm istress Club dren from pre-school through ’ almost entirely lost her eyesight, is comprised of a group of High school ages. i She can no longer read short- women, whose Interests and ach- Helen Schilling, vice p resid e n t/ bar. 1, hut she has m aintained her levements are wide and varied, has lived In Ashland since 1920¡typing speed and accuracy, and Early this year Helen Schilling and attended local schools. She; takes a rapid dictation on the organized a small group of worn- Is the mother of two young sons typew riter. She is interested in furthering the “em ploym ent of i n who investigated the possibil- who are active in Scout work. Itles of organizing a Toastmis- ( Frances Miller, treasurer, gra- handicapped p erso n s’. tress club in Ashland. The recent duated from SOC in 1933 and Cozette Jones, publicity chair C harter Dinner was the culm lna- from Willamette University, Sal- man is connected with the Wes tion of the dream s and efforts of em> ln 1935 She haR since then tern Oil and B urner Company. these women. • spent three summers at U. of O. Mildred Ager has taken an In 1938 the first Toastm lstresss working on her M. A. Degree for active interest In civic affairs groups formed an international Library Science and hopes to and club work. At one tim e she organization and drew up a set some day, acquire it. She has was vice-chairm an of Jackson of objects and purposes which had several years teaching ex- County Republicans and was on are followed by the Ashland club, peiuence and, at present does the County Committee of E xten These objects are: to learn the substitute teaching in Ashland sion Units. She was, also, active fine a rt of conversation, to be- schools besides being a hous* - in P.T.A. work ___ __ G ______ and the arden cortie more efficient and popular wife and m other of two small Club. She took an advanced In club organization and proce- children. Her other affiliations course in photography at the dures, to develop speech and are with the Degree of Honor Winona School of Photography poise, to achieve leader s h i p and the Home Builders class, in Indiana. Two years ago, she •hrough analytical list e nl n g ,' AAUW, Methodist Church. j and her sister, Bonnie Conrad group discussion, speech ability, i Beulah Stevens, secretary, has opened the Memory Lane Studio, and recognition of responsibil- been a resident of Ashland for, Bonnie Conrad is the widow of ities, to develop self evaluation, the past ten years. She is err.-; the late 1st Lt. W arren G. Con- and to develop tolerance and un- ployed at Fortm iller s and is a 1 rad. Mrs. Conrad, attended local member lerstandlng of other members. of , t h e P re sb y te ria n • schools. She left Ashland, for a “ , vo-,- and -.U a _ half, to I_I________ Zola Peters, president, is m ach Church- ! year be w ith her ine bookkeeper at Frldeger G ro Irma Carroll Tiedeman, Char- husband while he was in the cery Company. She directs and ter club representative and vice States. Later, she returned to coaches the C hildren’s Choir and chairm an of Unit No. 7, Interna- Ashland and went into business is also the soprano soloist for the tional Toastmistresses, has been with her sister, Mrs. L. E. Ager, adult choir of the M ethodist a resident of Ashland for the being co-owner of Memory Lane Church. She came to Ashland past year and a half. She fo r Studio. She is the m other of a three years ago from Inglewood, merly lived in Colfax and Spo small daughter, Nancy, who is, California w here she was pianist kane, Washington. It was while now, four and a half years old. and personality coach for Pacific she was doing close statistical Lottie Ransdell, a resident of Talent Academy, specializing in woik on a Civil Service position Ashland for the past year and a f half form erly lived in Salem, Oregon. For 15 years she has had the Agency for a large magazine clearing house in New York. She is, presently, conducting such ; n agency In Ashland. Early in Dec em ber 1941, she was appointed Assistant and Personnel Director of Civilian Defense of Marlon County. Later, the Ransdel 1 s moved to Hermiston, Oregon, where she was employed in the »•rsonnel rieoartm ent at t h e U m a tilla O r in n< Depot. She has w ritten for the Capital Jo u r nal, Salem, The H rmiston Her- ild and the Ea t Oregonian, P en dleton. She is the legislative chairm an for the local American Legion Auxiliary. M arva M illctt, m other of six children is taking an active part in the construction of their new home on north Main street. She s a graduate of the Institution of Religious Science and hopes to have a M etaphysical libra r y when the building is completed. She joined Toastm istress to fu r ther her ability to speak on Meta physics. December Dates T h e re a re .i't v e ry m any fam ous b irth d a y s d u rin g D e ce m b e r—t o n e a r C h ris tm a s ! H ow ever, a few o f h is to ry ’ s p ro m in e n t people w ere born in D ecem ber and here th e y are: Dec. 8, E li W hitney, in v e n to r o f the cotton gin. Dec. 18, L u d w ig ven B eethoven. Dec. 17, John G re e n le a f W h it tie r. Dec. 24, C h risto p h e r ( K it) C ar- son. Dec. 27. Ixsuis Pasteur. Dec. 23, W oodrow W ilson. Dec. 31, R u d ya rd K ip lin g . A* was born e z -th re as m uch I f -” iv t 'm r s s i-'-e C ^ r’ s4 h -v e a il the n ; of th r ded fa ith , tr-- *. and peace as th e y do now. en we ce! ra te the b th d ^ v of CL. 1st we o r - ’ * •- r f H im o n ly as a c h ’ M. 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