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SOUTHERN OREGON NEWS REVIEW
Martha Gillette Guild
InMallw New Officers
First Church of C’hrlut
Program to be Sunday
Auxiliary Holds FortnightlyStudy Book Reviewed
Christmas Dinner Club Meet Has For Study Club
M rs. Leon G
S haryon
re
T he a n n u a l C h ris tm a s
d in
P ly
ner and tre e fo r A m e ric a n L e ChristmasTheme v ie w e d th e book, “ T he
m o u th A d v e n tu re ,”
by Ernpsit
T h e F irx t C h u rc h o f C hriat
B ib le school nod c h u rch w ill
have th e ir C h ris tm a s p ro g ra m
S unday, D ecem ber 24, 7 p.m
T he p ro g ra m w ill consist o f
n um be rs fro m the classes o f the
school and u w o rs h ip service,
"T h e
C h ris t
of
C h ris tm a s ”
T re a ts w ill
be d is trib u te d to
those present and w h ite g ifts
w ill be rece ive d
to r
benevo
lence.
C h ristm a s
m usic and u ser
m on on “G ifts fo r Good W ill,”
w ill be g ive n a t 11 a m .
gion and
A u x ilia r y
m em bers
and th e ir fa m ilie s and in v ite d
guests was h e ld last M o n d a y at
| the l.e g io n h a ll
U pon the a r r iv a l
of
Santa
1 Claus, an exchange o f g ifts was
held T h ia Is the custom o f the
g ro u p th a t lias been c a rrie d fo r
m any years. F o llo w in g the e x
change, C h ris tm a s ca ro ls w ere
sung by a ll
w ith
M rs
Roy
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» <z i aa ia z i eg i I H a rtle y and M rs H a ro ld J o rd a n
1 p ro v id in g th e m usic.
1 T h e c o m m itte e In charge o f
g e ttin g the tre e was Roy H a r t
ley and C a rl B c rn in g h a u s c n . It
was decorated by M rs S te lla
C o rth e ll,
M rs
R uth C ushing,
and V 0 B a riith o iiy e T he k it
chen and cleanup c o m m itte e
was M rs C e lia B e rnirig hn use n ,
M rs H a ro ld J o rd a n , and M rs
I M a rg a re t W o lff.
Santa
C laus
' was Ir v in g N elson.
T he tables
w ere
decorated
' w ith a seasonal them e, and the
tree was g a ily lig h te d and dec
o ra ted in th e C h ris tm a s s p ir it
T he re g u la r m e e tin g fo r the
T rue C hristm as jo y comes ] A u x ilia r y scheduled fo r J a n u
fro m w ith in the h e a rt— m ay
a ry 1 has been postponed w ith
no d e fin ite date set fo r
the
y o u rs be lig h t and fille r ! w ith
m e e tin g M em bers are asked to
happiness th is C h ristm a s—
w atch the c lu b notices fo r tim e
m ay th e N ew Y e a r be b rig h t
and place.
and f u ll o f a cco m p lish m e n t
A JOYOUS
CHRISTMAS
O ffic ia ls and le g is la to rs fro m
fiv e co un ties m et th is w eek a t
the Jackson c o u n ty c o u rt house
to r a pre le g is la tiv e session o f
d is tric t fo u r o f the A ssociation
o f O regon counties.
HALL STUDIO
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W ith
the
keenest
tio n
of
your
patron a ge — w ith
c e re ly
serve
your
a p p re c ia
good w i ll and
repeated
you
w e ll
a sin
pledge
d u rin g
m e rrie s t
h o lid a y
the
A n a tio n a l a w a rd o f an e ld e r
b ox sta nd c o n ta in in g the A m e r i
can fla g and D A R fla g was p re
sented to the M t. A s h la n d chap
te r, D a u g h te rs o f the A m e ric a n
R e v o lu tio n , fo r th e ir o u ts ta n d
in g g ro v e o f trees
in
L ith ia
p a rk
T he c h a p te r fo llo w s the prac-
tic e o f p la n tin g
a tre e each
y e a r as a tr ib u te to the reg en t
o f th e ir lo c a l ch a p te r.
T he re g u la r business m e e tin g
and C h ris tm a s
p a rty
o f the
c h a p te r was h e ld last F rid a y at
the hom e o f M rs. J. M W agner
on O ak street.
M rs. I. T. R obinson, regent,
was in charge o f th e m ee ting . A
le tte r was read fro m th e na
tio n a l c h a irm a n o f A m e ric a n i
za tion w h ic h u rg ed th e
m em
bers to send m agazines fr o m a
suggested
lis t to Japan and
G e rm a n y . The purpose o f these
m agazines is to p re sen t a tru e
p ic tu re o f th is c o u n try to o th e r
nations.
A C h ris tm a s p ro g ra m d ir e c t
ed b y M rs. J W
M cC oy f o l
lo w e d
the
re g u la r
business
m e e tin g R efre shm en ts and a so
c ia l h o u r conclud ed th e a fte r
noon session. T he c o m m itte e in
c h arge was M rs. R obinson, M rs.
L y d ia M c C a ll, and M rs A lic e
P e il.
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The m u s ic a l' p a rt o f the pro-
gra m was re n de re d
by M iss
M a rg a re t
W h ite
w ho
sang,
“ Jesu B a m b in o ” and " L o , H ow
a Rose E ’e r B lo o m in g ," aecom
pan ie d by M rs. F ra n k D avis at
the piano.
T he g if t exchange
was in
charge o f M rs. O scar S ilv e r w ho
p la y e d Santa C laus. M rs. S ilv e r
and M rs. E a rl F ra le y w e re the
c lu b 's guests.
T he n e x t m e e tin g o f th e c lu b
w i ll be on J a n u a ry 8 a t the
hom e o f M rs. S. J. B a ile y
M t. Ashland DAR
Presented A w a rd
to
ye a r to com e— w e send you
our
M rs. H H. E lh a rt re v ie w e d a
series o f a rtic le s p u b lis h e d last
su m m e r in the C h ris tia n
S ci
ence M o n ito r u n d e r th e title ,
“ T he B ibb* in th e N ew s," w hen
the F o r tn ig h tly S tu d y c lu b m et
lust M on da y a t the hom e o f
M rs C E P ra tt fo r a tr a y des
sert and th e a n n u a l C h ris tm a s
p a rty
A c c o rd in g to M rs
R uth
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K in g , M rs E lh a rt stated in h e r
ta lk th a t these a rtic le s reve ale d
the w o rk a ccom plishe d and the
m ethods used by a rchaeologists
in lo c a tin g , d ig g in g , and re c o rd
ing the d is c o v e ry o f m an y an
c ie n t c itie s in the H o ly L an d.
Such discoveries,
she said,
add in te re s t and a u th o r ity in the
in te rp re ta tio n o f m a n y passages
in the B ib le , and M rs. E lh a r t’s
re v ie w was o f sp e cia l in te re s t
fo r a C h ris tm a s p ro g ra m
The s h o rt s to ry re v ie w e d by
M rs A lle n McGee was e n title d
tn e "L e g e n d o f the
C h ris tm a s
Rose,” by Selina L a g e rlo f. I t is
{d e scrib ed as b e in g a “ b e a u tifu l
| ta le o f the appearance o f the
: flo w e rs o f s p rin g in a fo re s t on
I C hristm aa eve. T he la c k o f fa ith
! in one w ho beheld the w o n d e r
i d estroye d
th e
v is io n , le a v in g
o n ly one flo w e r, th e C h ris tm a s
* rose.”
Ashland Drugs
(formerly LaMarre)
275 East M ain
Phone 5261
Methodist Choir Presents
‘The Prince of Peace*
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vou sit down to relax from all the hustle and
bustle of shopping—may we add to your Christ-
mas pleasure by wishing you sincerely the very
best the season affords.
Marshall-Weils Stores
On the Plaza
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Eldon Serlnter
H. R. McKeever
John Spencer C am p ’s C h ris t
mas ca ntata,
"T h e
P rin c e o f
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at
the
* Peace,” was ren de re d
I F irs , M e th o d is t c h u rc h S u nd a y
•* n ig h t
T he ca nta ta presents the s to r\
o f the b ir th o f C h ris t in th e fo i
lo w in g p arts: “ T he T riu m p h o f
P ro p h e c y ,”
"T h e
A n n u n c ia
iw
S tio n ,” "T h e V is io n o f th e Shep
of
the
* herds,” "T h e J o u rn e y
i S h e p h e rd s," “ T he Quest o f the
ft M a g i," " M a r y ’s S lu m b e r S o n g ,"
h e F lig h t in to
E g y p t," and
$ I "T
“ God M a n ife s t.”
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ft S o loists were W ilb u r Bush
M a rte l Peters,
M rs
1 R n e o ll, b e rt Mrs.
M a cka y, M a rio n F e tte r.
M rs. E. O. S m ith , E d w a rd N el
son, M rs. F lo y d C la p p e r, W il
lia m Hansen. L
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P h illip s
M rs. E rn est L y tle ,
and
P a ul
Byers.
T ill' s e x te tte was composed o f
Don L e w is , M a rio n F e lte r, M rs.
R ob ert Baccus,
M rs
W illia m
W eber.
M rs Ernest L .vtle and
M rs R o b e rt M c K a y
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S ta tio n e ry S u p p lie s
a, th e N ew s R e vie w
G e b le r a t th e A shland S tu d y
c lu b ’s m e e tin g w hich was held
a t M rs. H a ro ld M e r r ill’s hom e
on D ece m b e r 18, at 2 p m.
T he a u th o r, G ebler, a fte r fiv e
years o f research on
le tte rs ,
Journals,
d iaries,
and
s h ip ’s
log, w h ic h was w ritte n b y the
M a y flo w e r’ s captain
and
its
passengers, com pleted h is book
on th e e a rly p ilg rim s
M rs. S h a ry o n re la te d th a t th e
book is “ d e lig h tfu lly
w ritte n
and f ille d w ith abso rb ing de
ta il.” She describes i t
as a
s to ry o f th e M a y flo w e r and the
people w h o came to the P ly
m o u th h a rb o r in the new w o rld
fro m S o u th a m p to n , E ngland.
“ T w ic e th e y
tu rn e d
b a c k ,”
she said, “ to re p a ir the sister
sh ip S p e e d w e ll, and the th ird
tim e w hen th e y sta rted on th e
voyage
fr o m
P ly m o u th , E n g
la n d , th e M a y flo w e r was alone.
T h e y le ft on Sept. 5, 1620, and
estab lish ed
th e ir se ttle m e n t at
P ly m o u th H a rb o r,
N ew Eng
la n d on Dec. 10, 1620
“ F ro m th en on, th e s to ry is o f
sickness,
s u ffe rin g ,
n u rs in g ,
w o r k and b u ild in g ; o f cold and
s h o rt ra tio n s ; and, m ost o f a ll,
courage
W hen th e M a y flo w e r
le ft to re tu rn
to
E ngla nd in
M a rc h o f 1621, th ere w ere o n ly
56 o f the o rig in a l 102 passen
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gers le ft
“ A l l th e o the rs had died o f
the sickness (a c o m b in a tio n of
s c u rv y , p neum onia, and tu b e r
culosis). O f th e 56 th a t s u rv iv e d .
25 w e re c h ild re n . O n ly s ix o f
s u rv iv e d .
! the m a rrie d w om en
i T h e y w e re people o f courage
and v is io n , and placed the roots
in th e N ew E ngla nd so il th a t
w ere to g ro w in to
a m ig h ty
n a tio n .”
Besides M rs S h a ryo n 's book
re v ie w , th e re was a 3 0-m in ute
selected su b je c t g iv e n b y M rs
Jam es E d ga r
She spoke on
"T h e
C h ris tm a s
C a ro l"
by
C h a rle s D ickens.
M rs
E dgar
gave th e in te re s tin g b a ckg ro un d
p r io r to th e w r itin g o f D ic k e n ’s
m aste rpiece o f th e C hristm as
s p irit. She then re la te d the de
lig h t f u l ta le in a “ c h a rm in g and
d ra m a tic m a n n e r.”
Briscoe School to
Present Program
Thursday Evening
C h r is tm a s
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Intermediate Girl Scout*
Hold Christina* Party
W is h
T he In te rm e d ia te G ir l scouts
h e ld th e ir C h ris tm a s p a rty De
cem ber 15,
at
th e
L in c o ln
school fro m 7 to 9:30 p.m.
A b o u t 45 g ir ls a tte nd ed the
p a rty w h ic h fo u n d the T a le n t
groups unable to a tte n d because
o f the ch ic k e n pox e pidem ic.
Square d an cin g
was fe a tu re d
and th e g ir ls g ath ere d a ro u n d
th e la rg e C h ris tm a s tree and
sang carols.
R efre shm en ts w ere served to
a ll a tte n d in g .
E A S T E R N S T A R E LE C T S
O ffic e rs elected re c e n tly fo r
the 1951 y e a r o f A lp h a chapter,
N o. 1. O.E S., are W in ifre d
C aton,
w o r th y
m a tro n
and
C ly d e C aton, w o rth y p a tro n .
E m m e tt W h ith a m , associate
p a tro n ; M u r ie l K ra m e r, associ
ate m a tro n ; H azel R e d fo rd , sec
re ta ry : Susie M aust. conductress
and D o ro th y M u rp h y , associate
conductress.
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E psilon c h a p te r o f D elta Kap-
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pa G am m a, n a tio n a l education-
al h o n o ra ry , h e ld
its
annual
C h ris tm a s p a rty at the G ir ls ’
C o m m u n ity c lu b house in M ed
fo rd on D ecem ber 16
T he C h ristm a s s to ry e n title d
"T h e L ittle s t A n g e l,” was read
by
M rs.
F lorence H ansen o f
G ra n ts Pass M iss N o rm a E ld e r
led the in te rm e d ia te grades o f
Eagle P o in t school in C h ris tm a s
m usic. The g ift exchange was
in charge o f Miss N eva West.
Hostess c h a irm a n was
M rs
A lic e W illits . She was assisted
by M rs E ve lyn B a rk e r,
M rs
M aye W ells, the Misses Jean
e tte S m ith . G la d ys O w en. E d ith
B o rk , and B e rth a Stephens.
T he m eeting ro o m was dec
o ra te d w ith a C h ris tm a s them e
Officers Nam ed
By Relief Corps
N ew o ffic e rs fo r the M a rth a
G ille tte g u ild o f the F irs t Pres
N ew o ffic e rs fo r th e
1051
b y te ria n c h u rch w ere in s ta lle d y e a r o f th e
W om en's
R e lie f
a t the g u ild ’s m o n th ly m ee ting corps, B u rn s id e No
24. w ere
la s t F rid a y
elected last S a tu rd a y .
T he new o ffic e rs are
Miss
T h e y are C e lia A B e rn in g
G la d y s O w en, p re sid e nt;
Miss hausen, p re sid e n t;
M a rie Best,
E d ith B o rk , v ice -p re sid e n t; M rs se n io r
vice -p re sid e n t;
O rph a
H a ro ld N ew to n , p ro g ra m c h a ir L a rd e r, ju n io r
v ice -p re sid e n t;
m an;
and
M rs. N e llie W ic k , N e llie Peters, s e cre ta ry
C e cil
s e c re ta ry -tre a s u re r
! Shaw , tre a s u re r; H a ttie M oore,
A co vered dish d in n e r
p re co nd ucto r; Ida T u c k e r, assistant
ceded the re g u la r m e e tin g w ith co nd ucto r; N e llie S loggy. g u a rd ;
M rs Roscoe Owens, p re sid e n t, M in n ie C a n tr ill,
Z e tta B u sier,
in charge M iss E d ith B o rk was ¡M in n ie
H assler,
and
D e lla
in charge o f the C h ris tm a s pro S p la w n , c o lo r-b e a r e r s No. 1
“ T he B ir d s ’ C h ris tm a s C a ro l,” gram T he s in g in g o f C h ristm a s th ro u g h No. 4, re sp e ctive ly: and
by K a te D ouglas W ig g in s w i ll songs was fe a tu re d .
M abel R oberts, m usician
be presented th is e v e n in g a t the
Hostesses fo r th e
e ven in g
T he
in s ta lla tio n o f the new
B riscoe school a t 8 p m
w e re
M rs M a rg a re t W h ittle , o ffic e rs w i ll be at the re g u la r
T he p re s e n ta tio n
w i ll be an M iss N in a b e l E m e ry, and M rs J a n u a ry m ee ting
a d a p ta tio n fro m th e w e ll-k n o w n F L A h ,s tro m
A covered dish d in n e r and e x
classic by K a te D ouglas W ig
change o f g ifts w as h e ld on the
gins. I t concerns a lit t le g ir l, Annual Elks Indies Night same day. T he
R e lie f corps
C a ro l B ir d , b orn on C hristm as
m em bers’
husbands
a tte nd ed
Benefits
Children’s
Fund
day, and th e s to ry o f h e r g e n tle
and jo in e d in the h o lid a y fe s tiv i-
generous life u n til she “ flie s
The a n n u a l ladies sm o ke r fo r 1 ties. T he d in n e r fe a tu re d m any
back to H e a ve n ” on C hristm as E lk s and th e ir w iv e s was h e ld | f th e h o lid a y dishes. T he room
day, 10 years la te r.
was
decorated
w ith
Santa
last S a tu rd a y n ig h t.
( T he s u b je c t chosen b y the
W ith 600 E lk s and th e ir w ives i Clauses, tre e and w in te r greens.
p la y e rs
w i ll
be
th e
m e rry p. • sent, the b e n e fit raised $500
C h ris tm a s p a rty g ive n in h o n o r fo r th e B P O E b lin d c h ild re n ’s
Trinity Guild Meets Today
o f the v e ry poor R uggleo fa m ily fu n d fo r O regon.
th a t liv e d in back o f the B ird s ’
The T r in it y g u ild o f the E p is
M em be rs in charge
o f the
hom e I t w ill be d iv id e d in to v a rio u s p a rts o f th e p ro g ra m copal c h u rch w i ll m eet th is a f
fo u r scenes. T he cast w i ll bi- se w ere S id Reed, flo o r show: te rn oo n . D ecem ber 21, a t 2 p.m .
lected fro m the f if t h and s ix th A n d y A n dre s, tu rk e y s : L a r k in fo r th e ir m o n th ly
so cial and
grades.
G ru b b and J im H a rk e r, games stu d y p ro g ra m .
T ableaus,
life - lik e
p ic tu re
Hostesses fo r th e a fte rn o o n
A fe ast o f ham , crab, beef,
scenes, w i ll be presented d e p ic t and tu rk e y was e n jo y e d
w ith w i l l be M rs Jo h n D a u g h e rty
in g B ib lic a l scenes. T he "Joseph e n te rta in m e n t fo llo w in g
and M rs. Jam es G o w la n d
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and M a ry scene” w i ll be done
by th e fo u r th grade; th e “ Shep
h e rd 's scene”
by
th e second
grade; “ T h re e K in g s ’ scene” by
the th ir d grade: and th e "M a n
ger scene” by th e f ir s t grade
and m em bers o f the f if t h and
i
s ix th grades.
T he p ro g ra m w i ll
be
con
clu d e d w ith a n u m b e r by the
B riscoe school chorus.
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Educational Group
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DECEMBER 21. 1»M
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Merriment aplenty, a full stock
ing and a full and happy heart,
peace and happiness and fellow
ship in the fullest measure. May
it all come true for you!
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Jobs Daughters
Plan Queens Ball
T he a n n ua l Q ueen's b a ll fo r
the J o b ’s D aughters B e th e l, Nc.
22, w i ll be held th is Tuesday,
D ecem ber 26, fro m 8 to 12 p.m.
in th e A s h la n d M asonic tem ple.
O v e r 100 couples a re expected.
T h is y e a r the b a ll is in h o n o r
of
the
o u tg o in g queen, M iss
C hlo e Stevens, and
in c o m in g
queen. M iss K a y D u d le y . The
dance
a rran ge m en ts
are
in
charge o f M iss B a rb a ra Bugbee,
s e n io r
princess.
C o m m itte e
c h a irm e n w ill
be
the Misses
B a rb a ra H jld , p ro g ra m ; Sandra
C la ry ,
refre shm en ts;
M ild re d
Z itte re o b b ,
decorations;
and
' C o lle tte P e rrin e , cleanup.
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c lu b was the last m e e tin g o f the
g ro u p th is m on th, a c c o rd in g to
G B y ro n Backes, c h a irm a n o f
the p ro g ra m Classes w i ll s ta r,
again J a n u a ry 9 and w i ll
be
h e ld each Tuesday and F rid a y
e ven in g.
F if t y boys are n o w p a r tic ip a t
in g in the a th le tic classes w h ic h
are supervised b y S o u th e rn O re
gon co lle ge students and mem- ,
hers o f the K iw a n is club.
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