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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1932)
PAOE TWO renronn matl trtbttne. medfoup. orego, Tuesday, December 13, 1932. Garden Club Will Sponsor Annual Christmas Lighting Displays LIGHT FOR EVERY Elaborate Displays Not Urged Universal Adop tion of Idea Is Main Desire of Medford Sponsors A light In every borne, to shed Its friendly beams upon rather dark ened world, Is the request of the Medford Garden club for Cbrlstmaa eve, 1032. And every borne In the city, from the most humble to the moet palatial, Is asked to Join In the extensive program to make the com ing holiday a merry one and one In which the old time understanding of Christmas cheer ahall be reflected from street to street aa Christmas carols ring through the town. The annual Christmas lighting, to be sponsored again by the Medford Garden Club members, leaders In all local endeavors to bring a little more of beauty Into the life of the town, will be non-competlttve this year and It Is hoped more universal. Not Elaborate. Homes In which elaborate electrical displays cn be arranged are asked to make tbem even more brilliant than last year. Homes, la which displays ere financially Impossible, are asked to place a light In the window, a light on the porch, or a candle some where to throw Its light to the weary and the needy In memory of one, whose kindness extended to the most lowly. Living Christmas trees In spsrkltng dresses, lighted In festive colors, win appear on many lawns, according to expectations of the Osrden club. Wreaths will add a cheery note to windows and doorways and the mistle toe bough, will add romance to many rooms glimpsed from the street, be the weather calm or blustering when Christmas eve arrives. ' The Osrden club Is not asking for elaborate displays, except from those people who are planning, and oan eaally afford them, but Is asking everyone to add stray of light to Christmas eve. Candle In Can Good. - A candle In a pound coffee oan is very effective lighting fixture, Mrs. L. C. Williams, a member of the club suggested this morning, and all per sons who have' pitched camp under such a light will agree with her. The candle, when placed In the front of the oan, placed on Its side, wlU find tn the ehlny exterior a fine reflector, , Lighting shrubbery from above la one of H. O. Puruckar's leading sug gestions msde to the elub and any one wishing to know Just bow It is done will find him a wiling helper, A tour of the olty la planned for . Christmas eve end In order that peo ple may visit the more elaborate dis plays, those plsnntng decorated gsr den trees, and other lighted arrange ments In keeping with the Tuletlde, ere asked to register at the Chamber of Commerce building, where list will be given out to motorists. If the weather la favorable church choirs will be asked to go through the city singing Christmas earols on the eve of the holiday. BEAUTIFUL YULETIDE CUSTOM ADOPTED BY Cities na of Medfora will welcome the good news that this community Is going to have outdoor lighting dlsplaya again this year. This bssu tlful Tuletlde custom has been adopt ed by progressive citlee throughout the entire nation until noarly every wide-awake community In America la sponsoring Crmstms lighting pro grams of one type or another. No longer la the Joy and good cheer of the glad Tuletlde season confined behind closed doors and now every one may share In the delightful at mosphere created by the beautiful Christmas lighting effects here, there and everywhere. Christmas decorating, since Its earliest beginning, has alwaya cen-1 tered around the fireside of the home but tlit new weatherproof wiring de vices and the Inside colored lsmps have extended the realm of Christmas greetings to the exterior of the house and garden. Beautiful effects may be obta.ned even In the smaller homes but outlining esves and gablea with light to emphaslee their eon tours, or by floodlighting coiuplcu T. tactions In psle green or blue to furnish a contrasting background for the lighted trees and shrubbery on the lawn. Dsually a solidity of color Is more srt'.tlo and tmpresslve than haphazard mixtures. Within the house, the brightly lighted Christmas tree can be made more attractive when, supplemented with lighted festoons around the fireplace, doorways and windows, by lllumlnsted wresths and window candle aetei Wall brackets and porch lanterns may be relamped with col ored lamps for ths holiday season Booklets containing helpful sugges tions for holiday lighting msy be se cured from the Chamter of Com nieroe. Plans should be made at once as all displays nhotild be In place before Christ ms. Eve, Dec. 94. Severin Battery Service - Medrord Made Datlerlea l-volt, IS-plnle, I year guaran tee, 13.30 Re-wound Armatures II np Recharge Hoe. Our Make ISe lfU N. Illtrralile I'hone SIH) Gleams Will Beckon Jolly St. Nick The grand Jury continued its de liberation! today and was investigat ing, the district attorney said, the highway tragedy of a week ago that resulted In the death later of Walter Scheble of this olty. Btate police of ficers . who Investigated the auto crash, residents of Ashland and Earl T. Scheble and Ouy Holmes of Gen tral Point were scheduled to be call ed as witnesses. Ths d 1st riot attorney's office said there were three or four mat ten listed to be heard by the grand jury before adjourning and the body may be in session the major portion of the week. Hliled In Front of Home. PORTLAND, Ore., Deo. 13. (P) Hans K. Johsnaon. 61, of Portland, was killed tut night when he was truck by an automobile in front of his home. Police said Johanson had been given a ride home from work and was crossing the street when a oar driven by J. B. Harrison of Portland knocked htm to the pavement. The btg sake continues st the Band Box & Shoe Bos. fit. oca, values o 3.00, ele price $1.49. $1.06 and $3 05. Dresses, values to 15 00, sale price 11 05, 13 05. 13 05 and 15.05. Cage hats, values to 10.00. sale price 1.00, Other hats, sale prices 25c, 60c and 75o. "The store that saves you money." Beds of pain are eased with sheets of Christmas Seals. Buy several sheets. A NEW WORLD COMES INTO BEING AT Christmas Time L,n We'll be glad to suggest Outdoor Christmas lighting effects for your home. Come fa and see our display. Palmer Electric Store Corner Main and Bartlett 'Jk KM ED Broadcast Schedule 8:00- 8 :0 Breakfast News, Mall Tribune. - 8:05- 8:18 Musical Clock. 8:15 8:30 A Peerless Psrsde. 8:30- 9:00 Shopping Oulde. 8:00- 9:30 Friendship Circle Hour. 9:30- 9:48 Today. 9:49-10:00 Shopper's Tour. 10:00- Weather Forecsst. 10:00-10:18 Fashion Psrsde. 10:18-10:80 Oladyce LsMsrr. 10:30-10:48 Health Chat. 10:46-11:00 Happiness Hour. 11:00-11:15 Quartette Parade. 11:18-11:80 Gratitude Day. 11:30-13:00 Bong and Comedy. 13:00-19:18 Dollar Day Revue. 13:18-13:80 Popular Vocalists. 13:30- News Flssbes, Mall Trib une. 13:80-13:45 Pipe Organ Concert, 13:45- 1 :00 Fopulnrltla. 1:00- 3:00 Dreaming the Waltr Away. 3:00- 8:00 Dance Matinee. 8:00- 3:30 Songs (for Everyday. 8:30- 8:38 KMED Program Revue. 3:38- 4:00 Music from Teeteryesr 4:00- 4:30 Across the Sens to Hawaii 4:30- 5:00 Masterworka Program. 8:00- 8:18 Silly Ollly Story. 8:18- 5:48 ProeperlRTepha, 5:45- 8:00 News Digest, Mall Trib une. 8:00- 0:30 Dinner-dance Musle. 6:30- 6:48 Jesse Crawford. Poet of Wurlltaer. 6:48- 7:00 Chandu, the Magician. 7:00- 7:30 Modernistic. 7:30- 8:00 Merland Tollefson, tenor. 8:00- 8:30 Eventide. Marshall-Smltb-Leonard. oor. Main and Orape. have some good bargain, in greeting cards. Drop in early foi best selections: 'WE SELL HAPPINESS" St. ' The mill pond at the Owen-Oregon plant la frozen over with three Inches of ice and former residents of the' middle west frolicked thereon Sunday. Forty skaters, mostly all past 80, cavorted and did the "figure 6." There was another large crowd last night and many people were on the Ice thla morning. Many local people hied to the hills Sunday to ski. Those who Journeyed Into the Crater Lake area found 16 Inches of snow but the wind was so cold they did : ot do much skiing. Tom Emmens and party' of this olty went all the way to the rim without the use of chains, as the snow was packed on the highway. It was 16 degrees below r.ero at Government Camp Sunday morning. Pender and oody repsmng Price right' Br.'il Sheet Metal Works. Enter the Garden Club Content Christmas Lights Outdoor String $1.25 Tree Lights 50c, 75c Phone 00 for Dependable Wiring Service MEDFORD ELECTRIC , B. M. BUSH, Owner Basement, Medford Bldg. A WORLD of magio beauty ... of nights aliva with Blowing color . . . where every . bouse on every street is radiant with Christmas light Light has always been the most effective outward expression of the Christmas spirit. And the eurtom of "letting light carry your Christmas greetings" is growing apace. It has unlimited possibilities for beauty. Out door Christmas trees , . . color ful lights at door and window , . . outdoor decorative lighting of every description . . . there's beauty in cheery Christmas lights, no matter where you put them. Phone 788 COVER WIDE HELD In a few mora days the click of trunk switches all over Medford will transform Into falrland of light the lawns and homes of many local peo ple. Thousands of gay little colored lights will wink and blink their message of good cheer to all who pass by. Alomost everybody seems to have their own definite Ideas as to how their are going to decorate their own particular domicile or if they havent any definite Ideas when they start they collect them very quickly once they have acquired a few strings of Christmas bulbs. For the benefit of those who are even yet a bit hazy as to Just how they will proceed, here are a few suggestions as to ways In which very attractive effects may be gained. 1. Substitute a red lamp for the customary one In your entrance fix ture and put a wreath around It. 2. Place electric candles In Christ mas wreaths In your windows. (Elec tric candles are for safer than tho wax variety.) 3. Run colored lights through the trees and shrubbery on your grounds. 4. Place Christmas trees In tubs In the yard and trim them with strings of colored lights. , A. Bun strings of colored lights along your veranda, 0. Festoon strings of colored lights along the eaves of your house. 7. Place colored lights In your flower boxes. ' 8. Twine colored lights In wreaths or garlands and bang them In the windows or festoon them about the outside of the house. 9. Place Illuminated stars over the doors or on the roof of your house. 10. Illuminate your Christmas trees, both those used Indoors and those In the yard with strings of tiny electric lights. 11. Place colored lights, one red Lett yoaiiFltowim The California Oregon Power Company and one green, in twin sockets and place them In the windows. 13. Hang 111 unlimited Christmas bells in the entry or tn the windows. With these hints as to ways In which to achieve an effective light ing display, you can go ahead and work out your own Individual dis play. Tou may, of course, use any or all of the above suggestions If you wish. Displays need not be elab orate as beauty, originality and the best expression of the Christmas aplrttare all to be considered In plan ning your decorative effects This Is the sixth contest of Its kind ever staged In this city and It is hoped that Medford will make a showing which will compare favor ably with similar activities In Port land. Seattle and other leading cities of the west Christmas Seals work the year round. Buy them now. Real Cstate or insurance Leave it m Jones Phone 7M BRIGHTEN UP THE HOME WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS You Know They're String ot S lights (In series) complete 50c Christmas tree lamps for Bring In your Christmas tree to People's Electric Store 212 West Main St. A. B. Cunningham. Merry Christmas" Nothing lends more Christmas cheer to your home than the glow of small electric lights. The modern symbol of the Christmas spirit, their color ful brightness imparts a warm welcome an inviting glow to your home. Decorative lights are practical, fasting decorations. After the holidays they will be ready for every festive occasion through the year, and if handled with ordinary care will last for years. You can enjoy electrical decorations the whole . holiday season for only a few cents. It will pay you to invest in decorative lights the perfect expression of "Merry Christmas" for your home. illi Veteran of Stage May Be Heard On Local Radio Soon Frank McCray, veteran of the vau deville stage, whose songs have been nerd on practlcilly every circuit In the United States and in many Euro pean countries and who Is now mak ing his home In the Rogue River val ley, msy be heard soon over station KMED singing some of his own com positions. McCray, who for many years teemed' with the late Jim Mc Farland ah the "Two Macks." left the stsge four years ago after con tracting the yellow fever In Mexico, where he had been singing over station KXER. Re came to this lo cality for his health in Medford and has since been Interested In a min ing venture on Galls creek. While In vaudeville, Mr. McCray wrote all of his own sogns, and at the present time Is working on a group which he expects to present In the near future over radio station Good When You Buy Here String of 8 lights (In multiple) for botti In side and outside use complete $1.50 String or 24 lights for outside lighting com plete Kith lamps $4.50 replacements, 2 for.. 5$ strings and outside lighting equipment be checked. KMED. The words .and "air" for the selections are being written by the veteran showman, with Fred Alton Hatght of this city writing the musi cal accompaniment. Mr. McCray, who Is 69 years old, wss born In Lowdenvllle. Ohio, and during the time he has presented his set, he has made four trips to Eu rope, appearing before several of ths crowned heads. Ten Firms Seek Work on Highway Ten contracting firms win submit bids to the state highway commis sion for the first unit of the Siski you rerouting on the Pacific highway. They are Von der Hellen & Plerson. Foley de Vaughn. Washburn & Hall, Meyer Construction Co., Wrenn A Greenough, Guthrie McDougall Co., Dunn & Baker, Burke Bros., and Mc Nutt Construction Co., all of Port land, and the General Construction Co. of Portland. Phone 12 0. 0. Alenderfer ay
