MEDF.ORD MAIL TRIBUTE. BEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY. "NfAY 3. 1935.
PAGE XIXE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
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1350 Participate in Open
ing of Festival Sponsored
by .Normal School
Choral Work Is Excellent
ABKLAM3. May 8 (Bpl.) A tl
lud picturesque spot. the Junior
high school gymnasium, ni this
afternoon packed with the largest
crowd ever to gather at the build
ing, on the lrst day of the seventh
annual muslo festival sponsored by
the Southern Oregon Normal school.
Jn addition to the 13SO children
partldpstlng In the event, hundreds
of parents and friends from out of
the city, as well as many Ashlanders
added to the huge gathering. Chil
dren flatting the city for the festi
val exceeded last year's large total
of approximately 11JO by 300. Cars
lined all streets leading to the school
for blocks, necessitating services 01
a traffic officer who waa assisted by
a equsd of Boy Scouts.
The gymnasium wu a colorful
place, decked with evergreens and
flags, and dotted with groups of folk
dsncers In gay costumes. Sunshine
which streamed Into the building
further added to the scene.
Mayor Thornton 8. Wiley spoke In
welcome to the visitors, spesklng 01
the honor the city feels In acting ai
host to them. He also spoke In com'
mendatlon of Miss Louise Woodruff,
director of music at Southern Ore
gon Normsl, who also dlrecta the
festival, and through her efforts haa
made this activity of the school
nationally known.
Dr. Walter Redford, president of
the Normsl. also spoke welcoming
the students and their friends to the
festival.
Quality of the choral work was
excellent, exceeding that of previous
festivals. In the opinion of the di
rectors. Dancing numbers were re
celved wltfi much enthusiasm, a
were the numerous special num
bers. Some fine work was done by
the Junior massed bands.
Miss Woodruff, who led the chorus
of unchanged voices, wss assisted by
several directors, Including Miss D.
Virginia Hales, physical education
department, S. O. N. s who direct
ed the folk dancing: Evelyn Nye,
Medford Junior high, who led the
Junior high chorus ensemble, and
Wilson Walt, Medford. Marlon Frost
acted as announcer.
, Yreka was the only California
school to be represented Thursday,
although several California groups
are registered for Frldsys high school
events.
Schools represented with their at
tendance of children Included the
following: Ashland, Junior high. 86;
' Lincoln. 80; Washington, 80; Beaver
Creek, 9: Bellvlew, 80; Oold Hill, 48;
Grifln Creek, 36; Grants Pass, River
side, 38; Independence, 14; Jackson
ville, 40; Lone Pine. 48; Mapleton.
13; Medford, choral, 136. Instru
mental, 43; Nell Creek, 7; North
Phoenix, 14; Oak Orove, 36; Phoenix,
87; Prospect, 60; Rogue River, 48;
Talent, 60; Wagner Creek, 16.
West Bide. 33; Yreka, 14; How
ard, 67; Willow Spring, 34: Klam
ath Palls. Roosevelt, 60, Riverside,
48; Pelican. 16; Fremont. 60.
Rhubarb and Song
Bringing Fame to
The Flowing Volga
Long before the Boatman song put
the River Volga on the map, this
river (the longest In Europe, inci
dentally! had another reason for be
ing proud. For It was on the banks
of the Volga that what we call "rhu
barb" or colloquially, pieplant, waa
first grown.
Rha" as the ancient name of the
Volga and when this pungent plant
waa found there. It adopted the
name of Its birthplace and became
'rhubarb. Today rhubarb flourishes
In almost all the countries of the
world.
But as delicious as rhubarb may
be, beware of Its leaves I They sberfld
never, never be eaten . . . u the
oxallc-aeld content of the leaves Is
so high that It Is extremely danger
ous to the sensitive tissues of the
kidneys and Intestines.
The fruit Itself, however, is one of
the gustatory dellghte of the mod
ern table, particularly when It la pre-
pared either In a Sunshine rhubsrb
pie with a graham cracker crust or
In a Sunshine Brown Betty.
Rhubarb Custard Pie
Crust:
30 Edgemont graham crackers,
finely crushed
1 tablespoon butter melted
1 tbsp. sugar
3 tbsps. water
Mix Ingredients thoroughly. Fat
down firmly with palm of hand to
bottom and sides of a deep 8-lnch
shallow 9-lnch pie plate, well
greased.
Filling:
3 cups rhubsrb. dteed
cup sugar
1 egg
3 tablespoons flour
Dice rhubarb. Mix sugar, flour and
slightly beaten egg. Add rhubarb
Fill Into erust and bake for forty
minutes In hot oven (376 degrees
Fahrenheit). Bake covered for first
30 minutes, uncover and bake for
remaining 30 minutes. Serves 6 to 8.
All messurements standsrd.
Rhubsrb Brown Betty
30 Sunshine graham crackers,
coarsely crushed
6 tablespoons sugar
8 tsblespoons butter
8 cups fresh tender rhubsrb, cut
In smsll pieces
Melt one tablespoon butter and
mix with crushed graham crackers.
Place Isyer of crumbs In buttered
baking dish, and layer of cut rhu
barb, dot with bits of butter and
sugar. Continue with alternate lay,
ers of fruit snd crumbs until all ln
iredlents are used. Place layer of
crumbs on top. dot with butter and
bake In moderate oven (370 degrees
Fahrenheit) for 45 minutes. Serve
hot or cold with or without cream.
Serves 8 to 8. All measurements
stsndsrd.
St. Louis Gets Dairy Show
FIREBUG THRILLS
OFYOUNGWRITER
TOLD JNJJIARiES
Chicago Police Obtain Con
fession From Herbert
Peterson Murder by Ar
son Charge On Horizon
CHTCAOO. May 8 (AP) Herbert
Carle Peterson. a 30-year old maga
zine writer, who had set down his
strange fascination for fires In three
bulky diaries, confessed. Rogers Park
police said" today, that he was the
firebug who has terrorized the north
side Rogers park residential district.
Peterson admitted setting a series
of ten fires In the district, the po
lice satd. and will face a charge of
murder by arson because Mrs. Julia
Goldberg. 73. was trapped In one of
them and waa burned to death.
Diaries Analyze Thrill
Police said they found the diaries,
In which Peterson covered some 3,-
000 pages with analytical notes about
the thrill he obtained from a blazing
fire In his room.
Peterson, educated at Northwestern
University, told his questioners he
was successful as a writer of short
stories.
Peterson's arrest and confession
ended a period of alarm and excite
ment In the district. All the fires
were In apartment houses End set
the same way with a bundle of
newspapers piled under the hallway
carpet.
Was Choir Singer
Another aeries of fires In church
es may be cleared up by Peterson's
capture, the police said, a former
choir singer. Peterson was to be
quizzed about blazes In the Rogers
Park Congregational church, which
he attended.
Ironically enough. It was humor
ous sketches Peterson had most suc
cess selling, he told his questioners
today. Lately, besides writing, he ha
had a Job as clerk In a publishing
house .
G. . R. Commander Dead
CONNEAUT. Ohio (UP) Horace
Cook, 93, commander of the local Q.
A. R. post and one of the few Civil
War veterans of this area, is dead.
Meteorological Report
Mat 3. ibsa
Forecasts
Medford and vicinity; Fair tonight
and Saturday; moderate temperature.
Oregon : Pair tonight and Saturday;
moderate temperature.
Local Data
Temperature a year ago today-.
Highest, 73; lowest, SO.
Total monthly precipitation. .06
Inches. Deficiency for the month. .06
inches. Total precipitation since Sep
tember l. 1934. 13 81 Inches. Excess
for the season, 019 Inches.
Relative humidity at & P.M. yester
day, 38 per cent; ft A.M. today, 91
per oent.
Tomorrow: Sunrise 5:03 A.M.;
set, 7:13 P.M.
sun-
Observations Taken at ft A.M.,
130 Meridian Time ....
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Boise 80 34 " Clear
Boston 48 38 T. P. Cdy.
Chicago 43 38 1 03 Clear
Denver 46 30 .01 Snow
Eureka . 68 44 .... Clear
Helena 46 30 .08 Clear
Los Angelea 88
MEDFORD 71 37 .... Clear..
New York 64 44 .04 Cloudy
Omaha .. 60 36 T. Cloudy
Phoenix 78 64 T. Cloudy
Portland .... .. 70 48 .... Clear
Reno 64 38 .... Clear
Roseburg ...... 68 40 .... Clear
Salt Lake 63 42 T. Rain
San Francisco .. 72 80 .... Clear
Seattle .. 88 48 Clear
Spokane ..... 63 34 Clear
Walla. Walla 68 40 .... Clear
Washington. DC. 88 48 T. Cloudy
Mnffett's Son Studies Oil
TEXAS CITY, Tex. (UP) Deter
mined to learn the petroleum Indus,
try from the ground up. Jack Mor-
fett. son of. James A. Molfett. i
tlonal housing director, Is employed
In the laboratory of the Republic
Oil Company here. Young Moffett
received his basic training In the
oil Industry while a student at
Princeton. He left the school a month
ago to take the position here.
ELKS NAME MEW
SET OF OFFICERS
creem. The butter will go farther
and epreai ea a :r.t
Spring Refreshments
Cheese Rounds
Crab Squares
Candied Orange Peel Bread
Sugar Cookies Cocoanut Drops
CnUled Fruit Punch
Salted Nuts
Yellow and While Csndies
Cher Rounds
3 cups flour.
4 teaspoons baking powder.
1-S tesApoon salt.
4 tablespoons fat.
3-3 cup milk.
4 cup grated cheese.
3 tablespoons cream.
4 teaspoon onion salt.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
Cut In fat. Slowly add milk, mixing
with knife. Place soft dough on
floured board and pat out until thin
(H inch). Spread with rest of Ingre
dients, roil up tightly and cut off Ui
Election of officers for Medford
lilts lodge waa held last night at
the regular lodce meettne and. al
though there were only two offices
with competition, a large turnotit
was present to express their choice.
The following, officially elected,
will be Installed with the usual cere
monies on June 0: E. W. Wlnke.
exalted ruler; Otto Prohnmayer. as
teemed leadlna kniaht: w. A. Grim.
esteemed loyal knight; Arthur Hess, j lnch Arrange slices, flat sides
eeieemea lecturing xnignt; Krnest I.
Scott, secretary: George T. Prey,
treasurer; N. S. Young, tiler, and H.
H. Butler, trust? for three years,
who was also elected alternate dele
gate to the grand lodge convention.
Secretary Scott said all effort Is
being made by the commute In
charge to make the Elks dance that
Is to be held at the temple Saturday
night a big affair. Special decora
tions are being put up. excellent mu
sic haa been obtained and the price
of admission has been reduced to a
figure announced elsewhere in this
paper.
Exalted Ruler Butler announced
that the Elks ma sarin good-will cars
will be In Medford May 31. The com
mlttee of reception and publicity that
has been appointed Is W. A. Gates,
chairman; B. E. Harder. E. C. Fergu
son and Ernest L. Scott, who are
planning a special program for this
affair.
It was also announced that the
first COC smoker of the second aeries
will probably be held May 0 at the
temple. A big blowout Is also being
planned for June 14 at the picnic
grounds, at which time there will be
at lesst 30 rounds of boxing by CCC
fighters, according to E. C. ("Jerry")
Jerome, chairman of the smoker com
mittee. Jerome said there will bt
plenty of other sports snd entertain
ment and that the trapshootera who
are here for the state trap-in oot will
be entertained.
Metal
Elliott's,
Typewriter it
116 N. Central.
Chair 18.50.
Lawnmowers: Sharpened. Phone
361. Medford Cyclery. 33 N. Fir.
Menus of the Day
By Mrs. Alexander George
SANDWICH HELP
(When making sandwiches, cream
the butter and add a little sweet
1 4 cufi milk. ' -
.4 taspnon wilt.
' tetaspcon paprika.
3 esg yolks.
1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Melt butter and add flour. When
blended, add milk and cook until
sauce thickens a little. Add rest of
Ingredients and cook 1 minute. Serve
Immediately poured over cooked
broccoli which haa been placed In
serving dish.
Bsg yolks are leftovers from cake
frosting.
Devil's Pood Special
3-S cup butter,
cups sugar.
1 teaspoon vanilla.
teaspoon salt.
I eggs.
1 cup sour milk or buttermilk
3k squares chocolate.
3 tablespoons water.
3 cups pastry flour.
1 teaspoon soda.
1 teaspoon baking podfr.
Mix cNjcolate and water. Cook
slowly, stirring constantly until choc-
orlate has me'.ted. Beat well. Cream
butter and swear. Add rest of tncrc-
dlents. including chocolate mixture.
Beat 3 minutts. Pour Into 3-layer
cake pans lined with wax?d papers.
Bake 35 minutes in moderately slow
oven. Cool and frost.
As this Is a rich cake and very
soft in texture, it should he carefully
handled to prevent falling apart.
MERLIN FARMER DIES
WHILE AT FIELD WORK
O RANTS PASS. May . (Spl.)
W. H. Cook a long time resident of
the Merlin district, dropped dead by
a trvtor In the field where' he waa
working along the Gnllca road below
Merlin.
up, on greased baking sheet and
bake 8 minutes In moderate oven.
Serve warm.
Crab Squares
16 1 'a -Inch squares breed.
3 tablespoons butter.
3 tablespoons flour.
1 cup milk.
4 teaspoon pepper.
teaspoon salt.
1 tablespoon chopped pi mien toe.
1 tablespoon chopped green pep
per. 1-8 cup crab meat.
Melt butter, add flour and when
blended add milk and cook until
creaTfty sauce forms. Stir constantly.
Add seasonings and crab meat. Spread j
on bread, toast until well browned.
Candled Orange peel Bread
1 cup chopped orange peei.
1 clip water.
1 cup sugar.
1 teaspoon salt.
teaspoon vanilla.
1 cup milk.
14 cup orange Juie.
34 cups flour.
3' teaspoons baking powder.
Mix peel, water and sugar. Simmer
8 minutes. Cool. Add rest of Ingre
dients and pour Into greased large
loaf pan. Let rise 15 minutes. Bake
1 hour in moderately slow oven.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UP) Thd Na
tional Dairy Show, premier event of
the nations' dairy calendar, will be
held here next fall. Simultaneously,
the International Association of
Milk Dealers, International Associa
tion of Ice Cream Dealers, and the
Dairy and Ice Cream Supplies Man
ufacturers association, win convene
here. It Is probable the event will be
held Oct. 14.
E
CASE DISMISSED
The case against Marion Walters of
Climax, charged this week In a com
plaint signed1 by Jim Kershaw with
the theft of a bay mare, was dis
missed In Justice court Thursday af
ternoon. The evidence was highly In
volved, and a question arose as to the
ownership of the animal, said to be
about 25 years old. It developed that
the complaining witness and his sis
ter are joint owners of the horse.
Roy W. Yoder. a truck driver,
charged with speeding, waa scheduled
to appear today, after his falure to
put In an appearance yesterday. Yo
der is engaged In hauling gravel and
the complaint alleges he was travel
ling in excess cf 35 miles per hour.
A complaint was filed in Justice
court late yesterday, charging La-
Verne w. Loomis with non-support
of his wife and minor child. The case
Is scheduled to be heard this after
noon.-Loomis was released on 250
bonds with Dr. C T. Sweeney and J
C. Thompson as sureties.
BUTTE FALLS PIPE
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The most famous omelets in tha
world those made in the restau
rant of Madame Poulard at St.
Michel, France are cooked in long
handled pans over an open firel
Here's how to give your mashed
potatoes the flurfiness of a wind
blown bobl Add a little evaporated
milk. butteror cream to the potatoes.
And for a tantalizing new flavor, add
a few tablespoons of grated Ameri
can or store cheese while you're
whipping them I
Next tim you mix salad for quests
with epicure' palates, rub the bowl
with garlic. And of rowr, aerve
Krispy Crackers with the BA.ail
In merrie old England, soma of their
cheeses were too big for the table.
They were put on side tables and
each guest scooped his own portion
with a spoon. Then shprry, port or
ale was poured into the center to
add flavor to the remainder.
The PWA project for laying of new
water pipe in the Butte Falls water
system has br?n completed at a cost
of "5008 87. This is 8 87 more than
eftlmates for the work called for. Cm
the "reconciliation statement." a no
tation Is made tliat the city of Eutte
Falls Is prrred to pay this add.
ticnal sum. Final papers in the pro
jeet will be prepared snd slened to
dav bv Butte Falls official and PWA
ert. and te pro'ert formally
turned over to Butte Fall.
Th wrk M tv-Ti underlay for
The pat n-.T.Ui. and lep.au! the
wvvin rir ?teri.
In the nctiaMnn between the
city cf B-if- Fall ard the gm ern-
n.nt. tli r:tv was rTfntM by
Avcrn;.- Otto Frhrv.ayir cf tills city.
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nipt rVry, cut In small pie
2 cup water li t"pnons salt
14 Sonsliine Krispy Cnirkr, crumbled
4 teaspoon prrkr
H (rntd American ihese
2 tah?rvns butter
2 cup" nvlk
Few Kipv rrrkr crumbs
and cheese for top
Cook elrr until tirW, in a'et wv.F,
Mil with remsinW iPjredint. Hslte
In uncovered d'nn in mM-rste ovn (S75
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Servlnif Pis
Pineapple Juice Cocktail
Roast Veal and Browned Potatoes
Uroccoll
Mock Hollandatse Sauce
Rolls Currant Jelly
Tomato Jelly. Salad
Devil's Food Special
Coffee
Mock Hollandlase Sauce
8 tablespoons butter.
3 tablespoons flour.
Some like sharp cheese. Some like mild.
But most everyone insists on the crispest,
flakiest crackers money will buy... Sunshine
Krispy Crackers 1 These dainty, slightly salted
squares have won for themselves an envi
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