Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 15, 1939, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939. PAGE SEVEN Society Clubs By Clara Mary Davii Dorothy Gore to Be Guest Artist The First Christian church will present a cantata, Christ Child, by Hawley, Sunday eve ning at 7:30 o'clock in the ehurch. Twenty-two voices compose the choir and several other art ists will be presented among whom will be Miss Dorothy Gore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gore, who is expected home soon from Pomona college in California. Miss Gore will appear on the program as guest violin soloist. She has been lauded on the Pomona campus recently for her excellent violin ability. Effie Kurtz is director and Mable Sims the pianist. Also a feature of the evening will be Marmie Olson, soloist supported by an Echo quartet of Junior high school students. The public is invited to at tend. Wilson Home Is Scene of Meet Mrs. E. M. Wilson was hostess at her home on South Riverside avenue to the ladies' auxiliary of the First Baptist church this week. Mrs. W. D. Roberts presided at the brief business session. A report was given on the White Cross box sent to the Philippines. The group voted to help the missionary Christ mas program planned by Mrs. J. E. Lester. Mrs. Frank Albert led devo ) tionals based on Christmas thought and Mrs. D. V. Piatt led in Christmas singing. Christ mas thoughts were given by Mesdames A. B. Myers, W. D. Roberts, L. J. Knox and S. A. Moore. Mrs. W. R. Crawford, Mrs. Mary Stickland, Mrs. J. D. Shaf fer, Mrs. Minnie Bryant, Mrs. Theodore Graham, Mrs. F. O. Stinson all presented interest ing Christmas thoughts. Social hour and refreshments followed. Mrs. Taylor Here To Visit Son Mrs. M. C. Taylor of Oakland, Cal., arrived in Medford this week to visit her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Taylor during the Christmas holidays. Davis' Sail for South America Interesting news from Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Davis was received in Medford yesterday by friends of the couple. The Davis' left their home in Phoe nix a short time ago for South America where they will live for several years. The couple wrote that they have been visiting friends and relatives for several weeks In Los Angeles. For the past four days they have been docked in San Pedro harbor taking on more cargo before sailing on to Balboa, Panama Canal zone, which is their next stop. From there they will take a Grace line boat to Buenaventura, the port of entry into Colombia, South America, and from there they plan to go by train inland for several days to reach their destination. Tuesday by train from San Francisco where the spent a week. She motored to the Bay Dis trict with Mrs. George M. Rob erts and Mr.i Robert C. Maentz. McCaskey Guest Is Party Honor ee A popular visitor In the val ley is Mrs. H. Van Hoevenberg of San Francisco. She is a former Medford resi dent and the house guest until Monday of Mrs. H. D. McCaskey at her attractive home on the Old Stage road. Mrs. McCaskey was a recent hostess honoring the visitor at a dinner party. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Martin Luther, Mr. and Mrs. Sprague Reigel and Mr. and Mrs, C. S. Newhall.' Mrs. Van Hoevenburg plans to return to her Bay City home Monday. Club Members Have Christmas Party The thirteenth club held its annual Christmas dinner this week at the home of Mrs. And rew Larson on Spring street: Mrs. Morris Johnsbhrg was guest of - honor and received many lovely gifts. The table was appointed in banquet style with flowers being pretty as a centerpiece. Twenty-five were present. The evening was spent in play ing cards and Chinese checkers. Next meeting will be held Jan uary 3 at the home of Mrs. S. Sipes on the Midway road. Recent Bride Is Honored at Party Mrs. Paul Reed was honored at a surprise shower party re cently at the home of her moth er on Orchard Home drive. The honoree received many attractive gifts and guests who enjoyed the evening were Mrs. Gray, the recent bride's mother, Mrs. Zella Flemming, Mrs. Mary Gray, Miss Viola Gray, Mrs. Wilma House, Miss Dorothy Schaffer, Miss Lois Wright and Miss Mary Clark. The honor guest is the former Miss Ruby Gray, a recent bride. Mrs. Holmes Home From Bay City Mrs. Kinney Holmes returned to her home on Hillcrest road Calendar Friday. club, home Mrs. Florence Cuf- fel, 909 North Central avenue. Its Good ! Ms . This distinguished whiskey now offered at attractive savings same fine quality that made it famous KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY The quality of today' Old Crow is in every respect worthy of this grand old name. Today, as always, one can say without contradic tion : "No finer whiskey ever came out of Old Kentucky" .... Why not take advantage of the present low price to give your palate an old-time treat? 15 PW QUART -J2.20 When for bourbon oTd 'croby nam. HOIDCRO 100 PROOF COPR. 1939, NATIONAL DISTILLERS 1-ROD. CORP., NEW YORK GRAYS HARBOR HIT BY Aberdeen, Wash., Dec. IS. itP) Raked by a succession of terrific gales, Grays Harbor had almost four inches of rain In 36 hours, climaxed by a virtual cloudburst at 8 o'clock this morning. Almost an inch of rain car ried on a 70-mile gale roared over the harbor in the brief span of five minutes this morn ing, worst downpour remember ed by E. B. Crary, official weather observer and a resident here for 37 years. Streets ran torrents within a minute or two after the squall hit. An hour later the storm had abated and calm settled. Despite the terrific storm and rain, little damage was reported here. Infest Cattle Range. Red Bluff, Cal. U.R Five thousand head of deer which "moved In" on the McKenzie Stover winter cattle range, when their own grazing grounds were exhausted, are eating so much that the 3,000 head of cattle for which the range is maintained are theatened with starvation. .Portland, Dec. 15. (P) Rus- sell TJtz, sawyer, was caught in a saw and killed yesterday at a lumber mill. Utz, dragged into the saw by his clothing, was nearly cut in two. 5 T H T E R M He's against It, said Maury Maverick, tier) mayor of San Antonio, dodging reporters' questions about a third term. Said he: "I'm again 4th. Sth terms." .11.1 , li . I. I.... t. i u,.itin.l . I .4, - j JPI I Jl i .! in ii ..... .1, . ' ' ii" . I ! ' . ' U 'v', V-' m r;.'' 'jj,., i ' V- - t wrrr' J CAPITOL CAPITALIZES ON 01 L Oklahoma City's oil rush dldnt halt even at the state eapltol grounds. Here's an oil well with the eapltol bulldlnc In the background: the governor's SMBston. too, has Its circlet of oil wells. Royalties on oil production here f Into Oklahoma's public . . hulidlns- fund to finance hospitals, colleges and other state building Menus of the Day By Mrs. Alexander George. Broiled Platter Dinner. Dinner Menu, t pound chopped beef round i teaspoon salt 18 teaspoon paprika 1 egg yolk 3 tablespoons butter 6 onion sltees Mix together the beef, salt, pap rika and yolk. Shape Into five cakes, each a half of an Inch thtck. Spread with butter and top with one onion slice per cake. Arrange In a shallow pan. Broil for 10 minutes, three Inches below a glowing flame. Baste severs! times with the seasoning. Seasoning. 4 tablespoons olive oil teaspoon salt J4 teaspoon paprika 14 teaspoon celery seed Mix the Ingredients and use for basting the broiled foods. Broiled Vegetables. cooked carrots cooked potatoes 4 rooked beets 14 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon minced parsley Place the vegetables In a shallow dish or around the meat cakes. Sprinkle with the rest of the in gredients. Let broil for 10 minutes. Baste with the seasoning and any meat Juices which cook out of the meat cakes. Glased Pears. 4 hslves pears ' 18 cup brown sugar ' ' ' S tablespoons butter 14 teaspoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon lemon Juice Arrange the pears In a shaUow dish and coyer with the rest of the Ingredients. Let broil for 10 minutes. Comedy With Speed. Pasadena, Cal. (U.R) Holly wood, it is believed here, could learn something in scenario writing and production from local talent. Irving Zelinka, Joseph Hanson, students at Mar shall Junior high school, with Margaret Dankers as faculty assistant, wrote, rehearsed and produced a one-act comedy in two nours. Flaw. El Centro, Cal (U.R) Local police have discovered one weakness in the regulations re quiring that anyone arrested on a charge of suspected drunk en driving receive a sobriety test. The man who revealed this weak link in California's system of jurisprudence was so drunk that he couldn't take the test. Range Grass Burns Pinhorn, Alta., Dec. 15. CP) More than 40,000 acres of val uable range grass in southeast ern Alberta was burned black by a prairie fire that spread 12 miles before being brought un der control today by more than 300 fire fighters. AN IDEAL GIFT! FAMOUS OREGON FRUITS NUTS PRESERVES Surprise and delight far-away friends with gifts of delicious local products delivered prompt and fresh by nation-wide Railway Ex press. You can send them as far as the Atlantic Coast for as little ae 2 Iba. or lata 28c 3 to 5 lbs. 35c "10 lbs. 62c MS Iba. 93c 20 lbs. $1.24 'SO Iba. $3.10 'Rates to the Mid .West and nearby etates sre considerably lower SPtCIAL LOW RATES NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS SECTION TO ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES ON APPLES AND PEARSl Standard Box Halt Box Quarter Box Gift Box 10 Iba. $1.10 .66 .50 .39 Mtt-W,H $1.76 1.0S .66 .50 $2.20 1.38 .77 .5S Just tell the stores to express your gifts direct Or we'll call at your door and deliver without extra charge in all cities and principal towns . . . receipt and insure sach ordaff . Send asf. minure firrs by Ait Expren2500 mfes orimightl For service or further information phone RAILWAY XPRESS agency yjpr inc. S. P. Right of Way Medford, Ore. Phone 581 1 NATION-WIDE Mail. AIR SERVICE aaxexaaaaaxa Hospital Tunnel. London. (U.R) Arrangements to convey underground its whole personnel, patients, staff and executives in the event of air raids are being made by the Ramsgate General hospital. A tunnel, which will be fin ished before autumn, is being driven through the chalk, start ing with a ramp from a hole in the hospital grounds. It will be 450 feet long. Mind Agile at 71. Los Angeles. (U.R) S. L. Fin ley, after a lifetime spent as mountain mail carrier astride a mule, then mining, merchandiz ing and studying California's real estate laws and acts, pass ed the stiff examination of the California real estate board; at the age of 71. Ski!? W1 Everyone en your Christmas list can be made happier with' a labor and lime saving elee lrlealsiftl ' 17V Jf JL TELECHBOK ClOCKS The finest In the way ef electric docks, we have a wide array of styles In mod ern new deslrns. All at tractively priced. tOAilMAKTlB Tops Is no word fot It. The Tnastmasrer combines smart de sign with real auto matic tnatlng efficiency. wAmeMAnTr.R me last, word In electric wefrle Irons modernistic smart and fully automatic This Is an Ideal Chrlatmaf gift. Trowbridge & Flynn 212-214 WEST MAIN. PHONE 12 MEDFORD'S LARGEST and Most Complete Toyland! "-X 1 .A at II ' lasta I I l- 'I mill 1 11 a jr . w K r9fc J mM ffun-theifx r- bTQt wh..,a .bber X. A VlT mzfZ, fi n.h.r. v 1 1 if 1 win se nere oeiuraayi 1 I.YH I I v I TOY PIANOS that play 90c An educational toy I with sell instruction book that haa 16 popular nursery rhymes. Shaped to conform to the piano topi Xylophone 39c Educational toy that will play has 1 hammer and 8 silver toned keys cornea with la- . structlon book. Ironing Board 49c REAL SLATE BLACKBOARD 1 27"xl5" DOLL 90c A Grand Gift Low Prlcedl Every youngster wants a real slate board I Drop front desk style with oak frame. Chart, ehalk ,and eraser. 38"xia' ' CHESTS For Treasured Keepsakes! Humming Tops 25c Erector Sets 89c Baby Buggy. $2.98 American Logs 89c Tool Chests $1.98 Shovels 10c Wheel Barrows ..... 49c Doll Trunks ..... . ,49c 90c Made of beautiful, kno'l ty pine. Uned wlU) cedar Has shiny metel trim, hinges, haap and dome handle. Bis. roomy sleet BASSINETTE Will Hold a 2i" Dolll 00c for her precious (loll to sleep In I Sturdy hard wood In colonial '1'sttnl 27"xlS". IH" high) Maple finish I Drastically Kedueedl Haa Layette and Bath Table 14" BABY DOLL Reduced io Bathe her In her own bath table like real bebyl fthe's very U cunning, and she U Just right to Iron J dolly's clothes! it's 30" high, and I the big top la W" x9" wide I It haa I bright red legal Table Tennis 49c I Two professional size san d p a p e l Itaced rackets, 3 English type balls, M"xS" bound net nnd table olampa. OAK CHAIR 49c I Kiddles lore Itl It's strong and I the natural oak finish la lovely! 10V" high. The 19" square seat la a OK" 'rom floor.' SCOOTER 98c 35"x30" all steel s o ootar I Has "neverallp" ate a I footboard, rabbet I tires and parking Istandl A real value! Checker Game 25c Chinese checkers a riotous party gamel 1 to t can play it I Marbles in t colors and cut-out build-up. Roller Skates 98c Pamoua P IN C O skate with high quality, speedy bearlngal With ex tension! Leather strap with sheep ikln pad I Mercury AUTO 1.90 Blreamllnadl Big Valuel run to own easy to drivel I1W longt.. Mac .wheels, with- rubber tlres. Pnrable.. aato kosly. steel Dummy lights! drinks, wets .lecps. too! and a weyujv.rr--.