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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1941. PAGE THREH WRAPPING CLASS STARTS TONIGHT AT HIGH SCHOOL The first In a three-session series of classes in Christmas package wrapping will be held at 7:30 tonight in room 6 of the senior high school, accord ing to Principal Leonard B. Mayfield. Purpose of the course is to give employed people of this community a chance to in crease their efficiency in wrap ping gifts for the holiday sea son. Succeeding classes are scheduled December 4 and 9. Those interested are asked to come to the first meeting. Classes will be two hours in length, part of the cost being defrayed by the state depart ment in addition to a fee of one dollar for each one attend ing. All materials needed in practice wrapping will be fur nished. The course is being offered in cooperation with the state board of education under direct supervision of Mrs. Frankie " Schmitz, director of distributive education for the state of Ore gon. Mrs. Lucille Barrett Wright of Swem's Gift Shop will be instructor. For further informa tion call the senior high school, 4970. Roofing tile manufactured in the United States in a year is sufficient to cover 23,644,000 square feet of roofs. Thousands Praise Simple PILE RELIEF This Quick, Easy Wayl 9tmpl ptta wead not wrack and torlur jkmi with mfcddenintt Itch, burn trtrf IrrlU lion. Stuart's Pyramid SappotltoriM brirt tjufck. welcome relief. Their tnttra linn me ne rca I com fort, reduces et ra t n. help tirhten relaxed membranes, gently lubricate and anftena. PruUctiv and antt chafing, co uy to in. It's wonderfsl to be Ires of oil torture attain. Get trenutns fttaart'i Pyrssstd Sappoaitorlea at your dnw lore without delav Me and 11.1 e aaktr'i money -back rruarantaa. ADRIENNE'S Gift Suggestions Double S&H Green Stamp SPECIAL Wednesday Only GLOVES Fabrics, Kid Combina tions Hansen Handmade Deerskin, Pigskin SI. CO to $5.00 Handkerchiefs Hand Blocked. Hand Painted 25c to $1.50 Phone Adrienne's 2666 for Your Next Hair Appointment All Beauty Work at Standard Price CLEARING SPECIAL SUITS DRESSES COATS City Cleaning & Dyeing Co. Society by Betty Shoemaker Crater Lake Guild Holds Christmas Party Crater Lake Guild members of the First Presbyterian church ; enjoyed Christmas party at ' the home of Miss Vera Humph rey, 103 Genesee street last eve ning. After a musical program gifts were exchanged with Mrs. K. C. Farley acting as Santa Claus. Members of the girls' sextet from Medford high school sang three selections. They were ac companied at the piano by Merle Dawes. The sextet in cludes June Jarmin, Clara Dan- lels. Shirley Welsenburger. Hel- j en Webb, Dixie Davis and Betty Myers. ' . . ., ,,., j Clara Daniels gave two read- . . . . , . . . , ings after which a clarinet trio ?0mn?en"t' cmpofed f-R da Williams. Beverly Wilson. Marilyn Wright played several numbers. They were accom - panied at the piano by June Davis, Later the group sang Christ - mas carols with Mrs. Byron Murdock at the piano. Mrs. Humphrey and Miss Dorothy ; Jean Farley played two piano duets. During a short business ses- slop Mrs. Byron Murdock re-'engineer at Mare Island. They minded members of the church will be at home at 1017 Virginia bazaar and dinner being held street after December 7. Fridav at the Presbyterian Mrs- Younger graduated from church. Mrs. Helen Holt Wilson i Medford high school and has will entertain the Guild at her i employed as assistant to Dr. home January S. Devotion C-H-Pke-M; Younger grad were led by Mrs. W. E. Tumy. I uated from Medford high school The rooms were decorated ! and Ore8on State college. Prior with Christmas greenery and a i to "jovrng to California he was lighted Christmas tree. Mrs. I mP'yet' by California Oregon Sherman L. Divine presided ,t Power company in this city, the coffee table which was cen- ! C -,,; tered with a Christmas motif, i "OIK WOUnCIi Hostesses for the occasion Given Dinner were Mrs. n. c. raney, Mrs. Alex Connell and Miss Humph rey, assisted by Miss Dorothy Jean Farley and Miss Beverley Wright. x Shower Honors Mrs. Hedgpeth Mrs. Frederick Younger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee E. Hedgpeth of Eden Valley Orch ards was honored at the Hedg peth home Friday evening with a miscellaneous bridal shower. Prior to her marriage Sunday she was Miss Phyllis Hedgpeth. Pinochle was at play during ; the evening with high scores I being held by Mr. Hedgpeth and Mrs. Ross Cameron. Later re ! freshments and a wedding cake , were served. Honoring Mrs. Younger were ' Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Yocum, Mr. I and Mrs. C. E. Davis, Mr. and ! Mrs. Henry Mapston, Mrs. Cam ! eron, Mrs. J. R. Hampton, Fred I Younger, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Yocum and Mr. and Mrs. Hedg peth. Rotary Women Enjoy Meetings Women of Rotary enjoyed sev eral social meetings during the past month, one at the home of Mrs. Carol Hayes and the other a no-hostess luncheon at the Hotel Medford. I Mrs. Tom Wray and Mrs. Rob ert Duff were assistant hostesses tc Mrs. Hayes at a covered dish luncheon recently. Bridge was at play during the afternoon with Mrs. C. C. Leonard holding high score. Guest for the after noon was Mrs. Thelma Renders. Mrs. E. H. Edgerton was intro duced as a new member. Mrs. C. J. Semon held high score at bridge at the luncheon meeting at the Hotel Medford at which time Mrs. C. T. Steward and Mrs. Mark Goldy were in charge of arrangements. . Women of Rotary , To Meet Wednesday Mrs. C. T. Steward will be hostess to members of Women of Rotary at her home, 1 East wood drive, tomorrow at 1 p. m. for covered dish luncheon. 1 Assistant hostesses are Mrs. R. C. Wright and Mrs. C. J. Semon. 50 ani Clubs Phyllis Hedgpeth, Frederick Younger Wed at Parsonage Married Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Presbyterian par- sonage were Miss r nyuis eag peth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee E. Hedgpeth of Eden Valley Orchards and Frederick Wilson Younger, son of Mrs. Lillian Younger of 316 South Peach street. The ceremony was read by Dr. Sherman L. Divine in the pres ence of relatives of the families. For her wedding outfit the bride chose an amethyst costume suit with brown squirrel trim. brown accessories and a corsage She was attended by Mrs. Ross Cameron, of this city, who . ., j wore a biacK dressmaker suit black accessories and , eor. I sage of white carnations. Millard w younger, brother of the bridegroom was man. , The bride.s mother wore , j bIack outf jt witn black accesso iries as did the bridegroom's ! mother, Following the ceremony the 1 couple left for a short wedding trip to Yosemite National park and will make their home in Vallejo, Cal., where Mr. Younger is employed as Junior electrical Members of the Girl Scout council were entertained last evening with dinner at scout headquarters by Girl Scout lead ers. The tables carried out a patriotic motif with red, white and blue candles and about the room were Christmas decora tions with a Christmas tree. Following dinner the group exchanged white elephant gifts. In charge of the serving com mittee was Mrs. Verna Thatcher; cleanup, Mrs. Ethel Correy; gifts, Mrs. Fred Wahl and room decorations, Mrs. Ma.-Jorie Pena. Three Madford Couples Wed Medford residents, who were licensed to wed in Reno, Nev., yesterday according to Assoc iated Press wire reports, in cluded: Merle W. O'Conner and LaVelle Edington; Charles B. Hayes and Annie Blount and Robert H. Peyton and Alice Phillips. Returns North To Portland Mrs. August Grone returned to her home in Portland last eve ning by train after spending the past 10 days in this city at the home of her son-in-law and daughter. Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Inskeep, 2401 Hillcrest road. CALENDAR Tuesday 7:30 p. m. A. A. U. W. art study group, home Mrs. Ken neth Wells, 602 West Fourth street. 7:30 p. m. Beta Sigma Phi, home Mrs. Bethel Hughes, Crater Lake highway. 8:00 p. m. Chapter BE, PEO, home Mrs. Victor Sether, 1007 Queen Anne avenue. 8:00 p. m. Crater Lake Post No. 1822, V.F.W. and auxiliary, armory. 8:00 p. m. Past President's club of Degree of Honor Pro tective association, home Adabee Seiler, 635 North Central ave nue. 8:00 p. m. Pythian Sisters, K. of P. hall. 8:00 p. m. Eagles auxiliary, public card party. Eagles hall. 42 North Front street. Wednesday 10:00 a. m. Navy Mothers' club, home Mrs. Zora Turpin, route 3. 11:00 a. m. Reamet chapter. No. 66, O.E.S., Masonic tem ple. 1:00 p. m. Women of Rotary, home Mrs. C. T. Steward, 1 Eastwood drive. 2:00 p. m. Adult Missionary society of First Christian church, social hall at church. 2:30 p. m. Wednesday Study club. Girls Community club house, 229 North Bartlett street. 3-S p. m. Phoenix Public health group silver tea, bazaar, home economics room, Phoenix high school. 6:30 p. m. U. S. W. V. Colo nel Sergeant auxiliary, armory. HEALTH SEALS ON 1 Yesterday was December 1 and all the early orders for Christmas seals were completed in time to enable merchants and business men, wishing to use them on their monthly state ments, to do so. Miss Helen Carlton, chairman of early or ders for the Jackson County Public Health association, an nounced. She was very pleased with the eagerness with which Medford firms purchased the seals for invoices, she stated. adding that the campaign seems to go over better each year as more and more executives real ize the importance of using as well as buying the little seals, which finance the battle against tuberculosis. Miss Carlton has managed this phase of the Jackson county seal sale for several years. TO BE T Funeral services for Robert A. Fernlund, 35. who passed away unexpectedly at his home eight miles east of Brownsboro early Monday morning, will be held at Conger chapel at 1:30 Thursday instead of Wednesday as first planned. Interment will be in Brownsboro cemetery. Mr. Fernlund was born at Butler, Okla., May 16, 1906. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fernlund of Browns boro, with whom ha made his home, he leaves four brothers and two sisters, Carl, Frank, Fred and Ray Fernlund, Iva Clark and Elma Huklll, all of Medford. - He had resided on the home place for the last 19 years and leaves hosts of friends. Services will be in charge of the local church of the Latter Day Saints. DAN CUPID LOAFS Dan Cupid was1 not very busy in Jackson county during November, only 20 marriage licenses being issued by the county clerk's office. This was four less than during October. With less than a month to go in this year the total number of marriage licenses granted is 248. During all of last year 305 couples applied. March, Aril, May and June were the high months of the year and romance started to taper off last September. Fall in Store Brings $1,234 Damage Suit Ida Lange, in a damage suit filed last week against the J. J. Newberry company. Inc., seeks a 1.000 general damages and $234 special damages, as a re sult of a fall on the floor of the company's local store, April 1 last. The complaint alleges the plaintiff was completely disabled for a month, and still is partially disabled. She alleges negligence on the part of the defendant, in placing too much oil or other material on the floor, making it slippery. Toa can sanity change tha gating miaar of a bd cold into relaxing comfort If you um Urn thola turn. B.mpiT lnaert Uentrtoiatum In your ncx trill and maaaafa your fortnaad and traiplH with It. Thu will quickly reliant tna nifr.ing. stufflnass. inaae iriff. running. atnt hoi turn will aio sooth tht irritated noatrtla, allay the aorrntaa, awelJlng, Itchlnt. redntaa, and reduoa th foaling of fulln-aa la your had alao th naeeattty for con tln'joiiaj hlmrlnir. Jra or tMba, V. OF SCOUT AREA SLATEDSUNDAY Leaders From Northern Cal ifornia And Southern Ore gon To Gather in Medford. Over one hundred people from Jackson, Josephine and Siskiyou counties are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Cra ter Lake Area Council, Boy Scouts of America to be held next Sunday in Medford, ac cording to Kenneth Wells, local Boy Scout executive. The meeting will be an all-day affair culminating in a large dinner. District chairmen and treasurers from Grants Pass, Medford, Ashland. Yreka. Mt. Shasta and Weed will meet at 10 a. m. to start consideration of a council-wide survey report that will be presented by Dr. Walter Redford of Ashland who with his committee has been working on this project since last April. 'The report of this committee, covering all phases of the Boy Scout program in our three counties, is expected to be a major stride forward," said Larry Schade, council pres ident. The program in general will commence with registration at Hotel Medford at 12:30 p. m. followed by a general meeting. then five group discussions un der the leadership of M. N. Hogan, John Eddy, Frank Rog ers, Don R. Newbury, and J. O. Tostevin. The dinner meeting is for all scout and cub leaders and their wives at 5:30. It will feature the award of Loyalty Dedication trophies, election of officers for 1942, award of the Silver Beaver, special ceremon ies and the principal speaker. Walter R. Whldden, deputy re gional scout executive from Portland. PLAY IN 'BOWLS' By the Associated Press Final lineup of the four ma jor college football bowl games to be played on New Year s day, 1942: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. (Seats 90,000) Oregon State, Pacific Coast conference cham pion, vs. Duke, Southern confer ence champion. 1941 result: Stanford 21, Nebraska 13. Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, La. (Seats over 70,000) Missouri, Big Six champion, vs. Fordham, eastern Independent. 1941 re sult: Boston College 19, Ten nessee 13. Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Tex. (Seats 45,000) Texas A. and M., Southwest Conference cham pion, vs. Alabama, of Southeast ern Conference: 1941 result: Texas A. and M. 13, Fordham 12. Orange Bowl, Miami, Fla. (Seats 35.000) Georgia, of Southeastern Conference vs. Tex as Christian, of Southwest Con ference. 1941 result: Mississippi State 14, Georgetown 7. JUSTICE COURT CLEAR FIRST TIME IN MONTHS For the first time in six months, not a criminal case was filed in justice court yesterday. Monday Is generally the heavi est day of the week for traffic violation cases. The sheriff's office also re ported a quiet day with few complaints, and no arrests. Hongkong first communal kitch en, where chiefly rice will be Mid cheaply, has been opened In the Chi new waterfront district. CHILDREN'S Made of sturdy venaar, attractively painted with Animal Designs. Chair . . . $2.50 Rocker ... $3.95 Table... $2.50 HANSEN HARDWARE F FACE NEW PROBE IN GIRLS' DEATH Klamath Judge Orders Grand Jury To Investigate Case Of Eugene Hugh Smith. Klamath Falls, Dec. 2. Circuit Judge David R. Vanden burg today di'ected the Klam ath county grand jury to In vestigate the case of Eugene Hugh Smith, 35-year-old Med ford service station operator, sentenced here for failure to stop at the scene of an accident. Smith is already at the Salem penitentiary to begin his five year sentence, which was im posed in connection with the death of Marie Etta Russell, a high school girl found fatally injured October 25 beside The Dalles-California highway north. Judge Vandenberg told the jury there were indications of public dissatisfaction over the sentence, the maximum permit ted under the charge filed against Smith. He directed the jury to determine If there Is evidence to warrant a more serious charge than that to which Smith pleaded guilty, Linked By Witness Through his attorney at the time of sentence. Smith told the court the girl leaped from his car as it sped on the highway. He was connected with the case through the license number of his car, which was Jotted down by Fire Chief Keith K. Ambrose when he saw-Smith invite Miss Russell to get into his automo bile on a local street. After the girl left his car on he highway north. Smith drove on to Fort Klamath and later to Medford, without reporting to authorities. He was arrested at Medford. Past Masters Night Scheduled Friday by Masonic Lodge Here Medford Lodge No. 103 A.F.A.M., will hold annual Past Master's night Friday, Dec. 8 .honoring those who directed the affairs of thu lodge over a period of many years. The evening will start with a complimentary dinner at 0:45, Following the dinner, a very in teresting program will be given In the lodge room on the third floor under supervision of Jun ior Past Master Ray E. Frisbie All Master Masons are cordially li.vited to attend. REFUND Anderson, Ind., Dec. 1. UP) A passenger held up Taxlcab Driver Marshal Rogers, robbed him of $10 and then gave him a dollar back. He said the dollar was lunch money. Correct Constipation Before-Not After! An ouni! of prevention to worth pound of emergency relief .Why Il yourtelf suffer thoee dull lifeless days because of constipation, why bring on the need for emergency medictne$, when thera may be a far better way? That way Is to KEEP regular by getUnf at the caui of the trouble. If It's common constipation, due to lack of "bulk" in the diet, a pleasant, nutritious, ready-to-eat eereal-Kellogg's All-Bran-goea straight to the cause by supplying the "bulk" you need. Eat this crunchy toasted cereal regularly, drink plenty of water, and tee If you dont forget all about constipation, All-Bran la made by Kellogg'sln Battle Creek. If your condition Is chronic. It la wise to consult a physician. FURNITURE E SILENT SESSION IDEA Salem. Dec. 2. (" Gover nor Charles A. Sprague declined to comment today on a state ment by Gerard MacNamara, Portland, that 24 state legisla tors want a special session to consider property tax law changes. The governor has said, how ever, that he would consider cal ling a special session only if a definite tax program were pre pared for submission to the legislature. , life) is J) J . GIFTS OF QUALITY Beautiful watches, rull-toned radio-phonographs, fashionable handbags and gloves, fine cameras, Hallmark quality furniture ; i ; at Montgomery. Ward you will find gifts you will be proud to give If you do not sea everything you want on display, come to our store's catalog order department and SEE OUR BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT CATALOG. ...UNUSUAL GIFTS Walk down our aisles and you will see gift Ideas for everybody on your list- And besides all the gifts on our counters, you can choose from the 123,000 different Items la our catalogs. 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