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?ACW, BTX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY SO, 1942. Society and Clubs by Betty Shoemaker Eagles Lodge Completes Plans ' For Official Visit Meeting last night at Eagles bail mem berg of Crater Lake Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eaglei made final preparation for the entertainment of Ceorge Tank, grand worthy president of Dav enport, Iowa. Fred Johnston has announced the following pro gram to be held Sunday in honor of the worthy president's visit to this city. Registration of delegates will begin at 9 a. m. at the Eagles hall and at 11 a. m. registration of candidates for Initiation. The meeting will open at 1:30 p. m. and at 4:30 p. m. there will be a parade of drill teams from Roseburg, Klamath Falls, Med ford and other aeries are ex pected to be present also. Din ner follows at 8:30 p. m. to be served by members of the aux iliary drill team to Eagles and their families. The program will close with a dance. The entertainment and recep tion committees will entertain visiting ladies at the Townsend hall, 123V4 West Main street. It is expected that Mr. Tank will arrive Saturday night by train In company with Aaron Reece, grand representative from Seat tle, Wash. Worthy President Ray Marks has as his reception com mittee the aerie officers. Brother Schafer Is chairman of the Initiation with Francis H. Walker, press relations; George Gunn, kitchen, and Brother Stelle, coffee. - Jolly Stitchers Honor Member The Jolly Stitchers club sur-i-lu4 Mm. Gurden Stags at her home on Berrydale avenue Tuesday with a potiucK dinner, honoring her birthday. She re ceived a gift from the club and from her secret pal. Later cards were played with Mrs. Hans Rammln and Mrs. Bob West holding high scores. Also attending were Mesdames Frank Ovalman, Ida Hollars, Jane Hemstreet, Dan Conners, Harry Barneburg, John Green stead, and Mr. and Mrs. Gurden Stagg. ' CALENDAR , Friday 7:30 p. m. Girl Scout Court of Awards, Lincoln school aud itorium. 8:00 p. m. President's Birth day Ball, Oriental Gardens. Saturday - - 10:00 a. m. County primary teachers' council, county court house auditorium. 2:00 p. m. General Joseph Lane society. Children of Amer ican Revolution, home Mrs. Wadt Crawford, 707 South Oak dale avenue. 9:00 p. m. Redmen lodge, dance, Redmen hall, Apple St. Sunshine Girl 7 mm IVi43' 3 The little ray el sunshine It Evelyn Dintmoer (above). It, who hat been choten from hall a hundred computing beauties to be the "Sunihine Girl" at the winter season of outdoor sports and other events which are part ei Cal lornla's All-Winter Bus Festival a Long Beach. ff OK Fashioned Fuiti Med ford Residents Will Celebrate F.D.R.'s Birthday Joining In the celebration of the 60th birthday of President Roosevelt tonight at Oriental Gardens will be many citizens of Medford and vicinity. The event will be the annual Presi dent's Ball held throughout the nation for (he fight against In fantile paralysis. Medford Is not alone in cele brating the affair in Jackson county for many rural commu nities are holding gatherings at Grange halls and other lodge halls In cooperation with the larger cities. The President's ball In Med ford begins at 9 p. m. with music by Steve Whipple's orchestra. The affair is open to the public and tickets may be secured at the door. Chairman for Medford is Wm. Grenbemer assisted by George Nielson as vice chair man. Red Cross Members Knit Junior Red Cross activity at Griffin Creek school yesterday included a class In knitting when all the students, under the direction of the principal, Mrs, Maude Coy Robinson and Miss Vera Humphrey, Junior Red Cross chairman for Jackson county, learned to knit. A Jun lor Red Cross assembly was also held during which Miss Humph rey explained activities of the organization and what was be ing accomplished In the county. P.-T. A. Activities IN MANY FIELDS FOR CIVILDEFENSE Myriad Jobs Keep Volun tary Workers Busy From Daylight To Nightfall. Prospect An evening meeting of Pros pect P.TA. was held In the school dining room, Jan. 28. Pot luck supper was served ty committee. Including Mrs. Vic tor ChnpmKn, Mrs. Rrn'-en Moore, Mrs. Gus Ditsworth, Mrs. Herbert L. Carlton, and Mrs. Barbara Tubman. After business meeting, presided over by Mrs. Pattle Clemens, George Reed presented two violin solo. Introduced by Lee Merriman, chairman of the civilian defense first aid, and instructor of the local class, were Captain Sidney Tuttle and David Lowry, of Medford, who gave Interesting talks on civilian defense. Burton Broomfield was elect ed Civilian Defense chief for Prospect school district No. 89, and ha reported that he will choose his committees at once, so they can be trained for their duties. About 00 people attend ed the meeting. To Spend Weekend At Roseburg Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Williams and Mrs. E. L. Hennlnger, of this city, are planning to motor to Roseburg Saturday where they will spend the weekend on a business and pleasure trip, re turning home Sunday. Pocahontas Lodge Will Meet Tonight Pocahontas lodge will meet in regular session at Redman hall on Apple street tonight at 8 o'clock. The business meeting will be followed by a social card party w"ith Maud Abbot, Laural Butts and Janet Bostwlck in charge. TO ENTER ARMY Salem, Jan. 30. (P) George Belt and Bert T. Ford, both Salem city aldermen whose terms expire at the end of this year, announced today they ex pect to enter the army. MISS MscDONALD HURT London, Jan. 30. (P) Sheila MacDonald suffered a fractured skull and other Injuries In an automobile accident at Wimble don early today. Miss MncDon aid, sinter of Malcolm MacDon ald, Britain's high commissioner to Canada, and daughter of the late Ramsay MacDonald, was taken to a hospital, where her condition was reported as serious. By Corrlnae Hardesty UP Staff Correspondent New York (UP) A day in the life of a woman volunteer de fense worker it more crowded than a debutante's social sched ule and more hectic than housewife's blue Monday. Volunteer defense work, cov ering anything Americans may do on the home front In total war, went into high gear with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Most active organizations so far are the American Red Cross, American Women's Voluntary Services and the Office of Ci vilian Defense. The women work from daylight to dark or later. At the office of the motor di vision of the AWVS, smartly uniformed Bernice Reedy was on duty at 7 a.m. to answer tele phone calls for emergency mo tor service. In spite of the confusion of 50 or 60 women "who want to do something" milling about, Miss Reedy dispatched a car to take a small child to a throat clinic la 28 States The motor corps is only one division of the AWVS, which is organized in 28 states and has 190,000 workers. In the last two weeks more than 1,000 eager women have registered at its local office. Motor corps volunteer! must have a driver's license. They take courses in first aid, convoy driving, map reading and me chanics and mutt give 50 hours service before they can wear the corps uniform a tidy, two piece outfit in gray blue gabar dine with lota of brass buttons. Air raid and fir wardens, many of whom registered with precinct police and fire chiefs months ago at a lark, found themselves in clan rooms, man ual and notebook in hand. 10,000 Jobs Listed She proceeded to outline war dens' duties: enforcing lighting restrictions; helping steer pers ona to safe places; assisting vic tims; reporting fires, and organ izing neighborhood groups. Most members of the warden classes proceeded immediately to first aid classes. These are organized by the Red Cross with some duty to fit every woman's talent. At the Office of Civilian De fense a group of 40 Interviewers who volunteered to help volun- 6r W ' ..H J 1 . AIR RAID HIDEOU T Stacked sandbars form a circular shelter for the use of post wardens durlns air raids In Philadelphia, as well as for pedestrians few, at least In a hurry to ret out of the war of bomb splinters. Air Raid Warden Thomas Boone bnilt this shelter In Mansyunk, and more are to be set up. with approval of the Philadelphia defense council. teers, struggled at cataloguing qualifications of 600 workers a day. The OCD acts as a clearing house. The Idea Is to get volun teer workers in,to one of the in, 000 jobs listed with the OCD. Auto Tax Stamps Available Late at P. 0. On Saturday To accommodate the public a window at the postofflce will be kept open tomorrow to 6 p. m. for the sale of motor vehicle tax stamps, Postmaster Frank DeSouza announced today. No other business, however, will be transacted tomorrow afternoon, he emphasized. The federal motor vehicle tax law becomes effective Monday and from then on motor vehicles must have the required stamp attached Jo some part of the car, such as the dash board. where it can be seen readily. Postmaster DeSouza has recom mended writing one's name and address or license number across the face of the stamp to avert theft. The stamp costs $2.09 for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Edward C. Kelly to Quit Federal Post For Practice Here Edward C. Kelly, former Med ford resident who has been away about eight years, is expected to return tomorrow to make his home here again. He la relin quishing his position as attorney for the Bonneville power admin istration in Portland to enter pri vate practice here. Mrs. Kelly and the three chil dren, Bernard, Noreen and Jim my, arrived last week and took up residence at 1013 South Oak dale avenue. Mrs: Kelly pre ceded her husband here so that the children might be enrolled at St. Mary's academy for the current term which opened last Monday. Since leaving Medford Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have resided in Wash ington, D. C, Nome, Alaska, and Portland, Mr. Kelly doing legal work for the government in each place. Mr. Kelly Is the son of Mrs. E. E. Kelly of 911 Queen Ann avenue and the late Co. Kelly. Mrs. Kelly's mother, Mrs. Paul Grelner, Is expected to come here soon to live. Spokane, Jan. SO (AP) Fred K. Jones, Spokane Insurance man, has been appointed district governor of Rotary International for the northwest district, it was announced today, i He will succeed William Ritchie Dowrey of Vancouver, B. C, who resigned to become price administrator of British Co lumbia. The term expires July 1. The northwest district In cludes Washington, Oregon, North Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska. ' PORTLAND TEACHERS TO GET WAGE BOOST Portland, Jan. 30. (P) A blanket 5 per cent pay Increase for 2000 teachers and other Portland school employes was approved by the board of educa tion Wednesday night. The action confirmed an auth orization given by the board last fall. It was necessary now for the new budget. S.P.T San Francisco, Jan. 30. 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