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    MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, 'AUGUST 16, 1942.
PAGE FIVE
Society and Clubs
by Betty Shoemaker
Surprise Party
Given Sparks
At Crank Home
; A surprise party honoring Mr.
and Mrs. Mclvin Sparks was an
event of Friday evening, Au
gust 7 at the Crank residence
on Portland avenue. Games,
under the direction of Mildred
Isaacs and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Hust were enjoyed. A wool
blanket was presented to the
Sparks by Marjorie Pierce, who
expressed the appreciation of
the group for the work, faith
fulness and loyalty of the
Sparks during their pastorate
with the Central Avenue Church
of Christ.
Refreshments were served at
the close of the evenng and Mr.
Sparks led the group in songs
and choruses. A prayer was
offered by Mr. Rodgers.
Attending the affair were Mil
dred Isaacs, Mrs. Ida Isaacs, Mrs.
Frank Saunders, Edith Saun
ders, Martha Saunders, Jane
Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Hust, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gerard,
Charles Nahss, Helma Conger,
Irene Hawkins, Isabelle Clark,
Dale Epler, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers,
Marjorie Pierce, Maxine Pierce,
Marlln Pierce; Florence Blazing
and Annadale Choleman of Cen
tral Point; Mr. and Mrs. Carlos
Brown, ministers of the Central
Point Church of Christ, and
their daughter, Joyce; the hon
ored guests, Mr. and Mrs. Sparks
and their three small daughters,
Mary Lou, Nona Beth and Cyn
thia Anne and the hosts.
Showers Honor . .
Bride-Elect
Miss Blanche O. Eccles, bride
elect of Wendall Sipes of this
city, was honored Thursday eve
ning at the home of Mrs. Thelma
Willerding with a shower at
which Mrs. Willerding and her
mother, Mrs. Marie Sipes enter
tained 25 guests. The evening
was spent playing bingo and
visiting. Miss Eccles received
many gifts and later refresh
ments were served.
The bride-elect was honored
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
ranees Bentley recently when 35
relatives and friends gathered
at the Bentley home. Decora
tions of pink and white carried
out a shower color scheme and
telegrams were written to the
honored guest. She received
her gifts while seated under a
pink and white umbrella. A
social hour closed the evening
when refreshments were served
by Mrs. Bentley and Mrs. Sipes.
Circle Meets
With Mrs. Younger
Mrs. L. N. Younger was host
ess to the Fidelity Circle of the
First Methodist church Tuesday
at her home on West Eight
street. Potluck luncheon was
served with 29 in attendance.
Mrs. E. J. Roseborough was in
charge of the business meeting
with Mrs. J. S. Brandon leading
the devotions on the subject,
"House By the Side of the Sea."
Readings in prayer were pre
sented by Mrs. J. P. Bray, Mrs.
W. W. Walker, Mrs. Corliss, Mrs.
Robert Taylor and Mrs.
Younger. Mrs. Rae read from
the Christian Advocate, "God's
Mercies," followed by Mrs. Tay
lor's devotion on "The Upper
Room." Mrs. Bray was taken
into the group as a new mem
ber and minutes were read by
Mrs. Simmons. Dime plates
were distributed.
Soldiers, Girls
At "Army Special"
About 230 soldiers and USO
Junior hostesses enjoyed the
weekly "Army Special" Wed
nesday evening on the high
school tennis courts when Steve
Whipple furnished music for the
"open air" dance from 8:30 un
til 10:30 o'clock. An announce
ment was made by Mrs. Penny
Fontaine that the "Army
Special" will be held each Tues
day evening in the future rather
than Wednesday.
Senior hostesses present for
the evening were Mrs. Cole
Holme. Mrs. Fred Strang, Mrs.
John Wilkinson and Major and
Mrs. Edward Rein.
Later 25 tickets were distri
buted to the soldiers for at
tendance at the opening mid
week dance at Oiental Gardens.
TRY OUR HERBS
When Others Fail
For quick and permanent
relief of ailment even ol
long standing
CHINA HERB CO.
?3S E. Main St
M.dlord
W. C. T. U. Members
Hear Camp White
Chaplain Talk
Mrs. Richard Klemm enter
tained members and friends of
the W. C. T. U. on the lawn
cf her home on West Main
street Tuesday afternoon. Guest
speakers were Chaplain Johns
ton of Camp White and Rev
R. W. Coleman.
The chaplain gave an inter
esting talk on the work at Camp
White, where 13 chapels have
been erected for religious serv
ices. He stressed especially the
educational program being car
ried on. Rev. Coleman told of
the coming visit of three anti
saloon league workers.
Dr. Susie V. Standard presid
ed and during the business ses
sion it was decided that the
society would furnish one serv
ice room at Camp white. A
nominating committee was ap
pointed to secure officers for
the coming year.
Bi-county president, Mrs. Min
nie Bryant announced that the
bi-county convention will be
held in Medford in September.
Mrs. Charles K. Cox played
a guitar solo entitled "Heart
Aches." Refreshments were
served by the hostess and her
committee during the social
hour.
Martha Bridgeman,
John Sullivan
Wedding Announced
Announcement is made of the
marriage July 12 of Miss Martha
Ruth Bridgeman; daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bridgeman
of Pasadena, Cal., to John Sul
livan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Sullivan of this city. The cere
mony was read the evening of
July 12 in the Nabarene church.
The bride, given in marriage
by her brother, Wilford Bridge
man, was attended by her sister,
Barbara. Homer Sullivan was
best man for his brother. Pre
ceding the ceremony Ronald
Langnese sang "I Love You
Truly," accompanied by Mrs.
Ethel Kornstad.
The bride attended Pasadena
schools and the bridegroom re
ceived his education in this city.
Shortly before the wedding a
miscellaneous shower honored
Mrs. Sullivan at the home of the
bride's parents with 45 in at
tendance. CALENDAR
. Monday
7:30 p. m. Olive Rebekah
lodge at I.O.O.F. hall followed
by social evening at' home of
Mrs. W. H. Dyer, 29 Myrtle
street.
Tuesday
7-nn tv m Medford DllDli-
cate Bridge club. Hotel Medford.
8:00 p. m. Veterans ot for
eign Wars, armory, auxiliary, at
home of Mrs. Wright, 1002 West
11th street.
Wednesday
2:00 p. m. Women's Relief
corps, home Mrs. Fred Law
rence, 1422 Euclid avenue.
Thursday
8:00 p. m. Carnation club,
home Mrs. Katherine Smith, 707
West 11th street.
Dinner Honors
Medford Residents
Butte Falls. Aug. IS.Spl.)
Mrs. Clyde Moore and Mrs. Edna
Phillips of Butte Falls enter
tained a group of friends at din
ner Monday evening. Attend
ing were a group of Medford
friends who attended funeral
services Monday for Emma Mar
tin. Covers were laid for Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Wooldridge, Mr.
and Mrs John McKee, Mr. and
Mrs. Amos McKee, Ida Lewis,
Delia Wooden, Gladys Wooten,
Valere Case, Lulu Case, Mary
Higinbotham, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Coffman, Oliver Martin and
Mrs. Wallace Haskins.
Local Visitors
From Bay City
Harold Harwood of the law
firm Harwood, Anthony and
Rogers of San Francisco ' and
John Lalley, mining engineers,
were midweek guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Royal E. Bebb of South
Grape street and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold brown of 105 Geneva
street.
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CAFE
North Pacific Highway
300 Ft. North of Big Y
Specialising in
Steak, Chickm and Vir
ginia Baked Ham Dinners
Phone 9101 for rtterTatlont
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New gown featuring decollete white silk jersey undergown
combined with tea-green paper taffeta overikirt laced onto dress
with a shepherdess tie. It modeled by Jane Froman. rat io song-ttreit.
Visitors Hart
From Los Angeles
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Goodman
of 316 Mat-y street have as their
house guests. Mrs. Olive Slocum
and daughter, Doris, of Los An
geles. Mrs. Slocum is an aunt of
Mrs. Goodman. The guests plan
to return south the middle of the
week.
W.R.C. To Honor
Member of Group
Members of the Women's Re
lief corps will honor Mrs. Belle
Littrell on hr birthday Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Fred Lawrence,
1422 Euclid avenue. Those at
tending are asked to bring one
dozen cookies and telephone
2767 for transportation informa
tion. Garden Club Members
Enjoy Gladioli Garden
Members of the Medford Gar
den club visited the W. J. War
ner Gladioli fields Thursday
morning. Mr. and Mrs. Warner
conducted the tour through the
planting and presented each lady
with a bouquet of gladioli.
REV. SUTTON TO SPEAK
AT NAZARENE CHURCH
The Rev. Robert Sutton, pas
tor of the Church of the Naza
rene, in Banning, Calif., will
speak at the 7:45 p. m. service
of the Church of the Nazarene,
corner Holly and First streets,
today.
The Rev. F. W. Weatherford,
pastor of the local church, will
speak at the 10:45 a. m. service,
taking as hsi topic "Race Hin
drances." There will be special
music at both services.
Canada shipped goods worth
$658,000,000 to the United King
dom In 1941.
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BUYERS!
Ample funds are I
available here J
at low cost to I
finance home I
loans
BUY WAR BONDS and STAMPS
the
Jackson County Federal
savings & loan association
126 East Main
Taffeta
OF JACKSON AND
Friday evening Jackson
county's bond sales committee
"ate turkey" and figuratively
speaking Multnomah county
bond sales committee "ate erow
but all joined in a friendly tur
key dinner at the Medford hotel
with W. A. Gates Jackson
county bond sales chairman as
master of ceremonies.
It all started back in June
when Jackson county challenged
Multnomah county to a contest
for the highest percentage in
crease over the preceding month
ith southern Oregon coming
to the fore to win a turkey din
ner rresent from Portland were
Allen Rinehart and Larry Hil
are, Multnomah county's bond
sales leaders who complimented
Jackson county on its fine show
ing and urged that the good
work be continued. Hilare stres
sed payroll savings as the an
swer to quota campaign success
and Rinehart said that Jackson
county had been mentioned as
an example of successful bond
sales organization. He said there
are many Jobs to be done and
many are forgotten but the war
savings sales job must continue.
Mr. Gates . introduced 24
county workers who have con
tributed to a successful cam
paign thus far. saying that all
did their Jobs thoroughly when
called upon. He explained duties
of each and thanked them for
their cooperation to date.
1 5 WELDERS F
CLASSES HERE TO
Fifteen persons who have been
attending the welding classes
conducted at the high school
are leaving at once for the
Kaiser shipyards at Vancouver,
Wash., their employment having ,
been arranged by T. M. Murphy, 1
a "talent scout" for the big yard
who was here Saturday confer
ring with E. H. Hedrick, super-.
intendent of Medford schools.
According to Mr. Murphy the 1
shipyard needs a large number j
of welders, men and women, (
from 18 years up, and he stated
that by entering the classes here
it is possible to learn enough in
a few weeks to qualify for a ;
journeyman's pay. After arrival j
at the yard the student may
continue training in the free
classes maintained by the yard,
enabling promotion and higher
ine snipyara maintains Dor
mitories where workers may
share a room at a cost of $3.50
per week, or occupy a single
room at $5. Everything is fur
nished except tooth brushes, ac
cording to Mr. Murphy. Huge
dining rooms are available to
the worker, meal tickets costing
$10.15 for 21 meals.
Those going to the yard are
asked not to bring their families
at first. Housing is a problem
in the Portland area and the
Kaiser company is able only to
house workers in dormitories at
pYesent. Later, however, 21,000
ore-fabricated houses will be
available. There are special dor
mitories for women and a large
number are actively employed
at the huge yard.
Mr. Murphy said the company
expects to have 60,000 on the
payroll by February and he
urged those not presently em
ployed in war work to gair
training in the high schoo
classes sothat they may he,
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MEMO TO ADVERTERS fj
in turning out the ships so
vitally needed.
Those interested may call at
the U. S. Employment Office at
Sixth and Fir streets, or Super
intendent Hedrick's office in the
city hall.
Juneau, Alaska. Aug. 15.
(AP) Tony Sunin, pioneer
Douglas storekeeper, died last
night of two bullet wounds suf
fered Thursday night during a
hold-up.
THE WHOLE FAMILY!
MSL )()ILEID)
Open Every Day
At 4:00 P.M.
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supplementary list ot bond pur
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cording to the war bond sales
committee.
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rapid pace It was reported to
day and money from the bond
sales through Saturday will be
designated for purchase of army
equipment for Camp White soldiers.
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