Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 20, 1944, Page 4, Image 4

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    rOUK MEDFORD MAIL TKTBUNZ Rundar. August 10, 1844
Society
Medford Unit 15
Legion Auxiliary
Receives Trophy
Special recognition was given
Medford unit No. is, American
Legion Auxiliary, at the recent
itate convention held in Port
land for outstanding activities
this past year. The unit wa an
nounced as winner of the Mar
jorle Bonncy trophy in recogni
tion of war service activities,
was given a national citation for
membership achievements and
also was cited for the fashion in
which the national program was
carried out.
At reviewed by Mrs. H. L.
Alford, retiring president, the
unit participated this past year
in the national campaign to sell
ctamps and bonds 'or the Shangri-la,
navy carrier, aided with
raising a fund to buy cigarettes
tor servicemen, staged a drive
for used phonograph records
and assisted recruiters in the
campaign to enlist women in the
Women's Army Corps. The Mar-
Jorie Bonney trophy ill given
each year by Mrs. Bonney
Grants Pass, a former district
vice-president.
At the convention Gladys
Lemmons, Pendleton, was named
president. Dorothy Templar,
Klamath Falls, was named vice
president; Mae Whitcomb, Port
land, secretary; Josephine Kane
Dundee, treasurer, and Glenda
Wilie, Marshfleld, district presi
dent. Mildred Harmsen of Ash-
dand was appointed chairman of
the child welfare commission.
Ruth Parker, president of the
Medford unit, Ruth Freed, first
vice-president, Nettie Ellenburg
treasurer, Gladys York, secre
tary, attended the convention as
delegates.
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Mrs. John Young
Is Hostess For
Tea at Outpost
Mrs. John R. Young was hos-
tcss yesterday afternoon for a
tea, given at the Officers' Out
post. The affair was given for
the wives of a number of of
ficers who are leaving this week
end or In the near future due to
army transfers.
: The tea table was arranged in
the upstairs lounge and was cen
tered with a flat bowl of vari
colored gladioli. Large bouquets
of these same flowers were also
used about the lounge. Pouring
were Mrs. John W. Horslcy and
Mrs. Charles H. Smith.
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BURELSON'S
Ladies1 Ready-To-Wear
Medford Center Bldg.
and Clubs
Announce Troth
Of Miss Malone
To Sgt. Bergold
The engagement of Miss Bev
erly Malone to Sgt. Ted Bergold
was announced last week dur
Ig the Wednesday evening dance
at the MurKade. Miss Malone is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John C. Malone, Coleman Creek
road, and the sergeant's parents
are Mr. and Mrs. F .B. Bergold
of Alameda, Calif. No date for
the wedding has been set.
Miss Malone has been a mem
ber of the MurKettcs, organiza
tion of junior hostesses for the
MarKadc, for many months. Fol
lowing the announcement of the
betrothal, Miss Betty McKenzie,
also a MarKette, sang two favor
ite songs of the newly engaged
couple.
Sgt. Bergold was stationed at
Camp White with the Western
Personnel Reassignment Center
headquarters until this week
and has now gone to Santa Bar
bara. Miss Malone is a student
nt Medford senior high school
and will continue her course
when school opens this fall.
Mrs. Ericsson
Hostess Monday
At Bridge Party
Mrs. Arthur J. Ericcson enter
tnlned a group of officers' wives
Monday. Luncheon was served
at the Officers' Outpost and was
followed by bridge at Mrs. Eric
sson's home, 106 Ashland ave
nue. Fourteen guests were In
vited for the luncheon and card
games.
This morning Col. and Mrs.
Ericsson left for Ogden, Utah,
where the officer will be sta
tioned In the future. The Eric
ssons have resided In Medford
since last April, tho colonel hav
ing been in chnrgo of the Ger
man prisoners-of-war camp at
Camp White. He has been re
placed by Lt. Col. Lou J. Farber.
Miss Mary Hayes
Home On Vacation
Home for a vacation after a
year's teaching In St. Louis, Mo.,
is Miss Mary Hayes, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. James C. Hayes,
East Main street. Miss Hayes is
on the faculty of the George
Worren Brown deportment of
social work at Washington un.
verslty and left for Oregon aft
er summer session at the univer
sity was completed. Sho will be
here until the latter part of next
month.
Also here at present is Mrs.
William Ehrman, the former
Dorothy Hayes, who is divldlna
her time between here and the
home of her husband's parents
In Portland while the captain is
overseas. This week Dr. Haves.
Miss Alary and Mrs. Ehrman
will take a vacation at a neor-by
resort in the hills, and plan to
do considerable riding.
Miss Jean Walters, a Htiest of
Miss Virginia Hayes for the past
several weeks, Is leaving today
for her home In Everett, Wash.
Both Miss Wallers and Miss
Hayes are members of the
Alpha Phi chapter at the Unl-
verslty of Oregon.
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LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR
MEDFORD CENTER BUILDING
Mulroney-Andrews
Rites Of Interest
To Valley Friends
Friends of Captain George E.
Andrews will be interested In
the news of his wedding, the
bride being Miss Margaret
Donohue Mulroney, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mulroney of
Missoula, Mont. Captain An
drews and his parents, Mrs.
George Andrews and the late
Mr. Andrews, resided here for
many years and are widely re
membered in the valley.
The ceremony took place July
8 at the home of the bride's par
ents in Missoula, with 125
friends and relatives present for
the service. Attending the bride
were her sister, Miss Dorothy
Ann Mulroney of Washington,
D. C, Miss Mary Virginia
Brown, also of Woshington, and
Miss Patricia Sullivan of Pass-1
aic, N. J.
Best man for Captain An
drews was Lt. William Carriero
of Teaneck, N. J.
Reading the service was the
Very Rev. Father D. P. Meade.
Captain and Mrs. Andrews
left after the ceremony for Chi
cago and Kansas City, Mo., the
captain now being stationed at
Kansas City. Captain Andrews,
with the army air corps, has
been In the service for several
years and is a veteran of the
NorthAfrican and Italian cam
paigns. The bride, whose grandfather
was D. J. Donohue, pioneer Mis
soula merchant, attended Na
tional Park College In Washing
ton, D. C, and graduated from
Skldmore at Saratoga Springs.
N. Y. Captain Andrews attend
ed Medford senior high school
but completed his high school
and college educations in New
York, accompanying his mother
east about 10 years ago follow
ing the death of Mr. Andrews.
After completing college Cap
tain Andrews joined the staff of
Radio City in New York and
from time to time sang on pro
grams broadcast nation-wide
from the radio center. The An
drews are remembered by many
here for their outstanding musi
cal ability and their wide inter
est In musical activities of many
sorts.
Captain Andrews' aunt, 'Mrs.
William T. Andrews, and his
cousin, Mrs. A. Conro Fiero, live
here at 537 West Tench street,
and another cousin, Mrs. James
Stevens, resides In Ashland.
Carpenters Hosts
At Dinner Party
Saturday Evening
An outdoor dinner party giv
en last evening by Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred S. V. Carpenter at their
home, To'psldes, was in observ
ance of the birthday anni
versary of Gain Robinson.
About 30 friends of Mr. Robin
son were invited for the dinner.
Out-of-town guests at the din
ner were Mr. and Mrs. H. I.
Markham of Chicago who are
In Medford to visit their daugh
ter, Mrs. Walter Graff.
Chicago Couple Here
To Visit Daughter
Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Markham
of Chicago have been guests in
Medford of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
A. Graff, 2510 Lyman avenue.
Mr. Markham Is leaving today
to return east, while Mrs. Mark
ham will remain for a longer
stay.
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Mrs. L. H. Smith of Central
Point, 89 years of age, was hap
py last week to have with her
for a family reunion all of her
tons and daughters. This was
the first time In 39 years thai
lhe entire family had been to
gether. (Picture courtesy of
Central Point American.)
Family Gathering
Held Last Week
In Central Point
Central Point A family re
union was held here last week
with thejsons and daughters of
Mrs. L. H. Smith together with
their mother for the first time
in 39 years. Here for the happy
reunion were Mrs. J. S. Sanders
of Sandborn, la., N. R, Smith of
Whittier, Calif., Mrs. Winifred
Bateman of Pomona, Calif., and
Cliff Smith of Central Point.
Mrs. Smith, widely known in
this district, celebrated her 89th
birthday last March 4. In spite
of her advanced years, Mrs.
Smith leads an active life. Many
of her articles have been pub
lished, she interests herself with
reading and one of her hobbies
Is answering quizzes. Long
walks ore also a form of recrea
tion. Business Women
Picnic Is Held
Thursday Evening
A picnic and outdoor party
was enjoyed by members of the
Medford Business and Profes
sional Women's club and a group
of guests Thursday evening. The
affair was held at the children's
park near Bear Creek bridge.
The committee in charge, Mrs
Eve Prentice and Mrs. Katherine
Lorison provided traditional
picnic menu Items Including
hotdogs, hamburgers and ice
cream cones. During the evening
a group of Mrs. Prentice's accyr-
cllon pupils entertained, the
youngsters wearing cowboy cos
tumes. Guests were Mrs. Hal Carver,
Mrs. Richard Payne, Mrs. Helen
Wooten, Mrs. L. G. Gilman, Mrs.
Effic W. Adams, Mrs. W. A. Arn
old, Mrs. Ivah Murray and Miss
Lorraine Woodburn.
Next meeting of the group
will be Sept. 21, and theme of
the meeting will be "Can Hap
pen." 1
W.R.C. Meeting
Held At Church
Chester A. Arthur unit of the
Women's Relief Corps met In
Mother Littrell's room at the
Presbyterian church Thursday
at 1 p.m. for a potluck luncheon.
Follownig the luncheon, several
visitors at the meeting gave in
teresting talks on early history
of the W.R.C., and Mrs. Belle
Llttrcll was given a handker
chief shower, it being her birth
doy. Present were the hostess, Mrs.
Llttrell, and Mesdames Teletha
Plckcl, Leila Remington, Nettie
Grover, Millie Tucker. Marie
! Degcrnes, Alice Withcrill, Cath
I erine Peterson, Freda Lawrence,
j Etta Purkeypilc. and Mabel
j Reinklng, members. Visitors
J were the Mesdames Bertha Nice
wood, Helen Tumy, Minnie
Bryant, and Anita Lawrence
Elva Peterson and Cherie Hib
bard. Picnic Supper
Held By Lodge
Canton Siskiyou No. 16 and
j the auxiliary enjoyed a picnic
supper Friday evening at the
home of Miss Annie Bateman,
719 Bennett avenue. Following
the picnic, members of the Can
ton went to Jacksonville to at
tend the celebration of the Jack
sonville Odd Fellows lodge on
the 84th anniversary of installa
tion. Members of tho auxiliary
remained and held a short busi
ness meeting, followed by games
of ehink-er-checks.
Plans were made for the next
meeting of the groups to be held
Sept. 17 at the I.O.O.F. hall.
Mrs. Mario Hansen, president
of the auxiliary, was presented
a birthday rake during the eve
ning. Mrs. Klla Could and Mrs.
Ethel Pease were chairman in
charge of the picnic supper.
Guests were Mrs. Klla Rogers
and Mrs. Julia Gregory.
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Woodrow and Crater Lake
D.A.R. Announces
Library Building
Is Newest Project
Plans for the construction of
permanent libraries at selected
government hospitals throughout
the country were announced this
week by the national society of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, the announcement
being made in Oregon by the
state regent, Mrs. Bert B Lowry,
Medford. Twelve of the libraries
ore contemploted and funds for
six are Already on hand in the
society's war service fund, ac
cording to Mrs. Julius Y. Tal
madgc, Athens. Ga., president
general of the Daughters.
For the past few years the or
ganization's main war project
has been provision of equipment
for the blood donor service of
the American Red Cross. It is
now pointed out that sufficient
equipment of this type is on
hand and the society will turn
Its efforts to the new library
project.
Explaining the project. Mrs.
Lowry Ftates that the libraries
will be under the care of the
army library service, which will
maintain the staffs. The build
ing will conform to the architec
ture of each local hospital and
will consist of two large reading
rooms, space for the librarian
and a small reception hall. The
12 hospitals selected for the
libraries are permanent in na
ture, it is stated. I
The Daughters will continue
to give blood for nlasma use
Mrs. Lowry states, this being a
continuing project of the group
as long as it is needed. Other
projects are in the formative
stage and will be announced be
fore long by state and national
officers.
David Holmes Host
At Dinner Party
Saturday Evening
Among social events of the
last week was a dinner given by
David Holmes at his home, 1327
Reddy avenue, last evenine. As
sisting Mr. Holmes was his
daughter, Miss Nanette Holmes,
who is spending several weeks
here before going r.outh to school
this fall. Thirtv-five ffuests were
invited for the evening.
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Holloway Family
Holds Open House
Thursday Evening
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hoi-
loway, Sr., held open house
Thursday night in honar of their
son, Lt. (Jg William A. Hollo-
woy, Jr., and Mrs. Holloway,
who arrived several days ago
from the North Island naval
base at San Diego. The trip
north was made at this time be
cause the senior Holloways with
their two daughters, Miss Mary
Holloway and Mrs. William C,
Broumley, were leaving today
for Phoenix, Ariz., where the
family will reside in the future.
Members of the Holloway
family and a few close friends
were invited for the open house,
The Holloways, residents here
for many years and widely
known, have been the Incentive
for a great many farewell par
ties In recent weeks. The family
address in Phoenix will be 2137
East Van Buren street.
SCU WheClub
Luncheon Meeting
Is Held Thursday
Thirty members of the SCU
Officers' Wives club met at the
Officers' Outpost Thursday after
noon' for luncheon, followed by
a business meeting, card games
and other entertainment. Hos
tesses were Mrs. Ray Althouse
and Mrs. Walter J. Bryant.
At the business meeting, pre
sided over by Mrs. John W.
Horsley, Mrs. Bryant was elect
ed secretary of the group and
Mrs. William K. Ostler was elect
ed treasurer.
Mrs. LeRoy P. Hartley was
recreation chairman for the af
ternoon and Mrs. Nelson B.
Childers assisted her. Luncheon
chairman was Mrs. Virgil M.
Lancaster and assisting her was
Mrs. William D. Davidson. Mrs.
George D. Kittredge was reser
vations chairman.
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Mrs. Clare Returns
From Tacoma Visit
Mrs. Royal Clare and two
children returned Wednesday
morning from Tacoma where
they spent the past few weeks
with Mrs. Clare's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Thompson. The
Clares reside at 21 South Wash
ington avenue.
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ADVERTISED IN GLAMOUR
Department
PAY LESS AND
Afternoon Parly
Given Wednesday
For Mrs. Herron
Fidelity Circle of the Wom
en's Society of Christian Serv
ice and the Women's Bible Class
of the Methodist church Joined
In giving a very enjoyable party
in the church parlors Wednes
day afternoon which honored
Mrs. Mable Herron. Mrs. Her
ron, who has been an active
member of both organizations
for 17 years and who has been
generous with both the use of
her home on North Holly street
for meetings and with her time
leaves soon on an extended trip
A musical program was given
by Mrs. W. H. Hill. Mrs. Jessie
Beery, representing the Fidelity
Circle, presented Mrs. Herron a
beautifully decorated basket
filled- with handkerchiefs and
greeting cards and Dr. Susie V.
Standard, for the Bible Class,
presented the guest of honor
with a box of candy and a book
for her trip. Various members
of the groups expressed their
appreciation of Mrs. Herron's
generous cooperation through
the past years.
Refreshments were served by
a committee from both groups.
About 50 were present for the
affair.- Mrs. F. S. Brandon Is
president of Fidelity Circle and
Mrs. Robert Taylor is teacher
of the Bible Class.
Mrs. Herron will visit Seattle,
Scott City, Kan., and Los An
geles, while away.
Miss Handy Bride
Of Lieut. Kelsch
In Portland Rites
Of interest to Medford friends
is news of the marriage of Miss
Frankie Handy to Lt. George E.
Kelsch which was solemnized
Saturday evening, July 22, at the
post chapel in Portland. The
bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Handy of
610 Benson street, and the
groom's parents are Lt. Col. and
Mrs. George E. Kelsch of San
Francisco.
Lt. and Mrs. Kelsch are re
siding in Portland for the pres
ent, the officer being stationed
at the Portland army air base.
Mrs..Keisch is a former student
of Medford senior high school.
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Posse and Troop
Breakfast Party
Scheduled Today
Breakfast at Prescott Park
atop of Roxy Anne mountain
will be enjoyed this morning by
members of the Jackson Coun
ty Sherifl's Posse and the auxil
iary, the Ladies Mounted Troop.
The group planned to ride out,
leaving town at eight o'clock.
The ride and breakfast was ar
ranged by a committee com
posed of Frank Cullen, Harry
Furch and Harry Barneburg,
the latter two being delegated
to prepare breakfast at the park.
About 50 riders are expected.
Eugene Thomas is the newly
elected captain of the posse.
Tuesday evening of last week
members of the Mounted Troop
followed the scheduled ride
with a dinner at the home of
Mrs. Homer A. Marx on King's
Highway. Mrs. Marx was assist
ed by Mrs. Sarah Ellis and about
24 enjoyed the affair. The ride
which preceded the dinner was
on the bridle paths of the Harry
Young place in the Griffin Creek
district.
Club Announces
Potluck Dinner
Adarel O.E.S. Social club will
meet at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed. Carlon, Agate street
just off King's Highway, the
evening o August 22 for a pot
luck dinner. Husbands are invit
ed to the dinner, which is sched
uled for 6:30 o'clock.
In charge of the affair Is a
committee composed of Mrs.
Frank Boothby, Mrs. Alice Cop
pin, Mrs. Ed. Pease and Mrs. H.
M. Olson. The committee asks
that those attending bring their
own service.
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