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FOUR MTOFOHD MAIL THIBUNB Sunday, May 1. 1843 Society and Qubs 'Annual Week, Day Receive Attetion Of Valley People With the attention of valley people turned to National Music Week, the past several days have been marked with many musical programs, Including the annual appearances of grade and high school pupils in concerts ana operettas and recitals of music Mim1i hnfh here and in Ashland. Outstanding among musical events this weeK will De me mu sic festival for Rogue valley high schools which will be held Thursday at the Medford senior high school, with a public pro gram in the evening at the gym nasium. Today attention centers on the observance of Mother's Day .,hih ( n h marked with spec ial church and lodge services and many family gatnerings. Daughters of Job will attend church with their mothers at Zion Lutheran church this morn ing and this afternoon the Eagles' lodge is presenting the annual Mother's Day service at the lodge hall at 2 p. m. 'Alpha Delta Class Plans Silver Tea For Teacher Fund To raise funds for the Medford Board of Christian Education, Alpha Delta class of the First Christian church will sponsor a ailver tea In the social hall of the church Thursday afternoon, beginning at two o'clock. The board has accepted responsibil ity for furnishing a teacher of Bible history and literature In the public schools. Mrs. Charles Emerlck Is gen eral chairman in charge of the tea and will be assisted by. Mrs. Fred Daugherty as chairman of decorations and Mrs. L. LeHoy Quyer as refreshment chairman. An Interesting program Is being arranged by Mrs. Clyde M. Hon and Mrs. Verne L, Bailey. Mrs. Charles C. Stearns, presi dent of the class, will be chair man of hostesses for the after noon. Vera Bailey Is teacher of the class. A cordial invitation la extend ed to each woman of the church to attend and to bring guests. V-E Day Program It Given Monday . By Local Lodge In observance of VE Day, a patriotic program was given at the meeting of Olive Rebekah lodge Monday night, which had been arranged by Ina Huson. Carol Davis and Reta Rogers appeared In accordion duets and Laura Wicker, noble grand, read "Our Flag." Lona Bergman read the American Creed and Ethyl Weed gave paper on the flag. The members also Joined in com munity singing of several patri otic songs. Program committee for the next meeting will be Ethyl Weed, chairman, and Lona Berg man and the refreshment com mittee will be the Mesdames Jane McCarty, Laura Jones, Lily Demmer and Gertrude Moffitt. Jessie Howard, Katherlne Flem ing and Nell Spencer made up the entertainment committee for Monday night. Geneva A. Stockhoff, a Re bekah from Areata, Calif., and newcomer to Medford, was a visitor. Riders Schedule Second Practice; Troop Will Meet Second practice of the season will be held this morning by the Sheriff's Posse and Ladies' Mounted Troop drill teams, lead ers announce. Members are to be at the posse stables and ready ta ride at 10 a. m. Last week's first practice was well attended. The troop has planned a ride Tuesday evening and at 7:30 p. m. will gather at the home ef Mrs. O. H. Bengtson. 122 Orange Terrace, for a social eve ning. t Girls Society Organized Here A Medford unit of the Girls' i Friendly society, sponsored by1 St. Mark's Episcopal church, was organized at a potluck dinner' May 9, and officers were named. 1 Senior advisers will be Mrs i Margaret Fabrick and the Rev.! George R. Turney, and Mrs. Tur- i ney will be junior adviser. Dur ing elections Miss Margery Ham mond was named president; Miss JoAnne Gilmore, vice-president; Miss Jocelyn Bauer, secretary; treasurer; Miss Audrey Andrews, senior representative; Miss Su san Drummond, Junior repre sentative; Miss Kathleen See katz, program chairman; Miss Phyllis Merrick, worship chair man and Miss Katherlne Hoppe, publicity chairman. Medford Women Among Students On Honor Lists A number of Medford women students at Oregon State college were among . those honored by election to office awards and pledging to honor societies dur ing the annual women s Week' end, being held at the campus yesterday and today. Because of travel restrictions, the program was limited to recognition of women's honors and mothers did not travel to the campus as spe cial guests as has been the cus tom in past years. Alpha Whillock of Medford was installed as vice-president of Associated Women students of the college and Margaret Rob erts was pledged to Mortar Board, senior women's honor society. Dorothy Durst was named as winner of the Oregon State Col lege Mothers' club award given by the Portland unit of the club and Jean Brennesholtz, June Jarmin and Miss Whillock were announced as pledges of Eu terpe, honor society in music and arts. Miss Whillock was again hon ored in being pledged to Phi Chi Theta, national honor so ciety in commerce. Kappa Delta Pi, national honor society In ed ucation, pledged Dorothy Dodge of Medford and Miss Roberts was pledged to Sigma Delta Pi, national Spanish honorary chapter. Evening Program To Be Climax Of School Festival Climaxing the music festival, which high schools of the Rogue River valley will hold here Thursday, will be an evening program for the public accord ing to Miss Mabel Nansen, su pervisor of public school music for Medford. The program will be at 8 p. m. and because of the size of the groups appearing, It will be In the gymnasium rather than the auditorium. A combined band of 143 stu dents and an orchestra of 52 pieces will be conducted by John Stchn of the University of Ore gon music school. Karl Ernst, Portland, supervisor of public school music in that city, will di rest a combined mixed chorus of 124 voices and girls' chorus of 100 voices. One band from the schools competing in the festival will be chosen to appear during the eve ning program and one vocal stu dent from each school will also be featured. t Six New Members Attend Meeting Sojo urners Club Six prospective members at tended the last meeting of Med ford Sojourners' club, held at the Girls' Community club Thursday afternoon. The new members are Mrs. Gerald Dler- dorff, Mrs. William Fox, Mrs. fcarl Gardiner, Mrs. Jack Gies ler, Mrs. Wayne Mayfield and Mrs. Walter Steele. Mrs. E. A. Meyers was a guest. Dessert was served from a table arranged with i center piece of American Beauty roses and hostesses were Mrs. Lloyd McCullough, Mrs. Charles Wright and Mrs. J. J. Elliot, with Mrs. McCullough serving as chairman. Bridge prize winners were Mrs. Wade Stuart. Mrs. Jack Clark and Mrs. William Fox while pinochle prizes went to Mrs, Robert Church, Mrs. Leon ard Mathls and Mrs. William Harron. Mrs.- I. Silverbcrg also was presented a prize. Camp, Auxiliary To Hold Dinner The Medford-Ashland Gideon Camp and Ladles auxiliary will hold a potluck dinner In the basement of the First Baptist church Monday at 6:45 p. m. Geo. Harking, field secretary for the state of Oregon, will be present and speaker of the eve ning will be Judge Johnson of Josephine county. His topic will be "The Book that Lives." D:2. R. President r General Speaks at District Meeting w .... : fvf III ' i1. i-r- ft", i t Z" - ,r". ' 1 4, at j i '. P)' K- V ' LJ ' "V ' s Mrs. Julius Young Talmadge, upper left, president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, spoke at a meeting of Oregon district three of the society held in Medford Wednes day afternoon. Mrs. Bert B. Low ry, upper right, Medford attend ed the meeting and later accom panied Mrs. Talmadge north to visit Salem and Portland chap ters. Mrs, O. H. Brenneman. re gent of Crater Lake chapter, presided at 'the luncheon-meeting which honored the national officer. ScfvfnA tc tVifl IrpvwnrH nf the Daughters of the American Revo lution, said Mrs. Julius Young Talmadge, president-general of ine society, speaxing ai a dis trict meeting held here Wednes day at the Presbyterian church, nnH this rvlre finH exnression in the home, the community. Hie state and nation. Mrs. laimaage of Athens. Ga., and Washington, D. C, came here from San Fran cisco, where she attended ple nary sessions of the world i.e- "nrifv nnnfprpnrp. And with Mrs. Bert B. Lowry, Medford, Oregon regent, left tnat evening ior mcptino In Salem. Portland and other cities in the northwest. TTrolns hor listeners to take an increasing interest in matters Mrs. Talmadge said "It is a significant fact that the men who wrote tne laws oi Aur innH mistrusted all govern ment to such an extent that they added to their own instrument of government a Bill of Rights date it might be forgotten that individual lib erty is the source of an power. She addsd that limited authority Is the cornerstone of our repuo lic and the foundation of free dom itself." Mrs. Talmadge asked the daughters to examine affairs of today to see how far we have departed from the principle of limited authority and said "be sure that something to which consent could never be gained is not accomplished by the pass age of apparently kind and un selfish laws while the citizen Thn nrotection of our bill of rights Is our first duty." The president general men said that the nation's children are our first responsibility and added that the American home is the foundation of democracy. Speaking of education she stated "It Is our business to see that our public school system Is kept free from indoctrination by sys tems that deny the freedom of individual Initiative." Mrs. Talmadge outlined the many war projects of the society, mentioning the blood plasma equipment and donor programs, I the donatfon of X-ray and radio i equipment for ships and hos-l pttals and the fact that D.A.R. members have purchased $156, 000.000 In war bonds. 1 Mrs. Talmadge was Introduced , by Mrs. Lowry and Mrs. O. H. Brenneman, regent of Crater! Lake chapter, presided over the ; program. Mayor Clarence Meek-1 er welcomed the visitor and spoke of the outstanding scenery i and resources of this district. He Invited Mrs. Talmadge to visit Jacksonville, which he said was the only town remaining in the state which had practically the same appearance as It had In j pioneer days. ; A. E. Voorhles. Grants Pass,, president of the Southern Ore gon chapter. Sons of the Ameri can Revolution, spoke briefly. Mrs. Brenneman Introduced Mrs Lowry and a number of chapter iSfiinr ie nr'ai rfrrW t J regents Including Mrs. Bert C. Thomas, regent of Eulalona chapter, Klamath Falls; Mrs. J. H. Harker, regent of Mt. Ash land chapter; Mrs. A. E. voor hies, Rogue River chapter, Grants Pass, and Mrs. George M. Brown, Umpqua chapter re gent, Roseburg. A number of state officers were present, Including Mrs. Francis Cochran, Medford, state corresponding secretary; Mrs. Ernest Calhoun, Grants Pass,1 state national museum chairman; Mrs. Harry W. Andrews, Ash land, filing and lend chairman; Mrs. Boone G. Harding, Med ford, state chairman of geneo lngical records; Mrs. Melvin A. Penney, Grants Pass, state chair man of district three. Two hon orary s tate regents present were Mrs. Gordon McCracken, Ash land, and Mrs. Harding, Med ford. Presenting vocal solos were Mrs. Effie Kurtz and Harry Young, both accompanied by Mrs. Eva Marsh. During the program Mrs. Tal madge was presented with a myrtlewood bowl as a gift from the local chapter. Following lun cheon an informal reception was held In the church fireplace room. 4 Presbyterian Society Will Meet Tuesday May meeting of the Women's Missionary society of the Presby terian church will be held Tues day at the church, wMh lunch eon at 1 o clock. Miss Elizabeth Burr will have charge of the program and Mrs. E. G. Ran dolph will ting. Members are to bring service and a nursery will be provided for small children. C. L. PERKINS Doctor of OPTOMETRY gnrrMnr to Of. a. n fflwooe OttMrminl et Humta vtitoa LENSES PRESCRIBED Pk. 1 114 flnhrf aim Cor. title SttS Canttm, M.dlori In conformity with our President's re quest that this be observed as a day of prayer A time of quiet waiting upon God will be observed In THI First Presbyterian Church Holly at 8th' Street 8 P. M. TONIGHT We cordially Invite the publle and all who are not customarily worshiping elsewhere to Join us. The service will be quiet, dignified and we believe. Inspiring and uplifting. Organ Meditations. Special Musla. Quiet Hymns. Scripture Readings. Prayer. HOW DOES CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEAL? THE DISAPPEARANCE of organic and functional dis ease, as well as of trouble In other forms, is continually re corded among those who have turned to Christian Science for help. The method of such over coming of difficulty Is prayer a spiritually scientific man ner of thinking based on the teaching of Christ Jesus. What this prayer Is and how anyone can understand it and use It effectually In accord ance with his need are fully explained In the Christian Science textbook. SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy This remarkable book, other works by Mrs. Eddy, and all other authorized Christian Science literature may be read, borrowed, or purchased at the Christian Science Read ing Room, Medford Center Building. Medford Open to the public at the following hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. First Church of Christ, Scientist. 112 No. Oakdale Court of Awards For Girl Scouts Will Be May 18 A public Court of Awards for Girl Scouts will be sponsored by the Medford Girl Scout council May 18 at the Lincoln School gymnasium, it was announced last week. The program com mittee of the council, which has charge of this annual event, is made up of Mrs. Charles Thatch er, chairman, Mrs. T. E. May, Mrs. L. P. Older, Mrs. W. E. An horn, Mrs. R. A. Work and Mrs. Lester Harris. Among the outstanding awards to be presented at the court are the five-year member ship pins, given to both leaders and scouts. Adults now regis tered under the Girl Scout pro gram who have been in the or ganization five years or more are Mrs. John Larwood, Mrs. Ed ward Leach, Mrs. E, Raymond Driver, Mrs. Myron Root and Mrs. Neil Collins. Girl Scouts with five-year memberships are Jean Kincaid, Marv .Tanes Matthews. Lois Par sons, Joy Finch, Barbara Earl, Cornne LaTourette, Kathleen Seekatz, Betty Lou Anseth, Mar jory Ferris, Betty Clark, Jean ette Marie Marks, Betty Lar wood, Jane Ray, Jean Runtz, Sally Cooney, Sylvia Eakin and Patricia Merriman. Me'dfor'd Resident To Attend Jubilee Mrs. A. G. McMillin, B6 North Peach street, will leave Monday morning for Roseburg where she will attend the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Roseburg Woman's club. The celebration will cover two days, with a din ner Monday night at the Ump qua Hotel and open house sched uled for Tuesday at the club rooms. Past presidents and char ter members are to be honored. Mrs. McMillin, a past presi dent of the dub; resided In Rose burg for 16 years, coming to Medford to live 10 years ago. Mrs. G. V. Wimberley is now president of the organization. Past President's Club Is Entertained May S Mrs. Walter E. Rowley, Sll CAMPBELL'S MILK PASTEURIZED or RAW Grade A at your favorite Grocer, or 'phone 4190 North Bartlett street, entertahv ed members of the Past Presi dents' club of the Daughters of Union Veterans, Elta Deuel Hubbs tent, at luncheon May 5. Following luncheon the members discussed organization matters of local and national interest. PARTS and SERVICE for til makel ol WASHERS Ud REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartlett Phone 2419 Chapter To Hold Annual Luncheon Saturday At Club Epsilon chapter of Delta Kap pa Gamma is making plans for the annual luncheon which will be held May 19 at the Girls' Community club at 1 p.m., with election of officers to be held during the afternoon. At the April meeting of the group standing and special committees gave brief summar ies of their activities for the past year. Miss Daphne Mat thews spoke on new courses in the high school, stating that those in consumer education and in homemaking would re-, main. High school pupils, she said, need Intellectual indepen dence as well as economic inde pendence. Miss Ora Cox gave a compre hensive and pertinent talk on "freedom versus responsibility", emphasizing that there can be no freedom without acceptance of responsibilities. Guild To Present Annual Musicale , Monday Evening Crater Lake Guild of the Pres byterian church will give its an nual musicale Monday evening at the church parlors, beginning at 8 p. m. Officers state that anyone interested is cordially in vited to attend. Featured on the program will be Mrs. Bernice Bolger, violinist, the Medford Trio, Mrs. Cather ine Wendt, Harry Young and Mrs. D. R. Smith. The trio is made up of the Mesdames Cath erine Wendt, Margaret Huson and Jean McAllister. Thank GOD for a PRAYING MOTHER and for 4 Prayer -Answering God! Observe MOTHERS' DAY and the NATIONAL DAY of PRAYER at tho Apostolic Faith Church North Central Avenue and Third Street Devotional and Evangelistic Services 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7:45 p.m. Orchestra and Chorus will Present Songs and Music Our Mother Old-Fashioned Preaching of Old-Fashioned Grace. An Altar of Prayer Souls Can Find God. Loved. Where "Tell Mother Fit be there In answer to her prayer, This message, blessed Savior, to her bear." , Church Open All Day For Prayer ADRIENNE'S Just ArrivedNew Large Shipment Of Hats For Your Summer Wear Coelbreese . as fashioned by Franklin into two-piece enchanter . . weaves a spell of cool magic with its flurry of summer "snowflakes" that frost the bodice in the shape of unsullied white eyelets, embroldsred on Snowl-white. Btrawberl-pink, Ici-blue. Frottl-lime. Sites 10 to 20. $25.00 Coolbreexe . . . fahsioned by Franklin Into a slim, trim dress with a clever keyhole neckline. 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