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Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1950 Pages 1-8 ROGUE RIVER CHURCH SERVES PEOPLE OF ENTIRE COMMUNITY Old Structure Given New Organ Recently By Elitab.th Sheffield Mail Tribune Correspondent Rogue Riier, Feb. 25 At congregational meeting held In Fellowship hall Wednesday evening, February 15, the members of Hope Presbyterian churoh voted to buy an electric organ for the church sanctuary. In presenting the need for the organ, the Rev. D. F. Barnett told of the wonderful progress made by the church in past years, and touched lightly on its history. Hope hresoytenan cnurcn was organized with a charter mem- ' bcrship of 11 persons, on April 28, 11)01 at a meeting in the Woodville school house. "The school room was well filled with people from the vicinity of Woodville, notwithstanding the day was very stormy and rainy. Nineteen friends from the Beth any Presbyterian church of Grants Pass were present; the choir of said church being all present except two members," Toketee Picture Wins Photo Award Washington. Feb. 25 A cam era study of Toketee falls on the North UmDqua river, northwest of Oregon's Crater Lake, will be awarded second prize in the black and white pictorial divi sion of the annual contest of the White House News Photograph ers association. The picture was made by John E. Fletcher, staff photographer of the National Geographic mag azine, as one of the series of il lustrations which accompanied the article, "Sno-Cats Mechanize Oregon Snow Survey." The ar ticle was written by Andrew H. Brown and appeared in the No vember, 1949, edition of the National Geographic. President Truman will pre sent awards to the winners in the White House Photographers' contest at the annual dinner of the cameramen's association Sun day night. The article described the pioneering snow esurvey being carried on in the Cascade range by R. A. Work, supervisor of western state snow surveys, and his associates. Work makes his headquarters in Medford. Students, Instructors Attend Conterence Alex McDonald, history in structor at Medford senior high school and six Medford high school students were in Eu gene Friday and Saturday to attend sessions of the third an nual state-wide conference of the International Relations league. Theme for the conference was. "Will Present U. S. Foreign Pol icy Promote Peace and Prosper ity?" Principal speakers are Mrs. Grace Bok Holmes, laison officer for the United Nations' interna tional children's emergency fund, and John Gange, director of foreign affairs at the Univer sity nf Virginia. Delegates from here attend ing with McDonald are Patricia Crow. Lee Stothers. Jim Grey, .Jim Gleason, Raoul Maddox and Susan Drummond. is the United Georgia Neese Clark 29th Treasurer of the States, the first woman. i ' Mew Curtains? m Keep them, looking dainty and fresh as the day, you bought them and other ,j costly household items, too with our careful launder- 't ing. Our service is kind to fine fabrics, kind to modes! : budgets, too. Phone this week. we read from the early records of the church. Many Names Appear Scattered throughout the old church records among the names of its Presbyterian members are found the names of many men and women from churches of other denominations who have affiliated with Hope church on finding no church of their own faith in Rogue River. It has al ways been something of a com munity church. In a recent speech before a civic group, the Rev. Mr. Bar nett stated, "We read of world wide religion, of men of all faiths and creeds working to gether for the good of all man kind. Here in Oregon we not only read of it, we have it. Here in this group we have people of all denominatoins in fact only a third of those present tonight are Presbyterians and none of you seems to know who are and who are not. We work together in harmony; we are all working for the good of the community and we accord due respect to ev eryone in their faith or lack of faith. We operate as a Christian town with everyone taking an active part. And the problem of difference in the creeds of the town's citizens takes care of it self, in fact there is no such problem here. We are Christian Oregonians." Pioneer Days Recalled In that statement echoes the x4? Auditors To Assist Taxpayers In Filling Out Income Returns State income tax agents will be in Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass within the next few weeks to assist taxpayers in fill ing out state income tax forms before the April 15 deadline for filing They will be in the Josephine county courthouse in Grants Pass from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., Febru ary 27 to March 3. inclusive, and their services will be available at the Jackson county courthouse here, tiie same hours. March 1 to 10, March 13 to 17, April 3 to 7 7 and April 10 to 14. There will be agents at the Ashland city hall April 7 from 9 a. m. un til 4 p. m. OLD COMMUNITY CHURCH STILL SERVES Hope Presby terian church in Rogue River was organized 49 years ago, on April 28, 1901, in what was then the village of Woodville. It has served both Presbyterians and residents of other denominations since then A new organ is the most recent addition to the church's facilities, as recounted in the accompanying article by Correspondent Eliza beth Sheffield. (Photo by June Dement). rumbling of the immigrants' wagon trains, when men of all creeds poured into Oregon to set tle and claim it for the nation. While the eastern states were waging a civil war, the pioneer settlers of Oregon were scrap ing the bottoms of their flour barrels and sharing their log cabins with every immigrant who stumbled, exhausted and starving, over the Cascades into the cold winter rains of Oregon. In the past three or four years another wave of settlers has flowed into southern Oregon and the people of the little town of Rogue River have shared their church pews with people of all denominations from all states and a few from foreign nations. Together they have sung hymns to the music of the little antique organ until it has worn com pletely out. Bethany church has again helped and in the emer gency loaned their antique organ for a short time until arrange ments could be made to purchase an instrument. Tftst Donation ' Hearing of the church's need, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McLean. El Monte. Cal , hastened to send, by air mail, a contribution to start the fund for a new organ. McLean served many years in the First Presbyterian church of El Monte with the Rev. Mr. Bar nett as pastor before the Bar netts moved to Oregon. The Mc Leans, because of their long friendship, took the opportunity of being the first donors. A large donation from Dave Gelvin supplemented by gifts from others covered the down payment, while pledges of half dollars and quarters for each week of the coining 18 months made it possible to order the or gan for immediate delivery. Pierce Freight lines have offered their services free of charge. Face Problem And now the congregation is in a quandary. The organist, choir and choir leaders say they "just must" practice with the new organ before anyone hears them. But how can they practice without being heard, when ev ery one's ears are tuned to catch the first note of the new organ. And the entire congregation, members and non-members, are as "proud as punch" of their little church and are inviting every one they meet to come to church and "see and sing." The public is Cordially invited to the regular Sunday morning services and to the covered dish suppers on Wednesdays, at 6:30 p.m. The suppers are served in Fellowship hall and each family brings sufficient cooked food for serving the number of persons in their family plus two guests. They also bring their own table service wheih they replace in their baskets after the meal thus eliminating kitchen work and leaving time for a short program or Bible study. Special music is planned for the five Wednesdays of March in observation of the Lenten sea son and for Holy week. Something to Crow About. . . Our New Service for YOU! OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY COAST-TO-COAST Trading Stomps FREE DELIVERY In Medford City Limits. DRUGS COSMETICS SUNDRIES Nationally Known Brands at Minimum Fair Trade Prices FREE PARKING IN ANY CEORCE GOODMAN LOT WHILE YOU SHOP AT YOUR FRIENDLY DRUC STORE THAT REFUS TO BE UNDERSOLD! DRUG CENTRE f V FIRST JJJ BPW Scholarship Carnival Success, Selection Slated A final count of proceeds from the recent carnival showed that they were sufficcnt to per mit granting of a full scholar ship to some Medford hign school girl, the Business and Professional Women's club here reported Saturday. The BPW, which -sponsored the event, said that the earnings will provide tuition, books and board and room expenses not exceeding $500 for the student selected. Whatever is left of the more than $700 netted by the carnival will be used for other philanthropic enterprises of the club, it was reported. Express Gratitude Miss Dana Platz, chairman of the scholarship and carnival com mittee, said today the club is ex tremely grateful fur the support of Medford businessmen and residents for their support and assistance. Miss Platz said that the schol arship committee will meet with school authorities soon to make selection of the girl who will re ceive the award. The choice will be made on three points, finan cial need, selection of a career and good average scholarship. Announcement of the winner will be made some time in March, Miss Platz said. Her com mittee also includes Mrs. Claude Mclntyre, Mrs. Robert Claypool. Miss Dolores Yunker and Miss Gertrude Malloy. CHURCH ADDITION PLANNED The proposed $80,000, two-story addition to the First Meth odist church school temple is pictured above. A financial crusade has been launched by the church for the project under direction of John Henry Soltman of the Methodist board of church extention, Philadelphia. Dr. J. S. Heatherington heads the crusade committee. The 60 by 80 foot addition will adjoin Mistletoe street and will extend on to the former Burbidge property. Ninety-eight per cent increase in church school enrollment in four years has necessitated the construction. It will allow considerable classroom expansion for children, some for adults, more dining room space and a chapel for small worship groups or weddings. The crusade will last three weeks. James M. McKaig, Med ford, is designer of the addition. DAV To Have Dinner Entertainment Tuesday Disabled American Veterans' chapter No. 8. and the auxiliary, will meet in the armory at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for a pot luck din ner. It will be followed by an evening of entertainment, ac cording to chapter officers. 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