Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 17, 1950, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Texthah ' ulomen s SOCIETY . CLUBS . MUSIC Lodge Announces District Meeting Saturday Evening A district meeting of Neigh bors of Woodcraft will be held in Medford Saturday evening, March 18 in the IOOF hall, with both grand officers and district officers in attendance. The ses sions are scheduled for 7:45 p.m. with Ashland and Phoenix Neighbors co-hostesses with the Medford lodge. Initiation will be held, with candidates from several circles. The drill teams of Medford, Ash land and Phoenix will have charge of the drill work. Mrs. Carrie Milnes is general chairman for the evening, with Mrs. Clarence Jordan as refresh ment chairman, Mrs. Edith Dev aney as program chairman and Mrs. Walter Reinking as flower chairman. Marionette Show To Be Sponsored By Roosevelt PTA A return engageemnt of the Williams Marionettes will be sponsored this year by the Roose velt Parent-Teacher association according to the president, Mrs. John Danforth. The show this year will be "Hansel and Gretel" and will be presented at the senior high school auditorium Tuesday, March 28. Two shows will be given, one at 2:30 p.m. and the second at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Eugene Ferrell is general chairman in charge of arrange ments, assisted by Mrs. Allyn Monroe, tickets; Mrs. Owen Kunkel and Mrs. Alan Jewett, ushers, and Mrs. M. L. Tedrow, publicity. This year's show will have colorful sets and costumes sug gestive of the quaint world of child imagination and of this old world story that so many generations have loved, the com mute states. Scores Announced For Duplicate Club Hiah score for the north and south playing positions was held by Mrs. R. J. Conroy and Col onel G. R. Owens at the weekly meeting of Medford Duplicate Bridge club Tuesday night. Their score was 92 points, and close behind with 91 were Mrs. Frank R. Baker and Roy Pruitt, and Mrs. G. O. Humphrey and Al Gilhousen were in third place with 90 points. Mrs. F. G. Bunch and Mrs. W. W. Stevenson held first place in the east and west position with 121 points, and second went to Miss Janet Burpee and Pete Boyden, whose score was von DOints. A three-way tie resulted for third Dlace. In the tie were Mrs. Bernard Hughes and Robert Templeton, Mrs. Royal Lee and Mrs. Elliott Trees, and Mrs. M. M. Herman and Mrs. Van Gil bert. All three couples scored 84V4 points. Visitors Entertained At Junior Club Meeting Carol Jean Dyke, Sandy Gray and Clifton Crowl were junior visitors for the last meeting of the Degree of Honor Junior club, held in Lincoln gymnasium. Bruce Larson, president, pre sided. The sunshine march was led bv Charlene Stennerson and Mildred Gail, Gold Hill, led the club yell. Grace and Mildred Gail played a piano duet, and Mildred gave a piano solo. Mrs. Bedford, assistant direc tor, took charge of refreshments, assisted by Marylin Wisely and Sharon Graham. Charlene Sten nerson led the refreshment march. Mrs. H. G. 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MAIN at RIVERSIDE Phone 2-6189 2 fftoriiClV V 7 ECTION Gold Hill Lady Lions To Give Benefit Party In School Gymnasium ! Gold Hill Lady Lions met at the home of Mrs. J. L. Graff is Tuesday evening, with Mrs. Wil liam Rockford acting as hostess. Final plans were made for the card party to be held at the school gymnasium Friday night, March 17. The prizes and refresh ments are being donated and all proceeds from the party will be given to the March of Dimes fund. The spring board meeting will be held In Portland, April 14 at the University club of that city. Mrs. Fred Hasse was named flower committee to take flow ers to Camp White on Wednes day, March 22. Flowers are to be left at the Bell-Stieber store before noon of that date. Mrs. Rockford. club president, reported that a group of Lions and Lady Lions motored to Yreka, March 11 to attend the 25th anniversary of the Yreka Lions club. Local members who attended were Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Graffis and Etheljane, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hasse, Mr. and Mrs. William Rockford, Mr. and Mrs. John Jore. They were accomp anied by Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly and Ty Teorey and seven veteran entertainers from Camp White. Following the meeting Mrs. Rockford served a buffet luncheon. Shower Party Given In Gold Hill Monday Gold Hill A shower in honor of Mrs. Kent Clark and her baby daughter, Georgia May. was held Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Clark's aunt, Mrs. Wil mer Bailey. Mrs. Clark was un able to attend the shower so her cousins, Mrs. Donald Hanscom and Mrs. Thelbert Wright open ed the many guts. They were later rewrapped to be taken to Mrs. Clark. The hostesses, Mrs. Elmer Dungey and Mrs. Nina Dusen berry, served refreshments to Mesdames Lee H. Marsden, Les ter Dusenberry, Delos Walker, Ivan Smith, W. S. Dickenson, C. L. Dusenberry, Nora Wait, Cecil Johnson. Thelbert Wright, Melvin Burnett, William Wright, Donald Hanscom of Central Point. Kenneth Palmer. Dale Smith, Robert Drake, Charles Rosecrans. Ernie Coooer. Roy Eskew, Carrie Puhl, R. W. Hix son, Soren Christensen, Wilmer Bailey, E. C. Fiene, George Smith, John Smith of Medford and Paul Holderness. CALENDAR Friday -t . 6:30 p. m. Canton Siskiyou and auxiliary covered dish din ner. lOOF hall. 6:30 LOOM, WOOM, potluck dinner at lodge nail. 7 p.m. National Federation of Federal Employees, dinner Pioneer room, Jackson hotel. 7:30 p. m. West Side Home Extension unit community square dance and canasta party, West Side school gym. 8 p. m. Pocahontas lodge, Redmen hall. 8 p. m. Pythian Sisters' officers' meeting, Mrs. Dollie Love. 1205 East Main street. 8 p.m. Aid association for Lutherans, St. Peter's church. Saturday 2 p.m. Delta Kappa Gamma Girls Community club. 7:45 p.m Neighbors of Wood craft, district meeting at IOOF nail. 8 p. m. Idella Rogue Santha, Nomads of Avrudaka, Pythian building. It'sa Job You Don't Take Lightly The filling of prescriptions is serious business our pharmacists are fully conscious of their responsibility. . Each pharmacist is university trained for his work. . This professional background assurei the patient of the highest type prescrip tion service. . Remember it costs you no more to have your prescription filled by prescription specialists. We Deliver Our Entire Business Is the Filling of Prescriptions YOUR PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORE New Phoenix Manse Dedicated Sunday; Open House Follows Phoenix The new manse of Phoenix Presbyterian church was dedicated at services held last Sunday mornuts in the church, and later the Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Clark held open house. The dedication ceremony was attended by a record crowd which filled the main part of the church auditorium to capacity. About 100 guests were wel comed during the afternoon and evening open house. Assisting for the event were Mrs. Bert Stancillfe. Mrs. Ed Rusho, Mrs. J. W. Watkins, Mrs. Rex Nico demus, Mrs. Lloyd Schmelzer, Mrs. Maud Haskins, Mrs. L. O. Caster, Mrs. Dan Frye and Mrs. K. Carmiechle, as well as the Misses Betty Skinner, Elva Cas ter, Chloe Stevens, Barbara Bar low. Nannette Furry and Betty Frye. Guests from Medford, Ashland and Jacksonville, as well as those from the Phoenix Commu nity, were welcomed and shown about the new home. The Rev. Mr. Clark and Mrs. Clark express their appreciation for the cooperation given by all in the community both for the morning service and the open house. Rogue River Gardeners Set Flower Show Date; Mrs. Bellah Is Speaker RoEue River Plans for a flower show on April 15 "were made at the last meeting ot tne Rogue River Garden club, held at Live Oak Grange hall. Mrs. Faye Rose, chairman for the show, named committees and asked cooperation of all mem bers to insure its success. Mrs. Livette Bellah gave an other in her series of inform ative talks on flower arrange ments to familiarize all mem bers with procedures to be fol lowed in entering exhibits lor the show. She illustrated her talk with sketches. Mrs. Majorie Dunham exhib ited a display of Lenten roses. Mrs. Rose displayed an arrange ment of daffodils and daphne and Mrs. Bellah brought an ar rangement of early blooming iris and pink violets. The president of the club, Mrs. Rubv Hughes, displayed a South Sea island scene, complete with hula dancer, hibiscus and palm tree. Mrs. Florence Tison and Mrs, Betty Casworm staged an amus ine skit. Mrs. Bessie Hoover talked on various types of primroses, dis cussing new varieties being de veloped and displaying some of her prize winning pianis. one broueht out the fact that formu las for the growth of primroses, as shown in the yearbook of the American Primrose society of Portland, originated in England as early as 1790 and lBia. Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Betty Casworm, Mrs. Florence Tison and Mrs. Ruby Hughes. Choral Forms Topic For Music Society March meeting of Medford Musical society was held at the home of Mrs. J. C. Boyle on Mon day evening. Program subject for the eve ning was "Larger Choral Forms; Oratorio, Opera and Cantata", and Mrs. E. Ronald Rice gave an interesting discourse on these forms, illustrating her talk with recordings. Members expressed apprecia tion of the public patronage giv en to the Abramowitsch piano recital, and the committee re ported it both an artistic and a financial success. The concert netted an appreciable sum to be added to the scholarship fund. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Don Newbury, Mrs. Ray Lennox, Mrs. H. L. Noblit and Mrs. L. L. Meadows. PHONE 2 6239 Birthday Party Given By Gold Hill Scouts; Change Meeting Place Gold Hill Girl scouts and parents held their annual Girl scout birthday anniversary party Tuesday night at the Odd Fel low hall dining room, lhe girls prepared the main dish, decorat ed the table, furnished the flow- served the dinner and fin ished preparing salads that were brought. Parents brought the rest of the dinner in covered dishes and birthday cup cakes instead of a large cake were served. Work on the dinner will be credited on badges in the home- making field. Several girls have earned photography, my com munity, tenderfoot, arts and crafts and child care badges. As soon as the badges come, a court of awards will be held. The trooo meeting nlace in the future will be the old WRC room over the council room in the city hall. The girls will clean the room, decorate it and furnish it with their handicraft as the weeks go by. The room in the IOOF building has been made so unattractive and uncomfort able by vandals that the change in meeting place has been de cided as better for the troop. Girls present at the meeting were Judy Servold, Rose Drake Ton! Maksel, Louise Rowden, Ju dith Smith,. Sharon Whitlock and Joanne Ritter. The parents and friends present were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Servold, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ritter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitlock, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quinn. Mrs. Maksel, Mrs. Kose Orufin, Mrs. hverett Drake, Mrs. Elbert, Dick Whitlock, Jan et Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holderness. Mrs. Holderness is leader of the troop. Toni Maksel was in charge of the short program which consist ed of talks from parents and friends, words of welcome from Judy Servold, accordion solos by Sharon and Dick Whitlock, vo cal solo by Toni Maksel and duet by Toni Maksel and Sharon Whitlock accompanied by Shar on on her accordion. Judith Smith played mess call and taps on her trumpet. New Officers Elected At Meeting Of Club Gingham Girls met at the homo of Mrs. Fred Beck, Old Stage road, last Friday, with election of officers held during the meeting. Mrs. Beck was named president, Mrs. Pete Mc Culley vice-president and Mrs. John Bittle secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Steve Saimons will be hostess for the next meeting of the club on March 23. Attending the last meeting were Mrs. Harold Bittle, Mrs. Steve Saimons, Mrs. John -Bittle, Mrs. William Bittle, Mrs. Pete McCulley, Mrs. LouLs Bittle and the hostess, Mrs. Beck. Meeting Announced For Sams Valley Unit Sams Valley Sams Valley Extension unit will meet Tues- It topped all ON1T tWUKTAKU . 0 v V!l $0- Rogue fe iver Rogue River, Mar. 17 Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Carroll, whose home is on hiuhwav 99 just south of Rogue River Junc tion, nave just returned from McKinleyville, Cal., where they have been staying for the past month. McKinleyville was their former home and each year they return there to assist Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Perkins of the Perkins Bulb company in ship ping daffodil blossoms by air. This year approximately 1,300, 000 blossoms were shipped by special cargo plane to all points in the middle west and to the east. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stockings have returned to their home on highway 99 after a five month trailer trip through southern California. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wills re port the birth of a grandson to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wolfram of Seattle. Both Florence and the new boy are doing fine, said Mrs. Wills. Grants Pass Irrigation district Phoenix Church Club Holds Recent Session; Plan Coming Meetings Phoenix Homemakers' club of the Phoenix Presbyterian church met recently for the monthly business session and social evening. A committee was appointed to secure material for a partition for one of the Sunday school class rooms in order to convert the room into two. The Rev.'E. J. Clark, Walter Bolz, Ed White and Vincent Claflin were named to the committee. Mrs. Russell ThoniDSon was appointed to purchase material for costumes for pageants which the church may stage, and Mrs. Nicodemus was named to repre sent the group and make ar raneements with the ladies' aid society of the church for assist ing the society with tne iooa booth for the May day festival. The eroiiD also voted to form a Sunday school class, rather than meeting with the adult class as in the past. The class will meet each aunoav at tu a.m. and all young married couples of the community are invited to attend. Next social and business meet ine of the class will be held April 21, with Mr. and Mrs. Rus sell Thompson and Mr. ano mrs Walter Bolz serving as the com mittee. Arrangements for the last meeting were made by Mr. and Mrs. Claflin and the Rev. and Mrs. Clark. Presbyterian Women's Mission ary society wlil meet Wednesday afternoon, and Sunday afternoon the Intermediate group of the young people's society will meet at 4:30 p.m. Kay Nicodemus will be leader. All young people of the fifth, sixth, seventh and high school grades are invited to at tend these meetings. day, March 21, at 10:30 a. m., at the home of Mrs. Floyd Do land. Project for the meeting will be "Getting the Most From Electricity." Each member attending is asked to bring table service. winners In the Mobilgas Grand Canyon Economy Run at 26.5 miles per gallon! More than 186,000 Americans registered it during 19491 Westerners ore buying It so eagerly that we can hardly keep a model In our showrooms. Automotive engineers call It the "hot" car of 1950 ... a "sizzling" combination of power, luxury and economy. Did you ever hear of a car like this? And you can bet your boots that so long as Westerners like you 'can drive It home for as little as $49 a month, plus an extra-liberal trade-In on your old car, II will be leaving it) mark on the Western scene in big capital letters spelled $2171 pritt 44titm4 htrt, tint t4U$ utx, limn tt RIURY WIHNIH, MOIIlOAt OCANO CANYON ECONOMY IUN MEDFORD MOTORS 6th & Ivy Phone 2-6157 Friday, March 17, 1950 has completed 255 feet of con crete ditch at the sawmill in Rogue River which will elimin ate erosion, and 250 feet at the north end of broadway to stop waste of water through seepage at that point, and 3B0 feet of cement ditch and tile at the end of the community ditch on West Evans creek was completed ac cording to the report of H. H. Nourse who is in charge of the ditch. He said ditch cleaning is now starting. A combined budget election and PTA meeting with a banquet and dance for the basketball team of Rogue River, brought out a largo crowd Monday night. There were 117 votes cast, 73 in favor and 44 opposed. The elec tion was held in room two be tween 7 and 9 p.m., while the seats of the room rapidly filled, discussions were held by vari ous groups on tax equalization. industrial locations, and various other subjects. No attempt was made to hold a discussion on the budget though Mrs. Reed Carter, member of the school board, answered questions of the voters as they formed in line to vote and pass on to other less crowd ed rooms of the school building. The banquet for the team, their girls and their parents, was held in the cafeteria at the grade school and was furnished by Bob Gail and prepared under supervision of Mrs. Bean. Gail also furnished the soft drinks served at the dance held in the high school auditorium. A largo decorated sheet cake was pre sented the team, by Mr. and Mrs. George Dance. It was later serv ed with 14 angel cakes baked bv the girls of the home econo mic department. Superintendent Medvoid announced the Lions club contributed $89 to help de fray the team's expenses. Main feature of the PTA meet ing was a Danel discussion by students, with Jack Stewart as moderator on the subjects of schools and community life. This program was one of a series by the PTA designed to educate the voting public to the needs of modern schools. Speakers were Janet Weigart, Babs Webb. David Williams, John Tyrrell, Russell Stockman, Dixie Neeley. Gladys Bennett and Gwen Thornton. Their speeches, on subjects sug gested bv students, were unusu ally well written and gave a full insight of the many needs of the Rogue River students. Live Oak Grange of Rogue River is holding a card party Saturday. March 18. at 8 p.m. There will be canasta, pinochle and cribbage, with nice prizes for winners. A local artist has contributed a hand oalnted plaque as one prize. Refresh ments will be served by H.E.C ladies. There will be a small admission charge. The Hopper family have open ed the corner grocery which they recently purchased from Teed Cardln. Though they have not completed the restocking the public is invited to come and inspect the newly decorated building and to get acquainted with the new owners. Baker, Ore., Mar. 17 (U.R) The new moderator of the east ern Oregon presbytery Is Rev. Louis Samson of the LaGrande Presbyterian church. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN News of4-H Q CLUBS Junior Booster club met March 15 in the high school. A tea for the mothers was discussed and committees were appointed. An nouncement was made that we will meet every Wednesday for awhile. Any one needing special rAKE THE FAMILY TO THE liHllliPilfll DINNER SUNDAY MARCH 19 12 Noon to 5 p.m. At the SACRED HEART PARISH HAL 326 So. Oakdale ADULTS $1.25 Children Over 7 75c Children Under 7 50c help should call their leaders. Club reporter, Claudia Griffin.