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

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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. Wilson, junior di
rector, distributed new year
books for the club. The meeting
was followed by games.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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DINNER
SUNDAY
MARCH 19
12 Noon to 5 p.m.
At the
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ADULTS $1.25
Children Over 7 75c
Children Under 7 50c
help should call their leaders.
Club reporter, Claudia Griffin.