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rOOll MEDfOHD (OHEGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. June 36. 19S0 mm Republican Women's Luncheon, Show Attracts Many Visitors, Officials The Oay Nlnetlei style how and luncheon given by Jackson County Republican women Frt day at the Rogue Valley Coun- try club brought many rounds of applause from the more than 200 women who attended. The old gowns were beautiful and models most attractive, the back ground music was well done, entries for the hat contest were amusing and the speeches were pointed and brief, all this adding up to an entertaining afternoon. Mrs. M. Allison Moulton In troduced Mrs. Marshal Cornett, Klamath Falls, national repub lican committeewoman who brought greetings from Gov. Douelas McKay; Slgfrld Unand- er, Portland, state chairman of the republican party and Mrs. Unander; Mrs. H. D. Peterson, The Dalles, state vice-chairman of the party; Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, Portland, president of the Oregon Council of Republi can Women. Prizes In the hat contest went to Mrs. George Carter, most au thentic Gay Nineties hat; Mrs. George Johnson, most original and Mrs. A. J. Loeffler, best po litical hat. Judges were Mr. Un ander. Mayor Diamond Flynn, Col. Ben Stafford. John Nieder meyer. former county republi can chairman and Don Lane, sec retary of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Carter's hat was an enor mous straw with large plumes. Mrs. Johnson wore a creation made by her husband, radio en gineer, who used two records, several radio tubes, a replica of a radio station and a foot-high station tower for the amazing headgear. The little station light ed up from time to time. Mrs. Loeffler's prize winning hat was a turban topped with three little skunk figurines and a sign which read "What Smells? Democrats!" While not entered in the con test, Mrs. Moulton's hat caused practically a sensation. Sha wore a large platform holding a doll sized table and four chairs hold ing miniature figures supposedly playing cards. The sign read "we need a new deck not a new deal." Among other hats entered In the contest was one worn by Mrs. John H. Neilson which was topped with a stuffed toy ele phant. Mrs. Everett Faber, ten' tral Point, wora an Inverted mix ing bowl decorated with brown satin ribbon which took a sec ond glance to realize that It wasn t for real and Mrs. M. P. Vogel of Shady Cove, chairman of the event, had added a big political sign to her little straw hat. Dresses and accessories for the style show had been loaned by members of the group and their friends. Mrs. Raymond B. Lar son and Mrs. L. E. Edmunds furnished background music, singing songs from the Nineties, and Mrs. Otto Frohnmayer ac companied. As each model appeared, she stood within a large gold-painted frame fashioned especially for the show. The show opened with Miss Ann Den man modeling a dress 138 years old and belonging to Mrs. Glen Smith. The blue al paca was first worn by Mary Emmerson Smith - Thomas of Louisville, Ky., second cousin of John Greenleaf Whlttier and great grandmother of Mrs. Smith.. Miss Cynthia Toomey wore a gown which belonged to Mrs. Lewis Ulrich's mother and Mi.ss Sue Dmmmond modeled a black lace dress, which belonged to the mother of Henry Pringle, and a dolman cape which belong ed to Mrs. Pete Williams, great grandmother of Mrs. C. C. Hoover. Miss Janet Jamison also mod eled a gown which had origin ally belonged to Mrs. Ulrich's mother, and carried gloves and bag loaned by Mrs. Claude E. Mclnlyre. To the tune of "She's Only A Bird in a Gilded Cage," Mrs. Paul Antony modeled a black skirt first worn by the mother of Mrs. Milton Schuchard, and blouse from the wardrobe of Henry Pringle's mother. She car ried a beaded bag which belong ed to Mrs. Mclntyre's mother. Mrs. Lew Graves wore a fam ily heirloom white summer dress with high topped shoes and car ried a white parasol loaned by Mrs. John Soliss, while Miss Vir ginia Gibbons appeared as "Miss America of 1890" wearing a bathing suit of that period which is tha property of Mrs. Charles Reamei. A white embroidered camisole and petticoat belonging to Effie Halley and loaned by Mrs. Soliss were modeled by Miss Suzanne Singleton, and she also wore pantlelettes from Mrs. Belle Jone s collection of heirloom clothes. Mrs. L. L. Sanders ap peared in a brown traveling dress which belonged to Mrs. Curtiss Hopkins' mother, and Mrs. Rover Fields modeled an 1800 gray silk dress, which had belonged to Mrs. Effie Halley, and a velvet cape which is the property of Mrs. Charles W. Lemery. , They sang "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair," while Miss Sherry Antony modeled a blue velvet gown which belonged to Mrs. D. W. Luke, and was made by Lord & Taylor to be worn at the inaugural ball of Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president. She wore high shoes first worn by Mrs. Frank Humphrey's mother. Miss Glenda Fields modeled a black dress with matching bon net which had belonged to Mrs. Charles Lemery's grandmother and Miss Ann Durno appeared wearing a black lace gown which originally belonged to a French countess and is now the property of Mrs. Royal E. Bebb. A wistaria colored dress be longing to Mrs. Alice Applegate Peil of Ashland was modeled by Miss Nancy Lageson, and Miss Eleanor McCabe wore a black lace gown with train which be longed to Miss Ann Detweller's mother. Miss Durno, Miss Lage son and Miss McCabe were ac companied by Kurt Holzgang, Joe Antony and Gordon Marx as "gentlemen of the Gay Nine ties." Mrs. Thomas Staley Jr., wore a white dress also belonging to Mrs. Pen. and the black plumed hat was loaned by Mrs. Bertha McKinney. Miss Marilyn Wine trout appeared with her wearing a white eyelet embroidery dress first worn by Mrs. Humphrey's mother and they carried tiny black parasols brought for the show by Mrs. Gerlinger. Miss Singleton modeled a brown quilted square dance skirt which had belonged to Miss Elizabeth Burr's mother, and Homecoming Observed By Gold Hill Lodge; Committees Appointed Gold Hill Hosecoming night was held by Amethyst Rebekah lodge June 21. A special pro gram had been planned by Mrs. Walter McLean in the form of an obligation candlelight cere mony in which all members re newed their obligation. The. an nual roll call followed. Mrs. Ethel Martin, who was the delegate to the Rebekah as sembly conference in Astoria in May, gave her report, The noble grand-elect gave her work prior to being in stalled. The recent card party report was given showing it to have been successful financial ly. Mrs. Adah Jones and Mrs. Vera Stewart were appointed to take flowers to Camp White Monday afternoon. The July committee for birth day night is Mesdames Evelyn Thompson, Bessie Ferguson, Bo- nita Keyes, Adah Jones and Al ia Clement. The installation committee for Tuesday night July 11, is Mesdames Icie Walk er, Hilma Collins, Dorothy Es kew, Leola Whitlock, Blanche Merriman. The decorating com mittee for that evening will be Mesdames Madge Dorman and Etta Carter. Mrs. Marguerite Black of the Jacksonville lodge was a vis itor during the evening. Past Noble Grands' club met at the home of Mrs. Mabel Hillte Thursday evening, June 22, with 15 members present. The club decided not to have a meeting in July due to other activities and planned a picnic meeting in August. Mrs. R. E. Cook was reported to be convalescing satisfactorily shoes which belonged to Miss Laseson's grandmother. To the accompaniment of "O Promise Me" Miss Lorraine Grieves closed the show by mod eling the wedding dress worn by Mrs. Wayne Mack's grandmother in 1875. The dress is said to weigh 25 pounds. Joe Antony played the bridegroom, wearing a tail coat loaned by Mrs. Lu clnda Hubbard. Mrs. Joseph Antony produced the show and served as "back stage coordinator" during its presentation. Mrs. Moulton was commentator. Other entertainment was pro vided by a group of young peo ple who danced three square dances. Appearing were Janet Carter, Janet Jamison. Dallas Mae Barnard. Carol Dcnman, Dick Giebe, Richard Shepherd, Jerry Gatlin and Charles Ins- keep. They were trained and di rected by Norman Hillj er, teach er at Roosevelt school. Mrs. Kenneth Denman and Mrs. Dwight Findley sold tickets at the door, both wearing hand some heirloom dresses. O. S. Two-Week Session Day Camp Closes; Present Programs The annual two-week session of day camp for Medford district Girl scouts was completed Fri day and scouts who took part in the dramatic classes sponsored by Footlighters presented an original pageant that evening at the scout house. Scouts at the day camp gave their closing program at the camp Friday afternoon. Follow ing the main theme of "Interna tional friendship," each unit pre sented a number In the program based on the country It had stud led. The second grade units un der Mrs. Roy White studied Hoi land and gave a pantomime "The Little Blue Walking Goat." Mrs. C. M. Friend's and Mrs. Gilbert Gross's third grade unit presented an action song, "Fair Rosa." Fourth graders, whose leaders were Mrs. Fred Graton assisted by Miss Marilyn Murphy, pan tomimed a Chinese fairy tale. Fifth grade scouts under Mrs. G. N. Greenwood and Mrs. Charles Smith pantomimed a Ha waiian folk tale and sixth graders of Mrs. R. E. Barnam's unit gave an Irish take-off on "Mid-summer Night's Dream." Seven and eighth grade units under Mrs. Jack James with Mrs. Lloyd Caton assisting were costumed and ready to give a Spanish dance when the rain in tervened. During the program Mrs. M. N. Hogan, area president, Mrs. Rollin Jones, area camp chair man, Mrs. Marjorle Hopkins, ex ecutive director, Mrs. H. E. Cook, field director, and Mrs. A. G. Stout, district day camp chair man were presented and made brief remarks. Scouts having per fect attendance were presented with a trefoil. The sixth grade unit worked on the campcraft body and camp cooking and concluded with a sleep-out at the day camp Thurs day night. Twenty -seven were present including Mrs. R. E. Bar- m, Mrs. C. M. Friend, and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Peabody. Mrs. Peabody, day camp di rector, states that in spite of being rained out on two days the aims of the camp were accom plished. These were fun and en joying the outdoors, learning new campcraft skills and some thing of the people of other countries. Assisting Mrs. Peabody at day camp were Mrs. Victor and Mrs. A. G. Stout, and Mrs. William Fontaine, first aider for the first week. The Girl scout office an- WSCS To Begin Year With Meeting Tuesday Members of the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service of the First Methodist church will hold the first business meeting of the new church year In the church parlors Tuesday, June 27, be ginning at 11 a.m. It has been announced that luncheon will be served at 12:30 o'clock, with a special pledge program and the afternoon's program following. Mrs. Jessie Minear, newly elected president, will preside and since this marks the begin ning of a new program for the society, she urges that all mem bers be present. Meeting Announced For Butte Falls Club Butte Falls Butte Falls Gar den club will meet at the home of Mrs. Fred Kincaid June 29 at 1:30 p.m. A guest speaker from Med ford will present a lesson , on "Corsage Making"' and anyone interested is invited, as well as all members. CaWornians Visit Relatives in Medford Master Sgt. A. L. Randall, with Mrs. Randall and their chil dren, Charlotte, Albert and Mar tha of the Presidio in San Fran cisco, and Mrs. Randall's mother, Mrs. Bernice Randall of Santa Cruz, Cal., were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wil liams, 204 Crater Lake avenue the past week. Mrs. Bernice Randall is a sit ter of Mr. Williams. Dead line for Sunday CUHllied to at Noon Saturdays. Lubrication Washing Car Waxing IS OUR BUSINESS Next Time Leave Your Car at BUD'S EAST SIDE TEXACO STATION Far This Servlea Phone 3-9160 E, Main and Hawthorne S It H Green Stamps Given CALENDAR Monday 7 p.m. Cruisers Club of Pres byterian church, Elliott farm. 7:30 p.m. Jackson County Practical Nurses association, Community hospital. 8 p.m. FL club, home of Mrs. Edith Davis, 825 West Sec ond street. Tuesday 10 a.m. Oak Grove Exten sion unit, Tou Velle park. 2 p.m. Ladies Auxiliary of Baptist church, Mrs. H. 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