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Potpourri...
William Belcher, who- came
H the way from Olympia to
attend the 25th anniversary
meeting of the Medford district,
Girl Scouts, had a wonderful
time. Mr. Belcher, one time Boy
Scout executive for this district,
represented his wife who had
promised to come to the gather
ing and at the last moment was
111 and could not make the trip.
Mrs. Belcher was leader of the
first Girl Scout troop ever or
ganized in Medford, and several
of the young women who had
been members of Troop 1 attend
ed the anniversary dinner. Mr.
Belcher is a photographer, so
naturally he had taken many
pictures of Girl Scout activities
back in the days when his wife
was Troop 1 leader, and he
brought copies of some of them
along to show to the "girls.
The twitter that wertf up from
the group over the pictures must
have made Mr. B. very glad in
deed that he had gone to the
trouble to bring them. With sighs
and groans the young matrons
hunted up their own faces, and
the faces of friends in the pic
tures.. Cries of "why, that was
taken at camp up on the Apple-
gate," and "for heaven's sake,
why didn't mother do something
with my hair in those days" or
"do your remember that time
..." went up on all sides as
the former Girl Scouts examined
the prints.
Genuinely sorry that the pop
ular Mrs. Belcher had been pre
vented from coming, the young
women each took time out dur
ing the evening to write her a
note, and these were taken home
by Mr. Belcher. When intro
duced, Mr. Belcher said he had
been told he could talk but two
minutes, since there was a very
heavy program scheduled, but
added that no one, let alone a
man who had been married as
long as he had, could get any
thing said in two minutes.
During dinner Mr. Belcher
brought his former friends up-
to-date on the family's activities
in recent years and said that
both he and his wife were now
working for the state of Wash
ington in Olympia. The couple's
daughter, Mrs. Emerson L. Arm
strong, the former Marie Belch
er, now lives in Des Moines, la.,
and their son, Daniel, is a major
In the Air Force stationed at St.
Louis, Mo.
Mr. Belcher spent the night
as a guest of the Martin Clog
tons, and left Friday morning
to visit relatives in Grants Pass
before returning north.
As is common at most potluck
meals, there was about twice as
much food as could be eaten.
This somewhat consoled Mrs.
Budd Gail, who arrived empty
handed and explained that the
- pretty salad which she had made
with great care had met a sad
fate. When preparing to leave
for the dinner, Mrs. Gail dumped
the salad upside down on the
floor of the car, and it ended up
in the garbage can instead of on
the table.
Mrs. William E. Acord was the
only one of the original Troop
1 members who was also attend
ing the dinner in an official
capacity. Mrs. Acord, who has
four daughter and one son, is a
Girl Scout leader and according
to some of her co-workers, is a
marvellously efficient and faith
ful one, too, in spite of her many
family duties.
Potpourri was a few minutes
late to work Saturday morning
all because of a group of birds
gathered around a mud puddle
in a vacant lot on North Grape
street We'd been seeing similar
birds for the past three or four
weeks and since they were un
familiar, had been hoping for a
close enough look to make iden
tification possible.
Several friends had spoken
of them, too, and a call to the
National Park service brought
the information that they were
probably evening grosbeaks.
Sure enough, when we consulted
Peterson's "Field Guide to West
era Birds' after arriving at the
office, we found that they were
grosbeaks. The .birds are not new
to this area, but probably just
stayed longer this tune during
their migration because of the
unusually cold weather. At any
rate, their colorful feathers and
cheerful presence in yards and
gardens have been a source of
pleasure to many persons on re
cent days, compensating some
what for the frigid weather.
For a time we thought the
hours spent at the civic drama
play, "The Voice of the Turtle"
Saturday night were going to be
completely wasted, but in spite
of the rather mediocre cast and
the sour taste which the theme
of the play left with us, some
thing interesting developed.
Intrigued with the title, "The
Voice of the Turtle" and the
fact that it was from the Bible,
we traced down the origin by
way of a quotation book. - It
turned out to be from the Sec
ond Chapter of the Song of Solo
mon, which we had never read
in its entirety before. Not only
did we find the origin of the play
title, but those of two other
modern literary works within a
few verses of this truly beautiful
piece of writing.
The "voice' 'quotation comes
from verses 11 and 12, and read
For, lo, the winter is past, the
rain Is over and gone; The flow
ers appear on the earth; the time
of the singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtle is
heard in our land." (The play
wright, John van Druten, has
his character explain that the
word "turtle" actually refers to
turtle dove.)
Reading on in verses 13 and
15, we found the origin of the
titles of two other modern liter
ary works, "Our Vines Have
Tender Grapes" and Lillian Hell
man's play, "The Little Foxes."
The verses read "The fig tree
putteth forth her green figs, and
the vines with the tender grape
give a good smell. Arise, my
love, my fair one, and come
away." "Take us the foxes, the
little foxes, that spoil the vines;
for our vines have tender
grapes."
In the case of "The Voice of
the Turtle" it seems a pity that
Playwright Van Druten did not
put his insjiring source to better
use.
In John Gassner's "Best Plays
of the Modern Theater," second
series, (w h i c h we happened to
have borrowed from Mrs. Ivan
Burton) the editors said of van
Druten that "If he has rarely
been a robust writer, he has al
ways been an . acute observer
and a master of civilized dia
logue. Since there Is never a
superabundance of these quali
ties in the American theater,
America has welcomed him.
Maybe the "civilized dia
logue" ' is supposed to distract
our attention from the play's
other shortcomings, or perhaps
the play shows up better with a
cast like it had for the New YorK
opening in' 1943 when Margaret
Sullavan played the confused
"Sally Middleton."
At any rate, we enjoyed the
critical remarks and conversa
tion of the five or six high school
girls who sat near us more than
we did the "civilized dialogue"
on the stage. Particularly the
story which Ann Hart told of
how she once filled her mouth
with raw egg whites when she
drank from a cup out of the
refrigerator which she thought
was filled with pineapple juice,
illustrating the story with grue
some sound effects. O.S.
Jackson. Miss. (U.B Unlike
other seniors who graduated
from Millsaps college at the end
of the winter semester, C. Y. Yao
can't go home and look for a
job. Yao is a native of Shanghai
but can't return home for fear
of death at the hands of the
Communists. .
A Tribute to the
Odd Fellows!
The symbol of the International Order of Odd'
Fellows is so familiar to most Americans that it
has become a part of our very heritage. And the
spirit of friendliness and good fellowship, so
prevalent among the Odd Fellows, is so conta
gious that we invariably recognize them as won
derful friends and neighbors. In our commu
nity the Odd Fellows have merited high praise :.
for their wonderful work, their high ideals, their
contributions to our civic and social improve
ment, and their general standing as excellent
lodge members' May they live long and prosper!
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9 AJ. to 10:30 P.M. We Arc Open Today
We Salute Our Town!
County OEA Unit
Announces Plans
For Annual Event
A carnival gay way, to com
pare with Coney island, featur
ing "fire-eaters, snake charmers,
can-can girls, two-headed ani
mals, bearded ladies and tall
men" will be a part of the en
tertainment scheduled for the
All Fool's dayiarty for Jack
son county unit of Oregon Edu
cation association party April 1.
The event will be held in the
Medford junior high school on
West Second street
Members are asked to dress
as a troupe member of a carni
val or in character costumes and
prizes will be awarded for the
best shows put on by the
troupes. There will be orizes for
the best individual costumes.
A buffet suDDer served at 7
o'clock will begin the evening.
Schools will be classified ac
cording to their size and prizes
will be awarded in each divis
ion to the school having the larg
est number of teachers attend
ing. Husbands and wives of fac
ulty members are especially in
vited to attend.
Teachers should let the nrin-
cipal of their schools know by
March 25 if they plan to attend
and the number in their group.
54th Anniversary
Observed Monday
By Medford Couple
Mr. and Mrs. M. C Murrey,
1034 West 9th street, celebrated
their 54th wedding anniversary
March 17, St Patrick's day.
Among the gifts received by
the couple, Mrs. Murrey was pre
sented an orchid corsage and Mr.
Murrey a green boutonniere.
The couple has lived in the
valley for 46 years and came
here in 1905 from North Dakota
when they purchased an orchard
south of Medfrord.
They also received many wed
ding congratulations during the
day.
Show Films
The Loyal Workers class of
First Christian church saw col
ored slides of England, taken
and shown by Miss Amy Hard
ing, when they met Tuesday at
the home of the Rev. Shelvy
Anglemyer. Miss Harding also
spoke of her trip to England.
Announces Meeting
The American Legion auxil
iary will hold a sewing meeting
at the American Legion hall, 531
South Riverside avenue, Tues
day, March 25, at 8 p. m.
Members who have woolen ma
terial suitable for making af-j
ghans for Camp White are asked
to take it to the meeting.
tniay. Maxell 13. 1131
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FITS
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Mr. and Mrs. M. C Murray. 1034 Wast Ninth street, shown
hera in a picture taken on their 50th wadding anniversary, cele
brated their 54th anniversary Monday, March 17. Tha Murreys
have lived in Medford for 46 years.
Ruth Esther Guild
Has Annual Election
At Meeting Tuesday
Ruth Esther Wesleyan Serv
ice guild of First Methodist
church elected officers at a meet
ing held in Sunshine parlor of
the church Tuesday evening.
They are Mrs. C. R. Adamson,
president; Mrs. W. R. Peabody,
vice-president; Miss Viola Diet
rich, secretary; Mrs. Donald
Faber, promotion secretary, and
Mrs. L. A. White, treasurer. .
Mrs. Ralph Cook showed
"Meditations In Kodachrome,"
accompanied by Mrs. Mable
Sims, pianist, and Miss Beverly
Lyman, soloist.
Mr. L. A. White gave devo
tions, using "Eight Ways of Be
ing an Evangelist" as her theme.
Mrs. Meredith Groves gave the
closing prayer.
Mrs. Adamson talked on the
highlights of the national con
vention held in Los Angeles,
saying "full time Christian work
ers and Christian living" was
stressed, also the importance of
the Christian vote.
Mrs. Verne Wilson gave ' a
reading "The Story of Astrophe
the Cat."
Refreshments were served.
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