Meetings Announced
For Extension Units;
Agent To Be Speaker
April meeting are planned
by some of the county'a exten
sion units for this week.
Medford Parents' Extension
unit will meet in the new home
of the chairman,' Mn. L. J.
Heidemann, 1806 Thomas road,
at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 1.
Mrs. M. H. Fields and Mrs. D.
E. Plaisance are leaders for the
project "Making Buttons, Belts,
and Buckles."
Hostesses for the evening are
Mrs. G. W. Baker, Mrs. H. A.
Clement, and Mrs. G. L. Stewart.
Anyone interested In attend
ing it welcome.
Mrs. Howard Ash will be hos
tess for a meeting of Rogue-Elk
Home Extension unit Wednes
day, April 2. The subject will
be "Making Buttons, Belts and
Buckles," and will be presented
by Mrs. Ash and Mrs. Clarke
Detillian.
Lake Creek "Belts, Buckles
and Buttons," will be the sub
ject for Lake Creek Home Ex
tension unit meeting April 2 at
10:30 a.m. in the home of Mrs.
Leland Charlie.
Those attending are to take
scissors, needles, thread, thim
bles, pins, pencils, soft card for
welting, scraps of fabric, ruler,
and table service. Anyone inter
ested in home extension work is
Invited.
Applegate Miss Mollie Ray
will be hostess to the Upper Ap
plegate Extension unit at her
home Wednesday, April 2. The
afternood will be given over to
a discussion on "Streamlining
Housework" by Miss Eula Win
termote, home demonstration
agent. x
An added feature will be a
plant exchange with an accom
panying fee, proceeds to go to
Azaleo House Furnishings fund
at Corvallis. The business meet
ing also will be held in the fore
noon. Luncheon is being ar
ranged by the committee and
the meeting is to open at 10:30
a.m.
Dates Announced
For Annual Event
The annual Southern Oregon
Music Contest-Festival will be
held in Medford Friday and Sat
urday, April 25 and 26. Chor
uses, bands, and orchestras from
eighteen junior and senior high
schools in this district will par
ticipate. All groups will perform for
either a numerical rating, or for
criticism only. All events are
to be open to the public and a
special program is being planned
for Friday evening.
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To Meet on Tuesday
Chi Rho Missionary society
of Zion Lutheran church will
hear a talk on "India Mission
Work," at a meeting Tuesday,
April 1 at 8 p.m. Mrs. James
Brown, 24 North Orange street,
will be hostess to the group.
Mrs. Kent Blackhurst will be
the speaker.
Mrs. Hans Edwardson will be
cohostess.
Story of "Claudia"
Grows to Industry;
To Be Vining Play
Ashland "Claudia," . one of
the four plays which the Vining
Repertory theater will present
during the spring season to
open April 14, is said to be more
than a play its an Industry.
When Rose Franken first sat
down to write a short story
about a sensitive but somewhat
immature young newlywed wife,
she probably had no idea what
would develop from the story
The saga of Claudia Naughton
and her husband David blos
somed into 24 short stories,
three novels, a movie, a radio
serial and ,of course, the play
which the Vining company is
now rehearsing.
When the first story was pub
lished in Red Book magazine,
the reaction was overwhelming.
The editors of the magazine and
Miss Franken were deluged
with letters ,and woke up to the
fact that they had stumbled on
to "something big." The editors
asked Miss Franken if she
thought she could write another
couple of stories or so about the
same characters. But two or
three sequels weren't enough.
Every time one was published,
the readers clamored for more
so that Miss Franken was follow
ing Claudia and David's married
life on their farm at the rate of
about sixteen stories a year.
The success of the stories in
duced a book publishing firm to
ask Miss Franken to make them
into a novel. This was so popu
lar that a second was published
the following year. Though
plays are usually made out of
unusual and e x t r a-ordinary
characters and situation, Broad
way Producer John Golden be
lieved a fine play could be
made out of the typical story of
the average American couple.
Miss Franken turned out a stage
"Claudia" in three days.
When the play became a great
hit in New York, "Claudia" was
made into a radio serial and the
motion picture rights were
bought by David Selznik for
$187,000. "Claudia" has gone
through every possible trans
formation of a fictional char
acter, including television.
The Vining's "CWudia" is
Elmarie Wendel, young actress
who starred in "Mary, Queen of
Scots'' at the University of Ore
gon last summer and a member
of Montana's Virginia City play
ers. The play is directed by
Philip Hanson.
"Death of a Salesman," "Ar
senic and Old Lace," and "The
Importance of Being Earnest"
fill out the April 14-May-10
schedule of modern drama.
Military Order Holds
Dinner and Meeting
Members of Cebu Swamp
Military Order c-f the Lizards,
held a recent meeting at the
home of Mrs. Harry Barneburg.
Mrs. Don Anderson, gila mon
ster, presided.
The meeting was preceded by
a covered dish dinner. Guests for
the afternoon included Mrs.
Clyde McClung and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Wood of Salem.
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When IneluM ia Our
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Name New Officers
For Tudor Guild;
Announce Heyday
Tudor guild, formed two years
ago by Ashland and Medford
people interested in the Oregon
Shakespearean festival, recently
elected new officers and was in
corporatd as a non-profit organ
ization under the laws of the
state.
Named to office were Mrs.
Clark Jones, Medford. president;
Mrs. B. A. Cope, Ashland, vice
president; George Rode, Med
ford. secretary-treasurer. Mrs. I.
E. Schuler has been head of
the organization, and Bren H.
Starcher ia the retiring treas
urer. A board of directors was cre
ated and serving on this will be
the three officers and Robert
son Collins,' Mrs. A. C. Allen Jr.,
C. Rease Braley, Mrs. Da r ell
Huson, all Medford; Mrs. E. W.
Jermark and Rudy Vest, Ash
land. Mrs. Schuler and Dr. Mar
gery Bailey, Stanford univer
sity, will act as advisers to the
board.
Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Jermark -are
particularly interested in the
Shakespearean gardens at the
festival shell in Ashland and
Mrs. Braley will oversee scholar
ship funds of the guild. Mrs. Hu
son will head the guild's mu
sical activities and will be as
sisted by Mrs. Otto Frohn
mayer. Main activity off the guild the
past two years has been the
Bard's Heyday, a large garden
party which served .the double
purpose of stimulating interest
in the forthcoming festival
plays and of raising funds to
aid student actors. Mrs. Richard
Finch, Medford, has been named
chairman of this year's Heyday
and it will be July 20 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Berthold
Barnum, Pacific Highway south,
who were hosts for the event last
year.
Named to assist Mrs. Finch
were Mrs. Charles Ely and Mrs.
M. P. Boehme, Medford, ticket
chairmen; Mrs. Harry A. Skerry,
Ashland, food; Russ Jamison,
Medford, lighting; Mrs. Rentz
and Mrs. Phyllis Morse, both
Medford, booths; Mrs. Martin
Sands and Mrs. L. D. Inskeep,
Medford, decorations; Mr. Col
lins, program.
Dr. Bailey will again come
up from Stanford university to
lecture on Shakespeare.
PTA Council Plans
Session Wednesday
The spring meeting of Jack
son County Council of Parents
and Teachers will be held Wed
nesday, April 2 in Fellowship
hall of the Rogue River Pres
byterian church.
The session will open at 10:15
a.m. with a coffee hour, which
will be followed by a business
meeting. New officers will be
elected.
Members of all Mothersing
ers' choruses of the county will
present a program before the
sack lunch at noon. Coffee and
salad will be served by the
Rogue River PTA.
Ralph Jones, superintendent
of Grants Pass schools, will dis
cuss the education bills which
will be on the ballot for general
election next fall. A "buzz ses
sion" and question period will
follow the discussion. It is stated
that this legislative workshop
will provide much of the infor
mation necessary to inform local
PTA units of contemplated
changes in the state education
system.
Child care will be provided.
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