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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Phoenix Sets County Pattern in Community Center Sunday. Mar IS. 1951 Four Years' Work Completes Building Festival Is Help 1952 Celebration Scheduled May 24 About five years ago there were a lot of Rogue valley cit izens who thought the small community of Phoenix must be nuts to believe it could raise enough money to build a large community center for its youth and grown-ups to enjoy. This was in 1948. Prior to this the idea had been mulled over by the Phoenix Thursday club but there had been no action. In February, according to an ed ition of The Mail Tribune, "members of the Phoenix city council and heads of various organizations met and laid first plans for promotion of a com munity building." Idea Catches On The idea caught on.' But how was the money going to be rais ed? The women answered this question with action. A benefit card party by the .originating Thursday club started the ball rolling and by April 7, by-laws had been drawn up for the Phoenix Community and Youth club. On March 30, it was decid ed that the proposed building would be a memorial to the youth of Phoenix who gave their lives in World War II. A temp orary directing board to serve for three months was elected with A. C. Lewis as president; Mrs. George Bourne, vice-president; Mrs. Bert Stancliffe, seo retary; and Mrs. Walter Germ er, treasurer. On June 9, at a mass meeting of interested citizens, the group adopted non-profit corporation status for the club, with any resident of Phoenix's two pre cincts eligible to belong after paying a membership fee. Lew, is, Mrs. Bourne and Mrs. Germ er were reelected for one year terms and Mrs. Myra Elson was elected secretary. At this time, the group had raised $1,200 to ward the building fund. But it needed a lot more. Plan Festival Things hung on until the next year when plans were conceived in March, 1949, for a May festi val to swell the building fund. Before this event, however, oth er methods used for fund-raising were a boxing show, a bene fit play by the Phoenix Little Theater which was performed at Butte Falls and the Upper Applegate as well as at Phoe nix, and the Medford Trail Rid ers presented a horse show, don ating all the proceeds to the building fund. When the first Phoenix May festival was held on May 14, 1949, the results were beyond all expectations. Then came 1950, when there was finally enough money. And the answer to those who said it couldn't be done was written on every grey brick of a new community center building, which was rushed to completion by May 14 in time for Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, to officiate at the dedication ceremonies. $18,000 for $7,000 The estimated value of the completed building was $18,000 but it only cost the club about $7,000 because it was built the Phoenix way: with volunteer la bor similar to an old fashioned house raising, and with donated lumber and plaster. Other materials - and labor were supplied at never more than cost, and sometimes less than cost. When the last bit of dust had cleared from those at tending to the 1950 festival, and the weary volunteers were done with their work, the building was cup and a $2,500 net profit was realized from the festival. But a building wasn't enough Equipment and other additions were needed, and there are con stant maintenance costs. So, the receipts from the 1951 festival were earmarked for a much needed kitchen, which has Just been completed. Plan New Room What about 1952? Added use of the building now calls for a combination dining and club room for use by all age groups So next Saturday, May 24, the fourth May festival will be stag ed with the receipts earmarked for the new room, building maintenance and repairs, an en larged youth group and land scaped grounds. As for 1953, who knows? In terested Phoenix children and their parents have a lot of pro gressive ideas for their town and Community center and will no doubt continue expansion. All Use Building But what of the building? Who uses it? Well, just about everybody For instance, the following clubs either meet there regularly or occasionally: Boy and Girl Scouts, the Neighbors of Wood craft and the Thimble club, the First Presbyterian church and its Ladies Aid society; the Parent-Teachers association, the Grange, the Phoenix Lions and Lady Lions, Volunteer Firemen, Garden club, Home Economics Extension units, Thursday club and the Medford Trail Riders. Besides these, the primary use of the building, as a youth cen ter, is carried out by two age groups of the Phoenix Youth club: the pre-teen age group, (sixth to eighth grades) and those of high school age only. The Youth club was first organized In September, 1950, under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. M E. Norton. For a time the club I .,,' j 4 w-' -.. -X" : tKL1LL?J CO-EDUCATIONAL RECREATION Mem bers of the Phoenix Youth club's high school group are shown "kibitzing" a ping pong duel between three players Pictured (left to right) are Delbert Moore, Phoebe Brockway, Betty Cummons, Dave Haggard, Phyllis Miller, Dick Miller and Betty Hopper. Miss Hopper is the Youth club's candidate for May festival queen. Besides ping pong, the members also play shut fleboard at two tables, and dance to records. . i FREE ! HAIR AND SCALP EXAMINATION We'll Shew Yei Hew te GROW THICKER HAIR STOP BALDNESS I Hopeest Coses Not Aeeepftd KENT. CHIEF STAFF TRICHOLOOIST will be at ' HOTEL MEDFORD Mon., May 1 9th 1 P.M. to 8 P.M. 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You will not be obligate or rmbiN rMd la any way And If yon dtcid to tkt Hair vrptrtt HoiDf Trratment, you'll find tbt m very reasonable. tCtlMTIHC $CAL SfiCIAlim If fioa beltri'e thai baldnnt U due to ogt. you're 99 wrongl if you btheve that baldnnt cannot bt prtvtnttd, got re & wrongl Uff TFR VI hlUIPIAkl SSSSSS5&22S2EZ 4001 LU5K DRIVE, SACRAMENTO IS, CALIF. ' i ' "1 - w-' ii,;i v, r. t ' . .'IS 'V d(.,v.s ST- .X 1 i t . f ,T r" ,5 k if ' vs 1 Ot v f '- v N I "k -y . 11 I txAlis I X ,.? J 1 - SHUFFI.EBOAHD Shown above enjoying a game of shuffleboard are members of the high school group of the Phoenix Youth club. The members pay a 10-cent admission charge each time they attend their Wednesday meet ings and raise funds from dances and other projects. The building houses two shuffleboards which were purchased entirely from Youth club funds. The pre-teen age group (sixth to 8th grades) has purchased pucks (or the boards. ticlpates In square, modern and folk dancing. The average at tendance of this group Is 55, ac cording to the chairman of the lhree-mcmher committee 1 n charge, J. M. Cook. Other com mittee members are Mrs. Opie Frailer and Mrs. Larry Law rence. In this group the youths themselves, choose their own chaperones (always three) and sign them up personally. Be sides the chaperones, parents and visitors are always welcome at the pre-teen agers meetings on Friday, from 7 to 9:30 p. m., as they are at the older group's meetings. During youth nights and whenever else the building Is in use, there Is supervision by the officers and directors of the Community club and Youth Cen ter. Heading the non-profit cor poration for the present year are Mrs. George Bourne, presi dent; A. H. MacKintosh, vice president; Mrs., A. C. Lewis, sec retary; Frank Lovett, treasurer; Opie Frazier, Marie Simmonds Mark Norton, Johnny Klassen and Larry Miller (student mem ber from the Youth club), dir ectors. A sixth director, Earl laws?! i w r Al -P.-11U i- , H -kAi'-js' J. FESTIVAL COORDINATORS A get-together of past and present Phoenix May festival coordinators is shown above. Pictured (left to right) are Mrs. George Bourne, 1949 chairman and originator of the community center idea with the Thursday club; Opie Frazier, 1950 , hAn If tt- chairman and a director for the center's non profit corporation; Paul Ilartsook, 1951 chair man; and Curt Fisher, 1952 chairman. The re ceipts from the festival have gone into the build ing and Improving of the center. operated under paid chaperones. But in October, 1951, a commit tee was appointed to sponsor the club composed of Mrs. M. C Fisher, Mrs. Glen Miller, and Mrs. Dick Perry. These commit tee members with the help of i few parents have chaperoned 'he group every meeting since .hat time. Meet Weekly The high school group meets every Wednesday from 7:30 to 10:30 p. m. with an average at tendance of 40. At every meet ing, each youth pays 10 cents which goes Into the treasury The club bought both shuffle boards (see picture) now in use in the building and uses its own funds for repairs and replace ment of equipment and to buy phonograph records. The group is currently sponsoring its own queen candidate for the coming festival and recently raised $60 for the candidate at a May 3 benefit dance. Larry Miller Is president of the high school group and Miss Helen Harris if Briscoe, died earlier this month. See How It's Dona If you live somewhere In the Rogue River valley and want to get a community building for your area's citizenry, but don't quite know how to go about It, why not venture down Phoenix way this Saturday and see how it s done? , Festival directors promise a lot of "fun for everyone" with a variety of events lasting well into the evening. When Its all over they will have a new ad dition for their community cen ter. You could have the same in your community. Just ask Phoe nix. They know the way. FRUITFUL YEARS Bessemer, Ala. (U.R) They claim only a record for happi ness, but the ages of Mr. and Mrs. Killis Sellers total IBS years and they have had 70 year of married bliss. Married on Sept. 15, 1881, he is now 95 and she is 91. The family has grown somewhat during that time and the Sellers have seven of their children living, plus 34 grand children and 62 great-grandchildren. Dead line Sunday Classified tl at noon Saturdaya. item CTt r ' J 9 secretary. Last February, a pre-teen age group was formed for those youths in the sixth to eighth grades. Each member of this rel atively new group pays a 10 cent admission charge every meeting and pop and candy is sold, with the profits going to buy needed things such as rec ords and pucks for the shuffle boards and ping pong equip ment. 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