EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON)
Potpourri...
June seem to have fewer
special days and weeks than the
winter months. The advertising
firm which supplies Potpourri
with an advance list of such
dates says that June ls dairy
month, that June 4 is National
Secretaries' day, June 8 is Chil
dren's day and of course, June
14 is Flag day.
This year June 15 is Father's
day, June 21 is the first day of
summer and June 23-28 is Na
tional Swim for Health week.
On our own we can add tha.t to
day is baccalaureate for the 1952
class of Medford Senior High
school, next Thursday, June 5,
will be graduation, and that on
June 7 some five or six wed
dings and a big lodge reception
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Apropos of graduation and
weddings, Margaret Culkin Ban
ning, writing in Red Book maga
zine for June, says "Any girl
who takes less education than
she can get cheats her job fu
ture, any family she may have,
and herself," a statement with
which many parents heartily
agree, and one which will have
little effect, now, on the young
people contemplating marriage
or jobs immediately after high
school,
"Thousands of girls who are
good college material are pass
ing up higher education today to
marry or take attractive jobs in
business, industry, the armed
services and the government,"
the author wrote.
Pointing out that the decline
in registration by women in the
nation's colleges has sharpened
and spread, Mrs. Banning anal
yzes the situation. "It is not the
hard work involved in a college
education which is making so
many girls forego It," she said.
It is the rival opportunities that
are open to the high school grad
uate ...
"The main reasons for worry
In educational circles are three.
First, progress and advancement
in almost any line of work today
is conditioned by education. Too
few of the nearly 20,000,000
women working outside the
home today will get into the
higher brackets of business and
industry, and of course, they
have no chance in the profes
sions with only a secondary edu
cation as a base.
. "The second reason for grave
concern is that education of a
woman is inevitably transmitted
to her family. It affects not only
the management of her home
and the intelligence of her con
tacts with her community, but it
is bound to influence her rela
tions with her husband and chil
dren. "The third reason why a trend
in this direction is so serious is
that these girls are cheating
themselves. There are compen
sations for not having a higher
education, but there Is no substi
tute ..." v
Potpourri came back from the
weekly picture taking expedi
tion last week with a spray of
bougalnville, a handful of ver
bena, eight petunia plants and a
half dozen other annuals, an in
vitation to come sit under the
oak tree and sip lemonade some
hot afternoon, and a varied as
sortment of information about
flowers which was new and in
teresting. The bougalnville came from
the Hanley greenhouse, where
the sight of the plant brought
gasps from the visitors. It prac
tically fills one end of the little
greenhouse, and the magenta
colored bracts (the flowers are
insignifiant white things) pro
vide a solid mass of color.
When the Misses Hanley trav
eled in Central America a few
years ago, they were intrigued
by the masses of bougalnville
growing everywhere, and later
procured one for the green
house. We also were muchly interest
ed in the wax plant, which has
flowers looking exactly like
those on milady's hat, and the
dozens of fuchsias in full bloom.
Interesteing in another fash
ion was the little stone spring-
house, one of the oldest build
ings in Jackson county. Growing
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Sunday, Jun 1, 1932
News of 4-H
Q CLUBS
Gold Hill Club
A meeting of the Gold Hill
4-H club was held May 28 at the
Estramoda residence.
We voted to have our annual
potluck picnic and fair. This will
be for all members of the Gold
Hill club and their parents. Dick
Biles was appointed chairman of
the fair committee.
Don Parker showed us the La
Pine Herdsmanship t r o ph y
which was won by the Gold Hill
Beef club last fall at the coun
ty fair. The presentation was
made May 24 at the Jackson-Jo
sephine cewnty 4-H, FFA Dairy
show by .Mr. Mongold, donor of
the trophy.
Entertainment was furnished
by members of the sewing club,
who put on a skit. After the
meeting we practiced beef Judg
ing. Refreshments were servd
by Mrs. Estramoda. The next
meeting is June 25 at the Biles
residence.
Reporter, Mildred Gail.
over the little springhouse is a
willow tree, which might well
be the oldest one in Jackson
county and the grand-daddy of
many now flourishing in all
parts of the county.
Miss Claire told us that a
friend of her grandfather and
grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. Mi
chael Hanley, brought the little
willow shoot from Oregon City
with him, keeping it fresh by
sticking it in a potato, and car
rying it In his saddle bag. The
friend, Kit Carney, had procur
ed the willow slip from the old
Llewellyn home nursery near
Oregon City, first nursery and
orchard in the state, and pre
sented it to Mrs. Hanley saying
that when grown, the willow
would remind Mrs. Hanley of
her former home.
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Mrs. G. W. Phetteplace had
previously told us, over the
phone, that "she was busy plant
ing" and after wandering
around over her garden for a
few moments, decided that this
must certainly be true. Around
under one tree we counted 13
flats of small plants, and in an
other spot were another six or
eight.
Mrs. Phetteplace said it took
about 900 small plants for the
three huge round flower beds
and several hundred more for
the long border running the full
length of the garden. That day,
one of the warm ones early in
the week which rushed roses
and flowers into full bloom, Mrs.
Phetteplace was not only wrest
ling seven hoses around in her
own garden, but was watering
the garden for a neighbor away
on a trip.
"My husband complains that I
cover every lncjh of this place
with flowers," she said, added
that she worked hard, got very
dirty and tired but had a lot of
solid enjoyment out of the gar
den work. When we asked if the
garden was new or old, she
pointed to a vacant lot across
the road and said "Five years
ago It looked like that, except
for the big trees.
In addition to admiring the
garden, we also took time out to
look at three darling little Per
sian kittens and then left, car
rying a box full of annuals
which Mrs. Phetteplace would
n't take any thanks for since she
is superstitious and thinks they
won't grow if she is thanked.
Two new publications are go
ing on the market. One is a mag
azine called "Lifetime Living,"
said to be the first magazine to
be edited exclusively for older
people. The June issue is the
first.
Second one is to be a 100-page,
25-ccnt annual entitled "Fash
ion." It is due to hit the news
stands about August, and will be
published by Dell service group
New York. O.S.
Wish
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Leonard Carpenter Writes from Stockholm;
Describes Traffic, Hotels, Drink Customs
(Editor's not: The follow,
ing is another article written
by Leonard Carpenter, Veritas
orchards, Medford, who with
Mrs. Carpenter ii now in
Europe.)
By LEONARD CARPENTER
Stockholm, Sweden We rode
in a Belgian plane the 315 miles
from Copenhagen to Stockholm
over the many lakes and forests
and farms of southern Sweden
for 90 minutes during which we
were offered and gladly took
a glass of French vermouth and
gin, which might be labeled a
Sabena martini cocktail after
the airline, and a first rate din
ner, although not quite up to the
delicious United Airlines meals.
We were almost the last pas
sengers to go through the cus
toms and emigration bureau.
"Have you any money with
you?" "No." So she went
through. Then came my turn.
"How much money have you?"
"Two dollars." "What, only two
dollars? That is all you have?
How long are you going to be
here?" "About three weeks."
"What, with only two dollars!"
"Well, two dollars in kronen,
Swedish money" "Oh, you have
more than two dollars. You have
10 krowns and express checks?"
"Yes, see." "Oh yes, that is bet
ter. I hope you enjoy Sweden."
And I received my passport
back, found our baggage okayed
and so we came to this delight
ful city.
The Grand Hotal
There is a saying, "If you
want to stay at the Grand hotel
in Stockholm your name should
be placed on the waiting list at
your birth and if you imagine a
front room on the river your
imagination has run away with!
you." So we found ourselves in
two nice new rooms at the back
with a view of much scaffolding
and building materials. But at
the end of the second day we
were on the river front just
where ships from the island tie
up. Just opposite- are the King's
palace and the Parliament build
ings, and the multi-colored old
part of the city with fishermen
and kibitzers lining the railing
of the beautiful bridge. The fish
ermen are In rowboats with cir
cular nets 10 feet across catch
ing fish for our dinner.
All day long blue trolley cars
in tandem, autos, taxis, trucks,
bicycles, walkers, runners and
a few, very few tourists, so far,
pass between us and the palace
beyond the river while fishing
boats, water taxis, tourist excur
sion boats, ships for the many
islands, ships for Finland, ships
for Baltic ports, load and unload
passengers and goods along the
store-lined sides of the river.
Boston Is the only American
city I know that has the same
narrow streets winding like cow
paths and where Winter street
changes to Summer street while
crossing Washington street.
Curved Streets
Here, every street Is curved
and twisted and forced to turn
aside by a church, opera house
monument, playground, street
cafe or simply somebody's whim,
Here Arsenolsgaten finds St.
Jacob's church in its way so it
makes a 30 degree turn and be
comes Kungstradgarden. While
Klarabergsgaten upon reaching
Regeringsgat becomes Hamn
gaten torg and in crossing Ny
bropean, a delightful park takes
on the alias Strandvagen.
The best dressed men are the
headwaiters. They wear boiled
shirts with white ties and full
dress, long tail coats even for 7
o'clock breakfast.
You remember the story of
the two ladies who were having
tea somewhere across "the
pond." "Oh, that poor Ameri
can," said the one from Paris.
"If he's an American he isn't
poor. Hes a millionaire, re
sponded the lady from London.
"But lookl His pantaloons and
his coat do not match. He has
no suit."
But today the slack and the
sport coat is a common sight es
pecially with the younger men
although the staid older business
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imen dress in dark suits with a
vest and a heavy watch chain. A
surprising number of women
wear slacks even on the princi
pal shopping streets.
Not Llk Medford
Stockholm is unlike Medford
in many ways. Here the river
has been beautified and many
arms of the sea penetrate deeply
because it is built on many is
lands connected together with
many bridges. Parks and trees
are numerous and places where
children can play out-of-doors
are well scattered about. Here
we have a stone and brick city
where one who is extremely la
zy could do nothing better than
join the fire department. Very
different from Copenhagen
where flowers were everywhere.
Here one finds only a few beds
of tulips just coming into bloom.
Only 20 per cent of the people
live in private homes, the rest
are in apartment buildings but
like our own big cities this one
is surrounded with easily reach
ed suburban additions from
which many commute. The pre
ponderance of bicycle transpor
tation noted elsewhere is lack
ing here. However, listen. A
young friend who worked for a
big engineering firm in Los An
geles for four or five years upon
coming back here to live had to
take a driving test for his li
cense. When it was over the on
ly criticism offered was "You
drive over-cautiously! You have
no concern with the pedestrian."
"But in California," the man be
gan but was interrupted with
"We are not concerned with Cal
ifornia. Here you drive too cau
tiously." They and our British cousins
come bounding along on the
WTong side of the road and when
you have dodged the Austin
there is still that completely
hooded and shrouded motorcy
clist with his girl clinging to his
waist and streaming behind and
the athletic Swedish girl on the
bike with one baby on the han
dle bars, and another on a seat
over the rear wheel, bearing
down upon you and then you
suddenly remember that no one
in this whole city is responsible
except you yourself and as you
jump to safety you wonder if
your insurance covers this haz
ard or if after disposing of you
they will sue and collect from
your estate.
Alcohol a Problem
Among the more serious af
fairs is that of alcohol. I mean
for drinking purposes because
there seems to be plenty for
those lamps which are placed
under food to keep it warm. A
traveler can get a permit by
showing his passport to an af
fable gentleman at the "system"
in Stockholm and waiting a few
minutes, to purchase at the sys
tem retail store an amount of
hard liquor depending upon the
length of the visit. (Outside the
capital city and for all Swedes
it takes about 10 days to get the
permit and I don't know how
long to find the "retail.")
I was granted two something,
I think litres, which turned out
to be 3 fifths of Scotch or bran
dy. But I had to buy all or none
and I cannot get another permit
until June 1, which is a Sunday.
At restaurants no sales before
noon, a small quantity between
12 and 15 o'clock. But hold tight
ladies. You can have only one
half as much as your man and
he gets 15 cl. more than you do.
You can buy wine after 12
o'clock but you cannot have
strong wines except "in conjunc
tion with a meal or with refresh
ments," to quote directly from
the law. Schnapps or aquavite is
the usual substitute for the mar
tini and it is flavored with var
ious things, anise, licorice, etc,
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and Is gulped in one, two or
three tries and immediately
washed down by a beer chaser.
Some say the beer prevents
the schnapps from burning a
hole right through one's throat
and so not getting down to the
place you want it to go, while
others contend the beer is sim
ply a nice thing to drink in it
self without any excuse. I can
not judge which one is correct
but I always follow the custom.
Only Small Smorgasbord
Although I have looked every
where for it and eaten a score
of delicious meals, I have failed
to find the Swedish smorgasbord
as it is thought of in the U.S.A.
A small smorgasbord served at
lunch or dinner usually takes
the place of soup and consists
of 3 open sandwiches of smoked
herring, lobster or fish, a slice
of meat such as beef, dried beef
or ham, and one of cheese. Us
ually radishes are included or a
vegetable salad. A large smor
gasbord consists of 8 to 12 sand
wiches of fish, meat, cheese,
salad and when a dessert or cof
fee is added makes up the whole
meal.
In Denmark it seemed that
the meals were much larger and
few Danes were content with
only S and D. They wanted
soup and entree also. I have
not been up late enough but
I am told that long lines of
thirsty customers begin gather
ing outside restaurants in the
late evening hoping for a chance
at a sandwich AND ! Beer is
delicious and is used as a sub
stitute for ice water.
Taxes Very High
Taxes are very high and ser
vices rendered are comprehen
sive. Children of working mo
thers or those mothers who are
sick or incapacitated are care
fully looked after. Babies from
4 months to 1 year are admitted
under doctor's orders to com
munity homes owned and op
erated by the city. They are
absolutely incredible to me.
Four babies to each room with
a nanna or nurse, cribs, toys,
seperate bureaus for each with
all the linen necessary; soap,
powder, and even an outside
balcony for sunbathing. Each
room is 15x15 feet and Is sep
arated from the hallway by
glass partitions through which
we could see the babies. There
are 10 of these shining, sunny,
happy sanctuaries here in Stock
holm each housing 32 babies.
If at the end of a year the
mother still is unable to care
properly for her child a foster
home is found and there the
child remains until the mother
can do her Job. Connected with
the cooperative apartments is
always a day nursery where
children are kept, fed and taught
every working day from 7 a. m.
until 6 p. m. After a child rea
ches his sixth year he must go
to school and there also he is
cared for through very small
payment by his parents added
to city and state money.
The hospital we visited Is a
huge one with several thous
and beds and very modern with
departments for every sort of
ailment and clinics for the study
of rheumatism, (a word now
dropped from our language in
favor of arthritis); cancer, TB
and all the other ills man is
heir to.
One department where rehab
ilitation is carried along teach
es trades as well as skills. One
of the patients with whom we
exchanged nods was engaged in
assembling very intricate
switchboards for automatic tele
phones. He had been in the
hospital for four years with
lung cancer and was earning
quite an income and best of all
he had received his final OK
and soon would leave the hos
pital. Bomb Shelters, Too
Intricate wood carving, rug
and fabric weaving, basketry
and dolls and toys were bring
ing income to numbers of men
and women. Under this huge
hospital with its many buildings
and elaborate equipment there
is enoueh room in bomb shelt
ers to take care of every hu
man and all the expensive
equipment.
Like Denmark, Sweden is too
close to Russia! Just across a
narrow ribbon of water lies
Finland. Just around the corn
er of the Baltic is the Russian
fleet. But those Swedes to whom
I have talked answer, "Oh, yes,
but we are neutral." I would
as willingly tell a rattlesnake
the same thing.
Although you cannot call the
Swedish system socialized med
icine it is true that patients can
get good hospital care with
surgery, medicines, and any
other treatments ordered at a
few cents per day. The gov
ernment as we say picking up
the check.
In housing also there is a
good measure of government
help. Cooperative housing pro
jects are numerous and the
down payments made by the in
dividual are small. Rents are
very low and are figured on a
sliding scale. The family pays
a standard rental less 10 per
cent off for one child; 20 per
cent for two children; 30 per
cent off for three children; 40
per cent off for four children:
50 per cent off for 5 children:
60 per cent for six children; 70
per cent no, no, enough. If
you have more than six you
are overdoing a good thing.
In regard to the public debt
the rule has prevailed for more
than a century that the govern
ment can borrow money only
for productive investment.
If emergencies arise, special
taxes take care of the deficit
and - the country continues on
a pay as they go basis. Per
haps after all there is some
sense in all the people owning
their natural resouces.
Gold Hill Grade
School Ends June 6
Gold Hill Gold Hill grade
school will end its term Friday,
June 6, although no classes will
be held after Tuesday. Students
will return to school Friday
morning to receive their report
cards.
The eighth grade will picnic
at Lithia park in Ashland Tues
day. They will travel by bus,
pleasure
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Appeal's Response
'Just Wonderful'
Red Cross Reports
The response to a recent ap
peal to aid the family of World
War II Veteran Clarence Kapar
off, which lost their Evans
Creek home by fire recently has
been "just wonderful," the local
Red Cross chapter reponea Sat
urday. County residents have donat
ed a washing machine, beds,
cribs and mattresses, a stove, a
rug, clothing, canned goods,
"and even a fire alarm system,'
the Red Cross reported.
The home is just about fully
furnished, it was said, and the
only thing that is still lacking
is a refrigerator or ice-box, in
which to keep thei Kaparoff
children's milk during the sum
mer months.
A letter of thanks for all the
help given them was received
by The Mail Tribune from the
Kaparoffs Saturday, asking that
the "many, many individuals
who gave so freely In our time
of need" be thanked. "We also
would like to express our
thanks to the Rogue River Com
munity Chest, Red Cross, Wimer
Home Economics Unit, Wimer
Grange, American Legion auxil
iary, and Cub Scout Pack 23 of
Grants Pass," the letter added.
"The things that our family
cannot use will be given to oth
ers in need. Once again, thank
you all," it concluded.
, The Kaparoffs are now resid
ing at route 1, box 163, Rogue
River.
taking picnic lunches, and will
swim in Twin Plunges. Accomp
anying the group will be the class
advisors, Mrs. Ruth Broomfield
and William Halls, and the par
ents of, some of the students.
Eighth grade promotion exer
cises will be held Wednesday
night at a dinner at the Gold
Hill Grange hall. Those receiv
ing diplomas will include Rich
ard Bickel, Samuel Collins, Wil
liam Devor, Royal Gray, Robert
Lance, Samuel Massey, Gayle
Robbins, Ronald Trueblood, Le
roy Waterhouse, Mark Rogers,
Richard Shoemaker, Eugene Wil
son, Frankie Blrdsong, Berta
Clark, Donna Eskew, Jean Es
tremando, Sylvia Malone, Nad
ra Moore, Jane Rosecrans, Bon
nie Sears and Zoe Turner.
Present at. the dinner will al
so be Robert Sage, school prin
cipal, the class advisors, Mrs.
Broomfield and Hall, parents
of the students, and othera of
the school staff,
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