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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1952)
4 Miss Marion Smith Is Crowned Queen Central Point Bethel Ontral Point Miss Marion Smith was crowned queen of the Central Point bethel, Order of Job's Daughters, in a ceremony held June 12 in the Central Point Masonic hall. The bethel was as sisted by Medford chapter. Order of DeMolay and Miss Smith re ceived her crown from her broth er, Douglas Smith, councilor of the DeMolay chapter. Installed were: Marion Smith, honored queen; Carlene Von Buskirk, senior princess: Donna Lavin, junior princess: Linda Ob- enchain, guide; Belva Chew, marshall; Helen Tonn, chaplain Virginia Dew, senior custodian Sharon Whitlock, junior custo dian; Judy Servold, recorder; Jo anne Ritter, librarian; Anita Con ger, treasurer; Vicki Noel, mu sician; Earlene South, inner guard; Maria Jean Abbott, outer guard. Darlene Bonner, Joanne Henderson, Nadra Moore, Melva Chew and Mildred Gail were in stalled messengers. Barbara Pree was appointed historian, and Geraldine Gidney, lady of the lights. New choir members are Rosa Drake, Grace Gail, Jeanne Stelle, Maxine Day, Gwen Moore, Mel ba Allen, Beverly Hogue, Mu i riel Swing, Ruth Fisher, Jack ' lyn Cummings, Irene Cummings Colleen Snook, Alice Martin Francis Hogue, Rita Rose, Sarah Turner, Sherrill Von Buskirk, Sue Van . Galder, Sally Elden, Karen Johnson and Joanne Hen derson, soloist. Jean Malott was appointed hospitality chairman; Joan Morse, sociability chairman; Hel en Hood, Dixie Lee Walker and Gayle Godden, welcoming com mittee; Susan Gustison, Sharon Copsey, Delora Dunn, examin ing committee, and Sally Mon gold and Gail Childress, custo dians of paraphernalia. Installing officers were the re tiring queen, Nancy M a 1 1 o if; guide, Esther Snook; marshal, Jan Freeman; chaplain, Patsy Fa- ber; musician, Laural Jewett; Junior custodian, Shirley Lyman; senior custodian, Muriel Swing and recorder, Marilyn Jantzer. Introduced from the large au dience were Mrs. C. D. Elhart, Ashland, past grand guardian for Oregon and Andrew Stevens, Ashland, past associate grand guardian, as well as guardians, associate guardians and officers of valley bethels. Medford DeMolay members present were Master Councilor Douglas Smith, Darrell Vinson, Paul Schaeffer Jr.. Jack Ward and Paul Schaeffer. Hal Vroo- i ' man, DeMolay, presented the new queen with a gavel which he had made. Miss Esther Snook presented the retiring queen, Miss Mallon with a past queen's pin from the bethel. The hall and dining room were decorated in the nosegay theme, and an addenda which followed the ceremonies was al to in this theme. Oberammergau Citizens To Hold Oratorio Week G e r m a n y's Oberammergau Passion Play community plans to hold an Oratorio Week this summer, to be highlighted by the c o m p 1 e t e original composition of the St Matthew Passion by Johann Se bastian Bach to be given in the Passion Theatre under the direc tion of Eugen Fapst, a native of Oberammergau. Other perform ances, including religious works and chamber music, will be play ed in the Little Theatre. Ora torio Week is scheduled to fit in with the Salzburg Festivals to give visitors an opportunity to attend both events. . Miss Marlon Smith (Shangle studio) Average Age of Brides Getting Younger in U.S. Girls getting married this month are likely to be as youthful a group of June brides as any in American history, the Institute of Life Insurance reports this month. Many of these brides will be marrying young men in the armed services, and setting up house keeping for the first time in cities and towns near their husbands' Army camps or Navy installations. Figures published this spring by the U. S. Census Bureau show that girls in this country have been marrying at younger and younger ages since 1890. Twen ty-two years old was an average or "median" age for marriage in that year; today, half of all wo men who have ever been mar ried were first married before their twenty-first birthdays. Fig ures before 1890 are not avail able, but genealogists believe that even in Colonial days the average ' age-at-first-mamage was higher than it is today. The Census Bureau says there are now more than 900,000 wo men in America whose husbands are in service and about three- quarters of these wives are un der 30 years of age. Over 500.000 of them are living .with their husbands and the rest are at home, with their parents or in homes of their own. Two-thirds of all these wives have children; over half of them have children of pre-school age. Although almost everyone has become conscious in the past few years' that girls are marrying at younger ages than they used to, not everyone realizes what a significant change this has meant for family life in this country, according to the institute. One effect of younger mar riage ages in the past few years has been the nation's higher birth rate. Although larger fami lies of seven or eight or nine children are no longer common in the United States there are many more small families of two or three children. Most babies in the United States have young mothers who are in their middle twenties. Partly because of the Korean war, there are now more than seven million households in Am erica where women have the full - aw m Monday Morning flMB mm Pi1 A3 3,9 Genuine SEERSUCKER 42-inch width. Woven checks and Tissue GINGHAM 38-Inch Woven Plaid Ideal for lummer tewing Regular 69c yd. Values :l i & i , ! IS responsibility for day-to-day de cisions. There were fewer than six million in 1947 and fewer than four million in 1930. About half of these families consist of women who are living alone or with non-relatives; 400,000 are families where the husband Is overseas or in a distant camp. In February of 1944, there were 2,800,000 families whose hus bands were in the Armed Ser vices and away from home. Activities Planned By Women's Club; Committees Named Plans for summer activities were made at a meeting of Scot tish Rite Woman's club held Monday evening at the Masonic temple, with the president, Mrs. Ira D. Canfield, presiding. A 6:30 o'clock potluck dinner was planned by the club for the June 23 meeting, with a social evening to follow. All Scottish Rite Masons and their wives are invited to the affair. Those whose names begin with A to J inclusive are asked to take meat dishes; K to S vegetables and salads; T to Z cakes. Mrs. Canfield appointed Mrs. Tony P. Franco, Ashland, Mrs. Herbert L. Alford, Mrs. Howard C. Goldsmith and Mrs. Ralph Lue on a calling committee, and Mrs. Fred H. Graten, Mrs. Jack Weddle, Mrs. Edward C. Root, and Mrs. Clay M. Lee on a tele phone committee. A financial report was given by Mrs. Ralph Krows, treasurer. The president announced that the Scottish Rite picnic would be July 20 at the Edwin H. Tay lor Ranch. Mrs. Perry Gregg and Mrs. Ralph Lue were named to buy prizes for the picnic. The official hostess, Mrs. Franco, introduced and welcom ed Mrs. Sam J. Fulco, Grants Pass, as a new member. Garden heliotrope, columbine, and catalpa decorated the re freshment tables ,and the Scot tish Rite men joined the wom en for the coffee hour. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Alford, Mrs. Lee L. Stone, and Mrs. Kneut C. Wernmark. Plan Open Air Stage For Historical Plays Rothenberg - on - Tauber, Ger many, popular among countless tourists from all parts of the world and famous for its magni ficent presentations of the his torical play, "The Master Draught," soon will have an open-air stage. The town's quaint medieval wall and towers will serve as a perfect backdrop for the stage, while its picturesque streets, ancient market square, and the great hall in the City Hall, centuries old, provide natural settings for this play as well as "Shepherds' Dance" and a number of Hans Sachs plays which are performed several times every summer. A new washable, one-coat wall paint has a patented dirt-repellent Ingredient. Ruth Kilbourn, Frank Buchter In Cast of Play Included in the list of sup porting players in "Suspect," the Footlighters' June production, are the president and vice-president of the organization, Frank Buchter and Miss Ruth Kilbourn. Mr. Buchter is cast as Sir Hugo Const, elderly newspaper, magnate whose remembrance of j a 30-year-old unsolved murder embroils the Smith household in a very tense situation. Mr. Buch ter, recently employed by radio station KYJC, will be remem bered by valley theatergoers for his many roles in Footlighter productions in the past several years. He was last seen as Dr. Pitt, the liberal college profes sor, in "Goodbye, My Fancy." He also took prominent roles In i the Christmas and Easter radio , dramas sponsored by the little 1 theater group. It is Sir Hugo's recognition of ; Mrs. Smith's Scotch servant, j Goudie Maclntyre, which brings j to light the tragic story of Mrs. Smith's past. The part of Goudie is played by Miss Kilbourn, who j was cast as the harried alumnae , secretary in "Goodbye, My i Fancy." Miss Kilbourn, a wel fare worker, appeared in several plays at the University of Ore gon before joining the Foot lighters last year. Set construction for "Suspect," which will open June 24 for a five-night run at the little the ater on the fairgrounds, is be ing supervised by Bernard Rob erts. He is assisted by Robert Roberts and Joan Lashua, a new comer to the group. Jerome McDougall Is director. Acquatie Weed Killers Demonstrated at Talent Talent A field day demon stration of aquatic weed killers was held in the office of the Tal ent Irrigation district office here with a discussion in the morning 1 of June 11 and field trip in the afternoon, according to W. B. i Tucker, county agent in agricul- ture. i William Mercer of a chemical j company gave the demonstration i of the chemical "dead-X" which j is applied to kill the submerged j weeds in irrigation ditches,' Tucker said. Attending the demonstration were over 20 representatives from Siskiyou county in Califor nia, and Jackson, Josephine, Lake and Klamath counties In Oregon. Sunday, June 15, 1931 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Sun loving, fun loving CASUALS BY Gay young shoes . . fashioned for happy times . . . styled for casual clothes. They'll see you gaily through a lummer of fun. 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