Potpourri...
June weddings, Shakespear
ean festival try-outs, visitors,
luncheons, office callers and
keeping an eye on a new report
er all combined to make the last
few days one of those interesting
but we-h o p e-it-doesn't-happen-again-soon
weeks.
One of our most interesting
callers was Hans Lampl, musi
cian who has come from the Uni
versity of Southern California
to plan and direct music for the
annual Shakespearean festival.
Mr. Lampl arrived in Ashland
last week and at once set about
interviewing festival officials,
musicians and others who want
to help along this new phase of
the festival.
Many in the valley have
thought for some time that a
well-planned and well-executed
music program would do much
to enhance the plays. These peo
ple were delighted when it was
found that a southern California
man who has come north from
time to time to see the plays had
' offered to provide funds for a
musical director, and also knew
of a man, with much back'
ground in music of the Eliza
bethan period, who could be se
cured for the work.
, The money and the director
'are now at hand, and all that re
mains is for enough interested
valley singers and instrumental
ists to offer their services for a
chorus, orchestra and some
small groups.
Mr. Lampl was accompanied
to Ashland by his wife and small
son, and the three have taken an
apartment for the summer. Mrs,
Darel! Huson, Medford music
teacher who is working with Mr.
Lampl, through the Tudor guild,
had already met him while re
cently visiting in Los Angeles
with her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Arn
old. The Lampls, Arnolds and
others in a circle of friends in
the southern California city all
have learned to play the record
er, an Elizabethan musical in
strument, and have been play
ing together for some time past.
Eugene Bennett, artist who
divides his time between Med
ford and Chicago, came in one
day bringing news that he plan
ned to give a series of lectures
on art appreciation. The lectures
will be aimed at education of
the layman and Potpourri for
one hopes to be sitting in the
front row at all five lectures.
Like many another American,
we find ourselves completely
baffled by many of the works of
'present-day painters and would
welcome an opportunity to have
these trends analyzed and ex
Dlained.
What with the Greenwich Vil
lage show planned by the new
Southern Oregon society of Art
ists, which Is to be In Hawthorne
park in mid-July, the annual ex
hibition of southern Oregon art
ists In Grants Pass the last of
June, and the appreciation lec
tures, artists and art fans can
look forward to an interesting
time.
Mr. Bennett's visit followed
shortly after a luncheon engage
ment with another artist, Mrs,
Geraldlne Birch Duncan of
Pasadena. Mrs. Duncan, here to
spend a few weeks with her son
and daughter-in-law, the Perry
Duncans on South Barneburg
road, is an Englishwoman and
received her formal art educa
tion in London, Paris and Ant
werp.
Mrs. Duncan, who paints un
der the name of Geraldine
Birch, works mostly as a por
trait artist and has painted doz
ens of persons in southern Cali
fornia. Like most portrait paint
ers, Mrs. Duncan (or Miss1 Birch
we couldn't decide which to
use) always has photographs
made of the finished work in
order that she may have a rec-
ord of the work, and we were
privileged to see a number of
these.
The artist also had with her
' photographs of a series of paint
ings she did for the stations of
the cross in an Episcopal churcn
in Sierra Madre, and these faces
of Christ, as conceived by Miss
Birch, we found Indescribably
appealing. She explained that
the work was done at the re
quest of a friend who, when her
four sons all went away to fight
in World War II, promised her
self that if all four sons returned
home, she would show her grati
tude by having the paintings
made for the church. The sons
all came home and Miss Birch
executed the paintings after
spending eight months In prep
aration and research.
Miss Birch discussed modern
art briefly, and with consider
able humor. She told of a cer
tain California artist, now en-
joying some local fame, who
also paints portraits. "His por
traits all look like the subjects
were corpses," she said with
vigor. "Not only that, but they
look like corpses which had
been dug up after having been
buried for a while."
Miss Birch seems also to be
interested in gardening and re
vealed that she had saved con
siderable money this year by
not planting any vegetables,
particularly tomatoes. "By the
time I bought the seeds, plants,
fertilizer, several kinds of
sprays for the numerous insects
and paid the water bill, the vege
tables cost more than if I'd
bought them from the market,"
said Miss B.
The artist, now white-haired,
says that when the time comes
for her to give up portrait paint
ing, she wants to come to Ore
gon to live. "California was at
one time like Oregon," she said
bit sadly. "Now it's ruined
The trouble with southern Cali
fornia is that it's all Los Ange
les."
The visitor's charming daugh
ter-in-law weaves for a hobby,
and one section of the Duncan
living room is taken up with
large loom. She and her husband
came to Medford in March, and
the young Mrs. Duncan said they
were happy as could be to leave
Salt Lake City, which they
couldn't abide, to live in south
ern Oregon.
Our periodic and futile at
tempt to eat less fell by the way
more than once last week. First
it was a luncheon prepared by
Mrs. Bruno Pellegrini, and then
it was luncheon prepared by the
younger Mrs. Duncan.
We've always said we didn't
care for Italian food, but it was
because we'd never eaten any
before which tasted as good as
Mrs. Pellegrini cooks. The won
derful rigatoni and thick chick
en and beef sauce, with a green
salad and fresh fruit, sent us
back to the office in such a state
that we spent the afternoon try
ing to describe the luncheon to
everyone who came in.
It was the same with the pork
chops which Mrs. Duncan pre
pared. They were cooked with
apples and raisins, which "does
something" to a pork chop. Our
hostess also served string beans
prepared with mushrooms and
a smidgin of onions, and the re
sult was delectable.
The Johnsons are in the news
today. There's the wedding of
Miss Joyce Marie Shafer to Don
ald James Johnson, and also the
wedding of Miss Mary Margaret
Johnson to Cpl. William A.
Johnson Jr. Since weddings are
usually "family affairs" both
wedding questionnaires had
Johnson on practically every
line.
For the Johnson-Johnson wed
ding on the questionnaire line
which asks "any special signifi
cance to date or place chosen for
wedding" the bride had written
"bridegroom' home on leave"
and followed the joyful words
with an exclamation point which
leaned at a happy angle. O.S
Eagle Point Club
Installs Officers
At Last Meeting
Eagle Point Installation of
officers for the coming year
was conducted at a meeting of
Eagle Point Garden club held
June 18 in the home of Mrs.
O. E. Henderson. This was the
last meeting of the club year.
The ceremony was conducted
by Mrs. W. A. Freeland, Med
ford. Taking office were Mrs.
C. F. Davies, president; Mrs.
Ted Flury, vice-president; Mrs.
Frank Putman, secretary; Mrs.
Kay Kettlewell, treasurer. Mrs.
John Carnes, historian elect,
was not present and will be in
stalled at a future meeting.
The retiring president, Mrs.
Otto N a g e 1, thanked officers
and committees for their "fine
cooperation" during tha past
year.
An Invitation from the Butte
Falls Garden club to attend a
picnic at Butte Falls park on
July 16 was accepted.
Mrs. William Perry was ap
pointed to arrange for transpor
tation to the picnic.
Committees were appointed
for the coming year: They arc
Mrs. Kettlewell, program; Mrs.
Victor Hay, corsages; Mrs. L. K.
Haak, publicity. Other commit
tees will be appointed later.
Mrs. W. L. Walden' gave a
demonstration on the making of
corsages. A bridal bouquet with
corsage was a part of the dem
onstration. Other corsages were
also made. '
Mrs. Hay, corsage Chairman,
will have on hand a supply of
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Mr. and Mrs. Joiech Fields were married June t In Albany,
Ore. The bride if the former Mrs. Elvlna Katharine Stanley,
Albany, and Mr. Fields is a ion of Mr. and Mrs. William Fields,
Gold Hill.
Albany Ceremony !
Weds Mrs. Stanley
To Joseph Fields
Albany, Ore,, was the scene
of the wedding of Mrs. Elvina
Kathenne Stanley, daughter of
Mrs. Lena Jordanger, Albany, to
Joseph W. Fields, Eugene, Ore.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Fields, Gold Hill, the .afternoon
of June 8.
The double-ring ceremony was
read by Pastor R. H. Weiland of
Immanuel Lutheran church at
(Fisher photo, Albany)
corsage material for the conven
ience of the members.
Guests included Mrs. Free-
land, director of Siskiyou dist
rict of Federated Garden Clubs
of Oregon; Mrs. Waldon? past
president of Medford Garden
club; Mrs. W. H. Dyer, Mrs.
Carol Garmon, Mrs. Margaret
Fitzgerald, Medford; Mrs. H. J.
Gascon, Mrs. Kay Green, Cen
tral Point; Mrs. Francis McGov-
ern, Mrs. Lloyd Adamson, Mrs.
Ray Harnish, Eagle Point.
Roll call was answered by
giving a garden verse. Members
wore garden hats made from
fresh flowers.
the home of the bride's brother-
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin A. Stromseth. The bride
wore a navy blue chiffon after
noon dress with blue and white
accessories and her flowers were
pink rosebuds.
Her matron of honor, Mrs.
Joanita Keidatz, was dressed in
a navy blue dotted Swiss dress
and white accessories with a
corsage of pink carnations. An
other attendant, Mrs. Stromseth,
wore a pink dress with blue ac
cessories and a white carnation
corsage.
Charles Smith, Albany, acted
as best man.
Music for the wedding was
furnished by Mrs. Ralph Heins
at the piano, A group of 25 rela
tives and friends witnessed the
ceremony.
The bride's mother chose a
navy blue dress with pink car
nations while the bridegroom's
mother wore a dress of pink
with blue accessories.
The couple are at home In
Eugene after a short wedding
trip.
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Rock Collectors Meet
At Irvin Daley Home;
Show Slides, Pictures
Twenly-two "rockhounds gath
ered at the Daley home, 343
North Grape street, Wednesday
evening. Entertainment included
presentation of John T. Ross'
hand-made, actual rock slides,
magnified by reflected projec
tion upon a screen.
Lloyd W. Smylie presented
slides laken by himself and fam
ily while Mn a recent vacation
through the southwest. These
were of particular interest to
this group because of the show
ing of mines, rock and natural
formations within Mesa Verde,
National Bridges monument,
Utah, Monument valley, Bryce
canyon and Grand canyon, the
copper mines of Utah, mines of
Nevada, and many other places
en route which are considered
"a rockhound's paradise."
Harry Morrow displayed two
unusual specimens of fluorite.
Miss Venita Daley presented a
fluorescent display which Includ
ed the uranium minerals.
Refreshments were served.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Santo and daughter.
Marjorie, and her sons, Mr. and
Mrs. Treavell M. Turpin and
son, Mrs. Anna Winterhalter,
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Ross, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Morrow, John
nie Morrow, Dale Beach, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd W. Smylie,
Darryl Smylie, James Rouhier
and the host and hostess, Mr.
and Mis. Irvin C. Daley and
daughter, Venita.
Sunday. June 11, 19U
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Author Says Hobbies Can Turn Into Money
New York xour nobby can
be making you money as well as
filling your spare hours with
fun.
A well-known authority in the
field of handicrafts says that
thousand! of women already
have turned their hobbies into
money-makers and he has writ
ten a book to help others do the
same
Robert Scharf, author of
"Handicraft Hobbies for Profit"
(McGraw-Hill), says that of all
hobbies which can be turned to
profit, those dealing with home
conveniences and novelties have
proved the most successful.
He told of a woman in Mil
waukee whose idea for a gift for
a friend became a full-time
business. She wanted to add a
personal touch to a gift for a
stamp-collector. She bought a
plain lamp shade from the local
dime store and covered It with
stamps. She shellacked the shadi
and added a stand and bulb.
Scharf said others saw the
gift, asked her to make one for
them, and offered to pay for her
time.
4-H Club News
Antelope Club
A class of Hereford heifers
and one of Hereford steers were
judged at our last meeting at the
home of John Bohnert. Warren
Bayliss acted as judge.
For the program Janice Gil
lespie, Ken Coulter, Clenton Gil
lespie, and Calvin Gillespie from
Lincoln school played several
numbers with electric guitars, a
Spanish guitar, and an accordion.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of E. A. Malloroy
and we will practice judging
sheep and dairy animals. All
members are urged to attend
this meeting as plans will be
made for our local fair to be
held on August 8.
Geraldine Hayes,
reporter.
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