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Sunday, J una 29, 1952 Rare Tree Planted as Memorial To Sarah Whitman Andrus, Pioneer FOR you at:.... EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Retired Forester John Gribble dedicated a rare three-year-oid metasequoia tree from China in a ceremony before Medford Gar den club members and guests at the northeast corner of Haw thorne park, Tuesday. The tree was dedicated in honor of Mrs. Sarah Whitman Andrus, member of a pioneer Jacksonville family. . Mr. Grible, introduced by Mrs. Mr. Gribbe introduced Ijy Mrs. garden club's living memorials committee, discussed the charac teristics and history of this type of tree. The metasequoia trees were discovered in China in 1943 after being considered ex tinct for some 60,000,000 years, and are almost the exact count erpart of fossil trees which flour ished in Oregon millions of years ago. New officers of the garden club for the forthcoming year were installed after the dedica tion at a special meeting at Girls Community club. Mrs. W. A. Freeland, director of the Siski you district, Oregon Federation of Garden clubs, served as in stalling office. Mrs. E. M. Wallin was in stalled as new president of the club. Other officers include Mrs. Jack Crump, first vice-president; Mrs. John J. Brugman, second vice-president; Mrs. Charles C. Stearns, recording secretary; secretary; Mrs. L. P. Rentchler, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Earl Bradf ish, treasurer and Mrs. LeRoy F. Cline, historian. Mrs. Tom Ginn, retiring presi dent, and the new officers were presented corsages and Mrs. Freeland presented Mrs. Ginn with a past president pin. .Seven charter members were special guests at the dedication and meeting which marked the close of the silver anniversary year of the organization. Mrs. Frank Blaar, program chairman, presented corsages and bouton nieres to the charter members, the club's first president, Miss Jane Snedicor, Mrs. Edith Bun dy, Mrs. J. W. Jacobs, Mrs. E. M. Wilson, Mrs. A. R. Hedges and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Beach. Committee chairman for 1952, named by Mrs. Wallin, include Mrs. Tom Wray, civic; Mrs. Neil Davidson, horticulture; Mrs. DECO-RITE FOR WALLS .The new easy-to-use velvet I finish that brightens rooms so asily and lasts longer be 1 cause it's made of durable : oils. SHINGLE STAIN Better colors, better penetra tion, and better protection where it counts the most. Now it's easy to do your own "shingle roof PORCH & FLOOR ENAMEL 'Tougher, more resilient, and smoother use this new en amel where traffic is heavy. BUILDER'S SERVICE 2802 Crater Lake Hiway Phone 2-8376 hi 10 Days SAFELY Without Dieting-Hunger Without Drugs Crest News for overweight men and women I Now you can let clinically tested and medically approved MODEL-ETTS for only tl-S-why pay moreT MODEL-FITS take oft excess fat witkMt dietiac. J ait eao tablet to. Ion each ami does it. Proved by Doctor connected with em of New York' Lancet Hospital. 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Styles in bride's gowns may change from year to year, but for the most part, tradition and convention play a great part in weddings. The traditional bride's gown is of white, and of course, there must be the something old, something new, something bor rowed and something blue. Many a bride wears a penny in her shoe, she cuts-the first slice of the wedding cake, feeding it to her new husband (one of these days we must take time to find out where all these traditions started) and she throws her bou quet to her attendants, tradition having it that whoever catches the flowers will be the next mar ried. At two recent Medford wed dings the custom of drinking a toast was observed, with the bride and bridegroom then breaking their glasses. At the weddings of Dixie Coutts to James Edwards Jr., and Mar garet Ruth McCormick to Ray Donald Bostwick, both couples drank the traditional champagne toast and then struck the glasses together, shattering them to bits. At both receptions there was also dancing, with the newly- wed couples having the tradi tional first dance together. It's also the bride's privilege to introduce some new ideas at her wedding. Miss Coutts' wed ding hose had the ankles dec orated with tiny seed pearls, and her attendants wore on their slippers miniature nosegays which matched those they car ried. At the Bostwick-McCor- mick reception the bride, who has a high sense of humor, in troduced a new note by declar- ine she would auction her bou quet, instead of just throwing it to one of her attendants. The wedding of June Bos; worth to William George Hughes was not only filled with the traditional touches, but brought a note of sentiment and nostal gia to many of the guests since the bride's parents have Uvea here and in Klamath Falls since their wedding and many of the wedding guests have known the bride since babyhood. The reception brought back many memories to Mrs. Robert Hart, for her marriage to tne late Mr. Hart took place in the garden at 211 Genessee street where the Hughes-Bosworth re ception was held last Sunday. Mrs. Hart, whose marriage was held 22 years ago this month, (June 30) then lived next door with her parents, Mrs. Eugene N. Vilm and the late Mr. Vilm. The ceremony was performed by Father Hamilton, for many years the beloved rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church. The house and garden at 211 Genessee street were then own ed bv Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Swigert, who now live in " El Monte, Calif. Mrs. Swigert had planned the garden with great care, not only laying it out but working out a color scheme for the border? and beds, and smce that time it has been one of the show places of the city. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Eden, the present owners, lavish much time and care on the garden, and gener ously allow friends and groups to use it for picnics, parties and other gatherings. Mrs. Eden reminded us that .wJlTO Bring or mail this coupon to oar store to get Is day supply UVUrtlH for UM.I 1JJ. (Other MODEL-ETTS money- I saving prices for SO day sup. i plytt for M day supply) I 11 South Front i j I 14 i 1 i Address. City -Stat. mark, Ashland, state recording secretary, Mrs. R. T. NichoL state program chairman and Mrs. Freeland, Siskiyou District director, were Introduced and presented corsages. Mrs. Helen F. Watson was also a special guest at the meeting. Mrs. Hendrickson was tea chairman, assisted by Mrs. J. W. Howes, Mrs. W. H. Vaughan, Mrs. A. H. Hansen, Mrs. Earle Bigelow, Mrs. Carrie Milnes, Mrs. Clark Walker and Mrs. J. W. Ostrander. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Clark Walker and Mrs. Tom Ginn. the house is rather an old one-re-done by the Swigerts and sub sequent owners, and she called attention to the huge poplar tree growing at the edge of the front lawn. The tree bears many sets of initials, carved by mis- chevious boys and love-struck young men, and these, enlarged and distorted by time and the tree's growth, can now be seen high up the trunk. At one time there was a twin popular, but disease forced the Edens td cut the second one down. The new Mrs. Hughes will have one rather unusual wed ding present. Her brother, Bob, student artist, began a portrait of his sister in her wedding dress during the days which pre ceded the wedding and when completed, it is to be her wed wing present from him. The bride's mother contribu ted one special touch to the wedding. Mrs. Bosworth has pretty decided ideas about what constitutes good food, and she disapproves of the beautiful bride's cakes, made with white flour and white sugar. So Mrs. B. sent to California for special fruit, candied it herself, and la ter made it into a huge bride groom's cake, using whole wheat flour and raw sugar, all filled with lots of vitamins and other good nourishing elements. This was then served, along with the usual white bride's cake. There was an air of genuine happiness and friendliness pre vailing at the Hughes-Bosworth wedding and reception that can not always be found at modern weddings, beautiful and gay though they may be. One could not say of this wed ding and reception, as one Med ford woman recently remarked, "modern weddings are getting to be too much like something a Hollywood mortician would dream up." A recent story from San An tonio, Texas, told how "for the first time in American educa tional history an entire univers ity with over 2300 students was moved, lock stock and barrel, to a new campus, five miles away, between dawn and sun set." It was Trinity university, San Antonio. The realese told how 500 stu dents, faculty members and al umni pitched in to load a half hundred vans, trucks and trail mobiles, then raced to the new campus ahead of the caravan to be there for the unloading. An honorary "degree" of "Doctor of Moving" was solemn ly conferred by Jack Stotts, president of the Trinity student body, on T. W. Longino, presi dent of the San Antonio Assoc iation of Motor Carriers, under whose leadership 45,000 books, 1,600 chairs, 20 couches, 160 tables, 115 office desks, five safes, 100 filing cases, 100 book cases, 50 steel lockers and many other similar items had been moved to their new home," the story related. A letter from Mrs. I. V. Coz ine, 136 Portland avenue, was prompted by recent articles in The MT about the metasequoia tree. Mrs. Coine says she has growing in her yard "tallow trees" -raised from seed. These and LEONSTOTS-TO-TEENS Month ENDER CONTINUES Thru Monday, June 30 Wonderful Vacation Savings for You! Members of Medford Garden club and J. E. Gribble last week dedicated a metasequoia tree from China to the memory of Mrs. Sarah Whitman Andrus, pioneer Jackson county resi dent. The small tree was planted in Hawthorne park, and Mr. Gribble, retired forester, dis cussed the history of the metasequoia. Pic tured, left to right, are Mrs. R. T. Nichol, daugh- Children's Treasures Not 'Junk' to Them Says Child Specialist Children, particularly boys, love to keep anything from a rock to a rumpled-up picture from an old magazine. Then, when mother cleans house, out they go, under loud protest. Though it goes against house wifely instincts, it is better to let the youngsters keep their trea sures, advises Tom Poff enberger, extension family relations sper cialist at Oregon State college. What seems to be junk to an adult may be full of value or usefulness to a child. And even if it is not useful, the feeling he has about it is important enough to warrant keeping hands off. Instead, help him develop neat habits by providing chests, deep closets, or other places where he can keep his belongings. Even if the articles are piled in, they're still out of sight and the room is neat when he finishes playing. If the room gets too crowded, let him decide what must go, and let him do the throwing-out himself. If a child feels a room is his to care for, and his pos sessions will be respected, he will be more apt to keep the room neat and orderly. so-called tallow trees are native to China, also, Mrs. Cozine says, and were called so because the seeds yield a tallow-like sub stance and the bark a wax. o o Both Colonel and Mrs. Wil liam Woodford, who at one time lived in Medford, were in the office last week for brief visits. The Woodfords now live at an army post in Oklahoma, and both had a few unkind things to say about the Oklahoma climate, as compared to southern Oregon. The colonel told how terrible the dust storms can be, while Mrs. Woodford described a re cent Oklahoma hail storm. The hail jstones were so large, said Mrs. W., that windows were broken out of public buildings and as she watched, they went right through the cloth top of a convertible automobile, parked in front of the building where she had taken refuge. (Mrs. Woodford cupped her hands to show how big the stones were, measuring something about the size of a baseball). She ended her story with a shudder and the hearty wish that the family could return to Medford some time to live. O.S. WITH JSg J$l; ' ter of Mrs. Andrus and member of the garden . club. Mrs. W. L. Walden, chairman of the club's living memorial committee, Mrs. E. M. Wallin, and Mr. Gribble. Mrs. Wallin was installed president of the club at ceremonies held later in the afternoon at Girls Community club. (Brainerd photo) CALENDAR Calendar notices and news tot the society section of The Mail Tribune mast be submitted in writing, and deadline for the Son day edition is 1 p.m. Friday Dead line for weekly news is. 5 p.m. the day before publication, and dead line for the weekly calendar t 9 a.m. cf the day for publication 2:00-4:00 p.m. Medford Trail Riders, Hidden Valley Ranch near Tolo. Monday 6:15 p.m. Medford Toast masters, Medford hotel. 7:30 p.m. Shakespeare festi val choral rehearsal, Roosevelt school. 7:30 p.m. SPEBSQSA, Jack son hotel. 7:30 tp.m. Jackson County Licensed Practical Nurses associ ation, Sacred Heart hospital. 8:00 p.m. Evening Circle of First Christian church, at home of Mrs. Ron Gandie ,1575 East McAndrews. Tuesday 12:00 noon Daughters of the Nile, Girls Community club. 7:30 p.m. Footlighters, Fair grounds Theatre. 8:00 p.m. Miss Anna Streed's Bible class, home of Miss Joyce Holte, 139 North Ivy. 8:00 p.m. Art Appreciation lecture, at Eugene Bennett Stu dio, 333 South Grape. Wednesday 10:30 a.m. Christian Wo men's Fellowship, First Christ ian church. 12:00 noon Central Point Garden club, at home of Mrs. W. I. Sutherland. Thursday 12:30 p.m. Women's Bible class of First Methodist church, Hawthorne park. POLARIZED CARE THE COMPLETE FUR CLEANING SERVICE Accumulated dirt and grime vanish like magic from both lining and fur when your furs are cleaned by our Polarized process.' We will also repair rents, seams and other damages and glaze your coat to give it new lustrous highlights. PHONE 2-9169 FOR OUR BONDED MESSENGER H. D. Christensen, Prop. 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