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f Me'dforcT Firemen, Lady Lions Start Plans for Toy Project " .', Bedford firemen and Medford Lady Lions have already made nrst plans for the Christmas toy project which the two groups sponsor each year. The welfare committee of the women's group m m recently a' the fire hall with the firemen to begin the plans. inrougn the cooperation of Beck's bakery, barrels" will be placed down town in stores, at the YMCA and at the grade schools for the collection of used toys for the firemen to repair. It is thought this plan will result In a much larger collection. The barrels are to be known as "fire buckets," and will be picked up and delivered through the co operation of Alva M. Perkins, manager of Consolidated Frelghtways. Mrs. Perkins, president oi Medford Lady Lions, points out that Medford began the toy ren ovation project in 1930. A few years later the Lady Lions be gan assisting the firemen and by 1937 they assumed entire responsibility for distribution of the toys. In some years the number of toys handled has reached more thass 2,000, with about 250 re , stored dolls and 165 new ones as well as wheeled toys and oth er articles given to about 790 children. Mrs. Perkins is par ticularly pleased with the new collection plan, and states that the barrel idea was proposed by Truman Nelson, city fire mar shal . Mrs. Alan Cameron Is serving as publicity chairman for the project, and Mrs. Harry Glidt'en Is welfare chairman. Serving with- her are Mrs. Dwight John son, Mrs. Joseph Patella ani Mrs. Kenneth Teeters. The toy project was also dis cussed at a meeting of officers and chairmen of Medford Lady Lions held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louie J. Ruhl, Holiday Inn motel. The Ruhls served re freshments in the motel coffee shop. The entire group will meet Tuesday, November 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Noble Vincent, 10 South Groveland avenue. Mrs. Eston Humphrey, Mrs. Thomas Flynn and Mrs. Don Minkler will be co-hostesses. Members of the organization are asked to take clothing, toys and presents to the meeting, and the evening will be spent dress ing Christmas dolls. Mrs. C. Elwood Hedberg will speak on "The History of Silver." i Auxiliary Plans Dance at Camp The department of Oregon, auxiliary to the Veterans of For eign Wars, will sponsor a dance at Camp White domiciliary Mon day, November 1, at 8 p.m., at the Camp White theater. Music will be furnished by the Camp White orchestra. All auxiliary members and their friends are Invited. Transportation will be fur nished from Trailways bus de pot at 7:30 p.m. Elected . Miss Margaret' Huson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Darell Hu son, 45 Lindley avenue, was named treasurer of the UNESCO group on the Willamette univer sity campus, according to a re lease from the university. The group sponsors the "Endeavor" and the foreign film series each year at the campus. JEAN HART Now has Ropes Bibs Chokers Earrings Bracelets Charming bits of Colour to add the Right Accent to your Anne Fogarty dress Both Exclusive at IAnn-Fogarty Dresses . 617 East Main Doctor Higdon To Be Speaker; . Fall Show Held Dr. John Higdon of Southern Oregon Experiment station. Tal ent, will speak for a meeting of Medford Garden club ThursAy, November 4, at Girls Commu nity club at 2 p.m. Dr. Higdon's topic will be "Good Earth." The horticulture lesson will be "Free Medical Service for Plants." The program will be followed by tea, with Mrs. O. H. Tice in charge. Mrs. LeRoy Cline, president of the club, has called a meeting of the executive board for Mon day, November 1, afher home, 1421 Euclid avenue,. at 8 p.m. About 200 attended the fall flower show and plant sale held by the club October 20 at the Pythian building. About 100 specimen of chrys anthemums, and various other flowers, were shown. Flower ar rangements from other flower clubs in the valley including Butte Falls,. Ashland, Jackson ville and Central Pint, were also displayed. Many corsages were on dis play including fall flowers, seed pods, cones and other material. . '. ' Medford Woman Named Secretary Of State Group Mrs. Janiee Long, 1308 Queen Anne avenue, was elected secre tary of the newly formed Ore gon State division of the Na tional Secretaries association during a district convention of the national group held in Port land last week end. Others at the session from here were Mrs. Jeanne Brown, local chapter president,. Mrs. Darlyne Rudd and Mrs. Kay Thomas. Medford was selected for the first state meeting, to be held here March 19, 1955. About 25 members from chapters in Wash ington and Oregon will attend the one-day meeting. Over 90 NSA members were at the district conference which also was attended by Mrs. Lilyan Miller, national president from Akron, O. Miss Martha Rosemond, northwestern vice president from Spokane, Wash., also was at the meeting. Discussed at the convention was the fast-growing recogni tion of secretaries by top-level management? 'It was said that this' has been brought about chiefly by the certified profes sional secretary program, spon sored by the association. - Mistletoe Members Hold Session at Club -. Mistletoe club members met for a covered dish luncheon Wednesday at the Girls Commu nity club. Mrs. Sam Yates, vice president, had charge of the meet ing and -the Halloween theme was used for decorating. Next meeting of the club will be November 10. Dessert will be served. Shop at the PINK STORE Where You Park at the Door Phone 2-8992 f - Mr. and Mrs. Chapter Marks Anniversary, Honors Members At Meeting Central Point Nevita chap ter, Order of Eastern Star, paid honor to charter members, past matrons and patrons at a meet ing Tuesday evening in the Ma sonic temple here, and also ob served the 46th birthday of the chapter. Mrs. Rex Note, worthy mat ron, and Melvin McGrew, worthy patron, presided. The chapter was organized 46 years ago with 14 chapter mem bers, three of whom are still liv ing. Two of these, Mrs. Vinnie Kyle Cook and Mrs; Mollie Neale, were present and intro duced. The third, Mrs. Robnet, lives in Portland and was unable to attend. ' Past matrons and patrons at tending were Mr. and Mrs. Mer ritt Swing, Mr. and Mrs. Ever ett Faber, Mr. and Mrs. Hensley Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Brenner, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Head, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Ham ilton, Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Jewett, Mr. and Mrs. William Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vin cent, Mrs. Victor Bursell, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Betta Pankey, Mrs. Neale, Mrs. Lelia Paxson, Mrs. Elizabeth Faber, Mrs. Inez Fer guson,. Mrs. Gladys Beebe, Mrs. Halloween Party Given by Group At Radio Station Medford Toastinistress club held a Hallowe'en party Tues day evening at KBOY radio sta tion. The rooms were decorated and the members came masked and in costume. Ghost stories were held by Mrs. Wallace Haskins and Mrs. C. A. Thatcher. Mrs. Clarence Wilson gave her autobiography. Each member, after unmasking was given a subject for an ex temporaneous talk of two min utes. Mrs. George Mclntyre gave an educational speech. . Mrs. Effie Kurtz entertained 'with ;two appropriate songs and Hallowe'en games were played, with refreshments following. Guests attending were Ivah Dobbs Murray, Mrs. Eloise Win klebeck, Mrs. W. G. Ardry, Mrs. Charles W. Koyle, Mrs. Robert J. Buckles, Mrs. J. T. Johnson, Mrs. Thomas Shoop, Mrs. Don Bergman, and Mrs. Gene Wheeler. - Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Clarence Wilson, Mrs. Frank Runtz, and Mrs. A. C. Cameron. Miss Anna Streed was topic mistress and Mrs. Mclntyre was toastmistress. Secretary Named By Crater PTA; Parents in Class Central Point Mrs. Earl Peff ley was elected secretary of Crater Parent - Teacher associa tion during the first meeting of the group October 29 at the school cafetorium. About 100 persons attended the meeting. A brief business meeting was held with Mrs. Ben Day, presi dent, presiding. Mrs. Scott Hamilton, program chairman, introduced the teach ers. Arthur Straus, principal of the Crater High school, ex plained diagram at the build ings. Parents attended classes of their children and met their teachers. A resume was given of each course. Medford Bethel Plans Initiation Medford bethel Job's Daughters will meet Wednes day, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic hall. Initiation cere monies will be conducted and formal dress is required. All par ents of bethel members, Eastern Star and Masonic members are cordially invited to attend. All officers and choir mem bers are requested to meet at the Masonic hall Immediately after school Tuesday, November 2, for practice. James Archibald Leta Kyle, Mrs. Ethel Freeman, Mrs. Guy Tex, Mrs. Edwin An dren, Mrs. Ray Anders, Mrs. C. F. McKibben,' L. C. Scott and Mrs. Gay Husband. Others attending were Sylvin West, past grand patron of Ore gon; Mr. Sweek, past patron of Seward, Alaska; Ed Gould and Mrs. Ina Huson, past matron and past patron of Adarel chapter, Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Poole, patron and matron of Oregon chapter, Canyonville. An addendum entitled "The Birthday Cake" was presented by officers of Nevita chapter and the Courtesy Girls staged a skit entitled "Always Tell the Truth." Small gifts were pre sented to the honored guests by Mrs. Note, and small plants, mostly grown by Mrs. Note, dec orated the tables and were then given away as prizes. Hats, bal loons, whistles and party favors made the occasion a real birth day party. The birthday cake was in the form of a Bible and was decor ated with red roses and a verse of scripture. The cake was later presented to Mrs. Paxson, 88, oldest past matron of the chap' ter. Mrs. Paxson served it at a tea given at her home Thursday afternoon for a number of past matrons ana Mrs. Note. 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The bride operates a beauty shop in Brookings, and the bridegroom is in the logging and trucking business at Harbor. For her wedding the bride wore a gown of chantilly lace and net over satin with a bouf fant skirt which ended in a chapel train. Her imported illu sion veil was held by a cloche jeweled with seed --pearls and sequins and she carried three white orchids. Miss Peggy Connela, Palo Al to, Calif., was honor attendant. She wore a ballerina gown of peacock blue velveteen with matching headband and carried yellow rosebuds. Miss Betty Joe Raymond, Har bor, and Miss Phyllis Archibald, Medford, .sister of the bride groom, were bridesmaids. They wore identical gowns of maroon velveteen . with matching head bands and their bouquets were pink, rosebuds. Tony Felipe, Harbor, was best man and ushers were' Pete and Melvin Archibald, brothers of thr bridegroom from Medford. Cynthia Harper, Harbor, was flower girl. She wore a pink velveteen- frock and carried a basket of rose petals. - The bride s mother wore a navy blue peau de soie ensemble with white carnation corsage and the bridegroom's mother was attired in a teal green suit with red carnation corsage. Pouring and assisting for the reception which followed were Mrs. Arthur Knox, Mrs. Jose phine Owens, Mrs. Phillips and Miss Nancy Sheehn. Shower Honors Medford Woman Mrs. E. Nelson and Mrs. Carl Landis were hostesses Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Nel son, 860 West 14th st., for a shower honoring Mrs. C. W. Hill. The evening was spent playing cards. About 15 women at tended. Mrs. Charles Ely, Mrs. Nina Coon, and Mrs. Clinton Bennett won at cards. Refreshments were served and Mrs. Hill was presented gifts. Right, ST DluX. Wardrobe '130.00 . ,j,ii.iJi..i.j li:UiJ.,!wwsa. Sunday, October SI, 1184 University Women Sponsor Art Week Exhi bit at Hotel The public Is Invited to visit the exhibit of local artists Thursday and Friday, Novem ber 4 and 5, at the Medford hotel, in observance of Nation al Art week. American Assoc iation of University Women an nually are in charge of arrange ments for the observance and this year the pictures will be displayed in the downstairs ban quet room at the hotel. - Hours for viewing will be 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday. - The annual observance is a time . set aside to pay tribute to American art and to honor American artists. The movement was started in Portland by the late Mrs. Harold Dickenson and now is observed throughout the country. . . , Students of the 'valley also have been Invited to exhibit. Exhibits will be received at the Medford hotel Thursday, No vember 4 between the hours of 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Anyone plan ning to exhibit who has not reg istered should contact by tele phone Mrs. Robert J. Keeney, 2-7925, or Mrs. R. V. Denning, VA domiciliary, Camp White, 3 TA 6445. The art week exhibits are held with the idea in mind of acquainting persons with art. "If a person is deeply interest ed in his work, every healthy man or woman has a deep cap acity for. creative energies in his nature," writes Mrs. Walter Germain, Oregon state super- Meeting Place " Changed by Club; Winners Named Riverside Bridge club has changed the -place of meeting and-is now holding sessions in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pruitt, 1012 South Holly street. North-south winners for the last week were Mrs. Paul Hatton and Mrs. Pruitt, first, 72V4; Mrs. Ben Todd and Mrs. Richard Milestone, second, 69; Mrs. George Choate and Mrs. Fred Rehling, third, 57 W, Mrs. T. J. Fuson and John Solheim, fourth, 55. Winning east-west were Mrs. Frank R. Baker and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson, first, 74; Mrs. Fred Pur- dln and Mrs. M. M. 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So every man can become a musician, painter, sculptor, or architect, in the sense that In as much as he can speak, he is a speaker. What he produces may not be great art but it affords him great satisfaction and releases energy for better living and keener appreciation of others and the arts. It is astonishing and unbelievable that we- sjo along in life without seeing, really , seeing, anything that is familiar because it is familiar." Loyal Workers Class Plan Meeting Tuesday Loyal. Workers class of First Christian ; church will hold its monthly' social meeting -Tuesday, November. 2, at 8 p.m., in Fel lowship hall. The group enter taining consists of Mr, and Mrs. W. I. House, Mr., and Mrs. Clar ence Hershlser, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bailey, and Mr. and Mrs W. A. Grochocki. Ethel Says: MIX OR MATCH? ; When It comps to clothes we sometimes "mix" . 1 . sometimes "match." But when It comes to fragrance, every on. should be . "match mater." 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Several dif ferent types of chrysanthemums were shown and methods of propagation and disbudding were discussed. The members were asked to contribute to a rummage sale to be held in Medford November 12 and 13 by Siskiyou district, Oregon Federation of Garden ' clubs. . Refreshments were served by the co-hostesses, Mrs, O. L. Gas ton and Mrs. Charles May. : - The next meeting ot the ciud will be November 23 at the home ot Mrs. L.' C. McCay, with . Mrs. Thomas McGraw and Mrs. Paul Robertson as co-hostesses. To Initiate Jacksonville Adarel chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, will initiate candidates' during a meet ing Thursday, November 4, at 8 p.m., In the Jacksonville Ma sonic hall. - FREE DELIVERY! p.m. Sundays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. PHARMACY PHONE 3-5345 Enamel CLERS
