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Having read the several inches of small type in Who's Who
about Ernest Gruening before we went out to interview him last
Saturday, we were a little uneasy. Would he be formal and diffi
cult? What should we ask him? We needn't have worried, for al
though Potpourri and the photographer unfortunately arrived
just as the Gruenings and their hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Schwamm,
and the other guests were about to start dinner, everyone was
friendly and the whole incident turned out to be a happy one. -
Mr. Gruening, whose comfortable-clothes included a heavy
wool plaid shirt and moccasin-type shoes, had a quick answer for
all the questions and it was soon evident that he without doubt
deserves all the small type in Who's Who. V -
A question about Alaskan statehood was superfluous Mr. G.
vigorously said statehood was long overdue for Alaska. Before he
settled down to talk about economic conditions up north, Mr.
Schwamm interrupted to ask if we'd heard the latest catch phrase
from Alaska, which he said Mr. Gruening had coined not long
ago. With obvious relish Mr. Schwamm, a former director of avia
tion for Alaska, told us. It's "Alaska's been McKayoed."
Mr. G., editor of note and author of a number of works, told
us that his newest book, "The State of Alaska" is being published
by Random House this month. Mrs. Raymond Smith interrupted
to say that the ex-governor had also written an interesting book
about Mexico entitled "Mexico and Its Heritage." .' '
( When we hesitated to answer Mr. Gruening's questions about
how the election would turn out in Oregon, Ward Spatz answered
for us. (He was wrong, but so were a lot of other people's pre
dictions.) . ' . - v
; Today's picture of Mrs. Gruening doesn't do justice to that
handsome and charming woman. Potpourri couldn't resist asking
about the jewelry she wore. Her odd and interesting necklace she
said was made from the needles which the Eskimo women use
to sew furs and leather, and on each arm she wore bracelets,
hand-carved from both brown and white ivory and most beau
tiful. These she removed in order that we might see the detail of
the carving and the exquisite inlay work. :
' .One of the Gruening's sons is Peter B. Gruening, manager of
the United Press for Australia, New Zealand and near-by South
Pacific territory. The second, Huntington Gruening, lives in
Juneau and is with the Alaska Coastal Airlines company. ' '
Attorney George 'Rode gave us permision to print this story,
although saying that no one should admit having done anything
so silly. In the process of moving from the Rode's former Stewart
avenue home to one in the Griffin Creek area, Mr. R. went out to
i a it j . . i j t ' a . t
me roaasiae, puuea up me mauoox posi wun me dox in 11, xossea
it in the pickup and later dumped it in the new garage until he
had time to put it,up. .. ; '
: Some two or three weeks later he finally found time to put it
up in its new location and while working with the box, the door
flew open. It was full of mail. The collection included a copy of
Time magazine for which Wife Edith had hunted in vain, and
a birthday check for one of the small Bodes. - ,
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' John (Little Daisy) Snider isn't the only one who thinks up
clever material for the newspaper. His sister, Mary 'Greenman,
advertised in last Sunday's issue that she had kittens to give
away providing the families would provide good Republican
t homes for the animals. Need we add that the phone started ringing
early Sunday morning and rang all day and that all the kittens
soon had new homes Republican homes. -
' . '
About ,to throw away the May issue of Changing Times, the
Kiplinger jnagazine, a title caught our eye. It read "Our Not-So-Safe
Automobiles." The writer of the article says that American
cars aren't very safe, and that manufacturers aren't going to make
them that way unless the public insists on it.
When you set out to buy a new car, says Changing Times, think
some about safety and not just about the horsepower, the type of
upholstery, how easy will it steer and will Mabel like the color.
The author says all cars could have safer disk brakes at little
extra cost, but only one does. Tests have shown that 'safety har
nesses save many lives, yet Nash offered a model with such a
device but save it nn nn the ffrnnnris that it hurt ale Th authm
goes on to write about the desirability of roof supports such as
those on racing cars, steering wheels that work with a 2V4 turn
ratio instead of 4Vfe to 5, springs that give a soft Tide but "make
it mighty dangerous to go fast around curves," weight distribu
tion that causes cars to skid, and the desirability of removing pro
truding gadgets from the dashboard and padding it instead.
Rear lights should be two colors taillight of amber and stop
lights of red the writer saysj and headlights wouldn't blind if
an neacuignts ana windshields were polaroid. The article ends
by saying that motorists don't demand safety features,, or they'd
get them. "The truth is, manufacturers could make cars safer
without loss of sales. -But the only thing that will persuade them
to is public opinion. That's you," concludes Changing Times.
' ; . . ..
i . Mrs. A. E. Brockway, just home from a trip, brought back a
story about politics in Florida. Mrs. B. was invited to a political
meeting and what do vou think thev talked ahnnt hn set
the two-party system working in Florida. No Republicans ever
run for office in Silver Springs, where the Brockways visited, and
its finally beginning to worry the populace.
- Potpourri would like to nominate as the most tactless man In
the country a certain Portland radio man the one who said
Thursday morning that a re-count of the votes could very well
result in a change in the election returns because the votes in
Oregon are largely counted by old women. O.S. : I -
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Election Planned .
By Baptist Group
Women's Fellowship of First
Baptist church will hold the an
nual election of officers and busi
ness meeting Tuesday, November
9, at 1 p. m., atthe home of Mrs.
Edith Whillock, 1003 West Main
street.
The meeting will begin with a
dessert luncheon - served by
Mesdames 4 Joe Hibbard, Boyd
Kline and Eric dePlace. A deven
tional will be given by a member
of the group.
Installation of the new offic
ers chosen at this meeting will
be held Tuesday, November 23.
OES Grand Officers Here
For Reception on Saturday
Mrs. Jack Caldwell and Mrs. Job? C. Smith were honored
October 30 during a reception given by Reames chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star, at Medford Masonic temple. Mrs. Caldwell is
grand Adah of the grand OES chapter of Oregon and Mrs. Smith
is grand representative of the grand OES jurisdiction of Puerto
Rico in Oregon.; Grand officers from all parts of the state at
tended.
The program' theme wis
"Sweethearts of Reames Chap
ter." The addenda and decora
tions were done with hearts and
sweetheart songs. -
Mrs. John Esp, worthy ma
tron, and Mr. Esp, worthy patron
of the chapter, gave the welcom
ing addresses.'
The associate patron, Morris
Boughner, escorted" by " the
marshal, Mrs. Heidie Frost,
placed the national colors. Ralph
Sweeney gave the invocation.
Officers and courtesy girls
gave an addendum and a Spanish
dance was furnished by Miss
Rosie Johnson.' -
Two vocal solos were sung by
Miss Joan' Henderson accompan
ied by Mrs. Etta McKinney. The
entertainment closed with a drill
done by the courtesy girls di
rected by Mrs. Fred Pur din and
Mrs. Norman Svensen. Mrs.
Frank Little, a past matron of
the chapter, was a hostess.
Mrs. V. A. Turpin, a past ma
tron, and Mrs. -Jack Ward,
associate matron, were chair
men for the decorations and
refreshments. -
Cake and punch were served
by a group of 1954 worthy ma
trons. They are Mrs. Rena Old
ham, Aloha chapter, Klamath
Falls; Mrs. Marjorie Williams,
Josephine chapter,s Grants Pass;
Mrs. Rex Note, Nevita chapter,
Central Point; Mrs. John Mur
phy, 'Alpha chapter, Ashland,
and Mrs. Floyd Robertson, a
grand . represetative of British
Columbia in Oregon.
A dinner at the Medford hotel
preceded the meeting. Grand
officers and other guests at
tended. '
' A Sunday breakfast was
served at the Masonic temple
for all out-of-town guests. Mrs.
E. G. Randolph, conductress,'
was chairman and the Reames
officers were hostesses.
From out of town were Mrs.
Lewis H. Irving, worthy grand
matron, Madras; Herman John
ston, worthy grand patron,
Salem; Mrs. William McKinley
Jr., past grand matron, Port
land; Mrs. Carl Wimberly, past
grand matron, Roseburg; Mrs.
Hal McNair, past grand matron,
Ashland; Mrs. Hazel Graham,
past grand matron, Tillamook;
Mrs. H. E. Simpson, past grand
matron, Portland; Miss Carlotta
Wiseman, associate grand ma
tron, Grants Pass; A. Ray Martin,
associate grand patron, Eugene;
Mrs. Carl Edwards, grand trea
surer, Portland; Mrs. Fred . E.
Burton, grand conductress,
Portland; Mrs. Ernest W. Elford,
grand marshal, Portland; Harold
Ayres, grand organist, Eugene.
Mrs. Ernest J. Hov, grand
Ruth, Rainier; Mrs. H. M. John
ston, grand Martha, Salem; Mrs.
P. K. Gardner, , grand-. Electa,
Portland; Mrs. Dean Wonser,
grand warden, Ben d; Walter
Bailey, grand . sentinel, .-'The
Dalles; Mrs. Lester A. Murphy,
endowment fund, Klamath Falls;
Mrs. Everett Faber, traveling
flags, Central Point; Mrs. Clift
Maust, of the Ashland chapter,
grand representative of Alberta,
Canada to Oregon.
Others at the event were Mrs.
Ed Pease, Medford, grand rep
resentative of New York in Ore
gon; Mrs. Robertson; and Mrs.
Pearl Bugher, grand represent
ative of Florida in Oregon. -
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a book written by Mrs. Sarah
Kiner (A.V.) Hardy of Medford,
will be reviewed during a meet
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the Rogue River Valley, Satur
day, November 13. Mrs. Hardy
is a member of the club.
The . meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. George B. Can ode,
1716 Crown avenue. - Mrs. John
Carter is the social chairman.
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