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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McCracken, 620 West Eleventh street, celebrated their golden' wedding anniversary vith a family dinner and reception for friends Sunday, November 21. Mr. Mc Cracken, a pioneer in the motor stage and freight industry in this area, operated an early-day motor coach line between Medford, Grants Pass and Roseburg. Mrs. McCracken before her marriage was Nellie Herrioit. and the McCrackens were married November 23, 1904, in the Herrioit family home in the Apple gate. Medford Couple Honored On Golden IV adding Day Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McCrack en, of 620 West Eleventh street, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, November 21, with a mid-day dinner for their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, at the Medford Hotel and a reception afterward at their home for friends. Mr. and Mrs. McCracken first came to Medford in 1910 and have made their home here with the exception of two short per , iods, one spent in southern Cali fornia where Mr. McCracken was engaged in the motor stage business, and the other in Eu gene where he organized an auto freight line which is now con ducted by his sons. Mr. McCracken pioneered the first motor stage line between 1 Medford, Grants Pass and Rose burg, beginning the operation in 1915. In those days the entire route was over dirt roads. The schedule to Grants Pass took two hours in each direction and a one way run to Roseburg consumed the entire day. By the time Mr. McCracken sold out to Oregon Motor Stages in 1920, the roads were paved and the old made over touring car stages had giv en way to the early versions of the present motor coach. Mrs. McCracken is the former Nellie Herriott, daughter of Wil liam and Amanda Herriott, and her marriage to .Mr. McCracken Brings you nearer to dear ones far away, hearer to a heart close to your own. Truly, Christmas is the time for such a gift! Phone for an appointment new,' fo have your Portrait made i rt! took place on Thanksgiving day, November 23, 1904, at the fam ily home. In Medford for the celebration were the McCrackens' three sons, Clarence B. McCracken, San Mateo, Calif.; J. W. McCracken and Mrs. McCracken, Eugene; Earl McCracken and Mrs. Mc Cracken, Portland; their grand sons, J. C. McCracken Jr. his wife and their children Joyce and John, Eugene; and Thomas McCracken, also Eugene. Their third grandson. Bruce McCrack en, is stationed at Ft. Hood, Tex., and was 'unable to attend the celebration. Also- attending were three granddaughters. Lvnn. Cur tis and Helen Jane McCracken, Portland. Mrs. McCracken'g sisters. Mrs. Lola .Bunch and Mrs. Anna Prophet, Williams Creek, were present, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. George Herriott, Applegate. About 75 friends attended the reception. For the anniversary celebration Mrs.; McCracken wore ar fuchsia colored wool dress and orchid corsage. The McCrackens sons gave them a new car as an anniver sary present. Splinters left from a broken glass or other piece of glassware can be picked up easily by wip ing the area where the glass has broken with absorbent cotton or moist paper. at home or far avqy this is the gift that brings you nearer for Christmas giving. FOR PHOTOGRAPHS Bunder. NoTmbr 28. 19S4 Supreme Officer Visits Medford; Auxiliary Elects . Miss Helen O'Connor, Fitch burg, Mass., supreme gila mon ster of the Military Order of Lizards, United Spanish War Veterans' auxiliary, made an of ficial visit to Cebu swamp at Redman hall here November 19. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Josephine O'Connor, also Fitchburg, supreme horned toad, and Mrs. Zidonia Quick, Portland, junior past supreme gila monster. . Miss Helen O'Connor is a past national captain of the Daugh ters of '98 and a past depart ment 1 president of the United Spanish War Veterans' auxil iary. She and her sister have been on a tour of the United States since the middle of Octo ber and -will visit other units of the order in the western states before returning east. Auxiliary and camp members were special guests of Lady Liz ards at the dinner and meeting which were held in Miss O'Con nors honor. During the evening, a Christmas party was held with an exchange of gifts and Mrs. Bertha Nelson was initiated into the Order of Lizards. The next meeting will be held in Grants Pass with installation of officers for the coming year. Mrs. James Cech was elected president of the auxiliary to Colonel Sargent camp, United Spanish War Veterans, at a meet ing of the auxiliary Sunday, No vember 21, at the Redman hall. Other officers elected include Mrs. William Hodgson, senior vice-president; Mrs. Marian Par ker, junior vice-president; Mrs. Bertha Nelson, chaplain; Mrs. Frank Widner, patriotic instruc tor; Mrs. Ralph Atwood, his torian; Mrs. Hans Rammin and Mrs. Harry Barneburg, conduc tors; .Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston and Mrs. Don Anderson, guards; Mrs. Ruth MacCollister, secre tary and Mrs. Winifred Vail, treasurer. Mrs. Robert Wilcox, president, presided at the meeting which was preceded by a dinner. Plans were discussed concern ing the annual Christmas dinner and party to be held December 12. Those wishing information concerning the dinner are-asked to call Mrs. Frank Widner at Medford 2-2225. Announce Class In Calisthenics ; A new class in women's calis thenics will start at the YMCA Thursday, December 2. It will be held from 10 a.m. until 11, followed by a dip in the pool by those who want to swim. The class will be held in the YMCA gym and will be instructed by Donald E. Day, physical director of the Y. A progressive program in cal isthenics is followed, with more difficult exercise at each meet ing. The class will meet each Tuesday and Thursday, and var ious games, such as badminton and volleyball will also be taught the members. Child care is pro vided under the direction of Mrs. Sowell, allowing mothers with pre-school children to attend. During the past six weeks about 20 women have been tak ing a similar course. Chapter CP "What's New for the Holi days," will be the topic for a discussion by Mrs. H. C. Drew during a meeting Wednesday, December 1 of Chapter CP mem bers of the PEO. The session will be at the home of Mrs. W. G. Garner, 2009 East Main street. : Attend Rites Eagle Point Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Stonebreaker, Eagle . Point, spent Thanksgiving with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Nelson, Newberg. Yesterday they attended the wedding of their son, Dick, and Miss Kay Merrill at All Saints' Episcopal church, Portland. GADGET FOR SHAMPOO. New York U.R) Latest headgear to add glamor after a shampoo: a white terry cloth top per, accented, with bright red buttons. Th6 topper, designed to hide, -curlers while your hair dries,' can" be worn elf -fashion and pointed, or buttonecrdown like a turban. . " .'. 1 You can give clothes a periodic tiring right in the closet.-Just set an electric fan facing in the doorway, sending fresh air in and blowing stale out. c 1 THE TOGGERY SALE AD ON PAGE 11 Guild Entertains Society Members Tuesday Evening Ruth Esther Wesleyan service guild of the First Msthodist church entertained the Women's Society of Christian Service members during a 'meeting at the church Tuesday evening. Guests attended from a newly formed guild of the Grants Pass Methodist church; Mrs. J. Thomas Dixon gave the devotionals and Mrs. Robert Minear spoke to the group re garding work being done for mentally retarded children "in Oregon - and the help groups could give them. The program chairman, Mrs. Lionel Guy, presented a service which portrayed the meaning of the guild emblem. She was as sisted by Mrs. Jessie Minear, j Mrs. George Watson, Mrs. George Davis and Mrs. George Reneker. ' Songs were furnished by Mrs. Harris, accompanied by Mrs. C. R. Adamson. Refreshments were served by Mrs. William Sweet, Mrs. Clara Mall and Mrs. C. C. Proctor. ... Farewell Dinner Honors Couple A farewell dinner party was given Friday evening, November 19, at Advent Christian church by members of the church and other friends of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Crabb. Mrs. Crabb until recently has served as the pas tor for the church and Mr. Crabb has been active in the building program. Miniature turkeys and white and orchid colored chrysanthe mums decorated . the dinner tables. About- 55 persons at tended. Informal talks were given in appreciation of the work accomplished for the church by the people. The vari ous church groups presented them with gifts. The Crabbs left last Monday for southern California where they will live. , mr v i I Hoberl A. Shaw, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters' lcoal 962, was named "Boss of the Year" at the annual Boss Night dinner of Rogue River chapter. National Secretaries association. Mr. Shaw is shown here receiving a plaque from Mrs. Jean Brown, president of the chapter. (Landis-Shangle photo) t National Secretaries Nanrre Boss of Year; Dinner Given Rogue River chapter, National Secretaries association, gave the annual "Boss Night" party No vember 19. "Bosses" and their wives were invited to the Pion eer room of the Jackson hotel for a social hour, buffet dinner and entertainment. , Decorations carried out the theme of a "Mardi Gras ball" and included floating balloons, colorful masks and streamers hanging from ceiling to floor. Favors were Mardi Gras masks used as identification tags and small umbrella cocktail sticks. Special, event of the evening was paming of the "Boss of the Year." Robert A. Shaw, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Lo cal 962, was declared the "1954 Boss of the Year". An engraved plaque was presented him by Mrs. Jean Brown, president of the chapter, to acknowledge his contribution to the organization. Walter G. Garner, vice-president T A II E WISH to thank the many Rogue Valley people who A attenc'ec our Open House last Monday and Tuesday and w J participated in our higRly successful Hotpoint Treasure Hunt. Your attendance and enthusiastic reception of our new store exceeded our most optimistic expectations . . . We hope that you'll come back often, and make City Appliance your down town headquarters and meeting place. sWe know that you'll like the warm welcome you'll always receive here and the courteous service that will always be extended. You'll find that our slogan: "The' Friendly Store" will be much more than a trite phrase . . . We are sincerely grateful to Medford firms and technicians who extended to us such fine co-operation and enabled, us to open our new store on scheduled time. 4 - 127 NO. CENTRAL mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm i of California-Oregon Machinery company, was the 1953 Boss of the Year; Master of Ceremonies John Luske introduced all guests fol lowing dinner. Specialty num bers were sung by the Novel aires and Mrs. Gloria Smith. The entertainment was climax ed by an Apache dance present ed by Mrs. Melody Antony, Mrs. Jean Brown, Miss Gladys Goetz and Mrs. Kay Thomas. Miss Goetz, general chairman, was assisted by Mrs. Jean Brown. Committee members for the semi-formal1 dinner dance were Mrs. Melody Antony, Mrs. Joyce Jack, Mrs. Gloria Smith, Miss Aileen Tamney, Mrs. Vir ginia Schuster and Mrs. Kay Thomas. When applying paint with a roller, always begin on an un finished area and work toward a finished one. City Appliance warmly congratulates these winners in our Open House Treasure Hunt.. . . ' Winners-Hotpoint Electric Range MRS. G. MOLLAY 1 610 W. 10th St., Medford, Oregon Sylvania Clock Radio ....MRS. J. F. PETERSON . ::- 1316 BeattySt., Medford, Oregon N , Sunbeam Coffemaster ...... ....... MRS. M. DONAHOE 824 Newtown St. Medford, Oregon - Across from Penney's - PHONE PARTY ANNOUNCED Mistletoe club of the Royal Neighbors of America lodge will sponsor a public card party Mon-. day, November 29, at 7:30, p.m., in the Girls Community club. 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