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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, December 3, 19S4 It doesn't take a calendar to prove that Christmas is almost here. The colored lights and big red bells up and down Main street, the bright windows filled with tempting gifts and the shoppers bustling about with arms already loaded with unusual packages are enough evidence. As for us, we wandered around in two or three stores Tues day and Wednesday and ended up in complete bewilderment. Does anyone have a course in "How to Buy Christmas Presents' in 10 easy lessons? Mrs. Otto Ewaldsen, who did her very best to help solve one of our gift problems, chatted about early shopping. She said that although merchants are sometimes criticized for "hurrying" the Christmas season, that actually customers start coming in be fore Thanksgiving hunting Christmas merchandise. "The war started it," said Mrs. E., "and now so many have sons or other relatives living abroad, and they must mail their packages by the middle of November." Photographer Kenny Knackstedt, already caught in the Christmas rush, arrived at the YMCA Wednesday afternoon a little late for a picture-taking date. The girls, we said, had quit working on the "Y" float and gone home. Twenty minutes ago there had been five or six. Before Kenny K. could get back in his car, they materialized from nowhere like magic and in nothing flat the float swarmed with girls willing to be photographed. There seemed to be some doubt that a couple had even so much as stuck in a thumb tack, but so what? Everyone grabbed a can of paint or a brush, flashed a smile, and there it was, a pic ture for The Page. The rest came later in the evening. Kenny K. and Potpourri made about seventy-eleven trips up and down South Ivy street bumping into people in the dark, borrowing flash lights and step ladders, asking questions of strangers, hoping fervently that "Dynamite" the burro wouldn't run away with little Suzanne Edwards when the flash bulbs, popped in his face, and generally having a good time while taking the pictures. One kind man beamed a flashlight on the Roxy Ann "angels," another held matches up beside the face of "Mary" and a third lighted up the wings of the "littlest angel" so the photographer could focus the camera. "Aren't people wonderful," said Kenny K., while packing away the camera. "Not a single person got mad when we asked them to move out of rapge, or refused to help. This was fun, even if my hands are freezing." Maybe everyone was extra friendly because Christmas is coming, and it does something to people. Later we stood on the sidewalk and waited for the parade to start. When we told how surprised we were to find that the "lit tlest angel" was a boy and not a girl, Mrs. Elizabeth Titus volun teered the information that some churches believe that angels are all males that there aren't any female angels. (There they go, discriminating against women again, said our coworker darkly when we repeated this fascinating piece of lore.) Mrs. Titus' daughter, Maccine, who is on the library staff, gathered many an admiring glance as she rode on the front of the little car which made up the library entry. Miss Titus wore a little cap which encircled her curls with tinsel, a small dark jacket and a simply enormous white skirt which practically covered the tiny MG. And if you worried about her being cold, it was wasted. She had on ski trousers and boots underneath the filmy skirt. Along about September church women start wondering what they can do to make the annual Christmas bazaar new and dif ferent. This year St. Mark's Episcopal guild members chose the railway station idea, and bazaar goers Friday were greeted by a replica of a pot-bellied stove set up in the entrance hall and booths decorated with intricately-lettered signs in foreign langu ages. ' . 4 Some of the booth-tenders wore gay costumes, and Mrs. Roy Rickard's dress, an authentic Bavarian costume, was especially, interesting. Mrs. Rickard lived in Germany following the war, when her husband, a retired general, was on duty abroad. Potpourri sometimes wonders what would happen if she re vealed the name of the minister who once told her "these Christ mas bazaars actually don't make enough money to warrant the trouble but we have to keep the women interested and busy." Soon after W. J. Cbipman arrived at the home of his son last Sunday for the 40th wedding anniversary party which the Harry Chipmans had planned for him and his wife, he was introduced to a guest a Mrs. Hattie Lloyd. Mr. Chipman greeted her for mally and went to another part of the room. But memory stirred and from time to time for several moments he looked her way. At length he remembered and called out her name.' It was a cou sin with whom he had made his home as a boy and whom he had not seen for more than 50 years. Mr. Chipman, his brother, H. H. Chipman, Medford,- and Mrs. Lloyd promptly turned the calen dar back and, as it was said, "they seemed to be shut off from the rest of the party by an invisible curtain." Worth pondering, in this Christmas season, are the words of wise old Winston Churchill, who spoke them a short time ago during the annual Lord Mayor's banquet in London. He said: "I am one of those who believe that the powers of the West and of the East ought to try to live in a friendly and peaceful way with each other. It would certainly not be to anyone's disadvant age if they tried. We do not agree with Soviet Communism or with their system of one-party uniformity. We think there is a great deal to be said for two parties, and some even think three. But we think also there is a great deal to be said for nature and variety, and that governments are made for men and not men for government. "But if the Soviets really like being governed by officials in a sealed pattern, and so long as they do not endanger the safety or freedom of others, that, I feel, is a matter for them to decide for themselves. Nothing is final. Change is unceasing, and it is very likely that mankind has a lot more to learn before they come to their journey's end." ' Whoever .wrote the sign for the Four-H entry in Wednes day night's Christmas parade said something similar in less than a dozen words. The sign read: "Peace on earth depends on our good will toward men." OS Medford Lady Lions To Hold Initiation Medford Lady Lions will meet Tuesday, December 7 at 7:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Lee Mellish, 117 Black Oak drive. Initiation of new members will be held and a short business meeting is planned. The re mainder of the evening will be devoted to the Christmas toy project. Dickie Denning, son of R. H. Denning, assistant manager of the Veterans Administration, Camp White, will sing several numbers during the evening ac companied by his mother. ' An estimated 1,500,000,000 chicks are hatched annually in the United States, most of them in the spring. Programs Planned By PEO Chapters Two PEO chapters have sched uled meetings during the week. Mrs. Fred C. Lorish, 830 Min nesota avenue, will be hostess to members of Chapter AA, Wednesday, December 8. Lunch eon will be served at 12:30 p. m. Mrs. John Collins and Mrs. H. L. Brown will assist the hostess. Mrs'. Otto Frohnmayer will give a papery on "Musical Amer ica," after a business session is conducted. The members of Chapter BE will meet at the home1 of Mrs. Victor Sether, 1007 Queen Anne avenue, Tuesday, December 7, at 8 P. m. Mrs. John Hieinbotham will be in charge of the program. DR. THOMAS C. ANDERSON ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS OFFICE FOR THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY AT 209 MEDICAL. CENTER BUILDING PHONE 3-5522 HOURS 9:00 TO 5:00 EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT Practice Devoted to Complete Visuaf Services ' , Including Examination of Eyes, Fitting of Glasses, and Visual Training Christmas Tree Cutters Warned Of Regulations Salem (U.R) Christmas tree cutters have been warned by the State Forestry Department that several laws and ; regulations cover their harvesting and trans portation. Harvesting permits must be obtained before cutting the Yule trees from all forest lands, Lynn F. Cronemiller, assistant state forester, said. Permits pertain to commercial cuttings only, he said, but even families in search of their annual trees must first get permission from the land owner. Written Permit In addition, forest lands which have been classified as refores tation lands, require a written permit from the State Tax Com mission. At present, some 930, 000 acres of cutover lands come under this tax classification. Persons transporting Christ mas trees should 'have proper credentials such as harvesting permits, bill of sale showing ownership and name of the own er from whose lands the trees had been cut. May Require Certificates Cronemiller said California in spection points may require cer tificates of ownership. Quaran tine measures may also be taken on shipments of five-needle pines such as sugar and white pines. Public carrier trucks must also obtain P.U.C. permits before transporting trees for commer cial sale. Farm foresters, county agents, state and federal forest wardens and the soil conservation service can give assistance on permits and other requirements for cut ting and transporting Christmas trees. MODERN BEDS BEST Many people admire the beauty of old Greek and Roman architecture, but they certainly wouldn't admire their beds at least not to sleep on. Beautiful creations of bronze, ivpry or silver, lined with tortoise shell, they were outfitted with mat tresses and bedsprings which were' a sharp contrast to our comfortable, scientifically - de signed sleep equipment. Mat tresses consisted of dried reeds, straw, or wool covered with woolen cloth or leather. Bed springs, when they were used, were no more than a lattice work of vegetable fibers or leather thongs. ' : USE FOR STALE CAKE New York (U.R) Here's an easy way to have a brand new dessert from stale cake. Or you can use stale bread. Just cut the cake or bread into cubes about IV2 inches in size, roll in light corn syrup and then in coconut. Bake on a greased cooky pan for 10 minutes in a 375 degree oven: Remove from pan and serve at once. - For, a tempting combination, make the biscuits from your favorite recipe or a quick-to-fix packaged mix. While baking, panbroil 2 slices of ham and re move to hot platter. Then pour 23 cup of evaporated milk into the frying pan and bring to a boil. Four servings of flavor some gravy to serve with bis cuits and ham. I J I p- 1 y HAPPILY HOLDING TROPHY in one hand while other holds winning entry, Mrs. Theresa Blum, 59, Los Angeles, accepts con gratulations after being named Grand National Crochet Cham pion of 1954, in New York. Prizes included $500. (International). High School News Notes By BARBARA ROACH This morning, more than like ly, found several featured band soloists for this afternoon's 2 p.m. concert in a tizzy of ex citement. Be sides the Hol lywood celeb rities, the trom bone trio of Dick Brown, Lyle Dawn, and Paul Em ery, accompa nied by the percussion sec tion, will take a leading part in the program with their Spanish "Tromberero." Tom Y'Blood, tenor saxophone, and Bob Ayers and Leonard Krause, trumpet, are tagged with solo parts in the number "At the Gremlin Ball," while Dick Arnold, trumpet, will be in the spotlight during "The China Doll." The choir will fea ture Emily Gannaway as soloist with her "O, Wonderful Coun selor." When midnight, December 30, rolls around, happy band mem bers will be boarding Greyhound busses for San Francisco . . . thanks to this project and, the jsjwams "helping hand" $200 donation Marilee Chisholm and VirVi Robertson, costumed as a Negro mammy and pappy, won first prize for dress at the girls' FHA box social last Tuesdav nitrht. Other costumes represented uaisy Mae, an old fashioned girl, Sam the logger, and a hill-billy family of three. Joan Strow bridge's hobo bundle took the top originality honors for box lunches. Pep club, the only school or ganization to enter the Christmas parade, was awarded third prize for their rushed efforts. The float, put together within an EXCITING GIFT CHOICE "Safari" pajamas in sanforized flannelette will make an exciting gift choice for any girl. The safari-shirt has a zippered fceckline and the slim tapered trou sers are in a. real-looking leopard print that practically purrs. only buys the perfect GIFT. . . droighMtiteh modal BC NOW you can make anything because the AUTOMATIC" NECCHI does everything. From first seam to final trim the AUTOMATIC NECCHI does every stitch of the work.. .without attachments. For FREE demonstration call or visit DAVENPORT W APPLIANCE SHOP 2101 West Main Street . OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS hour in the dark, was composed of angels surrounded by silver trees beholding a guiding star. The prize money will be used in the purchase of white skirts for the pep clubbers. Float decor ators were Dorothy McGraw, Nancy Hamilton, June Apple and Sue Reichstein. A thrilling inter-class girls' PE volleyball tournament got under way this week with teams bat tling each night after school. At the last report, rthe Eight Balls, Bloomer Girls, Bandra's Bambis, Speed Queens, Triple Trio,, and Keith's Killers had triumphed through their first game. The championship playoff will be held Dee. 20. Don Robinson, Dan Kellington, Bruce Kellington and John van Dyke traveled to Forest Grove Thursday for a two-day North western debate tourney at Pa cific university. Their debate topic was "The U. S. should (or should not) establish free trade to countries friendly to it" De Vere Taylor, the debaters' ad viser, accompanied them. serve for the district school board dinner to be given in the high school ; cafeteria Monday night. They are Nancy Hamilton, Sharon Zumwalt, Judy Watson and Pat Read. The highest continuous high way in the United States is Trail Ridge road in the Rocky Moun tains national park. About . four miles of it is above 12,000 feet in altitude. The Spanish club called all MHS senors and senoritas to a dance after the Eureka game Saturday night. The gym was decked with familiar Christmas characters such as Rudolf, the red-nosed reindeer, Frosty, the snowman, and faithful old St. Nick. Viola Russell, assisted by Dinah Hutchinson supervised dance details while Tom Y'Blood headed the advertising commit tee, and Carole Pence was chair man of the decorating commit tee. Other workers were .Tnrlv Watson, Betty Jamieson, Sharon ! wooten, and Donna Neff. Some remedial English stu dents will be traipsing back to study halls soon, as the review course is fast being completed with final lessons in , correct usage. 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