Manufacturers
Offer Booklet
For Old Card
, What card game is won more
often by children than by
adults?
Did anybody ever actually
look like the Queen of Hearts?
What card game does Presi
dent Eisenhower enjoy even
more than his round of golf?
Can playing cards provide
physical as well as mental
exercise?
The answers, along with many
other facts and fables about
playing cards, are in a colorful
32-page booklet, "It's All in the
Cards," just published by the
Association of American Play
ing Card Manufacturers and
offered in exchange for an ace
of spades from an old pack.
This brightly-illustrated book
let is not a rules book telling you
how to play cribbage or how to
win at poker. Instead it is de
signed to remind you of the fun,
the relief from care and worry,
and the opportunities for family
participation that a deck of
cards can provide, the manufac
turers say.
In a light yet completely ac
curate manner, "It's All in the
Cards" traces the history of
playing cards and tells you how
the early Persians played their
favorite card games . with slen
der ' circular slices of ivory
which they had decorated with
symbols of the seasons. You
learn that famous monarchs of
the Middle Ages were the mod
els for the earliest face cards. .
i Another section in the book
let tells you how to play concen
tration, an aptly named card
game for both children and
adults which, surprisingly
enough, children usually win.
The booklet also suggests ways
to use cards in keeping the chil
dren happy on rainy days or
when they are home sick.
"It's All in the Cards" tells
you how to get physical as well
as mental exercise out of a pack
of cards by playing "Card in the
Hat." In this game, you take a
deck of cards and try tossing
them one at a time into a man's
felt hat placed on the floor ten
feet in front of you. It sounds
simple but just try it!
There's a chapter dealing with
famous people in history and
their favorite card games. You
discover that Napoleon prefer
red a game called piquet, one of
the fastest-moving two-handed
games ever known. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's favorite
was a solitaire game called
spider and President Eisenhower
is said to be even better at
bridge than he is on the golf
links. Famed pianist Vladimir
Horowitz finds that canasta ex
ercises his talented hands.
These are . only fragments
the wealth--' of information to be
found in "It's All in the Cards."
There are chapters devoted to
card tricks that don't involve
slight-of -hand, new ways to liv
en up some of the older games,
and suggestions for utilizing old,
worn-out decks.
You may obtain your copy of
the booklet by sending the Ace
of Spades from any old deck of
cards in an envelope with your
name and address to Playing
Cards. 420 Lexington Avenue,
New York 17, New York.
Closed
Friday
' 24th
We Wish
You,
One and All
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MERRY.
CHRISTMAS
From All of Us
Cindy Mally
Alice . . Kathy
"A" Peterson ".'
Owner
Beauty Shop
32 k Oakdale
Phone 3-321 1
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Th Bell Ringers and Christmas Carol choir of Miss Pat's
Kindegarlen appeared last week on a television program, and
also at the First Methodist church. The kindergarten students
also met for a Christmas party December 14, at the studio at
9:30 a.m. The party closed at noon when lunch was served to
65 children and parents. The students furnished the entire pro
gram using miniature Swiss bells. The selections were appro
priate to the season. The children are left to right in the front
row, Trudy Courtright, Chris Wade, Kathy McNeil, Shirley
Isaacs, Cherie ' Aldrich, Clover Hager, Terry Baker, Terry Kerr
Steven McAllister, Kenneth Lee Basquer, Julie Ann Herdon.
Back row, left to right are Terry Grover, Nikki Joe Marshall
Larry Milligan, Tim Bowman, Kurtis Hamm, Rene Roethler.
Cynthia Kronschot, Christine Berg, Susan Sutherland, David
Patterson, Mike Knox, Rebecca Rickman, Dale Jones and Ginny
Clark.
Pagan Symbols
Of Christmas
Topic for Club
Many Christmas customs, such
as feasting, decking the homes
with evergreens and mistletoe,
exchanging gifts and the general
merrymaking were all a part of
pagan traditional celebrations
long before the birth of the
Christ child, according to re
search by Mrs. Edith Baker. Mrs.
Baker gave a talk on this favor
ite subject at the annual Christ
mas party of Medford Altrusa
club at the home of Mrs. Adri
enne Dippel Thursday night.
Mrs. Baker said Christians had
taken these pagan symbols and
developed them into something
beautiful and full of 'meaning,
with hope, peace and good will
to men as a fitting accompani
ment to the feast of joy celebrat
ing the birth of Christ.
Following the program, the
group sang carols and exchanged
gifts. Pictures of the group were
taken surrounded by the gifts of
food, clothing and toys assem
bled for the family adopted, by
the club as its chief Christmas
project. The pictures will be
made into slides and sent to the
district convention to be held
this spring when a contest will
take place on projects sponsored
by the clubs in ten states.
Refreshments were served by
the December hostess committee,
Miss Lotus Eaton, Mrs. Betty
Flannery and Mrs. Bertha Has
kins. A second Christmas party,
a luncheon at the Elks club, will
be held at noon Thursday, De
cember 29.
4-H Club Hews
Central Point Club
The organization meeting of
Crater 4-H Clothing club of Cen
tral Point was held recently in
the home economics room of
Crater high. First in the order
of business was the handing out
of project record books.
Officers elected are: President,
Phyllis Taylor; vice president,
Gwen Moore; secretary, Janet
Anderson, and reporter, Joan
Dobrot.
We are to work on Christmas
gifts for our mothers.
Our leader, Mrs. Vera Ashton,
then adjourned the meeting.
For our work meetine we met
at the home of our leader. The
president and Mrs. Ashton nlan-
ned this year's program while
the other members worked on
their Christmas projects.
- Joan Dobrot, reporter.
Gold Hill Club
Gold Hill Sewin Birds 4-H
club met at Mrs. Newland's on
December 15. Present were Ivn-
dell Munday. Linda : Nauman,
May Brown, Betty Brown, . Jen
ny Lou ThomDson and Jan New-
land.
Next meetine will be on Jan
uary 5.
Jenny Lou Thompson,
Reporter.
"
You'll have time on your
hands if voir make these choco
late Ting-a-Lings. Just heat one
package (8 squares) candy-mak
ing chocolate in the double
boiler on the top burner of your
gas range. Stir until entirely
melted, then add two cups of
cornflakes. Mix liehtlv until
completely coated with choco
late, drop from teaspoon on
waxed paper, and cool one to
two hours or until firm. You'll
have 2V2 dozen delightful holi
day novelties, with delicious
flaw and crunch.
Christmas Cards
All Types and Kinds
Singles and Boxed Assortments
Wrap and Ribbon
Annual Christmas Musicale
To Be Given By High School
Medford Senior High school's annual Christmas musicale' will
be presented Wednesday evening, December 22. Allan Lehl,
director of vocal music at the school, and , John Drysdale, orches-,
tra director, have planned a varied program of sacred and secular
music.
The sixty -voice a cappella
choir will be featured in two
groups of selections. The first is
made up . of "Pat-a-Pan" a Bur
gundian carol and three numbers
from Benjamin Britten's "A
Ceremony of Carols." The second
group includes an arrangement
of "Be-the Star" by Dawson, the
Czech "Carol of the Drum" and
the traditional American "Jin
gle Bells."
The Orchestral portion of the
program will include "Christ
mas Carols Fantasy" by Sopkin,
the prayer from "Hansel and
Gretel" by Humperdinck, and
"Christmas Fantasy" by the con
temporary Leroy Andersen.
The Madrigal Singers, directed
by Mr. Lehl, will present " 'Twas
The Night. Before Christmas."
This ever-popular poem by Clem
ent Moore has been set to music
by Ken Darby of the Fred War
ing organization" and has in
creasingly become popular with
participants and audience alike.
Among selections to be offered
by the Boys and Girls Glee clubs
are two Scandinavian Carols,
"Joyous Christmas Song" ar
ranged by Paul Christansen and
"Thy Little Ones, DeW Lord"
arranged ' by Dale. These two
groups will combine with the
choir in an all-vocal finale "Lo
How A Rose E'er Blooming"
the beautiful Praetoripus melody
arranged by F. Melius' Christian
sen of the famed St; Olaf choir.
A sauce for any meat course
is "gingerbread pears." Take
three pounds of cooking pears,
two cups of brown sugar,, the
grated rind of a medium-sized
orange, seven tablespoons of
fresh orange juice, and one tea
spoon of ground ginger; pare and
core pears and cut in quarters.
Then put remaining ingredients
into a large saucepan and bring
them to a boil over the diaect
flame of your top burner. Add
pears and simmer .until the fruit
is tender. Do not mash; serve
hot or cold.
India and Brazil are the
largest producers of sheet mus
covite mica. ;
Charter Presented'
To Gold Hill Cubs
At Meeting of PI A
Gold Hill A new Gold Hill
Cub scout unit was chartered at
a meeting of Gold Hill Parent
Teacher association December 9.
The president, Mrs. Fred Lester,
presided.
Wendell Aplen,- neighborhood
counseler for Scouts,' presented
the charter and Fred Lester ac
cepted it on behalf of the P.T.A.
Mrs. Ferd Jones gave a brief
talk on 4-H club work. '
A committee of Paul Malloy,
chairman, Fred . Lester, Ogden
Kellogg and Bruce Bennett, cub
master, and the , den " mothers,
Mrs. Fred Lester and Mrs. Paul
Malloy, were introduced. ...
Dr. S. E. Messenger, professor
of psychology at Southern Ore
gon college, talked on factors
which go into making up a per
sonality and showed a film on
mental health.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Charles Bell,
H. D. Force and Mrs. Ogden Kel
logg served refreshments. ;
Travelers Take
Caribbean Cruise
Mrs. A. Z. Dean and Mrs.
Frances P. Flinn returned last
week after spending the past five
weeks on a Caribbean cruise.
The two women visited the
Dominican Republic, Venezuela,
Trinidad and Jamaica, traveling
by ship, plane and train.
They also made stops in New
Orleans, La., and Mobile, ;Ala.;
before returning , home.
. .
Family Leaves
For California
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ruff
ner and daughter, Diane, and
son, Bradley, 2512 Lyman ave
nue, left, this morning for Top
anga, Calif., south of Malibu
beach, to visit for a week or 10
days with Mr. Ruffner's mother.
The Ruffners entertained at
pre-season egg nog party a? their
home Friday evening, attended
by 16 persons.
CALENDAR
Calendar notice and news for
the society lection of The Mail
Tribune must be submitted 1 in
writing and deadline for the Sun
day edition is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead
line for- the weekly calendar is 9
a.m. of the day of publication, and
for week day news is S pjn the
day before publication.'
Sunday
2 p.m. Party for children
of members of the Pocahontas
lodge.
2 to 4 p.m. Alpha Rho chap
ter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority,
children's party, Lone Pine
school. . -
3 p.m: Children's party,
Crater Lake VFW auxiliary,
VFW hall. : -i
6:30 p.m. Jacksonville Re
bekah and IOOF lodge Christ
mas dinner, IOOF hall.
Monday "
7 p.m. Eagle Point . Com
munity . Christmas tree, Eagle
Point Teenage club. , '
t' 8 p.m. Alpha Rho chapter.
Beta Sigma .Phi, sorority, home
of Mrs. Mamie Sleeter.
8 p.m. Dance sponsored by
Department of Oregon, auxiliary
to Veterans of Foreign Wars, at
Camp White domiciliary theater.
Tuesday :
10 a.m. Shady Cove Home
Extension unit, Mrs. R. Bartus,
Rogue River dr.
1:30 p.m. Rogue River Val
ley Navy Mothers, Girls Com
munity club.
1:30 p.m. Butte Falls Fede
rated Garden club, home of Mrs.
Fred Kincaid.
7:30 p.m. SPEBSQSA,
Room B, YMCA bldg.
8 p.m. Chapter BE, PEO,
Mrs. A. A. Lausmann, 200 Med
ford heights.
Wednesday
12:30 p.m. Mistletoe club,
Girls Community club.
Thursday
; 7 p.m. Talisman Rosebud
Council, Pythian Sunshine Girls,
Pythian building. .
8 p.m. Reames chapter,
OES, Masonic temple. "
CHECK ORNAMENTS EARLY
New York (U.R) Unpack
your Christmas tree decorations
early so you will have plenty
of time , to purchase replace
ments and clean all lights and
ornaments. Clean light bulbs
several days before Christmas,
wiping " them with a sudsy
sponge, if they're heavily soiled.
Make sure they are disconnected
during cleaning.
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Sunday, December 19, 1954
MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Pupils Presented
In Piano Recital ; : ;
Piano Dunils of Mrs. Horace
Doolen were presented in a re
cital Friday evening, December
10 at the home of Mrs. Doolen.
Those who nlaved were Diana
Vinzant, Eileen Ballance, Joan
Gervais, Karen Ballance, Kay
ivni. John Yoaklev. Carolyn
Kent, John Gervais, Karen
Steinmetz, Barbara Baccus, Lin
da Flood, Sara . Linn . Hinkle,
Janette Jones and Julianne
Yoakley.
About 30 parents and friends
attended. Refreshments were
served.
VFW Auxiliary
To Hold Party
The auxiliary to Crater Lake
post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
plan a Christmas party for child
ren of - members and invited
guests today at 3 p.m., at the
VFW hall. r -
Santa Claus will be there to
give treats to the children and
entertainment will be furnished
by the auxiliary-sponsored Girl
Scout troop. Eve Prentice's ac
cordion band also will furnish
music and dancers from the Col
leen Hope studio will entertain.
Refreshments will be served by
the auxiliary. : . .
Dead line Sunday. Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 jn. Monday for
Mondav: other days 5:30 previous day.
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