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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) Speakers' Club Presents Program For Christmas A Christmas program was given for a meeting of Medford Toastmistress club held Decem ber 14 at the home of Mrs. Eloise Winkelbeck at 940 Whit man street. Mrs. James Vandersteen spoke on "How Christmas is Celebrat ed in Other Countries," and Mrs. Effie Kurtz spoke on "Leg ends of Christmas." "Trans planting Sunflowers from Kan sas" was the title Mrs. Winkel bleck gave her autobiography. Mrs. Helen Matheus of Jack sonville was a guest. She for merly belonged to a toastmis tress group in San Diego, Calif., and she told how their club had a Mexican "Pinata" at . their Christmas party. Miss Anna Streed was toast mistress and Mrs. Tom Neely was topicmistress. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Wallace Haskins and Mrs. C. A. Thatcher and the hostess. The next meeting will be a din ner meeting January 11, with installation of new officers. New members will be honored. - Wanderers' Club Elects Officers Election of officers was held at a meeting of Wanderers' club held at the home of Mrs. Mar garet Davis, 1205 East Main street, December 13. Mrs. Pearl . Offutt was elected president and Mrs. J. T. Conrad, secretary treasurer. Canasta was the diversion of the evening with prizes being won by Mrs Carl Fichtner and Mrs. Pearl Offutt. We Send Christmas FLOWERS-BY-WIRE Anywhere. Your f Satisfaction Guaranteed We take pride in every flower order Phone 3-1733 Flowers ,' Gifts 26 SOUTH- CENTRAL pack-right, IS' RY ItlEf $17.75 21 WEEKEND CASE 920.0O a f'r r zzzr Jj r MEN-PREFERRED Skyway cases pack easy, carry light... weigh about half as much as ordinary men's luggage. They're covered with marvelous Koroseal, 2 times as resistant, to wear as the finest leather... styled in Sunlit Tan, smartest new color under the sun. They're quality-built with cast hardware, tcilor-sti'ching, im ported linen linings. Priced low... low... LOW. We hove match ing Skyway Suiters also available in Sunlit Tan. Prims . . . Removable photo card case with gold tone tab and Add-A-Pass bar for extra windows, additional pocket tor cards, tickets and duplicate MAIL TRIBUNE Society and Clubs Medford Junior High School To Present Annual Concert Medford Junior High school cn Tuesday evening, December All of the school's vocal groups, Junior High orchestra, directed by in this annual concert which is The spoken word of The Na tivity will be given by Bruce Boldenow, and appropriate mu sic, accompanied by organ, will j-be provided by the Girls' chorus and the Seventh prade chorus. The Mixed chorus, made up of eighth and ninth grade stu dents, will sing "The Praise Carol" by Marryott, "Susanni," a 14th century carol arranged by Tom Scott and "Merry Christmas Bells" by Laurence. Rosemary Doolen is to be fea tured soloist in "The Slumber ing Christ Child" by Gillette. The three vocal groups with their director, Mr. Lewis, will combine in the familiar Welsh carol "Deck the Hall" and in their own personal Christmas message to the audience "A Very Merry Christmas" by Gil bert. The popular "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer" by Marks and two traditional selections, "Spirit of Christmas and "Three Carols" are to be presented by Mr. Drysdale and the orchestra. They also will joinvwith the vo cal groups in a grand finale "Three Songs for Christmas" arranged by Grundman. Members of the community, visitors, friends, and parents are cordially invited to attend. No admission will be charged. Grange Live Oak Grange A short business session of Live Oak Grange was held De cember 16. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Robinson were, obligated and Adella Gregg voted to be re-instated. ' Mr. and Mrs. Joe Golding will represent the Grange at the Com munity Christmas party - of Rogue River "to be held at the high school gymnasium Decem ber 23. The Christmas party, with the program and gift exchange fol lowed the business meeting. - ' Egg consumption in the Unit ed States last year averaged 400 eggs per person. For Pad... r m0 wwf new carry-light luggage ' " t " I IIMIMIII I ' 26" SUITCASE (OPEN & CLOSED) $30.00 trkMi sbi 11 o Gardner keys. H50 Monday, December 20, 1954 will present its Christmas concert 21 at the Junior high auditorium directed by Ray Lewis, and the John Drysdale, will be featured scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m 4-H Club News Eagle Point Club Eagle Point 4-H Dairy club held its regular meeting at. Car- rolls' on December 6, at 8 p.m. me record books were given out. . ' Plans were made for a Christ mas-New Year party to be held at Mongold's on December 29. Sally Mongold ': Reporter. Applegaie Knitting Club Applegate Knitting club met December 14 at the home' of Gwen Krouse. Officers elected for the year are: president, Cha Del Elam; secretary, Gwen Krouse; reporter, Dona Brown; song leader, Anita Kubli; as sistant song leader, Georgia Bowles. Dona Brown was ' ap pointed junior leader. . Record books were handed out and projects were discussed, The new members practiced knitting before, starting on their project. Next meeting will be at the home of Georgia Bowles on Dec, 28. Dona Brown Reporter Valley View Club Valley View Rabbit Club met Dec. 12 at the home of Lucille and Marylee Lowery. We got our new record books for this year, We talked about them and our project for this year. Then we judged some rabbits. We planned to have the next meeting at Judy Carmen's place in Talent. Refreshments were served. Nelda Chapman ' Reporter Antelope Club Thursday, Dec. 16, a business meeting and Christmas party was held at the Antelope school house. Beef leader Elbert , Bigham announced that steers 'will be weighed between Christmas and the first of the year. E. A. Malloroy said that he had the new tractor maintenance bocks and those wishing to join should get in touch with him. New members signing up were Mike Higday, Roland and Doro thy Arney, John Jackson, and George and Fred Lucas, taking livestock. ? Next meeting will be held on Thursday, Jan. 20, at Antelope school house. Mr. and ; Mrs. Leonard Bradshaw and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Ragsdale are on program and refreshment com mittee. The officers of the dairy club are president, Judy Bradshaw; vice-president, Dian Gardener; secretary, Marjo Murray. There are 20 members. Officers of beef club are. pres ident, Tessie Ragsdale, vce-pres-ident, Lucy Gardener, secretary, David Woolfolk. There are 23 members. The rest of the clubs haven't elected officers yet. Mrs. Robert Bohnert led in group singing with Mrs. Victor Gardener playing the piano. . Bob Hayes . Reporter . . Poultry stuffing can be made ahead, except for . addition of the liquid. Refrigerate , until ready to stuff the bird. wmvme Whether you'ie Iryinj one ess or a whole chicken, there's Revere Were Skillet tailor-made to fit the job. Gfrans copper for quick, even heating i.. sleamins stainless steel for eesilycIeneJ beeuty. lUUSTRATtOt Skill. Awl1bl la 6. t. 10 and 12 in states. eAmittirnmiKifKTmfm open Till 9 Till Christmas Ere. gECIALISTS IN HOMEWARES ENTRAL POINT MEDFORD ' "af ief M I Pakistani Wives Revolt Against Evil of Polygamy Karachi, Pakistan U.R) The modern Mohammedan wives of Pakistan are on the warpath against the right 0f men to mar ry more than ace wife. The All Pakistan Women's as sociation (APWA announced today a campaign against "this social evil" polygamy. The asso ciation has called a meeting of its . working committee this month to "deliberate on the growing evil of polygamy," a spokesman said. , The meeting will be held in the residence of Begum Choua hury Mohammed Ali, the wife of the Pakistan finance minister. Many women in the association are wives of Pakistani leaders. CALENDAR Calendar notices and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition la 1 p.m. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 ajn. of the day of publication, and for week day news is S pjn the day before publication. . Monday 7 p.m. Eagle Point Com munity Christmas tree, Eagle Point Teenage club. 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. Butte Falls Club -Plans Program Butte Falls A Christmas pro gram is planned for a meeting of Butte Falls Federated Garden club, set for.Tuesday, December 21, at 1:30 p.m. at the -home of Mrs. Fred Kincaid. A gift ex change will be held.' Anyone interested is welcome to attend. Try honey as a topping for cereals, or as a spread with pea nut butter on breakfast toast. WE BEAUTIFULLY GIFT WRAP ALL PURCHASES AT NO EXTRA COST k - MAIN AND k ' ' " , t ' r . . -. :....:.:.". J . ' Hostess-Manager of t Blair House On Company -JLvery -Day Routine Br HARMON W. NICHOLS United Press Correspondent Washington U.R) Mrs. Vic toria Geaney can hardly wait 'til Christmas. She's invited out for a home-cooked meal. It isn't that the personable, gray-haired little lady doesn't live pretty high at the place she calls home. She certainly does. Mrs. Geaney for the past 35 years has had quarters in Blair House, the government's plush guest house for important offi cial visitors. As hostess-manager she probably has entertained more royalty from around the world than any other living person. . .: V , ''How many guests have you had this year?" I asked during a visit to the famous' guest house. Company Every Day ' "Heavens, I have them all written down some place, but I haven't had time to add them up," she said. ."But it's company every day here." . . Mrs. Geaney supervises quite a housekeeping job. Even as one group leaves, the help has to prepare for the next. Seldom does a day go by with out at least one dinner and a couple of receptions. ; , "I never have a minute to my self until everybody is bedded down and the local guests have been shooed out," she said. Blair House was built in 1824 by Dr. Joseph Lovell. It was the scene of many a gay party in the early days, and was sold in 1836 to Francis. Preston Blair forJ $6600. The government took over the house in 1942. Her Autograph Book Mrs. Geaney has seen them all. 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Cancel Meeting Crater Lake post. Veterans of Foreign Wars and the auxil iary ' announced today that the .social meeting set for .Tuesday, December 21, has been canceled due to other activities of the pre-Christmas week. . ' ' -" Return Dr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Hal both and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Graff have returned home after spending a vacation in southern California. V . HOW TO CHOOSE TURKEY NewYork (U.R) Turkey shopping tip: the high-quality bird has a moist, pliable, waxy skin with few pin feathers and no bruises or other discolora tions. There is a well-distributed layer of fat under the skin. The turkey body should be" relatively short . with broach " breast and thick, meaty thighs. Fresh or frozen birds are of equal quality. 1 Loosely-k nit garments are easier to mend if they are placed over a brush instead of the usual darning egg. 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Only 17 more men; would bring the company to full authorized strength. ! . Fagone reported that word has been received from Second Lt. Donald Ivie, now attending an infantry course at 'Ft. Ben ning, Ga., that he seems to be doing well. Ivie is the motor and executive officer of the com pany. ", Pfc. Gene Ward will leave for . Ft. Ord Jan. 2 to attend cooks and ;. bakers , school ' for nine weeks. Cpl. J. Metternich will leave for Ft.'Benning next month for a course in radio mechanics. Dead , line Sunday Classified Is at at noon Saturday. PERMANENT WAVES From COMPLETE CUT and SET Anyway you desire it ... CRATER1AN BEAUTY SHOP 41 South Central Phone 2-4830 P.M. mg on your Christmas list! 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