fWO MEDFORD (OREGON)
Christmas Fixin 's. in Italy
M ore Elaborate than America
By ERNEST SAKLER
- United Press Correspondent
Rome U.R) The Italian
housewife ignores the family
budget when the Christmas sea
ion arrives.
No matter what her husband's
Income, high, medium or low,
the holiday plan foreach home
maker includes plenty of food
on the table, presents for the
family, and the traditional pine
trek andor presepe, a minia
ture reproduction of the crib in
Student Dance
Planned at Club
Rogue Valley Country club
has planned the annual students'
holiday dance "for Monday, De
cember 27, it was announced to
day.
The dance, for all college stu
dents here for the holidays, and
for high school seniors,-will be
from 8:30 o'clock until midnight
Dinner, dancing, a "Coke" bar
and special music are planned
for the evening.
Students are asked to make
reservations by calling the club.
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Shrine Chanters
Sing in Hospitals
The Shrine Chanters of Med
ford, directed by John Lusk,
Fang Christmas carols for , pa
tients in Medford hospitals Mon
day night. Following the, carol
ing, the men held a party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Tay
lor, Pacific Highway south.
Mr. Taylor is a past potentate
of Hillah temple of the Shrine.
Program
A Christmas program and gift
exchange are planned for a meet
ing of the Oregon Licensed Prac
tical Nurses association at Sac
red Heart hospital Monday, Dec,
27, at 7:30 p.m.
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t which' Christ was born.
The crib, a typical Christmas
feature was invented by St.
Francis of Assisi seven centuries
ago. . -
The holiday fixin' s are far
more elaborate than most Amer
ican homemakers will prepare.
The Christmas menus of Mrs.
Antonietta Lo Curzio, the wife
of a Car dealer, are typical. Mrs.
Lo Curzio, an excellent cook,
said Christmas lunch and dinner
would cost about 12,000 lire
$19.20.
Her menu for the Christmas
eve dinner: assorted hors
d'oeuvres', including eggs, tuna
fish; sardines; a kind of big eel
called capitone, a fish, which is
a traditional Christmas dish; a
mixed salad of cauliflower, fen
nel and apples; torrone, a mar
ble like candy made of sugar,
almonds, and pistaches that
makes American rock candy
seem as soft as "marshmallow;
fruit; coffee.
Christmas day lunch, which
according to the best Roman
tradition is continued through
the afternoon and until night to
include dinner, will include hors
d'oeuvres, 'this time with ham
and sliced sausage in addition
to the previous menu; capon
broth with noodles (stracciatelle
or agnolotti); fettuccine all'uovo,
another savory member of the
wide variety of Italian paste
dishes; the roasted capon serv
ed with salad; torrone, panet
tone, cheese and fruit, all wash
ed down ;with red and white
wine. : ; ;. ,
Although gifts are exchanged
at Christmas, the real day of
presents, for children isEDiDh-
any Day," Jan. "6. On the night
Before tnat day, Italian children
are told, a benevolent srav-
haired witch called . Bef ana de
scends through chimneys to fill
their stockings with gifts or
coal if they have been bad boys.
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Sams Valley Club
Has Holiday Party'
Sams Valley Mrs. C. W Thut.
gan was hostess for the "annual
v-nrisimas party of sams valley
Ladies club. She served the tra
ditional ; steamed , pudding for
dessert. , 1
Roll call was answered by
each member guessing the name
of her "Sam squaw." The names
were revealed during the meet
ing, and new names drawn for
the comins year.
A large Christmas-tree held
guts for everyone?-and decora
tions on the tables were candles
and snow flakes. '
The club welcomed as guest
Mrs1 Stephens, who ii- visiting
her daughter, Mrs; Carl Bigham,
and Mrs. Leiahtoir Cunnineham.
Nampa, Ida., Mrs. Bigham's sis
ter. Mrs. Carl Christiansnn and
Mrs.. Ralph Ellis became mem-
Ders during the meeting.
Mrs. C. C. Sanderson read the
legend of the Christmas tree.
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Visitors Here
For Holidays
Holiday visitors continue to
arrive in Medford - each " day.
Some will make brief visits,
while others will remain until
after the New Year's weekend.
Mr. Louis Mlynar and son,
Jack, arrived in Medford today
from Ellsworth, Kan., to visit
Mrs. Mlynar's son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George
Bryant and children; Craig and
Diana, 917 Jasper street. They
plan to be here two weeks. .
Arriving December.23 will be
Mr. and . Mrs. S. A., Stimpson,
Burbank, Calif., who will be
guests of Mrs. Stimpson's father,
A. N. Jones, 309 East Jackson
street, and her sister, Mrs. Ethel
Stewart. Mr. Stimpson is public
relations director for United Air
lines at Burbank, and Mrs.
Stimpson, a. public health nurse,
is supervisor in charge of the
Burbank health department.
Guests of. Mr. and Mrs. R. W
Gray, Cherry lane, for the
Christmas holidays will be their
son and daughter-in-law,' Mr.
and Mrs. James Gray and small
son, Michael, who will come
from Salem. The Gray's younger
son, Bob, has arrived from the
University of Oregon to, spend
the vacation here. He is a mem
ber of Sigma Phi Epsilon.-
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Earhart
will arrive in , Medford Decem
ber 26 to spend a week with Mr.
Earhart's parents, Dr. and Mrs.
S. D. Earhart, 11. North Peach
street. They will spend Christ
mas in McMinnville. with Mrs,
Earhart's mother, Mrs. J. Blaine
Adams.- Mr. ; Earhart is student
at the University of Oregon dent
al school in. Portland.
Mrs. Herbert Herbert, daugh-
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Earhart, and
her son are expected to arrive in
Salzburg, Austria, r m time to
spend Christmas with Mr. Her
bert. He was recently assigned
to Army duty in Austria, and
the family expects to spend the
next three years in Europe. :
Donald Wilkinson, airman sec
ond class with the Air Force,
stationed with , the 497th inter
ceptor squadron at the Portland
International airport, is expected
to arrive here December 24 to
visit for the Christmas holidays
with his mother, Mrs, John Wil
kinson, 726 South Keeneway.
Miss Dolores Wilkinson, a serv
vice club director at Ft. Lawton,
Wash., is to arrive on December
31, to , visit at the. Wilkinson
home.
; Mrs. Wilkinson's d'aug hter,
Mrs. J. P. Hargrave, Mr. Har-
grave and their children, Kathie
and Johnnie, left last Sunday to
live Hi Portland, -
Mrs.'RW. Swartsley, Salem,
arrived in Medford yesterday to
visit her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and MrsJoye Swarts
ley, Janes road, and her son-in-
law and daughter: Mr. and Mrs.
P. F. Brainerd, East Main street.
iieen Elizabeth
Signs Own Cards
London ttl.R) Britain's
Queen Elizabeth II prefers per
sonalized Christmas cards. She
also likes to sign them herself.
The young queen ordered sev
eral hundred cards and they are
in her desk at Buckingham Pal
ace so she can sign a few at a
time between official duties.
This year's card going to rela
tives and close friends has a
mounted copy of a family photo
graph. The picture was taken, in, the
rock garden at Balmoral Castle,
Scotland, during the royal' fam
ily's vacation last September.
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Gold Hill Couple :
Hosts for Dinner V .
Gold Hill Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Solijeburg entertained at a
barbecue dinner, at their home
on the Old Stage road Saturday
evening. . Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Les Graffis, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Carlton, and Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Neece, Gold Hill; Mrs.
Catherine Rockford, Mrs.- Nettie
Wheeler and Dr. and Mrs. Ralph
Weiss, Medford. i .,. .., ,,
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Yule Reunions
Add to Home ;
Fire Hazards
The gathering of the clan"
traditional' at Christmas is a
pleasant custom, but - calls for
special fire safety precautions,
warns the? National Board of
Fire Underwriters. ;
1 For-several days, each year,
this" custom fills many homes
with more people than normally
live there. Some of them may
have different fire safety habits.
All are in a holiday mood, which
may. . jnake . . them . less careful
than usual. Add to that the fact
that tthe "usual winter lire haz
ards are present greater ' than
at any. other season. .
If you are playing host this
year the National Board sug
gests you take a few basic pre
cautions before the first guest
arrives: ' .. .
1. Make sure there are plenty
of ashtrays strategically located
in every room in the house.
'2. See that the stove is clean
and ready for the big cooking
job ahead.
. 3. If some of your guests will
be children, put all matches, cig
arette lighters and other danger
ous objects safely out of their
reach. . i
As long as your company
stays, keep these safety tips in
mind: ; ' . 5 " '
1. If you're heating more
rooms than usual,, don't try . to
"force" your furnace if it wonH
take the added -load. Call - an
experienced repairman instead.
2. Keep portable heaters away
from combustibies,r and also out
of people's way.
3. Keep order in the kitchen.
Several extra people all offering
to help can cause a "traffic jam"
in which someone may lean too
far over a lighted' burner, or
tip over a pot of scalding liquid.
. 4. If more electrical appli
ances than usual are being used
space heaters, for example
don't overload circuits. Fifteen
ampere fuses are the safe size
for most household circuits, and
if a fuse blows some appliances
should be switched to another
outlet. .
Guests have responsibilities,
too. If you: are going to be a
rti.act inafoaH of a host, see that
you and your entire family are
on your best tire-saieiy oeiwv
4ai t is lso wise to be pre-
tnr an emergency. Just as
you always note , the location
of the nearest lire escape i
hotel, when you are an over
night guest in someone's home
figure out two ways of reaching
the ground, from the - room' in
which you sleep. - '
Wishes Would Load
Santa Claus Down
Toronto (U.R) K the law
of supply and demand works
nut hi vear. Santa, may never
make it past the Canadian bor
der..-' ; -
- A. department . store Santa
Claus reported today that in ad
riitinn to the usual trains, bikes,
wagons, etc., one three-year-old
boy. asked him. for, an eiepnam.
A four-year-old wants an elec
tric, razor and an encyclopedia
and a ; five-year-old demanded
a sword, spurs and Buckingham
palace. . . , . . y; ...
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the society section , of -The Mail
Tribune must be submitted in
writinu 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 5 pjn the
day before publication. - -
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Order of DeMolay,
Masonic temple. - ' ;
Thursday
7 p.m. Talisman Rosebud
Council, Pythian Sunshine Girls,
Pythian building. :
8 p.m. ( Reames chapter,
OES, Masonic temple.
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. Becoming a cigaret girl in
a night club, seems. to afford an
enterprising young woman an
excellentlopportunity to. achieve
fame and fortune. There should
be a book, titled "Cigaret "Girls
Who Became Famous." J. Any?
way, Marjorie Steele,- the cig
aret girl who married a multi
millionaire and .became a theat
rical star in ' record time, " has
with her Husband,' Huntington
Hartford, .taken a house on
Cheyne Walk, Chelsea,. London.
That's a .very historic, neighbor
hood. Thomas Carlyle and his
clever and V charming spouse,
Jane, lived, there for over forty
years. -If was, at Carlyle house
on Cheyne Walk Mrs. Carlyle
greeted Leigh Hunt with a very
affectionate kiss and inspired
him to write the classic poem
titled "Jenny Kissed Me!"
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Infants
It is said prematurely born
infants, 4 when they become
adults, are much better looking
than the average person. Also
that their chances of success are
better. As are their chances of
living a ling time. Winston
Churchill, who recently celebrat
ed his 80th birthday, was a pre J
maturely oorn baby. He weighed
only three pounds at birth.
Passing By . .' t
Charles Cbrrell, of that hardy
perennial of airwave acts, Amos
and Andy. Charlie, a native of
Peoria, 111., began his; wage
earning career as a bricklayer.
Incidentally, another- bricklay
er who became a millionaire
was "Chicago" O'Brien, the bril
liant speculator who grew rich
wagering on the solid horse for
show. .-. -
Please Noie .
Reason so many women act
so silly at parties and cocktail
bars is because they don't "know
their capacity for strong drink.
Females should be limited to
three cocktails at one session.
If they drink martinis the limit
should be two. Incidentally, a
friend of mine says his wife
drank five martinis at a. party
and when she arrived home
went right to bed without un
dressing and still with her hat
on! .
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Asking ' 1
Queries from clients. Q. What
team .of ballroom dancers hold
the record for a long run at the
Palace, N.Y., for that type of
act-. A. Adelaide and Hughes
who played the . Palace - for
twelve consecutive weeks . . . Q.
On which hand should a man
wear bis wedding ring? A. Eti
quette experts say the left hand,
however, history tells us a ring
worn on the left hand indicates
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submission. Worn on the . right
hand.it indicates authority. In
asmuch as wives agree to obey
their husbands at . the time of
the marriage ceremony, it seems
fitting women should wear their
wedding rings on their left
hands -and men wear theirs on
their right ' .hands. Keep this in
mind, sir.. Switch your wedding
ring, from yotir left to your right
hand and when your wife com
ments on the move, explain the
situation to her as described
above. ' ; '. ,."
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