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i A 1 1 1 ) I I Gold Hill Church is Scene Of Smith-Skyrman Wedding Central Point Miss Gail Skyrman, a Crater High school senior, chose the Christmas hol iday season for her wedding to Douglas Smith, Gold Hill, who is a sophomore at Oregon State college The couple will live in Corvallis and the bride will con tinue her senior year there. The bridegroom is a 1953 Crater High school graduate. Their wedding service was read at 8 o'clock in the evening, Tuesday, December 28, by the Rev. Gerald Gear at Gold Hill Community Methodist church. Three Artists Form Group Three Medford artists have announced the formation of a new art group, as yet unnamed, and the exhibit of 11 paintings which opened January 1 at Barker' Men's store. The three artists are Warren Wolf, Med ford, Senior High school art in structor, Steve Bayless, Junior High school instructor of art, and Clifford Platz, Medford art ; ist. . . o The exhibit is made up of paintings done in abstract and nonobjective forms. The purpose of the new group, is to promote and advance new, modern and experimental art. The three men also are avail able for consultation, demonstra tions and exhibits, and will an swer calls to groups which may want them to speak at meetings. All three artists have exhibit ed at major galleries, both in one-man shows and in group shows, where contemporary paintings were predominant. The organization is an inform al one, without a constitution and without tegular meeting dates. The display at Barker's wl! continue through January 10. Officers Named For Past Chiefs; Temple to Meet Past Chiefs club members elected Mrs. Joe Cook, president " of the organization when they met recently for a Christmas party and business session at the home of Mrs. Delia Watkins, 19 Mistletoe, street. About 25 mem bers and guests attended and a turkey dinner was served. Mrs. Mabel Nicholson" was elected the vice-president, and secretary-treasurer. Talisman temple, Pythian Sis ters, will meet Tuesday, Janu ary 4, at 8 p.m., in the Pythian building. About 100 guests attended. Poin settias and ferns formed the dec orations. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Keith Skyrman, Central Point, and the bride groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Smith. Miss Marion Smith, sister of the bridegroom, who was home for the . holidays from Salem where she is a sophomore at the Willamette university, was maid of honor. Hal Vrooman was best man, and Gordon Mekvold, Central Point, seated the guests. Candlelighters were Miss Vicki Noel, Central Point, and Miss Verity Day, Sams Valley. For her wedding the bride wore a white wool street dress with red accessories and she wore a white hat. Her flowers were red roses which she. car ried on a white Bible. Her attendant wore a char coal gray tailored suit. Her ac cessories were red and her flow ers were red carnations. Piano music was funished by Mrs. Grace Bruce and Mrs. Nor man Gail sang the wedding songs. During the reception Mrs. Melvin Burnett served the punch while Mrs. T. L. Cooper served the cake. Mrs. Orville Hamilton poured coffee and tea. Dinner Given By Grandmothers Husbands of members of Rogue valley chapter, Grand mothers club, and others were guests at a dinner given by the chapter December 27 at the Girls Community club. Several guests were honored in observance of their birthdays and a birthday cake was served. Musical entertainment was fur nished by Mrs. C. R. Alexander and Miss Geraldine Inlow. Mrs. Olaf Severson, president, and Mrs. Emma Perkins were in charge of the dinner. Mrs. Lil lian Capsey was a guest and also became a member of the group during the evening. Mrs. Frank Gidney, Olaf Severson and H. G. Wilson were among the guests. During a recent meeting held by the group a quilt was given to Mrs. Lulu Webster, it being the third quilt made by the members. Mrs. Wilson showed pictures taken at a Seattle con vention and games were played. - . Landscaping To Be Topic For Central Point Club Central Point A program on landscaping will be conducted by a guest speaker at the Wed nesday, January 5 session of Central Point Garden club. Mrs. E. E. Reames, Crater Lake ave nue, will be the hostess for the meeting which will open at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Food, Fashion, Taxes, Politics In News for Women During 1 954 Mrs. Charles Hugh Campbell Jr., is the former Miss Nancy Faye Morse, daughter of United States Senator Wayne Morse and Mrs.' Morse of Eugene, Ore., and Washington, D.C. The Campbell-Morse rites were held December '21 in St. Bartholomew's Episcopal church in Hartsville, S-C, and the newly weds will live in that city. ' Luncheon Planned By Navy Mothers V Rogue Valley Navy Mothers plan a covered dish luncheon Tuesday, January 4, at 10:30 a.m., at the Girls Community club. Members also will sew on crib blankets and a business meeting will be held after the luncheon. Mothers of Navy, Marine and Coast Guard personnel now serv: ing in the armed forces or who have received honorable dis charge are invited to the meet ing. ' At the last meeting of the club several Gold Star Mothers and Navy Mothers of Central Point were guests of the club and a program and gift exchange were conducted. ' " Fidelity Club Meets At Severson Home - Thirteen members attended a meeting of Fidelity club Wed nesday. A potluck luncheon was served at the home of Mrs. Olaf Severson. Mrs. Charles Berry, chairman, conducted a business session and letters from absentee members were read. Miss Ethel Chew, Sunshine chairman for the club, reported that cards will be sent to mem- cbers who . are ill or who live elsewhere Carols were sung with Mrs. William Hill furnish ing piano accompaniment. 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A record number of congresswomen 16 were elected in November, many of them at the expense of men. .Women Active in Capital One was Margaret Chase Smith, Republican of Maine, who in January will begin her 14th year in Congress six of those years as a senator. The year saw plenty of Wash ington activity of special interest to women. Congress voted a re duction in the federal excise tax on jewelry, furs, cosmetics, .lug gage, admission tickets and other assorted items. The U.S. Department of labor reported there were 19,500,000 women holding outside jobs a new high. The government changed the date when these working women will file income tax returns. The deadline now is" April 15, instead of March 15. The new income tax law also gave bigger tax breaks to work ing women with children, to widows and older folks. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation of Negro and white children in schools is contrary to the Constitution. Coffee Prices Probed The government began an in vestigation when coffee prices soared to more than $1 a pound. The industry blamed frost and a short supply. As the year ended, the price was on the decline. The cost of living continued to drop. The latest government figures as the year ended showed the level at its lowest since June, 1953. The government reported the nation's birth rate was up, and the death rate down. The polio vaccine produced by Dr. Jonas Salk of the, University of Pittsburgh was used widely in '54, but the year was one of the worst in the history of the disease. The National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis esti mated the case total at 40,000, topped only by 1949 and 1952 Washington played host in 1954 to two famous women- Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, the "angel of Dien Bien Phu," and Queen Mother Elizabeth, mother of Britain's queen. Only Woman in Fort The "angel" was the only woman among 12,000 embattled French "soldiers who made the last stand at the Indo-China fortress against the Communists. She was captured when the Reds took Dien Bien Phu, but later was freed. Congress invited her to , visit Washington, the first time such hospitality has been extended of ficially to a woman. Queen Mother Elizabeth, 54, visited New York and Washing ton in late October and early November. And although she was on a constant round of offi cial engagements, she still found time to behave like any other tourist. She took in one Broad way hit, and went on a shopping tour ot New York stores. Hollywood Marriage Center A high total of the year's mar riages were in the movie colony. In January Marilyn Monroe, the most famous blonde hi a decade, was married to baseball's Joe DiMaggio, but the marriage end ed in divorce in October., Other marriages in the enter tainment world: actress Pier An geli and singer Vic Damone; Joan Benny, daughter of come dian Jack Benny and Seth Ba ker, a New York broker; Suzan Ball, the actress who had one leg amputated because of cancer, and actor Dick Long; actress June Haver and Fred MacMur- ray; Oscar-winning Audrey Hep burn and actor Mel Ferrer; and Linda Darnell and Philip Lieb mann, a New York brewer. : Divorce took its toll of mar riages among the famous. Blonde Bobo Rockefeller won a divorce and a record $5,000,000 settle ment from Winthrop Rockefel ler. And actress Susan Hayward was divorce from Jess Barker. Other Famous Women , These were some other names on the distaff side in 1954: Marilyn Bell '. . . the 16-year-old Canadian school girl became the first person to swim the 32 treacherous miles across Lake Ontario. .' ' Margaret Trum ah . . . the daughter of a former president made her stage debut in sum mer stock. Lee Ann Meriwether . . . the 19-year-old brunette from San Francisco was named Miss America of 1955. - Death came in '54 to Emilie Dionne, one of the famous quin tuplets of Callander, Ont., and to Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, the first American wom an to serve as envoy to a for eign country. " In fashion, the year's biggest stir was caused by Christian Dior, who in 1947 gave women the "new look." This year, it was the flat look. Wi 1 1 ia m H a rts H o n d red On Fiftieth Anniversary Talent .About. 65 guests called at' the home of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Hart south of Talent on tlie occasion , of the couple's 50th wedding anniver sary Christmas day. Mrs. J. W. Spitzer of Portland, the couple's daughter, entertained in honor of her parents. Mr. Spitzer and their son, Ladies' Troop Elects Officers 1060 Crater Lake Ave. Club Makes Plans For Installation Mrs. Howard Taylor will be installed president of the Get Together club- Wednesday, Jan uary 5, at the Moose hall. A 1 o'clock luncheon is planned. The other officers who also will be installed at the meeting are Mrs. Bert Corbet, first vice president; Mrs. Dow Kadine, second vice-president, and Mrs. Phoebe Kindred, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Clarence Dodge. Talent, was elected captain of Ladies Mounted troop, auxiliary to the Jackson County Mounted Sher iff's posse, during the December meeting of the troop. Mrs. Frank Christian, also of Talent, was ! elected first lieutenant, and Mrs. Loren Flannery was elected sec ond lieutenant. The elections were held dur ing an annual dinner given by past captains of the troop, at the posse clubhouse. Mrs. H. B. -Murphy, the retir ing captain, was honored by the past captains who presented1 her a green orchid corsage. , Also honored were members whose birthdays are during the last six months of, the year. - A birthday cake was served and each was presented a birthday gift. -. . Arrangements of greenery and other Christmas decorations were used about the club room and on the fireplace mantle. Games and entertainment were diversions -of the evening. - Auxiliary Announces Business Meeting A business meeting is sched uled tor . the auxiliary to the Crater Lake post, Veterans of Foreign .Wars, Tuesday, Janu ary 4, at 8 pjn., at the VFW hall, 42 North Front street. . Marty, also assisted in receiving the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Hart came to the" Rogue valley in 1924 and have lived since in the Talent area. They operate a peach or chard near that city. ( They were married Decemb er 25, 1904, at Boise, Ida.' For the occasion Mrs. Hart wore a maroon colored crepe) dress with lace trim and her corsage was of yellow roses. Assisting with . the refresh ments were Mrs. Glen Ellis and Mrs. Ivan Olson, who cut Ine cake, and Mrs. Flo Butler, who served coffee. Mrs. Roy LeVan der poured he punch, while Mrs. Charles Lodge registered the guests. ' : " 'January Spetials Ivy 20c New Plants, several varieties Cacti r 20c Clearance Table Pottery Planters 7 at Vi Price In Any Event Let Us Send i Flowers Phone 3-1733 We take pride in every flower order i Flowers Gifts 26 South Central 3. It's from Medford Medford's Finest Jewelers and Silversmiths I ui ueaM-! N0W...thereare3stnW BY INTERNATIONAL TODAY'S MOST MODERN TABLEWARE THE FINEST OF ITS KIND At its best on any occasion ... functional styling reflects casual elegance in modern living. WMMmm HUI irern -J. ral 111 I nil ii ii fptp juypHiiiuisepuHL, j0izl v 0f m. 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