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MedforcJ Altrusans Announce Vocational Grant for Women Medford Altrusa club, meet, ing last evening for dinner at Rogue Valley Country club, voted to set up a vocational scholarship grant which will be available to older women. The plan, which is in line with the national program of Altrusa In ternational to aid older women in neea 01 employment, was outlined by Mrs. Enid Rankin, vocational chairman for the club who was the speaker of the evening. The grant, according to Mrs. Bertha Haskins, club president and Mrs. Rankin, will be avail able at once to some Jackson county woman needing assist ance to enter or return to the business or professional field to earn her living. No special edu cational qualifications are re quired for eligibility, it was said. Applications for the grant may be made . by any woman who finds she must train, or retrain, herself for employment after an absence of years from the busi ness or industrial world, or who has never had experience in earn ing a living. The club's vocational commit tee retains the right to pass on the applications and is author ized to use the funds available to buy equipment in place of financing training if conditions warrant. Applications will be held confidential and should be made as soon as possible either to Mrs. Haskins, 228 North Holly street, telephone 2-6371, or Mrs. Rankin, 18 Richmond avenue, telephone 2-8448. Mrs. Haskins explained that in other areas Altrusa clubs have financed refresher courses in business colleges, practical nurse training, help through beauty and massage schools or have bought equipment needed to set up individual work units in homes when the mother is un able to leave because of small children. Any person knowing a woman who would benefit from this grant is urged to refer her name to the committee. aDc5etty Party Tonight wenonan club has planned a public card party for tonight at 8:15 o clock in Redman' hall on Apple street. A routine meeting of Pocahontas lodge will be precede the card party. SUPER-V IGGIST 21" TV PICTURE. C in mo-Wide Screen. REVOLUTIONARY NEW VERTICAL CHASSIS. Most compact. Sid controls high up no bending. NEWEST TV FEATURES. Aluminized picture tube, leu power consumption. UHF re caption optional, extro. Mahogany-, wolnut- or blond finished cabinets. Full -Year Warranty on picture tube, 90 4ayi on chassis parts, $189.95 (EES) Yours for only $)00 A week Grain (QrasEy 21 PLUS i You more ftr ? ESSSIlSSSSSSSHaeV Your Home Town Hardware 225 East Sixth United Nations Speaker's Topic At PTA Meeting Central Point Mrs. Everett Faber was main speaker for the last meeting of Central Point Parent-Teacher association. It was held January 6 at 8 p.m. in the library of junior high school wilhi 75 present. Mrs. Faber, who has attend ed sessions of the United Nations and made a study of that organi zation, spoke of the UN and showed pictures. Superintendent H. P. Jewett spoke briefly on improvements needed for the schools, and add ed that some additional property had been purchased. It was stated that the member ship is somewhat below standard and that additional funds were needed for the budget. Plans were made to handle both prob lems. Mrs. O. T. Wilson reported that the PTA study group would hold the next meeting at the home of Mrs. Morris Frink Jan uary 19 at 8 p.m. Mental health will be the topic and leaders will be Mrs. Frink and Mrs Frankette. Mrs., Chester Ashton, safety chairman, distributed pamph lets to be studied at home. Mrs. Frink conducted the meeting and Harry Meyers pre sented the school's clarinet quar tet composed of Margaret Tay lor, Julie Ashton, Kathryn Straus and Edith Van Hoy. Mrs. A. M. Setness was hostess for the evening. The next meeting of the unit will be February 3 and will observe Founders' day. Hospital Group To Meet Tonight Officers for the coming year will be elected at a meeting of Community Hospital auxiliary set for tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the hospital penthouse. This will be the first annual meeting of the newly organized auxiliary. Mrs. Shelby Tuttle has been serving as president. The auxiliary, which is work ing out a program of service to Community hospital, is non denominational and anyone in terested in the hospital is in vited to attend. - Hold Meeting Today Gold Hill Woman's Society of Christian service of Gold Hill Community Methodist church is meeting this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Wilmer Bailey. Mrs. Sam Jones is to present the devotionals, and Mrs. Ferd Jones the program. Amethyst RebeKahs Plan Dimes Project; Change Meeting Day Gold Hill Amethyst Rebekah lodge voted to change its meet ing .night to Wednesday and made plans for coming activities at a meeting Monday night. Since permission to change the meetings must be received from the Oregon Rebekah assembly, the group will continue to meet on Mondays for the time being, with the next session set for January 24. The lodge will sponsor March of Dimes food sale Satur day. January 22. Mrs. Lester Parker is chairman, and assist ing her will be Mrs. Paul Mai- loy, Mrs. Joe Lewis, Mrs. Clyde Kell, Mrs. William Fields and Mrs. Paul Thompson. Several Rebekahs are also aid ing Gold Hill Health unit wih a March of Dimes project Following lodge Mrs. J. Lester Graffis. retiring noble grand, honored her officers of the past year at a party, Refreshments were served by Mrs. William Fields, Mrs. Jim Clement, Mrs. Ferd Jones and Mrs. William Hall. Thomas Schippers To Conduct for Portland Symphony The youngest conductor of the Portland Symphony season, Thomas Schippers, will be on hand January 24 to lead the or chestra in Schumann's "Fourth Symphony" and Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler." , Also ' in cluded on the program will be "Scherzo from MSD" by Mendel ssohn and Weber's "Euryanthe Overture." A haridsome six-footer, Schip pers conducted the formidable Philadelphia orchestra at the age of 18 (he's now 24) and at tributes his success to "unbe lievable luck and an incredible series of accidents." Schippers comes to Portland for the first time January 24 and will make his second appear ance February 7 when British pianist, Solomon, will be fea tured soloist. J. K. Gill box office will handle ticket sales. Set of Seven! I 1 ' 1- -J Berqgreens Leave For North Dakota Mr. and Mrs. James V. Berg- green and son, Jimmy, left Wednesday for Jamestown, N. D., where Mr. Berggreen will continue his education. He ar rived in Medford last week end from the Navy aviation wing. He was with special services. Mrs. Berggreen, the former Miss Mary Ellen Smith, and the couple's son, have been-visiting for about a month with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril A. Smith, Old Stage road. " ' Mr. Berggreen served for some time in Hawaii and it was there that the young couple met. 7103 -Kitten capers! Lovable little animals busy about their chores a different motif for every day of the week! Jiffy, easy to embroider on kitchen towels! Pattern 7i03: Seven kitten em broidery motifs for towels. Easy and fun to do colorful gifts! Send TWENTY-FIVE .CENTS in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P. O. Box 168, Old Chel sea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, AND PATTERN NUMBER. WONDERFUL is the word for our NEW. Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog for 1955. Exciting, enchanting our new designs are all that and even more! Send 25 cents for your copy of this terrific catalog NOW! You'll want to order every wonderful design in it! To Elect Gold Hill Amethyst Re bekah Friendship club will meet at the home of Mrs. Delos Walk er Monday, January 17. Nomi nation and election of new of ficers will take place at this meeting. Mrs. Harry Smith and Mrs. Delos Walker are on the nominating committee. OFFICERS ELECTED Jacksonville During an an nual meeting last week at the Jacksonville Presbyterian church Otto Niedermeyer was elected elder, and John Keaveny and Melvin Hall were elected trustees. Friday. January 14, 19S3 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Roosevelt Troops Make Plans for Girl Scout Week Plans for the annual observ ance of Girl Scout Week are al ready underway in some troops. Brownie Troops in the Roosevelt school neighborhood will give a mothers' tea March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Roosevelt school as a means of introducing the week in that district. The tea was discussed at a meeting cf Roosevelt Girl Scout leaders at ' two neighborhood meetings January 10 at the home of Mrs. R. B. Temple, 2146 Hillcrest road. Mrs. Temple is chairman o Roosevelt neighbor hood. A morning session was held for Girl Scout leaders, and an evening session . for Brownie leaders. Brownies of the fourth grade will be responsible for table decorations for the coming party and Brownies of the third grade will present a Juliette Low birthday peiiny ceremony. Name tags will be made by Brownies of, the second grade and a style show is being plan ned as entertainment for the evening. All girls will help with a down town window display during the week, the theme to be international friendship. . Coming activities will include the making of layettes to be sent to Brazl as part of the girls' ad venture in international friend ship. Tentative plans were made for a court of awards to take place in May. ... Riverside Club Names Winners Winners for the last meeting of Riverside Bridge .club have been announced. Eight tables of players took part. North-south wmners w e r Mrs. W. W. Stevenson and Mrs. Roy Pruitt, 91, first; Mrs. B. B. Hughes and Mr. Pruitt, 90, sec ond; Mrs. H. J. Boyd and Wil liam Isaacs, 87, third; Tom Munds and Lester Holliday, 86Vfe, fourth. ' ' A Winners in the east-west posi tion were Mrs. Van Gilbert and Mrs. Fred Purdin, 93, first; Mrs. Frank Baker and T. J..Fuson, 91, second; Dr. George B. Dean and John Solheim, 88VS, third; Mrs. E. K. Ricker and Mrs. Arthur Schoenberg, 87, fourth. CALENDAR Friday 6:30 tj.m. Shipmates class of Methodist church, at church. 7:30 D.m. Community hos pital auxiliary, hospital pent house. 7:30 p.m. Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral club. 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