SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Hearings, Joint Session
; Described by Secretary
By FRANCES LITTRELL .
Salem On Wednesday of last
week (February 16) the highway
committees of both the Senate
and the House were guests of
the Oregon Automobile associa
tion which is affiliated with the
AAA. The ligislators were pick
ed up at the State House and
taken to the Marion hotel in an
tique cars. Gov. Patterson rode
in a 1901 Locomobile, Rep. Elf
strom and Al rode-in a 1919 yel-
"low sports model Pierce Arrow
"with a rumble seat, Phil (Sena
tor Lowry) rode in a 1917 Ford
touring car.
s Orf Thursday the first sales
tax 'bill was read in the House.
It was presented by Rep. Hill of
a Lane county. Needless to say it
"created numerous and varied
3 opinions.
9p This week there will be sev
, eral minor tax bills up for third
readings that have been recom
mended by the tax interim com
mittee. Seemingly they are non-
; controversial. However, that
isn't a proven fact until after the
third readings and votes are
counted. As all tax bills must
first be presented in the House,
we no doubt will hear many
more of the same.
On Friday, due to Al's being in
another hearing, I was sent to
the judiciary committee to take
H. J. R. 9 and H. J. R. 7 pertain
ing to the status of coroners and
surveyors. It was a lively hear
ing and if the bills get out of
the committee and if they pass
both houses, they will be on the
ballot in '56 for the voters to de
cide upon. When possible the
secretaries go to the public hear
ings, even though our husbands
and bosses are present. It gives
us an insight on the issues that
we would miss otherwise. Then
too we write the letters that go
out to the people and although
the Legislators dictate the letter,
if we have attended the hearings,
we know what we are writing
about. It also gives us an under
standing of the men and women
ho make up this Legislature.
Al and I often say to each
other "if every man and woman
in. Oregon could have the privi
lege of being where we are and
hearing these men and women in
-the committee room and on the
floors of the Legislature, we
wouldn't be sending people to
Washington who would use their
political affiliations for personal
gains."
The Legislature celebrated
Lincoln's birthday with a joint
session in the House with Gov.
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and Mrs. Patterson and all State
officials present. Dr. O. Mere
dith Wilson gave the Lincoln
Day address! Dr. Wilson's hand
some wife was also present
wearing a beautiful red hat.
Phil (Senator Lowry) was one
of four to escort the chief jus
tices to the rostrum and he was
the one who announced them.
We are told that Oregon is not
only unique for her very friend
ly and unassuming top state of
ficials, but that we are one of
the few states which permits sec
retaries to be seated "on the
floor" of the House or the Sen
ate with the legislators. In fact
Montana makes no provisions for
secretaries whatsoever, while
most other states provide a pri
vate office for each member of
their Legislature and a secretary
too. Secretaries here feel that
we are fortunate in the fact
that the "front desk" under the
direction of Mrs. Edith Lowe,
chief clerk, is so friendly and
helpful. They, of their own vo
lition, held a school for the new
secretaries and many of the girls
who have been here before at
tended and said they wished
they could have had it their
first session. Mrs. Lowe also
keeps a check on the readings of
the bills, guides Mr. Geary, the
speaker, and acting speakers in
parliamentary proceedings and
on occasion point of order.
One of Mr. Lowe's able staff
is Peg Drager, who is married
to a cousin of Mrs. Earl York of
Medf ord and the friendly gentle
man at the information desk just
outside the door of the House of
Representatives is Mrs. York's
father.
Parties for the Representa
tives' wives last week were given
by Mrs. Pat Dooley and Mrs.
Robert Steward (both Represen
tatives' wives) at Mrs. Dooley's
apartment where we met Mrs. J
Thornton, the attorney general s
wife. On Friday Mrs. Needham
and Mrs. Tomlihson took a small
group of us to the Salem Art Mu
seum, which is the old Bush
home, where we saw an exhibit
of modern paintings by Carl
Hall, after which we went to
Mr. Tomlinson's lovely home
for tea. Both hostesses are secre
taries in the House this session.
This week's calendar shows a
busy week ahead of us.
On Tuesday the Federation of
Republican Women is meeting
here in Salem. The Representa
tives of the legislature are in
vited for luncheon at noon in
the Marion Hotel and to tea in
the afternoon at the home of
Salem's Mayor and Mrs. White.
Tuesday evening Speaker and
Mrs. Geary are entertaining for
the members of the House and
their wives, Thursday evening
the Marion county delegation is
giving a reception for all the
Legislators and wives.
On Friday the Legislature
and wives are invited to Cor-
vallis for dinner and to the Ore
gon-Oregon State basketball
game. The Corvallis Chamber of
Commerce will host the dinner
and Oregon State college game.
Ben Day was in last week for
a visit with the Jackson County
delegation. We attended church
services on Sunday and sat next
to Jean Vilm Hart's friend, Mrs.
Davis. They haven't seen each
other since they were in college.
Tried to bring her up to date on
Jean and her family.
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with Vz teaspoon of salt and SA
cup "of water. Beat about 2 min
utes, dip the cooked shrimp in
the batter and fry in hot deep
fat (375) degrees for 2 to 3 min
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the nose, can put one on a pair
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powder puff. Wash it thoroughly
in warm water with a detergent
to remove powder.
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404 E. Main
Sunday, February 27, 1953
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Every fall the Medf ord Kiwanian Dames square their shoulders,
take a deep breath and plunge into the "doll project." Sometimes
there's a few groans, too, for like all money-making projects,
there are problems to be solved and minor crises to be weathered,
When it's all over for another year, these same "Dames" heave
a big sigh of relief and rest for a few weeks until another year
rolls around. The big moment of the entire year comes when the
women give the money they have earned to the Girl Scout leaders
who see that it becomes a new shelter, a new roof or a piece of
needed equipment at the Girl Scout established camp, Low Echo.
Such a moment came Tuesday and the women who gathered
in the Dwight Houghton home not only heard the leaders tell
how the money more than $500 this year, will be used, but
watched a group of Girl Scouts from Washington school portray
camp life in songs and words while sitting around an imaginary
camp fire in a corner of the Houghton living room.
Potpourri doesn't know who wrote the skit, but we heartily
approved of the sentiment. For the girls talked about camp life
last year, and of Trinidad Sales, Girl Scout leader from the Phil
ippine islands who was an exchange counselor at Low Echo. "She
wasn't really any different from the rest of us," remembered one
little girl, and another said, "I guess we're all alike that must
be what my Sunday school teacher meant when she said we were
all God's children."
Mrs. W. A. Samuelson, president of the Dames, thanked the
"indefatigable" (she can pronounce it, too) Mrs. Everett Faber
and her co-chairman, Mrs. Emerson Anderson, for their successful
doll project, and Mrs. Houghton for the use of her home. Mrs.
Samuelson, who had arranged her make believe campfire from
a few sticks of wood and a bit of red paper for the flame, said
when she called Mrs. H. and asked if she could build a campfire
in her living room the hospitable hostess said "go right ahead
everything is insured." -
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According to the Grocery Manufacturers of America, the
transfer of food preparation from the home to the processing
plant, has reduced food preparation in the kitchen four hours a
day. A few years ago it took about 5V2 hours a day to prepare
meals for a family of four. Today, comparable menus of easy to
serve foods can be prepared in about lVz hours, the manufactur
ers say.
When the homemaker buys food today, in many instances it
has already been, cleaned, trimmed, shelled, mixed or otherwise
prepared, packaged and sometimes partially cooked.
A present-day wedding fad is the lettering of little reception
napkins with the names of the bride and bridegroom. Those for a
wedding last Sunday read Burk-Burk, the couple having decided
to amuse themselves and the guests by using their surnames,
which are the same, instead of Carl and Joan. It is all quite con
fusing to the poor society editor for Miss Joan Burk married
Carl G. Burk and the bridegroom's sister, before her wedding,
was Johanne Burk.
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Potpourri absolutely must do something about our reputation
for food. Always a weakling when it came to potluck dinners, we
sampled at least a dozen dishes at a Rebekah dinner Monday night.
Then along came Minnie Bryant, whose guest we were, who heaped
our plate with two pieces of cake and a piece of cherry pie.
Because of our loud cries that it would be left not another
bite was possible Mrs. Bryant came back with some wax paper
and a bag. Now we not only eat too much but we go home with
enough dessert for the news room's mid-morning snack and the
family dinner that night.
Our hearty thanks go out to all those who brought in pictures
for today's out-of-the-past page. Because the staff found them so
interesting, and there were so many from which to choose, an
other page is planned. Fearful that something would happen to
these family treasures, we've counted them practically every day
and will return them to owners as soon as the second page is done.
"Do you realize," wrote the Junior, "that this is the last PE
class I will ever, ever, EVER have to take?" She was dutifully
reporting on her new classes for the second semester, and wrote
that she was taking Shakespeare, a course in the English novel,
fourth semester German, a two-hour course in German civiliza
tion, typing, second semester music theory and folk dancing.
The student also wrote that she had been to a concert fea
turing Leonard Pennario as soloist with the Spokane Philharmon
ic orchestra, and added that his technique is fine but "not much
feeling." Pennario, a pianist, played in Medf ord a few seasons
ago.
With the letter she sent a clipping from the WSC newspaper
which told how the pianist, leaving the stage after acknowledg
ing applause, became confused and stepped off the edge of the
platform into space. He clutched a curtain and the orchestra
director leaped to his rescue, saving him from what might have
been a, bad fall.
. Most Britons apparently approve of Princess Margaret's plung
ing necklines, a press dispatch revealed Saturday. From London
came word that the Woman's Sunday Mirror, new weekend edi
tion of the mass circulation Daily Mirror, asked readers to express
an opinion on whether or not the "necklines of dresses worn by
the princess in her Carribbean tour weren't too low" and invited
readers to give their opinions. About 75 per cent favored Margar
et's decolletage.
"Just the sort of thing we can copy for our own daughters,"
said Mrs. A. Moody of Teighmouth. ,
"I only wish I could wear that type of dress but mine is only
a 30-inch bust," wrote a lady from Lancashire..
"Why shouldn't the Princess wear off-the-shoulder gowns?"
asked Mrs. D. G. Wolsey of Sheerness. "If I had lovely shoulders
like hers, I would certainly do the same. Don't cramp her style."
Saturday morning, Commentators Agronsky and Hemingway
both told how President Eisenhower, visiting his farm in Penn
sylvania, complained about the "dirty pigeons" in the barn and
said he'd have to get out his shotgun. Pigeons, we can report from
experience, are not nearly so bothersome as flickers. Pigeons stay
quietly in the barn, while the flickers, a variety of woodpecker,
are as dirty as pigeons and have the added horrible habit of wak
ing the entire household at some ungodly early-morning hour
by drumming loudly on the side of the house. O.S.
one Man Art Show
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Fans of Gilbert and Sulliyan will toon recognize that this it
not a legitimate scene from "The Mikado," now in production at
Southern Oregon college for presentation March 3, 4 and 5. Giving
an idea of what could have happened if he had done his duty is
Lord High Executioner, Ko Ko, played by Stafford Thomas, with
the neck of Nanki-Poo, played by Gene Brown, on the headsman's
chopping block. Nanki-Poo's lover,. Yum Yum, played by Tresa
Matlack (left) and Peep-Bo, one of the three little maids, played
by Helen Brown, (right) are shielding their eyes from the scene.
President Confers With Wife
On What Color To Paint Barn
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UP White House Writer
Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Pres
ident Eisenhower is like any
other man with a new house. He
has to check with his wife on
what color to paint the barn.
For nearly an hour on his Get
tysburg farm Friday, the Presi
dent worked with a painter to
get just the right shade for the
huge barn that sits not far from
the new Eisenhower house.
The house is mostly white,
and the old red barn would have
been an eyesore without a new
coat of paint. The President
thought first of painting the barn
white, too, but he decided the
huge structure would dominate
the house.
So, he had a painter, Carl
Mauss of nearby York, Pa., mix
white with a little green, blue
and umber. They came up with a
shade which looked like a pas
tel green in the late winter af
ternoon sun.
Checks With Mamie
The President was satisfied,
but he told Mauss:
"We'll have to ask Mrs. Ike.
She'll have the last word, any
way." Like a dutiful husband and
new householder, the President,
his tan camel's hair .topcoat
flapping in the breeze, strode
across a muddy field back to the
house where Mrs. Eisenhower
was deep in conference with Eli
sabeth Draper, the New York in
terior decorator.
Sounds of "oohs" and "ahs"
filtered from the upstairs win
dows as the ladyfolks looked at
curtain material and moved
chairs around in an elaborate
game of furniture arrangement.
The President and Mrs. Ike
came to the window. He point
ed toward the barn which by
now resembled a nursery school
exercise in . finger painting.
Painter Mauss . had tried dabs
of varying green shades all over
one end of the barn, on top of
white trim and on the old red
finish itself.
The Right Mixture
There was some animated con
versation in the upstairs win
dow and the President reap
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peared in the yard a few minu
tes later.
"That's just right," he told
Mauss.
The President drove here from
Washington Friday and plans to
return sometime late Sunday.
The farm house is completed
structurally and the first fami
ly is-now engaged in decoration
and placement of furnishings...
"When will it be ready?" a
reporter asked the President.
The ancient house has under
gone extensive renovation for
more than a year.
''Well, it is a matter of finish
ing touches now," the Chief
Executive said. "We're getting
down to the point where you
find that the rugs don't fit and
the furniture doesn't fit."
Rebekah Lodge
Has Guest Dinner
About 80 persons attended a
guest night dinner given Mon
day evening by Olive Rebekah
lodge women at the Odd Fellows
hall.
Guests indued Odd Fellows
lodge members, their wives and
friends of members. -
Mrs. L. M. Arnold, Mrs. Mary
Brown, and Mrs. Lucille Cave
were committee in charge of
serving.
The playlet, "My Birthday
Gifts," written by Mrs. Florence
Manley of Brattleboro, Vt.', arid
taken from the Rebekah publi
cation,"International Rebekah,"
was . enacted as a part of the
evening's program.
Those taking part in the play
let were Mrs. W. E. Roberts,
Mrs. Riley Applegate, Mrs. Mar
garet McGinty, Mrs. Verda Vin
zant, Mrs. Gladys Thomasson,
and Mrs. Alice Garrett.
The program was planned by
Mrs. Frank Chapman, noble
grand, and Mrs. Marie Small.
Deborah Ann Rader and Glen
Rader furnished a dance num
ber. A patriotic dance was done
by Bonnie Simmonds and Carol
Griff in costume.
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Fagle Point PTA
Members Inspect
New School Room
Eagle Point The February
meeting of Eagle Point Parent
Teacher association was held in
the new section of the high
school February 22. Members
were invited by Glenn Hale,
principal, to inspect the other
rooms in the recently" construct
ed addition, which contains li
brary and classrooms. The shop
area has also been enlarged..
Workshop-type meetings were
conducted in different class
rooms under the direction of
Mrs. W. H. Pomeroy, grade schoo i
teacher. The subject of the
round table discussions': Was
"What Is Your Child Learning"
and these were led by Mrs. Vera
Selby for the first and second
grades, Mrs. S. W. Callaghan for
the third and fourth grades, Mrs.
R. Barrow for the fifth and sixth
grades and Harold Brown for
the seventh and eighth grades.
Mrs. Ray Palm, president, pre
sided at the business meeting
during which several amend
ments to the by-laws were pass
ed and a nominating committee
elected. Members of the com
mittee are Mrs. R. H. Denning,
Mrs. Thomas Shearin, and Mrs.
Elsie Turner.
Mrs. Victor Hay led the devo
tional service and Mrs. R. B.
Fleming's Cub Scout pack led
in the salute to the flag. A
Founder's day. observance pro
gram was presented by Mrs.
Lester Bradshaw.
The third and fourth grade
room mothers were hostesses for
the evening, with Mrs. Lester
McFall as chairman. In recogni
tion of Washington's birthday,
cherry pie was served during
the social period following the
program.
The next meeting of Eagle
Point PTA will be held March
29 and will feature the physical
education program in the Eagle
Point schools.
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Roll call was answered by
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