MedfordTribune
SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1955 ,
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Fashion Shows
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Adding color and excitement to the Junior Service League fashion show were the
rgan grinder and Leta, the monkey. Mrs. James Keeble, costumed as the organ grinder,
end Leta were on stage as a part of the French sidewalk cafe scene which provided a back
ground for the parading models. Leta is a pet in the household of Mrs. Ethel McGraw, hostess
ot Rogue Va!!ey Country club, and seemed to enjoy her part in the show. .
By OLIVE STARCHER
Fashion shows have been unusual
ly entertaining and novel this spring
and have attracted large audiences.
Medford Junior Service league had
a record attendance for three shows
two afternoon and one evening, and
netted a substantial sum for the
group's kindergarten for deaf chil
dren. Paris in the spring was the
theme of the league shows and those
attending found this year's production
the most colorful and glamorous of
any given by this group. .
Since the league hires a full-time
instructor for the kindergarten one
specially trained in the work of teach
ing the deaf child to speak and to lip
read, the members' must give three
or four large benefit events every
year to keep the school in operation.
A capacity audience also attended
the style show which Tudor guild
gave at Tally Ho restaurant on High
way 99 as a benefit for the actor's
scholarship f u n d ' of ' the Oregon
Shakespearean festival. This was an
evening show, and H. Paul Kliss, fes
tival actor and director, and Rod Bar
rows, came from Portland to do the
commentation and "mid-time enter
tainment. The guild cleared enough money
on the show to provide a full scholar
ship for an actor for the coming sum
mer and has already started plans for
next year's show. (Brainerd photos).
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Mrs. William Dawkins, Ashland, was co-chairman with Mrs. B. A. Cope, also Ashland,
for the Tudor guild show. She is shown here wearing a brown and white checked gingham
dress of two-piece design for her first .appearance in the show. Mrs; Dawkins' small sons,
Michael and Christopher, also were models for the show, 'and Mrs. Dawkins, an artist, drew
the design for the front page of the style show program.
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George Harrington, a minor sensation
at both shows, modeled the newest in
evening wear for men, black tuxedo
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' ' First on the stage for the service league show were several children in the care of a "French
nurse," this role being played by Mrs. John Collins. Pictured here with Mrs. Collins are (left to
right) Christine Bartels, Karen Morgan, Alan Collins and Connie Herman. Mrs. Berwick Wood,
costumed for her role of a French gendarme, is at -back right.
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Mrs. Myron Root, Medford, Is shown here wearing an Eliza
bethan costume for the Tudor guild show. Mrs. Root was one of
several guild members who served as hostesses and ushers for
the show. The large audience taxed the capacity of the cafe.
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AAany from Ashland attended the Tudor guild show, since it was a benefit for the Oregon Shakespearean
festival actor's fund, and the festival is Ashland's most outstanding civic accomplishment. At one table were
seated (at left) Mrs. Herbert Lewis and Mrs. Ben Lombard; (at right) Mrs. Drew Lamb and Mrs. Jim Busch.
Among the guests at the Junior Service league show on opening day were (left to right) Mrs. William K.
McLaren, Mrs. Dorothy Dowson, Mrs. Victor Sether, Mrs. Charles Stafford and Mrs. L. G. McLaren. Providing
atmosphere for the show were big striped umbrellas, and French poodle cutouts were used as table decorations.