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4 TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Musicians7 Festival -Contest Opens Here Thursday Morning Student musicians from five counties will converge on Med ford High school for the annual southern Oregon music educat ors contest-festival, April 7, 8 and 9. About 2300 students are entered in the event according to I. A. -Mirick, contest-festival chairman. Bands, choruses and orches tras from high schools, junior high schools and a few elemen- Meeting Planned For YMCA Group Junior Stamp club of the YMCA will study Argentina at a meeting to be held in Room B Saturday, April 9. During re cent weeks the club has studied the stamps of Guatemala and Chile. Members learned that Guate mala is second largest Central American republic, and that Chile is called the "Shoestring Republic." Chile's history is closely tied up with the Spanish conquest and final liberation under San Martin and Bolivar of South America from Spain. Chile's liberator was Bernardo O'Hig gins, the "George Washiagton" of Chile and he was joined by Joe de San Martin, in the final battles to free Chile in 1817 anl 1818. Flowers Gifts 26 SOUTH CENTRAL j-fcij product has no connca""- -ol 8C Blue Calf Black Calf Brown Calf Phone 3-1732 Frosted Coffee y -' V Avocado Green 'W I'l k1' DONNA PUMP , Qfr You'll find your frS T?lr prettiest jt, in our bright, colorful new j&st KLkv collection of beautiful Jng6 spring styles f&i&L 3 NORFIELD'S SHOE STORE 'Southern Oregon's Oldest Shoe Concern" 221 East Main Street Phone 2-2123 tary schools will perform for visiting adjudicators on Thurs day and Friday of the meet. Sat urday selected musicians from the participating schools are to combine forces in the large fes tival chorus, orchestra and band under the direction of three guest conductors. These festival groups will rehearse during the day and present an evening con cert as a grand finale to the contest-festival. Individual groups may per form for a rating or for criticism only. An added feature of this year's contest is the sight read ing event in which bands and orchestras will play one selec tion which they have not previ ously seen. This is also optional and will not affect the rating of a group that is performing for a 'rating. All performances of the three day music fest are open to the public and a nominal charge will be made. Easter Program Planned for PTA A program in keeping with the Easter season, will be presented Friday, April 8, at 2:30 p. m., at the monthly meeting of the Roosevelt Parent-Teacher asso ciation. Miss Verna Cingcade, Bible history teacher for the Medford schools and outlying areas, will demonstrate, with the Easter Story, how the Bible history stories are presented to the chil dren in her classes. CamD Fire Girls will have charge of the flag ceremony and the Triple Trio from tivst .Pres byterian church will sing Easter selections. Hostesses for the meeting will be the mothers of the pupils in the first grades. l . Wednesday. April 6, 1955 ciiBtly March Winners Named by Club Camp White Prizes for high scores for the month of March were awarded at the last meet ing of Camp White Veterans' Bridge club. The prizes, furn ished by the Medford unit of the American Legion auxiliary, went to -Bill Hickey for highest total score, John Solheim, second, and Mike Dillon, third. Play that evening was for master points, and was in two sections. North-south winners, Section A, were Mrs. S. W. Alcorn and Roy Pruitt, 80 li, first; Mrs. B. B. Hughes and Mrs. L. S. Johnson, 69V2, second; Mrs. Alto Pruitt and Mrs. Roy Pruitt, 67, third. East-west winners in this sec tion were Mr. and Mrs. Troy Dean, 87, first; Mrs. Josephine Clark and Burton Sims, 67 Vz, second; Mrs. Jack Love and Emery Wheat, 64!, third. North-south Section B winners were Mrs. Howard Boyd and Mrs. Edna Miller, 58, first; Mrs. Clay Cornett and Tom Munds, 55 Vi, second; Walter Grow and Bill Hickey, 55, third. Section B east-west winners were the George Choates, 57J, first; Wil liam Isaacs and E. K. Ricker, 48Vi, second; the Dwight Seelys, 48, third. Birthday Parties Honor Shirley Kell Gold Hill A birthdav nartv was given Saturdav afternoon for Shirley Kell at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kell. Attending were Linda Parker. Linda .Walker, Marlene, Beverly and Sharon Wright, Patty and Bobby Boye, Tona Morrow, Mrs. Don Morrow, Terrv CooDer. Bill Kell and Mrs. Lester Parker. Mrs. Parker assisted Mrs. Kell with games and refreshments. A dinner that evening at the Kell home also honored Shirley Kell. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lester Parker and Miss Linda Parker. RNAtoMeet Royal Neighbors of America will meet at the Pythian build ing Thursday, April 7, at 8 p.m. for a business session and re ception of candidates. Officers are asked to wear formal gowns. Stamp Club A "swan and trade" niaht will be featured at the meeting of the Southern Oregon Stamp club to be held Thursday, April 7. All members are asked to take trading material. CALENDAR Calendar notices and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing 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 pji the day before publication. Wednesday 7 p.m. Chapter CG, PEO, Mrs. Donald Monteith, 25 North Keeneway dr. 7:30 p.m. Mushroom club, at Fred Lawrence home. 8 p.m. M e d f ord Jaycettes, Mrs. Mark McKenzie, 1817 Win chester ave. ,. Thursday 10 a.m. Wenonah club, Mrs. Audie White, North Riverside ave. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Providence guild, Sacred Heart hospital so cial room. 10:30 a.m. Butte Falls Home Extension unit, Mrs. Earl Rem sen, Fish Lake rd. 10:45 p.m. Westside Home Extension unit, Westside school. 12 noon Women's Golf asso ciation, Rogue Valley Country club. 1:30 p.m. Woman's Bible class of the Methodist church, Mrs. S. Graham, 59 Quince st. 2 p.m. Medford Garden club, Girls Community club. 12:30 p.m. St. Mark's auxil iary guild. 2 p.m. Sams Valley Ladies club, home of Mrs. William Greg ory. vVbmen mo Save fimeGd 3 n tio fuss- Ho Muss! If you're not usfo4 AtlO ybo're parking loo brd Sib 1 CHOIR TO SING The La Verne College Chapel choir will present a concert of sacred music at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at the Brethren church, Mary and Saling sts., it was announced today by C. V. Stern, pastor of the church. The choir, now in its 14th season, will Nebraskans Leave After Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. George F. Ras mussen of Omaha, Neb., have left for California after having been guests here of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Rasmussen, 21 Ac orn way. The Rasmussens were joined in California by their grand daughter Miss Joyce Jensen, also of Omaha, who is a student at Stanford university, and the three continued to Pebble Beach for a vacation. The visitors attended the Ore gon Open golf tournament held at Rogue Valley Country club while they were here, and were honored at a number of small parties. ' Gem Club Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral club will hold the monthly meet ing Friday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Girls Community club. Visit ors interested in gem and miner al collections are invited to at tend. TV Square Prettiest covering for your TV set! A smart combination of filet crochet and regular crochet forms the decorative new grape design! Pattern 7135: Crocheted TV square 25-inches in No. 30 mer cerized cotton; smaller in No. 50; larger in bedspread cotton. 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 with 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! Vho us Wecr Sterchin$ si ls S f Week's Sewing Buy L7 1020 Y1 i . FOUR wonderful styles in this mix-match wardrobe to keep you well-dressed all summer! A cool halter-blouse with perky collar; trim fitted shorts, whirl skirt, and jacket. All sew-easy, thrifty smart for sun and fun! Pattern 9380: Misses's Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. 20. Size 16 halter, lVs yards 35-inch; skirt, 3M yards. Other yardages in pattern. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. Send thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for e?.ch pattern for lst-class mail ing. Send to Marian Martin, care of Medford Mail Tribune, Pat tern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. Junior Club to Hold Easter Party Saturday Junior Degree of Honor club will meet Saturday, April 9, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Wilson, 7 Chestnut street, from 2 to 4 pi m. An Easter egg hunt will be held. Members are invited to take friends to the meeting. Drink SHIDER'S Milk TV Drink spy glasses of Milk every day SNIDER'S MILK I 1 l 7JW Sleep Better 1 IP IT fH be directed by Prof. Elias F. Brightbill, assist ant professor at the college. The choir is from the small, coeducational, liberal arts college sponsored by the Church of the Brethren serving the Pacific coast. Meeting Changed By PTA Council A meeting of Medford Coun cil of Parent-Teacher associa tions scheduled for Thursday, April 7, has been postponed until Thursday, April 14. Installation of officers will be held at that time and Mrs. Owen Kunkel will be installing officer. All chairmen are to take the annual reports of their commit tees to the meeting. New officers will be Mrs. Ro land Holmes, president; Mrs. Lou Cranston, vice-president; Mrs. J. J. Finnegan and Mrs. Golden Noble, ' junior vice-presidents; Mrs. Lawrence Crocker, secre tary; and Mrs. Austin Caldwell, treasurer. Amethyst Rebekahs Plan Session Tonight Under New Schedule Gold Hill Amethyst Re bekah lodge will meet tonight at 8 p. m. in the IOOF hall. This will be the first meeting under the new schedule of the first and third Wednesdays of each month. At the last meeting of the lodge drill practice was held under the direction of Mrs. Paul Molloy, degree 'captain. This drill will be presented during the coming district convention. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Joe Lewis, Mrs. John Cogs well, Mrs. Wilbur Martin and Mrs. Paul Thompson. Meeting Announced For Sewing Club The Sewing club of the Dis abled American Veterans auxil iary, Jackson County Unit 8, will meet Thursday, April 7, at 11 a. m., at the home of Mrs. James Cech, 2877 Springbrook road. A potluck meal will be served at noon. Try this variation of rice. Add chopped stuffed olives and but ter or margarine to the rice be fore serving. Goes well with welsh rarebit or scrambled eggs. 0 5 Mian? mr i 0Qy(3OC3 1 Smart, New DEMI-SIZE Watches for ladies mtches la flitter milady's mist yet fmoot Elfin noiniitt far suptnor scevracy. Ptrf Ttfs terf E16IN wfA CnrmtMtl DufcurtiW OUWAPOWtl MAIN$PRIN Let us lay away the watch of your choice for as little as $1 down! Watch the Elgin Hour A Great Dramatic Show on TV! U JEWELERS Open 9:30-6 p.m.. Monday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. . Phone 3-4922 At the BIGGER, BETTER Big Y Entrance on Hiway 99 Conference on Planned in Medford May 2 Monday, May 2, has been set as the date of a regional meeting on education for Jackson county, the meeting to be one of 22 in Oregon which will precede the governor's conference in June on this topic. Similar conferences will be, held in all 48 states and they will be followed by the White House conference on edu cation to be held in Washington, D. C. in November. The Jackson county meeting was planned at a session Mon day nignt attended by represen tatives of several county groups. It was decided that the local con ference would be both for dele gates and for anyone interested, it will be an evening session at Medford Senior High school with a keynote speaker followed by small group meetings. Attending Monday's meetings were Mrs. Herbert Seitz, presi dent of Medford chapter, Amer ican Association of University Women; Mrs. C. F. Conley, Ash land, president of the County Council of Parent-Teacher asso ciations; Alva Graham, faculty member from Southern Oregon college; the Rev. R. W. Hum of the Medford Ministerial associa tion; W. V. Deatherage, who represented the Democratic party; H. L. Carlton of Jackson County Pomona Grange; Fred M. Bruegger of the Jackson County Council on Children and Youth; Ron Gandee, Jackson County Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Una B. Inch, county supervisor of rural schools; Mrs. Frank Bash, chairman of the Jackson county Republican party; Mrs. Maxine Smith, president of Jackson county unit, Oregon Educational association; Boyd Gibson, Jack son County Classroom Teachers' association; Leonard Mayfield, assistant superintendent of Med ford public schools. Co-chairmen in charge of the project are Mrs. Leigh Gustison, Medford, and Chester Squire, Ashland. 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