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s :X MZSrORD (OREOOIT) mail tribune Club Welcomes Nine Newcomers; Dinner Planned Medford Sojourners club held its semi-monthly meeting Thurs day at the Medford hotel. Sixty were present. Decorations were bouquets of daisies, Scotch broom and peach blossoms. Special prizes were awarded to Mrs. O. W. Ludwick, Mrs. A. L. McClure and Mrs. Nils A. Edin. Mrs. Benton Smith was wel comed as a new member, and prospective members welcomed to the club were Mrs. Barg Mar ton, Mrs. Marvin Nelson, Mrs. Wilson Bjorge, Mrs. R. D. Scott, Mrs. John White, Mrs. Floyd Paup, Mrs. Roy Smalley, Mrs. Sheridan Scott and Mrs. Forrest Casey. Mrs. Nettie Zerwer of Grants Pass was guest of Mrs. Benton Smith. Following a short business meeting and dessert, cards were played the remainder of the af ternoon. Bridge prizes were won by Mrs. Eddie Radzweit, and Mrs. Wilson Bjorge, canasta pri zes by Mrs. Ruby Wright and Mrs. Floyd Paupe and pinochle prizes by Mrs. Douglas Hinesly and Mrs. A. J. Marineau. Hostess for the afternoon were Mrs. John Laden, Mrs. Nel lie Lees and Mrs. K. L. Denton. The next meeting will be a. potluck dinner for Sojourners and their husbands to be held April 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Pythian hall. Following dinner, cards will be played the remaind er of the evening. All inactive members and their husbands are cordially invited to attend. Any newcomers wishing to come will be welcomed and may call Mrs. A. L. McClure, 3-3924 or Mrs. Gene Chamberlin, 3-3277, for more information. To cut frosted cake without crumbling the icing, dip the knife in hot water and wipe dry before using. 117 $. Central Phone 2-6241 9 SAVE! 100 DACRON PRINTS EQUAL WARDS 8.98 QUALITY SPECIAL PURCHASE MAKES THIS LOW PRICE POSSIBLE $(i Manufacturer and Wards worked hand-fn-hand to bring thfs savings. Not just plain Dacrons, but 100 printed pique Dacrons. Brand new hand-picked styles, patterns. Each washes eas ily dries quickly needs little or no ironing. Junior, miss, women's half sizes. Among guests at tha annual Easter Monday luncheon April 11 were three from Talent. About 340 women attended the an nual party, always one of the largest spring benefit events. Pic lured here are (left to right) Mrs. John Spangler, Mrs. Thomas P. Whileford and Miss Lillian Whiteford. (Brainerd photo) Members Attend District Sessions Of Eastern Star Mrs. Jack Ward, worthy ma tron of Reames chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and Mrs. Earl Knight, an officer of the chapter, returned Wednesday af ter being in several Oregon towns to attend district OES sessions. The two left Sunday accom panying Mrs. R. E. Carroll to her home in Florence after Mrs. Carroll had been here as a house guest of Mrs. Ward while Mrs. Carroll attended an OES meet ing here. The group attended dis trict meeting at Florence, Maple ton, and Gardner and of the Elkton and Drain chapters. The district sessions were con ducted by Mrs. Louise Irving, Madras, worthy grand matron of the grand chapter of Oregon, who held a similar meeting here. En route home they visited at Scottsburg with Mrs. Gladys Workman, well - known Oregon ceramatist. Curtains will slide on the rod faster if you put a small piece of adhesive tape over the end of the rod. Sunday. April 17, 195S Mark Goldy Talks For UN Chapter; Students Report Mark Goldy, Medford busi nessman who recently returned home after an extended tour through the orient, spoke at a meeting of Medford chapter, Oregon United Nations associa tion, Thursday evening in the courthouse. Mr. Goldy spoke of the differ ence in the English and Ameri can reactions to the present For mosan situation. The English condemn Chiang Kai-shek for his "corrupt government" and believe that Formosa and the Tachen islands should be given up, he said. On the other hand, many Chi nese strongly support the Amer ican position, he said, but crit icize this country for being too indefinite in its foreign policy. The Goldys visited Indonesia and found the Indonesians gen erally friendly to Americans. Mr. Goldy added that they were treated with the greatest of cour tesy everywhere and said that they met large numbers of Americans making their home in Thailand. Mr. Goldy, president of the local Foreign Policy association, spoke briefly of a plan to give an intensive course in 'foreign relations each year instead of holding meetings throughout the year. Three members of the Inter national; Relations league of Medford Senior High school were also on the program. Emil Muhs explained the purpose of the league, saying students were taught to understand the world situation, taught how to gather information and how to evaluate and use this information in form ing opinions. Miss Marilyn Olson reported on the state IRL meet ing held recently at the Univer sity of Oregon, saying the year's topic and convention topic was the United Nations. Miss Carol Baker reported on the recent youth conference held at Southern Oregon college, say ing 21 schools were represented. Bert Harr, Applegate, spoke of his plans to attend a world-wide peace congress to be held in Hel sinki, Finland this summer, add ing that he is seeking a travel ing companion to help him gather material and photographs to be used upon his return. Mrs. H. P. Bosworth Jr., vice president of the chapter, pre sided. Plan Dinner The regular meeting of the 8 and 40, honor organization of the American Legion auxiliary, will be a no-host dinner Tues day, April 19, at 6:30 p.m., it the Rogue Valley Country club. f Altrusa Clulo Observes Anniversary Medford Altrusans celebrated the 38th anniversary of the founding of Altrusa, Internation al, first classified service club for women executives "in busi ness, industry and professions at s gala dinner Thursday evening at Eaton's. The group combined the Founder's day ceremonies with the Medford club's third birthday party. Mrs. Bertha Haskins, presi dent, opened the program by giving an accolade to the small group of women who gathered together April 11, 1917 in Nash ville, Tenn. to found Altrusa. "Those were war years" remind ed Mrs. Haskins, "women fcr the first time were being allowed to enter many professions and take jobs formerly given to men only. Women could not vote, there were no clubs or meeting places for business and profes sional women. This small group of women had hope, courage, and faith to charter an organi zation for the betterment of wo men, with a purpose shown by their name Altrusa involving the principle of sacrifice of self in the interest of others. From this small group, thousands of women are now in Altrusa clubs made international in 1935. ' Mrs. Edith Baker, first presi dent of the local chapter, pre sented a message from the first national president, Mamie Bass of Nashville, who said of the great growth and accomplish ments of the Altrusa she helped found, "True it is, if you strive to do good, man cannot stop you and God will not." Following the "ceremony of the keys," arranged by Mrs. Baker for the occasion and pre sented by executive board mem bers, Mrs. Haskins cut a decor ated birthday cake. Honored in the ceremonies was the second president of the club; Mrs. Mar jorie Butler, former dean of girls at Medford High school. Sponsors introduced two new members, " Mrs. Pat Koblik and Mrs. Ann Findley. Tables were decorated in white flowers and blue candles by the hostesses Mrs. Virginia Sherwood and Miss Grace Smith. During the business meeting the club voted to send a contri bution to the founders' fund which supports the national vo cational grant programs of send ing older women to school for retraining. Reports were given of the progress of the two wo men recipients of the local clubs vocational training grant and a plar. adopted to raise money to continue aiding older women in need of employment. Mrs. Maude Codding, president- elect, was chosen as dele gate to the Altrusa tenth district convention to be held at Walla Walla, Wash., May 13-15. Miss Lotus Eaton, vice-president, is alternate. Program on Japan Planned for Council Women's Missionary council, Assembly of God church, will meet at the church annex April 20, at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. F. Wildon Colbaugh, wife of the pastor of the church, will speak regarding Japan. A noon potluck luncheon will be served. The day's project will be com pletion of work on a display for a district WMC council meet ing to be held here April 26. Just set yoor Hoover down and dean 15 feet in any direction with its double-stretch hose and swivel ion. Put it at the foot of the stairs and dean al the way to the top. New Hoover hose stretches twice its own length, yet compresses for storage and it's completely flexible, never kinks. New Hoover nozzle gets more dirt with H leas work. New throwaway bag largest in any tank or canister, easier to change. New tele scoping wand and complete new set of Hoover Strato-Toote. See it to believe it! SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY TRAPEZIUS AT... Lincoln PTA Hears Talk On Work of School Boards Stating that school board members in the United States devote 20,000,000 hours a year to carrying out their work toward edu cation of the nation's children, Leonard B. Mayfield, assistant superintendent of Medford schools, spoke to Lincoln Parent Teacher association at a meeting April 14 in the school. Mr. Mayfield said that Oregon school boards spend 110,000 hours on school business, and that it is estimated the Medford school board spends 500 hours a year. If that was broken down on the basis of a forty-hour week it would mean that the board av erages 12 and one-half weeks a year on school business, without pay. Oregon school boards are not paid, although in some states members are paid, he said. He listed three types of boards, three, five and seven man boards. First class districts like Med ford, Ashland, and 6C, have five man boards; Portland has a seven man board. The school census includes all those persons be tween the ages of 4 to 18 inclus ive. To run for a school board, a candidate must be a citizen of the United States, a registered voter at least 30 days prior to the election, and a resident of the district at least 60 days, the speaker said. To make a good member he should have some or all of the following qualifica tions: Be successful in his or her business, have good judgment, have sufficient time to devote to school business, have a willing ness to cooperate, good acquaint ance with local school system and with the community, be in terested in child welfare and in public education, be honest and possess other characteristics of a good citizen, the speaker de clared. School board members have many responsibilities, Mr. May field said, but the chief ones are selection of a head of the school system for the district; carrying out the provisions of the state laws relating to education, in cluding maintaining a school and curriculum of the school; repre senting all the people and all sec tions of a school district; adopt policies relating to the business of the school district; establish a sound financial support program for the schools; approve the bud get; obtain school sites and plan for building needs. There are numerous .other re sponsibilities of a detailed na ture on which a board member is called to make decisions as specified by school law, he said. In a sense, a board member has to serve as a legislator, an in terpreter and a community serv ant. It takes a person who is sympathetic to the profession on one hand and yet who is alert and aware of the public needs on the other, Mr. Mayfield 6aid. Mr. Mayfield also said that too many people take it for granted that a school board will do a good job. Thus no praise is neces sary, but when something goes wrong or contrary to some group thinking, the board members are too 'often strongly criticized. Mr. Mayfield stated that through the years Medford has been fortunate in the selection of capable; interested and high type men and women for mem bership on the school board. He introduced Roy Gilbertson and his wife. Mr. Gilbertson will be principal at Lincoln next year, as Vincent Bevis has been promoted to the new junior high school. Mr. Bevis spoke briefly, an nouncing coming events of the school. April 27 the band and CLEANS TWICE THE AREA OF ANT OTHER CLEANER! ELECTRIC STORE HAL KRUEGER & AL THOMPSON 237 East Main PHONE 2-2456 orchestra will appear on tele vision, and Mr. Bevis called at tention to the new band capes and orchestra weskits, made under the supervision of Mrs. J. R. Ellis, aided by several of the band orchestra mothers. May 6 will be Health day, and the art department will present a pro gram over television May 11. May 11 will be summer roundup for pre-school children who will attend Lincoln in September. Mr. Bevis Introduced the school student body officers. President is Jerry Van Dora; vice-president, Lonny Willough by; and treasurer, Larry Poling. Pamela Jackson is secretary. ' Mr. Bevis announced that Dr. William J. Thompson, Mrs. Ken neth Bramhall, PTA president Jerry Van Dorn, student body president and himself, had that day made the annual safety award inspection. The children broke the school fire drill record by emptying the building in 44 seconds. He stated that 'every thing else was found to be very satisfactory. Mrs. Cloyd Golden's Cub Den 9 presented the colors for the opening of the meeting; Mrs. Eric de Place presented" the open ing pray,er- After the meeting refresh ments were served by Mrs. Aus tin Caldwell and her committee. Aiding her were Mrs. John Lusk, Mrs Dean Smith, Mrs. Jack Ed monds, and Mrs. B. A. Ellison. Mrs Marjorie Shelton and Mrs. Marion Rice, first grade teachers poured. Aiding with hospitality were Ernst Ludwig, Mrs. Cald well and Mrs. de Place. Room count was won by Mrs. Ethel Chastain's room, and the traveling aquarium will be in her room this next month. April Showers Theme For Last Meeting Of Mistletoe Club "April Showers" was the theme for decorations at a Mis tletoe club dessert luncheon Wednesday at the Girls Commun ity club. The refreshment com mittee was made up of Mrs. Randy Hugdahl, chairman, Mrs. Anna McCormack, Mrs. Harry Miller and Mrs. A. R. Allen. Mrs. Carl Pearson presided. Guests were Mrs. Lenora Broili, Ashland, and Mrs. Susan Lynes, Medford. Next meeting of the group will be April 27, at 12:30 p.m., when 2 covered dish luncheon will be served. 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