Acid Garden
Club Topic;
Plan Show
I Mrs. A. O. Floyd was main
speaker for a meeting of Med
ford Garden club held April 7
at Girls Community club. Fifty
seven members attended.
Talking on "The Acid Gar
den," Mrs. Floyd stated that
acid-loving plants such as cam
ellias and rhododendrons should
not be planted near new house
foundations, as the lime used in
their construction has a tendency
to sweeten the soil.
Mrs. C. C. Slater gave the hor
ticulture lesson, her topic being
"Wild Scents."
Guests for the afternoon were
Mrs. W. H. Davis, president of
the Ashland Garden club, Mrs.
Mildred Frazier, Mrs. G. E.
Brownell, Mrs. Sherman Brown
ing and Mrs. R. H. Denning.
Prizes were won by Mrs.
Fred Lawrence and Mrs. Harry
Bryant.
Mrs. Russell Zundel was form
ally accepted into the club and
presented a corsage.
Mrs. R. H. Denning and her
daughter Marilyn were present
and were introduced by Mrs.
Fred Lawrence. Marilyn is the
club's candidate for pear blos
som queen.
The club held an Easter parade
with the members wearing hats
they had decorated themselves.
Judges were Mrs. M. A. Houck,
Mrs. Roy Frazier, and Mrs. W. H.
Davis. In the Easter division
Mrs. Clara Franklin's hat was
judged the prettiest and Mrs. F.
F. Burk's the most original. In
the floral division Mrs. R. G.
Beach's entry was judged most
original and Mrs. L. F. Bittle's
hat the prettiest.
Mrs. W. H. Dyer was chairman
for the tea hour and decorated
the table with centerpiece of an
Easter bonnet tree covered with
miniature hats. Her committee
consisted of Mrs. Harry Bryant,
Mrs. A. F. Wikstrom, Mrs. Rob
ert Buckles, Mrs. C. H. Pence
and Mrs. F. F Murray
Mrs Clara Franklin and Mrs.
Harry L. Smith presided at the
" tea table.
Medford Garden club will hold
a spring flower show at the
YMCA building April 26 from
12 noon till 9 p. m.
Pythian Groups
Plan Meetings
Pythian Sisters will meet at
the Pythian building Tuesday at
8 p.m. The refreshment commit
tee will be Mrs. Chester Baker,
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones and Mrs.
Ed Bostwick,
Pythian club met last week
with 17 members present. After
the business meeting cards were
played with prizes going to Mrs.
Joe Cook, Mrs. John Fugill and
Mrs. Ida Ireland.
Hostesses were Mrs. C. G.
Whitney and Mrs. "Walter Cum
mings. Hostesses for- the next
meeting will be Mrs, Don Ross
and Mrs. Ruth Dodge.
The staff of Pythian Sisters
will hold a practice at the Pyth
ian building this afternoon at
4 o'clock.
Past Chiefs' club will meet at
the home of Mrs. W, L. Walden,
848 West McAndrews road, Wed
nesday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m.
A potluck dinner will be served.
Pierces to Leave
For California
Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Pierce,
Table Rock estates, plan to leave
Thursday for a weeks trip to
California. At Berkeley they
vill meet their son, Alan Pierce,
a University of California sen
ior, who will accompany them
to North Hollywood. There Alan
Pierce will serve as best man at
the wedding Saturday of a class
mate. The Pierces will also at
tend the ceremony.
At Santa Barbara they will
visit Mr. Pierce's brother, Clif
ford, and en route they plan to
stop with relatives of Mrs.
Pierce in Monterey county near
Paso Robles.
Nurses Hear Talk
On Salk Vaccine;
Party Announced
Dr. O. T. Heyerman reported
on the recently released report
by Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. on
the use of Salk polio vaccine at
the monthly meeting of District
Four, Oregon State Nurses asso
ciation. He reviewed facts that are
known of the history of polio,
emphasizing that the disease is
more prevalent than many real
ize, especially during an epi
demic. The physician stated that
only one or two persons develop
a paralysis out of each 100 who
contract the disease.
In tracing the history of the
disease in the past 20 years, Dr.
Heyerman named the other phy
sicians whose research helped
lay the foundation for Dr. Jonas
Salk's success with the Salk vac
cine. He emphasized the safety
of the new vaccine, saying a very
low percentage of reactions were
reported in the trial areas where
the vaccine was given in 1954.
During the business meeting
it was reported that the associa
tion now has 48 active and four
associate members. Miss Mary
Vandenburg, chairman of the
scholarship committee report
ed that the committee has six
applicants under consideration
for its Nursing scholarship. This
scholarship is offered each year
by the association to a senior
high school graduate in Jackson
county.
, Mrs. Brooksie Johnson report
ed that $46 was earned by the
recent food sale, and a card party
is planned to raise money for the
scholarship. This will be held
at St. Mark's Guild hall April
25. Mrs. Stella Demo and Mrs.
Martha Murphy are co-chairmen
for this affair.
Tasty rice variation: Add sliv
ered blanched almonds which
have been browned lightly in
butter or margarine.
New Officers
Installed
For Counci
New officers of Medford
Council of Parent-Teacher asso
ciations were installed at a meet
ing April 14. Mrs. Roland
Holmes is the new president,
Mrs. Lou Cranston, vice-president;
Mrs.' J. J.. Finnegan and
Mrs. Golden Noble, junior, vice
presidents. The secretary is Mrs.
Lawrence Crocker and Mrs.
Austin Caldwell is treasurer.
Mrs. Owen Kunkel was install
ing officer.
John Childers, principal of
Roosevelt school, and safety
chairman for the council, re
pored on the Southern Oregon
Child Safety council held re
cently at Southern ' Oregon col
lege. He brought out that the
home is the most hazardous of
all places, as far as accidents
are concerned. From 1949 to
1953 Oregon had 1444 fatal
home accidents and Jackson
county had 56, he said.
Causes of home accidents in
clude pesticides, fire, firearms,
electricty, falls and drownings.
A break-down of the 1444 deaths
during the five-year period
showed that fire killed 296, falls
killed 622, poisons 140, firearms
73 and drownings 24. The age
group having the greatest per
centage of fatalties were those
under one year of age.
Listing reasons for various ac
cidents it was said that wrong
ammunition for firearms is a
cause; pesticides not put out of
children's reach or old pesticide
containers not destroyed proper
ly are another and that deaths
can be caused by low voltage
electricity if hands or feet are
wet. Mr. Childers brought out
that in the nation one death in
every 458 households is caused
in the home.
Mr. Childers also spoke brief
ly about school accidents. Dur
ing this year the seven schools
in the Medford Council of PTA
have only had approximately
106 accidents that required a
doctor's attention. He also stated
that all of the schools in the
council, except Oak Grove, have
20-mile caution signs on all ap
proaches to the schools. Efforts
are being made to secure one
for Oak Grove, too, as they are
an aid to child safety.
The by-laws of the council
were read and .revised to enable
the organization to improve
counselling.
Mrs. Leigh Gustison reported
on final plans for the Oregon
Coneress of PTA convention to
be held in Portland April 26-28.
She is state by-laws chairman.
Mrs. Gustison also called atten
tion to several events in the near
future. Mav 9 a regional White
House conference on Education
will be held In southern Oregon,
and June 15-16 the Oregon
White House conference will be
held.
Mrs. William Ardrv. retiring
president, was presented a past .
president s pin and a gut.
Washington Mothersingers, un
der the direction of Mrs. Leroy
Jensen, sang several selections.
Touring Expert
To Speak Here
For AAUW Unit
Miss Carol Lane, called Amer
ica's first lady of touring, will
speak on "Vagabondage, U.S.A."
when she talks before the Med
ford branch, American Associa
tion of University Women at the
home of Mrs. W. W. Stevenson,
230 Saginaw drive. The meet
ing is set for Wednesday, April
20, at 8 p. m., according to Mrs.
Herbert Seitz, president.
The meeting is also open to
invited guests of members, and
a special invitation is being is
sued to Medford women belong
ing to' the various study groups
sponsored by AAUW.
Highlighting Miss Lane's talk
will be demonstration and dis
cussions of such practical travel
hints as how to budget for a
trip, how to read a road map
more advantageously, and how to
keep children entertained while
traveling.
Miss Lane, who is women's
travel director for the Shell Oil
company, travels more than 60,
000 miles annually. She shows
how a family can plan its travel
time to allow for the greatest
enjoyment and satisfaction on
their highway holidays.
In one part of her demonstra
tion Miss Lane accomplishes
what the male traveler has here
tofore thought impossible; she
packs by systematic filing a
complete female vacation ward
robe into a 26-inch suitcase.
There , are also suggestions for j
compact and practical care of
the children's many necessities.
Shell's travel director will
also illustrate how to take a
"tourette," a week-end trip with
in a 200-mile radius of your
hometown. Miss Lane advocates
such jaunts not only as an in
creased opportunity for travel
adventure, but as a welcome
mid-year vacation experience
and an opportunity for "dress
rehearsal experimentation" in
preparation for longer trips.
In addition to her informative
talk, Miss Lane, a well-known
writer as well as lecturer, will
present each of the women with
her "happy vacationing kit" con
taining illustrated travel-keyed
material.
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Riverside Club
Closes Series
Riverside Bridge club closed
the Pear Blossom series, which
has been running for the past
eight weeks,- when members
played last week.
Winners of the series were Roy
Pruitt, first, 543 points; Mrs.
George Dean, second, 536; Mrs.
W. W. Stevenson, third, 528 li;
John Solheim, fourth, 521; Mrs.
Frank Baker, fifth, 520; Mrs. T.
J. Fuson, sixth, 516.
North-south winners for last
week's session were Mrs. Marrs
Gibbons and Mrs. Baker, first,
87 Vi points; William Isaacs erod
Mr. Pruitt, second, 76V; Mrs.
Stevenson and Mrs. M. M. Her
man, third, 73 V2; Mrs. H. J. Boyd
and Mrs. Yvonne Dalen, fourth,
72 points.
East-west winners were Mrs.
B. L. Sanderson and Mrs. Dean,
first, 77 Vi; Mrs. C. L. Howard
and Dr. Dean, second, 73; Mrs.
B. B. Hughes and Al Gilhousen,
third, 71; Mrs. Van Gilbert and
Mrs. Fred Rehling, fourth, 69 V2.
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Airman Here
John L. Larson, McMinnville,
Ore., left last night after having
been a guest here of his uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Larson, 203 Vancouver avenue.
The oung man, an airman third
class in the United States Air
Force, will leave this country
soon for Japan where he will be
on duty for three years.
Sunday. April 17, 1953
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRTBUXE IEYEH
Gold Hill Women
To Assist with
Polio Vaccjnation
Gold Hill Mrs. J. G. Kofahl
and Mrs. Carl Boye were co
hostesses for a meeting of Gold
Hill Health unit held April 5th
at the home of Mrs. Roy Cam
eron, Highway 99N.
Cancellation of the baby clinic
was announced in preparation
for the polio vaccine inocula
tions to be given the first and
second grade pupils. An appeal
Was made for volunteers to assist
with the vaccinations and a suf
ficient number responded.
Mrs. Norman Gail reported on
the Southern Oregon child safety
council, mentioning many prac
tical ideas brought out at the
meeting. '
A discussion was held on the
possibility of organizing a "Gold
Hill day" and having a drive to
encourage persons who have not
had chest x-rays taken to do so.
Next meeting is the annual
picnic and will be held at the
home of Mrs. Carl Boye, May 3.
Meeting Announced
Sams Valley The next meet
ing of the Sams Valley Ladies
club has been set for April 21,
at 2 p. m., at the home of Mrs.
Harry Musson, Taylor road, Cen
tral Point. A recent meeting was
held at the home of Mrs. William
Gregory when a full membership
attended.
Extension Units
To Hold Sessions;
Announce Topics
Three home extension units
of the county will meet during
the week, the Sams Valley group
meeting Tuesday, and the Rogue
Elk and Central Point groups on
Wednesday.
Sams Valley Miss Eula Win
termote, county home extension
agent, will lead the Sams Valley
unit project, "Living Within 24
Hours a Day." The session will
convene at 10:30 a. m., in the
home of Mrs. Earl Peffley and
all women attending are to take
table service.
Birthday Party Given
At Gold Hill Sunday
Gold Hill A birthday party
was given Sunday, April 10, in
honor of Mrs. Fairman Connell
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Walters, Lower Riyer
road.
At the event were Mrs. Helen
Shoemaker, Everett Denny,
Louie Shoemaker, Mr. and Mrs.
Connell, and the Walten family.
Dinner was served and danc
ing and card games were the di
version of the evening.
Rogue Elk Members at
Rogue Elk will meet at Mallery
Maples , on Elk Creek road, and
the project, "Simple Home Re
pairs," will be given by Mrs.
Harry Casebeer and Mrs. Oscar
Hanson. All women of the vicin
ity interested are invited.
Central Point Mis Jean
Shipman, a senior in home eco
nomics at Oregon State college,
will be a guest at the Central
Point unit meeting which will
be held at 10:30 a. m., in the
Grange hall. She will accom
pany Miss Wintermote who will
instruct in the project, "Livir,g
Within 24 Hours a Day."
Luncheon is being planned by
Social Club
Reames Social club members
will meet for a pay luncheon and
an afternoon of cards Wednes
day, April 20, at 12 noon, in the
Medford Masonic temple. All
members of the Order of the
Eastern Star are invited. Mrs.
Jack Clark heads the committee
in charge'.
a committee and table service is
required.
Nomination! will be made
during the afternoon business
meeting. Mrs. Howard Davis,
Mrs. Tracy Muse and Mrs. Earl
Sands make up the nominating
committee. Tickets will be avail
able for the annual May festival
luncheon and child care will be
provided at the home of Mrs.
Eunice Jones, 235 Laurel street
in Central Point. ,
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