Traveler
Arrives Here
With Bride
Dr. and Mrs. Jouett P. Bray
arrived in Medford Tuesday fol
lowing their wedding April 14
at Puyallup, Wash. Mrs. Bray
is the former Mrs. Omia Cham
bers of Puyallup and Dr. Bray
who has lived here many years,
had just returned from a six
months trip to Japan.
Dr. Oliver Gill, pastor of the
Puyallup . First Methodist
church, performed the ceremony
at the parsonage at 7 o'clock in
the evening. Dr. Gill is a per
sonal friend of the bridegroom
and the bride is a member of the
church. ,
Mrs. Lee Thomas attended the
bride and Mr. Thomas served
as best man for Dr. Bray.
For her marriage the bride
wore a powder blue suit and
her hat was in a matching blue.
Her corsage was of yellow roses.
Mrs. Thomas wore a turquoise
blue silk dress. Her flowers were
camellias.
' The bride attended Albany,
Ore., and Trinidad, Calif.,
schools and the bridegroom re
ceived his education at Emory
university and Rocky mountain
college. He is a retired minister
of the Methodist church and now
is a practicing chiropractic phy
sician. The couple will leave late this
week to visit first at Eureka,
Calif., and then will visit his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Robinson at Fairfield.
From Fairfield Dr. and Mrs.
Bray will continue to Los An
geles to visit another daughter
Mrs. Dean S. Lundy and her
family, and a son, Max Bray.
They also plan to spend some
time with a brother of Dr. Bray,
the Rev. A. O. Bray, at Los An
geles, and another brother, Dr.
V. B. Bray, at Pasadena.
During the six months that
Dr. Bray spent in Japan he vis
ited missions of the Methodist
church and he also visited
shrines and temples and the em
peror's palaces. He spent some
time at Hiroshima and numer
ous other places of interest in
Japan.
Dr. Bray was a guest of a
son, -Dr. William D. Bray, his
wife and three children. The
son has been in Japan for about
three years and is instructing
at the Kwansie Gakuin univer
sity at Nishinomiya, Japan.
The traveler lectured regular
ly at the university which has
an enrollment of 9,000 students,
and he also spoke to the Lions
club at Kobe and before vari
ous civic groups. At Kobe he
preached many Sundays at the
Kobe Union church.
Officers Elected
By Howard Unit
Howard Mrs. Ernest Glea
son ' was elected chairman of
the Howard Home Extension
unit at a meeting last week in
the home of Mrs. L. C. McCoy.
Mrs. LeRoy Bailey is the vice
chairman; Mrs. William H. Sie
wart, secretary, and Mrs. Ruth
Stock, treasurer.
Pians were made at the ses
sion for tHe annual Homemak
ers festival to be held next
month.
Miss Eula Wintermote gave
the lesson on, "Living Within
24 Hours of the Day."
Evening Guild
Announces Date
Of Annual Party
St- Mark's Evening Guild will
hold its spring card party Wed
nesday evening, May 11. This
annual event is one of the major
fund-raising projects of . the or
ganization, which directs its ef
forts in the interest of the Junior
Sunday school at St. Mark's
Episcopal church.
Members of the group who
plan and put together ideas for
favors and decoratiqns for the
party strive each year to" pre
sent a new theme in an orig
inal manner. With the theme
for this year "Genius at Work,''
the guild workers have found
i.mpl opportunity for original
ity and self-expression.
. "Tables are limited this year
and it is suggested by those in
charge that reservations be
made early. Tables will be avail
able for bridge, canasta and
pinochle at both the Parish hall
and the Guild hall. The reserva
tions may be made by calling
Mrs. Eddie Simmons, telephone
2-5035, or Mrs. Robert Morris,
telephone, 2-6873.
Guild members will meet
Monday, April 25, at 8 p.m. in
the Parish hall. Hostesses will
be Mrs. Ralph Mathews, Mrs.
Hugh Bates and Mrs. Douglas
Roach.
Sorority Plans
Annual Banquet
Officers Named
Additional plans, for the an
nual Founders' day banquet of
Beta Sigma Phi were made at
a meeting of Xi Mu chapter held
recently at the home of Mrs.
Roy Stein, 54 Rose street.
The banquet will be held at
the Medford hotel April 28. Mrs.
Verl Walker is in charge of din
ner arrangements and Mrs. Ed
gar Moir is planning the pro
gram for the evening.
New officers of Xi Mu were
elected for the coming year.
They are Mrs. Edgar Moir, pres
ident; Mrs. William Hartman,
vice- president; Mrs. , Wilson
Slater, secretary; and Mrs. Verl
Walker, treasurer. The new of
ficers will be installed on Ex
emplar day, May 10 at a ban
quet at the Dardanelles. New
exemplar members from the rit
ual of jewels chapters will also
be initiated and be honored
guests oi Exemplar chapter. Miss
Adabee Seiler and Mrs. Mou are
in charge of Exemplar day ar
rangements. Mrs. Hartman gave the cul
tural program of the evening, a
review of the play, "Midsum
mer's Night Dream." At the close
of the evening the hostess served
refreshments.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Miss Adabee Seilar,
1132 West Main street, April 26.
Guests Leave
Mrs. William McLaughlin, Ni
agara Falls, N.Y., and Mrs.
Helen Maxwell, Portland, left
for their homes last week after
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul R. Schuler, 19 Wil
lamette avenue. 'They are rela
tives of Mrs. Schuler. Mrs. Mc
Laughlin is returning by way
of the southern route and will
visit at San Francisco, Los An
geles, Lake Arrowhead and oth
er California cites.
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Sunday. April 24, 1953
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
When Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Boomer held open
house April 17 in observance of their silver
wedding anniversary, among the guests were
Iwo other couples who had observed their sil
ver anniversaries in recent weeks. Shown are
(left to right) Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Carr, Mr.
and Mrs. Boomer and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Car
penter, Central Point The Boomers invited
friends to their home, 933 Dakota avenue.
(Landis-Shangle photo)
League to Hear
Educator Speak
At April Session
Mrs. Betty Lou Dunlop, fac
ulty member of Southern Ore
gon college, will speak for the
April meeting of Medford Lea
gue of Women Voters. It will be
held Saturday, April 30, at the
Medford hotel, with luncheon to
be served at 12:30 p.m.
Mrs. Dunlop will speak on the
six phases of education which
are to be considered at a series
of conferences on the local, tate
and national level and which
will be climaxed with the White
House conference in late fall of
this year.
The six questions which the
three-level study is to cover are
"what should our schools ac
complish," how can we get the
school facilities we need,." "how
can we get enough good teach
ers and keep them," "how can
we organize our school systems
most efficiently and economical
ly," "how can we pay for our
schools" and "how can we obtain
a continuing public support of
education."
Reservations for the luncheon
may be made by calling Mrs.
Nick DeWitt, 2-5640.
The Jackson county confer
ence has been set for May 9 and
it is stated that anyone planning
to attend this conference or any
one interested in the problems
of public school education is in
vited to hear Mrs. Dunlop speak.
Tea Saturday
Honors Students
Delta Kappa Gamma, honor
ary teacher's society, held a tea
honoring the Future Teachers of
America arid foreign students
Saturday, April 16, at Suzanne
Homes hall of Southern Oregon
college, Ashland.
Future Teachers were pres
ent from the chapters in Med
ford, Ashland, Talent, Central
Point, Phoenix and , Southern
Oregon college. Miss Florence
Allen, principal of Lincoln
school in Ashland, welcomed the
young people.
Miss Wilma Bench, student at
Southern Oregon college, was
selected to receive the Delta
Kappa Gamma scholarship for
the second year.
Miss Judith Hall, freshman at
Southern Oregon college, play
ed piano selections and Miss
Evelyn Deets, accompanied at
the piano by Miss Diane Lehman.
played violin selections.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess committee, Mrs.
Kathryn Smith, chairman, Mrs.
Mabel 'Winston, Mrs. Ethel
Reid, Mrs.. Vida Scripter, Mrs.
Bertha Stephens, Mrs. Maye
Wells, Mrs. Betty Lou Dunlop
and Mrs. Jeanette Smith.
Union Daughters
To Name Delegates
Convention delegates will be
elected at a meeting of Elta
Deuel Hubbs tent, Daughters or
Union Veterans, Tuesday, April
26. It will be held at the Jack
son county courthouse at 8 p.m
Mrs. F. A. Daugherty returned
Monday from Portland where
she attended a reception Sun
day for Mrs. Golda Buell, presi
dent of the Oregon department
of the Daughters of Union Vet
erans, and her staff. Mrs. Daugh
erty is a vice-president of the
department.
1060 Crater Lake Ave.
Medford Couple Celebrate
25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Boomer celebrated their 25th wedding an
niversary Sunday, April 17, by holding open house at their home,
933 Dakota avenue. About 50. guests called during the 'afternoon.
refreshment table
The refreshment table was
centered with an anniversary
cake decorated in silver and pink
which was a gift from Mr.
Boomer's sister, Mrs. Truman
Brenner, and candelabra held
pink candles. The table was set
with crystalware.
Assisting with the serving and
pouring were Mrs. Brenner and
Mrs. Ray Ward, Klamath Falls,
another sister of Mr. Boomer.
The Boomers received many
messages and gifts during the
day.
Among the guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Fred J. Carr, Medford,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carpen
ter, Central Point, who also re
cently observed their 25th wed
ding anniversaries.
For the open house Mrs. Boom
er wore a green and grey paper
taffeta frock and green cymbidi
um orchids.
Mr. and Mrs. Boomer were
married April 20, 1930, at the
home of her parents, Mr and
Mrs. D. L. Davis, Grants Pass,
the date having been Easter Sun
day. They have lived here the
entire 25 years. Mrs. Boomer is
on the staff of The Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph here, and
Mr. Boomer is with The California-Oregon
Power company.
Chapter to Honor
Group of Members
Charter members and those
who lave been members for 50
years of Reames chapter, Order
of the Eastern Star, will be hon
ored at a chapter meeting Thurs
day, April 28, at 8 p.m. The ses
sion will be held at the Masonic
temple and Mrs. Charles Goold
will have charge of the refresh
ments with Mrs. F. Bailey as the
cochairman.
Spring Show Set
By Medford Club
Tuesday at YMCA
Medford Garden club will
hold a spring flower show Tues
day. April 26 at the Y.M.C.A.
building from 12 noon till 9
p.m Theme will be "The Awak
ening of Spring."
Primroses, African violets,
geraniums and various plants
and shrubs will be on sale.
Mis. Jack Crump is general
chairman of the show assisted
by Mrs. E. M. Wallin and Mrs
R. W. Smith, and Mrs., Earl
Bradfish is in charge of a silver
tea.
This flower show is open to
the public and all district gar
den clubs and commercial growers.
Members are asked to furnish
two dozen cookies for the tea.
The cakes, flowers, arrange
ments and plants are to be de
livered to the Y building before
12 noon.
Members wishing to have
plants picked up may call
2-4770 or 2-4957.
Pi Beta PhMPfans
Founders' Dinner
Pi Beta Phi Alumnae club will
celebrate Founders' ,day with a
dinner Thursday, April 28. Mem
bers will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Houston L. Bush
Jr., 118 Black Oak drive, for a
short business session and then
will go to Rogue Valley Country
club for dinner.
Any members in the valley
who are not contacted may call
Mrs. Don McGeary, 2-7248, for
reservations.
New Officers
Are Named
For AAUW
Mrs. Emerson Anderson was
named president of Medford
branch, American Association of
University Women, at a meeting
held Wednesday evening at the
home of Mrs. W. W. Stevenson,
230 Saginaw drive.
Other new officers are Mrs.
Gordon Mackenzie, first vice
president; Mrs. William Knope,
second vice-president and Mrs.
Jim McGoodwin, secretary. Mrs.
Stanley Jones Jr., will continue
to serve as treasurer.
Retiring officers are Mrs. Her
bert Seitz, president; Mrs. An
derson, first vice-president; Mrs.
Jacks Lewis, second vice-president;
and Mrs. Joseph Clark, sec
retary. New officers will be in
stalled at the president's dinner
Wednesday, May 18.
Miss Carol Lane, speaker for
the evening, urged her listeners
to "trade in your bondage to
routine for occasional vagabond
age and you'll find yourself on
the high road to vacation pleasures."
Speaking on the topic "Vag
abondage, U.S.A.," Miss Lane,
women's travel director of the
Shell Oil company, told the group
that there is a way to capture the
adventure of travel experienced
by well-remembered mythical
characters. "Hop-O-My-Thumb"
had his seven league boots, and
today we all have our modern
day magical equivalent the
family automobile. A combina
tion of factors more leisure
time, the development of the au
tomobile, gasoline and an exten
sive .network of highways has
made every corner of America
easily accessible in the family
car." she said
Highlighting Miss Lane's talk
were a series of visual demon
strations -which illustrated her
practical travel hints. Miss Lane
gave her travel-tested suggestions
on budgeting, reading a road map
and traveling with children. She
also displayed her original "fil
ing system" method of packing a
bag for a two week trip. By "fil
ing" her clothes systematically,
she proved that all the "must"
and miscellaneous items needed
for a typical vacation can be
packed into one 26-inch suitcase.
In addition she distributed to
the club women and their guests
her "happy vacationing kit" con
taining her vacation dress-o-
graph and week-end trip check
list. ' -.
Co-hostesses for Wednesday's
meeting were Mrs. A. J. Johann
son, Mrs. Frances Willett, Mrs.
E. W. Sickels, Mrs. Jarry Tobin,
Mrs. Harry Chipman, Mrs. Don
Wood, Mrs. Jean Hart, Miss Eula
Wintermote and Mrs. W. F.
Roemer.
DINNER ANNOUNCED
BY CRUISERS' CLUB
Cruisers club of First Presby
terian church will meet' Mon
day, April 25, at 6:45 p.m., at
the church for a potluck dinner.
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Cancer Society. Show and Tea
Set For Tuesday at Hillcrest
The annual hobby show and tea, now a traditional spring
event at Hillcrest orchards for the benefit of the Jackson county
Cancer society, will be held Tuesday, April 26 from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
The public is invited to attend the tea and to view the exhibits,
which will be in: the main building at the orchards. Table settngs
also will be shown.
Collections , various types
will be on display and range
from Czechoslovakian glassware,
a paisley counterpane and hand
carved wpoden dolls to hand
knit materials, water colors, and
other interesting articles.
The counterpane will be
loaned by Mrs. E. Ronald Rice,
who also will have silver pieces
in" the show. Mrs. Otto R. Emig
will furnish cut glassware and
Mrs. John T. Holmer of Central
Point will lend table decorations.
Old dolls and old lamps,
owned by Mrs. T. R. Greene of
Jacksonville, will make up one
entry, and handcarved wooden
dolls - lent by Mr. Crissman of
Ashland, will be another.
Mrs. O. T. Heyerman's exhibit
will include china and glassware,
and Mrs. D. Kirkland West, wife
of the pastor of First Presbyter
ian church, will exhibit water
colors and oil paintings, her own
work.
Mrs. Harry Poston will disnlav
hooked rugs and Mrs. Harry J.
r uzpairicK wm furnish both the
Czechoslovakian glassware and
Eskimo figurines.
The hand knit articles and af
ghans will be shown hv Mn
Lawrence W. Buonocore.
Members of several groups
will arrange the table settings.
They will be from the Colony
ciud, meaiora uarden club, Med
ford Lady Lions, Junior Service
league, the Lady Elks and Amer
ican Association oi University
Women.
To attract attention to the
Cancer Society drive fnr fnnri
and the tea, members of the so
ciety assisted by Girl Scouts pre
sented a "live window" demon
stration Saturday in J. C. Pen
ney company store windows.
The girls who took part in the
demonstration were Deanna Rus
sell, Sandra Gross, Diane Grif
fith, Bonnie Allingham, Anne
Mathews, Marion Parsons, Nola
Shurtcliff, Diahne Evernham,
Margie Moir, Julie Goodrich,
Neva Rawlings, Barbara Mc
Cormick, Brenda Bennett, Patty
Hurt, and Valerie Ottoman.
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Session Planned
By Howard Club
Howard Garden club will
meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April
26, at the home of Mrs. Del
bert Ross, 2425 Table Rock road.
Mrs. Don J. Elliot and Mrs.
Robert Ottoman will serve as
cohostesses. -
There will be a plant ex
change and Mrs. Dick Gillespie
and Mrs. G. G. Stagg will pre
sent a program on annuals for
quick color and ground cover
for bulbs.
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