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One of the recent events was a benefit luncheon and style show given by University of Oregon Mothers' club at
Rogue Valley Country club to raise money for the scholarship fund. Club members and students modeled clothing
suitable for Mothers' weekend on the university campus. Among the models were (left to right) Miss Beverly
Hogue, Miss Dallas Barnard, Miss Dottie McGraw, Miss Flori Sloniger, Miss Barbara Pree and Miss Carolyn Fichtner.
The Philharmonic Society of Southern Oregon orchestra has been meeting weekly for the past several months
and a section of the group is shown here during a recent rehearsal at the YMCA. The devoted players drive long
distances for the sessions, coming from Grants Pass and Ashland as well as Medford and vicinity. Director Richard
D. Werner, Medford violin teacher, played under leading New York City conductors before coming to Medford
several years ago.
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Miss Audrey Brist -(right) Is concert mistress for the orchestra. Miss Brist Is pic
tured with Miss Shirley Stafford, another violinist, who serves as librarian for the
orchestra and is responsible for all the scores used by the musicians. Miss Brist i
one of the orchestra instructors for the Medford school system and Miss Stafford i
senior high school student.
MedfordJTribuni
. SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1955
George Peckham, baso
who has sung with h
fSobert Shaw choral gr&up,
will be soloist for the corv-ert.
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Some ef the orchestra members are students, some are teachers and others are experienced
musicians who play because they love music. Pictured above are two students, Miss Louise Har
wood, bassoonist, who is a junior at Medford Senior High school, and Wilson Gilinsky, French
horn player and a senior at the same school. The trombonist is Jack Stong, who is on the staff
Pwucker's piano house in Medford. ; r- ,
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Mrs. Jean Bowers, bass viol player with the symphony Fekewh!,
a busy housewife and mother of five children. Mrs. Bowers, wfo p-!eyea
in the first orchestra organized by Mr. Werner here, studied in Cbiesog
before her marriage and ot on time was a member o.f tXt
Women's Symphony orchestra.
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Tt tvth I fpaditiiona prmg social, musk and cki&
events has begun m valley n4 wifl oniu ufiabate
through May awdl June.
Today is May day, devoted te May baskets, f bweirs and
9rfts, and May T also pens National Musk week, National
Home Demonstration week, National Family week and otner
special observances tfirovg.hout the nation.
To mark National Music week, the Hiffltarmonk Society
d SoHJ-tnefn Oregon will give a pufelk coineert Thursday,
May 5, at Medford Senior High sckooJ auditorium, wit'h
ttehard P. WrnF dvectinf and George Beckham as gues
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Lit-le Kat;hleeTi Matteson, three-year-old daughter of Mt.
&at Mt-s. Nsrmaim Ma-ttesora, 1284 Ross lane, poses here with
teex bey Mo-y basket fiUed with spring flowers. For the
' gtkotatgreflusr't visit Kathleen wpnt g pretty bluo oW whie
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The small fry at Medford Nursery school were busy last week making
May baskets for their parents and friends. Pictured here (left to right) are
Teresa' Patterson, Kay Smith, Betty Vogel, Maureen Corcoran, Roger Neil
son, Carol Simmons and Byron Hammond.
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Another group of small students busy with scissors and colored paper
were (left to right) Barry Rose, Bradley Ruffner, Brandt Gilbert, Michael
Crosley, Janet Miller, Ann Barney, Ruth Bailey, Molly McGill, Tungsten
Tucker and Ray Adams.