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Mmhn of tha 1955 araduatina class of Butlt Falls High school were recently hon ertd at the annual junior-senior banquet Siren at Mary's casa in Medford. Graduation ceremonies will be held May 27. Girls of the class are (left to right) Miss Josie Rambo. Miss Myrtle Rambo. Miss Gail Jolliffe and Miss Eleanor Sheppard. The four boys are (left to right) Jerry McComb, class president, Don Dillard, Lee Abbott and Dale L. Smith. The young peoole are pictured with Ward Sybouls, principal of Butte Falls High school. (Brainerd photo) Awakening of Spring Theme 1 For Gardeners' Spring Show "The Awakening of Spring" was the theme for Medford Garden club's spring flower show held Tuesday at the YMCA building. About 250 guests attended. Paper butterflies and blue birds with inflated balloons in bright colors decorated the walls of the room. Mrs. W. H. Dwyer was staging chairman for the show. One of the outstanding dis- Legion Auxiliary Hears Program on Welfare, Panama Mrs. E. A. Grivas of the Jack-1 24 in preparation lor the annual on rm.ntv Puhlic Welfare de- i Memorial Poppy days May 27 partment spoke on local welfare needs at a meeting of Medford American Legion auxiliary Tues day evening at the Legion home. Mrs. Lawrence Luy, vice-president, presided. Mrs. Earl Bigalow, child wel fare chairman, introduced Mrs. Grivas. The speaker stressed the fact that supplying material needs is important, but that wel fare help must also include such things as friendship and encour agement. She expressed appre ciation for the help given by several local service organiza tions, and complemented the auxiliary on its active and wide ranged program directed by Mrs. Bigalow. Mrs. Clark Walker announced home nursing classes to be con ducted by the Red Cross May 16, 18, and 20, and urged auxiliary members to enroll. It was announced that eight Medford High School junior girls had been interviewed Monday evening as candidates for Girls State. Four of this group will be selected to attend the citizenship training program which will be held in June in Salem. The annual poppy party will be held at the Legion Home May and 28. Mrs. Merle Jarmin reported that an American flag had been given to a local Girl Scout troop. In observance of pan-American month, and the auxiliary Eagle Point PTA Plans Installation Eagle Point Eagle Point Par ent - Teacher association will meet Wednesday, May 4, at 8 p.m., in the library of the high school. Mrs. Ray Palm, presi dent, will preside. Installation of officers for the coming year will be held, with Mrs. Lewis Dusenberry, vice president of Jackson County Council of Parents and Teachers, acting as installing officer. Re ports on the state convention will be presented by Mrs. Dale Ackerman and Mrs. Herbert Perdue, delegates. A film on cancer will be pre sented by Jackson County Health department. Tentative plans for the proposed new multi-purpose school building will be available for inspection at the meeting. Hostesses for the social hour will be mothers of the first and second grade pupils. 1955 study of Panama, Miss Laura York, local pan-American chairman, introduced a program centered on that country. She was dressed in a San Bias In dian costume, and spoke of the auxiliary's pan-American study program. She introduced Mrs. W. H. Sutter, who wore the na tional costume of Panama, polle- ra, and talked of the historic and present importance of the repub lic. Mrs. Sutter displayed items of handicraft, pictures and souve nirs collected during her resi dence in the Canal Zone. A prize of a Panama souvenir handkerchief was won by Mrs. Thomas Freed. Miss York played music of Panama during the so cial time. . Refreshments were served by Mrs. Merle Jarmin and Mrs., Bert Staats. Returns ' Miss Marie Eicher, 18 Haw thorne street, returned to work Tuesday at Big Pines Lunmber company offices, after a two week trip to Florida and the West Indies. She made the trip by plane and left Miami by Pan American air lines for the trip of "island hopping." In the West Indies island chain she visited Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and others. It's BABY WEEK at LEON'S TOTS-TO-TEEHS May 1 May 7 rS Alt We salute the Stork Club Set this weak . . . the future Mr. and Miss America. We they're good serve the best why EVERY Baby week at our store. For the best, always, shop in our complete Infants' Department. KNOW and de . . . that's week is BABY WEEK Receiving Blankets Pink, Maize, Blue and White 26x34, Good Quality 59c - 2 ' $1.00 CORDUROY Coveralls & Crawlers Most Colors $2.49 Seersucker Crawlers $1.19 SPECIALS! 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Lewis from the Phoenix Garden club exhibited plaques and pictures made of dried and pressed flowers, but terflies and cones. Mrs. J. D. Hoist of Southern Oregon Herb society displayed a table of herbs. Commercial growers entering displays were Walden's Floral shop, about 30 specimens of daf fodils, and Irene's Flowers, on arrangement of the bird of para dise and streletzia. There were also many ar rangements by members includ ing several suitable for differ ent occasions. The tea table was centered with an arrangement of the flowering peach blossoms with the rose colored candles. Tea chairman was Mrs. Earl Brad fish. General chairman for the show was Mrs. Jack Crump and her committee included Mrs. E. M. Wallin and Mrs. R. W. Smith. Medford Garden club women will elect officers at a meeting Thursday, May 5 at the Girls community club. The business Sunday. May 1. 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE session will be held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon after a morning workshop session which will convene at 9:30 a.m. at the club. The executive board will meet Monday, May 2 at 8 p.m., at the home of Mrs. LeRoy Cline, 1421 Euclid avenue. The morning session -Thurs day will be directed by Mrs. Gaston Floux and those who at tend are to take a problem, a favorite flower container; needle point frogs, flowers, foliage, clippers and floral clay. They also should take sack lunches. Coffee will be served. At the afternoon business meeting a panel discussion on gardening will be conducted. Mrs. A. O. Floyd, Siskiyou di- trict director, will be the mod erator for the panel which will consist of Mrs. H. O. Smith. Mrs. Elwood Kendall and D. W. Berry. Mrs. W. P. Brooks will be in charge of the tea hour. Chapter To Hold Mothers' Day Tea Alpha Beta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is planning a Mother's day breakfast to be held at the home of Mrs. O. A. Eden, 211 Genessee street, at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 8. Each member attending will take her mother or another guest. Beta Sigma Phis residing in Medford and not presently af filiated with another chapter are cordially invited to attend this social event. Mrs. Nils Edin, telephone 2-9911, may be called for reservations. 4 According to American Can cer society statistics, 24,000,000 Americans now living will die of cancer if present rates continue. Mother-Daughter j Banquet Planned Thursday Evening A Hawaiian theme will be used for the annual Mother and Daughter banquet of the First Methodist church Thursday, May 5 at 6 p.m., in Wesley hall. Food, decorations and entertainment will be appropriate for the theme Mrs. R. H. Denning will be the toastmistress and present corsages to the oldest and the youngest mothers, and the moth er with the most children at the banquet. High school students will be waiters and tickets should be purchased as soon as possible from the circle chairmen or from the church office, those jn charge point out. The banquet is sponsored by the Woman's Society of Christ ian service and the Rev. Anne Gorby will offer the invocation. Mrs. Harold White is scheduled to give the welcome to daugh ters at the event and Miss Mary Kay White is to give the re sponse. A recognition of mothers will be made by Mrs. Herbert Sam pert. She also will give an ex planation of the meaning of the hula, thus introducing the island theme to the program. . The "Song of the Islands" will be sung by a trio and a groun of men from the church will do a Hawaiian selection entitled, "Little Brown Gal." Selections also on the program will include "May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii," Lovely Hula Hands," and others. RESEARCH-SPEEDED UP During the decade of progress just ending, the American Can cer Society sponsored 2,025 grants in aid, 297 institutional research and special purpose grants, and 513 research fellow ships and scholar grants to ac celerate the search for a cancer cure. Society To Make Rose Show Plans Plans for a rose show set for June 3 will be made at a special meeting of the Medford Rose society Monday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the county courthouse auditorium. ' All persons interested in grow ing roses are invited to the meeting and to participate in the plans. All amateur rose growers in the vicinity are in vited to enter exhibits in the show, those in charge announced. Guest Day Guest dajk was observed by the Electa Social club members recently and a potluck luncheon was served to 27 members and 13 guests. Cards were the diver sion of the afternoon. A sum was donated for the Girls Com munity club. Spring Meeting Of Scout Workers Set for Tuesday Girl Scout workers will hold the annual spring council meet ing of Rogue Valley area Thurs day, May 3, at the Elks' club in Grants Pass. Hours are from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. and all registered adult scouts and any one interested in Girl Scouting are asked to attend. The business meeting will pre cede the luncheon. Mrs. Bernice Ullian's Troop 54 will partici pate in the afternoon program. Also on the program will be a style show, by courtesy of the Golden Rule store. Grants Pass, a talk by Mrs. Sam Bowe, Grants Pass, on the Juliette Low national home, and a special presentation by Ted Kelt,, also Grants Pass. , Anyone in Medford wishing to attend and desiring transpor-' tation is asked to call the Scout office, 2-5912. OUR SECOND . "One Man SHOW" Starts Today OIL PAINTINGS By HAL BISHOP and . we now feature ORIGINALS : By Southern Oregon Society of Artists 404 Nsjp' E. Main ah. 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