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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1955)
worn tnyininji -s "toil J Will ii jS' ' 'jf) Mrs. John Russell, 450 Haven street, !s pictured helping her daughter, Deanna, with preparations for the annual dinner for first class Girl Scouts. Deanna's brother, Larry, 6, looks on with interest. Mrs. Russell, a Girl Scout member or worker since she was 10, recently was honored for her long service in scouting.' ' Miss Judy Takahira, who works at Sacred Heart hospital, here, poses with her mother, Mrs. George Nagayama, at their home on Cottage street. The family has lived her many years, Mr. Nagayama coming to Med ford first in 1909. . Mrs. Fred H. Graten is shown here with her son, Freddy, 7, and daughter, Marilyn, student at Medford Junior High school. Freddy coaxed the family dog, Queenie, to pose by tempting her with bits of meat. Mrs. Graten, active In Girl Scout work, is day camp director this year and recently was installed president of Scottish Rite Women's club. The Gratens live at 1411 Euclid avenue. . Another of the city's young and attractive mothers is Mrs. Otto A. Ewaldsen, pictured here with her three children at the family home, 20 Ross court Eric, 11, was reading when the photographer, arrived, while eight-year-old Hans was preparing for a game of "catch." In addition to Mothers' . day the Ewaldsens will celebrate Karen's fifth birthday-today. Mrs. Ewaldsen is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Swem, 38 Ross court. ' " ' ii ' i Medford mothers, as do mothers everywhere, work for the welfare of their children and their communities. One of the annual welfare projects of the county is the benefit tea of the Jackson county ' chapter of the American Cancer society and pictured here are Mrs. George Schuler (at left) tea chairman, with Mrs. Mahr Reyrper, Ashland, on of the hostesses for the event. ; It was held at Hillcrest orchard. Medford Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON," SUNDAY, MAY 8, 195S By OLIVE STARCHER Sons and daughters through out America ,will honor their mothers today. Typically American, Mothers' Day means gifts for "mom," special programs, dinners and church services and trips near and far in order that families may be together. In observance of Mothers' day, 1955, The Medford Mail Tribune today presents a num ber of Medford mothers with their sons and daughters, and the activ ities in which they engage. The thought of a special day to honor mothers is not a new one. In England, for instance, the day was observed long ago and was called Mothering Sunday. It was held mid-way in the Lenten period. The Yugoslavs and other European peo ples also observed similar days long ago. Julia Ward Howe, author of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is credited with making the first sug gestion that the United States ob serve Mothers' day. In 1872, Mrs. Howe suggested that June 2 be set aside as a day to honor mothers and a day dedicated to peace, for sev eral years she held an annual Mothers' day meeting in Boston. A campaign for Mothers' day was launched in 1904 by Frank E. Her ring, South Bend, Ind., during a convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Kansas City. A short time later. Anna Jarvis of Philadel phia began a lifelong effort for a nationwide observance of Mothers' day and she selected the second Sunday in May as the day for the observance. She also is said to have originated the idea that whit, and red carnations should be worn hi honor of mothers. In 1914 both houses of the United States Congress passed a resolution recommending that Mothers' day be observed by Con gress and the executive department of the government and in the fol lowing year the President of the United States was authorized to proclaim Mothers' day as a national observance each year. . Crater Lake aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles annually sponsors a Mothers' day program, and the 1955 event will be held today at the hall, 217 West Main street, at 1 p.m.' All mothers are invited to attend and the state president, Dr. Floyd L. Utter, Salem, will speak. . Also assisting -with the Cancer society tea were (left) Mrs. Earl Jossy, Eagle Point, and Mrs. L. W. Bates, Medford, assistant chairman, who posed with the table ntertd by Medford branch, AAUW. Mrs. Clifford Platz and her daughter, Dana, are a well-known mother-daughter, business team. The two women operate Service Un- , limited, employment and business agency.
