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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.'
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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.
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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.