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Perhaps it is not the high cost of living that bothers us
it may be the cost of 'high living' said Dr.' G. Burton Wood,
when he talked for the Homemakers festival Thursday . after
noon at Central Point. Dr. Wood (who explained that he's the
kind of doctor who doesn't do anybody any good) not only gave
one of the most interesting and snappiest talks -we've heard in
a long time, but has another trick we highly recommend to all
lectureri.
Dr. Wood had an outline of his speech mimeographed and
passed it out to everyone in the audience. He then elaborated
on each point in a lively fashion and it's a safe bet that the
women in the audience will remember his talk long after others
they heard recently have been forgotten.
Dr. Wood believes that American consumers get what they
want and pay well for it. He hinted, and not very subtly, at
something which many others are beginning to think about
the fact that many Americans are willing to sacrifice price and
perhaps quality in return for speed, ease and little effort. 4 Did
you know that you can now buy a package which has ingredients
for a small cake and the frosting, and the pan all wrapped up
together or that you can buy pancake batter in a container,
like whipped cream or paint to spray, and simply squish the bat
ter onto the griddle by pushing a button? Of course, the cook
still has to turn the pancakes and make the effort of eating them
"How far do you want to go?" asked Dr. Wood, or as one of
his listeners said later ' how lazy can we get!
Monday Potpourri wai practically queen of the Mar well,
at any rate, we were the "mystery model" for the Kiwanian
Dames annual style show, which was practically as good. But it
developed that there's strictly nothing mysterious about us -
about a third of the women at the party weren't fooled by the
new clothes, or the silvered hair or even the mask.
When Mrs. Lawrence Buoncore asked us to be the mystery
model, we said the only feasible disguise would be a paper sack
oyer the head and down to the shoulders, which turned out to be
about right. Not that everyone didn't try hard. Mrs. Marjorie
Green at Burelsons picked out the beautiful print dress, the swishy
petticoats and fashionable jewelry. Then Mrs. Mary Kerr, and
Mrs. Helen Martin at Eastside Beauty salon worked practically
half, the morning on Potpourri's ha!r, of which there is quite a lot,
and after it was all pinned up, sprayed it thickly with silver
goop.
But to no avail. Hiding behind the mask it was disconcerting
to walk along between the tables and hear women say," with maybe
a note of disappointment, "Why that's Olive Starcher!" It was a
lot of fun, though, so much fun and so different from our ordinary
routine that neither Potpourri or FB, vice-president for the day
in charge of pins, hemlines, and dc-I-have-on-enough-lipstick, ever
even thought of ttaking a single note on the rest of the show. Our
abject apologies to the Kiwanian Dames, and it won't happen
again.
As usual. Potpourri found wonderful reading in the weekly
"Saturday Review," particularly in "The U.S. Press is in Trou
ble" a double-barreled article written by Publisher Mark Eth
ridge of the Louisville Courier Journal and Editor Jonathan
Daniels of the Raleigh News Observer. Publisher Ethridge de
plores the fact that newspapers haven't been working harder to
arouse the nation's citizenry to the fact that "we have sacrificed
basic freedoms to a fancied security" .... and later says "I
nominate the Formosa story as the most under-explained story
of 1955. Here we have been perhaps on the brink of war at
least in a position where it was one- man's choice whether or
no and I'll venture that nine-tenths of the American people
don't know what it's all about.
"How many know, for instance, that Formosa doesn't belong
to Nationalist China any more than it does to Red China? And
that Chiang Kai-shek is there as an interloper? How many know
that the Formosans want their freedom as much as anybody else
and have fought for it several times? Have we bound ourselves
irrevocably to Chiang with the treaty which was ratified the
other day? Have we in our overall policy abandoned the Atlantic
Charter and the hope that it held out to colonial peoples every
where? Are we more concerned with legalism and expediency
than with human rights?" And there's lots more all highly in
teresting. Thanks to Jonathon Daniels' article, the companion piece,
we now know that Scotty Fairweather has been quoting Poet
Robert Burns to Potpourri all these years, and all the time we
thought it was original with Mr. Fairweather. Every time Mr. F.
sees us at a function he grins and says, for all and sundry to hear,
"a chield among you takin' notes, and faith he'll prent it."
Editor Daniels precedes the Burns quotation with this: "There
is, o' course, something basically disreputable about any business
devoted to prying into matters. It is a nosey business. And it should
remain so. Anybody who would never wish to hurt anybody's
feelings, who never wishes to make anybody mad, should stay
out of the newspaper business. The newspaperman who deserves
the respect of his community can be no respector of persons in
his community. He is at his best today as in the past when Burns
described one as "a chield among you takin' notes, and faith he'll
prent it." O.S.
Members Honored By OES Chapter
Mrs. Bessie Lumsden a char
ter member of Reames chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star, was
honored April 28 by chapter
members, and Mrs. Maude Duffy,
a member of the order for 50
years was presented her half
century pin. Mrs. Lumsden was
presented a bouquet. Making the
presentations was the matron,
Mrs. Jack Ward.
Also honored were others who
have been members for over 50
years. Each - was presented a
plaque by Mrs. Ward. They are
Mrs. Mary Fowler, Mrs. Orrie
Stoddard, Mrs. Margaret Fab
rick, Mrs. Lillian Woodford, and
Mrs. Mary Watkins.
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New Officers
Elected by
Lady Lions
Election of officers and ap
pointments of delegates to state
convention in Pendleton June
12, 13 and 14 took place at a
meeting of Medford Lady Lions
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Louis J. Ruhl. Mrs. Alan
Jewett was elected president.
Mrs. Joseph Patella was elect
ed vice-president; Mrs. Joe Tom
jack, secretary; Mrs. Alan Cam
eron, treasurer, and Mrs. Robert
Dyer, Lion tamer.
Installation will be held in
June after the state convention.
Those who will attend the con
vention as delegates are Mrs.
Donald Minkler, Mrs. Alva Per
kins, Mrs. Lee Mellish, Mrs.
Robert Dames, Mrs. Jewett, Mrs.
Kenneth Campbell, Mrs. Tom
Flynn and Mrs. Kenneth Teeter.
A report was read on a state
spring board meeting held in
The Dalles, and it was pointed
that there now are 68 Lion
club auxiliaries in the state.
Mrs. Dames gave a descrip
tion of the entry made in a table
setting contest by the Medford
Lady Lions at the American
Cancer Society tea held recently.
Mrs. Dames, Mrs. Elwood Hed
berg and Mrs. Ernest Kennedy
set the table and the entry won
second prize.
Mrs. Harry D. Poston, chair
man of the home service for
the blind and Mrs. Chris Zink,
past counsellor and director,
who works with the Grey Ladies
as a part of the Red Cross home
service in Jackson county, were
guest speakers. There are 138
persons registered as blind in
Jackson county and 78 of them
live in Medford, it was reported.
Also discussed were ways and
means of assisting in the work
for the blind, including furnish
ing ' transportation, reading to
the blind, and enlarging the li
brary of ''talking books." which
are available to the blind
through the public library. Mrs.
Zink stated that she has spent
the past eight years in the vol
untary work assisting the blind
and that she is always interested
in new cases. ,
Mrs. JoseDh Patella was ap
pointed chairman in seeking in
formation . for the "talking
books."
Mrs. Walter Smith and Mrs.
Norris Thompson were guests.
Refreshments were served by
the hostesses. Mrs. Louis Ruhl,
Mrs. Alan Cameron, Mrs. Donald
Minkler and Mrs. Addison Rob-
ison.
District Attorney
To Speak Thursday
Walter L. Nunley, district at
torney, will be the main speaker
at a meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union
Thursday, May 12. The session
will open at 2 p.m., at the Girls
Community club. Mrs. Fred
Tooze Jr., state president, also
will be at the meeting.
The Rev. Floyd H. Yeats, pas
tor of the Temple Baptist church
will give the devotionals. Mrs.
James Funston will sing,' and
Mrs. Tooze will speak regarding
a state convention of the WCTU
to be held in Medford Septem
ber 7 to 9.
.The refreshment committee
will be Mrs. Olaf Severson, Mrs.
Donna Taylor and Mrs. Lucy
Lyman. All members and friends
are invited to the meeting. Mrs. I
Guy Cox, president, will preside..
Mrs. Donald Morrow
Honored at Shower
Gold Hill Mrs. Donald Mor
row was honored May 3 at a
shorter at the home of Mrs.
Delos' Walker, Gold Hill. Mrs.
George Dor man made a corsage
of spring flowers which was pre
sented to the honor guests, and
she received many gifts. -
Attending the shower were
Mesdames Alva Walker, Joe
Morgan, 'George Dorman, Ger
ald Gear, Lester Parker, Roy
Centers, Ivan Governor, Stanley
Newnham, Veltie Biles, Harry
Quinn, Victor Berg, John Jore,
Nina Hooper, Ruby Quakenbush,
Tom Carlton, Clarence Parsley,
Dale Smith, George Smith, Paul
Malloy, Ralph Bell, Albert Har
rison, Kenneth Palmer of Casa
Grande, Arizona; Harry Smith,
Ernest Cooper, Lloyd Governor,
Theon Boen, Blanch Merriman,
Everett Drake, Earl Moore,
Charles E. Rosecrans, Fred Les
ter, Paul Thompson, Miss Dixie
Walker, Linda Walker and Ton!
Morrow.
Hostesses were Mrs. Delos
Walker, Mrs. John Cogswell,
Mrs. Wilmer Bailey, Mrs. Harry
Newnham and Mrs. Clyde Kell
Nevita Chapter Plans
Potluck Dinner Tuesday
Central Point Nevita chap
ter, Order of Eastern Star, has
planned a potluck dinner for
Tuesday, May 10, at 6:30 p.m. in
Central Point Masonic temple.
Those attending are asked to
take table service. '
A stated meeting will follow
at 8 p.m.
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College Women's club of the
Rogue River valley will meet
Saturday, May 14 in the Ashland
Methodist church rooms. A musi
cal program is being prepared
by Mrs. Frank Davis. Mrs. Ethel
Reid will be the hostess for the
afternoon and Mrs. G. R. Green
the social chairman.
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OES Chapter
Past matrons of Reames chap
ter will be in charge of the re
freshment hour for a meeting of
the chapter Thursday, May 12,
at 8 p.m., in the Medford Masonic
temnle.
Auxiliary
The Auxiliary to the National
Federation of Post Office clerks,
Local 342, will meet at the home
of Mrs. L. P. Crocker, 3355 Jack
sonville highway Thursday, May
12, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Boyce Kellogg
will be hostess.
Degree of Honor
To Hold Meeting
A meeting of the Degree ot
Honor Protective association is
set for Monday, May 9, at 8
p.m., at the Redman hall. Offic
ers are to rehearse for inspection.
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