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5 aaSafeaaasfegag SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL PTA Plans 1955 Session In Chicago Chicago The National Con gress of Parents and Teachers, which is holding its 59th annual convention in Chicago May 23 25, reports that is anntial mem bership audit this week shows en increase of more than half a million members in the past year bringing the total nation wide PTA membership to a new all-time high of 9.409.232. This is an increase of 586.583 over last year's membership audit figures. California leads the country in PTA membership with a total of 1,410,95. Ohio is second with 613,955, Illinois third with 582, 913. Texas comes next with 526,488, followed by Pennsyl vania with 453,468 and New York with 412,121. Oregon has 109.481 members, an increase of 8,662 over last year. The annual convention, to be attended by more than 3,000 delegates representing the 39, 000 local PTA units, will have as its theme: "Better Homes, Better Schools. Better Commu nities for a Peaceful Society." Harold E. Stassen, s p ec i a 1 presidential aide for world dis armament, will make a major speech at the convention. Many other well-known speakers are also on the program, including: Henry I. Willett, president of the American Association of School Administrators; Mrs. Ern est Evans, president of the Cana dian Home and School and Parent-Teacher Federation; Wau rine Walker, president of the National Education association; Marcus Bach, State University of Iowa; Bonaro Overstreet, au thor and lecturer; James W. Clarke, Princeton Theological Seminary. A special feature of the con vention will be the dedication of the organization's new na tional headquarters, a modern 3-story, S750.000 structure at 700 North Rush Street, Chicago. One of the most popular of all canape spreads is made by add ing V teaspoon tabasco to one 3-ounce package cream cheese and blend well; drain one 10 ounce can minced clams and add to cream cheese. Mix thorough ly. Pile into serving dish and serve with crisp crackers. Will ppread approximately 30 butter wafers. Add clam broth to 2 cups hot milk for fine soup. The Fashionette FINAL Summer SUlOftyS Early Summer Event . . . There's never an ve rting in Medford when you don't need a wrapl A summer necessity for over-all coverage at hom or away. HERE'S YOUR CHANCE! WHITE AND As featured on TV the only non-smear type with stay-on WESTEBM THBIIFT TRIBUNE 54th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated By Eagle Point Couple at Family Event Eagle Point Mr. and Mrs. James Callaway Lusk observed their 54th wedding anniversary on Mothers day at their home in Eagle Point. There for the occasion were their two daughters, Mrs. William Boehm of San Carlos, Calif., and Mrs. Earl Clough of Lakeview; and four sons, Ivan, Central Point, Arthur of Med ford, Boyd of Eagle Point, and Herbert of Palo Alto, Calif. An other son, Rex, of Portland, was not able to be there for the event. The family attended the Eagle Point Community church Moth er's day services and then met at the Lusk home for dinner. The Lusks were married at Cooks Landing, Wash., May' 8, 1901. Mrs. Lusk is the former Miss Elsie Pearl Coulter. They lived in Washington for many years and moved to Eagle Point Central Point PTA Installs Officers; Pupils on Program Central Point The final meeting for the year of Central Point Parent-Teacher associa tion was held recently in the li brary of the Junior High school. New officers for the coming year were installed and they are Mrs. Chester Ashtcn, president; Mrs. Stanley Parrish, first vice president; Mrs. Arthur Strauss, second vie e-president; Mrs. Harry Dawson, secretary, and Mrs. M. G. Cote, treasurer. In stalling officer was Mi's. C. C. Thompson. The president, Mrs. Morris L. Frirck. conducted the meeting and the invocation was offered by the Rev. Norman Tully. Music was furnished by the girls' chorus of the seventh and eighth grades, directed by Mrs. Jean Carrothers. The program included a style show by girls of the eighth grade, under the direction of Mrs. Lorna Meyer. The president-elect, Mrs. Ashton, gave a report on the state convention held in April in Portland. Re freshments were furnished by the mothers of pupils in the first grade. It was announced that the pre school roundup for children of the district entering school in the first grade next year will be held June 14 and 16. A program will be given at the school Fri day evening, May 13, by the be ginners' band, junior high band and chorus. A nominal charge will be made to help cover the cost of the band letters, ribbons, and so forth. PASTELS $ Nylon and Wool Fleeces Broken Sizes NOW ONLY Fashionette Tht 22 South Central - fashion's magnetic new color in max factor's lipstick lustre Sunday, May 15, 1955 24 years ago. They have eight grand chil dren and five great grandchil dren. The guest list included Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Lusk, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lusk and their daughters. Sallie and Janine, Boyd Lusk and son, Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Clough and son Jimmy, Mrs. William Boehm, Herbert Lusk and sons, Kenny and Lyle, Mr. and Mrs. Theo dore Whisler and daughters, San dra and Charlotte, Mrs. Walter Huggen and daughter, Cindy, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Sander and sons, David and Ted, and Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Lusk and children, Signe, Kirby and Reg gan. Women's Council To Hold Election Elections will be conducted at a meeting Wednesday, May 18, of Women's Missionary council of Medford Assembly of God church, 1108 West Main street. The session will open at 10:30 a.m., in the church annex and devotions will be led by Mrs. F. Wildon Colbaugh. who will continue a study of missions, the subject this week to concern Japan. A potluck luncheon will be served at noon and a sewing and work session will be held after the luncheon. VFW Auxiliary Plans Dance at Camp White The auxiliary to the Department- of Oregon, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will sponsor a dance at the Camp White dom iciliary Monday, May 16, at the theater. All auxiliary members and friends are invited. Music will be furnished by Eddie Evenson and his orchestra. Those wanting transportation may go by bus from the Trail ways depot at 7:30 p.m. During the summer months the auxiliary will sponsor only one dance each month, to be held on the third Monday of each month. $19.98 and $22.98 VALUES Across from Craterian 09 JP " ' A fresh new color plucked from a garden and crushed to an tinbelievable brilliance. (And that brilliance will last, for this is Color-fast lipstick Max Factor's Color-fast lipstick.) fashion's unforgettable new 30 N. Central Garden Club Announces New Officers Mrs. Charles Stearns was named president of Medford Garden club at elections held re cently at the Girls Community club. Mrs. R. L. Thomas Is the new first vice-president, and Mrs. Jack Crump, second vice president. Mrs. C. L. Nordquist was elect ed recording secretary, Mrs. A. O. Floyd, corresponding secre tary; Mrs. L. P. Rentchler, treas urer, and Mrs. E. L. Crain, his torian. The elections were held dur ing an afternoon meeting of the club which was preceded by a workshop session. Mrs. Gaston Floux was in charge, assisted by Mrs. John Holmer. About 30 members and guests attended the morning session. At the after noon meeting about 60 members were in "attendance. On the program was a panel discussion with Mrs. Floyd, who is Siskiyou district director, as the moderator. Members of the panel were Mrs. H. O. Smith, Cave Junction; Mrs. Elwood Kendall and D. W. Berry. Ques tions on gardening were dis cussed. Mrs. W. P. Brooks and Mrs. R. W. Smith won prizes during the meeting. Guests for the afternoon were Mrs. Smith, who is a past state president; Mrs. Homer Grable, Grants Pass Garden club presi dent; Mrs. Warren O. Rostson, Mrs. M. Lemmon, Mrs. Robert Roark, Mrs. Warren Holbrook, Crater Garden club president, and Mrs. Kendall. - .Also at the meeting was Mari lyn Denning, pear blossom queen and her mother, Mrs. R. H. Den ning, who became a member of the club. Tea chairman was Mrs. Brooks assisted by Mrs. Frank Carson, Mrs. F. F. Burk, Mrs. W. O. Hughes, Mrs. C. Earl Bradfish and Mrs. Harry L. Smith. Mrs. Floyd and Mrs. L. R. Thomas presided at the tea table. About 45 members of the club made a planned tour of Medford gardens last Thursday. The tour began at Hawthorne park and later the group visited the gardens at the homes of Mrs. Herb Grey and Mrs. H. C. With am. At noon they met for a picnic lunch at the park and in the afternoon visited the gar dens of Mrs. K. C. Farley, the Carltons, and the Lewis nursery at Jacksonville. Mrs. H. L. Ek erson was general chairman for the tour. Private Makinson Earns Certificate Fort McClellan, Ala. Pvt. Gertrude E. Makinson, daughter of B. B. Makinson. 907 Cherry street, Medford, Ore., recently graduated from basic training ac the "outstanding trainee" of her class at the new Women's Army corps center at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Selection was based on an ex cellent academic average and a superior record of military dis cipline and conduct. She was awarded a Certificate of Achievement. Private Makinson attended high school in Prospect, Ore., and enlisted in the WAC in Jan uary. For her new assignment, she has been transferred to Fort Myer, Va. The new $7,000,000 WAC cen ter, where Private Makinson re ceived her training, include 22 cream-colored, modern function al buildings, situated on rolling land with a view of the Appa lachian mountains. The setting of tree-shaded lawns and at tractive buildings suggests an American college campus rather than a military installation. Crushed Rose. color. ..'your lips can $i 10 wear it tonight JL j o Dial 3-5371 Many Guests Attend Open House Held At Community Hospital; See Displays About 100 people attended the open house Thursday afternoon at Community hospital, in ob servance of National Hospital week, it was reported today by Mrs. Shelby Tuttle, president of the hospital auxiliary which was in charge of the tea. The penthouse was decorated Secretaries Name Officers Mrs. Kathryn Thomas was elected president of Rogue River chapter. National Secretaries as sociation, for 1955-56 at the May meeting held at Roxy Ann Grange hall Thursday evening. Other officers elected for the coming year are Mrs. Darlyne Rudd, first vice-president; Miss Aileen Tamney, second vice-president; Mrs. Ida Russell, record ing secretary: Mrs. Kay Jan dreau, treasurer; and Mrs. Ann Brown, corresponding secretary. Two new members were initi ated in candlelight ceremonies conducted by Mrs. Jeanne Brown, chapter president. The new members are Mrs. Margaret Spance and Mrs. Jola Russell. After dinner speaker was Leonard Mayfield, assistant sup erintendent of Medford schools. Mr. Mayfield spoke on "Busi ness Education in Our High Schools Today." During the business session it was announced that Mrs. Lilyan Miller, national president of the association, had resigned be cause of illness and that Miss Cassandra Waterman, NE vice president, had been appointed to fill out the unexpired term. Mrs. Thomas was appointed chapter delegate to the national convention which will be held in Chattanooga, Tenn., in July. Plans for a rummage sale were discussed and Mrs. Gladys Rice was appointed chairman of that committee. Shady Cove Group Presents Flags To Grade School Shady Cove Flags were pre sented to second and eighth grade students of Elk -Trail school Tuesday by members of the auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Shady Cove. Mrs. Jim Cassal made the pre sentations. Those attending with her were Mrs. Dale Sawyer, -chaplain; Mrs. Francis Miller, senior vice president, and the Americanism chairman, Jim Cassal. The Elk-Trail school also en tered a "Buddy Poppy" poster contest which the auxiliary spon sored for the district. Mrs. Cassal presented three awards for those who won, and spoke regarding the meaning of "Buddy Poppies." The winners are Chloe Willson, first; Madge Lillyhite, second; and Frank Pet erson, third. After the poster s are displayed in Shady Cove they will be sent to the department for entry in a state contest. The auxiliary members served a breakfast on Mothers day at the VFW hall at Shady Cove. All mothers who attended were pre sented corsages of painted daisies made by Mrs. John Collins. Mrs. Gene House was the chairman assisted by Mrs. Harry Birch, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Agnes Hub- bell. Serving in the dining room were Mrs. Ed Learning and Mrs. Edna Byrson. Decorations were of apple blossoms and tulips. Corsages also were given by the auxiliary to mothers at the county farm home at Talent for Mothers day. Council Installs Banra Miller as Royal Princess Miss Barna Miller was install ed royal princess of Talisman Rosebud council, Pythian Sun shine Girls, when the council met May 12. Miss Glenna Felkel, junior past royal princess, was the installing officer. Miss Betty Kyker was in stalled charity; Miss Rosemary Tokar, friendship; Miss Darla Walker, prelate; Miss Donna Walker, recorder; Miss Cecelia Fichtner, exchequer; Miss Bar Bara Stamper, guide; Miss Betty Lou Cline, mystic; Miss Judith Tolle, warder; Miss Mary Dodge, sentinel; Miss Felkel, junior past royal princess; Miss Cynthia Blachley, musician; Miss Karen Bengtson, Miss Judy Harden and Miss Layle Bostwick, trustees, and Miss Joyce Youngberg, press correspondent. Mri. Leroy Cline, Mrs. Harry Bryant, Mrs. Mildred Tolle, Le roy Cline and Edwin Bostwick, counselors, and Mrs. John Fugill, advisor. Miss Darla Walker was ap pointed delegate to the grand council of Pythian Sunshine Girls to be held May 14 and 15 at Eugene. Several other mem bers and counselors plan to at tend. - Refreshments were served by the Misses Darla and Donna Walker. It has been estimated that Americans consumed 1M bil lion cans of frozen orange juice during 1954. " ; with bouquets of spring flowers supplied by auxiliary members and friends, and tea and coffee were served from a table center ed with white tulips and lilacs. Mrs. Tuttle expressed her ap preciation to the many members who provided a variety of cook ies and sandwiches for the tea. The committee in charge of the affair included Mrs. Margery Pitts, chairman; Mrs. C. G. Van Valzah, Mrs. J. C. Collins, Mrs. Sheridan Scott, Mrs. Otto Frohn mayer and Mrs. James Morrow. Hostesses who received visi tors wore the identifying pink smocks ordinarily worn by aux iliary members when working in contact with hospital patients. This group included Mrs. Scott, chairman; Mrs. John C. Mann, Mrs. C. E. Hedberg, Mrs. George R. V. Bolster, Mrs. John Moffatt, and Mrs. Morrow. Included in the group which poured during the tea were Miss B. J. Larsen, administrator of the hospital; Mrs. Tom MacLeod, Mrs. Earl Tumy, Mrs. B. L. Lage son, Mrs. Clayton Walker, Mrs. Frohnmayer, Mrs. Tuttle and Miss Jane Snedicor. Considerable interest was noted in the display of nurses' caps shown by Mrs. Tom Dona hue and Mrs. Bernice Nims, di rectors of nurses at Community hospital. Mrs. Donahue had col lected the caps from members of the local nurses' association, and they represented about 20 different training schools in this country and Canada. The cart which the auxiliary plans to put into service soon was also on display, as well as the plot plan of the proposed new Rogue Valley Memorial hospital, which will replace the present Commu nity hospital building. This shows the loca tion of the building on the site, entrances, and parking areas. Many took advantage of the tours of the hospital facilities arranged by Miss Larsen. GIRL SCOUTS Troop 49 Jacksonville Members of Girl Scout Troop 49, led by Mrs. Fred Richardson, presented a play entitled "Culcha," at a meting of the Jacksonville Parent-Teacher as sociation May 11. Mrs. Lee Mauroni produced and directed the play. In the play were Nancy Nie dermeyer, ss Beulah; Clara Mae Anderson, as Mrs. Dorsey; Marsha Minshall, Jane Wilbur; Natasha Bulkin, Mrs. Lincoln; Robin Wyatt, Jewel; Ann Craw ford, Mallle; Joan Crawford, Tessie; Jo Ann Romine, Ella Jones; and Toni Tweedy, Lily Ponserson. Prompters were Natasha Bul kin and Nancy Niedermeyer and all the troop worked on the stage settings. Makeup was di rected by Toni Tweedy, Marsha Minshall and Ann Crawford. The play was a comedy and all the participants wore "black face" makeup. Sims Is Sobbing!!! We are overstocked on Leaves, Fibre, and other Flower Making Supplies in Our WOOD FIBRE DEPARTMENT 11 1 WWII "111 ... AM V GHE5Q HEMES STAMStlS AQUA-NET AQUA-LACE foMow and MANY OTHERS! SAVE AT SOBBING SIMS! SOMS Auxiliary Plans Annual Sale of Memorial Poppies The annual memorial poppy sale was discussed at a meeting of Medford American Legion auxiliary Tuesday evening at the Legion home. The. president, Mrs. H. W. Gifford, presided. Mrs. Leo Williams reported that 328,000 memorial poppies have been made and shipped from Camp White. These pop pies, made from materials sup plied by the American Legion auxiliary, were sent to various points in Oregon and Alaska. Mrs. H. L. Goldsmith reported on plans for Poppy day here, May 27 and 28. The poppy party will be at the Legion home the evening of May 24. . Mrs. Minnie Bryant reminded members that the poppy posters recently made by local students will be on display next week in the windows of the Weeks and Orr furniture store Mrs. Merle Jarmin announced that the June meeting program III yl awaoenDGEGE 1 1 tIP Ami f ' (CoUeordlng Artist) y 1 U - v n. -a Only the AMPRO HI-FI Two-Speed has all these outstanding features: Two speeds: 7i i.p.s. for "podium presence" tonal quality; 31 I.p.s. for uninterrupted long play Electro-magnetic piano-key controls Electronic Tuning Eye Recording Level In dicator 6-in. x t-in. Alnico-S P.M. speaker Beautifully styled in the modern manner Automatic selection locator Radio-recorder combination (optional) Try It Yourself for 10 DAYS! 40 SOUTH CENTRAL WOT F0M3E (Many Colors) Reg. 43c Reg. 10c Reg. 10c Yard Cycle Godl Hobby, Shopi wfll b an observane of Tlt day. , Mrs. 'Earl Bigalow gav the annual report for the child wel fare committee. Her report con cluded with a total value of 814.65 given in goods and er vices in clothing, food and medi cal aid. Mrs. Jarmin had arrange a display of children's clothing made by auxiliary members for distribution through the child welfare program. It was decided to purchase neckerchiefs for the Blue Bird group sponsored by the auxiliary and a contribution was voted tc ward the restoration of the Fran cis Scott Key house in Baltimore. A conference for junior mem bers in Ashland May 4 was announced. Joint lastallation of offi cers will be held in Medford June 25. Officers for post and units in Cave Junction, Grants Pass, Central Point, Medford and Ashland will be installed in a group ceremony. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting by Mri. Tom Ginn and Mrs. E. Lewis. Nicaraugua is named for a native Indian chief. 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