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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. May 27. 1353 Auxiliary Opens Poppy Observance; Annual Party Held Medford unit of the American Legion auxiliary is observing the annual Poppy days "today and tomorrow. Mrs. Herb Gifford, president of the unit, states that Mrs. H. C. Goldsmith, chairman, and a large corps of volunteers have been working for weeks in preparation for the event. The poppies were made for the auxiliary by disabled vet erans of three wars working at Camp White. They are crepe paper replicas of the famous Flanders' field poppy, the little wild flower which grew on the battle fields and in the war ceme teries in Europe, and which has been the war memorial flower of the English - speaking world ever since World War I. Ar ranged in attractive baskets at the American Legion Home here, they are being offered to the pub lic today and tomorrow. 1 hope everyone understands the meaning of the poppies and will pin them over their hearts as a proud tribute to those who have given their lives for Ameri ca," Mrs. Herb Gifford said. "For the women of the American Le gion auxiliary. Poppy Day is one of the biggest days of the year the day when we honor the war dead and collect funds which enable us to continue serving the disabled and needy children every day of the year." The annual poppy party for American Legion auxiliary members was held Tuesday evening at the Legion home. Co chairmen for the event were Mrs. H. L. Goldsmith and Mrs. Carold Parker. Plans were completed for the poppy days in Medford today and tomorrow, and the poppies were distributed to those who will offer them to the public. The evening was spent play ing various card and table games. Prizes were awarded, which had been donated by auxiliary members. Refresh ments were served by the chair men. Newcomer Plays With Bridge Cluhb Jack Sheppard was a new player, at the last session of Medford Duplicate Bridge Club. Mr. Sheppard recently came to Medford from Corvallis and is living at 325 South Riverside avenue. His father is director of the Corvallis Bridge club. - Winners for the session were Mrs. William Kennedy and Roy Pruitt, first, 64 points; Mrs. E. L. Miller and Mrs. Frank Baier, second, 56 Vz; Mrs. George Dean and Mrs. B. L. Sanderson, third, 52V2; Mrs. George Choate and John Solheim, 50. - Dinner Planned In Jacksonville Jacksonville Members of the 20-80 club of the Jacksonville Presbyterian church and their friends are invited to attend a covered dish dinner at 6:30 p.m., Saturday. May 28. at the church rooms. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Martin will be hosts. Dr. W. W. Howard of Medford will show colored movies of a trip down the lower Rogue river. Methodist Class Installs Officers At Annual Dinner Homemakers' class of First Methodist church held the an nual banquet and installation of officers May 20 at the church. New officers are Harry DeVore, president; M. Dale Newton, vice president; Mrs. James Walker, secretary; Merle Mitchell, treas urer. Retiring officers are George Robertson, president; Mr. De Vore, vice-president; and Mrs. Jack Campbell, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Newton conducted the installation, and Cliff Norwood was master of ceremonies. Guests of honor were Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Balcomb, Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Dixon, Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Bray, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, and Mrs. Norwood. Dr. Bray, who recently re turned after spending six months in Japan, showed colored pictures and spoke of Japan. Mrs. W. G. Werner Jr., was in charge of dinner preparations, and the meal was served by members of MYF. Over 100 at tended. Mrs. Robert Warnock decor ated the tables with blue satin bows encircled with pink and white spring flowers, and bou quets of flowers were arranged about the rooms. Academy Teachers Honored at Party A group of teachers on the fac ulty of Rogue River academy were honored May 24 at a fare well party given under the direc tion of Fred Wilbur, who taught the eighth grade the past year. A program of readings and music was given and gifts were presented to Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Morley, Mrs. H. C. Chilson, G. J. Lang, the Misses Fern Anliker and Jessie Houck, and Mrs. Hat tie Martin. Refreshments were served. Mr. Morley will be on the fac ulty of Portland Union academy next year, Mrs. Martin and Miss Houck will go to Columbia academy at Battle Ground, Wash., Miss Anliker is to be mar ried and Mrs. Chilson and Mrs. Lang are retiring. Mr. Wilbur will be principal of the school next year. Girl Scout Camp Period Closed The third period of the camp ing season at Camp Low Echo, July 31 to August 6, is entirely filled it -was announced today from Girl Scout headquarters. No more registrations will be taken for this period. Reservations may still be made in other periods, it is stated, although the first session for Brownie fly-ups, July 10 to 16, can take only about 30 more registrants. 1 '. W). Li x i i . t 1 , j. "ft Crater, Eagle Point, Gold Hill School Closing Ceremonies Set CALENDAR Friday 8 p.m. Women of the Moose, Moose hall. HI, THERE! Mrs. Eisenhower, making her first appear ance as an official hostess since her recent bout with the flu, takes the spotlight while greeting veterans at a White House garden party. Wearing a cotton dress with sequin trimmed violets, she waves to her mother fleft) and whispers behind her fan (right). Hedy Lamarr Given Lie Detector Test Houston, Tex. (U.R) Police declined today to release the re sults of a lie detector test given to motion picture actress Hedy Lamarr, who reported $50,000 worth of jewelry stolen from her home Tuesday night. Geography Fraternity Planned at College Ashland The formal estab lishmen of a chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, national geo graphy fraternity, at Southern Oregon college will occur on Monday, May 30, Dr. Roy Mc Neal, geography professor, has announced. Initiation of charter members will be conducted by a degree team consisting of Charles Rush and John Heilbronner. The national geography fra ternity was organized by college students who were interested in furthering the study of world geography and to aid those who specialize in it. The SOC chapter will be one of three on the Pa cific coast, the other two being at the Universities . of Washing ton and California. Returns . Miss Jean Runtz, 101 Cottage street, returned home Monday after being away since May 7 when she left here by car with Dr. and Mrs. James C. Luce. She accompanied them to Que bec, Canada, and then visited in Boston with Miss Barbara Green and Miss Jane Durno, former classmates. Miss Green is living at Boston while she is employed as an airline hostess and Miss Durno is receiving nurses train ing. Miss Runtz returned by plane and also visited friends at San Francisco. The Luces will return later by car. Miss Lamarr took the test along with her husband, oil mil lionaire W. Howard Lee, a maid, j and three other servants. Police Lt. J. E. Wilburn, in charge of the burglary and theft division, said the couple's other servants will take the test today. The police have not establish ed a suspect, Wilburn said. "We're still conducting the in vestigation on the theory that the theft could have been an in side job or by someone outside the house," he said. Wilburn said Miss Lamarr sug gested the lie detector tests. She appeared a little nervous when it came time for it, he said, but never wavered once. Her test took an hour-and-a-half, he said. Central Point Commence ment exercises at Crater ' z High school will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, June 3, with three sen iors giving addresses. Miss Verity Day, class vale dictorian, will speak on "The Shiny Apple," Miss Mildred Gail will talk on "Your Responsibil ity," and Donn Johnson will speak on "Measure of Success." Commencement exercises will be held in the high school gymna sium. Supt. H. P. Jewett will make introductions, and Dale S. Col lins, District 6 school board chairman, will present diplomas. To Present Awards Student body president and class salutatorian Don Von Bus kirk will make a special award and other awards will be made by Principal Arthur Strauss. Music will be furnished by the school band and chorus. Promotion exercises for eighth graders at Central Point Junior High school will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 2, in the school gymnasium with 96 stu dents receiving promotion diplo mas. Principal C. A. Meyer will speak on "So Little Done, So Much To Do." Supt. Jewett will present di plomas. The Rev. Rolf H. Han sen will read the invocation, and music will be furnished by Cen tral Point Junior High school band. Eagle Point Baccalaureate services for Eagle Point High school seniors will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday in the high school gymnasium with the Rev. Kirk land D. West delivering the ad dress. The Rev. Glenn S. Wade will deliver the invocation and bene- GRANGE Upper Rogue Grange Upper Rogue Grange met in regular session Thursday eve ning. Overseer Harold Barber presided in the absence of Mas ter Herb Carlton who took Mrs. Carlton to California for her health. All members were urged to attend Sams Valley Grange Tuesday, as Upper Rogue put on the lecturer program, also clos ing the Grange. Refreshments were served by Brother and Sister Grieve and Sister Barr. BOY SCOUTS Troop 16 attended a bridge of honor at the Phoenix Commu nity hall, May 26. Other troops attending were 3, 15 and 43. Norman Renner and John Neal received second class, Gary Nel son and Larry Bostwick receiv ed farm home and its planning and farm layout and building arrangements merit badges. John Neal received photography and Leek Cook surveying. Dennis Hammond, Publicity Chairman Adenauer Appeals For End To Cold War Bonn, Germany (U.R) Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer appeal ed to the great powers today to agree on a controlled disarma ment plan to end the cold war. He suggested the United States propose such a -plan at the Big Four conference. At the same .time Adenauer again emphatically rejected any move to neutralize Germany or create a "neutral belt" between the Eastern and Western power blocs. He said such a plan would surrender Europe as "an easy prey to Communism." The chancellor spoke during a full dress foreign affairs de bate in the West German Bunde stag lower house, the first it has held since this nation became a sovereign state on May 5. Georgia Plywood Purchases Timber Portland (U.R) Georgia Pa cific Plywood Corp. today an nounced purchase of one bil lion feet of timber in Lincoln and Polk- counties in a $13,837,000 transaction. The timber stand was former ly owned by William E. Boeing of Boeing Aircraft. It was ac quired last year by Blyth & Co., Portland, which sold it to Geor gia Pacific in the deal announced here today. The transaction represented a complete stock purchase of Ore-gon-Mesabi Corp., owned most ly by Boeing. Involved was a 23, 280 tract of timber, mostly old growth. Combined with the 300-million board feet Inman Poulsen tract purchased last year, the sale gives Georgia Pacific oneof the largest integrated stands 'of pri- vateiy-ownea umoer in exis tence. diction. The high school choir will participate in the service. Commencement exercises will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 2, in the gymnasium with Ken neth Dodson, Everett, Wash., nov elist delivering the address, "It's Your Turn Now." "Participating in the program will be Salutatorians Tessie Rags dale and Kay McCorkle, Valedic torian Alice Wilson, and Jerry Cave, class president. . Leonard Bradshaw will pre sent diplomas. The high school band will furnish music during the program, as will the chorus. CROWN ZELLEP.BACH DIVIDEND San Francisco U.R) Direc tors of Crown Zellerbach corpo ration yesterday declared a reg ularly quarterly dividend of 60 cents a share on common stock, payable July 1 to stockholders of record June 13. Gold Hill Twenty-six Gold Hill eighth graders will receive diplomas in promotion exercises at Gold Hill elementary school at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 1. Exer cises will be held in the school gymnasium. H. P. Jewett, superintendent of schools of District 6, will speak, and Dale S. Collins, chairman of the school board, will present diplomas. The Rev. Gerald Gear will read the invocation and the Rev. Leo Gilman will deliver the bene diction. Donna Burnett will read the class history and Principal Robert W. Sage will present awards to the outstanding boy and girl. The Gold Hill band under the direction of Charles W. Cook, will provide music during the program. UEKIORIAL DAY Margarite Daisies Esther .Reed Daisies Majestic Daisies Stock Glads Sweet William Statice Baby's Breath Dutch Iris Carnation's Roses Blooming Plants from 150 We Send Memorial Day FLOWERS-BY-WIRE Anywhere. 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