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.
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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.
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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.
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Study Group Chosen
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul ii.
Patterson has appointed a com
mittee of newspaper men to di
rect a study of the Oregon state
park program, he said yesterday.
The committee is made up
from members of the advisory
committee to the travel infor
mation division of the state high
way department, and results
from a recommendation made
by the governor during the 1955
Legislature.
On the new committee are Wil
liam M. Tugman of Reedsport,
chairman; J. W. Forrester of
Pendleton. Robert C. Notson and
Arden X Pangborn of Portland,
Frank Jenkins of Klamath Falls,
and Ralph Cronise of Albany.
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