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nam mzstoko (oregohi ILV ml;- tTl v r3 t '$ t r In c --l There are mm colorful sights down by die tea thia imuaar wheal beach belles like these appear in glamorous cotton swim suits. At left, a pyramid striped cotton suit has a matching skirt in the same brown and yellow design. At right, a vivid Italian stripe cotton brightens the scenery in brilliant red and white. Both the sheath and the bloomer ' style cotton sails are designed by Jantzen. Cotton prima are favorites for swim soils this year in a wide variety of patterns. Wife of Iowa's Governor Has "Open' Door" Policy By MARY MANION United Press Correspondent Des Moines (U.R) .The wife of Iowa's governor enter tains thousands of visitors in the executive mansion under an "open door" policy. Since throwing open the doors to the governor's stately home early this year, Mrs. Leo A. Hoegh has learned it's possible to play hostess to a statewide guest list without too much wear and tear. About 6,000 Iowans have visit ed her on the open house days, Tuesdays and Thursdays. It all runs smoothly although at times there have been 80 persons in side and 200 outside waiting to get in. " Mrs., Hoegh keeps refresh ments simple, has volunteer help and leaves the . visitors to their own devices. Although the -open house dates keep her on her feet for two hours, "they're not as overbur densome as things that take me away from home." Other Visitors But the visitors who come on open house days are only a part of the people who drop in at the governor's house. . Ch u r c h delegations from around the state visit on Sun days. Tradespeople or neighbors who come to the back door are always invited in for coffee at the kitchen table. Then too, there are unscheduled callers who may turn up any time. ' But the attractive gray-haired first lady, mother of two girls aged 6 and 11, is naturally friend ly and takes it in stride. "I was glad to find people were interested in the governor's mansion and wanted to come," she said. "When they're interested in the house ftself and the people who live here, they're also in terested in state government, she said. "They, become more aware of things going on in Des Moines as it affects them." A majority of visitors are women, of course. Suspended For Summer A woman likes to see an other woman's house," she said. "We're just made that way. Af ter they see the mansion, they usually go to see . the state- house, j "We want people to feel they are a part of state government. The more they have to do with A Tribute To The Toastmaster s Club "For it's always fair weather when Toastmasters get together!" That's a new version of the old song that is highly apropos at any gathering of these exhuberant Masters of Ceremony! Toast masters are the spark plugs of banquets, lunch eon meetings, club affairs and innumerable other parties where an orderly presentation of speakers or activities must be maintained. When the professional toastmasters have their, own meeting, there is where Greek meets Creek and the standard .of parliamentary procedure is per fection! We salute the gentlemen of the Toast- .; masters' Club . . . and wish them every success in all their activities. Medford Pharmacy, Inc. We are Open Today 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. PHONE 2-6253 127 EAST SIXTH mail tribune it, the better citizens they be come." The open house dates have been suspended during the sum mer, but will be resumed once a week in the fall. She said she did not expect quite as many visitors then because the legis lature will not be in session. Mrs. Hoegh said she decided on opening the governor's house to return the warm reception she got from Iowans when she went around the state with her husband during his election cam paign. , . She admitted, with a twinkle in her brown eyes, that enter taining visitors from 99 coun ties "costs a little." The parties are paid for out of the Hoeghs' personal funds. Simple Refreshments She economizes by serving re freshments, usually coffee or tea with homemade cookies; mints or nuts spread on a dining room table decorated with flowers. A cateress is the" only extra paid help. She bakes 45 to 55 dozen cookies one. day a week in the mansion. The cookies are kept in a home freezer to avoid waste. Friends and members of the Iowa Legislature. Ladies League help as hostesses and. take groups through the mansion. - Most of the visitors want to look through the colonial red brick mansion which has a white-pillared circular porch. The house has antiques as well as furnishings of historical in terest. When the crowds are small, the guests are invited to sit down and talk together. The open houses have averaged about 200 persons. 4-HCIubNem Rucheties 'The Ruchettes sewing club had its fifth meeting July 5 at Mrs. Williams' house. We had a short business meeting, then ad journed to practice modeling. Then we went on to sewing. . The next meeting is to be July 12 at . Bonnie Hard's house at 7 p.m. " ' ; Linda Wells, . Reporter ' 4 New. York Sound waves move four miles second through steel, but slow down to only onemile a second through fresh water. Sunday. July 10, 195S Social Activities At YMCA Continue; More Help Needed The next in a series of social activities promoted by the Med ford YMCA Youth council is scheduled for Monday, following a council meeting set for 8 p.m., it was announced Saturday. Monday's event, a dance, was postponed from Saturday night. It will be open to all teenagers. The series of activities is being sponsored this year by the coun cil for the first time. So far, crowds of from 150 to 200 young people have been attending the events, which are usually held on Saturdays. Work Help Needed Lee Ragsdale, adult advisor of the Younth council committee, reports that more boys and girls are needed to help work out plans for volley ball, badminton, mixed swimming, and dancing, and to be door keepers, decora tors, receptionists, and to work on cleanup committees. - If enough young people turn out to help with these phases of the programs, the Saturday night programs will continue, Ragsdale said. He also pointed out the need for at least four adult couples to serve as chaperones for the Sat urday night programs. Those who are willing to serve in this capacity are requested to con tact the YMCA office, Ragsdale said. Head of Refugee Program Expresses Views on Her Work By SUSAN WAGNER United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Mrs. Doro thy D. Houghton, head of the government's refugee programs, says she is no feminist. ; "But if all the women of the world knew and understood each other, there would be no wars," she said in an interview. One of the top women in the Eisenhower administration, Mrs. Houghton, former president of the General Federation of Wom en's Clubs, is chief of the For eign Operations Administration Office for Refugees, Migration and Voluntary Assistance. Her immediate boss is Harold E. Stassen, director of the agency. She is responsible for all American aid to refugees from behind the Iron Curtain, to refu gees in the Middle East, to the thousands of: persons displaced in the Far East by Communist aggression. It is work which she says gives her "great satisfac tion." Interest Started Early . "My interest, in international affairs probably began when I was a student at Wellesley Col lege," the clubwoman and, edu cator said. "There, for the first time I met young people from all over the world." Now, in a year, Mrs. Hough ton meets thousands of many na tionalities. Since her appointment in 1953, she has travelled more than 100, 000 miles by air. She probably ranks second only to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in the number of miles she has flown in the course of her du ties. "Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt isn't even in competition with me any more," she said. - . Her womens club work helped to prepare Mrs. Houghton for her present job. As federation president, she inaugurated aid programs for refugees and per sonally conducted four "world cooperation tours", to Europe, the Near East, Mexico and South America. Reared In Iowa Although today she is a global minded woman, Mrs. Houghton readily says "I have had to push my horizons far since I left Red Oak, la., in 1908 to go to Welles ley." The wife of a bank president, she still considers Red Oak her home and makes frequent trips there to see her family. All f our of her children live in Iowa. A grandmother of eight, , she believes in running her; office "like a family." Members of her staff still remember their . sur prise when she summoned them to her office shortly after taking over the job. They had expected a serious policy discussion. They found ice cream and cake. Now, they have come to expect the frequent " informal gatherings which distinguish the conduct of her office. t - . Nine Local Students On OSC Honor Roll Corvallis Nine students from Medford and one from Cen tral Point are listed on the spring quarter scholastic roll at Oregon State college. Donald G. Long, Medford was one of only 7 OSC students to make straight A grades for the term. Other Medford honor students included Gordon P. . Ashby, Wayne R. Bawson, Robert Lee Fries, Jerry R. Peterson, Roy Lee Rogers, Sally Joann Harris, Margaret Van Valzah and Sue C. Harris. Benson L. Foley of 'Central Point is also listed. . Play cottons. 4ake to prints this year with bright florals ac cented in every color imaginable. Carolyn Schuler selects a cotton in a lively hydrangea print for a one-shouldered sundress and one piece boy shorts bathing suit. The dress features the new longer waistline and has cut-out . aopliquas of the flowers edging the neckline. - Architect Announces Plans For Japanese-Style Houses By ELIZABETH TOOMEY ' United Press Correspondent Portland, Ore. U.R) A Jap anese style pre-fabricated house will be offered for sale to home shoppers next fall, a West Coast architect has announced. The house will have a raised lounging platform where the liv ing room furniture usually goes, a sloping roof with a pagoda type overhang and a black-trimmed green exterior. "It couldn't have happened 10 years ago," said Chris Choate, a Los Angeles architect, who de signed the house. He claims young couples are all set to start dreaming about vine-covered oriental bunga lows. Sitting on the floor on the lounging platform not only cuts down the furniture, bill, he pointed out, but it fits, right in with the informal living that has become a part of the American way of life. About $10,000 Choate described the Japan ese inspired house, which will be sold for around $10,000 next fall by the Cliff May Homes in Los Angeles, in an interview Conducted on a lounging plat form. -.' The living room section of the house was set up here as part of the 50-year anniversary exhibit of new ideas at the convention of the Douglas Fir Plywood as sociation. It got its first nation wide preview yesterday on. the NBC Home television show. "It leads to a nice sort of in formality of living when you can lounge on the floor," Choate said, surveying .the colored cushions scattered over the beige rug. "It's an old Japanese cus tom." ; Only one seating area was raised above the floor. That was a four by seven foot platform against the wall built to hold a foam rubber mattress. This served as a couch. Designed to Sell "Everyone agrees that this is a design that will sell well," the architect said. People put glass in the walls and began appreciating the outdoors. All architecture is opening out. This is typical of the Japanese. They are great lovers of. the outdoors. The new house ' will have a Free uastasr X 6! - C-Starring m M.O.M.' J&f A': :. ; Mma mi uiiwa . m Si; - . " "I" 1 .. m.aaaT fniR WEATHER 1 ' ILKsW "Hollywood Diet and Calorie Guide"-write Elenaor Day, Box 1027, Hollywood, Calif. Hollywood Bread Is Baked traffic area around the loung ing platform to lead to the other rooms and to hold such conven tional equipment as bookcases and storage cabinets: The bedrooms will have plat forms to hold bed mattresses, Choate said. And there will be other orient inspired features such as a suspended ceiling hung over the lounging platform and room dividers balanced on deli cate legs to resemble Japanese screens. It's be up to the homeowner to decide just how much furniture to forego in favor of the floor. ' The extreme version, demon strated in the model living room here with two magazines and a basket of fresh fruit on the floor where a coffee table ordi narily might be, I has certain perils, One misstep an you squash the centerpiece. Woman Retires After Fifty-Eight Years Palestine, Tex. (U.R) Mrs. J. B. McDonald who has man aged a general store in nearby Neches for 58 years has decided to slow down. Mrs. McDonald isn't actually quitting; she just thinks she's en titled to do a littles less work. Her son, Brice, in his 50's, will take over active management. Residents of Neches and farmers in the area have traded with Mrs. McDonald since 1897. She has lived in the community even longer since 1890. In her early days, she also op erated a ' hotel to bolster the family income. She and her hus band reared three children and sent them to college. One be came a doctor, one a storekeeper and the third a ' teacher. -Mrs. McDonald recalls that when she served meals, she charged the more prosperous looking , "drummers" (traveling salesmen) 35 cents for a meal, 10 cents more than , local resi dents paid. Mrs. McDonald and her rock ing chair are familiar to all who visit her store. But to prove she isn't getting old, she will dance a jig with the . slightest encouragement'- . . HsmV arsalsal iMsf Iftet. mm asaasaaa t CAlOMt - COUNTUSI Ta lag try HsWywaae' trsaa TOASTCOI lioy tf srsadry. auMtfcs flavor yuwtaa M lalkiaf afcsst. Falls Iks B xe) IflBlJn flftswdtW loVoV fiasav Maka Saadal Fenavia WaJlywurf Sfsaa hs ataimray ' af raar lOW-CAlOME awam. tfatt HOW aw ' i . Exclusively in This Area by New American Shakespeare j Theater Prepares To Open Tuesday in Connecticut By JACK GAVER United Press Drama Editor - New York (U.R) Judgment on what they put into it must wait, but it is possible to say now that .one of the most beau tiful and utilitarian theaters in the country is being completed against a deadline in Stratford, Conn. This is the American Shake speare Festival Theater, dream of a native of Britain, which will become a reality next Tuesday night with .its. first production, "Julius Caesar." ' In its sylvan, waterside set ting, just a few minutes out of industrial Bridgeport, this so called million dollar theater actually $800,000 to date, with more to come rears some seven stories high in 12 acres of a res idential district. It is a monu ment not only to the Bard of Avon ' but' also to Lawrence Langner, British-born president of the venture, and others. "You might say that this is a sort of tryout summer for us,". Langner said. "We will do only two plays in an eight-week pe riod "Julius Caesar" and "The Tempest." The latter opens on July 26 and after that the two plays will be given alternate performances. "But next summer there will be a longer season with at least four works of .Shakespeare in repertory." - But considering the limited time ground for the theater wasn't broken until Feb. 1 they would seem to have done well enough this year: Raymond Massey will play Brutus in "Jul ius aesar" ana rrospero in "Tempest." Jack Ealance, back to the stage after a sensational movie career in a few years, will play Cassius and Caliban in the respective plays; Roddy McDow- all will play Octavious and Ar ial; Christopher - Plummer I LEifJ'l Tefts-to-Ti I SHOES! SHOES! SHOg! The Great Semi-Annual Shoe Event All Southern Oregon Waits for . . . for Ifs the Time to Save the Most on Your Children's Shoes . . Bring Them Early for Best Selections . 1 . Bigger Values Than Ever Before! SLIPPERS .Excellent values in house slippers. Also odds 'n ends of small sandals. pair I MOCCASINS In white, red, beige, pink. Also dressy sandals in several styles sad colors. pair PATENTSl Sizes 12 M to I. Also loafers and strap shoes in red or brown. pair SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE STORE! DRASTIC REDUCTIONS PLEASE O AH n TariBf (watch this young man), Marc Antony and Ferdinand ; and Hurd Hatfield, Julius Caesar and Gonzalo. ' The ' auditorium part of the air-conditioned theater has an octagonal exterior shaped after London's Globe Theater of Shakespeare's time. The seven story rectangular i unit housing the stage is at the rear. The whole exterior is covered with slabs of 80,000 board feet of teakwood : donated - by the French government. Inside the colors are a pow der blue on the ceiling and un der the balcony, natural teak wood paneling all around that looks like a cross between, wal nut and rosewood. It has bright red seats. 4 The proscenium arch stage opening is 45 feet wide, 30 feet high. The forestage is 92 feet wide, the width of the house, and the central part of it is removable to accomodate an orchestra of 62 musicians. New Food Products Speed Up Cooking New -York (U.R)- Two new food products, both designed to speed up cooking, are coming to market. One is a brown-and-serve cinnamon roll, the other, an. oat cereal which cooks in 1 minute. The rolls come packaged eight to a carton and need refrigera tion until they're-ready to bake and serve. Cooking time is 20 minutes or less. . . The maker of the new rolled oats says they have all the food value of the old-fashioned kind, and will work m any of your reg ular recipes calling for this cereal. . 4 : Detroit About two-thirds of all families in America own an automobile, and two-car families are increasing steadily. $95' ype. 2 I I SHOES I 2 $95 Sales Finab O No Refunds ri . rra - wr , f h J v& r fcl . Vi i in inn ij mmiMmmmmmm For young fashionables, a long- torso date dress. Minx Modes moulds the sleek bodice, bands the hips with a sash and gives the skirt a fling in partygoing plaid. Berkeley High above the earth the air "grows hotter. At an altitude of 30 miles it is about 170 degrees Fahrenheit. . Photb Finishing . FILM IN BY 10:00 OUT BY 5:00! SH GREEN STAMPS V Ander's Photo Shop 232' Hmm East Mata . 2-5M DRESS SHOES in PINK or BLUE The little girls love these. Also red, brown or white sandals of the sturdy $95 pair 5) I GIRLS AND MISSES This group includes patents, larger sises in dressy sandals. SS95 pair T Sturdy Onfords For BOYS end GIRLS Handsome boys' oxfords, sizes SH to 1. Girls grey bock or red oxfords. pair O No Exchanges -
