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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Applegates Celebrate Fiftieth ft n&f tfy&wjgk . - ? - J i ' I - ?y 0 ' 5v ; ' ' ' ; r -? ff 11 5) 2 Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Applegate, who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 19. had three of their four tons and daughters at home for the anniversary. Pictured here with the couple are Richard Applegate, former National Broadcasting company reporter whose name was in the world's headlines for 18 months while he was held a prisoner of the Communists in An event of unusual interest in Medford last week was the observance of the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Applegate, held Tues day afternoon at the family home on South Oakdale avenue. Both Mr. and Mrs. Applegate have lived in southern Oregon many years, and Mr. Applegate is a descendant of the Applegate fam ily which helped to make early day history in Oregon. Friends called during the aft ernoon and early evening, and receiving with the Applegates were their daughters, Miss Ella Applegate, Medford, and Mrs. Thomas R. Barry, Klamath Falls, their son, Richard Applegate, Chicago, and a grandfather. Mrs. Wayne Robinson, Lake Grove, nd Medford, Ore. The couple's second son. Cap tain John L. Applegate, USAF, is serving as chief engineer with the 7523 Support squadron at a Royal Air Force station in Che shire, England, and was unable to be here. However, he tele phoned his parents from Eng land the evening before. Assisting with serving during the open ' house were Mrs. Roy Wilkes, Mrs. Lee Hunter, Mrs. Lester Harris and Mrs. Howard Beeler. The refreshment table was centered with a bouquet of yellow rosebuds, and the golden wedding cake was a gift to the Applegates from the auxiliary to the Carpenters' union here. The rooms were decorated with bouquest of gladiolus and chrysanthemums in shades of gold, and the couple received many messages and gifts during the day. Preceding the open house, Mr. and Mrs. Applegate had renewed their marriage vows in a special ceremony held in the same church in Jacksonville. The Rev. Nicholas Deis, of Sacred Heart church in Medford read the cere mony in the presence of family members and friends. The first nuptial mass had been read by Rev. Father Mattingly. Now with the higher electric rate, it's more expensive than ever to do your own laundry. Add a day of leisure to your working week and also add money in your pocket by sending all of your laundry to us. You'll like our rapid service and splendid results.. Look! 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In 1902 the family moved to Yamax, Ore., a sub-agency of the Klam ath Indian agency, formerly hav ing lived at the Hoopa Indian agency in California. Mrs. Applegate had attended kindergarten training school in President Leaves For Convention; Secretaries Meet. Mrs. Kaihryn Thomas left Tuesday evening by plane for Chattanooga, Tenn., to attend the annual convention of Na tional Secretaries association. Mrs. Thomas is president of Rogue River chapter, Medford. Mrs. Audrey Sims was guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the chapter held Thursday eve ning at the Dardanelles. Mrs. Sims displayed various handi craft articles and oil paintings and spoke of the many and va ried hobbies" which have become so popular within the last 30 years. The speaker noted that so often a "hobby house" is a "happy house" and said one way to curb juvenile delinquency would be to encourage any hobby in which a child shows interest. '"Every member get a mem ber" is the chapter's theme for the coming year according to Mrs. Thomas. Plans for a fall rummage sale were discussed and Mrs. Gladys Rice was named committee chairman. College Magazine Now 100 Years Old Norton, Mass. (U.R) Rush light, the oldest college literary magazine still being published in the United States, celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. The magazine got its start in 1855, when students at Wheaton Seminary copied stories, poems, and essays into a parchment leaf let and named their little volume Rushlight. The girls at Wheaton used Rushlight to present their views about the changing scene of American life, and it carried the ; pros and cons of many questions ! the Civil War. woman suf- j frage, the use of tobacco and many other topics. Since 1920 Rushlight has functioned as a modern campus literary magazine, using both fic tion and fact in its various issues Golden Link Class Makes Picnic Plans Members of the Golden Link class and their friends are in vited to a picnic dinner Thurs day. July 28, at 6:30 p.m., at the E. H. Niedermeyer home on Ross lane. Those who attend are to take a covered dish and table service. The beverage will be furnished by the committee. Devotions will be led by R. B. Gardner. Sunday, July 24. 1953 China. The reoorler and Mrs. Applegate. married a few months ago. came to Medford from Chicago for the anniversary and left again Friday for their home. The two couples are shown at the family home on South Oak dale avenue where open house was held, and Mrs. Richard Applegate holds one of the pres ents which the honored couple received. (Brainerd photo.) California, and in September of 1902 was appointed postmaster at Yamax, resigning in 1905 to come to Medford. Mr. Applegate is a descendant cf Lindsay Applegate, who with his brothers, Jesse and Charles, emigrated to Oregon by wagon train in pioneer days. Lindsay Applegate was at one time gov ernment Indian agent for the Klamath, Modoc, Piute, Pit Riv er and Snakes Indians, and es tablished the agency near Ft. Klamath. Mr. Applegate's parents were Captain and Mrs. O. C. Apple gate, his father having been com missioned a captain in an Ore gon volunteer company formed to defend the settlements from the Indians. He took part in the Modoc In dian war in 1872-73 and at the time of his death, at 93. was the oldest living native of Oregon. Frank Applegate is the oldest of a family of six and one brother, J-eKoy G. Applegate. came from Portland to attend the anniver sary celebration. A sister, Miss Jean M. Appleaate of Santa Bar bara, Calif., visited here earlier, leaving Monday by plane for California. In addition to their four sons and daughters and their grand daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Apple- gate nave three great-grandchildren, children of Mrs. Robinson. Their son and dauEhter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Richard Applegate, who came from Chicago for the celebration, were accomrjanied by Mrs. Applegate's daughter, Judy. she celebrated her 13th birthday anniversary on the day of the golden wedding observ ance, and was honored at a birth day party during the afternoon. The three left Friday for the east. Phoenix Woman Is Speaker for Camp White Group Mrs. L. O. Penland spoke to members of the Camp White Gar den club Wednesday afternoon at a meeting which had been ar ranged by Mrs. A. O. Floyd, director of the southern Oregon district, Oregon Federation of Garden clubs. Mrs. Penland said the trial and error method is surest in propagation of plants. Mrs. A. C. Lewis, president of the Phoenix Garden club, led a discussion group in the problems and methods in budding, graft ing and cutting operations. Mrs. Penland was assisted in her discussion by Mrs. V. L. Quackenbush. Miss Richardson And Carl Bolan Set Wedding Day Gold Hill Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Richardson, Gold ' Hill, an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sylvia Irene Richardson, to Carl Richard Bo lan, son of Mrs. Troy Johnson, 305 Portland avenue, Medford. Miss Richadson is a 1955 grad uate of Crater High school. Her fiance is employed with Oregon Veneer company in Medford. The wedding date has been set for August 20. Soto - Rentals folding VHIIL CHAIRS Open Sundays and Holidays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 E. MAIN PHONE 3-5345 I Block East of Hawthorne Park Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Apolegate. who were married in the Catholic church in Jacksonville July 19, 1905. are pictured here as they renewed their wedding vows in a ceremony held in the same church July 19. 1955. their golden wedding anniversary. The special mass was read by the Rev. Nicholas Deis, and the acolyte is Paul Smith. No regular services are now held in the little historic church, but it was opened for this occasion. After ihe religious ceremony in the morning, the Applegates were honored at an open house at ihe family home, 615 South Oakdale avenue, between 2 and 7 o'clock. The honored couple are shown below as they cut an anniversary cake, a present from the aux iliary to ihe Carpenters' local in Medford. (Brainerd photo.) Summertime Beauty Our Salon Co!d Wave Permanent From if Styled Haircut Shampoo Permanent Styled Set Remember, oil our perman ents are given by experts. You're sure cf a beautiful, long-lasting wave and our stylists shape your hair so that waves actually seem deeper, lovelier than ever. BEAUTY SALON Second Floor , , -J Christian Attitude To Be Topic for Methodist Women Eighty women, representing the two-million-member Wo man's Society of Christian Serv ice of the Methodist church, will meet in Kansas City, Mo., August 2 to 11 to discuss what the Christian woman's attitude should be toward current com munity, national and world prob lems. The seminar, to be held at the National College for Christian Workers, will deal with ques tions such as desegregation, the United Nations and the ecumenii cal movement the trend to ward increasing cooperation among churches around the world. The theme will be "A Christian Woman Understand ing Her World." Sponsored by the department of Christian social relations and local church activities of the Woman's society, the nine - day meeting will include speeches, panel discussions and work ses sions of small groups. On the last two days, findings of the work group will be presented to all delegates for adoption. Among the speakers will be Mrs. Dorothy Dolbey, vice mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. James D. Wyker, Mt. Ver non, Iowa, president of the United Church Women, a de partment of the National Coun cil of Churches, and Bishop Gerald F. Ensley of the Des Moines, Iowa episcopal area of the Methodist church. Representatives of the Wo man's societies in most of Methodism's 105 annual confer ences across the United States will attend, having been chosen by their conference societies as delegates. In most cases, a dele gate will be the secretary of Christian social relations for the Society in a particular confer ence. Others will be district, conference or jurisdictional of ficers. There will be six youth and student delegates. Miss Thelma Stevens, New York executive secretary of the Department of Christian Social Relations, is in charge of ar rangements for- the seminar. She states delegates to the na tional meeting will 'return to their home areas to hold similar seminars for Woman's Societies in the conferences and jurisdic tions they represent. "The national seminar is the beginning of what we hope will be a nation-wide study by Metho dist women of the Christian wo man in relation to her communi ty, nation and world," Miss Stevens said. "We hope the findings of the group in Kansas City will form a basis for meet ings and conferences ever the country," Mrs. Wayne C. Stauffer, Eu gene, will represent Oregon at the sessions. To keep the whites of poached eggs fluffy instead of flat, add a tablespoon of vinegar to the wa ter in which they are to be cook ed. REVLON Manicures from 1.50 Officers Named By Riding Club Miss Barbara Lickess was elected president of Rogue Ran gers, riding club for young peo ple, at a meeting held at the home of Miss Gayle Prentice. Others named to office were Miss Leone McPherson, vice'- presi dent; Miss Susan Wright, secre tary and Pat Rushton, treasurer. Committee members appoint ed by the new president are Ger ald Sloper, captain; Miss Janet Young and Craig Wright, tele phone committee; Miss Susan Walker and Tommy Hobbs, hos pitality committee; Miss Carolyn Jasmamn and Robert Steele, pub licity committee and Jim Young, sergeant-at-arms. New board members are Sam Steele, Mrs. Ralph McPherson, William Jasmamn and Glen Hobbs. They replace Mrs. C. L. Gebie, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Young and Mrs. William Pren tice. Twenty-one members attended a swimming party at Twin Plunge's Monday evening. Beck Home Scene Of Club Picnic Members of Mistletoe club and their families met at the Michael Beck home on Forrest creek July 13 for a picnic. About 30 at tended. Guests were Mrs. H. O. You mans, Medford, and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Note and family, Salem. The next meeting of the club will be a picnic supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Arnold, Arnold lane, August 10 at 6 p.m. Those attending are to take a covered dish and table service. Travel motion pictures will be shown by Mrs. Mary Miles., Phoenix Woman Home From South Phoenix Mrs. Herman J. Gier, Phoenix, returned last week from a month's vacation in California. In Beverly Hills she visited various members of her family and attended the wedding June 26 of Miss Su zanne Smarden, her niece who has visited at numerous times in the valley, to Leonard Tosh. of London, Ontario, Can. The wedding was held at the Beverly Hills hotel. After two weeks in that city she went to Fresno ' to visit a sister, Mrs. Michael Sabal, go ing from there to San Jose and San Francisco to visit friends. Mrs. Gier also attended a con vention at Durante, Calif., held the first week end in July and sponsored by members of the medical profession. Named the "City of Hope," the displays in cluded recent scientific findings and she also viewed radioactive cobalt equipment used for ra diation therapy. SPECIAL PURCHASE! FINE IMPORTED GERMAN PRECISION CAMERA TAKES COLOR or BLACK and WHITE ON ECONOMICAL 120 FILM F:3 5 coated lens. Built-in automatic self timer. Shutter speeds up to 1300 second. FILMS IN AT AT 5 40 SOUTH CENTRAL Barracloughs Attend Keunion At Lake Tahoe Memoers of the .barracloufih family from here met with oth ers of the family last week at Lake Tahoe for a family reun ion. They spent the time camp ing, swiming and in other resort activities. This was the first time in 20 years that the family had been together. From here were Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Barraclough, the par ents, who accompanied their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Barraclough, 829 Beek man street, with their children. Terry and Randy; Mr. and Mn. Max Barraclough and son, Ste phen, 1031 Cherry street, and Mrs. Reginald Stagg with her children, Dick and Pat. Others at the lake lor the reunion were Russell Barra clough, master sergeant in the Air Force stationed at Long Rparh. Calif.. Mr. and Mrs. Don Barraclough and children, Nan cy, Dale. Mourine, and Alary Lvnne. Mr. and Mrs. Nile Bar raclough, Ronnie, and Linda, Riverside, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. John Barracloueh and Johnny and Timmy, Albuquer que, N.M. Those from Medford left here July 18 and returned the end of the week. English Instructor Says Good Teachers Must Like Children Bismarck, N. D. (U.R) Mis Rita Murphy, who has taught English to more than 5,000 stu dents at the local high school, says that the secret of being a good teacher is to like children. "That's first," she emphasized. "Knowledge of the subject comes only second." Miss Murphy recently was named, along with nine others, to an honor roll of teachers in a national magazine (McCalls). Miss Murphy says: T don't have any," she said when asked about discipline problems. "The only youngster I ever had to slap became a po liceman. And we're good friends today." Miss Murphy said youngsters now have many more outside activities than when she first started teaching in the 1920's. "But that works both ways," she added. "Nowadays they have more information because of the activities." Honored Mrs. Paul Dix was honored at a shower Wednesday evening by Mrs. Lawrence Buonocore at the Buonocore home, 433 West Eighth street. About 25 guests were invited and the evening was spent playing cards after dessert refreshments were serv ed. Mrs. Dix is the former Mar garet Petre. FOR CAMERAS! Complete nilh DeLuxe Leather Case and B.C. Pocket-size Flash Gun! 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