Farewell Party
Honors Woman;
Family Leaves
Mrs. Melva Chew and daugh
ters, Belva, Evalyn and Linda,
left last Thursday for Denver,
Colo., where the family will live
in the future. A fourth daugh
ter, Melva, has remained in Mcd
ford and is making her home for
the present with ht-r grand
mother, Mrs. Melva Ethel Chew,
440 JJorth Grape street.
A farewell party was given
in honor of Mrs. Chew at the
home of Mrs. Elsa Walker, 129
North Oakdale avenue, with Mrs.
Walker and Mrs. Carl Pearson
as hostesses.
Many members of Royal
Neighbors of America and other
friends of Mrs. Chew were pres
ent and Mrs. Chew was pre
sented a going-away gift.
Sister Here
Mrs. J. E. Wclin. Puente.
Calif., is a guest in Medford of
her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeSouza,
30 Western avenue.
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Group Attends
National Session
In Los Angeles
Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Howard
and Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Heather
ington have returned home after
attending the annual national
convention of osteopathic phy
sicians and surgeons held in Los
Angeles. The sessions opened
July 17 and closed July 23.
En route home Dr. and Mrs.
Howard visited friends in Pasa
dena, San Jose and San Mateo,
Calif., arriving home Monday
night. Dr and Mrs. Heathering
ton traveled south early and
preceding the convention visited
Mrs. Heatherington's brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Greene and daughter in
Long Beach.
Also attendiing the convention
were Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Dier
dorff, who were accompanied
by their three children, Todd,
Larry and Gay. They are ex
pected home tonight after hav
ing visited Mrs. Dierdorff's par
ents in Santa Barbara, and a
sister and brother-in-law in Bur
bank, Calif.
The three women attended the
national auxiliary convention as
delegates of the local auxiliary.
Amaranth Holds
Picnic at Lake
Thirty-six members of Roxy
Ann court, Order of the Amar
anth, together with their famil
ies and guests, attended a picnic
at Diamond Lake Sunday, Mrs.
George Rehart, royal matron,
reports.
The picnic was held at the
cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Schulze, Klamath Falls, past
grand royal patron and assistant
grand lecturer, respectively.
Six additional courts partici
pated including Mirror court,
Bend; Emerald court, Eugene;
Friendship court, Klamath Falls;
Douglas court, Roseburg and
Willamette court, Eugene. Also
represented were Ionic court,
Portland, Honey Lake court, Su
sanville, Calif., and Rockridge
court, Oakland, Calif.
Boating, swimming and games
were enjoyed.
There were approximately 150
present and plans for another
picnic next year were discussed
informally. It was the concensus
that there would be a much larg
er attendance at future gatherings.
Dave Brai nerds
Visits in City
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fhu
Brainerd, Valley View drive,
Sunday were Mr. Brainerd's
mother, Mrs. Phil Brainerd Sr.,
Grants Pass, and his brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Brainerd and two daugh
ters, Lynn and Jan, Petaluma,
Calif.
The Dave Brainerds, who for
merly lived here, will leave to
day for their home after a few
days in the valley. While here
they were guests of Mrs. Brain
erd's mother, Mrs. E. A. Littrell,
and Mr. Littrell, Country Club
estates.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday.
WET FROM RAIN-SOAKED reception at airport, President
and Mrs. Eisenhower are greeted at White House by grand
children, David, 7; Barbara Ann, 6, Susan, 4. (International)
Family Gathers To Observe
Couple's 55th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Childreth,
2920 Cummings road, who have
lived in Medford since 1901, ob
served their 55th wedding anni
versary at a family dinner Sun
day. It was held at the home of
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brewold, Jack
sonville highway.
Present for the occasion were
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Irish, Med
ford, son-in-law and daughter of
the couple, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Childreth and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Childreth. Medford, and
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Childreth,
Gladstone, Ore., sons and daughters-in-law.
The Childreths were married
July 26, 1900, in Mt. Grove, Mo.,
and came to Oregon the follow
ing year. Both are members of
First Baptist church here.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Childreth
left Monday after having visited
here with members of Mr. Child
ren's family. Mr. Childreth is
with the United States Depart
ment of the Interior in Portland.
Saturday night Mrs. Childreth
attended the program and recep
tion given in Jacksonville by
Adarel chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, to observe the 75th
CALENDAR
Calendar notices and news for
the society section of The Mail
Tribune must be submitted in
writing and deadline for the Sun
day edition is 1 p.m Friday Dead
line for the weekly calendar is 8
a.m of the day of publication and
for week day news is S djb the
day before publication.
Wednesday
7:30 p.m. SPEBSQSA, Grange
hall, Phoenix.
Food Prices Shown
Higher in Portland
San Francisco (U.R) Food
costs in major cities on the West
Coast showed slight declines dur
ing June with the exception of
Portland where housewives paid
about 0.5 per cent more than the
previous month.
The Department of Labor re
ported San Francisco food ex
pense to families of moderate
income was down 0.3 per cent
and in Los Angeles about 0.1
per cent compared to May. Seat
tle showed a 0.2 per cent decline.
The San Francisco Bay Area
registered the biggest single drop
in cost of living expenses with
the consumers index standing at
115.3, down 0.3 per cent from
March costs. It was 1.3 per cent
below the same index for June,
1954. Items showing the biggest
drops included transportation
and reading and recreation.
Portland's increase in food
costs was registered highest in
the meats, poultry and fish items,
with prices for pork chops and
ham in the lead.
Wednesday, July 27, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Guilty Plea Entered In Hood River Case
Hood River (U.R) D o s s
Matchen, who was indicted by a
grand jury here July 19 for
manslaughter, pleaded guilty to
the charge here yesterday.
He was indicted after he sign
ed a statement July 13 admitt
ing he had kicked 48-year-old
Robert Easley in the side dur
ing a fight in a box car at Hood
River July 9. Easley died the
next afternoon.
Circuit Judge Malcom Wilkin
son ordered a pre-sentence in
vestigation by the State Board
of Parole and Probation. A
SITE RECOMMENDED
Portland (U.R) Representa
tives of 12 Portland civic groups
yesterday recommended the
Oaks Park-East Bank site for the
city's S8.000.000 exposition-recreation
center.
sentencing date will be let fol
lowing the investigation.
anniversary of founding. She is
worthy matron of Pioneer chap
ter at Oregon City.
The couple planned stops in
Klamath Falls and in California
cities before returning north.
Terretts Here
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Terrett,
formerly of Medford and now of
San Mateo, Calif., are in the
valley to visit friends. They
spent some time in Ashland
with Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Andres,
and yesterday were guests of Dr.
and Mrs. W. W. Howard, 1507
West Main street.
Malheur Without
Health Department
Ontario (U.R) Malheur coun
ty is temporarily without a pub
lic health department.
Public health nurse Edna Ser
ris yesterday announced her res
ignation effective July 31. The
county court completed the shut
down by taking the unit cleark
off the payroll and boxing de
partment equipment for storage
in the county shop until a new
nurse is obtained.
Nurse Serries said she was
tired of the "uphill battle" to ob
tain funds for the department
from the county court.
SNOW IN ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires (U.R) Wide
areas in southern Argentina
were buried under three feet of
snow Tuesday and today. Buenos
Aires had cloudless blue skies,
biting cold winds and low temperatures.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday.
Portland Juvenile
Burglary Ring Broken
Portland (U.R) Police said
today a series of burglaries
which involved loss and dam
age of property worth thou
sands of dollars in recent weeks
had been cleared up with ques
tioning of five juveniles aged 8
to 15, including two girls.
Detective Sgt. George Hempe
said the break came when De
tective Vernon Tiiden stopped
a juvenile for questioning Mon
day night and the juvenile ad
mitted breaking into a refrig
erator car. Detectives said the
youth implicated four others and
that after questioning the group
admitted breaking into a num
ber of places.
The juveniles were being held
for further investigation.
Picnic Announced
By Thursday Club
Phoenix Phoenix Thursday
club has planned a family picnic
for the July meeting. It will be
held Thursday, July 28. at 6:30
p.m., in the Phoenix Commun
ity hall.
Those attending are 4o take
a potluck supper and rolls and
coffee will be provided by the
hostesses.
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