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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1955)
SIX MEDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, July 31, 1953 Medf ord Woman Observes 90th Birthday; Recalls When City Had 200 Population In January of 1888, when Med ford had a population of about 200, Mrs. H. U. Lumsden came here from Minnesota as a bride. Today Mrs. Lumsden will be 90 years old and believes that she has been privileged to live through an Interesting period of history. In 1888 one of the new town's main buildings was the Nash hotel, (now the Allen hotel), there was no bank but three churches, the Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist, had been organized. The Southern Pacific railway had completed it's line through the valley only the week before the Lumsdens arrived. The Lumsden's first home was located where the Woolworth store now stands, and later they lived in a home on the corner of Sixth and Bartlett streets. Mr. Lumsden and his wife's brother, A. N. Berlin, now of Seattle, operated a grocery store located back of the Nash hotel for a few years, and after a time the Lumsdens moved to Califor nia, where they lived briefly. Returning to Medford, Mr. Lums den became a partner in Hutch inson and Lumsden, a general merchadising firm located in a building where Mann's Depart ment store now stands. This business was in operation for 35 years. "I hardly know Medford now," said Mrs. Lumsden, speaking of the city's growth and develop ment. "I could easily get lost, especially on the east side. When my friends take me for rides around the east side districts, I remember how my father-in-law used to say 'don't buy or build on the east side there's too much danger of flooding.' " She recalled that this was true In those days, Bear Creek having flooded scores of residents from their homes at different times. Mrs. Lumsden remembers the first car the family owned, a Reo, and recalled how it once was stuck in the mud about where the new Rogue Valley bank building is located on Court treet. Before purchasing the car, the Lumsden family made long trips using horses and wagons, or hacks. Mrs. Lumsden particular ly remembers the first time the family set out on the four-day drive to Crater lake. Shortly af ter leaving she became ill and in Union Creek was forced to re main in bed. The stay in Union Creek lasted for about six weeks, for she had typhoid fever. The next time the family set out for the lake, Mr. Lumsden chose another route for the be ginning of the trip. The wagon road was so rough the couple tied the children in the back seat of the vehicle to keep them from falling out when it bounced over big rocks and fell into deep holes. "The first day we reached Elk creek and the second day we had driven as far as Prospect," she recalled. Bad as was the road to Crater lake, the one to Lake o' Woods was worse, she said. Mrs. Lamsden's early - day activities included membership in Adarel chapter, Order of the Eastern Star in Jacksonville, and in those days she made the trip to Jacksonville by horse and buggy to attend chapter meet ings. In 1900 she helped organize Reames chapter in Medford, and was its third worthy matron. She has been a member of First Pres byterian church since 1897. During the interview Mrs. Lumsden removed her wedding ring from her hand and explain ed that she was especially proud of the ring because it is made of Oregon gold. Mr. Lumsden bought the gold of a man who had mined it near Wolf creek, and mailed the metal to his fi ance in Minnesota. A Minneapo lis jeweler made up the .plain gold band which Mrs. Lumsden has worn ever since her marriage in 1887. Mrs. Lumsden is a na tive of Farmington, Minn., and as a girl was Bessie Berlin. One of the first clubs in Med ford was the Lewis and Clark club.organized as a civic group. When Mrs. Lumsden served as president, she appointed a com-n-iittee to work towards securing a library. She recalls that on the committee, or "library board" were Dr. J. F. Reddy, W. I. Vaw- ter, a banker, Mrs. E. B. Pickle, who now lives in California, Mrs. Paul Tice and Mrs. M. L. Alford. The committee induced C. C. Beekman, Jacksonville banker, to donate land for the library and with the aid of a Carnegie library grant, the first building was "eventually erected. Medford's early-day residents enjoyed parties, as they do now, and Mrs. Lumsden remembers one the Lewis and Clark club gave. Guests were to dress to represent the name of a book. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. T. York, with Mr. York dressed as ''Innocents Abroad" and his wife as "A Long Look Ahead." Mrs. Ed Warner's cos tume was "The Light That Fail ed"' and Dr. Bundy came attired as Shakespeare. W. I. Vawter was "The Prospector" and Mrs. Vawter the "Kentucky Cardi nal." Mrs. Lumsden and her mother-in-law were dressed as "Adam Bede" and "Bittersweet." Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gore had signed the program book, but failed to note what costumes they wore. Mrs. Lumsden will spend to day with her niece and foster daughter, Mrs. James A. Grigs by, and Mr. Grigsby at their home on the Rogue river. The Lumsdens had three children, Hazel, Treve and Ruth, but none are now living. Mr. Lumsden died 28 years ago. Mrs. Lums den's daughter - in - law, Mrs. Treve Lumsden, her grandson and granddaughter all live in other Oregon cities and none will be able to join the Med ford woman on her 90th birth day. She has three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Lumsden sold the family home at 610 South Holly street seve ;1 years ago and has made her home since in apartments. She now lives at The Plaza with her companion, Mrs. Emily An derson. In spite of her 90 birth days, this charming and interest ing woman leads an active life in Medford. She enjoys a wide circle of friends, attends oc casional meetings, plays cards and keeps up with current events by way of radio and television. As We Live Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. George Blum of Tillamook, Ore., who were in Medford to participate in the grand Pacific tournament of the Pacific International Trapshooting association held July 20 through 24. Mr. Blum was elected president of the association during the meet and the couple won first place in the husband and wife match. The association includes eight western states and British Columbia. (Brainerd photo) 4-H Club News Applegate Valley 4-H Fair The annual Applegate Valley 4-H fair will be held Aug. 5 at the Applegate school. Events will begin at 10 a.m. with swine showmanship, followed by live stock judging contest. The home economics projects of the local cooking and clothing clubs will be judged and placed on display for the day. The noon lunch will be served by the local 4-H clubs for a small charge. Immediately after lunch the classes of sheep showmanship will start the afternoon's activi ties. There will be classes for advanced or senior showmen, followed by the intermediate, and then the beginning show men. Dairy showmanship will follow the sheep classes. The afternoon's program will close with the classes in beef show- Failing eyesight prevents her from reading. Mrs. Lumsden has lived in Medford so long that she says "I would not dream of making my home anywhere but Medford." manship. Everyone is invited to attend and all 4-H club members in the county are especially welcome. Ruchettes We had our eighth (meeting July 26 at Nancy Rehead's house. There were eight members pres ent. We had a short business meeting, then adjourned to sewing. There was much progress made. Our next meeting is going to be at Mrs. Williams house Aug. 2. Sharon Rannv will serve. Linda Wells Reporter From Hawaii Mrs. Ted Darling and laugh ter, Linda, of Honolulu, T.H., have arrived in Medford to spend 10 days with Mrs. Darl ing's mother, Mrs. Daphne Bur gess, Dixie lane. They will also spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schumacher, Table Rock road. Most smoked meat products should be used within a week to 10 days from purchase. This ap plies to smoked and picnic ham; and tongue. For sliced bacon at its best, use it within a week. Dr. Hexlock Ways To Keep Weather From Getting You Down Throughout the summer months, no matter where you go, you will run into hot weath er. This is part of nature's plan and you cannot escape it. But you can keep it from getting you down. There is no truth in the common belief that the ef fects of the heat are "purely psychological," as many people tell others when they complain of the heat. Heat has a definite physiological effect, and this is partially responsible for its psychological effect. If you can control, to a cer tain extent, the physiological ef fects of heat, then the psycholo gical effects will not be so great. In this case, it's a ques tion of "matter over mind." Learn, during the heat of summer, to live at a slower pace. This may mean getting up slightly earlier in the morning to avoid having to rush to meet the demands of the day. But you can compensate for this by go ing to bed earlier at night when the day's work is done. Fortunately for all, it is no longer considered necessary to wear clothes much like winter styles in summer. Even men can shed their coats in their offices without being criticized. Light, airy clothes go a long way to ward keeping the body from be coming overheated. Matter of Diet Then there is the matter of diet. Your body does not need as much food or the same type of food as it needs in colder weather. Regulate your diet to suit the thermometer. Iced drinks are refreshing while you are drinking them, but they of ten make you feel hotter later. Avoid them and use plain fau cet water instead. An occasional pinch of salt will help too, to make up for the salt your body loses in perspiration Once you learn to keep your body cooler, you will not think so much about the heat. When you are more comfortable phy sically, you can concentrate your attention on what is at hand and this, in turn, will help you to forget the heat By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. LETTERS FROM READERS Pettiness: "What makes peo ple .petty? I have noticed that there is some relationship be tween pettiness and the amount of education a person has." (A) Pettiness comes . from a narrow sense of values. A per son whose education has been limited is likely to have a nar rower sense of values than the person whose education has been more extensive. While this is not the only cause for pettiness, it certainly is a com mon one. Another very common cause is a feeling of inadequacy or a feeling of martyrdom. The person who feels inadequate concentrates on the small things because he cannot cope success fully with the bigger things of life. A person who feels sorry for himself gets more consola tion from picking at little things in others. Costume Jewelry: "Why is it that teen-age girls like to cover themselves with a lot of cheap costume jewelry?" (A) Teen-age girls like to or nament themselves because they think this adds to their attracti veness. Since very few teen agers have enough money to get real jewelry or even good cos tume jewlry, they must settle for what they can afford. As they become more experienced and get around more, they rea lize that a few pieces of good costume jewelry are preferable ot a large ' number of cheaper pieces. Teasing: "I have always thought that it was the older child who teased the younger, but in our family it is the re verse. I have tried to keep my older child from hitting back at the younger but is this fair?" (A) Your younger child cer tainly should not be permitted to tease the older child without any restraint. You an rlgMJ te not letting the older child back at the ouogr but "u could step in and put a stop to the teasing of the younger child, and this you should do. (COPYRIGHT 1955. GENERAL FEATURES CORP.) Hooks Here Dr. and Mrs. Rolla Hook and daughter, Mary Jo, left Medford Saturday after having been guests of Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Sanders, Groveland avenue. Mrs. Sanders is a niece of Dr. Hook. The Hooks, who live in Logan, la., are touring the west visit ing relatives and friends. Wash your deep-colored tow els and tinted sheets apart from white clothes for two reasons. 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