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o ft! f-3 G 0 O 0 e G G O s so C5 & V :'VC ' ! i 1 - .MJf .... i IPilp(0ifflnii,n Here is the first photograph of Michelle Curtis, three-weeks-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brad Curtis who has been termed "youngest member" of the Oregon Shakespearean festival com pany. Michelle's father, with the festival for the fourth season, not only plays many roles but also is one of the festival's most popular entertainers. He has a large repertoire of ballads and other old songs which he sings to his own guitar accomDaniment. (Anita Fowler photo) Community Hospital Auxiliary Has Hospital Cart In Operation Most recent service offered at Community hospital by the aux iliary is the "hospitality cart, which is receiving favorable re sponse from patients, visitors and staff members according to , Mrs. Shelby Tuttle, president of the auxiliary. The cart was purchased sev eral weeks ago from a firm in Illinois, and is designed espe cially for hospital service. It is cf all steel construction with four display racks for sundries, a magazine rack at either end, end a coffee dispenser. Cost of the unit ' was approximately $125, and Mrs. TutUe states that this, sum wa contributed by sev- era$ interested individuals and groups. Four morningt each week the cart has been taken through the hospital offering such items as coffee, donuts, candy and cigar ettes to relatives and friends of patients, and to doctors and hos pital staff members. Coffee, cream and sugar for the project is furnished by the hospital and is distributed without charge, 'while the other items are sold by the auxiliary for a nominal sum. Afternoon trips with the cart are primarily for the benefit of patients and visitors. Twice weekly such items as combs, toothbrushes, etc. are offered for sale, and current magazines are distributed free of charge. These magazines are furnished by aux iliary members, and the Colony (glftb. A group of 14 women has been organized to operate the cart service, under the co-chairmanship of Mrs. Martin Sands and Mrs. Claude E. Mclntyre. Or ganization of the project was done by Mrs. Tuttle, who adds that the women have all com pleted an orientation course for hospital workers under the direc tion of Mrs. Bernice W. Nims director of nurses, and Miss B. J. Larsen, administrator. During the month of May, the group gave approximately 43 hours of service. Hornbrook Hornbrook Visiting" here last week end were Mrs. John Leslie, Yuba City, Calif., and Mrs. Jack Leslie, Dunsmuir, and daughter Becky who is training at Chil jdrens hospital, San Francisco. They continued on to Ashland, Ore., to visit relatives there. Ronald Weir, former resident here, who has just completed jears duty in Japan, called on iriends here this week. He was on his way to Yakima, Wash., where he has been given a new assignment. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nelson drove to Tillamook, Ore., last week where they returned her father, William Miller, who has been visiting here. Guests at the L. E. Jeter home last week were her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Reid Ren fro, Sacramento, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Jeter and daughter-Sally are leaving this week end for Glendale, Calif., where they will visit relatives. Ohio Nurse Runs Contests as Own Canton, O. (U.R) Miss Olga Erzighkeit has won two medals from the Freedom Foundation, but her most cherished awards are the ones she gives away. She runs her own contests on "What Freedom Means to Me" and awards prizes and money with funds she gets from her speaking engagements. She started her unusual cam paign after winning $50 for a radio speech on freedom. The prize money was labeled "seed money," because she said, "I thought what do you do with seeds? Why, you plant them. I further decided that if I wanted a better world, the place to start was in my own neighborhood." With prize money and speak ing funds she set up freedom es say contests in two elementary schools, a school of nursing, Can-ton-McKinrey High school, and two church groups. "It was the best investment I ever made," she said. "It will pay dividends I will never see. The results can already be seen in my own neighborhood." A registered nurse, Miss Erz ighkeit said she plans to continue the work but has no definite plans for a new type of contest. "I feel I am promoting a cru sade that has always been, a search for freedom," she said. "We have it in America and we must pass it along." For a cool, hearty salad try this combination: Combine strips of cold meat, cucumber rings, tomato wedges and carrot strips with fresh, finely shredded cab bage. Just before serving, toss the salad lightly with a tangy blue cheese dressing. Good sweet corn has fresh, green husks. The kernels should be well-filled and plump. If not, the corn is too ripe or has been pulled too long. "This is delightful simply delightful." These were the words of Leighton Rollins, visit or from Santa Barbara Calif who was a guest for the opening play of the Ashland Shake spearean festival Monday night. Mr. Rollins was not just another playgoer he is the director of the Pacific Coast Music Festival in Santa Barbara, and came to bring a special invitation to Pro ducing Director Angus Bowmer of the Ashland festival to attend the Santa Barbara event. Potpourri sat next to Mr. Rol lins during the play, and also talked with him during the party which preceded the opening night production, and made care ful note of his reactions. We noticed, for instance, that he was amazed at the comfortable seats which the festival theater boasts and muttered "You don't find anything like this in Santa Barbara." He explained that the music festival which he directs, only in its third year, is held in an amphitheater in the grounds of the courthouse, and that seats must be moved in. A new stage is being constructed this year. When the curtain opened on the first scene of a "Midsummer Night's Dream" he watched for a time and then asked Mrs. Bow mer, who sat at his left, "Do you do all this here?" When Mrs. Bowmer assured him that the beautiful Shakespearean costumes were the work of the festival's own costuming depart ment, he appeared considerably impressed, so Potpourri added that it all has to be done between the third week in June and the first day of August. Earlier at the party Mr. Rollins had told us something of the costly and elaborate plans which Santa Barbara music-lovers are making for this year's program, and said that he has a $75,000 budget for the 9-day event. The noted conductor, Leopold Sto- kowski, will be present to con duct an orchestra for several concerts, the famous Paganini quartet is also on the program, and also booked are the Musart String quartet and the Roger Wagner chorale. "The Ashland festival will never really be widely known and solidly established until you bring some really big-name act ors here," he volunteered. And then Mr. Rollins added some thing which interested us very much. He said that in his opin ion, many young and unknown or comparatively unknown act ors and musicians are every bit as good, or better than the well- known and established figures. "But Americans must have big names," he sighed. So Santa Barbara hired Sto kowski, at a figure which prob ably made a big hole in Mr. Rollins $75,000 budget, while Ashland hunts out these young and unknown actors, of which he spoke, and turns out some perfectly wonderful plays at small cost. When Potpourri pointed out that Santa Barbara is noted for its wealth, Mr. Rollins insisted that this had been true years ago, but no longer was a fact and said "we worked hard to raise money to start the festi val." The leaflet which he gave us lists all the functions, such as luncheons, lectures by such per sonages as Oliver Daniel, New York, director of Contemporary Music Projects for Associated Music Publishers, art exhibi tions, carillon concerts, and tours through historical missions. Stokowski is giving his audi ence plenty of Handel, Bach and Mozart, but is mixing in num bers by such composers as the contemporary musician, Hov haness, and will conduct the Hovhaness "Concerto No. 5 for Strings and Solo Piano" in its first performance in this nation. Other first performances are scheduled for works by Cowell and Berger. Adri nenne s JUST TO LET YOU KNOW . . . ED HAMILTON . FURS WILL BE SHOWN At ADRIENNE'S THURS - FRI. - SAT. g Aug. 11 - 12"- 13 214 East Main Adri nenne s Phone 2-7169 Potpourri couldn't resist re proaching Mr. Rollins for a state ment in one of the first releases about his music festival which came to our desk. Because, it said, there were no "summer cultural events on the west coast," Santa Barbara had start ed its festival. Mr. Rollins winced, and said he had never seen such a release and would certainly have squelched it had opportunity presented. Another first-nighter from Santa Barbara was Mrs. Ronald Scofield, who writes for the News Press of Santa Barbara under the name of Dorothy Sco field. Mrs. S. turned out to be a friendly and charming person, who was surprised when we asked to take her picture and said "Newspaper reporters never get their pictures taken you know that!" The cocktail and dinner party which preceded the opening night play brought out a color ful array of summer frocks. Mrs. Cope, whose husband is president of the festival associa tion, wore a white sheath dress with bodice straps made entire ly of rhinestones and Mrs. John Richards, Eugene, whose hus band is chancellor of the Oregon state system of higher education, wore a black and white print. Mrs. Earl T. Newbry, wife of the secretary of state, wore a smart navy blue ensemble with white hat and red shoes. Mrs. Harry Skerry, president of the Tudor guild, had on a brown and white striped frock of polished cotton which set off her dark brown eyes. Among the guests at the din ner were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, loyal festival fans who hurried home from Carmel, Calif., in order to be here for the opening night fest ivities. They arrived in Medford with barely enough time to get ready for the party, but Mrs. Carpenter looked unhurried and composed. She wore a summer suit of printed silk. Sonja Jorgensen and her fath er made a handsome pair as they came down the aisle at St. Mark's church on Sonja's wed ding day. However, Harlan Bos worth almost brought disaster to Mr. Jorgensen's careful con centration on his wedding march steps. Just as Mr. J. and his daughten arrived opposite to the pew where the Bosworths were sitting, Mr. B. leaned out a little and hissed "Keep a stiff upper lip, Jorgie!" The astounded Mr. Jorgensen, frowned, missed a step and then rolled his eyes a bit to see who had spoken, and smiled. Mr, Bos worth is a privileged friend, it seems, for the two have known one another since they were young and gay, and each had served as usher or best man when the other was married. You'd never guess what the latest approach is for arithmetic. High school teachers in Dear born, Mich., have replaced "one, two, three" with "zilch, zumis and gerf" in an effort to see if students can be given a better foundation in arithmetic in a shorter time. If this sounds fantastic, their explanation seems to make sense. The purpose is to help students understand that sym bols are more important than words, according to Otto Olsen, principal. "If John had six ap ples, etc." will be replaced by "If Ramese had six sloogles and his friend had three quins, how many more sloogles would Ram ese have than his friend had quins." "The non-meaningful word helps the student realize he is dealing with neither apples nor slooges, but abstract mathemati cal symbols," the principal states. So, it's gerf-nuddle for tonight, friends! O.S. Syracuse Women Set Club Record Syracuse, N. Y. (U.R) Twen ty-five years of pinochle every Wednesday is the record set by a group of Syracuse women. When they started, there were 15 players, but death and moving from the city have cut the number to eight. The eight meet at each others' homes for lunch and then play pinochle until early evening. "Getting together keeps us young," explained one of the ! women. i To protect your thumb when ; grating vegetables, wear a band aid or piece of adhesive tape on the thumb. GQOJ ten 1 15 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 D m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar is 8 a m of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 D.n the day before publication Sunday, August 7, 1955 BEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEH Sunday 12 noon Opening of Jubilee Art show, Jacksonville city hall. 12 noon Opening of Jackson ville Garden club flower exhibit, IOOF hall, across from city hall. 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Civic club smorgasbord, Ashland civic club house, Lithia park. Monday 8 p.m. NOW, Moose hall, 11 Newtown st. Tuesday 12 noon Medford chapter, American Gold Star mothers, picnic, Hawthorne park, near Girl Scout building. 2 p.m. Loyal Temperance Legion of WCTU, Mrs. E. J Gilstrap, 702 West Fourth st. 2 p.m. Christian Builders of Sams Valley Community church, the Rev. and Mrs H. A. Dier dorf, Gold Hill. 8 p.m. Medford Truth Cen ter, Unity, Room 203, Holly the ater bldg. 8 p.m. St. Peters Lutheran church, 1020 East Main st., re ception honoring the Rev. and Mrs. Willard Burce. 8 p.m. Ladies Mounted troon. auxiliary to Jackson County Mounted Sheriffs posse, home of Mrs. L. E. Edmonds. Rnss lam 8 p.m. Pvthian club. Girls Community club. Wednesday 10 a.m. Central Point Navv Mothers club, Legion Memorial hall. 7:30 p.m. Southern Orp?nn Society of Artists, Mon Desir dining inn. 8 p.m. Women of the Moose. Moose hall. Thursday 11 a.m. WCTU. Dr. and Mrs. Bert Elliott, Central Point- Jacksonville highway. 7 p.m. Talisman Rosphud council, Pythian Sunshine eirls. Pythian bldg. 8 p.m. Miriam circle, Zion News About Books From the Library By MISS HELEN WEBSTER Medford Librarian New books added to the Med ford Public library shelves dur ing July include fiction and a wide variety of non-fiction top ics. They are listed below. Novels: Grandfather Stories, Adams; The Flower Girls, Ash- ton; Man on Spikes, Asinof; Han nibal of Carthage, Dolan; The River Witch, Mclntyre; Scales of Justice, Marsh; The Liner, Peisson: The Way to Gold. Steele The Evil of the Day, Sterling; Nectar in a Sieve, Tay lor; The Freedom Song, Wilson: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Wilson. About Travel Travel books: The History and Treasures of Westminister Ab bey, Tanner; Excavations at Ur, Woolley; Nantaucket, Chamber lain; The Thames, From Mouth to Source, Chamberlain; Fabu lous Chicago, Dedmon; Trans formation, Hanson. Garden helps: Organic Gar dening, Rodale; All About the Perennial Garden, Free; Com plete Culture of Tuberous Be gonias, Hillery; How To Build Outdoor Fireplaces and Lawn Furniture, McKeown; How To Build Patios, Terraces, Barbe cues, Walks, Fences, Awnings. Gates. Hochman. Politics: What Is Democracy?, Lutheran church, social rooms. 8 p.m. FOE auxiliary, lodge hall. Friday 11 a.m. Medford Truth cen ter, Unity, Room 20, Holly the ater bldg. 1 p.m. Phoenix Garden club, .Community club. 6:30 p.m. Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority and families, pic nic, Jackson Hot Springs. Ketchum; What Is Communism?, Ketchum; Now Is the Time, Smith; In the Cause of Peace, Lie. Children: Why Johnny Can't Read, Flesch. Momemaking Books Homemaking: Management in the Home, Gilbreth; Modern Home Decorating, Gruen; How To Restore and Decorate Chairs, Blanchard; Fire on the Hearth, Pierce: Onions in the Stew, Mac Donald; Let's Have Healthy Children. Davis; Insulate and Air Condition Your Home, Conk lin. Religion: A Treasury of Com fort, Greenberg; Rediscovering Prayer, Casteel; Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood, Strong. Arts and Crafts; Faith Builds a Chapel, Boynton; Photography Handbook: Marriott: The Potter of San Ildefonso, Maria; Hi-Fi Manual, Hoefler. Miscellaneous: The Bird Book, Hausman; The Dog Book, Ren del; Dogs and People, Papash vily; New Year. Gaster: The Great Story of Whales, Blond; ButcheringProcessing and Pres ervation of Meat, Ashbrook; How I Raised Myself From Fail ure to Success in Selling, Bett-ger. Sojourner club members will meet for an afternoon of bridge, pinochle and canasta Thursday, August 11, at the Medford hotel. Newcomers to Medford and vi cinity who have lived here less than two years are eligible for membership and are invited to become members. - A small lump of sugar, a half teaspoonsful of baking soda, a little salt or a few pieces of white soap added to the water helps to keep cut flowers fresh. Reunion The annual reunion forfor mer residents of Jewell county, Kansas, will be held in Portland at Kenilworth .park, S. E. 33rd and Holgate streets. Ail former Jewell county Kansans are in vited. The park may be reached by 39th and Eastmorelandcbus routes, those in charge explained. Candles can be cleaned with a cloth dampened in alcohol. 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