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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.
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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
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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.
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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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time of year, than a heaping dish of
Jorgensen's PEACH ICE CREAM ....
How cooling, how delicious and palate
pleasing it is! And the nicest thing about
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are celebrating PEACH ICE CREAM
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For old-fashioned Western excitement and thrills, watch
Hopalong Cassidy every Wednesday night at 7, over
KBES-TV! For a complete account of today's happen
ings, here and abroad, tune in "Paul Harvey and the
News" each weekday, at 12, over KYJC!
PEACH
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colorful quart and half gallon cartons . . . each
just the right size to fit snugly into your refrig
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