Guesfrs Attend
Meeting of
0 Medford Club
Two
out-of-town Sojourners
0 club Members visited the Med
ford club when the local group
met at the Medford hotel Thurs
day. Mrs. Charles Dokin was
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from Klamath Falls and
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O Mrs. Hilding Lovenborg, a house-
guest of Mrs. George Lovenborg,
accompanijd her hostess to the
meeting.
Q Inactive members who attend-
u-ed included Mrs. J. L. Davidson,
Mrs. J. H. Moerder, Mrs.. Mayn
ard Paup and Mrs. S. D. Earhart.
O Mrs. Davidson and Mrs.
George Lovenborg were extend-
ed birthday wishes and awards
given during the day went to
Mrs. Victor Kasser, Mrs.' Gene
Chamberlain, Mrs. Earhart and
q Mrs. Owen Ludwick.-
Bridge prizes were won by
p Mrs. W. A. Thananum and Mrs.
(: Forrest Taft; canasta by Mrs. J.
E. Harper and Mrs. Alice An-
O drews; pinochle by Mrs. Paul
Harper and Mrs. Kasser.
Decorations included b o u
quets of golden glow, zinnias and
gladiolus.
Prospective members at the
Q meeting for the first time were
Mrs. J. W. Hoogs, Mrs. Robert
Billingsley and Mrs. Ed Zawis-
lak.
Two new members, Mrs. Rob
n ert Beatty and Mrs. Ivan Nichol-
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son, who were imiuuui:eu. nuuui
40 members and guests attended
the meeting.
Newcomers to the vicinity who
w have
not been contacted are
g especially invited to attend fu
fcture meetings of the group. The
6 next meeting will be September
) 8 at 1 p.m., at the Medford hotel.
Hostesses were Mrs. Esther
Coleman, Mrs. Mabel Wright and
Mrs. Andrews, e
ColQrful Hose
?To Be Fashion
Q New York (U.R) Feminine
Ogams will glow with color this
Ofall. But it'll be a subdued hue.
The new sockings are dyed
guch shades as emerald green,
Gbrange red, midnight blue end
plum purple. 3pme also have
been given the irridesCent treat-(yient-sparked
with green and
gold undertones and supposed
to change color with the change
of costume shade.
The National Association of
jfosiery Manufacturers says this
season will be'the first in which
ie industry has tried the deeper
Shades. Pastel blues, p'nks, yel
lows and greens have bf.en a spe
cialty item for several seasons.
The reason for the nw shades
to give a womai what fash
i ftns experts call the "one color
jfcok" with all accesories blend
ing instead of contrasting with
dress oe suit. Say a woman has
A midnight blue dress; she wears
thidnight blue stockings.
O But te association assures the
wearer the blue will be' a sub
tle shade the skin tone of the
leg will subdue the hue.
Kitchen Charmers!
Brighten your kitchen with
these gay" "animal" designs
for potholders, clever handle
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Dept., P. O. Box 168, Old Chel
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Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS
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Mrs. H. W. Gifford (at left) and Mrs. Earl. Bigalow are shown
here with one cf the awards which Medford unit. American
Legion auxiliary, won at the recent state convention. The plaque
pictured here is the. Edith Haney Brown memorial trophy award
ed to the unit conducting the most outstanding program in child
welfare in the stale. Mrs. Bigalow was child welfare chairman
for the Medford unit last year and is also a past president
of the unit and of District 13. (Brainerd phcco)
Medford American Legion Auxiliary Wins
Department Awards for Past Year's Work
Medford unit of the American
Legion auxiliary won a number
of awards during the recent state
convention according to Mrs. H.
W. Gifford, unit president.
Mrs. Earl Bigalow, member of
the Medford unit and president
of District 13, was awarded the
Sylvia Southard trophy which is
given to' the district president
who conducts the best member
ship program in the state. Mrs.
Bigalow also received the per
sonal award for district mem
bership. District 13 received a citation
for being the first to have unit
histories registered for conven
tion judging and the Medford
unit received the Edith Haney
Brown memorial trophy which
is awarded to the unit conduct
ing the most outstanding pro
gram' in child welfare. Mrs. Biga
low was child welfare chairman.
The unit also was awarded a
cash prize for the best all-around
child welfare activities report.
Department citations will be
presented to radio stations
KMED and KYJC and to tele
vision station KBES-TV for their
community cooperation in public
information.
Among those who attended
the convention at Redmond were
Mrs. Bigalow, president of dis
trict 13 and unit child welfare
chairman; Mrs. Leo Williaris,
department hospital chairman at
Camp White; Mrs. Edwin Leach,
unit Girls State chairman; Miss
Laura York, department music
Family Welfare
Greatly Depends
On Homemaker
Minneapolis U.R) A home
aconomist says the financial wel
fare of the individual and the
family is just about as depend
ent on the homemaker's ability
to run things as it is on the size
of the family pay-check.
"The majority, of families have
changed from making a living to
buying a living," said Use H.
Wolf, head of the home econo
mics department, Oklahoma A
and M college.
"As a result, the homemaker
has become the purchasing agent
for the home and family," she
told the convention of the
American Home Economics
Association.
"She determines to a signifi
cant degree the finaincial condi
tion, not only of herself , and her
family, but also of the national
economy," Miss Wolf said. .
Hostesses Entertain
Pythian Club Members
Pythian club met last Tues
day evening with Mrs. W. L.
Michael and Mrs. Ed Bostwick
as hostesses. After the business
meeting cards were played with
prizes being received by Mrs.
Harry Bryant, Mrs. Dollie Love
and Mrs. Cora Tichnor.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Mabel Nich
olson. 4
Couple Away
Camp White Dr. and Mrs.
Charles K. Todd have left for
Portland and Eugene and will
remain until after the Labor day
week end. In Portland they will
be guests of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Newton
L.' Crosfield.
v7 Check These Dates
September 1 1 through 25
CRUSADE FOR CHRIST
Each Evening 7:30 P.M.
Temple Baptist CKurcK
794 Lozier Lane
chairman; Mrs. Thomas Freed,
chapeau passe 8 et 40; Mrs. M.
E. Fisher and Mrs. Pat Smith.
Newly elected president' of
district 13 is Mrs. L. Bryant of
Grants Pass. Mrs. Harold Leech
of Bonneville was elected de
partment president.
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Back-to-School
Wardrobes Have
New French Look
Back-to-school time calls for
new clothes, and new clothes
for young scholars mean cotton.
This season the French look is
everywhere in ,school-set cot
tons, and the high fashion
themes from Paris have been
cut down to school-size versions.
The overblouse, the tunic and
the A-line are as bright and
shiny as an apple in separates,
jumpers, and dresses, reports the
National Cotton council.
The overblouse is the fashion
favorite with the ABC crowd.
Pleated skirts are popular com
panions, featuring the long-torso
look.
Leading candidates for a
straight "A" fashion are a red
overblouse and gray jumper in
cotton broadcloth. The outfit
looks like a blouse and box-
pleated skirt, but the sleeveless
jumper can be worn alone mak
ing it a double-duty outfit. To
give it a French flair, there's a
red beret in cotton.
Making fashion news on the
playground are the Scotch tar
tans in cotton broadcloth and
corduroy. Black Watch plaid, a
top scorer is featured in blazers,
jumpers, dresses and pedal push
ers. For daddy's girl, the ever-popular
jumper is styled in Black
Watch plaid corduroy to match
father's cotton plaid hankie and
sport shirt.
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Former Residents
Visit in Medford
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred T
Frost, former Medford resi
dents now living in Portland,
are guests in Medford of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Schmdit, 3490
South Pacific highway. They
will leave for Portland the first
of the week.
Other recent guests of the
Schmidts have been their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Draper and four chil
dren, Albany, and another son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Trask and three
sons, San Diego.
Guests Attend
Festival Plays
Mrs. Bruce McDonald and
children,' Terry Lou, Susan Ann
and David Patrick, Butte Falls,
are visting this week with Mrs.
McDonald's mother, Mrs. Fred
Rankin, 18 Richmond avenue.
During their visit Mrs. Mc
Donald plans to attend Oregon
Shakespearean festival plays.
Also here to attend festival
plays were Mrs. John Raitt and
son, Robert Raitt, Paso Robles,
Calif., who were guests of Mrs.
Rankin for the week end. Mr.
Raitt is a political science in
structor in California public
school system.
IPdDilpaDimiPirS
This seems to be the year for valley folk to take unorthodox
tours abroad. Mrs. Clifford Aldrich and a friend from Yreka,
Karen Johnson, set forth to tour Europe with no reservations of
any kind anywhere, no knowledge of foreign- languages, no return
tickets and, according to Mrs. Aldrich, "no sense no nothing."
They came home with reports of a wonderful time and plans to
go again.
What will be more amazing to most women, they took only
one small suitcase for the two of them, plus what they could cram
into small zipper cases which each carried.
Mrs. Aldrich wrote "Between the two of us we carried one
small overnight case which held our complete wardrobe. It con
sisted of two shortie nightgowns, one bar soap, one jar cold
cream, one wrap-around nylon robe (community property) one
extra orlon and cotton dress apiece, a few scattered bobby pins,
one bottle aspirin, one jar powdered coffee, lots of color film as
well as black and white for picture taking. Total weight 23
pounds. This included a written agreement that we would take
turns carrying the suitcase.
"Our going away costumes were homemade sun-back dresses
of printed orlon and cotton with matching jackets having three
quarter length sleeves. We wore nylon lingerie, no jewelry except
our wrist watches, our sturdy ballet suppers fashioned with tiny
flat heels (our favorite footgear) no hats and a good warm coat
apiece.
"We each carried a large zippered handbag Into which we put
our toothbrushes, lipsticks, one emery board and a pair of minia
ture scissors, one silk scarf (for church visits) an orlon sweater, a
fountain pen and the best cameras on the market. Next to our skin
in specialy designed petticoat purses we carried our travelers
checks and passports. Some half-wit suggested at the last minute
that we also carry silver dollars as emergency currency these
together with our smallpox certificates gave us a well fed look
over one hip."
Both women are dancers and dance instructors, and visited
many studios and dance schools while on the trip.
The George Flanagans Mr. and Mrs. and three sons, also
went to Europe without reservations and had an equally wonder
ful time. The unique feature of the Flanagans' tour was that they
visited 23 families in Germany families the Flanagans had aided
with food, clothing and encouraging letters written by Mrs. F.
during the postwar years.
The sending of the CARE packages and the letters had been in
the nature of a personal project in international good-will and un
derstanding and the Flanagans now know that it was worth doing.
Everywhere they went the Germans received them with open
arms and expression of genuine friendship and gratitude, they
report. Only one person attempted to "use" the Americans, they
said, one man having been determined that Mr. F. would make
it possible for him to come to the United States to live.
Mrs. Flanagan, who bubbles with enthusiasm over her expe
rience,' came home believing that people in this country can learn
many things from the Europeans. She was impressed with the fact
that they do not waste huge quantities of food and other material
as do Americans, impressed with their wide knowledge of foreign
languages, liked the Germans for their thrift, industry and neat
ness, and their excellent coffee. She wishes that this country
would copy the Europeans and do away with highway advertising,
she wishes that American families "lived together and worked to
gether" as the European families do and that Americans had the
habit of eating at sidewalk tables and other outdoor spots yke
the continentals.
Potpourri was pleased to have an opportunity of meeting Alf
Guldahl of Strommen, Norway, who was married August 20 to
Harriet Houghton, daughter of the Dwight Houghtons. This per
sonable young man chatted with us in a friendly fashion, said he
was one of nine brothers and the last to be married.
When we asked him if weddings in Norway were much differ
ent from those here, he said not much and added that the wed
ding marches were a little different. The bridegroom then ex
plained that in Norway the procession down the aisle is at a some
what faster rate, and that the recessional is about the same pace.
He apologetically said he felt he
church, and we agreed that this is a custom in America which
might well be changed.
The bridegroom's family in Norway arranged to have a large
bouquet of flowers sent to the bride the day before the wedding
and these were tied with the Norwegian colors, red, white and
blue. During the wedding reception the Rev. George R. V. Bol
ster, who had officiated for the ceremony," proposed a toast to the
bride and said "To Harriet for her efforts to promote friendly
international relations."
Mr. Guldahl said he and Harriet plan to visit in Norway in
1957 and that the visit would determine whether or not they
stayed in that country, or returned here.
It was only last week that Potpourri learned with horror that
in the Guldahl-Houghton engagement story a typographical, error
resulted in the statement that "Miss 'Houghton has been attending
Central Institute for 'the Dead." Just one little letter wrong, and
look what happens. The bride's tactful mother did not reproach
us, or even mention the mistake.
Neither has Mrs. Aldrich mentioned the fact that her name
came out "Mrs. Mildred Aldrich" instead of Mrs. Clifford Aldrich.
When this appeared to our startled gaze we rushed to the copy
box and found that some bemused typesetter had nonchalantly
given Mrs. A. a new name.
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The dress which Charity Williams wore Tuesday for her wed
ding to Robert Small, Seattle architect, was one of the most un
usual and interesting we had ever seen. Made from exquisite taf
feta brought from China about 60 years ago, the dress had a
panel of beautiful embroidery set in the skirt, the design being
lilies-of-the-valley and pansies in color. The tiny nosegay of white'
rosebuds and violets, which the
tranquil face completed a picture which brought murmers of ap
preciation from the reception guests. O.S.
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Exclusively In This Area by
Sunday, August 28, 1953
Elk-Trail PTA
Begins Season;
Plans Projects
Elk-Trail First meeting of
Elk-Trail -Parent-Teacher as
sociation for the fall term was
held Friday at the home Mrs.
Wilmer Ragsdale with Mrs.
Arthur Hume, president "pre
siding: .
Other officers and chairmen
for the year are Mrs. Thomas
Smith,'vice-president; Mrs. Oscar
Hanson, budget; Mrs. Harry
Harding, historian; Mrs. D. W.
Wilson, hospitality; Mrs. Tony
Miller, legislation; Mrs. George
Moore, music; Mrs. Harry Case
bier, publicity; Mrs. 'Carl Scott,
parliamentarian; Mrs. Lewis
Dusenberry, room representa
tive; Mrs. Henry. Schuder,
founders day; Mrs. Robert Daw
son, kitchen, and Mrs. Orage
Houston, child care.
A report on the National PTA
workshop conducted by Mrs. H.
Bieler in Klamath Falls recent
ly was given by Mrs. Dusen
berry and Mrs. Hume.
Lee Merrimtm, principal of
the Elk-Trail school, explained
the purpose of the "in service
training" for non-high school
teachers and announced it would
take place at the Elk-Tail school
September ff and 9.
Plans were made for ' PTA
women to serve lunches those
two days to about 80 teachers
who will attend. Mrs. Ragsdale
is luncheon chairman and Mrs.
Hume is the general chairman.
A meeting will be held Tues
day, September 6 at 10:30 a.m.,
at the school cafeteria for all
women who will help with the
luncheon.
The school cafeteria will open
for regular student lunches on
Monday, September 12. Parents
arc to provide a sack lunch for
their . children on Wednesday,
September 7 but milk will be
available at the school.
No school will be held Sep
tember 8 and 9 . because of the
teachers' meeting. The next
PTA session will be September
29 at 1:30 pan., in the school
recreation room. '
Meat loaf bakes faster in a tube
cake pan than in the loaf-type
pan.
Here are two Important
every students - - - these
more "name" lines can be
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A harmonizing "mismatch" or
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Spalding Oxfords
Teena Paige Dresses
Judy Bond Blouses
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Gardeners Plfo
Annual Luncheon
.Medford Garden club mem
bers will meet Thursday, Sep
tember 1 for the first time since
summer vacation. Ttie session
will be held in the picnic area
in the south end of Hawthorne
park, unless weather conditions
do not permit. In such event
the group will meet at the Py
thian building, Fifth and Grape
streets. '
The meeting will be the an
nual herb luncheon and each
member is to take an herb salad
or a hot dish and table service.
The committee will serve cof
fee, tea, rolls and dessert. The
meal will be served at 12 noon.
A business meeting will be
conducted at 2 p.m. -Arrangements
have been made for a pro
gram on wild herbs in the Rogue
river valley. Reports on a re
cent state convention , also will 0
be given.
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ially advisable if you're switch
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