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o SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Woman who are serving as leaders in the women's division of the United Medford Crusade will be trained this -week for their work, and their pari of the campaign will begin November 3. Recently colonels, majors and captains met at the homeof Mrs. Scott Davis, -one of the division chairmen, to discuss the campaign over morning coffee. Pictured after the meeting are Delegates Report Convention News . For District 4 . Convention reports were given en at the monthly meeting of ' District 4, Oregon State Nurses association, held at Camp White October 18. Mrs.: Sue Monteith, president; Mrs. Gertrude Molloy, Miss Alena Makinen. Mrs. Chris tine Bates and Mrs. Martha Mur phy represented the local group at the ' state meeting held in Portland October 11 through 13. About 400 registered nurses from all over th eiste were in attendance. Considerable em phasis, at the convention was placed on work being done to promote improved working rela tions between the , nurses . and nurse employee groups, it was reported. Dan Hayes, attorney for OSNA, reported on the work with the State Hospital associa tion which has resulted in- im proved nursing standards , that went into effect in July of this year. 1 The local group agreed to sup port the plan of Jackson county civil defense authorities to train local registered nurses to staff a blood program for use in the local area in case of national emergency or disaster. Jackson: county has been chosen as one of three areas in Oregon for such, a program to be instituted. " ' Plans were completed for the annual banquet. which will' be hejd at . Mori Desir October 27. The next'meeting will be held at Sacred Heart hospital with a special program to honor the registered nurses living in the Ashland area. , . 1 " . ' ; Gardener Speaks ; On Chrysanthemums Phoenix - Mrs. fTeona Corri gan, Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Lawrence Luy of Jackson- , ville Garden club were guests for the last meeting of Phoenix Garden club. It was held at the Community hall. Hostesses for the dessert luncheon were Mrs. B. C. Rich ards, Mrs. William Wilkins, Mrs. Leo Thomas and Mrs. es ter Carr. Mrs. Luy gave an informative talk on chrysanthemums and brought a number of specimens from her own garden for illu stration of the kinds and sizes of flgtwers. Twenty-four members of the club were present to en joy the program. - The flower arrangement for the meeting was taken by Mrs. R. E. LeVander and the prize was won by Mrs. S. E. Cox. , It was announced that the next meeting of the' club will be a workshop on flower arrange ments. ; ' 4 ' . Medford Man Host For Dinner Party , Harry Furch was host Thurs- day night for a dinner party in Grants Pass, and later the group attended the wrestling matches. Guests were Mrs. Agnes Furch, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Furch, Talent, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hall, Rogue River, Mrs. Har riet Finley, Mrs. Rufus Edwards and Mrs. Ernest Brown. The furniture that's Setting .. .-" the Trend! .See It in the , Windows at . . . Bush Home Furnishings Couple Engage To Be Wedded Today in Maxwell, Neb., a Medford man will marry the woman to whom he was engaged in 1916 and from whom he part ed because of a lover's quarrel. To be married are Mrs. Meda Reynolds Geyer and ' Alvin Charles Lucas. The wedding ceremony will be held at -the Assembly of God church in Max well and a reception will be held at the Maxwell City hall. The. bride has lived for many years near Maxwell. Mr. Lucas, who has made his home in Med ford since 1936, formerly lived in North Platte, Neb. also the Anniversary ..In observance of the 24th an niversary of the institution of the auxiliary to Crater Lake aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Thursday evening, charter mem bers and past presidents were honored. A candlelight - ceremony was conducted. " . '- The first minutes of the .aux iliary were read byMrs. George Tucker, first president vof the group. Readings were eiven by Mrs. Lyle. Pickle and Mrs.' Ray Price. . . "' . ;, - - s, . ' Gifts were rjresented each charter member- and past presi dents wno attended. Congrat ulatory telegrams from Mrs. Jack Meacham, Leavenworth. Kan., nd Mrs.- Paul Terry, Denver, Colo., past presidents, were read. ; '' At the close of the meeting a birthday cake and coffee were served. Mrs. . Mary Brown. Grants Pass, was a guest. The next meeting will hp Thursday, October 27, anif ini tiation ceremonies will be con ducted. .The class will be dedi cated ; to the charter members and past presidents. An apron auction will be held' for the Damon Runvon ranrer fund. ' Vete rans Awarded High Score Prizes ' j Camp White American Legion auxiliary prizes provided j by the Medford unit were award- : ed to veterans holding the high- j est scores for September at the : last meeting of Camp White i Bridge club. Emery Wheat won first prize, William Hickey, sec ond and Mike Dillon, third. i North-south winners were Roy ! Pruitt and Ray Wise, first, 1031s 1 points; W. Hood and William! Isaacs, second, lOOVij.Mr. and Mrs. Howard Boyd, third, 99 Vi; Mr.' and Mrs, George Choate, fourth, 98 points. Winning east-west were' Mrs. j.. j. i uson and Mike Dillon, ! first, 118V8: Mrs. Jack Love and ! Walter Grow, second, 96Vs; Mrs1 E. K. Ricker and Arthur Sca'r .i seth, third, 95; Mrs. Yvonne Dalen and John Solheim, fourth', i 93. ; ! Southern Oregon's Furniture Showplace Pacific' Hiway, North of Big Y. Phone 2-8618 Sunday, October 23. 1955 (left to right) Mrs. Herb Gifford, Mrs. F. C. Vogel, Mrs. E. J. DeVoe, Mrs. Davis. Mrs. James Minnis, Mrs. Al Littrell. co chairman with Mrs. Davis. Mrs.. John Graff, Mrs. Elliott Becken. Mrs. D. E. . Fosbury, Mrs. Dwight Houghton, Mrs. William . Koepke, Mrs. Leonard Mayfield, Mrs. Tom Higgins, Mrs. Eugene Thorndike and Mrs. E. R. Hoppe. (Brainerd photo.) d in 1916 in Nebraska former home of Mrs. Geyer, then Miss Meda Reynolds. Mr. Lucas, an employee of the Southern Pacific freight . offic es here, left for Nebraska last Tuesday. . The newly wedded couple will live here at 317 West Clark street. Miss Reynolds and Mr. Lucas first met 37 years ago at North Platte. He then was working at Green River, Wyo., for a rail way company and his parents lived across the street from the Reynolds home. The couple through subse quent visits became engaged and planned to be married. Through a quarrel they parted and be fore they could reconcile, Mr. Lucas was drafted into service with the Army for World War I.- Both married . others. Mrs. Geyer . has raised a family and her husband was killed in 1946 by-lightning on their farm near Maxwell. Mr. Lucas' wife died in the meantime. " . It was through settling' an es tate in his family and through inquiries which he made i to friends that led to a niece of Mrs. Geyer, and consequently to her. When Mr. Lucas learned where his former fiance lived he went to the midwest and the two decided to be married. Club Has Forum (3n Chrysanthemums " Jacksonville The vgrowing habits and. general care of chry santhemums were discussed at a meeting of the Jacksonville Garden club Thursday at the home of-Mrs. Lance Offenbach er on the - Upper Applegate.. Types, names and favorites of members were named. Mrs Otto Hackert and Mrs. Law rence Luy were leaders. Refreshments were' served. Mrs. Luy and Mrs. L. R. McKee poured. Mrs. C. P. Smets, Mrs. Mrs. Robert Sorber and .Mrs. James Winningham were the hostesses. Vianl Wove Hoi W on BUY THE NEW G'-j - AUTOMATIC . ELECTRIC ' Water Heater: Wash a Load of; - Clothes EVERT HOUR -All Day Long- ONLY $5.00 A MONTH NOTHING DOWN HOME APPLIANCE 115 EAST, MAIN Authorized Dealer CENERAlO ELECTRIC Water Heaters QUI Two Women Join Artists' Society; Announce Dinner Two Central Point women be came members of the Southern Oregon Society of Aritsts during a meeting of -the group held re cently at Mon Desir dining inn. They; are Mrs. Ralph Hixson and; Mrs. Howard Wilson.: A for mer associate member, Mrs. Fred Rankin, Medford, was granted an active membership. Plans for a nohost dinner were made, the event to be held at the Medford hotel in connec tion . with the annual exhibit there, by Medford branch Amer ican Association of : University Women, in observance of Nation al Art week. . Arrangements are to be made by Hal Bishop, president, and so ciety members and "guests will be reminded, by cards. . '. Picture-of-the-month selected at the meeting was a watercolor, "Dirty Weather," by Victor Wrigglesworth. An oil painting in the modern manner, entitled, "Tones of Fall," done by John Ahern, will be exhibited at Pu ruckers Piano house. Two other oils, one a desert landscape in pastel shades by Vola Tolman Blue, and a portrait of a child by Gean Neece will be exhibited at Burgess Paint Store. These pic tures will be placed Novem ber i: ' ..: . . fB sV Federation Announces Dates Second Flower Show School Second course of the flower show school sponsored by Sis kiyou district, Oregon Federa tion of Garden clubs, will be krld October 25, 26, and 27 in Central Point Grange hall. Classes will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Indian Problems Topic of Meeting Of Church Women Guests and members of Ruth Esther unit of Wesleyan Service guild, First Methodist church, heard' of the present conditions of Indian Americans in a talk by Mrs. Charles Adamson Mon day evening. The book, "Within Two Worlds," is study book for the year for the group and through this Mrs. Adamson illustrated that the Indian people are caught now between life on the reservation which holds no .in terest to an Indian who has lived outside, and the competitive world of today with no real place for the Indian. She depicted the Indian Amer icans as highly religious people betrayed by governmental trust and with the biggest percentage unprovided for by the churches. She concluded the program with a group of authentic In dian songs. Devotions, "Brotherhood Through Stewardship," were given by Mrs. Anne Gorby. Mrs. Lionel Guy, president, conducted a brief business ses sion. The refreshment committee was made up of . Mrs. Louise Davis, Mrs. Alberta Boardman and Mrs. Bernice Kunzman. Guests were Mrs. Ruby Dodds, Miss Louise King, Mrs. Muriel Preston, Mrs. Georgia Casson, Mrs. T. F. Ambush; and Mrs. B. F. Simmonds. From out of town were Mrs. Ethel Ferris, San Francisco, and Mrs. H. James Jenkins, Portland. . 1 October Meeting Of Association To Be Tuesday The October meeting of Worn en's association of First Presby terian church will be held Tues day, October 55. Hope Circle wilL be in charge of the complete program 'with Mrs. D. K. West as chairman. The theme of the program is Miraj, which is a big medical, center in Southwest India, and is one of the national projects for mis sions. ' . Decorations, music, and cos tumes will be in the Indian mo tif. ' Dessert will be served promptly at 1 o'clock and nurs ery care will be provided. Wednesday and Thursday will be reserved for examinations. Instructors for the fall classes will be Mrs. Milton Winters, Portland, vice-president of the Oregon federation, and Mrs. W. G. Stellmacher, Tangent, Ore. Mrs. Winters will discuss flower arrangement with spec ial emphasis on line and balance and the study of the color wheel with emphasis on monochroman tic color harmony. Mrs. Stell macher will lecture on flower show practice and horticulture. Special attention will be given to practice of schedule , making for shows, since this is consid ered most important for the suc cess of any show. Show judges go by the schedule, and it must be made up so everyone enter ing competition will be able to interpret the schedule correct ly., Mrs. Stellmacher will also speak on house plants and the judging of fruits, vegetables and chrysanthemums. Those who have not pre-regis- tered will be able to do so at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday 25 at" the Grange hall. Classes will start at 10 a.m. Registration fees will be the same as last year. A hot lunch will be served at noon for a nominal fee. . Every one interested is in vited to attend the classes, and it is not necessary to be a gar den club memeber. It is possible to aucut. any or all the classes October 25 and 26. For. further information call Mrs. Gaston Floux, Central Point NO4-2640, show school chairman; Mrs. A..O. Floyd Med ford 2-6438, Siskiyou District di rector; Mrs. Charles C. Stearns, Medford 3-1584, president of the Medford club; Mrs. L. R. Tho mas, Medford 3-2879; Mrs. A. C. Lewis, Phoenix, 3-2822, or Mrs. w; L. Holbrook, Medford, 2-8802. . Books to study in preparation for the course are "All About House Plants" by Montague Free; Women's Home Compan ion "Garden Book," chapters 39 and 49; "Design in Flower Ar rangements" by Arms; the chap ter on design and color in Gray son and flower show . practice on Schedule" from handbook. I 7 The Delightfully Different Jkf New Pattern $1 T0TAU fI2Q0 V 0 CTI INCLUDED! 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