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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. , .
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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. ; '
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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
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.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.
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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: ' ..: . .
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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.
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