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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday, December 2, 1955
IRL to Hold
Conference
Tomorrow
The southern Oregon regional
conference of the International
Relations league will be held at
Medford Senior High school to
morrow with members of the
Medford IRL as hosts. Medford,
Grants Pass, Klamath Falls,
Jacksonville, Myrtle Creek and
Riddle .leagues will be repre
sented. The local conference is" in
preparation for the state confer
ence to be held at the University
of Oregon in February, and will
have the same topic, Africa.
Main speakers for the confer
ence will be J. C. Brown of the
political science department of
the University of Oregon, and
Clifford Miller of the political
science department of Southern
Oregon college. Both have lived
in Africa. Mr. Brown is execu
tive secretary of the state
league. 0
Round table discussions are
planned on French colonialism
in Africa white supremacy and
Arab nationalism.
Officers of the Medford
league are Miss Marilyn Olson,
president; John Van Dyke, -vice-rjresident
and program chair
man; Miss Meredith Foote, secre- J
tary-treasurer.
The conference committee is
composed of Miss Olson, John
Van Dyke, Miss Foote, Miss De
anna Campbell, Miss Jane Bash,
Miss Mira Frohnmayer- Miss
Sandra Laing, Miss Kaye Chris
tian, Miss Nancy McKeown, Bill
Isaacs, Miss Sue Donna Doolen,
Yarry Gants and Tim Hillerman.
Gold Hill Group
To Hold Party;
Couples Entertain
Gold Hill Amethyst Rebekah
Post Noble Grands' club will
hold a Christmas party Decem
ber 19 at the home of Mrs. Lester
Parker. Mrs. Earl Moore will be
co-hostess.
Amethyst friends will be re
vealed and names will be drawn
for 1956.'
Last meeting of the club was
held at the home of Mrs. Wilmer
Bailey, and during a business
meeting members voted to send
a Christmas gift to Noel Kellogg,
a patient at the tuberculosis
sanitarium in Salem.
Visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Rasmussen for
Thanksgiving and the week end
were Mr. and Mrs. David Butter
field and two daughters, Denise
and Patricia, Portland; Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Bell, their daughter,
Rose Ann, Drew, Ore.; Mr. and
Mrs. C. Rasmussen and two
daughters, Janice and Christine,
and two sons, Jim Jr., and Rich
ard of Garberville, Calif. Mrs.
Butterfield and Mrs. Bell are
daughters of the Rasmussens,
and James Rasmussen is their
son.
Mr. and "Mrs. Carl Whitford
left Monday for Rising Star, Tex.,
to spend two week with rela
tives. While in Texas Mrs. Whit
ford's parents will celebrate their
golden wedding anniversary.
They will return home by way
of Salt Lake City.
Auxiliary Gives
Surprise Shower;
To Sponsor Group,
Eagle Point A surprise show
er was given for Mrs. Hoyl
Jordan when the " Eagle Point
Lions' auxiliary met at the home
of Mrs. Lee Hayes Monday night.
Twelve members attended and
Jatrs. Dean Collette was a guest.
"The group voted to sponsor
th)newly organized Camp Fire
group under the guardianship of
Mrs. Leroy Bettingfield. The aux
iliary also voted to sponsor and
take part in the March of Dimes
mothers' march and to include
the Camp White area in the dis
trict to cover.
Plans were made for the dis
tribution of Christmas baskets
to the needy and lonely. Mrs.
Charles Martin was appointed
chairman of the Community
Christmas tree project.
Mrs. Vern Bonebrake. presi
dent, welcomed Mrs.- Dunford
as a new member.
It was announced that auxili
ary members were invited to a
dinner December 5 at the Dar
danelle. Gold Hill, as guests of
the Lions.
Next meeting of the group
will be a potluck dinner at the
Teen-age club building Decem
ber 12 at 7:30 p.m. At that time
members will work on the Christ
mas welfare project.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Johnson
and son, Charles, were guests
Thanksgiving day in the home
of their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs, Martin Johnson,
Central Point." Also present were
Mrs. Johnson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Starks, and her broth
er, Leland.
Friends and relatives gather
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Throne and sons Marvin,
for Thanksgiving dinner. Mrs.
Throne's brother, Kenneth Arn
old, Mrs. Arnold and their three
children from Hugo, Ore., and
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Becker,
Grants Pass, spent the day, with
the Thrones o
Mr. and Mrs. William Scott
and Joe Orteze of Coos Bay, and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grove, and
Billie, Barbara and Betty Grove,
of Mount Vernon, Wash., recent
ly visited Mr. and Mrs. Mike
VanHouten in Gold Hill.
Townsend Auxiliary
Has Luncheon Meeting
Townsend Harmony auxiliary
met Wednesday at the A. W.
Ellison home, 21 Genessee st.
Among the 19 members attend
ing was C. H. Lorton, who is 97
years old.
A potluck luncheon preceded
the business meeting. A bazaar
was planned for a later date and
a Christmas tree and program
with gifts were planned for the
regular Townsend club meeting
December 19.
The program closed with each
member reading a short comic
sketch.
The auxiliary meets every
Wednesday in the home of a
member.
Miss Florence Williams
New Librarian
Reports at SOC
Ashland Miss Florence Wil
liams, catalog librarian of South
ern Oregon college, is now at
work cataloging books, phono
graph records, maps and micro
filming for the Library of Con
gress cards. Miss Williams, who
came to SOC before the opening
of the fall term, is filling a new
ly created post for the schdol.
Miss Williams received her li
brary degree from the University
of Southern California. Origin
ally an Iowan from Keokuk, Miss
Williams took her master's de
gree in English at Colorado State
college. She remained at Colo
rado for six years, having been
employed in the cataloging de
partment of the college library.
According to Miss Myrtle
Funkhouse, librarian, creation
of the new post was necessary
because of SOC's enrollment increases.
Club Will Play
For Master Points
Riverside Bridge club will
play for master points when the
group meet Wednesday, Decem
ber 7.
North-south winners for this
week's play were Mrs. F. R.
Baker and Dr. George B. Dean,
first, 101 points; Mrs. T. J. Fuson
and Mrs.oAl Gilhousen, second,
ZIVz; Mrs. B. L. Sanderson and
Mr. Fuson, third, 86; Mrs. B. B.
Hughes and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson,
fourth, 85.
East-west winners were Mrs.
Van Gilbert and Mrs. C. L. How
ard, first, 99V2 points; Mrs. Paul
McDuffee and Mrs. Edna Miller,
second, 93VS points; Mrs. M. M.
Herman and Mrs. Yvonne Dalen,
third, 92; Mrs. Berg Marten and
Mrs. Dwight Seely, fourth, 91.
Plarv Party
Westminster guild will hold
the annual Christmas meeting
Monday, December 5, at the
home of Mrs. Verl Walker, 2642
Merriman road.
Principal Explains
Testing Program
For Talent Group
Talent For the last meeting
of Talent Parent-Teacher associa
tion, Eugene Vinckel, principal
of Talent High school, spoke on
the guidance testing program be
ing conducted in the school. The
program is being carried on in
three parts, vocational guidance,
educational guidance and person
al problems, he stated.
The vocational test attempts
to guide students into work suit
ed to their abilities and interest.
Occupational information is fur
nished through outside speakers,
class units and pamphlets.
The educational test guides
students toward courses designed
to help them in their chosen
fields, and best suited to their
interests and abilities. The third
phase of testing attempts to help
sudents solve their personal
problems and to prevent prob
lems from arising, the speaker
said.
Bruce Hitt, principal of the
elementary school, talked on
reading problems. He spoke of
the adjustments which primary
pupils must make and of "read
ing readiness:" He compared ma
terials used in modern teaching
and of the carry-over of home
interests incorporated into school
books. -
Mr. Hitt stated that according
to scientific tests, present-day
reading abilities are much high
er for the same age and grade
than in days of the past.
Pie concluded his talk with a
question and answer period.
Mrs. Alan King, president,
conducted a business meeting.
Officers and chairmen gave rou
tine reports, and Mrs. Jack Suks
dorf, program chairman, stated
plans are being made for a teen
age and parent panel discussion
period at the next meeting.
The group voted to continue
this year an effort to obtain
funds for purchase of a record
player for the erade school.
Mrs. Mattie Bartol stated that
organization of cub scout packs
is being delayed due to lack of
interest among parents and asked
those interested to call Ashland
2-8024.
The program and meeting fol
lowed a potluck dinner given in
observance of family night. The
tables were decorated by stu
dents of the fifth and sixth
grades.
SOC Faculty Member
Author Of Article
Ashland An article by Dr.
Eugene W. Bowman, Southern
Oregon college faculty member,
appears in the November issue
of the Journal of Educational Re
search. e
Dr. Bowman's article, "A Com
parison' of Teachers' and Admin
istrators' Opinions on Personnel
Administration Practices," is an
abstract from this doctoral the
sis written at the University of
Oregon in 1952.
Secretary Attends.
Two-Day Session
Mrs. Helen A. Wilson, execu
tive secretary of Jackson Coun
ty chapter, American Red Cross,
left yesterday for Portland to
attend a conference of executive
secretaries.
Chapters of Oregon and Wash
ington will be represented at the
two-day meeting.
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