Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 11, 1955, Image 22

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Newspaper Page TextSIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Woman Observes 96th Birthday At Tea Thursday Mrs. Mattie Railsback was honored a a tea Thursday, De cember 3. which observed her 96th birthday anniversary. The event was held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Marsh, 33 Norlh Orange street. Mrs.Railsback, born in Bent on countv. Iowa, lived in that state until 1932 when she moved to California. In recent months y.hp has made her home with the Marshes. She is the mother of five child rx, Charles Railsback, Glen dale, Mrs. G. H. Knupp and TUrc P H Strickland, both of Whittier. Calif.; Stanley Rails- hark. Waterloo. Ia., an Mrs. Marh A vouneer sister and brother live in Iowa. Mrs. Railsback has eight grand children, and eight great-grand children. One grandson, Larry Marsh, and his two sons, John m Rnh livp in Medford at 2227 East Main street. Mrs. Railsback is in good health and enjoys handwork, having recently finished making a wool afghan. She attends Zion Lutheran church. For the tea Thursday Mrs. Marsh covered the refreshment table with a cloth of holiday green and loops of Christmas tin-l. Ttip rentemiece was of red carnations. Navy Mothers 0 Central Point The Christmas party pf Central Point Navy Mothers club is to be held "Wednesday, December 14 at the home of Mrs. Homer Brown on North Old Stage road. Those who need transportation for the all- day meeting are asked to be at the Central Point post office not later than 11 a.m., that day. Sunday, December II, 1955 Why Not Get in Shape' For the Holidays QZissrCii K pantie girdle legs can't feel m Smooth your figure problems away in Gossard's boneless, pull-on of sheer clastic net with clastic panel. The light, right control you barely know is there. That's because Gossard's first-ever design in panlie girdles up-shapes the legs, then edges them with clastic net for absolute freedom. No leg bind T . O M'hite 795 Black 850 We Give S&H Green Stamps Idah M. Wood Graduate Corsetiere 526 E. Main - Just Across the Bridge pgr g Mrs. Mattie Railsback celebrated her 96th birthday anniver sary December 8, and was honored at a tea given by her daugh ter, Mrs. H. J. Marsh' 38 Norlh Orange street. Mrs. Railsback, who wore a corsage of pink rosebuds on her dark dress, just completed the afghan shown in the picture. She was born in Ben ton county, Iowa, and lived in that state for many years. Brain erd photo) ' , Sunday 1 p.m. Cebu swamp, Military Order of Lizards, Mrs. James Cech, 2877 Springbrook rd. 1 p.m. Jackson County chap ter, .Associated Council for the Blind, St. Mark's Guild hall. 3 p.m. Philharmonic Society of Southern Oregon, . concert, Medford Senior High school auditorium. Monday 12 noon Scottish Rite wo-j mens club, Meatora noxei. 12:30 p.m. Adarel Past Mat rons club, UJib, JVirs. r.awara Pease, 130 Vernada PI. 1 p.m. Howard Garden club, Mrs. James Wicker, 809 Adams lane. 1:30 p.m. Retired Teachers association, Mrs. Bertha Baugh- mn, 100- Lincoln st., Ashland, transportation, 12:30 p.m., from J&ckson hotel. 6:30 p.m. Chrysanthemum circle, NOW, annual dinner, Moose hall, 11 Newton st. 7:30 p.m. Candlelight and Vesper circles of First Presby terian church, home of Mrs. Ralph Thompson, 18 North Mo doc ave. 7:30 p.m. Butte Falls Parent Teacher association, high school. 7:45 p.m. Gorsline Mission ary circle, First Baptist church, Mrs. Gary Shuler, 17 Corning crt. 8 p.m. FL club of Olive Re- bekah lodge, 2262 Delta Waters ro. Tuesday 10:30 a.m. Oak Grove Home Extension, unit, Mrs. Lyle B. T h u r m a n, 3379 Jacksonville highway. . , 12:30 p.m. First Presbyterian church circles, Charity, Mrs. A. A. Ingram, 1513 Terrace dr.; Faith, Mrs. C. Rease Braley, 245 Valley View dr.; Mercy at church, Eighth and Holly sts.; Temple, Mrs. Allen R. Smith, 102 Black Oak dr., and Trinity, Mrs. Gaston Floux, route 1, box 50, Central Point. 1 p.m. First Presbyterian church circles, Bethany, Mrs. Richard Alley, 3 Greenway cir cle; Grace, Mrs. C. H. Wendt, Ross lane, and Hope, Mrs. A. Z. Dean, 1006 South Oakdale 1 Here's a Special Formula bread with some- ,n!ng ordinary diets lack ... a delicious C V " avor P'us rea' nu,r'- 3 V tion. About 46 calo- FREE ! Hollywood Diet Cifei ?tKj,8&.$S1 10 and COorn Guide. riesperl8 gram slice. w. o,y. Bo, '54- 13??. mti .mi Calif. LORI NELSON Mring in"SINCERELY YOURS' w In WrnrCobr Drcsented bv Warner Brat. Hollywood Bread Is Baked Exclusively In This Area By ave. 2 p.m. Sams Valley Christian builders, home of Mrs. Robert Galloway. 7:30 p.m. Eastwood Baptist church, all - church Christmas party, home of Dr. and Mrs. S. D. Earhart. 7:30 p.m. Medford Truth center, "Unity," Room 203, Holly Theater bldg. 7:45 p.m. Medford Toastmis tress club, Christmas party, Mrs. Clarence Wilson, 401 Ardmore ave. 8 p.m. Bow Bells chapter, DBE, Girls Community club. 8 p.m. American Legion aux iliary, Legion home. 8 p.m. Nevita chapter, Christ mas party, OES, Central Point Masonic temple. Wednesday 10:30 a.m. Mgdford Home Extension unit, Community hall, Priddy st. 11 a.m. Roxy Gardeners, home of Mrs. Floyd Fogelquist. 11 a.m. Central Point Navy Mothers club, Christmas party, home of Mrs. Homer Brown, North Old Stage rd., transporta tion from Central Point post office. 12:30 p.m. Chapter AA, PEO, Mrs. V. J. Robinson, 1917 East Main st. 12:30 p.m. Women "of Rotary, Rogue Valley Country club. 1 p.m. AAUW afternoon book review group, Mrs. Neil Davidson, 1708 Lenora dr. 7:30 p.m. Auxiliary to Jack son County Medical association, Mrs. Charles Lemery, 200 . Wind sor ave. 8 p.m. Jacksonville PTA, at school. 8 p.m. Eagle Point Parent- Teacher-Student association, high school library 8 p.m. Roxy Ann HEC Grange hall. Thursday TO a.m. Jacksonville Garden club, home of Mrs. Harold Reed. 1 p.m. Just Folks, Christmas party, Mrs. E. R. Gilstrap, 35 Geneva st. 4:20 p.m. Lecture by Dr. John Waterman, director, mental health section, state board of health, courthouse auditorium, (extension class, Psychology 407 507.) 6:30' p.m. Past Noble Grands club, Christmas party, ' IOOF hall. s 7:30 p.m. Lively Rogues, Ashland Elks club. 8 p.m. Roxy Ann court, Or der of Amaranth, Medford Ma sonic temple, 218 West Main st. 8 p.m. Talent PTA, Talent high school. Friday 11 a.m. Medford Truth cen ter, '-Unity," Room 203, Holly Theater bldg. 7 p.m. Ladies Mounted troop dinner, Jackson County Mounted Sheriff's posse club house. 7:30 p.m. Crater Lions auxil iary, Mrs. Warren Brenner, 2208 East Main st. Saiurday 2 p.m. Crater Lake chapter, DAR, Mrs. T. J. Gifford, 419 South Oakdale ave. Talent Lions Give Dinner for Wives Talent Talent Lions were hosts for a dinner which honored wives of members and which was held in the Hunt Room of Tally-Ho restaurant, Talent, De cember 7. Lion President Al Grabher and -the auxiliary president, Mrs. William Gleim, conducted a short business meeting during the dinner. Table decorations followed the Christmas theme. Potpourri We've decided Medford firemen need another roof over their heads. Well, over the court just outside the station, anyhow. When Potpourri and Cameraman Bob Dyer visited the firehall last week to take today's pictures, it was pouring down rain. The bicycles, tricycles, wagons and other discarded toys which the fire laddies make over for distribution at Christmas, are dumped on the court and are completely unprotected from the elements. Some of them are in pretty poor condition to begin with, and the rain probably doesn't do them any good. The dolls and stuffed toys, of course, were stacked inside the station. They would certainly be ruined by the rain. The stuffed, toys present a problem to the .firemen and their co-workers, Medford Lady Lions. Even when in good condition, these must always be cleaned and with some types of the toys, this is im possible. Potpourri has visited the firemen before when they were head-over-heels in the toy work, and we are always impressed with the way they transform the articles brought to them. One of the men said they often get discouraged day after day of pawing over heaps of what appears at a casual glance to be junk to find what can be selvaged, and then more hours of hard work to renovate the articles. But the rows and rows of finished toys must be a source of real satisfaction, since the men know how much joy they bring to children on Christmas, and the days to come. After leaving the fire hall we went up to the Robert Bauman home to visit Girl Scout Troop 19 which helped Lady Lions this year with the dolls. The girls wash the dolls that dirty, clean up their wigs or devise new hair, and make new clothes, probably with considerable help from the mothers. One doll had her hair up in pin- curls. . Mrs. Jonathan Middleton, who makes dolls . each year as a charity Christmas project, has partially solved the hair problem. she just snips tresses off her. own head. A year or so ago Mrs. Middleton said she cut off most of her hair in order to have enough for the dolls, but Mr. M. objected he likes his pretty wife bet ter with long hair. So Mrs. Middleton let it grow again and this year she is just cautiously cutting a little here and there so it really doesn't show. Mrs. Middleton made this year's angel dolls with pipe-cleaner bodies and wooden button heads on which she paints the faces. Then she makes pantalettes and gowns of net, lace or other ma terial trimmed with bright beads, sequins, or other glitter. The fairy wands are cocktail picks with stars on the end. When she doesn't have enough human hair for the wigs, she uses material which resembles hair; some of it this year is a pretty gay color. Dr. Gerald Dierdorff added a not to a story which his wife sent to the Tribune last week and it almost was printed. Mrs. Dierdorff, who is national Christmas seal sale chairman for the auxiliary to the American Osteopathic association, wrote out a story about how she was flying. to Chicago for a meeting of the auxiliary. Husband Gerald added a note which read: "She is survived by her poor, struggling husband and three children," and delivered it to the desk of the women's editor. It was almost in Potpourri when a horrible thought struck and it was laid aside until Mrs. D.'s safe return. Mrs. Dierdorff's plane didn't crash, but was grounded over night in Denver, and then again in Omaha because of bad weather. She also has an ' interesting story to relate about a taxi driver who turned out to be a university graduate doing a bit of under cover sleuthing for a certain Chicago official, and how "swapped" checks in the airport restaurant ended in her meeting an author. Maybe the P.O. customers should start taking their own lights along. Trying to fill out a money order blank in the dim, light of the postoffice, we moved from the customer's desk over to the window presided over by Budd Gail and voiced our complaint. "I buy my own light globes, or the lights here wouldn't be any better," retorted Budd G. Shades of Scarlett O'Hara! We've heard about brides wearing six petticoats, but this, it seems, is nothing. Tuesday, when Vangie Freed dressed for her wedding to Waldo Copley, she put on ten. One was trimmed in blue to provide the traditional "something blue," thought to be necessary for a bride. . Vangie's friends were impressed with her thoroughness in planning. Determined that the ceremony would go off with the "military precision" which Mrs. Emily Post says is necessary, the bride marked the church floor with pieces5 of paper before the rehearsal, the various papers indicating who stood where. The planning paid off, and the ceremony was silk smooth, so far as this minor authority is concerned. The Alfred S. V. Carpenters, off to spend Christmas with the Burton Daughertys, their son-in-law and daughter, at Christ iansted in the Virgin Islands, prepared their Christmas cards for mailing before they left. The Carpenters, who mke a habit of sending smallish gifts rather than just plain cards, this year mailed out plastic shower caps along with Merry Christmas wishes. Mrs. Mattie Railsback, who at 96 crochets afghans, enjoyed a party given in her honor Thursday. Mrs. Railsback, who recalls many interesting events of the past, can still recount how her father came home after fighting in the war the Civil war. Mrs. R. enjoys talking about her two great-grandsons, children of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Marsh and explained with great relish how these two small fry settled the question of having two grand mothers. They call Mrs. H. J. Marsh "grandmother," and Mrs. Railsback is known to them as "Mattie." O.S. Sorority Chapter J Announces Party At Sleeter Home . A Christmas party was planned at a meeting of Alpha Rho chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, held Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Roger Note, 614 Eleventh street. The party will be held at the home of Mrs. Mamie. Sleeter, 1715 East Main street, Monday, December 19 at 7:30 p.m. Hos tesses will be Mrs. Sleeter and Mrs. K. L. Denton, who serve as director and sponsor of Alpha Rho chapter. Mrs. Edward Bunnell and Mrs. Roger Note were elected co chairmen of the annual card party which will be held in Feb ruary. The group voted to present a Beta Sigma Phi silver bracelet to the member who gives the most outstanding cultural pro gram during the year. Mrs. Jonathan Middleton, for merly a member of Alpha Chi chapter, in Columbus, Ohio, transferred her membership to the Alpha Rho chapter. "Your Day Socially" was the topic presented by Mrs. Donald Lue as the cultural program for the evening. Mrs. Lue discussed the correct table settings to be used for formal and informal dinners and read some sample menus. She also mentioned some of the important factors to con sider when giving a formal tea. After the meeting, refresh ments were served by Mrs. J. C. Chapman and Mrs. G. J. Adl-iinger. Ethel Says: SATURDAY NIGHT will never be the same after she tries Abano Ba,h Oil! And, a charming way to give this exotic gift is Prince Matchabelli's Apothecary Jar of 50 capsules. Each capsule hold enough per fumed oil to make one glorious tub-ful of bath de light (the fragrance lasts for hours after, too!) 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