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More people are killed in traffic accidents on December 24
than any other day in the year. This statement comes from the
National Safety council by way of the Fraternal Order of Police,
and is a sobering one. Christmas time, the happiest season of the
ear, should not be darkened by a long list of people killed and
injured in traffic accidents.
The Fraternal Order of Police is carrying on a campaign to
call attention to this lerrbile death toll on the day before Christ
mas, and sent Potpourri a letter urging our cooperation in asking
all motorists to drive carefully during the holidays.
The annual holiday "ruin of the figure" started last Monday
with a vengeance. Potpourri ate a hearty luncheon as a guest of
Scottish Rite Women's club and scarcely an hour later set forth
with Photographer Bob Dyer to take today's pictures. We took
the pictures, and during the afternoon drank two more cups of
coffee, ate some delicious krumcaker and other Norwegian deli
cacies at the home of Mrs. H. Lageson, then consumed a big serving
of torte with slathers of whipped cream at the Walter Stamm
home. What's more, we left the Legeson's with generous samplings
of the goodies to take home.
By the time we arrived at theSanto home we had to decline
a sample of the cookies which Mrs. Santo made with carab powder
The powder is made from the pods of carob, also known as St.
John's bread, an article of staple food in some lands and increaS'
ingly used in this country. We nibbled a bit of the powder, which
has a sweet taste resembling cocoa, and took home a few of the
cookies.
The visit with Mrs. Stamm proved unusually interesting, for
we learned that it was the couple's tenth wedding anniversary,
and the fourth anniversary of their arrival in New York to live
in the United States. The Stamms, a thrifty industrious couple,
like Oregon and Medford very much but have yet to become
entirely accustomed to American ways.
Mrs. Stamm, for one thing, finds the large number of church
denominations bewildering. In Germany only two churches are
f any importance, the Roman Catholic and the Lutheran, and
Mrs. S. finds the American Lutheran churches considerably dif
ferent to the one in West Berlin which she attended.
She described Christmas in her native land, saying that the
afternoon and evening before Christmas day all shops and places
of business close and that everyone is at home or in church. But
Christmas day is very gay, and there is much feasting and calling
on friends and relatives. According to Mrs. Stamm, it's a continual
round of eating and coffee-drinking.
Since the newcomer's knowledge of English is still limited,
ihe had .trouble in describing a typical German Christmas cake
and finallyQsolved the problem by going to the kitchen and pantry
and setting out the ingredients yeast, flour, sugar, raisins, al
. monds, etc. Short Mrs. Stamm couldn't reach the top shelf to
find the pan' she would use to bake the cake in, so Potpourri did
the reaching it is a tube pan like those used for angel food. And
if it's as good as the torte we sampled, it will be delicious indeed.
The accent was on the heads at the Junior Service league ball
Friday night andoaccording to Mrs. Robert Elliott, the women
could have worn galoshes and no one would have noticed. To add
zest to the party, the league members dreamed up a fancy head
dress contests and the winner was elected queen of the ball.
The queen turned out to be Mrs. Robert A. Johnson, a new
comer from Portland. Mrs. Johnson looked like a queen, too, an
up-to-the-minute modern American queen. She wore an ultra
smart Ceil 'Chapman gown and on her head was a miniature
Christmas tree. However, the morning after Mrs. Johnson decided
she almost liked short evening frocks better. The Chapman gown
has ajirapery effect that swishes on the floor when Mrs. Johnson
walks, and she sai Saturday "The Country club floor is probably
nice and clean this morning I think I swept practically every inch
of it with that dress. Short dresses are a lot more comfortable."
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If one must go to the dentist, it's pleasant to have one who
entertains nis patients with lively conversation on politics, cooking
and a variety of other topics. Of course, the patient has little op
portunity to refute his political arguments.
We did aree on one thing, though Dr. Van V. has about de
cided there isn't too much difference in the Republican and Demo
cratic parties.
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We pass this admonition on from the National Safety council
ii"3iOu must drive after a party, make the one for the road coffee.
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Melvin Hall (at left) and
William A. Gates are shown
during a dinner given by Mr.
Gates Tuesday night at Rogue
Valley Country club. The
dinner honored Mr. Hall, Gro
ceteria manager, for his 30
years on the store staff, ob
served ihe 36ih anniversary
of the business and ihe 41st
anniversary of Mr. Gales'
coming to Medford.
Dinner Marks
Anniversaries
Three anniversaries were cele
brated at a dinner given by Wil
liam A. Gates Tuesday for em
ployees of the Groceteria and a
group of friends. The event, held
at Rogue Valley Country club,
observed the 36th anniversary of
the founding of the business, the
41st anniversary of Mr. Gates'
arrival in Medford, and also hon
ored Melvin Hall, store mana
ger, for 30 years of service on
ihe staff.
Guests numbered 105. Wom
en attending the dinner were
presented Christmas corsages.
Following dinner Mr. Gates
presented a gift to Mr. Hall and
praised him for his loyalty and
friendship. He added that if
everyone watched the clock as
little as Mr. Hall, "clock makers
would go out of business."
Special entertainment was
provided by- James Dunlevy,
who gave a humorous skit incor
porating the names of the host
and several of his employees into
the dialogue. George Harring
ton, club manager, opened the
ceremonies and introduced . Mr.
Gates to other guests dining at
the club.
Military Order
Holds Yule Party
Sunday Afternoon
Members of Cebu swamp, Mil
itary Order of the Lizard, held
their annual Christmas party
and meeting at the home of Mrs.
James Cech, Springbrook road,
Sunday, December 11. A pot
luck dinner preceded the party
and meeting.
The gila monster, Mrs. Albert
Wallis of Grants Pass, presided
at the meeting. Plans were dis
cussed for installation of new
officers and forthcoming visits of
Supreme Gila Monster Ella Mc
Harg of Altamont, New York,
and the grand gila monster of
Oregon, - Mrs. Minnie Steele of
Springfield.
Officers elected for the 1956
year include Mrs. Mabel Nichol
son, gila monster; Mrs. Ted Cot
ter, gecko; Mrs. James Cech,
caletepon; Mrs. Mary Case,
iguana; Mrs. Kathryn Sweet
land, dragon; Mrs. Bertha Nel
son, assistant dragon; Mrs. Wil
lie Cooper, salamander;: Mrs.
Josephine Widner, assistant sal
amander; Mrs. Mabel Breitmey
er, agama; Mrs. Austia Barne
burg, chameleon; Mrs. Hazel
Anderson, horned toad; Mrs.
Elizabeth Johnston, moloch; Mrs.
Mary Grosh, hatteria; Mrs. Cech
and Mrs. Willie Cooper, sire-
dons; Mrs. Winifred Vail, Mrs.
Ethel Wilcox, Mrs. Alice St.
Laurent and Mrs. Grace White,
pollywogs.
The next meeting will be held
in January at the home of Mrs.
Breitemeyer in Grants Pass.
Officer Arrives
To Visit Parents
Lt. Daniel S. Rickard arrived
in Medford Monday after an 18
month tour of duty in Korea. He
is a son of Gen. and Mrs. Roy
V. Rickard, 901 Newtown street.
The lieutenant was graduated
two years ago from United
States Military academy at West
Point and serves with the regu
lar Army in the infantry. He will
be here for 30 days and next
will be stationed at Ft. Lewis,
Wash.
Night Nibbling Ruins
Diet, Doctors Declare
New York Night nibbling
means nightmares in more
ways than one to overweight
persons on diets. People who eat
at least a quarter of 'their total
calories for the day after the
evening meal find that 1) they
ruin their diet and 2) they have
difficulty sleeping. Three New
York Hospital physicians have
called this pattern "the night
eating syndrome." These people
overeat in response to a stress
of a type peculiar to certain
over-weight people, the physi
cians say, and this stress is bas
ically related to the cause of
their obesity.
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Zonta Club Aids
Medford Family
At Annual Party
Zonta club members were
guests at the home of Mrs. Ole
tha Oleson, 111 Newtown street,
Monday night for a Christmas
party. Gifts of clothing and food
for a family of seven were
brought and wrapped. In addi
tion to this a fund was establish
ed for the purchase of milk to
supply the family for over a
month.
Miss Dorothy Collard of the
Jackson County Health depart
ment attended for the first time
as a member and will be initi
ated with others at a later date.
Mrs. Effie Kurtz, president,
assisted the hostess as co-chairman.
Refreshments in the Christ
mas theme were served at the
conclusion of the gift wrap
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Lady Shriners
Mrs. W. A. Thaanum will be
hostess at her home, 2021 West
erlund drive, Monday, December
19 at 6:30 p.m., for members of
Lady Shriners. A potluck din
ner will be served and cards
will be the diversion of the
evening.
All women with Shrine affil
iations are invited.
Sunday, December 18. 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBTJNB FIVE
Chairmen
Are Named
Appointment of two new chair
men has been announced by Eu
gene Thorndike, chairman of the
Jackson county chapter, Amer
ican Red Cross.'
Mrs. E. A. Littrell has ac
cepted the position of chairman
of volunteer services. She re
places Mrs. John S. Day who has
resigned to assume her duties
as a council member for the
Pacific area. '
Mrs. Littrell will have under
her supervision the activities of
the Gray Ledies, the blood pro
gram, first aid, water safety,
staff aides, social workers, hos
pital service, the nursing pro
gram, motor service and Junior
Red Cross.
Mrs. Robert J. Keeney has
been appointed chairman of
home service to replace Mrs.
Frank Fairweather, who recent
ly as selected as a volunteer
field representative by the Pa
cific area headquarters. She will
serve southern and eastern Ore
gon chapters.
Pythian Club Elects
Officers for Year;
Pythian Club officers were
elected at a dinner meeting held
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. W. L. Walden. A gift ex
change also was held.
Mrs. Ida Ireland is the new
president; Mrs. Floyd Murray,
vice-president and Mrs. James
Cech, secretary-treasurer. .
The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Carl Fichtner
on January 10. A layette shower
for a member will be given.
Pythian Sisters will meet Tues
day, December 20 at 8 p.m., in
the Pythian building. This will
be the last meeting of the year
for the lodge.
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Lodge and Club
Announce Parties
The Wenonah club annual
Christmas party and gift ex
change is to be held at the home
of Mrs. R. H. Singler, 27 Rose
avenue, Thursday, December 22
at 7:30 p.m.
Pocohantas lodge will enter
tain children of members and
the children of Redmen lodge
members at a Christmas party
Friday, December 23, in the Red
man hall. A lodge session also
will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Butte Falls Club
To Meet Thursday
Butte Falls Quotations con
cerning Christmas will be used
for answering roll call at a
meeting of the Butte Falls Fed
erated Garden club, Thursday,
December 20. A program on gift
wrapping will be presented by
Mrs. Clyde Moore and Mrs. Don
C. Smith. The meeting will open
at 1:30 p.m., and will be held
at the home of Mrs. Fred Kin
caid. Each of those who attended
should take a gift for an ex
change" to be held after the
meeting.
Rebekahs Plan
Christmas Parry
A Christmas party and bust
ness meeting for Olive Rebekab.
lodge members is planned for
Monday, December 19, at 8 p.m.,
at the Odd Fellows hall, 221
West Sixth street. Visiting Re
bekah members also are in
vited. An exchange of gifts not to
exceed 50 cents in cost will be
conducted and a program and
refreshments are planned. Mrs.
Frank Chapman, noble grand,
will preside for the business ses
sion, and Mrs. Clara Frankl is
planning the program.
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