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o o O ETHTEJarORD (ORE&ON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, December 18, 1935 St. Nick Aided by Towns e$Vith Christmasy Names By BETTY JANE SOUTHARD United Press Correspondent Washington rij.pj Santa's busiest helper is the post office, es pecially iPtowns swamped with mail because of their Christmasy names. ThOchildren's grapevine has where he delivered 19,725 toys, it th t t:anta ha linmps in at I Fortune said. least four towns North Pole, N.Y., Santa Claus, Ind., Christ mas Cove, Me., and Christmas. Fla. And the annual deluge of mail means special preparation for postal authorities, said Rhoe Walter, of the U.S. Post Office Department. "Postmasters are authorized to add temporary helpers to mtet their demands," he said. "The rii begins about Dec. 10, reaches a peak around Dec. 21, and sta?4s to decline on Christ mas Eve." This is standard procedure all over the country, Walter said. Bt in towns where Santa has "homes" it is another sfory. North Pole, N.Y., the "home of Santa's workshop," has spe ? cial permission to handle mail in advance of Christmas. By Oc tober,. 21 tons of. mail were al ready bagged and ready to go. Orphans Benefit "This did not include the rush of letters to be forwarded, or much of the children's mail due to arrive for Santa," said How ard G. Fortune, executive vice president of Santa's Workshop, Inc.. a village playground for children. "We'll have from 18 to 25 ex tra postmen for the real rush," he saidQand probably five addi tional tons of mail." The station has two regujar cancelling ma chines, with iiiree more on call for emergency. 0 The special cancelling cachet as a sketcs, ot me post omce, ft with SantaT his sleigh "eight tiny reindeer." North ('-Pole was founded in .1949 "towing Santa Claus back to life," Forune said. The village is open nine months a year and many visitoig) have .letters for Christmas mailing. A percentage of the money spent in North Pole is used to provide toys for orphans and underprivileged children in 13 states, two Canadian provinces and the District of Columbia. Last year a "reindeer" plane car ried Santa to 199 orphanages and In Indiana In the Midwest, mil pouring into Santa Claus, Ind., is nine times heavier at Christmas, the post office said. Nearly 4,000, 000 pieces of mail are handled each year. The town, founded on Christmas Eve, 1852, has, a population of less than 50. However, the town went un noticed until its unusual name was mentioned in a Ripley "Be lieve It or Not" column in the late 1920's. The publicity brought letters from children all over the country who wanted to know if there was a Santa Claus. The postmaster, James F. Martin, answered all the let ters reassuring the children there would always be a Santa Claus. In successive years the chil dren's letters grew beyond the postmaster's capacity to answer. Then the American Legion Post, appropriately named after the town, stepped in. For over 25 years the group has seen that no child's letter addressed to Santa Claus, Ind., goes unan swered. Recently other organi zations joined this project. A commemorative stamp hon oring Santa Claus, Ind., is reg ularly proposed to the Post Of fice Department, said the office of Rep. Winfield K. Denton (D-II1.) But the department said such a stamp would be "econom ically unsound." And In Florida Another of Santa's "homes" is Christmas Cove, Me. It was dis covered by Capt. John Smith on Christmas Day, 1614. The small village, incorporated in the town of South Bristol, is most ly a summer resort and doesn't have an excessive rush of sea sonal mail. However, in Florida village of 250 inhabitants, Postmistress Juanita S. Tucker manages the mail alone for 10 months a year. Then in the remaining two, the tiny one-room post office at Christmas, Fla., handles 300,000 letters from all over the world. A dozen extra postal workers Yule Party Held By Women's Club Scottish Rite Women's club held the annual Christmas party in the Rogue room at the Med ford hotel Monday noon. Lunch eon was served on tables deco rated as Christmas packages tied with red and silver ribbon; the bows were tall red tapers set in green holders with red bows. Holly decorated the room and a snow covered tree stood in one corner from which Mrs. Ralph Lue presented the members with gifts. The president, Mrs. Fred Gra ten, welcomed the members and introduced a guest, Mrs. Bren Starcher. Singing of the doxology, which preceded the luncheon, was led by Mrs. Edwin Andren. Bridge and canasta were played after the luncheon and poinset- tia plants were awarded to those holding high scores. Mrs. Harry Nordwick scored high in bridge and Mrs. Edward Root high in canasta. The committee for the . day was Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman, Gold Hill; Mrs. Mary Harder and Mrs. C. Weston, Rogue River, and Mrs. Charles Hoppe of Medford. Mrs. Ralph Lue served as hostess for the day. Next meeting of the club will be a business session at the Masonic temple January 9 at 8 o'clock. All Scottish Rite wives are welcome. 4- Miss Calista Farrell, who is a member of the research staff at the Center for the Study of Behavorial Sciences at Palo Alto, Calif., plans to arrive De cember 24 to spend Christmas and the New Year holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farrell, 1510 East Main street. start processing the mail in mid November. The size of the post office means round-the-clock shifts. Along with the regular post mark bearing the village's name goes a colorful cachet. Designed by Mrs. Tucker, it shows a green Christmas tree. Printed above the tree is "Glory to God in the Highest." Mrs. Tucker said she receives letters from "hundreds of per sons every year . . . drawn by the town's magic name." And the postmistress is trying to an swer them all as Christmas draws near in Christmas, Fla. 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Payne photo, Camp White.) Auxiliary Holds Dinner Meeting In Rogue River Rogue River The last meet ing of Rogue River Lions auxil iary was a dinner, held at Fel lowship hall of Hope Presbyte rian church. Women of the church served a turkey dinner. Mrs. Harold Sander, president, conducted the business meeting which followed. Guests of the club were Mrs. Bill Hunter, Mrs. John Haar, Mrs. Charles Babcock and Mrs. E. F. Bowlin. Christmas checks were sent to the. Oregon State School for the Blind and a school for retarded children near Roseburg. The club voted to sponsor the annual din ner for the March of Dimes which will be held early in January. The program chairman, Mrs. Larry Sheehan, presented Miss Janet Robinson, who gave a reading and Mrs. Dudley Fab rick, who sang Christmas solos, accompanied by Mrs. Charles Babcock. Members joined in singing Christmas songs. A colorful salad helps to brighten grey days and this tossed fruit slaw will be a family favorite. To 2 cups shredded cabbage, add 1 cup diced oranges and 1 cup sliced, unpeeled red Delicious apples. Toss together lightly and add 2 tsps. grated onion, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, Vz I tsp. sugar and 13 cup mayon naise. Mix thoroughly and serve on crisp salad greens. Crochet TV Cover r-Z" -s-Of i&rz srS& : ci :rT Easy-crochet this attractive cover for any size TV set in your very favorite spider design! Pattern 7391: Crochet TV cover, 28 inches in No. 2 Cotton; smaller in No. 50 Cotton: larger in mercerized bedspread Cotton. Join four to make 54-inch cloth. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern add 5 cents" for each pattern for 1st- class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P. O. Box 168, Old Chel sea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS, and PATTERN NUMBER. Order our ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. Enjoy pages and pages of exciting new designs knitting, crochet, em broidery, iron-ons, toys and no velties! Send 25 cents for your copy of this wonderful book now. You'll want to order every design it in! Pickin' Pears News and Notes From Camp White ' . O Annual Rotary Club Holiday Dinner Held at Club; Couples Give Parties About 150 persons attended the annual Medford Rotary clulg) holiday dinner party Monday evening at the Rogue Valley Country club. Dr. J. Scott Heatherington was chairman of the event and also was master of ceremonies during the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perkins, Coos Bay, provided a mentalist act for the entertainment and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fields led group singing. Special guests in cluded three foreign exchange students, one from Southern Oregon college and the other two were from Grant High School, Portland. Rotary Inter national has as a project the ex change of foreign high school students and those from Port land are in this country. Dr. William W. P. Holt, who is the oldest member of the group in years membership, of fered the invocation. Joe Naumes is president of the club. Members to Hear Christmas Story The Christmas story will make up the program Wednesday, De cember 21 for members of the Wednesday Study club when they will meet at 2 p.m., in Girls Community club. Mrs. F. K. Deuel will give the program and refreshments in the holiday theme will be served. Several cocktail parties were held preceding the dinner. Among those who held the pre dinner - events were Col. and Mrs. C. E. Stafford, Mr. and Mrs. Royal Bebb, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Sands, and Dr. and Mrs. Earl Lawson who entertained jointly with Mr. and Mrs. George Gates at the Lawson home on Windsor avenue. - San fa Says: Buy Mnbeum Appliances at SPECIALISTS IN HOMEWARES Medford Central Point FREE PARKING By BILL HURN Garden clubs of the Rogue valley are providing evergreen decorations for the Yule season at Camp White this' year. Mrs. A. O. -Floyd, Medford, district director of garden clubs for Oregon, is in charge, and has made her assignments for. days at Camp White for the various units, whose efforts are supplemented- by volunteer member aides. The preparations were completed last Wednesday eve ning. Ward distribution and instal lations were to be made yester day. , Extension Units To Hold Meetings Two Jackson County Home Extension units have scheduled meetings during the week. Main dish casseroles will be the proj ect for both. Sames Valley Mrs. Jack Korner will be hostess to the Sams Valley unit Tuesday, De cember 20 at 10:30 a.m. Each woman who attends is asked to take one-half dozen cookies made from her favorite recipe and an exchange of the recipes will be held. Central Point The project for Central Point unit will be conducted during the morning by Mrs. Leo Ghelardi and Mrs. Glen Branch when they meet Wednesday, December 21 at 10 a.m., at the home of Mrs. Donald E. Faber. Mrs. Chester Ashton will assist Mrs. Faber. A turkey dinner is planned for noon. In the afternoon a Christmas party and exchange of gifts will be held. Members are reminded of a 25 cent contribution for UNESCO stamps. Child care will be provided. 4 Chapters to Hold Evening Sessions Two evening meetings are planned by PEO sisterhood chap ters this week. Chapter CG will meet Monday at 7 o'clock at the home of Mrs. G. T. Haupert, 2123 Capitol ave nue. Supper will be served. Chapter BE will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. A. A. Laussmann, 200 Medford heights. Mrs. R. G. Fowler will be the assistant hostess. A Christmas story will be read by Miss Annette Gray. Mrs. Lawrence Messal, Eagle Point, headed the committee for the Garden Clubs of Eagle Point, Butte Falls and Shady Cove who provided the greenery for the clubs doing the preparation work. Club assignments were for Crater, . Central Point and Rocky gardens Monday; Jackson ville and Phoenix, Tuesday, and Talent and Ashland club ladies came to the domiciliary Wednesday. Their efforts resulted in 8 large and 130 small wreaths, 35 large swags, 30 small ones, 180 tied table pieces and 60 feet of garlands. Supplementing all this, a flat carton arrived by mail from the Astoria Garden club, which turn ed out to be a flat-pressed and decorated Christmas tree with colorful trim and decorations. In addition, dollar bills and many coins of all denominations had been taped to the branches The total cash value is about $20. An unusually large turn-out of Decen.ber-borns was on hand to greet American Legion Auxil iary 14, Ashland, under Mrs, Ken Lewis, chairman, and her staff,- for the big birthday party, Wednesday night. A musical program of season al numbers was given, followed by a community sing of carols and Christmas songs. Ice cream, cake and coffee, followed by carrying the traditional birthday cake about for the wheel-chair men to view, and then its for mal cutting and sharing. Distri bution of the little individual gift for each man closed the eve ning's program. Tuesday evening marked the third annual pilgrimage to Camp White over the 109- mile mountain-road trek of VFW Auxiliary 5944, Dorris, Calif., bringing with them a sparkling cast of 20. Emcee Mrs. Doris Branham opened her two-hour show with the Red Barn Western Band Five. The Barber Shop Hominy Quartette skit was the vehicle for vocals of all varieties; instru mental numbers of piano, trum pet and string combos which all worked up into an all-cast finale to close with a community sing on the Christmas theme. ' The candy treat and home made cakes for the evening's re freshments stood the long hard trip, being as reported "only partlj lost part of the time." 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