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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) z 7 4-i J" lite J r L y The Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Starkey were honored by their sons and daughters December 10 in wedding anniversary. The Starkeys were married in Phillips county, Kansas, and came to Medford in 1924. (Brainerd photo). Medford Couple Honored On Fiftieth Anni The Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Starkey observed their 50th wedding an niMftrsary December 10 at open house held in the Church of the Nazarene annex. Their children were hosts for the event. White and gold chrysanthe mums highlighted decorations used about the room. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Starkey were married in Phillips county, Kansas, at trJe home ' of the bride's parents, December 10, 1905. The Rev. Mr. Starkey became minister of the United Mission ary church and ministered churches in Colorado until 1924 when they moved to Medford. They lived here until 1931 when he again served as a minister in the United Missionary church. During those years they had pastorates in Weeping Water, Franklin and Bloomington, Neb., and New Market, la. In 1951 they returned to Ore gon where they sirfte have lived. All five of their children were present for the occasion. They JuvenileGrangers Supply, Tray Favors Fog Hospital Here Patients, confined to Rogue Valley Memorial hospital today will be cheered to find on their trays Christmas favors made by members of Central Point Juve nile - Grange, according to Mrs. Jack Sanborn, hospital auxili ary member who is in charge of obtaining holiday favors. Trees for use in decorating the building were obtained by Mrs. Sanborn and Mrs. Otto Frohn mayer. These were placed in the children's ward, the penthouse and on the maternity floor. A large tree erected on the front lawn has been lighted with the help of Boy Scouts.. Tray favors for New Year's day have been received from St. Martha's guild of the Church of the Good Shepherd at Pros pect. on MAIL TRIBUNE tit ' i ss " 1 celebration of the couple's 50th iiversary are Clarence Starkey, Medford; Mrs. Thomas Harger, Central Point; the Rev. Roy Starkey, Portland; Milton Starkey, Salem, and Mrs. James Hoskms, Lin coln, Neb. Out - of - town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schulke and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schulke, and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hecht, all of Silverton; Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace Colley, Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown, Kirby and Mr. and Mrs. Will Lowe, Riverside, Calif. The honored couple received many congratulatory cards and gifts. 4 Christmas Party Held by Sorority At Hogan Home Beta Upsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a Christmas party Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. M. N. Hogan, Sis kiyou court. A Christmas basket was dec orated by Mrs. Gerald von Ting and filled with articles and food contributed by the members. The basket was presented to a Medford family. Mrs. Walter Smith and Mrs. John Selby were in charge of the evening's entertainment of games and music. Corsages were presented to Mrs. Hogan and Mrs. Scott Davis, sponsor and director of the sorority, and gifts were ex changed. The home was decorated in the Christmas theme. Refresh ments were served from a table lighted with candles. Eighteen attended. EVANS WINS, AWARD The National Council of Teach ers of English has given its first TV drama award to Maurice Evans for his NBC production, of "Macbeth" on Nov. 28, 1954. He produced and starred in the play. The award was based on a vote by the more than 20,000 members of the organization. 7 J A The $oft glow of colorful lights radiates .... ihe rem! Spirit of Christmas slome, framed in this aura of cheerfully lighted friendliness, speaks earth, good will towards men. CALIFORNIA PACIFIC UTILITIES MmS COMPANY UTILITY SERVICE jp I Sunday. December 25, 1953 Grossman-Lynch Marriage Held In Marine Chapel Central Point News of inter est here is the wedding Decem ber 3 at Honolulu, Hawaii, of Miss Betty Eileen Lynch . and William Charles Grossman. Both are serving in the Marine corps as sergeants. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lynch, Olmsted Falls, Ohio, and the bridegroom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam T. Grossman, route 1, box 257, Central Point. The ceremony was read in Makalapa chapel, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, with Capt. R. M. Schwyhart, Navy chaplain, read ing the rites. The bride wore a ballerina length gown with lace bolero. Her veil, also of lace, was trinf med with pearls and sequins and she carried a bouquet' of orchids with white carnations and lilies-of-the-valley. Miss June M. Linsmeyer was the maid of honor and Norman R. Mallon also of Route 1, Cen tral Point, was best man. The bride attended Brea high school in Brea, Ohio, and the Point high school. They are living at Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, bridegroom attended Central Rogue River Club Has Holiday Party Rogue River Mrs. C. O. Mc Lallan was hostess at her home to members of Rogue River Gar den club when they met Decem ber 20 for a Christmas party. Assisting Mrs. McLallan were Mrs. Herb Brooks, Mrs. Harold Dunham, MrsN. Robinson and Mrs. Haydn Williams. Dessert luncheon was served. Members took food to the meeting for a community basket and "cheer" boxes for shutins. Mrs. Earl Brooks announced that rummage sale items left from a recent sale had been given for a community project. Songs and readings were given by members and the group sang Christmas . carols. Gifts were ex changed. The next meeting will be Tuesday, January 17 at the home of Mrs. Henry Bonney on East Evans Creek road. . Olive Rebekah Lodge Has Christmas Party Olive Rebekah lodge members were entertained by a skit given by F. L. club members during a program at the annual Rebek ah Christmas party Monday eve ning. Mrs. Clara Franklin was in charge of the program plans. Mrs. Arthur Madsen, a Reb ekah member from South Dako ta now living gin Medford, at tended the meeting. Mrs. Wil liam Sweet, formerly a member in Klamath Falls, joined the lo cal group. Mrs. Fred Daugherty was chairman for the refreshment committee and her birthday also was observed. Mrs. W. H. Dyer, Mrs. Joe Cave and Mrs. Ruth Amer assisted with the refresh ments. Don't worry about a slight mold on the surface of chpp. Slice it off with a knife and the rest of the cheese is ready to eai. of peace Sgt. and Mrs. William Adarel Chapter Installation Held In Jacksonville Temple Jacksonville Mrs. Orvel Shores and Lloyd Hamlin were installed matron and patron of Adarel chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, at ceremonies held December 17 in the Jacksonville Masonic temple. Mrs. Charles Coggins and Fred H. Gardner are retiring matron and patron. Those who took offices also at the same time were Mrs. Gertrude Winningham, and Joe Crawford, associate matron and patron; Mrs. Lloyd Hamlin, sec retary; Mrs. Frank Janosky, treasurer; Mrs. George Mero, conductress; ,, Mrs. Furman Evernham, associate conductress; Mrs. - Donald Shores, chaplain; Mrs. George Redhead, marshal; Mrs. John Miller, organist; Mrs. Gail Buffington, Adah; Mrs. Fred M. Gardner, Ruth; Mrs. Charles Turner, Esther. Mrs. Joe Crawford, Martha; Mrs. Menno Bachmann, Electa Mrs. James Stone, warder, and Gail Buffington, sentinel. Mrs. Fred H. Gardner and George Mero were the installing matron and patron. Other in stalling officers were Mrs. Wal lace Brill, marshal; Mrs. Clare Shores, chaplains; Foss Kramer, a member of Alpha chapter, org anist; Mrs. Ed Pease, Mrs. Frank Root, Mrs. Jna Huson and Mrs. Ralph Lue, honorary of fices of marshal, organist, con ductress and secretary, respect ively. As Mrs. Shores was installed matron, Mrs. Edwin Andren of Nevita chapter sang accompa nied by Mrs. Harley Dressier. Chrysanthemums were pre sented to the new matron by her granddaughters, Donna and Karen Shores. After presentation of gifts to the retiring matron and patron, Mrs. Andren again sang in their honor, with Mrs. Dressier ac companying. The courtesy girls were intro duced as her sunshine girls by the matron. Co-captains are Mrs. Roger Westerfield and Mrs. Irene Culy.. Others are Mrs. Beulah Osborne, Mrs. Earl Bre wold, Mrs. Edwin Taylor, Mrs. William Childreth, Mrs. H. C. Goldsmith, Mrs. Ernest Lytle, Mrs. Carl Dykstra, . Mrs. Louis Applebaker, Mrs. Evelyn Tice and Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman. The worthy matron addressed the group and explained that her watch words for the year will be "The 3-Fs," representing friendship, feeling and fidelity. Mr. Hamlin also spoke. In an addendum by the of ficers, the' new matron was pre sented a gavel made by Donald Shores. The redwood from which the gavel was fashioned was given by Mrs. Ira Smith of Eureka, Calif., daughter of Mrs. Gertrude Winningham. Past matrons of. the chapter gave an addendum for Mrs. Coggins, now a new member of that group. Before the ceremonies were opened Mrs. Coggins, spoke to the group. Among guests at the cere monies were Mrs. John Pond, grand committee member of the endowment fund, and a member of the chapter; Mrs. Ed Pease, grand representative of Ala bama in Oregon, also a chapter member; Morris Boughner, worthy patron of Reams chap ter; Mrs. Jack Ward, wordy matron of Frames chapter, Mrs. Luther Day, Nevita chapter worthy matron; the matron and patron-elect of Alpha chapter, Mrs. Kathrine VanVleet and Richard G. Trites; and Mrs. Mel- Use a small amount (about 3 tablespoons) of the milk called tor m your cake recipe to mix with the butter and suear as they are creamed. Makes cream Charles Giossman vin McGrew, matron-elect of Nevita chapter. Mrs. Pond was general chair man; Mrs. H. C. Goldsmith had charge of decorations, and Mrs. Gertrude Winningham, was chairman for the decorations for the dining room. Refreshments were planned by Mrs. Pease. Mrs. Clarence Mathison was program chair man; Mrs. Nell Fick, entertain ment chairman and Mrs. Robert Shores was the honorary host- Parents Too Afraid of Spoiled jChild OSC Family Life Authority Declares Corvallis Fear of spoiling children has become a serious hurdle to "good mothering and fathering" in recent generations,' an Oregon State college family life authority believes. Mrs. Katherine Read, head of the family life and home admin istration department, says the fear of spoiling children with "too much" love and attention has created a "bogeyman" for parents. To overcome the problem, she recommends a big, "natural" dose of mother and father love. Too many young mothers, for example,' are afraid "to pick up their i crying child because they're afraid it will spoil him, Mrs. Read insists. They find themselves torn between the ma ternal feeling which makes them want to comfort the infant who is telling mother he -needs com fort and the fear of spoiling the child. So the mother does not re spond, the infant continues to cry, and both are unhappy as a result, Mrs. Read points out. Mothering loses some of its satis faction in this situation, she continues. There's no doubt, of course, that children can be spoiled, Mrs. Rqad says. But "too much love" isn't a basic cause. Lack of love may be, however, because the unsatisfied child continues to seek love and attention ..and becomes "demanding" . or spoiled. The spoiled child is one, too, who has been, deprived of re sponsibilities which are right fully his and deprived of facing consequences of his acts. For ex friendship may we extend best wishes for a happy holiday Medford Pharmacy, Inc. PHONE 2-6253 Casts For Pageants Announced Traditional Christmas pageants were presented by First Meth odist qhurch and Advent Chris tian church school students to tell the Christmas story. Mara lee Chrisholm portrayed Mary in the pageant December 11 at the Methodist church, and Jean Lelut, French youth spending the winter in the valley, enacted Joseph. Michael Stearns was Gabriel and the pageant story was" narrated by John Van Dyke. The program opened with an organ prelude played by Mrs. Richard Schuchard, who was ac companist for the pageant. Others who took part in the pageant were Joanne Balcomb, Douglas Heatherington, Susan and Sandra Filatreau, Katie and Bob Cook, Janet Kent, Nancy Adams, Sue Boardman, Sue Donna Doolen, Jean Tabor, John Chisholm, Ronnie' McKeme, Al lan Taylor, Everett Stricklin, Mike Brandt and Dick Sorenson. Mrs.- Bernice Kunzman, Mrs. Wallace, Peabody, Mrs. C. R. Adamson, Mrs. R. H. Denning, Mrs. Verne Wilson, Dolph Bills, Mack Jones, Mrs. Raymond Bal comb, Mrs. Herb Sampert, Mrs. C. E. Coggins, Mrs. J. T. Dixon, Duane Franklin and Riley Cook assisted in staging the pageant. Janice Height, Dale Flowers, Barbara McCormick, Joan Fret well, Dwight Williams, Cherie Aldrich and Dickie Denning rep resented children of other na tions. ' ; Mrs. R. H. Denning was pianist and Mrs. George Sloniger direct ed the children's choir. . Marge Potter portrayed Mary for the Advent Christian pageant, December 18. Others in the cast were Charles Robertson, Joseph; James Clark, James Potter and Thomas Robertson, shepherds; Vaughin Clark, Howard Wat kins and Donald Clark, wise men; Theatre Thumith, narrator; Frank Potter, voice of the angel. Mrs. Eddie Carter directed the program and Miss Theatre Thum ith, was pianist. ample, he is the. child whose mother tried to stop his crying when he slipped and fell as a baby by pretending to "spank the naughty old chair," instead of giving him comfort for the fall and explaining how it hap pened. The explanation lets the child face reality and learn to modify his behavior, Mrs. Read explains. Another reason for spoiled children is that parents fail to recognize "gro'wth impulses" and. fail to let children explore, feel independent and make mi nor mistakes, she says. Army Man Weds Austrian Bride Of interest here is news of the wedding recently in Salzburg, Germany, of Sgt. Kenneth L. Middleton of Medford to .Miss Frances 'Sentner, an Austrian. Sergeant Salzburg, a brother of Mrs. William McAllister, 2615 Hillcrest road, made his home here with the McAllisters for several years and is a graduate of Medford High school. He served in Korea before re entering the army and going to Germany over a year ago. He. recently was transferred to Vic enza, in southern Italy, where the couple now resides. To Initiate Central Point Initiation will be held at a meeting planned by Nevita chapter, Order of Eastern Star, for Tuesday, De cember 27, at 8 p.m. in the Cen tral Point Masonic temple. 127 EAST SIXTH Our thoughts turned backward the last two Sunday nights as we watched the children and young people of Medford churches . give their Christmas pageants. It seemed only a short time ago that we stood on the stage of the little Methodist or Baptist church (we attended both during our childhood) in Lebam, Wash-, ington, and spoke or sang our Christmas lines. Once we were an angel, all dressed up in a white sheet with crepe paper wings, and we carried a wand with a silver star on the end. But the star, which father had stuck on with a small tack, kept coming off and when we were supposed to wave the . wand in the air, we couldn't because we were hanging on to the star. Christmas was a simple celebration when we were very young. The last day of school there would be a party in our room, with teacher giving us each a small white handkerchief or a little black comb. Maybe there would be cookies for refresh ments. When we went home mother would let us help make fudge or divinity. The day before Christmas father went out in the woods, which grew close to the little lumber settlement, with sometimes the three girls going along to help select the little fir tree. ' He would nail it to a piece of wood and set it up straight in the living room. Mother and the girls would trim it with strings of white popcorn and red cranberries and little red crepe paper bells. The lights were wax candles, small ones of various colors, which clip ped on the tips of the branches. These would be lighted for a few precious moments Christmas eve while father and mother stood by to quickly extinguish the needles which took fire front) the candles flames. ' . We always went to church on Christmas eve for th program, and when it was over, each child received a little net sack filled with nuts and hard candy.- Oranges,' the little Japanese variety, were also another Christmas treat which we loved, for oranges were a Christmas luxury and not an every-day vitamin necessf. Usually there was just one present for each of us, something which mother had made on the family sewing macrSne, or which could be purchased for a small sum. But what fun anf excite ment there was and how often we woke up, beginning about 4 a.m.,, to ask mother and dad if it wasn't about time to get up. About 6 a.m. papa would decide he might as well get up, and he would build a roaring fire in the old-fashioneS wood-burning heater' and when the room was warm,' everyone would get up and we could open our presents. In spite of the reverence and solemnity, church pageants are good for a laugh or two.. Thomas Robertson, one of the shepherds in the Advent Christian church pageant sported a very black eye the result of bouncing too vigorously on the trampoline at college just before coming home. And after the close of the First Methodist church pageant the minister, the Rev. Raymond Balcomb, quipped "this is the first time we ever had a fallen angel in a Methodist pageant.''' He referred to Karen Sloniger, who was ill from the flu but who wouldn't stay home and who fainted and fell from her angel pedestal. We've always been a great beliver in Christmas lists. If a present is to be given, why not make it something the receiver really needs or wants? So, we wrote to the bride and asked her to send us a list. We can now report that the bride believes in lists, too. The one she sent back in the return mail contained about 27 items. Beginning with the. small articles, like pottery bowls, cake tins, etc., she warmed to the task and added a few things like a cast iron frying pan and a large sauce pan. Then she threw discretion to the wind and ended up with listing "a sewing basket, clothes basket, a bookcase, a desk, a new car, more money, a Weimaraner, an oboe, more shelf space, a bigger bathtub, a hi-fi set and records to go with it." Then she helpfully wrote "if you don't have time to shop, just give us the money to buy some things. A million dollars would just about do it." O "' The Barnum-Green wedding . was a "family affair." The bride's three brothers were all ushers, the bridegroom's brother was his best man and his sister was matron-of-honor. Pretty Barbara Green said she guessed she was the first bride in history who didn't mind when it stormed on her wedding day. Barbara dreamed of a candlelight wedding, but circum stances forced the hour to be set ahead to 3 o'clock. So Barbara didn't mind that it was quite dark at 3 o'clock, for the candles glowed brightly at St. Mark's church. Not only did Barbara have her brothers in her wedding party, but the bridesmaids were four friends she had known since all were small girls. Maybe this is a bit monotonous but here we go again if you drink at a party, and must drive home, make the drink for the road coffee! O.S. - ing easier.
