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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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.