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Former Camp White Secretary Writes
Of Life in Iran; On Foundation Staff
Shopping in Iran is an excit
ing experience according to Mrs.
D. J. Dooley, the former Thalia
Doty of Medford. Mr. Dooley is
an agricultural engineer with
the Near East Foundation, and
Mrs. Dooley described life in
Tehran in a letter recently re
ceived here by Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Barneburg.
"This is a city of about 1,000,
000 and it is a mixture of na
tionalities and religions," wrote
Mrs. Dooley. "Friday, Saturday
and Sunday -are not good shop
ping days, as the Moslems close
on Fridays, Jews on Saturdays
and Christians on Sunday. In ad
dition to this, afternoon ..shop
ping is also out as nearly all the
stores close from noon until 4,
and then everything is open
until 8 or 9 o'clock.
"Shopping is interesting be
cause one can find merchandise
from all countries. I have looked
at materials from France, Eng
land, Italy, India, Japan, Russia,
Iran and the United States. We
had an interesting time shopping
for a radio with two short
waves, long wave and medium
wave bands. It has the names of
. all the foreign stations printed
on it. He saw many models of
German, Dutch, English, French,
Italian and Swiss manufacture.
"It is the same with cars
Buick, Ford, Chevrolet, Pontiac
and others all have agencies
here; rrjpst of the taxis are the
small British make cars and the
larger taxis are mostly German.
Besides all these makes there are
Italian, French and Danish mod
els. AS these, with horses, don
keys and cars (pushed and
pulled by animals and men)
make traffic a problem.
"Iran's best work is in the
line of arts copper work, silver,
paintings and designs and rugs
Every place has Persian rugs
even in front of the booths at the
Fair! Persian homes have rugs
on the floor and no furniture
They sit, eat and sleep on the
floor. Iran exports tons of crush
ed rose petals, henna, cotton and
rugs in addition to oil.
"Most of Delmer's work takes
himout to the village of Mama
zanrHe has a staff of 26 Iranians.
Some ideas and suggestions are
adopted, and just as many are
not, so at times progress is very
slow. He is busy now on a dem
onstration plot, doing the work
by machine. Most all of the vil
lagers use oxen and wooden
beam plows. They think our
steel plows are too heavy. They
scratch the surface of the ground
and sow the seeds on the clods.
Delmer was recently appointed
representative of Near East
Foundation and Ford Foundation
on the Minister of Agriculture's
Irrigation council of 8 to plan
an irrigation program for Iran.
They conduct the meetings in
English, even though Delmer is
the only American.
"There are many interesting
places to go and things to see.
I've been to the Archeological
and Ethnological museums and
the Fine Arts School and Mu
seum. The government has set
up a school to preserve Persian
arts, and we saw masters train
ing others in rug weaving, de
sign creating, damask weaving,
ceramics, painting, mosaic, in
lay, carving etc. It was very in
teresting and the work very
beautiful. In the archeological
museum culture -is preserved in
items dating back to 6,000 B.C
and the intricate design of gold
and silver jewelry and graceful
shapes of pottery made during
the Islamic period were sur
prising. In the Ethnological mu
seum wax figures, perfect in
every detail to wrinkles on feet
and neck, and hair on fingers
and chests, were clothed in gar
ments of all the tribes and from
all professions and walks of life;
many other items depict tribal
life and Persian customs.
"American movies (old ones,
however) are available at the
Officers' club and the United
"States Information Service. The
Persian theaters show a lot of
American films too, but stop
: every few scenes to flash Persian
translations on the screens.
There are also Iranian produc
tions. The Persians really love to
go to the movies and at show
time the streets are jammed. We
get American radio programs
over a local Army station, and
British Broadcasting system.
Leading American magazines are
available, but high.
"There are quite a number of
good restaurants and hotels
where Americans feel it is safe
to eat, and we have enjoyed
eating out very much. The cook
ing is mostly French, and very
tasty. The service by the wait
ers is really super. In warm
weather patio and garden dining
is popular, and the gardens are
beautiful with pools, under
water lights, garden lanterns,
flowers and shrubs.
"There are a lot of Ameri
cans here Army, Point Four,
Embassy many firms under
government contract, etc. There
is an American grade school with
over 200 enrolled, and many at
tend the Community school with
other European children. This
being the capital city there are
many embassies here Russian,
British, Pakistan, Indonesian,
German, Austrian, French, Pol
ish, Afghanistan etc. The city is
a mixture of old and new, in
architecture and belief. Many of
the Persian women, especially
the educated and well-to-do,
dress in latest fashion, while
others adhere to the old Moslem
custom and wear chaddars, a
cloth that covers them from
head to ankle.
"We have enjoyed all varie
ties of fresh fruits and vege
tables, and nuts, which are all
quite reasonably priced on the
local market. We get very good
pork and bacon from an Armen
ian butcher, as well as lamb and
beef. A lot of the beef is tough,
as they do not believe in feed
ing out an animal as we do, but
with my pressure cooker and
meat tenderizer, we do ok. We
get fresh eggs and chickens from
the Foundation poultry farm,
Danish butter and all canned
foods, flour, Crisco, etc., from
the Embassy Co-op store in
which we have a share. These
items are expensive, but it is a
privilege to be able to buy Amer
ican goods. I do quite a bit of
baking, but we also enjoy the
loaves baked by an Armenian,
and find the flat bread hot from
the local brick ovens to be very
tasty. We haul our drinking and
cooking water from the embassy
deep well, but we are located
only two blocks away.
"We live on the ground floor
of a 4-story (four apartments)
building less than a year old,
and the other tenants are Amer
ican. The front entry hall opens
on the sidewalk, but in the back
we have a garden, pool and
patio, all enclosed by a high
brick wall. Ceilings are high,
walls stucco finish, floors tile
and inside as well as outside
United Nations Film
Shown on Wednesday
For Women's Circle
The filmstrip "To Live To
gether as Good Neighbors," por
traying the growth and activities
of the United Nations in this
country and abroad, was shown
to Circle' 6, Women's Society
of Christian Service of First
Methodist church, by Mrs. Oliver
P. Taylor Wednesday evening.
The meeting was held in the
home of Mrs. Leo Ballance.
Final plans were made for the
annual father and son banquet
to be held in the church the
evening of February 14 under
the sponsorship of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service and
the Methodist Men. Mrs. James
Baumer conducted the business
session. .
Guests for the evening were
Mrs. George Ward, visiting in
Medford from Bandon, Ore., and
Mrs. R. V. Carter.
walls are from IV2 to 2 feet
thick. We are furnished a kero
sene circulator heating stove,
kerosene range and electric re
frigerator. The rest of the fur
and the other tennants are Amer
style, so we feel quite at home.
"There is a community church
at the Presbyterian mission, a
Catholic church and .then the
Greek, Syrian, Armenian and
Hebrew churches in addition to
the mosques of the Persians.
"Brick walls are what one
sees from the street, but peeks
through open doors and gates
often reveal beautiful gardens
and buildings and also poverty
and filth. There are many beg
gars on the streets. In the shop
ping areas small stores (called
magazines) line the street and
usually sell one line of mer
chandise. There is very little
ready-to-wear, as most clothing
is made to order. It is odd to go
down one street and pass shop
after shop of silver; on the other
side will be shop after shop of
materials; in another area it is
the same with radios, and so
on."
Mrs. Dooley also wrote that
she was learning the native
language from Dora, her house
kee'per, "who speaks about six
words of English, and under
stands about that many more"
and that even though they did
not always understand one
another, "we get along pretty
good."
The Dooleys are in Iran for a
two-year stay. Mrs. Dooley is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
E.v Doty, Table Rock road.
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BPWClub
Public relations was the topic
of a talk given by Dr. Elmo Ste
venson, president of Southern
Oregon college, for a dinner
meeting of Medford Business
and Professional Women's club
Thursday night. It was held at
Roxy Ann Grange hall, with
women of the Grange prepar
ing and serving the dinner.
Because there is a shortage
of workers in the United States
at present, qualified men and
women can "pick their boss"
the speaker said. He outlined
to his listeners some of the
qualities and conditions which
should be considered when ap
plying for a position with an
individual or firm, or when con
sidering . an individual for em
ployment. Points to consider are: Does
he have adequate skill and ex
perience for the job, does he
have good references, does he
make a good impression, how
does he talk, does he handle
an application with care and in
telligence, is he a "clock watch
er," is he thinking of the future
and does he have a 'stable em
ployment record.
Other characteristics mention
ed by the speaker which must
be considered in employers
were: Is he secretive and unso
cial, is he poised and expediti
ous and does he confine his
"bossing" to the office.
Other public relations ideas
brought , out by Dr. Stevenson
were to the effect that every
person on a staff should be pro
vided with a successful experi
ence, since "nothing succeeds
like success" and that every per
son needs status in his group.
Dr. Stevenson mentioned the
importance of "thank you" and
"please" in contacts with staff
members, and also the value
of learning correct names and
nicknames.
The speaker also said "jobs
must be worthwhile" and told
of an experiment in which work
ers refused to do a "worthless"
job even though they were paid
for it.
Dr. Stevenson also spoke of
the need for inspirational lead
ers among workers and said
"an institution is only the shad
ow of those at the head of it."
The value of advice, guidance
and praise in the daily life were
mentioned by Dr. Stevenson,
who also added that many ideas
of value in public relations
worked equally well when used
in social groups and in the home.
Mrs. Harriett Watson, presi
dent, presided over the meeting
and Mrs. Marie Peirce intro
duced Dr. Stevenson.
Groups Announce
Coming Projects
For Shady Cove
Shady Cove Steelhead post
and auxiliary, Veterans of For
eign Wars, will participate in
two civic projects in the Shady
Cove area scheduled for early
February; First will be an an
nual dance to benefit the March
of Dimes drive scheduled for Sat
urday night, February 4, at the
VFW hall.
The other is a proposed proj
ect to secure 150 blood donors
so lhat the bloodmobile may in
clude Shady Cove in the next
visit to the area, the date set
for February 7. Anyone who can
donate to the blood bank should
telephone Mrs. Dan Krotz, to
register.
Announcement of the projects
were made at a meeting of the
auxiliary recently when Mrs.
Harry Birch, president, presided.
Mrs. Wanda Hanson became a
member at the meeting, and
Mrs. Charles Harkness, Medford,
was appointed musician.
A report also was made by the
community servic chairman, Mrs.
Krotz, on work and number of
hours spent by the auxiliary dur
ing the recent flood disaster.
Mrs. Jim Hopkins, senior vice
president, reported for Mrs.
Dale Sawyer, civilian defense
chairman, who could not be at
the meeting because of an in
jury received the day of the
meeting.
Mrs. Jim Cassal spoke of
work done by the auxiliary at
Camp White domiciliary during
the holidays. Refreshments were
served.
Chapter to Meet
At Drummond Home
Chapter AA, PEO will meet
at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Janu
ary 25 at the home of Mrs. C. I.
Drummond, Ross lane. Assisting
the hostess will be Mrs. R. J.
Cunningham and Mrs. E. B. De
Voe. To prevent mildew, don't bun
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League Members Consider Floods,
Zoning and Adoptions for Program
Bruce Kellington
DeMolay
Installs
Officers
Bruce Kellington was install
ed master councilor of Medford
chapter, Order of DeMolay, in
ceremonies held January 11 in
Medford Masonic temple. The
installation was followed by a
dance, with music provided by
Bob Ayres' orchestra.
Bill Madden, retiring master
councilor, served as installing
officer. The new master coun
cilor is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Kellington, 87 Perrydale
avenue. .
Others installed were Dick
Swinney, senior councilor; Jim
Pletsch, junior councilor; Jim
Materie, senior deacon; Earl
Knight Jr., junior deacon; Jay
Walker, senior steward; Ray
Dahl, - junior steward; Kennis
King, orator; Curtis Cook, chap
lain; Gary McCurdy, marshal;
Steve Fabrick, standard; Don
Floyd, almoner; Don Green,
Bill Foote, LeRoy Knight, Dick
Sorenson, Kent Ballard, Bruce
Thompson and Greg Milnes, pre
ceptors. f
Grand Guardian
To Visit Bethel
Central Point Mrs. Velma
Green, Portland, grand guardian'
of Job's Daughters, will be en
tertained at a nohost dinner
Thursday, January 26, . in the
Jackson hotel, Medford.
The visiting officer also will
inspect the bethel's work during
initiation ceremonies to be held
after the dinner at the Central
Point Masonic temple, at 7:30
p.m. Guardian council members
and officers will attend.
The first meeting of the new
term with Miss Vicki Noel as
honored queen was conducted
January 12. Miss Anita Conger,
junior past queen, escorted and
introduced her. Refreshments
were served by Miss Maria Ab
bott and Mrs. Abbott, Miss El
len Ward and Mrs. Ward, Miss
Earlene South and Mrs. South.
Flood conditions in this area
were discussed Wednesday morn
ing at a unit meeting of Medford
League of Women Voters, while
members were choosing local
study and action items for the
year's program.
Interests ranged from conser
vation, better laws and better
understanding of adoptions to
county zoning. t
The women in particular dis
cussed watershed control as a
deterrent to flooding of rivers
and creeks. It was pointed out
that the long range principles
as set forth by the soil conser
vation program, as ODnnspri tn
short range or the expedient
procedure of high dams only,
fits with the league's record of
working from a long range view
point rather than being busy
continuously with only immedi
ate objectives.
From a conservation stand
point the loss of timber in1 the
watersheds, the loss of forest top
soil and the loss of agricultural
soils on which plant, animal and
human lives depend, seems to
outweight the personal .property
losses, costly as they are, it was
explained.
The problem will be consider
ed at a league meeting scheduled
in February.
Other groups of the vicinity
have already begun to work to
ward solving the problem, in
cluding members of garden
clubs. Books which have been
suggested on the subject are
"Our Plundered Planet," by Os
borne, and "Vanishing Lands,"
by Jacks and White. The latter
publication is recommended by
John Tiggart, a newcomer to
Medford, who is a member of
the soil conservation service
Safety Expert
To Be Speaker
In Eagle Point
Eagle Point-7-C. C. Haggard,
safety expert for The California
Oregon Power company, will
speak and give a demonstration
on electrical safety at the next
meeting of Eagle Point Parent
Teacher association. It is set for
Tuesday, January 24, at 8 p.m.
in the high school library.
Mr. Haggard's appearance was
arranged by Vernon Bonebrake,
safety chairman for the unit.
A discussion of the needs of
the community's youth during
leisure time is also planned.
New Officers
New officers of the Women's
Missionary council, Medford As-,
sembly of God -church, are Mrs.
Harold D. Kahl, president; Mrs.
William T. Jeffery, vice-president;
Mrs. ' Meredith E. Stans
field, secretary and Mrs. Nelson,
treasurer.
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