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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) w i 'Wit' '4 ' fA Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kornstad .Newly weds at Home Here; Rites at Nazarene Church Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kornstad, whose wedding was an event of December 25, are living at 121 Crater Lake avenue, after making a wedding trip to Portland and other northern points. The bride is the former Miss Arlene Rasmussen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rasmussen, 1918 Stewart avenue. The bride groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kornstad, live at 1624 Thomas road. The ceremony was read at 7:30 o'clock in the evening at the Church of the Nazarene, by the Rev. Raymond Hum. About 350 guests attended. The couple chose Christmas day for the wedding as it also is the . wed ding anniversary of an uncle and aunt of the bridegroom. . Lighted Christmas trees, with poinsettias and green boughs and pedestal candle arrange ments decorated the church. A turquoise blue and white theme was used for members of the wedding group. Organ music was played by Mrs. Bill Brewster, and songs were .furnished by George Mc- Une with the church choir. The bride was given in mar riage by her by her father. Her gown was of taffeta with lace- covered bodice and sleeves and the overskirt of net was trim med with lace inserts. Her flow ers were red rosebuds which she carried on a Bible. She wore the traditional blue, borrowed and something new, the latter a petticoat 55 years old, loaned by Mrs. Roland W. Kruggel, and which has been worn by num erous brides. Mrs. Wayne Giles, a sister of the bride, was the honor attend ant, anQ bridesmaids were Miss Kathy Caldwell, a student at Pasadena, Calif., and Miss Leone Massey. The bride's attendants wore gowns of varying shades of turquoise blue made to match the bride's gown. They carried white chysanthemums in white ba&ets and wore white flowers in their hair. Cheryl Ann Giles, the bride's niece, was flower girl. She wore a white floor length gown to match those of the attendants, which was trimmed in turquoise blue. She carried red petals in a basket. Gary Rasmussen, a brother of the bride, carried the rings on FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY Y Phone 2-4263 MAIL TRIBUNE -(Brainerd photo) a heart-shaped pillow. Candle lighters were Rennie Vowell and Claude Sullivan. Ushers were Milton Kornstad, a brother of the bridegroom, and Lee Malone, Gold Hill. The reception, attended by some 150 guests, was held at the church annex.' Both the bride and bridegroom attended Medford Senior high school. He is a machinist em ployed at Pacific Machinery company. Ne&v Members Introduced for Newcomers Club Mrs. Carl Borg, second vice- president, Mrs. John Lusk and Mrs. Ward Smith were hostesses for the bi-monthly card party of Sojourners' club Thursday after noon at the Medford hotel. An arrangement of figurines, two small vases filled with vio lets and sweetheart roses and candles on each end centered the dessert table. ' Prospective members attend ing for the first time were Mrs. Harry Barker, Mrs. James L. King, Mrs. Paul Dorff, Mrs. Fred Baggenstos, Mrs. Owen Good rich, Mrs. Murl Storms, Mrs. Richard Knoll, Mrs. Kenneth C. Phillips and Mrs. Thomas Reid. New members introduced were Mrs. Stanley Yoder and Mrs. Floyd W. Robertson. Transfer ring from the Sojourners' club of Salem were Mrs. Douglas Fos bury, and Mrs. A. B. "Britt" Davis. Special award was given to Mrs. Harry Barker. At cards in the afternoon, bridge prizes went to Mrs. F. E. Cantrill and Mrs. James Grisby. Pinochle awards went to Mrs. E. W. Ingram and Mrs. Kenneth C. Phillips and canasta awards to Mrs. Ruby Wright and Mrs. J. Edwin Harper. The next meeting of the club will be February 9 at the Med ford hotel. All women who have lived in Medford or vicinity less than two years are invited to at tend and become members. ACME CHAM In by 11 - Out by 5 All Work Fully Guaranteed Never a Service Charge Sunday, January 29 1956 Girl Scout Luncheon Set Tuesday The annual district recognition of the Girl Scout organization will be held Tuesday, January, 31, at 12 o'clock at St. Mark's Guild hall, Fifth and South Oak dale avenue. This annual event brings together Girl Scouts, lead ers, committee members and chairmen in a "get acquainted" atmosphere. A total of 197 adult volunteers are registered for Girl Scouting in the Medford area. Many of these will receive award pins for years of service to scouting, and others will be given special rec ognition. It is the hope of the committee that every leader, as sistant and co-worker will be present. Mrs. Richard Finch is in charge of arrangements, and also will be installed as the new dis trict chairman. The district in cludes Washington, St. Mary's, Lincoln, Jackson, Roosevelt, Prospect, Central Point, Lone Pine, Phoenix, McLaughlin Jun ior High, Hedrick Junior High, Gold Hill, Shady Cove, Oak grove, Howard, Griffin Creek and Jefferson schools. Mrs. Finch has seryed for sev eral years in adult scouting. She was a troop leader for four years, Medford district secretary for four years, and public rela tions chairman for one year. First vice-chairman will be Mrs. Frank Benesh, second vice-chairman Mrs. J. E. Moir, and secre tary, Mrs. Paul Haviland. Miss Mary Vandenberg, of the Child Guidance clinic, will speak and a skit on Girl Scouting will be presented. Mrs. Al Carrara will be in charge of the flag presenta tion. Retiring officers are Mrs. George Ice, president, and Mrs. Alan Jewett, troop organizer. Those attending are asked to take their own service and either a salad or a hot dish. Letter Carriers AndAuxiliary Hold Dinner, Ceremony Officers for the local branch of National Association of Letter Carriers and auxiliary were in stalled during a dinner meeting January 25 at Roxy Ann Grange. Larry Rose and Mrs. K. E. Watson are new heads of the organizations. Others installed at the same time for the auxiliary are Mrs. Walter Wilson, vice president; Miss Jean Johnson, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. John Lynch, financial secretary; Mrs. Charles Wiley, mistress-at-arms; Mrs. S. J. Fagone, color bearer; Mrs. Phil Johnson, chaplain, and Mrs. Clarence Williams, trustee. The staff who will serve with Mr. Rose is made up' of Asher Neff , vice - president; Charles Wiley, secretary-treasurer; G. O. Sanden, financial secretary; John Lynch, sergeant-at-arms, and Walter L. Wilson, trustee. Installations were conducted by Robert Newland assisted by Charles Pettigrew. Mrs. Larry Rose, state treasurer, presented Mrs. Fagone a past president's pin. Butte Falls Club Frames Paintings Butte Falls Butte Falls Fed erated Garden club held a spe cial meeting Wednesday to sup plement the -regular meeting in order to finish framing the wild flower paintings by Elizabeth Edmondson. These are to be pre sented to the Jacksonville Mu seum. Short talks on new and un usual plants such as the petunia hybrid No. 2, the new near white marigold and the wax-plant for long-lived beauty were given by Mrs. Dalton and Mrs. John Fuiten. Mrs. William Bowen was wel comed as a guest. Several members are planning on visiting- the bloodmobile which is to be in Shady Cove February 7 between 2 and 7 p.m. Refreshments were served by the hostess, Mrs. William Ed mondson and co-hostess, Mrs. Jim Arnold. Ask for Elmer Miss Betty Conner ' t (Brainerd photo) Miss Betty Conner, Frank A. Woods Engaged to Wed Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Conner, 444 South Fir street, announce the engagement of their daugh ter, Betty Irene, to Frank A. Woods of Oak Hill, HI. The wedding is planned for July. Miss Conner was graduated from St Mary's academy here in 1953 and is on the staff of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company. Mr. Woods, a son of Mrs. Mary Bennett of. Alicevile, 111., was graduated from Community HigH school', Farmington, Til., and is employed by Morrison Knudson. Executive Board Of Women's Group Names Chairmen Committee chairmen for .Taclc. son County Republican Women were named at a meeting of the executive board of the" group held Monday at the home of the new president. Mrs. Robert J. Kenney. Colver road. The chairmen are Mrs. Wayne Stine, program and publicity: Mrs. Roy V. Rickard. telephone: Mrs. Clair L. Larson, member ship; Mrs. Harold Sexton, fin ance: Mrs. C. B. Francis. hosDi- tality; Mrs. Royal E. Bebb, in vocation and Mrs. John H. Bun ker, luncheon. Mrs. Carl E. Wimberlv Jr. will be luncheon chairman for the next general meeting set for Feburary 20 at the YMCA and Mrs C. Weldon Kline was named chairman of a tea to be held in May. Speaker for the February meeting will be Leonard May field, superintendent of citv schools in Medford. He will talk on education in relation to taxes Under a new Dlan devised hv the board, a discussion period will follow the regular meetings of the group for those who wish to remain for a longer period It was announced that Repub lican year books and tickets for the annual Lincoln day banauet are on sale at Frake and Smith, 315 East Main street. The ban quet is set for February 7 at the Jackson hotel at 7 p.m. Speaker will be ex-Governor Dan Thorn ton of Colorado, and Gov. Paul Patterson of Oregon will attend Auxiliary to Hold Leap Year Dance At Camp Monday A Leap Year dance will be conducted Monday, January 30 at t$ p.m., in Camp White donu ciliary theater by the auxiliary to Barracks 14, World War I vet erans of Camp White. Music will be furnished by the domiciliary orchestra. Women who attend are asked to take cakes for refreshments and birthday cards to honor Mrs, Mary jonnson, a civil service employee in the domiciliary dietetic department. Transportation will be furn ished by domiciliary bus from Trailways depot about 7:15 p.m WE (AN cut WE DON'T TAKE IT WITH US! flt TT (D) MJE'S COSTUME JEWELRY 103 NORTH CENTRAL Across from Penney's Name the Color or Style WE HAVE IT! At Practically Give-Away Prices' Betty Jane Svinth Engaged to Wed Graduate Student Prospect News of interest in this area is the engagement of Miss Betty Jane Svinth, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Svinth, former Prospect residents now of Areata, Calif., to Bowman C. Collins, who now is doing grad uate work at the University of California, Berkeley. An August wedding is plan ned. . The announcement was made by Mr. and Mrs. Svinth during a luncheon January 7 in the French room at the Durant hotel in Berkeley. The Svinths moved to Areata in 1952. Miss Svinth is employed at the YWCA in Richmond, Calif., as director of Teen-Age program work. She has held this position since 1952. She received her ba chelor's degree from Midland college in Fremont, Nebr., in 1951 and a -master's degree in social welfare from the Univer sity of California in June, 1954. Her fiance is a son of Mrs. Mary Collins of Los Angeles. He recently was discharged from the Navy where he served as a lieutenant (jg). He received his bachelor of science deeree in physics from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., in 1948, where he taught mathematics and phys ics. Mr. Collins earned his mas ter's degree in physics at the University of California, Los An geles, and worked m nuclear physics research at Los Alamos, in New Mexico. . Mr. Collins now is working for his general secondary and jun ior college teaching credentials which he expects to complete next June. He plans to teach in the Bay area where the newly engaged couple will live after the late summer wedding. Three To Attend Council Meeting Three valley women will at tend an annual convocation of Oregon Council of Churches in Portland January 31 through February 1 and 2. Those who will make the trip are Mrs. Harlan Bosworth Jr., Mrs. Arth ur McMillin and Mrs. Bert Elliott . . The meetings will be conduct ed at Westminister Presbyterian church. Any woman who also would like to make the trip should call Mrs. Claude Sparks, president of the Medford council! Theme for this convocation will be "The Church and Econ omic Life," and several address es, panels and workshops are slated. Dr. George Hedley will present an address on, "The Church Looks at Industrial Re lations." Dr. Hedley, a Meth odist minister, is professor of economics and sociology at Mills college, as well as chaplain. Dr. Cameron Hall, director of the department of church and sconomic-life of the National Council of Churches, will con duct a workshop on methods, programs and materials for a local study on the subject. Talk on Printing Given for Zontians Printing shop procedures were described with illustrations by Mrs. Irean Grigsby of Klocker Printery for Medford Zonta club at the Thursday noon lunch at the Jackson hotel. Mrs. Grigsby The speaker said that some branches of printing are an art and that there are some shops which specialize exclusively in printing books that require art istic training in preparing them for publication. Lithography, Mrs. Grigsby said, requires art work. First pictures are taken of individual colors; the pictures are then' combined when the engraver makes the plate which is used for the final printing. Brochures for the Oregon Shakespearan Festival were shown to illustrate what is done in lithography. An interesting Less Than a Week left! . . . So, Girls ... COME IN Before It's Too Late for These BARGAINS ....... ... .1 i ... .. (ni:. m- jk; IlllplllH Miss Eva Tuggle (Landis-Shangle studio) Talent Parents Announce Troth Talent The engagement of Miss Eva Ruth Tuggle to James R. Read was announced Sunday, January 15 at a party given by the bride-elect's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tuggle, 104 First street in Talent. Her fiance is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Read, 1320 Beatty street, Medford. - Attending: the event were members of the two families. They were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tuggle and sons, Dannie and Jackie; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Read, Thomas, Kathleen and Michael; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ball and Delores; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stogsdill and infant daugh ter, VaLinda; Mr .and Mrs. Gor don Read and Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Read, Mark and Pat; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Read and Billy; Miss Bessie and Miss Alli son Cutburth; Robert Clevenger; Ray Marcum and Miss Jean Cut burth. Refreshments of cake, coffee and punch were served by the bridegroom-elect's sisters, , the Misses Helen and Joan 'Read, with Mrs. Stogsdill and Mrs. Ball assisting. No wedding date has been set. Miss Tuggle is a student at Talent high school and her fi ance completed high school there. s Steel head Post Gives Dinner for Auxiliary Women Shady Cove - Members of Steelhead post, veterans of For eign Wars, were hosts to the auxiliary January 14 at dinner served at the VFW hall. The event was the result of a chal lenge between the two groups in a membership drive. The men cooked and served the turkey dinner and decorated the dining tables with candles and bowls of greenery and ivy They presented the women cor sages. Place cards were decor ated with American flag motifs Reed McKay offered a prayer, Talks were given during the evening by. the president, Harry Birch, and Jim Hopkins, senior vice-commander. Mrs. . Birch, president of the auxiliary, also spoke, as did Mrs. Hopkins, sen ior vice-president. Cards and dancing were di versions of the evening. . " ' Lodge to Honor 20-Year Members Central Point-rTwenty-year members will be honored by Mt. Pitt Rebekah lodge members when they meetin Wednesday, February 1 at 8 p.m., in the IOOF hall. ' A business meeting will be conducted and the program will follow. 1 " Mrs. Robert Booth and Mrs. Neil Gleen will be in charge of the plans. Hostesses for the evening will be Mrs. Delbert Mongold, Mrs. V. Moore and Mrs. Al Troutman. item was the statement that one hundred pounds of black ink was used in making up these brochures last year. WANT to. County Extention Groups To Study Fabrics, Pressing Five county home extension units will meet this week. "Ident ification and Care of New Fab rics," and the "Art of Pressing," are titles of the projects to be studied. Butte Falls The group at. Butte Falls will meet at the home of Mrs. Albert Hofman Friday, February 3 at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Joanne Weatherford, county extension agent, will demon strate the subject concerning new fabrics. " Table, service will be required and all women in the vicinity in terested are invited. Mrs. Ted Riddell is in charge of child care for which a nominal fee will be charged. West Side Luncheon will be served at noon for West Side unit members who will meet Thursday, February 2 at 10:45 a.m., in the home of Mrs. Ernest Niedermeyer, Aspen drive. Those who . attend should take luncheon table service. The afternoon session will be conducted by Mrs. Weatherford, also on new fabrics. . Anyone in the West Side area not now a member and who wants to attend unit meetings may telephone Mrs. Eston Hum phrey, 3-2662, for further infor mation. Those desiring child care for the meeting should telephone Mrs. Charles Taylor, NOrmandy 4-2928 for particulars. Because this is the first meet- Crater Gardeners Hear Talk Given By County Agent C. B. Cordy, county agent, was guest speaker at the January meeting of Crater Garden club. The meeting was held January 19 at the home of Mrs. Charles Meyer, 43 South Ninth street. Central Point. Espaliered trees was the sub ject of Mr. Cordy's' talk and he used a large drawing board for demonstration purposes. He de fined espaliering as a form of training on a single plane. The method was devised in Europe because of lack of sufficient sun and heat to ripen fruit in . the bush form and also to obtain higher quality fruit. Hawaii, country of the month and orchid, flower of the month, were reported on by Mrs. War ren Holbrook. ; Mrs. Donald Bergman and Mrs. Pat Smith were guests. Mrs. Henry Friesen and .. Mrs. Warren Holbrook were co-host esses. To save vitamins when cook ing "vegetables, stir as little as possible. Oxygen stirred into the food destroys the vitamins. Your Portrait and there' 8 Just time to have it made - v for Valentine's Phone for your ing of the unit with the new ex tension agent in attendance, of ficers anticipate a large attendance. Griffin Creek Mrs. George Large, 1000 Shafer lane, will be" hostess Friday, February 3, to Griffin Creek unit when they will study the art of pressing. Mrs. Wesley Christlieb and Mrs. James W. Davidson will present the subject. Lake Creek-Lake Creek Ex tension unit meets at the home of Mrs. Ed Meyer, Salt Creek road, Wednesday, February 1.4 rne lesson ior the meeting is 'Identification and Care of New Fabrics." The new agent, Mrs. Joanne Weatherford, will be the leader. This will be the agent's one meeting of the year in this community. Members are reminded to take their silver coupons to the meet ing- . An invitation is extended to all women in the community to attend the extension meetings. ' The meeting starts at 10:30 ajn. Upper Applegate Mrs. Bill Ziiegler and Mrs. Loren Cooper will be leaders for the Upper Applegate unit Wednesday, Feb ruary 1, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Robert Sorber. The lesson will concern press ing. , The serving committee will be made up of Mrs. Loyal Hard, chairman, Mrs. Ben Twist, Mrs. B. Goldman, Mrs. Harry Davis and Mrs. Joe Farrand. . All women of the vicinity in terested are invited. Table serv ice will be required and trays usable. : PRISMATIC LIPSTICK with LAN0LAST 56 free with any $2 ANAT0LE R0BBINS ' Prismatic Make-Up ' A T LAST is the revolutionary ' new lipstick that glides on ' stays on you round the clock t Yours free with the Prismatic Liquid Make-up specially formulated for your sMn. DRESD0LL for dry skin PORCELAIN for oily skin WHITE CAMELLIA for normal skio $2 to 7.50 plus fed. tax : tTAO MM .. .. WAINSCOTT'S PHARMACY 322 East Main - Phone 2-6440 Day! appointment now. a regular 1.50 7l 3 PHOTOGRAPHS O PHONE 2-5238 120 EAST MAIN
