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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Past President Of Herb Society Speaks for Club Rogue River Mrs. Steven Counts, past president of Rogue Valley Herb society, was guest speaker at a meeting February 8 of Laurel Garden club held in the home of Mrs. Henry Bonaey. She told how to grow herbs and gave the uses of many varieties. Mrs. Claud Willoughby and Mrs. Edna Patterson were co- hostesses ad a dessert luncheon preceded the meeting.' Mrs. Gus Ruehling, chaplain, offered a prayer and group sing ing was on the program. Mrs. Charles Babcock presided for the business session. Members voted to give $5 to the March of Dimes drive and to devote one meeting for. the purpose of giving plants, shrubs and bulbs to members who lost plants in, the December, flood, A meeting was conducted on February 11 in, the Civic club rooms concerning work to be done at Woodville cemetery. The members signed a resolution on flood control. Mrs. William White won a prize and guests were Mrs. Del- cie Counts, Mrs. Steven Counts, Grants Pass, Mrs. Zella Parmer and Mrs. Juanda Mauchline of Rogue River. The next meeting will be March 7 at the Thieson home on Highway 99 south and Mrs. A. O. Floyd, Medford, district president, will attend. 4 Garden Cfub Series Resumes Tuesday Second in the new series of radio programs, Garden Club of the Air, will be broadcast Tues day, February 14, at 6:30 p.m. over Station KMED. Mrs. L.'C. McCay, radio chairman for the Siskiybu district, Oregon Feder ation of Garden clubs, announces that the topic will be "The Gar dener With a Camera." 4 . . OES Chapter Nevita chapter, Order of East ern Star, will hold a stated meet ing Tuesday, February 14 at 8 p.m. at the Masonic templey Cen tral Point. Mrs. Melvin Mc Grew, .worthy matron, will pre-' side. ' CALENDAR Calendar notices and newi for thd society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a m of the day of Dublication and for week day news is 5 dj the day before Dublication Monday 6:30 r.m. St. Mark's Even- ..ing guild. Parish house. 6:30 p.m. Wesleyan Service guilds for southern Oregon, Wes ley hall, First Methodist' church. 6:30 p.m. Scottish Rite Wo men's' club, Medford Masonic temple. 6:45 p.m. Rogue Valley Knife and Fork club, Rogue Valley Country club. 7:30 p.m. Butte Falls Parent Teacher association. 7:30 p.m. SPEBSQSA, Phoenix Grange hall, Phoenix. 7:45 p.m. Gorsline circle, home of Mrs. John Clark, 605 Berrydale ave. ' ,. 8 p.m. Chrysanthemum circle, NOW, Moose hail, 11 Newtown St.- 8 p.m. Epsilon Sigma Alpha Alpha . sorority, Mrs. Norman Oberst, 1015 Queen Anne ave. 8 p.m.- FL club, Olive Re bekah lodge, Mrs. Lawrence Horton, Ross lane. Tuesday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gold Hill PTA, coffee, Mrs. Paul Molloy, Oaks motel. 10:30 a.m. Oakgrove Exten sion unit, Mrs. Martin Gates, 1208 West Ninth st. 12:30 p.m. First Presbyterian church circles: Charity, Mrs. Sam Watkins, 1528 Terrace dr.; Faith, Mrs. Dwight Findley, Old Stage rd.; Mercy, Presby terian church, 8th and Holly sts.; Temple, Mrs. James Rowan, 828 Minnesota st.; Trinity, Mrs. Mar vin Nelson, 225 Cottage ,st.; Grace, Mrs.. Ted Walland, Ross lane; Hope, Mrs. Al Dumas, 2011 East : Main st. " 1 p.m. Women's Fellowship, First Baptist church. 1 p.m. Presbyterian church Bethany circle, Mrs. Paul Wray, 35 Myrtle st. He's back at II I NEVER TAKE CHANCES WITH COLDS! 1 v - . vw Vrf? 'Ml F&lr&iM Smart mothers insist en this one sure way to relieve suffering used by 3 out of 5 families. No need to experiment-Vicks VapoRub acts two ways at once! Rub it on, and it re lieves muscular soreness with out irritating redness or burn. At the same t ime, VapoRub's medicated vapors travel deep into nose, throat and 'large breathing passages. Conges tion starts breaking up. Society and Clubs History, Accomplishments Of PTA Reviewed by Group Three skits were presented at the Founder's day meeting of Lincoln Parent-Teacher associa tion February 9. The first skit dramatized the first parent-teacher organization in Oregon, started before Ore gon was a state. Organized by six mothers, all connected with the Whitman mission, it was founded in 1838, and by 1842 seven others had joined. Named the Columbia Mater nal association, it emphasized, in the preamble to its constitution that "sensible of the evils that beset the young mind," that they, the founders, "agree to form ourselves into an associa tion for the purpose of adopting such rules as are best calculated to assist us in the right perform ance of our maternal duties." Taking part in the skit were Mrs. J. J. Jones, Mrs. Austin Caldwell, Miss Anna Laura Honts, Mrs. Kenneth Bramhall, Mrs. Roland Hogue and ,Mrs. Jack Edmonds." The second skit presented the work done by Miss Viola Orts- child, a teacher of the Couch school,' Portland, to aid in the passage of the crippled chil dren's education law. Passed in 1923, this bill provided for the education of mentally normal, physically handicapped , chil dren, through the visits of cer tified teachers to the homes of these children. Mrs. John Lusk and Mrs. Bernice Viles took part in this skit. The third skit depicted the arguments aroused over the "Safe and Sane Fourth" legisla tion. Presented in the form of a PTA meeting, the audience was included in the participants. Starting in 1911 the Oregon Con gress of Parent-Teachers work ed for 39 years to see the pass age , of this legislation. Taking an active part in the skit were Mr. and Mrs. John Benson, Ken neth Bramhall, Roy Gilbertson, S. J. Fagone, Mrs. Mary Coffin, and Mrs. Hi Martin. , Mrs. Eric de Place spoke brief ly on other legislation support ed by the Oregon Congress since 1905. Listed were federal aid for kindergartens and elementary schools; a pure food law; better juvenile courts, and more edu cational facilities "for people in terested in this work; laws to protect working children under 16 years of age; a Bureau of Public Health and a Bureau of Education; the mother's pension bill; education of the adult blind; loan textbooks for gram mar schools; better . pay for teachers; a minimum of four years college work and a bache lor's degree for regular certifi cation of teachers in elementary schools; safe operation of school busses; and the basic school sup port bill. . Mrs. Dee Newton introduced the past presidents present and lighted a candle representing the accomplishments of the Lin coln PTA while each one was in office. Introduced first was Mrs. E. E. Wilson, a charter member of L i h c o 1 n PTA, although she was' not in office until 1931-32. During her term of office the trees around the school we're planted. Mrs. Hi Martin, in office "in 1951-52, said that was the year the PTA first started buying musical instruments for the school. Now. one is added each year by the unit. Mrs, John Ben son, 1952-53, stated thaf the PTA during her term worked to erect a fence around the playground, S. J. Fagone, serving two terms, 1953-54, and 1954-55, spoke of the effect of .safety, committee put for th to secure stop ' signs and stop lights near the school. Mrs. Newton was president for 1936-37 arid 1937-38 when the Lincoln unit was not affiliated with the Oregon Congress, and she looks upon the unit's reaf filiation as her biggest accomp lishment while in office. Elected to the nominating committee were Miss Anna Laura Honts, Mrs. William John son, and Mrs. Virgil Stickley. Revision of the unit by-laws was completed. - .. John Weber reported on the play because Coughing eases. Relief lasts for hours. So, when colds strike, use Vicks VapoRub. That's all it . takes to make your child feel more like himself again!- Vlsb ud Vopobib oi rg Island traumata Monday, February 13, 1956 work being done to secure a site for the new juvenile detention home. Kenneth i Bramhall, cub master for Pack 2, announced that more den mothers were needed. - Mrs. Austin Caldwell an nounced that the annual carni val will be held in the schobl gym February 24. Plans have been made for 17 games and booths, and also planned is a sideshow featuring can-can girls. Miss Anna Laura Honts room won the room count. Hospitality committee w a s Mrs. William Johnson, Mrs. Ed Bartolomei and Mrs. Walter McMahan. Serving were Mrs. Jack Fletcher, Mrs. E. V. Hurt, Mrs. Howard Pierce, Mrs. Bar tolomei, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Jack Edmonds. t- The flag was presented by Girl Scout Troop 72, and the in vocation was given by John Weber. 4 Wedding Shower . Given Recently For Mrs.' Kirk Central Point A shower in honor of Mrs. Robert Kirk, the former Clara Seaman, was held at the home of Mrs. Leo Ghe lardi, Old Stage road, Febru ary 1. Pink carnations . and Cecil Brunner roses decorated the" rooms and parasols of pink and white carried out the wedding theme. The cake was decorated by Mrs. Ralph Burkhart, Cen tral Point. Guests attending from Med ford were the Mesdames Primio Ciardi, Richard Farrell, F. W, Kirk, Charles Ghelardi, Donald Tucker, James Jack and Misses Barbara Johnson, Sandra Robin son and Alice Cooper. Those attending from Central Point included Mesdames .Ken neth Bawker, Dexter Benston, Kenneth - Robertson, Donald Braund, William Baum, - Alvin Paudois, Sterling Tucker, and the Misses Sandra and Cheryl Ghelardi and Sharon Anderson. Nurse to Review Steiner Address "'f ' At Unit Meeting- . Miss TJorothy Collard will re view Dr. Richard - Steiner'j ad dress given at the convention of Oregon State Nurses' association of "a meeting of District Four Tuesday, February 14, in the penthouse at the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital. Mrs. Sue Montieth will also report on the presidents' confer ence which she is attending in Portland today. All registered nurses are cor dially invited to attend. S-o-o Flattering! 8L This flattering new dress fashion "must", for spring! Iron on flowers take just seconds to spark the neckline with gay color! Pattern 7309: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Tissue pattern,' washable iron-on transfers ' in combination of pink, green. State size. 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 ll N.Y. Print plainly NAME,' ADDRESS with PATTERN NUMBER and SIZE. Order our ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. . Enjoy pages and pages of exciting new designs knitting, crochet, em broidery, iron-ons, toys and hov elties' Send 25 cents for your copy of this wonderful 1 book now. You'll want to order every design in iU School Announces Classes in Clothing For Rogue River Rogue River An adult edu cation class in clothing problems is being offered in the grade school library of the Rogue River schools. The class will be taught by Mrs. Orma Farnham under the auspices of the Voca tional Educational department of the State Department of Edu cation and is a general sewing class. The hours will be from" 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, start ing February 17. The fee for the course is pro rated according to the number enrolled so it cannot be definite ly announced. However, it will probably be not less than $6 for the course, it was said, and the cost of materials used will' be in addition to this fee. ; Prospective enrollees who de sire additional information may call Mrs. Orma Farnham at her home in Grants Pass,. GReen- wood 6-5131. : The grade school library is lo cated on the second floor of the old elementary building in Rogue River. If sufficient interest is shown in a cake decorating class, one may be offered evenings in the home economics room - of the high school. Those interested should contact Mrs. Farnham at the above phone number. , . 4 - Mrs. Albert Hofman. Hostess for Meeting Of Butte Falls Group - Butte - Falls Mrs. Albert Wnfman wa hostess for a meet ing of Butte Falls lome Exten sion unit February 3. Mrs. Jo anne Weatherford, county home extension agent, gave the les son on "Identification and Care of New Fabrics.". Mrs, John Rodgers was a guest. . The next meeting will be held at. the home of Mrs. Don Smith. March 1 at 10:30 a.m. The meet ing will be in connection with a lampshade workshop for March. ,.'. Members will receive letters concerning the meeting and others interested, are asked to contact Mrs. Earl Remsen or Mrs. Don Smith, project lead- ers. 4- Unit RIans Study Of Constitution Mrs. Ogden Kellog, Gold Hill, will be discussion leader for & meeting of the morning study unit of Medford League of Women Voters to be held Wednesday, February 15. It is set for 9:45 a.m. at the home' of Mrs. Fred Carr, Florence avenue, The topic will be "Revision of the Oregon Constitution" with special attention given to county governing bodies in the frame work of state government. Central Point Unit , . To Hold Meeting Central Point Central Point Home Extension unit will meet Wednesday, February 15, at 10:30 a.m. in the Grange hall. Members are asked to wear hats made out of kitchen uten sils, and these will be sold to provide- funds for improvement of Bigham hall. . The "eye opener" will be - a 4-H club demonstration on iow td wash sweaters. This is also the month of "pennies for friend ship" it is announced. ': '.The project will be "The Art of Pressing" and will be given by ! Mrs.: Maynard McKay and Mrs. Arthur Strauss. Mrs. Arn old Bohnert will demonstrate how to wear a sari, the national dress of women of Ceylon. Hostesses for the meeting are to be Mrs. Paul Snook and Mrs. Glen Branch. at Your LIVING ROOM FURNITURE! FEBRUARY 2 PIECE Divan SETS Recovered... FREE Estimates Pickup and Delivery PHONI: 8 t S 3-1017, MATTRESS & Hiway 99 Just ECONOMY Grace Kelly's Wedding Gown To Be" Simple But Elegant Br ALINE MOSBY United Press Writer HollyVood OJ.R) Grace Kelly's wedding dress will be "simple but elegant," long, white with high neckline and long sleeves and made by a tiny, brown-haired woman who's the most spotlighted dress designer in the wbrld today. ;, . .. MGM's famed gownmaker, Helen Rose, was chosen over the world's top couturieres to fashion the wedding gown Miss Kelly will wear when she mar ries Prince Rainier in mid-April in Monaco. Miss Rose has had other ac complishments that may seem more worthy. She won an Os car for "The Bad and The Beau tiful." She designed costumes for the Ice Follies for 16 years. Dinner Dance Set for March' By Ruch PTA , Ruch A dinner dance to be held in early March was planned by. Ruch 'Parent-Teacher asso ciation members when they met February 3. Mrs. Boyd Gibson was named chairman of the dance committee with Mrs. Rob ert Webb, Mrs. George Sample and Mrs. Buford Wells to assist her.- President Rex Davis expressed appreciation to the group for as sistance in a March of ; Dimes project and also extended appre ciation to those of the Applegate community for their support. The amount of $248 was taken in through ball games and con cessions t provided by the com bined efforts of the two com munities and was given to the March of Dimes fund. Because games sponsored to raise the money were popular it is planned to have further ones Applegate and Ruch women rilaved volley ball at Applegate February 10 and basketball and volley ball games between the grade school children of the two vicinities also were played. The Footlighters, civic thea ter group, wiE supply the pro gram for the April Parent-Teacher association set for April 5 The play which they will pre sent is entitled "Random Tar get," which deals with the ag gressive behavior of an 11-year-old child. - Eagle Point Club Has Dinner Party -Eagle Point Members of Eagle Point Federated Garden club entertained their husbands at a no-host dinner at their last meeting held in the Grange hall. ' Mrs. Ted Flury had charge of table decorations which were in the Valentine theme. Mrs. Glenn Hale was chairman of the dinner committee. Mrs. Eve Prentice, Medford, presented the Eagle Point mem bers oi ner accordion band - in several selections and Earnest Dahack, showed colored slides of different varieties of flowers from his gardens near Tiller. Mrs. Jessie Tycer, Mrs. J. N Fortin and Mrs. Jake Brown were special guests for the eve ning. : The meeting for March ,7 Will be at the home of Mrs. John Huffman. Members are asked to take a favorite catalog. Arrangement of the month will be prepared by Mrs. Wilfdrd Davies. .. 4 To Meet Roxy . Ann Home Economics club will ttleet Wednesday, February 15, at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. J: O. Myhre, 1070 Spring street. CohostesS will be Mrs. Ellis. . Material Included Mattresses Renovated Box Springs Draperies EVE.: 7 to' 9 3-3455 UPHOLSTERY South of Phoenix SC.095 She has dressed for the screen such MGM beauties as - Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, "Cyd Charisse and Leslie Caron .dur ing 13 years and 22 pictures at the studio. New Fame Won But recently Miss Rose's fame blossomed from; an unexpected source. She has become Holly wood's No. 1 designer of off screen wedding dresses two apiece for Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Powell; one each for Ar lene Dahl, Sally Forrest, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Blyth and Pier Angeli. ' . "t ; I invaded Miss . Rose's fancy fitting rooms at MGM - to eye the plans for Miss Kelly s gown and discovered it will not be as fancy as perhaps the public ex pects. ' Miss Kelly has decided the dress should be traditional and particularly with long sleeves and high neckline. Miss Rose thinks .it should reflect Grace's personality - "simple but ele gant, feminine, lady-like, but not necessarily regal. ' ' . Designer Busy ' I'm so busy designing for her picture, 'High Society,' and. for 'The Opposite Sex' I haven't started the actual sketches," the designer said. "I'm so thrilled to be doing this for Grace, I feel it's a great honor." Miss Rose, in fact, will design two wedding dresses for the actress, a less formal one for the civil ceremony and the tra ditional gown for the religious rite's. : . " The gownTwill be very expen sive but. notjprnate," the design er said.t? "It Will be a museum piece as "..farvras workmanship is concerned? It will ' be elegant and truly beautiful." Mrs. Don Heckert Honored at Party Friday Evening Eagle Point A shower hon oring Mrs. Don Heckert of Jack sonville was held Friday eve ning at the Delvin Elder resi dence at Eagle , Point. Prizes were won by fMrs. Karl Proc tor and Mrs.. Xrleigh Anderson. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Delvin Elder arid Mrs. Al len Whitehead. Other guests were: Mrs. Gil bert Elder,' Mrs. Edgar Vander lip, Mrs. James Vanderlip, Mrs. Delbert Spain, Mrs., Russell Eld er, Mrs. Dean Elder, Mrs. W. J. Blair Mrs. Otto Heckert, Mrs. Richard Niedermeyer, Mrs. Charles Fry, Mrs. Larry Wilson, Mrs. Ray Anderson, Mrs. Arleigh Anderson, Mrs. Gene Anderson, Mrs. Karl Proctor, Melba Poit evet, Mrs. Jessie Elder, Miss Con nie Anderson, Miss Sandra Poit evet and Michael Heckert. Now buy m Exclusive Automatic Water Level Control saves on both wash and rinse ! Gentle, thorough Gyxatator washing action gets clothes cleanest! Exclusive Double-Spin Tubs never - let dirty water strain through clothes. LarseoD AppDiaini 0. 406 East Main Phone 2-5302 Shady Cove Group Announces Dance To Benefit Hall Shady Cove A St. Patrick's dance is planned by the auxil iary to the Steelhead post, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, and pro ceeds will go toward a new floor for the VFW hall at Shady Cove. , The decision was made at a meeting February 3 when sev eral reports were made by com mittee women. Mrs. Jim Cassal reported on visitations to Camp White and said that 497 hours had been spent there, by auxil iary members during the past year. - "' 'An article on membership was read by the chairman, Mrs. Jim Hopkins, and a civilian defense report was "made by Mrs. Dale Sawyer who announced that volunteers for Sky watch duty are needed. A discussion was held on pos sibilities of a course in either home nursing or first aid. - The annual poppy day is sche duled for May 25 and 26 and Mrs. Cassal named captains for the sale. They are Mrs. Harry Birch, Mrs. Frances Miller, Mrs. Jim Cassal and Mrs. Russell Stelle. It was voted to award a three year pin to Mrs. Ed Learning for three years' service as treasurer of the auxiliary. Several members of the post joined the auxiliary as guests during a part of the meeting and refreshments were served. - ' . If you are planning to spruce up a room with new wallpaper you should be interested in a pre-pasted type that does every thing but apply itself to the wall. The wallpaper, to which paste has been previously ap plied, is fitted into a specially designed folding carton with a metal rod, which holds the roll of paper and feeds it out as need ed. The carton is filled with wa ter and the householder merely rolls the. paper out and applies it to the wall.. Cut Flowers Corsages 9 Blooming Plants Also a large Selection of Planters and : ' v Foliage Plants We Wire Flowers Everywhere both... only I COME IN AND SEE AL orSCOTTY Scholarship Fund , Topic, for Zonta; Donation Voted Zonta club members heard a report by Mrs. Hazel Platz on the . Amelia Earhart scholarship winners at their noon lunch on Thursday at the Jackson hoteL The Amelia Earhart scholarship is the service project of Zonta .-. International to which most clubs contribute. It is named for the famed aviatrix, a Zontian of New York, who disappeared somewhere in the Pacific while on a flight around the world. The scholarship has been granted annually since 1938- to a woman for advanced graduate study in the field of aernoau tics. - The club, during the business session, voted to give $300 to the Rogue Valley Memorial hos pital for equipment. The next meeting will be a treasury dinner at the home of Mrs. Pearl Robinson. - Valentine Party Set for Tuesday By Duplicate Club Medford Duplicate Bridge club will hold a valentine party Tuesday, February 14, as part of the club's weekly session at Moose hall. Members -ill .invite guests, and anyone interested in playing duplicate bridge is hvv vited to attend. 1 Mrs. Richard Milestone and Miss Isobel Stuart were hostesses for last week's meeting. Last week's north-south win ners were H. J. Boyd and Roy Pruitt, first, 85V2 points; Miss Stuart and John Solheim, second, 80 V; B. L. Sanderson and George Rode, third, 75. ;'- East-west winners were Don Reverman and James Polski, first, 73y2; Mrs. Bernard Hughes and Mrs. Boyd, second, 72Vfe; Asa Kimball and John Schwartz, third, 66 points. f t ' Black spots on portable elec tric equipment will not form if you suds off the surfaces soon after using. Phone 3-1733 Flowers O Gifts 26 SOUTH CENTRAL $"90aweek! iMVTOGS AUTOMATIC WASHER AND DRYER! Electric operates on 110 or 220 volts : Gas models use either LP or city gas Select vent or no-vent installation Smooth, fully porcelainlzed interior Ask about prices and terms you want COME IN TODAY!