TWO -MEDFORD (OREGON)
Society and Clubs
Spring Flower Show School
Dates Announced by Chairman
The spring flower show school
of Siskiyou district, Oregon
Federation of Garden clubs will
be held April 18, 19 and 20. The
school was planned in order that
interested gardeners in this dis
trict could be trained as flower
show judges, and this is the third
section.
' It is pointed out that previous
ly the classes had been an
nounced as opening one day
earlier. The school will be held
in the Central Point Grange hall.
Horticulture instruction will
be on natice plants and judging
instruction will be on tulips,
early iris and camellias. Books to
read are "Wild Flowers in Your
Garden" by Helen Hull, and
Chapter 16 and 44 in "Women's
Home Companion Book" by Wis
ter. Flower show practice will be
on staging, and the duties of the
Judges. Those planning to attend
are also to study pages 11 to 14
on staging, and Chapter 4 on
judging in the "Handbook for
Flower Shows."
Flower arranging instruction
will be on design, with emphasis
on scale, proportion, color and
analagous harmony. Books to
read in preparation for this, are
"Color in Flower Arrangement"
by Wilson and "Color Notation"
by Munsell.
. The course is open to the gen
eral public but only federated
club members may take the ex
amination. Members who have
OES Grand Officer
To Visit Chapters
Wednesday Night.
Members of Reames ad Alpha
chapters, Order of Eastern Star,
will meet in the Ashland Ma
sonic temple Wednesday, Febru
ary 15. m a joint session ar
ranged for the visit of the asso
ciate grand matron, Mrs.'. Fred
E. Burton, Portland.
A potluck dinner is set for
6:30 p.m., and will be followed
by a school of instruction at
8 p.m.
Mrs. Burton is to - arrive in
Ashland about noon, and will be
a guest of Mrs. Lorena McNair,
a former grand matron and pres-1
ent grand historian for Oregon.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
not taken courses I and II may
make ud the study later, it is
stated. Everyone interested in
learning more about the growing
and arranging- of flowers is in
vited to audit the course.' ,
Instructors will be Mrs; C. F.
Gregg, state flower show school
chairman, teaching flower show
practice and flower arranging,
and Mrs. Harry O. Smith, Cave
Junction, who will give the hor
ticulture class. Mrs. Smith is a
past president of the Oregon
federation.
Anyone wishing further infor
mation is asked to contact Mrs.
Gaston Floux, .. Central Point,
flower show school chairman for
this district.
Valentine Dance
Planned at Club
Plans are being completed this
week for a velentine formal
dance at Rogue Valley Country
club set for Saturday, February
18. General chairmen are Mr.
and Mrs. M. F. Doran and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Rector.
The evening will open with
cocktails at 8 p.m., followed by
hors d'oeuvres and dinner. Two
dance bands will furnish music,
one in the main room and the
other in the lower lounge. -
Decorations will be done with
Mr. and Mrs. Del Wright in
charge, and table decorations
and others will be furnished by
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fisher and
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Heysell.
are handling invitations.
The event is for club members
and houseguests.
Wisely Family
Now in Hawaii
Mrs. Duane Wisely and three
children, formerly of Medford,
recently joined Mr. Wisely in
Honolulu, T.H., where he is sta
tioned with the .Navy. Mrs.
Wisely and the couple's children
had been making their home at
Mountlake Terrace in Washing
ton. r-.
Mrs. Wisely, the former De-
lores Bismark, is a daughter of
Mr'.' and Mrs. Herbert Bismark,
who lived in Medford before
moving to Portland. -
Tuesday, February 14, 1956
Events
Announced
By PTA
Gold Hill Gold Hill Parent-Teacher
association observ
ed Founders' day February 9.
Following the business meeting,
conducted by Mrs. Ralph Hix
son, president, past presidents
of the local unit were, honored.
Mrs. Norman Gail -reminded
parents of the child . guidance
group discussion meeting Mon
day, February 13, at 3:15 p.m.
in the school library. .
Mrs. Paul Molloy announced
a valentine- coffee to be held at
her home, The Oaks Motel, on
Tuesday. Proceeds will, go into
the PTA budget. .
Gilbert Mack, principal, an
nounced a fund-raising chili
supper which will be - served
Friday evening, March 2, in the
school cafeteria. Also on . that
date residents will vote on the
names for the Gold Hill grade
schools the present one and the
one under construction. '
Mrs. Paul Throne, school
cafeteria cook, reported on the
present status of the afternoon
milk program and requested fi
nancial support of parents in
carrying out this program.
H. D. Force presented a reso
lution requesting a government
survey of flood damage in this
area, and the formulating of
effective flood control measures.
It was endorsed by the unit.
Room count was won by Mrs.
Lois Stabler's fourth grade.
Following the business meet
ing Mrs. Hixson gave a report
on the meaning of Founders'
day and the aims of the PTA.
Past presidents of the local unit
were presented Valentine cor
sages. Those present were Mrs.
Floyd Lance, Mrs. Cecil John
son, Mrs. Lester Parker, , Mrs.
Norman Gail and Mrs. Melf ord
Hood.
Grade school children under
the direction of Charles Cook,
band director, played several
musical selections.
During the social hour re
freshments were served by mo
thers, of children in the; fifth
grade.. Mrs. Sam Jones and Mrs.
Leonard Andrews were chair
men. ; - .
At Convention
. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gilman,
Route 2, left today for Cdrvallis
where they will attend the. an
nual convention of the dairy in
dustry in Oregon. They will re
turn Thursday. . -:
CALENDAR
Calendar notices and news for
the society section of The Mail
Tribune must be submitted in
writing and deadline for the Sun
day edition is 1 pjn. Friday , Dead
line for the weekly calendar is 9
tun of the day of publication and
for week day news is S djd the
day before publication-
Tuesday '
6:15 p.m. Medford Truth
center, "Unity," Room 203 Holly
Theater bldg.
7:30 p.m. Siskiyou Knife and
Fork Club, Ashland Elks Temple.
7:30 p.m. DAV and auxiliary,
1515 North Riverside ave.
7:30 p.m. Ladies Mounted
troop, posse club house, Sage
rd.
7:30 p. m. Presbyterian
church, Candlelight circle, Mrs.
O. T. Heyerman, 125 Winema
way; Vesper, Mrs. Ronald Cord
on, .1517 Lenora dr.
7:45 p.m. : Medford Toast
mistress club, radio station
KBOY.
8 p.m. District 4, OSNA,
Community hospital penthouse.
8 p.m. LWV study unit, Mrs.
Hugh Collins, 40 Glen Oak ct.
8 p.m. Nevita chapter, OES,
Central Point Masonic temple. ,
8 p.m. Pythian club, Mrs.
Mabel Nicholson, 821 North
Central ave.
8 p.m. DUV, courthouse aud
itorium. . 8 p.m. Medford unit, Amer
ican Legion auxiliary. Legion
home.
8 p.m. Lone Pine PTA,
school gymnasium.
8 p.m. Senior class play at
Senior High school auditorium.
Wednesday
9:45 a.m. LWV study group,
home of Mrs. Fred Carr, 16
Florence ave.
10:30 a.m. Central Point ex
tension unit, Central Point
Grange hall.
12 noon Reames Social club,
Masonic temple.:
12:30 p.m. Chapter CP, PEO,
Mrs. Walter Garner, 2009 East
Maint st.
1 p.m. Past Chiefs club,
Pythian Sisters, Mrs. Joe Cook,
124 King st.
1 p.m. Get Together club,
Moose hall, 11 Newtown st.
1 p.m. Past Matrons club,
Nevita GES, Medford hotel.
1 p.m. Chapter CG, PEO,
Mrs. J. S. Heatherington, 12
Black Oak dr. -
1:45 p.m. Contemporary
Book club, home of Mrs. Burt
Lageson.
2 p.m. Wednesday Study
club, Girls Community club.
You can avoid surface film
when making milk puddings.
Simply place waxed paper di
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ding after it is poured from the
sauce pan or double boiler into
Sigurd Rascher, internationally known saxophonist, will ho
soloist for a concert lo be given Wednesday, February 15, by the
W;li erVinnl . hand in va school auditorium. Termed the
"Paganini of the saxophone." the musician has been acclaimed in
dozens of cities for his musicianship and for making the saxophone
the equal of other solo instruments. The -concert will begin at
8 p.m. and tickets may ae oeiainea ai tne oooi.
Lakeview Farm
er of Year
Portland QJ.PJ Mrs. Mar
shall G. Dunham, a Lakeview
farm wife and mother of four,
has been named Oregon's Mo
ther of 1956.
Mrs. Dunham, who never
went to high school, saw to it
that her four children were not
denied the right to an educa
tion. She will now represent
Oregon in the National finals
for the title of American moth
er." - " ;,
Mrs. Dunham, 5?, was born
in Brown City, Mich., and has
lived in Lakeview since . 1940.
She attended public schools in
Kansas. through the eighth grade
and later took special education
courses at Wyoming university,
Mr. and Mrs. Dunham have
four children: Marshall Gordon
Jr., 32, agriculture field repre
sentative -for the First Nation
al Bank of Portland, Corvallis
branch; Mrs.- R. I. Steerman, 31,
head of the diagnostic bacteri
ology, laboratory: at John Hop
kins university laboratory,. Balt
imore; Daniel, 19, a farmer and
national president, of -Future
Farmers of America, and Joyce,
President Names. ""'iS
Committees for :
Past Noble Grands
Mrs. Margaret .Davis,, new
president of the Past Noble
Grands' club of Olive Rebekah-
lodge, appointed committees at
the last meeting. It was held at
Girls' Community club.
Committees announced were
Mrs. Clara Franklyn, Mrs. Rosel
la Theesfelt, Mrs. William H.
Dyer. Mrs. A. H. Gregory, Mrs.
Dollio Love, and Mrs. Davis.
ways and means; Mrs. Floyd
Murray, Mrs. Earl D. Scripter,
Mrs. Frank Chapman, Mrs. Fred
Daugherty, Mrs. James Fleming,
Mrs. Rosa Young, Mrs. Jennie
Hintzler and Mrs. Caroline Lead
ers, visiting committee.
. Mrs. Fred Daugherty was
named to the legislation com
mittee and Mrs. A. H. Gregory,
publicity.
Mrs. Frank Chapman was in
itiated, with Mrs. Dyer in charep
of the ceremony and Mrs. Greg
ory assisting. -
Mrs. Franklyn headed the re
freshment committee and assist
ing her were? Mrs. Scripter, Mrs.
Etta'Purkeypile and Miss Ella
Parks. Decorations were in the
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For the past several years,
Mrs. Dunham's husband has been
in ill health. Mrs. Dunham has
shouldered the responsibility
helping out with the farm
work.
Roosevelt PTA
Marks Founding :
With Silver Tea
Roosevelt Parent-Teacher as
sociation observed . Founders'
day with a silver tea at a meet
ing held Friday in the school
auditorium. Mrs. . Warren Les
seg, president, introduced past
presidents of the unit and pre
sented a corsage to each. Past
presidents attending : the meet
ing were ; Mrs. H. B. James,
Mrs.- Orrih Brown, Mrs. James
Barnard, Mrs. John Carter, Mrs
Wilbur Arnold, Mrs. Richard Al
ley, Mrs. Richard Phair, Mrs. H,
D. Christensen, Mrs. Robert
Dames,' Mrs. 'William Ardy and
Mrs. Lou, Cranston.
Mrs. G. "J. Adlfinger, vice-
president, gave a brief biography
ot tne iounaers of PTA, Mrs.
Phoebe A. Hearst and Mrs. Alice
Birney. A review of the book
"Stop Annoying Your Children"
by W. W. Bauer, M.D., was also
given by Mrs. Adlfinger.
Mrs. Howard Bush, historian,
presented some background of
the early days of the organiza
tion, comparing their problems
and goals to those of the pres
ent. - - - '
A trio composed ; of Mrs. H.
D. Christensen, Mrs. Robert J.
Cunningham and Mrs. John C.
Collins sang three ; selections.
Mrs. Otto Frohnmayer was ac
companist. During the business meeting,
at which Mrs. Lesseg presided,
it was voted to increase the
scholarship fund from $120 to
$150 per year. This increase cov
ers the rise in school tuition dur
ing the past year. Members elec
ted to the nominating committee
were Mrs. Lee , Mellish, Mrs.
valentine theme. .
Next meeting of the club will
be March 8', and past presidents
will be honored. Mrs. James
Fleming will head the refresh
ments committee, and Mrs. Dol
lie. Love, entertainment. '
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Crater Gardeners .
To Hear Program '
By County Agent
Crater Garden club will hold
the February meeting Thurs
day,. Februarv 16. at . 7:30
at the home of Mrs. Charles Tay
lor. Mrs. Carroll Stevenson and
Mrs. Robert. Monsey will be co
hostess. -.
A program on pruning will be
given by County Agent C. B.
Cordy. Roll call will be an
swered by- giving a" household
shot cut.
Mrs. A. O. - Floyd, Medford,
chairman of . the Siskiyou dist
rict, Oregon Federation of Gar
den clubs, and Mrs. Ira Fitz
gerald, Eagle Point, will be hon
ored guests.
Mr. Cordy also spoke for the
January meeting of the club,
substituting for Don Berry. Mr.
Cordy spoke on "Espaliered
Trees and Shrubs." The two
meeting topics are related, since
espaliered shrubs and trees are
largely the result of pruning at
regular intervals.
: Not all plants lend themselves
to this type of growing, but
good examples are pyracantha,
dwarf apple, pear, plum and
similar trees. In Europe this is
an accepted way of growing fruit
trees but in this county it is used
mostly by home gardeners.
Mrs. Warren Holbrook gave
an informative . talk on " the
flower of the month, the orchid,
and Hawaii, where many orchids
are native.
Plans were discussed for the
club's first flower show, to be
held next fall.
Mrs. Don Bergman' and Mrs.
Tom Smith were guests, and
Mrs. Smith plans to become a
member of the eroun. Co-host
esses were Mrs. Holbrook and
Mrs. Henry Friesan.
Medford Couple
In California
Mr. and. Mrs. J. E. Collins left
by plane Saturday for Riverside,
Calif.,- where Sunday they at
tended the 50th wedding anni
versary observance of longtime
friends, Mr. and . Mrs. A. B
West. The Collins, until the past
few years, lived in Riverside.
The Wests plan to be here, later
in the year to attend 50th wed
ding anniversary observances for
the Collins.
The Medford couple will
spend some time at Palm Springs
before returning home by car
by way of Carmel and San
Francisco. - .
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Jaycettes to Hear
Lecture on Vision
A lecture on "Child Vision'
will be given when Medford Jay
cettes meet at 8 pan.. Wednesday
at the home of Mrs. Gary Schu
ler, 17 Corning court.
AH wives of Jaycee members
are invited to attend and anyone
heeding transportation may call
Mrs. Walter Smith at 2-2298. ,
Howard Bush and John Childers.
Room count was won by Mrs.
Georgiana Beier in the lower
grades and Gilbert Ellis in the
upper grades. "
- Hostesses for the afternoon
were mothers of pupils in the
third grade.
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Set Thursday
In preparation for the annual
World Day of Prayer, slated for
Friday, February 17, at 1 o'clock
in the Nazarene church, .mem
bers and friends of the Medford
Council of Church Women are
observing their annual day of
cham prayer on Thursday, Feb
ruary 16. The small chapel of
St. Mark's Episcopal church will
be used for the Thursday observ
ance.
As is the custom, the several
churches. affiliated will meet at
designated hours of the day.
Churches and hours are as fol
lows:' Nazarene church, 8 to 8:30
a.m.; Seventh Day Adventist,
8:30 to 9; Baptist churches, 9 to
10; Episcopal, 10 to 11; Salvation
Army, 11 to 12; Jacksonville
Presbyterian, 12 to 12:20 p.m.;
Phoenix Presbyterian, 12:20 to
12:40; Central Point Presbyter
ian 12:40 to 1 p.m.; First Metho
dist 1 to 2; Zion Lutheran, 2 to
3; First Christian, 3 to 4; First
Presbyterian and Congregational
4 to 5; Church of the Brethren, 5
to 5:30 and Friends church, 5:30
to 6 p.m.
It is explained that any devo
tional materials may be used by
the groups and procedure may
be silent or audible as is desired.
Mrs. Robert Dames, T V chair
man for the councli, states that
children from, the Ashland dist
rict will present choir numbers
on the Ore-Cal hour which be
gins at 6 p.m. Thursday; Also
taking part "will be Paula Pres
cott, Kathie . Zimmerlee and
John Converse, college student
at Ashland. Mr. Converse will
be attired in Indian costume
with head dress.
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Talent Association
To Honor Founders
Talent Talent ' Parent-Teach
er association will hold the an
nual Founder's day meeting in
the Talent High school library
Thursday, February 6, at 8 p.m
The program will include spe
cial recognition of past presi
dents of Talent PTA and songs
by the grade school chorus. Re
freshments will be served at the
close of the meeting.
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Lincoln's Birthday
Observed by Club
A program of readings con
cerning Abraham Lincoln was
conducted by Mistletoe club
members Wednesday, February
8 at the Girls Community club
when they met for a dessert
luncheon.
Games also were on the pro
gram . furnished by Mrs.. W. H.
Arnold. Mrs. DeWitt Ferguson,
Ashland,, won. the game prize.
Decorations wre in the valen
tine theme. Refreshments were
served by Mrs. A. B. Shirley,
Mrs. Delbert Ross -and Mrs.
Frank Vosika.
The next meeting of the groun
will be February 22; A covered
dish luncheon will be served.
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Chapter to Hear
Talk on Orient
Epsilon chapter, Delta Kappa
Gamma, . will meet Saturday,
February 18, at 2 p.m. at the
home of Miss Delie Whisenant,
418 Arcadia street. .
Miss Jeanette Smith, who re
cently returned from the Orient,
will speak on "Each One Teach
One." Miss Smith studied under
Dr. Frank Laubach, who origin
ated this technique of mass edu
cation. Miss Florence Allen, Ashland,
will be social chairman.
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