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SEC MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, February 26. 1956 W A ft wi I III v - - 3K, i W Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chambers were honored at a family din ner February 10 which observed lheir golden wedding anniver sary. The couple has lived in Oregon since 1919, and on West Evans creek for the past three years. The Chambers have four children and six grandchildren. Anniversary Observed By Couple Rogue River A family din ner Friday, February 10 ob served the golden wedding an niversary of Mr: and Mrs. Ralph Chambers, West Evans Creek road, Rogue River. The event was held in the banquet room of the Redwood hotel, Grants Pass, i ; Mr. and Mrs. Chambers were married on the same date in 1906 at Cowiche, Wash., and lived there until May, 1919, when they moved to eastern Oregon. There they were en gaged in raising stock until 1953. The couple then moved to Rogue valley first buying a small place near Medford and then purchasing their present place on Evans creek the next spring. ' .They have four children and six grand children. All were present for the anniversary din ner except a son, Ferrell Cham bers, and Mrs. Chambers, of Hazelton,. Ida. Their three daughters are Mrs. G. W. Milner, West Evans Creek road; Mrs. Henry Granat and Mrs. Oscar Davis, both of Burns. Also at the dinner were Mr. Chambers' brother, Leo Cham bers, Yakima, Wash.; his wife of S e a 1 1 1 e, Wash.; his sister, Miss Cecil Chambers, Yakima, Wash.; a niece, Miss Ruth Cham bers, and a brother-in-law, Harry Croxford, both of Yak ima. S Golden table decorations were used with a centerpiece of red carnations and gold hearts. Cake decorations were in white and gold with the nu merals, 50 as a top decoration. ""Mrs. Chambers wore a black dress and her corsage was of red roses tied with golden ribbon. Visitors Attend Lodge Meeti n g; Special Night Set Several out-of-town, visitors attended a business and social meeting of Olive Rebekah lodge Monday evening. They included Mrs.' Nellie Fitzgerald from Col umbian Rebekah lodge of Wash ougal, Wash.; Mrs. James Wil liams, Oakridge Rebekah lodge; Mrs. Catherine Sewell, Kirby; and Mrs. Lee Willits, a Rebekah from Klamath Falls who now lives in Medford. Mrs. Frank Chapman gave a report on a visit to a recent Friendship night observance at the Amethyst lodge in Gold Hill when 31 from the Medford lodge attended. A gift was presented to the Gold Hill lodge by the local group. .. Olive Rebekahs plan a friend ship night observance for April 16: A gift of $25' for the educa tional " fund for the state Odd Fellows and Rebekahs was de cided on. Refreshments and decorations were in . keeping with the , ob servance of George Washington's birthday. FL club members who pre sented a skit at the recent visit to Gold Hill were Mrs. Robert Ivie, Mrs. John Daniels, and Mrs. Riley Appelgate. Sams Valley Club Holds Meeting Sams Valley Sams Valley Ladies' club met February 17 at the home of Mrs. Elwood Ab bott. Mrs. 'Ralph Koger was co hostess. Mrs. F. E. Wallace was pro gram chairman. Mrs. Myrtle Abbot of St. Paul, Minn." and Mrs. Edgar Pleasant and son'Timmy were visitors., The next meeting will be March 1 at the Arnold Gosnell residence Mrs. Robert Gallo way will be co-hostess. . Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Koger will have charge of the program. Mrs. Harold Corliss Hostess for Meeting Tlogue-ElkA meeting of the Rogue-Elk Home Extension unit was held last week in the home of Mrs. Harold Corliss at Eagle Point. Mrs. Joanne Weatherford, county home demonstration agent, gave a program on identi fication and care of fabricks. Seventeen members attended. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original . brightness at onh; traction of the cost of replacement For further information CALL Electronic Service 4-H Club News Applegate Clothing Club . The Applegate Clothing club held a meeting at Sonja Smith's home Feb. 13. We worked on our projects but did not hold a formal meeting because some of our officers were not there. We also made Valentines and refresnments were served. The next meeting will be held at Gwen Krouse's home on Feb, 29. Jean Rowden, Reporter. Applegate Knitting Club The Applegate Knitting club held a meeting at Mary Her- riott's home Feb. 14. We worked on our projects and also decided to have a candy booth at the minstrel show; on March 16 at the Applegate gym at 8 p.m. - Our next meeting will be held at Luci Sim's home on Feb. 28, Refreshments were served and the meeting was adjourned. Jean Rowden, Reporter. Gold Coast of Africa is the world's largest single producer of cocoa. . . f (J)florida fouage($i) ' For "on "exotic floral "arrangemenf ideal for TV Set or cocktail table. Natural tropical foliage preserved and flocked for everlasting beauty. Used by leading home decorators. Available in four beautiful color combinations. -Assortd pastels IWhite-Pink-Blue.-' Canary) Assorted dark (Brown Yellow-Gold-Buff) Black and Gold or Black and Silver. Container not included. Specify colors de sired. ONLY $1 PPD. No CO.Ds. MIAMI TROPICAL FLORA Reception Honors Couple On Fiftieth Anniversary More than 75 friends and relatives called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Gebhard on Merriman road, Sunday afternoon, February 19, during an open house observance of their 50th wed ding anniversary. The couple's sons and daughters and . their families were hosts for the event. Mrs. Gebhard wore an after noon dress of cranberry red with corsage of white carnations. The home was decorated with huge yellow chrysanthemums and red tulips. Tall candles and an attrac tive gold centerpiece designed by Mrs. W. J. Gebhard, sister-in-law . of the honored couple, adorned the table on which the gold guest book was placed.- The couple's daughter's Mrs. Merlin Quackenbush and Mrs. L. E. Grigsby, poured coffee and tea, and their daughters-in-law, Mrs. Harold Gebhard and Mrs. Allen Gebhard, served cake. Mrs. Carl Quackenbush also assisted with the serving. Miss Melva Gebhard, a granddaugh ter, served ' punch, while the Misses Elaine and Beverly Geb hard assisted about the room. Miss Sharon Gebhard was in charge of "the guest book. Mrs. Dal Quackenbush arranged the gifts. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Treff inger, Grants Pass; Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Young and Mrs. Nellie Clason, Long Island, Kansas; Mrs. Maude Dietrich, Sante Ana, Calif, and Lyle Defries, Baker, Ore. Edward Gebhard and Miss Melva Miller were married at Long Island, Kan. February 14, 1906, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Miller. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Charles Lounsbury of the Baptist Church of Long Island. In March, 1910, the Gebhards moved to Medford, and have , been residents of Jackson county ever since. Dur ing their first years in Oregon, they operated the East Side gro cery at Main . and Hawthorne avenue in Medford. Later, Mr. Gebhard engaged in ranch and orchard work and worked five years as a lineman for the Cali fornia-Oregon Power Company. The couple s two sons and two daughters all attended the public schools of Medford and Central Point. Girl Scouts Thinking Day Girls of Brownie Troop 176 and their mothers attended a party. Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. R. P. Knights, as sistant troop leader. The event was . in honor of ' Girl Scout "Thinking Day," a day especial ly set aside for Girl Scouts to think about each other and what scouting really means. The girls also niade their contributions to the Juliette Low World Friend ship fund. , Mrs. Ray Anderson, troop leader, explained the "fly-up" requirements the girls are now completing prior to the cere mony to be held in May or June, and also discussed the coming cookie sale. Invitations and name tags were made ' by the Brownies at their last regular meeting. The girls helped serve their mothers and presented a short program. Members of the troop, stud ents in the fourth grade at Wash ington and Jefferson schools, are Suzanne Lmd, Valerie Knights, Cheryl Stewart, Carol Monia, Sylvia Coggins, Lois Slessler, Carolyn Turman, Ellen Broad- beck, Lona Taylor, Mikelynn Boughner, Tamara Wright and Tern Clark. Also serving as as sistant troop leader is Mrs. C. E. ' Coggins. 1 . The smart shopper looks for weighty oranges and grapefruit. Mrs. Clara Leopold of the Uni versity of Nebraska extension service said that the heavy ones contain more juice and the light er ones are apt to have thicker skin and more white outer pulp, Use Tribune Want Ads Opera Company Leaves Warsaw; Tour Successful Warsaw The American Ev eryman Opera company whose performances ' of "Porgy and Bess" received tremendous ova tions in Poland, has left the country for a tour of Czechoslo- vakia. - . Capacity audiences attended all the performances of the Gershwin opera which opened in Warsaw January 24. Leading members of the all-Negro troupe also gave a concert in the huge auditorium of Warsaw's newly built Palace of Culture and Sci ence. The company left the cap ital on February 3 to perform in .Stalinogrod, the heavy indus try city in southern Poland. A review of the opera in the leading Warsaw daily, Trybuna Ludu, described the artistry of the . company as brilliant and that audiences were captivated by the music and dancing. At its premier performance in the Warsaw Opera House, the company' played before an aud ience which included Aleksand er Zawadzski, president of the Council of Siate; Premier Jozef Cyrankiewicz; Foreign Minister Stanislaw Skrzeszewski; United States Ambassador Joseph E. Jacobs; members of the diplo matic corps, and leading work ers and cultural figures of the capital. Ambassador Jacobs gave a re ception in honor of the troupe on January 27 which was at tended by Minister of Culture and Art Wlodzimierz Sokorski; Deputy Foreign Ministers Mar ian Naszkowski and Jozef Win iewicz;" Vice 'Speaker of the Sejm Jozef Ozga-Michalski; and Ambassador J. K. Wende, Gener al Secretary of the Committee for Cultural Relations with For eign Countries. The performers visited many of Warsaw's historic sites and met with several theatrical and musical groups including . the famous Mazowsze Song and Dance ensemble. They were al so entertained at the Fryderyk Chopin - Music society where they heard a concert of Chopin works by the well-known young pianist; Tadeusz Kerner. ' A farewell reception was given by the Association of ' Polish Theatre and Film Actors. J Ix r fvs! "I New Spring Jewelry Has Massive Look New York Massive is the de scriptive look prescribed for fine jewelry this spring and, likely, the rest of 1956, fashion circles here report. They 'attribute the renewed emphasis on dimension in Jewelry to the close coordination between this accessory and the prevailing trend in - women's clothes. The latter will stress the continuing importance of the slim, but softer, sheath " silhou ette. To underscore this fashion line, women wear an eye-catching piece of jewelry that will 1 focus attention on a bold color, a massive necklace, a very wide bracelet, a mobile drop earring or a giant sized button style in color.. Necklaces will be worn in in terlaced groups of as many as seven or eight. Bracelets are generally wider, even the bangle, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Gebhard were honored at an open house February 19 which honored their golden wedding anniversary. The Gebhards, who have lived in Medford since 1910, were mar ried at Long Island, Kan., February 14, 1906. Meeting -Announced For Herb Society Eagle Point "Let's Taste It," will be the title of a talk Tues day, February 28 for Rogue Valley Herb society members at a meeting set for 1:30 p.m., in the home of Mrs. Augusta Perry on Brownsboro road. Mrs. Edgar Vanderlip, Trail, will be the speaker. Roll call will be answered by members naming herbs used in desserts and a table arrange ment will be furnished by Mrs. Orvil Henderson. Demonstrators will be Mrs. Melchoir and Mrs. M. , Heckenberg, Eagle Point. Year books will be distributed. The Perry home is located a half-mile from Eagle Point. Texas leads as the greatest oil refining state as well as the largest single producer of crude oil. B. J. 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