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i FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, March 11. 195S Mayor Praises Camp Fire As Birthday Week Opens In a birthday salute to the Camp Fire Girls, Mayor Earl Miller said yesterday, "This is one birthday that calls for cheers from the whole community. I am proud to offer on behalf of Medford congratulations to the Camp Fire Girls on their 46th (anniversary. "There is not a citizen of Med ford who at one time or another has not benefited by the 'Give Service' ilogan of the Camp Fire Girls," the mayor iSaid. "They are right there, where they are most needed, always in the forefront when there is q Camp Fire Girls have de voted themselves unstintingly to service in hospitals and homes for the aged. They have spent htrs collecting clothing for shipment overseas and have 'per formed, a multitude of other tasks when help was needed for community projects." Continuing, Mayor Miller ex pressed thanks to Camp Fire for making its fun and friendship program available to the com munity. "We are grateful to this fine youth organization for provid ing our young girls with the kk)d Oof enjoyable and worth O while activities that help them develop into the responsible citi zens of tomorrow. "I hope that everyone in Med ford will join with the Camp Fire Girls in observing their Birthday "Week, March 11-18, by helping them make it an out standing success." Camp Fire's 1956 birthday theme is, "Plant Seeds . . . Reap Friendship!" Camp Fire Girls of Medford and the more than 400,000 members across the country will participate in the project. Rogue Council of Camp Fire Girls are a member of the Med ford United Crusade. Mrs. Otto Heckert Speaks for Club' On Weeds, Grasses Mrs. Otto Heckert, Jackson ville, corresponding secretary of the Oregon Federation of Gar den clubs, was guest speaker for Medford Garden club March 1. Her topic was "Pestiferous Weeds and Grasses." The horticulture lesson, "Seed lings and Their Care," was dis cussed by Mrs. R. R. Hendricks of Berrydale Flower farm. Slides were also shown. Mrs. J. E. Harper, flower chair man, made an arrangement with materials furnished by members of the club. Guests for the afternoon were Mrs. Ira Fritzgerald, Mrs. Wil liams, Mrs. Paul Godward and Mrs. E. Schrammeck. Prizes were won by Mrs. Leroy Cline and Mrs. C. E. Sherrid. Tea chairman was Mrs. R. G. Beach, assisted by Mrs. Leland Knox, Mrs. H. F. Cope, Mrs? R. H. Peterson, Mrs. E. E. Wilson, Miss Jane Snedicor. Pouring were Mrs. Marie J. Von Ting and J Mrs. Harry Smith. Nevita Chapter To Honor Lodges Tuesday Evening Central Point Nevita chap ter, Order of Eastern Star, will hold a stated meeting Tuesday, March 13th, 8 p.m. at the Ma sonic Temple, Central Point. Mrs. Melvin McGrew, worthy matron, will preside. Masonic night will be ob served and members of Central Point and Cascade Lodges A.F. & A.M. will be honored guests. Mrs. Wendell Vaughn' will be in charge of decorations and and Mrs. J. M. Weidman will be in charge of refreshments. Camp Fire Girls of the Rogue Valley will attend religious serv ices in churches and synagogues this week end, dressed in their official costumes, to usher in Birthday Week activities, March 11-18, in celebration of Camp Fire's 46th anniversary. Religious leaders will pay special tribute to the youth or ganization in their week end sermons, with particular em phasis on spiritual development as an essential part -of each girl's growth. "The first tenet of the Law of the Camp Fire Girls is, 'Worship God'," said Mrs. Jack Suks dorf, council president "and as in other councils across the coun try, our leaders encourage in each girl a wholesome attitude toward religion and a deep re- spet for spiritual values. Mrs. Suksdorf further pointed out that in addition to "Worship God," the . law further says: "Seek Beauty, Give Service, 'Pursue Knowledge, Be Trust worthy, Hold on to Health, Glor ify Work, Be Happy." "Camp Fire embraces all races and religions," she added, "and our girls learn to respect the rights of those holding differ ing religious beliefs, while ex ercising their own rights of free dom of worship in their churches or synagogues." Two valley doctors and their companions on a trip to Mexico and South America are pictured above as they stood in front of the Guatemala City airport. They are left to right. Dr. Otto Emig of Medford, Dr. Alvin Roberts, Central Point, and Mrs. Dean Gregory and the Rev. Mr. Gregory. The latter , is superintendent of Oregon Yearly meeting of Friends church. The physicians are visit ing hospitals and missions on the trip and Two Valley Doctors In Central America; Dr. Roberts is making a study of the effects of altitude on missionaries at Lake Titicaca. Dr. Emig is visiting the Presbyterian oper ated American hospital at Guatemala City. The group first visited in Mexico City, and at La Paz,' Bolivia. Dr. Emig is visiting a native physician friend. Dr. Jose Valle,' while Dr. Roberts will be with a brother, Mark Roberts, a Friends missionary in educational work. Describe Travels Now in Bolivia Crater Auxiliary Hears Don McNeil Talk on Industry "Medford Industries" was the subject of Don McNeil, man ager of Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce, when he spoke at a meeting of the Crater Lions' auxiliary Wednesday evening. Mr. McNeil pointed out the re quirements of industry, such as availability of transportation, water power, and the' position of the concern in relation to its markets. He also told of the chambers' efforts to attract new industries to Medford. Guests at the meeting were Mrs. Eugene Klein, Mrs. Daryl Farnham, Mrs. Al Krause, Mrs. Cliff McGinty, Mrs. Curtis Kin ney and Mrs. Richard Stratton. Mrs. James Armson, Mrs. Paul Shaffer, and Mrs. Don Dwyer served dessert. The next project will be a rum mage sale to be held Wednes day, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fehl building, 106 North Ivy street. Mrs. Earl Chris man and Mrs. Dwyer announced that a good selection of clean, quality items will be sold. Six hundred menu covers will be made by the group for the state Lions convention to be held June 8, 9, and 10 in Portland. Mrs: Wendell .Vaughn designed the covers. It was decided to sponser a queen condidate for the Pear Blossom Festival. Members of a committee 'to select the candi date are Mrs. Shaffer, Mrs. War ren Brenner, Mrs. Armson and Mrs. George Potucek. Talent Gardeners To Visit Camp Club Talent Members of Talent Garden club will go to Camp White March 21 to entertain members of the men's garden club there. Plans were made for the visit at a meeting March 7 at the home , of Mrs. John Spangler. Mrs. Gilbert Hill assisted the hostess. Refreshments were served after the business meeting. Four teen members and four guests were at the session. Pest control ideas were used for answering roll call. . A program scheduled was not given because the speaker had been called out of town. (Editor's Note: Dr. Otto Emig, Med ford, and Dr. Alvin Roberts, Central Point, are on a trip to Mexico, Cen tral and South America. They left here the week of February 12 and plan to return March 18. Dr. Emig planned to visit the Presbyterian operated American hospital at Guate mala City and Dr. Roberts is making a study at Lake Titicaca in the Andes of medical facilities and effects of altitude on missionaries at a Friends church mission there. Excerpts of let ters received from the men during the trip are being printed here.) The American people eat half a billion meals daily. On February 24, Dr. Emig wrote, "Today we had a beauti ful flight to Guatemala, and are staying at Pension Fernandez, a quaint old place with a central patio and all rooms opening onto it. Meals and rooms cost each $4 per day, the meals being served family style in a formal manner. So far the food is quite good. Guatemala City is much cleaner than Mexico City and the cli mate most delightful." He continued on February 28 from Guatemala City: "I am sit ting in a patio writing, with the sun shining and temperature 70 degrees at nine o'clock in the morning. The poinsettias here grow' to 12 feet in height and hi biscus, roses and all kinds of tropical flowers are in bloom. "On Saturday, Sunday and Monday we took a trip to Chi quimula, a town out in the low lands of Guatemala. The air plane service to it is only twice weekly so we had to go on Sat urday and return Monday. It is very hot in Chiquimula and ba nanas and cocoanuts grow pro fusely. "Sunday we went further into the primitive area to a place called Jocotan. Here we saw many Indians of the Chorti tribe. They wore strange white suits that resemble pajamas, and peaked straw hats. They are very poor and live in little vil lages in the hills surrounding Jocotan. "Jocotan is the market area for 60 of these little villages and Sunday' is market day. It is very interesting. Some of the Indians had walked over trails 10 miles to come to the market to sell a little wood they had cut during the week or some corn they had grown. "On this Sunday we had the wonderful privilege of worship ing in a group of missionaries and Indians in a chapel in Joco tan. Dr. Roberts, the Rev. and Mrs. Dean Gregory, (who are on the trip also) and I had an oppor tunity to speak to the Indians through an interpreter. "In the evening we were back in Chiquimula where Dr. Rob erts and I spoke to the young people's meeting of about 125 persons.. The. Rev. Mr. . Gregory gave the sermon at the evening service. "We spent three days in Gua temala City and leave Friday, March 2 to go directly to Bolivia." Dr. Roberts' letter, written in Guatemala City and en route to La Paz, Bolivia, states: "We are now back at our quiet quaint Pension and glad for the opportunity of rest that it affords. Saturday we went to the airport and took a plane to Chiquimula, which is down in the eastern lowlands of Guate mala. One is not really an air traveler until he has survived a flight or two on one of these air lines. Our plane was a DC3 which had been partially con verted from cargo to passenger service. The pilot was very in formal about the warming up and checking before, the take off. We took off with a 'whoosh' and headed for the gap in the nearest mountain. (Guatemala City is surrounded by moun tains.) We climbed steadily for 10 minutes, going between higher peaks on both sides, then coasted down into Chiquimula. "The whole. trip from the cool highlands to the dry lowlands took about 30 minutes. The mountains are very steep and rugged. The poor Indians build their villages high on the moun tain ridges. From the air it looks like they would fall a half-mile or so if they fell from their back door. Though it is very hot there, they have only five months when things will grow because the other seven months are so dry. "They plant corn in the hill side with a sort of hoe and hope for a crop in that terribly stony soil. Many of the fields are so steep that they can only be worked by hand. "The native fruits are very different from ours. The many kinds of bananas are interesting. They are chicos, which resemble potatoes, papayas, which are similar to melons, and there is a strange appearing fruit they call 'seed pod,' which ; looks like a gourd, but when broken open, it contains a lot of seeds in a pudding-like thick stringy juice. It tastes something like grapes. (I prefer the bananas.) They of course have citrus fruits and cocoanuts. "On Thursday morning we were awakened by what seemed to be rifle and mortar fire. Our Pension is only a half-block from the president's residence. The firing went on until mid- morning and merged into a cele bration of the adoption of the new constitution and the open ing of congress. "There was no live ammuni tion. Everyone here anticipates periodic revolutions, the last one being less than two years ago. That one was fought mostly around our mission property at Chiquimula. "Guatemala City is cooler than Mexico City and seems more like U.S. cities. Many U.S. products are on sale and prices are about the same, some things are higher. "Today we were out to the ancient capital city of Antigua, which was destroyed in 1542 and again in 1770 by volcanoes. Since 1942 they have begun to rebuild with the old volcanoes still smoking and spitting some fire as recently as 1953. The ruins of a magnificent era are quite impressive. We made numerous pictures." Auxiliary Officer Attends Meeting Mrs. Robert Caldwell, Kla math Falls, state president of the . Letter Carriers auxiliary, attended a meeting of the Med ford auxiliary last Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Walter Wilson on Janney lane. Sixteen members attended and Steven Dodge became a member at the session. An nouncement was made of an apron and baked food sale to be held March 31. Mrs. S. J. Fag one will pick up sewed articles for the sale on March 28. ; Nominations for delegates to a state convention, to be held May 19 and 20 at Bend, were made. The next meeting will be April 4 at the home of Mrs. Randy Hugdahl on Canal street. Mrs. Clarence Williams and Mrs. Walter Wilson were host esses and served homemade chicken tamales. ! Bethel Members Honor Parents; Initiation Held Medford Bethel 14, Job's daughters, honored their parents at a pbtluck dinner Wednesday night at the Medford Masonic temple. After the dinner they held a business session and several candidates were initiated into the order. Those initiated are Miss Christy Allingham, Mist Carol M. Swan, Miss Doris Joan Lewis, Miss Jill Ann Filatreau, Miss Nyla Carlene Lovenborg, Miss Edith Marie Wilkes, Miss Jerilyn Smith, Miss Mary Ann esa Shelton and Carol Ann Lee. Honor guests introduced were Mrs. Beulah Faber, vice-grand guardian and Roy Colburn, asso ciate grand guardian. Other visi tors were Lem Manning, asso ciate guardian of Medford Bethel 55, and Mrs. Ralph Reter, Nile queen. It was announced that they would hold their rummage sale March 19 and -20. Also the girls were reminded that grand ses sion would be held at Eugene April 12, 13 and 14. At the close of the meeting an addendum was given in hon or of Mr. Colburn and Mrs, : Faber and a gift was presented them. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Pletch, Mrs. Pasche, Mrs. Susan Williams, Mrs. Rushton, Mrs. Carr, Mrs. Knight, Mrs. American Indians To Be Topic for Women's Meeting Phoenix '"Conversation on American Indians," will be the topic title to be led by program committee members of Woman's association of Phoenix Presbyte rian church Thursday, March 15. The group will convene at 10:30 a.m., and a noon luncheon will b served by Mesdames Charles Marrs, James Gardner, Warren Haggard and Marvin Williams. The executive group will meet Tuesday, March 13 at 1:30 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Roscoe Owens when all' officers and committee chairmen are to at tend. f Chapter io Meet . At Van Dyke Home Chapter AA, PEO, will meet Wednesday, March 14, at 12:30 p.m., in the home of Mrs. Frank Van Dyke, 22 North Modoc ave nue. 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