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Mr. and Mrs. Clinton A. Smith were honored March 25 at an
open house which observed their golden wedding anniversary. The
Smiths have lived in Jacksonville since 1926, and the reception
was held at their home, 300 South Oregon street
(Landis-Shangle photo)
Clinton Smiths Honored
On Fiftieth Anniversary
By MRS. C. S. HOSKINS
Jacksonville Mr. and Mrs. Clinton A. Smith were honored at
a golden wedding anniversary open house held at their home, 300
South Oregon street, Sunday, March 25, from two to five o'clock.
In charge of the arrangements
for the occasion were the Smiths'
three sons and their wives, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Marion Smith, Mr.
and Mrs Andrus H. Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. Loyal J. Smith, all
of Medford.
Mrs. H. K. Hanna, Jackson
ville and Mrs. Earnest Langley,
Murphy, poured.
The wedding cake was deco
rated by Mrs. T. M. Turpin of
Medford. Family heirlooms used
for decoration and serving in
cluded a silver coffee pot over
100 years old, other silver pieces
and a Battenberg lace tablecloth.
Mrs. Clinton Smith wore a
dusty pink crepe afternoon dress
with a white and gold lavender
throated orchid.
Miss Sharon Ann Smith, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrus
Smith, took charge of the guest
book. Miss Sylvia Smith, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Marion
Smith, and Miss Kay Selby, niece
of Mrs. Marion Smith, were in
charge of gifts.
Mrs. Willis G- Gilman took
continuous movies of the event
throughout the afternoon, assist
ed by Milton Smith, son of the
Andrus Smiths.
Over 100 guests called during
the afternoon, including rela
tives, friends and neighbors
from Grants Pass, Medford,
Ashland, Jacksonville and the
Applegate valley. Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Parker, Danville, Calif.,
were also present.
Numerous letters, cards and
gifts from distant friends and
relatives were also received and
television set was presented
the honored couple by their sons
Sorority Chapter
Hears Program
On Fluoridation
Members of Alpha Rho chap
ter, Beta Sigma Phi, met Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Larry Allen, -716 Hamilton
street, to hear a discussion of
the need for fluoridation of wa
ter in the Medford area. Dr.
Eugene Meyerding and Mrs. E.
W. Sickels, dental health chair
men for the Jackson County
Public Health association, were
on the program.
Mrs. Sickels showed a film on
fluoridation distributed by the
Oregon State Department of j
Public Health, after which Dr. j
Meyerding told the group what !
fluoridation is and why the com-
munity would benefit from flu- j
orides being added to the water
supply. He also answered ques
tions from the group concerning
health and fluoridation.
During the business meeting
Mrs. Jonathan Middleton re
ported on the plans to present
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt with
international honorary member-1
ship in Beta Sigma Phi. This
will be conferred upon Mrs.
Roosevelt during the Franklin
D. Roosevelt Memorial dinner
given by the Jackson County ;
Democrats which will be held !
at the Hedrick Junior High j
school on April, 23.
Formal initiation for pledges
of the sorority will be held
April 3 at the home of Mrs. Kurt
Denton, 805 West Second street.
Being pledged to the chapter are
Mrs. James Tengesdal, Mrs.
Wayne Giles and Mrs. Richard i
Riggs. Mrs. T. R. Lytle, president !
of the chapter, will conduct the I
ceremony.
The chapter also voted in i
favor of supporting the fluorida
tion program.
The cultural program was
given by Mrs. Roger Note and
Mrs David Legg. Mrs. Legg talk
ed on "Voice and Vocabulary
Reflect the Inner You" and she ,
told the group that the most ;
charming speech is simple and
pleasantly pitched. Mrs. Note
talked on 'How Is Your Con
versation." She gave some points ;
to remember in being a good
conversationalist.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. James Sullivan and Mrs.
Marcus McKenzie.
and families.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were mar
ried March 26, 1906 in Free
donia, Kan., where they were
both born and raised. They came
to Oregon in April of 1918 and
lived in Grants Pass before mov
ing to Jacksonville in 1926
where they have resided ever
since.
Griffin Creek Club
To Meet Monday;
Dinner Announced
Griffin Creek Community
School club will meet Monday,
April 2 at 8 p.m. in the school.
A mental health film, "Roots
of Happiness," will be shown
following a short talk by Mrs.
Dunbar Carpenter, representing
the Southern Oregon Child
Guidance clinic.
The club also plans a ham din
ner Sunday, April 8, from 12 to
4 p.m.. with mothers of children
in the- second grade serving.
Mrs. Harold Ricks and Mrs".
Loyce Bates are co-chairmen for
the dinner and persons wishing
to help may call either of the
chairmen.
A pre-school clinic for Griffin
Creek school will be held April
11. Appointments may be made
by calling the, school, according
to Mrs. Munroe Walker, club
publicity chairman. s
Jaycettes to Hold
Session Wednesday
Medford Jaycettes will meet
Wednesday, April 4, at 8 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. Robert Shangle,
1240 Woodland avenue. Mrs.
Richard Bowers and Mrs. Charles
Shepherd will be cohostesses.
Members are reminded to take
magazines for Sacred Heart hos
pital. Anyone wishing transpor
tation may call Mrs. Walter
Smith at 2-2298.
The Azores lie 800 to 1,000
miles west of Portugal. ,
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Child Guidance
To Hold Third
Dr. Henry Schumacher, San
Francisco, will speak for the
third annual meeting of Southern
Oregon Child Guidence Clinic
association, set for Thursday,
April 5. It will be a dinner meet
ing at Hedrick Junior High
school cafetorium beginning at
7 p.m.
Dr. Schumacher is medical
director of mental health serv
ices, United States Public Health
service for this region. His topic
will be "New Steps in Commu
nity Service."
Dr. Schumacher will be ac
companied here by Miss Frances
Williams, psychiatric nurse con
sultant and Raymond Craig,
psychiatric social worker. Dr.
Schumacher's territory includes
the seven western states and the
territories. Before going into the
public health work he was direc
tor of a child guidance clinic.
Reservations
Reservations for the dinner
must be made no later than Mon
day, April 2. Those living in
Medford, Central Point and Jack
sonville areas are to make res
ervations at the clinic office,
telephone 3-3174. Ashland res
idents may make reservations by
calling Dr. John D. McAulay,
Southern Oregon college, 2-4611.
Prospect and Elk-Trail res
ervations are to be made with
the Rev. Robert Greene, Pros
pect 2050; Gold Hill, Mrs. C.
Norman Gail, 5-9277; Rogue
River and Evans Valley, Mrs.
Philip Engle, Juniper 2-3453;
Talent, Loren Messenger, 2-4611;
Eagle Point, Shady Cove and
Butte Falls, Mrs: W. H. Young,
VA6-3311.
During the meeting to follow,
election of seven board mem
bers will take place. Retiring
members of the board are Dr.
McAulay, Ashland, president;
Francis Cheney, Medford, treas
urer; Kent Blackhurst, Mrs. Dun
bar Carpenter and Mrs. Henry
Padgham, .all Medford; the Rev.
Mr. Greene, Prospect and Win
ston Marks, Ashland. ,
Board Members
Remaining "on the board will
be Mrs. Dwight Houghton, Med
ford, who has been serving as
vice-president; Mrs. Young, Eagle
Point, secretary the past year;
Elliott Becken, Medford; Mrs.
John Bohnert, Central Point;
Mrs. Engle, Rogue River; John
Graff, Medford; Alva Graham
and Dr. Aubrey Hill, Ashland;
Mrs. Roland Holmes, Medford;
the Rev. Ross Knots,. Ashland;
Mrs. Earl Lawson, Robert Mi
near, A. N. Potter and Mrs. Carl
Wimberly Jr., all Medford.
Board members will elect new
officers in May. A large advisory
committee aids the clinic. On
this committee last year were
Dr. B. Brandt Bartels, Miss Doro
thy Collard, Jackson County
Health department; Mrs. Kay
Crowell, county juvenile officer;
Herbert Daniels of the Veterans'
administration, Camp White; Dr.
Christian P. Hald, Ashland; Al
len Hatch, Boys and Girls Aid
society; Miss Dorothy Huskey,
county public health department;
Mrs. Una B. Inch, assistant
county superintendent of schools;
Robert Jones, YMCA director;
Mrs. Frances Klein of the Ash
land schools; Mrs. Gladys Loyd,
Medford schools; James Pullman
of the Jackson County Public
Welfare department; Alf
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Annual Session
void, county superintendent of
schools; Dr. A. Erin Merkel, head
of the county health department;
Dr. Messenger and Mrs. Frank
Van Dyke, United Medford Cru
sade representative.
Dr. Schumacher, Miss Wil
liams and Mr. Craig will be in
the county three days and will
help with a study of mental
health programs while here.
Colleges Added
To AAUW List
. Four new colleges have been
added to the list of institutions
meeting requirements for mem
bership in the American Asso
ciation of University Women ac
cording to an announcement by
Mrs. Gordon MacKenzie, mem
bership chairman of the Med
ford branch.
The four new institutions are
Mount St. Scholastica college,
Atchison, Kan.; Queens college,
Flushing, Long Island; Western
State college of Colorado, Gun
nison; Wilmington college, Wil
mington, Ohio.
Graduates of these colleges
holding degrees that meet the
association's liberal arts require
ment are now eligible for mem
bership. Alumnae are invited to
call Mrs. MacKenzie, 2-6719.
Mrs. Emerson Anderson, pres
ident of the Medford branch,
points out that membership in
AAUW "provides an opportuni
ty to join with other college
women graduates in a practical,
constructive contribution to the
functioning of democracy."
The Medford branch offers
members a study-action program
in childhood and higher educa
tion, international relations, so
cial studies, the status of women
and the arts. The association
also supports a legislative pro
gram voted by delegates to the
biennal convention, and mem
bers participate in . the AAUW
fellowship program which
awards more than 30 graduate
fellowships a year to promising
women scholars.
The, association's internation
al grants program bring annual
ly about 40 women from other
countries for study and research
in the United States.
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Mistletoe Club Plans
Work Session April I 1
Members of Mistletoe club
will tie a comforter at their
next meeting April 11 at the
Girls Comrrunity club.
The group met for a 12:30
p.m. covered dish luncheon and
business meeting at the club last'
Wednesday. Songs were prac
ticed for the Royal Neighbors
of America convention May 3.
Refreshments were served by
committee members Mesdames
L. S. Bashaw, F. T. Hussong,
Robert Gillman and Jesse Laing.
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Plan Dance
Ladies' auxiliary of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, depart
ment of Oregon, will sponsor a
dance at the' Camp White domi
ciliary. Monday, April 2, in the
theater. Music will be furnished
by the Camp White orchestra. ,
Those wishing transportation
may take a bus at the Trailways
depot at 7:30 p.m.
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Announce' Visit .
Of Lodge Chief;
Banquet Planned
Mrs. Harry Bryant, Medford,
Grand chief of the Pythian
Sisters, will make her official
visit to the local temple Tues
day, April 3.
A banquet will be held at
6:30 p.m. at the Wooden Shoe in
the Holland hotel for all mem
bers, their husbands and out-of-town
members.
The regular meeting will fol
low at 8 p.m. at the Pythian
building. Initiation and enter
tainment are planned.
Past Chiefs' club of the Pyth
ian Sisters will meet Wednesday
at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Emilie Conrad, 632 Palm street.
Nurses Attend
Portland Forum
Mrs. Leila Gilman, Mrs. Sue
Monteith and Mrs. Vera Elm
gren, members of District No. 4,
Oregon State Nurses' association,
attended a nursing forum in
Portland. The forum was spon
sored by the OSNA Private Duty
Section and was held at the
Providence Hospital School of
Nursing auditorium. It was en
titled "Heart Disease Medical
and Surgical,"
Speaking and taking part in
panel discussions were Dr. Her
man Dickel, Dr. Paul Meyers, a
representative of the Linde Air
corporation, Dr.. Elton McCaw
ley, Dr. Howard Lewis, Dr. Wil
liam Conklin, Dr. Kenneth Liv
ingston and Mrs. Catherine
Hockaday, chairman of the Pri
vate Duty Section of OSNA. .
In a lighter vein the program
included a demonstration on
good grooming by the Maria
Easterly Charm school and a
skit, "Would I Want to Take
Care of Me" given by student
nurses from' Emmanuel hospital.
A social evening followed at the
nurses' home.
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Officers Elected
By PEO Chapter
' Mrs. R. J. Cunningham is the
new president of Chapter AA,
PEO sisterhood. She succeeds
Mrs. C. I. Drummond. .
.Other new officers are Mrs.
O. J. Frohnmayer, vice-president;
Mrs. O. T. Heyerman, recording
secretary; Mrs. W. H. Leever,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Fred C. Lorish, treasurer; Mrs.
Knute Froysaa, chaplain; Mrs.
W. E. Edwards, guard.
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Evenings by Appointment
Sunday, April 1, 195S
Teachers
Name New
Officers
Robert Baccus, principal of
Jackson school, was elected pres
ident of Medford Grade Teach
er's association at a meeting
held Monday in Washington
school cafeteria. Other officers
elected were Miss ' Dora Mae
Shepard, Washington, vice-president;
Miss Jennymae Sherwood,
Jefferson, secretary and Miss
Margaret Jones, .Roosevelt,
treasurer. . ,
It was voted to retain Anna
Laura Honts, who has served as
president the past year, as ad
visory president.
Mrs. Maxine Smith, Medford
Senior High school teacher, who
is president of the Department
of Classroom Teachers, Oregon
Education association, gave a
report on activities of that or
ganization and of the many re
gional and national meetings
which she attended. She stressed
that every teacher become a
"TV" teachers that is "a
trained and versatile teacher."
She also urged the use of the
slogan "Be Proud to Teach."
It was voted to send the newly
elected president, Mr. Baccus, as j
delegate to the NEA convention
in Portland in July. Miss Honts, ;
out-going president, was selected i
as alternate. Tentative plans for ;
the annual grade teachers' ban-j
quet in May wefe also discussed. !
Roosevelt school provided the I
refreshments which were served '
prior to the program and busin- j
ess meeting. The tables we're at-:
tractively decorated with spring ;
flowers and Easter decorations, j
xne program was also in
charge of Roosevelt school and
was introduced by Mrs. Eleanor
Hamilton. Jerome MacDougal
presented .Miss .Mary LaBar,
speech student, who gave her
oration "Jerry," which won sec
ond place at the speech tourna
ment at Linfield college.
A harmony quartet known as
the "Melody Maids," . gave sev
eral vocal selections. Teachers
of Roosevelt school presented a
humorous and entertaining skit,
"1922 Outing." The program
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At Rebekah Meeting;
Cake Walk Announced
Olive Rebekah lodge will meet
Monday night at the Odd Fel
lows hall, 225 West Sixth st,
at 8 o'clock. The noble grand,
Mrs. J. D. Brummond,' has re
quested that all officers be pres
ent in formal dress so pictures
may be taken for the state publi
city chairman and the presi
dent's book.
Those who cannot attend are
asked to send another person
or call Mrs. Brummond, 3-1775.
She also reminded members
that cakes should be brought for
the cake walk, which will be
held for the benefit of the state
president's project. ,
Mrs. Carrie Milnes is refresh
ment committee chairman, as
sisted by Berneice Wilson, Mrs.
Rosa Young and Mrs. Eva Ware.
Eyes in motion cannot see
with complete accuracy. They
must be stationary if they are to
focus properly.
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To help youngsters identify
their own belongings, why not
use colored crayon markings on
their clothes. The Gas Appli
ance Manufacturers association
says that such markings, when
pressed with a hot iron, remain
fast through numerous washings
in hot suds and rinsings.
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