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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Bethel 55 Observes Anniversary Bethel 55, International Order cf Job Daughters, celebrated the first anniversary of organization March 27 by holding friendship night at the Pythian hall, and honoring the group's three founders. The founders are Mrs. T. A. Crump, Portland, past grand guardian for Oregon; Mrs. C. D. Elhart, Medford, past crand euardian and Mrs. Ever ett Faber, Central Point, vice- grand guardian of the state. The three were "seated in the east" and honored throughout the evening. Visiting members included a majority cf the Ashland bethel members and representatives from Central Point, Grants Pass and Medford Bethel 14. Parents of bethel members also attend ed. Several Masonic organizations were represented, including Reames chapter, Order of East ern Star; Zuleima temple, Daughters of the Nile; Royal Arch Masons, Knight of Malta and Medford Blue Lodge. Gifts were presented to the year-old bethel by Mrs. Faber, Morris Boughner of Reames chapter and Bethel 33 of Cen tral Point. In keeping with the birthday theme, all those present joined in a birthday march and each deposited money to equal his age in a large cardboard birth day "cake." Short addenda honoring the bethel's three founders follow ed the meeting. Refreshments ended the event. Eagl( le Point HEC Gives Family Aid; Festival Planned Eagle Point At the last meet ing of Eagle Point Grange Home Economics club, members of the club donated a blanket to a fam ily which recently lost all pos sessions in a fire. It was an nounced that the father of the family is still in need of cloth ing, and that a chest of drawers is needed to compete furnishings for the family's new home. Any one wishing further information . is asked to call some member of the club. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. William Perry, Brownsboro road, with Mrs. Otis Hill assisting. Plans were formulated for a fall festival ir October, and a number of committees will work on the project. ' - Mrs. Lottie Cingcade won the muscular dystrophy package for the meeting. Because of the large number expected to attend a meeting of Eagle Point Grange April 3 at 8 p.m. women attending are each asked to take one dozen sandwiches. 4 The Suez canal was 72 feet wide when built. It has been widened to 200 feet. Bedroom Ensembles Beautify your bedroom with these stunning spread and cur tain ensembles! They're all easy to make s-o-o lovely in your home! Complete instructions included in Pattern 7393 for making 3 different sets of bedspreads and curtains in anv desired 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 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS, and PATTERN NUMBER. 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Be Discussed Dr. Henry Schumacher, San Francisco, will meet with the Jackson County Mental Health committee Wednesday, April 4 at 12 noon. The meeting is to be held in the conference room of the new courthouse annex. Discussion will center around what is involved in a family counseling service and whether such services play an important role in holding families together. Dr. Schumacher is director of the Mental Health section of the U. S. Public Health Service for the nine western states. He is a psychiatrist and has been asso ciated with child guidance work and other mental health activities for many years before going on the Public Health staff. He and two other members of his staff, Mr. Raymond Craig and Miss Frances Williams will be in Medford Wednesday and Thursday working with the Jack son County Health Department evaluating mental health serv ices for the community. While here. Dr. Schumacher will also be the speaker for the annual meeting of the Southern Oregon Child Guidance association Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. at Hedrich Junior High school. Allen Hatch of the Boys' and Girls' Aid society is chairman of the Mental Health committee. Great Decisions Discussion Group To Be Organized A Great Decisions discussion group will be started' Wednes day, April 4 at a meeting in the Sunday school building of Med ford Congregational church, 300 Oakwood drive. Topic for the evening will be "What should the U.S. do about Germany in Europe?" Anyone interested is invited to come. Although it would be desirable to have individuals sign up for the series, if there are those who wish to come for one topic, they are welcome. Miss Josephine Kirtley and Mrs. Henry Padgham are co chairman. The Social Action committee sponsoring the dis cussion which will be from 8 to 9:30 p.m. To Meet Crater Lake post, Veterans' of Foreign Wars, and auxiliary will hold business meetings Tuesday, April 3, at 8 p.m. in VFW hall, 42 North Front street. Meeting Announced For Jolly Stitchers Jolly Stitchers club will meet Friday, April 6. at the home of Mrs. Harry Barneburg, 1297 Sunset avenue. Dessert will be served at 1:30 p.m. CALENDAR Calendar notices and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day ediUon is 1 p.m Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m. of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 p.m. the day before publication Monday 7 p.m. Oregon State College Mothers' club, American Legion home. 7:30 p.m. SPEBSQSA, Grange hall. Phoenix. 8 p.m. VFW auxiliary, dance at Camp White. 8 p.m. Westminster guild, First Presbyterian church, Fire place room. 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah lodge, IOOF hall. Tuesday 10:30 a.m. Reese Creek Ex tension unit, home of Mrs. Joe Whipple, Delta Waters road. 12:30 p.m. Oak Grove Neigh borhood club, home cf Mrs. George Armstrong, 122 Janney lane. 12:30 p.m. Lady Elks, at !Elks club. ( 1 p.m. Gold Star Mothers, home of Mrs. Grace Roberts, 1011 West Tenth street. 1 p.m. Woman's Mission society, Eastwood Baptist! church, at church. 1 p.m. AAUW afternoon arts group, home of Mrs. E. D. Hammacher, 13 Glen Oak court, Medford. Monday. April 2, 1938 Readied Entourage poodle, Oliver, will be ensconced in the air conditioned dog ken nels on the deck above. Unusual Group Some 70 relatives and friends, most of them from Philadelphia, will be scattered on four levels of the ship. At least 20 reporters and photographers will be crowd ed into cabin ( class staterooms, in some cases four to a room. They will be from three to five decks below Miss Kelly. Several photographers and the publicity man for the American Export Lines will sleep in the ship's 44 bed hospital. It is the most unusual single traveling group in the memory of shipping company veterans. Individual European tours often include 100 or more individuals, but a private party of this size is unprecedented. New Captain The Constitution, which re turned last Saturday from a 58- day Mediterranean cruise, will be sailing for the first time un der its new captain, Ernest H. Nelson. The former captain re tired at the end of the cruise. The ship will anchor in the harbor of Algeciras, Spain, near Gibralter in the Mediterranean, on April 10, long enough for a tender to meet the ship and re move mail and films. The films will be shipboard shots by still, TV and newsreel cameramen which will be rushed back to the United States. Most passengers will debark in Cannes on the morning of April 12, but Miss Kelly and her family will be carried on to the harbor of Monaco, to be met by the Prince's personal yacht. The wedding will be April 19. Guild to Continue Study of Indians Westminster guild of First Presbyterian church will meet tonight at 8 p.m., in the Fire place room at the church. To continue the study of the American Indian, Mrs. Lorraine Martolin, program chairman, will present Mrs. Sarah Watson, who will speak of her exper iences with the tribes in Okla homa. After the program, refresh ments will be served by the hostess committee; Mrs. Eva Marsh, chairman, and assisted by Mrs. Frida Burger and Miss Adabee Seiler. All gainfully em ployed women are invited to be come a part of this group. Favorite Classic Easy-flowing lines of the shirt waist dress spell flattery any season of the year! You'll jiffy- sew this cool summer version in sleeveless step-in style; with con vertible neckline, handsome pockets. Use the pattern again come fall add short, ZA sleeves! Pattern 9063: Misses' sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42. Size 16 takes 5Vs yards 35-inch. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete illustrated sew chart shows vou every step. Send THIRTY-FIVE cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to Marian Martin, care Medford Mail Trib une, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11. N. Y. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. Healing Arts Clinic DR GEORGE H. AXTELL Naturopathic and Chiropractic PHYSICIAN 141 S.E. G St., Grants Pais, Ore. Dial Anytime - Grants Pass 6-5251 Women's Group Inducts Officers , At Last Session Mrs. Minnie Steele, Spring field, Ore., grand gila monster, made her official visit and in stalled officers of Cebu swamp, Military Order of the Lizards at a meeting held March 25 at the home of Mrs. Mabel Breitmeyer, Grants Pass. Mrs. Mabel Nicholson of Med ford was installed as gila mon ster and her new officers will include Mrs. Uoris Cotter, Grants Pass, gecko; Mrs. James Cech, Medford, caltepon; Mrs. Mary Case, Grants Pass, Iguana; Mrs. Kathryn Sweetland, Grants Pass, and Mrs. Bertha Nelson, Med ford, dragons; Mrs. Willie Coo per, Grants Pass and Mrs. Jo sephine Widner. Medford sala manders; Mrs. Breitmeyer, Grants Pass, agama; Mrs. Cech and Mrs. Cooper, siredons; Mrs. Harry Barneburg, Medford, cha meleon; Mrs. Don Anderson, Medford, horned toad; Mrs. Bes sie Johnston, Medford, moloch; and Mrs. Mary Jo Grosh, Ash land, hatteria. Mrs. Steele was assisted in the installation by Mrs. Hans Rammin, Medford, a past grand gila monster. Mrs. Clara Robinston, Grants Pass, and Miss Donna Unger, Medford, were initiated into the swamp by Mrs. Steele. The grand gila monster appointed Miss Unger to the grand newt patrol. Mrs. Nicholson presented Mrs. Steele with a gift and Mrs. Barneburg presented the grand gila monster with a gift from the members of Cebu swamp. Mrs. Albert Wallis, Grants Pass; retiring gila monster, pre sented a gift to Mrs. Anderson, past grand gila monster. Mrs. Grosh presented Mrs. Wallis with her past gila monster jewel. The next meeting of Cebu swamp will be held Saturday, April 28, at the home of Mrs. Barneburg, 1297 Sunset avenue, Medford. Navy Mothers' Club Plans Work Meeting A work meeting -has been planned by Rogue Valley Navy Mothers club for Tuesday, April 3. It will be held at the home of Mrs. E. E. Reames, 6236 Crater Lake avenue, beginning at 10 a.m. Members are asked to be pre pared to work on articles for a rummage sale to be held in the near future. Articles will be mended and marked. A potluck luncheon will be served at noon, and members are to take table service. Easter Breakfast Served for Group An Easter breakfast was pre pared and served to the Scottish Rite Masons and their guests yesterday morning by the Scot tish Rite Women's club. About 185 men were served. Tables were decorated with white 'crosses adorned with red roses. , Mrs. H. L. Alfo'rd was general chairman for the breakfast. f Chapter to Hold Supper Meeting . Chapter CG of the PEO sister hood will ' meet Wednesday, April 4, at the home of Mrs. Robert L. Lee, 1818 Woodlawn drive. Supper will be served at 7 p.m., with a meeting to follow. The program will be present ed by Mrs. Joseph Chez. Argentina Arrests 70 for Subversion Mendoza, Argentina (U.R) The government has arrested 70 persons on charges of attempt ing to subvert public order, it was announced Sunday. The federal interventor in this western Argentine province said those arrested included army non-commissioned officers, po licemen and civilians. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads The Community's Biggest Marketplace Make lunchbox sandwiches with better tasting H0LSUM Another fine A 6 toW any Residents Get arnings of Chest Troubles Chest x-ray films taken at the out-patient clinics at. Sacred Heart hospital have warned 340 Jackson county t residents of heart conditions which should have the attention of their phy sicians, according to a recent re port of the x-ray committee of the Jackson County Public Health association. In addition, 106 people have been asked to go to their doc tors for further study of condi tions indicating a suspicion of tuberculosis, lung cancer or tu mors, and 126 people have, been warned of miscellaneous chest conditions such as emphysema, calcifications, etc., the report adds. 4,789 Have X-rays A total of 4.789 persons have had chest x-rays at the out-patient clinics since purchase of the ma chines for the two Medford hos pitals by Christmas seal funds. This does not include those who have been .given the screening x-rays as patients in the hos pitals. While by far the greatest ma jority of those having x-rays find their chest conditions to be nor mal, it is most gratifying to know that many of the abnormal conditions found are in the earli est stages, and in time for treat- Soft Coal Miners Get Pay Increase Washington U.R John L Lewis' soft coal miners received an 80-cents a day pay increase today, bringing their basic wage to $20.25 a day or slightly more than $100 a week. The price of soft coal went up at the same time to an average of about $5 a ton at the mine, in dustry sources estimated. They said this was the same level as in 1948 before the industry cut prices to try to halt a decline in sales. The pay raise is the second and final installment of a $2-a-day pay hike negotiated by Lewis and the soft coal pro ducers last August. The United Mine Workers soft coal wage contract is subject to reopening for further demands this fall, but Lewis has given no indication whether he will take advantage of this. Soft coal miners' average pay is already one of the highest in the country-for production work' ers. The bureau of Labor Statis tics estimated It at more than $100 a week in December and January. Episcopal Meeting Delegates Named Eleven representatives from St. Mark's Episcopal church will be in Portland April 8, 9 and 10 for the 68th annual conven tion of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon. They include the Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector, and the Rev. Robert Burger; represent tives of the lay members, Rob ert S. Rix, Robert W. Voegtly, Robert D. Dames and Shelby Tuttle; and of the auxiliary, Mrs, Robert Corbin, Mrs. Ed Barnett, Mrs. A. G. McMillan and Mrs. William B. Clegg. One more woman will be appointed to rep resent the auxiliary. Two new features marking the convention will be a series of workshops Monday afternoon and a United Thank offering presentation Tuesday morning. The Right Rev. Benjamin D. Dagwell, bishop of Oregon, will deliver his annual report Sun day evening to more than 500 delegates. Bread . iff, By X-Rays ment to be effective in saving their lives and health, according to Mrs. Chester Guches, x-ray chairman. Long Earlier A chest x-ray will reveal early tuberculosis 2V2 to 3 years before there are symptoms and before the patient is aware of the con dition, she pointed out. Medical and public health au thorities feel the x-ray program is vital' for every community and are urging all adults to have an x-ray at least once a year, heavy smokers every six months, according to Dr. A. E. Merkel, county health officer. The x-ray clinic is open to the public at Sacred Heart hospital each Thursday afternoon and the first Wednesday evening of each month. The next evening clinic will be this Wednesday, April 4. Members of the Provi dence Guild of the hospital, with Mrs. L. E. Duff, in charge, fur nish volunteer help for these clinics. rrpn Ever Shipped Into Southern W This Mammoth Borden's Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese WEIGHS OVER 2 TOWS! Height 3' 6" Diameter 4' WA" Pounds of Milk 55,000 pounds Man Hours of Labor (farm and factory) 2814 Hours On This Biggest Cheese at The Groceteria and Win Prizes! 1ST PRIZE Brownie Hawkeye Flash Outfit 2ND PRIZE Waltco Glass Fishing Rod 3RD PRIZE Deluxe Gift Pack of Borden's Fine Cheese CONTEST ENDS THURSDAY AT NOON WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED OVER K-BES-TV ORE-CAL PANORAMA BETWEEN 6 AND 7 P.M., THURSDAY, APRIL 5TH. Neuberger Speaks Portland (U.R) Sen. Rich-1 ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) says that if Sen. Estes Kefauver wins the primary races he should be given the Democratic nomina tion for President. 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