SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, April 22. 1956
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Miss Ann Padgham, Medford, was among the women
itudents on Ihe Universily of California campus at Davis who
gars an aquacade last night as one of the windup features of
the 195S Cal Aggie Picnic day. Pictured above are Miss Donna
LeStum, Palo Alto; Miss Joan DeCarli, Stockton, and Miss
Padgham. Miss Padgham is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Padgham, and is a sophomore in the college of letters
and science. Miss Padgham's brother, Henry, was Picnic day
chairman in 1953.
Zinnia Most Popular Annual
Has Many Varieties and Sizes
By EDNA KING MANDEVILLE
Everybody (well, most every
body) loves zinnias. They are
perhaps our most popular an
nual, colorful both in the garden
and in the home, blooming over
a long period and lasting for sev
eral days after being cut.
Then, too, zinnias are so easy
to grow. They not only with
stand hot summer weather so
harmful to other flowers, 'but
also are not subject to the rav
ages of insects or plant disease.
In fact, about the only trouble
ever experienced with Zinnias
is some "mildew" which can
usually be quickly controlled by
dusting with surphur, or by thin
ning the plants to allow for
greater air circulation. In addi
tion, zinnias can be transplanted
readily, and do surprisingly well
in almost any soil.
"But they must have their
faults," I hear you say. True,
they are not fragrant, and they
will not climb a trellis, but out
side of that they're just about
perfect. Though most everyone
is acquainted with zinnias, many
people do not realize how many
varieties and sizes there are of
this popular flower. Each year
new ones are added.
Standbys Named
The old standbys, of course,
are the giants of California zin
nias. They are very large flow
ers, measuring 5 inches across
and up to three feet high. They
are available in a wide variety
of mixtures and colors, such as
the Miss Willmott (soft pink),
purity (white), daffodil (canary
yellow), salmon queen (salmon
rose), and cherry queen (red).
Next in popularity come the
dahlia flowered strains, so
called because of their resem
blance to giant dahlias. In this
group we have such well-known
varieties as Will Rogers (red),
exquisile (two-tone pink), and
meteor (deep red).
Among the large zinnias an
other important type are the
giant hybrids, or cactus flowered
zinnias. The twisted petals of this
strain make it much less formal
in design than the other giants.
Leading colors are the blaze (a
recent all-American winner fea
tured by Mandeville and King
company), the floradale scarlet,
and ice cream, a truly cream
colored zinnia.
In the slightly smaller class,
the cut and come again zinnia,
seems most popular for bou
quets. Its name, of course, comes
from its ability to bloom and
bloom again. A slightly lighter
color in this group is known as
sunshine tints.
Another type worth noting is
the fantasy, whose petals are
curled and twisted. The fantasy
comes in several attractive col
ors such as Stardust (golden yel
low), wildfire (scarlet), and mel
ody (lavender).
Next in size come the lilliputs,
attractiveJittle button flowers
oh plants growing about two
feet tall. Some of the outstand
ing colors are black ruty (crim
son), little red riding hoodjscar
let), rosebud (soft pink), and Va
lencia (burnt orange).
Tom Thumb Smallest
The smallest of all zinnias is
the torn thumb, whose flowers
are usually as large as the lilli
puts, but whose plants are much
smaller. Occasionally some
plants are found growing taller
than the others, and about the
only thing to do with these is to
pull them out, and let the dwarf
ones fill the intervening spaces.
It might be well here to men
tion one of the most interesting
and unusual new zinnias. It is
called Peppermint stick. Its
flowers are striped red and
white, red and yellow, and
purple and white. Although the
strain does not run 100 per cent
striped flowers, the few solid
colors do not detract from the
bizzare effect of a bed of pep
permint stick. A most unusual
bouquet can be had by filling
a case with just the red and
white striped flowers.
A final word about two varie
ties that really aren't zinnias at
all. The Haageana, one of my
own favorites, is usually called
a zinnigold because of its resem
blance to both the zinnia and
the French marigold. And the
creeping zinnia is really a San
vitalia Procumbens. Both varie
ties are interesting and well
worth getting acquainted with.
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NEW SWITCH
Production has started of a
new type of household light
switch that turns light on and
off through the use of a dial
instead of the normal button
or flip switch. The switches are
equipped to glow in the dark.
They are also space-savers, with
three small dials requiring no
more plate area than a single
lever switch plate.
Greatest part of Canada's elec
tric current is generated by
water power.
President
Honored
At Banquet
Members of Colonel Sargent
auxiliary. United Spanish War
Veterans, gave a banquet at Red
man hall Sunday, April 15, in
honor of their department presi
dent, Mrs. Fred Schwietering,
Eugene. Mrs. Schwietering made
her official vist to southern Ore
gon at this time.
Other guests included Depart
ment Commander B. S. Boland,
Portland; Department Senior
Vice-Commander Ray Antrim,
Aloha; Mrs. Mary Gates, Eu
gene, department secretary; Mrs.
Margaret Holt, Creswell, depart
m e n t musician; department
aide Fred Schwietering, Eugene;
Past Department Commander
A. J. Bush, Portland; Mrs. Hattie
Bush, Portland, department
guard.
Department officers from Med
ford were Mrs. Anderson, depart
ment senior vice-president; Mrs.
Harry Barneburg, department
aide, and Mrs. Hans Rammin, de
partment color.
Guests from Grants Pass in
cluded Mrs. Kathryn Sweetland,
president, Rogue River auxiliary;
Mrs. Sallie Cotter, Ernest Cotter,
Mrs. Ted Cotter and two daugh
ters Nancy and Susan, Miss Vir
ginia Wallis, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Wallis, and Mrs. Margaret Os
borne. Mr. and Mrs. Renne Grosh
attended from Ashland. Mrs.
Grosh is department song leader.
Medford guests included Mrs.
Mollie Keene, Harry Barneburg
and Don Anderson.
Mrs. James Cech presided at
the meeting of the auxiliary after
the banquet and Commander
Carl Thompson for the camp.
Final plans were discussed for
the annual carnation sale to be
held on the streets of Medford
May 11-12. Mrs. Winifred Vail
will be general chairman of the
sale, with Mrs. Barneburg co
chairman. Mrs. Sweetland stated that
there would be an officers and
drill team practice in Grants
Pass Sunday afternoon May 6
in the VFW hall. Mrs. Schwiet
ering' was presented a green
orchid corsage and a gift from
the auxiliary. Miss Donna ling
er presented the department
president with a gift and sang.
a solo.
Monday, April 16, Mrs. Barne
burg, national hospital chair
man and her alternate, Mrs.
Grosh, arranged for the depart
ment officials, Mr. and Mrs.
Schwietering, Mr. Boland, Mr.
Antrim and Mrs. Gates, to visit
the domiciliary center at Camp
White. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Cech and Mrs. Bessie
Johnston. They toured the build
ings and visited with the veterans.
PEO Chapter
PEO sisterhood, chapter AA
will meet April 25 at the home
of Mrs. C. E. Hedberg, 1206 East
Main street. Promptly at 12:30
p.m., Miss Verna Cingcade will
give a religious message.
For luncheon following the
program Mrs. Hedberg will be
assisted by Mrs. S. C. Watkins
and Mrs. G. R. Ringo.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Williams, Shady Cove, try their hand
at gold panning in a desert wash near the vacation capital of
Phoenix, Ariz., and the Valley of the Sun. This was their
first visit to the Phoenix area.
(Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Photo)
Committee Women at Work
On Homemakers7 Festival
Names of committee women,
who are working on the annual
Homemakers festival set for May
1 and 2 were announced last
week. The event will ' be held
again at the Central Point
Legion hall and this year for the
first time a public open house
will be held so that all interested
may view accomplishments of
work done by unit members dur
ing the past year.
The Central Point unit and
county alumnae committee wo
men, with Mrs. Arthur Straus
in charge, will conduct the open
house activities which will be
held from 7 to 9:30 p.m., May 1.
Refreshments also willbe serv
ed under direction of Mrs.
Charles Jantzer and Mrs. Paul
Snook. Organ music will be fur
nished through the courtesy of
the Music mart.
A list of the exhibits and ex
hibiting units for the festival
also were announced.
Woven baskets and trays will
be shown by the Lake Creek and
Shady Cove units; baskets, and
fabric lampshades will be from
Prospect, New Applegate unit,
Medford Parents, Howard, Wil
low Springs, Evans Valley, Val
leyview, Eagle Point; gifts, and
wrappings, Butte Falls, Lone
Pine and Westside, while hobby
work and cake decorating will
be shown by Oak Grove mem
bers. Baskets and uses of color in
the home will be furnished by
Shady Cove; draperies and lamp
shades, and art of pressing, Reese
Creek, Lone Pine and Sams Val
ley; new fabrics, Ashland; rugs
and baskets, Upper Applegate;
Ceylon study materials, Central
Point, and candles by Griffin
Creek
The Medford unit will exhibit
all projects of the year in the
form of a May pole to be shown
in Mann's Department store win
dows. On May 2, the festival day,
registrations and assembling pro
grams will be done by members
from Reese Creek, with Mrs. Ben
Gardner in charge.
Ushers will be from Westside;
name tags will be furnished by
Shady Cove and Butte Falls;
songs will be led by Mrs. Leola
Edge; pianist will be Mrs. Pete
Rosenbaum; table decorations
furnished by Ashland; flowers
for the stage, Oak Grove; plan
ning program, county committee,
and luncheon will be served by
the Home Economics club will
serve the luncheon which will
be held at the Central Point
Grange hall.
FRUIT SALAD DRESS-UP
New Ycrk (U.R) To vary the
dressing for. fruit salad, com
bine Vz cup fresh orange juice
with V cup of fresh lime juice,
1 cup of salad oil, teaspoon
of salt Vi teaspoon of sugar and
a dash of ground black pepper.
Beat with a rotary beater. Stir
in Vt. cup of grated raw apples,
if desired. This dressing also
is good- on head lettuce.
Butte Falls
PTA Elects
Butte Falls Mrs. Harry Dal
ton was elected president of
Butte Falls Parent Teacher as
sociation at a meeting Monday
evening. Mrs. Charles Capello
is the new vice-president; Mrs.
Charles Ferguson, secretary, and
Mrs. William Edmondson, trea
surer. The next and final meeting
of the organization for the cur
rent school year will be May 7.
The junior and senior classes
of Butte Fals High school will
present a play, "Tiger House,"
May 4, it was announced at the
meeting.
Students of the high school
who took part in a student gov
ernment day in Medford re
cently,' gave reports on the com
mission to which there were as
signed. Miss Patty Irwin served on
the welfare commission; Dale
Ray Smith acted as chairman
of the dog control commission;
Vernon Arnold took the county
clerk's position, and Donald El
lis was on the court house custo
dian committee.
The students were introduced
by Art Backlund, sponsor.
Reports on an amateur night
program held March 30 was
given and revealed that the
event was a success. Apprecia
tion was extended to those who
worked on the program and re
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Girl Scouts Give
Tea for Mothers
At Wonderly Home
A Mothers' tea honoring the
memory of Juliette Low, found
er of Girl scouting in America,
was recently given by Troop
130, McLoughlin Junior High
school. The tea was held in the
home of Mrs. Kenneth Wonder
ly on Palm st.
The program for the tea was
planned by Mickc Noble and
Deanna Russell. Linda Wicker
told the mothers about the Juli
ette Low world friendship fund.
A pantomime was presented by
Sandra Gross, Diane Griffith
and Barbara Donahoo.
Two musical numbers were
played by Connie Paulsen, Mil
dred Boyd and Deanna Russell
on their clarinets. Marjorie Won
derly closed the program by
telling the mothers about the
work the troop has completed
towards their curved bar rank.
Table decorations were yel
low daffodils and green leaves.
Each mother was presented with
a yellow daisy corsage.
Present for the tea were Mrs.
Gilbert Gross, Mrs. Howard
Boyd, Mrs. Byron Griffith, Mrs.
Donald Paulsen, Mrs. Kenneth
Wonderly, Mrs. E. Wahlstrom,
little Karen Wonderly and Mrs.
John Russell, leader of the
Valley Women
Invited to Show
At Mann's Store
Valley women are invited to
see Gloria Swanson designs
known as "Conservation Pieces,"
which will be modeled tomorrow
at Mann's Department store. The
shows will be given twice, one
at noon, and the last at 3 p.m.
The styles are furnished by
Puritan Dress company of New
York City.
Details will be given by Rob
ert Collins, commentator, him
self a designer and stylist. Pro
fessional models will show the
apparel. He has been with the
dress . firm for eight years and
has worked closely in the de
signing with Miss 'Swanson for
some six years. Mr. Collins also
has designed evening clothes for
custom dressmaking.
The shows are informal and
the department store personnel
stresses that all women interest
ed should feel free to attend.
The human eye is said to be
30,000 times more sensitive to
dim lighfthan is the thermopile,
one of the most sensitive physi
cal instruments devised.
Howard Garden Club
Announces Program
For Tuesday Session
Howard "All About Birds,"
will be title of the program for
Howard Garden club members
Tuesday, April 24 when they
meet at 1 p.m., in the home of
Mrs. J. R. Campbell, route 2,
box 379D, Merriman road.
Mrs. Charles May and Mrs.
Wayne Smith are cohostesses for
the afternoon and members are
to take plants for an exchange.
Mrs. Albert Stocks was hostess
for the club's last meeting held
in March.
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