EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
Every spring we get a bunch of new urges. We decide to try
out a lot of new plants and shrubs when we already have more
than we can care for; we resolve to do more walking in the fresh
air and to quit cooking the same food all the time.
This year we're resolved to learn all about mushrooms. It
started when Mrs. Dwight Findley gave us a container of frozen
morels which she and Dr. Findley had gathered some time ago; We
probably shouldn't admit it, but this was the first time we could
bring ourselves to eat anything other than the canned or dried
mushrooms, and were the first we had ever prepared except those
In cans.
The two of us defrosted them as per Mrs. F's instructions and
sauted them gently in butter. They were simply heavenly. Now,
since we obviously can't depend upon the Findleys to do our mush
room hunting, although Mrs. F. says it's one of the doctor's favorite
pastimes, we're going to have to learn what to look for and what
not to eat.
What's more, we never knew until last week that some puff
balls are good to eat. Several times we're seen the large greyish
white ones along the road sides, especially on the Ashland loop
trip, which are roughly the size and shape of a pineapple.
Friday it so happened that Harry Hawk, who lives in Ash
land but until recently had a business in Medford, came in lugging
a simply enormous specimen of the puff balls. He was curious
about the queer growth and was half a mind to take it down to
the high school to one of the science teachers.
But in no time at all Mrs. Max Wimmer had it away from
him. Mrs. Wimmer said they were not only edible, but perfectly
delicious when cooked correctly and she assured Mr. Hawk that
she'd rather have it than a good steak. Mrs. W. says she cooks
them somewhat in the same fashion that most cooks prepare egg
plant.
We declined her offer to sample it when she had it cooked.
It's an odd thing, we had no qualms about eating the mushrooms
picked by Dr. Findley, but doubt if we would eat the puff ball,
even if offered by the doctor.
And let us firmly add that we don't want anyone cooking
and eating a puff ball just because they read in Potpourri that
Mrs. Wimmer likes them! We don't want any casualties.
Jack Ward is pulling up stakes in Medford and moving his
dental laboratory to Anchorage, Alaska, not a whit deterred by
the stories coming out of Alaska recently about grizzly bears kill
ing hunters. Or maybe Mr. Ward doesn't plan on hunting.
Anyhow, a number of Mr. Ward's cronies staged parties for
him last week and he ended up with a weird collection of
presents. At a party given by Hillah Chanters he received a
gold pan, a pick, and a ball of sour dough in a glass jar. This
last quaint idea was perpetrated by Dr. C. G. Van Valzah and
liis assistant, Mrs. Gladys Hughes. Mrs. Hughes went down to the
bakery and begged a handful of dough which she set up on a shelf
to sour.
Good deed department: Potpourri would like to have infor
mation concerning Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Latner.
The Latners wrote a letter to The Mail Tribune saying they
were interested in contributing to the Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital fund, and how did they go about doing this. Unfortun
ately, the Latners failed to give their return address, telephone
number or any clue as to how the information could be sent to
them.
The staff at Memorial hospital headquarters combed the tele
phone book, directories, the .circulation files of The Tribune and
checked with utility firms. No trace of the Latners was found.
So, if anyone knows the Latners, please have them telephone
hospital headquarters, 3-4579.
In spite of the difficulty of working through an interpreter,
Potpourri managed a fairly satisfactory interview with Dr. Luigi
Rebuzzine last Sunday. Dr. Rebuzzine and his interpreter, Leon
Segal, were guests at the party which followed the Philharmonic
concert and we found ourselves at a table with the two visitors, the
Bruno Pellegrinis and Mrs. Harlan Bosworth.
Dr. Rebuzzine, professor at the University of Milan and director
of the Christian Democratic political party for the Milan district
said in brief: That the Russian Communists are not really "soften
ing" in their attitude are more to be feared in their new friendly
attitude than when openly hostile; communism is still a threat in
Italy, and the communists are most adept at dealing with the
Italian people; economic conditions for the working man of Italy
are bad, many are without jobs and many are poorly paid; trade
between the United States and Italy is unfavorable to the Italians;
most contracts let in Italy are with the large firms only; Italians
would like to emigrate to the U.S., many are leaving their home
land for Canada, Australia and South America in search of better
living conditions; he believes such immigrants could be integrated
into the Oregon economy, become workers in mills, or on farms
and orchards.
Italy has schools for re-training of the unemployed, but when
re-trained the workers often cannot find work in the new industry,
he stated. A program of national medical and social insurance is in
force.
The interpreter, a U.S. State Department employee who speaks
eight languages, not only did the translating but found Potpourri
a scrap of paper for notes, our party purse being empty of these
tools of trade. During the supper, in some fashion which no one
could explain, the side of his coat became smeared with white cake
frosting. Mr. Pellegrini insisted upon cleaning the coat with a damp
napkin, explaining volubly in both English and Italian that "it is
an incident of state!"
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Sunday, April 22. 1958
Art Instructor
Speaks for Group
Warren A. Wolf, art instruc
tor of Medford Senior High
school, spoke April 18 for a
meeting of Southern Oregon So
ciety of Artists, accompanied the
talk with color slides on a .num
ber of abstract paintings, which
included masters from the 16th
through the 18th centuries.
Some of these were El Greco,
Rembrandt, Rualt. Velazquez,
Enittier and John Carroll.
During the business meeting
it was suggested that future
meetings be conducted on the
fourth Wednesdays of each
month. This was referred to the
executive committee for further
study.
Mrs. Margaret Mundy became
an associate member.
During the summer vacation,
different meeting place will be
necessary and this will be dis
cussed in May.
Guests included Mrs. Maxine
McMasters, Medford. Mrs. Orr
ville Bean, Camp White, and
William Mitchell, assistant engi
neer officer of Camp White.
From pictures displayed the
picture of the month chosen was
"The Old House" a pastel by
Mrs. Ruby Twedell of Medford,
to be shown at Barkers. "Rogue
River Blacktail," an oil by Clar
ence Cummings, Ashland, was
selected for Purucker Piano
house and for the city library
"Pitt River." an oil by Mrs. Eliz
abeth Sheffield, Rogue River.
Pictures chosen for Medford
Paint store were "Tillamook
Rock." an oil by Harry Marx,
Medford, and "Babes of the
Woods" by Mrs. Gean Neece,
Gold Hill.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Blanche Johnson. Mrs. Eth
el Hixson and Mrs. Marie
Starks.
Band on Program
For PTA Session
Oak Grove school band mem
bers, under the direction of El
mer Ayers, will present six num
bers for Oak Grove Parent
Teacher association at an after
noon meeting Monday, April 23
at 2:30 p.m. in the gymnasium.
Members of the band are Rog
er Hockersmith, Wayne Thomp
son, Lance Jennings, Richard
Champion Stanley Neff, Merl
Guches, Stephen Eichelberger,
Larry Keith, Jeanne Gemaeh
lich, Paula Scott, Billy Gates,
Rickie Main, Patty Brewold,
Shirley Neff, Linda Hess, Shir
ley Hopkins, Bradley Smith, Ja
nice Taylor, Marcia Belknap,
Craig Wright, Bill Rupp, Barry
Goodroad. Jim Hensen, Ranee
Champion, Harold Bailey,
Dickie Rushton, Ursula Bates,
Dannie Matson, Jackie Thomp
son and Barbara Bernes.
Cub Scouts of Pack 4, Dens 1,
2 and 4 will open the meeting
by presenting the flag ceremony.
Following the band concert,
Den 2 will introduce the skit,
"The Tracy Twins, Dicky and
Nicky" from "Boys' Life maga
zine" which will be presented
by Den 1.
The business meeting will be
conducted by the president.
Robert Taylor, followed by re
freshments which will be served
by mothers of students in the
second grade in the cafeteria.
Child care will be provided
for grades 1, 2 and 3 if mothers
are attending the meeting. Pre
school children will be cared for
in the second grade room.
A special invitation is extend
ed to parents of new students in
the school. They are asked to git
with their children's teacher.
Only about one-third of wom
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living husbands, but about two
thirds of men in the U.S. over
age 65 have living wives, census
tables indicate.
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LWV Convention Set
Give Business Slate
Washington, D.C. Conservation, with emphasis on water re
sources, and individual liberties, with emphasis on federal loyalty
security programs, will be subjects of major discussion at the 22nd
convention of the League of Women Voters in the United States
to be held in Chicago, 111., April 30 to May 4. Local and state
leagues throughout the country have expresed foremost interest in
these two topics for study and action over the 1956-58 period. An
equal number of recommendations, 389, were made in both cases
to the national board of the league for inclusion in the national
program in the coming biennium. Runner-up was in the field of
international relations.
These and other subjects will
be debated and the decision will
be by vote of the delegates. The
convention also will elect offi
cers and directors for two years
and adopt a budget for one year.
Fifth Time
This will be the fifth time the
league has held its national con
vention in Chicago. The first, in
1920, was held there, and Chi
cago was also the convention
site in 1928, 1942 and 1944.-
Approximately 1,200 persons
are expected to attend, with
probably all states represented.
Advance registrations have al
ready been made by leagues in
over 40 states, Alaska, Hawaii,
and the District of Columbia.
College Students
Receive Offices,
Chairmanships
Miss Isobel Carr, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carr, 16
Florence street, has been ap
pointed general chairman of
Mothers week end activities to
be held May 12 at Southern
Oregon college.
Mothers of students who at
tend SOC are invited to partici
pate in the events of the day.
Miss Carr is a Medford Senior
High school graduate and is ma
joring in teacher education.
Miss Nancy Jennings, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. George
Jennings, 218 Saginaw drive,
and also a major in teacher
education, was elected secretary
of the Future Teachers of Amer
ica chapter there at a meeting
April 11. Miss Jennings, in addi
tion to her regular studies, has
been active in SOC dramatics.
Another SOC student elected
to office this month is Jim Mc
Donald, new president of Oregon
Future Teachers of America. He
was elected to the office during
a convention of -FTA on the
campus of Oregon College of
Education April 13.
Young McDonald has been in
strumental in outlining the pro
posed student judiciary commit
tee of SOC. A graduate of Eagle
Point High school, he is study
ing secondary education and so
cial science. His parents are Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. McDonald, Route
1, Box 653, Eagle Point.
Lions' Auxiliary
Selects Student
For Scholarship
Shady Cove-Trail Announce
ment of selection of a student
from the Shady Cove area for
a college scholarship furnished
by the auxiliary to Shady Cove
Trail Lions club was made at a
meeting of the group April 18.
Mrs. Delbert Spain presided and
the session was held at the Shack
in Shady Cove.
Final plans for entertaining
state officers in a visitation to
the district Thursday, May 3 at
7:30 p.m., at the Eagle Point
Teen-age club house, were made.
By-laws of the newly formed
Cove Community committee
were approved.
Donations are being sought for
a clothing, plant and food sale
to be held by the auxiliary April
28. Those who do have donations
may take them to Mrs. Frank
Fagalde or Mrs. Floyd Kelley.
Money from the sale will go to
group's scholarship fund.
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The year 1956 marks the 10th
presidential election in which
all the women of this country
have had the vote. A series of
dramatic episodes out of the his
tory of the league, which came
into being with the granting of
the franchise to women, will be
presented Wednesday, May 2,
following a banquet. Some .of the
early leaders of the league will
be guests at the convention. A
few of them were active in the
final days of the National Amer
ican Woman Suffrage associa
tion, which led the fight for the
19th amendment, which was
passed by Congress in 1919 and
ratified in 1920. With ratifica
tion in sight, the final conven
tion of the NAWSA was held
jointly with the first convention
of the organization which took
up the reins the League of
Women Voters.
Experts
Another highlight of the con
vention will be a panel of three
experts discussing intergovern
mental relations, Monday eve
ning, April 30. Participants will
be Meyer Kestnbaum of Chicago,
chairman of the commission
on intergovernmental relations;
Mrs. Bernice T. Van der Vries
of Winetka, 111., a retiring mem
ber of the general assembly of
Illinois and now an officer of
the council of state governments,
and Professor Walter W. Heller
of Minneapolis, of the school of
business of the University of
Minnesota.
An All-States fair will be held
Tuesday evening, May 1. The
fair will give prominence to
league accomplishments in the
various states and also will fea
ture exhibits typical of the areas
represented. State flags and
stage songs will lend a gala at
mosphere to this occasion.
Earlier on Tuesday evening,
and also on Thursday evening,
May 3, round tables will be held,
with outside experts acting as
consultants.
All daytime meetings will be
devoted to convention business.
To Elect
The national convention of the
League of Women Voters elects
five officers and six directors,
and the chairman of the nomi
nating committe. The 1954-56
nominating committe will pre
sent the following slate:
President, Mrs. John G. Lee,
Farmington, Conn.; first vice
president, Mrs. Harold D. Dyke,
Syracuse, N.Y.; second vice
president, Mrs. John F. Latimer,
Washington, D.C. secretary, Mrs.
Donald F. Bishop, Philadelphia,
Pa.; treasurer, Mrs. Carl Marcy,
Arlington, Va.; directors, Mrs.
Werner J. Blanchard, Dayton,
O.; Mrs. Alf H. Gunderson, La
crosse, Mich.; Mrs. Tor Hylbom,
Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mrs.
Walter H. C. Laves, Blooming
ton, Ind.; Mrs. Oscar M. Rueb
hausen. New York, N.Y.; Mrs.
Arthur E. Whittemore, Hing
ham, Mass.
Chairman nominating commit
tee, Mrs. F. W. Hopkins, High
land Park, N.J.
Since 1950
Mrs. Lee has been national
president since 1950. Other in
cumbents on the board, not nec
essarily in office for which now
nominees, are Mrs. Dyke, Mrs.
Latimer, Mrs. Blanchard, Mrs.
Gunderson, Mrs. Laves, Mrs.
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be new to her post.
Following the report of the
nominating committe, nomina
tions may be made from the
floor.
Incumbents not running or
reelection, but who will actively
participate in the coming con
vention, are:
First vice-president, Mrs. Rob
ert F. Leonard, Washington,
D.C; treasurer, Mrs. Edward M.
Boyne, Pittsburgh, Pa.; direc
tors, Mrs. Drysdale Brannon,
Marion, Ind.; Mrs. Orville Fore
man, Jacksonville, 111.; Mrs. C.
Walker Hayes, Albuquerque,
N.M.; Mrs. Henry L. Killen, Or
lando, Fla.; Mrs. Moses H. Lurie,
Belmont, Mass.; Mrs. Waldo E.
Stephens, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mrs. Maxwell Barus of Mont
clair, N.J., has served as nomi
nating committee chairman for
1954-56, and will be at the con
vention to present the new slate.
Nonpartisan
The League of Women Voters
is a nonpartison organization es
tablished in 1920 to study and
act on governmental issues. It
does not support or oppose polit
ical parties or, candidates. After
intensive study it may take a po
sition on an issue provided there
is a consensus among the mem
bership. Then it supports or op
poses specific legislation in ac
cordance with that position.
League members are encouraged
to work in the political party of
their choice but leaders closely
identified in the public mind
with the work of the league may
not be active workers in their
parties while holding league of
fice. Tlie national budget of the
league is met by pledges from
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