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Mrs. Aialea Sager
Festival Speakers Named;
To Review Accomplishments
Two widely known Oregon
home' economists, Mrs. Azalea
Sager and Mrs. Mabel Mack,
will be in Jackson county Wed
nesday, May 2, to speak for the
annual Homemakers' festival of
the county's 22 home extension
units. Mrs. Mack is assistant
director of the Oregon Exten
sion service and Mrs. Sager is
a former state leader of the Ore
gon Home Economics Extension
service. Both are from Corvallis.
The festival will be held in
Central Point Grange hall, and
exhibits will be arranged in the
Legion hall directly across the
street. Registration will be from
9:30 to 10 a.m. with members
of the Reese Creek unit in
charge.
An "eye opener" talk will be
given by Mrs. Mack who will
use the festival theme, "Spizzer
inctum," or "Up With the Sun"
as her topic. Skits are to be
given by the Howard, Rogue
Elk, Willovr Springs and Evans
Valley units, and music will be
provided by the mixed chorus
from Crater High school, direct
ed by Norman Carothers.
Luncheon will be served from
11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the
basement of the Grange hall.
The afternoon'3 program will
feature Mrs. Sager in "A Tour
of South America" during which
she will show pictures. After
her retirement from the exten
sion service Mrs. Sager and her
husband spent a year traveling
in the United- States, South
America and Europe. Mrs. Sager,
who began her extension work
as a clothing specialist, started
a program of training leaders in
subject matter, the practice hav
ing become widespread in sub
sequent years. She was regarded
throughout the extension profes
sion as one of the most successful
state leaders of home economics.
Miss Marjorie Hattan, 4-H club
agent for Jackson county, will
talk on "Your Place in the Sun"
and the Mothersingers of Eagle
Point will provide music.
A short business meeting will
be held, with election of three
county committee members.
As a prelude to the general
festival Wednesday, open house
will be held at the Legion hall
Tuesday night from 7 to 9:30
p.m. The public is invited to at
tend, and to view the unit ex
hibits. The Central Point unit
and members of the county
alumnae committee, headed by
Mrs. Arthur Straus, are in charge
of the open house.
Student Elected
To State Office
Miss Linda Obenchain of Cen
tral Point was elected state sec
retary of the Oregon Home
Economics College clubs at the
OHEA convention held in Gear
hart April 20 to 22.
About 325 delegates attended
the conference which included
exhibits, lectures, and demonstra
tions of interest to professional
women and college students.
Miss Obenchain, a sophomore
in home economics at OSC. is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Obenchain of Box 611,
Central Point. She is a member
of Delta Zeta sorority.
To Install
Installation of new officers
will take place when Medford
Jaycettes meet in the Chadwick
room of the Jackson hotel Wed
nesday, May 2, at 8 p.m. dessert
will be served.
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Mrs. Mabel Mack
Corvallis Accomplishments
of the year's work will be re
viewed and extension leaders
honored at homemaker festivals
in 31 Oregon counties April 29
to May 5 The festivals are in
observance of National Home
Demonstration week.
More than 18,000 Oregon wo
men take part in the adult educa
tion program which brings home
economics information from Ore
gon State college through the
extension service. The extension
service, a cooperative program
between federal, state and local
governments, is observing its
forty-second anniversary, and
the home demonstration pro
gram, its twenty-fourth.
The festivals will be high
lighted by exhibits, displays and
programs that show advances in
homemaking achieved in the
county during the past year.
Community service projects,
such as civil defense, library fac
ilities, or safety, will be shown
at some festivals. Others will
illustrate, homemaking skills in
sewing, foods and furnishings.
State leaders in education and
extension will speak at the full
day festivals.
Last year 116,293 families
were contacted by personal
visits, telephone and letters
through the extension service
program. Of these, 46,000 were
urban families, 40,465 non-farm
and 29,800 rural farm.
Home economics extension
work was first introduced in
Oregon in 1917 when seven home
economists were appointed to
serve on an emergency basis
during World War I. Today, 32
counties have home extension
agents.
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Couple Married
In Reno Church
Eagle Point Mrs. Jewel Mon
roe and Steven Rigsby, both of
Eagle Point, were married April
18 at the First Methodist church
in Reno, Nev.
Attending the couple were Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Phillips, brother-in-law
and sister of the bride,
also of Eagle Point, and Mrs.
Edith Rigsby, mother of the
bridegroom, formerly of Eagle
Point, now of Illinois Valley.
The bride is a former resident
of San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
The couple is living at Eagle
Point where the bridegroom is
associated with the logging in
dustry. 4
Reames Chapter
To Sponsor Party
Reames chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, will sponsor a card
party Saturday evening. May 5
at the Medford Masonic hall to
raise funds for their Estarl fund.
The fund, named for the East
ern Star Training Wards for Re
ligious Leadership, was estab
lished to provide scholarships to
young people seeking religious
training regardless of their de
nomination. Prizes will be awarded and re
freshments served at the card
party.
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Eugene Two recent grad
uates of Medford high school
were among the 33 men who
pledged Beta Theta Pi and W.
rushing at the University of
Oregon. Jack E. Morris, a sop
homore in physical education
pledged Beta Theta and W.
Keith Bates, a freshman in busi
ness education, pledged Chi Psi.
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Fellowship
Luncheon
Set Friday
"The Pursuit of Truth," will
be the theme of a talk by Dr. D.
Kirkland West at the annual
May Fellowship day luncheon
Friday, May 4 at 12:30 p.m., in
rooms of the First Methodist
church on West Main street. The
theme is the national one for
fellowship day observances
across the nation. Dr. West is
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church. . .
Tickets for the luncheon may
be obtained from different
church representatives or at the
church before the luncheon. All
church women in the county are
invited. A nursery will be pro
vided at the church with an
experienced attendant in charge,
officers have announced.
Mrs. Lionel Rankin and Mrs.
W. G. Werner will be luncheon
hostesses and Mrs. J. C. Sparks
has extended invitations to all
church women interested.
Mrs. G. C. Flanagan is in
charge of the program. Grace
at luncheon time will be given
by Mrs. William C. Piper. Mrs.
Rankin, president of the Wom
an's Society of Christian Serv
ice of the host church, will give
the welcoming address. Mrs.
Sparks, president of the local
council, will make the response.
A group of high school stu
dents directed by Allen Lehl
will present several vocal selec
tions. Mrs. Robert Elliott, Mrs.
Verne Wilson, Mrs. LaVonne
Brahten and Mrs. Wayne Jami
son will provide a playlet, en
titled, "They Say."
Widmer-Strahan
Rites Announced
" Mr. and Mrs. Francis Widmer
are living at 4035 South Pacific
highway following their wed
ding at St. Alice's Catholic
church in Springfield, Ore., on
April 7. The bride is the former
Miss Mildred Strahan, formerly
a telephone operator at Csmn
White veterans domiciliary.
ine liev. Charles Scott offic
iated for the nuptial mass. At
tending the bride was Miss Rose
Widmer, sister of the bride
groom. Best man was Bill Smith.
The bride s parents. Mr. and
Mrs. John Strahan, live at
Grants Pass, and parents of the
bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs.
X. Widmer, route 3, Medford.
The couple made their wed
ding trip to southern California,
Tijuana and Ensenada, Mex., and
Las Vegas, Nev.
The bridegroom is emrjloved
at Alley Lumber company.
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Beta Siqma Phi
Announces Dinner
For Founders' Day '
Coming events were an
nounced at a meeting of Alnha
Beta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
at the home of Mrs. Mike Mor
ris. Miss Jerri Coffeen assisted.
Delegates from the sororitv's
city council reDorted that Found
ers' day will be celebrated May
5 m the Pioneer room of the
Jackson hotel. Planned are in
stallation of the city council of
ficers, dinner and dancing for
members, their husbands and es
corts. Members are reminded to
call 2-8823 or 3-4770 for reser
vations.
Alnha Beta's ritual of iewels
has been scheduled for May 17
at the home of Mrs. C. Rease
Braley, director of the chapter,
with installation of officers to
follow. Guests will be mothers
of members and initiates. The
ceremony will be formal.
following the business meet
ins, a croeram on "Eniovment
of Music" was presented by Mrs.
Robert Hubbard. The next meet
ing will be held at the home
of Mrs. Austin Murray, 1709
Lenora drive,. May 3.
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Couple Honored
At Housewarming
Mr. and Mrs.' Warren Mee
were guests of honor at a house
warming party Saturday night
at their new home on Foothills
road. A group of about 50
friends and relatives gathered
there and a gift of money was
presented the couple. Those who
attended furnished a buffet sup
per.
Mrs. Russell Attends
Lewis-Clark Program
Mrs. J..E. Russell, 204 North
Ivy street, is in Portland to at
tend Mothers' week end events
at Lewis and Clark college. The
Russels' daughter, Miss Viola
May Russell, is a freshman stu
dent there.
Mrs. Russell will extend her
trip to Seattle, Wash., and is
to return sometime during this
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Medford High School Girls
Selected for Girls' State
Four Medford Senior high
school junior girls and one
junior girl student at St. Mary's
school were selected last week
to participate in the 15th an
nual Girls State activities to be
held June 11 through 17 at
Willamette university campus,
Salem.
The young women are Miss
Marcia Beeler of St. Mary's;
Miss Linda White, Miss Diana
Russell. Miss Mildred Weaver
and Miss Jacque Colton; and
Miss Cathy Richey, alternate,
all of Medford Senior high
school.
Miss White and Miss Russell
will be sponsored through the
auxiliary to the. American Le
gion; Zonta club members will
sponsor Miss Weaver; and Miss
Colton will be jointly sponsored
by Republican and Democratic
women and League of Women
Voters. Miss Richey wiH take
the place of any who might be
unable to attend.
The Medford Senior High
school girls were, informed of
their selections during a tea
given by Girls league at the
school Thursday. Mrs. Ed Leach,
Medford auxiliary Girls State
chairman, introduced the girls
and Mrs. Earl Bigalow, depart
ment Americanism chairman of
the auxiliary, assisted in pre
senting theigirls their certifi
cates of selection.
Girl State activities give the
delegates an active part in the
government program in that
they live as self-governing citi
zens during the full period they
are on the campus. They are
given the opportunity of reali
zation of responsibilities of
American citizenship, respect for
democracy and sense of free
Festival Princesses Named;
Annual Ball Set
Phoenix This year's an
nual Phoenix festival activities
will begin Friday, May 4, with
the annual Princess ball. It will
be held from 9 p.m., to 1 a.m.,
Winetrouts Home
After Extended
European Tour
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Winetrout,
Fairview drive, arrived home
Monday from an extended Euro
pean trip. They left here Janu
ary 5 and arrived in Europe by
ship at Cherbourg, France. From
there they traveled into western
France, northern Spain, crossed
into Portugal and left that coun
try in the southern part to tour
the southern part of Spain. They
returned to Madrid, visited the
Spanish riviera, the French
riviera and then went on to the
Italian riviera.
In Monaco the 'Winetrouts
were shown through the palace
of Prince Rainier.
They visited the Isle of Capri
and stopped in Rome, Italy,
traveled through the Po valley,
visited Venice, and crossed the
Brenner pass into southern Ger
many, and then to Vienna, Aus
tria. Returning back across
country the couple went into
Switzerland, and France again,
to Paris. From France they
crossed to London, England and
sailed for New Yo'rk City from
Southampton, England.
Mr. ,and Mrs. Winetrout drove
across country on their return
to Medford and though they had
experienced good weather
throughout the European trip
they were stopped by work of
snow plows while coming
through Pennsylvania on their,
way west.
dom, Mrs. Leach explained.
About 210 girls from the state
will take part and two will be
selected to attend Girls Nation
activities to be held later at the
American university campus in
Washington, D. C. Mrs. Ce
Gunn, Portland, is the present
national chairman in charge of
Girls Nation: About 13,000 girls
across the country participate
annually in Girls State activi
ties. Parents of the girls selected
are Mr. and Mrs. Howard C.
Beeler, Whitman place; Mr. and
Mrs. '.James R. Weaver, Table
Rock road; Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Colton, East Main street; Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. White. Crater
Lake highway, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Russell, Ivy street.
Marriage News
Announced Here
Announcement has been made
of the wedding of Donna B. Zah
now to Robert W. Curry on Ap
ril 15. The civil ceremony took
place in Reno, Nev., and the
bride and bridegroom are now
living at 1240 Missouri street,
Fairfield. Calif.
The bride has been employed
by the Medford police depart
ment as records officer and Mr.
Curry is employed by the Unit
ed States government at Travis
Air Force base in California.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shopp,
224 West Clark street, and the
bridegroom is the son of Allen
D. Curry, 505 Benson street,
Medford.
For Friday
' at Phoenix Community club
building. Candidates for queen
of the festival, who have been
selected by the board of govern
or., of the Community club, will
be introduced.
Music will be furnished for
dancing by John Lusk and his
orchestra. The public is invited.
Young women who are candi
dates are Miss Patricia Adams,
a senior at Phoenix high school,
daughter of Mayor and Mrs.
Dan Adams, Phoenix; Miss San
dra Owens, another senior,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Owens, Pioneer road; Miss Jane
Daniels, also a senior, daughter
of Mrs. Adella Paul and Ray
Daniels, both of Medford; Miss
Dorothy Bean, a junior student,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
J. Bean, 2194 Houston road,
Medford; and Miss Charlotte
Keene Sr., 142 West Glenwood
road, Medford.
Coordinator for the festival
events is Leo Furry and assist
ants are Ernest Madden and Ray
Claflin. Ticket sales opened
April 20 and will close May 26
at 6 p.m. Marvin Madden is
ticket sales committee chair
man. The queen candidates were re
quired to have high scholastic
records at their school.
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Miss Kathy Guiley
In Water Show
Eugene Members of Amphi
bians, University of Oregon
women's swimming honorary,
presented their annual water
show, "Toy land," April 26 and
27.
Among those swimming in the
aquacade was Miss Kathy Guiley,
Medford.
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Parties Honor
Miss Jane Durno;
Wedding in May
Two recent parties have hon
ored Miss Jane Durno, whose
wedding to Dr. Brian D. String
er of Christ Church, New Zea
land, will be an event of early
May. Miss Durno is a daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Dur
no, 222 Valley View drive.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Dur
no was guest of honor at a lun
cheon and shower given at the
home of Mrs. Ben .Trowbridge,
East Main street. Hostesses were
Mrs. Trowbridge, Mrs. Justin
Smith and Mrs. Charles W. Lem
ery. Arrangements of flowering
dogwood and blue daisies decor
ated the Trowbridge home and
a bride doll was featured in ta
ble decorations. A blue net um
brella made for the party by
Mrs. Lemery covered the show
er gifts.
Twenty-eight guests attended.
Earlier this month a group of
the bride-elect's friends, Mrs.
William B. Barnum Jr., Mrs.
Peter Trim, Mrs. Robert Gaines,
Mrs. Jack Kennett and Miss
Jean Runtz, gave a shower and
a tea in her honor. It was held
at the home of Mrs. Russ Jami
son on Ross lane.
Attending were Miss Durno
and her mother and Mrs. G. S.
Green, Mrs. William B. Barnum,
Mrs. A. Z. Dean, Mrs. L. P. Old
er, Mrs. C. A. Bottjer, Mrs. J. E.
Crawford, Mrs. R. A. Miksche,
Mrs. Herb Wilson, Mrs. Gerald
Note, Mrs. Donald Vincent, Miss
Martha Stevenson, Mrs. William
Neely, Mrs. Jamison and the five,
hostesses.
The Stringer-Durno wedding
is set for May 12 at First Presby
terian church.
Catholic Society
To Sponsor Tea
Members of St. Anne's Altar
society of Sacred Heart Catholic
church have planned a tea as a
benefit for the parish hall build
ing fund. The tea will be held
Sunday, May 13, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Boyle,
Ross lane. i
Hours will be from two to
four o'clock.
The present old parish hall of
Sacred Heart church is now in
adequate as to size, and mem
bers of the parish are anxious to
build a larger structure.
Medford Artists
To Visit Museum
Clifford Platz and his daugh
ter, Miss Dana Platz, 1512 Wil
son place, left Friday for a motor
trip up the Oregon coast to Port
land. Both are artists, and will
sketch and paint Oregon scenes
while on the trip.
In Portland they wil attend
the annual Oregon artists' show
at the Portland Art museum Mr.
Platz has exhibited his works ex
tensively in Oregon and has won
a number of awards.
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Reunion of Class
Held in Roseburg
A reunion of members of a
Sunday school class which exist
ed 30 years ago at First Method
ist church in Medford, was held
in Roseburg April 15. Honored
guest for the event was Mrs. H.
A. Canaday of Roseburg.
Those from here who attend
ed arrived in Roseburg Sunday
morning in time to attend church
and after church they met at the
Rose hotel for a dinner. The
table was decorated with blue
and gold, which had been the
class colors. Later the group met
at the home of Mrs. Canaday to
reminisce before returning
home.
They presented gifts to Mrs.
Canaday during their visit.
The group is to meet next
year in Medford..
Four persons living in Med
ford and five others who live
in California were unable to
attend the reunion.
At the event were Mr. , and
Mrs. James Hukill, Mr. and Mrs.
George Watson, Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Hale, Mr. and Mrs. George
Russell, Mrs. Olive Putman,
Mrs. Marjorie Hopkins and the
honored guest.
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Sorority to Mark
89th Anniversary
The 89th anniversary of the
founding of Pi Beta Phi sorority
will be observed Monday, April
30 by members of the Rogue
Valley Alumnae club. They will
meet at 8 p.m., in the home of
Mrs. Stuart McQueen, 2136 Hill-
crest road. Officers will be
elected.
The latest movies of the Pi
Beta Phi settlement school will
be shown by Mrs. Carl Brophy
and Mrs. William Thorndike.
The evening will be concluded
with a traditional "cookie
shine." The retiring officers,
Mrs. Carl Wimberly, Mrs. Nor
ton Smith, Mrs. Donald McGeary
and Mrs. McQueen, will assist.
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