VFW Post and Auxiliary
Hold Annual Installation
Mrs. T. R. Pittock Jr., was installed president of the auxiliary
to the Crater Lake post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Prentice
Petty was installed post commander at joint installation ceremo
nies held Tuesday at the VFW hall. Delegations from Grants Pass,
Central Point, Gold Hill, Rogue River and Shady Cove attended
Other new auxiliary officers i
are Mrs. Richard Schulz, senior
.vice-president; Mrs. Ben F. Alli
son, junior vice-president; Mrs.
Merrill Beneka, chaplain; Mrs.
Hazel Ramsey, conductress; Mrs.
Ira Canfield, treasurer; Mrs. O.
O. DeBerry, secretary; Mrs. Nora
Walter, guard; Mrs. Edith Heim,
historian.
Trustees are Mrs. Fred Law
rence, Mrs. Ivan Lusk, and Mrs.
Amy Randle.
The flag and banner bearers
are Mrs. Ernest Braunig and
Mrs. John Scljuster; color bear
ers, Mrs. Albert Hall, Mrs. Lusk,
Mrs. Louis Kula and Mrs. Ger
trude Edmonds, patriotic instruc
tor, Mrs. Russell Zundel; mu
sician, Mrs. Etha Wall.
Installing officers for the aux
iliary were Mrs. Harry Birch,
department hospital chairman
and president of Steelhead post
auxiliary. Shady Cove; Miss
Phyllis Brownlee, Grants Pass
auxiliary; Mrs. Mabel Hornseth,
Steelhead auxiliary; Mrs. W. O.
Beard, and Mrs. Mary Hopkins,
Shady Cove.
Mrs. Mabel Drinkwater,
Grants Pass, was musician; Mrs.
Dan Krotz, Shady Cove, treas
urer, and Mrs. Warren Fichtner,
Eugene, secretary.
Officers Present
Department officers present
were Mrs. Theodore Hopkins,
Rogue River, president; Mrs.
Drinkwater, musician, and Miss
Brownlee, color bearer.
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Mrs. H T. Lafferty, Ashland,
District 7 president, attended
with a group of auxiliary mem
bers and district officers.
Mrs. Pittock's family was at
the installations. In addition to
Mr. Pittock were her daughter,
Mrs. Fichtner of Eugene: a son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Pittock and their fam
ily; a son, Tom Pittock: and an
other son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. John Schroeder,
all of Medford.
Mrs. Lusk, the retiring presi
dent for the second term, was
given a check as a gift from
the auxiliary. Mrs. DeBerry pre
sented the gift and in turn she
was given a check for three
years of service as auxiliary
secretary.'
Gifts were presented Mrs.
Birch and other installing offi
cers. A p:n for 25 years of con
tinuous membership was pre
sented Mrs. Albert Hall by Mrs.
Lusk, and a gift of money was
also given to Mrs. Lusk from
her officers of the past year.
Refreshments were served.
Post Officers
Other officers installed for the
post are Ray Huston, senior
vice commander; Bill Watson,
junior vice commander; Ira
Canfield, chaplain; E. J. Braunig,
quartermaster; Edward Smith,
adjutant; Richard Schulz, post
advocate. Mr. Lusk, surgeon and
guard; Etha Wall, trustee; and
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Merrill Beneka, officer of the
day.
Harry Birch, department jun
ior vice commander, was install
ing officer with Mr. Beneka as
installing officer of the day.
Junior past commander, Cecil
Bell was presented a ring in
token of his year as commander.
Mr. Canfield made the presen
tation. National, department and dis
trict officers were present in
cluding the national chief of staff
and department poppy commit
tee member, Theodore Hopkins.
Mr. Canfield is a past department
commander. Bert Swigh, District
7 commander; and Dan Krotz,
district senior vice - commander
and national aide de camp, at
tended. Also present were Allon
Bohannon, Central Point, past
district commander; Tom Laf
ferty, Ashland, department co
chairman of membership; George
Perry, department hospital
chairman of Camp White domi
ciliary. Others attending were George
Muckrid?e, Grants Pass, and
John Leyon, Rogue River, post
commanders; Chauncey Page,
Gold Hill, past post command
er and Faul . Dupras, Marine
corps sergeant and recruiter,
member of Steelhead post.
Sergeant . Dupras presented
Mr. Birch a gift.
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Reese Creek Women
Postpone May Session
Reese Creek Reese Creek
Extension unit has postponed its
May meeting from May 1, as
previously announced, to Tues
day, May 8, because of the
Homemakers' festival on May 2.
The meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. C. J. Kelley.
Mrs. Ben Gardener and Mrs.
Paul Johnston are leaders for
the project "Garment Finishes."
Members attending are asked to
bring scissors, pins, needle,
thread, thimble, measuring
gauge, tailor's chalk or white
pencil, about one-half yard cot
ton fabric and a skirt zipper.
Lunch will be served by the
hostess and a committee, and
table service is required. Any
one in the community who is in
terested is invited to attend.
Grandmothers Club
To Meet Monday
Grandmothers club will meet
to quilt Monday, April 30, at the
home of Mrs. Clayton Walker,
129 North Oakdale avenue.
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Sorority Confers
Membership on
Mrs. Roosevelt
Beta Sigma Phi sorority con
ferred an international honorary
membership on Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt during the sixth an
nual Roosevelt Memorial din
ner Monday evening at Hedrick
High school. Mrs. Roosevelt was
principal speaker for the ban
quest. The ceremony, conducted by
candlelight, marked the opening
night of the silver anniversary
ot Beta Sigma Phi which will
be shared by the sorority's
125,000 members in countries
throughout the world.
Members from the four Med
ford chapters as well as repre
sentatives from Ashland and
Grants Pass chapters totalled 75
in attendance. The special Beta
Sigma Phi table was placed
down the center of the room
and was appropriately decorated
in the sorority's colors, black
and gold.
The centerpieces for the table
included two cakes denoting the
25th anniversary celebration.
Mrs. Frederick Kruggel present
ed her cake as a gift from Alpha
Beta chapter, and Mrs. William
Tycer presented hers from Alpha
Rho chapter.' Many bouquets of
yellow roses and black candles
completed the decorations.
In charge of table decorations
were Mrs. Larry Allen, presi
dent of Beta Sigma Phi City
council; Mrs. Nick DeWitt, in
coming president; Mrs. J. E.
Moir, president of Exemplar
chapter; Mrs. Oris Goble, Alpha
Beta, Miss Muriel Saimons, Xi
Mu, and Mrs. Jonathan Middle
ton, Alpha Rho.
Mrs. Middleton made the
presentation to Mrs. Roosevelt
and during the ceremony gave
the two badges, which are the
official insignia of the organiza
tion, and a scroll denoting the
induction into membership of
Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt
typifies the cultural, social and
service ideals of the organiza
tion. Event Announced
By Wenonah Club
Wenonah club's annual smor
gasbord and public card party
has been postponed from May
3 to May 8, officers have an
nounced. The event will be held
in Redman hall on Apple street.
Those who wish to reserve ta
bles for the event should con
tact Mrs. Floyd Lewis, 707 Sher
man street, or Mrs. Hans Ram
min, 831 West 12th street.
Next club meeting will be
Thursday, May 3, at the hall,
when a covered dish luncheon
will be served.
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New Veteran Organization
And Auxiliary Instituted
A new veteran organization
and auxiliary were added to the
list of such groups in the county
with the institution and installa
tion of Veterans of World War I,
Barracks' 540 and auxiliary,
April 26' in Redman hall. N. R.
Walters was installed command
er of the barracks and Mrs. Wal
ters was installed auxiliary pres
ident. Others installed for the auxil
iary were Mrs. David Dow, sen
ior . vice-president; Mrs. Ruth
Custard, secretary; Mrs. O. O.
DeBerry. conductress; Mrs. Gol
die Brooks, Mrs..Gusta Johnson,
Mrs. Ethel Offutt, trustees; Mrs.
James Cech, chaplain; Mrs. Fred
Myers, guard; Mrs. Charles J.
Myers, Mrs. Anlo Penwell, Mrs.
A. L. Schrack, Mrs. Hazel Kin
caid, color bearers; Mrs. J. P.
Graham, patriotic instructor;
Mrs. Maude Arnold, musician,
and Mrs. Hazel Rawls. historian.
Other barracks' officers in
stalled are Charles Myers, senior
vice-commander; Albert Hall,
junior vice-commander; J. P.
(Pat) Graham, quartermaster;
Albert Johnson, adjutant; Israel
Watson, judge advocate; and
William Long, Frank Root and
Hans Sorenson, trustees.
At the close of the installation
of barracks' officers the newly
installed commander was pre
sented the group's charter by
John Dillage, department com
mander, who was instituting and
installing officer. He was assist
ed in the installing by sergeants
at arm ' and color bearers of
Grants Pass. Commander Dillage
also spoke on reasons for organ
izing the group.
The commander of the Grants
Pass Barracks, Lee Turner, and
Mrs. Turner, department guard,
presented a myrtlewood gavel to
Mr. Walters.
Mr. Lee had presided at the
opening of the meeting, Mrs.
Lee also conducted a part of the
session and introduced the de
partment auxiliary president,
Mrs. Jeanette Wooley of Coos
Bay, who was the instituting
and installing officer for the
auxiliary. She was assisted by
department patriotic instructor,
Mrs. Jennie Cuin, also of Coos
Bay, Mrs. Turner, and- Mrs.
Daisy Nugent, chaplain of
Grants Pass auxiliary.
The hall was decorated with
lilacs and bridal wreath and the
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stalled auxiliary president and
the auxiliary installing officers.
Next meeting of the barracks
and auxiliary will be held
Wednesday, May 2 at 8 p.m. in
the Redman hall on Apple street.
The auxiliary will sponsor a
dance at Camp White Monday,
April 30 at 8 p.m., and women
who attend are tc take cakes.
A bus will transport those who
attend and will leavie Trailways
depot at 7:30 p.m.
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