Mothers Attend
College Week End
Among mothers who attended
the annual Mothers Week end
events at Oregon State college
last week end were Mrs. John
Graves, 920 East Jackson street,
who visited her daughter, Miss
Bonnie Graves; Mrs. Robert
Rukovina, 11 Almond street,
who was a guest of her daugh
ter, Miss Pat Rukovina; Mrs.
Charles W. Coyle, 708 Park
street, who visited her daughter,
Miss Janet Coyle; Mrs. Norman
Neathamer, 119 Jeanette street,
who visited her daughter. Miss
Dizie Neathamer, and Mrs. Alex
McDonald, 146 North Mountain
street, Ashland, who was a guest
of her daughter, Miss Jeanette
McDonald.
The women returned home
Sunday night.
Ladies' Auxiliary
Plans Box Social
Ladies' auxiliary to Jackson
County chapter. Disabled Ameri
can Veterans, will hold a box
social tonight at DAV hall, 1515
North Riverside avenue. Each
woman attending the event is
to take a box lunch, and these
will be purchased by the men.
Proceeds of the project will
be used to defray expenses for
a delegate to the state conven
tion to be held in Salem June
13-16.
Visitor Here
Mrs. M J. Tupman of Red
Bluff Calif., is in Medford to
visit her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert L.
James, 1426 Euclid avenue.
Mrs. Tupman will be here for
several days.
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Club to Meet
Mistletoe club will meet Wed'
nesday. May 9, at Girls Com
munity club. Dessert at 12:30
o'c'ock will be followed by a
business meeting.
21 Scouts Initiated
Into Order of Arrow
Twenty-one Boy Scouts were
initiated into the Order of the
Arrow last week end at the an-
nual spring initiation ceremony
' near Trail.
The candidates were nom
inated for the order by a ma
jority of the members of their
respective, scout troops. Later.
they passed an "ordeal," part
of which included cleaning up
the Boy Scouts conservation
area located on Trail creek.
They worked under the super
vision of Larry Hammond, past
lodge chief.
Ceremony team for the initia
tion consisted of Dick Clark,
Mazama lodge chief; Bob Glo
ver, lodge treasurer; James
Boyd, lodge secretary; Wilson
Gilinsky, secretary of the Big
Pines chapter; Wayne Breeze,
chapter chief, and Charles Rob
ertson, senior crew leader of
Post 8, Medford.
Candidates who were unable
to attend the initiation will par
ticipate in the ordeal at Camp
McLoughlin this summer. The
Order of the Arrow is a part of
the Boy Scouts of America and
is composed of scouts and lead
ers who have shown exceptional
leadership and scoutcraft ability.
GRACE TO GERMANY
Heppenheim, Germany (U.R)
Village officials disclosed that
Prince Rainier and Princess
Grace of Monaco will come here
next year to visit the birthplace
of the bride's grandmother.
Society
Camp White Chaplain
To Speak for WCTU
The monthly meeting of Med
ford Woman's Christian Temp
erance Union will be held at
Girls Community club Thursday,
May 10, at 2 p.m.
Chaplain A. S. Feller of Camp
White will be speaker.'
Music is planned during the
devotional period, and refresh
ments will be served during the
social hour.
GIRL SCOUTS
Tea Gircn
A Juliette Low tea was held
recently by Phoenix Neighbor
hood Girl Scout troops at the
Phoenix Community club, with
Mrs. Merle Simmons in charge
The tea raised money for the
Juliette Low world friendship
fund, by each scout and leader
giving a penny for each year of
age, in memory of the birthday
of the founder of Girl scouting,
Juliette Gordon Low.
Through an exchange program
the fund brings Rangers and
Senior Girl Scouts from all over
the world to live, for a while, in
the United States; and United
States Senior Scouts have the
same chance to live for a time in
other countries. The exchange of
camp counselors and trainers be
tween countries has also become
an important activity of the
fund.
Each troop in the neighbor
hood took part in' the activities
of the afternoon, starting with
members of sixth grade Troop
No. 18 presenting the colors.
They are led by Mrs. Bill How
ard.
The second grade troop, led
by Mrs. John C. Kesler, and the
fourth grade Troop No. 87, led
by Mrs. A. W. Tomlin, each sang
several songs.
Mrs. Chester Keene's third
grade Troop No. 35, did the sing
ing dance, the hoky-poky. Troop
No. 169, fifth grade, led by Mrs.
Simmonds played the singing
game, "Fair Rosy."
Mrs. O. J. Miller acted as mis
tress of ceremonies; the decora
tions were made by Mrs. Kesler.
All the troop leaders aided with
the serving.
Court of Awards
Jacksonville Neigh borhood
Girl Scouts will hold the annual
court of awards - and Brownie
fly-up on Friday, May 11, at 7:30
p.m. in the elementary school
all-purpose room, under the di
rection of Mrs. Pete Zimmer
man, neighborhood chairman.
Mrs. Michele Rossi, president
of the Rogue Valley Area coun
cil, will be the speaker and will
pay a special tribute to the girls
of Troop No. 128, eighth grade,
led by Mrs. Wendell Matheny,
who will be receiving the curved
bar award. A Juliette Low can
dlelight ceremony will open the
program, and each troop will
contribute to the program. It is
also planned to show a short film
on troop committee organization.
Troop No. 168, fifth grade, will
receive the second class badge
and also several proficiency
badges. It is led by Mrs. Zim
merman. Troop No. 179, fourth
grade, will fly-up. They are led
by Mrs. R. R. Crowley.
Mrs. H. O. Peterson's sixth
grade troop, No. 199, will re
ceive several proficiency badges.
The second grade Brownies,
Troop No. 23, led by Mrs. A. A.
Griffin and Mrs. Al Pawlowski,
and the third grade, Troop No.
64, led by Mrs. W. H. Dunlap
will also take part in the entertainment.
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Tuesday, May 8, 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Science May Be Close in Finding Poison Ivy Preventive Knowledge
By DELOS SMITH
United Preis Science Editor
New York (U.R) With poison
ivy about to rear its treacherous
leaves all over the country,
poison ivy addicts can take com
fort in the knowledge that
science may be close to acquiring
the know-how which could put
an end to their spring and sum
mer miseries.
Years-long studies at Colum-
Medford Soloists,
Ensembles Receive
Superior Ratings
Twenty-three Medford junior
division soloists and ensembles
were rated superior Saturday at
the Solo and Ensemble Contest,
sponsored by the Southern Ore
gon Music Educators at Fruit
dale school.
' Superior ratings went to Mc
Loughlin school string ensemble,
Clinton Stiger, coronet soloist;
Janet Merrill, clarinet soloist;
Hedrick school, John Frohnmay
er, trombone soloist; Bill Mauer,
baritone soloist; Sidney Smith,
coronet soloist and flute trio
No. 2; and Medford High, Dick
Brown, trombone soloist; Sonja
Peterson, violin and piano solo
ist; Carol McKinley, saxophone
soloist; trombone quartet; french
horn quartet; coronet quartet;
baritone quartet; brass sextet
No. 2; brass quintet; woodwind
quintet; saxophone quartet; clar
inet quartet No. 1; clarinet quar
tet No. 2; string ensemble and
boys octet.
Excellent Ratings
Receiving excellent ratings
were, McLoughlin school, Randy
Peterson, piano soloist; Diane
Franklin, piano soloist; Robert
Allen, violin soloist; Donna Dem
mer, clarinet soloist; clarinet
quartet No. 1; coronet trio;- flute
quartet; saxophone quartet; horn
quartet; and Lynette Shaw,
clarinet soloist; Hedrick school,
flute trio No. 1; horn quartet;
saxophone quartet; brass quar
tet; woodwind quintet; and
trumpet quartet; and Medford
Senior High school, Terry Brer
ton, clarinet soloist; brass sextet
No. 1; clarinet quartet No. 2;
clarinet quartet No. 4; Jim Cor
um, trombone soloist and Ruth
Philips, violin soloist.
Good ratings went to the Mc
Loughlin clarinet quartet No. 2
and Williard Harwood, tuba solo
ist; Hedrick school clarinet quar
tet; and Medford Senior High
trombone trio. A fair rating went
to the McLoughlin brass sextet.
, Judges included Joseph Brye,
Oregon : State college, vocal and
piano; George Lotzenheimer,
University of Oregon, brass and
percussion; Norman Street, Ben
son Tech, Portland, woodwinds,
and Milton Dietrich, University
of Oregon, strings.
UO To Present Play
'Carousel' May 23
Eugene University - theater's
annual spring musical will be
Rodgers and Hammerstein's pop
ular "Carousel," which opens
here May 23. Directing will be
Horace W. Robinson, associate
professor of speech.
The play, which includes such
favorites as "If I Loved You"
and "June Is Bustin' Out All
Over," will star Gordon How
ard, Eugene, as Billy Bigelow,
and Arden Jaeger, Portland, and
Ann Stearns, Prineville, v.-ho
will share the role of Julie.
Directing the chorus and or
chestra for the musical will be
Max D. Risinger, assistant pro
fessor of music. Dancing will be
directed by Jean .Cook, instruc
tor in physical education.
String Quartet to
Be at University
Eugene An opportunity to
study under members of a world
famed string quartet will be pre
sented through the University
of Oregon school of music dur
ing the 1956 summer session.
The Hungarian String Quar
tet, recognized as one of the fore
most string ensembles of our
day, will be in residence on the
campus from July 2 through
July 21 and will be available
for a limited amount of private
teaching, according to Dean
Theodore Kratt.
The quartet will give a series
of lectures and demonstrations
during their stay and will give
one formal concert each week
during the three-week period.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
bia University under the direc
tion of Prof. Charles R. Dawson
have bared the chemical secrets
of the poison ivy. Dawson now
suspects that it takes two things
to produce the itch and blisters
the poison and the right kind
of skin, chemically.
That would explain why there
are people who wallow in poison
ivy and are no more affected
than anyone would be of clover.
It would follow that chemicals
in the skins of some people (but
not all people) combine with the
poison of poison ivy and then,
brother, they have it
Dawson and his colleagues
suspect that these combining
skin chemicals are varieties of
proteins which are produced by
the body chemistry of poison ivy
subjects. Protein and poison
combine into a "complex that
initiates the events leading to
the typical clinical symptoms of
poison ivy dermatitis," he re
ported to the New York Acad
emy of Sciences.
The skeleton of the molecule
of poison ivy poison has long
been known. Chemically it is re
lated to carbolic acid a shud-
STEVENSON WINS
Washington U.R) A slow
starting stable pony named
Stevenson won the presidential
primary sweepstakes Monday at
Laurel race track in nearby
Maryland. Kefauver placed sec
ond, Johnson third and Syming
ton, Russell and Harriman were
also rans.
dering fact! Dawson and his
colleagues have succeeded after
many trials, in elaborating the
skeleton in detail.
"Side" chains of hydrogen and
carbon atoms doubly and triply
bonded attached to .these mol
ecules make up the active "poi
son ivy principle." What re-
Thunderstorm Causes
Outages in Portland
Portland (U.R) A brief but
violent thunderstorm last night
inundated streets in the subur
ban area east of Portland and
caused numerous power outages
over a - wide area. Camas and
Washougal were hit hardest by
the storm but damage appeared
to be slight.
A bolt of lightning struck the
66,000-volt line of Pacific Power
& Light Co. at 6:20 p.m., caus
ing two separate outages. The
230,000-volt North Bonneville
Ross line took three separate
hits by lightning but was not
damaged.
The storm dumped -.38 of an
inch of rain on Portland airport
but grew in intensity as it moved
eastward. Pendleton had 1.13
inches of rain in a 24-hour per
iod. At least two main intersec
tions in east Portland, were
flooded for a time when storm
drains were unable to handle the
load that fell 'on them in a few
minutes' time.
mains to be done is to separate
these bonds in pure and also
chemically active form from the
plant extract. -
When that is done, they will
then be studied as to their
"mode of action" upon human
skin. When the mode of action
is once established, chemists will
be able to work out chemical
ways of interfering with it and
then some easy way of prevent
ing poison ivy poisoning of the
persons susceptible to it would
be at hand.
At present, they can build up
a large amount of immunity by
taking pills containing a - small
amount of the chemically modi
fied poison in advance of the sea
son. The Columbia laboratories
have produced in pure form one
component of the poisoning
"principle," a-pentadecylcatechol
or PDC which when injected into
muscles repeatedly for several
weeks, will bestow a high -degree
" of immunity that can be
"renewed" with two to four in
jections annually.
Dawson said that poison ivy
was the best known plant in
America, and you know why.
It is a native American. Captain
John Smith was one of the first
to describe it to the world, but
the Indians were only too famil
iar with- it.. Animals, however,
are immune. If only they
weren't, Dawson said, science
would know much more about
how to handle it, since it could
then experiment with animals.
As for poison oak; It is so close
to poison ivy that the apparent
differences are duo only to it
growing in different types of soil
and in different climates. Poison
oak is largely a Western plant.
Either poison ivy or poison oak
grows in every state with the ex
ception of Nevada.
See
Lewis Pearson
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