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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1956)
SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Mrs. Ina (Nelson) Pursel, who has taught in Tarious schools of Jackson county for 40 years during the last half century, was hon ored at a dinner May 19 at Ruch school which marked her retirement. About 25 former pu pils and friends attended. Pictured here dur ing the dinner are (left to right) Mrs. Boyd Dinner Honors County Teacher Woman Ends Forty-Year' Career Ruch A dinner honoring Mrs. Ina (Nelson) Pursel, who is retiring from a 40-year teaching career in Jackson county, was held Saturday night. May 19 at Ruch school. Approximately 275 people from various parts of Jackson county attended the event, which was sponsored by Ruch Parent-Teacher association. The dinner opened with the Rev. Earl Best of Ruch Com munity church giving the invo cation. The school band played VMemories" and other selec tions. John Harr, superintendent of schools at Rogue River and a former student of Mrs. Pursel, was the master of ceremonies. He began by introducing Miss Elizabeth Burr, who was coun ty school supervisor in the ear lier years of Mrs. Pursell's teaching career. Miss Burr brief ly recalled the early school days and the difficulties of transpor tation. Mrs. Una B. Inch, assist ant county school superinten dent, was introduced, but declin ed to speak, saying this was Mrs. Pursers night. After the introductions, John Harr reviewed the history of Mrs. Mrs. Pursel's career. The guest of honor graduated from Council Bluff High school in Iowa; attended Iowa State Teachers college; took one year at the University of Chicago; did practice teaching at the Uni versity of Iowa; came to Oregon in 1906 and taught at the Pal mer Creek school district. She continued her formal training Perfectly ' Proportioned Wa) FULL FIGURES Exclusive "scparation-contror for youthfulness, custom-curved diaphragm line for comfort Jacquard rayon and cotton in white, nude, black. Sm, Med, Lgc cups. $4. -Control lift Bros id Medal Warner Idah M.Wood "Graduate Corsetiere" 526 East MainS&H Green Stamps f Go DRAPERIES Complete Drapery Decorating Service Full Length Samples Terms Wakefield Drapery New Location 1100 Crater Lake Ave. Ph. 2-6010 111 I ( 'qkzZl s If r - by attending Southern Oregon college to keep abreast of the times and methods. Mr. Harr told how Mrs. Pur sel rode horseback to school for six miles over the old Mule Hill grade. It was a treacherous journey, complicated by the horse teams carrying ore from the old Blue Ledge mine. It was the only way, and a very nar row one. Her journey also in volved crossing the river on a cable trolley. In 1908, she retir ed temporarily to marry Nel son Pursel who then was operat ing a sawmill at Upper Apple gate. They purchased a farm and she was then occupied for a while with household duties. In 1923, she went to Watkins school, which was a log house situated on the grade above French Gulch, and then in the new school house in 1924. She served' at Ruch from 1936 to 1941 and was school principal. She also taught . at Colestine, Little Applegate, Uniontown and at Table Rock. With the excep tion of the years at Table Rock and Colestine, she has princi pally taught in the Applegate. Mrs. Pursel served a second time at Ruch in 1950, until this pres ent time of her retirement. Later in the program, Mr. Harr asked all of Mrs. Pursel's former students from the var ious schools where she had taught to stand and be, recogniz ed. Among these were two dif ferent f a m i lies representing three generations each that were taught by Mrs. Pursel. One fam ily was Mrs. Gerald Buck, her son, Dow Lewis, and his son, Paul Lewis. The other family was Mrs. John Byrne, her son, Morris Byrne, and his daughter, Rita Byrne. Four generations were also present at this event. They were the guest of honor, Mrs. Pursel, her daughter, Mrs. Fred West and Mrs. West's daughter, Mrs. E. G. Bailey, and her. two children, Donnie and Susie. After introducing Mrs. Pur sel's former pupils, Mrs. Inch Dental Assistants Install Officers Annual installation of officers of the Southern Oregon Dental Assistants society was held at a dinner meeting at the Darde nelles May 23. Eighteen mem bers were present and guests in cluded Dr. and .Mrs. Lee Mel lish, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Mc Nair, Dr. and Mrs. L. Paul Walk er, Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Thompson and Dr. Bruce Stan ley. Miss Betty Niedermeyer gave a brief account of her activities : for the past year. Dr. Mellish, j who has been society advisor for the past year, spoke briefly as did Dr. Stanley, who will be advisor for the coming year. Vocal selections were given by Mrs. Donna Hogan. Mrs. Frances Dempster was installing officer and Mrs. Iris Morgan, conducting officer. New officers installed at the can dlelight ceremony were Mrs. Irene Cuy, president; Barbara Hayes, vice-president; Mrs. Anne : Bateman, treasurer, and Mrs. Marian Lusk. secretary. Gifts were presented to the retiring of ficers. Mrs. Culy also received a gift from her employer, Dr. Walker, his wife, and Dr. Stanley. Dead line for Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. ' Sunday, May 27. 1358 Gibson, Mrs. E. G. Bailey (with back to cam era) Nelson Pursel, Mrs. Pursel, John Harr. who served as master of ceremonies, and Miss Elizabeth Burr, who was county school super visor in the earlier years of Mrs. Pursel s career. (Photo by Morris Byrne taught the community group the words of a new song honoring Mrs. Pursel. It was "Happy Hol iday to You" to the tune of "Happy Birthday." Elmer V. Ayres led the group in singing. After this, Mrs. George Red head led in group singing. Near the conclusion of the ceremonies, John Harr present ed Mrs. Pursel with a gold heart shaped locket with the years 1906-1956 engraved on it, which was given by the community. Mrs. Pursel thanked everyone, and expressed her pleasure and gratitude by saying, "To work for you, and with you, has been my joy." The program closed with a re ception. Mrs. Pursel received many gifts, cards, letters, and pictures of the old school days. A cake was given by Mrs. Albert Nel son. The following committees helped with the program: Dec orations, Mrs. George Sample and Mrs. W. H. Ziegler; pictur es, Bob Webb, Dow Lewis, and Morris Byrne; guest book and gifts, Mrs. George Redhead; pro gram, Boyd Gibson; food and kitchen, Mrs. Stanley Larson and Mrs. Rex Davis; invitations and arrangements, Mrs. Don Lewis and Mrs. Edmund Ram say. A steer was donated for the barbecue dinner and acknow ledgement is given to Medford Meat company for butchering and dressing the meat. Others who assisted were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barker, who were in charge of cooking the meat; Bill De Shazo, who made the special bar becue sauce; Mrs. H. Vessell and Mrs. Mildred Vessell, who helped cook the meal; Mrs. James Cor son, who transcribed the pro gram; Kenneth Nivens, who painted a mural depicting the old Ruch school; Clyde Suther lin and Jacksonville schools, who contributed the tables; Mrs. Harry Helms, who donated iris; Mrs. Albert Nelson, who made the school slates, and many oth ers. Wainscott's Main at Riverside PRISM JUST V l FIVE PRECIOUS f ATIC LIQUID And you have a natural-looking, flawless complexion that lasts from dawn to dusk! Try the Prismatic Liquid Make-Up specially formulated for your skin . . . whether it's normal, dry or oily. drtidoll J nam. I i mrminnrf''rt Court of Awards, Fiy-Up Held by Jackson Scouts Girl Scouts of Jackson school recently held a court of awards and Brownie fly-up in the school gymnasium. The program opened with a flag ceremony presented by girls from the sixth grade in Troop 158. Girls in the color guard were Captain, . Patricia O'Hara; flag bearers, Ruth Milli gan and Anita Ritchey; guards, Joan Ward, Sharyn Hamm, Ja nette Jones and Rosann Warren. Mrs. John Russell, neighbor hood chairman, welcomed par ents and friends. She then intro duced the leaders and praised them for their successful scout year. Guests present included Mrs. Gerald Gastineau, troop or ganization chairman for Medford district and guest speaker; Mau rice Ritchey, established camp building chairman; Mrs. Ritchey, day camp chairman; Mrs. Wil mer Warren, Julliette Low chair man for Medford district; Mrs. Verna Cornecl and Mrs. Martha Taylor, Howard school neighbor hood; Mrs. Ivan Lusk and Mrs. Fred Lawrence, Medford Veter ans of Foreign Wars auxiliary; Mrs. Precia Medley and Mrs. Sarah Watson, teachers at Jack son school. The two second grade troops, with Mrs. Clifford Poulson and Mrs. George Turner as leaders, sang. Their song leader was Lois LeFaive. Ceremony Held Fifth Grade Troop 8, under the leadership of Mrs. John Mason and Mrs. Tom Anderson, presented the fly-up ceremony for the two fourth grade troops. The girls formed a horseshoe on the stage and a fairy, Connie Hum, tapped her magic wand on the head of each girl as she came up the stairs to join the fifth grade troop. Flying up were Mrs. N. T. Jones with Troop 170, including Bonny Lee Grimes, Jackie Glines, Nancy Burger, Cheryl Rice, Sharon Ritchey, Margaret Doolen, Mickey Lynch, Maralyn Anderson; Mrs; William H. Roberts, Troop 13 and Mau reen Donaldsen, Ann Issacs, Laura Bell, Jeanette Coulter, Sandra Grant, Dee Bledsoe and Pamela Jo Roberts. The girls repeated the prom ise and laws and received their wings and tenderfoot pin. The third grade troops, with Mrs. Wilmer Warren and Mrs. John Lynch as leaders, sang two songs. They had as song leaders Kathleen Sanborn and Pat War ren. A ceremony of the laws was presented by Mrs. Maurice Ritch ey's sixth grade Troop 158. Mrs. Gastineau spoke to the group on "What Scouting Is." She explained that the five points of scouting are girls, lead ers, promise and laws, govern ment and the community back ing. She stressed the working together as a family as children are gone all too soon. She said that the badge program covered everything "from A to Z." Badges are not to be thought of as a symbol but what a scout can do, she concluded. Badge presentations were made by each leader. Mrs. Mas son presented members of Troop 8 with second class, animal rais er, child care, personal health, horsewoman, cook, games, home maker, and reader badges. Girls receiving second class badges were Cindy Anderson, Judy Brookman, Carole Crenshaw, Pharmacy Phone 2-6440 MAKE-UP PIN-UP for young skin, $1 DRESDOLL for dry skin, $2 and 70 PORCELAIN for oily skin, $2 and 7JSQ WHITE CAMELLIA for normal skin, $2 and 30 plus federal tax Carolyn Denton, Vivian Hender-1 son, Connie Hum, Donna Lee Krause, Carol Mason, Diane Paulsen, Roma Sims, Virginia ' Vaughan and Judy Zack. Present Badges Mrs. Ritchey presented mem bers of Troop 158 with second class, reader, garden flower, rock and mineral, wild plant, dabbler, home health and safety, mammal, pen pal, cycling, bird and bibliophile badges. Girls re ceiving their second class badges were Joan Ward, Ruth Milligan, Patricia O'Hara, Carolyn Talbot, Shirley Donahoo, Sharyn Hamm, Lennie Jacobs, Janette Jones, Gloria Johnson, Marily Har wood, Jo Anne Johnson, Nancy Maxon, Anita Ritchey and Ros ann Warren. The court of awards was for mally closed with a large friend ship circle, singing of taps and the color guard retiring the colors. League Discusses Coming Activities Several activities of Medford League of Women Voters were discussed at a meeting of the morning study unit held at the home of Mrs. I. S. Thomas. Mrs. Robert Hiatt, league president, welcomed guests and explained the league's program. Mrs. O. E. Kellogg, Gold Hill, spoke regarding the league's study of revision of the Oregon state constitution; Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth Jr., reported on meat inspection legislation, and the voters' service program was discussed by Mrs. Thomas. Mrs. Thomas also reported on a biennial council held earlier this month at Gearheart, Ore. Mrs. Hugh Collins was ap pointed to the membership com mittee and Mr. Will Scott, Jack sonville, and Mrs. Nat Etzel, Eagle Point, became new mem bers. A picnic is planned in July at Table Rock estates with Mrs. John Day as hostess. 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