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TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, August 7, 195S Palm-Sized Adding Machines Trick Ash Tray New. Gadgets BY ELIZABETH TOOMEY United Press Correspondent New York (U.R) There you are, down on your hands and knees scrubbing the floor and wishing somebody had invented a spongy kneeling pad on wheels to slide you along easily. They have.. They've also in vented a palm-sized adding machine to take with you to the grocery store and a folding dish drainer for smalj kitchens and a' squirting ash tray that auto matically douses dangerous cig arettes. "Is there anything left to in vent?" we asked gadget tycoon who was busy lining up the latest gadgets 'on a long table. "There is always some way to make some job easier around the house," David Margulies said reassuringly. "You would be amazed at the number of new ideas we get every week not all good, mind you. But we get a dozen every week." Old Gadgets Resurrected When he runs out of new ideas, Margulies just resurrects an old one. He held up a small gadget which he said would peel, pare and core an apple in five seconds. "Must be 60 years old," he said. "We get it out again about every three years and it looks new to people." Margulies got into the gadget business five years ago with the garlic press. He was just 27 years old at the time and recently out of the Navy. "A friend of my father's told me about seeing this garlic press at a European fair," he recalled. "I wrote some letters and found out where it could be bought and ordered 2.000 of them. Then I took out an ad in a magazine." He sold that 2.000. ordered an other 5,000 and now is working on a third million in garlic press orders. He calls his mail order company Mrs. Dorthy Damar be cause he believes women would rather buy things from a woman. Most of the people who in vent household gadgets, he says, are not professional inventors but just average folks like you and me who fret over a necessary chore until they find a better way to do it. Never Invented Anything "I have never invented any thing," Margulies admitted hon estly. "If I did think I had a good gadget, I would first get a working model made of it, then I would consult a patent attorney to see if I had a basic idea worth patenting. And then I would in vestigate how much it would cost to manufacture the gadget. If you have a simple gadget but it would cost $20 to make it, you're wasting your time." If your invention passes all these tests, then Margulies sug gests talking to a department store which might suggest a com pany that makes similar gadgets or directly contacting a manu facturer. Margulies does not manufacture the gadgets he sells, but because people see his gadget catalogues they often contact him directly. If he thinks the idea has merit, he recommends a manufacturer. "Fellow sent me a bathtub scrubber from Texas," Margulies said. "I thought it was a pretty good idea, but it turned out to be impractical. The fellow put foam rubber on the end of a long stick so you didn't have to lean over to scrub the tub. But the stick kept breaking in the mail. It was too expensive to package." FOE Auxiliary To Hold Session The auxiliary to Crater Lake aerie. Fraternal Order of Eagles, will meet Thursday, August 9, at 8 p.m. in the lodge hall. The group will name an inside guard and a trustee during the meeting. Officers of the auxiliary will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the hall. Chairmen of committees are also asked to attend. Past presidents of the auxil iary will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Al Ford, 200 West Jackson street, Friday,- August 10. Dessert at 1:30 p.m. will be followed by a business meeting. Visitor Leaves Mrs. R. W. Swartsley returned to her home in Salem today after spending the past several days here with her son and daughter in - law, Mr. and Mrs. Jove Swartsley, 1150 Jane's road, and her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Brainerd, Valley View drive. Picnic Announced By Organ Society The Hammond Organ Society of Southern Oregon has planned a picnic for Sunday, August 12. It will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 'Ralph Bell near Gold Hill beginning at 5 p.m. Those attending are asked to take a basket picnic lunch and table service; the club will fur nish coffee and ice cream. Two Leave Mrs. Otis Felton and . son, Beeny, left for their home in Palestine, Tex., yesterday after having been guests here of Mrs Robert Hale, 59 North Orange street. The two women are sisters. Easy Pickup Work Use MaiJ Tribune Want Ads The Community' Biggest Marketplace Easy pickup work for hot weather! Crocheted square is quickly memorized. Squa res joined, form a lovely simple de sign. Pattern 7110: Crochet direc tions for 6-inch square in No. 30 cotton. Join to make scarfs, mats, TV covers, tablecloths, spreads. Send TWENTY-FIVE cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst class mailing. 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'Til 9 p.m. BURELSON'S th e House of Finer Sh. oes Farewell Party Honors Couple; To Live in Davis Eagle Point Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ousterhout, route 1, Eagle Point, were honored Thursday night .at a dinner party at the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Ousterhout, Dutton road. Twen ty-seven guests were present. The Lawrence Ousterhouts and their five children plan to leave early next week to make their home in Davis, Calif. He will continue work toward his, doctor's degree at the University of California at Davis, where he has received a research assistant- ship in poultry nutrition. A graduate of Oregon State college. Mr. Ousterhout is the son of G. E. Ousterhout, Dutton road. . 1 Mrs. Clara Case Honored at Party Mrs. Clara Case.' 413 Ross lane, was honored at a surprise birthday party August 5. Attend ing the event were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stepp, Mr. and Mrs. Rus sell Way and grandson, Russel, Opal Chase, Mrs. Polly Centers, Dick Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Klumph Jr., and children, Bobby, Randy and Ricky: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tungate and the honored guest. Mrs. Case's daughter, Mrs. Tungate, and her granddaughter, Mrs. Klumph. were hostesses for the party. Refreshments were served from tables arranged on the lawn. Family Leaves After Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. Clayton O'Bry- ant and children have left for their home in Alabama after a visit in Medford with Mr. and Mrs. George Distell and with Mrs. Ethel Beams, Jacksonville. En route home they are visit ing principal scenic attractions throughout Colorado. Arizona. New Mexico and adjacent states. Mr. O Bryant is a younger brother of Mrs. Distell and Mrs. Beams. Two Sons Visit At Parents' Home Guests at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas McCamant, 300 Oakwood dr., are their two sons and daughters-in-law, Lt. and Mrs. James McCamant and Mr. and Mrs. John McCamant. Mrs. James McCamant was Miss Audrey Townshend of Cal gary, Alberta, Canada and Wash ington, D. C. The couple was married recently in Washington and are en route to Camp Pen dleton, Calif, where Lieutenant McCamant will receive his as signment in the Marine corps. John McCamant and his wife are spending the summer in Med ford. He will a"ct as student min ister at the Congregational church while his father is on va cation. In September the couple will go to Europe where Mr. McCamant will continue his studies in the field of interna tional relations at Vienna. Vaughns Return Mr. and Mrs. Jack Vaughn and son, Gary, 929 Kenyon avenue, have returned from a vacation in San Diego and other Calif ornia cities. Mrs. Vaughn and Gary made the trip south earlier this summer and were guests of Mrs. Vaughn's sister, M r s. Edward Tazelaar and family. En route home the Vaughns spent a few days in the Los An geles area and visited Disney land. 4 Plan Social An ice cream social will be held, at the Congregational church, 300 Oakwood drive, Thursday, August 9, at 7:30 o'clock. There will be no charge for refreshments. All members and friends of the church are cordially invited to attend. Fasten a clothespin or small clip to the cabinet door above the kitchen mixing center to hold recipe cards. This keeps the card from getting soiled and also makes the recipe easier to see. Medford Players Take First Place For Tournament A pair of Medford players, Mrs. Frank R. Baker and George Rode, won first place in a dupli cate bridge tournament held in Roseburg Sunday afternoon and evening. The event was spon sored by the Roseburg Duplicate Bridge club, and 14 tables of players took part. A number of other Medford players also placed in the tour nament. Mrs. William F. Ken nedy and Mrs. Al 'Gilhousen took third place and two pairs of Medford and Ashland players tied for fourth and fifth places. They were Mrs. S. W. Alcorn, Ashland, and Roy Pruitt, Med ford. Mr. Gilhousen and Mrs. Rode, both Medford. Between the afternoon and evening sessions guests from Medford were entertained at a dinner at the Roseburg Country club. . Temperance Union To Meet at Park Women's Christian Temper ance union will meet Thursday, August 9 at 1:30 p.m. at Hawth orne Park for a short business meeting. Mrs. Guy Cox, pres ident, will preside, and Mrs. Eva Low will give the devotionals. Mrs. Kay Crowell, juvenile officer, will talk about her work. The group will meet on the south side of Main street in back of the Scout headquarters. Refreshments will be served by Mrs. Ernest 'Santo, Mrs. Edna Pursell, and Mrs. Eva Low. CALENDAR Tuesday: 8 p.m. Central Point Lady Lions, home of Mrs. Bill Abbott, 115 South Fifth St. 8 p.m. Pythian club, Mrs. John Russell, 120 Newtown st. 8 p.m. Women's Guild of Zi on Lutheran church, church parlors. Wednesday: . 12 noon Medford Townsend club, Carpenter's Union hall, 123 West Main st. m ANU U..M.' SOMSMT . Seeing is believing Pier Angeli mast be seen to be believed. 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