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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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the kitchen mixing center to
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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.
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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.
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