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Secretaries of Large Firms Help Plan Office Buildings BY GAY PAULEY United Press Correspondent New York OI.B Business' has run into "skirt trouble" in moving to the outskirts. j Many a large company, deci-i ding to move from the heart of town to the more spacious sub urbs, finds that transferring the office is easier than transferring the secretary. . The gais are Just plain reluc tant to continue on jobs in which they can't shop or get their hair done on their lunch hour. And most employers confess that the good secretary, stenographer or file clerk female is so much in demand in today's labor mar ket that she can just about tell the boss where to locate the of fice and make him like it. One large insurance company, Connecticut Ceneral Life, Hart ford, Conn., is solving the prob lem by calling its women em ployes in to help plan its gen eral headquarters five miles from town. A five-member women's ad visory council, selected from the 1,800 employes, became a clear ing house for employee's sugges tions. Wae Officer Louise Christensen, a former WAC officer and now secretary to one of the company's Vice presidents, headed the council. On a recent visit to Manhattan she reported that some sugges tions were thrown out early. DINGY YELLOWED LINGERIE? Isn't it disheartening to sea your silk and synthetic whites turn yellow after just a few washings? But there's a simple solution White King Soap. No other type of washday product keeps these whites so store white as White King Soap. So don't take costly chances with an ordinary washday product. Wash alt your silk and synthetic things, from the time you buy them, only in White King Soap. UnrERTISKMVNT "We saw no need for live pea cocks on the grounds, or for a parking lot for helicopters," she said. "But the girls got the color schemes they wanted soft grevs and greens. "We maae a special trip into j New York just to select the pat terns for silver and tableware for the employees' cafeteria. "We will have piped-in music in recreation and lunch areas. The company is providing dis play space for Hartford .stores so we can still shop on our lunch hour.' The council also okayed sug gestions for a lending book and record library; air-conditioning; a shoe repair and dry cleaning pick-up and delivery service; a frozen food store; and barber and beauty shops. The beauty shop will give the girls haircuts free," Miss Chris tensen said. "They'll have to pay for manicures, facials and other services." The offices open this fall. General Foods said it ran into the same "please the women" problem when in 1954 it moved its 1.200 general headquarters emploves from Manhattan to White Plains, N. Y. "The girls don't like to leave the convenience of shopping on their lunch hour. . .even if they don't spend a dime," said Al Christie, headquarters personnel manager. Princes Margaret to Fly on African Tour London (U.R) Princess Mar garet will fly an air route to avoid Arab countries when she starts her royal tour of Africa, the Daily Express reported to day. The Express said the princess flight from London to Mom bass a to start the tour will not only avoid Cairo, but Tripoli as well. ', I J, .- t hi rife I VERSATILE SHEATH . . . iftm lamti lkotk and color-coordinated orlott sweater from StepKanii Kortrr'f fafl cot. taction. Shaath, which hot o bart in back and on odjuitobl collar, may b went oioft at a smart dot drm. Guest Here Mrs. Louis Weill, who divided her time between New York, Connecticut and Florida, Is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Rode, Griffin Creek. Alligator's Freedom Brought To End Oklahoma City (U.R) Al fred the alligator, who slith ered to two days of freedom, was back in his pen at Lincoln Park zoo today. Alfred escaped Sunday when his pen was accidentally left un locked. All eight feet and 250 pounds of him slithered into a nearby lake. Reptile curator Bob Jenni turned down an offer from the Tulsa zoo to send Alberta, a fe male alligator, to Oklahoma Citv as a lure for Alfred. This isn't the mating season and Jenni said Alberta probably would hold little attraction for Alfred A fish hook in Alfred's tail finally led to his capture. When he got close to the bank, a party of pursuers grabbed him and hauled him back to his pen. -Open Tonight Until 9 P.M.' Porfcbfe 7V, Lets ym take your favorite program anywhere J 1 tf Vf mm Hw CA "Mveronie" dbmins rjt W&705. T "Te-Atoet" Tfl Nrcr miss yow favorite show again! Just take the new RCA Victor Sptrristn wrth tom! It brines yon the new "Living Image" picture . . . sharp, steady, bright! Convenient "High-Sharp-and-Easy" toning controls let you dial easily accurately. Cabinet is of sim ple, modern design in lustrous ebony finish. Come io see it try it today! 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They were afraid the many at tractions of the plush resort, nes tled in a valley high in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains, would pro duce an atmosphere not condu cive to studying. . But, with six weeks of the in itial summer session finished, the faculty was all for making the project permanent. As one pro fessor put it, "we've proven you can have plenty of fun and learn something at the same time." The normal College of Idaho campus is at Caldwell, about 24 miles west of the Idaho capital city of Boise. The 52-year-old PROSPECT By GENEIL SPRUILL Prospect Mr. and Mrs. Bill Vixie and children, Paula ad Allan, Walla Walla, Wash., are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pool. Darlene Nye, LeRoy Struck and Charles Yell left the first of the week for Nampa, Idaho, to attend Northwest Nazarene col lege. Mr. and Mrs. Zeke Zauadski and children, Betty and Lee, re cently moved from Sookane. Mrs. Zauadski is the daughter of Mrs. Madaline Pool. They are living on the Taylor place on the Lewis rd. The Birthday club met recent ly at the Red Blanket club house. Betty Pool was honored guest. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cook and daughter, formerly of Prospect now living at Smith River, Calif., were week end visitors. Home extension meet Wed nesday at the home of Mrs. Ward Blain. There were three guests, Mrs. Cloud, Mrs. Town and Mrs. Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Larson and sons, Richard, Mike and Danny, visited relatives in Portland over the week end. Mrs. Q. Simmins Is convales cing at her hone from recent surgery. Hostesses to a surprise stork shower for La Donna Huff and her new son were Lue Eze Jac obs and Martha Bliss at the Bliss home. Those attending were Patricia Goodman, Mickie Larson, Esther Bauldry, Pearl McCollum, Lila Bevens, Geneil Spruill, La Vera Smeader, Don na Johnson, Ethel Artmire, Lor raine Love, Ruth Johnston, Ha lie Haurer. Doloris Tracer, Betty Lambert. Agnes Bliss, and Por tia Struck. Vern Struck, who for the past four years has served with the U.S. Navy, arrived home Friday from Hawaii. Ray Deloy Gillespie, discharg ed from the Army Sept. 7, ar rived home by plane Wednes day with his wife, Betty, and small son, Larry Lee. They will make their home in Oregon. Bud Gillespie returned home Thursday from a trip to Colum bus, Ga. He covered 14 states on his trip. Friday, Sept. 21, there will be Country Store Day on the lawn at the hotel, sponsored by St. Martha's Guild. There will be grab bag, sec ond hand stall, general store, baked goods, jams and jellies, fruits and vegetables, country tea room, loggers and ladies ' sandwiches, and fresh ground coffee cake. Everyone is invited. Bud Denney and family have as house guest his mother from California. She arrived by bus Saturday, . . Presbyterian college has a reg ular school year enrollment of about 600 students with a facul ty of nearly 50. Package Deal For years, it has specialized in masters' degree in the field of education for teachers wishing to advance their academic stand ing during its summer sessions. This regular program continued this summer on the Caldwell campus with a record enrollment of more than 300 graduate and undergraduate students. The College of Idaho presi dent. Tom E. Shearer, and asso ciates thought they could do more in the summer, particularly in the liberal arts field. But they felt a change in campus would be attractive. That's when Shearer and his associates got together with Manager Winston McCrea and his staff members at Sun Valley, the winter-summer resort that has been operated near Ketchum, Ida., for nearly 20 years by the Union Pacific Railroad. Arrangements were made with Sun Valley for the summer ses sion students to live in the re sort's "chalets," originally built for winter use by student skiers. A "package deal" arrangement of $270 for room and board for the six weeks was worked out and some of the resort's facilities like rooms used in the winter for ski storage were fitted out as classrooms. The "study at Sun Valley" program was given a mild pub licity buildup through educa tional circles and through pos ters in Union Pacific Railroad stations. The result was an enrollment of 48 students ranging from a 14-year-old girl taking special non-credit studies to movie ac tress Ann Sothern, who was va cationing at Sun Valley for the summer anyway and decided to brush up on her art work by en rolling in the painting class con ducted by Robert Max Peter. Seven Study Units The curriculum was based on a theme of contemporary cul tures. A few visiting professors were enrolled to offer courses -like 20th century music from Dr. Calvin Rogers of Ashland, O., and play production by Helen Lloyd of Portland, Ore. The play production was climaxed by pre sentation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Regular College of Idaho fac ulty members offered contemp orary courses such as Rocky Mountain biology and geology by Dry Lyle M. Stanford, contem porary philosophy and compara tive religions by Dr. James Mar tin and modern drama and mod ern novel by Dr. R. Wayne Chatterton. Summing up the six week's work during a luncheon on Sun Valley Lodge's terrace, over looking the recently enlarged skating rink. Profs. Chatterton, Martin and Stanford and Dorice Taylor of the Sun Valley staff said the program worked out even better than anticipated. Students were limited in en rollment to seven study units with classes offered in two or three unit academic credits each. Classes were for 90 minutes each five days weekly. Chatterton admitted that the faculty had put more emphasis than usual on quality "so no one would get the idea this summer thing was a snap. "Because this was something new in American education," he explained, "we knew that we'd be studied by college people from all over the country. We wanted to make sure that our work would stand up under any academic examination." Anchorage has a fr population of 28.500 almost three times more than any other Alaskan city. Wednesday, September 19. 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREX I72L LECTURER J. Lingen Wood, of Vancouver, British Columbia, will speak in the church audi torium of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Windsor ave. and Oakwood dr., Sept. 20. His subject will be "Christian Science: The Liberating Light of Truth." Wood is a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, and has traveled throughout the world. He served for 13 years on a Christian Science committee on publica tion for the Province of British Columbia. . Portland Zoo Gets Third Elephant Portland U.R Tuy Hoa, Portland's newest elephant, ar rived yesterday to join previous arrivals Rosy and Buddy at the Washington zoo. Tuy Hoa is a gift from the Vietnamese government. The elephant arrived in Tacoma Tuesday aboard the steamship Charles E. Dant, and then was transported to Portland. Stockholm, Doria Crews To Testily New York U.S) The cap tains and crews of the Stock holm and sunken Andrea Doria give their conflicting accounts in federal court today of the modern world's worst sea disas ter. The pre-trial testimony will be used in fixing the blame for the July 25 collision off Nan tucket island which took the lives of 45 Andrea Doris passen gers and five Stockholm crew men. Millions of words of testi mony will be heard in the next three or four weeks by four prominent attorneys who have agreed to serve without pay as special masters in the taking of the pre-trial depositions. 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