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.
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"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.
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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.
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Education and Recreation
Combination Successful
Sun Valley, Ida. (U.R) Col
lege of Idaho faculty members
hailed as an "outstanding suc
cess" their unique experiment
of combining "education and re
creation." The educators admitted they
had "some misgivings" months
ago when the project of conduct
ing a summer session in liberal
arts at swanky Sun Valley was
first suggested.
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
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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.
The pre-trial testimony will
be used eventually in the litiga
tion of an estimated (35 million
in damage suits against the Ital
ian line, owner of the sunken
Andread Doria and the Swedish
American line, owner of the
damaged Stockholm.
SNAKE IN TROUBLE
Southside, Tenn. (U.R) A
friend of Virginia Mackey didn't
have to go far to start hunting.
As the man started to load his
shotgun, a snake popped out of
the gun barrel.
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