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two MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, October 15, 1956 cjneru United Nations, Camp Fire Girls To Collect Coins on Halloween "The Trick is to Treat the World's Children." The coming Halloween season will again provide Medford chil dren an opportunity to help less fortunate youngsters. For the third consecutive year Camp Fire Cirls of Medlord and near by towns and cities will collect money to buy food and medicine for children in underprivileged countries, and this movement is being supported by Medford chapter, Oregon United Nations' association. Children, supervised by adults, will call at the doors of their friends and neighbors but instead of asking for candy and doughnuts, will ask for coins to buy milk and medicine for chil dren in Africa, Korea or Costa Rica. They will be provided with milk cartons bearing the XJNICEF insignia. In 1954, the first year of the special Halloween project, $1,- Townsend Groups Announce Dinner Tonight at Hall Medford Harmony Townsend club and auxiliary plan a chicken dinner tonight from 5:30 to 7:00 o'clock at the Carpenters Union hall, 123'i West Main street. A musical program will follow the short business meeting and din ner. The newly elected candidates of the Townsend club will be announced later. Installation will be in November. The two clubs work together as a benevo lent and social organization. Ernest E. Wolters is acting as secretary, while the regular sec retary and treasurer, E. C. Naff 2iger, and his wife are one on a vacation to California. Twenty-six members were in attendance at last Wednesday's club meeting. The public is wel come to attend all meetings. 4 Phoenix The Home Econ omcs club of Phoenix Grange will meet Wednesday, October 17, at the home of Mrs. Mark Smith, 716 Oak street, Medford. Mrs. O. V. Poe cohostess. Desert luncheon will be served at 1 p.m. 781 was collected in Oregon. In 1955 almost $10,000 was brought in, and this year it is hoped to make the figure much larger. In addition to Camp Fire Girls and UN workers, the project is being aided by the Christian World's Relations Department of the United Council of Church Women in Oregon, by Sunday school teachers and public school teachers, it is stated. Personal Services To Be Auctioned As School Benefit Eagle Point Personal serv ices are to be offered on the auc tion block to benefit Eagle Point High school chorus. Eagle Point High School Parent-Teacher Student association plans an auction Friday, Octo ber 19, at 8 p.m. in the new elementary school gymnasium. Articles for sale will be on dis play from 7:30 until the auction begins, and G. E. Elrod of Trail will be auctioneer. Some of the personal services offered by students, teachers and local citizens will be baby-sit-1 ting, car waxing, window wash ing, stacking wood, hair cutting and dress alteration. More offers are expected daily. Students have been generous with their offers, it is stated, since the proj ect is being held to purchase robes for the high school chorus, i Anyone wishing to donate ar ticles or personal services for auction is asked to call Mrs. John Huffman, VA-6-3793, or leave them at the high school. Cake and coffee will be avail able all during the evening of the auction. Soil To Be Topic Of Garden Club Central Point Dr. L. G. Gentner will speak for a meeting of Crater Garden club to be held at the home of Mrs. Stevenson Thursday, October 18, at 7:30 o'clock. His topic will be "Building Up the Soil." Roll call will be answered with "My Favorite Chrysanthemum." Grandparents Day To Be Observed By Jackson PTA . "Grandparents Day" will be the theme of a Jackson Parent Teacher association meeting to be held Thursday, October 19, in the school gymnasium. Par ents and particularly grandpar ents are especially invited to attend the meeting, which will start at 2:40 p.m. Principal speaker will be Miss Louise Basford, director of spec ial education, whose topic will be, "Teaching of Mental Health in the Medford school." An educational film, entitled "The First Lesson" will also be shown. Miss Mary Vandenberg, social worker for Southern Ore gon Child Guidance clinic, will discuss the film and answer questions from the audience. Robert L. Buccus, principal of Jackson school, will report on the results of the questionnaire recently sent to parents concern ing PTA and school activities. On the lighter side, a group of mothers will present a short skit entitled, "Now When I Went to School." Following the meeting, refreshments will be served by mothers of children in the fifth grade. Halloween Party Given for Members Of Medford Club Past noble grands of Olive Rebekah lodge dressed in Hal loween attire for a party recent ly at the home of Mrs. Minnie Bryant. Mrs. James Wicker entertain ed the group with humorous readings and told the origin of Halloween. Mrs. Bryant was in charge of the entertainment. A guest for the evening was Mrs. C. F. Wallace, formerly of Phoe nix, Ariz., who with her family is now making her home in Med ford. During the business meeting, conducted by Mrs. Margaret Davis, president of the club, plans were started for a rum mage sale to be held in Novem ber. Refreshment committee for the evening included Mrs. Irene Shirley, chairman, Mrs. Buford Kight. Mrs. Eber Jo Weed and Mrs. Virgie' Garner. Next meeting will be Novem ber 8 at the home of Mrs. Frank Chapman. REDUCE the size of your TUMMY at HOME amazing neic way THE RELAX-A CIZOR actually makes inches disappear almost like magic. 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Mr. and Mrs. York are spend ing a year in this country, and Mr. York is now in Pennsyl vania visiting Nazarene churches of that state. Mrs. York and her child are living in Phoenix with her father, Charles Cummons. Miss Elizabeth Burr, Mrs. Ernest Santo and Mrs. Guy Cox presented a skit, "Could This Be You?" Mrs. Ernest Santo, who intro duced the speaker, spoke con cerning her recent trip to St. Louis, Mo., and Evanston, 111. Mrs. Minnie Bryant reported that Mrs. Fred Tooze, Portland, president of the Oregon WCTU, was recently elected correspond ing secretary of the national union. Because Mrs. Tooze will now move to Evanston to carry on her national work, a special state WCTU executive meeting will be held to select a new president. The Rev. Loyce Carver, new pastor of the Apostolic church, gave the devotions. Mrs. R:.y Robinson sang. Miss Elizabeth Burr report ed on her project of contacting Medford schools to promote use of the book, "Alcohol at the Wheel." It is already in use at some schools, it was said. Mrs. Edna Pursell. Mrs. Fred Reich, Mrs. Lucy Lyman and Mrs. Robert Taylor served re greshments. The November meeting will be devoted to the Children's Farm Home at Corvallis which the union helps to support. Decorator Talks For Meeting of West Side Club Jack Raapke spoke for a meeting of West Side Mothers -club Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Allyn A. Monroe, Old Stage road. Mr. Raapke gave a talk based on the history and de velopment of periods and styles of furnishings and the modern trends of interior decorating. The new central library, being organized under the supervision and assistence of Mrs. Precia Medley, Jackson school, will be ready for the students in the very near future, according to Ernst Ludwig, principal of West Side school. Funds raised by the students at the football jamboree held recently at the school, will be used for the library or for the new band class. Mrs. P. G. Humphreys, presi dent conducted the meeting and hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Harry 'D. Crofoot. Mrs. E. D. Davis and Mrs. Eston B. Humphrey. The November meeting will be held at the home of the presi dent, Mrs. Humphreys. Ross Lane, November 14, at 8 p.m. Members of the group are a3ked to remember the rum mage sale to be held November 7 and 8. Luncheon Given For Miss Huskey Miss Dorothy Huskey was honored at a farewell luncheon given Friday by women mem bers and former members of the board of directors of the Jack son County Public Health asso ciation. Miss Huskey has been health educator with the Jackson County Health department for th nat five vears and is leav ing shortly to complete her work for a degree in doctor oi whilncnnhv at thf school of. Pub lic health at the University of Michigan. The growth of public health in Jackson county has hn the subiect for her re search project for her doctorate and it is felt the theses will be holnfnl to this and other com munities in establishing future public health programs. An initialed brief case was presented to Miss Husky by members of the board of direc tors of the health association in annreciation for her help during the past five years. A good dish for fall's first nip py day would be pork chops cooked with prunes and pine apple chunks. Accompany them with baked large dry limas. Guild Announces Symposium Tonight A symposium on "Christian obligations to work for a world of mutual understanding" will feature a meeting of Ruth Esth er Wesleyan Service guild set for tonight at 7:30 p.m. at First Methodist church. Mrs. Charles R. Adamson will moderate the discussion, to be conducted un der four sub-titles. Mrs. Mamie Bloomfield will speak on "All people are born free and equal." "Everyone has a right to freedom of opinion and expression," and "Every child has a right to a good world" will be the topics of Mrs. George Watson. Miss June Wheaton will speak on "Resour ces for meeting our needs for world understanding." Guild officers state that all employed women are invited to attend the meetings. Child Guidance Film is Shown In Rogue River Rogue River "Roots in Hap piness," a film recently pur chased by the Southern Oregon Child Guidance Clinic associ ation, was shown Wednesday night at a meeting of the Rogue River Parent Teacher associ ation. Miss Mary Vandenberg, rep resentative of the clinic associ ation, showed the film and led discussion later. Miss Vanden burg was introduced by Mrs. Phil B. Engle. , A "buzz session," previously scheduled for .the program, was cancelled when discussion of the film extended beyond its sched uled time. Also appearing at the program was John B. Harr, superintend ent of the Rogue River "schools, who explained two proposals re lating to education which will appear on the November 6 bal lot. He urged their support and gave a brief resume of some pro posed legislation to be consider ed at the next state legislative session. Executive committee members were introduced to the 85 PTA members present. The commit tee includes Mrs. Orvis A. Reet er, budget chairman; Mrs. Frank E. Birkman, hospitality chair man; Mrs. Richard W. Shontz, magazine chairman; Mrs. Har old W. Salter, membership chair man; Mrs. Freda Palmer, pub licity chairman; Loran W. Case bier, parlimentarian; Mrs. Yvonne Pugh, room representa tive chairman; Mrs. Holland Jones and Mrs. Morris Jones, co chairmen of refreshments; and Mrs. John Chiamulera, ways and means chairman. Mrs. Dana McBarron, PTA president, conducted the meet ing. Bov Scouts of Pack 37 pre sented the colors and Mrs. John A Dixon led the group in the PTA prayer. CALENDAR "Calendar nctlcea and new for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted In writing and deadlin for the Sun day edition is 1 pm Friday. Dead tine foT the weekiy calendar is 9 tt.m of the 3ay of publication and for week day news is ft p-ixi the da; before publication Delegates Attend Scout Conference Mrs. Tom R. Lytle of Medford. first vice president of Rogue Val ley Area Girl Scout council who headed this community's dele gation to the three-day regional Girl Scout conference at Spo kane, Wash., returned home last week and reported on the con ference proceedings. The conference, Mrs. Lytle said, was attended by over two hundred Girl Scout adults and one hundred Senior Scouts from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Among the major problems discussed were the need for more Girl Scout volunteers to serve as troop leaders and assistants, and to take on other "behind the scene" jobs in Girl Scouting; and ways to improve the Girl Scout program so that it will provide more opportunities and chal lenges for girls, she reported. Among the speakers who ad dressed the conference were Mrs. Roy F. Layton, national president, and Mrs. Oleda Schrottky, member of field de partment, Girl Scouts of "the U.S.A. One of the speakers poined out that since 1912 Girl Scouting has been a valuable experience for millions of American girls. As a result of the conference, the Rogue Valley Area Girl Scout council is planning to hear reports at the next council meting, November. 14, at St. Mark's Guild hall at the morn ing session. The meeting will be from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. In addition to Mrs. Lytle, oth er Girl Scouts from this area who attended the conference were Mrs. Harold Ricks, Med ford, Brownie leader of Griffin Creek school; Mrs. Calvin Ross, Ashland district chairman; Mrs. Monte Polk, Ashland, Vieighbor hood chairman; and two Senior Scouts, Nancy Stevenson, Troop 2, and Mary Friend, Troop 75, both of Medford. Many new program ideas were presented to the delegates and these will be included in their reports. Fall Flower Show Planned by Club Medford Garden club will hold a fall flower show and tea Thursday, October 18, in the Courthouse auditorium from 12 to 8 p.m. Arrangements can be floral, driftwood, dried material, leaves or sedums; house plants will also be shown. Other garden clubs are invited to participate or anyone interested in showing their fall flowers. The arrange ments must be in by 11 o'clock, as well as the specimens to be shown. The display will be open to the public. Further information may be obtained from Mrs. E. M. Wal lin, 2-5716. To cut hard butter, cover the blade of the knife 'with waxed paper, or use a knife heated in hot water. Airs. Moore Hostess For Reese Creek Unit The next regular meeting of the Reese Creek Extension unit will be November 10 at the home of Mrs. C. H. Moore on Ball road. Mrs. Ralph Lacy and Mrs. Ronald Nelson will demon strate how to make sofa cush ions. At the meeting held October 2 it was decided that the women pay $2.50 for child care each meeting this year. The mothers will pay 50c for the day and pro vide a sack lunch for the child. Mrs. Merle McGraw was ap pointed program planning ob server upon the resignation of Mrs. Ronald Nelson. Seven members of the unit at tended a lesson on family busi ness and the law in Central Point October 5. Theta Rho Girls Plan Initiation Plans for initiation and elec tion of officers were made at a meeting of Omicron chapter of Theta Rho Girls held October 8 at Medford Odd Fellows hall. Re freshments were served by the Misses Virginia Thomason and Sharon Thomas. Next meeting of the group will be held October 22 at the hall. FFA Chapters Atlend Milk Producers Meet Future Farmers of America were guests Friday of the Jack son County Milk Producers league at a business meeting and banquet in the Jackson hotel. Advisers and officers of Phoe nix, Eagle Point and Central Point FFA chapters were in at tendance. Carl Hover, public relations chairman of the league, introduced Future Farmers and league board members. Use MaU Tribune Want Ads The Community'e Biggest Marketplace. OREGON HOUSEWIVES . ONLY! How lucky you are! For you have something: few other States have soft water. And that means you can have the cleanest of all family washes. For nothing cleans so well as soft water and real soap the kind made famous by White King. But remember, the secret is White King Soap. No other type of washday product gets ' your clothes so clean. None leaves them so soft and fluffy, nor keeps whites so white and colors so true. Get White King' Soap today? advertisement Monday: 6:30 a.m. Toastmasters, Jack son hotel. 1:30 p.m. Griffin Creek Home Extension unit, Griffin Creek Grange hall. 6:30 p.m. S hrine Ladies, home of Mrs. J. Jorgensen, 1913 Hillcrest. I 6:30 p.m. Medford Toastmas ters. Medford hotel. . 7:30 p.m. Ruth Esther Wes leyan Service guild, First Metho dist church. 8 p.m. Department of Ore gon Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary, theatre at Camp White. 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah lodge. ' Odd Fellows hall, 221 West Sixth st. i Tuesday 9:30 a.m. Womans Society of Christian Service, Methodist, Circle 3, home of Mrs. Oscar An derson, 218 Winema Way; Circle 11, home of Mrs. J. Scott Heath- : erington, 12 Black Oak Tlr. ! 10 a.m. Rogue Valley Navy Mothers, courthouse auditorium. 10:30 a.m. Sams Valley Home Extension unit,, home of - Mrs. Herman Priem. 12:30 p.m. Lady Elks, Elks temple. ' 1 p.m. Womans Society of Christian service, Methodist, Cir cle 1, First Methodist church: Circle 2, First Methodist church for transportation to home of Mrs. Henry Conger; Circle 4, home of Mrs. W. O. Chapman, 412 Laurel st.: Circle 9. home of Mrs. Ralph Moore, 816 South Riverside. 1:30 p.m. Oak Grove Neigh borhood club, home of Mrs. Alex Connell, 3587 Jacksonville highway. Order Now Your Name Imprinted Christmas Cards Open Wed. Nite For Your Shopping Convenience You Are Invited to Our Open House Party Celebrating the Grand Opening of the Fabulous New ARTHUR MURRAY Medford Studio 320 East Main, Medford FBIDAV, OCT. 19th 10 i m.-10 p.m. See the most beautiful and perfectly equip ped Studio in Oregon with Two Ballrooms and Hi-Fi Sound System. You'll have a won derful time at Arthur Murray's Open House Party at his new "Medford Studip." You've never seen anything like this wonderful studio ... it's scientifically designed to make learning to dance easier and pleasanter than ' ever before. In every detail, this new studio is the finest and best equipped in Oregon, located downtown in the heart of Medford. Come to our Open House Party FRIDAY NIGHT. Visit us anytime . .' . studios are open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. James and Tommie Gear heart, Directors ARTHUR HURRAY 320 East Main-Medford-Phone 3-1728 You'll Enjoy these Free OPENING EVENTS SPOTLIGHT EXHIBITIONS by teach, ers and students from Eugene Studio and also by our own teachers. MUSIC BY POPULAR ORCHESTRA. REFRESHMENTS SERVED in the beau tiful ballroom. $1000 IN PRIZES "given between 7 and 10 p.m. You need not buy any thing to win and you need not be present to win. FREE DANCE ANALYSIS. I am ever 21. Ptione "On the Balcony" u-7i.ee
