Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 15, 1956, Image 2

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    two MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, October 15, 1956
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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.
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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
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Honduras Topic
For Last Session
Of Medford Union
Mrs. Leonard York, wife of a
missionary to British Honduras,
spoke at the last meeting of
Woman's Christian Temperance
union. The session was held
Thursday at the Salvation Army
annex.
Mrs. York spoke of the people
of Honduras, explaining dif
ferences between their way of
life and that of the United
States. She stated that they do
not enjoy religious freedom as
do citizens of the United States.
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.
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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.
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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.
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