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it ! i SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Conversion of A ntiques Trend Gone Too Far, Dealer Declares Sunday. October 21. 195S By GAY PAULEY United Press Correspondent New York (UP; This week in Manhattan: One antiques authority charg ed the limit has just about been SPICE YOUR HOME WITH GRANDMA'S KITCHEN per yard JP ft I reached in what people make from old furniture. "Convert if you must," said Fiorene Maine, of Ridgefield Conn. "But for heaven's sake, use some horse sense." Miss Maine, an antiques deal er for 40-odd years, said she had seen prayer stools made into handsome bases for coffee ta bles; old weathervanes turned into attractive lamps. But she said in the lamp de partment especially, conversion is getting out of hand. "When you start putting to gether a sickle, hammer and tongs; or combine a carpenter's file with hammer and saw; or. a plumber's wrench with a cou ple of elbow pipes. I think it's time to call a halt," she sa'd Miss Maine, who displayed tome of her prized furniture un converted during the interna tional antiques exhibition this week, said perhaps the "botch it yourself" trend was responsible for so much altering. "Most antiques have been dis covered," she explained. "So the tendency is to convert those not so valuable into something the owner considers more interest ing. "I've seen some lulus . blacksmith bellows used as the top for a coffee table . . . and child's hobby horse turned into the base of a coffee table, with the glass top resting on the horse's head!" Items from the "Salad dayi" of cookery provide a zssty design for this Woverly fabric. "Grandma's Kitchen" is ' a source of never-failing Interest for your recreation . i room, child's bedroom. , kitchen or breoltfost j nook. And it's Bonded for .complete satisfaction. Ph. 2-6010 Free) Easy Parking Wakefield Drapery 1100 Crater Lake Ave. (Not Highway) Jaci Barrett, an eighth grade honor student, rates laurels also in the fashion world. Jaci, at 13, just signed a five year contract as a designer. which makes her one of the youngest in the business. She will design doll wardrobes for a toy manufacturer Paris Doll corporation, New York. Jaci, she pronounces it "Jackie," has been sewing since she was big enough to handle a pair of scissors. She enrolled in a sewing course when she was 11. "And here, I can't even sew on a button," said her mother, Mrs. Robert Barrett, a fashion coordinator. Jaci began making doll clothes from scraps of fabric her mother brought home from the garment district, pretty soon was selling the clothes to chil dren in her neighborhood in Garden City, L.I. She got the design job by the simple process of answering an advertisement in a New York newspaper. The company was a bit startled when pretty blue eyed teenager showed up. But thev liked the samples she pro duced aVid hired her. She de- ' hhM - iJSM ' ' L y- . f (i - I J ,.L j I i 1 ' & '"f f -"..'53 :-fs k - - --v VX. 4 v 1 aim, A surprise party held October 13 honored Mr. and Mrs. John Williams. 1212 Ashland avenue, on their 25th wedding anniver sary. The parly was qiven at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Criies, 2191 Canal street. John Williams' Honored Guests On Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, 121 Ashland avenue, were hon ored by a surprise party Satur day, October 13, celebrating their twenty-fifth wedding anni versary anld held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Crites, 2191 Canal street. Mr. and Mrs. Williams were married October 14. 1931 in Steamboat Springs, Colo., and moved to Medford in 1946 where Mr. Williams is owner of John ny's Bee Line service. The Williams' have three chil dren, Mrs. Crites and George William's and Mrs. Harold Bru ner, both of San Jose, Calif., who were able to attend the party, and two grandchildren. Johney and Deborah Criies. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Blythe S. Hirst, Eugene, and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Howard, Ashland. Approximate ly 30 persons attended Club to Observe October Birthdays Mecuora Harmony lownsenu club will meet Wednesday, Oc tober 24, at 12:30 p.m. at Car penters' union hall, 123'2 West Main street. A covered .dish luncheon will be served. All members having October birth dates are reminded to at tend the club meeting. Occurrence of a fifth Wednes day for any given month is set aside for entertainment and pro gram. The Townsend National week ly will ennn he sent out from the new headquarters in Wash ington, D.C., according to Ore gon state director Finis L. Snod- grass, Portland. The public is welcome to at tend all local Townsend club meetings. sifcns af liome after school les sons are out of the way. What does Jaci plan to be when she grows up? "A designer," she said. "But for my children only." 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Jermak, Ashland, ' reveiewed the book, "Give the Man Room," by Mrs. Mary Liv ingston Borglum and Robert J. Casey at the last meeting of Wednesday Study club. It was held at the home of Mrs. Minnie G. Ball. 613 Catherine street, Oc-, to tier 17. ! The book deals with the sculp turing of the Mt. Rushmore Me . modal in South Dakota on which ! Mrs. Borglum's husband, Gutzon . Borglum, carved the faces of ; four presidents, Washington, ; Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore j Roosevelt. ! Mrs. Ball gave a travelogue, i illustrated with slides. Baking soda will put out a fat fire in a skillet or broiler. It creates carbon dioxide gas which smothers the flame. (Ml Era r tetl Buzz Session Series To Be Continued By Howard School Howard Parent - Teacher as sociation plans a buzz session Tuesday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m., for all parents of children in the fourth grade. Parents are asked to attend, meet the teach er and to acquaint theselves with school activities. Parents are asked to meet in their child's room. The third grade girls are in need of a Brownie leader, it is stated. Anyone Interested is asked to contact the Girl Scout office. 2-8912, or call NO 4-2257, after 5 p.m. Women Better At Raising Funds Editor Declares Chicago (U.R) Women are better at raising money than men, says the editor of Outdoor America, magazine of the Izaak Walton League. Editor Grace Beach says the ladies have been so successful with white elephant sales that the men have stolen the idea. The men used to have turkey shoots and trap shoots to raise money for their conservation programs. Now, the white ele phant sales are popular. "Card parties and feeds always bring in enough money to fi nance conservation education programs," Mrs. Beach said. Women became interested in conservation programs when they started helping their hus bands on conservation projects, she said. There now are 63 chapters of the league composed wholly of women. The first women's chap ter was in Fullerton, Calif., in 1937. Campfire Girls Singing Blue Birds A new group of Blue Birds has been organized under the leader ship of Mrs. Elbert Hefley. The first meeting was held October 18, in the home of the leader. It was voted to call the group "The Singing Blue Birds." The project for the year will be "Oregon Wild Flowers." The rest of the meeting was spent in singing and games. Refresh ments were served. Those attending were Donna Young, Gwen Stockton, Rhonda Kelly, Carolyn Uhrich, Laqueta Stephenson, Patty Bonebrake, Sandy Terrell, Chris Stockton and Cheryl Hefley. Woman Honored On. 90th Birthday i Project City, Calif. Mrs. Emma Allison, Project City, Calif., celebrated her ninetieth birthday September 16 at an in formal picnic attended by rela tives and friends. Mrs. Allison Is the mother of Ben Allison, 1027 West Tenth street, Medford. with whom she spends each winter. She plans to arrive there this year around Thanksgiving. Present for the picnic besides Mr. and Mrs. Allison of Medford were grandchildren and great i grandchildren Mr. and Mrs. Er- j nest Taylor, Robert and Mary j Ann of Central Point; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Taylor and son, Gene, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Johnson and son, Royal, of Med ford. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Parsley of Central Point, and Mr. and Mrs. Art Mart of Medford, also attended. Mrs. Allison, who was born in Illinois, came to Project City in 1939. Built-in Color Guide .New York (U.R) If the man of the house never seems to wear the right tie with a suit, you can solve the problem by getting him ties with "built-in" taste. One manufacturer makes dacron ties with color guide tabs sewn inside to indicate winch suit colors go well with them. The ties can be machine-laundered and need no pressing. 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