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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
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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
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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-
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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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Mrs. Ward Spatz
To Be Speaker
; For Rose Society
i Mrs. Ward Spatz will speak
for the October meeting of Med-
; ford Rose society to be held Mon
day, October 22, in the county
courthouse auditorium at 7:30
I p.m. Mrs. Ward Spatz will talk
i on the selection and purchase of
i roses for growing in this area.
1 A discussion on that subject and
related items will also be con-
i ducted.
I All members are asked to
j bring rose cuttings to trade with
i one another.
! Refreshments will' be served
following the meeting and a
prize will be given.
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Book Reviewed
; For Study Club
Mrs. E. W. 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.
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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.
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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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