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oo TWO MEOFORD (OHEGOW) MAIL TRIBUNE Traveler Says Jerusalem Not Like Church Pictures Present-day Jerusalem and Bethlehem are somewhat disap pointing in tlie light of impressions gained from Sunday school lessons in Christian churches according to the daughter of a Med ford couple who recently visited them. Mrs. Robert M. Shoemaker, daughter of General and Mrs. Roy Rickard, 901 Newtown itreet, has written her parents in- recent weeks of her impressions of various Middle Eastern nations which she and her husband, a caf lain, have visited. The cap'ain is assigned to duty w-llh tiie United States Military Mission with tiie Iranian Army and the Unitrd States Military Assis-ance Advisory Group in Trn. and the couple is stationed at Theran. Mrs. Shoemaker wrote that she and her husband had recent ly visited Beirut, Jerusalem. A'hens. Istanbul, Ankara and Damascus. The Shoemakers chose as their vacation time the Moslem religious period of mourning known as Moharram, since Christians are advised to lead a restricted life if they re main In Teheran. The religious observance is based on the death of Martyr Imam Hosseic, grandson of the Prophet -Mohammad, who was slain about 680 A.D.. and whose death is stil! the cause of the deepest mourning. - Of the trip Mrs. Shoemaker wrf te: We arrived in Beirut just be fore noon, and spent that after noon sightseeing. Beirut is quite a tourist spot for the richer, people of eastern Europe. It is on a beautiful bov. and the cedars of Lebanon are in thick" groves up and down tiie coast. The .Lebanese trim- the cedars of the way ,up so that the tops mushroom out and. make parks of solid shade (also solid camouflage from the air). ' The next morning after some delay, we were riven permission to entr Trans-Jordan. It wag necessary that we have some church document showing our religious faith. Jews are not per mitted entry. Jerusalem is real ly two cities. Two. high walls with a hundred yards of no man's land runs between the Jewish and Arab sectors. All of the ancient ciry -is in the Arab sector. Jerusalem, of course, has been destroyed many . times since Christ, but it is an Asian trait to rebuild without change, clay tricic for clay brick. They fig ure what was good enough for their fathers is good enough for them. That philosophy makes very little progress, but it is an hiatorian's delight. We walked the stations of the cross. At one point we went underground tout 15 ffet and' walked along tunnel, the floor of which is Supposed to be the original sur- it of the street of Roses. It was excavated by a British so ciety some years ago, and direct ly below the surface of the pres ent ttreet. FalM Impressions Actuaily seeing the physical lay-out is quite a jolt. It is noth ing like the pictures on my Sun day School lessons. The Italian Renaissance painters have given fcutiful but false impression. The spot where Jesus Was flog ged and given the cross to carry, to the pUce of crucifixtion would be about four of our city blocks. Tiie streets are so narrow that instead of moving along in 'the wiidst of a crowd, the procession would have to travel most of the distance single files. The entire trek, with exception of the last M feet, took place Within the city walli. Calvary is not a mountain, but a-15-foot boulder of bare creek that is just outside the old walls of the tity. It was commonly used as a site for pun ishment because '-the top of the rock was on a par with the top ot the wall and the people only litS to look up there to be re minded what could happen if Uiey got out of line. PRIN till WUra tyra BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS I MtiaMMaU Sepulcher Described The Holy Sepulcher is just a few yards farther away. The deck and the tomb are both en closed in a large unfinished church. The Holy Sepulcher looks like a gold gilt closet with every trinket ever associated with Christianity adorning the walls. We also entered an empty limestone tomb typical of the time. It is an entrance about four feet high and three feet across. There is a stone seat on either side and further back a hollow space for the body. The seats were lor the watchers and when they . left, a sealing stone was rolled in front of the tomb. It took us 15 minutes by car over a rock road to reach Beth lehem. The Grotto is quite large with a number of rooms. There were 10 in our party standing at the scene of the Nativity, and we were not crowded. The hill side entrance has been closed off and the entrance is through the Greek Orthodox church built on the hill just above. The church dates from the fourth century, only the mosaic floor is original. To me the impressive part of the trip to Bethlehem was seeing families and their animals living in limestone quarters dug out of the hills. Quite obviously, children are be ing born today in similar sur roundings to that of Christ's birth. I have heard preachers re fer to Joseph as a poor carpen ter, however, a craftsman who owned a beast of burden would be considerably higher on the economic scale compared with dung sweepers, porters, camel tenders, olive pickers, shepherds and a host of others over here. Picture Drab I am glad I went to Jerusalem. I wouldn't be satisfied until I had. I wouldn't bother to take a second trip there. The Garden of Gethsemane is the only pretty spot in the whole area. It has a grove of ancient gnarled olive trees, a lawn and well tended flower beds and a beautiful view of the valley with the city of Jerusalem on the opposite hill. It is. a hard feeling to describe but there was nothing on the tour that gave one a religious tingle, if you know what I mean. We walked up the Mount of Olives, but it looked like a dozen other hills with an olive grove. Certainly, the place of birth is not unusual, even if there wasn't a place at the inn that night. Even death on a cross was the usual sentence of punishment for the time he lived. The only thing that made Jesus different was what he taught to a handful of followers, and except in the con fines of a few authorized Chris tian churches you can't find any evidences- of Christ's teaching by visiting the holy land. The .tour was objectively in teresting, but not spiritually up lifting. We could see where Solomon had his temple, where the Romans had "been by their arches and columns, the Turks by their Mosaics. But when the guide told us Jesus entered by this gate it still looked the same as the next gate. I didn't' expect the heavens to open-up, although they would have had to when our guide, led us to the exact spot where Christ ascended to Heaven for the last time. I don't blame the .Moselems for their commercial outlook concerning our" religion, bat at some places 'they, spread it oh thicker than- Custom Stitched , Purse Mates CESS GARDNER Rouble Roi of custom .stitching on Fine California Saddle Leather. Tht Continental French Purse Roomy, leather-lined coin purse, recrrowble photo-card cue. pick-a-bill slot ... . $7.)0 The Registrar Billfold 17.30 (not illttstriwfjt King Size Cigarette Cist $3-95 (Adjustable for rejrtilar uxe) 4 -hook Key gard, lifetime registration $5.99 Eye Glass Cie. 45-9 J Monday. KoTember IS, 1918 Society Medford Entries Win Prizes in Annual Contest Portland Mrs. Earl Croft, 1974 Mark lane, Medford. won third prize in the canned tree fruit class in the Oregon State Grange's 17th annual home can ning contest sponsored by the White Satin Sugar company. Her entry was canned plums. Her prize is an electric coffee maker. Clyde Sturgill, route 3, box 160 B Medford, won third prize in the man's jelly making con test, winning a casting rod. Mrs. Nora Wait, Gold Hill, won sixth place in the berry canning division, and Mrs. Stur gill won honorable mention on canning. Mrs. O. V. Poe, Phoenix, dis trict chairman for Oregon Grange Home Economics clubs, was in Portland to assist with the contest judging. Hundreds of entries were re ceived in this year's contest, which were judged at State Grange headquarters here. The White Satin officials said the competition was keen. The company's big plant at Nyssa, the only sugar refinery in Oregon, now is in the process of converting some 600,000 tons of beets into sugar. When the job is completed in late Febru ary, approximately 160,000,000 pounds of White Satin sugar will have been produced. Oregon's only sugar refinery means a lot to the economy of Eastern Oregon, where beet growers this year will receive approximately $7,500,000 for their crop and plant workers more than $1,100,000 in salar ies. Methodists Plan Christmas Bazaar Final plans for the Christmas bazaar to be held November 30 in the First Methodist church were announced Tuesday to the executive committee meeting of the Woman's Society of Chris tian Service. Mrs. L. G. Rankin, president, presided. The bazaar, which will open at 10 a.m., will feature a special department for children where they may view movies, use the fishpond, or buy small gifts. There will be a large section for home baked foods and candy, and several circles will provide needlework. A noon business man's luncheon will be served and a cafeteria dinner is planned for the evening. Mrs. Byron Griffith, secretary of supply work, was appointed to complete plans for a Harvest festival, honoring the Methodist Home in Salem. This home, pri marily a project of the Method ist church's women, now houses elderly folk, 70 or over, repre senting 13 religious denomina tions. Gifts of canned goods and cash will be accepted during the day, and contents of the sugar bowls into which the women have been putting two cents a week for six months will be added together. The pennies from the sugar bowls will be added to cash on hand for building a new wing at the Salem home. This observ ance will be held on Tuesday, November 27. Gardeners Hold Dinner Meeting Grove Garden club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hamilton on Arnold lane No vember 14 for a turkey dinner. Thirty-four members and guests attended. Ralph .Applegate, Portland, distributor for Oregon and Washington of a new product called "Normal Soil" was speak er. He explained its uses and value to the soil, and its effect on plants and trees. introduced to the club as new members were Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lingaas. Miss Sandra Kess ler, E. W. Kessler, N. H. Zacha risen, Noel Erskine, Mr. and Mr. Alex Connell and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Foy. ' Mrs. L. M. Hamilton, Mrs. Ar nold and Mrs. H. W. Sturgeon we could swallow. At the point of ascension, a character wear ing a fez was trying to sell re plicas of Christ's footprints, from where he last stood on earth. So it was a day full of conjecture versus recorded history." HOUSEWIVES! Went a Spie and Span House for the Holidays? CALL EXPERT CLEANING SERVICE PHONE 2-4901 or 2-4237 Specialized House Cleaning! Walls Woodwork Floors Cleaned and Waxed Furniture and Rugs Cleaned SPECIAL HOLIDAt RATES! FREE ESTIMATES! Many Tears Experience Phone Us Today County Government Topic Of Talk Given "We have too many govern ments and not enough govern ment." Freeman Holmer, direct or of the Institute of State Af fairs at Willamette university, Salem, quoted this statement in his opening remarks Saturday as guest speaker at the luncheon and-general meeting of Medford League of Women Voters held at the Rogue River Country club. Mr. Holmer was quoting from the pamphlet on findings and recommendations published re cently by : the Oregon Legisla tive Interim Committee on Local Government. In studying county govern ent, he said there are three basic questions to be asked. 1 What are the weaknesses of county government as it now functions? 2 W hat alternatives are there? 3 How can we choose an alternative? Mr. Holmer referred to Presi dent Eisenhower's Commission on Local Government. That com ission recommended that states develop a type of local govern ent that fits their particular need. Oregon is the first state to make a concerted effort along this line. Study Weaknesses The weaknesses include geo graphical, financial and legal in adequacies, and political and ad ministrative irresponsibility. In elaborating on these, Mr. Holmer said local government was set up to accomodate the horse and buggy. By enlarging counties geographically, local government would become more economical, efficient and non duplicating. Criteria for the selection of a new form of county government includes three questions, he said. 1 What will insure respon siveness to the people in a kind of government wanted? 2 How can we be sure our government will have respon sible accountability of its Of ficials? 3 How can we provide for most economy and efficiency and still maintain responsiveness and responsibility? Mr. Holmer gave five specific recommendations that the in terim committee will offer to the legislature this year for consid eration. Included in these suggestions were county home rule "wherein they could have charters, decide their own -functions and type of government. Other suggestions were that counties be allowed to establish and operate special service districts to cover water supply, parks, recreation, sani tary and storm sewerage, fire protection and street lighting; provide for bonding for other than roads and bridges; and last, tax relief for newly annexed areas. Mr. Holmer urged members Group Prepares Christmas Seals Gold Hill Christmas Seals were prepared for mailing at the last meeting of Gold Hill Health unit, held at the home of Mrs. Norman Gail, North Pacific highway. Mrs. Harry Quinn and Mrs. Jack Cline were co-hostesses for the dessert luncheon. A business meeting was con ducted by Mrs. Edward Knapp, president. Plans were made for a rum mage sale in Medford in Febru ary. The unit went on record as being in favor of the flood con trol program as outlined by the association. Mrs. Quinn will rep resent the unit at a flood control meeting in Grants Pass Novem ber 15. Forty-four additional ditty bags were turned in, and others will soon be completed. The bags are being made for Rogue Valley hospital. Next meeting Of the unit will be held at the home of Mrs. Arthur Boye December 18. Mrs. Tommy Kanclier and Mrs. Ted Schonemann will be co-hostesses for dessert luncheon. Salon to Meet Jackson County Salon, 8 and 40, subsidiary organization of the American Legion auxiliary, will hold the November meet ing Tuesday, November 20. at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Nettie Ellenberg, 119 North Cen tral avenue. made up the committee on ar rangements. Next meeting will be a Christ mas dinner and party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kessler, Jacksonville-Central Point road. for League of the audience to support and encourage the present county court to act with in present laws. "When we criticize our county government," he said, "the fault lies more with our selves than with the county of fices. We tend to forget that we are the governed," he conclud ed. Mr. Holmer was introduced by Mrs. Ogden Kellogg, Gold Hill, chairman of the state item committee. County government will be the subject of discussion at the unit meetings this month. The morning unit will meet Wednesday, November 21, in the home of Mrs. Fred Carr, 16 Flor ence avenue, at 9:45. Mrs. Rawles Moore is chairman of this unit. The evening unit will meet Monday, November 26, at 8:00 p.m., in the home of Mrs. G. A. Dierdorff, 2630 Hillcrest road, Mrs. Leland Mentzer, chairman. Anyone interested is invited to attend these unit meetings. -4 District President Inspects Auxiliary Rogue River Mrs. Dan Krotz, Shady Cove, district president of Ladies auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars, made a recent visit of inspection to Rogue River auxiliary. The auxiliary presented Mrs. Krotz with a gift of myrtlewood. Mrs. Richard Niquette was in itiated. Youth activities chairman, Mrs. John Chiamulera, spoke of the need for a scholarship to the Rogue River kindergarten. Aux iliary and past members agreed to sponsor the scholarship. Mrs. Leo Orvis reported on the progress of preparations atj Camp White for the coming Christmas programs. Mrs. Gail Thorne and. Mrs. C. Hawkins were presented 10-year membership pins. A Thanksgiv ing menu is being planned for the social night November 16. Mrs. R. Hoover and Mrs. Claude Willoughby have charge of the dinner. A group of young people will give a program of musical num bers after the dinner. Next business meeting of the auxiliary will be December 7. Treasurer Named By Townsend Club Ernest Wolters was elected treasurer at the weekly meeting of Townsend Club No. 1 and the auxiliary last Wednesday. The membership chairman, A.. W. El lison, reported 12 new members. Luncheon was served from tables decorated in the Thanks giving theme. Birthday cakes were presented to Mrs. Thornton Arnold and Mrs. Zora Humph rey. Mrs. Arnold conducted the business meeting. The meeting closed with read ings and piano music. Wednesday, November 21, Townsend club and auxiliary will hold a Thanksgiving lunch eon at 12:30 o'clock. Men are to take pumpkin pies and women are to take food for a covered dish luncheon. The two clubs meet every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at Car penters' hall, 123 i West Main street. Visitors are welcome. There'll be no peeling, chop ping or teary eyes when you use the new instant minced on ion. This moisture free minced onion is a handy time saving ingredient for all types of cook ing. Look for it in food store displays where you find spices. r?"fA Yieid: A serving 1 1 titfit iftI Alt- t nbltip9nt Mtigttr parpen fltmr t faWrtwiu 1 ttaipetn Clahbwr tfiotUninf Cirl Baking 1 fgg. mpafmUt Pewitr 1 tap mSh M fcojw rlt 1 H cup parti. 1 Uatpotn ground eoeraity grand nutmeg PP? Sift together flour, Batunf Foder, nit, nutmeg, and sugar into a mix ing bowL Cut in shortening unril mixture is fin. Beat together egg yolks and miik and add all at one to dry ingredients. Blend ingredi ent and beat just until smooth. Stir in applec. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold int batter. Baks in waffle maker following manufacturer s directions- komi-biktf raciot that miki Uip tasti act- Ui, nay nan khiw. ATSmianwaJkrA GIRL I History of Dress Topic of Chapter Alpha Rho chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a business meet ing November 8 in the home of Mrs. James Sullivan, 850 Penn sylvania avenue. The program was presented by Mrs. Larry Allen, here theme being "The History of Dress." Pictures were shown from "Life' of the dress of the men in the West. Also shown was how mod ern dresses can be traced back to the fashions of the past. Co-hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Richard Henselman and Mrs. Raymond Morton. CALENDAR Calendar nctlcea and new for the aociety section of Th Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendai is s.m of the day of oublication and for week dav news is 3 ojb the day before publication Monday: 6:30 p.m. Shrine Ladies, home of Mrs. A. C. Leighton, Old Stage rd. 7:30 p.m. Butte Falls, PTA, at schoolhouse. 8 p.m. Hammond Organ So ciety, Purucker Piano House, 11 North Central. 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah Lodge, Odd Fellows hall. Tuesday: 9:30 a.m. Circle 11, Woman's Society of Christian Service, Methodist, with Mrs. Kenneth Knapp, 915 Whitman. 10 a.m. Butte Falls Garden club, city hali. 10 a.m. Rogue Valley Navy Mothers, courthouse auditorium. 10 a.m. Woman's Society of Christian Service. Methodist, Circle 2, in the First Methodist church. 12 noon "Voman's Society of Christian Service, Methodist, Circle 1, in First Methodist church; Circle 7 with Mrs. Anne Gorby, 310 Laurel st. 12:30 p.m. Central Point Royal Neighbors, home of Mrs. Sanford Richardson, Table Rock rd. 1 p.m. Lady Elks, Elks tem ple. 1 p.m. Woman's Society of Christian Service, Methodist, Circle 3, with Mrs. H. A. Dier dorff, 1133 Spring st.; Circle 4, with Mrs. W. G. Werner, 1840 Stewart ave.; Circle 9, in First Methodist Church, rm. 105. 1:30 p.m. Woman's Society of Christian Service, Methodist, Circle 5, in First Methodist church. TOELasnc. '; with White King Soap It's the Way Recommended by Leading Department Stores to Wash 4 -i-- Tudor Guild Ball Set for Friday; . Open to Public Further plans for the Tudor guild ball to be held Friday, November 23, at Rogue Valley Country club were announced this morning by the chairman, Mrs. Harry Skerry, Ashland. Elaborate plans' are being made for the ball, to be a bene fit for the guild's Oregon Shakespearean festival scholar ship fund. Mrs. Skerry announ ced this morning that if . the Medford-Benson football game is to be played in Medford, all major festivities of the program for the ball will be staged after the game, to give football fans a chance to attend both the game and the ball. Regardless of where the game is played, radios will be avail- able at the club, Mrs. Skerry said. The ball is open to the general public, it is stressed. The event will be semi-formal, with wom en to wear the cocktail type frocks and men dark suits, res ervations must be made by call ing Rogue Valley country club house, in addition to purchasing tickets ahead of time in order to insure proper planning, the chairman states. Tickets may be purchased from Tudor guild members, at Jean Hart's store or the club. The price of the tickets in cludes all festivities and a buf fet supper. FIRST AND LAST Portland, Me. !U.P.) Charles H. Mitchell was motorman and Joseph L'Hereux was conductor of the trolley "Arbutus"on its first run over the Portland to Lewiston interurban line which was opened to the public July 2, 1914. Mitchell was motorman and L'Hereux was conductor when the last car made the final trip over the railway oh July 2, 1937. . o NOTICE! o Now thaf you have purchased your SWIFT'S PREMIUM STUFFED TURKEY for Thanksgiving, follow directions as shown on the wrapper. 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O Let's assume1 you are aOman of average heightcand vwtighP engaged in an average occupation. Jhis means you are likely to be 5Qfeet, $ inches tall, weigh 160 pounds and wak five miles a day. 0 Since your average step J overs 26 inches ot ground, you take i 2, 103 steps every day in order to walk those five miles. At the end of t single day you have pounded almost 975 TONS O of meat, 'muscle and bone (aft yours) into your shoes. Now, if you're the average man, you buy three pairs of shoes a year, getting about four months of daily wear from each rjair. Do you know what would. happen to a steel hammer weighing 160 pounds which pounded into concrete and, similar hard sur faces 12,185 times a day for four months? In the first pince, it at steel ham mer would have to be renewed at the end of each day. At the end of (four months, it would have pounded out the ( deepest hole every, mad in the earth. Think this kind of proves that pair of shoes has a perfect right to wear out? Of course, active children particu larly boys are something Ise atJAtfi. They walk, run, slide, scuff and other wise abuse their shoes through about 1 0 miles of-" pavement, hard floors and dirti every day. That is, when they, aren't standing in mud up to their ankles, hop-skipping through water puddles, or using the tips of their shoes as bicycle brakes. "The . IBM "electric brain" haSn't been invented j.yer wriich can figure out If, mathe matics of this kind of shoe wear. O u ri adv. 4 on n o o u o O Oo o o o I o o O P o o o o J o O ' o O -3 O O O 3 O ( o O ( o eo
