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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.
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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-
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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. .
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BURELSPN'S
SHOE SA&N
Main & Bart I art
Practical! tfiobody will be sirohsed
to hear that shoes do wear out. hat
may be nws to some t'ks, however,
is the arithmetic behind vAy shoes
don't last forever. 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
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