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FOOT MEDFORD (OREGON) - V-'" vi -r) . , sm... . , i - ' - .. h f ' , ' t Mist Avadna Peterson (Landis-Shanglc photo) Avada Peterson. Kenneth Boshears To Wed This Year Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Peterson, Homedale, Ida., announce the engagement of their daughter, Avadna, . to Kenneth Boshears, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miner Boshears,- 408 South Grape street. Miss Peterson was graduated from Oregon State college where she was affiliated with Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She is on the faculty of Jefferson school, Medford. Mr. Boshears was also gradu ated from Oregon State college and was a member of the college chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He is a pharmacist with Medford pharmacy. The engagement news was an nounced here at a party given January 4 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clynton Crisman, 2525 Merriman road. The bride-elect's parents were here for the event, which also celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. Miss Peterson makes her Med ford home at 106 South Ivy street. An early summer wedding is planned by the couple. Medford Women Make Dolls Life is seldom dull for those with hobbies. Miss Frances (Fan nie) Whitman and Mrs. Henry Davis, featured on today's pic ture page, are both business wo men and housekeepers, but any spare moments from these occu pations are joyfully filled by making dolls, doll clothing and a hundred and one other objects related to the hobby. The two have gathered around them a small group of women also interested in doll making, repairing and collecting and are spreading their enthusiasm, knowledge and interest in dolls as a hobby. Miss Whitman, who lives at 510 South Fir street, began eight or ten years ago to make doll heads. After a bit of experimen tation, she concentrated on china heads as being more beautiful and longer-lasting than other types. She uses liquid clay, pour ing this into a plaster of paris mold. After it has stood for a time, she pours off the surplus water and lets the clay dry to the proper texture before removing from mold. The doll head is then smooth ed with a silk sponge and made ready for the first firing. There are a number of commercially operated kilns in the valley, and Miss Whitman patronizes, one of these. After the first firing the product is called bisque, and some dollmakers work with the bisque heads. Heads Smoothed Miss Whitman smooths the head again, using a fine sand paper called garnet cloth, and the piece is then glazed and fired for the second time. At this stage Miss Whitman paints ' on the first coat of coloring ma terial for hair, eyes, lips, etc. using china mineral paints and the tiniest of brushes. Ihe pieces are fired after the first painting. and given a final firing after the last touchup of color. To make the bodies Miss Whit man uses muslin or sateen fill ed with sawdust, kapok, cotton, ground cork or ground rubber. She usually makes legs and arms of the china, painting the hands and shoes. After complet ing the body, she decides on the tvpe of costume and makes the clothing. In addition to under clothes and dresses. Miss Whit for . Quality Style Service MODERN! Furniture of Distinction at Budget Prices! IB U M home hirnishnfjs MAIL TRIBUNE Summer Wedding Planned by Couple The engagement of Miss Mary Rice. Bellview, Wash., to Duane R. Sherwood of Medford was announced last month by Miss Rice's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rice of Bellview. Mr. Sherwood is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sherwood. 1020 Jasper street, Medford. The an nouncement was made during a holiday party at the Rice home. The bride-to-be, a teacher in the Portland school system, was graduated from Whitworth col lege, Spokane, Wash. She, was elected to the Who's Who of American Colleges and Univer sities. . . Mr. Sherwood will be gradu ated in June from Idaho State college, Pocatello, Ida. He is a member of Rho Chi, pharmaceu tical honor society. An early summer wedding is planned. Miss Mary Rice (Wong photo) Phoenix Club Phoenix Phoenix Thursday club will hold the monthly busi ness meeting Thursday, January 24, at the home of Mrs. Delano Sloan. Mrs! R. L. Mullen and Mrs. Douglas Roach will be co hpstess. The meeting is set for 8 p.m. man makes hats, fans, jewelry and other accessories. Her tiny doll hats, also pic tured on today's front page, are correctly proportioned and ex quisitely fashioned from straw, felt, braid, velvet, silks, tiny flowers, bits of feather and small quills. She uses both thread and milliner's glue. Native Resident Miss Whitman, born and rear ed in Jackson county, says that her mother taught her to do var ious handwork as a small girl, and that she has enjoyed cre ating various objects ever since. She is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Whit man, her father having been one of the valley's early day law yers. Her grandfather, John Doty Whitman, and a partner, J. H. Stewart, planted the first commercial fruit orchard in Medford, the tract being situated within what is now the city lim its. The orchard was planted where the streets of South Holly, South Grape and South Fir streets adjoin Stewart avenue; Whitman and Stewart avenues are named for the two men. Mrs. R. T. Nichol of Medford is Miss Whitman's sister, and her brothers are Olin T. Whitman, Medford, and Orrin W. Whit man, Astoria. Her mother was the former Sarah North and the family came to Oregon from Adel, la., in 1885. John Henry Whitman, in addition to prac ticing law, founded the first ti tle and abstract company here. He was a cousin of Marcus Whit man, well known Oregon pio neer. Chance Incident Mrs. Davis, who says many think that dollmakers are a bit "fetched in the head" moved to Medford several years ago dur ing the pear packing season. She picked up a gnarled pear one day which she thought looked like a head, and from that chance incident grew a hobby which has brought her nation wide recognition. She peeled the pear, shaped it into a head and hung it to dry. As time went on she experi mented with the process of shap ing the heads and coloring the features and was delighted to find that the natural drying pro cess resulted in a wrinkled and tXrf' j ... df 'Is .BUS TRADITIONAL! CONTEMPORARY! Professional Interior Decorating to Suit Your Purse Sunday, January 20. 1957 - - 1 4 I I f . i, 3 r'C Loretla May Darby (Classic photo) Parents Announce Betrothal News Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Darby, 43 North Peach street, announce the engagement of their daugh ter, Loretta May, to Charles L. Houston, airman second class in the United States Air Force. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Houston, 1014 Maple Park drive. Miss Darby is a student at Medford High school; her fiance is stationed at Ardmore Air Force base in O klahoma. No date has been set for the wedding. Airs. Frank Hussong To Be Club Hostess Mistletoe club will meet Wednesday, January 23 at 10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Frank Hussong, 56 Barneburg road, Medford. The morning will be spent in sewing and members are asked to take scissors and thimble. A covered dish luncheon will be served at noon and table service is required. Hostesses will be Mrs. Hus song, Mrs. E. M. Lovell, Mrs. Alma Hill and Miss Blanch Ar nold. as Hobby wizened face which she could make extraordinarily lifelike by the addition of certain col oring material, eyes, nose, etc. She also uses a preservative to lengthen the keeping qualities. Mrs. Davis makes wigs of many materials, but mostly uses theatrical crepe. The bodies, even the hands and feet, are constructed from wire and a composition which Mrs. Davis perfected herself. The hands are the most difficult, she says, add ing that sometimes she expends four times as much labor on a hand as it would take to carve four heads. Character Dolls When the body is completed Mrs. Davis makes clothing suit able for whatever character the doll is to portray. If it is a his torical doll, she first studies books and old magazines to de termine exactly what the cloth ing should be and attempts to faithfully reproduce material and detail. Her dolls are often shown at work reading a book, using scissors or even playing a hand organ. These articles and ac cessories she finds and buys in all parts of the United States and foreign countries, or makes her self if what she wants cannot be found otherwise. Mrs. Davis' dolls win prizes and are in museums. The Hermit of the Rogue, pictured today. won second prize in a national contest and is now m a doll mu seum in Santa Claus, Ind. She sometimes makes dolls for spe cial collector's orders, and not long ago was asked to submit a design for an "Oregon" doll which a certain firm wishes to feature. The design was accepted and presumably the dolls will be produced before long. Mrs. Davis also makes hpads from other materials, such as ny lon hose, apples, nuts and) pa pier-mache. She often makes .dolls for pairs, families or groups, arid sometimes creates "rooms" or other background for doll scenes. Mrs. Davis and her husband make their home at 429 South Grace street. Both Mrs. x Davis and Miss Whitman have written illustrat ed articles for a national maga zine. Profitable Hobbies. Mn. In MEDFORD Tell Engagement Of Miss Miller, Albert Harrison Mrs. Esther Miller, 433 Ard more avenue, announces the en gagement of her daughter, Car rol Kay, to Albert Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl M. Har rison, 1003 South Peach street. Both young people are 1956 graduates of Medford High school and are attending South ern Oregon college. Miss Miller is a pre-nursing student and Mr. Harrison is majoring' in mer chandising. No date has been set for the wedding. Miss Carrol Kay Miller Chapter to Honor 25-Year Members Central Point Nevita chap ter. Order of Eastern Star, will honor members who have been in OES for 25 years at a meeting Tuesday, January 22, at 8 p.m. in Masonic Temple, Central Point. Mrs. George Brownell and Mrs. Bruce Grieve are chairmen for the meeting. Davis, using the title "Picking Dolls from Pear Trees" wrote an article for the July 1948 issue of the publication and Miss Whitman's article, devoted to her miniature hats, was carried in the December 1956 issue of the magazine. Other members of the doll club are Mrs. Carl Fichtner, in whose home on South Holly street the group picture for to day's issue was made, Mrs. Lois Fretwell, Jacksonville, Mrs. Polly Offut, Mrs. Michelle Rossi, Mrs. Paul Bulkin of Shady Cove and Mrs. Marie Pierce. The wo men work together or alone, as time and circumstances allow, but all agree that making dolls, repairing them and making cloth ing and accessories is a fascin ating and rewarding enterprise. O.S. t N ' t 4 Miss Mary Lou Murphy (Classic photo) Medford Couple Engaged to Wed Mr. and Mrs. A. Q. Murphy, 616 Franquette street, announce the engagement of their daugh ter, Mary Lou, to Richard E. Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Wallace, 1965 Sunset drive, Medford. Miss Murphy was graduated from Medford High school with the class of 1955 and is em ployed by Charles W. Reames, local attorney. Mr. Wallace also attended Medford High school and served with the paratroopers. He is now employed by Kline Logging company. No date has been set for the wedding. 1 Program Planned For Howard PTA Howard Parent-Teacher as sociation will hold the first meeting of the new year Tues day, January 22 at 8 p.m. in the multi-purpose room. Sam Taylor of Elk Lumber company will be the guest speaker. Mr. Taylor has arranged an hour iong program of tape recordings taken from all over the world. E. Ronald Rice will direct the Girls' chorus in a few numbers. This meeting is open to all parents and the public at large as well as PTA members. " Re freshments will be served. 7o Initiate Reams chapter. Order of East ern Star will meet Thursday, January 24 at 8 p.m. at the Med ford Masonic hall. There will be initiation of ntfw members.. Mrs. Don Chase and Mrs. Wil liam Brooks are chairman for the evening. With the growing interest in ballet in this area and through out the country, there has been a steady demand at the Med ford Public library for books on all aspects of this subject. t4'V ' V V 4 hlilllliMitl'i lllMMMftiiMMi iilJiirtlWM ' V i I'll i i II' I I'lfflr ROUND-UP ... of fashion that Is more than casual . . takes care of itself. CALYPSO COTTON and CALICO STRIPE in a tural shade and two glorious colors . . . dash ingly independent pair-offs that are guaranteed machine" washable, crease-resistant, absolutely press free. ' Butte Falls Club Hears Program on Cacti, Succulents Butte Falls The topic of cac ti and succulents was presented by Mrs. Harry Dalton at the January meeting of Butte Falls Garden club last week. Plants known as succulents can be briefly described as those which are capable of surviving long periods of drought, the speaker said. They usually pos sess fleshy or succulent moisture-storing leaves, stems or tub ers. In many of the plant fami-1 lies, or groups having similar characteristics, one may find one or more of that broad classi fication called succulents. All of the plants in the cactus family are succulent, but all succulents are not cacti, she added. A famous desert plant collec tion can be found in the Hunt ington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif. These gardens are now more than 50 acres in size, of which 15 acres are de voted to growth of cacti and suc culents. Cacti native to the west ern hemisphere have greater range in form, size and appear ance than any other plant fam ily, Mrs. Dalton said. Their bril liantly colored flowers of satiny texture are not surpassed in beauty by those of any other plant group, not even by orchids or water lilies. Hylocereous undatus, perhaps the most widely known of the night blooming cereus, has flow ers that often are 10 inches across. Harrisia Regelii, a dif ferent type of night blooming cereus, can be readily trained to climb. Also found here is a specimen of the golden barrel cactus of Mexico which is about 30 years old and weighs approx imately 400 pounds. Another commonly called barrel cactus is nearly three feet high and about 25 years old. The business meeting was preceded by special devotions led by Mrs. John Fuiten. Refreshments were served by the hostess, Mrs. Elga Abbott. 1 EJecfa Social Club To Meef at Bowers Electa Social club will meet with Mrs. Dana W. Bowers, 48 Rose avenue, Friday, January 25, at 1 p.m. for dessert and a business meeting. This will be a birthday meeting. Mrs. Floyd Murray and a committee will Chapter Crater Lake chapter, Daugh ters of the American Revolution, will meet Saturday, January 26, at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. O. T. Heyerman, 125 Winema way. Dr. Auther S. Taylor of j Southern Oregon college will speak on historical landmarks j of Oregon. Priced Separately from $3.95 to $14.95 By . . . KORET OF CALIFORNIA As seen in Glamour and Seventeen Unit to Hear Talk By Psychiatrist Applegate Dr. Harry K. Danielson, psychiatrist with Southern Oregon Child Guid ance clinic, will speak for the next meeting of Applegate Health unit. It will be held Mon day, January 21, at 1:30 p.m. at Ruch school. ' Dr. Danielson will talk on the clinic and medical facilities available in southern Oregon to promote good mental health. A question and answer period will follow. 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