Citizenship
Said Goal
Of Education
Central Point Education for
useful citizenship for all youth
is the main business of the pres
ent day high school, according
to Arthur Straus, principal of
Crater High school, who spoke
at a meeting of Crater High
School Parent Teacher associa
tion on February 25. Even 25
years ago, emphasis was on aca
demic instruction and, generally
only those young people inter
ested in the professions attended
beyond the eighth grad", he
said.
Clarence Mellbye, dean of
boys, explained the scholarship
program and the availability of
financial help in college. Appli
cations, are considered on the
basis of academic standing (us
ually in the highest fourth of
the class grade average), capa
city for leadership and extra
curricular activities (interest
shown in band, drama, art, etc.)
character references, and finan
cial need.
Students Leslie Goff, Maxine
Day and Bill Callender summar
ized the benefits of the driver
training course taught by Earle
Fichtner, stating that even those
who thought they knew how to
drive benefited by the course,
learning the fundamentals of
safe driving, parking, signaling,
and safety for themselves and
others. Mr. Fichtner said that
the records of teen-age car acci
dents showed that only ten per-
cent of those involved had any
driver training, and that auto
insurance rates were reduced for
those who received instruction
in driver training classes.
The Rev. William Miller, min
ister of Gold Hill Christian
church, gave the invocation.
Mrs. Chester Ashton reported a
total of 243 members. Donald
Lacy announced the southern
Oregon district debate tourna
ment for March 9.
Legislative chairman C. C.
Thompson reported on the prog
ress of state school legislation,
and urged a letter writing pro
gram in support of pending bills
which would benefit local school
districts. Superintendent H. P.
Jewett also spoke briefly about
the effect which the bills for ba
sic school support and district
reorganization would have on
District 6C.
Mrs. C. B. Corby presided,
and Mrs. Charles Taylor intro
duced the speakers. Mothers of
the junior class provided re
freshments which were served
by Mrs. E. C. Kime, Mrs. Roger
von der Hellen, and Mrs. Ray
Britton who is co-chairman of
hospitality.
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Soup Break
Your working day at home
or in the office will go better if
you arrange to stop mid-morning
for a cup of soup. If you're count
ing calories, make it clear, light
and hot. Or if you need extra
nourishment, choose a rich and
creamy type.
Trench Coat "Swiped" By Women
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Friday March 1. 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Gay Pauley
By GAY PAULEY
United Press Correspondent
New York ;U.R The women
have swiped another style from
the men. This time, ifs a trench
coat which the
gals are buy
ing as if they
were members
of a cloak-and-d
a g ger opera
tion instead of
the ladies' aid.
One retailer
even advertises
the coat as
"guaranteed to
make you feel you're followed. "
Other stores dub it "foreign cor
respondent" or "foreign intrigue."
This feminine pirating of
men's styles is hardly news, said
Vincent Rendich. whose com
pany is largely responsible for
women running around looking
like Mata Hari.
"We always think of women's
wear as originating the ideas."
said Rendich. "But look back
through history. Men started,
and women copied, shoe buckles,
lace, wigs, beauty marks. Even
high heels originated with the
men at the court o Louis XIV.
Lots of Firsts
"More recently, it was the
men who first wore slacks, the
argyles which the women adopt
ed as knee-highs, the charcoal
colors, walking shorts, madras
shirts, even the pink trend which
women got around to a year
later."
Rendich, a veteran of 23 years
in the apparel industry, said he
had not tried to figure all the
reasons women take to mascu
line styles. "That is farthe psy
chiatrist to ponder on."
4-H
CLUB
NEWS
Busy Bees Sewing Club
The meeting was callea to
order by President Linda Walk
er. We received our permanent
record books for 4-H projects.
We keep these books for all the
! years that we are in 4-H.
I Under new business we dis-
! cussed the Mothers Tea we have
! Irt Anril . chmir Ihf Wnrlf WP
have accomplished. Pamela Free
man was appointed chairman of
the Tea committee. The rest of
the meeting was spent working
on our stuffed animal.
Peggy Dye
Reporter
Grange Notes
Butle Falls Grange
Butte "alls Grange will meet
in regular session Monday,
March 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the
high school auditorium.
The program will be held be
fore the business meeting and it
will consist of reports from the
high school students on student
government day, a basketball
summary plus instrumental num
bers played by the young people.
Maud Arnold.
Publicity Chairman.
Maybe, he said, in the case of
the trench coat it is the dash,
the swagger it has. "Or maybe
the coat has come to symbolize
mystery", intrigue ... a touch of
the continental," said Rendich.
His firm, Valmeline Imports,
introduced the women's trench
coat two years ago and Rendich
said the first big "push" came
from a famous Dallas specialty
shop.
Now, U.S. women buy 70 per
cent of the coats, which actual-1
ly are West German-made by
the firm of Val Mehler, and sold
through its New York corporation.
World War I
Rendich said the trench coat
originated with the military men
of World War I. Soldiers needed
an all purpose coat to protect
them against the wetness of the
trenches and also to carry can
t e e n. ammunition, binoculars
and other equipment.
"That's why all the gadgetry
on the true trench," he said.
Some of fhe present-day ones
for women are refined a bit
such things as the "D" rings on
the belt, for attaching binocu
lars, are gone.
And the colors no longer are
confined to the khaki of the first
world war. Rendich makes them
in off-white, almost a beige tone;
navy; dior blue, lighter than
navy, and a new stark white. He
believes women will take to the
white, even though it is not as
practical as the other colors.
"The trench coat is more
glamorous battered up a bit," he
said.
Medford Lodge
Confers Degree .
Medford . lodge, International
Order of Odd Fellows, conferred
the first degree on two candi
dates Tuesday evening. Later
birthday cakes were served in
honor of Duane M. Curtis, Perry
Erickson, Marcus McKenzie,
Herbert Outhouse. Aubrey Wis
dom and McKinley Finnell. Wil
liam Boyd of Ajo, Ariz. was a
visitor.
It was decided to accept the
invitation of Gold Hill lodge to
visit them Tuesday, March 12
and take two candidates along
to receive the second degree.
What makes a woman
memorable?
Men seldom expect a saint or '
want one. And beauty, with
out other attributes, can soon
become a bore.
In March Reader's Digest,
John Mason Brown defines the
all-conquering qualities which
set a woman apart for a man,
and make her a joy to think of, "
a delight to see, and impossible
to forget.
Get March Reader's Digest
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