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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, April 3, 1957 MedfowvWTmbuke otrwrw Legion Auxiliary To Sponsor Troop; Parade Planned In recognition of community service month, it was voted at the last meeting of Medford Am erican Legion auxiliary to spon sor Girl Scout Troop 164 of Roosevelt school, under the lead ership of Mrs. George Gan non. She is assisted by Mrs. Ho mer Elzea and Mrs. Austin King. Four girls of the troupe, Susan House. Eileen Elzea, Sandra Gannon and Connie King gave a short resume of their program and projects in which they have been participating in the past year. It wag reported that six Am erican flags had been given to the Girl Scout neighborhood chairman of the Jackson and Lincoln school district for dis tribution to troops in that area. A large American flag was also presented to McLoughlin Junior High school by Americanism chairman, Mrs. Merle Jarmin at a recent assembly held at the school. Mrs. Ed Leach announced that the film taken at the Girls State session at Salem last year had been shown at Medford Senior High school, St. Mary's academy and Crater High school with much interest being shown by eligible girls. As in previous years, the auxiliary will again sponsor two outstanding junior girls, with the Catholic parents' group, Zonta club, and the joint League of Women Voters, Re publican and Democratic Wom en each sponsoring one. Mrs. Earl Bigalow, who is be ing assisted by Mrs. Leach, re ported on progress being made for the wheel chair parade that will take place at Camp White on, Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.m. The units throughout the state are cooperating in this project by making paper flowers with which the men will decorate their wheel chairs, and prizes will be awarded the winners. Airs. Clarence Grund, Dallas, de partment president of Oregon, will be present for the parade, along with other department of ficers. Mrs. Ross Minneci announced that the unit has submitted two candidates for king and queen, respectively, for the Pear Festi val parade. They are Angela He sick for tueen and David Min neci for king. The Medford auxiliary will sponsor a birthday party at Camp White April 10 for all those men having birthdays this month. Entertainment will con sist of several numbers by Mrs. Aaron , Ayres' square dance group and the Medford Mother singers, under the, direction of Mrs. Leroy Jensen. Initiation ceremonies will be held at the April meeting with the past presidents in charge un der the chairman ship of Mrs. Herb Gifford. Refreshments were served af ter the meeting by Mrs. Polly Offutt and Mrs. Minnie Bryant. Camp Fire Sale Opens The annual spring sale con ducted by Camp Fire Girls of the Rogue council will begin today and last through April 18. Miss Saylor's chocolate covered mints will again be pold and in addi tion the girls will sell Circus salted peanuts. Both will sell for fifty cents apiece. The mints are boxed in packages designed especally for the sale and the circus peanuts will have special bands on them identifying the units as the official Camp Fire product. Camp Fire Girls do not take orders but will call in per son with the mints and peanuts. Profits from the sale will be divided between the council and the groups. A profit of ten cents will be received by the group for each box of mints or can of peanuts sold. Many girls will be selling to earn a week at resident camp, which is located at Lake 'O the Woods and known as Camp Ka-Est-A. Others will be selling to earn their ceremonial gowns and jackets and all will be earning money for group pro jects. Many of the Blue Birds willbe selling and saving their profits in order to day ,camp in the early summer. The council pro fit will be used for general operating funds, day and group camping. For many of the new Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls this will be their first venture into the business world and it is hoped that the people of the community will encourage them to earn their own way, a coun cil spokesman states. Those not contacted and wish ing to purchase the mints or the peanuts may call the Camp Fire office, 3-5679. Candy Sales Chairman for the area are: Mrs. Elmo Stevenson, Ashland; Mrs. Don Kimmel, Eagle Point; Frank Christian, Talent; Mrs. Ruthe Gerety, Med ford. Camp B'ire Girls are a member of the United Medford Crusade. Girl Scouts Git Dance Girl Scout Troop 205 of Rogue River sponsored a dance March 22 - that was attended by about 150 young people. The dance was held in the VFW hall from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. All Girl Scouts and their leaders, Boy Scouts and their leaders, seventh and eighth grade students and teach ers and numerous sponsors from Rogue River clubs were present. Mrs. Homer Classick, leader of Troop 205, was in charge of ar rangements which included mu sic selected by John Crissman, grade school teacher, and re freshments. The chaperones commended the young people on their good behavior and the girls of Troop 205 for the cookies they baked. A traffic death occurs in the United States about every 16 minutes. Audio-Visual Aids Subject of Talk For Crater PTA Central Point Audio-visual aids, developed during World War II, are being used extensive ly to supplement the written and spoken word in the class rooms of today, according to James McDonald, director of audio-visual aids and public re lations for the Jackson county schools, who spoke March 25 for a meeting of Crater High School Parent-Teacher associa tion. Educational television might relieve classroom and teacher shortages in the future, but the expense of producing teaching films is at present too high to be very practical, he said. Clynton Crisman of Medford Friends church gave the invoca tion. Officers elected for the next school year were Mrs. Lewis Kilbourn. president. Mrs. Chest er Ashton, first vice president, Clinton Charley, second vice president, Mrs. Earl Sands, sec retary and Albert Piche, treasurer. Mrs. C. B. Cordv. president, and Mr. Charley, hospitality co chairman, requested members. to save MJB bands for a coiiee maker. Claude Thompson, legis lative chairman, thanked the members for responding to the call for letters to state senators and representatives in favor of HB 171 for -increase of basic school support funds, and re ported ort the current status of three important school measures. Mrs. Ashton. ' membership chairman, reported the final total as 254 members. Principal Arthur Straus announced the snrine concert of Crater High school music department to be held Friday, April 5, and called attention to the safety campaign being conducted by the staff of Crater Comments, the school paper. Mrs. Frances Willett, teacher of home economics, presented 26 members of her freshman home making class in a style review. Vanca Russell and Vicki Work man were narrators for Nancie Hopper, Caroline Forrester, Inez Viers, Peggy Jones, Rae Burritt, Mary Howard, Sandy Renfro, Pat Allen, Joan Ekov, Sandra Forrester, Patty Kime, Lois Young, Jeannette Purdy, Kath erine Straus, Laurel Setness. Connie McDonough, Patti Straus, Julie Ashton, Lois Ralls, Barbara Walters, Lynn Holder, Melba Tucker, Gayle Hagen and Donna Meade. Refreshments were furnished by the senior class mothers, and served by Mrs. W.' J. Jennings and Mrs. Ray Britton. The next meeting, on April 22, will be open house, and will feature displays by the shop and art departments. Happy Harvesters Dance Canceled Happy Harvesters' Square Dance club announces that the club will not hold a dance Satur day, April 6. SEWING CLUB The DAV auxiliary sewing club will meet Thursday morn ing at the home of Mrs. Lynn Elliott, 513 Oregon terrace. A potluck dinner will be served at noon. ..ii,a.ir in in i i.n u --nil i- - t - Miiii.ni '" . 'i " CtMiriMl' ji w - . Thirty Medford women recently completed a Red Cross canteen training session under the direction of two Oregon State Extension service workers. Pictured here are (left to right) Mrs. Grace Fiero, chairman, Mrs. Rob ert E. Mclntyre, Miss Mary Pat Lucy, one of the instructors, Mrs. Ernest Ruegger and Mrs. Allen B. Drury. The canteen corps will have the responsibility for emergency feeding in any natural disaster and will also take future training to prepare for civil defense emergencies. Israeli Resident To Speak for UN - Mrs. Dora Elon of Tel-Aviv, Israel, will speak for the April meeting of Medford chapter, Oregon United Nations associa tion according to George Rode, chapter president. The meeting will be Thursday, April 11, at St. Mark's Episcopal church. Mrs. Elon served as attache of the Embassy of Israel in Wash ington in 1955 and 1956. A for mer teacher at Herzliah High school in Tel-Aviv and at Ruppin College of Agriculture at Emek Hefer, Mrs. Elon served through out the Israel War of Liberation as welfare and cultural officer of an infantry brigade and saw front line service in the battle for the Negev. 4 India has 30 universities and 890 colleges. Party Announced By Dance Class The beginners square dance class at the Medford YMCA will hold a dance party starting at 8 p.m. Monday, April 8, in the social hall at the Y, the commit tee in charge has announced. Square dancers from the area have been invited, and those at tending have been asked to bring potluck refreshments. Coffee will be furnished, according to committee members. The beginners class, taught by Doug Fosbury with assistance from Ken Hood, started early in January. Fosbury said an intermediate class will be held starting Mon day, April 22, and continue for six weeks. The course will be open for square dancers who wish to "brush up" on their dancing, he said. Family Business And Law Class Opens Thursday Eagle Point First in a series of meeting on "Family Business and Law" will be held Thurs day, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Eagle Point Grange ha'll. These meetings are sponsored by the home extension service and the speakers are provided by Jackson County Bar associa tion. The public is cordially invited to attend all of these meetings. A coffee hour will follow, with an informal question and answer period. The next meet ings will be held April 11 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. Subjects to be covered at these meetings will be probated, wills, 1 deeds, etc. Red Cross Training Completed 1 A class of 30 women recently completed a Red Cross canteen training course according " to Mrs. Helen A. Wilson, executive secretary for Jackson county chapter. The course was given under the direction of Miss Mar jorie Hattan and Miss Mary Pat Lucy of the Oregon State Exten sion service. Recruits will have the respon sibility for emergency feeding in any natural disaster and will also take future training to work with civil defense in any emer gency. .They will also provide food for Red Cross services held at the chapter house, as well as any request under, chapter ac tivities at Camp White, conva lescent homes, etc., Mrs. Wilson states. Mrs. Grace Fiero is chairman of the service, with Mrs. Roy V. Rickard as co-chairman. Registered in the class were Mrs. J. H. Hicks, Mrs. Ernest Ruegger, Mrs. Allen B. Drury, Mrs. James Stevens, Mrs. Ber thold Barnum, Mrs. Frank Pres ton, Mrs. Jennie Creager, Mrs. Ralph G. Bardwell, Mrs. J. E. Russell, Mrs. William H. Bart lett, Mrs. Walter Tomlin, Mrs. E. Ray More, Mrs. Stephen G. Nye, Mrs. Howard C. Beeler, Mrs. James Callan, Mrs. Floyd Hart Jr., Mrs. Rodger Sterton, Mrs. Jack Lewis, Mrs. Frank Ross, Mrs. Aimee Deuel, Mrs. Robert E. Mclntyre, Mrs. C. E Mclntyre, Mrs. John S. Day, Mrs. Agnar Larsen, Mrs. Leila A. Morrow, Mrs. Georgia Beeler, Mrs. George Roberts, Mrs. Earl B. Day and Mrs. Martin Luther Medford Student Leaves for Alaska 5 Ricky Werner, junior at Ore gon State college, has arrived in Alaska where he will spend the next six months on special work for the United States Fish and Wildlife service. The young man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard D. Werner of Medford, has been Assigned to the Sablefish, and will work under the super vision of a marine biologist of the fish and wildlife service. Young Werner left Medford March 25 by air for Seattle and there visited briefly with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Root, cousins of his mother. He continued to Ketchikan by Pan-American air ways. The student plans to return to the states in September to enter OSC for the fall term. 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