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xjj L r-i-T-irntwn yiMiTmj mjii , ,-.r nt ., in nil LaaMHiH Three officers of the Oregon Federated Women's club attended the 44th annual con vention of District One held Thursday in Talent Community church with Talent Com munity club as the host organization. Pic tured (left to right) are Mrs. John Devereux, Bandon, second vice president of the state federation; Mrs. Walter Brown, Klamath Professor, Officers Speak for Talent Taking as his topic "Knowledge is Power," Dr. Ar thur Kreisman of Southern Ore gon college spoke for the 44th annual convention of District One, Oregon Federated Women's club, held Thursday in Talent Methodist church. This topic was the convention theme. ; Among the convention guests were Mrs. George Rossman, Sa lem, president of the state fed- pratinrv , Mrs Walfpr Rrnwn. Klamath ' Falls, first vice-presi dent; Mrs. John Devereaux, Bandon, second vice-president, Mrs. Carl Peterson, Ashland, district president, presided. "People lack power in propor tion to their lack of knowledge," Dr. Kreisman said, and declared both history and the backward nations of today prove this point. "We 'in America are blessed with great libraries and commu nication facilities x which offer everyone an opportunity for gaining knowledge," Dr. Kreis man said. "Though we possess a great overall mass of knowl edge, there is still a serious lag between the overall mass and the individual; this'results in ig norance, misery and misunder standing," the "speaker contin ued. Ignorance Cited Less obvious forms of ignor ance of sex knowledge, religion, race, materialism and of the bonds of outmoded rules and manners of the past bring mis ery, hatred and strife, he stress ed. "The basic need is to seek the truth through knowledge," Dr. Kreisman said in conclu sion. "Any house built on false hood will fall from inward cor rosion." Mrs. Rossman talked on the history of the Federated Wom en's clubs, organized in New York in 1868 by three women and which now has a member ship of 11 millions. Achieve ments of the past year in Ore gon were reviewed and stress placed on those departments where greater activity is need ed. She said emphasis is being placed on the Community Achievement contest of Sears, Roebuck company. The exten sion of libraries and the need for greater participation in pub lic affairs was stressed by Mrs. Rossman. Speaker for the luncheon was Mrs. Devereux who presented the concept that woman's re sponsibility today in a modern society extends beyond the home 617 East Main jjeami laairit Shop at the Pink Store . . . Where You Fark at the Door Falls, first vice president; Mrs. George Ross man, Salem, president; Mrs. Carl Peterson, Ashland, president of District One and Mrs. Charles Long, Talent Community club presi dent. Convention speaker was Dr. Arthur ' Kreisman of Southern Oregon college; he and Mrs. Kreisman were luncheon guests. (Kenn Knackstedt photo). circle into a worldwide field of service to promote better under standing. She said this could be accomplished through partic ipation in clubs. "Every woman should use all of her potentials for promoting peace among races, dispelling ignorance and prejudices and cementing friend ships, she said. Cleanup Announced Mrs. Devereux ' announced April 22-27 as Spring Cleanup week, and said there should be a special campaign to collect and destroy containers which had carried poisonous insecticides, since many of these containers fall into the hands of small chil dren. Luncheon music was arranged bj Mrs. Jack Suksdorf. On the program were the Mesdames Ross and Ernest Twedell, John Thornton of Ashland and Med ford, and Miss Arleta Knowles, Grants Pass. Wildflowers centered the luncheon tables and place favors of butterflies and pelicans were Blossom Time Shozv To. Be Thursday Central Point A group of 18 models will participate in the "Blossom Time" luncheon and style review to be given Thurs day, April 25, by Nevita Social club. This annual event will be held in .the Junior High school gymnasium, Fourth and Bush streets, 'with luncheon to be served at 12:30 o'clock. Members modeling will be Mrs. Frank Ross, Mrs. O. W. Turnquist, Mrs. Ted Flury, Mrs. Wendell Vaughn, Mrs. Fred Les ter, Mrs. -Francis Russell; Mrs. George ,Barber, Mrs. Victor Bur sell, Mrs.' Melviri 'McCrew, and Mrs. Donald A. Faber. Students modeling will be Miss Phyllis Briggs, Miss Sandra Ghelardi and Miss Kay Askwith. Modeling tots clothing will be Society to Meet In Eagle Point Rouge Valley Herb society will meet Tuesday, April 23, at 12:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. William Perry, Eagle Point, for a "green salad luncheon." Roll call' response will be an unusual use of a spice. Mesdames" Melchoir Hocken berger and Edgar Vanderlip will demonstrate herb cookery. Visitors interested in herbs are welcome to attend. Phone 2-8992 , Meeting gifts of the Women's Library club,- Klamath Falls. Mrs. Charles O. Long, presi dent of Talent Community club, served as convention hostess and the invocation was by Mrs. C H. Pendleton, Ashland. Mrs. F. D. Rauber, Illinois Valley Wom en s club responded to the wel coming address and Mrs. Ger trude Bartlett, Ashland, led a memorial service. President of member clubs made activity re ports, all indicating community service. Department chairman told of the work being done in the fields of American home, youth conservation, adult education, public affairs, safety, interna tional affairs, fine arts, poetry and the newest department, re ligions of the world. At adjournment the conven tion gave a vote of thanks to Mrs. Peterson, and to the Rev. Alice Mae Wolley and women of the Talent Methodist church for the facilities of the church, Cragi Flury, Linda Faber, Mary Melinda and Stevie and Sheryl Vaughn. Mrs. Merrill Harsh is general chairman of the event and Mrs Robert Chamberlain is decora tions chairman. Mrs.' Marshall Weidman heads the kitchen com mittee and Mrs. Faber, publici ty. . Tickets may be obtained from members of Nevita Social club Clothing from Mann's store will be modeled, and music will be provided by John Lusk and the Crater High school choir. 4 Medford Student Selected at OSC Miss Maralee Chisholm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' John Chisholm, 3387 Lone Pine road, Medford, has been chosen as one of the fifteen girls nominated for the title of Miss OSC' at Oregon State college at Corval lis. " - Miss Chisholm, a freshman at OSC, was one of those selected from the original 50 girls nom inated for the title. The number of candidates will be narrowed to five girlswho will comprise the 1957 court of Miss OSC. The queen will be chosen from these five May 10 and 11 Miss Chisholm is a 1956 grad uate .of Medford High school. She is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority.. - Chapter Announces ' Obligation Night ' Central Point Nevita chap ter, Order of Eeastern Star an nounces a potluck dinner Tues day, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Masonic hall in Central Point. Serving on the commit tee for the affair will be Mr. and Mrs. Ray Allred, Mrs. W. J. McCulloch, Mrs. George Barber and Mrs. Gus ' Olson: Members are asked to bring salads, veg etables or a dessert, and their own service. Following the dinner hour a stated meeting will be held at 8 p.m., observing obligation night. Lone Pine Teachers HreJ for Next Year Lone Pine school district 10 has hired all teachers for the 1957-58 school year, school of ficials announcd Saturday. , They include. Mrs. Mabel Hundley, 'first grade; Mrs. Edith M. Thornton, second grade; Mrs. Rachel E. Schell, third grade; Mrs. Dorothy Rix and Mrs. Ruth E. Brostad, fourth grade; Mrs. Mildred 'Schwendener, ; fifth grade; Mrs. Beatrice V. Lindsay, sixth grade; Mrs. Frances K. Henry, seventh grade; Niles B. Smith, eighth grade; Richard M. Michaelis, music; and Lee Mer riman, principal. Cunningham-Charley Rites Take Place in California Crescent City Miss Shirley Charley became the bride of Kenneth Cunningham in a dou ble ring ceremony Sunday, April 14, at the Church of Christ in Crescent City. The Rev. Leo Douglas officiated at the after noon ceremony. The bride is a daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Charley, for mer residents of Medford and now of Crescent City. The bride groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cunningham of Wonder Stump road near Crescent City. Easter lilies snd baskets of white stock and pastel colored painted daisies : decorated the church. - Given in marriage by her fath er, the bride wore a waltz length gown of spun raw silk styled with fitted bodice of chantijly lace and full skirt. The ' dress was . embroidered with' seed pearls as was the lace cape that held her finger tip length veil. She carried a white orchid en circled by stephanotis. Miss Deanna Tennis was hon or attendant and wore a shell pink frock of crysallette. Miss Connie Charley, sister of the bride, and Miss Darlene Wheeler of Selma, Ore., were brides maids. Miss Charley wore a frock of hyacinth blue crystal lette while Miss Wheeler was in coral pink crystallette. Their dresses were styled as the honor attendant's. They all wore white accessories and carried colonial bouquets of pink and white car nations. " Little Christie and Margie Mullen, , nieces of the bride groom, were flowergirls.. They wore yellow and .blue taffeta frocks with white accesories and carried baskets of yellow and white carnations. James Wilder came from Klamath Falls to serve as best man. Edward Derring and Wil liam Hayworth of Klamath Falls, seated the guests. For her daughter's wedding Mrs. Charley chose a brown silk suit with brown and white ac cessories. Mrs. Cunningham wore a sheath dress of green and white silk print with short green jacket and orange and white ac cessories. They both wore white carnation corsages. Following the' wedding a re ception Was held at Redwood Union school. Lilacs and daffo dils decorated the. bride's table . The bride attended public school in Central Point and was graduated from Del Norte High school. She is employed in Cres cent City. The bridegroom at tended schools in Klamath Falls Del Norte High school, and GleiL- "Spling Fling" At Country Club Rogue Valley Country club committees will complete plans this week for a Big Oriental Sur prise dance, the annual "spling fling" of the club. The formal dance will be held. Saturday. April 27, at the clubhouse. Invitations received ' by club members promised "honorable guests" would have an oriental buffet presided over by geisha girls and that "coolies will park your rickshaw." The Hong Kong Hptshots will play in the Crest Room, and the Shanghai Shakers in the main dining room. Cocktails will be served from 8 to 9 pjn. and dancing is plan ned from. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. The Frank Hopewells are gen eral chairmen, with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hull assisting. Mr. and Mrs. S.' L. Gilbert are in charge of planning the oriental buffet dinner, and Mr., and Mrs. Walter Spear are decorations chairmen. Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis are publicity chairmen. Outdoor Living Tips Given by Architect . Madison, Wis. (U.PJ Now is the time to start planning for outdoor living this summer, 'Jo seph Elfner, University of Wis consin landscape architect, said. Elfner' said the first step in planning is to pick an area that is convenient to the house with probably some type of paved area as a solid floor for equip ment. : For furniture, Elfner suggests choosing something that's com fortable, attractive and weather- proofed. Enclosure overhead and around the sides should be con sidered - along with screened areas for night-time use. Men Like Women who wear Prince - Matchabelli's newest fragrance, 'Added Attrac tion Cologne. You know. Added Attraction is the jtartling new perfume that's famous for its sophisticated fragrance. "Now the. new cologne has the same divine scent sophisticated and world ly, rich yet woodsy -and the same wonderfully lasting quality. Splash it on freely and feel delicious for . hours on end. Come into Hudson's Pharmacy and let Ethyl lockard give you a teasing taste of the fragrance that really does some thing for you . . . Prince Mateha belli's Added Attraction Cologne. 2 ounces J2, 4 ounces $3.50. HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 East Main, 1 Block East of dale college. He served with the United States Army in Germany for two years and is now associ ated with his father in business at Crescent City. . 'For her traveling attire the bride wore a blue and white checked suit with white acces sories. The newlyweds traveled to Las Vegas Nev. and are now at home on Wonder Stump road near Crescent City. Among the out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mr', and Mrs. Glen Winkle and family Mrs.- Frank Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Charley, and Mrs. William Jennings, all of Central Point; Alan Dahlke, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Monia and daugh ter, and Mrs. Henry Dahlke, all of Medford; Mrs. Floyd Young of Talent. , . Missouri Names Mother of Year; Son Lives Here Mrs. M. E. Humphreys, Gait, Mo., : mother of G. Humphreys of Ross lane, Medford, has been chosen Missouri Mother for 1957 according to an announcement by Mrs. George W. Diemer, state chairman in Missouri of the Am erican Mothers' committee. Mrs. Humphreys is a sister of Mrs. A. W. Pipes, formerly of Med ford and now of South Pasa dena, Calif. Mrs. Humphreys is the. moth er of five sons. They are Philip of Medford; Dr. Marshall Eugene Humphreys Jr., Dr. Alfred W. and Dr. Arthur F. Humphreys, who are twins, and Dr. Loren Stanley .Humphreys. Mrs. Humphreys, , born Euna Grace Reger of Reger, Mo., has been active in church and civic enterprises. She is a member of Gait Methodist church and has worked in many of its organi zations; has been active in home extension work and in garden clubs of the area. The honored woman is a member of the Daughters of the American Rev olution, General John Sullivan chapter, which sponsored her for the nomination. Her hobbies are floriculture and the study of antiques; her floriculture specialties, are roses and African violets, and she has successfully hybridized iris, he- merocallis and the violets. The son residing in Medford is an electrical engineer and is production superintendent for California-Oregon Power comp pany in charge of the operation of power plants and transmis sion ; systems. Philip, the eldest of the five sons, was formerly a lieutenant in the United States Navy. His sons are Philip, 14, and Larry, 10. Drs.- Marshall and - Loren Humphreys own and operate Humphreys hospital 'at Tuscum bia, Mo. Dr. Alfred Humphreys is state supervisor of music for Montana, with headquarters in Helena, and Arthur Humphreys is chairman of the Department of Fine Arts in Eastern Montana College of Education, Billings. Mrs. Humphrey's husband, a tax consultant, is a former Mis souri legislator. Director to Speak For Rose Society Mrs. Nat Schoen, Vancouver, Wash., northwest district di rector of the American Rose so ciety, will be in Medford Mon day, April 22, to speak for a meeting of Medford Rose so city. It will be held at 7:45 p.m. in the, courthouse auditorium. Mrs. Schoen will speak on ex hibiting roses and will possibly have some actual rose blossoms with which to demonstrate her talk. Plans for the forthcoming district convention and rose show to be held 'June 7 and 8 will also be discussed. . , Prize for the evening will be the hybrid tea ' rose "Living." Refreshments will be served fol lowing the meeting. Anyone interested in growing roses and learning more about them is invited to attend ' any of the meetings of the socity and also become a member. Grandmothers' Club Announces Meeting - National Grandmothers club, Rogue chapter, will meet Mon day, April 22, at 1 p.m. at the home- of Mrs. Jennie Hutchin son, 522 West Tenth street. . ETHYL LOCKARD Hawthorne Park Phone 3-5343 Sunday, April 21, 1957 Dew-Ferrante Rites Announced Miss Alice Virginia Ferrante became the bride of ' Benjamin George Wilkinson Dew, son of Capt. and Mrs. Irvin Lowell Dew pf Moffett Field and Los Altos, m a ceremony held April 13 in California. ' The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Ferrante of Hattoh Fields, Calif. The bride groom is a nephew of Mrs. Vir ginia Sherwood and Mrs. Ste phen G. Nye of Medford and of Roger Dew of Central Point. The bride, given in marriage, by her father, wore a frock of pale smoke organza with lace trim. Her veil was held by a matching satin hat and she" car ried white orchids with stephan otis. . . ' Miss Angela Anne Ferrante attended her sister. Captain Dew served as best man for his son. Following the ceremony a re ception was held at the home of the bride. . r ' The bride is a junior at Stan ford university. The bridegroom attended -Monterey Peninsula college and is a graduate 1 of Dartmouth where he was a mem- 1?er. of Sigma Alpha Epsilon so cial fraternity. He served - two years in the United States Navy and is now a graduate student at Stanford university. He plans to enter McGill university Fac ulty of. Medicine . in Montreal, Canada, this fall. The newiyweds are making their home in Palo Alto. Visitor Is Guest At Dinner Party Mr. and Mrs. Elmer O. Olson, ' Old Stage road, entertained Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson and Hildebrand Anderson Sunday evening for dinner. Hildebrand Anderson, contractor from Stockholm, Sweden, is visiting his brother, David, here. ' During the past week (he An dersons and Olsons have visited at Crater Lake park, Klamath Falls, Crescent City, and other places, in southern Oregon and northern California, as well as points of interest in the valley. Mr. Anderson will leave Thursday for San Francisco prior , to returning to Sweden. This is his first visit with his brother in 30 years. MEDFORD, ' Kv 'Hi HrV" Jfe Quality Diamonds Honestly Priced for Over a 'Quarter of a Century MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Fusons Return From California Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fuson re turned to their home, on East Main street after spending the past several weeks in California. In Beverly Hills they were guests of their daughter, Mrs. Gordon Heaver, and later they went to Fresno to visit th'eir son, Dr. Thomas J. Fuson, and his family. While in Beverly r Hills the Fusons attended concerts given by Dame -Myra Hess and Isaac Stern. Mrs. Fuson and her daughter .also attended a fashion show which had as special guests Mrs. Perle Mesta, former United States ambassador to Luxembourg, and the well known California designer, Mar usha. from Purucker Piano House "Southern Oregon's Oldest and Largest Music Store" ' Home of STEINWAY CHICKERING KNABE WURLITZER HAMMOND ORGAN Magnificent Magnavox High Fidelity Phonograph and Television Conn Band Instruments 111 North PHONE Medford's Finest Jewelers and Silversmiths Gloriously, Joyously Easter Is Here A season of deep and abiding happiness, a time to experience anew in our hearts all the shining wonder of spiritual rebirth. Ai you open your heart to the miracle of . the Easter, story may you find en- , .- during joy and inspiration. 4 For the Gifts You 11 Give With Pride Let Brophy"s Be Your Guide ;lers OREGON Second Annual Banquet Planned The second annual junior-senior banquet for high school stu dents will be held May 11 in the Pioneer room of the Jackson ho tel, Medford. This church-sponsored event is for students who do not wish to attend the annual proms' given by the various high schools of the valley, and high school students of the partici pating churches are working on decorations and the program. Don Strpm, chairman, has call ed three - meetings of various committees and announces that details are well planned. The chairman stresses that the ban quet is not meant to compete with the dances, but only to pro vide a comparable event for those students who do not at tend dances. GREETINGS the Central Ave. 2-5702 Medford ci-Mj
