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Cor! Norrij, chairmen of tKe annuo! convention of Northwest district,
American Ros oci'y, o be Ke'd here June 7-8. and Mrs. Norris, co-chairmen
of trie oc:eiy't annuo! rose show Jjr.e 7, are shown here in the
garden of their home on Lozier lone. They are exomining a small rose
bush, one of four which Mrs. Norris grew from seed, a cross of Mrs. Pierre
S. DuPont ond Crimson Glory. The clirr.bing rose at left is a Mrs. Sam
McGredy which was covered with blooms Monday.
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Mrs. Not Schoen, Vancouver, Wash., North
west district chairman of the American
Rose society, will be in Medford June 7-8
to preside over the annual district conven
tion. She is a trustee of the American Rose
foundation and a candidate for the vice
presidency of ARS.
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Mrs. Charles Andreoson, Eugene, (at left) and Mrs. W. R. Peabody, chaft
man of the third annual rose show of Medford Rose society, are shown in
Mrs. Peabody's garden at 922 Murray avenue. Mrs. Andreoson, who has
about 1,200 rose bushes of about 800 varieties in her garden, spoke for
the local club Monday night. A registered row show judge, Mrs. Andreoson
instructed club members and visitors on how to select and prepare blossoms )
for showing and blossom quoliti which judge leek for when examiningO
the f iowers.
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Eldred Peyfot, prasident of Medford Ros society. Is shown at low
rnnce's Jewelry store here with two of the trophies to be awarded
during the third onnuo! show of the society to be held Friday, June 7,
of Medford High school. Entries will be received from 4:30 to 9:30
am., the show will be judged from 10 a.m. to noon and will be
opened to the public from 1 te 9 p.m.
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.Beqisfrarion for h Northwt district convention, American Rose society, will open here Friday ot the Medford
hotel under e supervision these four members of the host group, Medford Rose society. Pictured ore (left to
rieht) Mist Huts Sufcrlir, Mrs. . H. Travis, Mrs. B. W. Netherlond ond Mrs. E. P. Updike. Delegates and other rose
JKit from four Pocif e northwest ito? and British Columbia will attend the sessions; more than 150 visitors
a- jiocted. The convention proaraTi includes a public rose show, a judging forum and class, a garden tour
ond talks on various phases of rose growing.
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By Olive Starcher
Medford Rose society will be host next week end
for the ninth annual convention of the Northwest
district, American Rose society. Sessions will be held
June 7 and 8, and the third annual rose show of the
Medford society will take place Friday.
.More than, 1 50 rose growers from Oregon, Wash
ington, British Columbia and parts of Montana and
Idaho included in the Northwest district are expected
to attend the convention sessions and hundreds of
roses will be entered in the annual show.
Mrs. Nat Schoen, Vancouver, Wash., Northwest
district director of the ARS, will be here for the
convention and show. Carl Norris and Mrs. L. G.
Gentner of the local society are convention co-chairmen
and Mrs. Wilbur Peabody it rose show chair
man, with Mrs. Norris as co-chairman.
Convention speaker will include Dr. Charles
Vernon Covell, Berkeley, Clif., past president of the
ARS, who will talk at a banquet Saturday night at
Rogue Valley Country club; fred Glaes, director of
ARS from Reading, Perm., who will conduct a forum
discussion Saturday afternoon; Clyde Stock, San
Jose, Calif., president of th American Association
of Nurserymen; Fred Edmunds Jr., president of
River Ranch nursery; Mrs. Daniel Heffner, Portland,
who will conduct a rose judging panel and a rose
judging class Saturday afternoon; Mrs. Harry Elliot,
noted flower arranger from Portland, and Dr. Paul
Smith, past president of Tacomd Jtos society, Ta
coma, Wash.
At a dinner Friday night at the Medford hotel
Ernest Vehrs, Grants Pass, consulting Rosarian for
the district, will shew colored garden slides.
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Medford Rose society members held o small "trial show" during their monthly meeting Monday nig at the
courthouse in preparation for the third onnual show Friday, June 7, at Medford High schooi. All rose ao-we's
are invited to enter blossoms in the coming show for judging, ond copies of the schedule ore avatraWe ot Lawrence.'
or Swem's stores in Medford. Pictured here with some of the blossoms brought to the meeling Monday m Ai,
L. G. Gentner, co-chairman of the ARS district convention, holding First Love, and Ernest VeKrs, ti cm err ion from
Grants Pass, with a bloom from Pink Favorite, pictured on ths icriettu-le tcjwer
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