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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday. July 17. 1957
Auxiliary Holds
Annual Ceremony
Mn. Everett Grissom wat in
stalled commander of the auxil
iary to Jackson County chapter,
Disabled American Veterans, at
a meeting held recently in
Moose hall. Other officers in
stalled were Mrs. Norman Nea
thamer, senior vice-commander;
Mrs. Jim Peacher, junior vice-
commander; Mrs. J. P. Graham
chaplain; Mrs. George Simmons
adjutant; Miss Sharon Simmons
conductress; Mrs. Ivan Hatfield
historian; Mrs. Ed Neff, state
executive committee woman
Mrs. Lynn Elliott, district dele
gate; Mrs. George Simmons, al
ternate district delegate; Mrs
Ivan Hatfield, Mrs. Cliff Heeter,
Mrs. Cliff Reynolds and Mrs
Lester Moser, local executive
woman.
Mrs. Harry Cassman, mother
of Mrs. Grissom, was installing
j officer. Conductresses for the
ceremony were Miss Dorie Mae
Grissom. daughter of Mrs. Gris
som and Miss Annette Jones,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Jones. Musician was Mrs.
James Cech.
Mrs. Lynn Elliott was present
ed a past commander's pin by
Mrs. George Simmons. The year
history book and a gift from the
auxiliary were presented by
Mrs. Cliff Heeter and Mrs. Les
ter Moser.
Mrs. Elliott, assisted by Pau
lette Simmons, gave a token of
appreciation to her officers.
Mrs. Grissom, membership
chairman for the past year, gave
a go candy bar to eacn of the
winning team and told them to
"go, get another member."
Entertainment was furnished
by a quartet from Muzzioli Ac
cordion schoc!.
Refreshments were served at
the close of the ceremony.
The auxiliary will observe a
summer vacation during August
and September.
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edney:
8 p.m. Methodist church, cir
'e a), home of Mrs. Raymond
VanLiew, 807 Palm street.
p.m. St. Luke's Methodist
Church circle, home of Mrs. Jack
3Bertrand, 519 Oregon Terrace.
Ah. rsdayi
11 a.m. Woman's Christian
temperance Union, sack lunch,
Oiflawthome park, behind Boy
Scout headquarters.
12:30 p.m. Griffin Creek
Grange HEC. home of Mrs. Win
T)ie Brown, Eagle Point.
1 p.m. Blue Star Mothers of
America, home of Mrs. Fred
qgiddlebusher, 1098 Hilton road.
1:30 p.m. Little Applegate
(Jsjcwing club, home of Mrs. Ira
ft. Fitzgerald, 360 Stewart ave-fjne.
IPotpoiiiiriri
Teacher Maxine Smith and Potpourri returned home yesterday
from their trek east loaded down like the typical tourist, and
with some to spare. Maxine carried her coat, great big purse, a
flight bag, and a paper sack with a big French dictionary in it for
use in class next year. Potpourri carried her coat, great big purse,
book, a newspaper and an apple pie. The pie wasn't just an ordi
nary apple pie, but a Pennsylvania Dutch apple pie from the
Water Gate Inn in Washington, D.C.
The pie was a gift from young Dick Alley, medical student at
George Washington university in Washington. Because the student
and visitors hadn't talked themselves out on the first visit in Wash
ington, it had been arranged that the three of us would meet
again on the return trip from New York. Student Dick borrowed
a car his little Volkswagen won't hold two middle-aged women
and himself, too, and met us at the train. Washington, we might
add, was at its worst. At 2 p.m. the temperature was a fierce and
moist 92. Dick headed the borrowed car for Rock Creek park and
we spent a delightful hour driving through this large, natural park
in the heart of Washington.
Later we ended up at the Water Gate inn, one of the capital's
most famous restaurants. Dick said he had visited the inn since
our first trip and was enthusiastic about the food and atmosphere.
So were the visitors. The, inn, decorated with brass water pots, old
lanterns and almanacs, as well as miniature horses suspended
from the ceiling, overlooks the Potomac and was restful and cool
inside.
While we ate duck with Burgundy sauce, Dutch potatoes and
red cabbage, as well as several other tasty dishes, Dick told us
about medical school and his hospital work this summer. When
dessert time came he insisted we must have Pennsylvania Dutch
apple pie. It was served, and lived up to every word of his lavish
praise. But alas and alack. Potpourri had already dined too well
and the wonderful pie just couldn't be swallowed. Mournfully we
wished we could wrap it up and take it on the plane for a midnight
snack. Soon Dick disappeared and came back with a cat-ate-the-
canary look on his face.
And that's why we ended up at the airport at 7 p.m. with our
coat, big purse, book, newspaper and a whole, big apple pie. We
carried the pie to the TWA plane and settled it in a secure spot
for the transcontinental trip, thankful that we wouldn't have to
move anything until San Francisco in the morning. But we were
wrong. At Kansas City, which was almost as hot at 11 p.m. as
Washington had been earlier, we had to change planes because of
engine trouble and the pie sat for half an hour on the blacktop
airport ground which was still so hot that it was like walking on
soft dough.
From time to time Teacher Maxine and Potpourri got the
giggles over the pie. We thought about having the stewardess
serve it for breakfast, but the plane arrived in San Francisco too
quickly, so the whole pie waited on a bench in the S.F. airport
while the two of us breakfasted on more conventional eggs and
toast. Yesterday afternoon the pie was divided between the two
couples and devoured maybe it was the only Pennsylvania Dutch
apple pie ever to make a cross-country flight before being served
up as dessert in faraway Oregon. For the uninitiated, Pennsylva
nia Dutch apple pie is made with a melt-in-the-mouth crust with
cheese and brown sugar mixed in with the apples, and it's a divine
dessert. Pappy, consuming his sizeable portion, declared it was
worth the transcontinental haul. ,
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Maxine dubbed the plane the Nursery Flight. There must have
been 10 or 12 infants and children on board. In front of us, a
pretty, well-dressed Negro mother tended three children, and
eventually the oldest boy, about 8, sat next to Potpourri. He was fc
handsome, polite little boy, who thanked us when we arranged
the pillow under his head a time or two, and thoughtfully offered
to share his blanket. Next morning his cute younger brother, after
being carefully combed and tidied up, stood up in the seat, flashed
a bright smile at Maxine and said cheerfully, "Hi baby!"
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Shortly after Potpourri and pie had been settled on the United
plane for the very last part of our trip, the plane's captain reported
that the early morning weather in Medford was 58. Increduously
the two travelers stared at one another. "If it's really that cool
when we get home," said Teacher Maxine, "I'm just going to go
outside and stand in it"'
That's about what Potpourri did. too. We just stood in the back
yard and slowly soaked up the deep down pleasure of an Oregon
day bright sunshine with cool breeze, cloudless blue sky and in
toxicating air.
It was wonderful to visit in the East, to see historic Washing
Ion and Philadelphia, to learn first hand, from thousands, what
teachers of the nation's children are like (every teacher should at
tend an NEA convention some time); to live for a week in a really
huge city where everything is magnified and intensified; to meet
celebrities indeed to be a guest in the home of one of the na
tion's top-ranking educators and businessmen; to,.watch a big
time fashion show and two famous baseball teams play and
fight: to see the beautiful little sailing vessel, the Mayflower; to
see Broadway stars play Shakespeare: to see Times Square at
night, and Rockefeller Center and a vast cathedral and all the
rest. It was wonderful, but to be home was the most wonderful
of all. O.S.
With school out for the sum
mer and a couple of months of
freedom at hand, a trio of teen
age youngsters in one Eastern
community can sit back and con
template a classroom project
that has taught them something
about: organizing a small but
successful business enterprise;
providing a useful service to
students; the art of salesman
ship; and the value of mathematics.
It began several months ago
when Gilbert Brown, who teach
es eighth-grade mathematics at
the Hartsdal junior high school
in Hartsdale, N.Y., asked his stu
dents to think up classroom proj
ects to show how arithmetic and
even more advanced mathe
matics might be put to use, re
ports the Institute of Life In
surance. Craig Gilkes and John Rosen
blum, who are 13, and David
Barten, 14, put their heads to
gether. In their math class the
boys had learned about insur
ance and the boys understood
how mathematics enters into
measuring what will probably
happen in the future, and in fig
uring the size of insurance prem
iums.
Then someone mentioned that
a student had lost a school text
book recently. The boys were
struck by a thought why not
see if they could organize a com
pany to protect against the risk
of losing textbooks?
Their teacher thought it was
a great idea. So did the principal.
The Student Council approved.
A search of the school's rec
ords gave the boys the clue they
needed to forecast future text
book losses, bout 30 books had
been lost each year in the past;
their value ranged from $1.50
to 54.50 apiece. The project be
gan to shape up.
Now the answers began com
ing. With Mr. Brown's help, the
boys figured that each would
have to invest $5 apiece, for a
total of $15 of capital funds, to
form a stock company. Each $1
would represent a share of own
ership. A student could "insure
all or some of his books for a
'premium" of six per cent of
their replacement value. To en
courage more students to buy
policies, this plan was evolved:
if at least three-quarters of any
one class were to insure their
books, then there could be a
discount of one-third of the
premium charge.
Thus was born the Student
Protection company of Harts
dale, with its capital fund of
$15 deposited in a special ac
count in the school bank.
The first announcement was
made during an assembly where
all students were" present. But
the three organizers were not
content with just this; they vis
ited every classroom in the
sohool to explain their plan in
detail. An- advertising "flier"
was distributed. Claim forms
were run off just in case. In
about four months' time, they
sold some 30 policies, a few to
teachers. Premiums ranged from
12c to 90c.
Looking back on their activi
ties, the boys (and their teacher)
say that they've learned a lot.
They feel that their "insurance
company" illustrates the use of
mathematics as a business tool,
and at the same time has taught
students about sharing risks
through insurance.
The three boys, now promoted
to the ninth grade, are planning
to sell most of their company
stock to new eighth-graders
when school opens in the fall,
but each will retain one share
apiece for a time so they can sit
in on company meetings "to give
them the benefit of our experi
ence," as one of the lads puts it.
Society
Marine Sergeant And Family Here
Five Guests Play
With Camp Club
Camp White Five out-of-town
players were guests for the
last meeting of Camp White
Veterans Bridge club. The group ;
included Mrs. George Dicus,
Hutchinson, Kan., Mr. and Mrs. ;
Joe Mullin, Medford, Mrs. E.
Terhurner, San Francisco and
Mrs. Donahue, Vallejo, Calif. .
North-south winners for the
evening were Mrs. Frank Baker
and George Rode, first, 108
points: Mrs. R. J. Conroy and
Mrs. Paul Hatton, second, B&'A; J
Mrs. Terhune and Roy Pruitt,
third, 93Vi.
Winning east-west were Mrs.
Jack Love and Mrs. Rich
ard Milestone, first, 110: Berg
Marten and Tom Randall, sec-:
ond, 10814 points: Mrs. George ,
Dean and Mrs. Jack Mitchell, '
third, 103 points.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Vander-
linden and children, Mark,
Becky and Trudy of Oceanside,
Calif., were the guests recently
of Mrs. Vanderlinden's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Watson
of Ruhl Way. Mr. Vanderlinden
is a technical sergeam in xna
Marine Corps and is stationed at
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
While here the two families
enjoyed several days fishing and
swimming at Lake of the Woods.
Woman Watch Designer Says
Styles Follow Fashion Trends
Woodcraft Neighbors
Announce Meeting
Phoenix Phoenix Neighbors
of Woodcraft will meet Thurs
day, July 18, at 8 p.m. at the
Grange hall. Hostesses will be
Mrs. James Overturf and Mrs.
Francis May.
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By GAY PAULEY
United Press Correspondent
New York W Watch styles
follow other fashion trends, says
Bettye Miller, a pretty brunette
with time on her hands.
Miss Miller, 29, believes she is
the only woman watch designer
in the nation. She is staff design
er for the Hamilton Watch Co.,
Lancaster. Pa., and helped on the
final sketches for the first elec
tric wrist watch which the firm
recently introduced.
"Watch design follows fashion,
but not fad," said Miss Miller on
a visit to Manhattan. "A watch
must be new enough, to make
people buy, but at the same time
lasting. A woman won't change
watches the way she changes
hats."
Where Ideas Originate
Design ideas may come from
a sleek new household appliance,
a perfume flacon, or from a new
car "all industrial design is
closely related," she explained.
Those fancy new tail fin designs
on automobiles were reflected
in watch cases too. "We just
picked up the same sweep, the
same curve," said Miss Miller.
She designs watches for both
men and women. Women are de
manding smaller watches each
season, she said: Now she has
done one with a dial about the
size of a match head.
Men want watches paper-thin,
with no ornamentation, and dials
which can be read rapidly.
Oklahoma Cily Native
The designer was born In
Oklahoma City. Full name:
Eleanor Bettye Jean Miller.
"Every girl in Oklahoma is
named Betty Something-or-other,"
she said. "That's why I
spell my name with the ye . . ,
makes it a little different any
way."
Miss Miller studied industrial
art and design at Pratt Institute,
New York, and Moore Institute
of Art, Philadelphia.
Her favorite design won her
the Diamonds U.S.A. annual
award for creativity in the
jewelry field. It was a lapel
watch, shaped like a tiny globe,
with the , continents done in
polished platinum, roundstones
forming the Equator, and ba
guette diamonds marking lati
tude and longitude. It cost $5,000.
Business Meeting Set
For Eagles Thursday
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
will hold a business meeting at
8 p.m. Thursday in the hall at
219 West Main st.
Harvey Hawley, worthy vice
president, will serve his first
meeting as president because of
the resignation of R. J. (Barney)
Garrett, who recently suffered a
heart attack and is now in Ash
land General hospital.
Business include consideration
for filling two office vacancies,
and plans for the annual picnic
which will be held later this
month.
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Homemakers Should
Study Family Budgets
East Lansing, Mich. Wl
Homemakers should study their
financing as carefully as if they
were running the national budg
et. A family of four buys approxi
mately three tons of food each
year, said Mrs. Edythe C. Peck,
director of public relations at the
Birmingham, Mich., National
Bank.
And the mother of a family of
four serves 1,195 meals annually,
Mrs. Peck said, stressing the
home-maker's responsibility in
deciding what amount to spend
for food.
Mrs. Peck suggested that fam-1
ilies make a blueprint of their i
present and future obligations
before embarking on a spending j
spree.
Families wanting to buy
homes, should have a down pay
ment of at least 20 per cent, she
said. And they should have
something left for furnishings.
Other factors to consider are
life insurance, savings programs
and the cost of operating a
house.
"When you are deciding
whether or not to use credit,"
she said, "ask yourself: Is the
item actually worth what it will
cost? Can I repay the loan? How
much risk is involved? How
much will I have to pay for the
privilege of using credit?"
Returns
Mrs. Earl Fichtner, 2547 Co
rona avenue, has returned after
a brief trip to Portland, where
she attended the concert of Har
ry Bellafonte at the Paramount
theater. Mrs. Fichtner traveled
the coast route to Portland, and
was joined at Lakeside by her
mother, Mrs. Cecilia Worth.
Both visited friends at Pacific
City. i
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