TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, October 8, 1957
Coats of Arms Business Due
For Boom When Queen Visit?
By GAY PAULEY
United Press Women' Editor
New York U" It's been a
long time since knighthood was
in flower, but the coat of arms
business still thrives.
"It'll have another boom when
Queen Elizabeth gets here," said
Mrs. Mary E. R. Mulford. a
bright-eyed little woman who
for 40 years has studied and
painted heraldic insignia. "The
British are great for trappings
there was a lot of new interest in
coats of arms during the corona
tion." If you're going through life
without a coat of arms and fig
ure some ancestor belonged to a
medieval "400," Mrs. Mulford is
the person to see. She will do
the genealogical research and, if
District Officer
Honored at Rally
Mrs. Clayton Walker, district
deputy oracle of Royal Neigh
bors of America, was honored at
a rally held by Mistletoe camp
Thursday at the Pythian build
ing. The rally was preceded by a
potluck dinner. The committee,
Mrs. Tom Lynch, chairman, Mrs.
Dave Froysher, Mrs. W. H. Ar
nold, Mrs. Bruce Rathbun, Mrs.
James Wadlow and Miss Novita
Brandon, served 80 persons.
Mrs. William Russell, oracle
of Mistletoe camp, presided and
introduced Mrs. Mae E. Logan,
Portland, who spoke briefly.
Mistletoe camp conducted the
opening ceremonies, and the
Ashland camp took charge of
the retiring march under the di
rection of Mrs. Clarence Hart
well, oracle. Mrs. Emma Collins
of the Central Point camp gave
a reading.
The Medford camp presented
three new members with Royal
Neighbor pins. They are Mrs.
Nellie Gibson, Mrs. Ruth Smith
and Mrs. Warren Mee. Mrs. Tom
Mee and Mrs. I. V. Lawrence Jr.,
of the Medford camp presented
a number and the Jacksonville
camp presented a fashion show
under the direction of Mrs. A. E.
Rankin.
The hall was decorated with
fall flowers.
First Session Set
For Medford Unit
Medford Home Extension unit
will hold it's first meeting of
the year in the court house audi
torium on Oakdale avenue at
10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October
9. Preservation of food by freez
ing will be the topic of the
first meeting of the unit. Every
one interested is invited.
Anyone wishing child care
may call Mrs. E. H. Trefnen at
SP 5-5425 by Tuesday evenin,
October 8. Unit members are
asked to take table service for
themselves and guests. Lunch
eon is served at noon, and a
small sum is charged.
Further information may be
obtained by calling the home
extension office in the Jackson
county courthouse.
she finds you rate a coat of arms,
she will paint one for you. Some
of her works will be displayed
at the New York Antiques Fair
Oct. 14-19.
"I research and paint about
150 a year," she said. "It's a
lovely occupation .for an old
lady,"
Coats of arms are suitable for
framing and hanging on the wall
and frequently are reproduced
on seal rings, on personal sta
tionery, or on business cards.
Originally, only knights and
peers were entitled to the in
signia. Date to Middle Ages
Mrs. Mulford, a widow in her
50 s, said coats of arms began
with the Middle Ages, date at
least as far back as William the
Conqueror. This, she explained,
was before reading and writing
were common achievements and
knights in tournaments needed
some way to identify them
selves. It helped to know which
knight was on your side.
Knights painted pictures on
their shields, and on the . cloth
which went over their armor
hence the term, coat of arms.
Designs at first were simple,
maybe an animal. But they be
came more elaborate through
the centuries with stripes, cres
cents, bars, even floral decora
tions added. Our flag originated
from George Washington's coat
of arms she said. It featured
stars and bars.
"England started keeping her
aldic records in the 12th Cen
tury, so it's easy to trace names
of English origin," she said. Now
the College of Heralds, estab
lished around 1460, registers
each English insignia and con
trols the issue of new coats.
Coats of Arms also come from
Ireland, Scotland, and Wales,
and from continental countries
including France. Italy, Ger
many, Spain and Switzerland.
Started at Home
Mrs. Mulford became interest
ed in heraldry from the two
coats of arms which hung in her
own home when she was a girl
in Philadelphia. One represent
ed her mother's side of the fam
ily, from Switzerland; the other,
her father's branch and a great
great grand-parent who was
minister to Germany's Freder
ick, the Great.
"I started making copies for
other members of the family,
someone waved money in front
of my nose and offered to pay
me for tracing their lineage, and
I was in business," she said. She
now works with James A. Wat
son, an antique dealer and her
aldry expert also. He has some
6,000 prints of coats of arms and
a vast library on the subject.
Why do people want to brag
about their ancestors?
"It isn't bragging," she said
proudly. "It is part of their just
heritage."
Monthly Session
Planned by Club
West Side School Mother's
club will hold the monthly meet
ing Wednesday, October 9, at 8
p.m. at the home of Mrs. Wil
liam Salade, Old Stage road.
Mrs. Lois Baker, field secre
tary, Rogue Valley Girl Scout
council, will be guest' speaker.
Mrs. Baker will tell of her rec
ent trip to Europe.
Mrs. E. D. Davis and a com
mittee will serve as hostesses.
Pocahontas Lodge
Will Tour Store
Members of Pocahontas lodge
are asked to meet in front of
Weeks and Orr, Thursday, Oc
tober 10 at 10 a.m. for a tour
of the store. The regular lodge
meeting will be held Friday,
October 11, at 8 p.m. in Red
mand hall, Apple street.
Sorority Chapter
To Hold Meeting
Xi Mu chapter of Beta Sigma
Phi will meet at the home of
Miss Jackie Walker, 2320 Kings
highway, Wednesday, October
9, at 8 p.m.
FIVE COURSE DINNER
Williamsburg, Va. (IP) Queen
Elizabeth and Prince Phillip
will eat a "simple five-course"
fried chicken and Virginia ham
dinner on their first night in
the United States. The royal
couple are scheduled to stay at
the Williamsburg Inn Oct. 16,
their first day in the United
States. The menu released by
officials shows their first dinner
will start with turtle soup and
range through the ham and
chicken to a dessert of strawber
ries, with three wines during the
meal and liquers.
Afiention!
Peoples Market
NOW OPEN TILL 11 P.M.
Daily
304 N. Main,
. Across
Ashland
from
Briscoe School
Medford Student
Active at School
Miss Carol Hussong, Medford
High school graduate who en
tered Lewis and Clark college
this fall as a freshman, has al
ready become identified with a
number of musical activities and
has been elected to an office.
Miss Hussong, who is majoring
in music, has been selected to
sing in the college choir, and to
play in the college concert band.
She was elected sergeant-at-arms
for Stewart Hall dormitory,
and in that capacity will serve
on the dormitory council. The
Palaritinian council has selected
Miss Hussong to serve on the re
treat committee.
Dr. Boris Sirpo, instructor at
the college and conductor of the
Portland Symphonette orchestra,
invited Miss Hussong to be pi
anist with the orchestra, but due
to her full college schedule, she
was unable to accept the invita
tion. Miss Hussong, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hussong, 56
South Barneburg road, spent the
past week end with her parents.
Jacksonville PTA
To Hold Meeting
Jacksonville Faculty and
staff members of Jacksonville
schools will be introduced at
the first fall meeting of Jack
sonville Parent-Teacher associa
tion to be held Wednesday, Oc
tover 9, at 8 p.m. It will be
held in the High school gym
nasium. A panel discussion is planned
on the topic "What We Want
From Our PTA Meetings," and
this will be followed by buzz
sessions and refreshments.
Mrs. Robert Morton is presi
dent of Jacksonville PTA this
year. Her officers are Mrs. C. D.
Bernston, vice-president; Mrs.
Woodrow Davis, secretary and
Mrs. Charles Vickery, treasurer.
Class Announced
In Square Dancing
A beginning class for persons
interested in square dancing will
start at the Square Corral at
Camp White at 8 p.m. Wednes
day, Doug Fosbury, instructor
and caller, has announced.
The class is being sponsored
by a square dance club which
dances at the Corral. The course
will include 15 lessons in basic
steps and figures, Mr. Fosbury
said. The class will be held each
Wednesday between 8 and 10
p.m.
Additional information may be
obtained by telephoning Mrs.
Fosbury at SPring 3-5188.
Daughter Here
Miss Sharon Graham, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gra
ham, 175 Jeanette avenue, spent
the past week end in Medford
with her parents. Miss Graham,
who was graduated from Med
ford High school with the class
of 1957, is now on the staff of
the Humboldt branch, Bank of
America, in San Francisco.
"Scouts on Stamps" Theme
For Southern Oregon Club
Wednesday Study Club Opens
Forty-Ninth Year in Valley
Wednesday Study club, now
in its 49th year, held the first
meeting of the 1957-58 season
October 2, a luncheon in the
Rogue room of the Medford ho
tel. Mrs. L. K. Doty is president
of the club. Other officers are
Mrs. H. S. Chirgwin, vice-president;
Mrs. L. V. Watkins, secre
tary, and Mrs. C. W. Mitchell,
treasurer.
Guests were Mrs. W. D. Jack
son, Ashland, and Mrs. R. J.
Miller, Medford.
Wednesday Study club, the
oldest women's organization in
the valley, came into existence
March, 1908, as an outgrowth of
the Stoddard Reading club. This
was previously organized by a
small group composed of Mrs.
F. W. Street. Mrs. H. C. Kentner,
Mrs. Helen Snedicor, Mrs. F. C.
Page and Mrs. Ladd. Realizing
the value of study and inter
change of ideas, they decided to
enlarge the membership and the
name was changed to Wednes
day Study club.
First meetings were held in
the homes of the members but
no minutes or records were
kept until April 28, 1909, when
officers were elected. The con
stitution and by-laws were
adopted May 5, 1909. Mrs. W. I.
Vawter was the first president
of the club.
Three charter members of the
club are living. They are Mrs.
F. K. Deuel, an active member,
Mrs. E. B. Pickel, now of Chico,
Calif., and Mrs. H. C. Kentner
of southern California, who
writes valley friends in Medford,
"I am 93 years of age and still
going strong."
Mrs. Deuel was presented a
corsage at the meeting Wednes
day in recognition of her long
and valued service to the club.
While the club is primarily a
study club, three or four meet
ings each year are devoted to so
cial enjoyment. Each meeting a
book review is given and a cur
rent topic is discussed and on
atlernate years the Medford club
exchanges visits with the Ash
land Study club. The yearly
dues are used to defray ex
penses and any residue money
is given to some worthy organi
zation. At one time a donation
was made to the Woman's build
ing of the University of Oregon.
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About 90 per cent of American
homes are of wood frame.
"Scouts on Stamps" was the
topic for Southern Oregon
Stamp club's meeting October 3.
Mrs. Edward Leach outlined the
early history of Boy Scouting,
as founded by Lord Baden-Powell.
During the Boer War. at the
siege of Mafeking, Baden-Powell,
with 1200 held the town for
217 days. The ingenuity of his
men in camping, hiking, and
woodcraft reflected the training
he had given them. He organized
the boys of the town into a
messenger service and because
stamps were needed for the pos
tal service within the town, one
of his men engraved the image
of Baden-Powell and it was re
produced as stamps, which were
in dark blue on blue paper. The
value'was 3 pence. The date of
issue was April .10, 1900. As
only a few thousand of these
stamps were issued they are a
rare item, but one wanted by
most collectors of "Scouts on
Stamps."
Seven years after he return
ed to England, Baden-Powell
started his first experiments in
scouting for boys. He felt that
city boys should have a chance
to learn about the forests, birds,
berries, and fruits, so that they
could survive the forces of na
ture. This year, fifty years later,
boys (and girls) all over the
world are celebrating the birth
of scouting, and 18 countries
have issued special stamps.
The next stamps issued honor
ing scouting was in 1918 by
Czechoslovakia when the Sea
Scouts were asked to distribute
official mail between the Na
tional committee of liberation
and the police, city hall, Parlia
ment, and railroad station in
Prague.
Scouting stamps have been is
sued in 33 countries. Several
countries have over-printed reg
ular postage stamps with spec
ial marks in honor of Scouting.
Siam, Hungary, Romania, Liech
enstein, Lithuania, Poland, Bul
garia, and Turkey issued stamps
during the ' 1920's and 1930's.
The Boy Scout World Jamboree
was, held in Hungary in 1933,
and that country issued a set
in honor of the occasion. Ro
mania has issued more stamps
in honor of scouting than any
other country. The Netherlands
was host to the World Jamboree
in 1937, and they and the Dutch
East Indies issued scouting
stamps.
The Netherlands and Nicarag
ua each issued a set of scout
stamps in 1949. Persia (Iran) is
sued a set . of six stamps, each
with the portrait of the young
shah in the uniform of different
organizations; one pictures him
as the President of Iranian Boy
Scouts.
On June 30, 1950, the United
States honored the Second Na
tional Jamboree with a commer
ative; 45,000 scouts and leaders
camped at Valley Forge, on the
site where General Washington
and the Continental army camp
ed during the winter of 1777-78.
This stamp is engraved in brown
ink by rotary process, and was
issued in sheets of 50. The main
theme was a Cub Scout, Boy
Scout, and Explorer, with the
Statue of Liberty in the back
ground. In 1951 the seventh World
Jamboree was held in Austria
and they issued a shilling stamp
with the central design the em
blem of the Boy Scouts of Aus
tralia in gold, pink, and green,
on a background of black.
The First Carribean Jamboree,
in 1952, brought the issue of 2
special stamps in Jamaica; both
show a picture of King George
VI.
Lichenstein, in 1953, was the
first since Mafeking to use the
portrait of the Chief Scout of
The World; around the four val
ues, in the margin are shown a
scout hat, scout sign, and var
ious knots.
New Zealand issued two semi
postals, one depicts a Girl
Guide carrying a banner, the
other a Boy Scout kneeling be
fore a campfire. The Philippines,
Brazil, and Cuba issued scout
stamps in 1954; the Philippines
were overprinted on two regri-
ular stamps. Brazil's stamp pic
tured a Scout which was copied
from a statue in Rio de Janerio.
The statue had been given "Bra
zilian youth by the youth of
Chile as a token of gratitude for
their help after the earthquake
of 1923. Indonesia also issued
stamps in 1954.
In 1955 Canada was host to
the first World Jamboree held
on the North American contin
ent, and Canada issued stamps
to honor the ocassion.
In 1956 Egypt issued a set of
scout stamps, showing both the
Christian and the Moslem date
of 1375. The design was classic
Moslem.
This year brought the centen
nial anniversary of Baden-Powell's
birth, and stamps have been
issued by Finland, Curacoa,
Cuba, Brazil, Lorea, National
China, Great Britain, Luxem
bourg, Dominican Republic,
Belgium, Liechenstein, Nicara
gua, Persia (Iran), Philippines,
Muscat and Qatar, a new Persian
Gulf sheikdom. Besides these
countries and their stamps, sev
eral countries have issued spec
ial cachets for their mail honor
ing Baden-Powell and scouting.
Clyde Smith, president, told
of his visit to the Mother Lode
country of California. He visit
ed several of the "ghost" towns
which were important mining
camps during the days of '49.
Mr. Smith collects covers of
early day ghost towns, and early
day express, and territorial cov
ers. Mrs. Mabel Houck, Mrs. Leach
and Frank Applegate were nam
ed to the nominating commit
tee. Mrs. Gordon Warner, Mrs. S.
B. Cordier, and Mrs. Leach will
plan a Christmas program.
Guests at the meeting were
Max Johnson, Joe Longdon,
Brian Jefferson, and Mrs. Jorge
Jorgehsen. Mrs. Jorgensen re
joined the club.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Lillian Capsey and Mrs.
Eric de Place. The next club
meeting will be held on Nov
ember Ti in Room 2 of Girl's
Community club.
Lone Pine PTA
To Meet Tonight
Lone Pine Parent-Teacher as
sociation will hold the first
meeting of the school year to
night at 8 o'clock at the school
gymnasium. Faculty members
will be introduced.
A panel discussion on "The
Role of Parent and Teacher in
PTA" will be held.
CALENDAR
Tuesday:
7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian
church, circle meetings: Candle
light, Mrs. T. I. Bennett, 2292
Lozier lane; and Vesper, Mrs.
R. D. Wyatt, 615 Alder st., Cen
tral Point.
8 p.m. First Presbyterian
church, Jacksonville, Woman's
association, home of Mrs. Russell
Mclntyre, Jacksonville.
8 p.m. Nevita chapter, OES,
Central Point.
8 p.m. Pythian club with
Mrs. Mabel Nicholson, 821 North
Central ave.
8 p.m. Roguette circle, Mili
tary Order of Lady Bugs and
Cooties, VFW hall.
8 p.m. Jackson county
chapter, Disabled American Vet
erans, and auxiliary, 1515 North
Riverside avenue.
Wednesday:
10 a.m. Mistletoe club, Girls
Community club, 229 North
Bartlett st.
10:30 a.m. Prospect Home
Extension unit, Community
hall.
12 noon Townsend club, Car
penters hall, 123 Vi West Main st.
12:30 p.m. Chapter AA, PEO,
homes of Mrs. C. C. Thompson,
Scenic ave., Central Point.
12:30 p.m. Women of Rotary,
home of Mrs. Homer A. Marx,
1985 Kings highway.
1 p.m. AAUW Book Review
group, home of Mrs. W. F. Roe
mer, Griffin Creek rd.
1 p.m. Roxy Gardeners,
home of Mrs. E. J. Lathrop,
Gregory rd.
Week's Sewing Buy
Miss Susan Hillis
Leaves for School
Miss Susan" Hillis left last
week by plane for Jacksonville,
Fla., where she will enroll in
girls' school. Miss Hillis is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
C. Hillis, 1802 Barnett road, and
has been attending Phoenix
High school.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen
Larkin, Miss Hillis' brother and
sister-in-law, live in Jacksonville
where Mr. Larkin is an attorney.
Auxiliary
Jackson County Medical So
ciety auxiliary will meet on
Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30
p.m. in the home of Mrs. Ralph
Thompsen, 18 Modoc avenue.
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Home and School
Relations Topic .
For Gold Hill-PTA
Gold Hill Home and school
relations will be the theme for
the second meeting of Gold Hill
Parent-Teacher association
Thursday, October 10 at 7:30
p.m. in Hanby school gym
nasium. An open discussion among
parents and teachers on this
topic will be conducted by Mrs.
Walter Doherty, program chair
man. She urges those attending
to write questions or problems
on a slip of paper to be dropped
into a box. The person submit
ting the question need not reveal
his or her identity.
Special music will be provided
by Gregory Applin, vocalist, and
Richard Hammersley, who will
play a trumpet solo. i
Mrs. Charles Rosecran, mem
bership chairman, reports that
51 memberships have been sold.
Those who haven't obtained a
membership may do so at the
October 10 PTA meeting. Mrs.
Kenneth Lamb is assisting Mrs.
Rosecran this year with the
membership drive, . which will .
continue through October.
Mrs. Edsel White, hospitality
chairman, has announced that
refreshments will be furnished
by parents of seventh grade pu
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Leon Spencer will be in charge
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