Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 15, 1957, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextVXO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Neighborhood Now Concern of Br VIVIAN SANDS Uniied Presi Correspondent ; New York W More and i more women are working at homemaking on a neighborhood tBvale. They're clearing slums and improving the neighborhoods in which they live. Currently, they're particularly interested in civic action to make the multi-billion dollar federal highway construction program a means of ridding their home communi ties of unsightly or unhealthy areas. A spokesman for the non profit, non-political organization ciieu me American i Council to Improve Our Neigh- borhoods, said women make up; close to half of the leader-cor-j respondents in its 750 member! 1 1 . 'T- T . . - . 1 . ' i groups, and are joining the 2,000 organized groups in the country In ever-increasing numbers, highways Key Concern The federal highway construe tion program and city planning around it is high on the agenda of ACTION activities in the com fg months. It will have top priority at the Pacific Coast ur ban renewal clinic to be held in Eerkeley, Calif., October 17 and 13, as it did in the East Coast clinic which was held in New York September 23 and 24. The urban renewal clinics, which last drew some 800 per !pons from several hundred cities On 32 states, are workshops in 5?hich mayors, health, housing Ond community planning ex perts, and representatives of business and citizens organiza (fions got together to talk over ifre financing and expediting of local neighborhood improve ment plans. ACTION was formed in 1954 serve a dual purpose through citizen action: To prevent slums from starting and spreading; and to eliminate those already in existence. Its activities have been further spurred by the daily increase in population and the widespread shift from rural to urban living. The organiza tion feeh that if urban develop ment is allowed to grow spon taneously, it will lead to over crowding and more depressed areas, but that if it is planned. It will lead to further expansion and prosperity. 1,000 Lettert a Month ACTION says the fact that citizens are vitally interested in Its programs is shown by the fact that some 1,000 letters a month asking for literature and information about how to form Mrs. Wayne Stine To Represent Club Mrs. Wayne Stine, president of the Jackson County Republi can Women, will represent Jack son county at the Republican Women's conference at the Mult nomah hotel in Portland. Octo ber 16-17. Miss Bertha Adkins, assistant to the national chair man, will speak at a banquet October 16. and Mrs. Marjorie Benedict, national committee woman for California, will speak at a luncheon October 17. A full day of workshop is planned October 17. Mrs. Stine has been invited to participate in a panel discussion of activities of independent Re publican women's clubs. She will report briefly at a meeting of the club to be held at the Red Cross auditorium on Hawthorne ftreet in Medford. October 21. CALENDAR Calendar notices end newi for the society taction of The Mail Tribune must b submitted u writing and deadline for tha Sun day edition Is 1 D m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 m. of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 pjn. the day before publication. Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Chapter BE. PEO, home of Mrs. L. K. Doty, 1125 East Main st. 6:30 p.m. Insurance Wo men of Jackson county, Henry's Broiler. 7:30 p.m. Crater Garden club, home of Mrs. Arthur Straus, 643 Pine st. 8 p.m. First Methodist church circle 10. Mrs. Kenneth Pickins, 24 Hamilton st. 8 p.m. Pythian Sisters, Pythian building. 8 p.m. Oregon State Nurses association, district 4, Rogue Valley hospital. 8 .m. St. Luke's Methodist church circle, home of Mrs. John Williams, 121 Ashland gvenue. 8 p.m. Jackson County salon 8 and 40. home of Mrs. Merle Jarmin, 821 Minnesota avenue. ALEXIS SMITH scry "AYDS help me LOSE WEIGHT WITHOUT DIETING" "Take A yds," says Alexin. "I enjov one or two Ayds candies, as directed, 15 minutes before ieals. My appetite fades, I eat Ws. lose naturally." Doctors proved the Ayds Plan best, safest at New 'England clinic. Prove it yonrself. $3.00. Money-back guarantee. AYDS Tltaaia and Mineral Candf Wainscott's Pharmacy 322 E. Main Medford Homemaking ' Many Women j ACTION" groups reaches its New ' York headquarters at 2 "West, 46th street, each month. ! Organization records show! women's work in neighborhood I improvement has transformed ; debris-strewn lots into play grounds and streets into parks. It has improved property values in single blocks and large met ropolitan areas, and changed coding laws. "We have found women often I are sharper than men in boning up on local laws, and regula tions," said one male member of the organization. . . . I n(Oln PTA " IVUI" 1 1 r ii Til 63rS I 3lK By Officia Elliott Becken, assistant su perintendent of Medford schools, was main speaker for a meeting of the Lincoln Parent-Teacher-association, October 10. Mr. Beckon outlined the needs for more classroom space in all of the Medford schools, using graphs to show the present shortages and the anticipated shortages for the near future. He also stated that Medford's scholastic standings are higher than the national average, but overcrowding is not conducive to maintaining this standing. Glen Jennings spoke briefly in behalf of the United Medford Crusade. Business for the evening in cluded the setting of the date for the annual PTA carnival for Oc tober 31 and a koffeeklatsch for December 5, at 2 p.m. The car nival is the association's main fund raising effort and will be directed by Mrs. Austin Cald well, ways and means chairman, and a committee. The koffee klatsch will be used to raise funds for the tuition scholarship program. The unit also voted to hold two afternoon meetings, in January and March. Ted McLean, Lincoln PTA president, introduced the offi cers and committee chairmen. Vice president and program chairman is Mrs. John Lusk; secretary is Herbert Wing; trea surer is Mrs. Virgil Stickley. Other committee chairmen are Mrs. R. Selby, hospitality; Mrs. Ralph Moore, histrian; Bill Lockington, safety; Mrs. Eric de Place, publicity; Mrs. McLean, welfare; Mrs. George Ortiz, guest book; Mrs. Glen Stewart, membership; Mrs. Wayne Rob ertson, magazine; Mrs. Sam Bailey, legislative and Medford Council of PTA delegate. Roy Gilbertson, Lincoln prin cipal, introduced the teachers, and spoke briefly on the im provements made to the school during the summer; this includ ed putting tile on the wooden stairs, and some remodeling in the basement to convert an un used room into a craft room. He also called the members atten tion to a display of photos show ing the school as it looked, in side and out. in 1907; he also called attention to a display in the lower hall by the members of Girl Scout Troop 77. showing the many fields in which profi ciency badges may be earned. Troop 77 provided child care for the meeting under the super vision of the leader, Mrs. de Place. The flag presentation was by Cub Scout Den 2; Mrs. Austin Caldwell is den mother; the opening prayer was given by Mrs. McLean. Mrs. Selby and parents of children in the sixth grade served refreshments in the cafeteria. Phoenix Women To Hold Meeting Phoenix Woman's associa tion of Phoenix Presbyterian church will hold the monthly meeting Thursday, October 17, at the church at 10:30 a.m. Plans for the coming months will be made, and a covered dish lunch eon will be served at noon. Reports of the Presbyterial meeting at Tri City will be given. JERGENS GETS DIVORCE Los Angeles IF Millionaire cosmetics corporation President Andrew N. Jergens, 75, was di vorced Monday by his second wife. Mrs. Jergens said her hus band went to Europe without her and "to other places with out telling me that he was go ing." She said traveling with him made her ill and gave her the hives. Mrs. .Jergens was awarded custody of their chil dren, Elizabeth, 7, and John, 5. GRACE IN APPEAL Geneva. Switzerland IP Princess Grace of Monaco, the former Grace Kelly of Holly wood, has agreed to make a spec ial Christmas broadcast over the United Nations radio to appeal for aid for refugees still in camps the office of the UN High Com missioner for Refugees announc ed today. WHAT DID I DO? Burlington. Iowa II" An un identified Burlington High school student got into the wrong line at school Monday and was dismissed because he had Asian flu. He was trying to get an eye examination. Tuesday, October 15. 1957 He's a Big Boy AtrtiA. Boy's size-2 clothes fit this doll, that is 32 inches high. You will find him fun to make. A playmate for a lucky child a hit of bazaar or at Christmas. Pattern 7175: Pattern for doll only. Use flesh-colored fabrics for body, straw yarn for hair. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents fol each pattern for lst-class mail ing. Send to Medford Mail Trib une, Household Arts Dept. P. O. Box 168. Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PATTERN NUMBER. A bonus for our readers: two FREE patterns, printed in our ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Book for 1957! Plus a variety of designs to order crochet, knit ting, embroidery, huck weaving, toys, dolls, others. Send 25 cents for your copy of this needlecraft book now! Personal Service To Be Auctioned At PTA Benefit Eagle Point Teachers who have offered their personal serv ices to be auctioned for the ben efit of the Eagle Point High School Parent-Teacher - Student association are not yet revealing the nature of these services. Gail Schoppert, boys' physical education instructor, Norman Wyers, science teacher and Charles Martin, music depart ment, are sacrificing personal services on the auction block Saturday, October 26, at 8 p.m. It has been reported that there will be active bidding for serv ices of window washers, lawn rakers, and hand ironing. An item of interest to this community, a cream separator, has been donated. The donors have verified that it is in good working condition. Articles will be on display in the elementary school gymnasium with doors open at 7:30 p.m. G. E. Elrod, autcioneer from Trail, will open the bidding at 8 p.m. Coffee and cake will be available all eve ning and a dance will follow afterwards. Anyone wishing to offer per sonal services or having usable items to donate may call the chairman. Mrs. Lester West, TAlbot 6-4041, Mrs. Herman Higday, Hlllcrest 6-3715, or in the Shady Cove-Trail area, Mrs. Delbert Spain, TRinity 8-2064; items will be picked up, or they may be left at the high school. Roosevelt PTA To Hold Meeting First meeting of the year for Roosevelt Parent-Teacher asso ciation will be held in the school gymnasium Thursday, October 17, at 8 p.m. Leonard Mayfield. superintendent of Medford schools, will speak concerning the proposed bond issue. New faculty members will be introduced. Postponed Grove Garden club will not meet Wednesday, October 16, as previously announced, but Octo ber 23 instead. The session will be held at the home of Mrs. C. W. Shores, 52 Oak Grove road, at 2 p.m. - . 'ft N "VI HAT. T VX if hyi 32 NO POTATO CHIPS?" SOSTMAEST POTATO CHIP INDUSTRY L. Workshop Planned For Volunteers Of Cancer Society Volunteers of the American Cancer society, Oregon division, will convene in Portland Wed nesday and Thursday for the an nual workshop on current devel opments in the division's pro grams of research, professional and public education, and com munity service. Volunteers from Jackson county attending will be John Dellenback, Jackson county president; Mrs. John Day, district commander and board of director from this area; Mrs. F. E. Holt, Ashland chair man; Mrs. C. B. Collins, county education co-chairman; Mrs. Ray Frisbie, county service chairman; Mrs. John Baldwin and Mrs. C. O. Long,' Talent chairmen; Mrs. H. H. Parrott Jr., Jacksonville chairman; and Mrs. Mahr Reymers, executive secre tary. Dr. George E. Beadle, biology department chairman at Calif ornia Institute of Technology, will be speaker at a dinner meet ing Thursday night following the annual business session at which new officers will be elec ted. Dr. Beadle, ex-president of the American association for the Advancement of Science and the Genetics Society of America, is a member of the scientific advis ory council of the American Can cer society. Joseph D. Urban, national field representative of the ACS, will open the workshop, all ses sions of which will be at the Multnomah hotel. Other speakers will include Secretary of State - Mark Hat field and M. H. Hollyfield. spec ial instructor in esophageal speech for the division. Children's Bureau Seeks Theme for 1960 Conference Washington, D.C. The Chil dren's Bureau has sought the advice of three national groups on a theme for the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth, Mrs. Katherine Brownell Oettinger, bureau chief, has announced. Representatives of the Coun cil of National Organizations, the National Council of State Committees on Children and Youth, and the Interdepartmen tal Committee on Children and Youth met with Bureau officials to advance suggestions for the conference. Mrs. Oettinger said that their suggestions will be turned over to the National Advisory com mittee on the I960, White House Conference, to be appointed by the president. She also said that other meetings, with other na tional organizations which have programs touching on children and youth, may be held later in order to provide further back ground information for the Na tional Advisory committee. The White House Conference on Children and Youth is held every ten years at the call of the President. The 1950 White House Conference, which more than 5000 persons attended, fo ctissed on the theme "A Healthy Personality for Every Child." The conferees discussed prob lems growing out of rapidly changing conditions. Miss Bea trice McConnell, representing the Interdepartmental Commit tee on Children and Youth, said, "We are fsced with a raising vouth population in a shrinking world." Mrs. Philip Bandt. represent ing the National Council of State Committees for Children and Youth, observed that "kids today are not interested in square knots: they are inter ested in knots in terms of speed." Dr. Donald S. Howard, rep resenting the State Committees group, said that "If there is any one age group which needs sin gling out at this time, it may be the adolescent." The representatives cited ur ban renewal, strip cities, auto mation, the population growth, the impact of the mass commu nications media, and internation al affairs as factors which have brought about changes in home and family life. Dr. Howard, a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, said that experi ence in his state indicated to him that today's teen-agers are not so much interested in codes of behavior, which they regard as too much personal direction, as they are in statements of I principles and standards for ' S T-- 1 Senior Student Speaks for Club Jerry Kerr, senior at St. Mary's High school spoke for the last meeting "of St. Mary's High school Parents' club, held at the school. The student, a delegate to the 1957 session of Beaver Boys' state, reported on the session. Sister Briget Mary announc ed the junior class members will sell Christmas cards this year to help raise money for the junior-senior prom. Officers of the club for this year are Ernest Flakus, presi dent; Mrs. Robert Miksche, vice president; John Mansfield, sec retary; Maurice Reavis, treasur er; Mrs. Joe Tomjack, parlia mentarian. Committee chairmen are Floyd Darland, athletic committee; Mrs. Jerry Burroughs, chaper one; Mrs. Cohn Calhoun, finan cial; Mrs. Flakus, publicity; Mrs. Clifford Metz, room mothers. Littlefield Home Scene of Meeting Shady Cove Shady Cove Home Economics club held the last meeting att he home of Mrs. T. M. Littlefield, Rogue River drive. Plans were made for the coming booster night program of Shady Cove Grange and Mrs. C. Kee was awarded the attend ance prize. Next meeting of the group will be at the home of Mrs. Ed Houston. LIGHT and DARK j Begin today gfj Begin today to enjoy the jy 1 a delights of Hollywood Special &&$Si& m- M Formula Bread. A secret blend -t $g 1 W& of 16 choice grain and vegetable , M HI Bours, your taste buds are in ; " 'S, ' fe2 j for a happy surprise I jit p m FREE! Hollywood Di.f ondColorlo WiK. WPjn fl i Guidt. Writ to Eleanor Day, 100 W. &&tt' I"? ii Momot Sir..t, Chicago 3. Illinois. El m th 0n,y obou, 46 co,or!e t fr! m jy in on 18-gram tlica ess -mwj- Boktd xclu.iv.ly FOR YOU by FLUHRER B Under license by National m Nancy's smart and Nancy likes school. She already has her heart set on being a teacher but it looks as though she's going to be an awfully disappointed young woman. To be a good teacher, Nancy needs first rate schooling right now! But Nancy and a lot of other promising youngsters live in communities where the schooling is inade quate, where there's a dangerous shortage of classrooms, teachers, up-to-date text Grand Guardian To Visit Bethel Inspection by Mrs. J. W. Mc Gill, Beaverton, grand guardian in Oregon for International Or der of Job's Daughters, will be the highlight of a stated meeting for Bethel 14 Wednesday, Octo ber 16: Initiation will be held. The session is to start at 7:30 p.m. and will be preceded by a dinner honoring Mrs. McGill and given by line officers and members of the bethel's guardi an council. All members are reminded that the term rummage sale will be held Thursday, October 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fehl building and are requested to take articles for the sale to' the meeting Wednesday evening. Thirty-four Players Attend Bridge Session Thirty-four players participat ed in Riverside Duplicate Bridge club's play last week. North south scorers were Mrs. Yvonne Dalen and Mrs. Paul Hatton, first; Mrs. F. R. Baker and Mrs. Berg Marten, second; Walter Humes and Paul Hatton tied with Mrs. George Dean and Mrs. Jack Mitchell, third. East-west winners were Mrs. M. M. Herman and Al Gilhous en, first; Mrs. C. L. Howard and Mrs. Paul McDuffee, second; William Isaacs and Dr. Elliott Harlow, third; Mrs. Fred Hes dorfer and Mrs. Phillip Dopp, fourth. BEVERLY GARLAND featured in 'THE JOKER IS WILD" ramount Release in VislaVision BAKERIES Bakers Services, Int. Chicago fllflSjli WILL MAWCY GET WE M RATI Medford Former Resident Visitor in City Mrs. F. Corning Kenly has ar rived for her home in Carmel, Calif., to spend several days writh friends here. She is at the Colony club. The Kenly family lived in the valley for many years. A recent release from Chica go brought the news that Mrs. Kenly's son. Granger F. Kenly, has been made a vice president of Needham. Louis and Brorby, Inc., of that city. Mr. Kenly went to Chicago in 1951 from San Francisco where he had been with Sunset Magazine and before that with the Fiberboard Paper Products, Inc., of that city. Clean Up Day at Hall Phoenix Home Economics club of Phoenix Grange will meet at the Grange hall, Wed nesday October 16, at 1:30 p.m. for clean up day. A potluck din ner will be served at noon with Mrs. Chester Parker and Mrs. Oscar Gysin as co-hostesses. I love to Writ for your FREE Gift Catalog Address SEGO MILK 350 Mission Street San Francisco, California co Dept. A-16 VISIT YOUR SEGO Hibbard's Hardware A TEACHER? books. Result? A not-very-bright future for a lot of very bright kids. Let's be sure this doesn't happen to the children in our schools. Join with the other good citizens of our community to back up our School Board, attend PTA meetings and school conference. For a free booklet telling you more about what you can do, write to: Better Schools, 9 East 40th Street, New York 16, N. Y. UST HAVE CHOOL Mail Tribun Wenonah Club ' Wenonah club will meet at the home of Mrs. Floyd Lewis, 710 Sherman street Thursday, October 17, at 12:30 p.m. des sert will be followed by cards. New Low Price! BRUCE Self-Polishing Wax Guaranteed equal or better quality than any brand at any price! 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