TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday. Oetober 30, 1957
Pi Beta Phi
Sale Friday
Members of Pi Beta Phi alum
nae in Jackson county have plan
ned the annual Arrowcraft sale
and coffee for Friday, Novem
ber 1 at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. George S. Jennings, 218
Saginaw drive. Women of the
valley are invited to attended
between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Arrowcraft articles are hand
made in the homes of the moun
taineers in the vicinity of Gatlin
burg, Tenn. On sale will be hand
woven table linens, bags, in
fant's apparel, and such articles
as handmade hearth brooms
and baskets. The Pi Beta Phi
settlement school has been large
ly responsible for these moun
tain people becoming self-supporting.
Greeting guests at the door
during the sale will be Mrs.
Stuart McQueen, Mrs. Fred Lor
ish, Mrs. W. E. Hercher and Mrs.
Floyd Baker.
Presiding at the table during
the coffee will be Mrs. William
Thorndike, Mrs. James Busch,
Mrs. H. L. Bush, Jr., and Mrs.
Robert Hart.
Assisting Mrs. Robert O'Sulli
van and Mrs. Hercher at the
Arrowcraft sale will be Mrs. Carl
Wimberly Jr., Mrs. John Caul
kins, Mrs. Elliott MacCracken,
Mrs. Darrell Huson, Mrs. Carl
Brophy, Mrs. Richard Lamb and
Mrs. John Judy Jr.
Assisting Mrs. Harold Sexton
and Mrs. A. Norton Smith in the
dining room will be Mrs. Jen
nings, Mrs. V. Ward Hammond,
Mrs. R. B. Thierolf and Mrs.
M. Donald McGeary.
Mrs. Wayne Struble is coffee
chairman.
Sorority Holds
Costume Party,
Preferential Tea
A costume party for members
and husbands of Beta Upsilon
chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sor
ority was held in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Canon Satur
day, October 26. The Halloween
theme was used for decorations
and refreshments. Jack-o-lanterns
lighted the table from which re
freshments were served.
Dancing followed games,
which were conducted by Mrs.
Neil Curry.
Mrs. DeVon Wray assisted Mrs.
Cannon as co-hostess.
A preferential tea was given
by the sorority Sunday. October
20 at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Scott Davis.
Guests were two rushees, Mn.
Fred Wilson and Mrs. Jack
Givler. Mrs. Dale Hogan, another
rushee, was unable to attend.
Mrs. Neil Curry poured and
Mrs. Arthur Brooks assisted Mrs.
Davis as co-hostess.
Fashion Designers
Scrambling for
New Silk Fiber
St. Louis (W American fash
ion designers are scrambling for
a fiber used in typewriter rib
bons and convertible tops.
Scientists call it Pima S-l, but
cotton growers christened it Su
pima at its birth three years
ago. By either name, they agree,
it is the nearest thing to silk
since silk.
The extra-long cotton staple
used in construction of airplanes
(because of its strength) will be
shown in chiffons and voiles (be
cause of its quality).
The fabrics have stepped up
American fine-fiber cotton in
world competition, the National
Cotton council reported at its
1957 convention here. An asso
ciate in the convention was the
Supima Association of America,
the U.S. contender in the field
of luxury cottons.
George Spense, Supima's pres
ident and a cotton grower from
Ysleta, Tex., said two years ago
the government was the only
buyer for high-priced long-fi-
bered cotton. The surplus? to
laled 135.000 bales. At that
point. Southwest cotton farmers
pulled an unprecedented action
They asked Congress to cut the
support price, giving them up to
S50 less a bale. They also creat
ed the Supima association to tell
American textile designers about
their crop.
This season, Spense laid, the
IPottptDifflirira
One of the most serious speeches we've listened to in a long
time was delivered by Senator Richard Neuberger at the Oregon
Presswomen's conference last week end. While the senator did not
sound exactly alarmed, he definitely sounded urgent.
Using the launching of the Russian satellite as a springboard,
Senator Neuberger devoted the latter part of his talk to a compari
son of the recent accomplishments of the Soviet Union and the
United States in the education field. "That satellite was put up
with brains," said the senator a bit grimly. "A lot of people who
knew their mathematics and science spent a lot of time in labora
tories before Sputnik was launched. We can't minimize what has
happened. The same mechanical device which launched Sputnik,
can launch missiles. The same devices can be used to scatter
deadly strontium 90 throughout the atmosphere. The nation doing
this can dominate the earth."
Senator Neuberger quoted the brilliant scientist, Albert Ein
stein, who once said that World War III would be fought with nu
clear weapons and World War IV "with spears."
"Americans have to get rid of the idea that all Russians are'
peasants with bare feet and a pitchfork on their shoulder," the
senator said. "Every student in Russia who has the brains to do
so is sent to college, and while in school, the students are paid a
monthly sum of money roughly equivalent to $100 in our curren
cy. Last year Russia graduated about 123,000 persons in the phy
sical sciences. The United States graduated only 59,000.
"We don't even allow income tax deductions to parents who
are sending children to college. In comparison to this, we allow
business firms to make deductions for standby airplanes and
money paid to fan dancers to entertahvcustomers. How long can
we continue such an approach to our most precious resource?"
He quoted Jefferson who once said "Our young people come
this way but once" and added "We have to wake up."
After the Presswomen's conference closed Potpourri continued
on to Centralia to spend a day with the family. It had been more
than a year since circumstance had permitted a visit, and like
most family gatherings, it was made festive with a special meal.
Our two sisters had roasted a turkey with the wild rice stuffing
which is just about as good as stuffing can be to our notion, and
the accompanying dishes included cranberry sauce and lime sher
bet, to say nothing of whipped potatoes and gravy and hot rolls
with blackberry jam.
The fruit salad was a new treat for our palate. It was made of
mandarin oranges, pineapple chunks, marshmallows, cocoanut,
mayonnaise and sour cream combined and refrigerated for several
hours to blend and set. The two sisters said it was the easiest imag
inable dish to prepare, and "holds" well if not all used the first
time. Actually, it is equally good for a dessert.
Monday we spent a good share of the day in the Sharon Rose
nursing home in Centralia with our mother. Having heard grim
tales about such institutions, we were uneasily wondering what
this one would be like, but discovered that for the most part our
fears were unfounded. Sharon Rose is clean (we toured from first
floor clear up to. the third), attendants, mostly licensed practical
nurses, are neatly dressed and apparently efficient, the guests say
the food is ample, and our meal certainly proved to be so, with
everything from turkey to banana cream pie. Vegetables are fresh
from the home's own garden.
But more important than anything else, there is a spirit of
service about Sharon Rose home. It is operated by a Norwegian
couple, Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Carlson, and it was Mrs. Carlson who
took us on the tour and who introduced almost every one of her
28 guests.
One was Mrs. Thad Stephens, almost 90 years old, who was
the first president of the American Legion auxiliary in Centralia
and the two of us recalled how we had collaborated on stories
when Potpourri worked on the Centralia Chronicle. Mrs. Mary
Morrell, 91. was in high spirits and enjoying her noon meal, but
Mrs. Mary Davis, about the same age, apologized for being in bed
and told Mrs. Carlson how sorry she was not to be able to eat all
her fine dinner. Another guest, Mrs. Minnie Holman, a retired
school teacher, chatted about past and present methods of teaching
writing and showed us her African violets.
When the tour was completed, Potpourri enjoyed the ample
noon meal at a small table, with mother, Mrs. Anna Dokken and
Mrs. Mabel Eastman. The table was laid with a lace cloth; Mrs.
Dokken said grace with reverence and dignity. I learned that at
the large table in the dining room where ambulatory guests are
served, Mr. Carlson says grace.
Time hangs heavy on the hands of some of the guests, but they
read, do needlework, play cards (sometimes . the games, even
though only word games, are enlivened with small wagers) and
enjoy the radio and television. Mail time is eagerly awaited, and
those whose eyes are still good, read letters and cards for those
who cannot. They not only help one another, but take pride in
one another's accomplishments and one guest brought me a letter
addressed by Mrs. Rush Banks to show me how Mrs. Banks, after
all the years of writing with her right hand, has now learned to
write neatly and legibly with her left hand.
With this nation's increasing population of elderly folk, such
homes as Sharon Rose fill a vital need. And Potpourri was glad
to hear Mrs. Carlson say she and her husband had established the
place "because we knew it was needed." She added "the people
who work here aren't working just for wages," and after a day
at Sharon Rose home, we believed her. O.S.
"The Trick is to Treat"
For UNICEF Explained
"The Trick Is to Treat" ing that all children have a well-
UNICEF Halloween project in
Medford will be explained for
children of the city and their
parents in a handbill to be dis
tributed today by Medford chap
ter, Oregon United Nations as
sociation. It is an annual pro
ject. The chapter ordered 3.000 of
the handbills to be distributed
through the six cooperating
schools. Oak Grove, Jackeon,
Jefferson, Washington, Roose
velt and St. Mary's, according to
Mrs. H. P. Bosworth Jr., pro
gram chairman of the chapter.
"This program belongs to the
youth of America," Mrs. Bos
worth stated yesterday. "It was
started by the nation's youth and
has been continued each year.
They are making Halloween a
day for sharing, instead of a day
for scaring. The only 'trick' is to
treat the hungry and sick chil
dren of the world."
It is pointed out that a UNICEF
Halloween does not mean that
children must give up their tra
ditional spooks, witches and gob
lins; the fun of ringing doorbells,
giving parties and collecting
treats. The difference is that
UNICEF spooks are "angels in
disguise" and the treats they col
lect are pennies, nickels and
dimes which through UNICEF's
quantity buying can provide 600
million children in far-away
lands with milk, life-saving peni
cillin, vaccine and vitamins.
"Last year more than 1,500,-
000 American children in some
7,500 communities joined in mak
ing a gift of three-quarters of a
million dollars to UNICEF a
gift used for better health for
"all the worlds children," Mrs.
Bosworth states. "Medford citi
zens are finding the program
produces extra benefits right at
home. They believe that some
thing formerly a problem to
merchants and householders is
becoming a festival of good will.
"The service clubs have wel
comed the opportunity to pro
vide cider and doughnuts to the
children when they return to the
school evmnasiums with their
donations. Parent-Teacher asso
ciations and other local organi
zations are aiding the .project."
It is stressed that only chil
dren with the official tag and
carton bank with UNICEF in
signia are a part of the program
They have been instructed, and
consider the project a public
trust, it is stated. Those in charge
suggested that householders have
on hand a quantity of small coins
for the children who call.
UNICEF workers point out
that even in this country, citizens
fail somewhat in the task of see-
rounded diet. To provide a good
diet for children . of underde
veloped countries where there is
a tradition of disease, poverty
and starvation is a gigantic task.
Last year UNICEF brought aid
to 37 million children and their
mothers in almost 100 countries.
This was also self-help since the
government matched every dol
lar of UNICEF aid.
According to UNICEF officials,
five cents provides enough peni
cillin to cure a child of yaws,
one cent provides vaccine to in
occulate one child against tuber
culosis and one cent provides
five large glasses of milk.
Show Announced
In Central Point
Central Point Central Point
Garden club will hold a fall
flower show and gift display at
Crater High school Sunday, No
vember 3, from 2 to 8 p.m. Mem
bers have made the gifts which
will be on display, and will take
orders fer the holiday season.
The public is invited to attend
and those attending are asked to
use the rear door.
Returns
Mrs. . Harriet Finley, 2250
Crater Lake highway, has re
turned to Medford after spend
ing two weeks in San Diego.
While in California she stayed
with her granddaughter while
Mrs. Finley's daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Wayne Finley, was hos-
ipitalized for surgery.
Book On Camping
Outdoor enthusiasts will be
interested ia Larry Roller's new
be k, "The Complete Book of
Camping and the Outdoors,"
which has been added to the
Medford Public library. The
manual covers all espects of
camping activity, including such
topics as tent raising, safety and
first aid, use of the ax and knife,
what to take along, and camp-
fires and cooking.
farmers are happily watching
fashion designers scramble. The
surplus has dwindled to 1,000
bales and long-staple cotton
growers are planting double
their acreage.
The luxury cotton, once Im
ported from Egypt and Peru by
U.S. manufacturers, now is born
and bred in America, growers
point out. It has the strength of
sailcloth, but women like it bet
ter in its new cotton candy
weight.
The fiber that once was im
ported for men's socks now is
home grown for lace, organdy,
faille and chiffon. Designers
have a choice of fabrics, such as
cotton satin, lightweight cham
bray and broadcloth or any one
of many blends.
Spense, who called the fabric
the "champagne of cottons,"
said textile designers are weav
ing it into materials resembling
crepe with satin and and are
experimenting with novelty
weaves.
CALENDAR
Wednesday:
8 p.m. Roxy Ann Home
Economics club, Mrs. W. W.
Claypool, 2722 Bullock rd.
Thursday:
10 a.m. Women's association,
Phoenix Presbyterian church,
work day at church. '
Fur Restyling
Your furs get a real face-lifting
here. We clean and repair . . . re
Jore like-new looks. What's more,
at a moderate price we'll com
pletely remodel your fur coat, giv
ing it all the season's fashion news.
Frances' Furs
Formerly Frances Dallair -
1100 Crater Lake Ave.
Telephone SP 2-6526
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Consultation Service Studies
incipient Delinquency Signs
By VIVIAN SANDE
United Press Correspondent
New York (W Is there any
way to tell if a child is a poten
tial juvenile delinquent.
A group of New York City
Social workers thinks there may
be.
The Youth Consultation Serv
ice of New York, a 48-year old
non-sectarian, non-profit-making
service agency that cares for
problem girls, has completed
two years of a four or five year
research program to see if the
potential trouble-maker can be
diagnosed and treated before he
or she becomes a delinquent.
Work to date indicates there is
real hope for the program.
Note Danger Signals
Representatives of the agency,
Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, direc
tor of Casework Services, and
two members of her staff, Mrs.
Caroline Oram and Mrs. Helen
Olsen, said they now can set
down some of the danger signs
in adolescent incipient delin
quents that parents and teach
ers can watch for.
However, they stress that
many of these symptoms are
normal for adolescent boys and
girls for short periods of time
or in some degree, and only
when they are carried to ex
tremes or appear in undue com
bination do they mean danger
of disturbance or potential de
linquency,
The jocial service workers
break down some of the danger
signals for the teen-aged group
into four categories:
Physical symptoms bedwet
ting, stammering, constant night
mares or sleepwalking. Repeat
ed headaches, stomachaches or
vomiting spells that cannot be
traced to physical causes. Ex
treme overeating when food
seems to be compensation for
lack of other enjoyment.
Absenteeism, Grade Drop
Danger signals in the child's
school and intellectual patterns
extreme absenteeism. A sud
den and sustained drop in school
grades to below the I.Q. expec
tancy. Withdrawal into a single
pursuit to the exclusion of all
others many of these children
retreat into a world of phantasy
and daydreams and ignore other
normal social activities. Undue
fear of learning new things or
having new experiences.
In the child's social patterns:
any sudden reversal of normal
social behavior (such as a child
who suddenly drops one group
of friends entirely for another),
Complete friendlessness. Con
stant fighting (the child who
picks a fight with everyone). An
exaggerated, aggressively hos
tile, negative attitude. Being too
good (the child who never defies
authority may be boiling with
inner resentment of it). Chronic
tardiness.
Psychological pattern warn
ings: Phobias the child de
velops exaggerated fears of high
or enclosed places, sudden
sounas, new experiences or
strangers. Marked restlessness
and inability to concentrate
Ultra-smooth lying the child
tells lies easily and usually
charmingly and shows evidence
that he or she has no respect for
anyone or anything.
No onions for the stew? You'll
never have that problem if you
keep on hand a supply of instant
minced onion. The new moisture
free onion is always ready to
add onion flavor to any dish.
Keep track of loose snaps in
the sewing basket by snapping
them together on a piece of
cheesecloth.
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