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o TWO MEDFCQSD (OggGQjft jgjfcJL Yjtlgujfg Modern Craft Enthusiasts Outdo Grandma; Show Opens 9f.or.ii7, ifeTOafe" 4, 187 By GAY PAULEY United Press Correspondent New York (W Today's woman sticks to her knitting. Also to her weaving, crocheting, rug-hookinug, tatting, quilting, and a hundred other hobbies whichQfill her spare time. At the rate she is going, she will outdo grandma, and grand ma was no slouch. She reared a big family, did all th house work and still found timfio knit socks and crochet antimac assars. . "Look at whjijfc has happened to weaving," said Mrs. Leo Fein O berg, who is coordinating the 34th Annual Women's Interna tional Exposition, which opened today at the 71st Regiment Ar mory. "It is an ancient craft, in a fantastic new vogue. Women are weaving skirts, suit and dress fabrics, baby crib covers, pic tures, drajSries, couch covers. One woman even has woven a room divider "All this on a hand loom, mind you. This year we are giving four times as much space to wea ving entries as we did last year." Half Th Gals Crochet The other handicrafts are do ing right well. Mrs. Feinberg, who has been with the exposi tion since 1940, said at least 50 per cent of the nation's adult female population does crochet. Almost as many knit. Some wo men are skilled at three or four types of needlework. She isn't sure where they find the time, considering that some 22 million hold outside jobs. Satisfies Creatiye Urge "But there are three good rea sons handicrafts will go on and on," she said. "They satisfy our creative urge. Take me, I'm a knitter. I can go out and buy a sweater for my grandson for $5. It will take me several hours to knit one and I will spend just as much money. But I get more pleasure out of seeing him wear what I made. "Doing something with our hands calms our nerves better than tranquilizing pills. "And I do think most of us women deep down want to keep alive the arts and skills our grandmothers knew." For most women, their handi work Is a hobby, although a few have turned it into a moneymak er, she added. No Age Limit . Women from 8 to 80 are in ' eluded in the more than 5,000 showing their work at the cur . rent exposition, which runs un til November 10. Youngest exhibitor is 8-year-old Gabriela De Ganges, of En cino, Calif., who with her broth er. Raoul, 9, is showing various gift items made of shells. One of the oldest is Miss Mary O'Brien, 80, of the Bronx, an embroidery expert. A star attraction of the show is th "Rug-O-Rama," consisting of JfoO hand-made rugs including $ "one world" design by a travel-minded Lcg Island, N. J., housewife, Mrs. Ingrid McBrian featured a 9-by-15-foot hooked rujf "which has been years in the making. I couldn't count th hours." 4 Scout Workshop To Be Wednesday An arts and crafts workshop, for all Intermediate Girl Scout leaders of the Medford district, will be held Wednesday, No vember 6, starting at 9:30 a.m. and running until 2 p.m., at St. Mark's Guild hall. Fifth and Oakdale avenue. The program will center about the dabbler badge, which is designed to lead into work in many badges, in cluding art, ceramics, wood, metal, basketry and weaving, stencil printing, and puppets and peepshows or dioramas. Demonstrations will include making a fish or animal form from wire; cutting out a basket bottom on a jigsaw and drilling the holes for the spokes; making a hurricane lamp out of tin; and demonstrating how to make a pinch pot out of clay. The in structors will be volunteer hob byists. One instructor will dem onstrate puppet making. 4 Installation Held By Grandmothers Retirement of 1957 officers and installation of the new of ficers was held at a meeting of Rogue Grandmothers' club at the home of Mrs. C. R. Alexander, 110 Almond street, October 28. Luncheon was followed by the business session. Mrs. Olaf Severson conducted the ceremonies and also present ed Mrs. Clayton Walker her past president's pin. Twenty - seven members attended. New officers seated were Mrs. Rex Note, president; Mrs. J. B. Carr, first vice-president; Mrs. Fred L. Ryde, second vice-president; Mrs. Grace Kurz, secretary; Mrs. O. L. Gaston, treasurer; Mrs. Bessie Young, chaplain. Mrs. Walker reported on the national convention. Paper stuck to wood can be removed by letting a few drops of oil soak into it. Then rub off gently with a clean cloth. o Interest Grow In Charm'School For Girl Scoutt The charm school to be held November 9, for 11 Intermediate Girl Scouts and their leaders of the Rogue Valley area, will be in the Roosevelt school gymnas ium due to the large enrollment. Hours are 9:30 a.m. until 12 noon. At present over three hun dred girls have signified their desire to attend the sessions. The first session will deal with hair care and styling and make up, with Mrs. Eloise Logan as special consultant; nutrition and dental care and hygiene, with' Dr. Raymond W. McNair, ortho dontist, as dental consultant, and Mrs. Blanche Frisbie, acting as nutritional consultant. An edu cational film, "Gateway to Health," showing the need for better eating habits to promote better dental hygiene, will also be shown. Senior Girl Scouts will assist with the program at each ses sion, including -ushering. Other sessions will be held December 14, January 11, and February 8: on March 17 a graduation party will be held for those who have attended all sessions of ,the school. . Subjects to be covered at sub sequent sessions will be good posture, and physical fitness: eti quette, hostessing, introductions, conversation, how to make friends; what to wear for any occasion and a fashion show. Other professional people will give time to serve as special con sultants for each session. The school was planned by Mrs. Ray mond Reter and Mrs. Al Cararra of the Girl Scout program com mittee. Stamp Club Session Set for Saturday Two members will be on the program for a meeting of South ern Oregon Stamp club Thurs day, November 7, at 8 p.m.. in Room 2, Girls' Community club. Mrs. Mamie Bloomfield will speak on "Oddities in Stamps and Envelopes." and Mrs. Eric de Place will display and speak on a part of her collection, "United States History on Stamps." She will describe the pages in the collection having to do with Oregon Territory, which originally included Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, and part of Montana and Wyoming. Anyone interested in stamp collecting or in Oregon history will be welcome to attend. Re freshments will be served fol lowing the meeting, which will conclude with "stamp swapping and talk." Thirteen Fast-Moving Acts Make Up. 1957 League Follies Thirteen f ast-movinz acts make up the 1957 Follies which Medford Junior Service league will present Wednesday and Thursday, November 6 and 7, on the stage of the Craterian theater. The show will raise money for the league's kinder garten for hard-of-hearing chil dren. Scene I will be "Follies Show time" and will feature the Top Hatters, ladies and gentlemen of the chorus, Crater Cuties and Medfordettes. Scene II is en titled merely "What?" and has Sam Richardson, Frank Hope well and R. B. Thierolf in the cast. The following scene fea tures the George Lewises, and Scene IV, entitled "A Brush with Bill" present Angus Bow mer and Richard Graham, actors Electa Social Club Has Recent Session Electa Social club held the last meeting at Girls Community club, with Mrs. Alfred Castillo as chairman in charge of arrange ments. She was assisted by Mrs. J. J. Brown, Mrs. H. C. Capsey and Mrs. D. W. Bowers. Fall flowers and Halloween candies were used as decorations. Twenty-eight attended,, and guests were Mrs. Ernst Larson, Burns chapter. Order of Eastern Star, Burns, Ore., and Mrs. Eliza beth Dopp, Fern chapter, OES, Denver, Colo. A gift was presented to Mrs. Clara Franklin. A business meeting was fol lowed by cards. The committee for the next meeting November 22 will be Mrs. Arthur Carrell, chairman, Mrs. Al Schrack, Mrs. Mark Lawrence and Mrs. Beryl Lyons. Electa Social club, an organi zation for Order of Eastern Star members who are not affiliated with a valley chapter, meets the fourth Friday of each month. Unaffiliated OES members are invited to meet. f Party Set Wenonah club will hold a public card party at ReRdman hall Thursday, Nov. 7, commenc ing at 112:30 p.m. Bridge, pin ochle and canasta will be played. The usual luncheon and busi ness meeting scheduled for this time will be held at a later date. Butte Falls Unit To Hold Meeting Butte Falls Butte Falls Home Extension unit will meet Thursday, November 7, at the home of Mrs. Ted Fredenburg. The lesson will be on "Credit Buying." from the Oregon Shakespearean festival company. "Mooo-o-os and Musings" is sponsored by Snider's Dairy and "The 59"ers" is an all-male dance and comedy act. "Old Friends" will be staged by Otto Frohn mayer and Hugh Coleman, an other act is billed "The Roaring Twenties" and one as "Arabian Nights." Frank Hopewell will appear in a skit called "Dirty Kat" and Act II closed with "Paris, Paris, Paris" featuring Mrs. Edward W. Sickles as Mam-selle de Paree. Billed for Act II are "Carib bean Capers," "What, Again?", "Around the World," an act sponsored by Crater Lake Mo tors, "Paradise Isle," "Check Apron Ball," "Snow Scene by Currier and Ives," "Flings," "Beautiful Babies," "Calling Uncle Sputnik," "Thafs Enter tainment," "Precision Personi fied" and the closing scene "And Now Goodbye." The show is directed by Rob ert Stevens of the Cargill com pany, New York, Mrs. Harvey Field is musical director, Bill Patton is the lighting technician and Allan Hunt designed the program cover. Curtain time is 8:30 p.m. each night and tickets are on sale at Purucker's Piano House, The Music Mart, Swem's and Bar ker's, or may be bought at the door. Townsendites Note Member Increase Medford Townsend " club has grown to more than 80 members at the present. A goal of 200 members by next year has been set according to Albert Kiss inger, publicity chairman. The next meeting, November 6 will be conducted by the Ladies' auxiliary. A Halloween party was well attended last Wednesday and three members were awarded gifts for the best answers to "Tell-A-Fortune" guessing game. Refreshments were served after a program of songs and ac cordion music. Violin and piano music was furnished for dancing. Townsend clubs meet evefy Wednesday for a covered dish luncheon. Visitors are always welcome at all meetings. CALENDAR Monday;. 7 p.m. Chapter CG, PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs. E. L. Bartholomew, 2635 Hillcrest ave. 7:45 p.m. Westminster guild, First Presbyterian church par lors. 8 p.m. Alpha Lambda chap ter, Epsilon Alpha sorority, 123 Oak st., Central Point. 8 p.m. Chapter BE, PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs. George B. Canode and Mrs. Arthur Warnock, 1716 Crown ave. . 8 p.m. Knights of Pythias, Pythian bldg. 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows hall. 8 p.m. St. Mary's Grade school Parents' club, activities room. 8 p.m. VFW auxiliary, dance at Camp White. Tuesdayi 10 a.m. 9 p.m. Methodist International bazaar, at church. 10:30 a.m. Reese Creek Extension unit, home of Mrs. James L. Duncan, Ball rd. 12:30 p.m. Medford Lady Elks, ladies party lounge, Elks Temple. 1 p.m. Central Point, Royal Neighbors, home of Mrs. Ray Allred, 2649 Connell ave., Cen tral Point. 1:30 p.m. Gold Star Moth ers, courthouse auditorium. . 1:30 p.m. Oak Grove Neigh borhood club, home of Mrs. Orval Shores,Pumice lane. Don't clean a mop or duster by banging it against a surface. Twirl the handle of the mop or duster in a steady motion. This will free more dirt and prevent damage to the cleaning tool. H&9 Cotton Prints 1 Gaining Favor as Decorative Fabric Cotton prints are challenging solid-color cottons for the lead ing role in decorative fabrics. Prints in sharp, clean pat terns have been gaining new popularity throughout the coun try in re'eent months, according to trade reports. Solids have enjoyed the lead ing position for the past four years. Fabric manufacturers ex plain that it is easier to coordi nate a single color in a room set ting than to decorate with a pat tern that may include several different colors. New fabric collections, how ever, feature simplified prints, especially monotones and two color patterns, that are easy to coordinate with other decorative elements. When meat balls, meat loaf or 'burgers are on your menu, try substituting robust California "rosso" or other red table wine for the liquid used in the neat mixture. This fine seasoning adds moistness and good flavor, and blends with any ingredient you might use in your own special recipe. 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