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o TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MA.IL TRIBUNE Thursday, Novmbr 7. 1957 Housewives Advised to Brag And Not Deride Homemaking ; By GAY PAULEY " United Press Correspondent New York W Some free ad l vice today to all those millions of women whose occupation is ""just a housewife." Take a new look around you. People in high places are begin ning to recognize that most of you hold not one but several dozen jobs. So start promoting. Shed your shrinking violet com- - plex. Discard your ironing board . slouch, throw your shoulders - back in pride. Brag about, don't deride, your "career." The newest friend in the housewife's camp is Mrs. Kath- - erine B. Oettinger, chief of the " U.S. Children', Burtau, nd , homemaker also. She chi&eg fil of u for look ing down our noses Jit contribu- - tions on tlig stay-at-home wife ... even tuggeeted htf should be paid, just r, gs the 22 million om en in jut4f jobf r rimbur ed. "So Ttimrrt mothers feel fuil- ty'4 th.ey do morft" Mr. Oettin $er told (; rfcent National Man power Conirenc at Harriman, N.Y. "But though thi is some times forgotten, so many feel guilty if they do not." World' Hirdft Job The time has com for tht "world to enhancf tb sttu of the homemaker," h id. "The lack of respect and recognition for one of Jfce hardest job in the world is so familiar it needs no documentation." Mrs. Oettinger Clold of ont mother of three, who decided to take an outside job until he checked the cost of sending the children to a day care center. She found her salary would just about pay the tab. She decided not to tafce the job and comment ed, "I didn't think I wat worth ANYTHING at home." Mrs. Oettinger said perhaps thway to "enhance" the status of just a housewife" is "tht one often suggested but seldom taken seriously ... to grant some pecu niary recognition to the mother who works IN the home." Well, I've been counting all the jobs the housewife holds and much as I agree with Mrs. Oet tinger, there is a big hitch. Who would pay her salary? Hubby. The family budget might cover her earnings as a domestic, at ing the going fate of $1 to $1.50 an hour. But foot the bill for her work as family doctor, nurse, management expert, financial whir, fashion advisor, and you're in the big money. Class .Dinner Shipmates class of First Meth odist church will hold tbs) month ly potluck dinner Friday, No vember 8, at 6:30 p.m. It th church. Anyone "a littjf past th half way mark" is invited to attend the dinnerQ r To Dane Pioneer Squar) Dance club will mat urdiy, Kovimber 9, at 8:30 p.m. at Kershaw squfcre. "'MemberOnay invi'e (guests. Kenneth Howe nd Gordon Kershaw will eail; refriehmints will be served. One home economist. E'rances Sanderson of Wayne State uni versity, Detroit, estimated this wppIc "that Mrs. Housewife would qualify as a S20,000-a-year work-; er on the open job market. j Count the additional jobs. She ! is scientist experimenting with cooking, dietitian, child psychol ogist, hostess, laundress, teacher, interior decorator, baby-sitter, carpenter, errand boy, and chauf feur. She is the family shopper a job which alone would drive the average purchasing agent to resignation. All this, and she is the patient wife, who tolerates the husband coming home at the end of the day with the comment: "Well, what have YOU done all day." One housewife recently an swered, "Everything. Twelve times." Maybe instead she should have handed her husband a bill. Back-To-School Night Observed By Crater PTA Central Point Back-to-school was the theme of the first meet inj of Crater Parent-Teacher as sociation October 28 at the high school cafetorium. The parents followed the daily schedule of classes of the students. The six regular class periods were held in 10 minute sessions with the teachers explaining the aims of the year for each class. Ques tions followed. The newly formed dance band played during the band period. The president, Mrs. Lewis Kil bourn, presided. The invocation was given by the Rev. Paul O. Kroon of Community Bible church. The flag was presented by members of a Senior Girl Scout troop, Rachael Hamilton, Janet Kilbourn, Laurel Setness, Janet Scolberj and Rosalie Hew itt. Mrs. Kilbourn introduced the officers and chairmen of com mittees for the year. The offic ers are: president, Mrs. Lewis Kilbourn; first vice president, Mr. Chester Ashton; second vice president, Cinton M. Char ley; secretary, Mrs. Earl Sands; treasurer, Albert H. Piche. Committee chairmen are: Community, G. A. Koellner; character and mental health, Mrs. B. Sam Taylor; hospitality, Mrs. William Straus and Mrs. Carl A. Lichti; legislative, C. Claude Thompson; magazine, Mrs. C. Scott Hamilton; public ity, Mrs. Charles S. Taylor; ways and means, Mrs. Richard Savage and Mrs. Fred W. Lester; . wel fare and student aid, Mrs. W. C. Higginbotham; school repre sentative, A. L. Straus; flowers, Mrs. C. W. Anhorn. Teachers were introduced by Principal A. L. Straus. It was voted to install a milk vending machine which will be under the managership of the Future Farmers of America. During the meeting 140 par ents became members. Anyone wishing to join the group may do so by calling Mr. Charley. The next meeting will be No vember 25 at 8 p.m. Miss Bosh ears and the Torch Honor so ciety will have charge of the program. Applegate PTA Hears Talk on Woodburn School Applegate Valley Children who are in the way of the par ents' own selfish pursuits were named among those most fre quently sent to the correctional school for boys at Woodburn, Ore., said Gleason Crowell, a representative of the school, spoke at Ruch Parent-Teacher association meeting Friday eve ning. Mr. Crowell, who represents the school in three counties in Southern Oregon, and has head quarters in Medford, said that 38 boys are at Woodburn now from Jackson county. He said that public schools are the chan nels where danger signals of de linquency are most often de tected, many times even before parents are aware of these ten dencies. Offenses range from truancy to murder, the speaker said. He described general condi tions at the school, saying that except for extreme offenders, youngsters at Woodburn enjoy the freedom of home life. In ad dition to their regular schooling they are allowed to work at any of the various vocations around the 260 acre farm, which in cluded dairy, poultry, c'arpentry, painting, upholstery and furni ture shops and laundry. Some of the more reliable boys are given off-campus care at foster homes within a 30 mile radius and at tend public schools. Others are sent to camps at Tillamook or Cannon beach and have employ ment with the Forest service or fish and game commission. The average time for rehabi litation of a boy is from 12 to 14 months. Owing to the indi vidual, some do not care to re turn home, while others have a desire to go back to the most undesirable type of home, Mr. Crowell said. Some find employ ment in trades learned at school, and a few enter college. Some find foster parents. The speaker said that few delinquents come from rural areas. Mr. Crowell was Introduced by Larry Tweedy, program chairman, who is a counsellor in the county juvenile depart ment. Ed Ramsay, PTA presi dent, presided at the business meeting at which time Robert Webb and Boyd Gibson, princi pal, were named to head a build ing committee to erect a canopy over walks between buildings at the school plant. November 9 was set as a work day. Mrs. Vern Taylor is in charge of the membership drive, and Mrs. George Sample, as hospital ity chairman, introduced the fol lowing visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rametes, Mrs. Author Brown, Mrs. Raymond Wedde, Make Your Date With BEAUTY . e VIRGINIA'S BIG Y Beauty Salon Jim Funk, Lillian Lewis, Virginia Welch, Owner & Operator PHONE SP 2-9380 I X 1 wan o Formerly Guaranteed equal or better quality than any brand at any price! FOR FLOORS USE BRUCE Cleaning Wax Floor Cleaner Asphalt Tile Cleaner Asphalt Tile Wax Paste Wax Annual Art Show Opening Tonight The seventh annual art ex hibit sponsored by Medford branch, American Association of University Women, will open this evening at the Medford ho tel. The yearly show features the work of valley artists, and observes National Art week. Show hours will be from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. and the ex hibit will remain open Friday from 9 a.m. through 10 p.m. The public is invited to attend both this evening and tomorrow. Visitors will be asked to vote for their favorite work in each of three divisions, oil watercol or and miscellaneous. Two bal lots will be available, one for the adult division and one for the student division. Over 40 artists are expected to enter work. Tonight the con tributing artists will be special guests of the Medford branch president, Mrs. A. J. Johannson, and her officers. 4 Safety Is Topic For PTA?Session John Childers will present a program on safety at a meeting of Roosevelt Parent-Teacher as sociation Friday, November 8, at 2:30 p.m. in the school aud itorium. A barbershop auartette will sing. Mothers of children in the fifth grade will provide the refreshments. 4 Woodcraft Neighbors Announce Meeting Phoenix Neighbors of Wood craft will hold a business meet ing tonight at 8 o'clock at the Grange hall. Mrs. Gladys Bon ner will serve refreshments. 4 Members of Class Give Shower Party Talent The Concerned class of Talent Methodist Sunday school gave a cradle shower for Mrs. Maynard Stutzman Novem ber 1 in the church annex. Mrs. Henry Bottger and Charles Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. George Redhead and the room mothers arranged a Halloween party for the youngsters, and mothers of the first grade room served. F'iiSf If 'Kr J o FROM ALASKA Richard Byrns, associate professor of English at Southern Oregon col lege', came to Ashland with his wife and two children from Fair banks, Alaska, where he taught at the University of Alaska. His education includes a bachlor's degree from Colorado State col lege, master's University of Cal ifornia at Berkeley and a doc tor's from University of Edin burgh, Scotland. He has taught high school in Alaska and Col orado and college in North Idaho College of Education at Lewis ton as well as in Alaska. Dr. Burns held a Ford Foundation fellowship in 1951-52 which he spent abroad in Scotland. Free Repair Offered Whatniks at Portland Portland (IP) Shipyard workers at Swan island offered today to repair free any flying saucer, sputnik, mutnik or what ever if one of them should land here. The offer includes drydock ing, sand blasting, painting and structural repairs. Said Hal Feiock, dock master: "The job might as well be free. The Whatniks wouldn't have our kind of money anyway." SCARCE Cranston, R. I. (IP) After a month-long campaign to award theater tickets to courteous dri vers, the Mayor's Traffic Safety Committee reported it had found only one such driver. The Hollywood Scene LS? Editor's note: Vernon Scott is on vacation. Rosemary Clooney tells about her experiences as a working mother and how she's solved the problem. By ROSEMARY CLOONEY Written for United Press Hollywood (IP) So far, I am the mother of three children a mother with every hope of having three more. My three Miguel, 2V2; Ma rie, 14 months and Gabriel, 3 months make my husband Joe (Jose Ferrer) and me very happy indeed. But since there are those who think it unusual for pro fessional people to go in for large families, I thought Id ex plain why we're doing it. Actually, it's because we just happen to want one and would whether I worked or stayed home. Joe and I are both mem bers of large families, and we're agreed that it's a great institu tion. I, for one, think it's awful for a child to grow up alone. I know how much security and warmth I got from my brother and sisters and I think it's criminal for a child to be deprived of this. Relationship Evaluated e Nothing, not even the mother and father, can replace the as sociations between the children in the home. There is one view, I know, to the effect that in a big family the child can't get the right in dividual support and attention. I happen to disagree. I think chil dren get more of both these qualities from their brothers and sisters. In our own particular situa tion, I am in the happy position of being able to spend as much time with my children as any other mother. Most women have to take on time - consuming responsibili ties like laundry, shopping, cook ing and so forth. I am fortunate in being able to arrange to have these things done so all my time away from television is free. Time with Children Plentiful Also, Joe and I lead quiet lives. We like to spend our even ings with each other at home for the most part. So when the chil dren are older they'll have a good deal of time with us both. As far as this" business goes of being brought up by parents who are in the limelight, I don't see any problem. I plan to take the youngsters to watch Joe while he's at the studio because I think it would be logical in any family for the children to see what their father does in his career. But in my own case, I'll shy away from having them around when I'm doing a show because I feel it would put me out of character as a mother. The chil dren will know, of course, that mama does something that makes people watch her but I think when they're brought up knowing this, they simply ac cept it as a norm. Court Records MUNICIPAL COURT Ernest George Bursing, disobeyed traffic signal, S3, bail. Ned Lewis Chinn, violation basic rule, S10, bail. Eugene Guy Heim, improper left turn. S5, bail Stanley Valentine Snyder, disobeyed traffice signal. $5. bail. Frankie Sue Williamson, violation basic rule. $10. Robert Joseph Clauss, violation basic rule, S10. Robert Underbill, violation basic rule, $15, bail. CIRCUIT COURT Kenneth Thomas vs. Frances Jean Thomas, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Claude Andrew Aston. Modesto, Calif., and Vivian Pauline Brasel, Tur lock. Calif. Armando Peter Banco, Somerville. N.J.. and Roberta Gayle. Bradford, Medford. The wasp, hornet and yellow jacket, unlike the honey bee, can sting repeatedly. The bee leaves its stinger and dies as a result. CALENDAR Calendar notices and newt tor the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for tha Sun day edition la 1 p.m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar is B i m of the day of publication and for week day news is t con. th day before publication. Thursday: . 6:30 p.m. Southern Oregon Society of Artists, Mary's Casa, 537 Mary st. 6:45 p.m. Rogue River Val ley Knife and Fork club, Rogue Valley Country club. 7-10 p.m. AAUW art exhibit, Medford hotel. 7:30 p.m. Welcome Wagon club, home of Mrs. John Mast, 532 Plum street. 8 p.m. Adarel chapter, Masonic temple, Jacksonville. Friday: 9 a.m. -10 p.m. AAUW art exhibit, Medford hotel. 12:30 p.m. St. Elizabeth guild, St. Mark's Episcopal church. 1 p.m. Phoenix Garden club, Community hall, Phoenix. 4 WASP VICTIM Concord, Mass. HP) Stung by ' a wasp on the forehead while riding his motorcycle on patrol. State Trooper John Nielsen col lapsed by the roadside, lost con sciousness and had to spend two days in a hospital. DENTAL NURSE, Become one in 4 months Exclusively for Women A profession olways reeded. Information mailed upon rquc. 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