IWO-JtWOUD C0R5G0K) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, December 18, 1937
OEA Makes
Statment
On Salaries
Salaries for teachers must go
Qhigher if schools are to hold and
secure the services of the very
best teachers for Oregon class
rooms, school board members
throughout the state were told
recently in a letter from the
Oregon Education association.
Recommendations for local
salary schedules included: a S4,
400 beginning salary for a teach
er with a bachelors' degree; a
maximum salary twice the be
ginning, $300 annual increments
and placement of teachers on
the salary schedule allowing for
experience nd college educa
tion. "Quality of teaching is the
keystone to the improvement
and stability .of our school pro
gram," said Miss Mildred Whar
ton, Portland, state president of
the OEA in signing the letter.
This action was taken in view
of the "increasing need for
teachers, the shortage of college
graduates to teaching, and Ore
gon not keeping pace with
neighboring states salary wise,"
she said..
The specific salary goal re
commendations were as follows:
(1) The starting salary for any
teacher who holds a Bachelors'
degree be at least $4,400. (2)
That yearly increments be at
least $300 each year. (3) That
the maximum salary on the
schedule be at least double the
starting salary. (4) That every
teacher be placed on his appro
priate position on the schedule
according to years of teaching
experience and degree of college
education.
The board members were
urged to give careful considera
tion to the development of pro
fessional salary schedules in
each district throughout the
state. It was stated (1) beginning
salaries must be high enough to
attract to teaching the most com
petent of our college graduates.
(2) Salary increments should be
large enough to encourage con
tinued professional improve
ment. (3) The salary schedule
should be high enough to hold
the most competent of our
teachers within each local
fchool district.
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Copies of the letter written
and Hgned by the board of trus
tees, executive committee of the
Oregon Education association
were sent to all school board
members in Oregon. One of the
signers was De Vere Taylor,
Medford High school faculty
member.
New Who's Who for Women
Shows Versatility of Female
By GAY PAULEY
United Press Women's Editor
New York HP Never un
derestimate the versatility of
womankind.
Today's female dabbles in an
amazing variety of jobs and
shows equally amazing success
in them.
Take a look at the careers of
some of those who will be listed
in the first gal's "Who's Who,"
published by the same people
who for 60 years have put to
gether a regular "Who's Who,"
without division by sex.
The first "Who's Who of Am
erican Women" will be out in
February. Some 40,000 females
were sent questionnaires but for
one reason or another, some
Christmas Red
Now Fashionable
By UNITED PRESS
The bright red of Christmas
Is the latest color in fashion.
Cocktail and evening gowns
sparkle in red sheer wool, satin
and lace. Newest silhouette is
the bell-skirted gown, shown in
red satin.
The chemise will cut a straight
line at the beach. Resort-wear
designers show the sack in one
piece boy-shorts, two-piece bath
ing suits with the waistline drop
ped below the hips, and sailor-
type outfits with chemise top and
pleated skirt.
Men's fashions feel the influ
ence of imports. We can credit
overseas styles for the Italian
collar on sports shirts, low-cut
shoes, the loden coat, rain wear
and alpine hats.
Grand Officers
Chapter Guests
At Annual Party
Mrs. Daisy Thomsen, H o o d
River, associate grand matron,
and Mrs. Mattie Hermann, Sea
side, Associate grand conduct
ress of Oregon, were guests of
Reames chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, at a Christma
party Thursday evening, De
cember 12 at Medford Masonic
temple.
Following the stated meet
ing, the members joined in sing
ing Christmas carols, led by
Mrs. E. G. Randolph, Reames
chapter soloist. Fred Graten
sang two solos, accompanied by
Mrs. George Ketchum.
After a moments silence, and
the twelfth stroke of the chimes,
an impressive pageant was pre
sented under the direction of
Mrs. Harry F. Nordwick, pro
gram chairman. Taking part in
the pageant were Mrs. Roy V.
Nordwick as Mary; V. A. Thomp
son as Joseph; Edwin Harper as
the shepherd, and Ross Gilkison,
E. G. Randolph and Lloyd Ham
lin as the three wise men. A
group of Courtesy Ladies wear
ing crowns of glistening stars,
represented the angels and
formed the background. Mor
ris Boughner, worthy patron,
gave the prayer as Miss Pauline
Champlin knelt at the chapter
altar.
A Christmas party and smorr
gasbord followed in the dining
room. Tables . were decorated
with evergreen branches, mistle
toe and colored Christmas tree
balls, and holders in the shape
of stars held tall red candles.
In the center of the room was
a colorfully decorated Christ
mas tree atop a large star shap
ed table, above which hung
clusters of glistening colored
stars.
There was an exchange of
gifts, with Herbert Morris play
ing the role of Santa.
Mrs. "John Esp and Mrs. Jack
Caldwell were chairman and co
chairman for decorations and re
freshments. They were assisted
by Mrs. Hazen Cram, Mrs. Don
ald Waldron, Miss Pauline
Champlin, Mr. Esp, Frank G.
Roberts, Mr. Randolph and Haz
en Cram.
PEO Party
Chapter CG of the PEO sister
hood will meet Friday, Decem
ber 20, at 7 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. G. .T. Hupert, 222 Valley
View drive for the annual
Christmas party. Mrs. Robert
Lee will have charge of the program.
A leading European knitwear
designer, the Marchess di Gresy
of Italy, says American women
are too fastidious when it comes
to caring for knitted clothes.
Ironing shortens a garmen's life,
she said. Just wash, dry and
shake out knitted goods.
won't be in there. Wheeler Sam
mons Jr., associate publisher,
said the first book would give
the biographical lowdown' and
accomplishments of 19,000.
He said the three top job cate
gories were education, business
and the arts and communica
tions. The education field will
include teachers plus women
who have administration jobs
deans, and such.
Other Types
Business will include the Viv
ian Kellems type, who are heads
of firms, right on down the line
to top executive secretaries. Arts
and communications will list en
tertainers, writers, radio and
television personalities, and "in
general any woman who does
something creative," said Sam
mons. "The book includes women
test pilots, radar technicians,
horse trainers, and even a
couple of fishing guides in Flor
ida," said Sammons.
Some of the women in the
special publication also are in
the regular one these include
such "names" as Clare Boothe
Luce and Marilyn Monroe. But
Sammons said that to qualify
for the feminine listing, a wom
an need not rate nationally. All
she needs is "a record of ach
ievement which distinguishes
her among women."
I took a look through the "A"
section of the book only and
found these assorted jobs so
cial worker, missionary, textile
consultant, home economist,
medical illustrator, author, act
ress, director, secretary of state,
research biochemist, musicolo
gist, weaver, psychologist, edi
tor, and president of a stock ex
change firm.
No Housewives
No "just a housewife," how
ever. Sammons said the book also
will contain the sketch of one
woman attorney who has a spe
cial claim to fame. "She is prob
ably the only woman ever giv
en a bachelor dinner," he said.
"A few days before her mar
riage, the male members of the
local bar association gave her
the dinner . . . she was the only
woman present, and was award
ed the "degree of good fellowship."
Will the new book list wom
en's ages?
Only if they provide it," said
Sammons. "It's a secret we de
cided they could keep, if they
were sensitive on the subject."
Griffin Creek Club
To Meet on Thursday
Griffin Creek Home Econom
ics club will hold the annual
Christmas party Thursday, De
cember 19 at the home of Mrs.
Fern Larson. Dessert will be
served at 12:30 o'clock, and
members will exchange gifts.
It is stated that the Larsons
live on Cherry street in the
house formerly occupied by the
Farnsworths.
Christmas Party Set
By Past Noble Grands
Gold Hill Amethyst secret
friends, will be revealed at the
Past Noble Grand's club Christ
mas party set for Friday, De
cember 20 at 8 p.m. in the home
of Mrs. Paul Thompson, Second
Avenue, Gold Hill. Mrs. Lester
Parker noble grand of Ame
thyst Rebekah lodge, will assist
Mrs. Thompson.
IP lip in ir it ii
Ten a.m. Tuesday was not exactly the right time to mail Christ
mas packages. Thinking that the early-birds would have come and
gone, and the not-so-early birds wouldn't be on hand yet, Potpourri
sneaked out of the newsroom and over to the P.O. only to find
about 40 others with the same idea. The woman ahead of us took
one look and said "this isn't for me" and turned back. A few min
utes later Mrs. Harry Norwick came hustling in and stopped short
exclaiming "but I thought I was early!"
Neighbor Jeannette Meyer has the whole problem solved. She j
just takes her packages to the Jacksonville P.O.
Potpourri settled down last Sunday to address Christmas cards
and after a vast effort, finally got 14 done. The trouble is that we
always read all of last year's cards over as we go along, and the
notes and messages remind us of something and we always end up
by writing what amounts to a letter. One year going through the
previous year's cards we found one which had never been opened,
and which had an interesting letter in it. Embarrassing, it was.
Pappy and O. V. Myers have decided that the automobile which
the Myers family owned in 1907 and pictured in a recent issue of
The Mail Tribune was a Peerless "Green Dragon." Mr. Myers
recalls that the car was known as "The Dragon" but couldn't re
member what firm had made it. Pappy compared th,e picture with
some in his book on the history of the automobile, and is pretty
sure of his identification.
Mr. Myen recalls that L. D. Harris brought the car into the
valley to sell, and that there was never another like it in this local
ity. It had a six-cylinder gasoline motor and carbide lights which
one ignited with matches. There was a tank on the running board
for the carbide gas.
The car, which cost Mr. Myers $2,800 in the spring of 1908,
more than paid for itself in increased real estate sales, Mr. M.
remembers, because he could cover so much more territory than
with the team and buggy which he had been using. He kept the
car a couple of years, and then turned it in on a White which he
says was a much better automobile. In those days a trip to Ashland
or Grants Pass was practically an expedition.
Mrs. Robert Kimpton of Central Point wrote in to say she
thought the car might have been a 1908 Model B Buick. There
were about 543 of these four-cylinder cars manufactured, she
wrote. They sold for about $1,750, but came higher if a top and
windshield were added.
Mrs. K. thinks some of the present-day automobile dealers
should run some "then and now" pictures to show the difference
which 50 years make.
Mrs. C. W. Parker, who lives on South Stage road, and Mrs.
Melvin Lattie of North Phoenix road, held a reunion last Wednes
day, after discovering through the pages of The Tribune that they
had attended the same high school as girls. The two women had
met through Oregon State College Mothers' club, but each knew
the other only by their married names.
Reading in The Tribune that Mrs. Lattie had returned from
visiting her mother, Mrs. Carlos Ellis in Springfield, Mass., Mrs.
Parker realized that the two were former schoolmates. Mr. Ellis,
who had been principal of Springfield High School of Commerce,
she recalled "as the most wonderful man I ever knew." Bits of
information gleaned from his daughter indicate that Principal
Ellis had indeed been an unusual man. When he became principal
of the school, it had a handful of students. Before his work ended,
it had grown to 2,000 students.
Mr. Ellis trained high school girls so successfully for business
careers that during World War I the French government arranged
to have a corps of young Frenchwomen sent to the school for bus!
ness training. For his part in the project, Mr. Ellis was decorated
by the French government, receiving the Legion of Honor award.
It was of this, and many other long-ago happenings, that the
two Rogue valley women recalled over the tea cups last Wednes
day. The business man somewhere who growled "This thing is get
ting out of bounds" when he was asked to cqmment on Christmas
business gift-giving, maybe had some reasons for his sour outlook.
According to Sylvia Porter, business analyst, the market for busi
ness gifts is "conservatively estimated at over a billion dollars
yearly." When pressd, however, the man admitted that his firm
wasn't going to quit giving business presents, in fact, was increas
ing the money spent each year. "Once you're on this Christmas
gift kick, you stay on it," he was quoted.
If the Tribune's Dick Greene had his way, firms wouldn't just
give their employees a Christmas gift. They'd buy pears and
apples and other fresh fruit for their employees and urge them to
eat some, every day. Mr. G. is sure the firms would find this an
investment in better health, and therefore in increased efficiency
and fewer days away from work because of illness. Mr. Greene
thinks fruit growers everywhere are missing a bet in not educat
ing the consumer to the health-giving properties of fresh fruit.
O.S.
New Back Interest
Teacher Arranges
Annual Program
A Christmas program was ar
ranged by Mrs. Walace Haskins
for the meeting of College Wom
en's club Saturday, December 14,
at Girls' Community club. .
A group of children from the
fifth and sixth grades at the I
Roosevelt Annex sang Christmas J
songs under the direction of their i
music instructor, Mrs. Eleanor
Hamilton. Mrs. Margery Blaar
of the same school accompanied j
at the piano.
Mrs! Blaar then displayed pic
tures created by the pupils in
her intermediate art classes and
explained how they were made
from leaves and berries which
the children had gathered.
Mrs. Dorothy Dymock, teacher j
of the second grade in Redwood
school, Grants Pass, told a
Christmas story, "When the
Chimes Rang," which she illus
trated by constructing a picture
on the flannel board.
Tea was served by Mrs. S. H.
Gay, social chairman, and her
committee, Miss Ruth Nye and
Mrs. J. W. Murray, Mrs. G. O.
Dizney, Mrs. Oliver Obenchain,
Mrs. J. R. Smith, Mrs. L. A.
Mentzer and Mrs. Wallace Haskins.
Manufacturers
Give Toy Tips
New York (IP) The Toy Man
ufacturers of the U.S.A. offered
these tips for making the chil
dren's Christmas safer:
Do store toys when they're
not in use; don't leave them lying
on stairways, the floor or in
driveways.
Do select toys in the proper
age group for each youngster;
don't give infants and toddlers
toys designed for teen-agers.
Do inspect toys periodically
and mend them when needed;
don't permit children to play
with splintered or broken toys.
Do check electrically or chem
ically operated toys from time
to time and watch for the Under
writer's seal of approval; don't
permit electrical toys to be used
if they have loose connections or
faulty wiring.
Don't acept toys unless they
are built with rounded edges,
colored with non-toxic paints and
meet general safety standards.
Dip For Parties
New York (IF) Serve a tray
of raw vegetable relishes for a
refresshing snack between rich
meals at Christmastime. Add a
tasty dip made with one cup of
sour cream, 2 tablespoons soy
sauce, 1 tablespoon lemon juice
and teaspoon ground ginger.
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Look for the "Como cardigan"
in spring fashions for small fry.
Creepers will come with match
ing v-necked sweaters. One
white cable stitch suit also has
a matching cardigan.
Daughter Arrives
For Extended Stay
Mrs. Richard Smith and small
son, Mitchell, have arrived in
Medford from Glenridge, N.J., to
spend the next few months with
Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Neill, 1415 West
Eighth street. Mrs. Smith is the
former Sandra Neill.
OMr. Smith, a journalist for the
United States Air Force, is on
the staff of an Air Force news
paper in Paris, France.
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Officers Elected
By Butte Falls Unit
Butte Tails Mrs. Elga Ab
bott was elected chairman of
Butte Falls Home Economics
club at a meeting held at the
Abbott home. Mrs. Clyde Moore
was elected vice-chairman and
Mrs. H. J. Arnold, secretary
treasurer. The club planned the annual
bazaar, and a potluck dinner for
Grange members and friends to
be held December 21 at 6:30
p.m. Entertainment will follow
dinner. Each .Grange family is
asked to invite at least one
guest family. Table service and
coffee will be furnished.
This year the HEC's contri
bution to CARE was sent to
Germany.
Mrs. Robert Wells, a new
member, was introduced.
At the close of the meeting,
the hostess served refreshments.
The next HEC meeting will
me January 14 at the home of
Mrs. Ross Arnt. .
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