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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, January 18. 1958 How To Keep Teachers Is Group Discussion Topic -1 J TTIll , .-r -r run now can we keep our teachers," was the topic for an informal group discussion following a busi ness meeting of Gold Hill Parent - Teacher association January ft in Hanby school gymnasium. The invocation was given by Dean Roberts, seventh grade teacher at Ilanby. Mrs. Floyd Taylor, presi dent of the unit, presided. Two piano solos and several vocal selections were given by the "Singsters choir", fourth and fifth grade pupils directed by Mrs. Norman Gail. Mrs. Walter Doherty accompanied the group. Solo ists for the choral group were Crystal Litton and Sybil J3wer, introduced by Richie Herrington. He also presented Charlotte Vollmert and Char maine Doherty, who played piano solos. Mrs. Melvin Johnson, ways and means chairman, stated that S65 was cleared on the PTA quilt project. Mrs. Edsel White announced that Miss Marie Johnson's third grade . room won the room count. Norman Gail, chairman of District 6-C opened the in formative discussion, arrang ed by Mrs. Doherty, program chairman. He said the pri mary problem in Gold Hill is the lack of available homes Officers Installed In Joint Meeting In Central Point Central Point Joint instal lation of officers for Central Point Odd Fellows and Re bekah lodges took place Mon day evening, January 13, at Central Point Grange hall. A team from the Jacksonville lodges conducted the installa tion. Mrs. James Farrar, dep uty president, is from Central Point. Installation officers from Jacksonville are John M. Black, district deputy grand master; Jack McDaniel and Mrs. Esther Norman, mar shals; Mrs. Marjorie McDan iel arfd Lloyd Norman, assist ant marshals: Mrs. Mildred Campbell and Arthur Hinkle, grand wardens: Mrs. John Black and. Albert Hackert, grand secretaries; Mrs. Kin dred Thomas and Ernest Ram say, grand treasurers; Mrs. Letha Black and Clarence Jordan, grand chaplains: Mrs. Lois Fretwell and T. A. Thom- ason, grand guardians; and Mrs. Grace Brownley, musi cian. Odd Fellows officers in stalled were Fred Lofland, ao ble grand; Edward Inman, vice-noble grand; Robert Suth erlin, treasurer; Robert Mon sey, secretary; Don Landing, financial secretary; Loren Fleming, warden; Don Ves sey, conductor; Floyd Shores, right scene supporter; Clark McDowell, left scene support er; Gerry Kime, right support to the noble grand; A. C. Smith, left support to the noble grand; Neil Glenn, color bearer; Vern Kite, outside guardian: Forest Thomason, inside guardian; and Ells worth Robison, chaplain. Rebekah officers installed were Mrs. James Vandersteen, noble grand; Mrs. John Robi son, vice grand; Mrs. Martin Johnson, recording secretary; Mrs. Lloyd Jones, financial .secretary; Mrs. Elsworth Rob ison, treasurer; Mrs. Clark McDowell, warden; Mrs. Lu ther J. Day, conductor; Mrs. Frank Glenn, chaplain; Mrs. John Kime, right scene sup porter to the noble grand; Mrs. Gerry Kime, left scene supporter to the noble grand; Mrs. A. R. Bohannan, left sup port to the noble grand; Mrs. James Farrar, music; Dorinda Glenn, color bearer; Mrs. George Smith, right support to the past noble grand; Mrs. Lee McNew, left support to the past noble grand; Mrs. Martin Gates, right support to the chaplain and Mrs. Robert Monsey, left support to the chaplain. After the ceremonies, re freshments were served by the Central Point Rebekahs. Pocahontas Lodge Installs Officers Installation of officers was held by the Pocahontas lodge at the last meeting. Mrs. Lola Grigsby, deputy great incoho nee. conducted the ceremony. The new officers are Mrs. Marion Pitman, prophetess; Mrs. Ben Ashton, Pocahontas; Mrs. Walter Wilson, Weno nah; Ben Ashton, Powhattan; Mrs. Lola Grigsby and Mrs. Carl Ludwig, scouts; Mrs. Floyd Lewis and Mrs. Rich ard Wilson, runners; Mrs. Leo j Mitchell and Mrs. Ellen White, councillors; Roland Wisher, guard of the teepee; Jack Dooms, guard of the for est; P. M. Aldredge, Henry Dooms. Lewis Thompson and Dick Singler, warriors; Mrs. O. V- Hyes, musician; and Mrs. Ben Ashton, reporter. The lodge will meet Friday at 8 p.m. in the Redmen hall. for teachers who want to re side in the community. Sev eral teachers, who do live in the community, agreed it is an important factor. The home, the church and the community all play an important role in making a teacher want to remain in the school, and are as essential as the economic factor, was the general decision of the group. The overall opinion voiced by the parents is that coop eration with teachers should begin at home, before youngster becomes school age, because in order to be good citizens in school, child needs discipline and guidance in the early years of his life, and this is the par ents' responsibility. After youngster starts to school parents agreed that it is im portant he be taught at home to understand and respect his teacher's problems. Also it is the responsibility of the com munity to keep superior teachers and maintain suit able economic standards for them, along with providing the best of school facilities. Dean Roberts, Mrs. Von Bus kirk, Mrs. Barbara Charles, Gilbert Mack, Mrs. Barbara Steele, Miss Marie Johnson, Mrs. Mildred Black and Mrs Wilda Franks, all teachers at the school spoke to the group. They said that Gold Hill resi dents should be compliment ed for the interest and excel lent support they have given the school and for the con genial attitude among the parents. Refreshments were served in the school cafeteria by fifth grade room - mothers, Mrs. Delos Walker and Mrs. Dale Clements, who were as sisted by Mrs. Arthur Boye, Mrs. Norman Gail, and Mrs. Ted Schonemann. Cave Junction Group Sees Film Cave Junction "A World of Ideas" was the title for the nau-nour colored film pro vided for the Illinois Valley Federated Women's club meet ing by Celenese Corporation of America. Showing how de signers develop ideas for fab ric patterns, the film also de picted unusual room settings and other interior decorations. Mrs. Earl Boyd won a dress length of material, provided by the company. Latest project for the club, as announced by the presi dent, Mrs. Frank Rauber, is the making of scrapbooks to be. sent to hospitals and rest homes. Prizes will be given for best books made by club members. Scrapbooks for both children and adults are re quested. Next meeting of the club will be in the form of a work shop at the home of Mrs. Earl Boyd Friday, February 14. PTA Group Tells Future Plans The executive board of the Jackson School Parent Teach ers association met Tuesday in the school health room. Plans were made for the next P.T.A. meeting which will be Friday, January 17, at 2:30 p.m., in the school gym nasium. The program will be a discussion by Stan Lacy on the U. S. weather bureau. It will follow with a question and answer period. The president, Mrs. Arthur Cook, has announced that the April Frolic will be held April 18 and that the study group will start meeting in Febru ary. The Jackson school P.T.A. now has a 365 membership to date, the largest ever regis tered at Jackson school. 4 Program Presented At Camp White Mrs. Frank C. Fairweather, volunteer field consultant for American Red Cross, present ed a travelogue program to members of Camp White January 13. Pictures ' of European tour recently taken by Mr. and Mrs. Fairweather and - daughter- Chloe were shown. Following the program, re freshments prepared by the Red Cross canteen were served. Mrs. Fairweather was assisted by Mrs. Yvonne Da len, hospital representative for the Jackson County chap ter. A "Turban" is essentially a scarf folded round the head. The English name derives from turbimd, tolibant or tul ipant, all variations of the flower tulip, suggested by the design of the folds. Dress up a basic black dress with a fur-trimmed chiffon scarf. Wear the scarf with the fur as a collar and the chiffon tied in back as a shrug or kerchief. i Store potatoes where it is cool (40-50 degrees) and dark and cover with cloth or pa per. Light causes green spots. Book Purchase Is PTA Project Lincoln school Parent Teachers association voted SI 50 to be used toward the purchase of new books for the school library as their project for the year when they met at an afternoon meeting on Wednesday, Janu ary 8. The books will be se lected by the teachers of the various grades. Following the business meeting a program on visual training aids was given by Oliver Erickson, special edu cation teacher for the Med ford school system, and Roy Gilbertson, principal. Demon strated and explained were the opaque projector, moving picture projector, film strips and controlled reader. The meeting was conducted by Vice President Mrs. John Lusk. The invocation was given by Mrs. Norvell. Room count was won by Mrs. Chas tain's room. Mothers of third grade pupils served refresh ments. The next meeting will be an evening meeting on February 11, at 7:30 p.m. There will also be an execu tive committee meeting on February 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Ted McLean. Patti Birmingham Honored at Party A surprise farewell party was held for Miss Patti Bir mingham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Birmingham, 839 Taylor street, January 11. Miss Birmingham, who is moving with her parents to Eureka, Calif., was honored by other members of her seventh grade class at St. Mary's school, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Quenten Lewis 1007 South Holly street. Hostesses for the event were Miss Barbara Lewis and Miss Laura Batzer. Classmates attending the party were Linda Metz, Kathy Hout, Ingrid Bergstrom, Kath leen Necomb, Annabelle Tur ner, Toni Kerr, Linda Lewis, Jane Evans, Mary Ann Carne gie, Marvin McGee, James Calhoun, Joe Smith, Roy Nor cross, Jerry Vakoc, David Young, Eric Schade, John Green, Michael Read, Richard Meeker, Michael Stitson, Don Bergen, Peter Naumes, the hostesses and the honored guest. Operators of Inn Home From South Mrs. Julie Tummers, Mon Desir Dining room, Central Point, has returned to the valley following a week's va cation in San Francisco and Carmel, Calif. Accompanying Mrs. Tummers south were her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Pacey. The dining room is now open for diners luesday through Sunday of each week with dinner being served from p.m. Mon Desir is included in a list of restaurants in the 1958 issue of the Information Please Almanac that was re cently published. Party Plans Trail Riders held their reg ular meeting January 11 at the Willow Springs school Plans were made for a Valen tine party and potluck dinner for February 8 at 7 p.m. at the Willow Springs school house. Central Point. Dancing and films will be held follow ing the dinner. Circle Meeting The Ireland circle of the Christian Women's Fellow ship of First Christian church will meet tonight at 8 p.m. with Mrs. R. D. Scott, 1609 Lenora drive. 4 4 -H CLUB NEWS Eagle Point Sewing Club The S and R sewing club of Eagle Point was called to or der by president Marcia Aker- man. There were 10 members and two leaders present. Mar cia resigned because they are moving to Cave Junction. Susie Carrol our vice presi dent, was elected president and Celia Putman was elect ed reporter in place of Lola Ackerman. Mrs. Huffman gave us some instruction on what ma terials and patterns to buy. We decided to have a party Jan. 30. Celia Putman Reporter Westside Beef Club The Westside Beef club re cently held a meeting at the home of Linda Gibson. We discussed different feed ing programs for our steers and plans for learning to judge different types of live stock at the fair. Every mem ber is to know the parts of the steer, sheep, and pig for the next meeting. The next meeting will be held Jan. 18 at the home of Karen Griggs. Marsha Watson Reporter - Stamp Club Hears History on Stamps, Officers Installed Business at the last meeting of Southern Oregon Stamp club included installation of officers for 1958 and appoint ing of committee chairmen for the new year. Officers in stalled were Mrs. .Eric de Place, president; Prentic Petty, vice-president; M r s Mabel Houck, secretary and Frank Applegate, treasurer. Committee chairmen ap pointed were Jim Scheffel member ship; refreshments; Roland Beach; program, Mrs Edward Leach; judges, Frank Applegate and Clyde Smith. Mr. Smith will also be sales manager. Mrs. de Place will handle publicity. The local club belongs to the Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs and Mr. Smith and Mr. Applegate will rep resent the club at the annual exhibition of the federation Plans were made by the club for more technical pro grams during the year, so that members might learn how to prepare and judge an exhibition collection; and how to recognize various varieties of stamps by watermarks, per forations and other ' slight variations. The program for the eve ning was the continuation of the story of the Oregon terri tory history on stamps by Mrs. de Place. Previously she had spoken on the history oi Oregon and Washington. This time she spoke on Idaho Wyoming and Montana. Regular Play Session Held of Camp White Bridge Club Monday Mrs. Frank Baker and Tom Munds with 110 points were high scorers for the north south position of the Monday session of the Camp White Veterans Bridge club. Mrs, Berg Marten and Arthur Scar- seth with 100 points were top scorers in the east-west posi tion. Other players and their points in the regular play ses sion were for the north-south position; Mrs. Fred Purdin, and Mrs. A. W. Lingaas, 106; Mrs. Paul Hatton and Roy Pruitt, 102; and Mrs. Jack Mitchell and Mrs. Fred Rehl ing, 100. With the east-west position were Miss Enid Holmes and Mrs. Rita Holmes, 92; Mrs. Sam Van Dyke and Thomas Randall, 88; and Mrs J. J. Dougherty and Jim Mor gan, 84. Chairman Named For Bridge Club Paul Hatton was elected chairman of the Medford Du plicate Bridge club at a meet ing of the board of directors this week. Also elected were Mrs. Jack Mitchell, secretary. Berg Marten, treasurer, and Mrs. Frank Baker, tourna ment director. At the January 14 session of Mitchell movement of the group Mrs. W. W. Deakin was a new player. Players and their points at the last session were in the north - south position, Mrs Paul Hatton and Mrs. Frank Baker, 8412; Mrs. Paul Mc Duffee and Mrs. W. W. Dea kin, 81; and Mrs. Richard Milestone and Berg Marten, HV2. With the east-west- po sition were Ray Wise and Howard Boyd, 76 V2; Mrs. Robert Elliott and George Pol- ski, 75; and Mrs. Sam Rich ardson and Dr. Elliott Har low, 69V2. Calendar Calendar notices and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writins and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m. of the day of publication and for week day news is 3 p.m. the day before publication. Thursday: 7 p. m. Republican dinner, Tally Ho restaurant. 7:30 p. m. Lively Rogues, Rogue Valley Country club. 7:30 p. m. Medford Busi ness and Professional Wom en's club, Girls Community club. 7:30 p.m. -Mistletoe camp, Royal Neighbors of America, Pythian hall. 8 p. m. Adarel chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, Jacksonville Masonic temple. 8 p. m. Alpha Rho chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, home of Mrs. William Tycer, 1100 Mount Pitt ave. 8 p.m. Central Point PTA, Junior High school library. 8 p.m. Ireland circle, Christian Women's Fellow ship, First Christian church, with Mrs. R. D. Scott, 1609 Lenora dr. 8 p. m. Roxy Ann court, Order of Amaranth, Masonic temple. 8 p.m. Talent Parent Teacher association, Talent High school. 8:30 p.m. Rogue Valley Square Dance Callers' asso ciation, March of Dimes bene fit, Square CorralL Friday: 2:30 p.m. Jackson school PTA, school gymnasium. Visitors Here Mr, and Mrs. R. F. Harris of Melfort, Saskatchewan, Ca nada, were recent guests at the home of Mr. Harris' brother-in-law and sister, the Rec. and Mrs. H. R. Bulman of Knowles road. With the visitors were their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Harris. Club Entertained Mrs. 'Orpha Wendel enter tained the Felixianne club at a 1 p.m. luncheon Tuesday. Two guests were present for the meeting in addition to members. The afternoon was spent discussing plans for the coming year. The next meet ing of the group will be with Mrs. Julia Gregory, 829 East Jackson avenue. Garden Club Holds Discussion Meet Shady Cove The Shady Cove Garden club met at the home of Mrs. Edward Stroth er January 13 with Mrs. Ed ward Houston presiding. A question and answer program was held with twelve mem bers and one guest present. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Floyd Kelley and Mrs. O. L. Williams. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Walter Turners, Trail. 4 Card Party Eagles auxiliary will hold a public card party, Friday, January 17 at 12:30 p.m. in the Eagles hall. Dessert will be served. Mrs. S. P. Cully is chairman of the event. Mike Todd To Take Wife To Russia London (IP Mike Todd said today he is taking his wife Elizabeth Taylor to Mos cow because "she's Hie best secret weapon we've got." "I thought it might be good to show off Liz to the Rus sians. It may undermine their whole structure," .Todd told newsmen at London aimort. They will spend a week in London before flying to Mos cow. Liz, who sported a diamond studded fur hat and fur coat, said she left her 5-month-old baby. Liza Francesca. at home in Westport, Conn. . Asked if she danned to make a movie with Mike she The Importance of the East ern influence in fashion in spired the "Egyptian Prin cess" beret. This dramatic version of the back-swept fashion fits close at the back in a full, squared-off drapery. The ancient Carthaginians called the Iberian Peninsula "I-shephan," meaning "the land of the rabbits." The name was corrupted by the Romans into "Hispania." Orange sherbet is the new est color for spring sweaters. 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