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Robert Norris left Medford as a tired business man all
set for a vacation in the sunshine and comes home soon as a
hero. Ey way of the grapevine from far off British West
Indies Potpourri received the news that Mr. Norris saved
an elderly woman from drowning.
The story runs that Mr. N., sunning himself one morning
on an almost deserted beach of the Coral Reef club in
Barbados, at length became aware that a woman swimmer
was in trouble. The woman had gone into the surf either
not noticing or ignoring the signals which indicated that
the water was unsafe for swimming that mrning due to a
strong undertow. Her husband made a brief attempt to go
to her aid, but returned to the beach when he realized that
he was not strong enough to cope with the undertow. So
Mr. Norris, although himself not an especially strong swim
mer, went to her rescue. Luckily the woman remained
caJm, and when Mr. Norris said she was to hang on to the
belt of his bathing trunks and relax while he swam, she
obeyed orders. In the meantime the husband summoned
lifeguards and about the time the Medford man thought he
couldn't make another stroke, the guard took over the rescue
work and helped both into shallow water.
The rescued woman, resting on the sand, at length began
to laugh and then said "I was just wondering what we d
have done if your belt had broken:"
Mr. and Mrs. Norris are returning to the United States
on a French freighter by way of the Panama canal and
expect to dock in San Francisco about the middle of the
month.
"Good magazines are mightier than dollars." So says
the Rev. H. De Jonghe, S.J., director of the Catholic Labour
Bureau, Ranchi, Bihar, India. The Catholic priest once wrote
to the headquarters of Magazines for Friendship at Occi
dental college, Los Angeles, praising the movement and
saying "everywhere I am asked for something to read."
At the time the letter was written, the Catholic otficial,
who says tnat he travels widely in his area of India, com
mented that copies of magazines in English are literally
considered as treasures. "What goes on here is the battle
for men's mind," he wrote. "No one explains America's point
of view, the so-called Western view ... On the other hand,
Commie literature is plentiful . . . Dollar aid is often suspect
as the Indian always thinks that there are strings attached
to them, but good magazines are quietly and unobtrusively
doing the work of healing, of steadying, of information and
enlightenment. The only alternative is darkness and slavery
of mind and body. May I tell you therefore that anything
you can send will be gratefully received and everything
will be made use of, till the magazines fall to, pieces."
Last week we received a quantity of name stickers from
the college, and plan to send off the first gift magazines
this week. The college fu.-nished us with a list of libraries
and individuals in all parts, of the world where the magazines
will be welcome, and it costs but a few cents to send them.
Curious about all this talk and writing about "chemise"
dresses, a young Medford woman looked up the word in the
family dictionary. Surprised, she was, to read that a chemise
is a woman's undergarment, or a type of hospital gown
worn by patients after surgery. Right then and there she
decided not to buy any chemise dresses, even if they are
fashionable this spring.
News dispatches from London said that Queen Elizabeth's
new spring dresses will probably be shorter than those she
Js now wearing, but there was nothing to indicate what the
styles might be. The queen's clothes are always a deep
secret until she wears them. But the collection of Designer
Hardy Amies, who is preparing the queen's wardrobe for
a trip to The Netherlands, showed skirts 17 inches from the
floor.
Last week Elsie Narregan, who recently retired after
many years on the staff of Mann's store, asked the society
editor if she had bought a "shimmy dress" yet. "Shimmy"
in case you are one of the younger generation, is a short
term of "chemise" and at one timewas in the vocabulary
of every American woman just as the word "bra" is now.
Mrs. N. says the word is coming back again has popped
up recently In trade publications.
Fashions news from London last week also said that
because of the new short skirts, attention is focused on
milady's legs, and models who paraded in the new chemise
dresses wore black silk not nylon stockings. This news
turned our memory backward to the spring we graduated
from high school, left the old home town and traveled the
great distance tf 40 miles or so to Centralia, Wash., where
we went to work for a newspaper. The first money this
budding reporter could save from her princely salary of
$13.25 a week went for clothes, mostly silk stockings in the
beginning. And they were dark some black, some navy blue
and some dark grey, and of heavy silk. Those black silk
stockings made the "Prairie Flower" which was what
Vance Noel of the Centralia Chronicle called us, feel like a
siren, and how we loved them.
The Albany Democrat Herald women's department has
joined others in the state in "laying down the law" about
copy submitted. These are the rules: Society copy must be
typewritten and double spaced, or written in ink on one
side of paper only; pencilled copy will not be used. Engage
ment stories must be in writing, and signed. All social items
must be signed by the reporters, and telephone numbers
must be on the copy. All wedding writeups and pictures
must be on the society editor's desk within a week of the
wedding and must be in before Wednesday noon for the week
end edition.
Some of these rules the Mail Tribune endeavors to en
force, some successfully and others without much luck. We'll
bide our time and see how the Albany department makes
out. O.S.
Luncheon Planned By Women's Club
Women of Rotary will meet
In the home of Mrs. Jorgen
Jorgensen, 1913 Hillcrest
road, Wednesday, February
12. Assisting Mrs. Jorgensen
will be Mrs. Louis Rentz,
Mrs. Clifford Lovejoy and
Mrs. Martin Sands.
Luncheon will be served at
12:30; members are asked to
bring their own table service.
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nut for a new taste treat for breakfast.
Would you and your family like to be sharper n your thinking
and actions, be calmer and steadier, and work better, especially in
the late morning hours? If your answer is "yes" Eat a good break
fast and see if your family does not feel better and work better,
especially in the late morning hours.
Scientists at the State University of Iowa studied the importance
of breakfast on the physical and mental well-being of 70 subjects
12 to 80 years of age. After six years of research this conclusion
was reached: A good breakfast is essential for maximum physical
and mental efficiency during the late morning hours.
A good breakfast is both quick and easy to prepare and can offer
a wide variety of interesting, new combinations. The new instant
and quick-cooking hot cereals can be quickly prepared in just min
utes. For a new taste treat use preserves, jellies, or jams in place
of sugar and for an extra special treat, sprinkle flaked coconut over
the top of the cereal just before pouring on the milk. To complete
the meal for an adequate breakfast serve fruit juice, buttered toast,
a glass of milk, and coffee, if desired. This breakfast can be ready in
just minutes.
Start tomorrow and prove to yourself and your family that they
will feel better and act better, especially in the morning hours when
"Food Comes First" and they start the day with an adequate breakfast.
PTA To Observe
Founders' Day
Founders day will be the
theme of the Lincoln Parent
Teacher association meeting
to be held Tuesday, February
11, at '8 p.m. in the school
gymnasium. Teachers will be
in their rooms at 7:30 p.m. to
counsel with parents.
Business of the evening will
include the election of a nom
mating committee. Child care
will be provided by Girl
Scout Troop 77 under adult
supervision. R e f r e s hments
will be furnished and served
by parents of children in the
second grade.
Girls' Conference
Set For Mt. Scott
The annual Older Girls'
conference sponsored by the
Oregon Council of Church
Women, will be held at Mt.
Scott, Boy Scout Training
center, the week end of Feb
ruary 28 through March 2.
The conference is open to
any girl in Oregon of high
school or college age. Regis
tration fee is $8.50 with reg
istrations to be sent to Miss
Una Davies, 1022 SW Salmon
street, Portland, prior to Feb
ruary 18.
Sunday, February 9, 1958
' MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN"
Vi Minutes To Earn Pound of Meal
Chicago (IP) The Ameri
can Meat Institute, working
with Department of Agricul
ture ?nd Department of Labor
figures, reports that it takes
ITI'2 minutes to earn enough
for an average pound of meat.
That is about 40 per cent
of the amount of work it took
for the same pound of meat
in 1919.
Both beef and pork are at
record price-time lows. Beef
is worth about 20 minutes a
pound and pork around 14
minutes a pound.
The calculations were based
on an average hourly wage
of $1.98. The average price
per pound of meat in 1956
was 57.6 cents.
In 1919 the average wage
was 47.7 cents an hour and
the average price per pound
of meat was 35.4 cents.
The AMI also noted that
per capita consumption of
meat in the United States last
year hit a record high of 163V4
pounds.
Average hourly earnings of
production workers increased
by nearly 10 cents an hour
last year and meat prices fell
about two cents per pound.
More and more Americans
are becoming their own handy
men. You can save money by
doing things yourself with
the help of books Medford
Public library.
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and weaves of Spring! . . . they choose silhouettes in the
newest shapes so you've style after style in your size to
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