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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, April 1, 1958 Daisy Sale Announced First plans for the annual sale of daisies on Medford streets were made at the last meeting of Blue Star Mothers. It was held at the home of Mrs. Rex Note on Hamilton street, with Mrs. James Cech, president, presiding. The daisy sale will be in mid-April. Mrs. Reimer Peterson, Mrs. J. E. Gindling, Patty Lou and Mary Sue Wilson, daughters of Mrs. Clyde Wilson, were guests. The women planned to take eggs and cookies to Camp White for the annual Easter egg hunt on the Saturday pre ceding Easter. This party will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. for children of the employees and the volunteer workers be tween the ages of two to thirteen. Plans were discussed for a party to be given by the unit for the wheel chair veterans at the domiciliary. Mrs. Cech and Mrs. Clyde Wilson re ported on a recent trip they made to Grants Pass where they visited the . Blue Star Mothers meeting. The Blue Star fathers also ; assisted with the annual 1958 . Hobby Fair and show Sunday .' at the domiciliary. The next meeting of Med : ford Blue Star Mothers will - be held Thursday, April 19 : at 10 o'clock in the home of ; Mrs. Cech, 28 Quince street TlTpmHrc art AikpH in rna msTorts c fnr coiuin rr rtirrv - bags for the wheel chair mem- ered dish for the noon iuncneon. t Family Observes Anniversaries At Party Sunday Mrs. J. W. Morris, San Car los, Calif., is visiting her sis ter and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs. Howard Bush, 202 North Barneburg road, Med ford, and the Bush family. While here Mrs. Morris and xt -T r 1 i 1 A l twelfth birthday of her niece, Miss Diane Bush, and the 87th birthday of her father, Fred A. Stick of Medford and San Carlos. Sunday afternoon guests . visited, the Bush home where the birthday observance was .being held. Mr. Stick's birth day observance was being . held. Mr: Stick's birthday is April 1. Mr. Stick makes his home in both Medford and the Calx- fnrnia pitv. Hp is a fnrmpr member of the local First Methodist church. Mrs. Hurry Dalton Is Speaker for Club; Biography Presented Butte Falls at the last meeting of Butte Falls Gar den club Mrs. Harry Dalton spoke on gardening and gar dening problems, using the title "Garden Grouch." Mrs. F. Carson talked on "Lichens." A short biography of Lib erty Hyde Bailey, who has been honored by a horticul ture stamp issued by the post office department, was given by Mrs. William Edmondson. Some permanent plantings for the churches are being planned by the club. Refreshments were served by the hostess, Mrs. Fred Kin caid. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Keith Scott,April 16. J .-.- Easter : W sp 3'1733 (HftS .TV Ml (J wers Gifts v ; vi Methodists Hold District Session In Cave Junction Cave Junction Members of Women's Society of Chris tian Service from Methodist churches in Ashland, Med ford, Talent, Grants Pass, Gold Hill, Wilderville and Cave Junction gathered at Immanuel Methodist church in Cavei Junction Thursday for the spring sub-district conference. Approximately 90 women registered Thursday morning before the opening worship service was conducted by the Rev. Robert Kingsbury, pas tor of the local church. Mrs. Jessie Minear, Med ford, sub-district president, conducted the business meet ing, at which presidents of all local units gave reports. A panel discussion on work of the WSCS was led by Mrs Peter Miller, Grants Pass. On the panel were Mrs. Everett Faber, Medford, Mrs. A. Hoff man and Mrs. H. Froman Luncheon was served by the local society, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Arthur Kellert and Mrs. Bud Hos- kins. During the afternoon ses sion, Mrs. Wesley Turner was installed as new sub-district president by Mrs. Ross Knotts, Ashland. Other officers in stalled were Mrs. William Wilson, Medford, vice presi dent, and Mrs. H. L. Varney, Ashland, secretary-treasurer, The pledge service was conducted by Mrs. Juel Bes tul of Grants Pass. A highlight of the day came when Mrs. Robert Petersen of Grants Pass, wife of a den tal missionary to India, told of their work and experi ences in the Far East. Dr. and Mrs. Petersen spent three years in India before return ing to their home in Grants Pass, and plan to go back again this summer. They are sponsored by the Methodist Board of Missions. A question and answer pe riod followed Mrs. Petersen's interesting talk. Mrs. Mary Higgins of Tal ent gave the closing worship service. The fall sub-district meet ing will be held at the new St. Luke's Methodist church in Medford. Variety of Topics Used at Meeting Of Speakers' Club A variety of topics suggest ed by Mrs. Bernice Kunzman opened the last Toastmistress meeting. Topics ranged from "Springtime" to "Rubber Plantations in the Tropics." Prepared speeches were given by Mrs. John Marler, "Once Upon a Time"; Mrs. C. A. Thatcher on "A Year at the South Pole" and Mrs. Roy Rolls, "A Challenge to Grow.", Mrs. Claire Douglas Hostess for Club Gold Hill Mrs. Claire Douglas was hostess for the last meeting of Gold Hill Gar den club at her home near Rogue River. Mrs. Ernest E. Gregory, president of the group, presided. "Foreign Gardens" was the title of the program topic pre sented by Mrs. Roy Cameron. Members voted to make a contribution to the Easter Seal Sale. The hostess used blooming plants from her own green house as decorations. ORDER NOW V L 26 SOUTH CENTRAL Parakeet Count 'Soars'; One Bird Recites Prayer By GAY PAULEY United Press Women'i Editor New York IP) A report which came across my desk this week says the parakeet population is ahem soar ing. It says there are about 11.5 million of the feathered crit ters in one-fifth of the na tion's homes; an increase of more than 1,000 per cent since the first pet census was made In 1951. The news comes as no sur prise to me, because I'm one of the millions who've suc cumbed to their supposed charm and personality. I'm the proud proprietor of two one, because he came as a birthday gift from a friend trying to be thoughtful; the other because I figured the first needed company. I use the word "proud" for one reason. Get a bunch of parakeet Paintings On Exhibit Watercolor paintings by Mrs. Earl C. Williams of De lake, Ore,, will be exhibited at Purucker's Piano house be ginning today according to Clifford Platz, who arranges the continuing art displays at the store. It will remain through April. Mrs. Williams has spent most of her life in Oregon and studied art under Maude Walling Wanker and at the Lincoln County Art center, Delake. She is a charter mem ber of the center, and at pres ent is its treasurer. She has won numerous prizes at the Multnomah County fair, and the Oregon State fair. She has had five "one man" shows at the Center, and is the assis tant instructor in watercolors and drawing. Sixteen pictures will be hung in the show. Later this year Mr. Platz will sponsor a showing of the Oregon Amateur Watercolor society's exhibit here. 1 Federation Board Holds Session; Convention Set Plans for the annual state convention, to be held in Eu gene in June, and for other projects and programs were discussed at a meeting of the executive board of the Ore gon Federation of Garden clubs held in Medford yester day. Mrs. A. O. Floyd, Med ford, federation president, presided over the sessions at tended by 40 board members. Chairmen of federation committees, directors of the various districts and state of ficers make up the executive board. Mrs. Verne Brader, Che mult, federation vice-president, and Mrs. Clifford Woo den, Springfield, Willamette district director, are co-chairmen for the state convention. Among the convention speak ers will be Mrs. Harry S. Uno, Seattle, noted Japanese au thority on flower arranging, Calendar Calendar notices and newa for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing 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 5 p.m. the day before publication. Tuesday 6 p.m. Medford chapter American Gold Star Mothers, social hall, Jackson street housing project.' 6:30 p.m. VFW auxiliary, Veterans hall. 7:30 p.m. Medford Parents Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Arthur Hertager, 824 Pennsylvania ave. 8 p.m. Chapter BE of PEO Sisterhood, with Mrs. E. P. Leavitt, route 1, Central Point. 8 pan. Past Presidents club of the Degree of Honor lodge, with Mrs. Morris Johnsburg, 213 Beatty st. 8 p.m. Pythian Sisters, Pythian bldg. 10 a.m. Mothersingers, Hedrick Junior High school. Wednesday: 10:30 a.m. Upper Apple gate Home Extension unit, Grange hall. 10:45 a.m. Christian Wo man's Fellowship, First Christ ian church, at church. 11 a.m. Medford Town send club, Carpenters hall, 123Vi West Main st. 1 p.m. Chapter CG of PEO, home of Mrs. Richard House, 15 Corning court. 1 p.m. Past Chiefs club, Pythian Sisters, home of Mrs. George Bryant, 3384 Forrest ave. 1:15 P-m. W e d n e s day Study club, Girls Community club. 1:30 p.m. Griffin Creek School Mothers'- club, at school. There are eight churches on Church Street in Palmer ston, North, New-Zealand. fanciers togeiher swapping stories about their pets' ex ploits, and they outdo parents gabbing about the talents of their children. Mine have hardly reached the word stage only the landing'-on-the-finger or lost-behind-the-sofa stage. But the experts at the R. T. French company, which makes bird foods, says give them time and training. They may turn out as bright as one in San Fran cisco named "Mellie." She re putedly has a 500-word vo cabularly including the Lord's Prayer, the Pledge of Allegi ance and a couple of nursery rhymes. There's another bird named "Poopily," who converses in two languages; and one named ".Murphy," who belongs to the literary editor of a Jesuit pub lication and can voice 18 ec clesiastical phrases. Lost parakeets are often found because they "talked" the home telephone -number or address " of the owner. French says there is one'bird named "Jo-Jo" in Atlanta who last year filed an income tax return. He earned $15 a week for uttering a company sales slogan on the air. Chilled But Talkative W. R. Knott, French's presi dent, says his company gets about 18,000 letters a year; There was the Canadian wom an who wrote that she missed her pet about the same time she put a plastic bag of bread in the refrigerator to keep it fresh. Several hours later, preparing a sandwich, she found the bird. He was in the bread bag, chilled, but still saying "Pretty boy." Knott said the interest in parakeets apparently boomed when federal restrictions on shipment were relaxed in 1951, .although few states still forbid interstate transport of them. Fanciers include Sir Win ston Churchill, Mrs. ' Eisen hower, Billy Graham, Law rence Welk and Faye Emer son. and Mrs. Frances ' Newsom, secretary of the Three Sisters Wilderness society of Oregon who will talk about the pro gram of the society to pre serve wilderness sections in this state. The federation will assist in plans for the eight-acre Inter national Garden of Tomorrow which will be planted for the Oregon Centennial celebra tion. Mrs. L. A. Burris, Port land, the federation's repre sentative on the garden com mittee, was here for the meeting. Qther officers here were Mrs. T. R. . Fettis, Portland, corresponding secretary; Mrs. E. C. Taylor, Talent, record ing secretary; Mrs. Lyle Bayne, Salem, treasurer. The federation now has 301 clubs with a total membership of 8,453, it was announced. Yesterday morning the group toured the Camp White domiciliary, with Frank Glon ning, director of special serv ices, as guide. They were welcomed by E. K. Ricker, camp manager. Department Head Visits Tent Here Mrs. Lura Rodlun, Port 1 a n d, Oregon, department president of Daughters of Union Veterans, recently vis ited Elta Deuell Hubbs tent here. A dinner in her honor was held at the courthouse auditorium. Mrs. Elmer Gott, hospital chairman, reported on the tent's work at the Veterans' A d ministration domiciliary, Camp White. She stated that the daughters had made ditty bags, laundry bags, chair cov ers and cushions for .veterans at the camp. Mrs. Rodlun spoke on the work of the department dur ing the past year and an nounced the annual conven tion to be held June 16-17 in Salem. DUV will participate in the Easter Egg hunt planned at Camp White, and attended the Hobby Fair held at the camp j yesterday. Mrs. F. A. Daugherty re ported on flags. , Mrs. Kate Mcllvain was ad mitted as a member, and ap- j pointed on the Civil Tfar me morial committee. ' A sewing meeting was plan- j ned for the home of the presi-! dent in April, and past presi dents will meet at Mrs. Gott's home this month. Guests Here Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chers and children, David and Don na, of Fresno, Calif.,- were guests last week end of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nordwick, 919 Reddy avenue. Mrs. Chers is a niece of Mrs. Nordwick. Mr. Chers is head of the engineering department at Fresno State college. New Cards On Market For Easter By MARGARET RICHARDS United Press Correspondent Kansas City, Mo. (IP) The traditional springtime hello between friends across the miles or just across the way the Easter card appears this year as a colorful, often sprightly, harbinger of the season. The Easter bunny and as sorted friends kick up their heels and cut didoes to wish their recipients best returns of the season in the "contem porary" card manner. Take the case of a tall, professorial rabbit in horn-rimmed spec tacles who proclaims, "Happy first Sunday after the first full moon following the ver nal equinox" in other words, "Happy Easter." Or the puzzled chick that views a mammoth, gayly-dec-orated Easter egg with puz zlement; the wish is from "The Egg and I." Another card shows a buck-toothed bunny wearing cowboy boots as he colors eggs. The greeting says, "I'm dyeing (with my boots on) to wish you Happy Easter." The Ecjg Motif In addition to the contem porary cards, Americans can select their wishes this year from a wide variety of hand some floral settings, a spokes man for Hallmark Cards re ported. And religious greet ings for the occasion are al most endless in variety, the spokesman said. One new card is a full-color photographic study of a flower-laden burro fashioned of Mexican straw. Others depict the antics of live bunnies and chicks, reproduced realisti cally. The time-honored symbol of the season the Easter egg appears in many forms. One particular design features a basket filled to overflowing with eggs decorated in the Or iental manner, lavishly adorn ed with gold and silver and studded with gems. In favor, too, are the old fashioned eggs of spun sugar in which diminutive scenes are enclosed. Flowers ' Jonquils, roses and other spring flowers appear in bril liant color on a profusion of the new Easter greetings. The lily, traditional floral emblem of easter, is shown on many cards. New this year is a series of cards that reproduces the elegance of Europe of the mid-19th century when the first Easter greetings were exchanged. Deeply embossed borders and designs, delicate colors and inlays of actual satin heighten the beauty of the cards. And for those who wish to dispatch Easter greetings abroad or to relatives and friends from other nations now living in the United States, a full array of foreign language cards is available. The greetings, all authentic, have been published in Ger man, French, Italian, Span ish and other tongues. 7 CLUB NEWS Griffin Creek Cooking Club A new Cooking club was just organized in Griffin Creek area. There are 30 members all together but we split into three groups to make it easy for the leaders. The news leaders are Mrs. Albright and Mrs. Van de Kamp. Cooking group one will be held the first Satur day in April. Cooking group two and three will be held the second Tuesday in April. Group one elected officers as follows: president, Johnny Fisher; vice president, George Walker; secretary, Jeff Sta thos; and reporter, Nancy Lewis. . ' All groups will meet at the leaders home. Nancy Lewis, Reporter Gold was discovered in Au stralia in 1951. to sewing machine until you see the ' FABULOUS PRICE OFFER at Wards during the Giant Sewing Machine Pro motion! Don't buy ... . IMil McLoughlin PTA Elects; Conduct Code Accepted Mrs. Bill Rambo, of the West Side district, was elect ed president of McLoughlin Junior High Parent-Teacher association, at a recent meet ing of the unit held at the school. Elected to serve with Mrs. Rambo were Dr. Thomas Anderson, vice-president, who is from the Jackson school area; George Sloniger, secre tary, teacher from McLough lin school, and Mrs. Fred Un derwood, treasurer, from the Jefferson school area. They will be installed at the May meeting. Mrs. John Schroeder, presi dent, presided over the busi ness meeting. The "Teen Age Code" for McLoughlin school students and parents was presented to the association by the joint committee of the school stu dent council, headed by Dick Ragsdale. Other members of Groups Plan Convention Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce and ,the Jay cettes are making plans for the annual state convention, which will be held here May 2-4. More than 600 delegates and visitors are expected to attend. Among the activities planned by Jaycettes for the convention are a coffee to be held Saturday, May 3, and a style show and luncheon - at Rogue Valley Country club at noon the same day. Mrs. Ted McLean is chairman of the coffee and Mrs. Walter Smith heads the luncheon and show committee. Mrs. McLean will be assisted by women of the Central Point and Eagle Point Jaycettes, and Mrs. Smith has chosen a large committee to work with her. Wednesday, April 2, Med ford Jaycettes will hold a work session at the home of Mrs. James Asher, 1532 South Whitman avenue. The women will work on luncheon decor ations and those attending are asked to take scissors, glue and scotch tape. H Iris Should Be Sprayed for Disease Iris plants should be spray ed now for Ins leaf spread according to Clifford B. Cordy, county agent for horti culture. He added that the present rainy weather makes ideal conditions for spreading the disease. Cordy explained that round water soaked spots appear on the Iris leaves which turn brown after a time, parties larly on the tips. He said the plants should be sprayed with a natural copper spray of one-quarter pound of copper in four gal lons of water. A spreader stinker should be added to the spray, about one table spoon to two gallons of spray. He mentioned that if the spray balls up and rolls off the leaves more of the spread er sticker should be added un til the spray will spread out and form a thin film over the leaf surface. Wenonah Club to Hold Work Session Thursday mnnn?h -lnh will meet at Redman hall Thursday, April o -1 -in - W a work ses- sion. A covered dish luncheon will be served at noon, and a business meeting will fol low. Final arrangements for the May day card party will be made at this meeting. To Speak "Thp Oreatest tain. v Trial in History" in contrast with the justice dispensed in . i ...:n u the courts oi toaay win uc given by Robert Dames Thurs- j-.,. inril 3 at. 7:30 D.m. at uaj , jii" - i the Community hall, Jackson ville, to members of the Jack sonville Lions club. John J. Crabb is program chairman. 1 BU -Thurs. April 3 For Details See Tomorrow's Tribune . the committee present to an swer questions raised by the association were Jackie White, Larry Sorum, Lindsy Darnielle, Joann Johnson and Carl Washburn. One question raised was the absence of any rule con cerning student conduct at games, picture shows, drive ins, etc. A student committee member explained that com mon courtesy and self-discipline was understood by junior high school students when outside of school, and that this matter was covered in the Bulldog handbook under the student code. Glenn Linn, principal, explained that oft en an undisciplined action identifies the student with the school instead of the per son. Code Acceptable- Among other questions asked was "Do most of the students feel that the code is acceptable?" A student mem ber answered "yes" to this question, explaining that each home room had helped to for mulate the code through sug gestions and revisions and after it was set up, the joint committee of the student council met with a represent ative group of parents to pre sent their code. He further stated that the .parents were in agreement with the code, but suggested that "dating and going-steady" have more detailed explanation accord ing to grade level. The code then went back to the home rooms for approval and was accepted by the students as their tentative code. Copies of the code were handed out at the meeting arid parents were invited to discuss it further at the May meeting. Dr. Anderson com mended the students for their interest and accomplishment "in setting up such a fine code, which not " only pro motes better citizenship, but especially promotes better un derstanding and closer coop eration between the teen agers and their parents." Dr. Anderson moved that a round of applause be given the stu dents and the association re sponded wholeheartedly. Mr. Linn welcomed the parents of sixth graders who will be entering McLoughlin Junior High school next fall, and gave a brief orientation in the course of study, the .necessary requirements, and the rules and policies of the school. Mr. Linn also ex plained the advantages of the junior high system over the 8-4 year system, and gave a brief history of the junior high school movement which started in 1926, which has met with such approval that now nearly all first class dis tricts have the junior high system. Parents met with counsel ors and home room teachers for the different grades after the meeting. Counselors from senior high meeting with ninth grade parents were Mrs. Delphie Cox, Gene Beaver and Marvin Kautz. Refreshments were served in the cafeteria by parents of students in the seventh grade. The tables were decorated with Easter chicks wearing Easter bonnets, which were made by some of the art classes. THERE IS STILL TIME FOR. US TO MAKE Your Clothes LOOK NEW for EASTER Your RETEX Cleaner Medford Cleaners Hale & Kathryn Wheeler 34 N. Holly - SP 2-6500 Free Pickup and Delivery Eagle Point PTA Plans Meeting , Eagle Point The April meeting of Eagle Point High School Parent - Teacher - Stu dent association will be held at 8 p.m. in the high school library, Wednesday, April 2. Glenn Hale, superintendent of the Eagle Point schools, will report on the consolida tion aijd reorganization of the Shady Cove and Eagle Point schools, and school districts in the county. He will be avail able for questions and an swers afterwards. Students from Bert Sim mons' speech class will give a program. General Joseph H. Hicks will speak on civil defense and precautionary measures that the community should take Officers for the coming year will be elected. A baked food sale will also be held. All members are asked to bring something baked from home or come prepared to purchase some thing. Two Phoenix Groups To Meet This Week Phoenix Phoenix Neigh bors of Woodcraft will meet Thursday, April 3 at 8 p.m. at the Grange hall for a busi ness session. Hostesses will be Mrs. Walker Caldwell and Mrs. Ruth Williams. Phoenix Thimple club will hold a covered dish luncheon at the home of Mrs. George Drake, Coal Mine road, Fri day, April 4. All 4 genuine Forgecraft set of four . jl WfS IMS Jp 7 If 'i $2-5c SS fQ:f jfrLook " Jf jf these features jjm j M Durillium stainless steel j ImH I W&K mPorte1' rosewood handles Whit i practical set of knives for any koniemaker'i' kitchen! And, so easy to jet Jost a few coupons-and 89 brings this gift to your home! Made by the famous Forgecraft, they're diamond-tough stainless steel blades si they'll stay sharper longer! Hard to natch a value like this anywhere! Get several sets! 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