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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, April 25, 195S Women's Editor Squirms As Students Turn Tables By GAY PAULEY Uniltd Press Women's Editor New York W For some years now I've been poking my nose into other people's business, , via the press card. Last weekend, the tables were turned and 75 reporters from Northeastern Ohio high schools had me squirming like a worm on a fishhook as they interviewed me. After some thought, I've reached two conclusions: 1. I'd rather ask questions than answer them; 2. Modern education takes a lot of barbs from many quarters, but it des.erves a sa lute for what it's done to a certain 75. Mui Interview All this came about because the school of journalism at Kent State university, Kent, O., asked me to talk during it 18th annual scholastic press clinic. That wasn't so difficut. But I had no idea what I was in for when we got around to the part of the program billed as "mass in terview with speaker." Mass interview turned out to be hundreds of question on everything from world affairs to styles from 75 eager boys and girls, selected from about 1100 registered for the clinic, Each represented one school and was assigned to write a story from the ex change. Each also was out to win a merit award. Taking care of such ques tions as, Do you think we II ever have a woman presi dent?" weren't too difficult. The answer was something to the effect that the way women are progressing in politics, I wouldn't be surprised. "Brains have no sex." Or questions about hobbies none in particular or whether women could halt a recession I told them I was no econ omist. The Chemist "What do you think of the chemise?" asked one student. Answer: "I bought one, but don't suggest that any of you girls throw away last year's clothes yet." Question: "If you own a chemise, where is it?" Answer: "I have it on. . it's a conservative model." Then they really got down to business. Question: "Are you. mar ried?" Answer: "No." Question: "Why not." Answer: Well, here I parried and said no one had ever asked me. But I found myself O SUNDAY 7:30 P.M. 9:15 P.M. O TUESDAY 7:30 P.M. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Spiritual Life Crusade With ARM IN GESSWEIN SPEAKER JESSE LEISE SONG LEADER SOLOIST Sponsored by ROGUE VAUEY CRUSADE FOR CHRIST with fh following Churches MEDFORD First Baptist, Friends, Assembly of God, Bethel Assembly of God, Church of the Brethren, Pilgrim Holiness, Free Methodist, Medford Commun ity. EAGLE POINT Community Bible Church. WHITE CITY Berean Baptist. CENTRAL POINT Community Bible Church. Subsequent jervices nightly through May 4th at 7:30 in the Assembly of God Church auditorium. asking myself later, "All right, why not?" Question: "Is that blonde hair natura 1?" Answer: "When I was a girl I was a tow-head, but you know how hair darkens as you get old er. . .Well, if you must know, it is not natural." Most probing on what is to every woman over 21 a tender subject. Age. And here, all these years, this reporter has been asking women about same. Some have answered frankly; others have done what I did, hedge. Answer: "I'm 29. Have been for years." Scout Day Camp Will be Moved To New Location The Medford district day camp for Girl Scouts this year will be held at a new location near the historic site of Log Town, six miles west of Jack sonville and two miles east of Ruch. "Camp Log Town" will be near the Log Town cemetery. The new camp will give girls attending an op portunity for primitive hik ing, exploring, nature study, tree identification, and con servation. It will give the old er Scouts a chance to learn skills needed to participate in national and international scouting events. Day camp leaders will be assisted by state wild life. and game commissiion per sonnel and by forest service men on some of the projects. The day camp staff is plan ning a special type of pro gram for the seventh and eighth grade Scouts; ninth grade Scouts are eligible to become program aides and those desiring to do so should contact Mrs. Arthur St. Ger main, at NOmandy 4-1474, for applications. . . Girls attending will have an opportunity to cook, hike, make crafts, camp and work on badges; they will also learn something of the his tory of the site. Adults working in day camp must have special train ing, scout officials state. The first session will be held on Wednesday, April 30, from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at St. Mark's Guild hall, and the second session will be held at the campsite on Wednesday; May 7, from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Mrs. Arthur St. Germain is day camp director. Presiding over the 18th annual meeting of the Oregon Conference. JVoman's Society of Christian Service, which closed here this afternoon, was Mrs. L. A. Walworth, Salem (second from left). Mrs. Walworth was re- elected to serve another year as Conference Taylor, Medford, retiring Conference secre president. Pictured with Mrs. Walworth are tary of promotion. Missjon Budget Adopted In State WSCS A budget of S59.950 for mission giving was approved at a business session of the 18th annual meeting of the Oregon Conference, Woman's Society of Christian Service, which opened in Medford yes terday. About 350 delegates are in attendance. An additional S4.140 was voted to go to tlie Oregon conference projects. The Methodist Home in Salem, Linnton Community center in Linnton, migrant work in Oregon and United Church Women will receive the pro ject funds. Election and installation of officers was on the agenda for todayi'and Mrs. L. A. Wal- Swimming Classes Set At YMCA Start of two classes in swim ming at the YMCA were an nounced yesterday by Med ford YMCA. A swim class for mothers and pre-school children will begin at the YMCA Tuesday, April 29, at 2 p.m. The class will be held Tuesday and Thursdays from 2 to 3 p.m. and all mothers who have pre school children, ages 1V- to 6 years, are invited to join the class. It will continue for six weeks. George Williams, physical director of the Y, points out that this is an excellent op portunity for mothers to teach their own children to swim in an indoor pool heated to 80 degrees. Mr. Williams will teach the mothers, who will in turn instruct th,eir own children. A service fee will be charged. Second of the classes is a beginning swim class for women. It will start Monday, April 28, at 10:30 a.m. and will meet every Monday and Thursday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. "Because of the large num ber of rivers, lakes and streams in southern Oregon, and because there is an in creasing interest in water sports, with a subsequent in crease in accidents, the YMCA believes it is important for everyone to know how to swim," according to Gordon Williams, YMCA physical di rector. Mr. Williams will in struct both closses. Further details of the classes may be obtained by calling the YMCA, SPring 2-6295. Final Session Set For Crater PTA Central Point The final Crater Parent-Teacher asso ciation meeting of the year will be held Monday, April 28, starting at 8 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Displays from the art, woodshop, drawing and sci ence departments will be established for the PTA in the school gymnasium. New officers for the 1958-59 school year will be installed. -i Dance Announced By Promenaders The Star Promanders Square Dance club will hold a dance at Kershaw Square starting at- 8:30 p.m. Satur day. Kenneth Hood, Medford, will call. All square dancers are in vited, and potluck refresh ments will be served. Open 24 Hours Every Day SELF SERVICE raKHffll 516 W. Sixth St. LAUNDRY Large 50-Lb. Dryers Agitator Type Washers Meeting worth, Salem, who has served as president the past year and is presiding over the sessions here, was slated for re-election. 1 v Also on the program today was a forum on Christian citi zenship to be presented by Mrs. K. E. Montgomery, Eu gene, moderator; Mrs. H. James Jenkins, Roseburg, and Mrs. Wayne Stauffer, Eugene. Two United Church Wom en from Klamath Falls, Mrs. Kenneth Lambie and Mrs. Ross Ragland, spoke on the migrant in ministry in Ore gon, a program to which the Woman's Society contributes financial support as well as volunteer workers. Among the works of the volunteers for the migrants are the pre paration of health kits, pre paration of buildings for their use, sponsoring of sewing classes, thrift sales of cloth ing, religious education classes and the provision of a nurse to give the children health lessons. In the Klam ath Basin a day nursery is provided for the mothers who must work and a new build ing is bejng planned for Malin for the coming year. Mrs. Ragland stated that the religious work is a vital part of the program since many churches would not welcome the migrant to their congregation and the migrant knows it. She also stated that illiteracy is on the increase among migrants and plans are underway to combat this. Following the afternoon session, many -of the delegates went to Ashland, to visit the new Wesley Foundation on the campus of Southern Ore gon college. Student work is one phase of the work of the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Club Announces Dinner and Films Rogue River r Mariners' club of Hope Presbyterian church will meet in Fellow ship hall Monday, April 28. Feature of this meeting will be the showing of slides taken by the Robert Worrals on their trip east last fall. Places of interest include the Henry Ford museum and Greenfield village in Dearborn, Mich.; the Adirondack mountains in New York; the Green moun tains in Vermont; the White mountains in New Hampshire and United Nations in New York City. Also included will be films of Washington, D.C., Williamsburg and Jamestown in Virginia; St. Augustine, Fla.; New Orleans, Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, Col orado Springs and Denver. A potluck dinner will begin at 7 p.m. Those attending should bring s hot dish or salad and table service. All married couples are cordially invited to attend. - Director Attends Session in Salem Ashland Miss Seraphine Scanlon, director of food service at Southern Oregon college in Ashland, attended the spring meeting of the Oregon Dietetic Association in Salem April 19. The meeting was held at the state school for the blind. Miss Scanlon stated that the association heard several dis tinguished speakers in the field of administrative and therapeutic dietetics, includ ing Miss Margaret Orth, presi dent of the Oregon Dietetic Association and Charles Knapp, food supervisor of the 20c per 8 lb. Washer Load Drying 1c Per Minute COIN OPERATED 516 W. Sixth St. Really Hot Water Supplies Available deft to right) Mrs. Russell Watson, Port-: land. Conference vice president, who was also re-elected; Mrs. Charles Adamson, Medford, re-elected Conference secretary of .Wesleyan Service guilds, and Mrs. O. P. Chapter Observes -Friendship Night Cave Junction Friend ship night, for Western Star chapter Order of Eastern Star, drew a large number of visit ors from many points in Ore gon and other states to the Masonic Temple in Kerby Sat urday night. Addenda were presented by the Western Star Courtesy Girls Mrs. Wayne Petsch, Mrs. Don Fulk, Mrs. Ralph Burns and Mrs. Glenn Davis, gave a hilarious musical skit. Dress ed in turn of the century cos tumes, they sang "While Strol ling Through the Park One Day," and then shed their skirts to reveal voluminous striped bathing suits as they sang "By The Sea." A panto mime of "The Thing," brought roars of applause. Mrs. Rob ert Breckenridge accompanied at the piano. Mrs. Weingart also directed the "hill billy" numbers giv en by Job's Daughters. With a washboard band and moun taineer costumes, the girls sang three numbers. Perform ers were Linda Larson, Pam ela Cherry, Toni Whiteley, Sharon Prather, Loraine Stei mer and Beverly Sowell, ac companied by Sandra Piper at the piano. Attending from Reams chapter, Medford were Mrs Morris Baughner, matron; Mr. Baugner, patron; Mrs Frank C. Roberts and Mrs. Roy V. Nordwick. Oregon State Board of Con trol. One of the concerns of the ODA is the encouraging of students to enter the dietetic field, either as teachers or dietitians. $500 DOWN $500 A Month $23.50 GYM-DANDY PLAY GYM 54 With GLIDE and 2 SVINGS al. . . . . . JO mm LTUUNJ Highway Community 'Festival Held At Upper Applegate Hall Applegate Valley A broad scope of extension work, both as to time and accomplish ment, was seen .in the com munity extension festival held at Upper Applegate - Grange hall April 19 when both units of the valley combined in a style review, program, and exhibition of work completed in home economics. County Judge Rodney Keat-. ing was introduced during the evening -by Mrs. : Lynn Valentine, who presided dur ing the program. Others in troduced were-Miss Mary Pat Lucy, county home demon stration agent; Miss Mary Lou Garner, girls' 4-H leader; Mrs. Rollin Jones, county chairman; and Mrs. Dora Krause, county committee chairman for the Applegate district. Mrs. Lester Rch and Mrs. Rolland Smith were in troduced as chairmen of ihe two local units. Modeling dresses completed in the cotton dress workshops last month were .Mesdames Marian Baker, Daisy Pittock, Curtis Gearhardt, Charles Williams, Marion Williams, Armin Richter, Joe Farrand, Lynn Valentine, Glenn Travis, Rolland Smith, John Byrne, Lance Offenbacher, Edna Sawyer and E. E. Cox. Mrs. Harley Hall was narrator for the style show, and a leader in the workshop. Mrs. . Valentine opened the program with a welcome to guests and a few remarks on the history of extension work, which, she said had its begin ning in Lincoln's day, when the first land grant colleges were established, and the need was seen for extending a college education to those unable to attend a formal in stitution. She pointed out that extension work, which also includes 4-H and the field of the county agent, is supported with federal, state, and coun ty funds. Present extension units in the community .was organized about 26 years ago, Local . color movies taken by Mrs. Mike Loftus were shown with Mrs. Rolland Smith as narrator. Subjects included the county home- makers' festival . in Central Point last year, local furni ture workshop, square danc ing, ranch scenes, and views from the Jacksonville Ju bilee Pictures of homes around the world were shown in a film on the activities of the Associated Country Women of the World, with Mrs. Rob ert Sorber as narrator. The wide variety of exhibits showed homemaking projects fnnioM WIT IT 99 North of Medford a X ffct -,f VjBu k iii cj "11"' I 1 J I u i iLflfea . over a period of years. Pie and breadmaking were shown, along with making of drap eries and lampshades, plastic finishing of chairs, upholster ing, refinishng of furniture, basket weavng, textile, paint ing, pillow making, pressing equipment, flower arrange ment, rug making, gift wrap ping, 4-H sewing, cooper tool ing, and others. Mrs. John Byrne and a com mittee served refreshments after the program. Grants Pass Club Sets Tournament A large number of Medford duplicate bridge players plan to go to Grants Pass Sunday, May 4, for an open pairs tour nament sponsored by the Grants Pass Bridge club. Two sessions, afternoon and eve ning, will be held at the Elks club. Mrs. L. Moorehouse was a visitor for the last meeting of Medford Duplicate Bridge club. It was held at Girls Community club, with 10 tables of players using the Mitchell movement. North-south winners were Mr. Al Gilhousen and How ard Boyd, first, 147 points; Mrs. Richard Milestone and Ray Wise, second, 132; Mrs. E. L. Miller and Paul" Mc Duffee, third, 119 V2; Mrs. Bernard Hughes and Mrs. Frank Baker, 117, fourth Winning east-west were Mrs. George Dean and Mrs. Fred Purdin, first, 129 Vz points; Mrs. Alto Pruitt and B. L. Sanderson, second, 118; Mrs. Berg Marten and Mrs, A. W. Lingaas, third, 114; Mrs. Paul McDuffee and Mr. Marten, fourth, llZVz. Banquet Given For Secret Dads A large attendance marked the annual banquet for Job's Daughters of Bethel 36 and their "secret dads" Monday night at the Masonic temple in Kerby. Members of the guardian council prepared and served the dinner. Gifts were ex changed between the daugh ters and their secret dads. Place favors of apple blos som sprigs in colored i gum drops held the names of the men - arid their partners for the evening; Large low bowls of blossoms formed centerpiec es for the table. : Honored Queen Carolyn De Mersseman and her officers presided at the Job's Daugh ters meeting which followed the banquet. BIG "9-PLAY" MODEL SHOWN $38.95 ft AC y"5fJ s IT Just South of Central PointPhone Theta Rho Girls Meet in Ashland Medford was selected as the city for the 1959 conven tion of District 11, Theta Rho girls organization, sponsored by the Odd Fellow and Re bekah lodges, at the annual convention held in Ashland April 19. Miss Mary Wilson of Omicron chapter, Medford, will be convention chairman. Omicron chapter, Medford; Theta Tau, Grants Pass; Beta Chi, Central Point and Beta Sigma, Ashland, took part in Saturday's session, with the Ashland chapter as hostess group. Miss Patricia Gibson, Ash land, was convention chair man. Other officers were Miss Julia Thomasson, Central Point, vice-chairman; Miss Wanda Prettyman, Ashland, secretary; Miss Patricia Kime, Central Point, treasurer and Miss Penny Linn, Medford, chaplain. v Grants Pass is to be assign ed to anothsr district for the coming convention, and Klam ath Falls and Merrill clubs will be added to District 11. CALENDAR Friday 8 p.m. Crater High school music department concert, high' school gymnasium. Saturday 2 p.m. Crater Lake chap ter, DAR, Girls Community club. 6:30 p.m. Loyal Order of Moose, dinner at lodge hall. Mercurochrome is derived from bituminous coal. BEGINS TUESDAY, APRIL 29th 2-3 P.M. WHEN? Tuerday and Thursday 2-3 p.m. " Instructor teaches Moth er and Mother teaches child. " Ages of Children . 2'2-6 ' Keep Your Children and at Home With A "GYM-DAfJDY" SPECIALLY PRICED -NOW-During This Big There's NOTHING finer to build strong little bodies and to keep the youngsters happy and at home! And what a BUY this one is! Strong and "Sturdy, with husky 2-inch tubing on top and legsr welded steel construction. Over-all size, approximately 6Vi ft. x ft. Six foot galvaniied slide with 3 steps, rings and chinning bar, smooth glider - EVERYTHING for FUN! Complete with 4 steel anchor stakes. AT LEFT VALUE- OTHER MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM Social Meeting Planned by Club Scottish Rite Women's club will meet Monday, April 28, at 8 p.m. in the Masonic tem ple. It will be a social meet-, ing, with Mrs. Frank D. Salyers as hostess. All wives, widows, mothers, daughters and sisters of Scot tish Rite Masons are invited to attend. SPECIAL SPEED BUILDING TYPEWRITING CLASS Night School 7:00 to 10:00 P.M. Monday & Thursday' 8 Weeks April 28 to June 20 Open Saturday, April 26 for registration ROBERTSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 40-42 N. RIVERSIDE SP 3-4264 Medford Mothers and Pre-School Children SWIM Where? At... YMCA Fee $7.00 For Further Information Call the YMCA SP 2-6295 Healthy, Happy If favil "VF NO 4-2243 BAR
