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! Group Adopts New Name And Elects Officers Friday Election of officers and change of name were the main items of business ac complished by the Jackson County Public Health associa tion at the annual meeting held Friday, April 25. The new officers, of the or ganization are Col. William H. Bartlett, president; Mrs. "Walker, Jerold Poulos and Mrs. John Keaveney. The advisory board is made up of Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Dr. John Dickson, Dr. Oscar Heyerman, Miss Frances Clink, Eugene Thorndike, Leonard Mayfield, H. P. Jew ett, Atf Mekvold. .0 Unit representatives are Richard Knight, vice-presi-1 Mrs. Marvin Kocks, Ashland; dent, Mrs. Ray Frisbie sec retary, and Mrs. Richard Wat son, treasurer. The organization voted to change its name to the Jack son County Tuberculosis and Health association. Because of the difficulty in associating Christmas seals with the former name, it was thought to be wise to change the name so as to make the identity of the association clearer. Also, the public health association constantly being confused with the Jack son County Health depart ment, it was said. Other officers elected were Mrs. Edward J. Knapp, seal sale; Glenn Jennings, case finding; Mrs. Walter Bish and Mrs. Chester Fitch, family life; Mrs. Henry Padgham, public relations; Mrs. Ivan Burton, television; Gerald Latham, finances; Mrs. Lewis Ulrich, Sparrow Memorial; Miss Helen Bullis, patient care; H. Chandler Drew, re habilitation; Mrs. Edward Sickels, volunteer services. Board members-at-large are Mrs. Robert Minear, Dan Bulkley, Mrs. Stanley Par rish, Fred Sears, Dr. Eugene Ray, , Mrs. Bayard Getchell, Mrs. John Reid, Mrs. Jack Contest Set For Monday The annual Jackson county high school public speaking contest sponsored by Medford Knights of Pythias will be held in the Pythian building Monday, April 28, at 8 p.m. Contestants from various high schools throughout the county will be entered, and the win ner will compete with the winner of the Josephine coun ty contest April 30 in Grants Pass. The state contest will be held in Portland, the regional in Spokane, Wash., and the winner at that event will go to Boston, Mass., for the na tional event. . Prizes are scholarships of $3,500, in an college or uni versity. All expenses are paid by the Knights of Pythias who sponsor these contests every year. Medford post winners are Lewis Bright, William Frake and Nathan Douthit. The contests are open to the public. Should a girl be a winner, a chaperone is furnished to accompany her as well as her parents. Suitable prizes will be awarded here in tomorrow night's contest to the three top place winners, it is stated. Donald Lacey of Central Point High school and chan cellor commander of Talisman lodge here, is chairman. Mrs. Larry Tweedy, Apple gate and Mrs. Ted Schoene mann, Gold Hill. Mrs. Florence Scott, guest speaker from the Oregon State Board of Health, maternal and child division, spoke on "Nutrition Today." She point ed out that, after years of educational work, only about one-fourth of homemakers to day know what a good bal anced diet is, consisting of the "basic seven." The mpst poorly fed members of -tne family, according to innum berable surveys taken by Cor ness University, are the moth er and the teen-age daughter. Problems Listed Mrs. Scott went on to say that the two most outstand ing nutrition problems in the United States today are obesity and poor dental health. Both of these prob 1 e m s can be overcome by proper diet, she added. The two foods most neglected are the vitamin C foods and cal cium, both of which, of course, lead directly to poor dental health, and indirectly to obesity. Education in proper eating habits, Mrs. Scott stressed, is the only way to overcome this inattention, and, for this rea son, nutritionists all over the United States are constantly referring to the importance of having proper diets in order to prevent disease and, pro mote better public health. Dr. Merkel spoke on the "fine cooperation" between the Jackson County Health department and the Jackson County Public Health associa tion. He pointed out that the excellent job done by the case-finding committee of this volunteer organization is a tremendous bulwark in main taining the high standards of public health found in Jack son County. Because of the short stay of TB patients in the hospital due to modern treatment, he added, the duties of the health department had be come much heavier. The dis-1 charged TB patient returns to his home, and then his medical treatment is usually carried on under the supervi sion of the health department. This, of course, is a tremend ous savings in the cost of handling a TB case, it was pointed out. A national certificate of achievement for a press pro pect was presented to Miss Mary Dodge of the McLough lin Junior High school news paper, "The Quill," in recogni tion of an entry in the Na tional Tuberculosis associa tion contest. Mrs. Theo Barss, health education chairman pointed out that it is the first time that Jackson county has won recognition from the na tional organization in this press project. '' LLj" Tin limit ii ft ififfri i&Wmu-i mmmmmf- nn"f - -f - - ' - - - - Mary Dodge, left, member of the editorial staff of the Junior Quill, McLoughlin Junior High school newspaper, received a certificate of achievement on behalf of the school at a meeting of Jackson County Public Health and Tuber culosis association at the Pioneer room of the Jackson hotel Friday noon. The award, which is one of the nine given in the state, was for an editorial published in the paper on tub erculosis. -Presenting the certificate, right is Mrs. Theodore P. Barss, health education chairman of the organization. It is believed that this is the first time that the award has gone to a junior high school paper, Mrs. Barss said. Flower Seed Production Work of Many Experts EDNA KING MANDEVILLE On a recent tour through a leading flower seed house, it occurred to me that many of my readers might be inter ested in knowing just how seeds are selected and pre pared for home gardeners. So often we buy something with out knowing anything at all about its background and just as often an interesting story passes us by. Flower seeds are grown by experts with large staffs of trained personnel to supervise the choice of planting stock, the planting itself, the care of the growing plant, and the final harvesting of the crop, It takes years to become ex pert in these stages of seed production, since most every variety needs its own treat ment as to time, soil, mois ture, etc. A single false step could ruin a crop or make it generally inferior. Generally, seed growers confine their efforts to varie ties that can best be produced for market under their par ticular soil and climatic con ditions. Some zinnias and pe- tunas are raised in Colorado, moon flower in Georgia, sal via in New Jersey and believe it or not Texas blue bonnet does come from Texas. For tunately for - the beautiful state of California, many va rieties produce seeds well there, and as a result it is the leading flower seed state, although a large number of perennial varieties are grown in the northwest Some varieties are raised mostly in other countries. Portulaca, for example, comes principally from Holland, as do most varieties of phlox Drummondi. A leading grow er of primrose seed has his farms in Denmark, and Japan is the country of origin for "ft " J 'Mfaha -faateaaa If ' T88, fw. -Jilt . ..& - .immilmmimmmmit wMHSSMB)ka M Helena Rubinstein's COLOR-TONE SHAMPOOS Giant 250 size NOW I50 WASH YOUR HAIR WITH COLOR -with Helena Rubinstein's Color-Tone Shampoo, the shampoo that enriches the color of your hair as it washes It singing clean leaves it manageable and gleaming 1 No permanent dyes, nor bleaches but a safe, temporary color for every hair shade. Once-a-year offer on a six month's supply. 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The flower fields have to be watched carefully to make sure that only the "true" plants are allowed to mature. If the field is one of Melody Fantasy zinnias, for example, only plants of perfect Melody are allowed to mature. Any plant that shows signs of hav ing the "regular" zinnia petals rather than the gracefully curved petals of Melody must be pulled out. An occasional plant whose buds indicate a color other than the soft lavender of Melody must also go. This "rogueing" as it is called, must be done before the plants are far enough de veloped to interest the bees, for these important little creatures can ruin an entire crop if they pollinate a few rogues. Harvesting portant. Some varieties, like Portulaca, are most difficult to harvest. When a pod of this variety is full of seed, at just the right time for harvesting, it will burst open and scatter the seed in every direction. You can imagine trying to find these tiny seeds after they've fallen to the ground! Perhaps one reason why so many Portulaca come from Holland (in addition to the ideal climate) is that the soil in some areas is covered by a hard crust. The grower can wait till all the pods have burst and then simply sweep up the seeds. The grower also has to con sider the other peculiarities of the various flowers. When his experience has been such that he knows the best way to handle seeds from planting right through harvesting, the crops he produces will be the very best. Often, due to hand pollina tion and other operations too important to be trusted to nature, a crop of seeds like those of the tiny hybrid pe tunia may actually be worth more than their weight in gold. Just think a hundred pound sack of hybrid petunia seeds, which a man could carry on his back, might be worth sixty thousand dollars or more! Lady Lion Clubs To Serve Coffee For League Event Lady Lions clubs of the "valley will serve coffee at the "Meet Your Candidates" pro gram to be sponsored by Med ford League of Women Voters Thursday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. at Hedrick Junior High school. Mrs. Nat Etzel, past president of the Eagle Point Lady Lions club, will be chairman of the coffee project. Invitations have been sent to all of the candidates for county, judicial and state leg islative offices in the coming primary election. Each of the candidates will speak briefly in his own behalf. Questions from the audi ence will be collected and as many as possible answered by the candidates. Time permit ting the candidates will be available for individual ques tioning after the formal pro gram. Mrs. Thomas Rutter, voters' service chairman, cor dially invites everyone to attend. Capping Ceremony Held ecietante Fourteen new members! ceremony. joined the Southern Oregon Dental Assistants' society Wednesday at their meeting held at the Red Cross build ing. Guests for the evening were the employer-dentists, their wives and the society mem bers' husbands and parents. Mrs. Sybol Prescott, Grants Pass, former Oregon Dental Assistants' association presi dent, was the presiding officer for the candlelight initiation Fellowship Luncheon Set Friday Theme for the annual May fellowship luncheon to be sponsored by Medford Coun cil of United Church Women May 2 in the First Presbyter ian church, is of unusual in terest. The theme, "A Place To Live," will be discussed by a panel with Mrs. Frank Fair weather acting as moderator and will consider the several phases of a program which is now being worked out for the aging of the community. Included in the discussion will be ideas on housing, health, recreation and em ployment. Mrs. Samuel Earhart and Mrs. Glenn Harrison are co chairmen for the day and are announcing the following program arrangement: Miss Verna Cingcade will speak on "Christian Educa tion in Our Schools" during the Drogram and Mrs. D. Kirkland West will talk on "Our Needs." The Medford High school choir, under the direction of Lynn Sjolund, will sing and the Rev. W. Lee Mansveld will be soloist. Panel members in addition to Mrs. Fairweather will be the Rev. R. H. Mathewson, Miss Elizabeth McGalliard, Mrs. C. A. Thatcher, and C. L. Williams. Other participating minis ters include Clynton Cris man, the Rev. Melvin W. Dix son, and the Rev. John Rey nolds. Nursery care will be provided at the First Metho dist church during the after noon. Fidelity Club Postpones Meeting A meeting of Fidelity club set for Anril 30 has hppn a Crop IS im-innstnnnpH iht flnV. hac an. Show.Theme Announced Phoenix "Fantasy with Flowers" will be the theme for Phoenix Garden club's flower Show which will be open to the public Sunday, May 4, from 1 until 9 p.m. The show will be a standard judged show and anyone in the valley may enter speci mens of horticulture or ex hibit in the arrangement classes, it was reported. Those entering exhibits to be judged must have their entries at the show prior to 10 a.m. Sunday. All horticulture entries must have been grown by the exhibitor or have been in their possession at least three months. The entries must be correctly labeled and each ex hibitor may submit only one entry to a class. Flowers and foliage in the arrangement classes do not have to be raised by the exhibitor but must be home grown. A plant sale will be held during the day and a program will be held at 3:30 p.m. Each hour on the hour during the show hours a 15 minute show ing of color slides taken at the Pasadena Rose bowl pa rade will be shown. The show will be held at the Phoenix Community club. ceremony. Mrs. Lucille Wil- "son and Mrs. Vyrbelle Thomp son, Medford, were the con ducting officers. During the initiation ceremony each new assistant was capped with the official dental assistant cap. A reception followed the ceremony to honor the new members and guests. The asso ciation's colors of blue and gold was used on the serving table. Mrs. Gladys Hughes, Medford, poured and Mrs. Frances Dempster, former lo cal society president, cut and served the cake. Initiated at the meeting from Medford were Carol Clark, Phyllis Clark, Beth Myers, Karen Njaa, Betty Orndoff, Miss Darlene Paulaz zo, Miss Joyce Pestka, and Mrs. Audrey Reiss. Others were Mrs. Dorothy Degley, Ashland; Esther Fabrick, Do ris Newton and Jane Roley from Grants Pass,- and Lee McLaughlin and Betty Pros ser from Rogue River. . Grand Chancellor1 Guest of Knights A large attendance of mem bers heard Oregon Grand Chancellor Claude Kelly, Bend, speak for a meeting of Medford Knights of Pythias Monday night: Refreshments followed. Mrs. Kelly accompanied her husband to Medford, and she was entertained by mem bers of Pythian Sisters. Past Grand Chancellor Hugh Welsh, District Deputy Grand Chancellor Ray New man and five other members of the Grants Pass lodge were among those attending. Wednesday night, LeRoy F. Cline, Edward Bostwick, Emil O. Johnson, Robert Dames and Jo W. Fritsch met with members of Thermopylae lodge in Grants Pass to honor Grand Chancellor Kelly dur ing his official visit to that city. MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Oregon, Sunday, April 27, 1938 5A Family Reunion H Members of the Joseph Rob ertson family held a family reunion April 18 through 20 in Medford at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Heidmann, 1806 Thomas road. Attending the gathering were the five children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robertson. 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