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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.
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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.
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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
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a good share of such varieties
as petunia, morning glory,
balsam and portulaca.
I'm often asked if seeds
grown in one locality will do
as well in another area as
home-grown seeds would. The
answer is that they might
very well do better. Let me
give you an illustration: It
takes a long, hot season for
blue morning glory seeds to
mature properly for best
flower production. For this
reason most seeds of that va
riety are grown in California,
where there is no danger of
frost. Plump, healthy, fully
matured blue morning glory
seeds from California will
produce finer blossoms in
New York state, for instance,
than seeds grown in that state
during a year when there is
an early frost.
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.
Here for the event were Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Olson1, Omaha,
Nebr., Mrs. N. B. Bjerke and
eld in Medford
son, David, Redondo Beach,
Calif., G. O. Robertson, Man
hattan Beach, Calif., Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Robertson and six
children, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Heidmann and four chil
dren. Unable to attend were
another daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ol
son. Omaha, Nebr.
This is the first time since
1946 that a family reunion
has been held.
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