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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, Auguit 8, 1938 NORTHWEST INSURANCE WOMEN . HERE FOR FESTIVAL PRODUCTION Members of Region 9 of the National Association of In surance Women will meet in Jledford August 9 and 10 to attend a production of the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val. This is the second year that women of the association have attended a performance as a group. Reservations have been re ceived by the hostess club, the Insurance Women of Jackson county, for 95 persons. Al though the association was ori ginally invited to the valley by the local group, this year's event was sponsored by the region. Social Hour Saturday a social hour will be held at the Jackson hotel from 4 until 5 p.m. with a banquet following at the Pio neer room. Speaker at the din ner will be William W. Pat ton, general manager of the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val of Ashland. Music during the occasion will include Mrs. Sue Lytle of Central Point, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Edna Dougherty of Ashland Mrs. Imogene Owen, Portland will play the piano for the group singing. On display at the hotel dur ing the social hour will be an exhibit of the doll collection of Mrs. Henry Davis of Med- ford. Mrs. Davis, known for Jier pear head dolls, has dolls from throughout the world in her collection. Included in the display will be miniatures of King Henry VII and his six wives, made by her for the week end meeting. The dolls will be on the speaker's table during the dinner. Atlend Play Following the banquet the group will attend the Satur day evening performance of Much Ado About Nothing at the festival shell in Ashland. An "after-the-theatre-snack" or supper is also planned by the group. Sunday morning breakfast will also be held at the Pio neer room of the Jackson ho tel at 9 a.m. Among those attending the two days of activities will be Mrs. Marion Walker, national first vice-president, San Fran cisco, and Mrs. Eva M. MUSIC! KMED plays the best & skips Uitt'DAjy. the rest. Brower, national treasurer, of Portland. Regional directors and offi cers of the association attend ing include Mrs. Muriel F. Babcock, Eugene, director; Mrs. Sadie Ward, Tacoma, Wash., immediate past direc tor; Miss Mavis Ricket, Salem, key charman; Miss Janet Kil len, Vancouver, British Co lumbia, chairman of constitu tion and by-laws; Mrs. Imo gene, Portland, chairman of organization; Mrs. Irene Os trander, Medford, membership chair man; Mrs. Bernadine Graham, Grants Pass, public safety chairman; Miss Mar garet Osborn, Portland, publi cations chairman; Mrs. Gla deane Harger, Eugene, pin and handbook chairman; Mrs. Amy Seidler, Salem, educa tion chairman; Mrs. Leah Knutsen, Grants Pass, public relations chairman; and Mrs. Nadia M. Harger, Eugene, publication advertising chair man. Californian Also present will be Mrs. Anne Hsnse, Oakland, Calif., program committee chairman for region 8 of the association. All eight clubs in Oregon will be presented at the fcstiv- Music Education Workshop Planned To Start Monday Ashland A workshop in elementary music education will be presented at Southern Oregon college from Monday, August 11, to Friday, August 22. Director of the workshop is Miss Helene Robinson, act ing chairman of the music de partment. The workshop is designed to acquaint teachers with the most effective techniques and materials for use in the ele mentary classroom. Some of the special features which will be included are Indian, Calypso, and Hawaiian music, and folk songs of Latin Amer ica and of the United States. Other topics may be selected by students. Some attention will be given to the construction and playing of, rhythm instru ments. Miss Robinson will demonstrate techniques for developing musical skills, creative activity, and ap preciation through the use of the materials and projects chosen. t The workshop will meet daily from 8 until 12 a.m. ities by their presidents. Tbey include Mrs. Margaret Frame, Coos Bay; Mrs. Gladeane Har ger, Eugene; Miss Carolyn Bagley, Medford; Mrs. Joan Toton, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Bernadine Graham, Grants Pass; Mrs. June Davis, Salem; Mrs. Gloria Wright, Roseburg; and Mrs. Ethel Miller, Port land. Mrs. Killen is also presi dent of her group in Vancou ver, B.C. In addition to the Insurance Women attending the events are representatives of several other Oregon and Medford or ganizations. From Portland is Mrs. June Betson who is with the Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau.. Organizations also represented will be the Port land Soroptimist club and the Medford Business and Profes sional Women's club. Chairmanship At the Sunday breakfast "Chairmanship" will be the theme. No regional business will be conducted at the get together. Speakers will be Mrs. Ward, past director of re gion 9, who will speak on be coming acquainted with the regional committee chairmen; and Mrs. Babcock, director of region 9, who will tell of her plans for the coming year. Mrs. Owen will also read cor respondence - from the clubs not in attendance at the meet ing. The regional gathering to attend a Shakespearean play production by members of the association received na tional recognition in June. Mrs. Babcock reported on the event at the National Associa tion of Insurance Women s na tional convention at Detroit, Mich., at the official educa tion workshop. Mrs. Owen is regional festi val chairman, assisted by Mrs. Ostrander, with committee members Mrs. Babcock, Mrs. Brower, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Seidler, Mrs. Leah Knutsen and Mrs. Miller with Portland members; Miss Jeanne . Star- Episcopal Guilds Schedule Meetings Shady Cove-Prospect St. Martin's Womans guild of St. Martin's Episcopal church, Shady Cove, will meet Mon day, August 11, at 8 p.m. at the Dolf Larson residence. Tuesday, August 12, at' 2 p.m. St. Martha's guild of Church of the Good Shep herd, Prospect, will meet at the Hoag residence. ummm m - Leons lofs-To-Teens Final Semi-Annual And Remodeling SALE! YES . . . THE ENTIRE BALCONY DEPARTMENT IS BEING COMPLETELY REMODELED AND MODERNIZED TO GIVE YOU MORE ROOM TO SHOP IN AND A WIDER SELECTION OF 7 TO 14 AND SUBTEEN GIRLS WEAR ... SO PLEASE BEAR WITH US A FEW DAYS WHILE THIS GOES ON . . . AND TO MAKE ROOM FOR THIS EXPANSION . . . PRICES HAVE BEEN REDUCED AGAIN ON HUNDREDS OF ITEMS -SO SHOP NOW AND SAVE ... THE VALUES ARE TREMENDOUS . . . c ci ' jummer jnue Every one right out of regular stock. 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Saturday noon early arri vals in Medford for the eve ning events will be guests at a luncheon at the home of Mrs. Harvey Peterson, 1113 South Oakdale avenue. Hon ored at the event will be Mrs. Walker, San Francisco, and Mrs. Babcock, Eugene. CALENDAR Saturday: 12:30 p.m. District confer ence of the State Society of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, Girls' Com munity club. . Shirtdress Delight mm 9307 SIZES 12-20; 40 Love of your life! Your fa vorite shirtdress in a smart, new version for busy fall days ahead. Choose crisp checks, stripes, or solids have all thpee and never have, another "what-to-wear" worry. Simple Printed Pattern. Printed Pattern 9307: Miss es' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40. Size 16 takes 4 yards 35 inch fabric. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send Thirty - five cents (coins) for this pattern add 10 cents for each pattern if you wish lst-class mailing. Send to Marian Martin, Med ford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. Mrs. FDR Plans To Visit Russia Again : Meeker, Colo.r (CPD Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt said Thurs day she will visit Russia again next month to see how the Soviets handle their juvenile delinquency problems. She said a visa for the pro posed three-week Russian trip was sent her earlier this week from the Russian Embassy in Washington. Mrs. Roosevelt toured the USSR last year and talked with Soviet Premier Khrush chev and other top Russian leaders. - Red Cross Hold Directors Meet The monthly . meeting of the Red Cross board of direc tors was held Aug. 7 at the chapter house, 60 Hawthorne street, with Manville Heisel presiding. Reports of month ly activities were given by Mrs. R. G. Bardwell, Jen nings Pierce, T. R. Florey, Miss Barbara Hirsch, United Medford Crusade, Mrs. Ray mond Reter and Mi's. J. W. Burba. . Mrs. Joseph Moore was in troduced as the newly ap pointed treasurer for the chapter. Mr. Heisel announced the annual meetings to be held Sept. 11 at the chapter house. A nominating committee was appointed for the election of 17 new directors with Eugene Thorndike, chairman, Mrs. Frank Fairweather and Mr. Pierce. Mrs. Burba announced the next bloodmobile to be held in Medford at the chapter house Aug. 12, and in Ash land Aug. 13 at the Elks. Jackson County chapter will, prior to the regular drawing, "sponsor the draw ing of 40 pints of B positive blood to be flown immediate ly to Portland to be used in open heart surgery on a four- year-old child. Anyone hav ing this type of blood who has not given during the past year -are asked to call the of fice and make an appointment. Picnic A district meeting and pic nic of the Veterans of World War I of Medford will be held. Sunday, Aug. 10, at Grants Pass at 10 a.m.. 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