J MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ore., Thursday, August 14, 1938
Mom, Pop, Grandma, Kids
All Answering School Bell
: By GAY PAULEY
" UPI Women's Editor
: New York CPD Look
; who's answering the"" back-to-:
school bell this fall. Mom,
I pop, grandma and grandpa,
- along with their youngsters.
; So many adults are enroll-
ing in colleges, universities
; and public school programs
; for grown ups that one edu
: cator joked, "Life begins at
I 45." For some, classroom life
- begins anew when they've
reached their 60's, 70's, and
80 s.
; Dr. John B. Holden of the
: Adult Education Division, the
: U.S. Health, Education and
: Welfare Department, Wash
" ington, gave these statistics
on "older" back-to-schoolers
- HEW's latest survey showed
that between the ages of 45
and 59, there are 1,913,000
' students. In the 60 to 74
bracket, 465,000. In the 75
and older, there are 50,000.
To Get Diploma
"And the totals grow each
year," said Dr. Thomas J.
Gilligan, assistant executive
secretary of the adult educa
tion program, the National
Education Association, Wash
ington.
"Some people go back spe
cifically for a high school
diploma or college degree,"
said Gilligan. "But a lot of
them are people facing retire
ment with time on their hands
and a feeling they might just
have missed something from
their earlier school days. The
world has changed so much."
"And some of the parents
just don't understand their
kids, especially in talk about
science and international re
lations," quipped Dr. David
-; DAR District 3
I Holds Meeting
District 3, Oregon Society
5 of Daughters of the American
Revolution, held the annual
r meeting August 9 at Girls
Z Community club in Medford
with the state regent as a
5 guest. She is Mrs. Claude. G.
Stotts, Coos Bay.
t Luncheon was followed by
t talks by the regent. Reports
: were given by Mrs. R. G.
Tabor, Mount Ashland chap
Z ter, and Mrs. J. Calhoun,
r Rogue River chapter, Grants
: Pass.
; Mrs. Henry DeVoss, Talent,
' sang a group of three songs,
accompanied by Mrs. H. E.
; Marsh.
: The cdmmittee for the host-
1 ess chapter, Crater Lake chap-
5 ter, Medford, was composed
; ef Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini, Mrs.
; T. J. Gifford, and Mrs. E. E.
; Bradfish.
; The next conference will
I be in Roseburg.
T
: Missionary, Son
j Valley Visitors
; Illinois Valley A distin-
; guished visitor in the valley
Z last Friday was a cousin of
: Mrs. Phayo Phefferje, Mrs.
; Beatrice Van Meder and son,
; Jerry, Los Angeles. Mrs. Van
; jMeder is head of the Kun
Ming Baptist Mission in Kun
Ming, China.
A speaking engagement in
San Jose, Calif., scheduled for
Saturday evening made the
short stay here necessary. On
October 7, Mrs. Van Meder
will sail from Los Angeles for
Hong Kong, China, where she
will be stationed for one year
before returning to the States.
Her son will attend school in
Florida. This will be Mrs. Van
Meder's fourth trip to the!
Orient as a missionary.
Rauch, of the adult Educa
tion Department of the Great
Neck, N.Y., public schools
system.
A Job In Later Years
Great Neck's program is in
its 24th year and one of the
most successful in the nation.
The suburban town has a pop
ulation of 43,000. Its adult
class enrollment is 6,000.
"We stress learning for
learning's sake," said Rauch.
"But the program, like others,
gets a tremendous number of
women who start brushing up
o?i an old skill, such as typing,
so they can go back to work
when the children are grown
and away from home.
"Or, if they didn't work
before their families came,
they prepare for a job. Not
so much for the money, as to
keep interested and have
something to do."
Holden said his researchers
find the older students are
most interested in peoples and
governments. More than one
million of the over-45 stu
dents are in civics and public
affairs classes.
He said interest in trade
and business courses de
creases as age increases, al
though 14 per cent of those
75 and over are taking
courses which help them earn
a living. Men show a lively
interest in agriculture and vo
cations; women in general and
recreational subjects.
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Echoes From Low Echo
One of these five pretty Medford misses will be
chosen queen of the 1958 Rogue Roundup at a street
dance lo be given at "Dead Man's Gulch" tonight at 8:30
o'clock. The five finalists, (left to right) Miss Linda
Luman, Miss Marion Christian, Miss Patricia Hanson,
Miss Patricia Ruston and Miss Doris Owens, were chosen
at a dance held August 9 on the high school tennis court.
Tonight's dance, to be given on Fir street between Fifth
and Sixth streets, and the Roundup are being sponsored
by Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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For some reason or the other, Potpourri's post-vacation
diet isn't coming along too well. We firmly promised our
selves to go on a cottage cheese, skim milk and banana
diet come the first day back at the desk, but it didn't seem
to turn out that way. Of course, the time to be firm was
when confronted with the fried chicken, buttermilk pan
cakes and sweet corn, to say nothing of other vacation
delicacies. Is there really anyone who can resist fried chicken
with baked potatoes and sour cream, tossed salad and blue
berry cobbler?
The pancakes started out to be the blueberry variety
the kind where you sprinkle fresh blueberries on the up
side while the down side is baking, and then flip the cake,
berries and all. Sister serves them with powdered sugar.
After the pancakes were partly baked, she remembered
the coconut idea, so the next ones had a few shreds of
this delicious stuff added and then were eaten with orange
marmalade. That one meal must have added at least a
pound to the editorial frame.
While visiting with Grandpa, who lives at a simply
beautiful spot on the McKenzie river, we were treated to
corn on the cob, tiny sweet carrots, lettuce which has nar
row, thin leaves instead of grdwing in the big fat, tight
heads, and other delicacies fresh from the garden. Grandpa
reported that he was engaged in his never-ending battle to
keep the deer from eating up the garden. The last foray had
resulted in almost the total loss of his beets, he said, and
declared that the hungry beasts not only nibble off the
succulent tops, but yank the entire root from the ground.
He was somewhat encouraged, however, to find that
spraying blood meal on the crops apparently discourages the
deer. Others in the area recommended this, after trying it
themselves. Grandpa related bjow once a big antlered buck
strolled into the front yard and stood for quite some time
admiring his reflection in the glass of the cottage windows.
A couple of days later he glanced out into the garden, saw
a deer, went to the phone, called a neighbor to ask her if
she had yet used up her deer tag. She said no, got her rifle,
came down and killed the deer.
Grandpa, who amazes his relatives and friends by his
vitality, since he is rapidly nearing 90, introduced Potpourri
to fresh, uncooked kohlrabi. This was peeled and then cut
into wedges and eaten with a light sprinkle of salt. Very
good tasted much like a sweet cabbage core, since it is
in the cabbage family.
Another vegetable in his garden new to Potpourri was
the English broad bean which grows on a vine looking some
thing like a pea vine and producing beans which look like
pea pods.
Maybe the reason Grandpa can still plant and tend a
garden, swing a big scythe and skip merrily along the rocks
at the edge of the McKenzie is because he eats mostly
fruits, vegetables and milk, that he has always spent most
of his days out of doors and that he neither smokes nor
uses alcoholic beverages.
When the sun had reached a certain spot on the rier.
Grandpa treated us to an unusual sight. On the bottom of
the river, 20 or 30 feet below the garden, were dozens of
salmon. This particular section of the' McKenzie is a spawn-1
ing bed for the salmon, and in one spot alone could be seen
at least 20 of the big fish. The story of how the salmon
leaves the river to spend his appointed time in the ocean
water before returning unerringly to the place of origin
to complete the cycle of life is one which, has always
fascinated those interested in nature.
On this visit to the place on the McKenzie we were
pleased to meet the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Kaufmann
of Eugene. While the menfolk talked of gardens and fishing
and the weather, Potpourri and Mrs. Kaufmann talked
about clothes. The Eugene couple operate women's ready-to-wear
shops in the area, and Mrs. K. had been in New York
not long before to attend the fashion previews.'
Buying women's clothing for a shop is little more than a
gamble, said this woman of long experience in the business.
All the knowledge acquired throughout th years is help
ful, she said, but in the last analysis, it's nothing more than
a gamble. This was confirmed in a recent UPI fashion report
which said that the clothing industry is "gambling" this
fall on the idea that women of America will like the "re
laxed" styles.
Mrs. Kaufmann said the chemise and sack, in the strict
est sense, are now passe but that the relaxed look remains.
And she blames the men. Women like the chemise dress,
she said, but men don't. So that is that. O.S.
San Franciscan
To Be Caller
John Strong, San Francisco,
Calif., will be featured caller
at a sqaure dance at the Jose
phine County Fair in Grants
Pass starting at 8:30 p.m. Fri
day. The dance tomorrow night,
and another "jamboree" style
dance Saturday night are be
ing sponsored by the Rogue
Valley Square Dance Callers
association.
Mr. Strong calls for the
Gingham Squares and Daisy
square dance clubs in the San
Francisco area, and last May
was one of the featured callers
at the Golden State Roundup
in Oakland.
Saturday night's dance will
feature callers from the asso
ciation with Kenneth Hood,
president of the association,
as master of ceremonies. Both
dances will be held on an out
door pavilion, and the only
charge will be the admission
to the fair grounds.
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Doctors to Speak
For Assistants
A group of specialists will
speak tonight for a. meeting
of Jackson County Medical
Assistants' association to be
held at 8 o'clock at the Red
Cross building in Medford.
Speaking will be Dr. John
T. Weisel, Dr. Mario Cam
pagna, Dr. N. J. Wilson and
Dr. Florian J. Shasky or his
partner, Dr. J. R. Porto. The
men will speak concerning
the duties of assistants in
their offices.
The talks will be followed
by a business meeting.
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As the buses turned down
the drive to Low Echo Girl
Scout camp at Lake of the
Woods, the camp began to
buzz with activities. We all
hurried to finish up last min
ute preparations and rushed
down to the central area to
help unload the campers who
were arriving for the third
session of this summer's camp
ing. So started 10 days of
learning, working together,
and having fun for 97 girls.
Several "firsts" marked
this session. For example the
first Pitt hike was made by
the Pioneer unit. They all
came back with high spirits,
big appetites and very sore
feet. It was led by Maureen
McCurdy 'Tip", and Inger
Palmquist, "Chip".
Archery was started again
for the first time since last
year, under my doubtful lead
ership. Several girls earned
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Visitor Here
Marsha Svensen of Crescent
City, Calif., is in Medford to
visit her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Randolph, 303
Vancouver avenue.
their sports badge with this
sport arid Janet Crawford,
Medford: Hallie Waggoner,
Yreka; Nola Shurtleff, Med
ford and Sherrie Pritchard of
Medford earned their camp
archery award. It took a
great deal of hard work on
their part.
The girls who went on the
three-day trip to Blue canyon
found themselves confronted
by an unusual problem. There
was a possibility of bears in
the vicinity so the counselors
took turns staying awake to
keep them out of the larder.
Four of the counselors dis
covered a smoldering area
left by a careless camper, and
spent several hours putting
out the fire and checking.
Karen Johnson, "Johnny",
Carol Swan, "Swanie", Mere
dith Mansfield, "JDither", and
Susan Harris, "Cony",- were
thoroughly worn out when
the others returned from their
side trip.
Take Pack Trip
In the camping line, the
Conifer Grove group went
very primitive on their over
night pack trip up Four Mile
Ditch. It seems none of the
cooking and eating utensils
had been loaded, so they im
provised. They found two
number ten tins which they
sterilized and cooked in. Slices
of bread and clean leaves had
to serve as plates.
The last day of camp was
very festive, with a water
show and costumes for sup
per and campfire. The entire
day had an American Indian
theme, including the water
show. Each unit had been
assigned a legend or poem to
portray that evening, so the
floats represented these skits.
Each unit worked hard sev
eral days in advance to make
their float as nice as possible.
The result was a very impres
sive parade. Even one eld
chief whose head kept falling
off in spite of all efforts.
The final event of the show
was a water ballet presented
by several of the counselors.
Each unit showed up in cos
tumes for supper, which was
followed by the skits. High
lad, the unit in which the
C.I.T.S (of which I" am one)
and the program aides live,
livened up the applause by
giving a European cheer after
every performance.
At 7:30 p.m. the final-night
campfire started. As tradition
demanded, members of each
unit gathered around the
campfire in turn to give their
wish and to throw their fag
gots into the fire.
At this campfire, four very
special people were presented.
They were Sheila Moody,
Hannah Balbirnie, Barbara
Massey and Valerie Calder,
the four Irish Ranger Scouts
who are visiting the Rogue
Valley Girl Scout council at
this time. Also presented were
Mrs. T. R. Lytle, president of
the council, and Miss Ruth
Kilbourn, executive director.
The next day, just before
dinner, everyone gathered in
a circle around the flag pole.
At this time all the badges
and awards which had been
earned were presented. It was
a very special time for all
and every camper went home
with a feeling of accomplishment.
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Visitors Attend
Session of Lodge
Members from Coos Bay,
Cottage Grove, Eugene, Ash
land and Phoenix attended a
meeting of Medford Neighbors
of Woodcraft held August 11
at the Eagles hall. Initiation
took place.
A trio composed of Judy
Stuart, Cynthia Owens and
Monte Noble entertained be
fore the meeting. They are
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Central Point Visitors at
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