2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdtord, Orsaon, Thurtday, August 28, 1958
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Last Saturday it was hot in Medford, but on top of Mt.
Ashland it was deliciously cool. Pappy and Potpourri de
cided to quit talking about sleeping out on top of the moun
tain, and really do it. For a time it seemed fate was against
the whole idea, but we perservered and the results were
worth the efforts.
The trip had been planned for the previous week end,
but the threatened storm worried us into a postponement.
Saturday night after work Pappy packed the car and as soon
as the society section of the Mail Tribune had been "put to
bed" Potpourri hurried home and changed into outdoor clo
thing and off we went. All of a mile or so.
For the third time this summer we had a flat tire. Both
of us drove for years under all sorts of conditions and no
flats. Then three in three months.
Pappy has to be sorely tried before it shows up in his
language, but a flat tire at 8:15 p.m. at night on the first
lap of a camping trip is about as good an excuse for a lapse
of polite language as one could find. And all Potpourri
could do was hold the flashlight and hope and pray that
some careless driver wouldn't run us down before the tire
was changed, since we had been forced to stop in a bad spot.
PPPy. being the careful efficient type, not only left the
headlights burning but set the turning blinker light to going
so that the flashing red would be an extra warning.
While the obliging service station man worked on the tire
in between pumping gasoline we watched the heavy
traffic on 99 and decided that half the population must be
on the move. Cars whizzed by in both directions so steadily
that it made us dizzy to watch. We tried to envision this
scene all over the United States and wondered how the
earth yields up enough gasoline and oil to keep all these
vehicles going, to say nothing of ships and airplanes and all
the other machinery which gobble up fuel.
The attendant, who turned out to be John Stewart of
the Phoenix elementary school faculty, had to stop so many
times to fill tanks and wash windows that the two of us
finally decided we'd have to spell him a bit, or we'd never
get going. Pappy could pump the gas, we said, and Potpourri
eould wash the windshield and windows. We noted approv
ingly that Mr. Stewart didn't neglect the back car windows
like so many station attendants do.
Once on the road again with a new tube in the tire, the
trip up the mountain didn't seem very long. The headlights
picked up deer from time to time, and when we started
up the last bit of road which leads to the top of the mountain,
' they also beamed out over the black expanse of empty space
bordering the edge of the road. We can say truthfully that
this bit of road is in about as bad a condition as it could be
and still be traversable. The road apparently sutfered heavily
from the season's storms and is very poor, in spite of recent
repair efforts.
From the top of Mt. Ashland at night one can see the
Jihts of both Ashland and Medford, a spectacular sight. And
the stars seem close enough to pluck from the sky.
From our sleeping bag we could see the Big Dipper hang
ing just over the edge of the north horizon. Later in the night
a distant lightning storm lighted up the hills from time to
time Towards dawn gorgeous Venus rose over the rock to
the east and as the sun came up it tinted Mt. Shasta a hazy
lavender-pink. We feel sorry for those who have never
watched a sunrise in the mountains.
During the early dawn a deer strolled by, and startled
at the sight of the red truck took off into the thicket making
a noise which Pappy said reminded him of a. man with
asthma wheezing and blowing his nose. And much to our
surprise a tiny hummingbird paid us a visit, hovering about
Pappy's head for several seconds.
After breakfast as we started down the mountain, we
saw dozens of tiny grey birds which flitted here and there
showing flashes of white on their tails. Those who learn to
Identify birds must have the patience of Job and keener
eyes than ours. Even with the field glasses we have the
greatest difficulty in keeping one within range long enough
to note colors and markings.
The sight of the wild flowers takes us back to the Ash
land loop trip again and again. Sunday the slopes were cov
ered with blue lupine; daisies of different sizes and colors
and patches of yellow sulphur flowers were especially pretty.
The day's adventures included an unexpected lesson in
meteorology, but that's another story.-O.S. v
Medford Blue Star Mothers recently presented a 21-inch
screen television set for the use of wheel chair patients at
the Camp . White domiciliary. The set was purchased with
funds derived from the Mothers' sale of blue daisies last
May day, the sale being an annual event to raise money for
the benefit of these men. Pictured during the presentation
are (left to right) Acting Manager Banks I. Paul. Mrs. James
Cech, president of the Medford chapter. Blue Star Mothers
of America, Mrs. Fred Middlebusher, chapter member and
Walter Humes, who represented the veterans.
Shakesoearean Festiva
Special Events Continue
Summer Meeting
Held by Mothers
Blue Star Mothers held a
mid-summer meeting recent
ly at the home of Mrs. Fred
Middlebusher, Hilton road.
Members made final plans to
attend the annual department
picnic and business meeting
at Riddle Wednesday.
Mrs. Rose Peters, Fort
Dodge, la., was the guest of
her sister, Mrs. J. E. Gind
ling.. Regular fall meetings will
be announced later.
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David Wilsons
To Visit Here
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Wil
son, Marble, Minn., are ex
pected Saturday to visit Mr.
Wilson's parents, 1 Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Wilson, 7 Chest
nut street. The visitors will
make the trip by pane.
Sunday, August 31, the
Medford couple will observe
their 66th wedding anniver
sary. A family celebration
will be held in Gold Hill at
the home of the Wilson's son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Gail.
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Dinner Set
Pocahontas lodge has plan
ned a potluck dinner Friday,
August 29, at Redman hall
at 6:20 p.m. A business meet
ing will follow at 8 p.m. and
a card party will close the
evening's program.
Members are privileged to
take guests for the dinner and
card party. .
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Parker-Davis
Rites Tonight;
Guests Arrive
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Park
er and family,. Lampman
road, Gold Hill, have as their
houseguests this week several
out of town relatives. Here
are Mrs. James Pete, Castor
Valley, Calif; Mrs. Ted Reed,
Alameda, Calif., and Mrs.
James Peter Jr. and children
Lynn and Davis, Concord,
Calif.
The Parker's guests arriv
ed August 25 and will attend
the wedding-of Miss Judith
Gayle Davis and David Boyce
Parker, set for eight o'clock
this evening at First Metho
dist church in Medford.
Miss Davis, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard G.
Davis, was honored recently
by two bridal showers, one
given in Gold Hill and anoth
er in Central Point. Her fian
cee is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Parker, Gold Hill.
Mrs. Reed has just recent
ly returned to the United
States after a seven week va
cation tour of Europe.
Stir in the dressing made
by combining 4 tablespoons
of prepared mustard with 2
tablespoons each of. vinegar,
sugar and evaporated milk or
light cream, and V4 teaspoon
of salt. Beat the dressing un
til fluffy before mixing with
the potatoes. Garnish with
sliced radishes.
Americans Spend
Many Millions
On Fancy Food
By MARY PRIME
United Press International
New York-(UPD-It's no trick
for followers of the "instant"
school of cooking to become
gourmets. All you need is a
can-opener.
The complicated dish that
once required 50 rare ingre
dients, now takes as much
time to whip up as a tin of
pork and beans. Foods such
as wheat pilaf and babas au
rhum come prepared in cans.
Sauces such, as bernaise come
in powdered form.
We've become a nation of
fancy food fanciers, reported
Harold Roth, president of the
National Association for the
Specialty Food trade. We
spend 70 million dollars a
year on choice items. We also
import more than 50 million
pounds of cheese, 400,000
pounds of bread sticks, tons of
caviar; truffles, crackers, pre
pared game birds, hams, in
brandy and wine sauces, and
rare herbs, spices and liquers,
Roth said.
"The gourmet business is
booming because of the in
crease of travel to Europe,,
the increase in home enter
tainment and cocktail drink
ing, a wider selection of prod
ucts and more efficient distri
bution system, improved pack
aging and less of a price gap
between staples and specialty
foods," Roth added. .
Some 5,000 exotic conven
ience items of foods were on
display at the fourth annual
fancy foods and ' confection
show here this week. The
foods come from as far away
as Formosa and Thailand.
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CASUAL SCENE Promin
ent ) on the casual scene this
fall will be the wool blazer.
This one in black, red, gray
stripes is neat, conservative,
handsome. Wool Bureau
photo. .
HEMLINE PLEATS Plaids
and perky hemline pleats are
earmarked for fashion this
fall, and both are here in a
slim, wool skirt, -shown with
a long-line sweater. Skirt is
by Century of Boston.
Former Resident
Visitor in City
Miss Eula Wintermote, for
m e r home demonstration
agent in the Jackson County
Extension service, spent last
week-end in the valley. She
was accompanied by two
friends who are employed in
the same service, Miss Rizpah
Douglass, Josephine county
home demonstration agent,
and Mrs. Mabel Ito, . home
demonstration agent on the
island of Maui, Hawaii.. Mrs.
Ito is presently on sabbatical
leave and visiting county ex
tension agencies in Washing
ton, Oregon, California, and
Missouri on a Grace Fry
singer scholarship.
During their vfsit to this
area the group made an ex
cursion to Crater Lake Nation
al park and attended performances-
at the Oregon Shake
spearean festival in Ashland.
Mrs. F. Wilson Wait was their
hostess during the visit. Mrs.
Wait also . entertained . . the
group and Miss Helen Webster
at Sunday afternoon luncheon
at the Rogue Valley Country
club.
Miss Wintermote is now
home demonstration a sent for
Linn county and makes her
home in Albany, Ore.
Ashland - Several special
events remain on the calen
dar at. the Oregon Shakes
pearean Festival in Ashland.
Augmenting activities are
scheduled by the Institute of
Renaissance Studies, the mu
sic, and the dance depart
ments to continue during the
last week of the 1958 produc
tion season.
Dr. Margery Bailey, insti
tute director, has announced
the fifth in the series of
Gresham Lectures set for to
day at 4 o'clock in the Ash
land library's Gresham room.
Myna Brunton Hughes, San
-Condon crrVo nn "Shakos.
peare in South America," a re
view of performance in trans
lation and in Latin acting
style.
' Sunday, August 31, the last
of the Elizabethan music con
certs will be staged at the
Festival Theatre. Music Di
rector W. Bernard Windt has
planned a varied bill for the
final program, including num-
Picpic Supper
Held on Sunday
By Optometrists
Southern Oregon optome
trists and their families met
at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Winston Smith on Auora av
enue in Grants Pass Sunday,
August 24, at 5 p.m. for a pot
luck supper. This was the
regular monthly meeting of
the Southern Oregon Opto
metric society and the Wom
en's auxiliary.
After dinner the group dis
cussed, plans for the forth
coming state optometric con
vention to be held in Med
ford in May of next year. Dr.
August Glutsch of Medford
is general chairman for the
convention.
Those families attending
from Medford included Dr.
and Mrs. Robert Harland and
son; Dr. and Mrs. Richard
Nelson and two children; Dr.
and Mrs. George S. Jennings.
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn "Revel
and one of their daughter at
tended from Ashland.
Those from Grants Pass in
cluded Dr. and Mrs. Steven
Dippel and three boys and
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Craig,
in addition to Dr. and Mrs.
Smith and their three sons.
bers by the string ensemble,
the Festival Singers, and the
Madrigal Singers. Choreogra
pher Marcia Thayer and the
dance .group will accompany
several of the selections with
special dances. The event gets
underway at 4:30 p.m.
Concluding the Institute
programs will be a Trinity
Noon reading at Trinity hall
Wednesday, September 3, and
the Terminal Gresham lecture
at the Library, at 4 p.m
Thursday, September 4. The
Trinity Noon will be handled
by several members of the
Festival company and will be
devoted to the reading of
Shakespeare's sonnets. Dr
Bailey will offer the final
Gresham Lecture. She will
speak on "Shakespeare's Dou
bled Heroes," a discussion of
character interacting with
theme.
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Week- End Social Events
Center Around Country Club
Rogue Valley Countrv club
members will be spending
much time at the clubhouse
and on the course over the
Labor day week end. With
hundreds of visitors here for
the traditional 30th annual
Southern Oregon Golf tour
nament, much of the city's
social activity will center at
the clubhouse until the event
is concluded.
A cocktail hour is being
held each evening between 7
and 8 o'clock. The series
opened last evening and will
continue through Sunday,
with Mr. and Mrs. William
Clark as general chairmen.
. Assisting the Clarks as hosts
last evening were Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Six, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert S. Hinman. Dr. and
Mrs. Edward Sickels, Dr. and
Mrs. Abner Clark and Mr. and
Mrs. Edmund L. Simmons.
Saturday noon Women's
Golf association of the club
will cooperate with the club
management in eivine' a
luncheon for women -contest
ants and wives of contest
ants in the tournament. A so
cial hour is set for 12:30 p.m.
with luncheon to follow. .
Each evening of the tourna
ment days two orchestras will
provide music for dancing.
Abby Green and his musicians
are playing in the Crest roonj,
and the Art Kay Comedaireg
in the main dining room. The
latter group will also stage
two floor shows each evening.
Several large dinners have
been scheduled, some by val
ley club members and others
by visitors. A group of 30
from Columbia - Edgewater
club in Portland will dine at
the club together Saturday
night. The party is being ar
ranged by Mr. and Mrs. James
Snider, former members of
the club here.
Bean Salad
For a change from tossed
greens, serve green bean and
tomato salad with a barbecue
dinner. Drain canned Blue
Lake green beans, and marin
ate in tart French dressing.
Top with sliced red, ripe to
matoes, and sprinkle with
chopped fresh or dried dill,
and chopped chives.
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Save dishwashing when you
b'eat egg whites and yolks sepr
arately by doing the whites
first. Then, without washing
the beater, beat the yolks.
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WASH AND WEAR The
new trim look in men's sports
wear this fall is typified by
this wash and wear cotton
shirt cut to taper toward
waistline. Woven in a brown,
white and blue plaid. By
Arrow.
CALENDAR
Friday:
11 a.m. Fifty Plus club,
Red Cross building.
Hundreds of persons use
the . Medford public library
every day.
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