S MAIL TRI1UNE, Mod-fore?. Oreien, Tuesday, September 2, l5t
Wife of Senator Likes
Houses That Tell Stories
By ROSE McKEE
, Washington - The wife of
the Senate's Democratic lead
er likes to see a home "tell
the story of the lives of the
people who live in it" through
photographs and articles that
have cherished memories for
them.
The Lyndon B. Johnsons
have two homes which are
utterly different, and the con
trast illustrates regional vari
ations in living patterns.
Their Texas home, near
Johnson City, is casual while
their Washington home is on
the formal side. Mrs. Johnson
loves them both and "would
not choose between them."
The Senator clearly favors the
Texas "LBJ" ranchhouse.
It is a big, rambling stone
and clapboard house which
Mrs. Johnson said has "grown
piece by piece like a patch
work quilt." The Johnsons ac
quired it in 1052 and have
spent considerable time reno
vating, remodeling, and add
ing to it.
Texas Colors
.The colors of its furnish
ings suggest autumn, and, fit
tinelv. Texas. Mrs. Johnson
has used oranges, tangerines
and luscious browns in its dec
orations. Cottons or homespun
type of materials accent the
casual air. Candlesticks or
bowls for flowers run to pew
ter, brass or copper. Mrs.
Johnson doubts there is a sil
ver dish in the house.
. In contrast, their Washing
ton home has the air of vel
vet and satin. It is a white
washed brick house with a
center hall that they bought
five years after "LBJ" was
first elected to Congress. Mrs.
Johnson said that with Con
gress in session from early
January until August or later
they felt it " a necessity with
two growing daughters, to
have a home of their own in
the capital.
For its decoration she chose
10ft blues, greens and pinks.
lier. "found after years ofN
looking," gives elegance to
the dining room. ,
Mrs. Johnson, answering
questions of the National As
sociation of Home Builders,
said she "used to think of a
house in terms of a living
room, dining room and kitch
en." But now, she said, "stor
age and utility space have
come to mean more and more
to me in terms of housekeep
ing" Stretched House
Referring to remodeling
they have done of" their Wash
ington home, she said, "the
thing I love about this house,
we Sort of shoved it out with
out elbows, made it grow with
the years, sort of stretched it
out."
The Johnsons re-did the
basement to create more stor
age space. The third floor was
remodeled to give them a
guest . room and both. The
playroom of the two daugh
ters, Lynda Bird, 14, and
Lucy Baines, li, ceased to be
adequate as they approached
the teenage and the Johnsons
turned their garage into a
party room for them.
. It has pine-panelled walls,
an asphalt floor "well-waxed
for dancing," and roll-away
beds for their Saturday night
slumber parties.
Ice Cream Cones .
Oldsters Favorites .
. New York - (CPD - ".Young
kids" over 60 are turning back
the hands of - time with ice
cream cones.
So say some experts, who
have analyzed the buying hab
its of customers in a chain of
3,500 Dairy Queen Stores
across the nation. Statistical
ly, they found that the lion's
share of cones are being or
dered by folks whoes hair has
turned to silver.
When the experts asked the
grandmas and grandpas "why
so many cones," the explan
ation, surprisingly, was not
"grandchildren."
The answers indicate that
the senior elders see a "foun
tain of youth." image in ice
cream cones.
For here's how some of the
older folks explained their
crush on cones: .
. "An ice cream cone always
stood for fun when I was a
little girl, and it still does."
"I still like nibbling the
cone around the edges and
biting the end off, just like
when I was a kid."
Or "eating a cone makes
you feel gay and younger."
Mrs. Johnson has used the
stairway to the third floor to
trace pictorially some of the
major events in the life of
the Senator. Attractive
ly framed photographs in
clude those of the little house
in which he was born and one
of his first meetings with the
late President Franklin - D.
Roosevelt who was his friend.
Favorite Room
In each of their homes, the
Johnsons have a favorite
room. In Washington, it is a
big porch in the rear, screen
ed on three sides and over
looking a lawn and trees. A
non-formal part of the house,
it has big green leather loung
es on which the Senator en
joys stretching out after a
long, hard day "on the hill."
The gathering spot in their
Texas home is a big room in
the old stone section, built
about 100 years ago. It has
an enormous fireplace which
burns four-foot logs and sits
on a raised stone platform.
There is a beautiful beamed
ceiling and big, comfortable
chairs and sofas. Pictures of
world-famous persons the Sen
ator has come to know in his
political career and other fa
mily mementos decorate the
walls.
Expert Taste
Mrs. Johnson's expert taste
is shown in both homes which
she has furnished without
professional help. A busy wo
man who supervises her own
television and radio station
in Austin, Texas, she not only
runs two homes but has what
must be one of the most flex
ible dinner hours in the
world.
Dinner- when the Johnsons
are in Washington can be
at any time up to midnight
or later-for even after the
senate ends a late night ses
sion, its Democratic leader is
besieged by telephone calls
that delay his escape-tc-home.
But his understanding wife
takes this in stride. As to the
problems of a two-house wo
man, Mrs. Johnson said about
all they boiled down to was:
"You just have to keep a fil
ing system in your mind so
you know where everything
is at all times, whether in
Texas or Washington."
Fashion Winner
Artist Group
Choose Pictures
For Mon Desir
At the August meeting of
Southern Oregon Society of
Artists, additional pictures
were chosen for showing at
Mon Desir Dining Inn, where
a rotating exhibit is kept for
the enjoyment of the public.
Victor Wigglesworth, the pres
ident, displayed several re
cent watercolors he had made
of local scenes.
Miss Margaret Ossenbruge
of Medford and Mrs. Marcella
Magruder of Ashland were
guests for the evening.
After the business meeting,
Mrs. Ada Andrews, Gold
Hill, gave a talk on picture
composition and illustrated
the points with examples of
the various styles.
Refreshments were served
at the close of the evening.
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Wenonah Club
Wenonah club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Carrie
Milnes, 820 Narregan street,
Thursday, September 4, at
10 a.m. A covered dish lunch
eon will be served at noon,
and cards will be played in
the afternoon. Those attend
ing are asked to take sewing
equipment.
Roxy Ann HEC
Roxy Ann Home Economics
club will meet Wednesday,
September 3, at 8 p.m. at the
Grange hall. Hostesses will be
Mrs. Cecil R. Hall and Mrs.
David A. Winkleman.
Townsend A uxil iary
Plans Picnic in Park
Townsend Harmony auxil
iary will meet in the south
end of Havthorne park at 11
a.m. Wednesday, September
3, for a potluck picnic lunch
eon. Each one is to furnish
his own table service.
Two members were hon
ored with birthday cakes at
last week's meeting. Three
new club members were re
ported enrolled by the mem
bership chairman.
Instrumental music was
furnished by Bliss Heine,
James Peacher and Enos Naff
ziger. The meeting closed
with singing and a penny
march.
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Ice Cream Topping
San Francisco -(UPD-Mince-
meat heated with a few ta
blespoons of port makes an
elegant topping for ice cream
says the California Foods Re
search institute.
Do not store woolen gar
ments on plastic hangers in
summer. High temperatures
can cause the hangers to melt
into, the fabric.
New State
In Contest
By MARY PRIME
United Press International
New York - rtiPD - Alaska's
first Miss America contestant
would rather talk about facts
than her figure.
She won't volunteer her
measurements 36-26-36, but
she's eager to tell us "state-
siders" that:
-Alaska is overrated as a
matrimonial "bureau."
She's iever seen an igloo.
-She doesn't own a parka.
"People expect me to live
in an igloo, drive a dog sled
and own a closet of parkas.
Actually, there are no igloos
in Alaska except ones built as
emergency shelters in storms,
I drive a car and I had to bor
row this parka," said Stuart
Johnson, 19, as she pointed to
a sealskin and wolverine
jacket.
"Men do outnumber us 2
to 1, but Alaska is overrated
as a land of men. I think boys
in the states are better man
nered," she said in an inter
view before going to Atlantic
City.
Stuart, a tall nearly 5 feet
7 inches, sweet, and unsophis
ticated honey-blonde, is a sec
ond generation Alaskan, hails
from a suburb of Juneau, and
gets her name from Scottish
ancestors.
An education major, she at
attended University of Wash
ington in Seattle last year,
and will enter Mills college
in Oakland, Calif., as a sopho
more this fall. She hopes to
teach secondary school in
Alaska, perhaps study in
Scotland, and get married
after graduation.
"I'd guess you'd say I've
been going steady with a boy
at home for two years," she
said.
A novice at beautv con
tests, Stuart was chosen
among four contestants in
Juneau. She was working as
a stenographer for the sum
mer in the education depart
ment when her chaperone,
Mrs. Kenneth Albertson, who
is a former model, tapped her
to enter.
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Fried Pumpkin
Trinidad, B.W.I. - (UPD Host
esses in the West Indies serve
this unusual variation of pan
cakes, made with pumpkins.
Mash Vz pound steamed
pumpkin or use canned pump
kin. For every cup of pump
kin, add 1 ounce flour, Vz
ounce sugar, Vt teaspoon all
spice, and, teaspoon baking
powder. Beat, well and fry by
dropping spoonfuls onto a
smoking hot griddle. Sprinkle
with sugar and serve.
9377?
12-20 r
Narrow as an arrow in
front-turn your back to show
the elegant flare of fabric.
So figure-flattering-make this
Printed Pattern In casual fall
cotton or fluid crepe with the
same fabric or1 contrast collar.
Printed Pattern 9377: Miss
es' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.
Size 16 takes 3?4 yards 39
inch fabric.
Printed directions on each
pattern part. Easier, accurate.
Send Thirty-five cents (coin)
for this pattern-add 10 cents
for each pattern if you wish
first class mailing. Send to
Marian Martin, Medford Mail
Tribune Pattern Dept., 232
West 18th St., New York 11,
N. Y. Print plainly NAME,
ADDRESS with ZONE, SIZE
and STYLE NUMBER.
FALL TERM
DAY and NIGHT CLASSES
Beginning September 29
Secretarial and Accounting COURSES
Robertson School of Business
40 N. Riverside
Medford. Oregon
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Rosebura, Oregon
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Klamath Falls, Ore.
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Dark of Moon
Opening Tonight
Redding, Calif. - "Dark of
the Moon" will be offered by
Bridge Bay Summer theater,
company Irom September 2
through 7 at the Shasta lake
theater 12 miles north - of
Redding, Calif. Curtain time
is 8:30 p.m. nightly except
Saturday vhen two shows are
given, 7 and 10 pjn.
"Dark of the Moon" is an
imaginative fantasy by How
ard Richardson and William
Berney which ran for more
than 40 weeks in New York
and later toured the country
with great success. Sonia Tor
geson played Barbara Allen,
and Richard Tretter will por
tray John, the "witch boy"
who woos and weds a mortal
girl.
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Soils, Fertilizers
To Be Topic of Club
Eagle Point - Eagle Point
Garden club will meet Wed
nesday, September 3, at 1:30
p.m. at the home of Mrs. D. L.
Crandall, Crater Lake High
way north of Eagle Point.
H. Somers will give the
program on "Soils and Ferti
lizers" and members will re
ceive their year books.
The Medford public library
is yours why not take advan
tage of its many valuable serv
ices? Your Medford public li
brary has books on virtually
every subject and for every
mood.
Meeting Held
BySojourners
Hostesses for last " Thurs
day's meeting of Medford So
journers' club were Mrs. L. E.
McConnell, Mrs. Preston
Hobbs and Mrs. Gene Cham
berlain. The group meets at
Girls Community club; after
dessert and a business meet
ing, cards were played.
; The refreshment table was
decorated with a centerpiece
of yellow and rust colored
marigolds in a hammered
brass bowl.
Guests introduced were
Mrs. Beth Lane, Auburn,
Calif., and Mrs. Ray Bosley,
Gainesville, Tex. Prospect
members introduced were
Mrs. Catherine Cate and Mrs.
Harve Endersby, and Mrs.
Oliver Thompson was greeted
as a new member.
A special gift went to Mrs.
Dwight Crosier and prizes for
bridge to Mrs. J. W. Tobin
and Mrs. J. W. Poage. Pi
nochle prizes were won by
Mrs. John Niss and Mrs. G. F.
Chamberlain, and canasta
prizes by Mrs. Nina Chandler
and Mrs. A. L. McClure.
Women who have lived in
Medford less than two years
are invited to attend.
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Snacks For Lean Teens
Los Angeles - (UPD - For an
afternoon snack for teenagers
serve celery sticks filled with
peanut butter. Another fill
ing suggestion, from the test
kitchens of the Western Grow
ers Association: season cream
or cottage cheese with minced
onion and grated carrot.
Fifty Plus Club
To Meet Friday
Medford Fifty Plus club will
meet Friday, September 5, at
the Pythian hall on North
Grape street at 12:30 p.m.
Alexander's; Hawaiian band
will furnish music for danc
ing, and coffee will be served.
The club met last Friday at
the Red Cross building on
Hawthorne street, with sev
eral visitors attending.
.
Mushroom Club
To Hold Session
The first fall meeting of
Southern Oregon Mushroom
club will be held Wednesday,
September 3, at 8 p.m. at the
Red Cross building, 60 Haw
thorne avenue.
Visitors are welcome to at
tend, and anyone wishing fur
ther information about the
group is ' asked to call Fred
Lawrence, SPring 2-6767.
If you have an automatic
dryer, you can remove wrin
kles from suits or dresses
stored for the season, or
packed in a suitcase, by tum
bling them in the dryer with
dampened colorfast sponges.
The dryer should be heated
before you add the clothes.
Take the left overness out
of yesterdays rolls. Just place
them- on heavy aluminum
foil, sprinkle generously..
with milk and wrap tightly.
Heat in oven until warm. Re
move from foil and serve on
warm platter. Presto! Fresh
rolls.
CALENDAR
Tuesday
6:30 p.m.-Pythian Sisters,
Pythian building.
7:30 p.m.-Job's Daughters.
Bethel 14, Masonic temple.
8 p.m.-Crater Lake Post
and Auxiliary, VFW, VFW
hall.
8 p.m. - Chapter BE, PEO
sisterhood, home of Mrs. W.
E. Holmes.
Wednesday:
10 a.m.-Central Point Gar
den club, home of Mrs. Don
E. Faber.
11 a.m.-Townsend Har
mony Auxiliary, Hawthorne
park.
1 p.m.-Past Chiefs' club,
Pythian Sisters, home of Mrs.
Mabel Nicholson, 821 North
Central ave.
1:30 p.m.-Eagle Point Gar-
Luncheon Given
By DAR Regent
Mrs. Virgil J. Bolton, re
gent of Crater Lake chapter,
Daughters of t'ae American
Revolution, recently enter
tained members of her Execu
tive board at luncheon. Thy
discussed plans for the ensu
ing year, and for the visit
here September 17 of the Ore
gon state regent, Mrs. Claude
G. Stotts, Coos Bay.
den club, home' of Mrs. D. L.
Crandall, Crater Lake highway.
Stauffer Home
Reducing Plan
Virginia Wickertham, Counselor
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