2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ore., Wednesday, September 17, 1958
From Cabin to Big House
Is Senator Kerr's Story
3r ROSE McKEE
. Washington From a one
room cabin without windows
to a house, that with car
port rambles 321 feet and
has towering glass walls . . .
That's the housing story of
Senator Robert S. Keer (D)
Okla.
The new home of Senator
and Mrs. Kerr is nearing com
pletion on a bluff overlook
ing the picturesque Poteau
river valley in southeast Okla
homa, near the city of Poteau.
It is 115 miles from the log
cabin in which the Senator
was born.
The long, comparatively
narrow house hag two wings,
one for the Kerrs' children
and one for guests. The living
room is 40 by 24 feet.
The center-and truly the
heart of the house-is an all-
purpose family room with a
fireplace, a family kitchen,
dining, and lounging areas. It
is the spacious family room
that has the high glass walls.
Doors lead to a patio that ex
tends 13 feet over the edge
of the bluff. From the patio
the Kerrs and their guests can
look down 200 feet to either
Side of the Poteau riven
Started Small
The Senator told a staff
member of the National As
sociation of Home Builders
that when he and his wife
started planning the house,
they had in mind a relatively
small structure. It was to
have a bedroom for each and
a single guest room. They
hadn't reckoned on their four
children and nine grandchil
dren. "When the children heard
about the new house, each of
them wanted something ad
ded," Kerr grinned. "When
we put down what they want
ed, we had to eliminate what
I wanted and build a larger
house.
The Senator now is as ex
cited as any of the grandchil
dren over the new home even
though his "little dream
house" got lost along the way.
The log cabin in which the
Senator was born 62 years
ago was made from native
Oklahoma oak which his pio
neer father cut, peeled and
notched.
' It is a point of pride with
the Senator," a former Okla
homa governor, that his new
home carries out this same
native spirit wherever pos
sible. Stone for the walls,
floors and gardens .of ; the
home was cut in local quar
ries. Oak for the beams and
panelling came from nearby.
Boulders which have rested
on the grounds for genera
tions are being left just
where they always were to
form a part of the landscap
ing. Typical Oklahoma
The Senator wanted his
home "to look like it grew
out of the ground itself, as
ageless in appearance as the
surrounding countryside and
as typically Oklahoman as the
hills around it."
Mrs.-" Kerr, a professional
interior decorator, is having
the time of her life furnishing
the home, in which the fam
ily expects to have Thanksgiv
ing dinner this year. She is
using an "Old Mexico" theme
to give the family room a
southwestern flavor. Various
periods of styling will be
used in the other rooms and
the children's wing.
There was pink dogwood
around the log cabin in
which the Senator was born.
His mother was particularly
fond of pink dogwood. There
Will be native pink dogwood
and rosebud around the new
home.
The Senator remembers the
spring near the old log cabin.
Now he will not only have
the river close-by but also a
heated swimming pool with
a glass windbreak. The grand
children, aged one to eight,
will have their own wading
pool, play terrace, drinking
fountain and a specially cast
big bronze turtle on which to
climb.
Senator Kerr.has a fine re
forestation program on land
he owns about his home. But
his greatest interest is his
black angus cattle. He has
2,000 head of cattle and he
said, triumphantly, "There is
one pasture for the black an
gus that is within easy walk
ing distance of the house."
Father and grandfather
Kerr -it is very clear, "had
his way" on the nearness of
the pasture.
Mistletoe Camp
Plans Meeting
Mistletoe camp, Royal
Neighbors of America, will
be host to members of the
juvenile camp at a meeting
Thursday, September 18, at
7:30 p.m. in the Pythian build
ing. JMrs. Carl Pearson, ora
cle, will conduct the meeting.
Voters' League
To Give Skits
On Home Rule
First of a series of skits
to be given by Medford League
of Women Voters for other
groups of the county is set for
Thursday, September 18, and
will be presented for Medford
Business and Professional
Women's club. The meeting
will be held at 7:30 in Girls'
Community club and the skit
will illustrate the need for
county home rule in Oregon.
Written in support of the
constitutional amendment
which will appear on the bal
lot in November, the skit fea
tures Mrs. H. R. Porto, Mrs.
Fred Danielson and Mrs.
Thomas Goff. Mrs. Ben Day,
county home rule committee
chairman for the league, will
be present to answer questions
on the proposed legislation,
and Mrs. Thomas Rutter will
present pro and con informa
tion on other ballot measures
to be voted on in the Novem
ber general election.
Mrs. Day states that League
county home rule and voters'
service committee members
will be available to any
church or service group desir
ing a presentation of informa
tion on election issues. Groups
interested in such a program
are asked to telephone Mrs.
Porto, SPring 3-4852.
Rogue River PTA
Plans Reception
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Parent-Teacher assoc i a t i o n
met last week to plan the an
nual reception for teachers.
The chairman, Mrs. Rolland
Jones, announced that the re
ception will be held Septem
ber 24 at 8 p.m. at the Rogue
River High school gymnasium.
The public is invited to attend
and meet the new teachers.
Howard Norwood, PTA
president, has announced that
all chairmanships have been
tilled. Officers and chairmen
are Lawrence Sheehan, vice
president; Mrs. Rolland Jones,
secretary; Mrs. Robert Gail,
treasurer; Mrs. -Jerald Clyde,
publicity chaiman; Mrs. Dana
McBarron, budget; Mrs. Carl
Dick, Mrs. Bill : Hunter and
Mrs. Warren Bottroff, ways
and means; Mrs. Carl Sanden,
child guidance; Mrs. Betty
Bamforth, health; Mrs. Shee
han, hospitality; Mrs. Howard
Norwood, membership; Mrs.
Max Killingsworth, parlia
mentarian; Mrs. Clyde, repre
sentative to Community Chest.
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Student Enrolls
At Temple School .
Miss.Roxie Ann Sisemore,
daughter of Mrs. Evelyn Sise
more, of 1105 Stevens street,
today entered the Temple Un
iversity Hospital School of
Nursing.
The 99 new students will
undergo six months of pre
clinical training before they
are "capped," at which time
they become juniors.
Miss Sisemore is a gradu
ate of Medford High school.
Calendar
Wednesday:
6:30 p.m. Veterans of
World War I barracks and
auxiliary, Girls Community
club.
7 p.m. - Jackson county
Medical auxiliary, with Mrs.
Ray Casterline, 45 South Mo
doc ave.
7:30 p.m. International
order of Job's Daughters,
bethel 14, Medford Masonic
temple.
8 p.m. Past Chief's club,
Pythian Sisters, home of Mrs.
Leroy Cline, 1421 Euclid ave.
8 p.m. Roxy Ann Home
Economics club, home of Mrs.
Evelyn Hendricks, 3585 Rob
erts rd.
8 p.m. West Side Mothers'
club, home of Mrs. Ervin B.
Hogan, Niedermeyer lane.
8 p.m. Woman's Society of
Christian Service circle 10,
with Mrs. Eugene Ray, Ross
lane.
Thursday:
1 p.m.-Blue Star Mothers
of America, home of Mrs.
Mary Note, 32 Hamilton ave.
1 p.m. Lone Pine Home
Extension unit, home of Mrs.
Gary Conrad, 1149 Leland
ave.
1:30 p.m. Jacksonville
Garden club, Community hall.
1:30 p.m. Zion Lutheran
circles: Ruth and Esther, home
of Mrs. Everett Lasher, 2517
Sandy terrace.
2 pjn.-WCTU, Girls Com
munity club.
Practical Nurses
In Portland for
State Convention
Representatives of the lo
cal group of Licensed Praci
cal Nurses' association are in
Portland today and tomorrow
for the annual convention,
being held at the Imperial
hotel.
Attending from this area
are Mrs. Roberta Cummings,
president; Mrs. Bessie Bald
win, Mrs. Grace Crawford,
Mrs. Vida Morse and Mrs,
Hazel Maxin.
Reports of the convention
will be given at a meeting of
the association September 29
at 7:30 p.m. in the social
room of the Sacred Heart hos
pital.
Organ Society
To Hold Picnic
The Hammond Organ so
ciety of Southern Oregon has
planned a picnic for Sunday,
September 21 at 3 p.m. It
will be held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lowry,
route 3, box 218C, Fern Val
ley road.
Bill Ryan, an accomplished
organist from the Yreka Inn,
Yreka, Calif., will provide an
interesting program.
Those attending are asked
to bring either a hot dish or
salad and table service, the
club will furnish the desert
and beverage.
Bulbs Discussed
For Little Club
The Little Garden club of
Medford met September 10 at
the home of Mrs. G. O. Brad
ley, 720 Alder street. Mrs. H.
R. Vallee was co-hostess.
A discussion on the care
and planting of bulbs was led
by Mrs. C T. Bascom and
Mrs. G. O. Bradley. Several
packages of bulbs prepared
by the hostesses were prizes.
The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. Bascom
at which time the care and
planting jot shrubs will be
studied.
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Group Attends
State Meeting
The annual state planning
session for Delta Kappa Gam
ma was held September 13 in
the courtroom of the Des
chutes county courthouse,
Bend, with Miss Mathilda
Gilles, , state president of Sa
lem, presiding. , ; -
Reports, from the interna
tional convention held in
Minneapolis . in August were
given as well as reports of
interim committees. Plans
were outlined for the work
of the society for the coming
year.
Attending from Epsilon
chapter were Mrs. Ruth Haw
kins, Misses Delie Whisenant,
Ruth Nye, Anna Laura Honts,
president, Medford; Mrs.
Mary Andrews, Misses Ruth
Esther Hill, Gladys Owen,
and Vida Scripter, Ashland.
The local chapter will re
sume activities Saturday, aft
ernoon, September 20, at
12:30 at the Girls Community
club, with a dessert luncheon
served by the program com
mittee, Miss Gladys Owen,
chairman.
West Side Mothers?
Schedule First Fall
Meeting Tonight
West Side Mothers club
will meet tonight at 8 o'clock
in the home of Mrs. Ervin B.
Hogan, Niedermeyer lane. The
meeting, the first event of the
1958-195? school year, will.be
a get-acquainted affair and
teachers will be introduced.
Hostesses will be Mrs.
Ralph Brlndley, Mrs. Emmett
Bullard, and Mrs. Edward
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Medford Group
Schedules Events
The Welcome Wagon Club
ot Medford will meet at 8
p.m. Thursday, September 18
at the Girls Community club.
North Bartlett street.
The meeting will begin with
a "get acquainted" hour with
refreshments. The program
will include district director
of the Oregon Federation of
Garden clubs.
She will speak on the basic
rules of landscaping and
shrubbery placement. Her talk
will include questions relat
ing to landscaping problems
which were submitted by the
members. Following her talk
there will be a question and
answer session.
Following the program
there will be a short business
meeting.
The next scheduled social
event will be the patio dinner
dance to be held Saturday,
September 20.
At the last meeting 19 wom
en were present The evening
consisted of a social hour with
games and sewing and a busi
ness session. Mrs. Gaylord Hay
received the club gift. The re
freshments " were served by
the hostesses, Mrs. Evan Pru
it, Mrs. Duane McKenna and
Mrs. John C' Sellers.
Camp White Club
Announces Winners
Camp White Mrs. George
B. Dean and Mrs. Fred Purdin
scored 82.points.to bead win
ners for , the last ' session of
Camp White Veterans Bridge"
club.
Mrs." Berg. Marten and
Thomas Randall took second
with 81 points, and Paul Hat
ton and Mr. Marten were in
third with 75 points. Mrs. Hat-
Housing Official
To Hold Panel
Washington D. C (DPD The
government's top woman hous
ing official will head'up a pan
el of the editors of the leading
shelter magazines at the sec
ond annual national executive
marketing conference in San
Antonio, Texas, to be held on
October 2 and 3.
Arinabelle Heath, assistant
administrator for program pol
icy for the Housing and Home
Finance agency, will preside
over a panel which will dis
cuss "Consumer Needs and
Desires' in New Homes," it
was announced today by Rich
ard G. Hughes, chairman of
the board of trustees of the
National Housing center. The
Housing center' is sponsoring
t hM marketing conference,
which is being held coinciden
tally with the fall meeting of
the board of directors of the
National Association of Home
Builders.
Redwood Chapter ,
Elects Officers
Cave Junction Robert
Wright, son of Mrs. Theda
Wright, Cave Junction, was
elected master councilor; of
Redwood chapter, .DeMolay,
at the last meeting held in
the ftlasonic temple, Kerby.
Serving with him for the
coming, term will be Gary
BelL senior councilor; Nor
man,. Sowell, junior councilor;
Mark . Nelson, scribe; John
Wun, senior deacon; Carl
Hammer, junior deacon. -Dennis
Bottel, senior stew
ard; Michael Burnett, junior
steward; Wendell Seat, chap
lain; standard bearer, Fred
Davis; Philip Kellar, almoner;
William Hoskins, marshal and
Howard Ollis, sentinel.-.
Installation, open to friends,
will be held in the Masonic
Temple at Kerby Thursday
evening October 9 at 7:30 p.m.
At the DeMolay Mother's
club meeting, money making
projects were discussed . for
the , scholarship fund of the
Redwood chapter. A candy
sale will be scheduled the lat
ter part of October. The moth
ers also discussed making dec
orated cone corsages to be on
sale at Christmas time.
Next meeting of the De
Molay chapter will be September's.
Federated Club
In Cave Junction
Opens New Year
Cave Junction The Illinois
Valley Federated Women's
club held the first meeting of
the season Friday afternoon at
the home of president, Mrs.
Earl Boyd. Mrs. Raymond
Keidenreich was hostess.
Plans for the year book
were made. Mrs. Wilbur,
mother of Mrs. Earl Boyd, was
appointed historian, and Mrs.
Fred Salvage was appointed
publicity chairman and parliamentarian.
At the close of the business
meeting Mrs. Wilbur gave a
reading.
The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Fred
Salvage October 9. The pro
gram will be in charge of tht
Illinois Valley Mineral Hobby
club.
On Committee
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund
Pease and Mr. and Mrs. Ed-,
ward Gould are the host com
mittee for the next meeting
of Adarel chapter, Order of
Eastern Star. It will be held
Thursday, September 18, at
8 p.m. in the Jacksonville Ma
sonic temple. Visiting mem
bers are welcome to attend.
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