2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, 0r.,
Work Is Secret of Youth
Says 82-Year-Old Student
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
NEW York-IUPB-The secret
of youth? Work . . . says an
82-year-old coed at New York
university.
The words of wisdom come
from Airs, ilse Koepke, un-
Group to Serve
Workers' Meal
During Crusade
Medford Jaycettes will pre
pare and serve a luncheon
again this year for workers
in the annual United Medford
' Crusade. The luncheon will
be held October 20 at the
YMCA; Mrs. Glenn Jennings
is chairman of this service
project.
Plans for the luncheon were
made at the monthly meeting
of the group held at the home
of the president, Mrs. Arthur
Van Leeuwen. Cohostesses
were Mrs. Ronald James and
Mrs. Charles Henry.
A nominating committee,
composed of Mrs. Allen Car
penter, Mrs. Glen Jennings
and Mrs. Wilbur Robertson,
was named. The committee
will present a slate of candi
dates at a meeting October 1.
Members of Central Point
Jaycettes were guests for the
evening. The guests were Mrs
Richard Stratton. president,
Mrs. Gay Hallett, Mrs. Chest
er Ayres and Mrs. Don Squire,
Mrs. D. F. Lunding and Mrs
Wallace Nelson were also
guests.
Mrs. Calvin McKibben, vice
president, and club members
provided the program, which
was a show of homemade
clothing and hobbies. Mrs.
Carpenter modeled a green
cotton satin sheath with
square neckline, and Mrs. Mc
Kibben showed a petal chif
fon dress of dark blue with
white flowers. In preparation
for school days, Mrs. Warren
Hayes had been sewing for
her daughter. She displayed a
dress of blue and white stripes
in polished cotton.
- Mrs. Glen Jennings brought
a redwood brown and white
wool knitted dress she is fin
ishing and Mrs. Walter Smith
modeled a black basket weave
cocktail dress with matching
jacket. For evening she made
a red velvet and silver lame.
formal gown.
' For her husband, a golfer,
Mrs. Glen Keyes made a hand
tooled leather golf bag. Mrs.
Donald Madden displayed her
handmade Christmas cards,
hand painted in watercolors.
Mrs. Ted McLain displayed a
chocolate set of jet black
ceramic ware which she had
made for use in her home,
and a pair of Chinese figu
rines. Mrs. James modeled the
latest type maternity cloth
ing, a balloon type top of
brown gathered around the
bottom and worn with a
matching brown straight skirt.
Mrs. Van Leeuwen ex
plained how to make felt-o-gram
pictures.
A meeting on October 1
will be held at 1202 West
Second street at 8 p.m. This
will be candidate's night.
R. Stanley Dollar
Dies in Hew York
' New York-(tIPD-R. Stanley
Collar, 78, noted San Fran
cisco shipping magnate and
head of the Dollar Steamship
Line, died unexpectedly today
in his New York hotel apart
ment. Dollar was stricken in his
bath about 9 a.m. and died,
apparently of a heart attack,
a few minutes later. Mrs. Dol
lar was with him.
' At the time of his death,
Dollar was president of the
Robert Dollar Company, a
holding company with inter
ests in lumber, shipping, air
lines and communications
fields, and also was president
of Globe Wireless Ltd.
A business associate said
funeral arrangements would
be made after his son arrives
tonight from San Francisco.
Nashville, Tenn.-fl!PD-June
has lost the traditional title
of marriage month in the
Nashville area. The county
clerk's office reported Tues
day that only 289 weddings
took place during June of this
year, compared with 319 in
August.
Spoon marinated green
beans into tomatoes cut to
open in flower fashion. Gar
nish with deviled egg quar
ters and a shiny ripe olive.
ENROLL NOW!
NANCY TAYLOR
Charm Course
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 7-10 p.m.
40 North Riverside Phone SP 3-6408
Wtdnetday. September 24, 1938
doubtedly one of the oldest
students returning to any
campus this fall and also un
doubtedly one of the young
est. "I . have always had work
to do," said the sprightly,
German born Mrs. Koepke.
"Always around the house . . .
I still do all my own clean
ing and cooking. I used to
have a big garden, but since
living in an apartment I can
not do- that anymore.
"I am blessed with good
health; otherwise I could not
do all the things I still do. I
did setting-up exercises every
morning of my life ... I gave
them up at 75."
Leads Own Life
Mrs. Koepke, born in Ber
line, g r e w up in Hamburg
where she was married and
then moved to Bremen where
she lived until her husband's
death in the middle 1940's.
She came to the United
States 10 years ago, at the in
vitation of a daughter, Mrs.
Eva Opton. A son and daugh
ter were" lost in World War
II. '
"But before I came, I in
sisted I should have my own
life," said Mrs. Koepke in an
interview. "I have an apart
ment quite near my daugh
ter, so I have a family and
my own life too." She also
has become a citizen.'
Mrs. Koepke has been tak
ing courses in her great
"love" literature-at NYU's
Division of General Education
virtually ever since she arriv
ed. Youngest In Class
If open-mmdedness and
enthusiasm are characteristics
of the young, then Mrs. Koep
ke is the youngest student in
the class," said Prof. Nathan
Teitel, who taught her last
year.
Said Mrs. Koepke: "I will
eo to school as long as my
mental and physical capacit
ies hold out. Going to school
keeps you young too."
This fall, Mrs. Koepke, wno
has 16 grand and great-grand
children, enrolled in an after
noon course in which she will
review works already famu
iar to her-reading Shake-
xneare. Milton. Dante, , and
other "greats" of literature
She goes to class by subway,
and does all her reading wnn
out the aid of eyeglasses.
She is not working toward
a degree-"Oh, I'm too old for
that," she laughed. "Maybe I
would, if I were younger but
60 years ago it was not tne
style for a girl to be educated.
Girls settled down and got
married."
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Drive Chairman
Talks for ,Group '
Cave Junction - Mrs. Jim
Cooke, president, presided at
the first meeting of the season
of the Civic Women's league,
held Wednesday evening at
the home , of Mrs. Robert
Lackey, Kerby.
Mrs. Harry Floyd, United
Fund chairman for Illinois
Valley, was guest speaker.
The league volunteered to
canvass the Cave Junction
business houses for the United
Fund drive. League solicitors
are Mesdames Cooke, Larry
Muscil, Jim Hansen and Ken
neth Brown.
Plans to hold a toy bazaar
and baked . food sale some
time in November were dis
cussed. Mrs. Carl Jolly was the
birthday -of -the -month hon
oree; she received many gifts.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess.
The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. Muscil
Wednesday, October 1.
Coquille Man on
Education Board
Salem-(DPD-Gov. Robert D.
Holmes Tuesday appointed
Ralp T. Stuller, publisher of
the Coquille Valley Sentinel,
to the State Board of Educa
tion. He filled the vacancy cre
ated by the recent death of
George C. Huggins of Coos
Bay.
Stuller, publisher of the
weekly Sentinel since 1945,
is president of the Coquille
Chamber of Commerce. He
served on the faculty of Lin
field college for eight years
and from 1942 to 1945 was
superintendent - principal of
the Carlon School district in
Yamhill county.
He is state chairman of the
National Editorial ssociation
and president of the Coos
County Newspaper Publish
ers association.
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FILM MADE-Mayor John Snider, proprie
tor of Snider's dairy, played the feature
role in a motion picture filmed yesterday
in Medford. The movie was one of a series
of 16 being made at dairies in the United
States and Canada by the Excello corpora
tion, makers of paper milk containers. The
films will be shown at national dairy shows
and other public functions throughout the
Events Planned In
Shady Cove - The annual
harvest day breakfast and
! dinner were planned at a re
cent meeting of Steelhead
post and auxiliary, Veterans
of Foreign Wars. The event
will be Saturday, October 11,
at the Post home. Breakfast
will be served from 7 a.m. to
12 noon, and dinner from 2
until 7 p.m.
Teaching Staff
In Central Point
To Be Honored
Central Point C entral
Point Parent-Teacher associa
tion will hold the first meet
ing of the school year . Thurs
day, September 25, at 3:30
p.m. in the library at the Cen
tral Point Junior High school.
This meeting will be a
teachers' reception. Teachers
will be introduced by Princi
pals C. A. Meyer of Central
Point Elementary and Junior
High schools, and George
Johns of Jewett Elementary
school.
The proposed 1958-1959
budget of $875 will be voted
on at this meeting.
The annual membership
drive is now on with a goal
this year of 700 members.
Singing will be led by Mrs.
Mary Gardner, the new music
instructor at Junior High
school and accompanied by
Mrs. C. A. Meyer, pianist.
Invocation will be given by
Dr. Wayne Roberts.
Refreshments will be served
by members of the executive
committee prior to the meet
ing.. r
Calendar
Wednesday:
8 pjn.-Medford chapter
Women of Moose, Moose hall.
. 12 noon-Zonta club, Jack
son hotel.
Electa Social Club
To Meet on Friday
Electa Social club will meet
Friday, Septemebr 26, at 1
p.m. at Girls' Community
club rather than at 12:30 p.m.
as previously announced.
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special $7.95
16-piece starter set: regularly $22.95
special $ia.5
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Shady Cove
Mrs. Philip Holt is chair
man of arrangements.
Other coming events were
announced. Mrs. James Cas
sal, hospital chairman, an
nounced field day activities
at Camp White September 26
27. The national president of
the auxiliary, Mrs. Belle
Myers, will visit Camp White
November 16.
Mrs. Philip Alicki was
elected junior vice-president
of the auxiliary. Mrs. Philip
Holt reported on the district
meeting held in Ashland.
Mrs. G. A. Hubbell, cancer
chairman, reported on her
work and stated she is still
asking for buffalo nickels for
a project.
The post has announced a
turkey shoot October 28
above Trail on the Tiller-Trail
highway. The auxiliary wom
en will serve food and re
freshments. ;
Mrs. Olaf Hornseth and
Mrs. James Hopkins served
refreshments after the recent
meeting. Next session will be
October 3.
In Klamath
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Waters,
1126 West Ninth street, and
Floyd Waters spent the week
end in Klamath Falls with
friends, returning home Sun
day. Potato Growers Ready
To Start Harvesting
Bend- (UPD -Potato growers
in this area today prepared
for the fall potato harvest
following the first killing
frost of the season. ,
The frost was the first in
.130 days, marking the end of
what may be a record grow
ing season. Growers welcom
ed the frost that kills potato
vines and permits the pota
toes to ripen in the ground
before digging starts.
Another can opener quickie
with ripe olives is sandwich
spreads. Use the handy iYz
ounce cans of chopped ripe
olives with egg salad or cream
cheese combinations. Or use
pitted ripe olives to garnish
toasted bacon and tomato
sandwiches.
BOUNTY
AS SEEN IN
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL
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RING e' ROSES
5 -piece place setting: regularly $8.75
special $7.50
16-piece starter set: regularly $22.95
special $18.95
nation. Above, Snider and his interviewer,
Paul Ward, of radio station KDOV, Med
ford, wait for the signal to begin another
scene as the camera begins to roll. In the
interview, Mayor Snider got in a plug for
the Oregon Centennial and Rogue River
valley pears. Snider's is one of the oldest
licensed dairies in the state.
Twirlers Slate
Bring a Buddy
Dance Thursday
Y Knot Twirlers' Square
Dance club of the Medford
YMCA is holding a "Bring a
Buddy" dance in the Y Soc
ial hall Thursday, September
25, frcm 8 to 11 p.m. Square
dancers in the area ' are in
vited to attend and bring
someone who has never
square danced, or who is in
terested in dancing again.
Fun dances and mixers ' will
be called by Kenneth Hood
and Douglas Fosbury, the
club callers. Potluck refresh
ments will be served, and
coffee will be furnished.
Monday from 8 to 10 p.m.,
a beginners class in square
dancing will start at the
YMCA with Mrs. Fosbury in
structing. The class is open
to anyone interested in learn
ing to square dance, and
membership in the YMCA is
not required. There will be
10 lessons in the series, and
further information may be
obtained by telephoning Mrs.
Fosbury at SPring 3-5188.
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CENTRAL AT MAIN MEDFORD
Support The United Medford Crusade
Tribune School
To Be October 7
The Mail Tribune's annual
school for organization re
porters will be held Tuesday,
October 7, at 2 p.m. at Girls
Community club. All organi
zations of the - area - which
submit news to the paper are
invited to send representa
tives to the class
Tribune staff members will
speak, giving information on
how to prepare copy for the
paper, and a question and an
swer period will follow. The
event will close with a tea.
UN Month
Observance
Scheduled
First plans for the observ
ance of United Nations' month
during October were an
nounced yesterday by Med
ford chapter, Oregon United
Nations' association. Schools,
churches, service clubs, and
groups of the county custom
arily cooperate with the chap
ter in observance of, the spe
cial month and lecturers are
being arranged.
First event of the month
lang observance will be a
lecture here by Mrs. Annalee
Stewart, Washington, D. C,
national legislative secretary
of the Women's International
League for Peace and. Free
dam. Mrs. Stewart will speak
Saturday, October 4, at 8 p.m.
at Girls Community club and
the meeting will be open to
the public.
Mrs. Stewart, a registered
lobbyist, maintains daily con
tact with congressmen, of
ficials of the State Depart
ment and other governmental
staff members. In recent years
she has traveled throughout
the United States, Europe and
Palestine and has attended a
number of international con
ferences. Mrs. Stewart is an ordained
Methodist minister and her
husband is now on the staff of
the department of finance and
field service of the Division
of National Missions of the
Board of Mission of the Meth
odist church.
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Square Dancing
Class Announced
Square dance instruction
will begin Thursday, Septem
ber 25, at 8 p.m. at the old
Wagner Creek school, Wagner
Creek road, two miles west of
Talent. Anyone wishing fur
ther information may call
Miss Vera Rice, KEystone
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iWomen Present
Doll Style Show
At Last Session
Members of the Woman's
society of First Methodist
church held a doll fashion
show at their last meeting.
The prize winning doll clothes
modeled at the meeting will
be displayed in the window of
Leon's Tots to Teens the week
preceding the church's annu
al bazaar which takes place
November 13. All doll clothes
modeled at the fashion show
will be sold at the bazaar in
the Children's fair room.
Mrs. John Kent, who is in
charge of this bazaar booth,
also displayed other toys at
the meeting Tuesday. These
have been made for sale at
the bazaar and some of them
will be displayed at Leon's
Tots to Teens also.
Since the bazaar is the
main source of revenue by
which Methodist women help
support mission work in the
church, they have been work
ing on it throughout the year.
An apron parade was held
last spring from which many
unusual aprons were collected
for sale at the bazaar, and
throughout the summer vari
ous members have been start
ing plants for sale in the
Green Thumb shop. Among
others a Swedish Tea shop and
a Children's Book store have
been planned for the bazaar,
the theme of which is Old
Time Towne.
Fifty Plus Club
To Use Building
For Craft Classes
Members of Medford Fifty
Plus club, in cooperation with
a group from the Rogue Val
ley council of Fifty Plus clubs,
have been busy renovating the
recreation building on East
Jackson street near the end
of Hawthorne avenue.
This building will be used
for crafts, and at the weekly
meeting of the club Friday
it is expected that a schedule
for use of the building will
be announced. Classes in
painting, ceramics, woodwork
ing and other projects will be
undertaken for persons over
50 years of age.
Friday's club meeting will
be held at 12:30 p.m. in the
Pythian hall. Women are
asked to bring pies.
Thursday Club
Phoenix - Phoenix Thurs
day club will meet September
25 at 8 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Bert Stancliffe, 115
Third street. The business
meeting will be followed by
refreshments.
Family Members
Visitors in City
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Campbell, Milwaukee, Wis.,
and Mrs. Campbell's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Perry T. Bux
ton, Wheatland, la., have
been guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R.
Buxton and daughter, San
dra Kay, 2478 Sunnyview
drive. Kenneth Buxton is a
son of the Perry Buxtons, and
a brother of Mrs. Campbell.
This was the first trip to the
Pacific northwest for the
Campbells. Mr. Campbell is
assistant chief engineer of
electronics for General Mo
tors in the A-C Spark Plug
division, Milwaukee. The sen
ior Buxtons are retired own
ers of the Wheatland Gazette
in Clinton'county, Iowa. They
have visited in Medford pre
viously, and renewed acquain
tances with friends here.
Dance Slated
By Elks Lodge
Medford Elks lodge has
booked Ann Hayes and her all
girl orchestra to play for a
dance here Saturday, Septem
ber 27, at the temple. Dancing
will be from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The orchestra plays at the
Gourmet hotel and restaurant
at Disneyland.
The lodge announces that
the dance is open to members
of the organization and guests,
and tickets are now on sale.
Sports wear for men and
street dresses for women will
be in order, it is stated.
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Clothing
Needed
St. Mark's Episcopal church
is making a concerted effort
for the annual United Cloth
ing Appeal of churches, it
was announced yesterday. The
drive will continue until Sep
tember 30, and may be taken
to the new Sunday school
building. Room 7, 212 North
Oakdale avenue.
Needed are suits, overcoats,
trousers, overalls, dresses,
mittens, sweaters, robes,
sturdy shoes, socks, blankets,
bedding, layettes, and cloth
remnants for sewing. : v
It is stated that the cloth
ing is desperately needed by
those in India, Korea and in
the Near East as well as Eu
rope. "Hundreds of thousands'
of homeless refugees need
decent clothing to give them
warmth, dignity and self-respect,"
those in charge state.
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