JMAILTRIBUNI, Medford, Oregon, Tueiday. October 28, 13I
American Churches Try
To Rescue Halloween
Br LOUIS CASSELS
United Press International
America's churches are try
ing to rescue Halloween from
"Paganism."
Although many people now
adays hardly realize the fact,
Halloween was originally a
religious observance the
vigil of All Saints' Day.
The name ' Halloween" is
a corruption of "All Hallows
Eve," which is what the med
ieval English called the occa
sion. Ancient legend holds that
the spirits of the saints return
to earth on Halloween. Em
broidered b y superstitious
minds, this legend became
the basis for Halloween's as
sociation with "Witches and
hobgoblins."
Some years ago, churches
began working with schools
and other community agen
cies to curb youthful vandal
ism on Halloween. At first,
their efforts were concentra
ted on sponsoring "whole
some costume parties for
youngsters to keep them out
of trouble.
Now there Is a growing
effort in both Catholic and
Protestant churches to invest
Halloween with a positive re
ligious meaning.
Hundreds of Catholic par
ishes this year will conduct
special worship services on
Halloween. Children will
come in costumes intended to
represent patron saints. For
example, St. Cecilia, patron
saint of music, might be rep
resented by a girl wearing a
Roman "robe and carrying a
violin.
The Catholic service, to
which parents and other ad
ults also are invited, usually
includes prayers, a short ser
mon on the lives of the saints,
and a procession of the cos
tumed children.
Observance of this Hallo
ween service has increased
rapidly in Catholic parishes
in recent years under the
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leadership of Msgr. Martin
Hellriegel of St. Louis, a not
ed Catholic liturgist.
Protestant churches
throughout the country will
emulate an idea which seems
to have originated in 1950
with a group of churches in
the little town of Lost Na
tions, Iowa. The churches of
Lost Nations got their child
ren to go out on Halloween
and instead of asking
"treats" for themselves to
collect money for relief of
hungry children overseas.
The National Council of
churches has formally en
dorsed the idea, and funds
collected this Halloween may
be turned over to its relief
branch, Church World Serv
ice, for use in its "share our
surplus" program of food dis
tribution in 47 countries.
Some churches, as well as
many schools, will arm child
ren with coin boxes and ere-J
dentials to collect money for
the United Nations Children's
Fund.
A third program, similar
in spirit, is sponsored my the
American Friends Service
Committee (Quaker). Children
dressed as "friendly beggars"
collect needles, pins, thimbles
and scissors to be made up
into sewing kits for mothers
of destitute families overseas.
The United Nations' Child
ren Fund program will be car
ried on in Medford again this
year. Schools, service clubs
and UN chapter members are
cooperating in the plans.
Many Players Attend
Bridge Club Session
Thirty-eight players com
peted in last Wednesday's dup
licate bridge game of River
side Bridge" club. The club
plays each Wednesday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Hatton.
North-south winners were
Mrs. Hatton and Mrs. Paul Mo
Duffee, first; Mrs. George B.
Dean and Mrs. Jack Mitchell,
second; Mrs. Walter Winner
and Mr. Hattan tied with Mrs.
C. L. Howard and Mrs. A. W.
Lingaas for third place
Winning east-west were
Mrs. M. M. Herman and Mrs.
Van Gilbert, first; Mrs. Benja
min Todd and Mrs. W. 'W.
Stevenson, second; Mrs. Berg
Marten and Mrs. William
Knope, third; Mrs. Josephine
Clark and Mrs. Yvonne Dalen,
fourth.
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Trick-Treat Plan
Of Pathfinders
Will Aid Needy
Boys and girls of the Med
ford Seventh-day Adventist
church's Pathfinder club will
ring doorbells Thursday night,
October 30, in traditional Hal
lowe'en manner. Instead of a
treat for themselves, however,
the youngsters will invite con
tributions of canned goods
which they will use in the
preparation of Thanksgiving
food baskets for the commun
ity's needy families.
They will also carry a
"treat" for those whose doors
they approach in the form of
application blanks for a free
Bible correspondence course.
The application entitles the
holder to a course in general
Bible knowledge which will
come through the mail, and
may be taken at the recipient's
leisure. There is no cost or ob
ligation of any kind connected
with the course, and it is giv
en for the purpose of increas
ing community interest in the
study of the Bible.
The Pathfinder organization
is sponsored by the church for
it's youth in the 10 to 16 years
of age bracket, and is intern-
tional in scope. It's purpose is
to provide the youth with use
ful and worth-while activities.
Various crafts are taught the
boys and girls with special em
phasis on nature study and
camp crafts, and Christian en
deavor is a part of their train
ing. The operation Thursday
night will be a part of their
program of community serv
ice. Gardeners Plan
Portland Show
Portland-'Christmas Splen
dor," fifth annual Christmas
show sponsored by Pioneer,
Multnomah and Portland dis
tricts of the Oregon Federa
tion of Garden clubs, will be
held in the Hotel Multnomah
Rose Bowl December 6 and 7.
This year exhibits are open to
all members of garden clubs
in the Oregon Federation.
There are divisions for novice,
amateur and advanced ama
teur. Interested exhibitors out
side the three districts should
contact the general chairman,
Mrs. Lindsay Mercer, 934 SW
Cheltenham street in Port
land, for schedules and infor
mation. Entries close Novem
ber 5.
Proceeds from the show
will be used for scholarships,
national cemetery and other
projects of civic or state interest-Party
Announced
By Wenonah Club r
Wenonah club will sponsor
the semi-annual card party at
1 pjn. Thursday, October 30,
at Redman hall. Pinochle,
bridge and canasta will be
played.
Members are asked to in
vite friends, and all former
members are extended an in
vitation. Cookies and coffee
will be available to guests
continuously during play.
The club president Mrs.
Charles Dooms, telephone
SP 3-5005, will give further
information.
Calendar
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line for the weekly calendar is 9
a.m of the day of publication and
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day before publication.
7:30 p.m. Southern Ore
gon Mushroom club, Clyde
Minger residence.
8 p.m. Eagle Point Ele
mentary Parent Teacher asso
ciation, grade school auditor
ium. 8 p.m. Natural Foods as
sociates, Medford High school,
room 30.
8 pan. Pythian club, home
of Mrs. Arnold Motschenbach
er, Old Stage rd.
Wednesday: v
11 a.m. Medford Town
send club, Carpenters hall,
123V4 West Main st.
1 p.m. Home Economics
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Chinese Children Win
Tourist Hearts, Coins
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
Hong Kong -0JPD- It's the
Chinese children who first get
to the heart-and pocketbook-
of the Ameri
can tourist in
this British
crown colony.
The shop
keepers prac
tically haul us
off the streets
and into their
stores, to show
and sell us
their bargains
Gay Pauley
in clothing, jewelry, cameras,
and knick-knacks for the
house.
But the children, with their
dirty, out - stretched hands,
first must be served.
The appeal in their small
faces can't be ignored, no mat
ter how often the residents
warn that they are tools for
the avaricious adults, who or
ganize whole blocks or neigh
borhoods. They are forced to
turn their haul over to these
fagans and occasionally are
tossed a small coin in return.
"Give, but give through or
ganized charities," one young
Chinese woman, the wife of
an American resident, warn
ed me. "Otherwise, you're
just encouraging the system."
I agreed. We should sup
port the organized charities
in any land. But even with
the mental picture of the
adults profiting on children's
need, I still found myself un
able to resist the small hands
and the looks in their eyes.
Apparently the children
have an "underground" oper
ating just as efficiently as any
government spy network, in
this city of mystery', and in
trigue. Because news that strang
ers with ready change are in
town spreads rapidly. My per
sonal charity program began
when I got off a ferry between
the island and the mainland,
where my hotel was located.
"Please, Missy," said a voice
beside me, and I looked' down.
"Please ..." I just happened
to have some change not yet
pocketed from my ferry
ticket.
Woman Expert
On Computers
United Press International
Chicago -flJPD- Phyllis Hug
gins interprets scientists to
scientists.
She is an expert on elec
tronic computers at the Ben-
dix Aviation Corporation, Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Huggins helped devel
op the training program, a vir
tually untested field, and tells
firms which buy or rent the
electronic brain how to staff
it.
The slender brunette trav
els more than 12,000 miles a
year. Her mother oftens stays
with her two sons, aged 16
and 11, while she checks on
who is using the computers,
what they are doing and how
they do it.
The job, Mrs. Huggins said
is ideal for women who "have
the preciseness, neatness, im
agination and capacity for
fine details."
Mrs. Huggins, a technical
writer, was hired to rewrite
manuals on the computers.
Soon she was assigned to or
ganize training classes for cus
tomers, and within three years
she was accepted as an expert
on computers.
She became interested in
computers only because "the
subject matter was intriging,
and my curiosity got the bet
ter of me."
There are approximately
8,000 computers in use now,
but Mrs. Huggins said the
field is too new to have stand
ardized salaries. She estimated
programmers make at least
$600 a month.
club, Eagle Point Grange,
home of Mrs. Neva Clifford,
Pinehurst and Gregory rd.
1:30 p.m. Fidelity club,
with Mrs. Roy Morris, 621
Palm st.
and leave the driving to us!
From then on, anytime I
left my hotel, I had an en
tourage of small beggars, some
seeking coins only, other of
fering faded flowers or shoe
shines in return. On one morn
ing of shopping I had three
shoeshines-not the most ex
pert of jobs, but with each
went a wide smile from be
neath a bowl haircut.
They tell you, the residents,
that the direct giving is
wrong, but I didn't see any
visitors saying "No." Maybe
we were thinking, we have
so much; these are children
whose home is the street,
whose meal is a bowl of rice
eaten not at a dining-room
table but from a newspaper
spread on a sidewalk.
Or maybe we were recall
ing what He said nearly two
thousand years ago: "Suffer
the little children, and forbid
them not . . . for of such is the
Kingdom of Heaven."
Medford Student
Is Member of
University Choir
Greenville. S.C.-Miss Carol
Faye Ellison, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Ellison, 493
Haven street, Medford, has
been selected by the Bob
Jones University music fac
ulty to sing in a Vesper choir.
Miss Ellison, an alto, is a jun
ior majoring in elementary
education in the School of
Education of Bob Jones uni
versity. One of four choirs appears
each Sunday on Vespers, an
hour-long, sacred and classical
recital of speech and music se
lections presened in Rode-
heaver auditorium on the Bob
Jones University campus. The
choral selections are per
formed with piano, pipe or
gan, or orchestral accompani
ment. Each week, approximately
3,000 persons attend the Ves
per program, which is fully
staged with stylized scenery
and dramatic lighing effects.
During performances the
choir may "be located on a
large, scenic staircase or on
one of several electrically-
operated stage elevators and
turntables.
Student Enrolls
At Bible School
Los Angeles-Miss Elizabeth
Ann Cushman, daughter of
William E. Cushman, Trail,
Ore., has enrolled in . the
Missionary Medicine, a divi
sion of the Bible Institute of
Los Angeles, Inc. BIOLA, as
the fifty-year-old training cen
ter is more commonly known,
has a student body of more
than 800 according to a report
issued today by school author
ities. Miss Cushman attended
Grant Union High school of
Sacramento. Following High
school, Miss Cushman attend
ed Prairie Bible Institute of
Three Hills, Alberta, Canada
where she was floor super
visor for two years.
Since attending school, Miss
Cushman worked at Daily
Vacation Bible school, camp
work and hospital work for
three months. She is a mem
ber of the Trail Community
church where she was an as
sistant Sunday School teacher.
Plans for the future include
a course of Summer Linguis
tics, and then jungle camp.
Speakers' Group
Tries Experiment
Medford Toastmistress club
members tried an experiment
in the making of speeches
at the last meeting. Speakers
were blindfolded, and the
talks were made without ges
tures. Purpose of the experi
ment was to judge the tone
quality and variety of pitch
in the voices as an aid to
"putting across" an idea.
Autobiographies were given
by Mrs. Thomas Ball and Mrs.
Elmer Ness. Miss Irene Bar
clay talked five minutes on
"Harvest" and Mrs. Ellen
Lynner on "Hidden Powers."
Two panel discussions fol
lowed the format of the tele
vision program, "Keep Talk
ing," the participants being
Mrs. James Van der Steen
and Mrs. Bernice Kunzman
on one team; . Mrs. Bertha
Haskins and Mrs. Clarence
Rolls on the other.
Toastmistress for the meet
ing, held at Girls Community
club, was Mrs. C. H. Red
mond. Mrs. Mary Sands was
topicmistress and Mrs. Wal
lace Haskins gave the invo
cation. Mrs. Arnold Bohnert and
Mrs. Effie Kurtz served refreshments.
Go ahead! stay up late and listen to
Barker's five minute bed-time story
on television tonight at ten-thirty-five.
Lodge Brings
Island Troupe
Medford Elks lodge is com
pleting plans today for the
appearance here of Hilo Hat
tie and her troupe of Hawaiian
entertainers. The troupe will
make a three-day appearance
beginning Thursday, October
30.
To open the festive event,
an island "luau" will be serv
ed Thursday between 7 and
9 p.m., and will be repeated
Friday and Saturday eve
nings. Dancing will begin at
8 p.m. and the shows are
scheduled at 9 and 11:15 p.m.
Hilo Hattie, termed Ha
waii's "ambassador of good
will" has been known for
years as a popular entertainer,
and her revue features native
songs and dances of the is
lands. Carlyle Nelson directs
the dance group.
The elaborate plans for the
event include" authentic is
land decorations for the club
house and a committee com
posed of Ralph Matlack, Ray
Huson and James Clark has
already started work on these.
Mrs. Frank Little is ticket
chairman, and Monte Morris
is advertising chairman. Wil
liam Ruck is the lodge's social
chairman for the year.
Members are privileged to
take guests, and reservations
may be telephoned to SPring
2-6247, or SPring 2-6248.
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Treat Trick
Make cones of heavy orange
paper. Fill wit assorted choc
olates and cover with saran
wrap. Pile on platter, and
keep near the front door for
trick-or-treaters.
Professor Criticizes
Dieting of Motheer-To-Be
Pittsburgh - "Restriction of
the expectant mother's diet to
produce a smaller baby in
volves the gravest of dang
ers." This statement was made
here by Dr. Samuel M. Wish
ik, professor of maternal and
child health of the University
of Pittsburgh Graduate
School of Public health.' He
was speaking at the "Ad
vances in Human Nutrition"
symposium, attended by 375
nutrition scientists and doc
tors from the U. S. and
abroad.
The two-day symposium
was sponsored by H. J. Heinz
company to mark the opening
of the new Heinz Research
center.
Dr. Wishik said: '
"Routine restriction of the
pregnant woman to a severe
diet can harm the baby. On
the other hand, the well-fed
mother-to-be may well have
an easier time with a larger
baby, because both infant and
mother are in good physical
condition for delivery."
Dr. Wishik said that over
weight women do not have a
markedly more difficult time
in delivery than do under
weight women. Further, he
said, most women have little
difficulty getting back to nor
mal weight, even when they
have gained greatly during
pregnancy.
Dr. Wishik said research
shows that the pregnant wo
man ana ner Dany ao noi
share nutriments on any iarr
basis. When there's insuffic
ient nutrition, the mother will
"take" the Vitamins, A, E, K,
and iodine, and the unborn
baby will be starved of these.
But the unborn baby will
take the iron and Vitamin C,
and the mother will lack
those nutriments.
"Perhaps it is not true that
a pregnant woman must 'eat
for two'," he said. "But she
should, however, be 'eating
for one and a fraction.' "
He said there is little evi
dence to support the belief
Apple Stick-Ups
Halloween Treat
New York -TOPD- When gob
lins ring your doorbell on
Hallowe'en, treat them to
"apple stick-ups."
Melt 2 pounds caramel can
dy with 4 tablespoons water
in top of double boiler. Stir
in enough red food coloring
to make dip a bright red.
Cover a tray with about VA
cups ginger snap crumbs (20
cookies). Spear apples with a
small piskle or lobster fork,
dip them into hot syrup and
twirl until surface is com
pletely coated. Set on crumbs,
remove fork and insert candy
stick. The gingery crumbs add
flavor and keep apples from
sticking to tray. Makes enough
for 12 apples.
Slimmer Tebaldi Acclaimed
At Metropolitan Opening
Br DELOS SMITH
United Press International
New York-flJPD-The "war of
the prima donnas" has taken
a new, dramatic turn-the hea
vier of the two claimants for
recognition as the world's
greatest practicing operatic
soprano, Italian style, has lost
weight.
This was revealed at the
opening of the Metropolitan
Opera's 75th year Monday
night when Renata Tebaldi
cut an admirably girlish fig
ure and gave and out-of-this-world
musical performance in
the name role of the opera,
"Tosca." A well-heeled audi
ence applauded her until she
and it were limp. It had to be
well-healed; the best seats cost
$40 each.
Record Box Office
The box office shared Miss
Tebaldi's triumph. It took in
886,687 for the single per
formance, a record for Ameri
ca's oldest and most celebrat
ed opera house. The previous
record for opening night two
seasons ago was $75,510.
Opening night prices are
jacked up several times over
the regular tariff.
There had been no previous
announcement of Miss Te
baldi's slimming and it occa
sioned much comment. Not
that she was ever very heavy
when you think of the tradi
tional well-upholstered Italian
soprano, but her arch rival
for topmost prima donna hon
ors in the world's opera
huses, Maria Meneghini Cal
las, has had a lot of critical ac
claim over the past few sea
sons for her slender, girlish
that toxemia is produced by
weight-gain, rather than mere
ly associated with fluid col
lection in the mother's body.
On the contrary, Dr. Wishik
said, it seems more likely that
there is a higher incidence
of toxemia in women who fail
to make normal weight gains
during the first six months of
pregnancy.
Dr. Wishik said that the in-
creased nutritional needs dur
ing lactation are even greater
than those during pregnancy:
"Clearly; the volume of milk
produced in one month by a
.woman breast-feeding her
baby is equal in mass to the
size of the baby she produced
over a nine-months period."
Dr. Charles Glen King, ex
ecutive director of the Nu
trition Foundations, Inc., was
honorary chairman for the
symposium.
H. J. Heinz II, president of
H. J. Heinz company, was
host for the two-day meeting.
Mr. Heinz is also president of
the Nutrition Foundation, Inc.
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Auxiliary Members
Hold Work Session
Disabled American Veter
ans' Junior auxiliary held a
meeting October 18, at the
home of Mrs. Harvey Cass
man. One member, Cynthia
Simmons, has moved to
Grants Pass.
Members made bracelets of
walnut shells for a project.
Paulette Simmons and Don
na Thompson served refresh
ments. Next meeting will be held
November 15.
WITCH'S HAT
Create a witch's hat for
Halloween by making a cone
out of orange construction pa
per, or use cardboard and
cover with wrapping paper or
paint. Cut a rim out of the
same paper and tape to the
underside of the hat. Stick
toothpicks in the hat, each
with a chocolate oh the end.
Each "trick-or-treater" can
pull out a chocolate, toothpick
and all.
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figure, although in all truth
(in this critic's opinion) she is
downright skinny.
Tebaldi Gets Edge
He would give the new Te
baldi the edge here on the
basis of her Tosca of Monday
night. As singer and musician
she was the old Tebaldi still;
that is, superb. The quality
and purity of her tones, the
subtlety and color of her in
tonations, the exquisite con
trol she exercised over every
nuance of the singer's art in
these' vital matters and in
everything else need to make
the human " voice the most
thrilling of musical instru
ments, she showed her audi
ence she has no rival.
Miss Tebaldi was supported
brilliantly Monday night by
George London singing the
villain role, Mario De Monaco
singing that of the hero, and
Dimitri Mitropoulos conduct
ing the orchestra. There are
only three really important
parts in "Tosca" and the three
singers gave the operatic
melodrama considerable impact-as
musical melodrama.
Ruch Carnival
Set For Friday
Ruch Everything is lined
up for the Hallowe'en carnival
sponsored by the Ruch Parent
Teacher association Friday,
October 31, according to Vern
Taylor, chairman of the event.
An outdoor costume parade
at 7:30 p.m. will start the ac
tivities, and prizes will be
given for the best costumes. A
magician has been booked,
and he will entertain fn the
cafeteria at 7:45 pjn. The
main carnival will start at
8:15 p.m. in th gymnasium and
will include fortune telling,
backetball throw, hoopla and
a variety of games and con
tests. . The decorating committee
expect to have their ' work
completed several days in ad
vance, and foods committees
are busy soliciting and pre
paring a variety of refresh
ments, according to Mr. Tay
lor. A skit announcing the
carnival will appear on tele
vision Thursday.
VOTE
(X) Robert
DUNCAN
(X) Marijane
DUNCAN
DEMOCRATS
RE-ELECT BOB
Your Present State
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for
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Action Means Good Governmentl
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Pd. Adv. Duncans for Legislature Committee.
Mark Norton, Chairman, Phoenix, Oregon
Fabulous Fall
SIP umnervare even.
Down
Qiarles Cox Here
To Visit Family
A valley visitor is Charlei
Leroy Cox, Jacksonville, Fla,
who is visiting his mother, '
Mrs. Opal Cox, 402 Ross lane;
and two sisters, Mrs. Eugene
Gemaehlich, 527 Effie avenue,
and Mrs. Josephine Earrick,
1327 Woodland avenue.
This is the first return trip
to the valley in 10 years for
Mr. Cox who will leave for
Florida Wednesday.
Vote for Larry
SHEEHAN
Democratic Candidate for
SHERIFF
Of Jackson County
Our present Sheriff stated early
this year that the reason he was
not running for re-election was be
cause there should be a change fh.
the administration. I agree with
the Sheriff. If you wish to retain
the present administration, vote for
my opponent. If you desire change,
then vote for Larry Sheehan.
Pd. for by Sheehan for Sheriff
Comm. C. J. Babb, Chmn., Rogue
River, Ore.
Stauffer
Home Reducing Plan
VIRGINIA WICKERSHAM
Counsellor
Phone SP 2-9260
ELECT MARIJANE
Worked with Bob in
both '57 Sessions
Balance in Monthly Payments
Of Only $10.00 Per Month
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plus U. S. tax