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i Planning New Home Said Absorbing Experience Br HOSE McKEE Washington If you want to give your family an absorb ing common interest, make the members partners in planning and saving for a new home. Senator Hubert H. Hum phrey D) Minn., who did it, happily reported that "there's no experience like it-we had a lot of good arguments and I lost them all." The home of the Senator, his wife, Muriel, their three ons and daughter, Nancy, is on Lake Waverly, about 40 miles west of Minneapolis. Completed last year, it is one tory except for a dormitory over the kitchen. It is of nat ural redwood with a front of glass facing the lake. Above the 10-foot high glass are heavy plywood panels in various soft colors, blue, yel low white and brown. The ef fect from the lake is one of dashing color. The house was built for year-round living and each of its rooms is panelled in a different wood. . Wife Hat Ideci The Humphreys' home could well be called "the house that Muriel built" for the Senator said it was his wife who thought up all its unusual features. The family decided to build in 1953. An economy wave was the first ctep. The children banked exact ly half of their allowances. Mrs. Humphrey, who has been having regular help, got along with a once-a-week cleaning woman and put the difference Into the home building fund. The Humphreys chose their site partly because of the pic turesque view across the lake of the little town of Waverly, with its high church spire and trees. Mrs. Humphrey worked with the architect on the blue print and the Senator told the National Association of Home Builders that due to her fig uring, "we can see the lake from every room in the house. They have four bedrooms, two to a side with a bathroom and dressing room between them. The boys can come in from a swim to their side of the house through French doors. They need never shout for a forgotten towel. Their mother had a towel door cut from their bathroom into the linen closet. The oldest boy, Hubert, 16, , has a room panelled in cherry. Robert, 14, and Douglas, 10, share a room in light walnut. Nancy, 19, whose room is on the other side of the house next to that of her parents, has butternut panelling in a soft, neutral tone. The senior Humphreys have a room in light oak. All the bedrooms Lacy Draff-Dodger P7070 ts- tor yourself t or gifts! Dodge drafts fashionably with one of these lacy, grace- iul stoles. Ulamorous, l n e x p e nsive stoles for day or evening 2 to knit, 2 to crochet. Pat tern 7070: directions for 4 stoles, each 20x54 inches, in 3-ply fingering yarn. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (coins) for this pat tern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Trib une Household Arts Dept., P. O. Box 168, Old Chelsea Print plainly NAME, AD DRESS. Station. New York 11, N. Y. PATTERN NUMB ER. Our new 1959 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog, just out, has many designs for crochet ing, knitting embroidery, quilts, dolls, weaving. A special gift, in the catalog to keep a child happily oc cupied a cutout doll and clothes to color. Send 25 cents for your copy of the book. have built-in bookcases desks and chests. Central Fireplace A central fireplace divides the elmwood - panelled living room and kitchen. One end of the dining room table is built into the brick of the fireplace. The leg at the other end goes down through the floor to give the table rock-like sta bility. The living room has a vaulted ceiling. Mrs. Humphrey had her kitchen cabinets designed so that they open by a touch of a finger anywhere on the sur face of their doors. They close the same way. There are no knobs. Back of the kitchen is a screened-in breezeway with a picnic and a table tennis table. The children take their record player out there and make a play area of it. Behind the breezeway is a cinder block carport which provides stor age space and houses a deep freeze as well as a tool table. The dormitory over the kitchen, reached by pull-down stairs, is one big room with cots. It is a favorite room of the boys and their guests. The Senator said there is hardly a day in summer when each of the children doesn't have at least one guest and his wife "feeds eight to 12 chil dren." The children, who were "consulted" on all the details during the two years the house was being built, are responsi ble for their own rooms. The Senator explained that the "furniture is limited we didnt pay fancy prices for it." The kitchen equipment, in cluding a dishwasher, was bought at a "substantial sav ing" because it had been on display for a year in a Min neapolis store. All the floors are covered with vinyl. ' The Senator said the house "is the greatest thing that ever happened to us and we love it." An old oatmeal box filled with baking soda makes a handy fire extinguisher for the kitchen. When fat flares in the skillet, dump soda on the flames.. Crater Auxiliary Makes Plans for Christmas Party Plans for the Crater Lions auxiliary Christmas party, to be held December 17 at the home of Mrs. Tom Shoop, at a business meeting last week. Visitors at the meeting from the Medford Lions Aux iliary were Mrs. Eston Hum phrey, Mrs. Lee Mellish, Mrs. W. E. Ashton and Mrs. John; Dziarmaga, and a guest, Mrs. Robert Castle. Members of the local aux iliary recently visited the Jacksonville auxiliary. At tending were Mrs. Clifford McGinty, Mrs. Earl Richard son, Mrs. Willard Mattson, Mrs. Dan Dwyer and Mrs. Jack Ingram. A joint dinner of the Pros pect and Crater Lions club and auxiliaries was held at Becky's cafe. Union Creek. Local members attending were Mr. and Mrs. Jack In gram, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Mattson, Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer and Mrs Kay Kohler. The next regular meeting of the group will be held De cember 3 at the home of Mrs. Ingram.. Retired Teachers To Meet Monday The November meeting of Jackson County Retired Teachers' association is to be held in Girls' Community club, Monday, November 10. Mrs. Robert B. Duncan will show slides delineating the process of law-making in the state legislature in Salem. Music is planned. Hostess for the afternoon is Mrs. I. D. Murray. Her as sistant ' hostesses are Mrs. Sara Hardy, Mrs. Marie D'Albini, Miss Amy Harding and Mrs. H. F. Cope. Here's a reminder about the way way to prepare an avo cado: first be sure it is ready to eat. It must be soft enough to yield to gentle pressure when cupped between the palms of your hands. Then cut the avocado into halves and pull off the skin in strips with a knife starting at the narrow end of the fruit. The avocado is then ready to be sliced, diced, cubed or mashed. Four Units To Meet Four home extension units have scheduled meetings this week. Project topic will be "improving yourself as a hostess." The Medford unit will meet Wednesday, November 12, at the county courthouse audi torium at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Otto A. Ewaldsen will be guest speaker. Luncheon committee will be Mrs. Carrie Milnes, Mrs. Ethel Haertle, Mrs. E. F. Ar cher, Mrs. H. W. Morrow and Mrs. Charles Hobbs. Members of the Derby unit will meet at the home of Mrs. Truman Collins, Thursday, November 13, at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Elbert Hifley will give the project lesson. A potluck dinner will be served. The group met October 23 for a workshop on tin can craft. A Thursday, November 13, meeting is also planned . at 10:30 a.m. by the Howard group. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. J. S. Lydiard, 2390 Crater Lake highway. Mrs. Henry Friesen and Mrs. Henry Ernst will give the project lesson and Mrs. Howard Lind will re view pickling. Mrs. Nick Gier will display tin-craft items she has made. Mrs. S. B. Sanburg and Mrs. G. W. Kellington will be project leaders for the Thurs day, November 13, meeting of the Oak Grove club. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Henry Zachari sen, 725 South Keeneway drive. Mrs. Mildred Schmidt will assist. Mrs. E. G. Trowbridge, Mrs. Allen Flynn and Mrs. Roy Elmgren will prepare the luncheon. Persons needing child care are asked to contact Mrs. Ben Belknap, SPring 2-4435, by Wednesday noon. The meeting date has been changed due to Veterans day on Tuesday. Books on all phases of home decorating, from select ing color schemes to arrange ments of furniture, are avail able at the Jackson County library. Dried Apple Subject Of Studies CorvaUis-R e c i p e s using dried or evaporated apples in apple pies, apple fritters, apple cobbler, upside-down-cake, bread and muffins are being developed as part of a study now underway at Ore gon State college. Research is being conducted by the food and dairy tech nology department with a S10.000 grant from the Val ley Evaporating company, Yakima, Wash. Purpose of the study is to improved evaporated apple products already on the mar ket and develop other new uses for them, according to Mrs. Lois Sather, food tech nologist, who heads up the project. Along with recipe de velopment, flavor and storage tests will also be conducted. Other recipes that may be investigated in OSC tests in clude use of dried apples in sherbet, Bavarian cream des sert, relish, puffs, dumplings, taffy, puddings, tarts, various casseroles and "snack" items. A major part of the college study will be aimed at in-' creasing the speed and con venience of reconstitution of the dried apples. According to Mrs. Sather, only a small per centage of the dried apples now on the market are used by bakeries in pies. With pres ent methods, apples must be soaked 3 or 4 hours, and boiled 10 minutes before they can be used as filling. Bakers want supplis that can be re constituted immediately and added to pie shells. . U.S. production of evapo rated apples is centered main ly in the West. About half of the annual pack comes from the Northwest and. the rest MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, November 9. 1951 7 A from California. About 3 mil lion bushels of apples a year are processed in the North west into evaporated apples. These are used by processors in mincemeat, prepared mixes for turnovers, pies and pre pared apple rings. Apple chops, another dried product, are used to make apple butter and fig newtons. Jack Matches, research as sistant, is working with Mrs. Sather on the study. Twice Weekly Rehearsals Set ' Ashland -The "Messiah" chorus will, hold rehearsals Tuesday evenings beginning November 11 at 7:30 p.m., in addition to the regular Sun day afternoon meetings at 2:30 p.m. Both rehearsals will be conducted in Chur chill hall, room 207 on the ! Southern Oregon college cam pus. Anyone interested in sing ing in the presentation of this well-known oratorio is asked to attend either or both re hearsals. The performance, which wil be conducted by Dr. Her bert Cecil of the Southern Oregon college music staff,! will be presented Sunday aft- i ernoon, December 14. Taking part in the colorful produc tion will be the "Messiah" chorus, soloists, and the Southern Oregon Little Sym phony orchestra. No School Monday! Your Opportunity to Take Advantage of Our We are holding this great sale over another week so the girls and mothers who were unable to come last week can take advantage of this special event. The skirts and sweaters are the FINESTl . . . Th Values are Terrific! But HURRY! FAMOUS BRANDS NEW FALL SKIRTS 11.95 -12.95 -14.95 Values SWEATERS 10.95-11.95-12.95 EACH Use Your CHARGE ACCOUNT or LAY-A-WAY 112 EAST MAIN - Next Door to Robinson Bros. - FREE PARKING Buy a Sweater and Skirt ... .$14.90 SWEATERS EXAMPLE of SAVINGS! 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