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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
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has many designs for crochet
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quilts, dolls, weaving. A
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have built-in bookcases desks
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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.
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