1 MAIL TRIBUNE, M4forf, Or.,
Over-Flow Crowd At
Junior Women's Benefit
Medford Junior Women's
club, organized about a year
ago, had hoped for an at
tendance of 80 persons at the
club's first attempt at a gen
eral interest benefit event.
The project, a "tasting tea"
and preview of holiday fash
ions held Monday at Mon
Desir, attracted almost twice
that many women.
Funds earned at the party
will be used to help operate a
clothing pool which the or
ganization is sponsoring this
winter. Clothing, particularly
clothing for school age chil
dren, is assembled at Lincoln
school. Is cleaned, pressed,
mended and otherwise put
into wearable condition, and
is then given to children who
are in need, with public school
Mrs. Gordon Mekvold
(Classic photo)
Chapter Honors
Young Woman
In Central Point
Mrs. Gordon Mekvold, the
former Vicki Noel and a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vic
tor Noel, has been selected as
"young woman of the year"
in Central Point.
The honor was conferred
en Mrs. Mekvold last night
by Alpha Beta chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi sorority in
Medford, during a chapter
meeting held at the Medford
hotel. Mrs. Clinton Neeley,
chapter president, made the
presentation. Mrs. Mekvold
received ' a certificate of
award during a pledge cere
mony, and was pledged by
the group.
, Mr. Mekvold is a past
queen of the Central Point
bethel. International Order of
Job's Daughters, and was an
honor student while attend
ing Crater High school.. She
is pianist. for Central Point
Presbyterian church, and
. teaches a Sunday school class.
The honored woman is
known for her interest in the
patient's at McCue's Rest
home, the chapter reported;
she visits the home regularly
to play for patients and pro
vides home baked delicacies
for them.
Mrs. Neelev reports that
Central Point residents nomi
rated five young women for
the chapter, and chapter
members made the final se
lection.
Beta Sigma Phi is an inter
national group with chapters
in 15 nations.
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St. Mary's Girls
To Give Reports
"Summer School of Catho
lic Action" will be the subject
of reports to be given by four
seniors girls of St. Mary s
Hieh school tonieht. The re-
Dorts will be presented to St
Mary's High School Parents'
club at a meeting set for 8
o'clock in the Activities room
of the school-
Miss Mary Austin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Aus
tin; Miss Carol Depner,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ar
nold M. Depner; Miss Karen
Dunn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph L. Dunn, and
Miss Sharon Roberts, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd O.
Roberts, attended the summer
school June 30 to July 6 of
this year. They will give the
highlights of their trip and
evaluate their experiences.
A social hour will follow
the business meeting which,
according to Anthony R. Man-
no, president, will be short.
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nurses making the distribu
tion. Money is needed for repair
supplies, and to buy such ar
ticles as shoes and underwear
which are seldom available ex
cept when purchased new.
Mrs. Julie Tummers of the
inn served a variety of rice,
meat, vegetable and egg dishes
not often found at benefit
luncheons. Mrs. Tummers is
an authority on the use of
herbs and spices, and copies
of some of the dishes served
were available to guests.
Mrs. Gene Chamberlain
served as commentator for the
fashion show which followed.
She opened the show by point
ing out that in the past few
seasons women had seen the
relaxed look come into fashion
by way of the sack and chem
ise dress, had watched the de
velopment of the blouson and
trapeze styles and that at pres
ent the empire or "Josephine
style is the most fashionable
of all.
Sheath Persists
She stressed, however, that
the ever -popular sheath was
still the favorite of many
women, and that this type of
dress, as well as the very full
skirt, will be worn by many
during the coming holiday
time.
Mrs. D. E. Chapman and
Mrs. Clifford McGinty opened
the show modeling basic black
sheath-type frocks with jack
ets. The parade of clothing
which followed included other
afternoon dresses, after -five
frocks of chiffon and crepe in
black or glowing colors, inter
esting all-occasion coats which
are water-proofed and leather
coats and jackets.
One ensemble was a vest
and skirt combination of the
new color called "bittersweet"
topped with a leather jacket
of vanilla color. A dance frock
of black had a tight bodice
with spaghetti straps and
skirts billowing into a balloon
at the bottom, and another
black frock had the high em
pire waist outlined in ap-
pliqued roses.
Knit coats were not neglect
ed. One appeared much like
an overgrown bulky sweater
elongated to three - quarter
length, and the second was of
a more conventional type. One
afternoon dress was of feather
weight wool crepe in the
shade called "hot pink" and a
gay peau de soi print was
worn with a lipstick red vel
vet coat which may be used
for evening or in the rain.
Another coat was in humming-..
bird green, a shade which
combines well with black as
well as other colors.
Representing lounging wear
were slim Capri pants of vel
vet, one pair worn with a
metallic jacket and another
with a cotton overblouse.
Evening frocks were in lace,
one with a flowing drapery
down the back, floating chif
fon or satin, some combined
with velvet bands or bodices.
Colors include Christmas
green and heavenly purple.
All the dresses and coats
were from Town and Country
shop in Eagle Point, bats were
from Hadleys and shoes from
Burelson's store. The shoes
were of black suede, leather
in glowing tones or the ex
travagant looking plastics -one
pair had heels which light
up as the wearer walks.
Other models were Mrs.
John Holmes, Mrs. David De
Armond, Mrs. R. E. Briden
stine, Mrs. Gene Ingram, Mrs.
J. F. Hope, Mrs. William E.
Sweet and Mrs. Joe Dispen
ziere, all members of the spon
soring club.
Intermission entertainment
was provided by the Med
Tones, a singing group com
posed of Mrs. John Dellen
back, Mrs. John Edson, Mrs.
John Sanborn and Mrs. Laurel
Case. The women wore old
fashioned clothing because of
the approaching centennial
celebration for Oregon.
Mrs. Robert W. Billingsley,
club president and general
chairman of the show, wel
comed the guests, spoke of the
origin and purpose of the new
club and explained about the
appointment and social cal
endars which the organization
has for sale. These, which be
gin wth ths month, November,
carry notices of PTA and club
meetings, music and athletic
events and other material in
cluding a list of scores of Med
ford organizations with a
meeting schedule.
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Public Health !
Role Explained
For Assistants
The role of public health
services in the modern Ameri
can society was the topic pre
sented by Dr. A. Erin MerkeL
head of the Jackson County
Public Health department, at
a meeting of Jackson County
Medical Assistants' association
last Thursday. It was held in
the Pioneer room of the Jack
son hotel.
Dr. Merkel defined public
health as a community serv
ice available to everyone. He
told of the history and crea
tion of public health services,
and described the operation
of the service on a county.
state, national and interna
tional level.
The speaker described the
work carried on by the vari
ous branches of the Jackson
County Public Health depart
ment and local service clubs
which work closely with the
health department.
He stated that the two main
functions of the department
of special concern to the phy.
sician's office were vital sta
tistics and .communicable dis
eases.
coiiee ana dessert were
served to the 31 members and
their guests.
Mrs. Shirley Stevens, presr
dent, conducted the business
meeting.
The forthcoming meeting of
the Multnomah, Lane and
Jackson county medical assist
ants, to be held in Eugene No
vember 23, was discussed
Transportation is . being ar
ranged by Mrs. Cecille Ham
mill. Next meeting of the Jack
son county group will be held
Thursday, December 11. Top
ic will be the registration of
medical assistants for civil
defense. Guest speakers will
be Gen. Joseph Hicks and
Miss Laura York.
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Speaker
Announced
William Jess, Eagle Point,
will speak at a general meet
ing of Medford League of Wo
men Voters to be held Satur
day, November 22, at Rogue
Valley Country club. Lunch
eon at 12:30 p.m. will be fol
lowed by the program.
Mr. Jess is chairman of the
Rogue River Valley Flood
Control and Water Resources
association. He will discuss
the findings and recommenda
tions of the sub-committee
which made a study of the
Rogue basin in the fall of
1957, and bring the league
up to date on the progress of
the survey being made by
the U. S. Army Engineer
corps.
Mrs. Ogden Kellogg, Gold
Hill, chairman of the water
resources committee of the
league, will take charge of
the program. The chairman
states that the coming pro
gram is the result of a three
year study made -by the
league at the national level.
Mrs. Kellogg invites all
league members and anyone
interested in the program to
attend. Reservations are to be
made by calling Mrs. Homer
Marx, SPring 2-6854..
Doctor to Speak
At PTA Meeting
Central Point The Central
Point Elementary, Jewett Ele
mentary and Junior High Par
ents Teacher association will
meet Thursday, November 20,
in the Jewett- cafetorium at
8 p.m.
Dr. James C. Luce will
speak on "Information Please,
About Civil Defense."
Refreshments will be served
by the mothers of first grade
students.
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in the world, that at Salis
bury in England, reaches 404
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Sorority Holds
Annual Dinner
And Initiation
Kappa Gamma, internation
al honorary education sorority
held its annual formal initia
tion Saturday afternoon at the
Medford hotel. Miss Marie
Prescott, elementary school
teacher in Ashland, became
Epsilon's newest member.
Miss Anna Laura Honts,
chapter president, conducted
the ceremony, assisted by oth
er officers. Miss Dorothy Dy-
mock spoke briefly on the
meaning of Delta Kappa Gam
ma. Following a business meet
ing, dinner was served in the
Rogue room. The tables were
decorated with Delta Kappa
Gamma s colors, red and gold.
The committee arranging the
tables was Mrs. Georgiana
Beier, Mrs. Blanche Canode,
Mrs. Elsie Turner. Mrs. Ber
tha Haskins and Miss Annette
Gray.
Highlight of the dinner was
a talk given by Miss Gladys
Durrand, elementary supervi
sor of Medford public schools.
Miss Durrand challenged her
audience to better fufill the
task of good teaching every
day for every child.
Meeting Announced
For Wenonah Club
Wenonah club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Henry
Dooms, 156 Van Ness avenue,
Ashland, Thursday, Novem
ber 20 at 1 p.m. for dessert,
Cards will follow.
OPEN EVERY MONDAY
EVENING UNTIL 9 P.M.
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ACCOUNT INVITED
Concert Proceeds To Go
To Festival Building Fund
Net proceeds of the first
fall concert of the Philhar
monic Society of Southern
Oregon will be donated to the
building fund of the Oregon
Shakespearean Festival asso
ciation. The donation was
unanimously voted at the No
vember meeting of the board
of directors of the society.
The concert is set for Sun
day, November 30, at 3 p.m.
in the Medford High school
auditorium. It' is hoped that
there will be a capacity audi
ence in order that the sum
for the festival building fund
may be a sizable one.
Mrs. Stanley Brown, Gold
Hill, president of the Philhar
monic guild, and Mrs. Philip
Gates, Ashland, president of
Tudor guild, both have enthu
siastically endorsed the board
action and will support the
sale of tickets through the
membership of the two
groups, it is stated. ,
On the concert program
will be the "Anakreon Over
ture" by Cherubini; "Sym
noma Concertante" by Mo
zart; Debussy's "Petit Suite"
and "Symphonic Tale for
Children," popularly known
as "Peter and the Wolf by
Car coats are slightly long
er this fall. The added length
comes in various versions,
ranging from loose-fitting
coats to belted types.
the Russian composer, Proko
fieff. Angus Bowmer, Ash
land, will be narrator.
The Mozart number is writ
ten for violin and viola and
will be played by Richard D.
Werner, conductor, and Mrs.
Audrey Brist Bartlett, con
cermistress of the orchestra.
Bruno Pellegrini will conduct
the Mozart composition, and
Mr. Werner the remainder of
the program.
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Topics Announced
Foster homes in Jackson
county and the Kiwanis club's
dental clinic will be discussed
at a meeting of Howard Parent-Teacher
association to be
held at 8 p.m. Thursday, No
vember 20 in the Multi-purpose
room at the school.
The guest speakers are to
be Mrs.' Winnifred Aridel,
Jackson county welfare work
er, who will speak about
"Foster Homes" and Dr. John
Dickson, who will speak on
the Kiwanis club's dental
clinic for children.
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For Howard PTA
Refreshments will be serv
ed by room-mothers for the
second grade and child care
will be provided in Mrs.
Klocker's room.
Griffin Creek Club
Changes Meeting
The Griffin Creek Home.
Economics club will meet
Thursday, November 20, at
the home of Mrs. Iva Harper,
16 Laurel street. The location
for the meeting has been
changed due to illness, it was
reported.
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