3 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedW, Oregon, Monday, November 24, 1958
Four of the womn who volunteered for
the new Friendly Visiting Service and who
attended a training session last week are
pictured during the meeting. Seated are
(left to right) Mrs. Judd Greenman and
Mrs. E. H. Singmaster, the latter of Ash
land, and standing (left to right) are Mrs.
S. D. Earharl, who recruited many of the
Visiting Service Volunteers Trained
Thirty-two women from
Medford, Central Point, Jack
sonville, and Ashland attend
ed the first training session of
the new Friendly Visiting
Service held November 19
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
Eed Cross auditorium. Mrs.
Chester Gutches, chairman of
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the health committee of the
Rogue Valley Council on Ag
ing, which is sponsoring this
new service to shut-ins in
nursing homes, and homes
for the aged, in the county,
opened the session and ex'
pressed gratification at the
response to the call for vol
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volunteers, and Mrs. F. B. Gleaves, Degree
of Honor Protective association president
who brought a group of six members with
her to the training session. The Friendly
Visitors will call at homes for the aged,
nursing homes and on shut-ins at private
homes. About 75 women are needed for the
new service, which will start tomorrow.
unteers.
Mrs. S. D. Earhart, in
charge of recruitment of the
volunteers through churches,
clubs and lodges, stated that
17 women who had signed up
for the service had been tin
able to attend the first ses
sion. Seventy-five women are
needed to make it possible
for all the 15 nursing homes
in the valley to be given
weekly visits, since over 265
men and women are being
cared for at the present time.
Anyone who wishes addi
tional information or to join
the service is to call Mrs. Ear
hart at SPring 3-3193 in Med
ford, or Mrs. Byrn Templar
in Ashland MUrdock 5-5921.
The four homes in Ashland
which care for 55 people need
many more volunteers to car
ry on the desired service, it
was said.
Groups Listed
Churches represented were
the Congregational, Church
of the Brethren, Episcopal,
Methodist, Presbyterian and
Eastwood Baptist. Clubs and
lodges represented were the
Degree of Honor, Grandmoth
er club, Fifty Plus club, Roy
al N e l g hbors of America,
Rebekah lodge and Womens
Civic club, Ashland.
The morning session was
conducted by Mrs. Frank
Fairweather, a social service
Red Cross volunteer. Her sug
gestions to the volunteers
have been mimeographed and
will be given as a guide to all
in the Friends Visiting Ser
vice. During the afternoon Mrs.
Fred Gardner and Miss Ag
nes White, who visit the hom
es professionally, spoke on
what situations will arise and
the satisfaction of bringing
friendship to people who are
shut off from the outside
world through illness.
Miss White then assigned
the volunteers to the first
seven homes to be visited and
outlined the plan for making
the first visit with her or Mrs.
Gardner who will introduce
them to the operator of the
home, and to each patient
personally. Miss White stated
that this new service seemed
so important to the Public
Welfare commission that she
and Mrs. Gardner had been
given time to assist the group
on their field days for the
next two weeks. All persons
who wish to volunteer and
could not be at the training
session are asked to join any
group visiting any home at
the times listed below.
These initial visits will
start Tuesday, November 25,
at the Glen Cove Nursing
home, 10 6 South Orange
street. Friendly Visitors are
to meet at 1 p.m. in the Med
ford hotel lobby and go to-!
gether to the home with Miss
White.
Wednesday, November 26,
the group assigned to the Mil
ledge Nursing home, 12 South
Orange, will meet at 10:30
a.m. at the Medford hotel
with Mrs. Gardner.
Friday, November 28, the
group assigned to the Mitchell
sanitarium. Jacksonville will
meet at 2:30 p.m. at the Jack
sonville Museum with Miss
White in charge.
Monday, December 1. visi
tors for the McCue Guest
home. 134 Laurel street, Cen
tral Point, will meet in front
of the Masonic hall in Central
Point at 1 p.m. Mrs. Gardner
will be leader.
Friday, December 5 visitors
for the Rowell's Family home,
521 Edwards street, Medford,
will meet at the Red Cross
building at 3 p.m. with Miss
White as. leader.
Tuesday, December & visi-
Women's Group
Conducts Clinic
On Volleyball
Sixty-five volleyball enthu
siasts attended the Medford
Women's Volleyball clinic
held Thursday night at the
YMCA. Teams that partici
pated in mixed play, learning
the fundamental skills of pow
er volleyball were Gold Hill,
Central Point women, Crater
girls, Eagle Point girls,
Rogue valley, Friends church,
Ascension Lutheran church,
Church of the Nazarene, Jack
son County Teachers team and
two teams from the YMCA.
Physical education teachers
from Medford High school,
McLoughlin Junior High,
Hedrick Junior High, Phoenix
High, Eagle Point High and
Crater High schools and
Southern Oregon college were
presented.
Unique name plates made
by Mrs. Cliff Lewis, from
wood, were pinned on each
guest.
Mrs. Jeri Hutton opened
the clinic and Mrs. Lanell
Wilkes stated the objectives.
Physical Director Bruce
Burns gave a resume of rules
and officiating in league com
petition. Robert Jones, YMCA
general secretary, and the
Medford Y women's volley
ball coach, taught and demon
strated techniques of the
game.
A group discussion was
held in the Social hall, at
which time refreshments were
served. The refreshment com
mittee was headed by Mrs.
Teressa Short.
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Talent Couple
Plan Open House
Talent-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Holdridge will celebrate their
golden wedding anniversary
Friday, November 28. Friends
and relatives are invited to
attend an open house to be
held between two and four
o'clock Friday afternoon,, and
7 and 9 o'clock in the eve
ning at.the Holdridge's home
on Wagner Creek road.
The Holdridges have lived
in Jackson county since 1908.
Their daughter, Mrs. A. G.
Jeffries, Sacramento, Calif.,
and Clarence Holdridge, Tal
ent, and their families will
be present for the anniver
sary celebration.
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Meeting Planned
By Crater pTA
Central Point - Crater high
Parent - Teacher association
will meet tonight at 8 o'clock
in the school cafeteria.
Roy Henry, president of
the group, says a varied pro
gram will be presented. The
Bible club of the school will
tell of it's " activities, the
science department will par
ticipate and Donald Lacy,
speech teacher, will present
a few facts about Oregon's
Centennial. Mrs. Sam Taylor,
Central Point, is program
chairman for the unit this
year.
Townsend Club
Cancels Session
Townsend club will not
meet this week, and has
scheduled the nekt session for
Wednesday, December 3, at
Carpenters' hall.
Last week's meeting was
well attended, with several
visitors present. After a busi
ness session, the afternoon
was devoted to games, enter
tainment and music.
Enos Naffziger and David
Wilson sang comic songs, and
the afternoon concluded with
dancing.
Visitors are welcome to at
tend all meetings.
Winners Announced
By Duplicate Club
North-south winners for
last week's meeting of Dupli
cate Bridge club were Mrs.
Paul Hatton and Thomas Ran
dall, first, 127; William Isaacs
and Howard Boyd, second,
tors for the Rest Haven for
Aged, 3397 Delta Waters
road, will meet at 3 p.m. at
the Red Cross building. Miss
White will be--the leader.
. A similar plan will be used
to serve the four homes in
Ashland and the Jackson
County Farm home as soon as
enough volunteers are avail
able. After the new volun
teers have made their first
visit, another group meeting
will be held for discussion
and additional training.
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Gold Hill Rebekahs Elect;
Christmas Program Planned
Gold Hill-Officers for the
ensuing year were elected at
a meeting of Amethyst Rebe
kah lodge held in the Odd
Fellows hall November 19.
Mrs. Paul Thompson conduct
ed the business session.
Mrs. Jerry Herrington was
elected noble grand: Mrs.
Daniel Stewart, vice-grand;
Mrs. Paul Molloy, treasurer;
Mrs. George Dorman, record
ing secretary; and Mrs. J. Les
Graffis, financial secretary.
The new officers will be in
stalled in January.
Mrs. Stewart presented the
first reading of the proposed
changes to amend the by-laws
at this meeting. Assisting Mrs.
Stewart on this committee
were . Mrs. Ferd Jones and
Mrs. Melford Hood.
Mrs. Thompson named Mrs.
Lester Parker chairman for
the annual Christmas pro
gram, sponsored each year by
the Gold Hill Odd Fellows
and Amethyst Rebekah lodges.
Children of a.11 ages in the
community may participate in
the program, visit with Santa
and receive treats. Any child
wishing to take part in the
affair is requested to contact
Mrs. Parker by phone ULrick
5-1009. Plans were made to
decorate the hall for the occa
sion. Those volunteering to
make Christmas wreaths were
Mrs. Dorman, Mrs. Earl
Moore, and Mrs. Thompson.
Others who wish to assist
these Rebekahs may contact
Mrs. Thompson.
A donation was made to the
annual Tuberculosis Seal sale
by the lodge.
Mrs. Clarence Parsley, ways
and means chairman, said that
nearly $30 has been received
for the foodless food sale
sponsored by the lodge to
raise funds.
Refreshments were served
by Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Jones
and Mrs. Walter McLean.
Those honored for having
November birthdays were
Mrs. Molloy, Mrs. Moore, and
Mrs. Jones.
The evening concluded with
degree practice under the di
rection of Mrs. McLean, de
gree captain.
The next meeting of Ame
thyst lodge will be held De
cember 3 at 8 p.m. .
Mrs. Thompson named Mrs.
Roy Bornoman chairman of
the December refreshments
committee. Others named to
assist her are Mrs. A. A. Wal
ker, Mrs. Ralph Bell, Mrs. J.
Raymond Ritter, and Mrs.
Blanche Merriman.
Mrs. Thomas Z. Smith will
be hostess for a meeting of
the Past Noble Grands' club
at her home on First avenue
Monday, November 24 at 8
CALENDAR
Monday:
6:30 p.m. Medford chapter
of National Office Manage
ment association, Medford
hotel.
6:45 p.m. Medford Toast
masters and Toastmistress
clubs, Girls Community club.
7:30 p.m. Grade Teachers'
association, Jefferson school.
7:30x p.m. Licensed Prac
tical Nurses, Sacred Heart
hospital.
8 p.m. Crater Parent
Teacher association, Crater
cafeteria.
8 p.m. Degree of Honor,
Girls Community club.
8 p.m. St. Catherine's
Guild, St. Markka Episcopal
church.
8 pjn. St. Mary's Grade
School Parents' club, activi
ties room.
8 p.m. Scottish Rite Wom
ens club, Medford Masonic
temple.
Tuesday:
12 noon Kiwanian Dames,
Girls Community club.
1 p.m. Howard Garden
club, home of Mrs. James
Wicker, 809 Adams lane.
1 p.m. Travel Study club,
home of Mrs. Horace F.
Knight, 452 Fairmount st.
1:30 pjn. Rogue Valley
Herb Society, Girls Communi
ty club. . . .
119; Robert Dickey and Roy
Pruitt, third, 107; Mrs. Berg
Marten and Mrs. Clifford
Howard, lOl'z.
Winning east-west were Le-
land Clark and Ray Wise,
first, llTVi; the 'Roger
Smoots, second, 117; Mrs. Al
Gilhousen and George Rode,
third, U6V2; Mrs. Fred Pur
din and Mrs. A. W. Lingaas,
fourth, 113.
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p.m. The date was changed
because of Thanksgiving fall
ing on the scheduled date.
Mrs. Delos Walker was
hostess at her home on Sec
ond avenue for a meeting of
Amethyst Rebekah Friend
ship club November 17. Mrs.
Harry Quinn, vice-president
of the group, presided.
Arrangements were made
for the annual Christmas
project of the club.
Mrs. Donald Morrow re
ceived the attendance award
and Mrs. Hannah Routh the
hostess gift.
Refreshments were served
by the hostess and cohostess,
Mrs. William Gossman.
Mrs. Clarence Parsley will
be hostess for the Christmas
party and meeting at her
home on Sardine creek road,
Monday, December 15 at
8 p.m.
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Pupil Art Work
Now on Display
Work of pupils in an art
class conducted by Clifford
Platz is now on display at
Purucker's Music house. The
display will continue until
December 1.
Members of the class are
Mrs. Robert Ashenbrenner,
Mrs. A. C. Lewis, Miss Laurel
Schuler, Mrs. Fred Gardner,
Mrs. Robert Browne, Mrs.
Jack Mitchell and Mrs. L. C.
McMahon.
Mr. Platz states that the
exhibit is planned to show the
progress made by the pupil
artists.
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Zontians Observe
22nd Anniversary
The 22nd anniversary of
Medford Zonta club was ob
served Thursday evening with
a dinner at Girl's Commun
ity club. A large birthday
cake centered on table and
others were decorated with
cornucopias filled with
gourds, fruits and nuts.
Mrs. Violet Anders showed
moving pictures of Mazatlan
and Guadalajara, Mexico,
which she had taken while
vacationing there. Mrs. Eve
lyn Graham, Mrs. Irean
Grigsby and Mrs. Florene
Bolton were in charge of the
dinner.
The next meeting will be
the Christmas party to be
held at the home of Mrs. Bon
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Gifts for a needy family will
be wrapepd.
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Christmas Party .
Plans for the annual Christ
mas party held each year by
Talisman lodge, Knights of
Pythias, Pythian Sisters and
related organizations of the
Pythian order, will be made
at the weekly meeting of the
lodge tonight in Pythian hall:
At last week's meeting the
lodge voted a donation to the
fund to send Medford High
school band to the annual
Shrine football game in San J
Francisco.
A visitor at last week's
meeting was Robert Fawcett,
member of the lodge in Grants
Pass who is now living in
Ashland and employed on the
Emigrant dam project.
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