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t MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tucidar, Novtmbr 23, 1958 Scientist Recruitment Must Begin With Teens By GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor New York - (LTD - America will have the scientists it needs only when it starts re- v- 1 y cVuiting them JJSTjin their teens i-vi and also starts 'JICt- paying them a rd$??&Jr'i livin8 wage, , C'li J says a top , 'Sd ' it? i woman r e- sTJA searcher. She HE?-'" Mrs-Erna ra2 , 3 Leonha rdt L-V ''1 Gibbs, of Chi- Gay Pauley cago.whowith her doctor-husband has spent more than a quarter of a cen tury studying how the human brain "keeps house." "In any field of scientific research, it will be a long time before America can come back . . . can catch up," she said. "We haven't given children a chance to know about scientists . . . they get all their ideas from television. You know, the Frankenstein stuff. Science Comes High "They don t get to meet a real researcher; to see him at work. If we want scien tists, we've got to recruit them In high school. It is too late by the time they get to college. "And we've got to start paying them. A researcher stays with his field for love of it. My husband says you have to be crazy to choose research for a career. "People can't afford to be scientists. We treat them like we treat teachers." Even so, the couple's two sons are following their par ents Into research. One son, Erich, 20, is studying medi cine at Harvard; another, Frederic, 17, is still in high school, but plans .to be an atomic physicist. Mrs. Biggs and the family came to Manhattan last week end to attend an American Women's association luncheon in her honor. She was pre sented the association's 27th annual achievement award; in other years, its recipients have included Margaret Sanger, Amelia Earhart, Fran ces E. Perkins and Carrie Chapman Catt. With the award goes a schol arship fund which Mrs. Gibbs said would be turned over to the Brain Research founda tion, a study center, which she and her husband helped to found in 1953. Use "Brain Mapper" Born in Germany, Mrs. Gibbs began her career as a student laboratory technician in Massachusetts General hos pital. She met Gibbs in 1929 when both were working on the same research project. In their research, the Gibbs work with an electronic ma chine called the electroence phalograph, a "brain mapper" developed by Dr. Hans Burg er, of Germany. She has brain mapped the mentally retarded and the mentally sick, although she explained that the electro encephalograph will not regis ter the changes in psychoses, Phoenix Women To Hold Bazaar Phoenix Women's associ ation of Phoenix Presbyterian church will hold a bazaar De cember 5 at the church. Mem bers are asked to make dona tions of hand work, - aprons, baked food and other articles for sale at the event. The committee. Mrs. M. A Williams. Mrs. W. M. Cald well and Mrs. Edward Brown, will be glad to receive infor mation concerning donations Plans for the bazaar and for division of the association membership into circles were made at a meeting last Thurs day. It is planned to have two groups, one to meet after noons and another in the eve ning. The circles will start meetings in January. Mrs. George Osier, Medford, spoke concerning the interna' tional meeting of Women's as sociations o f Presbyterian churches held last summer in West Lafayette, Ind. Friday night the association sponsored a family night cov ered dish supper at the church, followed by the annual praise serve. The program was led by Mrs. William Saladin, with Mrs. Harold Ross assisting. In other words, we can't use it to locate the schizophren ics," she said. In all, Mrs. Gibbs said, she has charted more than 100,000 persons in hospitals and institutions. A major breakthrough in mental health could come arty time," she said. "Look already what has been ac complished in treating the mentally sick with tranquilizers." Speaker Named For Dinner Club Ashland-Frank Branch Ri ley, Portland attorney, civic leader and publicist of the Pa cific northwest, will speak for a meeting of Siskiyou Knife and Fork club Thurs day, December 4. His topic will be "the Lure of the Pa cific Northwest." Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. at the Plaza cafe. Mr Riley, a veteran of more than'26 transcontinental tours and over 2,000 addresses, is said to be a top-flight commen tator on events, places and life in America. Club members are to make their reservations with the secretary, Mrs. R. A. Herndob ler, 1500 Oregon street, no la ter than December 2. Rogue River Club Hears Talk On Soil Conservation " Rogue River C. H. Ault, soil conservation technician with the Rogue Soil Conserva tion district, spoke for the last meeting of Rogue River Gar den club November 18. His topic was conservation of wild life, a stream and soil, and he also showed slides. Foster Luce spoke on flood control. Mrs. Paul Hughes spoke on "tucking in your garden for the winter." Mrs. Edward Engle told the his tory of the Oregon grape, the state flower, and Mrs. Herbert Brooks reported on the oak tree. Mrs. Guy Hanley gave a short talk on the four-cent conservation stamp, and in troduced Mr. 'Ault. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Sam Bellah South Pacific highway, with Mrs. Willard Tenny and Mrs. Harry Andrews as co hostesses. Mrs. Harold Weed won a prize. - Masonic Groups Make Plans for Church Sunday Cave Junction-The Masonic lodge and its affiliated orders in the Illinois "Valley will at tend church in a body Sun day, November 30. The group will attend Immanuel Metho dist church and members are asked to meet in Kerby and go to the church as a group. Members of Bethel 36 pre sented their opening and clos ing ceremonies for the last meeting of Western Star chap ter. Order of Eastern Star, held in the Masonic temple in Kerby. Jean Beam sang, ac companied by her mother. Mrs. A. N. Collman, past matron of Grants Pass OES chapter, was presented an honorary membership in Western Star chapter. The next meeting will be the annual Christmas party with gift exchange. Episcopal Guild Cancels Luncheon The luncheon scheduled for Friday, Nevember 28, at 12 noon by the St. Mark's Epis copal church has been can celled, accarding to Mrs. Wil liam B. Clegg. The meeting of the auxil iary will start at 1 p.m. as previously announced. Ballet Film Set Tonight At Craterian A concert showing of a full color, cinemascope film of the famous Russian Bolshoi Bal let company is scheduled for tonight at 8:30 o'clock at the Craterian theater. . The film has been brought for one showing only. Made in England, the film features Prima Ballerina Ga lina Ulanova who is often compared to the great Pav lova and whose dance tech nique is described as dazzling. She will appear in "Giselle," a aance wnicn is xo xne oauei what "Hamlet" is to drama. Also in the film are excerpts from "The Fountain of Bakh chisarai," "Swan Lake" and "Faust." Other starring dancers of the Bolshoi (Russian for big) troupe are Raissa Struchova and Nikolai Fadeyechev. The musical accompaniment is by the orchestra of the Royal Opera house in London and the Bournemouth Symphony orchestra. The Russian mm was brought to the United States as part of the cultural ex change program between the two countries under the spon sorship of the State Depart ment. It is a Rank Film pro duction directed by Paul Czinner who used five cam eras. The film is said to cap ture the full impact of Russian ballet, and to show the mark ed contrast between the danc ing of the Russians and these trained in this country. Bol shoi dancers are put into a special age-graded . school at the age of - eight years and remain until their training is complete. A personnel of 3,000 persons are said to man the Bolshoi Theater ballet in its various departments. When the film appeared in New York City, it was de scribed by dance critics as "a must of the season." ' Shower Given For Bride-Elect; Wedding Friday Mrs. Herbert Sampert and daughter, Penny, were host esses recently for a kitchen shower which honored Miss Ruth Fisher. Miss Fisher's wedding to Irvine Urie, Reeds port, Ore., will be an event of Friday, November 28 at 8 o'clock in the evening at First Presbyterian church in Med ford. The party was given in the Sampert home, 158 Renault avenue. Bidden were the Misses Nancy Hamilton, Ber nice Skoog, Lois Pool, Joan Melbourne, Carol Harrison, Ellen Rawstern, Kathie Op-, pelt, Judy Finegan, Pat Urie, Connie Cleveland, Louise Put num, Vicki Robertson, Judy Bradshaw, Marlene Alding ton, Sharon Wooten, Carol D'Olida and Virginia Maho ney and Mrs. David Peterson, Mrs. Robert Fisher and Mrs. Donald Bradshaw. The bride-elect is a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fisher, 2795 Bullock road, Medford, and is a junior at Southern Oregon college. Mr. Urie is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen D. Urie, Reedsport. Fresh vegetables or fruit make exciting centerpieces. Use the fruit later for des sert. Wash and shine vege tables. If fruit is cut, put lem on juice on it to keep it from darkening. Veterans Plan Benefit Dance Veterans of World War I will sponsor a benefit dance Wednesday, November 26, at Dreamland Dance hall. It will be open to the public and ad mission will be by donation to the "bucket of bucks." Pro ceeds will go to the barracks' welfare fund. Music will be by a six-piece orchestra wh i c h regularly plays at the hall. Prizes will be awarded dur ing the evening, those in charge state. Californian Here To Visit Cousins Mrs. Evah Harsh left yes terday for her home in The Altenheim" Oakland, Calif., after a visit here with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Chase, 1303 Reddy avenue, Medford. During her stay here Mrs. Harsh was dealt a perfect pi nochle hand with 1500 trump during an evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Boyle, who are also Mrs. Harsh's cousins. Mrs. Harsh, who recently retired from her position and took up resi dence in The Altenheim, an institution similar to the pro posed Rogue Valley manor for Medford, participates in many activities and was giv en first prize for her costume as Topsy when The Altenheim residents held a costume party- "Punch'-meaning the beverage-is derived from a Hin dustani word meaning five, referring to the five ingredi ents originally used in the drink: tea, rum, sugar, lemon and water. Annua! Dinner Held by Lodge Phoenix Neighbor of Woodcraft lodge met in the Grange hall last Wednesday night for the annual home coming dinner. About thirty attended the dinner, and many stayed for games. Prizes for the games were provided by members of the lodge. . Wrap wieners in pancakes for a lunch time snack.' 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