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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Oregon, Monday, December 1, 1958 Advent is, Opportunity To Prepare for Yuletide Br LOUIS CASSELS United Press International Churches took note Sunday of a fact that department stores have been proclaiming for several weeks. Christmas is coming. Sunday marked the begin ning of the Advent season The name comes from the Latin word "adventus" which means "coming." On the an cient liturgical calendar which divides the year into appropriate season of ,wor ship, Advent is a four-week period of preparation for the coming of Christ that is cele brated at Christmas. Many Protestant churches which formerly paid scant heed to the liturgical calen dar have in recent years joined the Catholics, Episco palians and Lutherans in em' phasizing the observance of Advent. The reason is ob vious. Advent offers the best op portunity the churches have to resist the commercializa tion of Christmas. Instead of waiting until the last minute on Christmas Eve, to intro duce the Christ child as a sort of afterthought of the holiday season, churches begin four weeks in advance to point up the religious origin of the joy and expectation expressed in Christmas customs. This year, many of the ma jor denominations are stress ing that Advent can be oo- served at home as well as in church. Through their Sunday schools and church publica tions, they are suggesting spe cific ways in which individual families can keep the real meaning of Christmas from . . . . a 1 being lost in tne necuc rouna Of gift - buying, card - sending, Cake -baking and tree -trim ming that gets under way as soon as the Thanksgiving dishes are wiped. One suggestion is to use Advent wreaths as a vehicle for simple family worship services. This is a very old custom which fell Into neg lect, and which Is now being rediscovered. The only re quirements are that it be homemade, and that it con tain five candles. It may be used as a centerpiece for the dining table. Each night during Advent, when the family sits down for dinner, a tandlelighting cere mony is held. During the first week of Advent, one candle is lit and the rest remain dark. The second week, two candles are lit, and so on. The fifth candle, usually larger than the rest and in the center of the wreath, is lit on Christmas Eve. The religious training im parted by the ceremony de pends on what goes with the candlelighting. Reading from the Bible, formal or informal Librarians Plan For Program on Christmas poetry will be read at a meeting of Jack son County Association of School Librarians to be held Tuesday, December 2, at Phoe nix High school at 4 p.m. Each person attending is asked to take a short selection of Christmas poetry. " Mrs. Mabel Sims will be hostess. Charge prayers, singing Christmas carols, asking one of the chil dren to memorize and recite a Christmas poem-any or all of these may provide material for family devotions. The im portant thing is that the fam ily pauses for a few moments to think together about what the coming of Christmas means. Any family that gets stuck for appropriate Bible passages or prayers can get, help from its pastor, or may buy a little book of family devotions from a religious 'bookstore. The American Bible society pub lishes a list of scriptural read ings for the pre-Christmas sea son. This list is usually avail able through local churches FOE Auxiliary Slates Events Several coming events were announced today by the aux iliary to Crater Lake aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles The auxiliary plans a public card party for Wednesday, De cember 3, at 1 p.m. in the Eagles hall,- 217 West Main street. Dessert will be served. Thursday, December 4, the auxiliary will hold a business meeting at 8 p.m. in the hall Entertainment is planned be fore the meeting. Election of a conductor i3 planned. Thursday the auxiliary will also . hold a bazaar at the Eagles hall, 217 West Main street. Hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gold Hill Lodge Schedules Voting Gold Hill-Mrs. Paul Thomp son, noble grand of Amethyst Rebekah lodge, today asked all members of the lodge to attend a meeting scheduled fur Wednesday, December 3 at 8 p.m. in the Odd Fellow's hall. Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Daniel Stewart, chairman of a committee in charge of amendments to -the lodge by laws stated that this is an im portant meeting because the final reading of the proposed changes to the by-laws will be read during the business ses sion followed by voting. As sisting Mrs. Stewart on the committee are Mrs. Melford Hood and Mrs. Ferd Jones. The December refreshment committee chairman is Mrs. Roy Bornoman. She will be assisted by Mrs. A. A. Walker, Mrs. J. Raymond Ritter, Mrs. Blanche Merriman and Mrs. Ralph Bell. Workshop Planned For Howard Unit Members of Howard Home Extension unit are invited to attend a tin can craft work shop at the home of Mrs. H. E. Friesen, 2120 Table Rock road, Tuesday, December 2 from 10 ajn. to 3 pjn. They are asked to take a sack lunch. Mrs. N. F. Gier, workshop leader, states that members attending should take utility gloves, small tin snips, needle nose pliers, ice pick or awl, a waste piece of soft board, tin cans and tin lids of vari ius sizes, fine wire, yarn or string, gold gilt paint, and a ruler. Pilate Shopping IS FAST CONVENIENT SHOPPING! A- Use YOUR Charge Plate at . . . 1. Barker's 7. Mann's 2. Brainerd's 8. Nu-Way Cleaners 3. Burelson's 9. Quality Market 4. Central Drug 10. Rath's 5. Home Appliance 11. Swem's 6. Hubbard Bros. i6 FQ8 EASXft CHAftCE 5V smm . oooo lane ' HEDF0RD OREGON f i ' ft 'a i ItratsON-s : .t4. CfMTlAl MUG -t. NOMC AMUANCi V r HUWASD WGS. -'- rum- ' New Book Derides Wine Snobs New York -(UPD- "Wine snobs" and restaurateurs come in for a raking over the coals in "The Commonsense Book of Wine," written by Leon D. Adams and published today by (David McKay Co., Inc.) Adams, a writer from Sau salito, Calif., for years was secretary of the Wine Institute in San Francisco. He teed off against American hotels and restaurants for what he al leged to be "extortion" in the prices they charge for wine with - meals, "bungling in letting vintages spoil in their storerooms; and clumsy, inef ficient wine service. He charged that eating es tablishments In New York and other cities mark up their prices as much as 800 per cent on cheap foreign wines and, "hesitating to try extorting more than 400 per cent on the American vintages" with whose prices patrons are more familiar, often refuse to stock the native product. The average "candle-lit New York restaurant" pays be tween 60 cents and SI for some of the cheaper French and Italian wines and "cred ulous customers are being charged from $4 to $5 for the very same bottles," Adams said. The Californian described his book as "a new effort to un-scramble tne wme crazy- quilt an attempt to simplify a subject still entangled by taboos, stilted notions of cor rectness, and a foggy maze of perplexing labels and general misinformation. Adams claimed that "by and large, American wines are now better and more reliable than wines of the Old World." "Drink the wine not the la bel," he said. Gardeners Plan Christmas Party Central Point-Central Point Garden club will hold a Christmas party Wednesday, December 3 at the home of Mrs. C. W. Anhorn on Free man road. The arrangement commit tee, Mrs. Lester Gorden, Mrs. R. D. Kay and Mrs. Arnold Bohnert, will give a demon stration on Christmas Decor ations. There will be an exchange of gifts of plants or garden material. The meeting will open at 10 a.m., and a potiuck mncneon will be served at 12:30 p.m. Members whose names begin with A to J are asked to take hot dishes, those with J are to take rolls and other mem bers, salads. Mushroom Club To Close Year Southern Oregon Mushroom club will hold its last meet ing of the year Wednesday, December 3rd, at 8 p.m., at the Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne avenue. Club members have been unusually busy in recent weeks. Fall mushroom hunt ing has been unusually good, and members gathered almost 40 different varieties which were made into an exhibit for the recent hobby show of the Medford Chin-Up club. HAtt ' T.MANN'S . . OUAlflfY MAtttT , - to. nxnrt w - . smms-' ' - . . UTr .i- Women Fail Ministry as a By GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor New York (UPD Women have cracked the prejudice barriers in engineering, medi cine and law. They have been accepted- as plumbers, bus drivers andU. S. senators, bank presidents, brokers and paper hangers. But there is one major field they can not seem to conquer th min istry. In the course of 2,000 years, women have managed to chip away at some of the preju dices against them in the pul pit, but they still have a long way to go to be accepted as preachers to the degree they are encouraged to stand over hot stoves preparing church suppers. The National Council" of Churches reports in its 1958 yearbook that there are few er than 7,000 women- minis ters in the United States, out of a total 168.419 clergymen. Of these, 5,791 women are ordained or licensed. Only 2,896 actually have pulpits - and these are mainly in small towns. Several Circuit Riders There are several women circuit riders. They travel from church to church. One drives a station wagon on her circuit. Another paddles a rowboat from island to island off the coast of Maine." Still another jogs through the northwoods of Michigan' on horseback. . But the closest a woman minister has come to official status in a big New York City church is to marry the pastor and serve as his assistant on a strictly non - preaching basis. She is Mrs. Donald Harring ton, wife of the minister of the Community Church, i n midtown Manhattan. The Rev. Ellen B. Shaw, of Mazomanie, Wis., president of the American Association of Women Ministers, says there is a need for more ministers and that women can fill this need very well. "So why should they not be used more than they are?" she asked. "Every person has their place to fill in life, whether male or female, and women can fill the ministry efficiently. Therefore, she should be used more than she is." " . Prejudice Decreasing She added that;th preju dice against women ministers is decreasing, however, more in some parts of the country than in others. "I think that perhaps in the field of counseling, women have an usual function, she told United Press Interna tional. "It is an increasingly im portant part of the ministry. Perhapss it is because it is easier for people to tell their Half-Size Outfit 9078 SIZES U-24 Step-in jumper and blouse are perfect fashions for half sizers - designed to slim your figure, fit perfectly without alteration problems! Tomor row's pattern: Misses' dress. Printed Pattern 9078: Half Sizes 14V&, 16V, 18, 20Vfe, 22i,i, 24V. Size 16Vi. jumper, 4.V4 yards 39-inch; blouse 2 yards. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accur ate. Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for this pattern - add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Mar tin, Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept, 232 West 18th St, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. (rw 111 to Conquer Profession problems to a woman than to a man." Mrs. Shaw has been li censed to preach since 1939, but did not have a church of her own until 1942. She has been preaching every Sunday since that time, and her hus band also is a preacher. They trade pulpits every Sunday. Dinner Honors Newlywed Pair; Airman Arrives Gold Hill - Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ritter entertained at a dinner party November 25 at their home here to honor their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Milton LeRoy (Lee) Sanderson, who had re turned after a wedding trip to San Francisco, Calif. Also honored was Miss Rose Drake, airman third class, who arrived in Gold Hill No vember 23 on leave from her duties with the woman's branch of the United States Air Force at Sheppard Field Air Force base in Texas. Mrs. Sanderson and Miss Drake were former classmates. Other guests at the Ritter home later in the evening were Mr. Sanderson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton A. Sand erson, aid daughters, Vickie and Miss Delores Sanderson of Sams Valley and the Sand erson's son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pech of Medford. Miss Drake, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.- Everett Drake, Lazy Acres motel, Gold Hill, enlisted in the Air Force November 4, 1957, and is in the medical corp. She will be a houseguest in the home of her parents and brother, Michael Drake until Decem ber 6. Calendar Calendar notices and new for the society section of The Mai Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a m of the day of publication and for weeK day news is 5 pnv the day before publication. Monday: 7:45 p.m. Rogue Valley chapter, Oregon Music Teach ers association, home of Mrs. D. F. Huson, 45 Lindley st. 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows hall. . 8 p.m. Rogue Valley Coin club, lunch room, First Na tional bank. 8 p.m. Veterans of For eign Wars auxiliary , dance at Camp White. Tuesday: 10:30 a.m. Reese Creek Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Ben Gardener, Crater Lake highway. 1 p.m. Central Point Royal Neighbors, home of Mrs. E. Collins, 2665 Connell ave. 1 p.m. Lady Elks, Med ford Elks temple party lounge. ' 1 - p.m. Rogue . Valley Navy Mothers, home of Mrs. Carl Ludwig, 511 Austin st. You, too, Can Achieve These Measurement Changes! Charlena Vanes, 21 -year-old Secretary Mad These Remarkable Improvements in Her Measurements l LI-," - . ,J Before 32" - 24"- rliL.38- - - ' MEDFORD SPECIAL! JOIN NOW! Just $69.50 yearly srso PER ONLY U MONTH Hours: 10 to 10 daily, Saturday 'til 6 A MEDFORD HEALTH CLUB Near the 3 WEST 6TH Christmas Ball Date Announced The annual Christmas ball given each year by Bethels 15 and 55, International Order of Job's Daughters in Med ford, has been set for Decem ber 26 at Rogue Valley Coun try club. Plans for the dance were made at the last meeting of Bethel 55, held November 25 at the Pythian building. Miss Karalee Selby, queen, con ducted the meeting. Visitors introduced were Mrs. Wiliam Suit, grand mar shal, and L. H. Manning, grand inner guard for Or egon. Miss DeAnn Coy became a member by transfer from Bethel 61, in Klamath Falls, and nine new members were initiated. They are the Misses Patti Selby, Pamela Trow bridge, Christine B a r t e 1 s, Roberta Featherston, Cather ine Brown, Linda Morlan, Bonnie Tully, Sharon Baker, and Beverly Bush: Guardian Council of Bethel 55 will meet December 2nd, at the home of Mrs. Harold Gordon, guardian, 418 South Oakdale avenue. At the close of the meeting, refreshments were served by Misses ' Jackie Me e, Teresa Six, Sharon Hamm, Barbara Mitchell and Faye Adams, as sisted by their mothers. Next meeting will be De cember 9, at which time elec tion of officers will be held. Grange News... Roxy Ann Grange Booster night at the Roxy Ann Grange was held on Nov. 15. Mrs. Bruce Mof fatt, lec turer, was in charge of the program. The program opened with officers seating drill follow ed by prayer and presenta tion of the flag. The Lone Pine band play ed several numbers. Linda Thames, Paulette Kime and Rose Marin of Colleen Hope studio gave a dance. Ann Thames put on a Dutch dance. Skits were presented by Verda Quackenbush and Marguerite Shaw, and by Bruce Moffatt and Al Suns, Webb Hickle was introduced as sheriff of Spring St. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cameron were introduced as charter mem bers of ROxy Ann Grange. Grange members were re minded during the Nov. 21 meeting, to bring their rum mage to the Grange hall by Wednesday, Dec. 3. Verda Quackenbush, home econom ics chairman, reported the home-economics club met at the. Grange hall with 22 mem bers present. Mrs. J. G. Cam eron was elected chairman, Mrs. David Winkelman, vice chairman and Mrs. Roy Van Ortwick. secretary-treasurer. Charles Whitcher, agricul-. tural chairman, reported the markets about the same, but twice as many sheep and hogs. Eggs will be cheaper ' 1 - i fir Bust - 36 waist -22 -Hip, -36! For Fre Trial Call SP 3.6686. Buse you're different TRIE FIGURE ANALYSIS and TRIAL TREATMENT ... NO OBLIGA TION of cours. 3 Months Free If we fail to get the follow ing results in bo days OVER WEIGHT: Lose 15 lbs., 3 in. off hips or waist, take 1 in. Off ankles. UNDER WEIGHT or AVERAGE: Add 2 inches to bust, i m p r ove posture and repro portion body mea surements. SUN LAMPS AND MASSAGE Fre Baby Sitting Holland Hotel SP 3-6686 I- -si -. - A University. Women's Co-op Housing Said Eugene-Women's co-ops at the University of Oregon are the "best buy" on the campus, according to members of the three houses. The girls who live in High land, University, and Rebec, three women's co-ops, list fi nancial savings, social life and a strong feeling of unity as their reasons for believing that co-op living is the best buy. Room and board is $45 per month fall term and $40 a month spring and winter terms" explained Miss Donna Horn, a senior from Spring field who's treasurer of the Co-Ed Housing Board and president of University House. This compares with living in the cheapest dorm on the campus which is $76.50 a month. The stronger feeling of unity which the girls claim results from living in a co-op makes for stronger loyalty, more cooperation, closer friends and harmony. "Living in the house is informal and personal, making the co-ops more than just a place to eat and sleep. It becomes a real home away from home," said Miss Annelle Davenport of Sweet Home, membership cnairman of the eight-studenl governing board for the three houses. Add up fun, facts and fig ures, and its easy to see why there were more applicants for membership than the three houses could possibly take care of this term. More than 22 girls were turned down, not because they were not qualified, but because housing space did not permit more membership. As it is, Highland has four over com fortable capacity and Univer sity is One over. This means that Co-Ed Housing, Inc., the three houses from a legally incorporated business activ ity, is seeking a fourth house. Two of the houses rent from the university and Rebec was donated to the co-op by the late George Rebec, former law school president. Based On Need Admittance is not limited by race, creed, or color. Ad mittance is based primarily on financial need and the girl's purpose in coming to college. Character, scholastic, and moral standing are also considered. and all produce will be down in price, he said. . Mrs. Van Gordon reported the North Pacific Grange hall burned and was a total loss. Our Big3l "THANK YOU" fcmks sift f TO rvi Drastically reduced prices throughout the store! This is our way of laying 'Thank You" for your wonderful patronage during 1958. With our tremendous purchasing power combining our 3 stores in Klamath, Lakeview and Central Point, we are able to pass on these savings to you. USE THE EXTRA SAVINGS FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! Come in tomorrow and see for yourself all of our reductions are ABSOLUTELY what they are marked no- fictitious markdowns. This sale will last ALL THROUGH DECEMBER! Best Buy Last fall term the three co ops were among the top 15 living organizations in grade point averages and Rebec had the third highest. The co-ops have their share of members in honoraries, sports events, and all campus fetes as well as student offices. Each house has its own con stitution privileges, customs and social functions. Meetings are held each week and its a one vote policy. Co-Ed hous ing has an overall governing constitution and controls such activities as the all co-op dance. The co-op board which meets bi-monthly consists of the eight student members, two alumni advisors, two fac ulty advisors and the dean of women, Mrs. Golda P. Wick ham. In order to conduct busi ness efficiently, the board hires a bookkeeper and a buy er who incidentally, not only purchase all the food used in the three houses, but also makes the menus and attends to repair. The girls do much of the work themselves. Seniors average 3V4 hours per week, from there each class adds an other half hour. Duties from salad preparation to serving are outlined for the girls. Cooks are hired to handle the basic food preparation. ' Social events are part of co-op living, and the girls en joy contests and parties in much the same manner that the sorority members do.' At Highland House recently, a hula hoop contest provided entertainment for the mem bers. "Co-ops are fun" the girls say and no one disputes that. 1 Executive Committee To Meet in Gold Hill Gold Hill - H. D. Force. president of 'the . Gold Hill Parent -Teacher association, has announced that the regu lar meeting of the executive committee of the unit will be held Thursday, December 4 at 1:30 p.m. at the Hanby school building. He said members of the association are welcome to attend these board meet ings, which are held the first Thursday of each month, at the time stated. A business meeting of the Gold Hill PTA is planned for Thursday, December 11 at 7:30 - O'clock at the Hanby school. . 4 Robert Bruce died only a year after his formal . recog nition as King of Scots 'in 1328. , mumi 7) Convenient Central Point, Ore. - Phone (Newest Slip Covers Does your room need a new look? Rejuvenate your chairs, sofas with fresh slip-covers- easy to make with these clear step-by-step directions! Instructions 7168 has step- by-step directions for making slipcovers for chairs, sofas. Send THIRTY-FIVE cents (coins) for this pattern-add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mailing. 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