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a MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ort.. Wednttday, Dembr 31. 1958 Vienna at Holiday Time Described By Medford By MARGARET SCHULER Vienna, Dec. 25 - From Olive Starcher comes a note requesting me to write about Christmas in Vienna and she adds, plaintively, "Here we all rush around; everyone eats too much, drinks too much and spends too much - myself Included." ' One does like to think of romantic, stately Vienna as sort of waltzing itself into Christmas with dainty ladies in full skirts alighting from fiacres to shop, while the Danube flows singing past on its beautiful, blue way. Un fortunately, 1958 doesn't pre sent that sort of picture. The Danube isn't blue, and fash ionable ladies in short, tight skirts, the most modish of hats and coats, with gentle men friends in homburgs and elegant overcoats, crawl out of smallish automobiles to shop on Vienna's Fifth avenue - the Kaertnerustrasse. There is nothing much to differentiate other streets from those in any American city this year. People rush, traffic snarls; streets and shops seethe with masses of hurrying shoppers. Seats m the ubiquitous coffee houses are at a premium, and, al though there may not be as many cocktails as in the United States, there is plenty of wine and beer. In all Vien na's history, I wonder if there has ever been a Christmas like it with so much to buy, and so many people with Harvey Summers Parents of Son From Denver, Colo., comes news of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. (Bill) Summers in that city Decem ber 23. Mrs. Summers is the former Freda May Rawstern, and a graduate of Medford High school. The child has a grandfath er, two great - grandparents and a great-great-grandmoth er living in Jackson county. He is the first grandchild for C. H. Rawstern, Table Rock road; the first great-grand child for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kingsley, Table Rock road, the first great - great - grand child of Mrs. Anna L. Kings ley, Old Stage road, Central Point. Mrs. Anna Kingsley, who has lived here since 1937j will celebrate her 92nd birthday anniversary January 5. She came to the valley from South Dakota, and is a native of New York state. Food Dollar Little More During 1959 By BERNARD BRENNER United Press International Washington - (CPD - You can expect your food dollar to buy just a little more in 1959. If you're a careful shopper, watching for the bargains economists expect on the pork and poultry counters, you can make a deeper cut in food spending without cutting your standard of living. That's the outlook for 1959, summed up by farm and con sumer experts of the Depart ment of Agriculture. The overall food price av erage is expected to come down slightly in 1959 because there will be more food on the market, these experts ex plain. Pork production is headed up and poultry production will remain high. There will be more citrus in food mark ets and unless ther's a repeti tion of last year's unusual freezes in the south, vegeta ble supplies will also be much greater. The experts cautiously talk of "some easing" in retail food prices in 1959. They point out that the steady up ward march of the cost of processing and marketing food is expected to continue; this will swallow up part of the savings consumers could expect from reduced farm prices. With the nation's popula tion rising steadily to put more customers at the retail food counter, total domestic food demand in 1959 should be at peak levels. Total v food spending will probably top the 1958 level slightly, the experts predict although the average family's food bill is likely to be a lit tle lower. Some of the highlights as Films Repairing and Relining Cleaning and Glazing Restyling Frances' Fars 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP 2-6526 Woman; Changes Noted money to buy. Since Francis Josef's time there have been troubles and wars for the Austrian people, and in that famous emperor's days, a dif ferent class had money - and very different merchandise to buy. Changes Noted Daily, for four months, I have wondered at the change in Vienna from when I was here 12 years ago - and even again five years ago. That they would ever recover from the devastating results of the two big wars, the people doubted; they were poor, cold and disheartened; they plod ded stolidly along in old clothes. There were no re sources; cartels controlled the shops which were filled with shoddy, merchandise; rubble from bombed buildings still lay in sections of the city. Ex cepting for the Americans with their big cars, there were few traffic hazards in the city. Driving at night was like traveling through canyons; the city was dark. Today, all that is different. Everyone is well dressed, and -what a difference in the ex pression on the faces of the people. The incredible city is alive, active and prosperous Modern structures replace bombed ones; new industries are developing; there is no un employment. Tourists, now that the four occuping powers have gone, and the city is free, bring in millions of dol lars of income. There are con gresses, conference and con ventions. Prices are high, and there is much to buy, The two most beloved buildings in Vienna the Op era house and St. Stephan's cathedral - both bombed (the former by the Americans, the latter by the Germans) are now completely restored, and week after week the season through, one sees at the opera on the ticket windows "sold out." Speed Noted The three most spectacular changes in Vienna to me are First: the thousands of auto mobiles racing madly about and the sense of speed; Sec ond, the restoration of the lighting system in the parks and streets; Third, the beauty of the gardens, parks and fountains; - the rich, embroid ered pattern of the flowers against the brilliant green of the grass. Now with the flow ers gone, trees stark, there is magnificence in the clipped and trimmed trees and shrub bery - stylized in Viennese Will Stretch seen by government special ists: MEAT: Beef supplies will be about the same or up slightly and prices will likely be about the same as in 1958. Pork production will rise sharply and retail prices, be ginning in early spring, will go substantially below 1958 levels. Little change is ex pected in supplies or prices of other red meats. FISH: There may be heav ier supplies of canned fish through mid-spring and prices could ease slightly. Little change is expected for fresh and frozen fish. POULTRY AND EGGS: Poultry supplies on a per capita basis may go up to a record high in 1959. Prices, which reached the lowest lev els since the early 1940's this year, are likely to continue low and could sag further early in the year. Eggs will probably be cheaper in the first half of 1959 than a year earlier. FRUITS: The big news is the increase in civrus produc tion over last year's freeze- biasted harvest, with supplies of frozen concentrated juices rising and prices down. Fresh fruits generally will be in more plentiful supply through mid-spring than a year ago, and a little cheaper. VEGETABLES: Vegetable supplies through the winter and spring will be greater than a year ago with substan tial increases for potatoes and dry beans. Prices for fresh vegetables through the win ter will probably be much lower than the high levels of one year ago. Because of higher processing and distrib uting costs, retail prices of most processed vegetables may be a little higher. DAIRY PRODUCTS: Little change is expected in per cap ita supply, although total pro duction apparently is headed up, and prices are likely to average close to 1958 levels. BREAD AND CEREALS: Wheat and corn supplies are at record levels, but civilian per capita consumption of grain foods in 1959 will not change much from 1958 and retail prices will probably be a little higher because of in creased processing and mar keting costs. fashion; in the formal flower beds and the immutable, in numerable bronze and marble statues of their beloved musi cians. As for Christmas itself - it is quite like ours, excepting that it extends over a longer period of time, beginning with December 5 when the Krampus, a lean black and red-clothed creature carrying switches, stalks the streets looking for bad children. On December 6, the white-robed gold - crowned St. Nikolaus comes to the homes. He car ries on his shoulder a big sack, and in his hand a white book in which he has a record of all the little Ottos and Lisels' misdemeanors, such as slamming doors, not taking naps and the like. Benignly, he forgives the transgressors, and before he leaves, dumps the contents of his bag on the floor - nuts, candy, fruit and gifts. The Austrians do not have a Santa Claus. Kris Kringle fills the shoes of the children. They clean and place them on the window sills. On Christ mas eve, the Austrians have their Christmas trees - which are candle - lighted, and they exchange gifts. Decorations for the tree are much as ours in the States. The baubles come - as do ours from Germany and Japan. In the flower stalls one can buy greenery and stylized dec orations. They have in Austria a large, white-berried mistle toe, but I have not seen any holly. On the 25th (they do not call it Christmas) there are Masses in all the churches - and magnificent music. I am quite conscious of the differ ence in this Catholic country from Rome. There is not the great ringing of bells, nor the strict attendance at services. Many of the Catholics I know do not go to church. Austrian holidays continue through the 26th, which is the day of their patron saint Stephan. On the 28th of De cember everyone who can leaves Vienna for "die luft" (the air). They go various places, but for the most part to mountain resorts for skiing. Attesting to the prosperity of Austria, the resorts - and there are dozens of them have had their reservations filled since October, And so - Vienna 1958. I think nostalgically of the Christmas I spent here with a young family six years ago They decorated their Christ mas tree with tissue wrapped lumps of sugar; there were no candles and precious little torts baking; St. Nikolaus' sack was pathetically scant But what they had, they shared with me, and the spirit of the brave young couple im pressed me. I seldom see them now. They inherited from an uncle a country estate, and a factory, and they are busy. Thev have two automobiles, Little five-year old Franz is now a whopping' 11; Frau Rosa is rather too plump, and Rudolf, the papa, is 40 and baidish. Whether their in crease in worldly goods made for a happier 25th this year I wonder, than when we sat around their dining room table and sang German lieder and their beloved "Silent Night, Holy Night." Turkey Cherry Pilaf Uses Last of Bird New York - (CPD - Turkey cherry pilaf makes a good finish for a big holiday bird. Melt one tablespoon butter in skillet or saucepan. Stir in one (one-pound six-ounce) can cherry pie filling, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one-eighth tea spoon each of allspice, cinna mon and dry mustard, and one teaspoon curry powder, Add one (nme - ounce) can crushed pineapple, two chick en bouillon cubes, one-fourth teaspoon red food coloring (optional) and 2 la cups diced cooked turkey. Cover, sim mer 15 minutes and serve as topping for three cups hot cooked rice. Garnish with slivered toasted almonds Serves four. - Survey Shows Women Do Things Hard Way New York-(UPB-Women, usu ally considered practical, tend to do things the hard way, a survey shows. The average homemaker spends nearly six hours week cleaning her house, re ported a survey by a vacuum cleaner manufacturr (Eureka), But the housewife could cut this time by a third and re move two and a half times the dirt, by using all tools that come with a vacuum, the firm said. She also could do 70 per cent of her cleaning by electricity, compared with the 76 per cent she now does by hand, and could eliminate spring and fall cleaning binges. The company recom mends using attachments on walls, blinds, radiators, uphol-1 stereo! furniture, draperies and j hard-to-reach corners, ' Mrs. William Naylor Hostess for Party of Blue Star Mothers Medford Blue Star Mothers were entertained for the an nual Christmas party recently by Mrs. William Naylor at her home on New Ray road, Cen tral Point. The potluck lun cheon was served at noon by the hostess from the red cov ered table centered with an arrangement of Christmas greenery and colored bells. During the afternoon social hours, the annual gift ex change was held. All members of the Blue Star Mothers are asked to at tend the next meeting Jan uary 15 at the home of Mrs. James Cech, 28 Quince street. Election of officers is sched uled. Daughter, Family Visit in Medford Mrs. Charles Ferrell and three children, Laura, Chris tine and Tommy, are in Med ford to visit Mrs. Ferrell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rogers, 847 Pennsylvania avenue. Visitors here earlier were the Rogers' son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rogers, Mt. View, Calif. They returned south Sunday, The f a m il y celebrated Christmas with a dinner De cember 26 after Mrs. Farrell's arrival. Also present were Mrs. Rogers' parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Baxter, Ashland. Browns Return From California Mr. and Mrs. Orrin L. Brown, 1203 Queen Anne avenue, returned Sunday from California where they spent Christmas with rela tives. The Browns visited Mrs. Brown's mother, Mrs. Mary Parks, in Oakdale, Calif., and also spent some time with relatives in Modesto, Calif. Later the couple went to San Leandro where they were guests of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dar rel Brown. Ensign Leaves Ensign Jay Dow left yester day morning for San Diego after spending Christmas in Medford with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Dow, Coker Butte road. Ensign Dow, a Navy pilot, is assigned to duty at North island. Meeting Postponed By Royal Neighbors Due to the holidays, the regular business meeting of Mistletoe camp, Royal Neigh bors of America, has been postponed from Thursday Jan uary 1 to Friday, January 9. The camp meets in Pythian hall. - Dancers Schedule Hoedown Tonight A New Year's eve party, with an open hoedown square dance, will be held at Ker shaw Square on Cory rd., starting at 8:30 p.m. today. All square dancers are in vited, and callers 'will be Douglas Decker, Floyd Work man, Byron (Buzz) Dibble, and Jake Toews. Refresh ments will be potluck, and party favors will be provided. Fabrics Institute Gives Rules For Home Decoration New York -UPD- A simple way for homemakers to broaden knowledge of home decoration involves 10 steps, says the Decorative Fabrics Institute. Plan early, keep a scrap- book or file of decorating ideas, collect sample swatch es and paint chips, visit model rooms and model homes, build a reference library on decor ating. Save informative literature from manufacturers and news papers or magazines. Attend lectures'on home decoration. Enroll in special short cour ses. (Stores sometimes offer courses on slipcover making) Note good ideas wherever you are-in restaurants, other homes, department stores, or while browsing through news papers or magazines. And-the keystone-use store advisory bureaus. Many home furnishing departments in de partment and specialty stores have interior decorating bur eaus. Analyze the room you are working on. Be ruthless. Don't stay at tached to oddments for senti mental reasons. The Institute says the desire to keep "every thing" in a room for one rea son or another will hinder you. We Will Be CLOSED FRIDAY & SATURDAY . January 2nd & 3rd FOR INVENTORY Sims Cycle & Hobby Shop Senator's Wife Believes In Changing By ROSE McKEE Washington-A home is nev er finished. Like the people who live in it, the home changes as the family and the tastes of the members of the family change. Mrs. John Sherman Cooper, noted for the attractive way in which she has furnished her Georgetown home in Washington, considers this one of the ABC's of home dec oration. The wife of the Re publican senator from Ken tucky believes that a room unchanged over the years is apt to look stale and lifeless. Mrs. Cooper, speaking to a staff member of the National Association of Home Builders, said she thinks of a home as something of an island retreat which gives a sense of seren ity to those who live in it. Instead of a depot where people rush in and out, she said, a home should be a place where "you figure things out, prepare for the next jolt and get ready to start again." To give a home an air of serenity, she suggested you put into it the books, pictures, and things you really like and that reflect your individual interests rather than follow the whims of decorating fash ion. In line , with this, she would build a room's decora tion around a favorite object such as a rug, a desk or a lamp. For instance, the library of her home takes its color from three blue and white Chinese jars which the Coopers found at a charity sale in New Delhi when the senator was ;U. S ambassador to India. Two of the jars have been made into lamp bases. California Decides When A Child Can By NORMAN KEMPSTER United Press International Sacramento, Calif.-ttJPD-Cali- fornia has established a "com mon sense" rule of thumb for parents who want to know when a child is old enough to own a gun. The California Department of Fish and Game believes the child is old enough when his mother and dad "would trust him to carry the neighbor's baby across the street." The department provided this yardstick for responsibil ity in a recent publication de signed for parents whose chil dren are asking for a rifle. "Usually youngsters are ready to start shooting when they have shown a sense of responsibility in other fields," the booklet said. "This may be at 12, 13 or 14 years of age." Under California law, how ever, responsibility alone is not enough to earn a boy or girl a coveted hunting license. He must complete a course in safe handling of firearms and pass a test on the subject be fore he will be permitted to try his hand at hunting. Since the law went into operation in 1954, more than 100,000 youngsters have re ceived training in safe shoot ing. Partly as a result of the program, California reduced hunting casualties from 132 in 1955 to 79 in 1957. That achievement won the state in ternational recognition for an "outstanding hunter safety training program" from the International association of Game, Fish and Conservation commissioners. The hunter training pro gram was based on a plan which went into effect in New York two years before it was adopted by the legislature here. Instructors are volunteers who donate their time to help young people learn to handle guns properly. "You must understand," Seth Gordon, state fish and game director said, "that these people are not merely good hunters. They are per sons who have taken the time to study their subject, pass a rigid test in firearms safety and be certified and qualified j as instructors by the Depart-; ment of Fish and Game and i Built In Straw No more water - logged straws, says a manufacturer of a new plastic cup. The cup has a built-in straw. Made of rigid polyethylene, the cup is especially designed for chil dren's use. It can be sterilized and is tough enough to with stand abuse. Available in red, blue, and yellow. Home Decor In summer, Mrs. Cooper slipcovers the furniture of the room in an inexpensive blue and white cotton in harmony with the Chinese porcelain. She uses draperies of the same material and the effect is a pleasing coolness. The room looks comfortable and easy to live in, which is what Mrs. Cooper prefers. In winter, she gives the room a feeling of warmth by using a rosy red, a shade picked up from a picture over the fireplace. Mrs. Cooper, who has en tertained on two continents and recently had Mrs. Rich ard M. Nixon, wife of the Vice-President, as one of her guests, thoroughly enjoys fix ing up a house. She doubts that anyone is born with a taste for decorating but ac quires it by "looking, remem bering, and adapting" ideas She suggested that one way to get hints on color combina tions is to visit art galleries "When you look at the colors in the pictures," she said, "you often see shades that you would never have dream ed of putting together." If two adjacent rooms are small, she would use a single color in both. With larger rooms, different colors can be used but even then, "there should not be too much of a transition-it .should be more a moving unit." Mrs. Cooper likes things that soften a room and make it comfortable. Pull-up chairs, she noted, help make a room respond to the needs of those who use it and give it flexi bility. And she likes a grow ing plant for it accents the "alive" note. Own Firearms the National Rifle association "They spend many hours of their free time to teach young Californians the rudiments, not only of safe gun handling but also of good sportsman ship." CELEBRATE ixlew Year's Eve Wednesday Night, Dec. 31 PIONEER CAFE SPECIAL FRIED CHICKEN DINNER NO RESERVATIONS NEEDED Attention Eagles! New Year's Eve Party Self-Service Markets Replacing Former Stores in Germany Bonn, Germany (LTD seu- service markets are replac ing old-fashioned grocery stores in West Germany. Probably half of sales in chain food stores this year will be made by self-service markets. In several years, the shops are expected to handle 70 or 80 per cent of all chain store sales, according to a report by Dr. Peter Toll, head of the working committee of the Association of Food Chain Stores. Independently owned markets also are switching to the new method. Self-service shops appeared in West uermany less man five years ago. They are not exactly like their American super market counterparts. Because of trading regula tions. German stores do not sell patent medicines, garden supplies or hardware. But they do have American-style checkout counters. Even the German commu nists are interested. In Stalin Allee, the architectural show piece in East Berlin, is a self- service food store. Department Issues Guide for Shoppers Washineton-flJPD- What's be hind that academic system of grading canned fruit and veg- etables-A, B, or C7 What's a good use for "low er" erades of eggs? wnax grade of beef offers fairly cood aualitv with little fat? Answers to Questions such as these may be found in a new booklet "Shoppers Guide to U. S. Grades for Food." issued by the Depart ment of Agriculture. In addition to spelling out the meanine of each federal food grade, the pamphlet sug gests suitable uses tor iooas of different grades, reminding shoppers that buying "grad ed" foods does not necessarily imply buying only the best. Single copies of the guide may be obtained free from the Office of Information, U. S. Department t Agriculture, Washington 25, D.C. 4 Detergents are more effec tive in water temperatures of at least 140 degrees than in cooler water. Central Point HATS HORNS NOISEMAKERS Plenty of Fun! $n an December 31st Free Coffee and Sandwiches HATS! - NOISEMAKERS! New Year's Eve Wednesday, Dec. 31 Sams Valley Grange Hats Noisemakers SONNY'S MUSIC Housewives Ask For Space And Lots of It for Homes By BETTY PRYOR United Press International Washington (UPI) Space, lots of space, is the main thing housewives want in a new home. That was the consensus of two separate women's housing conferences held here recent ly. Delegates expressed a de sire for more rooms, bigger rooms and, especially, more closet space. They preferred spaciousness to built-in planters, dishwash ers, garbage disposals, inter communications systems andl other appliances and gadgets. These, they agreed, could be added later. Nearly 200 homemakers from across the nation at tended the conferences. The women were chosen for knowledge of and interest in home planning. One session was sponsored by McCall's magazine and the other by the housing industry through the National Association of Home Builders. . Most homemakers , consid ered a family room and two bathrooms as "musts" in a new house, along with eating space in the kitchen. Plus an entrance hall, patio and sep arate dining room. Basements are a "must" with housewives from the north. Southern and western delegates expressed a wish for bigger utility rooms. The women want trees on home lots, but advised build ers not to attempt landscap ing they prefer to do it them selves. Voted down were picture windows that look out on the street, the. wall next door or trash cans. No picture win dow unless there is a picture to see, they said. In general, the homemak ers preferred a one-story CORNER MAIN and R 2,30 a'm8 llfl Join the Crowd Elf party mm Noise Makers NO Hats sISSO Reservations Balloons JaiM I Fun For All M F HOT TURKEY SANDWICHES NEW YEAR'S EVE Scotty and Bob at the TEXACO SERVICE 4 Corners Crater Lake Highway Are Killing the Old Gobbler Sandwiches Will Be Served at HUNTER'S TAUERH ' . Across the Street COME AND ENJOY THE PARTY WITH ALL THE NEW YEAR'S TRIMMINGS! Get Set for a Gala ... v tft if DANCE flew Year's Eve! DECEMBER 31st at the Jacksonville Community fcVt house of colonial or subdued modern design to two-story or split-level houses. They didn't mind mixing different styles of architecture on the same street, if done with taste and restraint. Si Thanks for making the past year such a happy one for us. We hope the hands of time hold a wealth of hap piness, success and health for you in '59. May your year be as cheery as our wishes for you. Your Friendly Credit Jtwaltr IS NORTH CENTRAL RIVERSIDE . 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