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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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at least 140 degrees than in
cooler water.
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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
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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.
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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
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