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2 MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Oregon, Thursday, January 1, 1959 Practically anything can be found on the desk of the society editor, but we were a bit puzzled Monday morning to find several grains of rice. The grains were discovered while opening the mail, and not long after, the mystery was solved. We found several more grains in the corner of an envelope mailed by the newly married Mrs. William Patton. Mrs. Patton, who until last Saturday afternoon was Shirley Douglass, had hurriedly written a note on United Airlines stationery to say that she had passed on our request for picture coverage on the wedding, and "everything is now in the hands of the photographer who says he is terribly rushed but will do his best." Shirley and Bill Patton were married in Portland, and were en route to Mexico for their honeymoon when the bride snatched a few moments to write the note. The Christmas-New Year holiday season always brings a rash of wed dings and engagements - romance seems to flourish along with the holly and mistletoe. And no wonder-it's a gay, warm time of the year when everyone seems happier than usual; to be married at that season should make it a doubly happy occasion. It also means that anniversaries will always come at this gay time of the year, and at a time when everyone is thinking in terms of a brand new year for work and living. According to the statisticians, weddings fell off about 10 per cent last year in the United States. In spite of this, the Institute of Life Insurance reports that Dan Cupid still is very much in business and about 1,300,000 couples were married in 1958. While Potpourri hasn't kept a record of the exact number of weddings in the county, we're sure that this district contributed its share and will continue to : do so this coming Sunday's social section will be proof 1 of this. (While reading this, Pal Peg reminded us that the ' two of us wrote 28 weddings for one Sunday issue in 1958, a ' record number for publication in one day for this paper.) i - ; Gay Pauley, with tongue in cheek, writes from New ; York that her New Year's resolutions are not hard to keep. ; She just resolves to do what she knows she will do "any ; how. It sticks in the back of Potpourri's mind that formal lists of New Year's resolutions usually number 8 or 10. We could easily make up such a list, but it would be pretty discouraging to contemplate. Maybe we'll compromise with our conscience, and just make two or three. One would be to find time, somehow or the other, to read more during the coming year. The second would be to keep our corner at the office a little neater, as well as the second office at home, and not to hoard so many pieces of reading material - books, magazines, newspapers, recipes, pamphlets, clippings, letters. These two resolutions would really be only one-if we had more time to read, the stack of reading material would't get ahead of us. If we threw away more material to begin with, there wouldn't be so much left to read. Now might be a good time to apologize to those indi viduals to whom we owe letters - some for longer than a year, we admit with regret. But the hours hasten relent lessly onward, and by the time each day's stint is handled, there never seems to be enough time for correspondence. Gradually the file at the office, and the box at home labeled "Potpourri mail" are getting fuller and fuller. Some of the mail can't be answered in a few minutes, either, but takes thought and time. Weeks and weeks ago we wrote a letter to a woman in Gold Hill which had been long overdue then. After it was written and designed, we read it again and tore it up. It didn't say what we meant it to say. Maybe some day we will find time to write one which sounds just : right. ! There's a little notice tacked on the news room bulletin ' board which says that a reporter should not use a word j unless he knows the exact and precise meaning. So, what j are cockles? Even the dictionary isn't sure. Potpourri's Christmas, mail contained a delightful and zany letter from a friend who sent us some holiday goodies to "warm the cockles of your stomach." "You do have cockles, don't you?" she asked. Not being sure that we did have cockles, particularly of the stomach, we rushed "to Webster, but he .was most disappointing. Cockle is a word of obscure origin and meaning, was all the satisfaction we got. We'll have. to add research in cockles to the list of things we're going to do when ,ve have more time. ' While we're thinking about the precise meaning of words, how about this word '"happy?" Everyone is wishing everyone else a Happy New Year. We passed op the dic tionary this time, and looked in the big quotation book. We found quotations from Milton, Dryden, Pope, Shake speare, Virgil, Aeschylus. Byron, John Vance Cheney and a score of other authors. Potpourri liked this one, by James Oppenheim. It is from "The Wise" and says "The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet." O.S. More Safety Ed ucation Said Needed by Children New York-(CPD -Youngsters need more safety education. Each year, about 6,000 chil dren from 5 to 14 years of age are killed in accidents, according to figures compiled by the Metropolitan Life In surance company. Sixteen per cent of the ac cidental deaths among boys in this age group occur in the home. For girls in this group, the figure is 30 per cent. Motor vehicle accidents cause 40 per cent of the deaths. Three out of every five motor vehicle deaths at ages 5 to 9 incolve children on streets, driveways and highways. One out of every four children killed in the 10 to 14 bracket are pedes- iVinsons Return From Trip South ; Mr. and Mrs. Kin Vinson, ; route 4, box 400A, Medford, . returned to Medford Tuesday . evening following a vacation '- in Salinas, Calif., where they ; visited Mrs. Vinson's mother, Mrs. Connie Russell, and oth er relatives. The couple left the valley December 24. We Will Be CLOSED FRIDAY & SATURDAY January 2nd & 3rd FOR INVENTORY Sims Cycle & Hobby Shop trians. One out of four fatal injuries among boys and one out of eight among girls occur in recreational and other out door areas, the statistics show. Farm accidents cause 7 per cent of the fatalities among school-age children. But at ages 10 to 14, accidental deaths among boys on farms rise to 10 per cent. Drowning causes 24 per cent of all fatalities among boys in the 5 to 14 age group, compared with 12 per cent for girls. The accident chart reveals that drownings be come more numerous as chil dren grow older, since older children are bound to do more swimming, boating and other water sports on their own. While falls may injure many children, the death rate is 3 per cent of the total. The careless use of firearms re sults in 13 per cent of the ac cidental deaths arnong boys aged 10 to 14. CALENDAR Friday 1 p.m. - Electa Social club, Girls Community club. 1 p.m. - Getogether club, Girls Community club. Women Shattered Man's By SHERI GILES United Press International Chicago ITD Ladies shat-1 tered records, precedents and j traditions more than ever be- j fore in '53. leaving the i "man's world'' in fragments. The only male sanctuaries seemingly left intact: the Presidency, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the men's bar at the Waldorf. Some 19.000 women were immortalized in the first edi tion of "Who's Who of Amer ican Women." The year produced lady deckhands, lady boxing ref erees, lady submarine decora tors, a lady papyrologist, lady construction workers, missile workers, paper hangers, plumbers, hog judges, and, much to the dismay of F.B.I. Chief J. Edgar Hoover, the year produced more lady bankrobbers than ever be fore, too. Despite boisterous har rumphing from menfolk, Bri tain's pompous old house of lords became the House of i Lords and Ladies, admitting four peeresses. A Negro woman-Mrs. Vel Phillips, of Wisconsin be came the first national com mitteewoman of her race. A lady from Costa Rica was the first of her sex appointed to the council of organization of American states. Princess Margaret was caught up in new rumors about a renewal of her ro mance with Peter Townsend. A new book claimed she still loves' him. Margaret ended the year still single. Mamie "Tireless" First Lady Mamie Eisen hower played tireless White House hostess with time out for a headline-grabbing trip to Arizona for a beauty rest." Opera star Maria Callas was fired from virtually every important opera house in the world, including La Scala in Milan. There, in front of the President of New York Reporter Lists Easy -To -Keep Resolutions By GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor New York - (LTD - Who said New Year's resolutions are made for breaking! I've just -JJj gone . through me usi oi iu made on this day last year and scored 99 and 44-100 per cent mainte nance. The se cret?Make ' easv-to-keeD resolu tions, Gay Pauley which play to of human nature; don't aim for self-improvement. A- noted psychologist, Dr. James F. Bender, says we fail to keep the do-good resolu tions because "we are imper fect manifestations of God's creation." We go right an making them because "of our sense of guilt . . . our eager ness to expiate and improve," he added. But I've found keeping the other resolves is a breeze. Last year, for instance, I re solved to quit giving seats to old ladies on busses and subways; tc gossip at every opportunity; i. ver be on time for anything except trains and planes; not worry about the waistline; and go ahead and run up charge accounts. Draws Up New List Having scored such notable success in '58, I've made a new list for 1959. Join me, if you'd like a resolution kept New Year. s kit BURELSON'S u Annual SHOE Ce Nov In Don't Miss this 4hoe Main and Bartlett Sts. ft Italy, she trotted off the stage. Princess Grace, of Monaco, gave birth to Prince Albert, made heir to the throne. She later visited America with Prince Rainier. Queen Fred erika, of Greece, toured the U.S. to study atomic instal lations. During the year,. "BB" came to mean more than what little boys shoot out of guns, the new twist: Brigitte Bar dot. France's gift to filmdom. Petite and spirited Sister Duns Scotus formed the Aus tin Minnesota Rocket society with a group of youngsters. All of the women's head lines were not happy. Three nuns died in a Chir cago school fire that killed 89 children. A foirrth nun died later of injuries from the the fire. Fate and tradition split the Shah Pahlevi, of Iran, and his beloved Saroya. The Shah divorced his queen be cause she had failed to bear him a male heir. Coya Knutson, blonde con gresswoman from Minnesota, had trouble with home-loving husband, Andrew. He waged a futile "Coya Come Home" campaign, claiming, his wife's ardent political career, plus her male secretary, was ruin ing their marriage. She lost her re-election bid and was last heard insinuat Student Spends Holidays in South Sidney Smith, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rinard, 1708 Thomas road, Medford, will return to the valley Sunday following a holiday visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Smith, Laguna Beach, Calif. Young Smith is a freshman at Southern Oregon college, Ashland, and makes his home during the school year with the Rinards. Resolved -Not to have the exact fare when I board a bus; -To back seat drive any time I so desire; -To buy freely and take back or exchange just freely, so long as the stores will let me get by with same; To go ahead and shove in crowds, resorting to the convincing qualities of point ed toes and needle heels any time necessary; -To nag, nag, nag; -To swat my nieces and nephew anytime they cross me; that is, if their parents are out of the room; -To ignore friends and rela tives' birthdays; no gifts or cards in '59, for who wants to be reminded of the passing of the years anyway? Ask for Raise -Not to worry if I haven't read the newest books, seen the latest movies and plays. Just go ahead and be a con versational bore; -Not to laugh at other peo ple's jokes even if they're funny, unless they start laugh ing at mine even if not funny; -To be cantankerous if I wish, although I realize that Webster shows the adjective used to describe an old maid. -To go ahead and be disor ganized, as charged; -To change my mind at will; men say this is a wom an's privilege and why fight 'em: -To ask the boss for a raise. A Happy New Year to everyone. araenc Progress! Big Savings Event alon Phone SP 2-6428 World In 1958; Many Firsts Recorded ing that she was the victim of , hullabaloo raised by her hus band. Ingrid Bergman divorced Italian film director Roberto Kossellini, and announced that her third husband would be another Swede. Lars Schmidt. Wives Loyal Throughout '58 wives de fended their mates when hard times struck. Rachel Adams stood up for Sherman in the Goldfine case. Mrs. vvmiam jvnowiana, wue ot auiorma - senator, xongue- Jashed former Gov. Goodwin Knight when the two men had an election squabble. And Mrs. Hyman Rickover was downright furious when her husband, "father of the nuclear submarine," was snubbed at ceremonies hon oring the "Nautilus." More women went to Con gress, setting a new record of 18 members. Bertha Adkins was the first woman appoint ed to a cabinet under-secre-taryship. She's under-secre-tary of the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare. At the 13th general as sembly of the U.N.,' there were 41 women delegates or alternates, another feminine i record. A Swede, Mrs. Agda Rossell, was the first woman permanent U.N. delegate. Brazil promoted a woman to the diplomatic rank of minister. A woman is U.S. Ambassador to Norway. And, for a brief time, a woman was acting premier of Swe den; the premier was vaca tioning. A Scotsborn widow is Lord ramous Name GIRDLES and BRAS HALF PRICE .DRESS'E Formerly to $55.00 $E00 . ST1o00 BURLESON'S SEMI-ANNUAL Greater Values Than Ever Before! GROUP 1 Palizzios De Liso Debs Florsheim Hill & Dale $ Regular $19.95 to $22.95 GROUP 3 Lucky Strides Cirrarto Natural Bridge $J90 Regular Values to $11.95 ' YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT Main and Bartlett Streets Mayor of Dublin, and a worn- an leftist is mayor of Delhi India. Forty-one U.S. states have a total of 300 women in their legislatures. Women now hold more than half the country's stock, vote 70 per cent of all stock, and spend 80 per cent of all family income. Mrs. Mary Roebling became the first woman ever named to the board of governors on the American stock exchange. Women starred, too, in the t sports world Grela Anderson set a new woman's world record for swimming the English chan nel. She missed the men's record by eight, minutes. The hefty housewife also set a world record by b.eing the first to swim California's Catalina channel both ways. Tennis flash Althea Gibson, of Harlem, became the firsi Negro to win the Wimbleton Championships. Mickey Wright claimed the ladies' pro golf title and Anne Quast won the ladies amateur crown. Thimble Club Plans Meeting on Friday Phoenix - Thimble club of Oak circle, Neighbors of Woodcraft, . will meet at the home of Mrs. Bertha Cobleigh, Friday, January 2. A covered dish luncheon will be served; election of officers is planned for the business session. No meeting of Neighbors of Woodcraft will be held, since it would have fallen on Janu ary 1. Next meeting of the lodge will be January 8 at 8 p.m. at Phoenix Grange hall. I k No Exchanges ... Town Foot Regular $13.95 to $16.95 Regular $8.90 to $10.95 c J 90 A traditional male strong hold, the baseball pressbox, fell to a woman with the se lection of Mary Barbor of Winston-Salem, N.C., as top writer in an annual sports writing competition. Fashion Fickle Fashion, as ever, was fickle in '58. The year began with a renaisance of the 20's long pearls and sacKs. It ended with a renaissance Empress Josephine gowns. Most controversial style of the year: the trapeze, which hid women in billowing folds of clotn straight from the shoulderbones to the knee caps. Men groaned. The "ahm-peer" (as Empire sometmes s pronounced), the compromise style, moved the waistline up under trie bosom. The Japanese marriage sweepstakes, with Crown Prince Akihito as first prize, was won by Michiko Shoda. She will be the first common er Empress in Japan's 2,600 year history. Princess Margaretha, of Sweden, moped when hoped for romance with a London, jazz pianist got the royal thumbs down. Debbie and Eddie Fisher's idyllic marriage crashed. Jayne Mansfield wed former "Mr. Universe," Mickey Har gitay. Frank' Sinatra courted both Lauren Bacall and Lady Beatty, of London. Dennis and Lindsay Crosby married chorines. Father Bing took to the nursery to sing lullabys to a new son. Tragedy Stalks Tragedy stalked thrice-wed Liz Taylor. Mike Todd died Don't Miss These Fabulous Values During Our . . . No Refunds . . . All Sales SPORTSWEAR T-Shirts Capri Pants Bermudas Car Coats . . . Values to $22.98 earaoce GROUP 2 & Country Joyce Flairs Geppetos $90 GROUP 4 Joyce Flats Cobblers Town & Country Flats 5 INVITEDI Phone SP 2-6428 Veterans Bridge Club To Play Friday Night Camp White - Camp White V eterans Bridge ' club will play for master points when the club meet Friday, January 2, at camp. Berg Marten and Roy Pru itt scored 30 points to take first place for last Friday's meeting. In a tie for second and third were the George Rodes. and Mrs. Frank Baker and her partner, Mrs. Marten. in an air crash. Grace Metali ous, penwoman of "Peyton Place,'' got a quickie divorce from her teacher husband to wed a disc jockey. The stork flapped his wings over roosts of Patrice Munsel, the Peter Lawfords, Debbie Reynolds-Fisher, and two of the Dionne Quints. To another, opera star Lily Pons, came divorce after 22 years of marriage to conduc tor Andre Kostelanetz. The world lost several of its leading women. Among them: Martha Taft, wife of the laQte Sen. Robert Taft; mystery novelist, Mary. Rob erts Rhinehart; and writer Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The unpredictability of womankind was in plain sight. Mrs. Marian Neuberger, wife of Oregon's Democratic Senator, appeared at a Wash ington fund-raising jamboree dressed in a bathing suit. Said she: "Evil is as evil thinks." A Durham, N. C, home maker talked for 72 hours, two minutes and 53 seconds, winning the world's talking record. . Said a listener: "She talked about every thing but her age." Final! SWEATERS Values to 17.95 $500 $900 Cashmere & Italian Imports VSSW' 1300 Regular .Values to 75.00 $1900 FAMOUS NAME SUITS Regular Values to 115.95 $29 IT LINGERIE SLIPS GOWNS $400 $500 ANKLETS Reg. Pairs Mitchells Hosts At Party Today Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Mitchell, 33 Black Oak drive, are hosts today for an informal New I i ears aay open house. About 0 friends have been invited to call. Guests will watch the various "bowl"' games on tele vision. Out-of-town guests are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. White and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sutherland, all Portland. Family Returns To California Mr. and Mrs. William V. Jones and three small sons, Bill. Chris and Gregory, have returned to California after visiting in the home of Mr. Jones' mother, Mrs. Esther Jones, 31 Myers court. The Jones also spent some time with other relatives and friends in the valley. Mr. Jones is timber man agement staff officer for the Mendocino Nationals o r e s t service, with headquarters at Willows, Calif. Family Spends Holiday in Salem Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jewett and children James, Thomas and Anne, 903 Win chester street, returned to Medford on Monday after spending the Christmas holi days in Salem. They visited Mrs. Jewett's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Doughton, and other relatives. On Saturday Mrs. Jewett assisted her mother with a neighborhood tea given at the Doughton home. r I v SUITS $2900 Vi Price COATS $49$69 1.00 pa.' $00
