Gold Hill Lodge
Plans Ceremony
Gold Hill Gold Hill Odd
Fellows will confer first de
gree of the order when it
meets Tuesday, February 10
at 8 p.m. in the local hall on
Fourth avenue, according to
Robert McDaniel, noble
grand of the lodge. Three
candidates from Grants Pass
and one from Central Point
will receive the degree. H. D.
Force is captain of the de
gree team.
Mr. McDaniels has named
his committees for the en
suing year. They include
Leonard Andrews, Robert
Cook, and Delos Walker,
trustees of the lodge; Ernest
Lyman, Leonard Andrews
and Wilbur Martin, finance;
William Ferguson, Lester
Parker and Wilbur Martin,
cemetery; H. D. Force and
.Delos Walker, flower.
The refreshment committee
for Tuesday's meeting are
Paul Thompson, Jerry Her
rington and Cecil Johnson.
Plans were made by the
Odd Fellows to invite mem
bers of Amethyst Rebekah
lodge to join them once a
month for a social evening.
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Museum's 100-Year Old Dresses
Modeled by Pioneer's Decendants
Oregon celebrates an im
portant event February 14-
the 100th anniversary of the
state's admission into the
union. To mark this occasion,
and to salute the pioneer
women who played an impor
tant role in the early-day his
tory of Oregon, today's front
page pictures are of Jackson
county women and children
wearing clothing which dates
back a century or more,
The treasure - filled rooms
of the Jacksonville museum
not only provided the cloth
ing and other articles worn
by the subjects, but the mu
seum rooms are the setting
for the models. Miss Mary
Hanley, member of a pioneer
family herself, and curator of
the museum, cooperated with
The Mail Tribune in the proj
ect, and submitted interest
ing data on the clothing and
other articles.
Of particular interest is the
picture of Susan Mitcheltree,
for she is wearing a wedding
dress first worn by her ma
ternal great-great-great-grand
mother, Cordelia Miller. The
wedding of Cordelia Miller to
John W. McGhee took place
December 19, 1840, in Calo-
way county, Missouri, with
the Rev. Moses Payne offi
ciating. Three Wear Gown
Next to wear this historic
dress was Mary Elizabeth Mc
Ghee, who was ' married to
Silas J. Day, May 22, 1871,
in Portland, Ore. The Rev.
C. C. Stratton was the minis
ter. The third bride who wore
the gown was Susan's great-
grandmother, Mary Louisa
(Mamie) Day when she was
married to Henry Gould Dox
on August 29, 1894, in Jack
sonville. The Rev. W. B.
Moore read the ceremony
Susan is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Mitcheltree,
1966 Ross lane, Medford. One
of her great-grandfathers, Si
las Day, served as an early
judge in Oregon.
The dress is of cream-col
ored and pale pink silk with
a damask sash. Susan also
wears the tiny hat which orig
inally was worn with the
gown, the hat being made of
silk, chiffon, wax orange blos
soms and lilies-of-the-valley.
For the picture she carried an
heirloom handkerchief edged
with wide lace which was
used by her grandmothers
The dress is on loan to the
museum by Mrs. Mitcheltree.
The heirloom dress worn
by Mrs. Charles Barnes is
more than a century old. Of
figured black silk trimmed
in silk lace and silk frogs
the dress is entirely hand
made and lined throughout
with cambric. It belonged to
Sally Rood Doolittle, great
grandmother of Ben R.
Bones. Grants Pass, who
brought the drcjss to the Jack
sonville museum.
Mrs. Doolittle was the moth
er of James R. Doolittle, a
Wisconsin senator during Civ
il War days who died in 1880.
Historic Purse
The purse carried by Mrs.
Barnes is of steel-cut beads
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and was part of the wedding
outfit of a bride married in
1851. It also is a gift to the
museum from Mr. Bones. The
black velvet bonnet, trim
med with black silk flowers
and lace, was worn origin
ally by Mrs. Thomas Beall,
the Bealls having come to
the valley in the early 1850's.
It was brought to the muse
um by Mrs. Guy Garrett,
Jacksonville. Her white silk
mitts were a gift to the mu
seum from the Stevenson
family, early settlers in Sams
Valley, and the pin worn at
the neck of the dress is a
gift from Mrs. F. C. Purkey
pile, Cascade, Ore.
Mrs. Barnes was formerly
Dorothy Orth, daughter of
the John Orths, and her moth
er was an Ankey, both fam
ilies having lived in Jackson
county for many years.
The costume worn by Miss
Hanley is of historic inter
est. The blue cotton dress was
the wedding dress of Amelia
Evaline Danick, Grants Pass,
who was married in Novem
ber, 1871, and it was worn
by its owner for 45 years as
her "good dress." The bride's
father hauled the sand which
was used in building the
Jacksonville courthouse (now
the museum.) The dress was
loaned to the museum by L.
N. Dow, Medford.
Hoover Heirloom
Over the dress Miss Han
ley is wearing an elaborately
beaded and fringed black dol
man, an heirloom in the
Hoover family and a loan
from Mrs. Elizabeth H. So-
liss. Medford. The small
black bonnett has a beaded
edee: it belonged to the
grandmother of Mrs. W.'J.
Wilson, Medford. The red vel
vet reticule she is carrying
is an heirloom in the Hanley
family, as is the gold brooch
at the neck of her dress. The
square - rimmed steel specta
cles are from a museum dis
play. '
For the picture Mrs. Lynn
Valentine dressed in a heavy
black satin skirt, which be
longed to the mother of Mrs.
Ruth Fetzner and Mrs. Cora
Gunning, formerly of Grants
Pass, and a black alpaca
waist. The waist is made with
peplum and is trimmed with
narrow velvet ribbon. It be
longs to Mrs. Guy Garrett,
Jacksonville. The black silk
neckpiece worn by Mrs. Val
entine is edged with cream-
colored lace and trimmed
with black velvet streamers.
It was worn originally by
Mrs. Silas J. Day, and is
loaned to the museum by her
erand-dauehter, Mrs. Mitch
eltree.
The black velvet bonnet
worn by Mrs. Valentine is
a gift from Mrs. Robert Mc-
Colley, Zenith, Wash., form
erly of Jackson county, and
is trimmed with velvet braid,
jet beads, flowers and egret
feathers.
Mrs. Valentine and her
husband purchased an old
home in Jacksonville, have
restored it and plan to oper
ate an old - fashioned "guest
house."
Models Twice
Gayle Offenbacher served
twice as a model for today's
picture. In one picture she
wears a lavender checked
silk dress with very full skirt
over hoops, a shawl collar
and wide sleeves edged with
silk fringe. This gown, more
than 100 years old, belonged
to the great-aunt of Mrs. Al
fred S. V. Carpenter, Med
ford, who donated the dress
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Decorations for the annual formal St.
Valentine's dance of Rogue Valley Country
club were made last week by six members
of the committee. Working Friday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. B. D. Mitchell on Black
Oak drive were (left to right, standing) Mrs.
C. H. Barrell, Mrs. R. R. Dickey. Mrs.
Jerry Olson and Mrs. Edward Gordon; and
(seated, left to right) Mrs. Mitchell and
Mrs. L. R. Smith. The dance will be held at
the clubhouse Saturday, February 14. The
Mitchells and the Olsons are co-chairmen
for the event. Cocktails will be served from
8 to 9 p.m. with dancing and buffet dinner
to follow.
Lodge to Sponsor
Square Dancing
Medford Moose lodge an
nounces a class of instructions
for beginners in square danc
ing to commence Friday, Feb
ruary 20 at 8 p.m.
The class will continue for
10 Friday nights and is open
to all adults over 16 interested
in learning modern style
square dancing.
Additional information may
be obtained by calling E.
Francis Cronin, SPring 3
3171 days from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. or SPring 3-3475 nights.
to the museum. The brooch
she is wearing was always
worn with this dress, accord
ing to Mrs. Carpenter.
The long white muslin
nightgown worn' by Gayle
for the front page picture is
a loan from Mrs. F. C. Loom
is, Medford. It is trimmed
with many tucks, lace and
blue satin bows. The white
cotton nightcap made with
lace-edged ruffle was worn
originally by the great-grandmother
of the late Mary Wet
terer, Jacksonville.
The 85-year-old dress worn
by little Robin Zuspann is of
orange and white checked
wool trimmed with black
braid, a loan to the museum
from Mrs. Gertrude H. Piper,
Redding, Calif. Lorena Zus
pann wears a red-figured
white cotton dress originally
worn by the late Alice Han
ley as a small child, and
about 100 years old, The dress
is a gift to the museum from
Miss Hanley's nieces, the
Misses. Martha, Mary and
Claire Hanley.
Teretha Wolff Is holding a
doll, made with china head
and kid skin body, which be
longed to the late Minnie
Bernice Jackson Koyl, and
which was presented to the
museum by her husband,
Charles W. Koyl, Ashland.
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Rebekahs, Odd Fellows
Hold Annual Installation
TRAVERSE RODS
Installation of officers of
Rebekahs and Odd Fellows
was held February 3 at the
Odd Fellows hall.
Mrs. R. W. Smith was in
stalled as noble grand of the
Rebekahs and Ronald Atkins,
noble grand of the Odd Fel
lows. . ,
Other officers installed for
Olive Rebekah lodge were
Mrs. Esther Coleman, vice
grand; Mrs. Harry Bryant, Le
Roy Cline, financial secre
tary; Mrs. Donald Ivie, treas
urer; Mrs. F. A. Daughert and
Mrs. Joe Cove, right and left
supporters to noble grand;
Mrs. Riley Applegate, ward
en; Mrs. C. D. Hershiser, con
ductor. Also Mrs. John Poage, mu
sician; Mrs. J. D. Brummond,
chaplain; Mrs. C. E. Naffziger,
color bearer; Mrs. P. M. Al
dredge, and Mrs. Homer Vin
zant, right and left support
ers to vice-grand; Mrs. Ken
neth Stockoff and Mrs. Har
riet Shever, inside and out
side guardians; and Mrs. Lee
Garrett, acting past noble
grand.
Officers installed for the
Odd Fellows were Henry
Guss, vice - grand; Clarence
Hershiser, warden; Jesse
Thomasson, conductor; E. D.
Perkins and E. B. McNew,
right and left supporters to
noble grand; E. W. Pease and
W. H. Dyer, inside and out
side guardians; F. A. Daugh
erty and Enos Naffziger, right
and left supporters to vice
grand; Emil Bulker, chaplain,
and Don V. Piatt, musician.
David Lindsay, Ashland,
district deputy grand master
and Mrs. J. D. Brummond,
district deputy, and installing
teams from the Ashland lodg-
es conducted the installation
ceremonies.
Refreshments were served
by Mrs. Daugherty and Mrs.
Cove.
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cognac in chafing dish with
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