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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mdford, On., W,dntl(Jy, ftbruiry 11, 1939 State Centennial Theme For Stamp Club Meeting Oregon's Centennial was the theme, both in program and decorations, for the recent meeting of Southern Oregon Stamp club held at Girls' Community club. Clyde Smith, past presi dent of the club and a collec tor of early day covers, had on display 12 pages of a col lection he will exhibit at the Northwest Federation of Stamp clubs' exhibition in June at Portland. Mr. Smith said it was only 20 per cent of the collection he will display. He also read an article to the club, that he has sent to the "Weekly Philatelic Gossip" a stamp magazine, entitled "Where Rolls The Oregon," on the history of Oregon and the Centennial stamp to be is sued to commemorate the event on February 14 at As toria. Two of the covers on dis play were carried by steam er .to the west coast, at the cost of 40 cents per half ounce and 80 cents an ounce. The date was in the early 1850's; one letter was sent from Wellsburg, Va., and the other FOE Auxiliary State President To Be Visitor Mrs. Waunita Walter, Prine ville, madam president of the auxiliary to Oregon Fraternal Order of Eagles, will visit Medford Thursday, February 12. Mrs. Walter will be honored at a no-host dinner to be given at the Wooden shoe at 6:30 p.m. by the Medford auxiliary. During the meeting to follow in the Eagles hall, 217 West Main street, initiation will be held. Adarel Social Club Announces Meeting Adarel Social club will meet at the honie of Mrs. Fred Gardner, . 44 Renault street, Thursday, February 12. Des-. sert will be served at 12:30 p.m. Gas money can sure pile up ButSlMCA can save you hundreds of dollars a year in gas alone Get this FREE gas savings calculator at our showroom today SIMCA DICK KNIGHT CO. Phmouth-DeSoto-Simea 33 S. Rivarsid from Indianapolis, Ind. Both were addressed to the Clerk of the District Court, Oregon City, Oregon Territory. An other cover had been mailed from Portland, O. T. to West Tualatin, O. T. about 1853. Many covers in Mr. Smith's collections are addresed to or were from some member of the Applegate family. One such cover was from Rose burg, which at that time, 1855, was called Deer Creek. Rose burg was settled about 1851 by Aaron Rose. One cover in the collection had been mailed to L. R. Webster in Jackson ville, Ore., from the Plain dealer; in the letterhead on the cover the town is spelled "Roseburg"; the post office cancellation spells it "Rose burgh." The name Deer Creek was changed to Roseburgh about 1857. Two covers were post marked Jacksonville, and urnro cont in tho lOn'e o 1 c-- One was addressed to Joseph ! Roseborough, at Yreka, Calif.; j the other was addressed to . E-nmu I' ,ButleIr' Jackson-! One page of the collection j carried a picture of E. W. j Tracy, founder of the E. W. iracy express company, ana ; a leuer carried oy uie com- pany from Portland to Butte ville. A schedule of the Tracy Express showed that the firm had offices and agents starting j at Portland, then Oregon City, Butteville, and so on down to Jacksonville, where C. C. Beekman, was listed as the agent. Later Tracy sold out to Wells Fargo company. A picture of C. C. Beekman, banker and express agent of Jacksonville, and a cover ad dressed to him from Rock Point, Ore., in 1879, made up another page of the collection. Beekman also ran an express company, but Beekman covers are extremely hard to find. Two very interesting cov ers were mailed during the Modoc Indian War, 1873, and were not carried by regular mail. One, sent to Lindsay Applegate, was carried by an Indian messenger "Bill." The other, mailed in Yreka, was also to Lindsay Applegate. ! and carries the notation that j it was sent by military ex press. The last two covers dis played were mailed from, and commemorated the Lewis and Clark Exposition held in Port land in 1905. " Decorations consisted of an antique candle lantern, be lieved to have come over the Siskiyous in a wagon train. It is about 18 inches high and 8 inches square. There is glass on three sides with a tin slid ing door in the back so the candle can be lit. Also in the decor was a wooden dough bowl which was filled with greenery. The president appointed the committees for the year, with Mrs. Edward Leach and Mrs. Mamie Bloomfield on the pro gram committee. Refresh ments and entertainment, Mrs. Roland Beach; by-laws, Rus sell Herbert and Clyde Smith; sales books, Mr. Smith; cards, Mrs. Lillian Capsey; publicity, Mrs. Eric de Place. The mem bership committee is made up of Elmer Binker, Mrs. de Place, Mr. Smith and Mr. Herbert. Mrs. Mamie Bloomfield was chairman of the refreshment committee. Committee mem bers wore sunbonnets and aprons over 70 years old. Each member was given an Oregon Centennial seal, and the napkins were inscribed "We Invite You To Oregon's 100th Anniversary Celebra tion." The stamp club will next meet March 5, and Frank Ap plegate will speak on his col lection of revenue stamps. He is past president of a national organization of revenue stamp collectors. way to care for wood floors Tie werfd" forge it makr f hatdwd fleers recommends this clean-as-you-wax method as best. Just pour a little bruce on the floor and stubborn marks, dirt, old wax wipe away easily. The dirt on the cloth. Buff very lightly and you re through in half the time. Try this better, method next time vou wax. bruce cleamng wax for a coat of wax. For lkht L Iron Co. Motors of true Srf PcUshing Wax & other floor cor products Christiansen Advertising Agtncy Ad No. 8423100 lines . Newspapers, 1959 '-v --: - fcSJ - . "" It. A ' Symbol of the 1959 World cross of the Coptic Orthodox church, the ancient church of Christians founded by Saint Mark. Christian Women of Egypt prepared the service which will be used for the annual prayer day Friday, February 13, throughout the world. Medford's observance will be held at the First Church of the Nazarant beginning at 12:30 p.m. Past Presidents Of Lincoln PTA To Be Honored Lincoln Parent-Teacher as sociation will observe Found- ers' dav and honor past presi' dents at a Lincoln's birthday meeting February 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Mrs. Sebastiano J. Fagone, president, states that the pro gram being planned will be a memorable one, and she urges all past presidents to attend. Invitations have been mailed to those whose addresses were available, she stated. Members of other PTA units are also invited to attend. Records show that the Lin coln school building is the oldest in use in the city of Medford. The school was or iginally known as the North Side school, with the name later changed to Lincoln. Friday's meeting will also be the first of a number of Oregon Centennial events planned by Lincoln unit. Next event will be the annual car nival. The executive committee will serve refreshments for the coming meeting, with Mrs. William Troupe and Mrs. John Weber in charge. During the business meet ing a nominating committee will be chosen. Child care will be provided for voune chil- dren. It is requested that mothers wishing to purchase bonnets made by the PTA do so at this meeting. Calendar Calendar notices and news for Che society section of The Mail 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 5 a.m of the day for publication and for week day news is 5 p.m. the day before publication. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Women's auxili ary, Jackson County Medi cal Society, home of Mrs. William Miller, 1307 Queen Anne ave. 7:45 p.m. Medford Toast- mistress club, Girls Commu nity club. 8 p.m. West Side Moth ers club, school cafeteria. Thursday: ' 10:15 a.m. Congregation al Women's Fellowship study group, parsonage. 10:30 a.m. Howard Home Extension unit, with Mrs. Delbert Ross, 2425 Table Rock rd. 12 noon Congregational Women's Fellowship, Pilgrim House. 12 noon Zonta club, Jackson hotel. 12:30 p.m. Medford So journers club, Girls Commu nity club. 1:30 p.m. Missionary Society of Medford ' Pilgrim Holiness church, home, of Mrs. Norman McMahan, 1036 Cherry St. 5:30-7:30 pm. - Jefferson PTA dinner, at school. comes up usual easier Use rich wax - C' PS. V 7 T5 Day of Prayer is the Coptic Prayer Day Set Friday The annual World Day of Prayer, sponsored each year by the Medford Council of United Church Women, is to be observed on Friday, Febru ary 13, in First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly street. Beginning with a sand wich luncheon at 12:30 o'clock, devotions will be given at the table with minis ters of Medford presenting thoughts on the several topics pertaining to prayer which will be considered. Prayer circles will imme diately follow with ministers' wives as leaders. It is stated that the table discussions and morning program will be held in the church annex and im mediately following the for mal program will be given in the church sanctuary at 1:30 o'clock. It is stated that the service for this year has been pre pared by Christian women of Egypt, state officers of the council, and "reflects deep spiritual thinking and Christ ian concern for all nations." 'The basic purpose of the world wide -chain of prayer is to unite all Christians in a bond of prayer for peace and brotherly love among the na tions and to promote concern for the welfare of both foreign and home mission work to which fields the offering goes," the council states. One hundred and forty-four coun tries on six continents will have participated when the day closes. Prayers in sixty languages, and one thousand dialects will assist in this un broken chain, it is estimated. Theme for the day is "Lord, I Believe." Mrs. William Ricken, chair man for the day, announces that all are welcome to at tend and that small children will be cared for in a nursery. Prospect Groups Give Dimes Party Prospect - Three bridge clubs of the Prospect area combined and gave a March of Dimes benefit party Thurs day, February 5, at Prospect Community club. The Bridgettes entertained 20 women for auction bridge. Refreshments were served. Prize for high score was won by Mrs. Hazel Ulrich, second high by Mrs. Darwin Bevens and consolation by Mrs. Jack Rienks. The sum of SI 7 was cleared for the March of Dimes. meopofto ' f ' carrying a torch? give her FLAMBEAU fiery Faberge fragrance in this beautiful heart-red Cologn 'pray, red-boxed 3.75 ... or in a refillable golden metal gift case, complete 5.00 clso Aphrcdisia, Woodhue, Tigress YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT INVITED! Ruch PTA Observes Anniversary Applegate Valley - Cele brating their 10th annivers ary, Ruch Parent-Teacher as sociation presented a year-by-year history at a meeting Fri day evening. It also observed Founders' day. Charter mem bers were honored with a dec orated cake presented by the chairman, Mrs. Earl Best. George Sample, chairman of the school board, led a dis cussion of issues involved in consolidation with Medford. A pool taken of the 40 per sons in attendance (not an of ficial vote) showed that con solidation is favored by them. Mrs. Larry Tweedy . was elected chairman with resig nation of Mrs. Best, who had become chairman to succeed Mrs. Francis Gregory, who left the community. The meet ing opened with a band con cert of old-time numbers di rected by LeRoy Mauroni, and following the theme of "the olden days," Glenn Smith showed old-time pic tures of community groups. . Of 56 charter members, 11 attended: Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Cantrall, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ranney, who came from Hoopa, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Wmningham, Mrs. Eliz abeth Vessell, Mrs. Mildred Smith, and Mrs. Jim Winning ham. Ten of the members each read a year of history, show ing that past presidents are Robert Anderson, Mrs. Fred West, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Webb, Lee .Wells, Mrs. Stan ley Larson, Rex Davis, Ed Ramsey and Mrs. Francis Gregory. School principals in the 10-year period have been Ray Clay, Henry Kamman, Elmer Ayres and Boyd Gib son. Among projects which the organization has financed are purchase of a deep freeze for the school, four basic band in struments with organization of the band under Ayres, ath letic uniforms, and roofing of walks between school build ings. Mothers of children in the fifth and sixth grade room of Mrs. George Redhead served, and Mrs. Kenn Payne, was in charge of children. 1 Monthly Sing Set for Leaders The monthly Girl SCout leaders' "Sing" will be held at Mary's Casa ..Thursday, February 12,' beginning at 9:30 a.m. Leaders, assistant leaders, troop, committee members and other Girl Scout adults may come for any part of the sing, which will end at 11:30 a.m. Those attending are asked to bring song books. High-Protein Dish Here's an easy way to make 6 delicious servings of creamed chipped beef: Use 4 ounces of dried chipped beef. Rinse the beef in boiling water to remove the excess salt; drain, then tear into shreds. Heat 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup with an equal amount of milk. Add the shredded beef. Beat one egg until foamy and very light. Fold it into the dried beef just before serving. Lots of protein in this! St. Valentine's Day Has History of Its New York Looking ahead to St. Valentine's day Febru ary 14th, researchers for The Greeting Card association re cently asserted: "Lovers today are not as modern as they think. Actually, they are just reenacting rituals as old as Dan Cupid himself." They say that proof of this lover's paradox lies in the ob vious parallels of courtship customs old and new. For ex ample: the present-day custom of carving heart shaped sym bols, on trees began in ancient Greece.. Lovers then, as now, entwined their initials in a symbol of "eternal love." The researchers report fur ther that, "Valentines them selves have gone through a sort of romantic evolution. Tradition holds that Valen tine's Day got its name from a young Roman priest named Valentine, who was executed on February 14th, 270 A.D., for refusing to renounce Christianity. While he was in prison he was befriended by the jailer's blind daughter, and when the fatal day ar rived he composed a farewell message to his young friend, signing it 'From Your Valen tine'." "During the next 1,000 years Valentines remained strictly messages of friend ship. It was not until the Mid dle Ages that they attained great popularity as lover's missives." Pagan Feast "This transition can be Officers To Visit Daughters Mrs. Edward Goodnough, Eugene, grand guardian of In ternational Order of Job's Daughters in Oregon, Harold Mclsaac, Parkdale, associate guardian, and Mrs. Mclsaac, grand chaplain, arrived in southern Oregon yesterday for a series of official visita tions to bethels in this area. The series began last night when the trio attended a meeting of Bethel 55, Med ford. Tonight they will visit Bethel 18, Myrtle Creek, and Thursday they are scheduled to be guests of Bethel 38 in Central Point. A school of instruction for all bethels in this area will be held in Ashland Saturday, February 14, at 2 p.m., with the Ashland bethel as hostess group. Sunday, February 15, a go-to-church Sunday is scheduled for Honored Queen Lynda Knips of Bethel 55, and Tlon ored Queen Sylvia Morris, Bethel 14. Bethel members, their guardians and parents will attend services at St. Mark's Episcopal church on North Oakdale avenue: ' Following the church serv ice a no-host luncheon for all guardians will be held at 1 p.m. in the Medford hotel in honor of Mrs. Goodnough and the Mclsaacs. A visit to Bethel 36, Kerby, is set February 16, and the three will be in Roseburg on February 17. They return to Medford February 18 to visit Bethel 14 here, and the next night will visit -Bethel 56, i Shady Cove. Own traced to the fact that the Ro mans had lavishly celebrated February 14th several cen turies earlier as the pagan Feast of Lupercalia. The cere mony itself blossomed from a belief that the birds of Italy began mating on February 14th." "Romantic significance was i attached to this popular no tion, and 'love lotteries' were set up at central locations in Rome. The names of 'eligible' maidens were placed in large urns, and Roman swains drew lots to determine their 'blind dates' for the current year." "As time passed, this willy bitterly opposed by church au biterly opposed by church au thorities who wanted to es tablish a guardian Saint for these impetuous people. De spite the wisdom of this al ternative, it was never as pop ular as taking a chance on love. So, the pagan Love Fes tival continued to flourish." "Finally, the day of reckon ing came. Earlier customs be gan to change and the old ways of courtship grew more formal. Thus, while the church authorities triumphed, to this day, the celebration of St. . Valentine's Day stems from both pagan and religious sources. Actually, Cupid be gan enchanting lovers 2,000 years before the first romantic Valentine appeared. Accord ing to Roman legend, he was the son of Venus, Goddess of Love, and Mars, God of War. Back in the 4th Century B.C., Praxiteles carved the oldest known statue of Cupid. It por trayed him as a beautiful lit tle boy with wings, carrying a bow and arrow. History reveals that in more recent times Cupid's staunchest allies were French men. The Duke of Orleans was captured by the English in the Battle of. Agincourt in 1415, imprisoned in the Tow er of London, ne composea the oldest existing Valentine and bribed the guard to smuggle it out to his lady love!" "Valentines reached a peak Of size and elegance in the royal court of Louis XIV. Cu pid appeared in the designs for the first time, surrounded by cut-out hearts, paper foun tains, tiny birds, and flower reproductions circled by ex- i pensive Venetian lace. "Cupid reached his all-ume popularity peak in the frilly, fussy Valentines of the Victor ian era, but the public taste was already leaning toward comic and cynical treatment of the Valentine theme. John McLaughlin, a Scotsman with a book and printing business in New York City, introduced Vinegar Valentines' in 1858. By 1890, the sarcastic verses and crude, insulting drawings were nearly as popular as the sentimental Valentines." "St. Valentine's Day does A C . V ' (IK ST" FOR SOMETHING THEY MULL OVER, CARRY WHAT IS IT? Medford Mail Tribune Valentine Party Royal Neighbor Juveniles of America will meet Friday, February 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Russel, 1080 South Stewart avenue for a valen tine party. Valentine Games Enliven Parties New York -(LTD- Enliven a Valentine's Day party with a program of games of skill. Try a dart game. Cover a board with a large red heart divided in pie-shaped sections marked "friendship," "love," 'courtship," "proposal," "en gagement" and "marriage." Prizes could be awarded for the highest score.' The game can be varied by substituting a wheel of for tune for the dart board. Make the wheel of corrugated card board, with the sections paint ed and scored with poster col ors or a felt pen. Heart and Cupid cut-outs, available in greeting card departments, can be used to decorate it. A "card hunt" is a game in which all guests can partici pate at once. Before the party, hide 50 to 100 paper hearts, with an appropriate word from a Valentine verse or sen timent on each, around the party room. Players seek out enough hearts to complete a sentence, exchanging words as they hunt if they desire. After the players have com pleted their sentences, each reads his line aloud. Mix dancing partners by having guests draw small hearts - red for boys, white for girls - from a hat. On each heart is written the name of a famous lover - such as Romeo, Juliet, Elizabeth Barrett, and Robert Browning. The appro priate "pairs team for the dance. have a past all its own, and lovers are not as modern as they think. But on Saturday, February 14th, the nation's sweethearts will be exchang ing Valentines with all the en thusiasm of new discoverers. They'll find that today the scores of strictly sentimental Valentines are matched by a wide variety of humorous and whimsical creations, some of which are throwbacks to the 'Vinegar Valentines' of 100 years ago." FURS Repairing and Relining Cleaning and Glazing Restyling Frances9 Furs 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP 2-6526 MERICANS SPEND $3,000,000 ' IS 1 - LAUGH OVER, CUT UP TO THE STORE. ONE E RJCS Jefferson PTA To Hold Supper Jefferson Parent - Teacher association will hold a pot luck supper Thursday, Feb ruary 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m; at the school. Parents of children in the; first four grades are asked to bring hot dishes serving twelve persons. Parents of children in fifth, sixth and special rooms are asked to bring a salad and dessert. Parents having children in both upper and lower grades may bring only salad and des sert. A charge of $1.50 per fam ily is being made. Mrs. Thom as Marier is general chairman. Seattle Woman Honored at Party Amos Walker and his fam ily here celebrated the birth day of Mrs. Annavelle Smith, of Seattle, Wash., recently at a party. The party was held in Mr. Walker's home on Stewart avenue with sons, daughters and daughters-in-law attend ing. Members of the family who were present included Mr. and Mrs. Clark Walter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walker and Mrs. Ila Butcher, all of Medford. Mr. Walker, long-time Med ford resident, has owned and operated Dreamland dance hall in Medford for 31 years. 1 Twirlers to Hold Dance Thursday The Y Knot Twirlers Square Dance club will hold a dance in the social hall of the Medford YMCA starting at 8 p.m. Thursday, February 12. Douglas Fosbury, Medford, and guest callers will call squares. Potluck refreshments will be served. All square dancers are invited. FOR THE YOUNG OR YOUNG IN HEART syMyqwitH OVER A DAY CRY OVER, FOLD AND A ANSWER? THE DAILY NEWSPAPER. JMB 1709-U-1-20.5? Main and Bartlett Streets Phone SP 2-6428
