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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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