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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, February 12. 1939 mm As if it wasn't bad enough for the men to disguise them selves with Centennial whiskers, they added to the con tusion at the Mardi Gras ball last Friday night by wearing masks and costumes. Who would expect that a kindly, respectable lawyer would show up at the Country club wearing a week's beard, a torn shirt, a scarf around his head and another around his middle. The man was John Dellenback, dressed as a pirate. He looked pirate-ish. too Rodney Keating, who was Rex I for last year's ball, arrived at the club wearing a turban and huge gold ear rings. His Centennial beard is in the Van Dyke tradition, and after unmasking time a number of persons remarked that the former Jackson county judge had taken on a sort of Mephistophelean aura for the evening. And as for Bill Patton, he wore tightly-fitted ski trous ers, a black dinner jacket and diver's goggles; he carried one ski pole. Later in the evening Bill served as Rex II, substituting for Alfred S. V. Carpenter who had been chosen for the honor. In spite of the fact that it must have been the first time a king ever wore a long velvet robe over ski trousers, he made a very handsome king. Everyone at the ball agreed that fate could not have been kinder in choosing Mr. Patton's beautiful bride as his queen for the evening. Taking the easy way out, the com mittee had decided to select the queen by chance. A florist made up three white corsages, tieing two with silver ribbons and one with gold. The wrapped boxes were brought to the club, and at the appointed hour, the young women each chose a box. When they were unwrapped, Mrs. Patton's corsage was the one with gold ribbons. The queen's ball gown was of green decorated with snowflakes, and her corsage was three white orchids. The two princesses were Mrs. Richard Hawkins, who wore a gown of bronze-colored nylon organza, and Miss Carol Lininger, whose gown was a colorful taffeta print with harem skirt. A. C. Fries Jr. of Ashland presented the queen and her court, and Russ Jamison was master-of-ceremonies. Mr. Patton had the pleasure of placing the queen's crown on his pretty wife. While most of the guests at the ball wore evening clothes rather than Mardi Gras costumes, those who had taken the trouble to costume were extremely colorful. , Dr. and Mrs. Aubrey Hill of Ashland, having just re turned from a vacation in Mexico, wore clothing which they had bought while away. Dr. Hill wore an interesting long jacket made of heavy material and with no sleeves. Mrs. Hill's costume was a skirt, and white blouse, the latter finished with many fine tucks and interesting puffed sleeves. Both had colorful Mexican hats. (The Pattons were just home from a winter vacation, too. Bill, iiis wife, Wallace Iverson and Bill Moffat spent their vacation skiing at Sun Valley , in Idaho.) Mrs. Beverly Cope was costumed as a maid, wearing a frilly cap and apron over a dark dress and carrying a duster. Dr. Cope wore his Scottish kilts and tartan which he said were tailored back in 1914. The story of the kilts, he remarked, makes good listening. Mrs. William Dawkins has a positive genius for costumes. Friday night her Mardi Gras costume was a cotton dress of three-alarm red, trimmed in black braid. With this Mrs. Dawkins wore a band around her neck holding red flowers and a black circular veil draped mantilla fashion over a Spanish comb. Her jet black hose, little black slippers with pointed toes and a cigarette holder at least 18 inches long all added their bit to the glamorous result. Mrs. Harry Skerry Jr., also wore a pretty red cotton dress, but hers was trimmed with white . lace instead of black. Some of the women at the, ball wearing evening gowns had gone in for fancy masks. Mrs. Neil Davidson's white mask had long lashes painted around the eye holes. Sheila Schuermann, finding that a mask is hard to wear over glasses, cleverly ornamented her glasses with. lace in a mask-like effect. ' One of the women choosing to wear formal dress rather than a costume was Mrs. Frank Van Dyke. Her full-length gown of red and blue iridescent taffeta was worn with a long red stole, and she had flowers on her hair. Cocktail length gowns are often very beautiful, but there is some thing about a long, formal gown that makes a woman look absolutely regal. Potpourri reads In the fashion articles from Paris, Rome, London and New York that long evening gowns are the fashion again, and we hope so. The last issue of Program Notes, publication of the National Association of Manufacturers, contained a couple of paragraphs about Mardi Gras. According to Program Notes, this festival was introduced in New Orleans back in 1847 by a group of young men who had returned home after going to school in Paris. They organized a procession of street maskers which marched about the city on the day before Ash Wednesday. Program Notes also mentioned the fact that the trend is to dress less and less formally in this country and con tinues "something quite special, unexplainable and com pletely feminine happens to women when they wear formal dresses" The booklet suggests that where it is difficult to Attendance at Exhibition Expected to Break Record Current attendance at the van Gogh exhibition, on view at the Portland Art Museum until March 1, indicate that final figures will break at tendance records. At this point, when the exhibition has been on view for 12 days, at tendance totals 20,338. This figure includes paid admissions, members of the Portland Art Association who are admitted free, and 2,387 school children who have visited the museum during closed hours for special guid ed tours. Sunday, February 8, was the peak day with a to tal of 3,021. -Total attendance at the 1956 showing of the fa mous Chrysler collection was 54,983 in a six week period. Color Slide Showings of the "Introduc tion to van Gogh," a color slide and tape narrative pre sentation given in the mu seum auditorium hourly; have been increased to accommo date the demand. It now is shown every half hour on week ends and evenings when the galleries are crowded. The first Wednesday evening lecture by Jack McLarty, actr ing dean of the Museum Art school, and the second lecture February 11 by Andries Dei num, film consultant at the Portland Extension center were given to capacity audi ences. There is no additional charge for the lectures, but tickets must be reserved in advance at the information desk at the museum. Tickets are still available for the February 18 lecture when Dr. Francis J. Newton, curator gt the museum,- will speak on "Van. Gogh's Effect on European Painting.." The final lecture will be given February 25 when Ed ward B. Thomas, director of education at the Seattle Art museum, will speak. His topic will be '.'Provence and Japan: Influences which "formed the Painter." plan costume parties, a formal party be substituted with intricate and beautiful masks added. . We read the other day that one reason for the increased price of food lis the added cost of packaging. As far as Potpourri is concerned, some of the packaging is good and some is a waste of money. Not long ago we bought a loaf of pumpernickel.' We peeled off a layer of foil which stuck to something underneath and came off in little ribbons. Underneath that was a layer of cellophane, or something and underneath that a layer of wax paper. We love pumper nickel, but not three layers worth. If the wrapping around crackers, cookies, spaghetti, etc., gets any tougher, the manufacturers will have, to furnish a gadget to open it with, just like the keys that come with tin cans.-O.S. Calendar Calendar notices and news for Che society lection of The Mall Tribune most be submitted .in writing and deadline for the Son day edition ts I p.m Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m of the day for publication and for week day news is 5 p.m the day before publication. Thursday: 6:30 pjii. Fraternal Order of Eagles auxiliary, Wooden Shoe. 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Parent Teachers association, Lincoln school gymnasium. 7:30 p.m. Washington School PTA, school gymnasi um. 8 p.m. AAUW Interior Decorating group, Herndob ler Furniture company, 125 East Main st., Ashland. 8 p.m. Past Noble Grands club, Girls Community club. 8 p.m. Writer's Session, home of Mrs. Alfred Gallacci, 2306 Table Rock rd. 8 p.m. Reames chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Medford Masonic temple. Friday: 10:30 a.m. Valley View Home Extension unit, .Valley View schoolhouse. 12 noon St. Elizabeth's Guild of St. Mark's Episco pal church, parish house. 12:30 p.m. Fifty-Plus club, St. Mark's Guild hall. 1 p.m. Golden circle of Gold Hill Christian church, home of Mrs. Bessie Hender son. 1:30 p.m. Past 'Presi dents of the Ladies auxiliary to Crater Lake Aerie, Fra ternal Order of Eagles, with Mrs. John' Bowdish, 616 West Jackson st. Awards Given During Session Tom Munds received the American Legion auxiliary, Department of Oregon, award for the veteran with the high est bridge score for January, at the last session of the Camp White Veterans Bridge club; Other awards were 'present ed to Walter Humes, second; Allan Buehler, third; Walter Gr,Ow, fourth; William Vail, fifth; John Foley, sixth; and W. Stafford, seventh.. Top scorers in ' the last master point play-session held February 6 in the ijprth-south position were Mrs." " Frank Baker and Paul Hatton, 184 points; and in the - east-west position, Mrs. Cliff ' Howard and D. H. Barber, 194 points. Other high scores in the north-south position went to Mrs. J. J. Dougherty and Mrs. Sam Richardson, 115M, " sec ond; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Boyd, 174 third: and Mrs. Al Gilhousen and Mrs. Paul Hat ton, 167, fourth. In the east - west position high scores were received by Mr. and Mrs. Berg Marten, 191 V, second; Mrs. Fred Pur din and Mrs. Fred Rehling, 184, third; and Mrs. Frank Perl and Gene Ricker, ISV2, fourth. Following the play Mrs. Berg Marten and Mrs. Jack Mitchell were in charge of refreshments. Dinner and Party Plans Completed Final preparations for the Valentine dinner and party for members of the Crater Lions auxiliary and their hus bands were made at the last meetine of the auxiliary. The event will be held Saturday, February 14, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jack Ingram, 914 Queen Anne avenue, at 7:30 p.m. At the last meeting Dr. O. T. Heyerman spoke on heart disease. The event was at tended by 18 members and a guest. A joint luncheon for Crater Lion members and their wives will be held March 3 at 12 noon at Ping's Garden. Guest speaker will be Everett wu cox, superintendent for the Oregon school for the .blind at Salem. He will show f urns of the children and work be ing done at the school. 2:30 p.m. Hoover PTA, school gymnasium. 2:30 p.m Roosevelt School PTA, school gymnasium. How to Identify Chocolate's Filling Told by Institute New York - (UPD Candy squeezer of, the world, take heart. You.don t have to bite into or pinch a chocolate dipped confection to identify its filling. ' This pre - Valentine's Day advice comes from the Retail Candy Store Institute, which says you can usually recog nize a chocolate-coated candy by its shape and the initial on top. Although many manu facturers use their own iden tification systems, certain symbols are universal to the industry. ' But you may need a grap hologist's skill to recognize some of the. fancy lettering, whether it's "V" for vanilla, "R" for raspberry, or "C" for chocolate. Shapes Shapes are easier. A square usually denotes a caramel; an oblong, a nougat; and a round piece, a cream. . Modern boxed candies have been around scarcely 200 years. But candy-making be gan in ancient Egypt. Records don't show when Valentine's Day got into the act. The earliest known Valentine box es contained the names of saints and martyrs, placed there by Christian priests trying to woo ; their people away from pagan gods. - The priests had changed the name of the pagan feast day, Lupercalia, to St. Valentine's, and each church" member was supposed to pattern his life after the name of the 7 saint Gold Hill Circle To Meet Friday ' Gold Hill The Golden cir cle of the Gold Hill Christian church will meet Friday, Feb ruary 13, at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Bessie Hender son. Films will be shown and Mrs. Wallace Neece will give the devotion. , -j Unit to Meet Nutrition and food values will be discussed at the Fri day, February 13, meeting of the Valley View. Home Exten sion unit, at 10:30 am.. The meeting will be held in the Valley View school house. or martyr in theTbox he re ceived. ' ; Gradually, the custom changed, first putting the name of one's sweetheart into the box, and later,, a gift. . Day of Prayer Cave Junction World Day of Prayer -will be observed Friday, Feb. 13 at Immanuel Methodist church from 10 to IT ajn., the theme, "Lord. I Believe:". A project of. the Women's Society of Christian Service, it will be under the direction of the secretary of spiritual life. Card Party Planned Pocahontas lodge will meet Friday, February 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Redman hall on Apple street. Following the meeting a public card party will be held at 8 p.m. HELP US! We Need Clothing, Shoes Dishes, Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 3-7335 Don't Miss This Noted Lecturer! Dr. George Hunt Williamson U.S.A. Representative U.F.O. World Report of MOOSE HALL 11 Newtown Medford FRIDAY, FEB. 13th -8:00 P.M. i Pictures will be shown - Admission by donation j Event to Honor r Woman Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Emerson An derson will hold open house at their home, 2131 Hillcrest road, Saturday, February 14. honoring Mrs. Rehana Latif Islam of Pakistan. Mrs. Islam, who is work ing for her doctorate in eco nomics at the University of California, will speak at the luncheon meeting of the Med ford Branch, American Asso ciation of University Women on Saturday. Anyone interested in meet ing Mrs. Islam, whether a member of AAUW or not, is invited to attend the open house between 8 and 9:30 p.m. Ladies... Want to Reduce? lose Weight and Have Fun Too . By Joining the Hip Hips Aweigh Reducing League iiT'S iir it mm For Laughs . . . Fun ; . . 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