2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, ThunJcy, Fttrury 19, 1959
A soft-spoken, smUing woman from Pakistan charmed
AAUW members and others who met her last Saturday.
Mr. Rehana Asif Latif Islam spoke for the annual fellow
ship luncheon of the Medford AAUW branch, and talked
informally with other members and guests at a dinner
and open house at the home of the Emerson Andersons
later in the day.
Mrs. Islam is studying in this country on an AAUW
fellowship. She is doing advanced work in' economics, and
hopes to receive her doctor's degree either here or at one
of the universities in her own country.
Medford people are much interested in Pakistan, if the
Saturday night group was an indication. Mrs. Islam was
questioned about Pakistan's education system, political sys
tem, food supply, its relations with India and dozens of other
questions. The well-informed visitor answered most of them
readily and with considerable detail.
She said that the education system is being improved
as rapidly as time and a lack of proper funds will permit,
and that the country is looking forward to the time when all
children will be able to attend public schools through the
high school level. Food is one of the major problems, she
said, adding that it is a continuous struggle for many
families to provide anything like an adequate diet. Eastern
Pakistan has an adequate supply of fish, she said, but other
foods are almost always in short supply.
After Mrs. Islam reminded her listeners that 1200 miles
separate the eastern and western sections of the country,
the Andersons produced a map and many of the guests
. gathered around it while the visitor talked. At the time
of the division of India into two separate countries, mostly
on the basis of religion, Pakistan found itself with two
separate pieces of territory - with India in between. Mrs.
Islam said that the only reasonable means of getting from
one section of her country to the other is by air, since
to travel across India means securing a visa and passport.
This takes at least a month, sometimes more, according to
the visitor. She remarked that she found it more difficult
to enter India, in order to visit in East Pakistan before
continuing on to the United States, than to secure her pass
port for the United States.
Potpourri has always wanted to own a sari, and our
desire was strengthened by the sight of Mrs. Islam in her
brown robe trimmed in gold design. When we inquired if
the materia! could be purchased in San Francisco she said
yes, at about $25 a yard. When a collective gasp went up
from the females present, Mrs. Islam said that she had
been dismayed to find how high the material, made in
India, was priced, when in reality, a fair profit on such
textiles could be made even though it sold at a fraction
of this price. She said her country, with the help of the
Ford Foundation and other sources, is rapidly setting up
many "cottage industries." Under this scheme many citizens
are employed in their own homes making jewelry and
weaving material. The problem of marketing these materials
is not yet solved, she said. Almost every woman in the room
agreed that if the hand made jewelry and the handwoven
products could be put on the market in the western United
States, at a reasonable price, it would find a ready sale.
If the hand-made jewelry now being turned out in Pakis
tan homes is as interesting as what Mrs. Islam wore, we're
lure it would sell here. Her necklace, for instance, was a
series of nine different colored oblong stones, fastened to
what appeared to be a length of velvet, with the ends
twisted with silver. Mrs. Islam said this had been in the
family for many generations and was thought to date back
to Akbar the Great, greatest of the Indian Mogul rulers,
who ruled from 1556 to 1605. The nine stones of different
color were given special significance in his time, she said,
and the necklace is a cherished possession of her family.
Mrs. Islam, who is returning soon to Pakistan, said she
was buying gifts in San Francisco for her family and friends.
One of these will be a watch for the man who had been
charged with the care of her son during Mrs. Islam's stay
in this country. An American-made watch, she said, would
please him more than anything else she could buy.-O.S.
Friendship Club
Installs Officers
Gold Hill - Mrs. Harry
Quinn was installed as presi
dent of Amethyst Rebekah
Friendship club for the en
suing year at a meeting of the
group held Monday evening.
Feb. 16 at the home of Mrs.
Donald Morrow in Gold Hill.
Others installed were Mrs.
Clarence Parsley, vice-president;
Mrs. Paul Molloy, secre
tary and Mrs. Jerry Herring-
ton, treasurer. Mrs. Herring-
ton was also recently installed
noble grand of Amethyst
lodge for the ensuing year.
Plans were made for the
annual dinner - theater party
and the date set for Monday
evening, March 23.
Lodge to Honor
Lawyer-Members
Medford lodge, AF and AM,
will honor members of the
legal profession who are mem
bers of the order at a meeting
set for Friday, February 20,
at 7:30- p.m. in the Masonic
temple, Ross Gilkison, mas
ter, states that the program
will consist of a mock Mason
ic trial under the direction of
Stanley Jones and James Mc-
Goodwin, with the assistance
of master Masons who are
.also lawyers practicing in
Jackson county.
Dinner, Party
.Planned by Lodge
Pochahontas lodge has a
potluck dinner planned Fri
day, February 20, at 6:30 p.m.
;in the Redman hall on Apple
street A business meeting
will follow at 8 pan., and aJ
card party will close tne eve
ning's program.
Members are privileged to
take guests for the dinner and
card party.
Leaves
:' Hugh C. Ingle left last
nizht for San Francisco to
spend two days attending a
I meeting of the American In
stitute of Mining Engineers.
Following the meeting Mr.
Ingle will continue south to
Santa Monica where Mrs.
1 Ingle is spending several
weeks with the couple's son
. in-law and daughter.
L
Jackson county library con
tributes to the community's
education, informa"on, recre
ation and inspiration.
Trail Blazers Meet
At Whittle Home
Trail Blazers Horse club
held the February meeting at
the home of Mrs. Tom Whit
tle, with President Bob Olson
presiding. Three new mem
bers, Jo Wood, Central Point,
Penny Anderson and Linda
Thames, both of . Howard
school, were present.
Following discussion of 4H
rider questions, Karen Holley
and Barbara Beck gave a dem
onstration on the parts of a
bridle. Mrs. Whittle discussed
the Centennial parade and
several members took part
in it.
Gail Stone reported on the
10-mile ride the members took
January 24. The ride was
from the Whittle home to Wil
low Creek school.
February 22 the Trail Blaz
ers plan to visit two horse
ranches.
Vicki Colwell served
freshments.
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Calendar
Luncheon Given
At Sweet Home
Mrs. William Sweet enter
tained a group of friends at
her home on South Stage
road Friday with - a noon
luncheon and birthday party.
The birthdays of Mrs. Mary
Payton, Mrs. Clarence O
Lack and Mrs. Sweet were
celebrated. A decorated
"Happy Birthday" cake was
served and gifts presented, in
cluding a flowering tree for
Mrs. Lack.
Games were played during
the afternoon with prizes
awarded. Present" were the
three honored guests and Mrs.
Lydia Goff, Mrs. Reimer-
Peterson, Mrs. William Nay-
lor, Mrs. Richard Garrett,
Mrs. C. F. Gordon, Mrs. H.
W. Wright, Mrs. F. J. Cook,
Mrs. Lee Willetts, Mrs. Amel
Paul and Mrs. Lack.
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Harold Spraguer
Host for Dinner
The Medford hotel was the
scene of a dinner party given
by Harold A. Spraguer, Gold
Hill, Tuesday, February 17
honoring members of the
Temple association, Knights
of Pythias.
Present were Ora Meyers,
Edward Bostwick, Dan Kadin,
Carl Fichtner, Charles Lash
er, George Fisk, Baker Yar-
brough, LeRoy Cline, Roland
Beach, all members of the
association, also Archie C.
Fries, Ashland; Olav Lokken,
Gold Hill, and the host, Mr.
Spraguer. He is a 32-year
member of the Knights of
Pythians, having joined the
order in February, 1927, at
St. Helens, Ore.
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Vacation Here
M. Sgt. and Mrs. Stanley
Smith of Laguna Beach,
Calif., have arrived in Med
ford to visit Mrs. Smith's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rinard,
1708 Thomas road, and Mr.
Smith's mother, Mrs. Ola
Smith, 826 East , Jackson
street.
The Smith's son, Sidney, is
a freshman at Southern Ore
gon college,' and is making his
home with the Rinards.
The Smiths will leave Mon
day for the return trip south.
Sergeant Smith is assigned to
duty at the El Toro base of
the United States Marine
corps. i
Square Dancing
Class Announced
Square Dance instructions
for beginners will begin Fri
day February 20, at 8 p.m. at
Moose hall, 11 Newtown
street.
Additional information may
be obtained by calling Mrs.
Flowers at SPring 2-6376 or
Francis Cronin at SPring
3-3171 during the day or
SPring 3-3475 nights.
Low-Calorie Dessert
New York-(UPD-Low-calorie
maple mousse is a good des
sert. Sprinkle 1 envelope unfa
vored gelatine on Vi cup cold
water in saucepan to soften.
Place over medium heat,
stirring constantly, until gela
tine dissolves. Remove from
heat, add 1 cup ice-cold
evaporated milk, Vz teaspoon
maple flavoring, 2 teaspoons
liquid sweetener, k teaspoon
salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Chill until mixture mounds
slightly when dropped from
spoon.
Pour 1 cup evaporated milk
into refrigerator tray, freeze
until ice crystals form around
edges. Turn into chilled bowl
and whip at high speed until
stiff. Fold into gelatine mix
ture, turn into 5-cup mold and
chill until firm. Makes 6 100-
calorie servings.
I'Trails, Trail Blpzers"
Topic for Women's Club
Because last Saturday was Oregon's one-hundredth birth
day, the College Women's Club of the Rogue River Valley
opened its meeting with the singing of "Oregon, My Oregon,"
the official state song.
Mrs. Amos . Willits, music
chairman, introduced Peter
Windt, Ashland, who sang a
group of folk songs, accom
panying himself on the guitar.
According to him, the early
settlers were too busy felling
the virgin timber, tilling the
son ana mining goia 10 spena
their valuable time writing
songs; accordingly, they sang
the tunes they brought with
theni' across the plains.
His. first number was "Go
Tell Aunt Rhodie," a chil
dren's song with a New Eng
land background. He contin
ued with "From Here on
Home," a bit "of philosophy
the emigrant must have need
ed when the going was rough
men ne sang "uia uiue," an
eulogy of a dog because a
good dog was a priceless pos
session of the pioneer. From
across the sea came the old
ballad, "Lord Randall," with
its haunting repetition. This
was followed by "A Paper of
Pins,-" a courting duet. He
concluded with "The Old Lady
Who Swallowed a Fly."
Mrs. Windt was a guest of
the club.
Mrs. Glenn -Linn, member
of the program committee, in
troduced Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Gustin, who talked on "Trails
and Trail-Blazers." Mr. Gus
tin, a former principal of Jack
son school, sketched briefly
the many trails that led across
the country from east to west.
He began with the "Wilder
ness Road" blazed by Daniel
Boone from Yadkin, N.C., to
Boonesboro, on the Kentucky
river in what is now the state
of Kentucky. The trail is
marked today by the familiar
figure of Daniel Boone with
his coonskin cap, his gun, and
his dog. Some settlers, especi
ally those from New England
and New York, traveled by
way of the Hudson and Mo
hawk valleys and on west by
way of Lake Ontario and Lake
Erie.
Cumberland Trail
Then came the Cumberland
Trail, leading from Cumber
land, Md., to Vandalia, 111., an
early capital. The trails were
first used by hunters and
trappers, on foot or on horse
back; then came families seek
ing homes, usually bringing
their possessions in wagons.
The United States govern
ment went into the highway
business with the building of
the "National Road," that ran
from Washington, D.C., to St.
Louis. It is now known as
"The National Trails Road"
or U.S. 50.
"The Cherokee Trail" or the
"trail- of tears" was used
when the government trans
planted the Cherokees, the
Creeks, and the Seminoles
from their ancestral homes to
a strange, new country,
known as the Indian Terri
tory, but is now the state of
Oklahoma.
The purchase of the Louisi
ana territory stretching from
the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
and from the Mississippi to
the Rockies, necessitated the
building of new travel routes.
President Thomas ' Jefferson
sent William Clark and Meri
wether Lewis out to study the
fauna and flora, the climate
and topography, and the peo
ple, and to bring back infor
mation that would lead to the
settlement of the new lands.
Mr. Gustin sketched briefly
this journey, telling of their
meeting with the French fur
trader, Charboneau and his
Indian wife, Sacajawea, whom
William. Clark called "Janie."
Most 'of the trail was made up
of three rivers and their trib
utaries: the Missouri, the
Platte (described as one thou
sand miles long, one mile
wide, and one inch deep), and
the "Columbia, often called
"The River of the West" and
the "Oregon."
Peak Named
Zebulon Pike, in exploring
the Southwest to Santa Fe, the
end of the old Santa Fe Trail,
left his name on Pike's peak.
The old Chisholm Trail with
Dodge City on one end and
Tombstone on the other is fa
miliar to today's Western fans,
General John C. Fremont,
leaving St. Louis in 1843, fol
lowed the Oregon Trail to The
Dalles before turning south to
the Klamath country,- where
his unguarded train was at
tacked by the Indians. Only
twice in a journey of 20,000
miles had he failed to keep
watch.
The Barlow Trail was made
to escape the rapids of the
Columbia river. It also turned
south at The Dalles, skirting
the south slope of Mt. Hood
ending in the Willamette, val
ley. Later it became a toll
road that is now a part of the
well-known Loop Road.
Then came the Applegates
- Jesse and Lindsay - who
needed a road farther south.
They thought they could
shorten the Fremont Trail,
have a longer summer season
for traveling, find more peace
ful Indians, and probably
make a better defense against
the English. The war clouds
were darkening for the United
States was insisting on a
northern boundary of 5440'.
Their trail is almost identical
with the Pacific highway from
the Willamette valley to Ash
land where it turned to cross
the Green Springs to Klam
ath, thence to the Humboldt
and on to Fort Hall in Idaho.
The eastern section was not
very successful because of the
unfriendly Indians and the
hazardous mountains, but the
valley section soon became a
highway to the gold fields
first in California and later in
Jacksonville. From Ashland
many went-by way of Pilot
Rock but some followed the
Applegate Trail to Klamath
and then they branched off to
the Lakeview Trail.
Trail Traced
Next Mr. Gustin pointed out
present day places of interest
along the Old Oregon Trail
visited by them on a trip
made a few years ago with
the definite purpose of study
ing the landmarks.
Mrs. Gustin also related
the story of one of the early
trail-blazers, a Bill Williams
commemorated by the town
of Williams, Ariz., that has a
Bill Williams avenue and a
Bill Williams mountain, on
which the sturdy pioneer is
supposed to have died at an
advanced age; however, there
are many and varied versions
of his last days.
Bill was a native of St.
Louis, where he came in con
tact with traders and trappers
and spent much of his time
with the Osages. He learned
their language and resolved to
Tooth Stains!
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by dentists to remove
stains from teeth. Stain-free teeth
look bright, feel wonderful.
Calendar notices and newt for
the society section of The Mail
Tribune most be submitted in
writing and deadline for the Sun
day edition is 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 p.m. - Mistletoe camp,
Royal Neighbors of America,
dinner at Pythian hall; meet
ing to follow.
7:30 p.m. - Lively Rogues
Dance club, Rogue Valley
Country club.
8 p.m. Adarel chapter,
Jacksonville Masonic temple.
8 p.m.-Roxy Ann court. Or
der of Amaranth, Medford
Masonic temple.
8 p.m. - Sams Valley PTA,
at school.
8 p.m. - Jewett. Central
Point and Junior High PTA,
Jewett cafetorium, Central
Point.
Friday:
10:15 a.m. - Phoenix Home
Extension unit, home of Mrs.
William M. Wroe, box 223,
Fern Valley rd.
12:30 pjn. - Fifty Phis club,
Episcopal Guild hall.
1:30 pjn. - Jolly Stitchers,
home of Mrs. Harry Bryant,
1312 Reddy avenue.
1 p.m. - Getogether club, j
Girls Community club. j
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translate the Bible Into it. He
tried to convert the Indians
to Christianity but ended by
accepting their tribal religion.
After the death of his Indian
wife, he roamed the West un
til he knew every stream and
every landmark, from the
Texas Panhandle to Canada.
He was the best guide in the
area for either the trapper or
the wagon train. Finally Gen
eral John C. Fremont persuad
ed him against his better
judgment to lead an expedi
tion across the Colorado Rock
ies in the dead of winter.
Caught in a blizzard in which
the mules were frozen to
death, the survivors were
forced to chew their own boot
tops. The expedition was giv
en up as a failure after unbe
lievable hardships. Then he
' returned to the Williams coun
. try where he trapped and
i hunted until his death. A
cairn has been built on the
; mountain overlooking the
; Grand Canyon, marking the
spot where tradition says he
died.
The hostesses for the after
noon were Mrs. George Ca
node and Mrs. Horace Thomp
son. Mrs. Glenn Linn, the so
cial chairman, was assisted by
Mrs. Roy Martin,Mrs. Nick
DeWitt, Mrs. David Baker,
and Miss Mary Klocker. .
Wine Tip
New York-OIPD-Add a table
spoon or more of any table
wine to apples while they are
baking. The alcohol will cook
away, leaving a delicate fruit
flavor. '
Mt. Pitt Rebekah
Receives Certificate ,
Central Point-Mrs. William
Flannery was presented a
certificate of perfection for
lodge ritual at a meeting of
Mt. Pitt Rebekah lodge held
recently in Central Point.
Mrs.' John Robison received a
seal to attach to her certifi
cate; both were presented by
Mrs. .John Kime, district de
puty president.
. A school of instruction on
lodge procedure followed the
meeting, with Mrs. Kime and
Mrs. Marshall Weidman in
charge. ,
Refreshments were served
by Mrs. Robert Monsey, Mrs.
Lee McNew and Mrs. Lloyd
Jones.
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