Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 22, 1959, Image 16

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Newspaper Page Text2A MAIL TRIBUNE, MttJfortf, Oregon, Sunday, February 22, 1939 Easter Monday Luncheon Planned by Altar Society The traditional Easter Mon day luncheon, sponsored an nually by St. Anne's Altar society of Sacred Heart Cath olic church will be held March 30. Following the luncheon, to be held at the Rogue Valley Country club at 12:30 p.m., bridge, pi- Ma rrs Gibbons Return to City Mr. and Mrs. Marrs Gib bons have returned to their home on Old Military road after an absence of several weeks. The Gibbons were with relatives in Cleveland, Ohio, during the holidays, and Mr. Gibbons attended a convention. Later the couple spent some time with friends on Marco island, Fla., and then mo tored west. They visited a nephew in Ft. Worth, Tex., and-were in Phoenix, Ariz., for a time. There they saw Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Phipps, Medford, who are spending the winter in the Arizona city. Continuing to California, the Gibbons visited Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Harvey, former Medford residents now living in Los Angeles, and then con tinued north to Medford. - Romantic Period Music On Program for Concert Music of the Romantic period will be played in a concert to be given by the Philharmonic Society of Southern Oregon orchestra Sunday, March 1, in Medford High school auditorium. Con ductor Richard D. Werner will begin the concert at 3 p.m. Director Werner states that the music is not only of the Romantic period, but is music of an international character. The German composer, Wag ner, Edward MacDowell, an American, the Frenchwoman, Augusta Holmes, two Rus sians, Gliere and Tschaikow sky, the Italian, Mascagni and a Hungarian, Liszt, are in cluded on the program. Miss Frances Thrun, Med ford dramatic soprano, will be soloist for the concert. She has chosen two arias for this appearance, the "Dich teure hallf". from Wagner's 'Tann- Junior LIFESAVING INSTRUCTION For all swimmers who can do the back stroke, breast stroke, side stroke and the crawl. Must be at least 12 years old and able to swim 220 yards. FEB. 24 THROUGH APRIL 23 Tuesdays and Thursdays (Boys 5:30 to 6:30, Girls 6:30 to 7:30) INSTRUCTORS: Lanelle Wilkes, Dr. William Roberts, William Harwood and Herb Bowman. YMCA ft... 'siMPiicmT' ' SIMPLICITY -fVY 1644 30 VV1 v'vll 1 nochle, canasta and other card games will be played. Co-chairmen for this year's party will be Mrs. Vincent P. Nicoletti and Mrs. James J. Dunlevy. Mrs. Ron R. Ca perna and Mrs. Robert S. Ashenberner will be in charge of decorations; Mrs. Lester M. Stinson, score pads; Mrs. James J. Finegan, table num bers and tallies; Mrs. Clark Thomas, flowers; Mrs. Joseph Moore and Mrs. Richard J. Rementeria, individual cen terpieces; Mrs. John Jensen, tickets; Mrs. Donald Jackson, hostesses; Mrs. Florian J. Shasky and Mrs. John R. Porto, prizes; Mrs. J. J. Elliott, supplies; Mrs. R. R. Parsons, publicity. The luncheon will be open to the public and reservations may be made with Mrs. Wil liam F. Cowning at SPring 3-2974. Pledged"" Pullman - Miss Del or Dunn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Dunn, 2444 Biddle road, Medford, was pledged by Delta Delta Delta sorority during the recent formal mid-year rushing of Washington State college Greek letter groups. . hauser" and "Voi la sapete" from Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana." These numbers will provide contrast for the otherwise instrumental pro gram. Miss Thrun has a voice of unusual beauty and is a favorite withf valley audi ences. Bruno Pellegrini, associate conductor, will serve as ac companist. Coffee will be served dur ing intermission by women of Philharmonic guild, a cus tom which has met with audi ence approval. Tickets may be obtained at the box office. 4 In Portland Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Clark, 827 Park street, are spending the week end in Portland. They will visit Mr. Clark's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Clark, and attend the showing of Vincent van Gogh works at the Portland Art Museum. 522 W. SIXTH SP 2-6295 ' Famous Pinnacle Brand! Wash fast little-iron Easter dress fabrics CUP10N1 SHANTUNG A textured blend el Bemberg rayon and combed cotton. Lovely for spring outfits. Vivtds, dorks, pastels. 45". 79? yd- GOVERNED COTTON Words finest! Lustrous, little-iron finish. Similar seHs elsewhere ot 98 to 1.39. Exotic prints, colors. 36". 79$ You can "Charge It" at District Convention Announced Plans for a convention April 4 in Cave Junction were made at a meeting of the board of District 1, Ore gon Federation of Women's clubs, Tuesday, February 17, in the Women's Civic club house in Ashland. Mrs. Carl W. Peterson, dis trict president, opened the morning session with the pledge of allegiance to the flag, and presided at both the morning and afternoon sessions. During the morning 'session Mrs. Willis T.. Fasel, Med lord, chairman of interna tional affairs for District 1, and Mrs. H J.Stephens, Rogue River, District chair man of conservation, gave their reports. Mrs. Peterson asked each president to appoint an inter national hostess for her club. Mrs. Robert W. Billingsley, president of Medford Junior Women's club, appointed Mrs. Del C. Chapman, and Mrs. Clay M. Lee, president of Travel Study club, ap pointed Mrs. Edward C. Root, Medford. Mrs. Peterson, assisted by Mrs. Mae Russell, Mrs. Lena A. Foster, Mrs. Wideneo W, Hendnxson and Mrs. Verne Templer, Ashland, was host ess to the board members for a luncheon.' The table was centered with an arrange ment of daffodils and laurus- tinus. The club collect was read by the members before the luncheon. During the afternoon ses sion, club presidents and Dis trict 1 chairmen gave a re port of their year's work. Tha Illinois Valley Feder ated Women's club will be hostesses, for the coming con vention. The theme is to be "Women's Sphere - 1859 1959." Mrs. Dexter O. Arnold, Washington, D.C., third vice president of General Federa tion of Women's clubs, will be guest speaker. Mrs. Walter ter Brown, Klamath Falls, Oregon, Federation president, will also speak. Registration at 9 a.m. will be followed by a coffee hour and at 10 a.m., the morning session will open. A no-host luncheon will be served at 12 noon, and the afternoon session will resume at 1:30 p.m. Each club president is re quested to make reservations for members of her club, at tending the convention. Those attending were Mrs. William A. White, ' past dis trict president and a director; Mrs. Stephens, past president of Rogue River Civic club, and second vice-president of District 1; Mrs. Ruth Drumm, president of Rogue River Civ ic club; Mrs. Charles O. Long,- president . of Talent Federated club; Mrs. J. C. Ot tinger, Talent, parliamentar ian for District 1; Mrs. Bil lingsley, president of Med ford Junior Women's club; Mrs. Doris Boyd, president of Illinois Valley Federated Women's club; Mrs. Lee, pres ident of Travel Study club, state chairman of Trade Aid; Mrs. Fasel, chairman of Inter national Affairs for District 1; Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Rus sell, District 1 secretary; Mrs. Foster, . recording secretary for the district; Mrs. Hendrix son, president of Ashland Civic club and first vice-president of District 1; and Mrs. Templer, chairman of Com munity Affairs, District 1. OPEN MONDAY NIGHTS COMBED GINGHAM Little-iron plaids and strips, some with sparkling non-tarnish Mylar. Need little , or no ironing. 36" wide. 79? yd. PRINTED PONGEE Luxurious, soft Acetate-cotton blend . . , hancl washes in 160, Ready to wear with slight ironing! 45" wide. 79? yd. Wards when you have mull uiniLuu;))jini nil mi., ii i. mmmmmm i j HI JIMM pupil WMP L - a V Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ronald West (Landis photo) Dee Ann Louise Clark to Gary Ronald IV ?st Miss Dee Ann Louise Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clark, 3438 Madrona Gary Ronald West, son of Mr. 1, Jacksonville, on February was performed by the Rev. Mark's Episcopal church at About 300 guests attended. The bride, given in mar riage by her father, wore a floor length gown of silvery white. The skirt was designed with panels of embroidered tulle inset with accordion pleated nylon over satin, and the fitted bodice had a scal loped neckline and short scal loped sleeves with matching embroidered mitts. Her illus- l elbow length veil was held in place by a coronet of seed pearls with a large tear drop pearl in front. She car ried a white prayer book with a single white; orchid and cascade of white hya cinths. Her only jewelry was small pearl earrings, a gift of her maid-of-honor. Valentine colors of red and white predominated in the dresses of the attendants and in the decorations of the church and reception hall. Flower arrangements were in charge of Miss Linda Smith. Large baskets of calla lilies were sent ' for the wedding from Vallejo, Calif., by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jones, who were formerly neighbors of the Wests on the Applegate. Baskets of white stocks were centered with hearts of red carnations. The maid-of-honor, Miss Myda McCabe, wore a bright red taffeta frock with sweet heart neckline and harem skirt. She carried a heart shaped bouquet of red carna tions and wore a small red satin bandeau with short red veil. Diane Mahar, the little flower girl, wore a dress of white net and ruffles with small red hearts around the very full skfrt. . ' The three bridesmaids wore UNTIL mi en account. Lane, became the bride of and Mrs. Fred West, Route 14. The double ring ceremony George R. V. Bolster at St. eight o'clock in the evening. identical harem skirted gowns of red and white flock ed nylon and carried heart- shaped bouquets of red and white carnations. Their hats were small red satin ban deaux with short red veils. They were Miss Elizabeth Clark, sister of the bride: Miss Bonnie Doyle, San Fran cisco, cousin of the bride; and Miss Carol Raid, Mt. An gel, Ore. Best man for the bride groom was Allen Childers, Upper Applegate. Guests were seated by William Barker un cle of the bridegroom; Mi chael Clark and Douglas Clark, brothers of the bride; and Ronald Mete. Miss Linda Smith was solo ist. - Following the ceremony, a reception was held in the Church hall. Valentine decor ations included lacy baskets of candy hearts and mints. Little Miss Susan Bailey, niece of the bridegroom pre sented the guests with the bride's favors, small red net bags of rice. Louis Barker, cousin of the bridegroom, passed tiny silver wrapped squares of bridegroom's cake. Wedding cake was served by Mrs. Douglas Clark and Miss Nancy Adams using a silver knife borrowed from the Ross Adams family. Mrs. Glen Bailey, sister of the bridegroom, served coffee and M j s s Marcia Spence, punch. Miss Kris Christensen had charge of the guest book, and Miss Barbara Reich and Miss Sue Boardman, the gifts. After the wedding Mr. and Mrs. West left for a short wedding trip to Carmel and other California coast points. Mrs. West wore an orchid en semble with white flower hat, white accessories and the or chid from her wedding bou quet. They will be at home at 813V4 Grant street. Mrs. West was graduated i from Medford High school with the class of 1958. Mr. i West was graduated in 1957 from Jacksonville High! school and is now employed I by the OK Market. I Guests from out of town i for the wedding were Michael j Clark, Air Force academy, ! Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. William Doyle and Miss Kathy Doyle, Healdsburg, Calif.; Reginald Elgin, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Clark, Myrtle , Point, Ore. Several parties honored the 1 young couple prior to their j wedding. February 7 the Up-! per Applegate Grange, Exten- j sion unit, Sewing and Knit ting clubs and the , Garden club joined in honoring them j at a party held at the Grange ' hall and attended by more ; than 100 persons. There was FURS Repairing and Rolining Cleaning end Glazing Rtstyling : Frances9 Furs 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP 2-6526 V Sojourners To Nineteenth Anniversary Medford Sojourners clut will celebrate the 19th anni versary of its founding at the annual birthday party Thurs day, February 26, at 12:30 p.m., at the Girls Community club. Oregon's Centennial birthday will be recognized also through the use of decor ations and favors. Luncheon reservations may be made not later than Tuesday by calling Mrs. Fred Cate, SPring 3-3485, or Mrs. Ron ald Hale, SPring 2-4174. Sojourners club is a na tional organization originated in Billings, Mont., about 35 years ago for the purpose of welcoming newcomers to the city. The Medford unit was founded in February, 1940, by Mrs. Frank Humphrey. Besides bi-monthly meetings, the group holds many special Traveler Leaves For Trip. East Mrs. C. Rease Braley, 245 Valleyview drive, left yester day to visit" relatives 'and friends in the east and south. She will stop first is Pasa dena, Calif., to spend some time with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, Ken neth Patton, and will then go to Washington, "D. C. In that city Mrs. Braley will visit her brother, " Albert L. Warner, one of the editors with .United States News and World Report. Mrs. Braley will spend some time in China Grove, N. C, with a niece, and in Philadelphia she wilj be a guest of her stepson, Lt. Comdr. Charles R. Braley and his family. The traveler plans to spend some time in New York City, and with a niece in Wilton, Conn. Mrs. Braley will be ab sent from Medford a month and during that time her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Patton, will oc cupy her home. Medford Woman Returns to City Mrs. Lewish Ulrich has re turned to her home on Min nesota avenue after spending six weeks' in Palo Alto. Mrs. Ulrich was with her grand children while her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ulrich, were in Rome. He is superintendent of me teorology for Pan-American Airways, western division. dancing and the honored cou ple opened their gifts. A per sonal shower was given .for the bride-to-be by a group of her former school friends February 11 at the home of Miss Myda McCabe. She was assisted by Mrs. Jack Pool. The bridegroom's parents en tertained with a dinner at Ping's for a group of 18 fol lowing the wedding rehearsal on Friday, February 13. CENTRAL ' VtTT m By m- v i 1 55 I Folded teplines .xrgi . ' H' j Oak bend soles ym - 4 J Observe events such as luncheons, style shows, garden parties, dances and card parties which aid members . to be come acquainted. The birth day party is always one of the highlights of the year and a large attendnce is expected. At T h u r sday's luncheon, founders and. past-president5 will be honored guests. Inac tive and prospective members are urged to attend. Prospec tive members are any women who have lived in the Rogue River valley two years or less. More information re garding membership is avail able by calling the hospital ity chairman, Mrs. Dee Wood, SPring 3-5649. 4 Concert Annc-jnced Ashland - The Southern Oregon Little Symphony or chestra will present its sec ond concert of the season Sunday, March 8 at 8 p.m. in Churchill hall auditorium, ac cording to Dr. Herbert Cecil, the director of the orchestra. Guest performers for this concert will be Richard D. Werner and Dennis Hannan, violinists; and the Ashland High School orchestra, direct ed by W. Bernard Windt. Mr. Werner and Mr. Hanan will play "Concerto in D Minor" for two violins and orchestra by J. S. Bach. The Ashland High School orchestra will join with the Little Sym phony in a presenation of "London Every Day," a suite for orchestra by Eric Coates. There will be no admission charge although an offering will -be accepted for the ben efit of the Orchestra scholar ship fund. The public is invit ed to attend. f Ashland Women Schedule Party Medford Lady Elks will be guests of the Ashland Lady Elks Wednesday, February 25, at the Ashland Elks tem ple. A luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m., followed by a social hour. Members may make reser vations by telephoning Mrs, Ross Gilkison, SPring 2-4358 Mrs. E. G. Randolph, SPring 2-9823: or Mrs. Kenneth Thompson, Spring 2-2431. All wives and widows of Elks are invited to attend. 4 . . Travel Club Travel Study club of the Oregon Federation of Wom en's clubs, will meet Tuesday, February 24, at 1 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Carrie Walters, 719 Newtown street. Mrs. Ed ward C. Root will give the program on "Wisconsin." (7Ti- ' . r 7 $1095 The Corner Shoe Store AT MAIN Thirty -Six Players Compete in Ssssion Thirty - six nlayers com peted in Wednesday's dupli cate game of the Riverside Bridge club. . High scores -were won in the north - south position by Mrs. W. W. Stevenson and Mrs. R. J. Conroy, first; Mrs. A. W. Lingaas and Mrs. Mary Trout, second; Mrs. E". K. Ricker and Mrs. Paul Hatton, third; and Mrs, Fred Rehling and Mrs. Howard Boyd, fourth. In the east-west position top scores were won by Mrs. Sam Van Dyke and ' Mrs. John Dougherty, first; Mrs. Frank Perl and Roy Pruitt, second; Mrs. Walter Winner and Wil liam Isaacs, third; and Mrs. STRASBOURG $3j,7S STERLING eg Convenient Terms If Desired! Law YOUR FRIENDLY Specializing in Fine Silver, 130 E. 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