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I 6AMAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Oregon, Sunday, February 22, 1959 National Society Honors Gold Hill Herb Mrs. John D. Hoist, Gold Hill, member of the Rogue Valley Herb Society, recently received the 1958 Award of Merit given each year by The Gerard society. The society is a national educational organization in corporated for the encourage ment of the study of plants of usefulness to man in the past, present and future, and the preservation of the knowl edge to be found in the an- cient hcrbals. Membership in ! the organization is by invita tion and Mrs. Hoist was invit ed to join last year. Mrs. Hoist was a founder and first president of the Rogue Valley Herb society and has written a r t i cl e s which have appeared in the "Sunset" and the "Herb Grower" magazines. The document cites the lo cal woman for "sharing her extensive knowledge of herbs with hundreds of thousands of people." The book, "All the Herbs of the Bible" by Winifred Walker, was sent by The Gerard society trustees to Mrs. Hoist. She has loaned it to the local society's library. The national society main- LADY LONG LEGS Super-slims hips, thighs, legs via satin side panels! French Secret dip leaves waist free. Non-bind legs stay put with or without nylons, never rid'i up. Hidden garters detach. White nylon power net. Small to extra large. 10.95 MEDPD'S FASHION CENTB j Lu.krfawv . - :S - ' ' ... - ' - - (prs3si The "FleetwoodwGroup by Kroehler as featured in this week's Life Magazine Four Pieces: Center Section - Half-Sofa - Quarter Circle - Open-End Sofa Authority tains a library and large gar den of herbs at its headquar ters in Falls Village, Conn. Mrs. Hoist will speak on "A Sundial in the Herb Garden" at the Tuesday, February 24, meeting of the local society. The meeting will be held at the Girls Community club, Medford, at 1:30 p.m., with Mrs. John Ostrander and Mrs. Arthur Kneass, hostesses. Mrs. Hoist will explain the history, use parts and orna mental value of the sundial and give various types of sundial mottoes. Mrs. Kneass will read the poem "The Night Cometh" which was written about sun dials by Aline Kilmer and roll call response will be a fa vorite sundial motto. The ex hibit by members will be "the pages from your scrapbook on sundials." Mrs. Ostrander, who re cently returned from a visit to Mexico City, will tell of the herbs and gardens which she saw in that country and Mrs. Frank Carson will tell of the herb ' gardens and ex hibits she saw in Arizona and southern California. Use Your CHARGE ACCOUNT 214 E. Main Street Phone SP 2-7169 7s i $ 545 00 v m ( m nn mm . Vru $20.00 Down -$18.50 per "Your Family Furniture Store" Tf 'ffi . 'A :.t 3Sr .. . v P A family gathering February 15 celebrated the 61st wed ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor. 424 King street. The Taylors, who have lived in Medford since 1927, wexe married in Urbana, 111. Sixty-First Anniversary Celebrated by Taylors Mr. and Mrs. George Tay lor, 424 King street, were honored February 15 with a family party in observance of their 61st wedding anniver sary. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, who have lived in Medford since 1927, were married February 16, 1898, in Urbana, 111. Mrs. Taylor wore a pale blue dress Medford Bethel' Has Invitation; Guardian Visits Initiation and inspection was held Wednesday by Beth el 14. International Order of Job's Daughters, at the Ma sonic temple. Initiated were the Misses Melinda Turner. Sherilee Shouts, Sharon Hale, Carolyn Edwards,. Susan E 1 m g r e n, Paulette Chinn, Karen Cor ned. Elinor Olson. Donna Lou Taylor, Nancy Zimmer man, and Ann Douglass. Mrs. Edward Goodnough, Eueene. grand guardian for Oregon, and Harold Mclsaac, associate grand guardian, in spected the bethel. Honored euests were Mrs. Mclsaac, grand chaplain; Mrs. W. K. Suit, grand marshal; L. H. Manning, grand inner guard; Miss Jane Foust, past honored queen, North Bend; Miss Barbara Gordon, senior Drincess. Bethel 55: Miss Lin da Creather, senior princess, Kirby, and Miss jjons Knapp, visitor from Wisconsin, past honored queen. - Miss Janice Evernham,' Miss Sylvia Morris and Miss Micki Noble were awarded 500 point merit pins while the Misses Sharon Knight, Paul ine Denyer, Jean Pletsch, and Month w V7' a urn she had made herself for the wedding. It was fashioned with leg-of-mutton legs, fitted bodice and trimmed with yards and yards of lace. Mrs. Taylor recalls that she did not carry flowers for the wedding - as none were available during the winter. Following the ceremony the couple went by horse and buggy to the family farm out side Urbana. The farm, a gov ernment grant to the Taylor family when virgin land, is still owned and farmed by the Taylor family. The Taylors have two chil dren, Mrs. O. K. Roughton, Urbana, and Howard Taylor, Medford. There are 15 grand children, 22 great-grandchildren, and two great-greatgrandchildren Mr. Taylor, who is now re tired, started the Taylor Pro duce company in Medford af ter leaving Illinois. Mr. Tay lor will celebrate his 85 th birthday August 3 while Mrs. Taylor will be the same age July 29. Twenty relatives attended the recent event at the Taylor home. Caroline Denyer, were given 200 p.oint merit pins. Those awarded merit pins included the Misses Diane Lewis, Donna Paulos, Cheri Paulazzo, Patricia Ellis, Jan ice Barker, Elizabeth How ard, Collen Riley and Cheryl Potucek. . Preliminary plans , for a rummage sale to be held Sat urday, March 14, were dis cussed." Prior to the meeting a din ner was held at the Jackson hotel honoring Mrs. Good nough and Mr. Mclsaacs. wm it?:- J, Here is the Kroehler Plus-Built sectional grouping recently featured in LIFE and other leading magazines. You'll approve the light lined contemporary beauty of design, new "Lux-I-Foam" backs and 100 Foam Rubber Seat Cushions! Intriguing selection of fabrics and colors. Select now and save! Terms to fit every budget. you can BE CONFIDENT WITH KROEHLER the J 1 i i ri i BESTou" A NT" S SIXTH AND BARTLETT PHONE SP 3-4000 Pythian Lodge Opens Contest Party Planned A membership contest was inaugurated last Monday at a meeting of Talisman lodge, Knights of Pythias, with George N. Fisk and J. B, Yar brough as captains. The local member roster will be equally divided to assist them in bringing candidates into the lodge; the winning side will be honored at a dinner to be furnished and served by the losers. Thermopylae lodge. Grants Pass, is staging a similar con test and accepted a challenge whereby the lodge initiating the most members in ' a set period will be treated to a dinner by the losers. Edwin W. Lester is Grants Pass chairman and Don Lacy is master of work of the local lodge. Morley B. Lamp is pro ficiency chairman. February 23 has been voted as entertainment night and practice in the rank of es quire will be held. Refresh ments will follow according to - - Kadin, chancellor commander of Talisman ladge. Saturday, February 28, a pinochle party and box lunch is scheduled in the Pythian building at 8 p.m. Knights of Pythias, Pythian Sisters and their friends are invited to attend; ladies are asked to bring a box lunch. Numbers will be drawn to determine supper partners. Coffee will be served by a committee, with Rae Jack as chairman of the Knights and Mrs. Ed ward Bostwick for the Pythi an Sisters. A fee will be charged those playing cards and for each box lunch. This is the first of a series of get-to-gether parties of members and their friends, planned for the year ahead. .; Three candidates were ini tiated into the rank of page February 9. The rank of es quire will.be conferred Mon day; March 2, according to Don Lacy, master of work. " . ' Mrs. Riley Applegate Installed as Officer Mrs. Riley Applegate , was installed vice president of Olive Rebekah Past Noble Grands' club at the last meet ing, held at Girls Community club. Mrs. Dolly Love con ducted the ceremony. Initiated were Mrs. Lee Garrett, Mrs. Fred Scharer, Mrs. W. L. Walden and Mrs, James Hoskins. Mrs." Garrett was presented a past noble grands' pin. Mrs. Kenneth Stockhoff, Mrs. Esther Coleman, Mrs. Alice Smith were guests. Mesdames Walden, Apple gate and Ivy were the com mittee for the evening. The next meeting will be March 12 and at that time past presidents will be honored. of the year! - I Mrs. Mae Logan Royal Neighbor Supervisor Here To Visit Lodge Mrs. Mae Logan, Portland, state supervisor of the Royal Neighbors of America was re cently honored at a covered dish dinner at the Pythian hall by the local group. While in the valley she was also honored at a coffee hour Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Carl Pearson, 118 Clark street, oracle. Also present at the dinner was Mr. Logan. The program included a reading by Connie Russell and the Rogue Valley Blacklight ers souare dance group pre sented several dances. Sharon Ferris, Randa Martin and Sharon Huffman gave a pan tomime of the Chipmunk song and the Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Centennial theme was used for the dinner which included the use of kerosene lamps for lighting. Chairman Named For Spring Show Of Garden Club - Central Point -Mrs. Ralph Hixson was appointed chair man of the annual spring flow er show of the Central Point Garden club at the February meeting, held at the home of Mrs. Leo Ghelardi on Old Stage road. The show' theme will be "Wings Over Oregon." Mrs. C. H. Ault and Mrs. Walter Sutherland assisted Mrs. Ghelardi in serving des sert. The valentine theme was used ior the menu and table decorations. The centerpiece was a sprayed manzanita branch hung with tiny valen tines made by the hostess. Guests were Mrs. Karl Jan ouch and Mrs. Elmer Waits, Tulelake, Calif., a niece of Mrs. Ault. Mrs. R. D. Kay gave the horticulture lesson on cactus She named a number of bet ter known cactus and stated there are over a thousand va rieties. These range from tiny ones to those over 70 feet in height, and each has its own built-in storage system for wa ter. Some receive shade from their needles, many have beautiful flowers, some pro duce edible fruit and a bev erage is derived from another type. Mrs. John Holmer talked on birds, describing the linnet, commonly known as the house finch. She said it is about the size of the sparrow, brown ish in color with bright red breast and forehead and stripe over the eyes. They are num erous m tne east as well as this vicinity, Mrs. Holmer said, and while they do some damage to fruit, this is com pensated for by the good they do in eliminating insects from the tre,es. The finches like to nest near a house, are inter esting to watch, are beautiful in color and have a more mu sical song than the sparrow, she said. Mrs. L. C. Gorden brought an arrangement made with driftwood and red camellias. Mrs. Kay displayed lenten roses with mauve tinted thyme and the succulent, hen and chickens, with the same tint on the edge. Prizes were won by Mrs. Steve Benson and Mrs. Henry Conger. Corsages went to Mrs. Wallace West and Mrs. Suth erland. Following the meeting the group toured Rogue Valley and Hoppe's greenhouses. Data on schools, colleges, and careers is available at the Jackson County library for the use of teen-agers, parents and teachers. tandard and custom IE EM EVEREST t JENNINGS umwzn Mmj FOLDING WHEEL CHAIRS ALSO WALKEBS CRUTCHES PATIENT LIFTS COMMODES Rentals Sales HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 E. Main Ph. 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