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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedW, 0r., Today's Antique Dealers Sell Armor, Totem Poles Br GAY PAULEY New York (LTD There's something new in the business of collecting the old. Today'! antiquers are con centrating on the "different" linds-from suits of armor to totem poles-which make bet ter conversation pieces in the home than collections of old porcelain or glass, even if they are not as valuable. ... Take time to browse New York's Second and Third ave nues, where every other shop seems to deal in some phase of antiquity. It is amazing what has been emptied from attics to fill stors windows. From Armor To Posters There are those suits of armor, handed down from heaven-knows-whose militant ancestor; old diving helmets; gaming devices; cigar store In dians; weathervanes; coffee mills; churns; wooden well buckets; bird houses whittled by some patient early settler; hunting decoys; whirligigs which" once decorated fence posts; figureheads from old sailing vessels; shopkeepers' signs or plaques saying "Stage Coach Stops Here"; land scapes and portraits done by itinerant artists, the results now called "primitives," and even "wanted" posters from pre-FBI days offering $50 re ward for horse thieves dead or alive. And all are selling. For Fun, Not Investment "People buy for fun, no longer for investment," said Henry Coger, a native of Jonesboro, Ark., who, with his partner, John Bihler, for merly of Chicago, runs a well cluttered hangout for collec tors of the unusual. Coger figures there are three basic reasons for the changing taste of antiques col lectors. They no longer can afford the servants to help clean elegant collections of old glass, china and figurines; have no room to display such collections; and no longer are interested in gathering to gether the traditional. "It's the desire to be differ ent," said Coger, whose per sonal collection leans to Americana. "The same moti vation started women on the wig fad." SAVINGS EVENT Aow is the time to. taoe on these perfect fitting leg-size stockings . . . Full Fashioned and Seamless . . . all styles are at reduced prices .1 . Q DAYS YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT INVITED! Main and Bartlett Streets Thurify, February I, 1939 Coger and Bihler do most of their antiques hunting at antiques fairs-"the nation's at tics long since have been emptied," said Coger. They will attend and exhibit at 25 to 30 shows a year, including the giant fair scheduled for the New York Coliseum March 7-15. "There is a real shortage of antiques," said Coger, "and in all fields from fine old Eu ropean furniture to early American cookie boards. "It will only get worse. In our present world of mass production, there is so little made which can stand the test of time." . PTA Plans Carnival . Oregon's Centennial year will provide the theme for the annual carnival of Lincoln Parent-Teacher association to be held Friday, February 27, at the school. This is the unit's fund-raising project for the year. In keeping with the Cen tennial, derbies and top hats and old-fashioned bonnets will be on sale during the evening. The bonnets were made by th PTA women. Many games and other en tertainment is being provided for both youngsters and adults, and prizes will be awarded for the most original Centennial costumes worn by boys and girls. The doors will be open at 6:30 p.m. and the public is in vited to attend. Refreshments will be on sale. Past Chiefs' Night To Be Celebrated Past Chiefs' night will be held by Pocahontas lodge at a meeting Friday, February 27, at 8 p.m. in Redman hall on Apple street. A card party will close the evening's program. Card Party Roxy Ann Home Economics club will hold a card party Saturday, February 28, at 8 p.m. at Roxy Ann Grange hall. T meoroRo ONCE A YEAR ONLY Players To Present Comedy Ashland - "Bell, Book and Candle," a sophisticated com edy about a glamorous present-day witch who loses her magical powers when she falls in love, will be the next attraction at Southern Ore gon college, where it will be presented by the SOC Play ers for three performances on March 5, 6 and 7. George Bell, director, said that the play was a resound ing success on Broadway, where it ran for 233 perform ances during the 1950-51 sea son with the celebrated hus band and wife team of Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer in the leading roles. It was writ ten by John van Drusen, whose comedy hit, "The Voice of the Turtle," is one of the ten long-run Broadway cham pions of all time. Unlike the sinister, haggish witches of Macbeth, the sorceress of "Bell, Book and Candle," is a young irresist able lady, living unsuspected among the residents of an apartment house in New York's fashionable Murray Hill district. By means of a magic in cantation that works in a few seconds, she makes a hand some, neighboring publisher fall in love with her and for get his fiancee. The publisher leaves her when he learns that she is a practicing witch, but eagerly returns when he finds that love has changed her into a normal person. Ellen Frost, Ashland, will be seen as Gillian, the glam orous witch who reforms for the sake of love, and Mike Forbes, Medford, as Shep, the young publisher who is "spell bound" by her kisses, will serve as the recipient of some modern-day witchcraft. Cast as minor witches will be Colleen Lewis, Ashland, as Gillian's aunt, whose magic fails to work on street traf fic, and Johnie Johnson, Ash land, as a rascally brother witch who delights in putting phones out ' of order. James Cunningham, M a 1 i n, will have a featured role as a whiskey-steeped mystery writ er on the witches' trail. About 60 per cent of Ameri can people have hospital and medical insurance. CshilSTOCKIMGS Phone SP 2-6428 Ml A flight over the North Pole is not only exciting, but considerably confusing. Mrs. J. J. Swayne, who arrived in the valley several days ago from Munich, Germany, not only found herself eating breakfast at midnight and dinner in the middle of the morning, but traveled in dark ness continuously for 18 hours. Mrs. Swayne, in Central Point to visit her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, and other relatives, left Munich at 7:30 p.m., (European time) February 8. and was in San Francisco the next afternoon at 2 p.m. .(Pacific Time). A stop was made in Frankfort, where she boarded the TWA Constella tion, and another in London where additional passengers embarked for the flight over the polar country. The plane continued on through darkness hour after hour until it began to catch up with the daylight over northern Canada. The visitor, who described said "isn't it amazing that the plane can remain in the air for 22 hours without'refueling?" Potpourri agreed. In deed, so far as we are concerned, the entire idea of the Polar flight is amazing. Mrs. Swayne said that when the passengers were settled at London for the long flight, they were advised to set their watches on San Francisco time, which most of them did. However, the plane's food schedules remain on Eu ropean time. When Mrs. Swayne's watch said 5:30 a.m., the stewardess came around with what she called luncheon, and about 10 a.m. dinner was served. The food was good, and ported. Since Mrs. Swayne ticket, she was prepared to served, having read that only the deluxe tickets rated complete meals. However, dmner consisted of soup, steak and dessert. Mrs. Swayne said that even after completion of the flight she was not sure of just what the difference is between the . services or accommodations. Mrs. Swayne said she was good time on the polar flights because they fly at about 18,000 feet above the earth streams" of air above, avoiding the turbulences which may occur below. The visitor's husband is armed forces of Europe, and for several months. When Potpourri inquired what the average German is thinking or saying about the latest East-West crisis as concerned Germany, she said Germans seem to be less upset than the people of the United States. Mrs. Swayne said the last East-West situation before she left Germany had rated a couple of paragraphs on the back page of the newspaper she read. Arriving in San Francisco, she saw a copy of a SF paper with huge headlines about the "Berlin Crisis." Thinking that something had happened while she was en route to the United States, Mrs. S. hurriedly bought a paper only to find that there really wasn't anything new in the story. Checking with the operator of the news stand, she was told that similar headlines had been used in other papers of the day. Mrs. S. said this emphasized what she often hears m Europe - that U. S. commentators, reporters and writers of national and international news are prone to over play the news.. "Stories on the front pages of American newspapers under big heads are inside with small heads in European newspapers," she said. The visitor will remain middle of March, when she will return to Munich, again going by the Polar route. The Swaynes, who have lived in various parts of the world in recent years, expect to be in Germany until the summer of 1960. "I've made a kettle of soup," Pappy reported one eve ning when Potpourri phoned home before leaving the office. It was very good, so we inquired if he remembered what had gone into the making. Pappy, being a free lancer when it comes to cooking, sometimes isn't too sure after wards just what has gone into "Well, he recalled, "I used and when they were almost cooked I put in a can of con somme, some horseradish, some chopped rosemary (fresh out of the garden) and I guess that's about all. Except a little bit of clove. Oh yes, I threw in some whole wheat flour, too." So there you have soup. - O.S. High School Press Council Questioned About Kissing By PATRICIA McCORMACK .United Press International New York-UPD-To kiss or not to kiss on a first date is a matter of "to each his own," according to members of New York's High School Press council. The upper-bracket students took a stand on kissing and dating habits after preview ing "Crisis Over a Kiss," an episode of the "Father Knows Best" show that television viewers will see next week. The story deals with teen agers kissing on first dates, but the high school TV critics thought it idealistic, " rather than realistic. The girl having the "kissing crisis" in the show had too much parental help in solving her problem, they pointed out. An Aesop Fabl One, Peter Marshall, 15, and a junior, described the epi sode as an "Aesop fable usirg human beings." Peter also said that "someone once said that TV is chewing gum for the eyes." Peter's views on kissing: "Until you really get to know a girl well enough to really like her, I wouldn't kiss her. Each date should be natural. The feelings and date should not be forced social customs." Barbara Schoenfeld, 16, and a senior, said if a boy does try to kiss a girl "a hint should stop him." "If it doesn't," she said, "he's too aggressive." Chic Goldsmid, president of the council, said: "Affections can be displayed in more ways -than kissing. Understanding is of prime con sideration all the time on dates." Up io the Girl A student at Forest Hills High, 15-year-old Zita Zatkin, said that a lot is up to the girl, since a boy will be as aggressive on a first date as the girl will let him. Some of the girls, by the way, had the old Victorian idea of keeping a man-or boy -guessing. the entire trip as "marvellous it was hot," the traveler re had an "economy" or tourist have nothing but sandwiches told that the planes make and ride the smoother "jet chief finance officer for the the two have, lived in Munich story she had read about the m Medford until about the the kettle. some of those small onions, it. A new recipe for onion t "To go out on a date with a boy, I must like him," said Mary Basta, "and enjoy being with him. "If he feels the same, and wants to kiss me and I want to also, I would. By doing this, a girl does not lose a boy's respect if the relationship is a rich one." "If a girl draws the line or wears a hands-off sign, a boy should respect it and not try anything." Carol Gorin said a girl defi nitely shouldn't kiss a boy on the first date unless she knew him a long time before the date. Boys Disagreed' Herb Roth, of Forest Hills High, said if the girl likes the boy or if she's had an enjoy able evening, "I don't see any reason why she shouldn't kiss him" on the first date. He also said that on the first date a boy shouldn't be too aggressive, but "should still try." Vic Wheeler said all boys will attempt to kiss on the first date and that it would be frustrating if the girl didn't respond. "A boy should be polite, however," he said, adding: "But he shouldn't hide his affections." . Matt Mallon said: "According to common so cial practice the boy is sup posed to be the aggressive one of the pair and I believe that he sRould make an attempt to kiss the girl and see how she reacts." How to Store Walnuts New York-il'PD-Shelled wal nut meats will keep well at room temperature for about six weeks to two months, but are likely to turn rancid after that. TheyJil stay fresh a month or two longer in the refrigera tor, and even longer in the home freezer. In "the shell, they won't turn rancid at or dinary temperatures for about a year, but they may become infested by insects. Scouts To Visit Legislature Girl Scout Troop 163, spon sored by the - American Le gion, is planning a trip to Salem in April to see state government in action in con nection with earning their curved bar in citizenship badge. The troop, led by Mrs. Glen Bessonette, and Mrs. Robert Riechers, assistant leader, participated in the League of Women Voters' Candidates' Fair in November, and members have attended other meetings of the league, earning my government badges. In December the girls gath ered mistletoe and shipped it out of the state as a fund raising project to finance the trip to Salem. The girls also held a boy-girl Christmas par ty; they trimmed the tree in the main lobby of the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital, un der the - direction of Mrs. Ralph Pickell, and sent paper dolls to a Girl Guide troop in the Alberta Children's hos pital at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. All the girls of the Guide Troop are resident pa tients in the hospital. In January the troop earn ed the aviation badge, with John Childers, principal of Roosevelt school, acting as special consultant. Mr. Chil ders, a volunteer pilot for Mercy Flights, explained to the girls how Mercy Flights operates, how the planes are built and maintained, what makes a plane fly, and other things pertaining to aeronau tics. He then tested the girls on what they had learned Besides touring the Mercy Flight planes, the girls were privileged to tour a Pacific Lines plane and also visited the weather bureau office and the airport. " To secure the support of the parents and to explain the purpose of the Salem trip, in February the girls held a joint meeting with parents at the Bessonette home. Discuss ed was budget, uniforms, transportation and date of the trip, which will be April 23 to 25. The troop will stay at the Senator hotel, and will visit both the House and Sen ate, besides other points of interest. February 21, the girls held a snow party, going to Cra ter Lake for the day. The troop is also planning an over night camp out to complete their pioneer badge. Director Announced Washington-Ephraim Roos Gomberg, an attorney of Pennsylvania, has been ap pointed director of the 19bU White House Conference on Children and Youth, Mrs. Katherine B. Oettinger. Chief of the Children s Bureau, an nounced today. In announcing his appoint ment, Mrs. Oettinger called attention to Mr. Gomberg's broad extjenence m many dif ferent kinds of social action on a local, state and national basis. She pointed out that throughout his career he has been involved in community organization activities. "We know that he will brine the same imagination and scope to this assignment that he already has amply demonstrated in his widely varied career." Mr. Gomberg, in his capac ity as White House Confer ence director, will carry out the directive of the Presi-1 dent's National Committee for the 1960 White House Conference, of which Mrs. Rollin Brown, Los Angeles, is chairman. Mr. Gomberg, who is also a former educator and news paperman, most recently has been serving as a member of the board of directors and the executive board of the Pennsylvania Citizens Asso ciation for Health and Wel fare. In this capacity, he was chairman of a committee on court and correctional serv ices connected with the state's attack on juvenile delin quency and its attempts to strengthen correctional serv ices for adults. Mr. Gombere began his ac tive participation in social j welfare as a newspaperman j serving with the Duluth News Tribune, the Detroit Free Press and other papers. New York -4JPD- Ever yearn for violets in the springtime.' If so, you're in good com pany. The Fragrance Foundation says that when Napoleon , made his drive over the Alps into Italy, he became enchant- j ed with the aroma from the fields of Parma violets. He sent gallons of the violet ex tract to Empress Josephine. AUTOMATIC SEWING MACHINES Rent Sell Trade Parts Repairs All Makes Ove- 25 Yrs. Experience C...I,'. 2612 noun a Biddle Rd. SP 2-6439 Duplicate Club At Camp White Names Winners Camp White Twelve ta bles of players took part in the last session of Camp W.iite Duplicate Bridge club. North -south winners were headed by Mrs. Frank Baker and Eugene Ricker, who scored 156V2 points. First place for east-west players was earned by Mrs. Paul Hut ton and Rou Pruitt with a score of 158 points. Other north-south winners were Mrs. Tom Randall and Arthur Scarseth, who tied with Mrs. Paul McDuffee and Mrs. Jack Mitchell for second and third, each pair scoring 153V points. The George Rodes were fourth with 152 points. Additional east-west win ners were Jack Love and Paul McDuffee, second, 153; the Leland Clarks, third, 15IV2; Jack Mitchell and Mrs. Frank Perl, fourth, 149V4 points. North - south winners the previous week were Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Perl, first, 123 points; George Polski and Don Reverman, second, 119V2 points; Paul Hatton and Jack Love, third, 117; Mrs. R. J. Conroy and Mrs. Ben Todd, fourth, IUV2. East-west winners for the session were Mrs. J. J. Dough erty and Walter Humes, first, 147 points; Mrs. Fred Purdin C MODERN X vfe&EkS. fS$A I K R. Afti E FOR WOMEN (f lip VWjmS- 17-JEWElS N' FOR Mm wim fX I I LJ CHOtCB 3 iiilMtffal fflii : jesses sss? 3 I j?-J i' i' ' SELF-WINDING WATCHES 1 I . DIAMONDS SET STYLES I I MODELS WITH 14K GOLD CASES 11 H 1 isfBk. . a htite ui mere tvivrurt W H I ATTRACTIVE NURSES' WATCHES 1 1 ' ijr ALL FULLY GUARANTEED I IT JmmMiK NO MONEY DOWN IB i iMMAmm II l&mgi rmKmb II Jri I MBFf T IMPORT FROM Allft OWN I && II tSIvs"-- I DIAMOND CUTTING AND POLISHING I SV PLANT IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND V&bllifcv ii w&asL5 ' " mLSmi i lummmjhX .fei25fcil 122 E. Main St. Medford Phon SP 3-5348 STORE HOURS: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Juvenile Club Royal Neighbor Juvenile club will meet Friday, Febru ary 27, at 4 p.m. in the front room of the Girls Community club for a business session. Calendar Calendar notices and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must 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 views is 5 pjn. the day before publication. Thursday 6:30 p.m.-Phoenix Thurs day club, Fireside room, Phoe nix Community club. 6:30 p.m. - Zonta club, home of Mrs. Bonnie Wilson, Talent. 8 p.m. - Reames chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Medford Masonic temple. 8 p.m.-Writers' session, home of Mrs. John Kirby, 2581 Jacksonville highway. , Friday: 12 noon - Women's auxili ary, St. Mark's Episcopal -church, at church. 12:30 p.m.-Fifty Plnus club, Episcopal Guild hall. 1 p.m. - Electa Social club, Girls Community club. and Tom Munds, second, 142; Mrs. Randall and Walt er Grow, third, '113; Mrs. Don Root and Mrs. Sam Van Dyke, fourth, 112. us urns n Hostesses Give Bridal Shower Trail Mrs. David R. Bliss was honored at a bridal show er given February 21 at Pros pect by Mrs. William Hervey and Mrs. Everett Taylor. Games were played, and prizes awarded. The gift table centerpiece was of pussywillows arranged with a Chinese miniature. Re freshments were served. Guests included Mrs. Lee Maloy, Mrs. Mona Bishop, Mrs. Lester Setzer, Mrs. Mar gery Kelly,, Mrs. Elmer Og born, Mrs.' Johnston, Mrs. Richard Goodman, Mrs. Mau er, Mrs. Lena Robinson, Mrs. Blanche Millard, Mrs. Ivy Cov ingtonly, Mrs. Isaac Rhodes, Mrs. Earl Bliss, Mrs. Ben Goodman, Mrs. Vivian Maloy, Mrs. Voyed Bliss, Mrs. Frank Dolenshek, and the honored guest. . . Th Wonder Girl Eg I . of Hair Cuffing IV f ' IS HOME 5 I CRATERIAN 1 BEAUTY SALON 41 South Central j 3 Phone SP 2-4830 f
