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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."
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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.
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Phone SP 2-6428
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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
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"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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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