1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford", Oregon, Friday, February J7, 195
Marriages of Teen-Agers
Have High Divorce Rate
Corvallis - Marriages are
getting "younger" but they're
not getting more successful,
and an Oregon State College
family life specialist believes
it's time to raise serious ques
tions about the trend toward
teen-age weddings. He sug
gests much more considera
tion be given to "readiness for
marriage."
The average age of marri
ages has declined to the point
today where more and more
people are not ready for mar
riage either emotionally or
socially, Dr. Lester A. Kirken
dall insists. For example, some
boys marry without having
had any real job experience
or responsibilities. The result
is a high divorce rate and
much needless emotional dam
age experienced by those who
fail.
A recent study of 3,000 mar
riages showed a 20 per cent
divorce rate in marriages
where both the man and wom
an were under 20 years of
age, he notes. When one part
ner" was under 20 and the
other between 20 and 23, the
divorce rate was 14 per cent;
where both were between 20
and 25. 10 per cent; both be
tween 26 and 30, 9 per cent:
and both over 30, 7V per
cent.
Copy Cat Trend
Many young people have
the feeling today that they
should get married in their
late teens. In fact, this, is so
common it has become seem
ingly a matter of "doing what
everyone else is doing," Dr.
Kirkendall points out.
"This is a dangerous and
alarming social situation," he
insists. "Some young marri
ages are good, of course, but
in many cases the boy and
girl leap and then look," he
believes.
Kirkendall discounts the be
lief that young people are
good marriage bets because
"they're not set in their
ways." In reality, he says,
many young people are "very
inflexible" in their ideas, their
conduct anr! their judgments
of others.
Readiness for marriage in
volves both age and experi
ence in working with people,
he believes. Some teen-agers
may be ready for marriage
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on that basis; some middle-
aged persons may not.
Marriage is for "adults,"
however, and mate selections
based on adolescent values
are likely to go wrong, he
points out. The things that
make a boy or a girl a good
date are not necessarily the
things that make a good hus
band and wife. Physical ap
pearance, athletic prowess,
and care-free attitude are not
lasting values that stand up
over the years as a couple
rears children, copes with fi
nancial problems, and experi
ences the give-and-take of
marriage, he says.
His advice: Give yourself
time. Time is a good invest
ment in deciding on a .mar
riage partner.
Do different things together
to provide a chance to ob
serve one another's behavior
under various circumstances
in each others home, with
children and adult groups,
working together, serious con
versation about hopes and
plans.
Consult with responsible
adults. An unfortunate atti
tude seems to have developed
which leads both parents and
young people to feel that any
suggestions by the parents
will be construed as "inter
ference." Don't set the date before
solving problems that may
exist. Promised behavior
changes may not come to pass;
don't expect miracles.
- Build a foundation upon
which to rest a marriage
through education and mature
planning.
Promenaders Set
Dance Saturday
. Star . Promenaders Square
Dance club will hold a dance
at Kershaw Square on Cory
road starting about 8:30 p.m.
Saturday. '
Kenneth Hood, . Medford,
and guest callers will call
squares, and all square danc
ers are invited. Potluck re
freshments will be served.
Kershaw Square is about
a mile and a half off High
way 62 on Cory road which
extends east from the Desert
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Annual Dinner
Of Altar Society
To Be Sunday
The St. Patrick ham din
ner, given annually by St
Anne's Altar society of Sa
cred Heart parish, will be
served buffet style Sunday,
March 1, between the hours
of 12:30 and 6 p.m. in St.
Mary's gymnasium, at 11th
and Holly streets.
The public is invited to at
tend this traditional event
each year. According to the
chairman, Mrs. John Mans
field, there will be a special
price for families with three
or more children' and the
high-chair crowd is free.
Girls from the 4-H Tot
Tenders club will be present
to help with the younger
children while parents eat.
Mrs. Alfonso Gonzales is
cochairman for the dinner.
Committee members include
Mrs. Elmer Ness, president of
the Altar society; and Mrs.
Fred Shere, Mrs. Thomas
Cardona, Mrs. Joe Butler,
Mrs. Elie Nouguier, Mrs. John
Hochstatter, Mrs. Paul New
comb, Mrs. John O'Hara, Mrs.
Van Calhoun and Mrs. Sher
man Feiss.
Assisting the women will
be members of f the Knights
of Columbus and students of
St. Mary's school.
Originally, some 40 years
ago, the dinner was served on
St. Patrick's day. The date
was set ( ahead to March 1
this year because of the early
Easter date.
According to the ticket sale
committee, Mr. and Mrs.
George Holzgang and Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Gosch, tick
ets' may be purchased at the
door.
Lions' Auxiliary
Aids Two Events
Jacksonville - Jacksonville
Lions' Club auxiliary assisted
with two Jacksonville events
this month.
February 6 auxiliary mem
bers prepared and served a
dinner for the Brick Masons'
union at the Community hall.
February 15 the auxiliary as
sisted the Lions' club with a
"kick off" Centennial break
fast. The auxiliary holds an in
formal dinner and social meet
ing the second Monday of each
month. Visitors are welcome.
Roses last longer if cut in
the late afternoon, just as
the petals start to unfold.
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A concert to be presented
Sunday, March 1, by the Phil
harmonic Society of Southern
Oregon will be conducted by
Richard D. Werner. The pro-
gram, set for 3 p.m. at Med
ford High school auditorium,
will be works of composers
representative of the Roman
tic period with much audience
appeal, the conductor states.
Soloist will be Miss Frances
T h r u n, dramatic soprano,
with Bruno Pellegrini as ac
companist. Coffee will be
served at intermission time
by women of the Philharmonic
guild, with Mrs. Almus Pruitt,
Medford, and Mrs. Vinson
Vaughn, Eagle Point, as hon
orary hostesses. Tickets will
be on sale at the box office.
Symphonic Works
To Be Broadcast
Sunday Morning
The' Cleveland orchestra
will play works by Mozart
and Ralph Vaughan Williams
on its KYJC-CBS radio broad
cast Sunday, March 1 at 11:05
12 noon, PST.
George Szell, musical di
rector of the orchestra, will
open the broadcast program
with Mozart's "Symphony No.
33" in B flat major (K.319).
Mozart concluded this sym
phony on July 9, 1779 at Salz
burg. The French critic
George de St. Foix wrote it
"Mozart, draws for us a de
lightful picture of a beautiful
summer's day. We could al
most describe this as his
pastoral symphony. It is full
of gusto, joy, dancing, not
unmixed with a certain sen
sual ecstasy." :
On the second half of the
broadcast program, Associate
Conductor Robert Shaw will
conduct the late Ralph
Vaughan. Williams' "Sym
phony No. 4" in F minor. This
work was completed in 1935
and given its world premiere
in London on April 10 of that
year. Its first performance in
America took place in Decem
ber, 1935, with Artur Rod
zinski conducting the Cleve
land orchestra. The work has
been called "grim and uncom
promising," and Sir Adrian
Boult, who conducted its pre
miere, says that "It brought
many of us straight up against
the spectacle of an impend
ing war."
"Masked Ball"
Opera Broadcast
For February 28
Verdi's dramatic Opera "Un
Ballo In Maschera" ("The
Masked Ball") will be the
fourteenth performance of the
Metropolitan Opera Com
pany's broadcast season on
KYJC-CBS Radio Saturday,
February 28 at 11 a.m.
The American conductor,
Thomas Schippers, will direct
the opera. The all-star cast
includes tenor Jan Peerce as
Riccardo, king of Sweden;
baritone Robert Merrill as
Renato, secretary to the king;
soprano Antonietta Stella as
Amelia, wife of Renato. Mezzo-soprano
Jean Madeira will
play the part of Ulrica, a
sorceress, and soprano Laurel
Hurley will be Oscar, page
to King Riccarddo.
Like several other Verdi
operas, "Un Ballo In Mas
chera," a story about the as
sassination of King Gustav III
of Sweden at a . court ball
in 1782, created a political
tempest at the time of its
premiere. While the opera
was in rehearsal, Italian revo
lutionists attempted to assassi
nate Napoleon III in Paris.
bince Verdi's new opera had
to do with a successful con
spiracy against royalty, it
was promptly banned. Verdi
refused to adapt his music to
a new libretto, but the prob
lem was finally solved by
changing the opera's title and
shifting it's locale from Swe
den to puritan New England.
These national differences
have since been forgotten, and
the opera once more takes
place at the Swedish court.
"Un Ballo In Maschera" was
first performed at the Metro
politan Opera in 1889, in German.
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Gold Hill
PTA Marks
Founding
Gold Hill Crater Parent
Teachep association observed
Founders day, honored past
presidents of the unit and pre
sented a program featuring
many outstanding numbers in
which students of the school
participated, at a meeting held
in Crater cafetorium Monday
evening. Roy Henry, president
of the group, conducted the
business session. Mrs. Melvin
Burnett, and Ogden Kellogg,
both Gold Hill and Mrs.
Charles Taylor, Central Point,
were named to the nominating
committee.
Mrs. Burnett, membership
chairman, reported Crater
PTA now has 160 members.
Plans were announced for
a cake sale to raise funds to
meet the budget. This fund
raising event will be held
soon in both Gold Hill and
Central Point.
Arthur Straus, principal of
Crater High school, intro
duced a new member of the
school's faculty, Nyle Smith.
Mr., Henry introduced past
presidents of the unit and
told the year each served in
that capacity. They were Mrs.
Arnold Bohnert, Central
Point, 1951-52; Carl Hover,
Central Point who served
1952-53 and 1953-54; Mrs. Ben
Day, Sams Valley, 1954-55;
Mrs. Charles Taylor, Central
Point, 1955-56; Mrs. C. B. Cor
dy, Central Point, 1956-57;
and Mrs. Lewis Kilbourn, Cen
tral Point, 1957-58.
Allen Barnes, president of
the Crater Future Farmers of
America chapter, presented
the Crater FFA Rogue Ram
blers band which won first
place in the FFA district tal
ent contest recently. This
group will compete at the
state FFA meet on March 21
and 22. Participating in this
band are Tom and Denny
Samples, Leon and Floyd
Sherman and Dennis Fisher.
These young men have ap
peared on radio and tele
vision programs. .
"Let it be known," was the
title of the speech given by
Don Denning; this speech won
him second place in a recent
FFA district contest.
Allen Barnes introduced
those who took part in a dem
onstration of the FFA parlia
mentary team, led by John
Caster, chairman of the group.
They were Don Ryan, Don
Denning, David Foote, Nate
Banery, Larry Ryerson and
Mike Redmond.
A play on mental health,
directed by Jim Backen, was
given. This play has been pre
sented several times with the
cooperation of the Child Guid
ance clinic. Students making
up the cast were James Hayes,
Kent Randall, Margaret Pen
delton, Mary Jones and Janet
Scalberg.
Following the performance,
a discussion between students
and the audience was led by
Norman Carothers in conjunc
tion with mental health.
The evening concluded with
a silver offering in recognition
of Founder's Day and refresh
ments were served during the
social hour.
Dance Planned
By Hilltoppers
Hilltappers plan a square
dance at the Old Wagner
Creek school Saturday, Feb
ruary 28, beginning at 8:30
p.m. The school is located on
Wagner Creek road, two miles
West of Talent on a paved
road.
All square dancers are in
vited. Potluck refreshments will
be served during intermission.
Francis Cronin and guest
callers will call the squares.
Calendar
Calendar notices and news for 1
the society section of The Mall
Tribune must be submitted In j
writing and deadline for the Son- j
day edition is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead- '
line for the weekly calendar Is 9
a.m. 01 tne day lor publication ana
for week day news is S P-m. the
day before publication.
Friday:
6:30 p.m. - Pocahontas!
lodge, Redman hall. '
Saturday:
1 p.m. - Daughters of the i
American Revolution, Girls
Community club.
5-8 p.m. - Eagle Point
Grange dinner, Grange hall.
8 p.m.-Roxy Ann HEC,
card party at Grange hall.
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Mushroom Club
Schedules Trip
Southern Oregon Mush
room club has scheduled a
field trip for Sunday, March
1. The group will meet at the
home of Fred Lawrence, 1422
Euclid avenue, at noon, and
leave from there for the out
ing. Anyone interested in mak
ing the trip is asked to call
Mr. Lawrence at SPring 2-6767
for more information.
Past Presidents
Honored Guests
At PTA Session 1
Talent - Talent Parent
Teacher association honored
its past presidents at a Found
ers' day meeting held last
week. Mrs. Richard Kane,
PTA vice president, presented
corsages to Mrs. Jennie Bay
lor, Mrs. George Hartley,
Mrs. John Childers, and Mrs.
Neil Stockebrand. They were
introduced by Mrs. Dale
O'Harra, chairman of the
Founders' day program.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Simp
son of Ashland sang three
numbers from the early days
of the west, following a talk
by Mr. Simpson about the
Centennial and the history of
PTA.
Reference material for the
elementary school library
will be purchased with the
balance of proceeds from the
PTA carnival held last fall.
Previous purchases include
two record players and
records for the primary de
partment and uniforms for
the high school basketball
team.
Mrs. J. E. McCardell, Mrs.
O'Harra, and Mrs. Gilbert
Wall were elected for the nom
inating committee.
Following the business
meeting refreshments were
served by mothers of children
in the fifth grade under the
direction of Mrs. McCardell,
room mother representative.
Colors were presented by
Judy Bagley, Sharon Brad
ford, Lynne Eilers, and Betty
Jo Howell of Girl Scout Troop
175. Mrs. Corey's room won
the room count.
SATURDAY, FEB. 28th
9:30 a.m. to 4:00
Brightest way to rush a season-by
choosing your own New Spring
Dresses at our big annual trunk
show. Mr. Kelly Sheldon will
show you L'Aiglon's entire spring
and summer line for '59. Your
once-a-year chanceto see the en
tire line before you order.
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Junior Bethel
Night Observed;
Delegates Named
Bethel 55, International Or
der of Job's Daughters, held
Junior Bethel night Tuesday,
February 24, at the Knights
of Pythias hall. Honored
Queen Lynda Knips presided.
Junior bethel officers in at
tendance were. Chaplain, San
dra Sanner; recorder, Janet
Turner; messengers, Willetta
Eubanks, Camille Eri, Cheryl
Cummings, Faye Adams and
Sandra Jewett; librarian,
Lena Merrifield; treasurer,
Brenda Suit; musician, Lauri
Beth Buonocore; senior custo
dian, Virginia Vaughn; junior
custorianu, Joanne Foresee;
inner guard, Patricia Myers,
and outer guard, Heather
Rode.
Choir members are soloist,
TSnt..;,;.. CaIKit. Cliornn "Rslror
Christine Bartels, Catherine;
Brown, Beverly . Bush, Ro
berta Featherston, Sharon
Hamm, Linda Morlan, Pamela
Trowbridge and Bonnie Tully.
Escorted were Miss Kara
lee Selby, junior past queen
of the bethel and Miss Penny
Sampert, grand bethel repre
sentative to Utah. Introduced
were Mrs. Paul Selby, past
guardian; Mrs. William Suit,
grand marshal of Oregon; L.
H. Manning, grand inner
guard of Oregon, and William
Randolph, a visiting "secret
dad." A "welcome back" gift
was presented to the bethel
guardian, Mrs. Harold Gor
don, who has been ill.
. Plans were made for at
tending grand session in Eu
gene April 9, 10, 11. Dele
gates elected are Miss Marcia
Barrell and Miss Sandra San
ner. The annual election meeting
of the guardian 'council will
be held Tuesday, March 3, at
7:30 P-m., at the home of
Mrs. Gordon, 418 South Oak
dale avenue.
Refreshments were served
by Jackie Mee, Willetta Eu
banks, Camille Eri, Faye
Adams, and Cheryl Cum
mings, and their mothers.
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