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i - .v ' iMrs. Elmer Ness Winner Of Toastmistress Contest "Bell, Book, and Candle" a lively comedy about a beau tiful, modern-day witch, will feature Jim Cunningham. Ma lin. ai a whiskey-steeped wri ter in the SOC Players pro duction of the popular Broad way play March 5-7 in Chur chill hall. Written by John an Drusen. author of "The Voice of the Turtle." the play is directed by George H. Bell of the speech and drama de partment. Southern Oregon college. "Self Inventory" was the title of the speech given by Mrs. Elmer Ness which won for her first place in the Med ford Toastmistress' club an nual speech contest held Feb ruary 25, at Girls' Community club. Mrs. Ness presented her talk as taking inventory of the boxes on the closet shelves, these boxes repre senting character qualities in a person's life. She stated that introspection can help to over come mistakes along life's road. Second place winner, Mrs Clarence Rolls, entitled her speech "Fidelity". She stress ed that fidelity is the quality that marriage, politics and na tions need to keep them run ning smoothly. "Ready for the Road", subject of Miss Anna Streed's speech, pictured the various roads one may choose in childhood and the ultimate results of each. Mrs. C. H. Redmond's speech "Challeng ing Today's Women" was a comparison of opportunities of the American Women and iff (Mm- Vip HAIR 1 1 RINSE V ' -v w";:-.-.-.' New HAIR RINSE By Helena Rubenstein . . . Guaranteed To Last Through 5 Shampoos! Lathers on In seconds. Won't rub off gives live, true color Conditions as it colors Choice of Shades:. Gold Radiance Copper Dazzle Bright or Deep Auburn Brown Glint Dark or Med. Silver Shimmer Ash Halo Misty Pearl Black Lustre 2 Months Supply "COLOR LIFT" $1.50 plus tax MEDFORD PHARMACY TH & CENTRAL PHONE SP 2-6253 Open Sundays 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Weekdays 8:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. that of the Russian women. Mrs. Clarence Wilson, toast mistress, explained briefly the change in the contest rules, before introducing the speak ers. Main change made was that the contestants were in formed 24 hours in advance of the final contest what their subject would be; each was given a choice of one of three subjects. The contest committee, Mrs. Effie Kurtz, chairman, Mrs. Wallace Haskins and Mrs. El len Lynner made all arrange ments for the meeting. Judges were Dr. Leon Mullings of Southern Oregon college, Mrs. L. W. Buonocore, Al Brad ford of Medford Toastmaster's club and Mrs. Mary Catherine Powell, Grants Pass Toastmis tress Club. Miss Irene Barclay, club treasurer, was presiding offi cer for the evening. Topic mistress, Mrs. John Schroeder presented topics to members for impromptu speeches on the Oregon Centennial, Table decorations, the work of Mrs. Thomas Ball, chairman, Mrs. Harry Marshall, and Mrs. Jack Cummings, were covered wagons, campfires, small for ests, picks and shovels remi niscent of the early days. The refreshment committee was Mrs. James VanderSteen, chairman, Miss Irene Bailey and Mrs. Lloyd Neilson. Invocation and flag salute were given by Mrs. C. A. Thatcher. The education talk, "Effective Expression", was presented by Mrs. Arnold Bohnert. .Mrs. Bernice Kunz man was lexicologist and tim ers were Mrs. Ethel Mclntyre and Mrs. Thatcher. Program evaluator was Mrs. Janet Bab cock of the Grants Pass Toast mistress Club. Guests for the evening were Mrs. Frank Price, Mrs. Mary Hornby of Crescent City, Mrs. Eloise Winklebleck and Mrs. Edgar Sitton. An invitation from the Grants Pass Toastmistress Club was accepted and the two clubs will hold a joint meeting on March 17, at Rogue Riviera. The meeting of Medford Toastmistress Club for March 11, has been can celled. :- nV'- . r The Council speak-off will be April 12. 4 Tasting Party New York -IUPD- To intro duce a new vegetable to the young child, try a ' tasting party." Offer a small portion of the new vegetable at about two week intervals. The child will enjoy this game of "de veloping a taste" for the un familiar offering. Mm Potpourri and Photographer Bob Vroman came back from last week's picture-taking with heads buzzing with dates, names and information about Jackson county and Oregon history. While at the H. L. Alford home we learned more about the Applegate family, particularly Mr. Alford's grandfather, Lindsay, who lived in the Ashland area. In addition to the Applegate heirlooms pictured on today's front page, Mr. Alford has a number of other objects, in cluding a west coast directory published in 1867. The book resembles the Polk directories familiar to business people oi xoaay. it listed 16 residents and businesses for Ashland, possibly the ones which the publishers' agent considered the most important. Mr. Alford also has a copy of A. G. Walling's History of Southern Oregon, published in 1884. It has always amused Mr. Alford that Mr. Walling fails to mention his grandfather except once incidentally as a member of a group whose activities the historian was describing. CI Al At IHIerndobflers! 5 PIECE Hard Rock Maple LIVING ROOM GROUP For Added Savings On All Cash Purchases! Come in and Browse m or PHONE MU 5-8771 mo CG CLXDCDQ 0 OB 4 . INCLUDES: . Convertible SOFA ROCKER COFFEE TABLE TWO STEP TABLES ONLY $ 379 50 Visit Our Store This Week At the Gordon Warner home the reporter and photog rapher spent a fascinating two hours looking at historic diaries, maps, letters and journals, many written by the late William Mason Colvig. W. J. Warner, son-in-law of the well known early-day lawyer who was termed "judge" by many of his friends and "governor" by the younger men of the family, has many stories of this colorful man. William Colvig came to Oregon from Platte county, Missouri, as a small boy with his parents, arriving in Port land in 1852 and later moving to the Canyonville area. Wil liam's father, William Lyngae Colvig, was a physician. William and his brother, Volney, were among the men who made up the volunteer Company C, First Oregon Cav alry. They thought they were soing to be sent south to fight in the Civil War - instead they remained in Oregon and William, who was company clerk, went on an exDedition into the area which is now roughly Klamath, Lake and Malheur counties. William drew a crude map of the terri tory -,the first ever made, and the man was later sent to Washington, D. C. for copying. The original is one of 'the family's most cherished possessions. Mr. Warner recalls that Doctor Colvig and his wife, who had 10 children of their own, also raised two of the Wood ford boys, the Woodfords being related. The Woodfords also remained in this area and became one of the well-known families. ( William Mason Colvig, who married Adelaide Birdseye, spoke the Indian language well and set down in his writings material which the Indians told him. This includes the beau tiful Indian fable, told to him by the Klamath chief Lalek, about the origin of Crater lake. The "judge" always defended the Indians, and maintained that they were honest, intelli gent, nonoraoie people wnose lives naa Been ruined by the coming of the whites. When Potpourri asked Mr. Warner about Mr. Colvig's judgeship, Mr. W. smiled and said his father-in-law had been given the title by fellow citizens and recalled that the "judge" had been wont to say in fun that the only thing he was a judge of was good whiskey. Mr. Warner enjoys telling another story about "the gov ernor, who remained rugged and individualistic until his death when he was in his 80's. One day a man called the judge an insulting name. Without hesitation Mr. Colvig, then well past 80 years of age, drew back his fist and socked the offender. During the picture-taking at the home of Mrs. Lewis Ulrich, Mrs. Ulrich and Photographer Bob discovered that she had been a playmate of his mother, the former Mable Reeve, when the two had both lived in Jacksonville as girls. Mrs. Ulrich, who was Marie Nickell, and Mable Reeve, ! now Mrs. E. Vroman, were both born in Jacksonville, and Mrs. Ulrich recalled the other Reeve children, Delia, Lena and Clarence, whom she had also known. Reminiscing about former days in Jacksonville, Mrs. Ulrich said that she and her chums sometimes traveled to Woodville, now called Rogue River, to visit the Birdseye family and other friends. By horse and buggy, the trip took an entire day. The travelers would spend the night in Wood ville, visit the next day and the third day would be spent on the return trip. Mrs. Ulrich was born in the brick house which stands near the Jacksonville museum. The home belonged to her grandfather, Judge P. P. Prim (Mrs. Ulrich's mother was Ella Prim), who came across the plains in the early 1850's when the gold fever was on the land. He later was one of Oregon's first chief justices of the state supreme court, and was one of the founders of the Pioneer Society of Oregon in 1879. Potpourri was especially interested in the painting by Dorland Robinson which Mrs. Ulrich owns. This gifted young woman, daughter of the pioneer physician, Dr. J. W. Robinson, died rather young but some of her works are prized possessions of Jackson county families. Her father established a drug store in Jacksonville which served resi dents for many years and then for a time ceased to operate. It was recently re-established and is now being operated as part of the Foster chain in the county. All this talk about heirlooms and antiques and family treasures brought up this question in the news room: How old must an object be before it can be considered "antique." Pal Peg offered her definition-an antique is furniture which is paid for.-O.S. E3 sat m Remember Only fourmore weeks until Easter Sunday. Don't wait! Be ready Have your cleaning done now. WESEMSILVER DOLLAR STAMPS ACM CLEANERS 1728 NORTH RIVERSIDE PHONE SP 2-4263 Free Pick-Up & Delivery Women of Moose Hold Session With National Regent Several members of the Medford Women of the Moose with Mrs. Lola Wolf, grand regent from Moose Heart in Illinois, during a recent air port stopover in Medford. The local members had been unable to attend a meet ing in Eugene last week where Mrs. Wolf spoke. Be tween planes at Jthe Medford airport the women discussed the lodge. Attending the two hour ses sion were Mrs. Harvey Wyatt, senior regent; Mrs. Leo Web ster, Mrs. Ray Martin, Mrs. John Keener, Mrs. Yetta Flowers and Mrs. William Dean. . Sorority Plans DinnerMeeting Members of Epsilon chap ter of Delta Kappa Gamma are asked to note the change in a dinner meeting date from March 12 to March 5. It will be held at Hoover Ele mentary school at 6 p.m. Guests will be selected members of all future teacher organizations in Jackson county along with their advi sors. Mrs. Betty Lou Dunlop, Southern Oregon college, will moderate a panel discussion on some phase of education. Mrs. Mabel Winston will bring greetings to the high school students from the col lege. Mrs. Virginia Wait, co-ordi- nator of cafeterias for the Medford schools, is dinner chairman. Winners Announced By Riverside Club Winners in the Riverside Bridge club's regular dupli cate game last Wednesday have been announced. In the north-south position winners were Mrs. Paul Hat ton and Roy Pruitt, first; Mrs. Richard Milestone and Mrs. William Knope, second; Mrs. George B. Dean and Mrs. Paul McDuffee, third. Winners in the east-west po sition were Mrs. John Dough erty and Mrs. Sam Van Dyke, first; Mrs. Walter Winner and Mrs. Mary Trout, second; Mrs. Jack Mitchell and Mrs. Fred Purdin, third. Election Planned By PEO Chapters Election of officers will be held at meetings of PEO sis terhood chapters planned this week. Chapter CP will meet Wed nesday, March 4. at the home of Mrs. A. R. Schoenbere. Camp White. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m. Co- hostess will be Mrs. I. A. Mi rick. The annual election of officers is planned. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, March 1, 1959 7A Masonic Degree To Be Conferred Knute H. Linderen and cast, under the direction of Ralph Lue, will present the fifteenth degree of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the Ma sonic Temple, Monday, March 2, at 8 p.m. The present class of candidates will receive a degree each week until May 11, when they will be joined by other aspirants to start the semi-annual reunion class. AUTOMATIC- SEWING MACHINES Rent Sell Trade Parts Repairs All Makes Ovo 2S Yrs. Exn"ence Frank's 2642 nana a Biddie Rd. SP 2-6439 Wednesday, March 4, Chap ter CG of the sisterhood will meet for a 1 o'clock luncheon at the home of Mrs. Wayne Welty, 2940 Hillcrest road. Mrs. G. T. Haupert will assist the hostess. Chapter BE will meet Tues day, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. C. Kennedy, 1 White Oak drive. Mrs. M. M. 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