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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 10, 1959 Coupon Saving Becomes Billion Dollar Business By GAY PAULEY UPI Women' Edilor New York-rPfl-If it'll save money in the grocery divi sion, most of us are all for it. That is why in recent months I find myself franti cally saving coupons, adding this habit to older ones of pasting trading stamps in lit tle books or finishing such lines as "I like Mrs. Gulek's bean soup because." It turns out that I'm just one of the millions of women who today at a record rate are saving coupons like crazy from soap, cereal, coffee, froz en food and other grocery products. Those little slips of paper announcing "five cents off on next purchase" add up to a billion dollar busi ness. Coupon-ing has reached the stage that now shoppers can buy an entire magazine of nothing but coupons to re turn to the manufacturer for cash. Coupon Us Increases "Some 10 billion coupons worth ' 1 billion dollars are offered annually as extra food and grocery money, said Paul S. Willis, president of the' Grocery Manufacturers of America. "Their use is steadily increasing; they are very popular." Add this cash-in value to the worth of merchandise given through trading stamps and other premium methods and we consumers are receiv ing 3.4 billion dollars a year in "extras" at our markets, retailers say. The Premium Advertising Association of America esti mated the total wholesale value of premiums other than coupon "cash" at 2.4 billion dollars a year. This latter fig ure includes trading stamps, box-top offers, the in-package products ranging from dishes to toys, and awards in con tests to complete a limerick or finish a line such as "I like so-and-so detergent be cause." Started in 1853 Both trading stamps and coupons are old in the mer chandising world. Most sources credit a soap manufacturer with starting coupons in 1853. Schuster's department store In Milwaukee offered trading stamps in 1892, and stamps as we know them today at food markets, gasoline sta tions, drug and other stores, were Introduced in 1896 by Sperry and Hutchinson. A spokesman for S and H aid the trading stamp "boom" began In the 1940's when food stores began offering them. The firm now estimates that 35 million families save theirs and or their competitors' stamps. The retail value of mer chandise exchanged runs be tween 450 and 500 million dollars a year. And premiums range from blankets to bar becue equipment to baseball bats. Some stamp firms offer theater tickets and trips. Happiness In Retrospect Is Sometimes Best of All What a beautiful morning this has been such as one rarely sees. The snow is just right, new enough to be still white, old enough to be crunchy. And the sky is clear and blue as a robin's eez. It's a morning made fnr wa Inns' VvTl so M. jam. eson from across the street and I walked to the little store talk ing all the way. Mrs. J. said this kind of a day gives her pleasure for a long time to come just thinking about it We talked about the importance of treas uring things in one's heart, of sorting the events of the day and picking out the precious bits to gave a spoken word, a glad some incident, a touching scene. One of the reouisites of happy livinz. we decided is to be able to tuck away inside one's heart the worthwhile things of life to be re-lived and enjoyed. a, RaiiU alwavs main- A tkat hanninpw can t be uuucu 'rf fully appreciated while we have it It reaches its greatest heights. he insisted, m retrospect in looking back on it! As Mr. Jenkins, who owns the store, was checking our grocer h 9IcpH for a cood recine for fudge icing "to go on my wife's scrumptious yellow cake, i he added. I told, him about my reliable 4-minute icing. I ex plained that it's best when made with Morning Milk, for then it s satiny smooth and spreadable, even on the tenderest of cakes. He said he knew what I meant about Morning Milk. He won't use anything else in his coffee. He says he's found Morning But trade sources report a "levelling off in the stamp business-to the extent that the increase in 1958 over 1957 was 'less than in previous years. To boost the coupon busi ness, and also ease the book keeping headaches of mer chants, the Kable Printing company, is out with "Coupon lagazine." which costs the shopper 20 cents but includes S5 in coupons redeemable in cash. Its publishers say the cir culation of the first edition was two million copies to stores along the Atlantic coast. Its second edition, May 14. is expected to reach three million in the East and an other two million on the Pa cific coast. All the homemaker needs do is clip the coupons, save parts of packages or wrappers as prescribed on each, mail to a central point, and get a check back. And, buy the products of course. PTA Will Buy Library Books Members of Wilson School Parent - Teacher association voted Friday to give S50 to the school for purchase of books for the school library. This was part of the proceeds real ized at the potluck supper sponsored by the group last month. Mrs. Edward Dillon, vice president, presided over the regular monthly meeting in the cafeteria Friday afternoon. Principal speaker was Herbert Partridge, youth director of the Medford YMCA, who briefly explained the program offered by the local Y club. He stressed the wide span of interests and age groups in cluded in the program, with emphasis on the summer activ ities such as day camping, and residence camping. Year round classes are held in swimming for people of all ages, sports, dances for teen agers, and such activities as bridge lessons and exercise classes designed especially for women. Room count was won by Mrs. Dorothy Morris' fourth grade room, and refreshments were served by mothers of children in the first and sec ond grades. . . Coffees Planned For Newcomers Welcome Wagon club will hold two .coffees Wednesday, March 11, from 10 ajn. to 12 noon. Groups will meet at the home of Mrs. Keith Morgan, 211 Vancouver avenue, and Mrs. Dee "Wood, 1517 Jasper street. The club plans to have cof fees twice a month for all new residents in the Medford area. Those interested may contact Mrs. Dean De Lap at SPring 3-3936. Milk gives more flavor with more convenience and less cost than anything he's tried. So we saw eye - to - eye on Morning Milk! I must look up the frosting recipe right now so I'll remem-" her to take it the next time 1 go to the store. MORNING MILK 4-MINUTE FUDGE ICING y2 cup undiluted MORN IN U MILK 3 squares unsweetened chocolate or 1 cup semi sweet chocolate pieces 3'i to 4 cups sifted confectioner's sugar Yi cup soft butter or margarine Heat Morning Milk with choc olate in medium saucepan until chocolate melts (about 3 min utes). Remove chocolate mixture from heat. Add sifted powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time. Beat in butter. Blend. Spread icing be tween, on sides and top of two 8-inch cake layers. I've often thought that we must develop special sensitivity to happiness lest it pass us by unheeded! Better-blending In your cooking I) Travelers Make News Early March has brought back to the valley travelers who spent the winter months in warmer spots; other resi dents are using the between season month as a time to travel. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter are again at their home, Topsides, Old Stage road, after several weeks of absence. The couple spent some time in Palm Springs, and later went to Hawaii where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Aldrich, for mer Medford residents. Mr. Aldrich is manager of a Dole pineapple plantation, the largest in the world. Also home are Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Coleman, 112 Creenway circle. The Cole mans left Medford the middle of January and were in Car mel, Laguna, Beach and Palm Desert during their winter va cations. Saturday night the Colmans celebrated their wedding an niversary with a small dinner at Rogue Valley Country club. Fourteen guests were pres ent. Mrs. J. D. Brummond, 754 South Holly street, and Mrs. B. B. Ramsey, 27 Summitt avenue, left yesterday for San Francisco from where they will said on the Lurline to morrow for Hawaii. They will be accompanied by Mrs. Brummond's sister, Mrs. Rob ert Hare, Los Angeles. The three women will re turn home by air. 4H ClubGirfs On Program For Lake Creek Unit Lake Creek Three mem bers of the G and E 4-H Sew ing club gave a demonstration for the last meeting of Lake Creek Extension unit, held at the home of Mrs. Henry Mey er. The girls explained the equipment necessary for pressing garments, the correct method of pressing and use of the pressing iron. Giving the demonstration were Connie and Vonnie Goehring, and Joyce Moore. Mrs. James Edge and Mrs. Ben Gardener lead the group. Mrs. Gardener was a guest at the morning session, and re the students to the Eagle Point school for the afternoon classes. Program planning for next year's lesson was presented by Mrs. Joseph Arens and Mrs. Murray Bartling. Mrs. Frank Klingle was a visitor. The project lesson "Care and Pruning of Shrubs," was given by Mrs. Arens and Mrs. Martha Smith. They explained the proper time to prune dif ferent types of shrubs. They also displayed the correct types of pruning shears for many shrubs and trees. The dominstration included actual pruning on Mrs. Meyer's rose bush and other shrubs. Lake Creek unit will join with Eagle Point unit in hold ing a spring festival. Plans will be made soon, with sev eral units present. The April meeting will be held in the home of Mrs. Les ter Bradshaw. Leaders for the lesson "Distinctive Foods" will be Mrs. Grace Haskins and Mrs. Bradshaw. PTA Announces Visitation Night Roosevelt Parent - Teacher association will combine the yearly visitation night and election of officers on Thurs day, March 12. The meeting will be held at the school from 7 to 9 p.m. Parents are urged to visit their children's rooms and meet the teachers. The meet ing also provides an oppor tunity for children to exhibit their work. Parents of children in the fourth grade whose classes are held at Hedrick Junior High school are also asked to visit Roosevelt school. The business meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the audi torium. Mrs. Dewey Wilson will tell of plans for the school carnival to be held April 3. Frank Bash will talk on HB 514 which pertains to ba sic school support in Oregon. Refreshments will be serv ed by mothers of children in the third grade. Unit WWStudy Care of Shrubs Medford Home Extension unit will meet Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the courthouse auditorium. Care and pruning of shrubs will be the project lesson topic and will be con ducted by Mrs. Fred Middle busher and Mrs. H. A. Dits worth in the morning session. They request members to bring along slips of shrubs they are in question about for pruning. The luncheon committee is Mrs. Ira Fitzgarald, Mrs. E. H. Trefron, Mrs. Leland Knox and Mrs. Russell Herbert. Before compasses were fix ed on a pivot, they were float ed in a liquid. fa ft'?" w 'J Frankly fancy is this elegant Caramel Pie yet "easy as pie" to make. The reason? Those just-on-the-market Caramel Chips that have added a new dimension to home cooking. For now, at last, it is possible to have the delicate flavor of caramel without the ticklish split-second timing needed to prepare caramel in the old-fashioned way. This rich caramel-flavored filling served in a coconut crust is a "conversation piece" sure to redound to the credit of the most particular hostess. French Silk Caramel Pie ' cup butter 1 cup (6 ounces) caramel chips, melted and cooled Dash of salt Vi teaspoon nutmeg Cream butter. Add melted caramel chips, salt, nutmeg, and vanilla; blend well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 5 minutes after each. Pour into pie shell. Chill. Garnish with'whipped cream and sprinkle with nutmeg. To Make Quick Coconut Crust Pie Shell: Combine 2 table spoons soft butter and lVs cups (about) tender-thin flaked coco nut. Press evenly into lightly buttered 8- or 9-inch pie pan. Bake in slow oven (300F.) 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. CooL Move Pictures Advises Gallery Experts Washington Move the pic tures about on your walls as you do your furniture. That s the advice from ex perts at the National Gallery of Art. They contend it is re freshing to change the loca tion of pictures because "you see them in a new light and often you see new things in them it's much more inter esting than having the same picture hang in the same place on the same wall for 20 years." The ideal thing, according to the experts, is to have enough good pictures to alter nate them with the seasons, hanging some and storing oth ers. The next best thing, they say, is to move pictures from one room to another. But if that is not feasible, they ad vise changing the pictures from one wall to another in the same room. A Gallery authority, asked for pointers in hanging pic tures, told an interviewer from the National Associa tion of Home Builders: "What some think good taste others would recoil from in horror it's a personal mat ter, like furnishing a home or picking out the clothes you wear." However, she said, there are some general rules. She ex plained: "An important picture should be made the focal point of the room. It should be hung on the best wall where it gets the best light. But a glass- framed ' picture shouldn't be hung opposite a window for it will reflect the light and seem like a mirror. "You should never have a painting over a fireplace although so many do be cause this dries out the paint. But it is even worse to hang a picture over a radiator. The constant heat during a large part of the year, coming up in waves, dries out the paint, the frame and the paper." The height of pictures should be governed largely by the furniture, the experts said. "You- have got to have a picture clear the furniture and the heads of people sit ting on a sofa." A sense of unity is achieved she continued, by having pic tures at a similar level around a room although there may be exceptions to this because of pieces of furniture. But she cautioned: "It is the centers of the pic tures that should be at the same level. To have their lower edges at the same dis tance from the floor makes a stark straight line around the room that is not pleasant." Mixing All Right Don't be afraid to mix dif ferent periods of art. The gal lery official explained enthus iastically: "The best things of every period will always go togeth er beautifully and that is where you get an interesting home and an interesting en vironment. If you have every thing of one period, you have VISIT, PHONE, WRITE FOR FREE SELF EVALUATION ANALYSIS 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs Quick Coconut Crust Pie Shell, cooled About Home an unimaginative room that could look quite dead." As to the frame for a pic ture,, the expert was emphatic: "Keep it simple," she said. "The matter of framing should be considered individually for each picture to bring out its qualities. "If you have no ideas of your own, browse through a museum in your area and find out how they framed pictures of the same type." She "believed people could make better use of their local museums than they do, add ing: "We have good local mu seums in the country and they are filled with community spirit." Traveler Guest In Collins Home Antoine Gerard of Marra- kech, Morocco, is a guest in Medford of J. E. Collins and Robertson Collins, 164 Black Oak drive, and of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Collins, 140 White Oak road. The young man, a Belgian, is a member of a family which owns and operates fruit and olive or chards in Morocco, and he is spending about a year in the United States visiting citrus andother fruit orchards and related plants, and studying agriculture in general in this country. Yesterday Mr. Gerard spoke for a class at Central Point school, and this noon he was a guest at Medford Ro tary club's weekly luncheon. With his hosts, Mr. Gerard has visited Crater lake, the Mt. Shasta ski area in Cali fornia and other points of in terest in this region. He is a ski enthusiast. From here the young trav eler, a recent graduate of a university in Belgium, plans to travel to Colorado where he will work for a time on a farm where sugar beets are grown. He has already trav eled, and visited farms and orchards in Florida, Texas, Arizona and California. The Collins and Gerard families are long-time friends. The visitors' father spent sev eral weeks with the Collins in Riverside, Calif., about 27 years ago, and members of the .Collins family have been guests of the Gerards in Bel gium. Square Dance Class Planned A class in beginning square dancing will be held at Bell view Grange in Ashland. The first session is planned for Wednesday, March 11, from 8 until 10 p.m. Succeeding ses sions will be held weekly for 12 weeks, it is stated. Anyone wishing further in formation about the class is asked to call Floyd Workman, SPring 3-5973, or MUrdock 5-4676. WHETHER YOU ARE HOMEMAKER STUDENT OR CAREER GIRL Picture a charming, glorious, more successful YOU! Sound loo good to be true? It isn't! Nancy Taylor's Success Course helps you quickly learn the secrets of cosmetic application figure control fashion grooming modeling etiquette speech and conversation hair styling self - improvement personality development. nancy taylor ROBERTSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 40 North Riverside, Medford, Ore. Phone SP 3-4264 - SP 3-6408 Director Pleased With Play "Frank Sinatra fans might be disappointed, but I think everyone else will love it." That's Footlighter Director Frank Buchter's prediction about the Footlighter produc tion of "The Tender Trap," which opens next Tuesday. "As far as I know the only version of 'Tender Trap' which has appeared in the Rogue valley was the movie, which was converted to a mu sical starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds. Since we don't know anyone who can sing that well, we decid ed to stick to the unmusical script, which is one of the funniest around," said Direc tor Buchter. The Max Shulman - Robert Paul Smith comedy is all about a young lady who has her whole life planned in de tail, right down to the color of her future children's eyes. Her plans .are upset, and so are a lot of other people's, when she falls in love with a happy bachelor- who has no intention of becoming any girl's dream-husband. -Things get even more confused when a married -friend comes to visit and decides the bachelor life is for him, too. The Footlighters production of "The Tender Trap" fea tures Charles Tucker, Robbie Robbins, Audrey Reiss, Shir ley Budreau, Shirley Tucker, Shirlie Butterfield, Curt But terfield, and Dave Havlick. Performances start at 8:30 o'clock each evening next Tuesday through Saturday. Tickets are being sold by members v of , the Medford Lions club, and also are at Swems and Purucker's stores 4 Woman Speaks On Perennials Mrs. H. O. Smith, Cave Junction, was guest speaker for a meeting of Medford Gar den club March 5 at the Girls Community club. "Beautify ing Gardens with Perennials" was her topic. Mrs. Smith gave in detail many of the kinds and uses of the popular perennials. Guests introduced were Mrs. Clyde Chamberlain, Minneapolis, Mrs. James Hos- kins, Medford and Mrs. E.A. Bay, Ashland. Mrs. E. M Wallin, civic chairman, re ported the club had donated and helped plant a redwood tree at the Wilson school and a JNorway spruce tree ax xne Hoover school in March. A large group from the Medford club headed by Mrs. L. P. Rentchler, . president, participated in the all-school arbour day program at Wil son. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. W.C. Gannaway and Mrs. C. Emile Duwe. Tea chairman, Mrs. E.M. Wallin and her committee served a delightful desert luncheon at the close of the interesting meeting with Mrs. Lottie Crowell and Mrs. Wil ma Krebs pouring. Dinner Session Set by Altrusa Medford Altrusa club will hold a dinner meeting Thurs day, March 12, at 7 p.m. at the Rogue Room of the Med ford hotel. Hostess will be Miss Mary Pat Lucy. Mrs. Victor Peterson, speak ing for the public affairs com mittee, will introduce a local physician who will discuss the subject of cancer following a showing of the film, "Time and Two Women." The pro gram is being arranged with the cooperation of the Med ford chapter of the American Cancer society. - - Session Canceled By Thursday Club Phoenix-Phoenix Thursday club announces that no after noon meeting will be held by the club this month. The extra-protein bread ...for healthy youngsters, ...and figurewise mothers special formula HOLLYWOOD BREAD And it's delicious! Oven - nutlike sesame flavor with high nutrition for weight watchers and youngsters. Its Special Formula contains Vitamin Bi, and minerals, including f Iron, from 16 sun-ripened vcgeiduics auu, grams. FREE: Hollywood Calorie Counter and Menu Planner Write: Eleanor Day, 100 W. Monroe St., Chicago 3, Illinois, Dept. IE Baked by FLUHRER'S BAKERY Unor L teens by National Bakers Services, inc. 4 035e by National Bakers Services, loc r i Girl Scouts Emphasiz Arts For 47th Well-known with the public for adventuresome outdoor and camping projects, the Girl Scouts are currently fea turing the arts and creative programs during their 47th birthday observance, it is an nounced from Girl Scout headquarters in Medford. The 1959 Girl Scout theme is "You Can Count on Her To Be Creative." Nationally and internation ally, the Girl Scouts have re cently sponsored two major art events. The first was an international arts festival in Brevard", N.C. Almost 100 teen-age American Girl Scouts and 35 teen-age Girl Guides from a half-dozen different Birthday Party Given at Talent Talent Mrs. T. D. Her- shey was honored at birth day party last Thursday even ing at the Hershey s home on Beeson lane. The event, plan ned by friends as a surprise to Mrs. Hershey, also honor ed Donna Best and Lynn Mc- Kinney, Ashland, whose birth day anniversaries fell on the same date. All three honored guests were presented birthday cakes, and these were served during the refreshment hour. Many of those attending the celebration are on the staff of the Jackson County Farm home. Present were Mrs. Thomas Best, Charlotte, Roger and Donna, Ashland; Mrs. Robert Waterman, Talent; Mrs. Lea Larvick, Mrs. Charlotte Walk er, Mrs. Isabelle Mitchell and Mrs. Maybelle Smith, staff members who live at the home; Mrs. Ethel Holbrook and Mrs. Mildred Davis, Med ford; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Briley, Talent; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Morrell, who live at the home; Mrs. Donna Goddard, Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Warner, Ashland; and Mr. and Mrs. Millard Hoffman, superintendents of the home. Lone Pine PTA To Hold Election Election of officers will be held at a meeting of Lone Pine Parent-Teacher associa tion set for tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the school gymnasi um. Dad's night will be ob served, and the program will include numbers by a "bar bershop quartet." The newly formed Explorer unit of the Boy Scouts will lead the flag salute. Mrs. H. A. Huntley will take charge of a nursery. Mothers of children in the third grade will serve refresh ments. 4 Meeting Announced For Townsend Club Medford Townsend club will meet Wednesday, March 11, at Carpenters hall. A pro gram will follow the regular business session. Wednesday, March 18, a pot luck Irish mulligan meal will be served in celebration of Saint Patricks' day. Townsend clubs are describ ed as a non-political organiza tion striving with science for the betterment of increased purchasing power of all the people of America. Visitors are welcome. Chapter to Hold Annual Election Annual election of officers will be the main order of business when Chapter AA, PEO, meets Wednesday, March 11th at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. John Dellenback, Windsor Avenue, will be hostess to the group. Assisting are Mrs. Myers Jones and Mrs. Gordon Hudson. Need an idea for a TV tray snack? Spread red-skinned ap ple crescents with roquefort or cream cheese; alternate on a tray with peanut-butter spread crescents, serve with milk or hot chocolated fresh busy , , adoui 48 calories in an 18 gram slice. Up to 42 extra protein Chlcg f si i 1 Birthday countries attended the festi val. Although national Girl Scout authorities had selected the girls on the basis of talent and achievement, they were surprised to find so many par ticipants of professional or semi-professional calibre. A large percentage of these girls had received their training in music, dramatics and the arts in Girl Scouting. At the present time, the Girl Scouts are producing along with National Broad casting company and the Edu cational Television and Radio Center at Ann Arbor, Mich., a nationwide television series called "Adventuring in the Hand Arts." The first of its kind to be initiated by a youth organization, the ten-week se ries is designed to stimulate more creative arts programs among Girl Scout troops. In addition to special arts projects, the Girl Scout or ganizations uses many tech niques to .bring its arts pro gram to thousands of Girl Scout troops, leaders point out. Basically, girls begin to learn about the arts through the personal example of troop leaders and troop consultants. To carry out its growing arts program, the Girl Scouts also produce and distribute a training film called "Adven turing in the Arts," a special paper-back handbook called "Exploring the Hand Arts," song books, records, and audio-visual aids. Although the Girl Scouts are alert to new ways of strengthening its arts pro gram, arts and creativity have been traditionally an impor tant part of Girl Scouting. Juliette Low who began Girl Scouting in the United States 47 years ago, was her self an accomplished artist and sculptress. When Mrs. Low. started the first Girl Scout troops, she felt that the arts should be a basic part of their training so that young sters, too, would be able to discover enjoyment, whole some recreation and achieve ment by creating beautiful things. Girl Scouts who were to be America's future homemak ers, she felt, should be able to approach cooking, decoration, fashion and entertainment with a creative flair. Mrs. Low maintained, even early in the century, that good healthiness and good citizen ship need not exclude the fine arts. While the "You Can Count on Her to be Creative" theme is not new in Girl Scouting, it is another indication of a growing interest among the young people in both fine and personal arts, Girl Scout ex ecutives believe. Jar I IN MEDFORD! Ye, we have been in Medford in the SAME business for 27 years . . . serving Southern Oregon and Northern California customers to the best of. our ability. 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We Srwr Mvkmet 4Q8 Crater Students Given Degrees Corvallis Fifty-eight Ore gon high schools won the cov eted "state homemaker de gree" at the 14th annual meet ing of Oregon's Future Home makers of America at Oregon State college. FHA is com posed of high schcool girls taking home economics courses. The homemaker degree is the highest state honor in home economics work that a girl can win. To qualify for the degree, members must meet high standards of per formance in school, home, and community programs. Oregon now has 106 Fu ture Homemaker chapters in senior and junior high schools of the state, with a total mem bership of 3,906 girls. More than 400 girls and their lead ers attended the two-day con ference. Theme this year was "Today's Teens-Preparing for Tomorrow." Miss Vernola Hutchinson and Miss Arvella Prom of Crater High school, Central Point, were among the 58 students winning the degrees. Calendar Calendar notices and newt for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is S a.m of the day for publication and for week day news is 5 p.m. the day before publication. Tuesday: 6:30 p.m.-American Legion, Red Cross building. 7:30 p.m.-Women's Associa tion circles, First Presbyterian church: Candlelight, Mrs. L. J. Ruhl, 2500 Capitol ave., Ves per, Mrs. Murray Dumas, 3069 Jacksonville highway. 8 p.m.-Medford Pi Beta Phi Alumni club, home of Mrs. Don McGeary, Calhoun road. 8 p.m.-Nevita chapter, Ord er Eastern Star, Masonic tem ple, Central Point. Wednesday: 11 a. m.-Medf or.d , Townsend club, Carpenters hall, 123V4 West Main st. 10 a.m. - Kiwanian Dames kaffeeklatsch, home of Mrs. Paul Walker, 2132 Dellwood ave. 12:30 p.m.-Mistletoe club, Girls Community club. 12:30 pjn. - Women of Rotary, home of Mrs. Frances Naumes, 2677 Kings higtrvay. 1 p.m.-AAUW Book Review group, home of Mrs. W. K. Johnson, 1809 East Jackson st. 1 p.m. - Roxy Gardeners, home of Mrs. H. Chandler Drew, Dry Creek rd. Recent findings report ap ples to be- a "natural" tran quilizer, tending to lessen fre quency of headaches and emo tional upsets. ITS OUR 27TH OPEN ARM AUTOMATIC VIKING 408 East Main, Medford I I I I SEWING MACHINE CENTER Carry Our Own Contracts MQ;n ph)ne $p 22388