1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, March 1, 195
Women Warned Against
New England Conscience
Mrs. Edward Hushes. Port
land, legislative chairman for
the League of Women Voters
of Oregon, cautioned Medford
women Saturday not to be
come so passionately con
vinced of the state's legisla
tive needs that they develop
a "New England conscience"
and think they must "do
something about everything."
Women must keeD a sense of
humility and employ
thoughtful selectivity" in the
things they undertake, she
emphasized.
Mrs. Hughes drew on her
own Indian ancestry for the
story of a hen-Decked Indian
husband whose njme-chang-ing
ceremony waiped the
American slang prirase into
Indian for "the man the chick
en bit" and warned ladv
lobbyists not to leave legis
lators feeling like "men the
chicken bit
"Often we must pionee a
project and let others carry
on after the wheels have been
set in the right direction,"
she added.
Mrs. Hughes explained her
work with the legislature to
50 members and guests of the
Medford League of Women
Voters at a luncheon at the
Rogue Valley Country club
The League lobbyist said
she is much impressed with
the terrific job which our
legislators do against great
odds, some of which are many
bills, much pressure from
special interest groups, and
little salary. The responsibil
ity for legislation rests
squarely with the voters, she
pointed out, since they elect
the legislators and vote the
salaries.
Mrs. Hughes described the
League's alternatives in leg
islative activity as three -
pro, con - or "no stand." Al
ways this is based squarely
upon consensus from the
local leagues, which is in
turn based upon study of that
specific problem or project.
The league's legislative
committee is directly respon
sible to the state board, and
its position on a bill must be
cleared with the state board
before committee members
appear and speak for the
League at a hearing, Mrs.
Hughes explained. The spe
cific stand which the League
has taken on bills pending at
this legislature she described
as follows:
House Joint Resolution 13,
Education - will provide for
establishment of an interim
committee on school finance.
The. League will back this
measure.
Senate Bill 238-9 - County
Coroner qualifications. The
League will support the por
tion which deals with the
qualifications but is not in a
position to make recommen
dations regarding administra
tive procedures.
S. B. 237 - The League will
back the first section, provid
ing for appointment of a state
veterinarian directly respon
sible to the head of the agri
cultural department, since
this ties in with the Meat
Inspection program, a League
project. The remainder of the
bill has to do with the ad
ministration of the depart
ment of agriculture, on which
the League will take no
stand.
S. B. 148 - extends cover
age of Meat Inspection and
will be supported by the
League.
H. B. 351-332 - Constitu
tional revision by constitu
tional convention appears
to be just "sitting in commit
tee." This may result in an
individual-members project of
letters requesting the commit
tee to bring these bills before
the House for action.
S.J.R. 25 - Legislators sal
aries raise. Backing this is an
example of compromise by
the League, because it con
stitutes revision of the con
stitution in piecemeal fashion,
rather than by convention as
the League favors. However,
until a constitutional conven
tion can be achieved the
League will go along with
such amendments as suit its
principles and the consensus
taken from local leagues toi
lowing study, Mrs. Hughes
pointed out.
H. B. 558-Substitutes a pos-
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tive loyalty oath for present
negative one required of state
Civil Service employees. The
League opposes negative loy
alty oaths, and will support
this bill.
Mrs. Hughes answered
questions regarding legisla
tion of special interest to th
audience and on which she
had information. She pointed
out the individual's role in
expressing desires and opin
ions to legislators, and sug
gested that any League mem
ber call to the attention of
the state legislative commit
tee or the state board any
legislation which that person
feels the League should study.
Mrs. Fred Carr, Continuing
Responsibilitis chairman for
the Medford League, was in
charge of the program and
introduced Mrs. Hughes. Mrs.
Hugh Collins, president, pre
sided over the meetings.
Birthday
Observed
By Legion
A birthday cake, decorated
in the traditional blue and
gold, was presented to Com
mander Hugh McKenzie of
American Legion Post 15 by
the auxiliary unit president
Miss Laura York in obser
vance of the Legion's 40 years
of service to the community,
state and nation. This event
was the climax to the annual
birthday dinner held March
11 at the Red Cross building
under the chairmanship of the
past president's parley.
"The Shadows" from St.
Mary's school entertained the
gathering with vocal selec
tions. Miss Kathy Uridel, a stu
dent at McLoughlin Junior
High school, was introduced
by the auxiliary's American
ism chairman, Mrs. Dorothy
Sutter. Miss Uridel was the
winner of an essay contest
held recently by the auxiliary.
She then read her essay en
titled "This Is My Country,"
and was presented with a cash
award.
Honor guards were present
ed to members of the auxil
iary for their years of contin
uous service and those receiv
ing thirty year pins were:
Mrs. Laura Albetrz, Mrs. Her
bert Alford, Mrs. Rose Bunch,
Mrs. Maude Codding, Mrs. Ed
Feldman, Mrs. Lester Finley.
Mrs. Clarence Fry, Mrs. Irv
ing Housechild, Margaret
Kerr, Mrs. R. I. Stuart, and
Mrs. Myrtle Wright.
Introduced at the dinner
was Eugene Orr, who is ser
ving as national rehabilitation
committeeman for the Ameri
can Legion; Keegan Town
send, District 15 commander;
and past commander Fritz
Nissen and Mrs. Nissen, who
came from Vancouver, Wash.,
for the event.
Mrs. Donald Geren
Entertains Club
Eagle Point - Mrs. Donald
G e r e n entertained Eaele
Point Lions' auxiliary at a
potluck supper March 9.- Fif
teen members and one euest.
Mrs. E. E. Nill, were present.
John Raapke from Demo-
sters Furniture store was
guest sDeaker for the eve
ning. Interior decorating was
tne subject and a lively ques
tion and answer period fol
lowed.
It was rerjorted that a mi
croscope has been delivered
to K. A. Hayes for use in the
special education classes. The
auxiliary members will be
active in the annual cancer
drive in April.
The next board meeting.
March 2 will be a cleanup
night for the kitchen at the
Teenage club. Members are
asked to meet there at regu
lar hour. Afterward dessert
and coffee will be served at
the home of Mrs. Gail Schop
pert. Meeting Planned
By Phoenix HEC
Phoenix - Phoenix Grange
Home Economics club will
meet Wednesday, March 18,
at 1 pjn. for dessert at the
home of Mrs. Alfred Schroe-
der, Coal Mine road. Mrs.
Thomas Klaren will be co
hostess. TERM
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Easter Girls, wearing old-fashioned ruffled panta
lettes with their pretty cotton dresses and carrying liny
parasols, danced and sang for the picnic scenes of "The
Great Decision" given recently at Jackson school. Pic
tured here are (left to right) Cheryl Eckerson, Brehda
Lacy, June Porter and Janie Corcoran. Mrs. Lillian Bohrer
Square dancers were included in the action of the play
let "The Great Decision" which pupils of Jackson school
gave recently in the school auditorium for parents and
friends. Pictured during the dance are (left to right) Joe
Gordon. Donna Schafer, Peggy Beddell, Gary Rennick,
Jaycettes
A meeting of Medford Jay
cettes will be held Wednes
day, March 18, at 8 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. Donald
Madden, 501 Oregon Terrace.
An amendment to the con
stitution is to be proposed at
this meeting, and work on a
rummage sale is planned.
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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 9
a.m. of the day for publication and
for week day news is S p.rn. the
day before publication.
Monday: -
8 p.m. - Faith circle, Cen
tral Point First Presbyterian
chureh, home of Mrs. Max
Clark, 1115 East Pine st., Cen
tral Point.
8 p.m. - Natural Foods As
sociates, courthouse auditor
ium. 8 p.m. - Olive Rebekah
lodge, Odd Fellows hall, 221
West Sixth st.
8 p.m. - Susannah Wesley
unit, Wesleyan Service guild,
First Methodist church, with
Mrs. Richard Stratton, 454
Grand ave., Central Point.
8 p.m; - VFW auxiliary,
dance at Camp White theater.
Tuesday:
9:30 a.m. -Woman's Society
of Christian Service circle 1,
with Mrs. Robert Little, 1700
Lenora dr.
10 a.m. - Rogue Valley
Navy Mothers club, home of
Mrs. Glen Curtis, 839 Wabash
ave.
12 noon - Woman's Relief
Corps, Central Point, in Le
gion hall.
12:30 p.m. - Esther circle,
Eastwood Baptist church,
with Mrs. S. D. Earhart, 11
North Peach st.
12:30 p.m. - Medford Lady
Elks, Elks temple party
lounge.
1 p.m. - Prospect Garden
club, with Mrs. Warren Barr.
1 p.m. Woman's Society
of Christian service: circle 3,
with Mrs. S. W. Watson, 726
West 14th st.; circle 5, with
Mrs. W. G. Werner, 1840
Stewart ave.; circle 6, with
Mrs. Jessie Minear, route 4,
box 331; and circle 8, with
Mrs. A. K. Morse, 36 Ashland
ave.
1:15 p.m. - Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service
circle 4, with Mrs. John Kent,
922 South Oakdale ave.
1:30 p.m. - Oak Grove
Neighborhood club, home of
Mrs. George Armstrong, 122
Janney lane.
1:30 p.m. - Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service
j circle 7, with Mrs. . James
i Fleming, .311 Laurel st.
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J. Fred Coots, who has com
posed more than 3,000 musi
cal works, 700 of which are
in published form, will speak
for a meeting of Siskiyou
Knife and Fork club Thurs
day, March 19, at 7:30 p.m.
at the 'Plaza cafe, Ashland.
Among Mr. Coot's hit songs
is "Santa Claus Is Coming to
Town" and "Love Letters in
the Sand." Club members are
to make their reservations no
later than Tuesday, March 17,
according to Mrs. Ella Hen
dricson, secretary.
Meeting Planned
By Prospect Club
Prospect - Prospect Garden
club will hold its March meet
ing at the home of Mrs. War
ren Barr, Tuesday, March 17,
at 1 p.m.
Topic for discussion will be
"Care and Pruning of Shrubs,"
and the lesson will be given
by Mrs. George Brown.
Refreshments will be served
preceding the meeting by
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Rich
ard Bean.
Plans are now being made
for a flower and Oregon an
tique show that the club will
give August 21. Members are
reminded to bring their sug
gestions for a show theme to
this meeting. Each member
will be asked to answer roll
call with her suggestion for
the show theme, and a vote
will be taken to choose he
theme to be used.
Look For Quality
University Park, Pa. -HTD-Inferior
curtain rods and
poles may destroy the effect
of curtains, a Pennsylvania
State University home man
agement specialist warns.
'High-quality hardware will
outlast many pairs of curtains
and make it easier to take
them up and down, said San
dra Black.
She suggested that home
makers get fixtures to make
curtains and draperies adjust
able to size and shape of win
dows. We Give
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of the faculty was general chairman for the production
given by students of the second and third grades. The
production served to train the children in how a city
operates as well as provide experience in group singing
and dancing.
Irene Arnold, Stephen Barker and Mike Ford. The playlet
concerned citizens of a mythical town, "Jackson" who
meet lo protest taxes and after the community session
adjourns, hold a picnic and dance.
Texas Designers Promote
White for Summer Wear
, By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
Dallas, Tex. -0IPD- The sec
ond largest state claims first
with the fashion for summer
white.
Texas manufacturers, pro
moting the spotless look, fea
ture white in every type of
active and spectator sports
wear in this, a major sports
wear manufacturing center.
.But it's white which the?
industry says is easy - for a
woman to keep that way, be
cause of the use of wash and
wear fabrics, both in the
chemically-treated cottons
and synthentics. Fabrics in
clude synthetic sharkskins,
cotton cords, dacorn and cot
ton mixtures, cotton denims,
satin-finished cottons, piques,
and play-knit, a woven fabric
resembling the true knit. All
come in the little or non-iron
category.
White Steals Show
White stole the limelight
on the opening day of a three
day series of style shows giv
en each spring by the 43
member Dallas fashion manu
facturers' center for visiting
fashion reporters.
Contrasting with the whit
es is a whole avalanche of
vivid hues copied, the indus
try said, from the Indian
tribes of the Southwest.
These include cactus green,
bold yellow and red, several
shades of turquoise, indigo,
chartreuse and sharp pink.
The Dallas manufacturers,
who sell to 25,000 stores in
the United States and abroad,
join Paris and New York in
bringing back the female
form. "No excuses, no ex
tremes, no exaggerations" is
the way Women's Wear Daily,
the trade publication, sum
med up the spring and sum
mer silhouette.
Variety in Shirtwaists
The rejuvenated shirtwaist
is shown with new trimming
and detail in a variety of fab
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spokesman. These mostly are
for daytime, although there
are a few for after-five occas
ons. For fancy get-up, the
manufacturers show full
skirts in plain or embroider
ed organza, organdy and silk
chiffon.
Look also for a multitude
of prints on the summer
scene - florals and polka dots
for all ages from baby to
grandma. Checks are popular
in suits and jacketed dresses.
Union Schedules
Talk by Pastor
Literature for young people
will be discussed by the Rev.
John Reynolds at a meeting
of Medford Women's Christ
ian Temperance union to be
held Thursday, March 19, at
Girls Community club, at 2
p.m. The public is invited.
Mrs. Edith Cox will speak
of the early history of the
union, using material she has
gathered from old records.
The Rev. E. S. Tollefson
will give devotions, and Mrs.
Beatrice Yocum will furnish
music.
Refreshments will be served
by Mrs. Sue Anderson and
Mrs. Harriet Gibbs.
The oldest Protestant church
in the U.S. is St. Paul's in
Eastchester, N. Y. It was
founded in 1665.
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Republican Leader Loses Weight As Builder
By ROSE MCKEE
Washington Want to shed I
excess weight without diet- J
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Senate Republican leader
Everett M. Dirksen lost 40
pounds by working in the
yard of the new home the
Dirksens had a home builder
construct for them on a wood
ed tract overlooking the Po
tomac River in Virginia, 20
miles from Washington.
The Illinois Republican en
joys clearing the woods below
his house, chopping firewood,
and digging in the garden. He
credits this recreation he
wouldn't ever call it "work"
for the fact that he has re
duced from 215 to 175 pounds
and is exceptionally fit for
the arduous work ahead in
this Congress.
The house itself was de
signed by Mrs. Dirksen ex
cept for one detail. The Sen
ate's Republican. maestro in
sisted on a fireplace in the
living room big enough to
burn five-foot logs and he
got it.
The stone and redwood
house, a one-story ranch type
with a long front entirely of
glass overlooking the river,
is the first home of their own
that the 63-year-old Senator
and Mrs. Dirksen ever have
had. In Pekin, 111., where both
grew up, they make their
Incomparable Hildegarde
Hauls 27 Pieces Luggage
By DOROTHY FLANDERS
United Press International
St. Louis-The "incompara
ble Hildegarde" hauls 27
pieces of luggage on trains
and planes that take her to
singing engagements across
the country.
"I expect I've spent a half
million dollars on clothes,"
said the star of supper clubs
for more than 20 years. "They
have become a trademark."
Hildegarde has been called
"America's most elegant chan
teuse," a role she regards
with pride.
"I have two personalities,"
she said in an interview while
appearing recently in St.
Louis. "My upstairs personal
ity is the real me. The down
stairs Hildegarde shocks me
sometimes."
At night she is a "Satin and
brocade gal," she said, but
she prefers wool suits and
simple dresses for everyday
wear.
Hildegarde made her mark
in the entertainment world
in the 1930s when she startled
audiences by accompanying
herself at the piano while
wearing long evening gloves.
She became a singing star
and, on the side, revived the
dying evening glove industry.
She has three rules for the
woman who, like herself, ap
pears ageless. Her contempo
raries will find the last two
simple enough-providing they
get past Rule No. 1.
"Start to reduce when your
weight goes up just two or
three pounds," she said. "I
can gain five pounds in a day
and a half. It takes two days
of dieting to lose it."
Then, she said, choose sim
ple lines in style and empha
size a fabric with interesting
weave or design.
"I carefully choose a line
and fabric to show off this
figure I work so hard to con
trol," she said.
For the interview, she wore
a simple charcoal-grey wool
dress, accented with beige
satin collar and cuffs. A two
tone beige hat topped her
blonde hair.
High style has become so
much a part of Hildegarde
that she recently added a
fashion coordinator to her
traveling staff of six. Miss
Helen Rich, former fashion
editor of the Miami Daily
News, now advises the singer.
Hildegarde explained,
"Sometimes I make terrible
mistakes in style. And when
I make a mistake I am out a
thousand dollars."
She changes her gown twice
nightly during appearances, j
choosing from 25 evening
dresses. Each has its matching j
pair of shoes. There are six :
pairs of gloves for every ,
gown.
"I get special requests for
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home with Mrs. Dirksen's 84-
year-old mother. In Washing-
ton, the Dirksens had lived
in a hotel or apartment house
during most of his 25 years
as a member of Congress.
Dream House
"I had dreamed about this
house ever since I was mar
ried in 1927,"' Mrs. Dirksen
told a member of the National
Association of Home Builders.
"I had ideas about thekind of
house I wanted for so long
that when it came to drawing
up the blueprint, it was a mat
ter of piecing ideas together."
She paused, then said, "I
wouldn't change a .thing
about it."
The kitchen and master
bedroom, as well as the living
room, have glass walls looking
toward the river. The kitchen
is done in fruitwood and
bronze, a gas plate stove with
a bronze front, a gas wall
oven and under it, an elec
tric oven.
She likes the four-door ar
rangement of refrigerator
and freezer because "I can
stock up on meats and am
not always opening that part"
of the deep freeze. The kitch
en draperies are of flowered
yellow.
The living room has a niche
for the Senator's study, and a
dining area opposite the grand
piano. Draperies which can
certain dresses just as I do
for certain songs," she said.
Fans who remember her
famed interpretation of "Lili
Marlene" and "Darling Je
Vous Aime Beaucoup" seem
to like her white satin gown
with the brilliant red duster.
"The men," she added with
a laugh, "always prefer one
of two shades -black or
white."
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close-1 off the immense glass
wall are of muted stripes of
olive green, orange, beige and
purple.
Mrs. Dirksen's favorite
room is the master bedroom,
in wedgwood blue and white.
It has its own fireplace, easy
chairs and a color TV set as
well as a striking view of the
river. She finds the room
"more like another living
room." There is also a guest
bedroom with its own bath.
Apartment Also
The Dirksens maintain an
apartment i n Washington'
which they use when the Sen
ate runs into night sessions or
they have late engagements.
But if such activities break up
fairly early, they drive to
their new home. Even then
me senator onen gets in a
little outdoor activity, such as
stacking firewood.
His current pride is a big
bird house for martins big
enough, Mrs. Dirksen added
wryly, "For 24 families of
martins." It is four-foot
square with a green gabled
roof and porches. The Senator
and a neighbor spent the
greater part of a Sunday try
ing to get it installed properly
but the apparatus on which it
rests was so tricky they
wound up having to get a con
tractor to do the job. Now the
Senator is waiting to see if
the swallow-like martins will
use it.
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