1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 17, 19S9
Service League Presents
Annual Fashion Reviews
Cued to the fact that the fashion world Paris, New
York, Dallas and San Francisco has abandoned its efforts
to obscure the female figure and emphasize it instead,
Junior Service league chose "The Feminine Touch" as a
theme for the annual spring fashion shows. The first review,
a luncheon event Friday, was attended by almost 200 women
and the dinner presentation Saturday attracted more than
150 persons. Funds earned by the two shows will go to sup
port of the league's kindergarden for deaf children
Spring flowers decorated
the luncheon and dinner
tables, and lengths of printed
"dress materials were arranged
in the well frames. League
members and their daughters
served as models, and Mrs.
Philip Lowry was commenta
tor of both shows.
Interest in the shows was
heightened by the addition of
two interludes during which
models demonstrated how a
basic dress might be trans
formed with accessories and
worn for different occasions.
Mrs. Eugene V. Meydering
gave the first demonstration.
Her basic ensemble was a
black and white checked frock
with bolero from Rath's store.
Mrs. Meyerding entered the
room wearing black accesso
ries with the dress, making it
suitable for afternoon wear.
On stage she removed the
jacket, replaced her black
pumps with others of tange
rine colored straw cloth and
added jewelry of black, silver
and tangerine and a tangerine
colored handbag. Mrs. Meyer
ding was then suitably
gowned for dinner and danc
ing. The second transformation
was staged by Mrs. David
Fortmiller, league member
from Ashland. Her basic en
semble was a black wool suit
consisting of a fringe-trimmed
dress and jacket with extrava
gant stand-away revers now
very fashionable, from Burel
son's store. She discarded the
jacket, replaced her black
patent leather pumps and bag
with matching rose print ones,
and her pearls for "rosay
pink" jewelry. She pinned to
her hair an enormous multi
layered flower of pink fluff,
draped a gray fur stole around
her shoulders and was ready
for a cocktail-time party.
Member Assists
Both women were assisted
during the demonstrations by
another league member, Mrs.
Jack Lynch, dressed in' a
white blouse, abbreviated
black pleated skirt and tiny
white apron in her pose as a
French maid. The exuberant
applause which these scenes
evoked from the men in the
audience was as much far the
pert "maid" as for the attrac
tive models.
The teenage models, Vickie
and Tanya Enders, Pat Ellis,
Sue Graff, Barbara Whalin,
Sue Baker, Tracy Blackstone
and Diane Lewis, opened the
show. They modeled sports,
day-time and formal gowns.
Diane Lewis aroused com
ments when she modeled a
bathing suit and beach coat
and being barefoot, adorned
her two big toes with flowers.
Other league members who
modeled were Mrs. Robert
Cunningham, Mrs. W. B. B ar
il um, Mrs. Peter Trim, Mrs.
L. Scott Ellis, Mrs. Hugh Pitts,
Mrs. Floyd-Hart Jr., Mrs. Ar
lon Skinner, Mrs. Ralph
Hibbs, Mrs. Carl E. Wimberly
Jr., and Mrs. Johnathan
Middleton.
One of the more dramatic
dresses modeled was a black
polished cotton patio frosh
with one-strap bodice worn by
Mrs. Skinner. The dress was
accented with a Spanish-type
straw hat with black band and
scarf.
Mrs. Peter Trim made an
effective model for furs worn
over classic black, and Mrs
Barnum brought the show to
a dashing close wearing a coat
of brilliant white with flowing
sleeves cuffed in matching
white fox. The coat was worn
over a gown of American
beauty Arnel jersey said to be
washable and wrinkle-resist
ant. This interesting dress
was hemless and milady was
instructed to just snip the
skirt off to the desired length.
Both Friday afternoon and
Upper Rogue Club
Announces Events
Comma events were an
nounced at the last meeting
of Upper Rogue Grange Home
Economics club, held March
12 at the home of Mrs. Paul
Torrance. Luncheon was serv
ed, with Mrs. Ray Gillespie
as co-hostess.
Mrs. Robert Darrohn, Shady
Cove, was a guest
A rummage sale will be
held by the group at the
Grange hall April 11. Mrs.
George Tockstein, HEC chair
man, asked that members
begin gathering rummage for
the sale, and articles may be
left at Eastin's Rogue Haven,
or the Paul Torrance home.
The next HEC meeting will
be a work day April 9 at
the Grange halL starting at
10 a.m. Luncheon will be
served by Mrs. Carl Richard
son and Mrs. Roy Vaughn.
A Grange party was an
nounced for Friday, March
20. A potluck supper will be
folowed by cards and games.
Saturday night one outfit of
dress and accessories donated
by Medford merchants was
given away. Merchants who
provided clothing for, the
shows were Leon's, Hadley's,
Jean Hart, Mann's Raths,
Pick's, Town and Country,
Frances Dallaire and Burel
son's. Abbey Green provided
background music for both
shows. O. S.
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Republicans
Discuss
Aims, Goals
1 Jackson County Republican
Women had an impromptu
program yesterday devised by
the president, Mrs. Murray
Gardiner, since the scheduled
speaker could not appear. It
had been planned to have
either Dr. Edwin R. Durno,
state senator from Jackson
county, or Mrs. Evelyn Nye,
representative, speak to the
group but both had important
committee hearings which
kept them in Salem.
Mrs. Gardiner appeared at
the meeting with a set of ques
tions which she distributed
among members and which
promoted discussion of the
club's aims and goals for the
coming year. It was brought
out that members are still in
terested in speakers who will
bring information of timeli
ness and importance, but be
lieve that workshops planned
by the Oregon Federation of
Women's Republican clubs,
with which the local club is
now affiliated, should also be
conducted from time to time.
Discussing goals of the club,
women present expressed the
opinions that education and
information of the member
ship should be the primary
aim of the organization.
Asked to make plans for
raising money, the group vot
ed to raise dues to $2 a year,
and to hold an early fall rum
mage sale. Some reluctance
was expressed over holding
of the sale, but it was pointed
out that in spite of the almost
continuous holding of these
sales, they still remain one of
the easiest ways for a group
to raise a sizeable sum of
money.
Material was read in oppo
sition to House Bill 138 which
would recognize the right of
state employees to bargain col
lectively, and members were
urged to study the bill and
write legislators.
Mrs. Gardiner announced
the annual convention of the
Oregon Federation of Wom
en's Republican clubs, to be
held Thursday, March 26, and
asked members able to attend
to volunteer. The Jackson
county club is entitled to five
delegates. One of these will
be Mrs. Gardiner.
The club voted a contribu
tion to help send an Oregon
Republican girl to the nation
al convention of the party.
For yesterday's meeting,
held in the Red Cross build
ing, members brought their
own sandwiches; coffee and
dessert were provided for a
charge. A nursery was in op
eration. There was discussion
of further meeting plans and
the sandwich luncheon plan
may be used again. The club
is making an effort to interest
young women in attending
the sessions.
Adult Bible Class
To Hold Meeting
Friendship Adult Bible
class of First Christian church
will meet Thursday, March
19, at 12 noon at the church.
A covered dish luncheon will
be served.
Closets will be easier to
clean if you plan storage
space so that nothing sits on
the floors. Use pull-out trays
or shelves for underwear,
sweaters and other clothing
that should lie flat.
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30
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Where do you think we
to be the question as Mrs. Alice French Willits, '07, and Mrs.
Anna Beeson Carter, '06, look through some of the 34 early
day photographs of Ashland, the Old Academy, and the
Southern Oregon Slate Normal school, which have been pre
sented to the college by the Southern Oregon College Alumni
association. Permanently protected by glass, the pictures
have been enlarged, framed in black hardwood, beautifully
matted, and are being placed in Carpenter Conference room
of the Britt Student center. Mrs. Carter, right, Medford, his
torian for the Old Timers branch of the association, was in
charge of the project, and Mrs. Willits, Ashland, Old Timers
secretary, acted as her assistant.
Japan's Empress-To-Be
Has Poise, Intelligence
(This is the first of three
dispatches about the next Em
press of Japan, Michiko Sho
da, the first 'commoner' in 26
centuries to share the Japan
ese throne.)
By RONALD P. KRISS
United Press International
Tokyo -(UPD- The next Em
press of Japan will be a girl
who never could have hoped
to be - except for a change in
an ancient tradition.
She is Michido Shoda, a
commoner, and for 26 centur
ies no commoner ever has
shared the ultra-exclusive
throne of Japan.
Who is this girl whose
poise, intelligence and good
looks prompted the Crown
Prince Akihito to upset 2,618
years of tradition?
Michiko Shoda was born in
Tokyo university hospital,
Oct. 20, 1934; she is only 10
months younger than her fu
ture husband.
Her childhood was spent in
an atmosphere of wealth and
ease. There were summers in
the mountains of Karuizawa
or on the beaches of Hayama,
and winters in Tokyo.
Her well-to-do parents, Hi-
desaburo and Fumi Shoda,
were an accomplished, wide
ly traveled couple. They trac
ed their ancestry to success
ful rice merchants and schol
ars. The financial brain of the
family was Michido's grand
father, Teiichiro Shoda, now
at 88 patriarch of the clan. He
started in business with a soy
sauce factory and wound up
with the multi-million dollar
Nisshin flour mill, which he
eventually turned over to Mi
chiko's father.
Was Sickly Child
From a healthy baby, Mi
chiko developed into a sickly
child, bothered with tympan
itis, a chronic inflammation
of the middle ear which made
her susceptible to many
colds.
Her doctors prescribed a
lot of exercise, and so the girl
began the athletic career
which finally led to her first
meeting with the Crcwn
Prince.
By the time she was nine,
the doctor's prescription had
paid off - she rarely was ill
and her athletic skill earned
her the nickname "Little An
telope" from her schoolmates.
With World War II, and
eventually the American
bombers over Tokyo, Japan
ese officials decided to evac
uate school children to the
countryside. In the next three
years, Michido moved five
times but spent much of the
time in Tatebayashi City, an
cestral home of the Shoda
family, north of Tokyo.
Life returned to normal in
1947 and the Shodas resettled
in Tokyo. Michiko entered
the Catholic Sacred Heart
school, although she is not a
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Catholic, and attended
through college.
The Shodas reversed the
traditional Japanese pattern
of spoiling children - when
study time came, Mrs. Shoda
sent Michiko into her room to
work, even if it meant break
ing up a game with friends.
The child's allowance never
was much more than 1,000
yen ($2.78) a month.
Michiko sailed through Sa
cred Heart as honor student
(her four-year average was
an impressive 90 per cent),
campus leader and top ath
lete. When she was graduated in
1957, she delivered the vale
dictory address. In her senior
yearbook, her classmates
wrote, "she has won her way
into all our hearts."
After graduation, Michiko
spent most of her time in the
family home at Gotanda, a
quiet residential area in the
capital. But her love of ten
nis drew her to Karuizawa
during the summer, where
the weather was crisp and the
courts good.
It was in 1956 that Akihito
first noticed her. The Crown
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Opening
Tonight
"The Tender Trap," first
1959 production . of the Foot
lighters, opens tonight and
will run for five days in the
little pine-panelled theater be
hind the Medford Armory.
The play is a comedy, writ
ten by Max Shulman and
Robert Paul Smith, for the
purpose of proving that get
ting caught in a trap really
can be fun. The Footlighters
production is directed by
Frank Buchter, who also di
rected the popular "Solid
Gold Cadillac" last fall.
The play promises some
thing new and unusual in
scenery for the Footlighters
stage, a lush New Yprk apart
ment being the main scene
of action. Bernard Roberts,
Herbert Seitz, and Tom Es
linger designed the set and
combed southern Oregon to
find props befitting the home
of a well-to-do bachelor with
numerous girls friends. '
The Footlighters also prom
ise something new in the way
of comfort for their patrons,
at least those who arrive
early. The first several rows
of wooden seats in the theater
have been torn out and re
placed by comfortably padded
seats.
"The Tender Trap" cast in
cludes Charles Tucker, Rob
bie Robbins, Audrey Reiss,
Shirley Budreau, Shirley
Tucker, Shirlie Butterfield,
and Dave Havlick. Promp
tress is Grace Shaw.
Performances start at 8:30
p.m. each evening. Tickets
may be bought at the door, at
Purucker's and Swem's in
Medford, or from any mem
ber of the Medford Lions club.
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Demonstration Given
For Rogue-Elk Group
Elk Creek - Mrs. Kenneth
Lacy and Mrs. Oscar Hanson
gave a demonstration on
"Care and Pruning of Shrubs"
at the last meeting of Rogue
Elk Extension unit. It was
held at the home of Mrs. Os
car Hanson, Elk Creek.
Mrs. J. F. Corliss, Central
Point, was a visitor.
Luncheon was served by the
hostess, Mrs. Hanson and Mrs.
Morris Bush.
Prince nudged a companion
and pointing to Michiko, said
- "Look at the pretty girl ov
er there."
By this tune, Michiko was
five feet, three and Vt inches
tall, weighed 114 pounds and
had a 32-23-36 figure.
But formal meeting with
her future husband wasn't
until a year later, in 1957
when she and a young Ameri
can boy trounced the Crown
Prince in a mixed doubles
tennis match.
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Social Night
Phoenix-Neighbor of Wood
craft lodge will hold a social
night at. the home of Mrs.
Guy Cobleigh Thursday,
March 19. Cards and games
will be played beginning at
8 p.m.
Nevita
Member
Honored
Central Point -Mrs. Wyles
Berry, a past matron of Ne
vita chapter, Order of Eastern
Star, has been commissioned
grand representative of Wis
consin in Oregon. Announce
ment of the appointment was
made during the annual
Friendship night of the chap
ter March 10.
Presentation of the appoint
ment was made by Mrs. Lo-
rena McNair, Ashland, past
grand matron of Oregon, in
behalf of Mrs. Victor Thomp
son, Hood River, present
worthy grand matron. The ap
pointment is for three years.
Guests for the Friendship
night were from Myrtle
Creek, Canyonville, Grants
Pass, Kerby, Ashland, Med
ford and 'Jacksonville. Mrs.
Merrill Harsh, worthy matron,
and Russell Fair, patron, wel
comed the guests.
Honored . guests included
Mrs. McNair: Miss Carlotta
K. Weisman, Grants Pass, past
worthy grand matron: Morris
Boughner, Medford, grand
sentinel; Mrs. E. G. Randolph,
Medford, and Mrs. R. E. Van
Vleet, Ashland, grand repre
sentatives.
Visiting matrons present
were Mrs. Robert Mackev.
Ashland; Mrs. Ina Yandell,
Grants Pass; Mrs. Carl Palo,
Myrtle Creek; Mrs. William
Richardson, Grants Pass and
Mrs. Etta McKinney, Medford.
Worthy patrons present were
Richard Brown, Ashland: Her
bert Morris, Medford; Joseph
Jacques, Canyonville and Hen
ry Lloyd, Kerby.
Nevita Courtesy Girls and
officers presenter) a skir Ho.
picting events of the past and1
appropriate songs were sung
by. Mrs. Frank Ward and Mrs.
Harsh. Costumes were in
keeping with Oregon's Centen
nial. Mrs. Harold Head play
ed three piano numbers, dedi
cating one to the new grand
representatives.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Randolph
sang a group of songs of the
1900's; both were in costume.
Theme for the evening was
"friends are worthy their
weight in gold."
Don't throw away the last
few tablespoonfuls of leftover
gravy. Put it into cream soup.
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Gold Hill Troop Display
Wins Girl Scout Award
Gold Hill-Gold Hill Brown
ie Troop 180 won the sweep
stakes award for its window
display entitled "Home Front
Panorama," for the north
Medford district of the Rogue
Valley Girl Scout council,
the exhibit was displayed at
Lester's Food Market in Gold
Hill in conjunction with Na
tional Girl Scout week, Mar.
8 through Mar. 14. The over
all theme was "our home fron
tier." ' Judges were several Med
ford women who are affili-
CALENDAR
Tuesday:
7:30 p.m. - Chapter BE of
PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs.
Milton R. Snow, 1208 Leland
ave.
7:30 p.m. - Joyce Smith
circle, Eastwood Baptist
church, with Mrs. Jack Mev
es, 937 Alta st.
7:30 p.m. - Zion Lutheran
church circles: Mary, home of
Mrs. Addison Sidener, 3056
Hanley rd.; Miriam, at church.
7:45 p.m. Insurance Wo
men of Jackson County, home
of Mrs. Roberta ' Martin, 531
Fairmont st. f
8 p.m. - Rogue Valley
Handweavers Guild, home of
Mrs. Dorothy Waldron, 2399
Springbrook rd.
8 p.m. - Woman's Society
of Christian Service, circle 9,
with Mrs. Edward Branch
field, 120 Stark st.
8 p.m. Zion Lutheran
church, Lydia circle, with
Mrs. Martin Westvong, 119
Lincoln st.
8 p.m.-Jackson County sa
lon, 8 and 40, home of Mrs.
Merle Jarmin, 821 Minnesota
avennue.
Wednesday:
9:30 a.m. - W o m a n's So
ciety of Christain Service,
circle 2, with Mrs. Gerald
Sherman, route 2, box 402M.
9:45 a.m. Medford League
of Women Voters, combined
meeting of morning and after
noon study units, home of
Mrs. David Boals, 34 Glen
Geo. Grabow
1365 Kings Highway, Medford
Phone SP 2-8560
Watch and Clock Repairing
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ated -with the Rogue Valley
Girl Scout council.
The display depicted var
ious scenes of three era's,
1859, 1959 and 1970. Mrs. W.
F. Ganong is leader of the
Gold Hill Brownie Troop and
Mrs. Ray Neilson is her assis
tant. Mrs. Ganong, who is also
neighborhood chairman, said
that a great deal of credit is
due Mrs. Pat O'Brian, Gold
Hill, who assisted the leaders
and the Scouts with artistic
ideas.
Mrs. Ganong also stated
that she wished to express
appreciation on behalf of the
troop to all of the various in
dustries and groups that co
operated by furnishing auth
entic material, which enabled
the Brownies to build the win
ning display. The troop has
32 second, third and fourth
grade girls registered in the
local group at this time.
Gold Hill Girl Scout Troop
121, under the leadership of
Mrs. Walter Dye and the as
sistant, Mrs. Edward Shoe
maker, entered an exhibit en
titled "Old Oregon Trail,"
which they displayed all of
last week in another location
on Second avenue, in Gold
Hill. This group received a
participation ribbon in the
window display contest.
Oak court.
11 a.m. - Townsend Har
mony auxiliary, Carpenters
hall, 123 Vz West Main st.
12 noon Reames Social
club, Medford Masonic hall.
12:30 p.m. - Chapter CP of
PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs.
R. A. Elliott, 432 Ardmore
ave.
1 p.m. - Chapter CG of
PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs.
A. C. Broyles.
1 p.m. -Phoenix Grange
HEC, home of Mrs. Alfred
Schroeder, Coal Mine road.
1:30 p.m. Contemporary
Book club, with Mrs. B. L.
Lageson, Black Oak dr.
1:30 p.m. - Grove Garden
club, with Mrs. Lyle Thur
man, 10 Fair Oaks.
2 pjn. Wednesday Study
club, Girls community club.
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Square Dancing
Class Still Open
A class in beginning squar
dancing now being given at
Bellview Grange halL Ash
land, is still open it -was an
nounced today. The class ( is
held each Wednesday from 8
to 10 p.m. and the next meet
ing will be March 18.
The Floyd Workmans are
instructors. More informa
tion may be obtained by call
ing SPring 3-5973.
All square dancers are in
vited to attend a Night Owl
party at Bellview Grange Sat
urday, March 21. Theme of
the party will be "We are not
going to quit until you do."
THIS CANCER NEWS
IS FOR YOU
You are the family health
officer. You see that Jack ha
his shots, that Jill balances
candy with greens, that
father has his checkup.
That's all fine, but how
about you? You owe it to
your family to have an an
nual medical checkup which
will include a cell examina
tion for uterine cancer. This
simple, easy, painless proce
dure could help save the
lives of thousands of women.
For more information,
consult your Unit of the
American Cancer Society.
AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY
MEDICAL PANEL DISCUSSION
By representative of
Jackson County Medical Society
Holly Theatre
Medford Tuesday, Mar. 24
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Varsity Theatre
Ashland-Wed., March 25
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
ADMISSION IS FREE!
. Medford Mail Tribune