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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, March 30, 1959 Women Say Club Work Good for Home, Family Br GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Edilor Akron, Ohio-JUPL-Does club work interfere with house work? I It does, but not so husbands or children notice it. "I think the club woman is a much better homemaker than that perfect little house wife who is home all day," said young Mrs. Donald F. Tenney, the president of Witan club, a women's social and civic organization here. "The club woman has been out mixing with people. She comes home to her family with interesting things to talk about," she said. "Her conversation is not centered on the washing ma chine breaking down or some thing else what went wrong." "My husband always says, 'Now sit right down and tell me all about it' when I get home from a meeting," said Mrs. Charles Morrow, another Witan. "I think the men like for us women to be out doing things." The subject of club women, favorite target of cartoonists vs. the housewife who is not a "joiner" came up after a Witan membership luncheon where I was the speaker. Donate Money and Time The Witans take their name from the Anglo-Saxon word "witanegmoot," mean ing a large meeting of illus trious people. Each year, funds from membership dues, a benefit dance and a spring style show go to some Akron "cause" this year, mental health. Since its organization in 1943, Witan, with a closed membership of 211 women under 35 at the time of join ing, has raised $30,000 for community projects and de voted an amazing 86,000 vol unteer hours to welfare agen cies. "None of us is a perfect housewife, I can tell you," laughed Mrs. Frederick Use, a past president. "None of us is what I'd call a typical club woman either." To the members with whom I talked, the "typical" club woman deserves some of those barbs anyway, because of the amount of time she spends on bridge, matinees and other so cial doings. To the cartoonists, they usually have three chins, a pouter-pigeon bosom and pill box hat with flowers soaring out like an antenna. No Husbands Complain These club women, like many of their sisters in other cities, find time also to work Women Needed For Air Force The Air Force is looking for women at college graduate level in the fields of admin istration accounting, law and several other professional fields. Master Sergeant Car son W. Campbel', southern Oregon recruiter, reported. He explained that the step-ped-up development of the inter-continental bomber and missile programs is placing a demand on male officers leav ing many fields open or criti cally short of properly trained persons. Two programs are available for women, he said. A college graduate may receive a direct commission in a grade com mensurate with her ability and professional experience, usually second lieutenant; or, women who have completed at least two years college may apply for appointment to of ficer candidate school, lead ing to a commission of second lieutenant, usually within six months. For complete information contact Sergeant Campbell at the post office building, SPring 3-4943. Study Club Plans Session Tuesday Members of the Southern Oregon Mushroom's club study group will meet Tues day, March 31, at the home of Fred Lawrence, 1422 Euc lid avenue. The regular meeting of the club, usually held the first Wednesday of the month, has been postponed until April 8 ALEXIS SMITH soys: "AYDS help me 4 I ASF WFinHT WITHOUT DIETING" "Take Ayds," says Alexis. I enjcy one or two Ayds candies, as directed, 15 minutes before meals. My appetite fades, I eat less, lose naturally." Doctors proved the Ayds Plan best, safest at New England clinic. Prove it yourself. $3.25. Money-back guarantee. AYDS VHimia and Mineral Candy WAINSCOTT'S PHARMACY 322 East Main Medford with the scouts, PTA, garden club, charities and church, and act as family chauffeur. A few also hold full-time jobs outside the home. The ones I talked with all have chil dren, some as many as four, and operate their homes with little or no outside help. And none admitted to hav ing a complaining husband. "I make it a rule-apple pie order for the house and apple pie for dessert. Keeps down any gripes," said one Witan. "Where do we find the time? Well, the busier I am, the more I get done," said Mrs. George Richards. Some of the club women conceded that even with dish washers they often found the day so harried the breakfast dishes were stowed in the oven temporarily. But they always get done before hus band and children get home. HEC Contributes To Library Fund; Events Planned Central Point-"Slick tricks in housekeeping" was the theme used .for roll call by members of the Home Eco nomics club of Central Point Grange at a meeting March 25 at the home of Mrs. O. T. Wilson. Mrs. Henry Conger assisted Mrs. Wilson as co hostess. The club voted to contribute to the fund for the National Grange Memorial library in Washington, D.C. The chair man, Mrs. Charles Jantzer, announced that Mrs. Edward Walters will enter the Nation al Grange sewing contest. Mrs. Walters then displayed the dress patterns and mate rial she will use. A fun and social night for Grangers and their friend3 was discussed and the date of May' 9 set. There will be square dancing and cards. March 31 ends the first quarter of the year and all Grangers are urged to bring their Grange sales slips to the meeting on April 3. Mrs. Ce cil Keenan was appointed as Grange sales slip chairman. Mrs. Jantzer reported for Mrs. Edwin Gebhard, display table chairman, stating that Mrs. Gebhard has arranged with Mr. Griggs, Crater High instructor of vocational agri culture, to display various ar ticles prepared by the mem bers of the Future Farmers of America, on April 3 at the Grange meeting, j Mrs. O. T. Wilson, recrea tion chairman for the club, presented a word game. Mrs. Ben Darras received an award for having the complete list of words. Coming events were an nounced. On April 7 a film on Cancer will be shown in the Juvenile room of the Cen tral Point Grange hall at 1:30. Mrs. B. M. Thumler Jr., will be in charged. This film is be ing sponsored by the Willow Springs and Central Point Extension units, and it is hoped all women of the com munity will attend. The next HEC meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Morris Frink, 3067 Linden lane, Central Point, April 22, at 1:30 p.m. Gardeners Plan Coming Events Coming events of Medford Garden club include a plant sale, the annual spring flow er show and the April meet ing. Plans for these were dis cussed at a meeting of the executive board held last week at the Medford hotel. Mrs. C. G. Gay, chairman of the plant sale, states that it will be held April 10 St the Fehl building. Mrs. Ira D. Fitzgerald, chairman of the spring flower show, an nounced that it will take place May 23 at Hedrick Junior High school. "Reflections of a Century" will be the theme. The monthly meeting of the club will be held Thursday, April 2, at the courthouse auditorium at 1:30 p.m. The program will be "Flower Shows Are Fun" and will be given by Mrs. A. C. Lewis. Tea chairman will be Mrs. Charles C. Stearns. Chapter CG Chapter CG of PEO sister hood will meet Wednesday, April 1, at 1 p.m. for a lunch eon at the home of Mrs. Wil liam M. Caldwell, 2968 sonville highway. Mrs. J. A. Grigsby and Mrs. Lee Hayes will be co hostesses. Mrs. Thomas Van Etten is in charge of the program. 4 Chlorine in tap water may cause house plants to die. Re move the chlorine by boiling the water, then cooling it be fore watering plants. Use ground beef within two days of purchase. The beef is subject to more bacterial ac tion, drying and flavor loss than other cuts. Airway Official Says Hostesses Look Unwashed London - (CPU - The state owned British European Air ways was feuding again to day with its ground hosteses. An order was handed down to the girls to lay off eye shadow and nail polish, be cause it makes them look "un washed." The last time BEA took is sue with the girls came when the wife of the company di rector said the girls looked "dowdy" because their hem lines were too long. The dresses since have been short ened. But this time the hostesses weren't taking the cosmetic ban lying down. "Unwashed," muttered one grey-costumed receptionist at the West London air terminal. "Just because the airline has prehistoric ideas about beau ty. " Her words trailed off as she turned to smile through her eye shadow at a customer and offer her services. She was wearing red nail polish and she definitely did not look unwashed. Section leaders already censured three girls for dip ping too deeply into their van ity boxes and cosmetics. One girl said they were told the company soon would publish a full report on just how the smart ground hostess should look. A company said there was no new ruling on makeup but he said a long-standing com pany rule forbade the ground staff to use eye shadow or nail polish. He said the ruling was in troduced because the makeup made the girls look "unwash ed," but he declined to single out any of the great unwashed for specific comment. "There is not one of us who can ever be accused of looking dirty," one hostess said. "As usual," another said, "someone has gone the wrong way about this. If we saw one of the girls looking like a clown we would advise her gently not to use so much makeup. Now someone wants to make an issue of the whole thing." Said a BEA pilot: "Oh my. Here we go again." Election Slated In Eagle Point At a meeting Wednesday, April 1, Eagle Point Parent Teacher - Student association will elect officers for the com ing year. Nominees will in clude Mrs. John Huffman for president, Mrs. Donald De Haven and Mrs. Stewart Hop per for vice presidents, . and JoAnn Nolan, Adene Jensen, and Lana McGraw, students, for secretary, treasurer, and historian respectively. Further nominations may be made at the time of the meeting provided the consent of the person concerned has been obtained, officers state. In keeping with the celebra tion of Oregon's Centennial anniversary this year, the pro gram will feature Gail Schop pert, who will give a history of education in Oregon, and Clarence Davies, who will out line the history of the Eagle Point schools. A baked goods sale is planned in conjunction with the meeting, and persons at tending are requested to bring or buy-or both-items for sale. On previous occasions, cina mon rolls and bread have been popular, and the com mittee hopes there will be some items in this classifica tion brought for the sale. Re freshments will be served fol lowing the meeting, which will be held in the high school li brary at 8 p.m. Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Held The O Ne Kizu Camp Fire Girls of Eagle Point held a ceremonial March 13 for the purpose of awarding honor beads. A fly up ceremony was presented in honor of Sherri Kimmel,' Darla Pulley and Regina Krambeal, who grad uated from the Blue Birds to Camp Fire. Parents and sponsors were guests and refreshments were served. The group participated in a TV show March 18, which depicted a birthday party for the Golden Jubilee of Camp Fire. March 20 O Ne Kizu visit ed the Jacksonville museum and cemetery. We took sack lunches and ate on the banks of the Applegate river. On our way home we gathered tree limb specimens for a pos ter. We stopped at TouVelle park and took pictures. Eack in Eagle Point we re-visited the old Brown's store. Our next projects will be tree planting and our annual candy sale. Cheryl Hanscom Scribe Iron round table napkins as you would doilies. Start at the center, swing the iron and forth in an arch, working from the center toward the edges. Casserole dishes that can be made ahead of time are a boon to bur housewives. Made in a foil-lined, casserole thia delicious shrimp recipe is easy to refrigerate until time to heat for dinner. Dish-washing Busy homemakers always 'wel come casserole. dishes which can be prepared in the morning and refrigerated until dinner time. One like this, for instance, can be made in a casserole lined with quilted foil and covered with a 3 tablespoons' fat 3- tablespoons flour 1-12 cups milk 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 12 teaspoon salt Dash pepper 10 ounces frozen shrimp (1 package) thawed, peeled and devemed Line baking or casserole dish with a- square of 14-inch heavy weight quilted foil by Kaiser. An easy way of doing this is by turn ing the baking dish (1-12 quart is a good size) upside down and shaping foil to contours. 'Jhen slip shaped foil inside container. Melt fat in saucepan; stir in flour. Gradually add milk;, bring to boil, boiling 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add salt and pepper. Remove from heat; stir in shrimp, bread cubes, celery,' olives and onion. Add egg. Pour into foil-lined baking dish. Cover with foil. Bake in hot oven (400eF.) 25 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle top with pars ley before serving. Delicious with a mixed green salad. New Varieties Add Sparkle EDNA KING MANDEVILLE A number of new varieties of annuals will add sparkle to flower gardens this year. Perhaps you are one of the many gardners who have tried to grow annual lupines with only mediocre results. If so, I have some really good news for you about a new annual lupine that is easy to grow! It's called the "pastel pixie," and it comes in the most delightful pastel shades of pink, lilac, blue and pure white with bi-colors of these. It blooms more profusely than other lupines, and best of all, you can enjoy -hem in bloom weeks earlier! I find the dwarfness and compact ness of the plants make them ideal for borders and bedding. The colors make a simply de lightful garden display, and the stems are amply long for cutting, too. I know a good many of my friends and neighbors prefer perennials to annuals, and for them I have recommended the Russell lupine. Though it's not a new variety, it is still the best perennial lupine on the market and easy to grow from seed. Alaska Larkspur Strictly speaking, the "wel come Alaska" larkspur is not a new variety, though one of the colors in it is new. All three of the color s red, white and blue are really outstanding varieties of the famous supreme strain of giant larkspur. The "supreme white" was honored by the Royal Horticultural society of England when first intro duced, and the dark blue of the strain is perhaps the best of all larkspur blues. The breeding work on the latest color, carmine red, was com pleted just in time to honor Alaska as our 49th State. Needless to say, Welcome Alaska will thrive in gardens throughout the country, in all 50 states. There have been many new Petunia varieties in recent years, but the 1959 introduc tion of the "drum major" pe tunia is too important an event to be overlooked. It is an Fl hybrid, an excellent mixture of the top Fl petunia varieties of the large-flowering, grandiflora type, well stocked with hybrid vigor. Drum major is the leader of the color parade, especially blended to include the best va riety of every petunia color, with lovely bicolors such as pink-and-white and purple-and-white. The hybrid vigor is responsible for the sturdy growth of the plants and the frequent abundance of the giant, waved and fringed flowers. Of course no list cf new va rieties for a 1959 garden would be complete without mention of the new "Pano rama" snapdragon, an excel lent mixture of F2 varieties. Some think' that the new MODERNIZE Your BATHROOM With a Glass Shower Door Phone SP 3-3613 SELBY GLASS CO. 303 North Bartlett is eliminated vith foil. foil top until time to pop into th oven just before dinner.-A'ny left overs maybe lifted out and stored right in the same foil. And best of all there is no crusty casserole dish to wash! Shrimp Casserole Serves U-6 4 slices whole wheat bread, cubed 12 em diced celery 12 cup sliced stuffed olives 1 tablespoon finely chopped . onion 1 egg, beaten 14 cup chopped parsley Quilted broiling foil of Annuals to Gardens strain even equals the famed "mardi gras" snapdragon of several years back, noted for its large flowers and beautiful colors. New Sweet William Another variety, "Wee Wil lie sweet William, actually was introduced last year, but on such a limited scale that you might not have been able to find packets at your favo rite seed display. As the name implies, it is a very dwarf strain of sweet william, with 'ingle flowers borne in clus ters of four or six in truly gay combinations of crimson, ruby, deep rose, pink and white. Wee Willie is one of the earliest annuals to bloom, and is in full flower some seven weeks after planting. When the plant is but two inches high the first blooms are al ready appearing! And the va riety's dwarf, compact habit makes it ideal for edging, bed ding and rock gardens And we've got still another delightful zinnia variety to list this year the merry-go- round. It's a real bi-color zin nia, an eye-catching beauty any gardener who loves bril liant and beautiful color com binations. Each blossom is composed of petals with bases of one color and tips of sharply contrasting color. The compact plants produce both cactus and semi-cactus flowers of three to four inches in dia meter, extra-free flowering throughout the entire summer and right up to the first frost. Of course they're ideal for beds, borders, and cut flowers. Certainly I haven't covered all the new varieties for 1959, but perhaps I've mentioned enough to give you some colorful ideas for your own garden. Try two or three of these new flowers and you'll see your garden take on a new sparkle of interest, both for yourself and for your friends. Next week I will give some basic information about plan ning a flower garden, together with a list of varieties and their uses in perfect garden planning. The Post Office Department reports that 400,000,000 bus iness reply cards and envel opes are being used annually, compared to 23 million in the first year they were intro duced, 1928-29. U JEWELERS ) 129 South Central SP 3-4922 20 On All Purchases Silver Dollar At Picard's of CREDIT Roy Picard Certified Hobo Party A hobo party was held re cently by Eagles lodge in the lodge hall. Gene Bybee and Ellen Lamb won prizes for the best costumes. A clown distributed sou venirs, and stew was served in tin cans. Selection of Mrs. Centennial To Be May 9 This year's winner of the state homemaking contest will be titled Mrs. Oregon Centennial, according to Ern est Hood, Jackson county chairman for the Oregon Cen tennial celebration. The crowning will be held May 9, and the winner will be flown with her husband to Fort Lauderdale. Fla., for the 21st annual Mrs. America event. Homemakers from every county in the sate are eligible for Mrs. Oregon Centennial honors in the contest, Hood re ported. Mrs. America of 1957, Cleo Maletis of Beaverton, has been named director of the state contest. Entry blanks may be picked up at tne jacitson couniy Centennial association head quarters, near Maple . Rest park on the south edge of Medford. Deadline for mail ing will be Saturday, April 18. Any Oregon housewife, 21 or over is eligible to enter. All-around homemaking and meal-planning ability will be the primary basis for judging along with working for the community. It was reported that good grooming and poise are also important. Nine top candidates will be selected from entries through out the state to appear in the Oregon finals May 7 through 9 in Portland, where they will be guests of the contest or ganization. 4 Calendar Calendar notices and news foi the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline tor the Sun day edition is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead' line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m. of the dav for oublication and for week day news is S pjn. the day before publication. Monday: 7 p.m.-Dinner-dance, Mon Desir benefit Our Lady of the Mountain building fund. 7:30 p.m. - Licensed Prac tical Nurses, Doctor's room on fifth floor of Sacred Heart hospital. 8 p.m. - Susannah Wesley unit of Wesleyan Service Guild, First Methodist church with Mrs. Richard Stratton, 454 Grand St., Central Point, Tuesday: 10:30 a.m.-Willow Springs Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Ray Vogel, Willow Creek rd. 1 p.m.-Travel Study club, at home of Mrs. Marvin Nel son, 225 Cottage st. EXPRESSING annoyance after arrest is Mrs. Walter Johnston, jailed in Detroit on charges of cheating in newspaper puzzle contests. Formerly At The Big WE GIVE STAMPS On All Sale! and Repairs BONUS Made Entirely With Trading Stamps . Medford Jewelers GLADLY Master Watchmaker HI Home Economics Group To Observe Anniversary Portland - Seventy years of home economics in Oregon and the 50th anniversary of the American Home Eco nomics association will be ob served at the 29th annual Oregon Home Economics as sociation meeting in Portland, April 3 and 4. All sessions will be at Lewis and Clark college. Miss Mildred Horton, evecu tive secretary of AHEA, Wash ington, D. C, will speak at the banquet Saturday night. She will call attention to the encouragement that other groups have given home eco nomics during the past half century. Registration for the meet ing will begin Friday after noon at 3:30 o'clock at Evans Hall Foyer, and will continue Saturday morning. College clubs and the state home eco nomics council will meet that afternoon. Friday night, Miss Neva Elliott, Portland attorney, will speak on public relations in a talk entitled, "Please Pass the Public." A fashion show has been arranged for visitors Satur day morning followed by Tourney Conti nues The second session of the annual individual champion ship tournament of Medford Duplicate Bridge club will be held Tuesday, March 31, at Girls Community club. Play will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m., the tournament commit tee states. Vctr the first, session hplrl last week, fourteen tables of players entered, making it' the largest individual tourna ment ever held by the club. For this tournament, the play ers are mixed, and no one plays with a set partner; this adds variety to the play and the results. Holding high score last week was a man, John Rus sell, but the additional five winners were all women. Mr. Russell scored 115V points. Other winners were Mrs. Lloyd Johnson, second, 105 points; Mrs. Roger Smoot, third, 104; Mrs. Dolph Phipps, fourth, 103 Vr, Mrs. Sam Rich ardson, fifth, 102; Mrs. Tho mas Randall, sixth, 100V&. You'll faa delighted with our Custom Laundered SHIRTS Look Better Fit Better Feel Better (Placed in Plastic Bags for Your Convenience) 1 V-t B fl. I election of officers. Miss Mar- lan Buckman, uU student, clubs. Dr. Justine O'Reilly, supervisor of vocational home economics in Portland public schools is OHEA president. Saturday noon, a $500 col lege scholarship will be awarded to .a high school girl to study home economics at an Oregon college. Mrs. J. W. McKean, Portland, scholarship chairman, reports that nearly 60 applications have been re ceived for the scholarship. Sale of exhibit space at the convention, program advertis ing and homemakers groups in the state provide the scholarship. Mrs. Mabel Mack, Oregon State college, and Mrs. Alice Wieman, Portland, will re port highlights of the ninth International Congress on Home Economics held last summer at the University of Maryland. Answers to claims made by food fadists will be provided by Dr. Betty Hawthorne, presi dent of the Oregon Dietetics association and Mrs. Ruth Klippstein, OSC extension nu tritionist, during the afternoon program. Four Oregon home econom ists will be recognized at the Saturday banquet for past and present contributions to home economics. Mrs. Laurence Perkins, Oswego, is chairman of the selections committee. Mrs. Clarence Hulse, Port land, is in charge of all con vention arrangements and Mrs. John W. Carter, Port land, is program chairman. 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Honored at Session Two Townsend club mem bers, Mrs. Ida Kelly, club treasurer, and Enos Naffzig ger, club secretary, were hon ored at last week's meeting with a birthday celebration. Four members of the Jack sonville Centennial "Fifty Niners" furnished musical numbers.. The "Shadows" of St. Mary's school also sang. Four visitors were present. Wednesday, April 1, the Townsend auxiliary will meet at Carpenters' hall. Plans will be made to hold a rummage sale on Friday, April 3, at Eagles hall, 217 West Main street. YOU are INVITED to homecomIng end OPEN HOUSE 3:00-7:00 p.m. Friday April! 7, 1959 i i x i at dry cmimr H. D. CHRISTENSEN Right at the Door! n ii frri ii fi i