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
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as directed, 15 minutes before
meals. My appetite fades, I eat
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Calendar
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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
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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.
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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&.
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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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Townsend Members .
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.
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