Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 31, 1959, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 31, 1959 Annual Spring Grooming Given White House Grounds Br ROSE McKEE Washington - The White House staff-like households throughout the land-is busy these days getting the Presi dential grounds ready for spring and summer. Robert (Red) Redmond, the nation's "No. 1" gardener, has had his men applying fer tilizer to patches of the White House lawns that appeared in danger of becoming thin or barren, cutting back rose bushes and giving them their spring tonic, and preparing flower seed beds. Redmond told an interview er from the National Associa tion of Home Builders that he will keep a close eye on the trees and if there are any on which the leaves are slow in coming out, he will bore holes in the ground and "give the trees a little feeding." The famous White House trees-there are more than 300 -are Redmond's special con cern. In event of a serious drought, their protection has top priority. "We can replace the grass but not the trees," the sandy-haired Redmond ex plained. Trees Planted Many Presidents have been amateur Johnny Appleseeds and planted trees that today commemorate them. The old est such tree on the 18 acres of White House grounds is the big, healthy American elm planted by President John Quincy Adams Taetween 1825 and 1829. President Andrew Jackson planted the huge magnolia which stands dramatically at the South portico. There is no record of Abraham Lin coln having planted a tree but, Redmond noted, "there are not too many records from ANYONE... EVERYONE... YOU Can Play the M ELECTRIC CHORD ORGAN with Melody and Chords In Minutes ...Without Lessons 41 ' ' " " ' """" If you can read numbers, you can play any kind of music from classical to jazz tonight, in your own home. You simply match the numbers in the Song Books with the numbered keys of the Magnus Electric Chord Organ keyboard. You needn't know one note from another, though they're there for those who do. You play full, resonant chord accompaniment, too. You, yes you press a key and out comes MUSIC! Real music, full timbered, rich, mellow, and wide of range vibrant with the authentic "breathing" of organ tones and overtones. Available in blonde mahogany or traditional walnut My 0 matching fable 2500 Hundreds and hundred of songs to play... Remember Jt't a lot more fun to mote music than jutt listen to it COME IN! SEE IT! PROVE TO YOURSELF YOU CAN PLAY JT IN MINUTES... APIcP CO. the old days." Harry S. Truman was the only president according to the records to have planted boxwood. President Eisenhow er has planted two trees out side his executive office, a black walnut and a scarlet oak. The White House squirrels give the gardeners practically no trouble-"thanks to many tourists" who, while admir ing the grounds from outside the iron fence, feed peanuts to the squirrels. The squirrels get enough to eat without digging up bulbs. But the White House gar dener - like many another, still fights crab grass. He is always hopeful "this" will be the year he wins the battle. Redmond re-seeds some of the grounds each spring. He uses a mixture of Kentucky blue grass, fescue, red top and a little rye. For shady spots, he uses more fescue. Some preparation for spring starts in the fall, when three to four tons of fertilizer are applied to the grounds. In the spring, only about one ton is used. Tulips by Thousands Each fall, too, Redmond plants 10,000 tulip bulbs from Holland, most of them around two fountains, which are show places of color for spring tour ists. In a short time, the bulbs will be dug up and petunias planted in their place. There will be pink petunias around the pool on the Pennsylvania avenue side of the White House, red ones around the fountain on the South lawn which is seen from the bal cony. Redmond has been a mem ber of the White House garden staff since he was a boy of AGNUS Officers Announced For PTA Eagle Point Eagle Point Par e,n t-Teacher association held election of officers for the coming year at a meeting March 24. The newly elected president is Mrs. Joseph Shel ton. Serving with Mrs. Shel ton will be Mrs. Lester Mc Fall, parent vice-president; Mrs. Lawrence Davis, teacher vice-president; Mrs. Oscar Frei, secretary; Mrs: Elberi. Hefley, treasurer, and Mrs; John Sinders, historian. In stallation of officers will be held at a later meeting. The program, planned by the Rev. Joseph Munshaw, chairman of the spiritual and family life committee, includ ed and interview-type presen tation by Donald Chapman of the Jackson County Welfare commission, Lawrence Tweedy, juvenile protection officer, and Mrs. Tweedy, and a question and answer period. Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy, rep resenting a couple who were interested in providing foster home care to children needing it, were interviewed by Mr. Chapman, who explained the requirements necessary for a home to be certified as a fos ter home and what the pros pective foster parents might expect in return for offering their home for such a purpose. Mr. Chapman explained that foster care and adoption are entirely different that the foster child will eventual ly be returned to its parents, circumstances permitting. The greatest need, Mr. Chapman said, is for homes for children over 12 years of age and for family groups of children of any age. Mrs-Frei, who is currently the health committee co chaiman, announced that a health round-up of preschool children will be held at the school Wednesday, April 8. Mrs. William Pomeroy's room had the most parents present at the meeting. 16 in the Coolidge administra tion and pushed a lawn mow er. Now the grass is cut by power mowers. As head gardener, Redmond buys the flowers used in the White House rooms. When is a formal dinner for, say 80, he starts the day before, selecting them at a wholesale flower market and arranging them in mass bouquets. White flowers usually are used in the red room, yellow in the blue room, pink in the green room, yellow or bronze flow ers in the East room and, as a rule, there is a touch of red in the reception hall. - Rebekahs Plan Party Olive Rebekah lodge has planned a dessert luncheon and card party for Thursday, April 2, at the IOOF hall, 221 West Sixth street, at 12:30 p.m. Decorations and prizes will be .in the Centennial theme. Prizes will be given for the oldest dress worn to the par ty. A prize for the prettiest dress and one for the dress which came the longest dis tance. A parade of Centennial dresses will be held during the party. Chairman of the dessert luncheon will be Mrs. Homer Vinzant. Mrs. P. M. Aldredge is card chairman, and Mrs. Clarence Jordan will take charge of prizes. Mrs. John Poage will provide music, and Mrs. James Fleming . judges judges for the afternoon. Mrs. W. H. Dyer is decorations chairman. Mrs. Lenn Hickman Hostess for HEC Eagle Point Mrs. Donna Ashpole, Mrs. C. H. Young and Mrs. J. D. Brown were guests for the last meeting of Eagle Point Home Economics club, held at the home of Mrs. Lenn Hickman. Mrs. Lottie Cingcade was co-hostess. Mrs. J. D. Brown, chairman, presided, and final plans were made for a dinner served Sun day at the Grange hall. It was reported that the club still has candy for sale. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Otis Jones, with Mrs. Lester Mc Fall as Co-hostess. - Post, Auxiliary Plan Ceremonies .Shady Cot e Steelhead post and auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold in stallation of new officers Fri day, April 3, at 8 p.m. in the Post home, Shady Cove. Heading the Post for the coming year will be commander-elect Harry Finley, and the auxiliary president-elect is Mrs. Harry Birch. The installation is open to the public. Is a ready-made dress a lit tle snug in the bodice? If the bodice has darts in the back, convert them to gathered fullness at the waistline seam. Baritone -Soprano War Said Still Flourishing Br FRED United Press International New York-dTD-While tech nology leaps ahead in the field of military tactics, grand opera's age-old war between the baritones and the sopranos remains in the era of hand-to-hand combat. Baritone Leonard Warren, a 20-year campaign veteran, reports that male opera sing ers cannot expect to get by on voice alone when they find themselves on stage with prima donnas who are deter mined to be noticed at all times and at all costs. Warren, a baritone-looking six-foot, 200-pounder blessed with one of the world's finest voices, has learned to use his powerful hands in dealing with soprano handkerchief wavers, shirt-grabbers, talk ers -and walkers. However, he admits that that throat-clearers still have him stymied. "There's no de fense against throat-clearing," he said. "You can only pray they're not too malicious." Is Often Target "All sopranos are wonder ful people," said Warren, "but some of thefn feel they must 'fare una figura,' strike a pose. I've been the target of the evening many a time." How does Leonardo da War ren (as he's called at La Scala) cope with The Handkerchief Waver? "Very simple. I grab her wrists and make a forceful gesture, pulling her towards me. The audience thinks I'm expressing great passion. But actually, I'm pinning her arms." The Shirt-Grabber? "They grab you by the shirt-front so you can't see the conduc tor. Here, I quickly grab her wrists and push away. They must let go or break an arm," said the no-nonsense baritone. The Walkers? "They stroll back and forth to distract the audience while the baritone sings. Here, I quietly close the gap between their movements and move forward. Then, if they want to walk, they must do it behind me." Moves Away Talkers are best handled by moving away. "One soprano invited me to a party after the show. I didn't pay any attention because I was too busy singing at the time. An other whispered to me that BPWC Conference Planned The spring conference of Southern Oregon district, Or egon Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs, will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5. in Canyonville. The southern Or egon district extends from Roseburg to Lakeview and Mrs. Harriett Watson, Med ford, is district chairman. Mrs. Fay Davis, Portland, state finance chairman, will attend the meeting and speak on "finances coming and go ing"." Miss Mildred Yetter, first vice-president of the fed eration, will present a panel discussion on membership, in ternational relations and pub lic affairs, with Mrs. Lucille Norton, Eugene, Mrs. Erma Ferguson, McMinnville and Mrs. Louise Norcross, Port land, taking part. Senior Center Classes Planned A wood carving class taught by Glenn Van Wickle will begin at the Senior Activity center Wednesday, April 1. Time will be 1 to 3 p.m. The class will meet each Wednes day until further notice. Dur ing March, this period was filled by an "arm chair travel" group, and this group will now meet every Monday dur ing April. All the former members of the class, which met each Wed nesday from October to March, expect to return for the spring sessions which will include clay modeling and soap carving as well. Mr. Van Sickle states new members are always welcome. Carvings of pioneer figures by Mr. Van Wickle featured the table decorations arranged by Mrs. C. A. Lewis and Mrs. Ron Caperno at a reception given by Southern Oregon So ciety of Artists for the visit ing jurors and local artists taking part in the Centennial art exhibit last week. The center will open at 12 o'clock to take registrations. All classes at the center are free. A varied program is of fered by the Center Coordinat ing committee each week to men and women over 50 who wish to learn new skills or develop new hobbies. Beginners start at any time, and the teaching is informal. Scheduled are oil paintings on Tuesdays, dancing and orches tra on Thursdays, shuffle board on Saturdays, travel slides each Monday all through April. Special events will be announced later. . Mashed cooked carrots make a tasty, nutritious filler for hamburgers or meat loaf. she was going to a reception late. She said, 'I hope they don't serve chicken. Chicken is for sick people.' I simply turned away-and broke up." Despite all the in-fighting, Warren believes the old-timers had more trouble. "I know of a case where a so prano poked a finger in a tenor's ear and kept it there. He finally reached over, grabbed her blouse-front and began pulling it down. She let go. But in the third act, the soprano got even. While the tenor was supposedly dead on the stage, she put her hand on his face and used it for leverage in pushing herself erect. You should have heard the 'dead' tenor grunt!" Once Fired A native New Yorker, the 47-year-old Warren gave up a career in his father's fur business to study voice. He was with the Radio City Mu sic Hall Glee club for three years and was fired when he tried out for the "Metropoli tan Opera Auditions of the Air," a radio program he went on to win. "I still don't know how to feel about being fired," said Warren. "It turned out for the best, so I suppose I should n't be hurt." Warren studied voice in New York and later studied acting and Italian operatic roles in Milan. He made his 'Met' debut in January, 1939. He advised young singers to study wherever they can find good teachers, whether it's in America or in Europe. "I'd advise singers to make their career in America, but that d o e s n't mean they shouldn't prepare for the ca reer in Europe," he said. And, judging from War ren's experiences on-stage, a course in iudo mitfht helnl round out the operatic educa tion. Gardeners Plan Workshop Session Central Poiht-A workshop on flower arranging will be held for the Central Point Garden club at the home of Mrs. John Holmes, Old Stage road Wednesday, April 1, starting at 9 p.m. Members are asked to bring a sack lunch, their equipment and any flower material they may have. Also attending will be Mrs. Dorothy DuPerrier, Mrs. Alice Foust and Mrs. Vera Thompson, all Portland. A state convention plan ning meeting will precede the district session. The state con vention will be held in Med ford May 15-17. Representing the Medford club at the meeting will be Mrs. Jean .Mast, club presi dent; Mrs. Nell Faulkner, Miss Voda Brower, Miss Lu cille Lenox, Miss Grace Stuhr, Miss Laura York and Mrs. Watson. Central Point Trio Home From Trip; See Art Exhibit Central Point-Mr. and Mrs. Larry F. Starks, accompanied by Miss Joe Ann LaCosse, re turned recently from Seattle. Wash., where they Visited the Starks' son, Lelan. He is Miss LaCosse's finance. While away they visited other relatives and friends, and saw the Vincent Van Gogh show which was being held in the Seattle are mus eum. They also visited a local art show in the Frederick & Nelson department store there. Lelan Starks spent the Eas ter week end with his par ents and finance, and with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, all Central Point. Visitors Leave For California Eagle Point-Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ousterhout and family left today for" Davis, Calif., after a visit here with Mr. Ousterhout's father, G. E. Ousterhout, Dutton road, and other relatives. Later the Ous terhouts will leave for College Park, Md., where they will make their home. Mr. Ousterhout, who recent ly received his doctor's de gree from the University of California at Davis, will do nutrition rtsearch for the fed eral government. VACATION OVER The Dental Office Dr. S. Ralph Dippe will be open April 1st Telephone SP 2-6823 Society Plans For Rose Show At the March meeting of the Medford Rose society much interest was shown in the plans for the annual rose show which is to be held on Tuesday, June ninth. Eldred Peyton, co-chairman for the show announced that the schedule committee had decided to make two new ad ditions to the special rose classes. One is for Kordes Per fecta, which was featured in Life Magazine last week and for the rose Charlotte Arm strong. A discussion on rose show trophies by the members indi cated that the annual trophies were more popular than the rotating trophies. It is hoped that more of the trophies do nated from now on will be an nual trophies. However, the members felt that it was well to hp.ve a number of rotating trophies for some classes. The president, Carl Norris, reported on the municipal rose garden. Mrs. Ranald Axtell, Ameri can Rose society rosarian, asked for volunteers to make reports on the new roses that have been put on the market during the last five years. It is through these reports from rose society members through out the United States that a rating for the various roses is secured. Miss Claire Hanley report ed that plans are underway for an old-fashioned rose gar den at the Jacksonville Mu seum. Clarence Miller received the rose bush, Baby Blaze, as a prize. New members for the Rose society this month are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thompson and Mrs. Marie Shere. Mrs. Frances Rutter and Mrs. Alice Swanson of Sebas topol, Calif., were guests of the evening. Speaker was H. M. Som merer. who discussed diseases and pests of roses and their control. He stated that lime sulphur, wettable sulphur or karathane will control mildew and captan is effective in con trolling black spot. Malathion will control aphids, thrips and leaf hoppers, but does not con trol spider mites. Kelthane is excellent for controlling spi der mites. Mr. Sommerer also exhibited the latest equipment for spraying and dusting roses. Rose growers of this area who are planning to exhibit roses at the June show should make a special effort to keep their rose bushes free from pests and diseases. It will be necessary to spray or dust frequently to protect the new growth. Many rose growers plan to make these applica tions every week or ten days. Auxiliary Head On Trip North Miss Laurenj Kell, Med ford, president of the Veter ans of Foreign Wars' auxili ary for the department of Oregon, has returned home af ter a trip to the northern liart of the state. At Eugene Miss Kell, with Mrs. Ted Hopkins, Rogue River, department member Bowling, Grants Pass, depart ment soloist and Mrs. Lee Turner, Grants Pass, winner of the annual membership drive, met with the depart ment convention planning committee. The annual meet ing will be held in Eugene June 2 8-July 1. Later they visited the Vet erans' hospital in Portland. Miss Kell was interviewed in a 15 -minute broadcast car ried throughout the hospital, speaking on membership, the cancer education drive, the sale of Buddy poppies and other phases of aid and wel fare to veterans. Miss Kell is herself a disabled veteran. The women also took a tour through the new plastic eye laboratory and were shown the entire process. While in the hospital they saw Moses Drake, Grants Pass, and Mr. and Mrs. James Lillie, Medford. All three are patients in the Veterans' hos pital. March 25 Miss Kell insti tuted a new auxiliary at Park rose, near Portland. The cere mony took place at Parkrose Proscott Grade School. Mrs. Marvin Fanshier, Portland, president of the auxiliary's District 9, assisted Miss Kell and Mrs. James Lettenmaier is the first president. of Textile Firms Predict Wardrobe Revolutions By GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor New York-d'PD-Eve had her fig leaf, ancient woman her bearskin, the American pio neer, her calico, and today's woman the "wash and wear." Yet what has happened through the centuries in attire is minor compared to the "wardrobe revolution" ahead, say experts in the textile field. We are headed for an era of even newer fabrics than the current synthetics and chemi cally treated cottons, new lighter weights, new durabil- i Handbag Accessories Designed New York -(UPD-Some lead ers in the handbag industry deserve a salute from us fe males. They're trying, bless 'em, to bring order out of the chaos in our purses. Of course any woman can tell them they're fighting a losing battle. Purses are like closets. The more room we have, the more we stuff in, and the harder it is to grub through to the bottom. But designed inventiveness is not at all discouraged by femi nine disorder. This season, one manufac turer - Koret, is out with a whole group of leather knick knacks called "n'cessories" the word is a combination of "necessary" and ."accessor ies." These include a patented billfold to fit the outsize cur rency a traveler gets over seas; and a flip-top cigaret box for square packages. The case is magnetized, to stick to the instrument panel of a car. Another manufacturer Bond Street has a series of matching purse accessories, all so light in weight they add only a few ounces to the overall weight of a purse. What's a few ounces, when some of today's tote bags weigh in a 10 pounds by the time they're full of every thing from makeup to maga zines and a sandwich for lunch. The matching sets come in natural colored linen with strawberry embroidery; i n flower-printed silks; and m pastel kids. They include cigaret cases, eyeglass cases, coin purse, perfume contain' er, and a two-fold, which is a combination billfold, coin purse and card holder with celluloid windows for easy viewing of driver's license and identification card. The same firm makes purses to go inside other purses these are called the "continentals." The larger of the two types, about four by seven incres, includes space for a passport, bills, cards and coins.' Only trouble with these ef forts toward organization - we frails have frail char acters. Good intentions end up failures within an hour of hectic shopping. Dinner Planned By Hoover PTA Hoover Elementary School P a r e n t-Teacher Association will hold its family dinner and party on Thursday, April 2. Dinner will be served con tinuously from 6 to 8 p.m. and a set charge will be made re gardless of the number in the family. In order to avoid wait ing it is requested that when possible those families whose names begin with A through L plan to eat between 6 and 7 p.m., and those beginning with M through Z sometime between 7 and 8 p.m. There will be entertain ment in the gymnasium to fill in the waiting period. Parents of children in the first, fifth and sixth grades are asked to bring either fried1! chicken or meat loaf; parents of second graders, scalloped potatoes; third grade, cake or cup cakes; and fourth grade any kind of salad. The contri butions are to be large enough to serve 12. BEEF STEW mm- ity and lower prices, predicts an article in the current "Bet ter Living," the employee magazine of Du Pont. Already, added leisure time has stepped up sales of sports clothes. Suburban living has popularized informal garb. Heated homes, cars and fac tories make bulky clothes ob s o 1 e t e. "And emancipated housewives demand an end to washtub and ironing board," said the publication. It does not predict, however, when we can stow the iron for keeps. Revolutionary Changes The publication said that only the 19th century advent of machine-made, ready-to-wear garments compared in significance with the changes taking place today. j Reviewing what has hap pened in the last 50 years, since the first man made fiber of rayon and acetate came along, the publication says that now, man mades number over four dozen, made in 85 U.S. plants, with a combined annual capacity of 23 billion pounds. The synthetics haven't chas ed the natural fibers out of business by any means. Silk, linen, wool and coton are basic to our wardrobes, but it is in the easy care depart ment that cotton, the syn thetics and the blends have made the greatest strides. Production Going Up The National Cotton coun cil estimated recently that 1958 production of chemically treated cottons, which require little or no ironing, was two billion yards. Production for 1959 is forecast at close to three billion. New blends are part of the wardrobe revolution, say Du Pont experts. Even today, some clothes have four or five different fibers. A new flannel sleepwear fabric, for instance, is a blend of nylon, orlon, dacron and cotton. Producing the blends has led to a whole new occupation, for the "fabrics engineer who works with scores of fibers like an artist does with colors and paints" to create new com binations, said the publica tion. New Material New materials will include a deep pile orlon for winter coats, a nylon that adds 70 per cent more durability to work clothes and boys' jeans, and Fiber K, an elastic mate rial which the firm said has far less weight and more strength than rubber yarn. In one demonstration of Fiber K's potential, a girdle was unfurled from a cigaret package. Other potential uses include surgical hose, fitted garments and accessories. The experts look for lower prices as industry develops less expensive production methods for the new fibers. "Non-woven materials are a case in point," said the publi cation. "If technical obstacles could be overcome, shirts and blouses, undergarments and other clothes might one day be made from a non-woven disposable fabric, joined at the seams not by thread but by some new heat adhesive still unknown." Grange News... Central Point Grange Central Point Grange will meet Friday, April 3 at 8 p.m. The ladies degree team will exemplify the first and sec ond degrees for the class of candidates. Mr. Walter Mang is degree captain. All Grangers are reminded to bring the first quarter's Grange sales slips for Mrs. Cecil Keenan, the sales slips chairman. The display table will be under the direction of Ed Griggs, Crater High vocation al agriculture instructor and will be an exhibit of books and other articles of the Crater Future Farmers of America. Washington-IUPfl-Sen.. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) says the "forgotten" American con sumer must rise in protest if the inflation plaguing- the United States is ever to be halted. (313? Q mm Washington PTA To Hold Supper Washington School Parent Teacher association will hold a chili supper April 17 as a fund-raising project. Announcement of the proj ect was made by Mrs. Don Coltrane at the last meeting of the unit held Thursday in the school gymnasium. It was announced that there will be no monthly meeting during April. i Robert Sage, principal, re ported on some of the bills concerning the increase to S125 per census for each child going to school. A play, "Broken Circle", was presented by the em ployees of the Pacific Tele phone company with Mrs. Barbara Potts as narrator. Mrs. J. R. Porter directed the question and comment period which followed. Presentation of the flag was by Den 6 of the Cub Scouts. Mrs. Lowell Soren- son read the PTA prayer. The room count was won by Mrs. Roy Gilbertson. Mrs. Dale Johnson and Mrs. E. R. Duce poured. To Elect The auxiliary to Crater Lake aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will elect officers at the next meeting. It will be held Thursday, April 2, at 8 p.m. in the lodge hall. Spots on brass that resist commercial cleaners may re spond to combination of hot vinegar and salt or lemon rind and salt. From Holland a great new hot chocolate flavor Borden's new Instant Dutch Only drink of its kind with extra vitamins Ba, B2f D, Iron! CHOCOLATE Vj I FLAVORED MIX ; Wouldn't you like your chil dren to enjoy a richer, more nourishing hot drink in win try weather? It's Borden's new Instant Dutch . . . with a great new hot chocolate flavor direct from Holland. J f i DUTCi f mixes ( INSTANTLY IN COLD I A MILK TOO! BThe Borden Co.