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Fashion Show Features Sojourners7 Guest Day Spring and summer clothing was modeled for over 150 Sojourner club members and their guests at a dessert lunch eon in Girls Community club Thursday afternoon. Models were Mrs. Eugene Ingram, Mrs. James Winslow, Mrs. Roy Stein, Mrs. Elmer Ness, Mrs. Ronald Hale, Mrs. Fred Cate, Mrs. Gene Cham berlain, Mrs. Beryl Lyon, Mrs. Robert W. Billingsley, Mrs. A. B. Davis and Mrs. Mere dith Parsons. The show was staged by Town and Country Dress shop of Eagle Point, and Mrs. Vin son Vaughn of the shop served as commentator. Hats worn were from Hadley's, shoes from Karl's and Burelson's shops and Dorothy of Burel son's Beauty salon designed two hair styles especially for the show. Wardrobe Varied In opening the show, Mrs. Vaughn stressed that the com plex lives led by most Ameri can women make a varied wardrobe essential. Her activi ties include housekeping and gardening chores, shopping, church, both afternoon and evening parties, sports and re creational activities which differ with the individual. First model out was Mrs. Winslow, wearing a turquoise pure silk spring suit, and other suits were of silk and the versatile cotton knits. Wash and wear sheaths with jackets were featured, and also shown were the classic navy blue ensembles worn by many women for many oc casions. Jacket dresses of silk print were also modeled. Many afternoon frocks were shown in beautiful prints, some sheath type and others with billowing skirts over layers of lace and crinoline. Shirtwaist dresses are fashion able this spring and these come in prints and stripes. One coat was of large black . and white check, high style this spring. Sports and recreation cloth ing included tapered capri trousers with matching tops or jackets, and Hawaiian sun dresses blooming with splashy flowers on hand-screened cot ton material. These colorful cottons are a specialty with Town and Country John Lusk piayed organ numbers during luncheon, and provided background music for the fashion show. Mrs. Richard Schuchard sang "April Showers" and while she sang modeled a be-flow- ered rain coat with matching hat and umbrella. Mrs. Clay M. Lee was chair man of the event and her as sistants were Mrs. W. O, Hughes, Mrs. Clyde Knight, Mrs. John Mansfield, Mrs, I. W. Housechild, Mrs. Calvin Smith, Mrs. Iran Nicholson, Mrs. Alexander Collins and Mrs. Harve Endersby. The room was decorated with miniature umbrellas. flower ropes, and blooming potted plants. Desert was served at small tables cen tered with coleus plants plants were later given as prize at each table. Three new members were welcomed into the club. They 2U talk By KEN HARDY Spring is here! With its changing weather, its-, promise of greenery and budding flowers, its hint of - warm days under a bright sun, its lazy spring fever, the new season is well under way. I vir I befre that this I I is a 9d f'm6 to bedspreads and 'draperies for spring cleaning. It's time to look over your winter cloth ing, too. Topcoats and overcoats, heavy suits and woolens, all the clothes you might be planning to put away for the summer should always be cleaned first. You've heard the slogan, "Don't put a cold in your pocket." Well, we might paraphrase that to say, "Don't put soiled, stained or wrin kled clothes in your closet." Dirt is the worst enemy your clothes have . . .so let us rout the enemy by cleaning the garments thorough ly before they're put away. At the same time, you'll be bring ing your spring and summer gar ments out of the , chest or the closet. Your wash and wear de serves our professional care. Before the really warm weather gets here to stay, let us freshen up this light weight clothing, clean it where necessary, press out the winter's creases. Call for our free pickup and delivery service and get ready for the new season! At BIG Y CLEANERS, 1928 Table Rock Road. Phone SP 3-1 91 9 S&H Green Stamps. adv. are Mrs. Frank Logan, Mrs. Richard Stratton and Mrs. William Cousineau. Attend ing for the second time were Mrs. Otto Stueben, Mrs. Wal ter Jacobson and Mrs. Henry Carnell. Prospective members introduced were Mrs. Ethan Fordyce, Mrs. Thomas Ball, Mrs. Paul Whitney, Mrs- Rod ney Woods, Mrs. Robert To bian, Mrs. Richard ApparceL Mrs. M. Bartram and Mrs. Rock Hutchings. Each guest was presented a Mrs. Robert Billingsley modeled a while Capri set during the style revue which M e d f o r d Sojourners gave Thursday as a part of the an nual guest day. Clothing for the varied needs of the active American woman were shown by Town and Country. WW Swi .' u . ' Mrs, Ronald A. Hale, publicity chairman for Medford So journers' club, was one of the models for the club's guest day and style show Thursday and is pictured here wearing one of the colorful sun dresses from Hawaii which were featured by Town and Country in the show. With Mrs. Hale is Mrs. D wight E. Crosier, club president, who welcomed the guests. About 150 were present for the party. camellia corsage. Guests were Mrs. David D. Roberts, Mrs. Milan Burnette, Mrs- K. Lind gren, Mrs. K. S." Campbell, Mrs. Hugo Guenther, Mrs. Dave Doran, Mrs. Davis Ives, Mrs. Henry Myhre, Mrs. Sarah Weaver, Mrs. T. J. Morris, Mrs. V- R. Moore, Mrs. J. D. Brummond, Mrs. M. Colver, Mrs. John Schwab, Mrs. P. O. Purgason, Mrs. Edward Mc Ginty, Mrs. R. C. Vincent, Mrs. C- A. Meyers, Mrs. Del Chapman, Mrs. Roy Elmgren, Mrs. A. H. MacKintosh, Mrs. H. Raymond Hall, Mrs. E. A. Vinckel, Mrs. Pat Pierce, Mrs. Paul Culbertson, Mrs- W. B. Johnston, Mrs. O. A. Eden, Mrs. Donald Lue, and Mrs. Walter Higgins, all Medford; Mrs. Ray Glidewell, Ashland, Mrs. Z. Hanify, Port Angeles, Wash., Mrs. William Stell wagen, Seattle, Mrs. P. O- Pur gason, Jacksonville, and Mrs. Clarence Fales, Ashland. Mrs. JMien, newly an nounced as Zonta club's Wo man of the Year, was given a special introduction. Cards followed introduc tions. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. P. O. Purgason, guest, and Mrs. Ralph C. Jones for canasta- Pinochle winners were Mrs. Richarl Apparcel, guest, and Mrs. Lester Finley. A bridge prize went to Mrs. E. B. Radzweit. Special prizes went to Mrs. A. L. McClure and Mrs. Ed ward McGinty. Next meeting of Sojourners club will be April 23, Thurs day, 12:30 pm. at the Girls Community club. -t Guest Day Wednesday Study club will hold a guest day April 15 at 2 p.m. in Girls Community club. Colored slides will be shown, f ollowed by a tea. Students To Sing ' In Chorus Portland -Two original musical works by members of the Marylhurst College fac ulty will be performed at the Holy Names centenary con cert at Portland's Civic Audi torium, Friday, May 1. A 75-piece orchestra, in cluding guest players from the Portland Symphony Or chestra and conducted by the noted director, Roger Wag ner, Los Angeles, will play three movements from the "Chronicle of Creation," an orchestral suite composed by Sister M. Anne Cecile. The "Magnificat," a choral work by Sister Mary Teresine, will be performed with orchestra by a 175-voice chorus made up of students from Maryl hurst college, Holy Names college, Spokane, and high schools in Portland, Spokane, Seattle, Astoria, Eugene, Med ford and Salem. The concert commemorates the centennial observance of the admission of Oregon to the Union and the founding of St. Mary's academy, Port land, the first educational establishment of the Sisters of the Holy Names in the Pa cific Northwest. The Com munity now teaches 19,000 students in Oregon and Wash ington schools stemming from the 1859 foundation. Box office exchange is be ing handled by J. K. Gill's in Portland. St. Mary's school, Medford, will send five girls to take part in the chorus. They are Sharon Roberts, Marilyn Mar tin, Toni Adams, Irene Mc Gowan, and Virginia Michael. Carol Robinson, a St. Mary's graduate of 1958, will sing as a representative of Maryl hurst college. Wrap steel wool scouring pads in aluminum foil after using. This prevents rusting or dripping. P Is? O , t " r ' -f X J I f w " iS pf 1 Between sessions at the recent eighth annual Ashland Conference for Young Adults at Southern Oregon college, three of the key participants posed in the lobby of the library building during a coffee break. From the left are Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, SOC dean of women and general chair man for the event; Mrs. Leigh Gustison, Medford, state president-elect of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teach ers, and member of the advisory council, Oregon Technical institute, and Mrs. Chester Fitch, first vice-president of the Jackson county PTA council, Ashland. Keynote speaker and leader of the conference was Dr. Thomas Poffenberger, assistant professor of child development and family sociology at the University of California. Junior and senior high school students from Southern Oregon and Northern California attended the campus sessions which had as their theme, "What Makes for a Good Marriage." NEW ADDING MACHINES Priced from $ VSr U U ul up j Typewriters New & Used Adders Calculators -Portables All Makes We Rent Adders Typewriters Calculators VOIGHT'S MEDFORD OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO.' 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