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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Oregon, Wednesday, April 22, 1959 Presentation Of Folk-O-Rama Set for PTA In keeping with the Oregon Centennial spirit, Mrs. Dena - DeKorte's fifth grade class w.ill present the timely play, "Folk-O-Rama, U.S.A.", for the April meeting of the Oak Grove Parent-Teacher Associ ation Thursday, April 23, at 2 p.m. in the school gymnasium- Theplay deals with folk lore of the different sections of this country. Students taking part in the presentation are Jack, Rich ard Howsley; Jannie, Teresa Gardner; Spirit of America, Christiann Ayers; Capt. Icha bod Paddock, Ted Bennett; Capt. Stormalong, Douglas Black; Uncle Remus, Kraig Parsons; Joe Magerac, Tom McGraw; John Henry, Gloria Rasmussen; Johnny Apple seed, Dane Hill; Spadebeard, Rhonda Hess; Pecos Bill, Charlotte Martin, and Davy Crocket, Jmes Westerfield. Members of the Southern Chorus are Lynn Taylor, San dra Kupp, Kathy Schroeder, Mike Myers, Janice Main, Elizabeth Hover and Beverly Biehn. . Announced ; will be Margaret Gemaehlich and stage manager is Freddy Hobbs. Following the program a short business meeting will be held in the cafeteria and re freshments will b served by the mothers from Mrs. Gan- dee's first grade room, under the direction of Mrs. Thomas Humphries and Mrs. Roger Westerfield. Talk on Courts Set Saturday; Women Invited Any woman interested in information about the court system of this state and na tion is invited to attend the next meeting of Medford League of Women Voters. It will be held Saturday, April 23, at the Red Cross building at 12:30 p.m. and speaker will be Miss Noreen Kelly, Med ford attorney. Miss Kelly will discuss org anization of the court system, from the smallest to the largest unit. This talk coin cides with the league's May study which is on the admin istration of justice in Jackson county. Election of officers will be held during the business ses sion. It is pointed out that the league is open to any woman The organization informs women about government on all levels, and trains them to participate actively in govern ment. Luncheon will precede Sat urday's business session and program. Members and guests should make reservations for the luncheon by phoning Mrs. Ho mer Marx, SPring 2-6845. Gold Hill Gardeners To Meet on Friday Gold Hill - Gold Hill Gar den club will meet Friday, April 24, at 1 p.m., in the home of. Mrs. Ferd Jones, Sixth avenue. Mrs. Jones, program chair man, said the lesson for this month will be on the care of cactus. The meeting was post poned from April 17 because of a death in the family of a charter member. Mrs. Gervas H. Southall will be co-hostess. FURS Repairing and Helming Cleaning and Glazing Restyling Frances9 Furs 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP 2-6526 FIN FURNITURI Modern and Artistry Projection at GATES FURNITURE DREXEL Dealers 341 N. Centra! Mrs. Davis Shaffer Heads Extension Unit; Agent Gives Program Officers were elected at the meeting of Wilson Park Home Extension unit. They are Mrs. David Shaffer, chairman; Mrs. Calvin Smith, vice-chairman; Mrs. Richard Hawkins, secre tary; Mrs. Bruce Bateman, treasurer. Mrc. Gary Conrad reported on the program planning meeting, and Mrs. Shaffer re ported on plans for the com munity homemakers' festival to be held later this month. Miss Mary Pat Lucy, county extension agent, gave a pro gram on "Distinctive Foods." Members were divided into groups and each group wrs asked to use imagination in developing new recipes Next meeting of the unit will be held May 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Conrad's home, 1149 Leland avenue. Guest speaker will be Dr. Harry Danielson who will talk on "Family Relations." Husbands are invited to attend this meeting with their wives. Bethel Ceremony Initiates Group Bethel 14, International Order of Job's .Daughters, held initiation April 15 at the Masonic hall. Initiated were the Misses Clarissa Hogue, Andre Besso- nette, Karlene Neill, Caroline Poulos, Dienielle Graham, Marilyn Harwood and Minda Ells. The initiates introduced their parents. Escorted were Miss Sharon Blickenstaff , past queen, Bethel 14; Miss Diane Evern- ham, grand bethel representa tive to Australia; L. H. Man ning, vice associate grand guardian of Oregon; Mrs. C. D. Elhart, guardian Bethel 14; Morris H. Boughner, associ ate guardian, and Mrs- Rob ert Morris, past guardian, Bethel 14. During the business session reports were given on the Grand Session in Eugene April 9-11. Miss Sharon Blick enstaff was awarded a $250 college scholarship during the session. Merit pins were awarded to Miss Diane Evernham, 200 points, and the Misses Janice Evernham, Mickie Noble, Sylvia Morris, and K a r 1 a Borough, 500 points. Election of officers will be held at the next meeting, May 6. -A potluck supper will be held May 20 to honor secret dads. Episcopal Women Take New Home Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Oregon is now the official title of org anized Episcopal women in the state. The new title-the group was formerly known as the Woman's auxiliary, was adopted at the recent dio censan meeting held in Port land. Church women in the vari ous parishes are expected to follow the trend, first estab lished by the national organ ization, and women of St. Mark's Episcopal church here will vote on the matter in the near future- Among valley Episcopal women attending the diocesan meeting were Mrs. William Clegg, Medford, diocesan sec retary, and Mrs. Leo Hoag, Prospect,, president of the southern Oregon deanery. Represenating St. Mark's church women were Mrs. Francis Olds, Mrs. Allen F. Perry, Mrs. Fred Morlan, Mrs. Roger C. Smoot and Mrs. Roy Rickard. Mrs- R. L. Burdic, Ashland, is the new thank offering chirman for the diocese. Mrs. Douglas P. Elliott, Portland, is president of the state group. According to the Episcopal newspaper, the Churchman, a total of 372 delegates from Orgeon's 70 parishes and mis sions attended the 71st an nual meeting, the largest num ber ever to be present for the convention. Period Styles Travis Court Laurent PTA Unit Announces Officers Mrs. Alva Wright was elect ed president of McLoughlin Junior High School Parent Teacher association at a re- j cent meeting of the unit held j at the school. Elected to serve ; with Mrs. Wright were Mrs ; A. L. Nash, vice-president; i Mrs. Jean Shepherd, secre- hary, and Mrs. Fred Under- wood was re-elected treas ! urer. Officers will be installed at the May meeting. Mrs. Bill j Rambo, retiring president, i presided. Many parents were present to meet with the counselors and home room teachers for the various grades. Principal Glenn Linn gave a special welcome to parents of sixth graders who will be enter ing McLoughlin Junior High school next fall, and other parents whose children will be enrolling from the newly consolidated districts, Ruch, Jacksonville and Griffin Creek. Mr- Linn stated that the en rollment at McLoughlin is 800 this year and is estimated to be around 1075 in the fall. This will necessitate greater plant utilization and the ad dition of a seventh period. School will take up at 8:10 a.m. for the first period class es and dismiss at 2:30 p.m.; another group of classes will begin the second period at 9:02 a.m. and dismiss at 3:20 p.m. All athletic practice will begin after the seventh period. Mr- Linn stated that a new hand-book had been prepared for distribution to all parents and the students, and that parents should find it helpful in becoming acquainted with the general policies and curri culum of the school. Counselors from Medford Senior High meeting with ninth grade parents were Miss Josephine Kirtley, Mrs. Jo Culbertson and John Smock. Seventh grade parents were hostesses for the refreshments period. . Calendar Calendar notices and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m. of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 p.m. the day before publication. $ Wednesday: 7:30 p.m.-Southern Oregon Dental Assistant Society, Red Cross Building. 7:30 pjn.-Southern Oregon Society of Artists, Girls Com munity club. 7:45 p.m. - Medford Toast mistress club, Girls Com mnnitv Huh. 8 p.m.-Medford Jaycettes,1 home of Mrs. Walt Smith, 930 Shafer lane. Thursday: 9-11 a.m. - Lincoln PTA kaffeeklatsch, Brownell motel, TV lounge, 1102 North River side ave. 12 noon-Christian Women Fellowship, First Christian church, circle 3, with Mrs. W. L. Hicks Jr., 412 South Oakdale ave. 12:30 p.m. - Medford So journers, Girls Community club. 1 p.m. - Christian Women Fellowship, Medford First Christian church: circle 1, at church; circle 2, with Mrs. J. H. Hopkins, 113 Ross lane; circle 4, with Mrs. R. S. Chandler, 220 Beatty st.; cir cle 5, with Mrs. Earnest Glea son, 2684 Crater Lake high way; circle 6, with Mrs. Fred Daugherty, 2251 Kings high way. 1 p.m.-Golden Link Sunday School class of First Baptist church, with Mrs. J. H. Licht enstern, 1011 West 10th st. 1:30 p.m.-Women of Zion Lutheran church, Esther cir cle, home of Mrs. Iver Iverson, 22 Geneva' st.; Ruth circle, home of Mrs. Dale Garner, 1438 Grand ave. 2 p.m. - Oak Grove PTA, school gymnasium. MONEY - 5"i i 0 Musicale Series Planned As Shakespearean Benefit The Clef Dwellers, a newly organized informal music l group in the valley, has planned a series of three mu sicals as benefits for the Shakespearean festival thea ter. The group is directed by Glenn Matthews, assistant pro fessor of music on the faculty of Southern Oregon college. Mrs. Charles Freeman is gen eral chairman. 'First of the events will be Mrs. W. T. M. Cook" Congregational Fellowship Head To Be Speaker Mrs. W. T. M. Cook, Santa Ana, Calif., president; of the National Fellowship of Con gregational Christian Women, will speak in Medford Friday, April 24- Mrs. Cook is to be featured speaker for a meet ing of the East Willamette as sociation, Oregon Section of the fellowship, which will meet in first Congregational church here. Registration is set for 9:30 a.m. and luncheon will be served at noon. At 10:15 a.m. Mrs. Cook will talk on Mex ico, and her afternoon subject will be Delmo, a Congrega tional missionary school for girls.. She will show slides. Delegates are expected from Klamath Falls, Ashland and Roseburg. Mrs. Cook was the first woman moderator of the Con gregational Christian Confer ence of Southern California and the Southwest in the his tory of the organization- She is a director of the Congrega tional Christian Board of Home Missions, and a mem ber of the Corporation of Con gregational Homes in Pomo na, Calif. In addition to her church work, Mrs. Cook served on the executive board of the Los Angeles Council for Non Governmental Organizations Accredited to the United Na tions, is a former president of the Santa Ana YMCA and was international relations chairman of the Riverside branch, American Association of University Women. Xi Mu Chapter To Meet Tonight Xi Mu chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of Miss Anna May, 3444 Forest av enue. Co-hostess will be Mrs. Cecil Davis. The general program topic j will be "The Doing of Things" as a follow-up for the last meeting's topic "The Saying : of Things." It will be divided into three sub-topics: "House and Home," "Civic Responsi bilities," and "Service Activi ties." The president, Mrs. Tre avell Turpin, acting as moder ator, will call on members to give their opinions on these topics and to discuss their ac tual experiences in "doing" in regard to the topics. . Members have been asked to bring "white elephants," for a sale, the proceeds to go to the cancer fund. The last meeting of Xi Mu chapter was held April 8 at the home of Mrs. C. A. Stod dard, 132 Winema Way. Re freshments were served by the co-hostess, Mrs. W. G. Slater. j ' 14' " M AKE-YOU R-OWN OATMEAL COOKIE MIX SAVING! Sunday, May 3, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Allen Jr., Modoc road. The home is located four miles up the Rogue river from TouVelle park. The public is cordially invited to attend and refreshments will be provided by Tudor guild. . Clef Dwellers perform both vocal and instrumental mu sic, and for the Shakespearean benefits the music will be Elizabethan. For the May 3 program Dave Curtis, Ash land, will sing a .vocal solo, a recorder trio,' made up of Mr. and Mrs. Matthews and Miss Joyce Marlin, will per form, and madrigals will be sung by the entire group. Other members of the group participating in the first pro gram will be Mrs. Norman Carothers, Mrs. Gene Cham berlain, Mrs. Harold Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Corliss, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Ervin Hogan, Mrs. Rogert Kagy, Mrs. William LaComb, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schuchard, Robert Churchill, Carroll Gra ber and Tod Tibbutt, all Med ford. Promenaders Plan Centennial Dance The Star Promenaders Square Dance club is plan ning a Centennial dance at Kershaw square starting about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25, club officials have announced. Centennial dress is desir able, but not required, club officers said. Prizes will be awarded for the best Centen nial costumes- Kenneth Hood," Medford, and guest callers will call squares. Kershaw square is located on Cory rd. which ex tends east from Hiehwav 62 at the Desert Service Station. Y Knot Twirlers Schedule Dance The Y Knot Twirlers Square Dance club will hold a dance in the social hall of the Medford YMCA starting at 8 p.m. Thursday. Kenneth Hood, Medford, and guest callers will call squares. All square dancers are invited. Cookies and coffee will be served. How o Sour Milk According to Margaret Spader, home service editor for the Gas Appliance Manu facturers association, sour milk can be made instantly from dry milk, evaporated or fresh milk. If using evapor ated or dry milk solids, lique fy the milk according to the directions on the can or pack age. For each cup of milk, add 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice. Most recipes us ing sour milk call for soda, V-i teaspoon for each cup of milk is the usual measure. 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"The Mousetrap" is a dra matization of "Three Blind Mice" and tells the story of a group of strangers stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of whom is a murderer. The suspects in clude the young couple who run the house (Jame Boyd, Medford, and Swan James, Klamath Falls); a spinster with a curious background (Dorothy Lewis, Klamath Falls); an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef (George Brown, Applegate); a retired army major (William Black, Ashland); a strange man who claims his car has overturned in a drift (James Cunningham, Malin); and a fault - finding older - woman (Dorothy Deckard,' Rogue Riv er). Another character in the story is a policeman who ar rives on skis (William Greg ory, Medford). This is the first mystery presented by the SOC Play ers in a number of years. The last was "Kind Lady" pre sented during the 1955-56 sea son, according to Dr. Dorothy Stolp, director. Two members of the cast are serving as assistants, Dor Black, Medford. Neal Green, Central Point, is in charge of scenery construction. Department Officer Visits Medford Tent Mrs. Delia Bisbe'e, Portland, department press correspond ent for the Daughters of Un ion Veterans, was a visitor at the last meeting of Elta Deuel Hubbs tent here. Mrs. Bisbee was en route home af ter spending the winter in Palm Springs, Calif. At the next meeting, set for April 28 at . 10 a.m. the group will sew for Camp White vet erans. After a sack lunch at noon, a business meeting and initiation will be held. TED'S HOUSE CLEANING SERVICE FREE PHONE Estimates , SP 3-4743 orrr SHARPER J t Washington PTA Sponsors Event; I Program Given Washington School Parent Teacher association sponsored a chili supper and entertain ment on April 17 at the school. Caesar Muzzioli entertain ed the group with dinner music. Mr. Muzzioli, who owns and operates the School of Accordion in Medford, is planning on taking 78 pupils to the accordion festival in Portland in June. Last year 15 students won prizes, pupils from three states competed. A girl's trio composed of Rosemary Doolen, Sue Baker, and Coleen Barr sang for the guests. Pam Gilkinson was at the piano, and Bob Sheldon played the guitar. Three members of the fac ulty, Loren Soderland, Claude Silverwood and Robert Sage, principal, portrayed what fu ture PTA members would look like 100 years from now. A "green thumb" store sold house plants, which was of special interest to the women. A clown went down(the halls handing out balloons to the children. Brownie and Girl Scout troops displayed scrapbooks. Brownie Troop 103, with Mrs. Paul Kurovsky as their lead er, won first prize for the best scrapbook. The theme of the scrapbook was on Holland. Mrs. Haden Dorsey's troop presented a scrapbook on Ha waii which won honorable mention. The various troops are currently studying the countries they will represent at the May Festival May 26 on Medford Senior High school ball field. In the gymnasium there was popcorn to buy, a fortune tell ing booth, and a fish pond. Mrs. Fred Walker and Mrs. Robert Butler's classes paint ed the fish pond scenery. Italian drop candles decor ated the -tables and many wore Oregon Centennial cos tumes. The association made approximately $250 which will go to help meet the budget. Approximately 500 attended. - IfEgSA DINETTB I Effilfoffon 5 and 7 Piece Sets 2 -ALSO- 1..T '"j j Many DAYSTROM Dinettes 4 J Are on Sale! r1; j J ' 1 4 1 7 Piece Set-White Pionife finish 35" wide, 47" long with 2-12" leaves 7-Piece Beige or Mocha 35" wide, 47" long with 1 - 12" leaf ... 7-Piece Fairway 35" wide, 60" long with 1-12" leaf. NOTHING Our Location Saves You Money OPEN MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS TILL 9 P.M. Lucas & Howard Furnifure Hiway 99 Central 'Rogue-Elk Unit Elects Officers ( Trail-Mrs. Albert Esfen is j Kenneth Lacy, first vice-chair- I the new chairman of Rogue- Elk Extension unit. 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