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Arm Chair Club To See Slides , Of Holy Land A trip to the Holy Land will be the topic for a meeting of the Arm Chair Travel group at the Senior Activity center Monday, May 11, at 1 p.m. Dr. and Mrs. Bert R. Elliott will show colored slides. Dr. Frank Roberts, chair man of the recreation com mittee of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging, who is in charge of this special program at the center each week, will welcome offers from local travelers to show slides or films of their trips, both in this and foreign countries. Last week the pictures shown by Colonel H. J. Meir ing were seen by an over capacity audience, some had to sit on desks or stand in the rear of the room. These pictures showed native life in India and in the interior of Siam. Especially invited to the showing of the Holy Land are ambulatory patients from nursing homes and homes for the aged, some of whom have been coming to recent show ings. Other classes held at the center are preparing for an open house Sunday, May 17 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Art and wood carving classes are arti cles and paintings for the sen ior citizens exhibit to be shown at open house. This will be the first special event of National Senior Citizens week, May 17-24. This event will be open to the public and donors of the center are to , be especially honored as guests. To remove burned-on stains from glass ovenware, fill ves sel with water to which 2 tablespoons of vinegar have been added. Allow to set over night and wash as usual. Look! is faster and more economical sas s m i ... CBA Bonus Allowance For Your Old WATER HEATER! Trade In your present heater on a new "Dat & Night" JETGLAS Water Heater! Waterproof Rustproof Worry-Free gives you over 30 more hot water and guaranteed for 10 years. Regular Less Your Trade-in Allowance $2 -00 You Pay ONLY $7150 ii m For Tops in TV Entertainment Watch "Playhouse 90" KBES-TV her committee. Honored guests who poured tea and coffee were Mrs. C.W. Guches, Mrs. Wayne Carter, Mrs. Emil Peterson and Mrs. Melvin Hall, former members of the original Parents Study club from ' which Medf ord Parents unit was formed. Mrs. Ernest Conrad at the Hammond organ accompanied the singing and provided love ly background music through out the evening. Three Extension Units Hold Mav Time Festival j In observance of National Home Demonstration week, a combined group of home extension units presented a spring festival with the theme '"May Time" on May 1 at the Red Cross building. Participating were Medford parents, Win chester and Wilson Park units," all of whom hold evening meetings. Mrs. Lucian B. Van Gordon of the county advisory com mittee was general chairman. Mrs. Elmer N. Ness, who pre sided, gave an informative talk on "Aims of Home Ex tension." Miss Mary Pat Lucy, Jackson county home exten sion agent at Corvallis, led group singing. A humorous skit inis Wonderful Year" written by Mrs. Van Gordon and depict ing a homemaker's introduc tion to the home extension program, was presented by Medford Parents unit. Miss Lucy installed officers for the following year. Med ford Parents' unit officers are Mrs. William Thompson, chairman; Mrs. J. T. Johnson, vice-chairman; Mrs. Lee John son, secretary: and Mrs. Charles Rettman, treasurer Installed for Wilson Park were Mrs. David Shaffer, chairman; Mrs. Richard Haw kins, secretary; and Mrs, Bruce Bateman, treasurer. New officers for Winches ter unit are Mrs. L. C. Soren- son, chairman, Mrs. Brad Broyles, vice-chairman, and Mrs. Vern Wolthoff, secre tary-treasurer. Hostesses in costume from Winchester, units greeted and registered nearly 100 mem bers and guests. Large floral baskets provided by Wilson Park unit decorated the rooms. On display were sam ples of clothing, home furnish ings and crafts from all the units. Serving refreshments were Mrs. William Thompson and Baptist Women To Meet Monday A dessert luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m., Tues day, May 12,. preceding the monthly business and mission ary meeting of the Women's Fellowship of the First Bap tist church in the annex. Esther White Cross circle, di rected by the chairman, Mrs. N. A. Mead, will be in charge of serving. The program, "The Mission ary Mother," will be present ed by Martha Circle; Mrs. Donn Piatt is chairman. The devotional will be given by Mrs. Ralph Raymond. Weigh the advantages of sheets. Percale sheets weigh less than muslin, are less bulky, and are cheaper to launder. They are tightly woven, longer wearing and feel silky. County Extension Units To Hold Final Meetings Final meetings of the year are being planned this month by the county's home exten sion units. Dr. Harry Danielson will talk on family relations at the Wilson Park unit meeting Monday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs.. Gary Conrad, 1149 Leland avenue. Husbands of members are especially invited. Mrs. O. H. Smeltz, Mrs. Bruce Bateman and Mrs. Rob ert Chriss will assist the hostess. Lake Creek The Lake Creek unit will meet Wednesday, May 13, at the home of Mrs. Wallace Ragsdale, Salt Creek road, Brownsboro, for a i lesson in shirt making. It will be taught by Miss Mary Clark, senior in home economics at Oregon State college, who is assisting Miss Mary Pat Lucy, county home Hemonstration agent. The meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. Officers will be in stalled. Women wishing infor mation on the luncheon menu may call Mrs. Foster Swigert. Agate Unit Miss Marilou Garner will be the guest speaker at - a meeting of the Agate unit Wednesday, May 13, at the home of Mrs. Wade Laws, 6352 Ponderoso street, Central Point. She also will install of ficers for the coming year. Baby sitting will be pro vided at the home of Mrs. Virgil Cool, Gibbon road. Members are reminded to bring their own luncheon service. 1 Medford Unit Medford unit will hold its May meeting next Wednesday at the courthouse auditorium, opening with a business ses sion at 10:30 a.m. A film on the Associated Country Women of the World will be shown. Hostesses for the luncheon are to be Mrs. Hobert Dits worth, Mrs. H. A. Sims, Mrs. William Naylor, Mrs. William Hallaway and Mrs. S. E. Trent. Reese Creek A short home extension demonstration and installa tion of officers will be held at a meeting of the Reese Creek unit at 10:30 a.m. Tues day, May 12, at the home of Mrs. W. E. Hammel, Hammel road. Women are to bring their own table service. Mrs. Curtis will provide baby sit ting. Howard Unit will meet Thursday, May 14 at 10:30 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Al bert Stocks, 2411 Table Rock road. Mrs. Jack Campbell will in stall the newly elected offic ers. They are Mrs. Verl G. Walker, chairman; Mrs. Henry Friesen, vice chairman; Mrs. C. A. Hendry, secretary; and Mrs. Albert Stocks, treasurer. Applegate Units Joint installation of officers of Upper and Lower Apple gate units will be held at the Upper Applegate Grange hall Wednesday, May 13, at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Rollin Jones, Med ford, county committee chair man, will be installing offi cer. Mrs. Curtis Gearhardt and Mrs. Henry Mapston are the chairmen to be installed. This will be the last meet ing of the season, and there will be no project given. ACWW pictures will be shown, and a potluck dinner will be served at noon. Child care will be available. Phoenix M. C. Hutton from the Yardage shop, Medford, will give a history on materials at the meeting of Phoenix Home Extension unit Friday, May 15, at 10:15 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Ray Hendrick son, Carpenter hill road. Mr. Hutton will exhibit materials and styles during his talk, which will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. X A planned luncheon will be served at 12 noon. Women not contacted are asked to call Mrs. Darrel Bayne, KEystone 5-1130. Those attending are to bring their own table service. Gold Hill , The Gold- Hill unit will hold the last meeting until fall at the home of Mrs. Ivan Governor, Sardine Creek, Wednesday, May 20. The business session will be held at 11 a.m. The nominating committee, Mrs. Jack Cline and Mrs. Robert Gray, will present a slate of officers for the ensuing year. A potluck picnic will be held at 12 noon. Those attend ing are requested to bring their own table service, and each member is reminded to bring a friend to the meeting and luncheon. Mrs. Jerry Jeroloman, pres ident, was hostess for the last meeting of the unit at her home on Sardine Creek. Co hostesses were Mrs. Lottie Frost and Mrs. Dorothy Beck. Miss Mary Pat Lucy was in charge of the lesson on dis tinctive foods. Scout Camp Registration Now Open Registration is now open for the summer session of Camp Low Echo, the Girl Scout camp at Lake of the Woods. Sessions will begin on July 5 and run through Au gust 14. The chairman of the established camp committee is Mrs. W. R. Bagley, Talent, and Miss Irene "Kit" Knox will again be camp director. Fees are $20.70 for the first session ,of seven days, and $28.40 for each of the three ten day sessions following. Folders giving all informa tion needed, including dates, fees, program, equipment needed and registration pro cedure are available now through each neighborhood chairman, leaders, or the Girl Scout office. All Girl Scouts, from those going into the fifth grade in the fall of 1959 on up are el igible for all sessions. How ever, there will be no Pioneer unit the first seven day ses sion. Camperships Open A number of camperships are now available to make it possible for girls to attend scout camp, who might not otherwise be able to go. Each campership provides partial payment of the camp fee. Se lection of girls to receive camperships is based on fi nancial need and the sincere belief that the camp exper ience will be beneficial to the girL Money is donated by civic and service clubs throughout the area, and by individuals. The girl is encouraged to earn and save as much of her camp fee as possible. Camp savings stamps, purchased throughout the year and kept in a book let, are turned in for cash to apply on camp fees at regis tration time. Leaders with girls they be lieve may qualify for a camp ership are asked to secure a form from neighborhood chairmen or the Girl Scout of fice. The leader, the girl, and her parents complete the form, which is then returned to the office. The deadline for returning such forms is May 22. Applications are screened by the camp committee, and the leader and girl are noti fied if the campership has been granted and the amount. The .Girl Scout council is a member of the United Med ford Crusade, the Ashland Talent Fund, and the Jose phine County United Fund. Hospital Birthday Party Honors Babies, Mothers To recognize the first anni versary of moving Rogue Val ley Memorial Hospital into the new building on Barnett road, a birthday party was given on Tuesday, May 5, honoring the 17 babies born in the building during the first two weeks of May last year. Hosts for the affair were members of the public rela tions committee of the hospi tal board of directors, Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital auxiliary- Mrs. Forest Van Vleck was in charge, and as sisting here were Mrs. R. A. Skinner, Mrs. James Hopkins, Mrs. V. Ward Hammond, and Mrs. Alton Anderson. Eleven of the babies, with their mothers, fathers or grandparents . were entertain ed in the hospital cafeteria from 1 to 2 p.m. Each child was given a decorated cake, and a stuffed animal toy from the auxiliary. Actual transfer of patients and personnel from the old building on East Main street into the new structure took place on May 1, 1959. On the week end prior to that, pub lice dedication ceremonies and Adjudicator Tests Pupils About 100 young pianists frdm Medford and Ashland performed last week for Mrs. Amy Arney, Portland, state adjudicator for Oregon Music Teachers association. She judged pupils of members of the Rogue Valley chapter of the association in Medford May 7 and 9 and in Ashland May 6 and 8. Each pupil was judged on memorizing of from two to four selections, depending on the grade, and, on scales, chords and theory as outlined in the state course of study. Special emphasis was placed on techniques and general knowledge of the piano and of the composers. Medford teachers whose pu pils were presented included Mrs. Margaret Brown, Mrs. Norma Head, Mrs. Shirley Hercher, Mrs. Margaret Hu son, and Mrs. Effie Kurtz. Also judged were pupils of Miss Shirley Hopkins, Miss Roberta Willett and Miss Darelyn Huson, student affili ates of the chapter. This was the second year that Mrs. Arney has been cho sen as adjudicator by the lo cal chapter.'- open house were held, with an estimated crowd of 5,000 to 6,000 persons attending. Babies attending the party were Kathie Ann Pearson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don ald L. Pearson, Ashland; Brenda Bea Nogle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy E. Nogle, South Stage road, Med ford; Norman Monroe Walch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. Walch, Eagle Point; Susan Ann Vogel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Vogel, 1957 Westwood drive; Sharon Dee and Karen Lee, twin daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. David D. Baylor, Talent; Susan Kay Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwaine E. Smith, 1115 West Main street; Robert Gre gory Numes,' son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Numes, 169 E. Glenwood road; Deborah Lynn Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle W. Smith, 1946 Stewart avenue; Kath leen Ann Warwick, daughter of the Donald E. Warwicks, 2931 South Pacific highway; Jenny Lin Stathos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Stathos, 1835 Sundial road. Babies born at the hospital during the period but not Wendell Troy Worthey, Hap py Camp, Calif.; William Ed gar Schlerman, 1 King street; Cecil DeVallion Day, Phoe nix; Ronda Lee Soden, Cen tral Point; Lori Lynn Walker, 2295 Corey road, Medford; MAIL TRIBUNf, Medford, Or. Q Sunday, May 10, 1959 A 3 Richard Dean Setzler, 1216 Stewart avenue; Michael Den nis Modin Talent. GIFTS 4 2f Tor oin jizm2 - . - She'll love toiletries 7T from Medford Pharmacy! Blanchard Bath and $050 Cologne Sets ($3.75 value) Set Desert Flower Cologne $075 and Hand and Body Lotion Set Lenel Cologne and Liquid $000 Body Sachet in sets Zm Set These are just a sample of the excellent selections we have to choose from. Free gift wrapping, too. (Prices are plus tax.) Medford Pharmacy 101 North Central, Corner 6th Ph. 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