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Girl Scout Conf erence Planned Here Saturday Approximately 65 Senior Girl Scouts will gather in Medford tomorrow, May 16, the first conference to be held by this group in the Rogue Valley Girl Scout council. Other councils sending dele gates include Three Rivers council, Eugene, Oregon Trail council, Ontario, Klamath Area council, Klamath Falls and Bend, and the Lake Coun ty council, Lakeview. Plans for the conference were made and executed by the Senior planning - board which is made up of repre sentatives from the 8 Senior troops in the Rogue Valley council. A steering committee of girls from the board and those who have participated in Regional Scout conferences this past year worked out many of the details. Theme of the conference is "World Frontiers." Registration will be held in the cafeteria of Medford High school at 8:30 a.m. with the opening ceremonies to begin at 9 a.m. During the morning the girls will have the oppor tunity of hearing two career talks by professional people. Following luncheon, a panel discussion on co-ed activities will be held with Senior Girl Scouts and Explorer Scouts participating. The group will then be divided into small discussion groups on program for the Senior Scouts. . Visitors and their leaders will be overnight guests of Scouts from Grants Pass, Cen tral Point, Medford and Ash land. . ' Miss GaiTHayden, Grants Pass, will preside over the opening ceremonies. The Rev. John Powers, St. Mark's Epis copal church, will give the invocation and Mrs. T. R. Lytle, president of the Rogue Valley council, the welcoming talk. On the morning program Dwight Houghton of United States National bank will talk on "Leaders of Tomorrow" and speaking on careers open to young women will be Mrs. Frances Willett, foods and homemaking; Mrs. Martha Donahue, medicine and nurs ing; Mrs. Jeanne Gang, social work; Dr. Bill Sampson, Southern Oregon college, teaching. At the luncheon meeting, with Miss Bonnie Allingham, Medford, presiding, officers of the Rogue Valley Senior Scout council will be intro duced. Guests will include Miss Ruth Kilbourn, Girl Scout executive director; Mrs. M. T. Rossi, a past president of the Rogue Valley council; Mrs. E. J." Moir, programJ chairman; Mrs. Robert LKoy, field director; Mrs. Elliott Duffy, Senior Scout coordina tor; Mrs. Frances Leischner, office secretary; Miss Mia Raaphort, foreign student from Holland and Miss Sissel Frogner, foreign student from Norway. ( A panel discussion follows luncheon. Jim Boyd and Miss Maureen McCurdy, Medford, will be moderators. David Our open mid-heel sandal ... held snug by the hidden elasticized panel and a strap designed to cling to your heeL The soft leather and transparent vinyl mold to your foot. It fits like Naturahzers always do. as advertised fa Jy tV yTr . ' : V"Jj25 " Main at Centra! Ells will represent Explorer Scouts, and Miss Jean De Young, Grants Pass, and Miss Judy Sims, Medford, Senior Scouts. ' Discussion groups will close the program. Miss JoAnne Merritt, Klamath Falls and Miss Betty Duffy, Ashland, will lead discussion on the five-point program. Miss Mer edith Mansfield and Miss Hay den, both Grants Pass, will lead CIT discussion and Miss Mimi Jones and Miss Claudia Hoover, both Medford, will lead service discussions. Miss Jinny Blenkinsop, Eugene, Miss Allingham, Miss Marga ret Dotson, Klamath Falls and Miss Duffy will lead discus sion on senior opportunities. Parents In Eugene For Event A large group of Jackson county parents are in Eugene this week end to attend the annual Junior Week and Mothers Week end -activities. The Week's activities began with the Junior Prom last Saturday and will end with Mother's Week end May 15-17. Junior Week Queen this year is Miss Claire (Bunny) Brissenden, business adminis tartion major from Eugene. She was crowned during the Prom and is reigning with her court of four princesses over traditional activities of the week. A Freshman-Sophomore tug-o'-war was held on the millrace Wednesday after noon, and terrace dance for all students at Erb Memorial Union building Thursday afternoon. The 32nd annual Mothers' Week end will officially begin this evening with the millrace Canoe Fete. The Fete this year will center about Oregon's centennial celebration, under the theme "Oregon Trail Marks." Floats will depict his torical events of Oregon cities. The annual Oregon mothers' breakfast and business meet ing will be held in the Erb building at 8:30 a.m. Satur day, with university President O. Meredith Wilson as princi pal speaker. The all-campus luncheon, during which a number of campus honorary societies will "tap" new members, will be held on the old campus at 11:30 ajn. Saturday. A reception for all Oregon mothers will be held in the Museum of Art Saturday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., sponsored by the Eugene Mothers club. The last major event of the week will be the All-Campus Sing in Mc Arthur Court at 8 pjn. Saturday. The board of directors of the Oregon Mothers' organiza tion will meet for a no-host breakfast at 9 a.m. Sunday in the university faculty club. THE SHOE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL PIT 1 4ttd Stecuant THE CORNER SHOE STORE MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday, May 15, 1959 Mrs. T. R. Lylle, Medford, president of the Rogue Valley Girl Scout council, will be one of the morning speakers for a conference of Senior Girl Scouts to be held in Medford tomorrow. With delegates from four other councils, this will be the first such confer ence ever held here. Medford Bethel Elects Officers Election of officers was held at the last meeting of Bethel 55, International Order of Job's Daughters. Honored Queen Lynda Knips presided. Elected were Miss Barbara Gordon, queen; Miss Marcia Barrell, senior princess; Miss Jacqueline Mee, junior prin cess; Miss Teresa Six, guide; Miss Jane Ward, marshal. Installation will be held Saturday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pythian building. At the same time, the new guardian council will be in stalled by Oregon's grand guardian, Mrs. Joe Rogers, In dependence, Ore., and the grand associate guardian, Wal ter Johnson, Portland. Mrs. Viola Turner will be installed guardian, and Al bert Brown, associate guardi an. Practice for bethel officers and choir will be Friday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. Plans were made to attend a meeting of Southern Ore gon Guardian council at Ker by, Sunday, May 17. Cars will leave at 12 noon. Plans also were made for a visit to Bethel 56, Shady Cove, Thursday, May 21, for Friend ship night. Cars will leave the Pythian building at 6:30 p.m. Robes for the officers and choir may be picked up at the home of the guardian, Mrs. Harold Gordon, through Sat urday night. Refreshments were served by Heather Rode, Patricia Brewold, Pamela Roberts, and Carol Slater, and their mothers. . Announce Dance Waggin Wheelers Square Dance club will hold a dance at Kershaw Square on Cory road starting at 8:30 p.m. Sat urday. , All square dancers are in vited and potluck refresh ments will be seved. Douglas Decker and guest callers wilt call squares. Available in your size at White Lustre Medford 2 ''Iff J t r. P ft Units Hold Extension Festival Applegate Valley - The look of an economics section of a county fair resulted from the combined festival of two ex tension units of Applegate val ley held recently at the Apple gate school gymnasium. Label ling the event "A Century of Homemaking," the women combined centennial exhibits with hobbies and homemaking projects taught in extension work. A skit presented by the "Sewing Susans," 4-H sewing group, showed the activities of 4-H youngsters since the early beginning of 4-H work. The skit was arranged and narrated by Sandra Brewster, junior leader. Old time pic tures were shown by Charles Elmore of community groups and range, seeding sponsored by the lower Applegate Grange over 20 years ago. Early day photos 'of Medford and high school graduation there ; were shown by Mrs. John Black. : Mrs. Dora Krouse fcad charge of registration, and 4-H boys were in charge of park ing. A unique exhibit arranged by Mrs. Chester Kubli includ ed x a postal display of en velopes bearing old time post marks and cachets. A large back ground map of early day postoffices of the Applegate valley was drawn by Robert Sorber. J. R. Hoffman exhib ited wooden wedges used in bucking timber which he has manufactured for a number of years. Chairs made oh Thompson creek 65 years ago by Jede Caldwell were exhibited, and numerous other antique items included butter molds, school books, a ledger from the Kubli and Bolt store of the 1850s, quilts, and many other items. A floral display of pink dog wood and potted plants was from the Parker nursery, and Hug' Freo exhibited jewelry and Southern Oregon's stones from the Ken Paine rock shop. Among the many home making exhibits were furni-. ture refinishing, upholstering, pie and bread making, lamp shades, ACWW, and many others. VFW District 7 To Hold Meeting District 7, Veterans of For eign Wars post and auxiliary, will hold a convention here Sunday, May 17, in VFW hall, 42 North Front street. Officers will practice at 10:30 ajn. and a potluck din ner is set for 12 noon. Every one is to take table service. The district president requests that all officers be in uniform. On the dinner committee are Mrs. B. B. Ramsey, Mrs. Ben Allisson, Mrs. O. O. De Berry, Mrs. Russell Zundel and Mrs. Jack Brummond. Auxiliary" members will meet Saturday at 9 a.m. to prepare the hall for the con vention. West Side Event Set for Tonight The annual hobby show of West Side school will be held at the school this evening be ginning at 6 p.m. Co-chairmen of the event are Mrs. E. Y. Bullard and Mrs. J. L. Shute, and proceeds will go to the library fund. All students of the school will display their hobbies. A refreshment stand will serve hamburgers, hot dogs, "tu nies," dessert, coffee and soft drinks. Also planned are tele vision, movies for the chil dren, horseshoe games and a plant sale. 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 pjn. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m. of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 pjn. the day before publication. Friday: . 6:30 p.m. - Ladies auxiliary to Siskiyou canton Patriarchs Militant, IOOF hall. Saturday: 12:30 p.m.-Epsilon chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, Rogue Valley Country club. 1 pjn.-Cebu Swamp, Mili tary Order of Lizards, home of Mrs. Florence Breitmayer, Grants Pass. 8 p m. - Idella Rogue san tha, Nomads of Avrudaka, Pythian building. . i LO.U. New York (CPU - Millions haf American mothers will be come "engaged" this May, marking one of the most ro mantic and widespread Moth er's Day gift trends of the season, reports the Jewelry Industry Council. . This new trend, giving mother an engagement ring, is reported by jewelers from coast to coast. It stems from the fact that nearly 22 per cent of American mothers never received engagements rings. Tourney For Pairs Opened Eighteen tables of players were on hand Tuesday night for the first session of the annual's men and women's championship tournament of Medford Duplicate Bridge club. The club plays at Girls Community club. This was the largest turn out ever recorded for such a tournament, one played on the club's regular meeting night two different weeks. Twenty-three women's pairs, and 13 men's pairs, were en tered. Boards were duplicated for each section, so all played the same hands. Winners in Section A, north-south, were Dr. C. M. Durland and Maurice Coode, Grants Pass, 139V, first; Mrs. Families Hold Reunion Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John Novak, 15 Lincoln street, had as re cent guests Mr. Novak's broth er and ' sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Novak and son, Ivan Novak, from Verdigre, Neb. Mrs. Frieda Horst, -Her-rick, S.D., accompanied the Novaks. While here the visitors were also guests in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. John Anhorn and family, Snowy Butte road, and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. An horn and family, Central Point. Mrs. Frank Novak and Mrs.' Horst are sisters of John and C. W. Anhorn. A family reunion was held Sunday, May 10 at pillow were Mr. and Mrs. Max Berg, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bartley, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morris and their families, all of Cen tral Point; the John Anhorns and their son, John, the C. W. Anhorn family, Mrs. Horst, the John Novaks, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Novak and son, Ivan Npvak. -II w. l M I IL i Model No. BH-15R Dolph Phipps and Mrs. Marrs Gibbons, second, 124; Mrs. Lloyd Johnson and Mrs. Ber nard Hughes, third, 120; Roy Pruitt and George Rode, fourth, 107. - - East-west winners in Sec tion A were Mrs. Paul Hat ton and Mrs. Al Gilhousen, first, 166; Mrs. Alto Pruitt and Mrs. E. L. Miller, second, 114V; Mrs. Dell Davenport and Mrs. H. C. Obye, Grants Pass, third, 108; Dr. Elliott Harlow and George Polski, fourth, 105V6. Section B winners, north south, were Howard Brock and Jack Barr, Grants Pass, first, ' 1331; Mrs. Durland and .Mrs. Coode, Grants Pass, second, 121; Mrs. Marion Keim and Mrs. Frank R. Baker, third, 120; Mrs. Vir ginia Anderson and Mrs. Lois Hoylman, Grants Pass, fourth, 106. East -west winners in this section were Robert Dickey and Mr. pilhousen, first, 132; Roger Smoot and John Rus sell, second, 115V; Mrs. P. Brightman and Mrs. .J. -S. Winslow; H. J. Boyd and Ray Wise tied with Jack Mitchell and Berg Marten for fourth with 107 Vt. points. Mrs. Boyd served refresh ments while the scores were computed. The second session will be held Tuesday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the clubhouse. To Arrive Mr. and Mrs. William S. Barnum and children, Barna by and Sara, are expected in the valley Saturday and will be guests in the home of Mr. Barnum's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Berthold Barnum, South Pacific highway. After the week end here, Mr. Barnum will continue to Seattle for a business trip, with Mrs. Barnum and children- remain ing for the week. ?Z9 f & WW WW Vsu (M WW M&VMtftS Callers Announce Special Dance Rogue Valley Square Dance Callers association is sponsor ing a special dance at Wilson school, corner of Corona and Grand avenues, Medford, starting at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 20. " ; Frankie Lane, nationally known caller from Kansas City, will call squares. Re garded as. one of the nation's topj callers, many of his rec ords and calls are popular with square dancers in south ern Oregon and northern Cali fornia. All square dancers aire in vited. No refreshments are planned after the dance, as sociation members said. - Pins Presented , To Lodge Women , Six members were present ed 25-year pins at the last meeting of Mistletoe camp, Royal Neighbors of America. Receiving the pins were Mrs. George Culy, Mrs. Jessie Laing,, Mrs. C. R. Alexander, Mrs. Jessie Lee Borjes, Mrs. E. M. Lovell and Mrs. Robert Alexander, Coos Bay. Mrs. Robert Alexander was unable to be present for the cere mony. In a previous report of the presentation, three of the names were inadvertently omittted. Dance Planned At Grange Hall A square dance will be held at Bellview Grange hall, south of Ashland off Highway 99, starting at 8:30 p.m. Satur day. All square dancers are in vited, and potluck refresh ments will be served. Floyd Workman and Byron (Buzz) Dibble, both of Medford, will call squares. AP P L I AM Employees PTan Meeting Monday At New Building Medford Local, National Federation of Federal Em ployees, will meet tt the new Bureau of Land Management office, corner of Barnett road and South Riverside avenue. Monday, May 18 at 7:30 pjn. ui-iM personnel will conduct a tour of the new quarters, provide the entertainment and refreshments. All federal emnlovees. their husbands and wives, living in the Rogue valley, are invited to inspect the new building. . Sunday Tour Set For Old Timers Old Timers' club has plan ned a tour, for Sunday, May 17. Members and their fami lies will meet at the A and W root beer stand parking lot at 9 ajn. and drive to Camp White where the cars will be on display from 10 until 11:30 ajn. ... - The caravan will leave Camp White at 11:30 a.m. and continue to Casey State park for a picnic. aaye brand new 1958 model refrigerator-freezer Only 5 left of the '58 model Combination Refrigerator - Freezers . . ...and we'rt offering them now at a big price reduo tion! They're 4rand new with Straight Line ( design, touch - action features, re volving shelves . . and a big rojl out 5 cubic foot freezer that holds up to 175 lbs. of frozen food. Trade today! Remember, you get the big gest trade allowance for your old refrig erator from HAPCO . . . and this big al lowance is subtracted from the purchase price (our prices are never "with your trade-in"). Hurry in don't delay. ONLY 5 in color, with 1959 VERSION These are $90 Lest at only GET HAPCO-SIZE TRADE-IN ... and low down payment, easy terms Chapter Members Take Store Tour A tour of Dempsters Furni ture company was taken by members of Beta Up silo n chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, and conducted by John L. Raapke, during a recent meeting. Aft er touring the furniture store members met at the home of Mrs. Marsh Ramsby, where they heard a program on "Travel Throughout Oregon" given by Mrs. James Pree. A business meeting was conducted by Mrs. Richard Knoll, president. Mrs. Max Larson expressed her appreci ation for being chose as the chapter's "Girl of the Year." she was selected for her out standing service during the 1958-59 year. . Refreshments were served by the co-hostess, Mrs. Jack Canon. We Give GREEN STAMPS CENTRAL REXALl DRUG Main and Central now on LEFT! left-hand door IS $630 $53995
