Medford mail tribune., May 21, 1959, Image 2

Clothing Manufacturer
Strong For Sim
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
New York -(UPB- Fifty years
of manufacturing children's
clothes have made Joseph
Love a rich and happy man.
But to get him to sit long
enough to talk about girls'
fashions "then and now" is
like trying to grab a whirling
dervish full of adrenalin.
"Let me see now . . . what's
the all-time best seller?" said
Love, as he dashed through
workrooms with me in pur
suit. 'Td say it is simplicity.
"Simplicity, that's it. Take
a look how it has been rep
resented through the years.
The "pinafore, the shirtwaist,
the smock, the classic bouf
fant skirt.
"Tell you what, though.
The chemise in little girl's
clothes made a lot of us fall
on our face. It was selling like
crazy. Then all of a sudden.
Boom! Like a knife had cut
through, sales stopped."
By this time we'd legged
our way back to Love's of
fice, where there are a signed
picture of Harry Truman, a
framed paper showing Love's
role in helping Grover Wha
len run the New York World's
Fair in 1939 and numerous
citations for his work with
veterans' groups.
Road To Tbe Top
"I was a corporal in World
War I," said Love departing,
I feared forever, from the sub
ject at hand-his 50th anniver
sary in garment manufactur
ing. "I wanted to go back in
World War II but they put
me on a lot of stuff in Wash
ington ... War Production
Board and the like.
"When I started in this bus
iness, I was 13. 1 didn't finish
grammar school even. I got a
job sweeping the floor and
running errands for a man in
the garment district. That was
1909
"Today we haye 12 plants.
We turn out 4,000 dozen
dresses a week. Let's see now,
that's what? About two and a
half million a year. We make
dresses for girls nine months
to 14 years. All three of my
sons are in the business; my
daughter does most of- our
fashion shows.
"Fifty years ago, the top
style was the mother hubbard.
"Mothers wanted to keep their
little girls looking like babies.
Now they, want 'em sophisti
cated. "Adult styles usually set
children's styles. Here's an
example." Love pointed to a
sub-teen dress with the lan
tern sleeve like mammas all
over the nation are wearing
this spring.
"Used to be almost every
thing for little girls was
white. Today, everything is
color. For fall, subdued like
that calico print over there.
.We have a whole range of j
.spice shades. Most little girls
like to wear a fitted waist and
full skirt.
Lace And Leotards
"It used .to be pantaloons
under dresses. Lace and ruf
fles on 'em. Now, it's starched
petticoats. Or leotards for
winter. A lot of our new line
comes with coordinated leo
tards. "We turn out 400 styles a
season. Wool challis used to
be one of the biggest fabrics.
Now cotton is king . . . about
60 per cent. But Td say the
last 10 years or so, we've gone
into a lot of blends. Wash and
wear. Drip dry.
"We were the first to make
doll dresses to go with girls'
dresses. We did the matching
parasol, the coordinated hat.
We were the first to work
with child movie stars on tie
ins.When we did the long
torso look, the whole industry
followed suit.
"Now we're working with
Dr. Rusk, director of New
York University - Bellevue
uncover your
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Open Sundays 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Week days: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
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Medical Center Institute for
Physical Medicine and Reha
bilitation on dresses for para
plegics. Make them easy for
a child to get into.
"The Queen Mother on her
last visit to the United States
bought one of our dresses for
her granddaughter. 4 1 had a
nice note from the King of
Morocco on some dresses we'd
sold him.
"I'll tell you what's the real
news in the fashion industry,"
said Love, still pacing. "It's
the wonderful opportunity it
offers young people. I have
50 years in it, I should know."
Officers.
Installed
For Guilds
Miss Eileen Baumeister,
Wesley Foundation director
at Ashland, installed officers
for three Wesleyan Service
guilds at a service in Meeker
Memorial chapel, First Meth
odist church, May 18.
Officers installed for Ruth
Esther unit, Medford, were:
President, Miss Voda Brower;
vice president, Mrs. Dale
Flowers; secretary, Mrs.llen
Lynner; treasurer, Miss Carol
Denny; secretary of promo
tion, Mrs. Muriel Preston:
chairman of lines of work,
spiritual life, Mrs. George L.
Watson; misisonary education
and service, Mrs. William S
Sweet; Christian social rela
tions, Miss Annette Gray; sta
tus of women, Miss Janie
Smith; literature and publica
tions, Mrs. Beatrice M. Dix
on; publicity, Mrs. Bernice
Kunzman: coordinator, Mrs.
George Roseberry.
Officers for the coming
year for Susannah Wesley
unit, Medford, are: President,
Mrs. Carl Burk; vice presi
dent, Miss Jean Johnson; sec
retary, Mrs. Oliver P. Tay
lor; treasurer, Miss Dixie Dix
on; secretary of promotion,
Mrs. Richard Stratton; and
chairman of spiritual life,
Miss Dixie Dixon.
Officers installed for Mary
Martha unit of Ashland were:
President, Miss Gennie Kent;
vice president, Miss Vida
Scripter; secretary, Miss
Gladys Whitson; treasurer,
Mrs. Hazel Gunter; secretary
of promotion, Mrs. Vena
Scott; chairman of lines of
work, spiritual life, Mrs. Jan
et Pruitt; missionary educa
tion and service, Miss Ethel
Reid; membership, Miss Vir
ginia Whittle; literature and
publications, Miss Alice Wil
lits; supply work, Miss Carol
Denny; status of women, Mrs.
Ella Tegner.
Mrs. Charles Adamson,
conference secretary of the
Wesleyan Service guilds, re
ported on plans for the Guild
week end to be held July 24
26 at Camp Magruder, north
of Tillamook. A gift was pre
sented to Miss Annette Gray,
outgoing president of the
Ruth Esther unit.
Campfire Girls
O Ne Kizu Group
Mrs. Don Kimmel and Mrs.
Harold Hanscom were honor
ed as sponsors from the Jay
ceettes at" our last meeting.
There were 12 members pres
ent and another guest, Mrs.
Ed Gray, a member of the
Rogue council.
A business meeting was
held. Mrs. Keith Krambeal
announced our Grand Council
Fire will be May 22 at 7 p.m.
in the Grade School gymnasi
um. We received information
about Day Camp which will
be held at Tou VeUe Park this
year.
We played some games and
sang some fun songs. Then
we rehearsed our new songs
for the Council Fire.
Marsha Pulley,
Scribe
heals as it claansas
today ot
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At least one Medford couple traveling eastward met
the "On To Oregon Cavalcade" traveling westward. A
card from the B. L. Sandersons, written May 14 at Laverne,
Minn., said they met the wagon train the day before on
Highway 30 at Darr, Neb., "bedded downyfor the night."
Mrs. Sanderson, who wrote the note, added "It was only
5:30 so we took pictures. The members are all fine. The
night before they had been given a banquet in Lexington.
Signs are posted along the highway announcing ' the ap
proximate time of the train's arrival so school can be
released. We visited old Medford friends in Nebraska and
were warned that 'real Indians' will attack the wagon
train, but treat the travelers well."
Looking back over our reports of the Business and
Professional Women's convention, we" decided that one
of the most important parts of the information had been
left out. That was the platform adopted. It was in the
notes which Ellen Lynner (who turned out to be a most
efficient reporter) brought us, but so anxious were we to
get in all the names, all the speeches, all the awards, and
all the important visitors, etc., that time and space ran out.
The Oregon "Beeps" adopted a platform which closely
follows that outlined by the national group. It calls for
passage of an equal rights amendment to the U. S. Con
stitution something for which many women's groups have
worked for many years; increased jury service for women,
equal pay for equal work, support of legislation to extend
equal educational opportunities to men and women in in
dustrial and scientific vocational fields; uniform retirement
age and uniform benefit provisions for men and women
under Social Security; an increase in the amount of earned
income permitted to a person receiving Social Security,
benefits; implementation within the framework of the United
States Constitution of foreign and domestic policies which
promote peace and strengthen national security by making
the United Nations more effective.
The remainder of the platform calls for safeguarding
the security of the United States and the nations of the free
world through improving mutual security programs, tech
nical assistance, military aid, and mutual trade essential
to the national economy and to the maintenance of peace;
support of equitable tax adjustments including allowance
of an income tax deduction to an employed person for
costs of the care of dependents because of said employment,
and permission to take double income exemptions for a
dependent over 65 or blind; support of legislation to
strengthen measure to promote public health and safety,
but opposition to legislation directed toward government
controlled health insurance and medical care.
Potpourri has come to a conclusion American women
don't know how to walk gracefully. In the last week we've
attended four or five social functions where we watched
a lot of women walking under various circumstances. The
average woman teeters, sways, slumps, clumps, shuffles
(Potpourri does all of these, so we feel privileged to criticize
women in general on this point) and does everything but
walk with grace and ease. ,
Last Saturday night at the BPWC banquet we noticed
one woman in particular who really walked with sureness,
grace and poise. A member of the Harney county club walked
half the length of Hedrick Junior High school auditorium
twice to accept awards, and it was a pleasure to watch her
move across the floor. She wore a long evening gown, so
Potpourri couldn't see what sort of slippers or shoes she
was wearing; for some women the type of shoe makes a
great deal of difference in how gracefully she walks.
Just before Mothers' day a long article came to our
desk from one of the large cosmetic firms of this country
giving advice to older women on how to make the very
best appearance possible. Many of them are classics - don't
wear too much makeup -.' particularly eye shadow, don't
wear lipstick and nail polish which is too dark, wear your
hair brushed up and away from the face, don't wear colors
which are too harsh, particularly near .the face, etc. And
then the writer said, "wear shoes with a type of heel in
which you can walk gracefully and securely. High heels
make feet appear younger,
them, don't wear them."
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Potpourri and Mrs. Una Inch went visiting together
Tuesday morning. Mrs. Inch, now. retired from long service
in the office of the county superintendent of schools, is
among those interested in the newest special school in the
city. Called The School of Hope, this venture is a school
for small children who are unable to enter public school
without first having special training, and it is well named
it is truly a "school of hope."
At present a room at First Methodist church is being
used, and two teachers were on duty Tuesday. Mrs. Mamie
Bloomfield, a retired teacher of long experience, has taken
charge of the class during the "trial run." Helping her this
week has been Mrs. Dale Coverstone, who is trained in
kindergarten procedures.
At present the school is not part of the public system
and no tax money is used. It is being supported by the
parents of the children enrolled, by Medford Active club
and with contributions from other, civic clubs and indi
viduals. To raise funds for its continued support, Active
club members are giving, a variety show at the Medford
High school auditorium, and are anxious that the venture
have the support of large numbers of townspeople.
rnniirotramman 'Edith Green nnteH in her last letter to
the home folks in Oregon that while Space Agencies are
working to put rocKets into
fanitnl nrriprpH a tunnel duff
huildine to the Carjitol and
arrived where it was supposed
Garden Club
Flower Show
The annual flower show
and silver tea sponsored by
Medford Garden club will be
open to visitors Saturday,
May 23, from' 1 to 8:30 p.m.
at the Hedrick Junior High
school, 1501 East Jackson
boulevard, Medford. The pub
lic, as well as all Garden club
members, are invited to at
tend and to. enter exhibits.
Entries will be received from
7 to 9:30 a.m. All entries
must be checked with the
classification committee and
must receive an entry card
before being placed at 9:30
a.m. All entries in the Junior
Division will be divided and
judged in age groups; age
should be placed on entry
card.
All entries in horticulture
classes must be grown by ex
hibitor, or have been in ex
hibitors possession at least
three months, and be correct
ly labeled as to variety when
ever possible. Flowers and
foliage in arrangement classes
need not be grown by ex
hibitor, but must be home
grown. The arrangement must
be made by the exhibitor.
The arrangement division
will be divided into three
sub-classes: novice, amateur
and advance amateur class.
but If you can't walk well in
oron, tne Arcnueci oi xne
from the new Senate Office
that at last looking, it hadn't
to. O.S.
To Sponsor
on Saturday
Horticulture will be divided
into cultural perfection, dis
tinction of species or variety
and condition. There will be
a division for juniors arrange
ments and one for garden
clubs. The latter will come
in two classes, "Reflections"
and "Ladies Choice."
Each exhibitor is to be per
mitted only one entry in a
class except in subdivisions
of a class when marked A, B,
C, etc.; also when the class is
subdivided as to color or
some other definite quality,
entries by the same exhibitor
are allowed in each subdivis
ion. The standard system of
awarding will be used: first
award, blue ribbon; second
award, red ribbon; third
award, yellow ribbon.
Square Dancers
To See Movies
A square dance will be held
at Bellview Grange starting
at 8"p.m. Friday with Floyd
Workman, Medford, calling.
Potluck refreshments will
be served, and square dance
movies will be shown. All
square dancers are invited.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford Or.
v Thursday, May 21. 1959
Clef Dwellers
Present Concert;
Third Sunday
The Clef Dwellers, Med
ford's newest musical group,
performed Tuesday night at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Hull, V Eastwood drive.
The concert was one of a se
ries of public concerts planned
by the group as benefits for
the Shakespearean Festival
theater. - t
Seated around a table in
colorful, ruff-necked robes,
the singers presented a group
of seven Elizabethan madri
gals. Also on . the program
were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mat
thews and Miss Joyce Marlin,
recorder players, who per
formed trio selections. Dave
Curtis sang a novelty number,
accompanying himself on the
zither Other members of the
madrigalist group, which is di
rected by Mr. Matthews, are
Mrs. Norman Carothers, Mrs.
Gene Chamberlain, Robert
Churchill, Mrs. Harold Cook,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Corliss,
Mrs. Charles Freeman, Mrs.
Ervin Hogan, Mrs. Robert
Kagy, Mrs. William Le
Combe, Carroll Graber, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Schuhard,
and Tod Tibbutt.
The third concert of the se
ries is to be held Sunday,
May 24, in Ashland's Lithia
Park. The performance is
scheduled for 3:30 p.m., and
the public is invited. Refresh
ments will be served by mem
bers of the Tudor guild and
Western Coffee service.
Tranquility For Chickens
Richmond, Va. (UPB Broiler-fryer
chickens may be the
next members of the animal
kingdom to receive chemical
tranquility. The National
Broiler Council says experi
ments are being conducted
with a special tranquilizing
feed which would be given to
flocks just before they're tak
en to processing plants.
The Council says this would
calm the birds, making them
easier to handle and reducing
the possibility of bruising
them in the truck loading
JUST ARRIVED! HUNDREDS OF SPRING AND SUMMER
FROCKS JUST IN TIME FOR OUR SPRING DRESS CAR
NIVAL . . . SPECIAL BUYS . SHOWROOM SAMPLES..,
ALL ARE EXCITING NEW STYLES ... SEE THESE FIRST,
YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID , . .
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Camp Fire Girls
To Hold Outing
Eagle Point Grange has in
vited dads and daughters of
the Rogue Council Camp Fire
Girls to fish and picnic at the
lower lakes on the Hoover
property, Saturday, May 23,
from 1 to 7 p.m.
All members are invited to
attend and get acquainted at
the first outdoor Camp Fire
activity of the summer sea
son. The day will include
games and stories. It is re
quested that each girl bring
a picnic supper, a blanket and
card table.
The lakes are located off
the Crater Lake highway on
the first road to the right past
Corey road. Further informa-
Ition may be obtained by" call
ing tne Camp Fire office in
the Leverette building SPring
3-5679.
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Mrs. Don Bohnert
Named President
Of Fellowship
Mrs. Don Bohnert was elect
ed president of the Congre
gational Women's Fellowship
at a recent meeting of the
group.
Other officers elected in
clude: Mrs. Edward Leech,
first vice-president; Mrs.
Charles Stearns, second vice
president; Mrs. Floyd Fogel
quist, secretary; Mrs. Ray
mond Smith, treasurer.
The new officers will be in
stalled at the regular meeting
of the Fellowship on June 11.
Gold Hill School
To Give Concert
Gold Hill - Pupils of the
Hanby school here will pre
sent the annual spring concert
in the school gymnasium, Fri
day. Mav 22 at 7:30 o.m. Of
ficials of the school said, par
ents and friends are invited
to attend.
Participating will be stu
dents of the advanced Hanby
school band, directed by
Charles W. ' Cook, band in
structor, and choral groups
from the fourth through the
eighth grades, under the su
pervision of Mrs. Ruth Brews
ter, vocal and piano teacher.
GROUP No. 1
The very latest styles in short sleeve and sleeveless dresses. Cottons,
rayons, and sheers. Some very lovely Junior graduation styles in this
group. Spring prints,
15, 10 to 20, and
. GROUP No. 2
All the very latest styles and colors. Youthful and matronly styles.
Fancy drip dry cottons, rayons, and new summer sheers. Pastels and
darker colors in sleeveless, short sleeves, and Va sleeves. CftQC
Sizes 9 tol5, 10 to 20, and 14'2 to 24J2. .,. O
GROUP No. 3
A very special group of cottons, lacy weaves, sheer summer Voiles,
sheer bembergs, and nylon Jerseys. One and two piece dresses in
sleeveless, short sleeves, and Va sleeves. Note the wide range of
sizes. 9 to 15, 10 to 20, 14'2 to $195 $195
2412, and 46 to 52. Look these over. IW W 1
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FRENCH AND FEMININE
With the return of the truly
feminine silhouette comes this
smart suit in a brown and white
vertical print cotton by French
designer Manguin. Pleats at the
-waist give the skirt the full-hip
look.
ACTRESS IN LONDON
London (UPD Italian-born
screen star Pier Angeli ar
rived by air Wednesday night
from Madrid. She was ac
companied by her three-year-old
son, Perry - object of a
custody dispute with her
estranged husband, singer Vic
Damone.
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new, "sky-dome" shape is easy, too. Just ' .
follow the recipe. Get the recipe at your
favorite store now.
Sprinx come
in six sparkling
colors, sprinkler top
for easy application.
plaids, and plain colors in sizes 9 to L95
1AV2 to 24'2
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Chorus to Sing
With Orchestra
Ashland - Members of the
Ashland Elementary school
combined chorus will appear
as guest performers at the
Southern Oregon Little Sym
phony Orchestra's Oregon
Centennial concert which will
be given Sunday, May 24 at
8:15 p.m. in the College gym
nasium. Made up of about 170 stu
dents from the fifth and sixth
grades in the Ashland schools,
the chorus consists of the
Briscoe ' group, directed by
Natalia Lowrance; and the
Lincoln, Walker, and Bellview
groups directed by Virginia
Cecil.
Four selections will be sung
by the chorus with piano ac
companiment. They will con
clude the concert by joining
the orchestra in a presentation
of five songs, closing with
the Oregon state song, "Ore
gon, My Oregon."
The public is invited to at
tend the concert for which
there will be no admission
charge. However, an offering
will be accepted for the bene
fit of the orchestra scholarship
fund.
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The first commercially suc
cessful U.S. diesel-electric lo
comotive made its appearance
in 1925. By 1957 there were
27,211 at work.
Make any shade with
combinations of
Crescent's four basic
Food Colors, handy,
, drop-at-a-time tube.
Crescent Vanilla is true vanilla,
with deep, delicate flavor that
won't bake or freeze out.
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Fifty Plus Club
Sets Open House
Medford Fifty Plus club
will hold open house Friday,
May 22, from 12:30 until 4
p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal
Guild hall. The public is in
vited to attend. -
Dr. Frank Roberts will re
port on th progress of the
club since founding.
Officers will be nominated
during the business meeting;
election will be in June.
Members are to take
cookies; the club will furn
ish coffee.
Cards, games and dancing
will complete the program.
Scout Practice
To Be Friday
All Intermediate and Sen
ior Scouts of the Medford
district are asked to meet at
the Medford Senior High
school football field Friday,
May 22 at 4 p.m. to practice
for the "lighted trefoil." This
is one of the most important
numbers of the coming May
Festival and it is important
that all girls attend this one
and one practice. Each girl is
to bring a flashlight. Practice
on the Virginia reel is also
planned and all eighth graders
and Senior Scouts are also to
stay for this. The whole prac
tave will last about one hour.
Open Monday
Nites 'Till
9:00 p.m.
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