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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford Or. Thursday. May 28, 1959 Court Holds Ceremonies The program for the last meeting of Roxy Ann court, Order of the Amaranth, in cluded initiation, instalation and a memorial service. Mrs. Frank Little, royal matron and Stanley Jones, royal patron presided, and with the as. "stance of their officers initiated Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perl into the order. Supreme and grand officers -were introduced and wel comed as were past matrons and past patrons, a special welcome was given Mrs. Leta Queen, a past matron of Roxy Ann court who is now re filling in Oxnard, Calif. Frank Salyers was install ed into office of Sentinel by Jack Kennedy, assisted by Mrs. Charles Hoppe. Mra. Salyers, chairman of the ways and means commit tee, announced plans for a rummage sale to be held June 16 and 17 in the Fehl build ing. Members having articles for the sale may call Mrs Salyers, Mrs. Fred Graten or Mrs. Merntt Swing. Oregon's Centennial year will be the theme for the June meeting of the court, and members are to wear appro priate costumes. A reception of officers of the grand court will be held In Portland June 6. The as sociate matrons and associate patrons are in charge of the event. Memorial services were conducted for Fred Graten of the local court, and mem bers of the grand court who have passed away during the past year. The eulogy was given by Fred Purdin, assistr ed by James Edge. Following, the meeting a social hour was held in the dining room with Mrs. Law rence MessaL Mrs. Harley Dressier, and Mr. and Mrs. George Wimer serving re freshments. Mrs. Melvin Lattie Hostess for Group Phoenix Grange Home Eco nomics club met May 20 at the home of Mrs. ITelvin Lattie. Co-hostesses were Mes dames Oscar Gysin and George Drake. Dessert was served and a social hour fol lowed. A report made by Mrs. Mabel Cox, HEC chairman, on the public dinner served re cently showed a successful affair. The club voted to obtain stainless steel tableware with their General Mills coupons. Members were asked to bring their coupons to the next Grange meeting. Next meeting of the club will be June 17 at the home of Mrs. Willis House. Y Knot Twirlers To Dance Tonight Y. Knot . Twirlers Square Dance club will hold a dance in the social hall of the Med- ford YMCA at 8 o'clock to night. Kenneth Hood, Medford, will call, and all square danc ers are invited. Women are asked to bring cookies, and coff ae will be furnished. r MoTTCB Due to Circumstances tinder our control, we will be closed each and every MONDAY during June, July and August. Tic Toe Time Shop 34 No. Bartlett Medford Tel: SP Celebrities Ho Spread the Sewing Circle By GAY PAULEY TJPI Women's Editor New York - (CPD - Some of the women who can afford Mainbocher are making their own. The celebri ties are in there stitching right along side the rest of us, helping to spread the sewing circle wider each '-h V'" 3V. Mjt eeasuii. Gay Pauley All told, there are 40 million "creative seamstresses" in the United States, say market research experts at the Singer Com pany. In that 40 million, you can include Gypsy Rose Lee, who is better known for taking off than stitching on. But I've seen some of Miss Lee's' 'home-made" hats she adapts, she said, from e .pensive origi nals and the girl has talent in that direction too. McCall patterns recently rounded up some of the names sewing at least some of their own clothes and listed: Celeste Holm, Joanne Wood ward, Loretta Young, Betty Furnace, Heller Halliday, Mary Martin's daughter, and Mrs. Richard Rodgers, wife of the composer of the Rod-gers-Hammerstein musical team. Mrs. Rodgers even in vented a try-on pattern which is sold commercially. The Singer Company, add ed the names of Patrice Mun sel, who a spokesman said "makes a lot of her own dresses;" Mrs. Pat Boone, and vocalist Dorothy Colilns. Satisfies Creative Instinct The desire to save money causes some women to sew but apparently satisfying the creative instinct is a much larger factor. Singer said that today's typical seamsteress does not have to sew for eco nomy's sake - one of its studies showed 75 per cent of non-farm families with a weekly income of $140 and up own machines. E. P. Adir, an executive with Simplicity patterns, gave these reasons for the increase in home sewing. -Sewing is an excelent hobby; -The study of sewing in home economics classes in high school now is required rather than elective; -The whole pattern of modern living increases sew ing interest; with the move to aub'-rbia, a woman has more time at home; Children Partly Responsible -The high cost of living has caused more homemakers, particularly those with chil dren, to take up sewing; "kids' clothes are expensive and so noutgrown," said Adir. The pattern industry has grown in stature; its designers are top-notch and keep pat terns just as tuned to the latest silhouettes as the ready-to-wear market is. Several pattern companies buy designs from couturiers in New York, Paris, London, Rome and Madrid. McCall's has Pauline Tigere of New York, Hubert de Givenchy an dPierre Cardin of Paris, and Helen Lee, the children's wear designer who acts as consultant. Vogue Patterns carries the "name" designer business a 3 - 2986 memakers little further; it buys selected costumes directly from the collections, and then makes the pattern line for line, just as mny retail shops buy originals and the right to make their own copies. Vogue's stable includes Desses, Gres, La Roche, Grife, Patou, Lanvin-Castilo, Ricci and Heim in Paris; John Cavanagh in London, and Fabiani and Fontana in Rome. Session Planned By Trail PTA Trail - Elk - Trail Parent Teacher association will hold its last meeting or the school year June 3. The meeting will be held on play day, and plans for next year will be dis cussed. This year the PTA chose at its project raising money for stage curtains in the new gymnasium. A great deal of work' was done toward this goal and the wine-colored velour curtains were installed in time for the Christmas play. Money was raised during the year through a rummage sale, a chili bean feed, a parent-teacher talent show and an apron and bonnet sale. A family-fun night was also held and parents were team ed against children. For the play day, June 3, a picnic lunch will be held on the school grounds, coffee, a soft drink and ice cream will be served. During the after noon, races and games are planned. The PTA will sell "aprons and trimmings" that after noon, and a short meeting will be held. Grandmother Club Holds Meeting In Central Point Central Point - Twenty-one members of Crater chapter, Grandmother Clubs of Amer ica, met at the home of Mrs. Homer Jeffries recently for a dessert luncheon. Mrs.. Carl Hover was hostess, with Mrs. Jeffries as co-hostess. Mrs. Walter Gebhard, presi dent, conducted the meeting. Mrs. Hover, chanlain. read a poem and "Bequest," the latter in memory of Mrs. Ed ward Jones. Mrs. Roy Kelly and Mrs. O. T. Wilson were appointed1 a committee to prepare a serv ice to be held at the next meeting in memory of Mrs. Jones. Mrs. R. B. Langston was appointed to the ways and means committee. Mrs. Jeffries' collection of 350 plants of 20 varieties of African violets were viewed with interest by the guests. Mrs. Harry Barnes reported that she had won a prize in a recent newspaper contest, us ing a recipe given her by her grandmother. Mrs. May Korn er organized a game and Mrs. Jeffries read a poem written by her sister, Mrs. Frank Tinkham when the two wom en were young girls. Mrs. Barnes won a prize. The next meeting of the club will be June 15 at the home of Mrs. Gilbert Brood, 4922 Gebhard road. Mrs. Wal lace McDowell will be co hostess. Girls Give Show For Talent PTA Talent-A style show was presented by girls of Talent High school home economics class at the last meeting of Talent Parent-Teacher asso ciation. Many of the garments were made by the girls who modeled. Mrs. Frank Thompson, pres ident, conducted the meeting. The PTA budget for the com ing year was discussed, it was voted to buy library books for the elementary school with the surplus money in the treasury. The legislative re port was given by Eugene Vinckel, x principal of ' Talent High school. Members of Girl Scout troop 42 presented the flag. Hostesses were mothers of pupils in the eighth grade. Mrs. Holdridge's room won the room count. 4 Fifty Plus Club To Meet Friday; Medford Fifty Plus club will meet Friday, May 29, at 12:30 pan. at St. Mark's Guild hall. , Many guests attended an open house held by the group last Friday. The tea table was centered with an arrangement of pink roses from the gar den of Mrs. Martha Gregory, who also furnished and ar ranged other flowers. Serving were Mrs. John So liss, Mrs. Bertha Penwell, Mrs. Alta Whiteside, Mrs. Blanche Arnold, Mrs. Greg ory and Mrs. Mae Remillard. The afternoon was spent with cards, games and danc ing. Mrs. Arnold, C. E. Naff ziger and J. P. Graham played for dancing. 1M Two Medford sisters, Mrs. Russell Evans of Orchard Home drive and Mrs. Joe Negles of 318 East Twelfth street, were surprised to find pictures of their great-grandparents in a double-page spread in a recent copy of Life magazine. The couple, Joel and Patsy Estes, were Colorado pioneers and the pictures were published as part of the series on "How the West Was Won" which Life ran this month. Of the pioneer couple Life wrote: "Their portrait, prob ably copied from an early photograph, reveals them for the sturdy, resourceful pioneers they were. Joel and Patsy Estes first homestead in Missouri and reared 13 children. Then in 1859 Joel, Patsy and six children still unmarried, joined the rush for gold in Colorado. They found not gold but a verdant, virgin mountain valley, full of game and fat trout and thick grass for their cattle. 'We had a little world all to ourselves,' their son wrote. Then in 1866, they sold the whole valley for a yoke of oxen and pushed on again to new and broader lands in Texas. But their name re mained. Estes park it still is, the scenic gateway to the grandeur of Rocky Mountain National park." Mrs. Negles and Mrs. Evans are the daughters of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiley of Camas Valley, Ore. Their mother, named Jessie May Estes, was a daughter of Jesse L. Estes, son of the couple for whom the park was named. Jessie May was born at a time when her parents, also filled with the "go. west" spirit, were en route to Oregon. They lived for a time near the McAllister Soda Springs area in Jackson county before going to Camas Valley in Douglas county. Mrs. Negles, who once went to Colorado in order to visit the famous Estes park and see the spot where her great grandparents had lived, says the descendants of Joel and Patsy are so numerous that she doesn't know how many cousins and other Estes relatives she has. Among the couples' other great-grandchildren are Mrs. John T. Stobie, who has the interesting given name of "Maple" and who lives at McKenzie bridge, Ore., Mrs. J. D. Coon of Glide, and Ted Wiley of Camas Valley. Mrs. K. J. Knutson of 615 North Columbus avenue came in earlier this week with an iris blossom and said she thought flower lovers would be interested to know that there is an "Oregon Trail" iris. Mrs. Knutson said the iris had been in her yard for some time but had not bloomed for two or three years. This spring, however, obviously feeling that some effort was due Oregon Centennial celebra tion, it put out a flower stalk. . The blossom is a rich copper color with a trace of blue along the "beard." While cleaning up after last Friday afternoon's leaking roof, Potpourri came upon last year's Rose society program for the annual show, and noted that the cover was a picture of the beautiful red rose named Oregon Centennial. Last year we meant to buy one for the yard, and then, of course, we forgot about it. Maybe next year. That's one of the joys of gardening. There's always another season, or another year. - Last Sunday morning after a leisurely breakfast, during which we ate at least four of Pappy's big, tasty buckwheat cakes, we opened Congressman Charles Porter's last letter. After reading the first paragraph the day didn't seem half so bright and wonderful. For Congressman Porter wrote "Two very prominent authorities, one on disarmament and the other on science, stated in my presence the other day their belief that we would all be dead in 10 years and that the earth would be an 'incinerated relic' " The congressman added that he didn't agree. .. Leaving the table, and the letter, we went out into the yard. We looked at the hundreds and hundreds of gorgeous roses, the deep red peonies just like those which grew in the family yard so many years ago, at the fuchsia plants putting out shiny, new little leaves, at the beautiful clumps of sword ferns, which grew so quickly from the first tightly rolled fronds, at the pretty blue native iris which the two of us brought from the coast a long time ago and the shrubs, and the Port Orford cedar, so tall and graceful, and all the other growing things. . v Congressman Porter we "don't agree with the "promi nent authorities" either. O.S. Festival Given By The home extension units of Butte Falls and Derby held a homemakers festival at Derby school Thursday, May 21. The theme was in keep ing with the Oregon Centen nial. Members were old-time dress and were presented with name tags made in the design of colonial women. Displays featured work projects completed by the women of both units. One of the outstanding displays was the Centennial table which in cluded such items as a hand made candle mold, a coffee mill and China doll. Mrs. Faith Scott acted as master of ceremonies for the program. Poems were read by Mrs. Margaret Hayworth and Mrs. Mildred Dunlap of the Shower Given For Bride-Elect TJ-per Applegate - Miss Nancy Lou Redhead, whose coming wedding to Anthony Miksche, Medford, waa an nounced last week, was honor ed with a bridal shower re cently at the home of Mrs. Robert Guches in Jackson ville. Assisting Mrs. Guches as hostesses were Mrs. Gary Walters, Medford, and Miss Zita Maddox, Jacksonville. Following games and pre sentation of gifts, refresh ments were served. The wedding is set for June, CALENDAR Thursday: 7:30 pjn. - Alpha Rho chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, home of Mrs. Richard Hensel man. 7:30 p.m. - Medford Altru sa club, home of Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, Old Military road. 8 p.m. - Writers' Session, home of Mrs. Ruby Dodds, 531 West Tenth street, Apt. 4. . 8 p.m.-Reams chapter, Or der of the Eastern Star, Med ford Masonic Temple. HELP US! We Need Clothing, Shoes Dishat, Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 3-7335. Homemakers Derby unit. The featured speaker was Mrs. - Naomi Fredenburg of the Butte Falls unit who spoke on "The long view and the short view of home extension." Miss Mary Pat Lucy, coun ty extension agent, gave a preview of next years pro gram. A potluck dinner was served at noon. Guests includ ed members of extension units at Reese Creek and Lake Creek. Colored slides of state parks in California, Colorado, Utah South Dakota and Oregon were shown by Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Smith of Butte Falls. Of special interest to those present were slides of wild flowers native to Butte Falls and vicinity. GOING SOMEWHERE! mm We have the new Kodak 620 Star Camera in stock! Brownie Twin 20 -$10.?5 Brownio Flash 20 13.95 Brownie Reflex 20.... 16.95 BROWNIE "20" CAMERAS BRING IN YOUR COLOR FILM FOR SUPERSONIC PROCESSING SERVICE HUDSON'S ROGUE CAMERA 613 E. SP 3-5345 Chapter Holds Ceremony- Luau v Alnha Beta chanter of Beta Sigma Phi met at the home of Mrs. Clinton' Neeley on Stratford avenue, for instal lation of officers for the com ing year. Installed were Mrs. Floyd Eastwood, president; Mrs. Ernest Flakus, first vice- president: Mrs. Thomas Shoon second : vice-president; M r s. Floyd Robinson, . secretary. Mrs. Robert Harland, corres ponding secretary; M r s. Wayne Turpin, treasurer; Mrs, Ronald Hall and Mrs. Harold Ames, Beta Sigma Phi, City Council representatives. Mrs. Neeley is the extention officer. Mrs. Neeley is the retirin president, and a gift was pre sented to her by the chapter for her services. May 9 tne chanter held a Hawaiian luau for 60 people at Pings Gardens. Members and guests wore Hawaiian at- i tire. ' , i Leis were presented to each guest as they entered the door, and the room was dec orated in fish nets, palm leaves and ferns. The tables were decorated with Hawaiian fruit, and Is land music was used to set the tempo of the party. , Games followed the meal. The party was given by the pledge group of Mrs. Irving Thompson for big sisters and guests, the Central Point chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. Mrs. John Watkins was gen eral chairman and was assist ed by Mrs. Harold Ames, Mrs. George Polski, and Mrs. Lion el Guy. Council Issues Festival Hints Rogue Valley Girl Scout council today issued last-minute instructions concerning the May festival to be held tonight at 7 p.m. at Medford High school stadium. Parents are asked to pick up their girls from- the stu dent grandstand on the west side of the field. Sections will be marked for all age levels Brownie, Intermediate and Seniors. No girl will be al lowed to leave her leader un til she is with her parents or guardian. There is no admission charge for the mammoth fes tival, which will feature songs, dances and other en tertainment by hundreds of Girl Scouts. Hot dogs, soft drinks and ice cream will be on sale in the grandstand. Pocahontas Plans Potfuck Dinner Pocahontas lodge will hold a potluck dinner Friday, May 29, at the Redman hall on Apple street at 6:30 pjn. A business meeting will follow at 8 p.m. and a social card party will close the evenings program. Members are privileged to take guests for the dinner and the card party. Weatonka council will cele brate its golden anniversary of institution July 25. Plans are being made to invite other councils and tribes in the Improved Order of Fed- men. Dance Planned At Moose Hall A square dance will be held at Moose hall Friday May 29 from 8:30 until ,11 p.m. All square dancers are invited. Francis Cronin and guest call ers will call the squares. Moose hall is located at 11 Newtown street just off West Main street. Take your camera along and plenty of film; we have all sizes in stock, both color and black and white! MAIN OPEN MEMORIAL DAY TOUR TIME-As the school year approaches its close, many classes and groups are wind ing up their studies with tours of industrial establishments, business concerns, and gov ernment agencies. Among these is the Mail Tribune, which welcomes the young visi tors, and in recent days has played host to a number of groups. One group, part of Writer Marvels How Kids Survive Modern Hazards By GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor New York-flJPD-When I look around at the hazards which surround children I wonder how any of us grew up. The latest worry for parents is a product of the test tube -the innocent looking plastic bag. Several deaths from suf focation already are m the records. The filmy plastics and the abandoned refrigerators are two of the well-publicized "killers." But take a look around the home at the dan gers which you rarely think of, yet which cause injury and often death. The clothes dryer, for in stance. My 18-monthKld niece has found what great sport .it is to play with the dryer's automatic closing device. And what fun it also is to poke her head inside and look around when the door opens and the bright light comes on. What if one day she crawls in and the heat is on? Now, her parents are trying to figure how to make the dryer "child-proof." Lock Up Cisterns! And, at my sister's home, there is the matter of the backyard cistern no longer in use. It's covered, yes. But not locked against the exploration of a tot. At least, it wasn't the last time I visited. I hope it is now-I've been nagging her with notes recalling the wire stories through the years on children falilng into aban doned wells. The Kathy Fiscus tragedy comes vividly to mind. A young mother in our of fice said she gets the jitters every time she. thinks of the hazards which beset her two- year-old son. Matches, for ex ample, "I know," she said, "matches and cigaret lighters are supposed to be out of a child's reach. But parents Don't Let Your Children Play With Plastic Garment Bags! All the dry cleaning establishments listed below are very concerned over the reports that plastic bags are responsible for the deaths of over 30 infants across the nation. They strongly urge you to keep them away from children. They are not play toys and should not be treated as such. The Kordite Corp., one of the large manufacturers of plastic garment bags, is launching a nation-wide campaign to inform the public in the safe usage of polyethylene bags-. They offer the following advice for users of the bags: 1. Keep bags away from children. 2. Treat bags with respect accorded to matches or cutlery. I. Never use a plastic bag as covering for a crib mattress. 4. When bags have outlived their usefulness, destroy or throw them away. Over 90 of the customers hqve expressed a preference of plastic bags . over the use of paper bags, but if the continued use of plastic bags is going to be dangerous, discontinuing their use will be considered. Big Y Cleaners City Cleaners Crystal White Laundry I Dry Cleaners Dumas Domestic Laundry & Dry Cleaners Drive-In Cleaners Medford Cleaners NuWay Cleaners Reliable Cleaners . CENTRAL POINT Centraf Point Cleaners Eastside Cleaners - 'iSw i sometimes forget. "We are trying to teach Chris a new game-if he finds matches he's supposed to bring them straight to mommy or daddy." Burns take the greatest toll among the under-live set, safety experts say. Statistically, the accident and death toll for children speaks for itself. The U.S. De partment of Health, Education and Welfare, said that 17 mil lion youngsters-under 15 are injured in accidents each year. Most of these occur in the home from falls, cuts, poison ing, and burns. Deaths from home injuries total 7,700 each year for the under-15-age group, reports the National Safety council. Drownings kill 2,200. "That portable backyard wading pool is one of the new hazards," said Mrs. Marjorie May, home director for the greater New York Safety council. "A child can drown in two or three inches of wa ter. All it needs is to get scared and inhale." Puncture Bags She warned that children should not play with plastic bags. Period. But the danger of suffocation is lessened if such "toys" are well punc tured. Children become ill, often die, from drinking cleaning solutions or insecticides a par ent carelessly has left open and in reach, she said. Playing with electrical sockets and appliances should be taboo and I've yet to see a child who didn't !love to toy with ar toaster. It should be routine that all pot and pan handles are "turned toward the wall, when they're on the stove. But how many mothers re member this, when dinner is late and the family is hungry? "And everyone knows," which is shown above, was the Blue Birds of St. Mary's school, many of whom were dressed in Centennial costumes. The young sters shown are in the newsroom, gathered around (most of them) to an explanation of how the newspaper's United Press Interna tional teletype machine brings the news to Medford. Salvation League To See Pictures Donald McGovern, an in structor in the shop depart ment at Eagle Point High school, will show slides taken on a tour of foreign countries for a meeting of the Salva tion Army Home league. It will be held today at 6 o'clock at the Salvation Army build ing, and a potluck dinner will precede the program. Mr. McGovern's pictures were taken in Europe, Asia, Palestine and other foreign countries. The public is in vited to see the pictures; the program is set for 7 p.m. GI's Choice: Milk Fort Carson, Colo. -(UPB -What food do soldiers want most? Fresh milk, according to a study en Army diets. One hundred soldiers were allowed complete self-selection of foods at meals for 28 days. The men ate less meat, fish and poultry than expect ed, but consumed more than one and a half quarts of milk per day per man. One soldier drank four quarts of milk in one day. said Mrs. May, "that aspirin is to be stowed out of a child's reach ... if there is such a thing as out of reach to chil dren. "But now, we have the added hazard of baby' aspirin. It's pretty, and to get the child to take it, the mother often says, it's, candy, dea,.,, Later without mother around, the child may take an over dose of "candy." Watching a tot in action, I've concluded the only way to safety-proof one is keep him from climbing, scooting, reaching, swallowing, turning things on, putting things in, and pulling things off. My niece, I figured, was out of harm's way at least when she is in bed-until I found that she now can swing right over the crib railing. A
