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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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