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Hdldt Reunion in Medford
More thftri 100 persons V
tended tne reunion baturcgy,
May 30, of the Medford Hitt
school graduating class of
1944. -The event was held at
the Rogue Valley Country
club.
Mrs. DBnald Valk, Clear
water, ria., received prizes
for having traveled the long
est distance to attend and for
being the person present with
the most children. She has
five children.
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part, received the prize for a
tnea traveling the farthest.
Other prizes awarded includ
ed Vernon Nygaard, Salem,
married the longest time;
Mrs. Roland F. Hogue, person
with the oldest child; Howard
Fry, Grants Pass, person with
the youngest child; Jack Rose,
man with the least hair; Gil
bert Tumy and Ray Casebeer,
men who had gained the most
weight; and Mrs. Randy Hug
dahl'and Mrs. I. B. Millard
Jr., persons with the eldest
set of twins.
Mr. Casebeer was president
of Associated Student Body
his senior year, and Mrs. Case
beer was class secretary.
-Chairman for the event was
Arlon Skinner; Mrs. Zachary
was. co-chairman assisted by
Mrs. Don Patterson, Mrs. Wil
liam Gifford,'Mrs. Hogue and
Mrs. Kenneth Curtis. Mrs.
Hugdahl was in charge of the
i decorations.
Among the out - of - town
guests were Vernon Nygaard,
Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Don
O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. William
Proppe, and Mrs. Barbara
Griggs, all Portland; Mrs. Ray
Casebeer, and Willard Bu
chanan, both Roeeburg; Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Fry, Grants
Pass; Mr. and Mrs. Rod Mil
lard, San Francisco; and Ver
lyn Thomas, Eugene.
Activity Canter
Lists Programs
Pictures taken in the Phil
ippine islands will be shown
at a meeting of the Arm Chair
Travel group at the Senior
Activity center Monday, June
8, at 1 p.m. The pictures, tak
en by Dr, and Mrs. Bert El
liott when visiting a relative
who was a missionary for a
remote hill station in the
Philippines, will show the in
terior near Luzon and Leyte,
as well as life in Manila.
Dr. Frank Roberts, in
charge of this travel series,
states that several more fold
ing chairs are needed for the
increasing number attending
these programs. An electric
fan would be appreciated
and would add to the comfort
of the group, he reports
A member of the Southern
Oregon Society of Artists,
Mrs. Ruby Twedell. will
teach the art class Tuesday
afternoon. Members have
been working with oil paint
ing in recent months, and
Mrs. Twedell will instruct in
the technique of pastels.
It is stated that Mrs. Nettie
Williams,' former teacher,
will not be available during
June. If the group is interest
ed in pastel work, Mrs. Twe
del will volunteer some time
as instructor.
A class in conversational
Spanish "will begin Thursday,
June 11, at 9 a.m. and will be
taught by Michael Dillon,
Camp White. Wood carving
classes Wednesday afternoons,
orchestra on Thursdays and
shuffleboard games Saturdays
will continue during the sum
mer months. .
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Members of the 1944 graduating class of Medford High
school held a reunion at Rogue Valley Country club May
30. Shown during the event are (left to right) Mrs. Ray
Casebeer, Roseburg, who was class secretary; Mrs. Don
Valk,. who came from Clearwater, Fla., for , the dinner: :
Mrs. Roland Hogue, Medford, on the planning committee;
Unwed Mothers Increase;
By HELEN B. SHAFFER
(Editor's Note:, A startling
increase of pregnancies among
unmarried girls and women is
causing serious concern to par
ents and social workers. Pro
posed corrective measures in
the case of repeating offend
ers range from denial of re
lief payments to sterilization
are reviewed here by Editorial
Research Reports.)
Washington-The number of
illegitimate babies born an
nually in this country has dou
bled in the past 20 years. In
fants reported to have been
born out of wedlock in 1956,
the latest year for which statis
tics have been compiled, total
ed 193,000. The actual situation
no doubt was worse. Official
figures do not include illegiti
mate babies born dead, babies
born to girls falsely register
ing in hospitals as married
women, children of married
women by men not their hus
bands.
During the past ten years
there has been a 40 per cent
increase in the number of un
married mothers between 15
and 17 years old. One of every
five unmarried mothers Is un
der, 18 years 6f age. Illegiti
macy is most prevalent among
underprivileged minority
groups. Two hundred and four
of every thousand nonwhite
babies born alive in 1956, as
against only 19 of every thou-
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sand white babies, were ille
gitimate. Many of the illegitimate
children are born into prob
lem families which are receiv
ing some kind of public assist
ance. There is a tendency
among the women of such
families to have .more than
one child out of wedlock, and
for the daughters to become
pregnant soon after they reach
sexual maturity. Because the
fathers often are out of reach
or financially irresponsible.Te
lief usually is available under
the federal - state - local pro
gram of aid to dependent chil
dren. Paying out public funds to
support illegitimate offspring,
with the largest amounts go
ing where there are the most
children, seems to put society
into the position of subsidiz
ing immoral conduct. Though
it is doubtful that the avail
ability of relief payments has
much to do with the rise in
illegitimacy, it is natural that
this situation has sparked de
mands to withhold relief from
women who bear more than
one illegitimate child. How
ever, federal authorities have
warned that to cut off aid to
such dependent children would
violate the equal-protection
clause of the 14th Amend
ment. ; j
Calls for sterilization as the
ultimate penalty for repeated
illicit pregnancies have been
raised here and there and
were given a hearing this year
by committees of the North
Carolina legislature. A bill
introduced there proposed to
empower the State Eugenics
board to order sterilization of
a woman who had given birth
to more than one illegitimate
child and showed no signs of
responding to psychiatric ther
apy. There would be safe
guarding rights of court ap
peal, and sterilization could
be staved off if the male par
ent identified himself in time
and acknowledged fatherhood
or, married the woman.
While the public seems to
be taking an increasingly puni
tive , attitude toward chronic
offenders of this kind, it is
far more talerant than it used
to be , toward girls of good
family who become pregnant
before marriage. A young
woman who gets into this pre
dicament still has no - easy
time of it, but she is no longer
treated as a fallen "woman
condemned to do pennance the
rest of her days. Services are
now available to help a girl
have her baby without publi
city, to make arrangements
for the baby's future that will
minimize the stigma of illegiti
macy, and to do everything
possible to return the girl to
the community with no blight
on her reputation.
Provision of these welfare
services has opened the way
to close study of the personal
problems of unmarried moth
ers. Social workers are in
agreement that sexual immo
rality has little to do with
the matter. In an overwhelm
ingly large percentage of cases
the girls are not promiscuous
but are emotionally immature
or the victims of family con
flict. A pregnancy may result
from a girl's compulsive de
sire to have a baby in order
Mrs. Randy Hugdahl, Medford, chairman of the decora
tions committee; Arlon Skinner, Medford, chairman; and
Mr. Casebeer, who was president of the Associated Student
Body. Mrs. Don Patterson, Mrs. Carroll Zachary and Mrs.
William Gifford were also on the planning committee.
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to punish her family, to at
tract attention, or in some way
to satisfy an irrational de
mand produced by personality
disturbance.
One result of the change
of society's1 attitude toward
unmarried mothers is that the
day of the "shotgun" marriage
is passing. It is recognized
Collector Talks
For Stamp Club
Topical collecting without
stamps was the program at
last Thursday's meeting of
the Southern Oregon Stamp
club. Despite a conflict " with
the many school graduations
held that evening, a fairly
large number of members
and one guest turned out to
hear Elmer J. Binker speak
on the subject.
Illustrated with over 60
pages from his collection, Mr.
Binger's presentation' on post
al markings, meter stamps,
corner cards, and cachets,
proved his point that stamps
in themselves are not neces
sary to build an interesting
and educational collection. It
also pointed out that a large
outlay of funds is not neces
sary, as many pertinent items
can be gathered from the
waste basket. Mr. Binker is
an assistant editor in charge
of this type of material for
''Biology Tid-Bits," a nation
wide publication devoted en
tirely to biological philately.
The ' stamp club meets at
the Girls Community club at
8 p.m. on the first Thursday
of every month. Everyone is
invited to attend.
more and more that forced
marriages rarely work out
satisfactorily and may cause
harm to the child as well as
the mother and father. Even
the parents of an unwed moth
er are apt to oppose marriage
with the father of an illegiti
mate baby unless he is other
wise a suitable candidate for
son-in-law. More adoption
services and development of
an extensive demand for ba
bies to adopt have helped to
win acceptance of the new
way of looking at these questions.
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6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
A Sunday, June 7, 1959
Awards
Court Held
By Scouts
Girl Scouts in Troop 80,
Griffin Creek, held their court
of awards recently at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Steinbach, 855 Shafer lane.
Mrs. Otto Wirth is troop lead
er and Mrs. Steinbach is as
sistant. Theresa Steinbach, presi
dent of the troop, welcomed
guests. Serving as a back
ground for the award program
was a curved bar insignia
made by Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
Mathern. The replica, which
was later presented to the
Girl Scout office, was of gold
and green with a trefoil in
gold letters at the top and a
green knot holding . 15 can
dles at the bottom.
Judy Youmans and Lois
LeFaive introduced the girls
as Mrs. Wirth presented
badges. Each lighted a candle
as Heather Rode read the laws
and promise.
Second class badges, world
pins and year pins were pre
sented to Lois LeFaive, Char
lene McCormick, Barbara
Cain, Ellen Shurtleff, Karen
Waldron, Mary Wright, Kris
tine Walker, Judy Youman
and Marilyn Peters.
First class awards were pre
sented to Phyllis Overturf and
Nicki Ober. The curved bar
was achieved by Karen Math
ern, Theresa Steinbach and
Heather Rode. They were
given sewing kits by the
troop. Miss Mathern explain
ed the duties of the troop
chairmen and thanked them
for their help.
The ceremony was closed
with the girls singing "Taps."
Refreshments were served by
members.
The troop's last meeting of
the year was held at the Wirth
home, with Troop 198 and
their leader, Mrs. Dick Foy,
as guests.
Phyllis Overturf served
cake and members of Troop
80 presented Mrs. Wirth a
set of glasses in appreciation
of her work.
An .overnight trip was
planned for Beaver camp with
Mr. and Mrs. Steinbach and
Mr. and Mrs. Wirth as chaper-
ones. -
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Home on Historic Site
By ROSE McKEE
Washington - President Eis
enhower and George Wash
ington share major roles in
the life of a newswoman in
the national capital.
Checking on the activities
of Mr. Eisenhower is, natur
ally, part of the job for Esth
er Van Wagoner Tufty, head
of the Tufty news" bureau
and a network commentator.
But for relaxation, she turns
to the scenes of the First Pres-
ident. i
Mrs. Tufty has a home over
looking the historic Potomac
river on grounds, that once
were a part of George Wash
ington's extensive Mt. Vernon
estate. Her home, she told
the National Association of
Home Builders, is constructed
on the foundations of an old
farmhouse occupied in Wash
ington's time by one of his
overseers.
The old farmhouse burned
many years ago. The present
big, white clapboard house
with long black shutters was
built about 25 years ago.
"When I got this house five
years ago," Mrs. Tufty said,
I was told that it must be
thrilling to be buying a place
where George Washington and
Thomas Jefferson walked ua
der the cherry trees. My son,
Jimmy, reminded me that the
cherry trees don't live that
long. But Washington did
walk about these grounds and
I do have cherry and plum
among Xo& old trees on my
two acres."
Washington Used Land
Documents that came into
Mrs. Tufty's possession when
she bought the property iden
tify an adjacent boat landing
as one used by Washington
when he inspected his sprawl
ing acres.
Mrs. Tufty has named her
home "Viewpoints." She had
two reasons for the plural ra
ther than a singular ending.
One is that her land is on a
point providing the many win
dows of her house with more
than one kind of view of the
broad river. But in choosing
a name, she also had in mind
her newspaper and political
friends, who voice diverse
views on any subject.
Her living room is long,
running the length of the
house and facing the river.
Three French doors open to
the verandah and the river.
Sofas and a Japanese table at
the fireplace end of the room
make Ihis part a cozy nook
for tea with one or ..two
friends. A good-sized dining
room is at the rear of tkis sec-,
tion of the living room.
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chanting set. Delicate floral embroidery on
two-toned filmy rylon tricot . . . $?irs bu?
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make the prettiest stepwtpr jfteginafclg
The career woman's house
is filled with mementos of
her many trips abroad. "I like .
being surrounded by the fruits
of my trips and the furniture ,
of my Mother and Grandmoth
er," shs said. "I love the place
. . . it is most satisfying after
the hubbub of my business'
and it takes a real good party '
to get me out at night or dur
ing week ends."
Long Week Ends
Mrs. Tufty, known in news
circles as "The Duchess."
treats herself to three - day
week ends. She explained: "I
decided that when I turned.
50, I would take Fridays off
as well as Saturdays and Sun
days." She isn't telling how
long she has had the three-
day week ends.
Upstairs she has a guest
room with wallpaper of old
fashioned cabbage roses and
white organdy curtains at the
river-looking windows.
Her son's room, with a bay
window to the river, is du&
to, be turned into a study for
her eomeflay when her son has
home o his own.
lefhar room, Sth candy-
tiij(3 vallpaper, is set aside
tor the enildren of her other
eft, is currently station
ed m Snfiie with his family.
Mrs-. Tufty's own room is a
unit by itself, with its own
bathroom and hall. She has
stacks of books, a fireplace
and a television set in her
bedroom.
About the only structural
change she made in the house
was to add ibookcases. She has
books in every room and in.
the basement.
As to buying the house, she
said: "I wanted a place that
would be my children's and
their children's children's. I
want to leave my children
something more important,
than money. I want them to
have this home and long mem
ories of the people that tey
have met here. And if you're
going to start an ancestral
place, where better than with
a deed that goes back to
George Washington!" --.
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