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Newspaper Page Text2 MAtt.THUNt,M.dforJ,Or. Election Ends Convention Of Carpenters' Auxiliary Mm. Donald Fraser, Portland, wai .elected president of tho Oregon State Council of Carpenters' auxiliaries during closing sessions of the group's 1959 convention held last week in Portland- Mrs. Fraser succeeds Mrs. Joseph O'Neal, Coos Bay, who has headed the auxiliary the past year. The group is a comparatively new one, and but six auxiliaries were represented for this session, the fourth convention held sby the group. "The sessions were held jointly with the Oregon State Council of Carpenters, and were at Carpenters' hall. Serving with Mrs. Fraser this year will be Mrs. Charles Anderson, Ontario, vice-president; Mrs. George PotuCek, Medford, who remains as sec retary, and Mrs. William George, Eugene, retained as treasurer. Retiring officers are Mrs. Joseph O'Neal, Coos Bay, president and Mrs. Samuel Magee, Eugene, vice - presi dent. Appointed as officers for the sessions here were: Mrs. Herbert Sharp and Mrs. An derson, flag bearers; Mrs. Lloyd Fischer, Medford, con ductress; Mrs. Dan Fraser, warden; Mrs. Perry Smith, Medford, chaplain and Mrs. Fred Meadows, Medford, mu sician. Trustees appointed were Mrs. Ruth Larsen, Portland, Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Rich ard Hargrove. Ashland, presi dent of the Medford auxiliary, hostess group. Mrs. George served as chair man of the constitution reso lution and legislative com mittees and Mrs Magee, chair. man of hospitality, publicity and rules of order committees, A group of local members conducted a memorial service during the convention, first ever held by the state auxil iary. Participating were Mrs, George Watson, Mrs. Duant Bever and Mrs. Cleve C. Fer ris. Singing were Mrs. Smith Mrs. Fischer and Mrs. Potu- -eek. with Mrs. Meadows as accompanist. Speakers for the convention wart Mrs. F. L. Whitely, Na tional City, Calif., president of the California State Coun cil of Carpenters' auxiliary, and Mrs. Wayne Hansen, San ta Ana, Calif., a district board member. Another guest was Mrs. Paul Rudd, Tacoma, wife of the president of the Wash ington State Council of Car penter!. Also addressing the auxil iary were J. D. McDonald, Portland, ATL-CIO represen tative; and W. Jones, a repre- Choral Heading Set Wednesday Ashland-Presenting an Ore gon Centennial series pro gram, "Steoreophonie Speak ing," the members of Leon C. MulUng's choral reading class will appear in. Churchill hall, Wednesday, July 22, at 1 pjn. Townspeople are cordially Invited to attend the program which will feature such well known works as "The Daniel Jazz" and "The Congo," Va ehel Lindsay; "Jim," Hilaire Belloc; "The Highwayman," Alfred Noyes; "The Shooting of Dan McGrew," Robert W. Service, and "Frankie and Johnny," American folk bal lad Class members include: ' Judy Backen, Eugene; Claud- . ette Brandejsky, Klamath Falls; Enid Burch, Ashland; Ethel Cummings, Medford; - Barbara Doolen, Ashland; , Genevieve Holdridge, Talent; ; Helen Mast, Albany; Ronald McKenna, Medford; Eugenia ' Njaa, Hannaford, N. D.; Wan da Rapp, Lincoln; Helen Schmidt, Grants Pass; Virgin- ia Schopf, Ashland; Orva Tay lor, Medford, and Esther Zim- merle, Portland. CALENDAR Mondays ' . 7:30 pjn. - Olive Rebekah ; lodge, IOOF hall, 221 West . sixth st. . ', 7:30 pjn.-Talent Methodist church, Priscilla circle, church - annex. Tuesdarr ' 9:30 aJD.-Woman's Society - of Christian Service circle 1, with Mrs. Robert Little, 1700 . Lenora dr.,; circle 9, brunch rib f V mutl AAttTCU, uuauj ww 10 an.-Rogue Valley Navy 1 Mothers club, TouVelle State . park. 11 ajn.-Woman' Society of - Christian Service circle 2, : with Mrs. Richard Loros, 338 Fairmont st. 12 noon-Woman's Society of . Christian Service circle 6, with Mrs. Gilbert Brood, 4922 Geb- hard rd.. Central Point. 12:30 pjn.-Woman's Society of Christian Service circle 5, at First Methodist church; circle 7, at Hawthorne park, 1 p.m .-Woman's Society of Christian Service circle 3, - with Mrs. Roy Johnston, 1017 Ingrid st.; circle 8, at First ' Methodist cnurcn. 1:15 p-m.-Woman's Society nt Christian Service circle 4, t the church for transporta- tion to " iuic 3654 South Pacific highway Use rubber-tipped bobby pins to bold plastic material f iar as you ew on it. Mai Jay, July 10, IMf sentative of the Oregon Indus trial Accident commission. Both men and women of the convention attended a luncheon at First Methodist church Friday, with Mrs. Wat son making the arrangements. Mrs. Beaver was decorations chairman. A banquet was held at the Medford hotel Friday night, with Mrs. Meadows, Medford accordion teacher, providing an impromptu program of music. Also among the auxiliary delegates were Mrs. Jennie Goldbloom and Mrs. Penny Williamson, Coos Bay, and Mrs. Joy Ann- Anderson, Baker. Seminar Planned by Methodists New York About 140 Methodist women from all parts of the United States will gather in Greensboro, N.C., July 21-31 for a National Seminar on Christian Social Relations. Sponsored by the Woman's Division of Christian Service of the Methodist Board of Missions, the seminar is helI every four years to give Methodist women an opportunity to consider inten sively some aspect of Christian social relations." The theme for the 1959 quadrennial sem inar will be "The Family in a World of Rapid Social Change." In speeches, panels and dis- cussin groups, the effect of fast-moving social and tech nological changes on families around the world will be con sidered by the women. They will discuss the implications of the theme for the program of two Methodist women's groups, the Woman's Society of Christian Service and the Wesleyan Service Guild. Three interlocking aspects of the seminar theme will be considered by the delegates: Culture and Social Change, Technology and Economic Issues, and "Eternal Values" in the Context of Our Chris tian Faith. A speaker will key note each subject and set the Stage for small-group discus sions. The place for the sem inar will be the campus of Bennett College, a women's college supported by the Wom an's Division of Christian Sci ence. Two special resource lead ers will be Mrs. Jonah Chit ombo of Southern Rhodesia, and Mrs. Ang Kim of Singa pore. Both of these Methodist women have been brought to the Unitec States by the Wom an's Division to participate in the seminar and to meet with Methodist women throughout the United States during the fall, winter and spring of 1959- 60. Representing the Oregon conference of the WSCS will be Miss Geneva McDonald, Oregon City, secretary of Christian Social relations for the conference. - Mon Desir Inn Is Featured ' In New Book Portland Mon Desir,' nationally-known Jackson coun ty restaurant, is featured in "Dining a la Oregon," a new book on Oregon restaurants compiled by John Armstrong, Portland newspaperman (Sun day and feature editor, The Oregonian) and gourmet The new book, sub-titled "A Giude to Eating Adven tures in Oregon Restaurants, says of the popular Central Point dining place, "Mon Desirs unusually fine con tinental cuisine has made it a dining mecca for residents and visitors to Southern Ore gon.' The page on Mon Desir fea tures an attractive sketch of the restaurant's exterior, done by Kina Armstrong, the author's wife, and a recipe for Julie Tummers' Rollini di Vitella. Tne autnor, who is an honorary member of the Chefs de Cuisine Society of Oregon, has nearly 0 Ore gon restaurants in the book Eacn restaurant is given a page, with write-up, sketch, recipe for specialty of. the house, plus an informative capsule summary of all perti nent information on the resta urant, location, phone num ber, price range, hours and days open, name of chef, name of maitre de and type of liquor service, if available. The book is on sale at restaurants featured in the book, and at department stores, book stores and gift shops. mni mil iwmmmmmmm mi$ii n w ii mump i mjn v n immmmttmim y l , i - " a- "i - - '1 ff I I " " I "' ' " ' 4 ' Miss Betsy Beck (left), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fxed Beck, and Miss Sharon Huffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Huffman, both Medford, are among the 12 contestants who are competing for the title of queen of the Gold Rush Jubilee to be held in Jacksonville August 1 and 2. Miss Beck, a Junior at Medford High school, is sponsored by Beck's Bakery in the contest. Her hobbies include water sports and riding, and her ambition is to be a secretary. Moose lodge of Medford is sponsoring Miss Huffman, in the contest, which concludes July 29. Miss Huffman is a junior at Medford High school and her ambition is to be an air line hostess following her graduation. The queen and her court will be honored at a banquet Thursday, July 3n, Jacksonville Community hall. Contestants are competing tor more than $600 in prises and awards including a top prise of a $300 wardrobe of their choice. Life Humming Says Low Echo Reporter By LINDA LOCKWOOD Low Echo Once again, things are humming at Low Echo, Girl Scout camp on beautiful Lake of the Woods. The official Low Echo camp ing season opened June 27, with a week of pre-camp training for the counselors. This program consisted of two training sessions a day, 'plus actual camping experience such as cook-outs and hikes. Group Enrolled At Mag ruder; 16 Girls Guests The Oregon Conference, Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church . opened its annual school of missions and Chris tian service at Camp Magru der near Rockaway, Ore., Sun day, . July 19. ' It will con tinue through Friday, July 24. The annual Wesleyan Serv ice guild week end will fol low July 24 through 26. Mrs. Josephine Hunkapillar, Beaverton, is dean of the school and Mrs. Pascal Peek, Eugene, is the registrar. Mrs. C. R. Adamson, Medford, is in charge of plans fojr the Guild week end. One purpose of the school is to prepare teachers for the study . courses to be used throughout the nation during the coming year. Two of these courses are of interdenomina tional scope? "Africa" is the foreign mission study and will be taught .by Miss Laura Heist, Portland, returned mis sionary to India; "The Churches Mission in Town and Country" is the home mission study and Mrs. George Fallis, Portland, will be the teacher. "The Gospel of Luke" will be taught by. Dr. Gertrude Boyd Crane, professor of re ligion and chaplain at Forest Grove -Pacific University. Mrs. W. W. Geiger of Portland .will teach "The Role of the United Nations in World Af fairs". Dr. Clara Bartling, mission ary on furlough from Africa, will be a special guest and will speak to the group Mon day night. Monday is to be day night. Attending from the Med ford area will be Mrs. Mary Lewis, Mrs. L. G. Weaver, Mrs. L. B. Pierce, Mrs. Eugene Ray, Mrs. George Lawless and Miss Marsha Minshall. Special guests of the week will be 16 high school girls chosen from throughout the state. Mrs. Orville Covault, Cottage Grove, is dean of the girls and will supervise- the special programs planned for them. Among these girls is Miss Minshall. First Course ' A refreshing first course gets dinner off to a good start in warm weather. Turn syrup from a can of fruit cocktail into a refrigerator tray, add a squeeze of lemon juice and a drop of almond extract. Freeze until icy, stirring oc casionally with a fork, mean while chilling the fruit cock tail thoroughly. Mix fruit lightly with the icy syrup, and serve at once in chilled glasses. Need a Needle? See Us. at Camp The daily training sessions consisted of lectures on camp procedure given by the var ious camping heads. Besides these sessions, we also re ceived necessary training in the presentation of evening campfire programs. Each night, a different unit put on a campfire program. This way, we were able to receive new ideas for campf ires, and we also had the experience of presenting a campfire. During this pre-camp train ing, our mornings were filled with the duties of preparing the camp for summer. We had it finished and in top shape, ready to receive the one hun dred campers who arrived on July 5, for the first camping session of seven days. Large Staff This year, our staff consists of thirty-one members! These are a camp director, six unit leaders, twelve counselors, a nature counselor, a water front staff of three girls, a crafts director and two kit chen aids. Other members of the staff include a food super visor, Mrs. Jessie James: a nurse, Miss Frances Clink; handyman - and watchman, ueorge w. McBee; two cooks, Mrs. Edith Hamilton and Mrs. Myrtle Ferns, all Medford, The staff is assisted by the counselors in training and the program aids. The camp director this year is Miss Irene Knox, whp has been camp director at Low Echo for five years. She has also had seven previous years of camp leadership in other camps. Miss Knox . is from Washington, D. C, where she teaches home economics at Western High school. Our water front director, Miss Pat Donahue, is new to us this summer. Residing in Medford, Miss Donahue at tends the University of Ore gon in Eugene where she is majoring in liberal arts. Miss Joan Laurila, also of Medford, is our crafts director this year. Miss Laurila is a sophomore at Willamette uni versity where she is majoring in art with the hope of be coming an art teacher in either high -school or college. Mrs. Murray Returns Returning to Low Echo for her thirteenth year is Mrs Iva Murray, our nature coun selor. Mrs. Murray is a re tired teacher from Jackson school in Medford where she taught for 23 years. We are also very fortunate this year to have , with us three unit leaders from the Mid-West. Miss Sally Hecken dorn, Ashtabula, Ohio, is lead er of the Pioneer unit and has had four years of previous camping experience at Bear Mountain Camp in New York. Unit leader of Pittview is Miss Doris Engelhard. Miss Engelhard is from Dayton, Ohio, and has been counsel ing for six summers in 4-H camps. Miss Jean Oeschger, Kalamazoo, Mich., is a music teacher at a school outside Detroit. Her previous exper ience includes three summers at Bear Mountain, New York, and one summer at Flying G. Ranch camp in Colorado. She is the unit leader of Sunny dale. : With this fine staff and beautiful camp, we expect a wonderful summer of camp ing here at Low Echo, i Summer Listening Long Play Stereo & Hi Fi Large Selection All Types Plus Special Order Service SivenTs Books Gifts Records 217 E. Main Girl Scouts Return Home After Colorado Roundup Miss Carolyn Finch, daueh ter of Mr.' and Mrs. Richard Finch, 223 Bradford Way, and Miss Diane Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis, 2133 East Jackson street, two of the four senior Girl Scouts selected to attend the Girl Scout Roundup ' from the Rogue Valley council, return ed to the valley Wednesday. The two were among the 10,000 Girl Scouts from throughout the world who at tended the event in Coloradd Springs, Colo., July 3 through 12. The Roundup closed Sun day night at a campfire cere mony during which Interna tional Scouts and Guides help build- the fire by placing "wishes for peace" on the flames. The final gathering of the delegates also featured folk dances and group singing by hundreds of patrols. While at the Roundup Miss Finch wrote home of various events wfyich occurred rang ing from scheduled activities to sudden windstorms. One evening we had a sud den windstorm with gusts up to 65 miles per hour. You should have seen the tents go down. The tent pole in one of our brand new tents broke, so down it went. Some tents ripped up the side and went 21 N. Central n ra rv n'3 LfeUWb Summer -.S Two table of "odds and ends" and A broken sizes . . . all types of shoes I i are on this table . . . first . come, first served .... f ( $3 00 $IS ) Great savings on all summer skirts . . J I cottons and fme linens .. also pas- I . . tel wools., values to 10.98 S If Pajamas S)00 V (1 I Cotton and nylon . J J 1 I I shorty styles. &rJ I I II Bras $H 00 J J Closeouts on discon- II A tinued styles . . . y I V famous makes . . U i down. The aluminum pole in our kitchen fly snapped in two, so down came our kitch en fly on our charcoal stoves. Ten minutes later the only tent in our patrol left stand ing was Diane's and mine. It sounds like there was some thing we could have done, but really there wasn't. "One minute I was trying to get the. fires going and the very next minute I was trying to keep my feet on the ground. They., gave us a pew tent pole. We patched-the rips with our tent repair kit, but our kitchen fly is still, down and we're doing most of our cooking with New Jersey. "After 10 minutes it was still and the rest of the night was clear and warm. It was a different experience, but don't think we got the worst of it. One girl was hit on the head with a tent pole, one girl fractured her wrist try ing to hold on to a tent pole, and the tents up on the hill all went down! "For a moment we were all ready to come home, but of course, as soon as we got our tents back up we were busy joking about it. "As for my mattress, we all tried for 15 minutes to find a leak, but we can't. I blow it up every night and in the morning it is all deflated. I . . snur . . ALL SALES FINAL .. . Party Sandwiches ' New York-OIPD-Rolled sand wiches., have a party look. Combine one three - ounce package of softened cream cheese with one 24 -ounce can of deviled ham and one table spoon of chopped chives. Mix well and spread on eight slices of whole wheat bread with the crusts removed. Cut a dill pickle into eight sticks and roll each sandwich around a pickle stick in jelly roll style. Fasten with toothpicks if necessary. didn't sleep well last night because of the wind, but every other night it has been won derful with a good eight hours a night. "We had a big Colorado Centennial program that was actually a bore because it was so long. We had one solid hour of Indian dances by the Sohones, a group of Eagle Boy Scouts that tour the coun try every year with their fa mous dances. And then we had another hour of rope twirling and horse riding." In another letter Carolyn mentioned that one evening a Negro troop from Alabama sang Negro spirituals to an other patrol. She also mentioned the va rious exhibits, the Indian Vil lage and the geology exhibit, which Carolyn described as "fabulous." THE EVERY SINGLE jnu mye yy nerve "Bags" Summer styles ... values to 8.75 ... DOLLAR DAYS! "Jewelry" One table of costume jewelry . . your pick at SHOO R I DOLLAR DAYS! "Bouffants" 30 and 50 yard bouffants . . . 5.95 to 8.95 values ' $300 DOLLAR DAYS! Shot Bows Vi Price Robber Thongs 2 for S1.50 $300 Greenwich Village Show Held Saturday In spite of last Saturday's torrid temperatures, Southern Oregon Society of Artists re ported a satisfactory attend ance for the annual Green wich Village show. It was held in the Library park, with artists displaying their works on easels, wires or propped against trees. : Visiters were invited to vote for the paintings which they enjoyed the most. An oil by Mrs. Cora (L.C.) McMahan, Medford, entitled "Lonesome Tepee" received . first place for that type of media, and for watercolors the show visitors chose Mrs. Blanche (George) Johnson's "Siskiyou Stage." Of particular interest at the show were paintings by the late Laura May Phipps and Atlanta Naffziger. Both wom en were members of early-day families of Oregon, and their works were shown in recogni tion of Oregon's Centennial celebration. Twenty members of tjie so ciety exhibited their works. A guest exhibitor was Eugene Bennett,. Medford artist and teacher. Mrs. Gean (WX.) Neece, Gold Hill, and Mps. Genevieve (R.S.) Ashenberner, . Medford, were show chairmen. Each visitor was presented a bro chure prepared by Mrs. Ada TREMENDOUS SAVINGS . . . RIGHT IN MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER SEASON . . DEPARTMENT HAS ivu uc i mvivc rviv ivuiv iysi.hi $ 00 soo 1 If Terrific savings on summer dresses . many have been added to thesa I groups for final clearance. f BLOUSESVv II AND T-SHIRTS ) ll Sft00 SiOO U i - 3 n Hundreds to select from . . . values to 5.98 . . . all are summer styles f in whites and colors ... f - - f Dozens of bright summer colors in II washable pants . . . values to J I 10.98 ... all sizes available . . . I 9 in Medford (Leonard) Andrews, president of the society, and Mrs. Ethyl (Ralph W.) Hixson, Central Point. Music for the show was provided by Purucker's Mus ic house, with Edward Westra playing an electric organ. Al so playing was Victor Wrig glesworth, a past president of the group. , Reports of the show will be heard at the monthly meet ing of the society to be held Wednesday, July 22, at 7:30 p jn. in Girls Community club. Miss Marion Ady of the Southern Oregon college art department will select pic tures for the quarterly ex hibit. Hostesses will be Mrs. Fred Rankin, Mrs. Vera Hausmann and Mrs. Tom Staley, Eagle Point. RETEX Makis Your Cleriies Mere Wrinkle Resistant At No Extra Charts OPEN A.M. t 4 P.M. Clotc Saturdays 1:30 p.m. Medford Cleaners SP 2-6501 34 N. HOLLY FREE Pickup and Dalivary GREAT VALUES au r