MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Wednesday, Auj. 5, 19S9
Finnish Schools, Scenery
Topics of Student Letters
"Finnish schools are much
more formal than ours," ob
serves a local high school
senior spending the summer
in Kurikka, Finland under
the American Field Service
program. Miss Carolyn
Mencke, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Mencke, 2141 East
Jackson boulevard, reported
about the school system in re
cent leters to her family.
In other letters, the student
spoke of her trip to North
Finland, eating crayfish for
the first time, and other cur
rent activities. She writes:
Our trip to North Finland
was most beautiful.. From the
air Finland, with its thou
sands of lakes, farms, villages
and forests, is fabulous, when
we arrived at Pallastanturi
was aeugntea to see moun
tains again, all covered with
forests. On the map it looks
like a town, but when you
get there it is just a big hotel
out in the middle of nowhere.
We went up a mountain about
2,000 feet to where we could
see the sun, and the view up
there was breathtaking in all
directions. There were beau
tiful lakes and cloud forma
tions and the sun! It was a
huge ball of orange fire shin
ing at midnight! It's about the
68th parallel there and there
fore quite cold. We saw rein
deer near the hotel.
I met some people in the
hotel who had recently been
to Russia. They were Amer
icans, and I learned a lot from
them about life in Russia, but
it's too much to write.
Crayfish Good
Last night we ate crayfish
for the first time. The Finns
count the days until crayfish
are in season, and it's quite
as event, with dishes with
pictures of crayfish, special
napkins, silverware and eve
rything else. They drop the
crayfish alive into boiling
water to cook them. They are
very small, so it takes a while
to eat them, which, by the
way, is really an art. They
were really good.
I have found out a little
about their school system
which ' the people at home
might be interested in. At
tendance the first four years
is compulsory. This is called
public elementary school, and
lunches and books are fur
nished. At the end of these
four years those who wish
may take an examination for
entrance to high school.
Those who do not take this
exam and those who fail it
remain in the public school
for four more years. The cur
riculum is similar to that of
a vocational school.
The ones who pass the
nign scnooi entrance exami
nation must continue at least
three years, but sifter that may
drop out when they wish. The
tuition for the first five years
is about $60 and for the next
three about $80, but if the
student cannot afford the tu
ition, books and lunches,
scholarships are usually ob
tainable. At the end of the
eight years of high school a
difficult examination is given
and diplomas. are given to the
ones who pass - about thirty
per cent of those who take it
Course Listed
A typical high school course
would be English, Swedish,
German, Finnish; mathemat
ics, history, psychology, biol
ogy, physics, religion, P.E.,
art and vocal music. All but
the music is required but they
don't have every subject every
day. .
Finnish schools are much
more formal than ours. For
example, the students rise
when the teacher comes into
the room or when they recite.
When they meet their teach
ers on the streets, they must
speak to them in a very polite
and formal manner. They
don't think of their teachers
as friends, as we do many of
ours.
There is no competition be
tween schools in sports, mu
sic, debate or anything. Rath
er than 'school spirit appar
ently they develop class
spirit.
Tonight we go to a dance,
dictionaries in hand! Usually
at the beginning of every
dance I must say in Finnish,
"I am an American and I
don't speak Finnish," but
many of the kids speak Eng
lish, though gome are too shy
to speak it to me. There is
not much 'rock 'n Toll' musie,
but they love the tango and
the South American dances.
New York Man
Guest of Nephew
Louis Elliott, New York
City, is visiting in Medford
this week.
Mr. Elliott, a retired engi
neer, arrived here from Lau
sanne, Switzerland, flying
the Pclar rute tn A- chorage,
Alaska, and stopping in Seat
tle and Portl.--d.
. He is visting Mr.' and Mrs.
Erie W. Allen Jr., and daugh
ters. 48 Windsor ave. Mr. El
liott is Mr, Allen's unele.
The visitor ha been in
Medford in many occasions
before, dating back to before
World War I, when his fa
ther, the late Rev. Charles
F. Elliott, and Mrs, Elliott,
lived in a home on the Old
Stage rd.
His plans include visits to
the Shakespearean festival,
Crater lake, and the Jackson
ville Museum.
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Animal Trophies
Reproductions of animal
head trophies are hard to dis
tinguish from those treasured
by bte game hunters. They're
molded of pliable skin-textur
ed plastic, Teeth gleam, whisk
ers bristle, and eyes sparine to
add life-like realism. Each
head is mounted pn a genuine
mahogany plaque, complete
with gold embossed title plate.
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in foulard cotton poplin.
Nutrition Expert
Says Food Imbalance
Worse Than Germs
"Germs are not our princi
pal enemy" says the famous
nutritional researcher, Dr.
Tom D. Spies of Birmingham,
Ala., holder of the Distin
guished Service Award of the
American . Medical associa
tion.
Writing in an issue of the
association's Journal, Dr.
Spies said "Qur chief medical
adversary is what I consider
disturbance of the inner
balance of the constituents of
our tissues, which are built
from and maintained by ne
cessary chemicals in the air
we breatne, tne water we
drink and the food we eat
For a generation we have
worked on tne concept tnat
our cells are never static and
that in time they must be re
placed in varying degrees by
the nutrients obtained from
food."
"We have learned," he
wrote, "that when fruits,
vegetables, milk, fish, meat
and other foods are not avail
able inadequate amounts or
for any reason are not satis
factory, we must recommend
methods of maintaining tissue
integrity .. . We know that
excellent nutrition is basic,
that disease is chemical in its
origin, that the body cells can
fight back, to an amazing de
gree and that our tissues,
when properly replenished,
can come into their own
again."
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Announce Date
Of Jewelry Show
The fashion show directors
of Sarah Coventry have
planned the annual public
fashion show of costume jew
elry Monday, August 10, at
75:0 pjn. at Girls Community
club.
Sixteen young women will
model elothing from Town
and Country, Eagle Point, and
Pauline's, Central Point, ac
cented with the new fall
jewelry.
Entertainment is planned,
and prizes will be given, it is
stated. No admission will be
charged.
Mrs. D. C, Hendrix will
open and close the show, and
Hrs. H. D. Ford will be narra
to. Mrs. Walter Simons is the
Medford Sarah Coventry rep
resentative.
Games will follow the
show.-
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Three Women Visit
In Oregon Cities
Mrs. Edward Conner Jr.,
Mrs. Hugh Huntley and Miss
Dorothy Wright recently mo
tored to Mt. Angel, Ore., to
visit Mrs. Bazgl Cox. The
three also were & ests of Mr,
and Mrs. Verg Febles, Eu
gene, jister ef Mrs. Conner,
Mrs. Cox is the daughter
Of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas
Smith, ' U5 Mistletoe street
and- lived in Medford mtil a
year ago.
Artists to Show
Work at Fiesta
Members of Southern Ore
gon Society of Artists will ex
hibit some of their work dur
ing the Centennial fiesta
which Sacred Heart church
has planned for August 7-8-9
at the Armory.
Among the works, to be ar
ranged in the entrance to the
building, will be a painting
of the historic Nunan house
in Jacksonville done by Mrs
Ethyl Hixson which will be
given away during the event,
The house is now owned by
Mr. and Mrs. James Grigsby
The fiesta program includes
booths from which antiques.
food and other articles will
be sold. A country store and
a display of old cars are
planned. County residents
with 100-year-old heirloom
dresses have been invited to
enter them in a contest, and
a talent contest is planned for
Friday night. Saturday will
be children's day, and a free
dance is planned for Satur
day night.
The Shadows, entertain
ment group made up of St
Mary's school students, will
entertain often during the
three-day fiesta.
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Chapter to Hold
Picnic in Park;
Actress to Read
An unusual program is be
ing planned for the annual
picnic of Medford chapter,
Oregon United Nations associ
ation. The picnic is set for
Thi-rsday, August 6, at 6 pjn.
in Lithia park, Ashland. - -The
program will call at
tention to the anniversary of
the dropping of the first atom
ic bomb on Hiroshima August
6, 1945. Mrs. Philip Hanson,
who as Suzanne La Marre
played leading roles in the
Oregon Shakespearean festi
val, will read in part John
Hersey's "Hiroshima." The
book has attracted wide at
tention, particularly when
portions of it were read dur
ing an ABC program.
Chrpter officers state that
the program will focus the
attention of the group on
American policy concerning
atomic warfare and on the
country's foreign policy which
some consider to be based too
much on the strength of
armed force.
Everyone attending the pic
nic is asked to take food for
a picnic supper, and table
service,
Kansas Picnic
To Be Sunday
The annual picnic of former
residents of Kansas now liv
ing in southern Oregon and
Northern California, will be
held Sunday, August 9, at
Lithia park, in Ashland, about
12:30 pjn."
Coffee, punch and dessert
will be provided by the Kan
sas association.
All former residents of
Kansas are -invited to attend,
and are asked to bring a pot
luck lunch, and their own
table service.
Awards will be made to the
oldest man or woman; the
couple married the longest;
newest married - couple;
youngest baby; largest family,
and the person or family
coming the greatest distance
tq the picnic.
Music for the gathering
will be furnished by Mrs.
Alexander's Hawaiian band.
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Department Head
Visits Chapter
Illinois Valley -Mrs. Ruth
Harmon, Oregon department
president of Blue Star Moth
ers, and members of Grants
Pass Chapter 1 were recent
guests at a picnic hosted by
the local chapter at the WWI
grounds on Caves highway.
Mrs. Harmon addressed the
group on the all-chapter's
project of holding; fund rais
ing coffee hours for the U. S.
Arizona Memorial.
Taken into the local chapter
as a new member was Mrs.
Eleanor Ramsey of Selma.
The August sawing day was
postponed until September 11.
The next regular meeting will
be August 18 at the WWI Vet
erans hall.
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Californians
Leave for Home
Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Yost,
former residents of Medford,
left yesterday morning for
their home in El Cajon, Califs
by United Airlines.
The Yosts came here from
Seattle where they' visited
their son, Clayton Yost and
family. In Medford they were
house guests of Mr, Ypst's
brother-in-law ai.d sister, Mr.
and Mrs Edward StillweU,
Route 4, Box 369G, and their
daughter, Mrs. Frank Conners
and. family, -911 West Thus
teenth street.
The visitors spent three
weeks here.
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Put an old sock over pne
shoe when painting. If paint
drips on the floor, you can
save stooping to wipe it by
removing the spot with your
toe. .
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FAMILY OUTING The 40,000,000 Americans expected to en
joy camping trips this summer will find outdoor living even
more fun if they take along accessories like this novel canvas
pop-up tent. Lightweight and easily portable, it's made like a
Japanese lantern and is easy to erect. The tent doubles at the
beach as a sun shelter or dressing room.
Picnics Said Substitute
For "Ptomaine Taverns
By JEANNE LESEM
United Press International
New York (UPB-Eating your
way cross-country- can be haz
ardous. A reader of my recent glow
ing report on regional cookery
writes to complain of "the
really horrible food you also
can get in touring this coun
try. '
"Some short-order places
along highways, for example,
serve some of the most over
cooked or under-cooked ham
burgers the world has ever
seen, made irom cneap meat
and sometimes even spoued
meat. '
"Some of the things mas
querading as salads or steaks
or roast beef would turn any
stomach." '
The reader wants to know
what the tourist can do to
avoid ptomaine taverns?
Try the picnic method - it
you have plenty of room in
the car.
And as a rule, buy each
day only as much as you ex-
Dact to consume tnat day.
Except on turnpiKes or mru-
wavs. witn tne cnam ameis,
vou can find roadside grocer
ies and farmers' markets,
where shopping is both eco
nomical and quick. The fruit
and vegetables are fresh. Most
ornpprs keeD soft drinks on
r both in individual and
quart bottles.
Sandwiches Good
V t e n e h or Italian style
bread is a better buy for small
groups that regular sliced
sandwich loaves because
there's less waste. And slices
for sandwiches are no prob-
ipm if vour basie equipment
includes a serrated-edge knife
with a 5 or 6-inch blade.
Sliced cheese and cold cuts
round out the mam course.
Packaged cookies with filling
are good at a picnic and left
overs make a good afternoon
snack. ' ,
Small cans ot . water-pace
tuna and salmon are easy to
eat and create no leftover
problem. But avoid saraines
and other salty foods, espe
cially if your group includes
habitually thirsty children.
Most hard cheeses Keep
well for two to three aays
without refrigeration if they
are wrapped tightly in plastic
or aluminum foil.
stifle vour thrifty instinct
to keep any other perishable
leftovers, unless you have
portable refrigeration.
Basic utensils snouio De iew
and small. Stow them in an
insulated plastic bag. Include
can opener, bottle opener,, all-
purpose sheer, plastic torss
and spoons, salt and pepper
shakers, and individually
packaged detergent-saturated
paper towels for mopping up
operations.
An immersion heater, plas-
Executive Meeting
Announced by Lodge
Medford Women of MobseJ
will noia an executive meet
ing tonight at 7 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. James Roberts,
111 Chestnut street. The sen
ior regent asks officers and
chairmen to attend.
The lodge states that the
ceremony of obligation rather
than initiation was held for
Marion B. Castle at the last
meeting.
CALENDAR
Wednesday:
8 pjn. Roxy Ann Home
Economics club, home of Mrs.
Carl Quackenbush, Foothills
rd.
8 pjn. - Veterans of Wprld
War I. barracks and auxiliary,
Girls Community club.
FURS
Repairing . and Relining
Cleaning and Glazing
t Restyling
Frances' Fars
610 Valley View
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tic cups and plastic containers
of sugar, powdered cream, in
stant coffee and tea (or tea
bags) arid chocolate drink mix
are handy, if you plan to
breakfast in your motel room?
on locally bought rolls or cof
fee cake. If you don't, skip re
usable cups and buy only as
many disposable paper pro
ducts as you expect to use in
a day or two.
Making your own picnic not
only is economical it is fun
to select from the numerous
roadside dining areas, com
plete with tables, benches and
rubbish facilities.
Council Notes That Mom7
Likes to Camp Nowadays
About 40,000',000 Americans
are expected to enjoy some
kind of camping trip this year!
That's about double what it
was three years ago.
A big influence behind this
outdoor trend is an increased
feminine interest in camping.
It began when Mom discover
ed camping out and roughing
SOC Professor '
To Be Speaker
Dr. Loren Messenger, pro:
fessor of psychology at South,
era Oregon college, will be
guests peaker for a Welcome
Wagon club meeting to be
held Thursday, August 6, at
8 pjn. at Girls Community
club. Dr. Messenger "will
speak on the "Fact and Fal
lacy of Hypnosis."
A question and answer pe
riod will follow the talk, and
a business meeting will con
clude the program.
Thirty-five guests were
present for the annual sum
mer picnic held July 26 at Mc
Kee bridge.
The next meeting of the
club will be August 20 at
Girls Community club. Cards
and refreshments will follow
the business meeting.
All women who are new
residents of Medford are in
vited to atttnd the meetings
of Welcome Wagon club. They
are held twice a month . at
Girls Community club, 229
North Bartlett street.
it are not necessarily the
same thing. Nowadays when
you head "for the open road,
you can take along all the
comforts of home, and many
campers frequently do.
In fact, women's interest in
camping has caused a virtual
revolution in an industry that
once clung fiercely to tradi
tion. For example, while stur
dy canvas tents still are the
camper's mainstay, the olive
drab tent of yesteryear no
longer dominates the camp
ground, reports the National
Cotton council. A new era in
tentmaking has dawned.
Today's tents pop-up with a
flick of the wrist, attach to
your car top, blossom over the
end of a station wagon, or
rise magically without the aid
of tentpoles, which are re
placed with air-filled struts.
As a further concession to mi
lady, many models have sewn
in floors as protection against
things that crawl or creep.
And it's color, color every
where - including such never
before pastels as ocean blue,
aquamarine, pink, and yellow.
Drastic changes in camping
equipment are not limited to
tents, however, The entire
field is affected. Makers of
camping equipment know,
just as other businessmen do,
that it's the lady of the house
who does most of the buying.
So, almost every new thing
being developed by the indus
try has Mom in mind.
They've created multi-story
sleeping bags so the user can
climb from layer to layer de
pending on the temperature,
stoves and cooking utensils as
fancy as those Mom Uses at
home, plus such articles of
comfort as canvas air mat
tresses,' air pillows, camping
cots, portable canvas showers,
and handy panels that provide
privacy as well as protection
from errant breezes.
In addition to the develop
ment of new canvas camping
equipment, the industry has
made substantial progress in
producing a more durable fab
ric. Improved treatments and
finishes make canvas resistant
to weather, mildew, rot, and
fire. With so many new devic
es to take the chores out of
camping, this type vacation is
proving hard to beat.
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