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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford1, Or. Friday, Aug. 14, 1959 Letter Carriers Host Lake Picnic The Medf ord branch of the Letter Carriers were hosts to the post office picnic Sunday at the S. J. Fagone summer cottage at Diamond Lake. More than 125 postal em ployees and their families at tended the picnic dinner , and swim. Of these 19 were over night guests. Attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Nick Coyle and daughter, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Morrison, Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Art Strunk, Grants Pass, and ten persons from Klamath Falls Mr. Coyle is regional field director of the National As sociation of Letter Carriers and a member of the associa tion executive .board. Also present were three supervisors, Bud Gail, Boyce Kellogg, and Chet Silliman and their wives and families, The remainder of those pres ent were carriers and clerks. Guests Leave Recent valley visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mayo, Santa Clara, Calif. They were houseguests of Mrs. Mayo's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F Gordon, 915 South Holly street, Medford. CALENDAR Friday; 7:30 p.m. - Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral club, Girls Com munity club. 8:30 p.m.-Pocahontas lodge, Redman hall, Apple st. - . Carpet Care Chicago - (UPD - The Amer ican Carpet Institute suggests two ways to protect stair car peting, which takes the rough est wear of any rug in the home. One is to lay the carpeting with an extra foot of length folded under against one or two risers at the top of the stairs. When the carpet; on the stair edge needs a rest, shift . the rug down an inch or two, folding the excess ma terial against the lowest riser. Do this before, not after, signs of wear appear. - The second way is to install an underlay or carpet cush ion, with particular attention to the edges. . Shake Corduroy . New York - (UPD - When .laundering wash and wear corduroy, shake the garment thoroughly a couple of times during the drying, and give it a light all-over brushing. This method helps restore the original velvety texture. , "ill ' ytr ' i iff : ' . ' it-l !J J ,; ' 1 Miss Shirley Field (left) a guest last week of Mrs. Stephen G. Nye, Phoenix-Hillcresi road, both Republican members of the House of Representatives for the last session of the Ore gon legislature, were guests Saturday at a luncheon for wives of commissioners attending the Western Interstate Commis sion for Higher Education here. Miss Field, who was in the valley to attend performances of the Oregon Shakespearean festival in Ashland, is a Portland attorney. This luscious looking dessertssurprising as it seems is a boon to calorie counters. It's made with dietetic peaches and a dessert topping mix that adds only. 17 calories for each creamy-rich tablespoonful of topping. The topping is stored on your pantry shelf . . . keep a package on hand for a quick dress-up for fruit, low -calorie puddings, or cakes. Peach Angel Food Dessert 1 package angel food mix 1 package Dream Whip dessert Vz cup cold milk topping mix x teaspoon vanilla I can (8 ounces) dietetic sliced peaches Prepare cake and dessert topping mix as directed on packages. Cool thoroughly. Spread half of the topping over the cake. Arrange peach slices on topping? Serve cake with remaining dessert topping mix. A Wm. AY! WS Uf Yearly JUST ONE MORE DAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREATEST SAV INGS OF THE YEAR . . . HUNDREDS OF ITEMS HAVE BEEN REDUCED AGAIN FOR FINAL CLEARANCE . . . DONT MISS THESE VALUES . . . YOU HAVE WEEKS TO USE THEM YET . . . "DRESSES" Two big racks of dresses . . . values from 1 4.95 to 29.95 included . most all sizes available. 799 (5)99 ii to Leather Coats and Jackets" An outstanding saving on all leather coats and jackets ... lots of whites ... "SKIRTS & PANTS" "SHOES" Final day on this great shoe sale . , . hundreds Beautiful summer skirts and pants ... values of shoes have been dropped into even lower to 14.95 included on this rack. price groups . . . "PLAYWEAR" "Blouses & T-Shirts" Shorts . . . tops . . . swimwear . . .playsuits Summer blouses and T shirts . . . many more ... all can be found on this table ... added for final day . . . i97fi97l 7 Jewelry J B9S 2 Slips all Gowns Price 21 NORTH CENTRAL Portland Conventions are filled with everything but time. Tuesday night it was well after midnight before we returned to the hotel after seeing "My Fair Lady," Wednes day morning everyone rose at the crack of dawn in order to get organized for a trip to the Clatsop County Tree Farm beginning at 8 a.m.; we returned from that excursion about 11 p.m. dog tired; here it is Thursday morning with the busi ness sessions supposed to begin at 8 a.m. So this delegate is doing her writing before breakfast and hoping that the guests on either side of us can't hear the clacking typewriter. Four big Gray line sightseeing busses took the conven tioneers on yesterday's tour to show off the wonders of Oregon scenery and the lumber industry. Women who gasped and exclaimed over their first sight of a loaded log truck were taken through the tall timber, watched a high climber cut the top out of a tall hemlock and bring another one crashing to earth with a monstrous swish and roar, saw how logs were put on the trucks with a high lead loading tower and then follow the trucks to the pond and watched a big crane pick up the entire load, encircled with a steel strap, and drop it in the water like a gigantic bunch of asparagus. , All this was both old and new to Potpourri. We grew up in log camps and mill towns and still live where the sound of the logging trucks wakes us up on summer mornings. But it had been a long time since we'd heard men talk about whistle punks and choker setters and high climbers. As a child we watched men logging with donkey engines, knew about the greased skids on which the big logs shot down the sides of mountains and hit the pond with a mighty splash; we grew ud to the sound of chugging log trains. But power- driven chain saws and the big "cats" and multiple-wheeled logging trucks were unknown in our youth. . The tour was sponsored by Crown Zellerbach corporation and West Coast Lumbermen's association in cooperation with the Oregon Game commission, Oregon Fish commission and various other' state groups, the Seaside Chamber of Com merce and Chefs de Cuisine Society of Oregon. Each bus was "staffed" with two or three men to herd the conven tioneers around, and answer questions; to our lot fell C. H. Willison, a forester for CZ, Bob Holloway of the Game com mission and Frank Deckabaugh, another CZ employee. - Mr. Willison inquired if his friends, Agnes and George Flanagan, were back yet from South America, and asked that we relay his regards. The men were gold mines of informa tion, provided a running commentary both as the bus trav eled and at stops, opened and closed bus windows and ven tilators, pointed out the location of rest rooms, helped the infirm up and down steps (Presswomen come in all ages and are determined not to miss anything) helped with the food and drink at lunch and dinner and even led group singing. - Luncheon clam chowder and cole slaw, was served at Klootchey Creek park. Here visitors can see the world's largest spruce and fir trees. The Sitka spruce is 195 feet tall and the oldest Douglas fir, located near the park, is esti mated to be at least 1,000 years old, is 15.7 feet in diameter at breast height and is 225 feet tall to a broken top 30 inches in diameter at the break. Mr. Willison told us that the hemlock, felled while we watched, had probably been 250 years in the growing; it took the men only a brief time to bring it down. To hear about the tree farm practices of CZ however, encourages one about the future of the lumbering industry and the conservation of the nation's forest. We heard about how the forest is managed like any other farm, to preserve as well as to provide lumber products, and were told about re- logging, salvage logging, pre-logging, seed blocks, selective logging and something about reforestation. However, a young man who has not yet lost his Norwegian accent admitted that in his native country they have a program of tree farm ing and conservation which dates back a hundred years and which is admittedly superior to that of the U.S. in many respects. Running more than an hour behind schedule, the women and their hosts pulled in at Ecola State park to find a feast of venison, elk meat and salmon waiting their arrival. The menu started with "Lumber Jill" cocktails, including Smokey Delight, Hooktender's Special, Cougar Milk, Gandy Dancer, Fernhopper's Special, Spruce' Sling and Hemlock Punch. What came later was better, though. Chef Charles M. Altorfer of the Congress Hotel and Chef Jimmy Naysmith of the Bonneville Administration building cafeteria barbecued the venison and elk steaks over a huge bed of coals and the efficient men from the various sponsoring groups served it up with the salmon, pineherb butter, bullwhacker beans, punk (bread), slush (coffee) and hootinanny pastries. These delicious little confections were topped with frosting cones, twigs, etc., which were never prepared by a lumberjack. It was cold at Ecola park Potpourri shivered in spite of wool slacks and a heavy sweater but the guests some of whom had never seen the ocean before, were ecstatic. The view from the park promontory is one of the most beautiful along the Oregon coast: Wednesday night there were only scattered clouds and the moon made a path of silver on the water as dusk fell. A dozen times we heard some awe-struck voice say "I'll always remember this night and this view." , These women are a colorful lot, to put it mildly. One has been wearing a cotton dress which is printed with the masthead and news columns of the weekly paper she and her husband operate. She is Helen Vanderburg of the Shell Rock News in Iowa. During the Ecola park picnic Potpourri fell in with a young woman from West Memphis, Ark., who is the editor and publisher of a daily and a weekly, who owns a job shop and a photography shop. Her last name is Woolfolk she was surprised to hear that there are Woolfolks in Ore gon, too, and her conversation and accent kept a circle of delighted listeners around her at all times. During a breezy bit of banter with a jolly, rotund man whose name we never learned, she "bought", the Tillamook lighthouse which can be seen from Ecola park. When we inquired what she planned to do with it, Miss Woolfolk Eye catching summer treat is Sweet Cherry Revel Pit. To make wash, pit, halve and measure two cups of fresh sweet cherries. Combine with 1 No. 2 can pineapple tidbits, drained. Cook 1 package of vanilla pudding mix and two cups of milk according to package directions. Cool. Pour one-half of pudding into a baked pie shell, spoon over on, half of the fruit mixture. Top with remaining pudding and then remaining fruit. Chill. Whip Vz cup of heavy cream, add 1 tablespoon sugar and few drops pure vanilla, serve over pie. Makes 8 to 8 servings. Former OSC Staff Member Succumbs Corvallis - (UPD - Mrs. Belva Dixon, an Oregon State col lege staff member for 35 years, died of a heart attack Thursday -while - visiting friends in the OSC administra tion building where she once worked. Mrs. Dixon joined the OSC staff in 1922 and retired in 1958. From 1943 to 1958, she prepared the complex class schedule that now includes more than 1,000 courses. She allocated lecture rooms and laboratories for the courses. Survivors include two sons, Blin of Corvallis and William F. of Albany; and two daugh ters, Mrs. Myra McClean of Kaiser Industries Reveals Earnings Oakland, Calif.-(UP1)-Kaiser Industries corporation today announced net earnings of $8,289,000 or 33 cents per common share for the six months ended June 30, 1959. Edgar F. Kaiser, company president, said the improved 1959 earnings were highlight ed by increased profits of Willys Motors, Inc., a wholly own subsidiary. Kaiser's com parable 1958 earnings were $6,879,000. Second quarter 1959 earn ings were reported as $4,057, 000 'or 16 cents per common share. Dallas, and Mrs. Eugene Mc Leod, of Butte, Mont. . Petticoat Influence In Third League Ball Team By LEROY POPE United Press International New York -UPD- It wouldn't be surprising if the new third major baseball league has a strong petticoat influence in the front office. " Two ladies each will own one-third of the projected New York club of the Contin ental league. The remaining third will be divided among three mere males, who aren't nearly so wealthy as the two women Mrs. Dorothy Killam and Mrs. Joan S. Payson. No feminine backers have been disclosed among the oth er prospective club owners. But it will not be surprising if more petticoated "angels" turn up before the Continental actually fields its first teams. If memory serves aright, the only previous female own ers of big league ball clubs were the nieces of the late Col. Jake Rupert of the New York Yankees, and Mrs. Grace Comiskey of the Chica go White Sox. Of the two ladies in the New York Continental set up, the more colorful is Mrs, Dorothy Killam, a St. Louis woman who has spent most of her life in Montreal. She is the widow of Jack Killam, who was a Canadian lumber, mining and paper magnate and Brooklyn Dodg er fan par excellence. He once spent thousands of dollars to lease a private cable channel to pipe telecasts of Dodger games into Montreal just for Mrs. Killam and himself. Mrs. Killam, a Dodger rooter for 20 years, was a baseball fan even as a little girl. "I used to go to Sports. man's Park to see the old St. Louis Browns play," she said in an interview. She met Killam on vacation in Europe, soon married him and settled in Canada. There were no children. "It was my husband's idea to buy the Dodgers, and I kept on trying to buy the team after he died. My husband and I were impressed by the Dodg ers' terrific desire to win and the extreme loyalty of the colorful Brooklyn fans," she said. So, year in year out, the Killams were frequent box seat fans at Ebbetts Field. After Killam's death Mrs. Killam kept going to the games. "I know all the Brooklyn club officials, Mr. Richey, Mr. O'Malley, Mr.,Bavasi and all the managers Leo Durocher, Burt Shotton, Chuck Dresen and Walter Alston and most of the star players," she said. Offered $8 Million It's reported she offered $8 million to O'Malley to keep the the Dodgers in Brooklyn. Mrs. Killam is an all-round outdoor woman. She is a fly fishing expert and has her own salmon camp in eastern Canada. She was asked if she had tried to buy the Giants and keep them in New York when she couldn t get. the Dodgers answered in her soft drawl, "Why take it home, of cohse and put it on the banks of the Mississippi. You know, ouah rivah is something biggah than that pond out theah" and she swept ari arm in the direction of the Pacific ocean. O.S P.S. We forgot to mention that this is the annual conven tion of the National Federation of Presswomen; Ila Grant of the Bend Bulletin sends her love to the Mail Tribune news room gang and Mrs. Margaret M. Semmler, a woman in her 70's who has just sold the last of four weekly newspapers which she and her family operated for a long time in Illinois just out of Chicago, remembers Pal Peg from the days the latter attended meetings of the Presswomen in Chicago and is getting together a list of the Illinois delegation to send along later. O.S. ONE DAY LEFT! LEON'S cEmiu. BIG August Fur Terrific Savings On Your New Fall Goals, Jackets and Stoles ... Also Special Savings On Restyling Your Old Furs! Maple or Tubular Steel mm. NOW is the time to fix up thar boy's or girl's room before school starts, during our STOREWIDE AUGUST SALE . . . at Prices You Can Afford! 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For dependable quality and consistent satisfac tion you will do better with brands you know: get to know those you see advertised in this newspaper. . To get the most for your money buy by Brand Name and be sure! Medford Mail Tribune
