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MAIL TRIBUNE, Me4for4, Or.
Thursday, Sept. 10, 1959
Pork, Lamb
And Chicken
Plentiful
(The following guide to the
nation's best - food buys for
the week-end of Sept. 12 was
prepared for United Press In
ternational by the U. S. de
partments of Agriculture and
Interior.)
Washington (DPD P6st
holiday food shoppers will
find a wide variety of their
- favorite foods at September
markets across the nation. In
protein foods plentifuls in
clude pork, from the big
spring ig crop, lamb in most
areas, and broiler-type fryers
and eggs.
Abundant late summer veg
etables include potatoes and
sweet potatoes, cabbage, car
rots, omns, tomatoes, corn,
peppers and squash.
Fruit bins will offer a good
variety, too. These are apples,
grapes, Bartlett pears, plums
and fresh p r u n e s, and
peaches. Valencia oranges are
featured at many markets
also.
At the fish counter, plenti
ful supplies include shrimp,
canned tuna, and fish sticks.
. These are the weekend's
best food buys, nationally.
Now, here's a more detailed
report for this particular
area:
.West Arizona, California,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Ore
gon, Utah, Washington, Wy
oming: Consumers will find
a variety of goods in ample
supply in the markets this
week. Beef, calf, and veal are
in moderate supply, and most
ly unchanged in price.
Ample supplies of eggs are
about unchanged in price
from last week, but plentiful
supplies of fryer chickens are
slightly lower in price in
California markets. Moderate
supplies of butter are one
cent a pound higher In Norm-
t west markets, and in the Los
Angeles area.
- Plentiful fruits and vege
tables include Jonathan and
Gravenstein apples, . Thomp
son seedless, Italian and to-
kay grapes, peaches, Bartlett
pears, artichokes. In good
supply are figs, grapefruit,
Valencia oranges, nectarines,
plums, cantaloupes, casaba
and honey-dew. melons, cab
bage, celery, corn,, potatoes
and sweet potatoes.'
In. fish, the best buys are
rockfish, salmon and founder.
Square Dancing
At Grange Hall
A class for beginning square
dancers will start Saturday,
September 12, at the Upper
Rogue Grange hall, Danny
Neill, Medford, instrurtor, has
announced.
Persons interested in learn
ing the fundamentals of
square d?ncing in the Shady
Cove, Trail, Rogue Elk and
Prospect areas have been in
vited ; to attend the 10-week
course. .
- Interested persons may con
tact Mrs. Eda Torrence at
TRinity ft-2671. , V
Teacher Maxine and. Potpourri (along with three other
feminine cronies) enjoyed an annual September, luncheon
at the Country club Wednesday and this muchly-traveled
woman brought us up to date on her summer schedule of
conferences, conventions and classroom work. .
She reported that the most interesting part of her sum
mer had been the World Confederation of Organizations of
the Teaching Profession. This meeting, held in Washington,
D- C, attracted educators from 85 different nations. To make
the event more valuable to all, the IBM corporation of the
United States provided each delegate with a receiver which
brought simultaneous translations in four. languages, with
the delegate able to take his choice. . '
After mingling with the Confederation delegates and hear
ing the talks, Teacher Maxine decided that although teaching
methods may be different in various parts of the world, the
aims are the same - that is the education of everyone. Most
nations are like the United States in that education is no
longer for just the elite. If the education of everyone is not
possible now, it is still the aim, she was told. Teachers from
Ghana and. other 'African countries are particularly keen
about making this clear, she said.
i Teachers from countries still seeking independence, or
with newly-gained independence, are deeply interested in
the history of democratic education in the U.S. and agreed
that this country achieved its present political and economic
status through education of the masses. . '
In addition to the general Confederation sessions, Teacher
Maxine (Mrs. Paul Smith - Medford High schbol language
teacher and Oregon. Education association president) attended
meetings in which the topic was education for the exception
al child, and also sessions on vocational education. .
. '
i In order that . delegates from , other nations might see
something of American home life, teachers and others asso
ciated with the conference living in the Washington, D. C,
area invited the foreigners to their homes for a meal. Mrs. S.
was included for one of these, the other guests being a man
from Venezuela, a woman from Brazil and one from Pakistan.
The menu had to besselected with care (the Pakistani woman,
for instance, eats no pork or pork products) and chicken -was
the main dish, since this was something all could enjoy. '
The Venezuelan spoke only Spanish, the Pakistani woman
spoke fluent English in addition to her native tongue, and
the Brazilian spoke French and a little English in addition to
the Spanish-related Portuguese. The Medford teacher knows
French and German, as well as 'English, plus a little Spanish,
so between all these languages, the dinner and "friendship
night" went off very well, she reported.
Food also presented a problem at the Confederation meals
served in hotels, she said. At one dinner, a delegate from
India seated at her table- could eat almost nothing on the
menu since his religion prevented him from eating anything
which is animal in source. Not wishing to put the hotel staff
to extra "trouble, he refrained from ordering food prepared
especially for him. .
-
Teacher Maxine's summer also included attendance at
the National Education association convention, special courses
in French at a Canadian university, and visits to New York
City and Boston. In the latter city she. bought Potpourri a
box of tea which everyone around the luncheon table found
very amusing. It reads "Boston Harbour Tea, (Bawstonaba
registered) Blended and Packed by Davison Newman & Co.,
Ltd., 14, Creechurch lane, London, The Firm which supplied
Tea for the historic Boston Tea Parties."
In New York Mrs. Smith visited the Russian trade fair
and exhibit brought here as a part of the cultural exchange
program of the U.S. and the USSR. She said this proved to be
interesting but nothing unusual. The exhibit included a great
quantity of machinery, some of it having to do with medical
and cultural fields as well as industrial, she reported. Also
in the display was a model of an educational recreation
center which seemed to be much similar to the One planned
for Portland. The visitor found clothing in the exhibit some
what simpler than typical clothing worn in this country, but
not as poor and ugly as she had been led to believe. She, found
the display of furs fabulous, and noted' that guards were on
duty nearby. " .
Mrs. Smith said she considered the art work excellent I
and reported that wood carvings were exquisite. , . :
After the luncheon Potpourri delved into her clipping
file and came up with one from the New York Times with a
Moscow dateline which reviewed the' questions asked most
often by Russians viewing the American National exhibition
in Russia. According to Max Frankel, the price of a pack of
cigarettes and the "meaning of the American dream were
the questions most often asked.
The questions were run through a giant Ramac, an IBM
computer. Ramac pounded out written answers in Russian
on teleprinters to any of 4,000 posted questions seeking
Shady Coye Garden Club
Has First Standard Show
Shady Cove The first
standard flower show given
by Shady Cove Garden club
was held at the Shady Cove
school gymnasium September
4 and drew an attendance of
around 150 people.
.Mrs. William Shepherd,
general cochairman and presi
dent of the sponsoring garden
club, won the sweepsstakes
for both arrangements and
horticulture with. . .14 first
awards.
Besides the local entries,
Prospect,' Eagle Point, and
Central Point garden club
members entered in both' the
arrangement and horticulture
divisions. Central Point Gar
den club won the first award
in the garden club arrange
ments.' Judges were Mrs. E. A. Bay,
Ashland, Mrs. O. V. Poe, Phoe
nix, and Mrs. Charles C.
Stearns, Medford. Mrs. Lloyd
Harris and Mrs. Ivan Hale
served as clerks.
In addition to the. flower
show, a large section was re
served for the Centennial and
hobby exhibits, and the con
servation and education divi
sions. -
Also in the non-competitive
area was two large displays of
dahlias by Mr. and Mrs. Ern
est Dahack,' Tiller, and Mrs.
W. Bergman, Eagle Point, and
a table of garden supplies by
Elton's Garden . and Farm
store, Medford. Mr. and Mrs.
Al Andre showed a large va
riety of potted coleus.
The entrance was decorated
in the Centennial Indian Sum
mer theme of the show with a
background of corn stalks and
split rails bordered with fall
vegetables.
The tea table section was
separated from the main
show by a rail fence with
wild grape vines in autumn
colors trailing over it. The
background was wagon
wheels with charm strings of
fall. vegetables. The tea table
was decorated with a covered
wagon and fruit clusters, and
the small tables centered with
Indian teepees.
Mrs. R. T. Nichol, Medford,
statistical, historical and biographical material about the
U.S. The machine was one of the major attractions at the fair,
and Russians waited in line to ask it questions and for a
copy of the answers.
The machine also counted the questions asked most fre
quently. The list also included three questions about jazz
music, -questions about American family budgets, the Liberty
Bell, kitchen ceramics and lynchings.
The answer given on the price of cigarettes was "In the
United States the price of a package of 20 cigarettes varies
from 20 to 30 cents. The average semi-skilled worker in the
U.S, earns enough money in one hour to buy about 8 pack
ages. Almost all cigarettes sold in the U.S. are of American
manufacture."
The Times writer noted that cigarettes in Russia are not
considered expensive. They cost about 1.40 to 1.80 rubles,
or 14 to 18 cents. The average semi-skilled worker can buy
about four packs with an hour's wage.
; The answer to the "American dream" question was given
as "That all men shall be free to seek a better life, with free
worship, thought, assembly, expression of belief and universal
suffrage and education." If the Russians asked the machine
the question about jazz music, this was the answer: Jazz today
is more sophisticated and composer's employ more complex
musical devices, but there is a tendency to return to the older
traditions of the free, improvised solo. Jazz is taught in some
American colleges.
One of the questions on the machine was "What is the
wardrobe of an average American woman in the middle
income group?" This is the Ramac answer: Winter coat, spring
coat, rain coat, five house dresses, four afternoo'n "dressy"
dresses, three suits, three skirts, six blouses, three sweaters,
six slips, eight panties, five brassieres, two corsets, two robes,
six pairs of nylon stockings, two pairs of sport socks, three
pairs of dress gloves, one bathing suit, three pairs of play
shorts, one pair of. slacks,' one play suit and accessories.
Woman Attends
Portland Session
Mrs. Hazel Rawles, Med
ford, Oregon commander of
the -auxiliary to Disabled
American Veterans, has left
for Portland .to represent the
auxiliary at a meeting of vet
eran groups in that city.
Last week Mrs. Rawles was
in Roseburg to install officers
for the Roseburg DAV auxili
ary. Mrs. Doris Hart was in
stalled commander, and Mrs.
Dagmar Johnson, junior vice
commander. The meeting was
held in the Veterans Memo
rial building in Roseburg. '
During her visit Mrs.
Rawles was honored at a
luncheon given at Mrs. Bart
lett's home, and was taken on
a tour of the Roseburg areas
ruined in the recent explosion
and fire.
, From Roseburg the Medford
woman went to Winston, Ore.,
where she spent some time
with her son and daughter-in-law,
Dr. and Mrs. Henry
Van Der Mark. The couple
motored to Medford with Mrs.
Rawles, also accompanied by
her nephew nd niece, Mr.
and Mrs. Don Marvin, Beaver
ton, Ore. While in Medford
they were guests of Mrs.
Rawles' daughter, Mrs. Lela
Gilman, and attended a per
formance of the Oregon
Shakespearean festival in
Ashland.
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Pocahontas Plan
Session, Party
Weatonka council, Degree
of Pocahontas, has made plans
for a public card party Friday,
September 11, at 8:30 pjn. in
the Redman hall' on Apple
street.
The party will follow a
business meeting of the lodge,'
set for 7:30 pjn. Refresh
ments will be served.
Siskiyou district director of
the Oregon Federation of Gar
den clubs, was- among those
pouring at the tea table.
Prizes were a camelia bushi
donated by the Southern Ore
gon Nursery and won by Mrs.
Ranold Axtell of the Folding
Hills Ranch in the horticul
ture division; Mrs. Floyd Kel
ley won the arrangements
prize, and the junior division
prize went to Bruce Spain.
Enrollment in Schools
To Set All-Time Record
3y LOUIS CASSELS
United Press International
Washington-flJPD-More than
46 million students, an all
time record, are enrolling in
U. S. sehools and colleges for
the fall, term that's, beginning
this month. ,
The U. S. office of educa
tion forecasts an enrollment
of more than 28 - million
youngsters in public elemen
tacy schools, an increase of
more than one million over
last fall.
Public high schools are ex
pected to enroll more than
eight million boys and girls,
an increase of 260,000.
About six million young
people will answer the bell
at parochial and private
schools. Colleges and univer
sities wll attract close to four
million. Technical schools and
other specialized institutions
afecount for the remainder.
Altogether, one -fourth of
the total U. S. population will
be attending school this year.'
Although they have an over-abundant
supply of stu
dents, schools are beginning
the new terms with serious
shortages of almost every
thing else.
' Enrollment increases and
abandonment of unsafe build
ings will offset, much record
building activity which .'saw
68,000 new classrooms opened
since last fall.
Classroom Shortage
The office of education fig
ures that, despite the building
boom, the nation still' will
have a net shortage of about
130,000 classrooms this fall.
That's slightly better than last
fall's shortage of 140,000, but
not much comfort to millions
of parents whose children will
be on half -day or split-shift
sessions, or in overcrowded
rooms where effective teach
ing is all but impossible.
The teacher situation is sim
ilar. The "spring crop" of
teachers graduated from col
lege last June was nearly 10
per cent bigger than the pre
vious year. But this increase
will be offset largely by the
growing demand caused by
rising enrollment.
. The National Education as
sociation estimates that the
shortage of fully - qualified
teachers this fall will total
135,000, or about the same as
last year.
' National totals can, of
course, be misleading to par
ents wondering what then-
children's schools will be like.
There are some school dis-
tricts-generally those which
pay the highest, salaries-
where principals i have been
able to choose teachers from a
large number of applicants.
But there are others where
authorities have been com
pelled to recruit teachers with
temporary or substandard cer
tifications in order to have an
adult to keep order in every
classroom.
In many communities, high
school students will detect a
stiffening of standards this
fall-the fruit of last year's
national soul-searching over
the value of "snap course" ed
ucation in the atomic-missile
era.
The increased emphasis on
science, mathematics and for
eign languages will be abet
ted by a substantial rise in the
number of high-school teach
ers trained to those fields. A
transfusion of $60 million in
federal aid funds earmarked
for purchase of laboratory
equipment and teaching de
vices also will help.
Better schools, also will be
inaugurating new techniques
of testing, screening and coun
seling to spot talented stu
dents and work them harder.
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CALENDAR
Thursday
7 p.m.-Pythian Sunshine
Girls; Pythian building, Fifth
and Grape sts.
8 p.m.-Past Noble Grands
club, Olive " Rebekab lodge,
Girls Community club.
8 p.m.-FOE auxiliary, Ea
gles hall.
8 p.m. - Jackson County
Medical assistants, Girls Com
munity club.
Friday
11 a.m. - Griffin Creek
Home Extension unit, home
of Mrs. Glen Allen, 951 South
Stage road.
12 noon - St. Elizabeth's
guild, St. Mark's church.
Teen-Agers
Consulted
On Housing
Washington - What do teen
agers want in the way of a
new home? What features
should a house have if their
home is to be the first-rather
than the last - place where
their friends will gather?
These questions and many
more will be answered at a
Family Housing conference to
be held September 16-17 at
the National Housing Center,
Washington, D. C.
For the first time, a con
ference en housing is being
enlarged to give both teen
agers and fathers an oppor
tunity to express their opin
ions. Previous housing con
ferences have been limited to
the woman's point of view.
A special round-table for
teen-agers from the Washing
ton area will be a feature of
the 1959 conference while
husbands-and-wives from oth
er parts of the country will
discuss their housing likes and
dislikes at other round-tables.
The conference is co-spon
sored by the National Associ
ation of Home Builders and
the Women's Housing Con
gress, Inc. The latter is a
group representing manufac
turing, contracting and serv
icing interests of tile home-
building industry.
' - The preferences voiced oy
the delegates will go to var
ious segments of the home-
building industry for guid
ance in the construction of
future homes.
In addition to the working
sessions based on a discus-,
sion of every phase of houses,
a round of entertainment has
been scheduled for the dele-
gates.
A get-acquainted reception
and buffet supper will be held
at the National Housing cen
ter September 15. After an
intensive, twe-day examina
tion of house features, del
gates will visit the White
House to see the public rooms
that serve the First Family in
official entertainment. Thedel
egates also will visit the So
viet Embassy, where they
have been promised a chance
to question staff members.
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