Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 14, 1959, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextQ MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. WtdntuUy, Oct. 14, 1959 Demonstration Council Celebrates Oregon Day .Portland Today is "Ore gon Day'! at the National lleme Demonstration Council Jjieeting (NHDQ at the Mult nomah hotel. ; ;Speakers today include Con isesswoman Edith Green, Kiss Eunice Heywood, direct or or nome economics pro grams, federal extension serv ice, Washington, D.C., Mrs. Yerne Alden, president of KHDC, Wellsville, Kansas, $ad Miss Eva Gobte, Purdue University, Layfayette. Ind - Tonight's entertainment will fee provided by "The Bohem ians a group of ten Port land businessmen, recently returned from a "singing' tour of Europe. J. Nearly 100 men are attend ing the "all women" confer ence. Special tours have been fttranged for husbands to Multnomah and Clackamas County horticultural and flow- Club Visits Museum :Thirty-five members and 11 guests visited Crater Rock ftiuseum at a reCent meeting c Roxy Ann Gem and Min eral club. Delmar Smith, own fer of the museum, briefly summarized the highlights of tlje collection and then an swered questions. Not only dees this display feature many spectacular polished pieces of egate, jasper, and petrified frood, but also a fine private ly owned collectors of Indian artifacts, it is reported. Fos sils are also well represented. 'In addition, Elmer Binker jead a brochure, "The Ro mance of Jade" which reveal ed many interesting facts about this valuable gemstone. was particularly interest ing to note that although jade has long been closely associat ed with the history of China, ifo trace of any jade mines has ever been found in that country. The Term "jade" ac tually refers to three differ ent minerals nephrite, jade ite, and chloromelonite. While commonly recognized as a green stone, jade is found in every color of the. rainbow. It was announced that Mr. and Mrs. John Dodge's dis play in the U.S. National bank has been replaced by one belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Abel. This new ex hibit includes a variety of specimens, but features "cut tins' material from Oregon California,, and Arizona in Both its natural state and as finished products of the lapi dary arts. ";The club meets on the sec ond Friday of every -month. All interested persons are in vited to attend. - i : Hornbrook Society Mokes Bazaar Plans Hornbrook Members o f the Woman's Society of the Methodist church priced ba zaar items at the recent meet ing held at the home of the president, Mrs. Henley Claw son. A potluck luncheon pre ceded the meeting. The harvest bazaer will be held October 22 in the church and a potluck luncheon is planned at noon. Selling of bazaar items will commence at 2 pjn. 'i. A guest was Mrs. Avis Salis, Bakersfield, Calif., who is vis iting her brother and sister-ii-law, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Baworth. Ruch PTAPlans - O Session Friday $ Ruch - Ruch Parent-Teacher association will meet Fri day, October 16, at 8 p.m., ac cording to Mrs. Glenn Travis, president. The business meeting and program will be followed by a baked food sale and cake Jvalk. It is requested that as jnany as can bring a cake. A movie for the children Jvill be shown during the Jneeting. Refreshments will be served by mothers of chil-clr-en in the eighth grade. 1 Starting at this meeting, a traveling prize of an aquar ium will be given to the room Shaving the highest percen tage of parents in attendance at each meeting. . Airs. Carl Ludwig Hostess for Club Wenonah club of the De gree of Pocahontas will meet Thursday, October 15, at 12:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Carl Ludwig, 511 Austin street. Dessert wijl be follow ed" by a card party. I The last meeting of the club was held in the home of Mrs. Ruth Risley October 1. er farms, paper mills, the Tillamook burn and reforesta tion, fish canneries, and log ging operations. Announncement of outstand ing extension programs in traffic safety was made dur ing the conference. Maine homemakers attend ing the NHDC conference put "homemaking skills" into use enroute to Oregon at Twin Falls, Idaho. The 40 women on the bus stopped at a res taurant in the small Idaho town and found only a cook and one waitress to serve them. The driver went , to the kitchen and helped prepare the food, while his passengers set tables and helped serve the meal. , Governor Mark Hatfield's appearance before the group Tuesday was cancelled be cause of the governor's car accident. C. M. Ferguson, Washing ton, D.C., administrator of the Extension service of the Unit ed States Department of Agri culture, addressed the council session Monday. "The family will continue to serve as, the basic launch ing pad for civilization's progress, whether it be space travel or totally new wonders of tomorrow," Mr. Ferguson said. Ferguson said education for tomorrow's living must fit in dividuals to make their own decisions, to weigh and assess alternate courses of action. Such training is essential to the ability to adjust to change. He said reference points that had validity for past situa tions are no longer valid for today, let alone tomorrow. The decade of the '60s will bring a flowering of the fol lowing trends: more automa tion, more brain work; a high er level of tecnnical, econo mic, political, social, and cul tural literacy; and new tech nological advances based on vastly .- more research, the speaker declared. He said the decade will also bring a veritable avalanche of new homemakers and an ever bigger role for home economics. Teachers Join Forces Rogue River - Officers were elected at a recent meeting of Rogue River Education asso; ciation. held at the Rogue River High school. They are Charles Bornamann, presi dent; Miss Alyce Young, vice president; Miss Betty Mar c e a u, secretary - treasurer; Robert Wilkes, chairman of the professional and economic welfare committee. The teaching staff of Evans Valley school district was present by invitation and ex pressed a desire to joint with the Rogue River teachers in a single organization. The Evans Valley staff member ship was instructed to choose a name for the organization which would be equally repre sentative, of both staffs. Salary schedules were dis CALENDAR To Opera Mrs. R. W. Gray, Cherry lane, will leave tomorrow for San Francisco to attend per formances of the San Francis co opera. Mrs. Gray will at tend "Othello," "Don Gio vanni" and "La Boheme." ' Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. - Medford Toast mistress club, Girls Commun ity club. 7:30 p.m. Medford Lions auxiliary, 33 North Barne burg rd. . 8 p.m. - Medford Junior Women's club, home of Mrs. James Kirby, 29 Windsor ave. . 8 p.m. Roxy Ann Home Economics club, home of Mrs. Gene Foresee, 3514 Roberts rd. Thursday: 10 a.m. - Blue Star Moth ers, chapter 2, home of Mrs. Fred Middlebusher, 1098 Hil ton rd. 10:30 ajn. - Lone Pine Ex tension unit, home of Mrs. E. L. Barnes, Coker Butte rd. i 10:30 ajn. - Roxy Garden club, home of Mrs. H. Chand ler Drew, Dry Creek rd. 12:30 pjn. - Crater Lake auxiliary VFW, home of Mrs. Fred Laurence, 1422 Euclid dr.: 12:30 pjn.-Wenonah club, Degree of "Pocahontas lodge, home of Mrs. Carl Ludwig, 511 Austin st. -: 1 ,p jn. Westside Home Ex tension unit, home of Mrs. E. D. Davis 1804 Niedermeyer dr. - ! 1:30 pjn. Jacksonville Garden club," Community hall. - FURS Repairing and Refining Cleaning and Glazing Restyling Frances' Fars 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP 2-6526 Women's Mews Social Events Chairman Home From Conference Mrs. James VanderSteen, 900 Mir Mar avenue, returned Monday night from Portland where she attended a regional conference of Toastmistress clubs. Mrs. VanderSteen is chairman of Council 4 of Toastmistress. The conference was for chairmen and vice-chairmen of the 12 councils in the North west region. During the con ference, held at the Sheraton hotel, a tea was given in honor of Mrs. Leroy C. Daniel, Eu gene, president of Internation al Toastmistress clubs. Theme of the conference was "Mind Over Matter" and the participants discussed pro gramming for 1960, a "club of the year" contest, finances and other club problems. . Gurdanes Here From Portland Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gur dane, Portland, have arrived in southern Oregon, to spend several days. Mr. Gurdane, who recently retired as captain of the Ore gon State police for the Port land area, was then appointed bailiff to serve with Judge John F. Kilkenny, new fed eral judge for Oregon. Judge Kilkenny is now holding court in Medford. , Mr. Gurdane is registered at the Medford hotel, and Mrs. Gurdane is in Ashland with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Rosborough. s tagle Point Club Names Delegates Eagle Point - Eagle Point Garden club named Mrs. Ted Flury and Mrs. M. Hecken burger voting delegates to the fall meeting of Siskiyou dis trict, Oregon Federation of Garden clubs. The meeting was set for today in the Meth odist church in Medford. The two delegates " were elected at the last meeting of the club, held at the Flury home. Mrs. . Flury served luncheon to 18 members and two visitors. Mrs. W. E. Da vies, the president, conducted a business meeting and roll call was "Bird Traits." Mrs. Earle Jossy gave the program on birds of Oregon and their habits. - - ' Initiation Held By Bethel 36 Cave Junction Initiation was held at the last meting of Bethel 36, International Order of Job's Daughters. Honored Queen Linda Prather pre sided. Initiated were the Misses Claudia Hays, Karen Preston, Mary Jane Blue and Bobette Breckenridge. Miss Dorothy Coleman, past honored queen of Bethel 13, Grants Pass, was a visitor. Miss Rae Thrasher, libra rian, gave a reading and the Misses Linda Vahrenwald, Betty Carer, Anita White and their mothers served refresh ments. ' Court to Honor Former Officers Roxy Ann court, Order of Amaranth, will honor past matrons and patrons at a meeting set for Thursday, Oc tober 15, at 8 p.m. in Medford Masonic temple. Mrs. Frank Little and Stan ley Jones, royal matron and patron, will conduct the cere mony. , Mr. and Mrs. John Esp are chairmen of the represnment committee, with Mrs. Dorothy Mayfield and Mr., and Mrs. Raymond Reter assisting. BIytheville, ' Ark. Two wistful admirers give . Miss America. Lynda Lee Mead, the once over before she joins the parade of beauties in the National Cotton Picking Queen con test. Lynda wasn't competing for the title. -(UPI Telenhoto) Hornbrook Girl Scouts Hold Large Hobby Show Hornbrook - A Hobby show held at the Grange hall as part of the fall fund-raising drive of the local Girl Scout troop was voted by many who saw it as the most interesting event held here for many years. The show, an innovation for Hornbrook, revealed a surpris ing diversity of interests and many unsuspected . talents among the neighbors in this area who displayed their hob bies. . Considered by many to be one of the most outstanding was the exhibit of Indian ar rowheads and artifacts col lected by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Johnson of Hilts. This exhibit, insured for $100,000, has re cently been enlarged by the addition of two human scalps and parts of Indian baskets which the Johnsons unearthed two months ago from a cave 46 feet underground in Ne vada. Indian Hems ' Other Indian items display ed were rugs, baskets, mocca sins and tools from the exten sive collection of the late Mrs. Floy H. Forbes, who was a well-known lecturer on Indian lore in Central and Southern California. These were loaned by her daughter, Mrs. Allen Jesperson, with whom Mrs. Forbes made her home here before her death in 1955. . An unusual hobby was that displayed by O. S. Ruth who collects and mounts automo bile name plates and insignia. Included in his collection are insignia from such old-timers as Oakland, Star, Maxwell, La Salle, Graham-Paige, Case, air-cooled Franklin, and oth er cars. Mrs. Al Kutzkey show ed her unique hobby by dis playing two of her wall plaques of mounted pheasants and wild grasses on a back ground of woven reed grasses, and Mary Ann Mitchell's oil color portraits drew much fav orable comment. One of her portraits shown won first prize in August at the Siski you County fair. Guns Displayed Louie Freitas' gun collec tion was of special interest to j the men, as were Wayne Cum- j mins' rock and mineral dis-j play, and the collection of j horse bits exhibited by Mr. j and Mrs. "Tex" Ewall. The ! Ewalls have been many years ' accumulating their bits, and showed 26 of the most out-i standing and unusual from i their collection of over 200. j Mrs. George Bray had a dis play of her work with winter bouquets and driftwood, and a Buy With NO MONEY DOWN Up To 3 YEARS To Pay! See Our Complete Selection CONVENIENT CREDIT TERMS ON ANY FURNITURE PURCHASE J PHONE MU5-877T) OSS' CtJ (BUE 'SEE S&H Green Stamps on All Cash Purchases number of other hobbies also were shown. Attending from out of town were Mrs. Scott Davis and Miss Ruth Kilbourn, both ex ecutives of the Rogue Valley Girl Scout council from Med ford, and Miss Kilbourn's mo ther, Mrs. Jessie Kilbourn, Grants Pass. Here from Yreka were Mrs. T. M. (Geraldine) Detr, who is chairman of West Siskiyou district, Rogue Valley council. Mrs. Deter has devoted nearly 13 years to Girl Scouting, and on Tuesday evening was nam ed Woman of the Year by the Yreka Business and Profes sional Women's club at a din ner meeting of the organiza- Carnival Planned By Parents Club. Hornbrook - Parents club, discussed the coming carnival at a recent meeting. The meet ing, held at the schoolhouse, was preceded by a potluck supper and conducted by the president, Mrs. Al Kutzkey. The carnival is scheduled for October 30 at the Grange hall. Doors will open at 7 p.m., a parade will be held at 7:30 p.m. and the conces sions also will open at that time. Coronation of the king and queen will take place at 9 p.m. To Initiate Women of the Moose will conduct initiation at a meet ing tonight at 8 o'clock in the Moose hall. Mrs. Stanley Murrey and her committee will be in charge of the program and refreshments. Junior Symphony Director Wins Awards as Composer Jacob Avshalomov, who will conduct the v Portland Junior Symphony orchestra in a con cert here Sunday, October 18, at the Medford High school auditorium, is known as one of the country's leading compos ers as well as orchestra direc tors. Conductor Avshalomov re ceived the Alice M. Ditson and Guggenheim awards for com position. He also won the 1954 Music Critics Circle award for his "Tom 0"Bedlam" and the 1955 Naumburg award for his "Sinfonietta," which is be ing released by Columbia Rec ords this month. In March, 1957, a major work of this musician entitled "Inscriptions at the City of Brass" received its premiere in New York. Mr. Avshalomov was born in China, and lived there un til he came to Portland in 1938 to study at Reed college. As a student he himself played in the orchestra which he now directs. Later he studied at the Eastman School of Music and during the war years was at tion at the Yreka Inn. Other Girl Scout officials out from Yreka were Mrs. Ed (June) Athey, and Mrs. Tom (Alice) Colburn, and Scout troop leaders Mrs. Ann Dun ham and Mrs. Earl House, who brought their entire troop of from 15 to 20 girls out. Here also were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Spearin of Dunsmuir, Mrs. Susie Koorda and Mrs. Gertrude Henig, both Yreka, Betty Rodgers and Mrs. Leon Bates from Copco, and Mrs. James Piant of Lawndale, Calif. General chairmen o f t h e hobby show were Mrs. Henley Clawson and Mrs. William Wi ley, assisted by Girl Scout and Brownie leaders, Mrs. Al King, Mrs. Ronald Rhodes, Mrs. Ralph Chadwick and Mrs. Harley Baker., So much interest and en thusiasm were shown by the public that it is being planned to make the Hobby show an annual event. McLoughlin PTA To Open Year ' Berl Cox, new principal of McLoughlin Junior High school, and J. Russell Acheson, new assistant superintendent of Medford schools in charge of transportation and mainte nance, will be on the program for the first fall meeting of McLoughlin Parent - Teacher association. The meeting is set for Thursday, October 15, at 7:30 p. m. in the boys' gymna sium. Mr. Cox will introduce other members of the faculty, and Mr. Acheson will be the speaker. Mrs. S. J. Fagone, member ship chairman, and a commit tee will handle membership cards. Mrs. Alva A. Wright, president, will conduct the meeting. Refreshments, will be served in the cafeteria. the "China Desk" in Washing ton. He returned to Portland after eight years as a member of the music faculty of Co lumbia university in New York, and last summer was on the faculty at Tanglewood. The concert here Sunday is being sponsored by the Ore gon Centennial commission and is part of a tour which the young musicians will make around the state. 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