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Friday, Nov. 13, 1959
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Mothers' Club
Of Griffin Creek
Now New PTA
' Griffin Creek Parent-Teacher
asociation completed the
change-over ' from a mothers'
club to a unit of the Oregon
Congress of Parents and
Teachers at the last meeting.
Mrs. Delmar McKee, presi
dent, conducted the meeting
and the by-laws, read by Mrs.
L. G. Frink, were adopted.
Those present who wished to
become charter members
were given an opportunity
of signing the charter. fc
Mrs. Emerson Anderson,
Medford, president of the
Jackson . County Council of
Parent - Teacher associations,
and Mrs." Owen KunkeL a re
'gional vice-president of the
Oregon Congress, were pres
ent to aid the new unit.
Russell Acheson, assistant
superintendent of School Dis
trict 549, spoke for the group.
He is in charge of transporta
tion and maintenance for the
district.
, Sam Harbison presented J.
- TV. . Grigsby Jr., representa
tive of the Boy Scout coun
cil, who spoke on the great
need for adult help with the
"Boy Scout program.
:' Refreshments were served
" by mothers of pupils in the
sixth grade, with Mrs. Don
Stathos as chairman.
Sponsors
Of Bethel
Honored
Bethel 55, International
Order of Job's Daughters,
honored Roxy Ann court,
Order of Amaranth, at a
meeting November 10 held
in the Pythian building. The
court sponsors Bethel 55.
Honored Queen Barbara
Gordon presided.
- ' Mrs. Frank Little and Stan
ley. Jones, royal matron and
patron, as well as many of
ficers and members of the
court, were in attendance.
Guests and members es
corted and introduced in
cluded Miss Micke Noble,
queen of Bethel 14; Miss
Deanna Miller, ; queen of
Bethel 13, Grants Pass; Miss
Karalee Selby, a past queen
of Bethel 55; Miss Sandra
Sanner, grand bethel page;
Mrs. William K. Suit, grand
guide; U. R. Manning, vice
associate grand., guardian;
Mrs. T. H. Denny,-and E. K.
Miller, guardian and associ
ate of Bethel 13; Merlyn
Borough, associate guardian
of Bethel 14; Mrs. Little, and
Mr. Jones.
'A special election was held,
due to the resignation of the
junior princess, Miss Jackie
Mee, who was recently mar
ried. Those elected were Miss
Teresa. Six, junior princess;
Miss Jane Ward, guide, and
Miss Barbara Mitchell, mar
shal. Installation of the three
officers was held immediately,
with Miss Gordon as install
ing queen; Miss Selby, in
stalling guide; Miss Sanner,
chaplain; Miss Donna Dell,
recorder; Miss Camille Eri,
senior custodian; Miss Willet
ta Eubanks, junior custodian,
and Miss Patty Selby,1 must
cian. ; . .
;Miss Sanner reported on a
reception in Coos Bay for the
Grand Bethel . queen. Miss
Sandy -McCullochv After the
reception and dance, a slum
ber party, was held for the
"train gang' or members
who attended supreme session
last , August in Cleveland,
Ohio.s
Sunday, November 15 will
be "go to church Sunday" for
Bethel 55 at the First Chris-
tian church, 209 South Oak
dale avenue. Officers, in
robes, and members are to
meet at the church at 10:40
ajn. All parents are invited
to ,join their daughters for
the service. .
At the close'of the meeting,
a " pantomime number was
given by Miss Sanner. Re
freshments were served by
the Misses Teresa Six, Chris
tine Bartels,' Charlotte Brown,
Dawn Sybrant, Beverly Bush,
; Sharyn Foster, Saundra Nel
son, and the mothers.
Duplicate Vlay
Marked by Ties .-
Two ties for points marked
the November 9 session of
; Bartlett Bridge club, a dupli
cate bridge club for junior
. players.
Tying for second and third
were Mrs. R. T. Jones and
her partner, Mrs. James Wins-,
.low, with Mrs. R. A. Naumes
and Mrs. Jay Elliott. The sec-
' ond tie, for fourth and fifth
; places,' was between Mrs. Wil
liam Cowning and Mrs. J. J.
Finegan, Mrs. A. B. Davis and
Mrs. Roy Stein.
Mrs. F. E. Bowman and
Mrs. Fred T. Burich were first
place winners.
Bleach
" New York -' UPD - Amer
ican homemakers use more
than 600 million quarts of
liquid bleach - each year in
home laundering.
Women's
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Mrs. William E. Sweet (at left and Mrs.
Robert Hercher (right) of Medford Junior
Women's club confer here with Mrs. Dal
Coverstone, teacher of Medford School of
Hope. The Junior - Women are giving a
luncheon and fashion show Monday, Novem
ber 16, which is a benefit for the school.
Cast Upset by Audience Response
A; cast of Medford High
school actors maintained
their composure and remem
bered their stage training
last night under rather trying
circumstances.
The. ,play was "Dino," by
Reginald Ross, and it depicts
the almost overwhelming
problems of a teen-age boy
who. has just come out of the
reformatory to face his fam
ily, his neighborhood and the
world in general. The theme
is a serious one, many . of
the scenes are tense and dra
matic, the words are those
spoken by people to whom
life is a fearful, bewildering
chaos in which they are al
most lost.
Speaker
Announce
Members of the Siskiyou
Knife & Fork club will have
Grant C. Butler, former pub
lic relations m a n i for the
American Arabian Oil com
pany who has recently re
turned from Saudi Arabia af
ter living several years with
the people there, as their
guest speaker when the club
meets November 24, at the
Tally-Ho.
As a public relations execu
tive who got out "on the
ground" to see what was go
ing on and , what could be
done to advance the cause of
his company against the com
petition Soviet Russia was
advancing, M r . Butler - en
countered experiences seldom
crossing the path of men in
other positions.
. Presently a major in the
United States Air Force Re
serve, Mr. Butler served with
the Ninth Air Force in
France and Germany in
World War H. He was a com
bat radio reporter and record
ed actual missions of bombers
and fighters for rebroadcast
on the NBC Army hour and
other networks.
Mr. Butler is now devoting
most .. of . his time to writing
and lecturing. He has had
several articles in national
magazines in both this coun
try and in Europe. His "Mid
dle East Mystery," has now
been completed and will be
published in the spring.
Bethel to Hold
Slumber Party.
Members of Bethel 14, In
ternational "Order, of Job's.
Daughters, will have a slum
ber party in the Masonic
temple Saturday, November
14, beginning at 8:00 pan.
and closing ( early enough
Sunday morning for all girls
to attend church services.
Each member attending is
asked to bring her own sack
lunch, sleeping bag, ' and to
wear pedal pushers. Associate
Guardian Merlyn Borough
will provide soft drinks. Mrs.
C. D. Elhart, 'guardian of the
bethel, will be one of the
chaperones.
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Calendar
Calendar notices ' aud news fox
the society section of The Mail
Tribune musi oe- submitted " in
vrriting and deadline for the Sun
dav edition ts 1 o.m Friday Dead
line for - the weeklv calendar is
a m of the day of Duplication and
for week day news is 5 djb the
day oefor oublication
Saturday:
2 p.m. - College Women's
club of the Rogue River Vat
ley, Girls Community club.
7-9 pjii.-Lone Pine Parent
Teachers association carnival,
at school.
8:30 pjn. Pioneer Square
Dance club, American Legion
hall, Central Point.
News
I And the audience laughed.
Not the adults, but the young
people and the audience last
night was predominately made
up of the fellow students of
the cast.
Of course, this is not the
first time that an audience
has laughed when what' the
playwright and the cast strove
for was tears. But it is a diffi
cult and disconcerting reac
tion for a cast to face, partic
ularly a young and amateur
- 7t : 15 !J ,
uui. vnjr uws an individual
laugh at a time when he
should be sober? Perhaps it is
because laughter and tears
are very close at times. In the
case of the teen-agers in last
night's audience at the high
school, perhaps it was be
cause some of the situations
in "Dino" struck uncomfort
ably close. Or perhaps it is
because psychiatrists and so
cial Workers are too often
jeered at in this nation, and
several scenes in the play are
between Dino and a psychia
tric social worker.
Gardeners Plan
Open Meeting; 5
Slate Workshops
Rogue River - Rogue River
Garden club has planned an
open meeting at the Grange
hall Tuesday, November 17,
at-10 a.m. .'
. For the morning Session
Mrs. A. C. Lewis, Phoenix,
will conduct a workshop on
the use of dried material in
arrangements, corsages and
plaques. In the afternoon Mrs.
R. T. Nichoi; Medford, will
lecture and give a demonstra
tion on how. to make Christ
mas decorations."
Those attending the event
are .asked .to take materials
with which to work, a hot
dish for the luncheon menu
and table service.
Senor Princess
Attends Reception
Cave Junction - Senior
Princess Sandra Piper of
Jobs Daughters, Bethel 36,
Cave Junction, attended a re
ception given in . honor of
Oregon's Grand Bethel Hon
ored Queen Sandra McCul
loch at Coos Bay Saturday,
November .7. This was also
the 25th anniversary of. the
Coos Bay bethel, to which
Miss McCulloch belongs.
Five girls from this area,
chauffered by Mrs. W. K.
Suit, Medford, attended the
party. Miss'Piper is the rep
resentative of New Mexico in
Oregon. - .
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Bridge Session
Winners Named .
Thirteen tables of flayers
participated in the weekly
session of Medford Duplicate
Bridge club held Tuesday
night at Girls Community
club.
North-south winners were
Mrs. Richard House and Rob
ert Middleton, first, 177
points; Mrs. George Rode and
Mrs. Frank R. Baker, sec
ond, 156; Mrs. Patricia Gil
housen and Mrs. Paul Hatton,
third, 155; Mrs. Sam Rich
ardson and Robert Dickey,
fourth,-144 points.
Winners for east-west players-were
H. J. Boyd and Le
land Clark, first,, 15416; Mrs,
Bernard Hughes and B. L.
Sanderson- tied with the
Roger Smoots for second and
third with 15lV points each
pair; Mrs. C. L. Howard and
Mrs. William Knope," fourth,
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First Permanent?
New York -flJPD- Ancient
Egyptian women found that if
hair was wound on some sort
of stick and heat was applied,
a temporary wave could be
obtained. Hair curled this
way first was cut from the
head, curled and then plast
ered on again.
Social Events
operated for young children unable to at
tend public school. The luncheon and show
will be held at Mon Desir Dining inn, and
reservations close tonight at 8 p.m. Taking
reservations are Mrs. James Kirby, SPring
3-6488, or Mrs. David DeArmond. NOr
mandy 4-2252.
Whatever the cause, laugh
they did and it was almost
more than the young people
on stage could take. But they
"held" and the play contin
ued in the way in which Mrs.
Lenore Zapell had directed it.
Craig Wright, playing , the
title role, and Bonnie Lowry
as Shirley, the girl who un
derstands, gave sensitive, true
performances, particularly
commendable because of the
circumstances just described.
Especially good in supporting
roles were Sara Hinkle as the
slap-dash girl with a Brook
lyn swagger and accent, and
Connie Orr, who played
Jackie, kind-hearted worker
in a settlement house.
Jean Pletsch was capable
as Miss Haines, director of the
settlement house; this role
will be played tonight by Es
ther Jacobs. Other lead roles
are played by Linda Lowry,
Paul Moore, Dean Goddard,
Ken Hall and Jim Douglas,
the latter doing well in the
role of the youngster who
wants to be just like his big
brother, although big brother
ended up in the reformatory.
The play will be repeated
tonight, with 'curtain time at
8 p.m. Since second-night aud
iences for high school plays
here usually have more adults
and ewer students, perhaps
the cast will not have to un
dergo a repetition of last
night's experience.' i
Mrs. Zapell and members of
the new Thespian society,
which sponsored "Dino" de
serve support in their effort
to present dramatic perform-,
ances which are meaningful
and worthwhile. O.S.
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Infant Death
Rate Increasing
New York (CPD -. The death
rate for infants in the United
States has crept upward the
past twp years after more than
a decade of steady decline,
says the Metropolitan Life In
surance company. ,
The company's statistics
show there were about 113,000
deaths among babies under
one year of age in 1958, equiv
alent to a rate of 26.9 per 1,000
live births. This compares with
the rate of 26.4 per 1,000 in
1957 and the all-time low of
26.1 in 1956 reported by the
National Office of Vital Statis
tics. The record of the past two
years is in sharp contrast to
that of the decade between
1946 and 1956 when every
state reduced its infant mor
tality rate.
All major causes of infant
mortality, except post-natal as
phyxia, showed a decline dur
ing the decade ending in 1955-
56, Metropolitan said. The
death rate from the gastroin
testinal diseases gastritis,
dysentery, and diarrhea of the
newborn dropped more than
60 per. cent. For whooping
cough, the decline was about
75 .per cent; the other three
communicable diseases of
childhood - measles, scarlet
fever, and 'diphtheria - have
been reduced to vanishing pro
portions as causes of death in
infancy. -
"The increase in infant mor
tality reported in 1957 and
1958," according to the insur
ance company; "undoubtedly
reflected the prevalence of in
fluenza in those years. But the
fact that the death rate during
most of 1958 was greater than
in 1957 suggests that other
factors may be involved."
Pregnancy Guides
, Guides for young mothers-to-be
can be obtained at the
Jackson County Library. The
manuals cover choosing a
doctor, what to expect at ex
amination, diet and exercise
advice, hospitals, the : drugs
which may be use, the me
chanics of labor, and other
topics.
Reservation Time
For Sojourner
Dance Extended
Medford Sojourners club
announces that the reserva
tion date for a dinner dance
to be held Saturday, Novem
ber 14, at the Rogue Valley
Country club, has been ex
tended to Saturday by 10 a.m.
Reservations may be made
by calling chairman, Mrs. R.
A. Hale, SPring 2-4174, or
Mrs. Fred Cate, co-chairman,
SPring 3-3485.'
Newcomers and inactive
members are. especially wel
come to attend and transpor
tation can be arranged.
The dinner will begin at
7:30 p.m., followed by danc
ing. Music will be furnished
by the Christianson : band.
Cards will be available for
those who do. not care to
dance.
Dress is to be informal af
ternoon clothing.
Auxiliary Holds
Anniversary Event
In Rogue River
Rogue River - Rogue River
Lions auxiliary celebrated
the 10th anniversary of char
tering with an dinner meeting
Monday night at Live Oak
Grange hall.
Mrs. Dana Shelton, Cutler
City, president of the Oregon
State Lions auxiliary attend
ed. Other state oficers pres
ent were Mrs. Frank Chris
tian, Talent, state- vice-president;
Mrs. Dan Dwyer, direc
tor of District E and Mrs.
Lee Mellish, historian, both
Medford.
Charter members honored
were Mrs. F. G. Petrie, Mrs.
Inis Gelvin and Mrs. Robert
Pinkel.
The tables were decorated
with yellow chrysanthemums
and purple candles, the auxil
iary colors, by Mrs. Roy Lar
son and Mrs. John Harr.
Reba Mae Norwood, Mar
ilyn Green and Wanda Rob
bins of Girl Scout Troop 205
of Rogue River did the serv
ing as a community service in
their Scout work.
Mrs. Cedric T. Ram bo, pro
gram chairman, introduced
Robert Martin of Grants Pass
who showed colored slides of
Mexico and other Central
American countries and spoke
of their customs and tradi
tions. Mrs. Floyd Jones, president,
welcomed the many visitors
including members of the
Medford, Medford-Crater and
Talent auxiliaries.
Catholic Sister
Designs Clothing
Rome (DPD Italian de
signer Emilio Schuberth says
that he has received "very
good" suggestions from a Ro
man Catholic nun who regu
larly sends him sketches of
women's clothes.
Schuberth was commenting
on a recent article in an
Italian magazine which . said
a Catholic sister was "collab
orating" with him on designs.
He said that the sister ac
tually is a former student liv
ing in a Rome convent. She
has always been fascinated by
fashion designing. '
Since becoming a religious,
he said, she has been send
ing him sketches of models
she designed, asking his opin
ion "Every day young aspir
ants, designers, tailors, artists,
architects send me examples
of their work for my opinion,
some encouragement, an offer
of work," he said.
"I have encouraged the sis
ter whom I often visit at her
convent because I have the
ambition of transforming the
superficial mode into some
thing more spiritual and pro
found." He declined to "reveal the
nun's name.
Caloric, But Good
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2 eggs until thick; gradually
add Vi cup of chocolate syr
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of chopped, drained maraschi
no cherries (about 10 cher
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and top each with a scoop of
ice cream.
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New York Mrs. Sarah Asch puts finishing touches on vision. Once a week they and ten -other visually handi
a bust of her late brother, and George Stein fashions a capped persons meet for an art class sponsored by the
chess piece from clay at an unusual art class here. Mrs. non-sectarian New York Guild for the Jewish Blind.
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Historic Georg etown House
Has Long, Versatile Life
By ROSE McKEE
Washington One of the
most' charming homes in
Washington could well be
known for the versatility of
its long life.
Once it was owned by Alex
ander Graham Bell, inventor
of the telephone, who bought
it as a home for his house
keeper and her family. . . .
Now it is the delightful
home of U.S. Senator, Pres
cott Bush (R-Conn.) and Mrs.
Bush. The little brick house,
painted a faint pink, has gone
through many transforma
tions. Mrs. Bush told the Nation
al Association of Home Build
ers that the downstairs room
arrangement has been re
versed completely since the
days when Bell's employee
lived in the house, which is
in the historic Georgetown
section of the Capital.
An admiral made the first
big change. He fortified the
foundations of the . house,
which architects say was
built in the late 1708s or
early 1800s. He also put in a
garden at the rear of the
house. A later family turned
the interior around, moving
the kitchen from the back of
the house to the front and
knocking out a partition to
expand the living room at the
rear. The house grew in size,
too, with the addition of a
wing that now provides the
Senator with a small library.
, Mrs. Bush said that when
they bought the house two
years ago, she had a definite
decorative plan in mind but
a housewarming gift that
pleased her immensely led
Kitchen Planning
Declared Poor
Chicago (UPDI- The house
wife spends, about one-third
of her life in the kitchen,
says an appliance manufac
turer (Hotpoint), and 30 mil
lion of these kitchens are
badly planned. '
The kitchen should be at
least 100 tee t square, special
ists say, patterned in one of
four basic types, U-shaped,
L-shaped, corridor or one
wall. The U shape is. most popu
lar because it has the short
est work triangle-the dis
tance from the refrigerator
to the sink to the electric
range and back to the refrig
erator. The sink is in the mid
dle of the U, with the stove
on one side and the refriger
ator on the other.
The L-shape is second fa
vorite among housewives,
possibly because it is adapt
able to almost any space and
is planned ; for step-saving.
The sink and refrigerator are
placed against one wall, the
stove against the "other.
The corridor kitchen - in
which sink and refrigerator
are against one wall, the stove
against the facing wall - has
all the virtues of the .other
two except that it cannot be
used as a family room.
The one-wall kitchen is
precisely what its name indi
cates, and is used only when
none of the others are pos
sible. - SP 2-7703
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l SEA
hiJ FOODS
her to abandon her plan and
start anew.
The gift was several pictures-prints
of Danish wild
flowers and wild berries in
which soft pinks and greens
predominate. Mrs. Bush ex
plained: "Prints like these are used
in the schools of Denmark to
teach children about their
grains, flowers and berries.
These prints were in the Dan
ish exhibit at the World's Fair
in ' New York and a close
friend of mine bought them
when the fair closed. When
she ' eave them to mi. T
changed the whole idea of
decorating the living room
ana maae tnem the central
theme.!'
The wild flowers and leaves
in the prints, delicatelv de
picted and with a good bit
of white space between each,
include . a Jack-in-the pulpit
and other blossoms which,
Mrs. Bush pointed out, are
much like American wild
flowers. :
Walls and draperies of her
living room pick up the green
of 'the leaves. Pink and rose
of the upholstery accent the
pink of petals in the prints
ana two cashmere rugs with
a delicate, small design, trace
both colors. . . '
Mrs. Bush in furnishing the
house, looked for small chairs
and other things in scale with
the rooms. Auction sales
helDed her finH
furniture she wanted. "
Corner Fireplace .
A corner fireplace adds dis
tinction to the living room. It
is in the corner, she said, be
cause it was once the kitchen
fireplace.
Of interest to many guests
as well as to the Senator and
his wife, is an extremely nar
row stairway to a third floor
room. It is scarcely wide
enough for an average-sized
person to get through.
As befits a house with Alex
ander Graham 'Bell connec
tions, the Senator's, home has
four telephones. 1
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Fights With Spouse
Serve Useful Purpose
Declares Counselor
Lincoln,. Neb. .-WD- Make
the most of those fights with
your spouse, says Dr. J. Joel
Moss, professor of family re
lations at the University; of
Nebraska.-
"Recognizing and admit
ting certain things will help a
couple in honestly . discussing
their situation. If they want
to go all the way in harmon
izing, they may need to make
some changes in what they do
and what they are," Dr. Moss
explains.
Facing the facts this way
and then seeking to make
needed changes gives a couple
a good chance to learn ; more
about marriage when a dead
lock occurs, according to Dr.
Moss. " . '
"Conflict is normal in any
marriage. Because each . per
son needs to take his feelings
out on somebody, marriage
partners- make convenient
punching bags," Dr. Moss
added. '. " .
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Household Brushes
Do Substitute Jobs
Chicago UPD Put . regular
household brushes to off-beat
use to lighten chores.
A brush manufacturer sug
gests that a vegetable scrub
ber with an angled head is
excellent for keeping white
wall tires clean. A long-handled
tub brush does a . quick
and easy job of brushing out
the car.
The tiny nylon' brushes for
buttering sweetcorn can be
used by the household handy
man to clean small power tool
and appliance parts, or apply
solder flui. Hobbyists like
them for applying glue and
cement, and they ' also are
good for cleaning jewelry, or
applying shoe polish in hard-to-reach,
areas. ....
The pastry-brush can keep
the toaster free of crumbs,
and the percolator brush does
a good job of -cleaning narrow-necked
vases and tea or
coffee pot spouts.
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Use of Paint
Safety Measure
By MARGUERITE DAVIS
United Press International
Chicago (UPD - Use paint to
promote safety at home.
. Steep, narrow basement
stairs will be less treacher
ous if the top and bottom
steps are marked with blak
stripes on a light, bright
color.
The light paint should go
on first, covering the entire
step.' When it is dry, apply
masking tape in stripes and
paint the exposed area black.
Dark stairwells should be
painted white, or some pale
pastel color. Yellow, always
easy to see, is excellent for
low basement pipes.
An emergency first aid kit
should be green, the tradi-
tional safety color. i
Paint dangerous parts of '
any power equipment with
yellow and black stripes.
Tools should be hung out of
reach of young hands. As an
added "don't touch" remhrJ-4
er. outline each tool in brie!
red paint. " ' J
Falls from a ladder are
high on the home accident
list. Try painting the top and
bottom rungs a bright color,
but . don't risk covering up
dangerous cracks by painting,'
the entire ladderr It can be ;
kept in good condition with i
several coats of linseed oiL
.Luminous paints are pretty
against white or a pale col-or-and
particularly useful
when applied to a light switch
or fuse box. Try it also on
rocks outlining the driveway
to protect the lawn, flower
beds, and human ankles.
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