MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dforJ, Or. A
Sunday,. Jan. 10, 1960
"A happy Handsel Monday to you" said a voice on the
telephone Monday. "If you're going to be in, I'll bring you
a Handsel Monday dime for good luck." It was Judge Ed
ward Kelly's wife, Mary, speaking, and later in the day
she did bring Potpourri a shiny dime.
Inspired by this Kelly custom, Potpourri turned open
handed and gave away all the dimes in our coin purse. This
is supposed to bring good luck and prosperity for the recipi
ent during the coming year, and for many years the Kellys
have been presenting bright shiny dimes to family members
and friends the first Monday in January. Mrs. K. says
it is an old Irish custom.
Webster doesn't say one should give away dimes, but
the dictionary does give the meaning of "handsel" or "han
sel" as it is sometimes spelled. The old Norse word is "hand
sal" meaning the closing of a bargain by shaking hands,
"sal" being sale or bargain. The dictionary further says "A
gift as a token of good luck, especially in an enterprise or
experience; as a first gift on any occasion or a gift at the
new year."
"I forgot and left the brain in the car I'll go out and
get it." These words greeted Photographer Bob Vroman and
Potpourri when we entered the room at Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital Tuesday to take pictures of the new
practical nursing class. The voice was that of Jim McDonald,
director of the Curriculum Materials center of the Jackson
county school superintendent's office. Mr. McD. was in the
process of delivering the various parts of the model of a
human body which the Center has purchased for use in
schools of the county, and which now are on loan to the new
nursing school. Mrs. Bertha Morrill, registered nurse who
is instructing the first class of the new Southern Oregon
School of Practical Nursing, was absolutely delighted with
the new teaching tools, and said they would be invaluable in
the course.
Other teaching aids for the use of the class are a life
sized dummy which is named "Mrs. Chase," two dolls the
size of babies, and a man-sized skeleton. While the classes
recessed for the picture-taking, a couple of members ar
ranged the skeleton on the bed, in a sitting position with
legs crossed.
Later one of the hospital employees was "introduced" to
the skeleton as a new patient. "You better give him up,"
aid the workman with a grave air. "You'll never pull him
through."
Women In the new class have fun during a recess, but
most of the time are hard at work. There is much to be
learned during the 12 months of their course, both from
text books, the teaching aids and from the nurses, doctors
and patients at Rogue Valley hospital. Later some will have
clinical experience at the Jackson County Farm Home and
with handicapped children in schools. In October they will
take a state examination and those who pass will be licensed.
Mrs. Morrill, and those instrumental in founding the
new school of practical nursing have high hopes for its
future. Mrs. M. points out that there is a critical shortage
of both registered and practical nurses. A total of 176 prac
tical nurses passed their examinations and were licensed
in the period from July 1, 1958, to June 30, 1959, in Oregon,
Mrs. Morrill said, and added that a much larger number than
that could be employed in the state. In the same period, a
total of 323 professional nurses were graduated by Oregon
schools and registered.
It is also interesting io note that quarters for the new
school are being included in plans for the new wing con
templated at Rogue Valley Memorial hospital. This will
include a classroom, an office for the instructors, and a
laboratory unit under present plans. The nursing school is
sponsored by the vocational education department of the
Medford Public school system. Space and clinical equipment
are provided by the hospital, and women now taking the
course buy their own text books. Reference books are avail
able at the hospital.
For years and years the society editor has been meaning
to do research in an effort to find out the origins of the
words "bride" and "bridegroom." All Webster says about
"bride" is that she is a woman about to be married, or newly
married.
The New York Times does better on the word "bride
groom." According to a recent issue of the Times, the word
bridegroom originated in Medieval times when it was cus
tomary for the new husband to serve his bride at the table
on the wedding day. A waiter was then known as a "groom"
so he became his "bride's groom" for the day-O.S.
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CAHJEMUDAIffi..
Today:
2 p.m.-Bethel 14, Job's
Daughters, Masonic hall.
7 p.m. -Rogue Camp Fire
Girls Council, Rogue Valley
Country club.
Monday:
12:30 p.m.-Adarel Past Ma
trons club, home of Mrs. C.
E. Coggins, 1329 Beekman
st.
1:30 p.m. - Jackson County
Retired Teachers associations,
Girls Community club.
7 p.m. - Mother singers,
Jackson school, room 25, en
ter by east door.
7:30 p.m.-Rogue Valley Art
association, Eugene Bennett
studio, South Grape st.
7:45 p.m. - Rogue Valley
District of Oregon Music
Teachers association, home of
Mrs. Rawles Moore, 2520 Ly
man ave.
8 p.m.-Mt. Pitt Rebekah
lodge, Central Point Grange
hall.
8 p.m. - St. Mary's Grade
School . Parents' club, at
school
8 p.m. - Scottish Rite Wo
men's club, Masonic hall.
8:30 p.m. - Neighbors o f
Woodcraft, Eagles hall.
Tuesday:
9:30 a.m.-District 6C Moth-
ersingers, home of Mrs. Har
vey Field, Seven Oaks rd.,
Central Point.
9:45 a.m.-First Presbyter
ian church circle: Mercy,
home of Mrs. Harold Gregory,
609 Catherine st. -
10 a.m. - Welcome Wagon,
home of Mrs. James Pollard,
333 Lynnwood dr.
10:30 a.m. - Oak Grove
Home Extension unit, home of
Mrs. Gilbert Munden, 480
Clover lane.
10:30 a.m. - Willamette
Home Extension unit, home of
Mrs. C. J. McPherson, 441
Highland dr.
12:30 p.m. - First Presby
terian church circles: Bethany-Trinity,
junior high room,
at church; Charity, with Mrs.
Charles Champlin, 621 J st.;
Faith, fireplace room, at
church; Grace, with Mrs.
Lloyd Nielson, 2130 East
Jackson st.; Hope, with Mrs.
George D. Osier, 719 Palm st.;
and Temple, with Mrs. R. M.
Johnson, 21 North Berkeley
Way.
2 p.m. - St. Anne's Altar
Society, Girls Community
club.
7:30 p.m.-Lone Pine School
Parent Teachers association,
at school.
7:30 p.m. - First Presbyter
ian church circles: Candle
light, with Mrs. D. R. Walter
mire, 1109 West Main st. and
Vesper, with Mrs. John Rip
ley, 300 Sunrise ave.
8 p.m. - Nevita chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, Cen
tral Point Masonic temple.
8 p. m. - Oregon Nurses
Association, Sacred Heart hos
pital conference room.
8 p.m. Pythian club, home
of Mrs. Harry Bryant, 1312
Reddy ave.
8 p.m. - Roguette circle,
Military Order of Lady Bugs,
VFW auxiliary room, 42
North Front st.
8 p.m. - Woman's Mission
Society, Eastwood Baptist
church, at church.
Wednesday:
11 a.m .-Medford Townsend
club, Carpenters hall, 123 Vt
West Main st.
12 noon -Upper Applegate
Grange Home Economics
club, at Grange.
12:30 p.m. - Mistletoe club,
Girls Community club.
12:30 p.m. - Women of Ro
tary, home of Mrs. R. A.
Naumes, 620 Oakdale dr.
1 p.m. Bee Hive club,
Olive Rebekah lodge, with
Mrs. Homer Vinzant, 848
Stewart ave.
1 p.m. - Little Garden club
of Medford, home of Mrs.
Charles Hurst, 765 Sunrise
ave.
7:45 p.m. - Medford Toast
mistress club, Girls Commun
ity club.
8 p.m. Medford Junior
Women's club, home of Mrs.
C. M. McGinty, 1805 Roberts
rd.
8 p.m. - Roxy Ann Home,
Economics club, Grange hall.
Thursday:
10:30 a.m. - Howard Home
Extension unit, home of Mrs.
Henry Friesen, 2120 Table
Rockrd.
10:30 a.m. - Medford Home
Extension unit, courthouse au
ditorium. 12:30 p.m. - Adarel Social
club, home of Mrs. H. C. Gold
smith, 150 Ross lane.
12:30 p.m. - Medford So
journers club, Girls Commun
ity club.
8 p.m. - Reames chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, Med
ford Masonic temple.
Friday:
10 a.m .-Phoenix Home Ex
tension unit, home of Eran
Rasmussen, Fern Valley rd.
12:30 p.m. - Roxy Ann
court, Order of Amaranth,
luncheon, home of Mrs. Ver
non A. Turpin, Old Military
rd.
1 p.m. Getogether club,
Girls Community club.
1:30 p.m. - Rogue Valley
hospital auxiliary, board and
staff room, at hospital.
8 p.m. - Ladies ' auxiliary,
Medford Carpenters Union,
Carpenters' hall, 123Vt West
Main st.
Saturday:
2 p.m. - Epsilon chapter,
Delta Kappa Gamma, Girls
Community club.
7:30 p.m. - Bethel 14, In
ternational Order of Job's
Daughters, Medford Masonic
temple.
Birds, Flowers
Are Meeting Topic
Mrs. Howard Bush, bird
chairman of the Medford' Gar
den club, spoke on western
birds and showed slides at
the Thursday meeting of the
group at the courthouse audi
torium. Mrs. Charles Stearns and
Mrs. L. P. Rentchler also
spoke. They gave talks on the
narcissus and carnation,
flowers of the months of De
cember and January.
The speakers were intro
duced by Mrs. Ira Fitzgerald,
program chairman, and Mrs.
LeRoy C 1 i n e, horticulture
chairman.
Mrs. Bush and her commit
tee were in charge of the so
cial hour tea which followed.
Committee members are Mrs.
E. M. Wallin, Mrs. J. E. Jor
genson, Mrs. Harry Meyers
and Mrs. Stearns. Mrs. Tho
mas Cardona and Mrs. Judd
Greenman poured.
Prizes were won by Mrs.
Boyd Flanders and Mrs. R.
W. -Smith.
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Woman Retires After
55 Years Railroading
Chicago - (UPD - Grace Bald
win invaded a masculine
stronghold to get her first job
with the Milwaukee road.
She went on the railroad's
payroll in 1904 and stayed 55
years.
"I've loved every part of
it," she said when she retired
recently.
When Miss Baldwin went
to work in the freight audi
tor's office, steam engines
chuffed along the Milwaukee
tracks, and bookkeeping was
a laborious longhand process.
Long before her retirement,
she had been transferred to
the comptroller's office and
worked closely with ranking
officials in that department.
Five years ago, she became
the railroad's first woman
employee to receive a gold
pass, the company's way of
saying "thank you" for the
loyalty of a 50-year veteran.
Miss Baldwin wears her 75
years lightly, but she con
fessed she was glad for the
rest which retirement had
brought. Miss Baldwin said
she did not regret ending her
more than half, a century's
employment-'except for the
air conditioning in the office,"
she said. "I hated to retire
from that."
Bartiett Bridge Club
Announces Winners
Mrs. F. E. Bowman' and
Mrs. J. J. Finegan won first
place in play at a meeting of
Bartiett Duplicate Bridge
club January 4. Mrs. William
Cowning and Mrs. Jay Elliott
won second place; Mrs. Laur
ence Espey and Mrs. Darrell
Miller, third; and Mrs. Rus
sell Barnes and Mrs. Fred
Burich, fourth.
Middle Ages H
Now Grows in
By JEANNE LESEM
, United Press International
New York - (LTD - A medie
val cook would feel right at
home in modern Manhattan.
At the northern tip of the
island, in a beautiful park
Association
Suggests Wood
For Furniture
By JOYCE SCHULLER
United Press International
Chicago-IUPD-Puzzled about
the type of wood to choose
for furniture? The Fine Hard
woods association recom
mends six types of hard
woods. Here are descriptions of the
woods and a guide to their
use:
Birch and Maple-the natur
al blondes adapt well to
lighter-toned modern furni
ture. Strong, stainy-smooth
birch also is good in warm,
brown tones for provincial
pieces. Maple, which is ex
tremely hard, makes sturdy
furniture for children.
Oak - Durable enough for
flooring, it is masculine look
ing, with a coarse grain and
more texture than other
woods. Used in boys' bed
rooms or dens, it can give the
suburban home a "country
estate" air.
Cherry-The only true fruit
wood now in general use
ranges from a tawny tone to
a soft brown in its natural
state. Its inconspicuous grain
and subtle figure pattern
make it an excellent choice
for the single "important"
piece. Long used in provin
cial furniture, cherry recently
has been styled into sleek
modern lines.
Mahogany The aristocrat
of the hardwoods radiates a
look of quiet luxury. Because
it often is imitated, care
should be taken to determine
its authenticity, whether, in
a single prestige piece or full
dining set. In the past, maho
gany was generally deep red,
but today it comes in a wide
range of contemporary
browns and beiges.
Walnut Most versatile of
the hardwoods, it takes to al
most any design. The natural
color span of walnut ranges
from light grey-brown to a
rich, dark tone.
Meeting Announced
For Reames Chapter
Reames chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star, will hold a
stated meeting Thursday,
January 14, at 8 p.m. in the
Masonic temple.
Mrs. Audrey E. Roberts,
worthy matron, and Carl Oes
treich, worthy patron, will
preside.
Following the meeting Mrs.
Russel Zundel and Mrs. Rich
ard Schulz will be in charge
of refreshments served in the
dining room.
erb Garden
Manhattan
overlooking the Hudson Val
ley, there is an herb garden
straight from the Middle Ages.
The garden of culinary, me
dicinal and dye plants belongs
to The Cloisters, a museum of
medieval art built in the style
of a monastery or nunnery.
In the course of a year, it
contains 240 species of herbs,
many of which are an fa
miliar to today's cooks as they
were to old-time herbalists
and physicians.
Gardener Esther Ann Hueb
ner tends them all and an
swers questions from curious
visitors. Most people want to
know how to grow them, their
names, and where she gets the
plants - they come from nurs
eries, botanic gardens and
commercial supply companies.
But a woman visitor once
offered a gratuitous beauty
tip. She recommended great
er celandine for washing hair,
to give reddish highlights to
blondes.
Ancient peoples used celan
dine to treat sore eyes, mouth
cankers and - mixed with
white wine - to bleach freck
les. Little Known Herbs
Strawberry blight is anoth
er little known herb in The
Cloisters' garden. Despite its
negative-sounding name, it's
a good plant for cookery, said
Miss Huebner. With a mild
strawberry flavor, it is used
to color sugars and cakes.
Other unusual herbs in this
garden include clary, a sage
like plant, similar to but
milder than sage; several
kinds of thyme, including a
caraway-flavored type favor
ed by medieval cooks as a
seasoning for beef; and Good
King Henry, which resembles
spinach and sorrel , and is
cooked the same way.
These plants, with the fa
milial spearmint and pepper
mint, parsley, basil, dill, rose
mary and summer and winter
savorys, are chosen primarily
for their significance in the
Middle Ages.
But don't expect to buy
them. The garden's output is
too small to market com
mercially, said Miss Huebner.
Although the assortment is
great, no large amount of any
i one herb ever is available. So
most are hung for display as
seasonable replacements are
planted.
For those who want to raise
herbs at home, Miss Heubner
suggests choosing a sunny
outdoor plot or outdoor win
dow boxes, provided they get
a lot of sun. Herbs tend to
become lank and spindly
when grown indoors, she ex
plained. Once harvested, herbs
should be tied in small bunch
es and placed on paper or
hung to dry In a cool, dry, airy
spot out of the sun.
The leaves of dried plants
should be crumbled and stored
in tightly-covered jars or tin
boxes away from heat and
light.
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Dr James Luce
To Be Speaker
Dr. James Luce will speak
on carotid artery surgery
Tuesday, January 12, at 8 p.m.
meeting of the Oregon Nurses
association.
The meeting will be held at
the Sacred Heart hospital con
ference room. Mrs. Eleanor
Ramsey will give a summary
of nursing care of neuro-surgi-cal
patients.
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