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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. A Sunday, Jan. 24, 1960
2 For years we've been hearing people say "Medford needs
an art gallery." There was 'talk, and sporadic effort and
planning, but the time never seemed quite right. Recently,
- however, the effort has begun "to jell" and with formation
of the new Rogue Valley Art association it is believed forces
. will be combined with good results.
" For those who are confused by the fact that there are
" two groups devoted to art, a bit of explanation may be help
" ful. Southern Oregon Society of Artists, organized several
years ago, is a group of working artists men and women
,who paint or draw or carve figurines or do other creative
jwork as a hobby, recreation or as a profession.
J The newer organization has been formed to promote a
: : wider understanding of art in all its ramifications and to
I .'acquire or erect a building for exhibits and eventually for
J : use as an art center. This new group is primarily a layman's
-or patron's group, although many artists of various sorts
"will also belong.
Eugene Bennett, Medford artist who is serving as tem
: r porary chairman, pointed out last week in connection with
: the current membership campaign, that "The Rogue Valley
: : Art association hopes to interest and gain the support of
many valley residents. The activities planned will of course
benefit artists in the area by enabling them to relate their
: : work to that of other artists. But even more important is
I the fact that it will afford all residents in the community
! an opportunity to see various exhibits representing a cross
; ; section of work being done tnrougnout tne country.
'. James Ragland, chairman of the membership committee,
: : and his co-workers drafted an invitation to membership
T : which gives history and purpose of the new group and ex
" ; plains the classes of memberships. The invitation points out
; that "the first step after organizing the association was to
immediately set about securing traveling exhibits of artists,
both known and unknown, and displaying them for the en
joyment of those affiliated with the association. These ex
hibits will also be for viewing by the children of our schools,
both public and parochial, in order to spread art apprecia
tion." Robert Bosworth, artist-architect, is chairman of the build
ing committee. Members of the new group are anxiously fol
lowing all leads ana suggestions about temporary quarters
Tunics Come
In All Sizes
In the olden days, when
knighthood was in flower, a
tunic was a tunic was a tunic,
Not so anymore, reports the
National Cotton council.
Today, a tunic may extend
from a peplum length to
anKie lengtn, nitting any
point in between. It may be
full, or sheath; belted or un
belted; sleeveless or fully
sleeved; completely casual or
highly styled; and necklines
are scooped, V'd, turtled,
hooded, collared or uncollar-ed.
The tunic then, is the big
gest fashion story for resort
and cruise wear, 1960.
Hardy denim, sailcloth and
canvas loose tunics stroll the
beach, worn over bathing
suits and generally cut to
swim suit length. Seersuckers
and prints in the beach cate
gory go feminine with ruffles
and embroidery.
Three - quarter tunics in
large floral prints are slim
mer, worn over sheaths or
tight pants.
Late afternoon into evening
tunics are belted and full, in
airy ginghams and organdies.
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County Mothers
To March Against
Polio Thursday
An item in the Mail Tribune's "Fifty Years Ago Today"
column January 22 could have read: "Alfred S. V. Carpenter
arrived in the valley today from Colorado Springs."
We don't know whether anyone baked a cake or not, but
: ; someone should have. For the Rogue valley has benefited
; : greatly in many ways by the fact that Alfred Carpenter and
: his wife have made their nome nere.
: Last Friday the Carpenters amused themselves by looking
' back over the years. Mr. C. recalled how he and his brother,
Leonard, who came to the valley a year earlier, planted and
developed the orchard which they named Veritas ana wnicn
! is now operated by their nephew, Dunbar Carpenter. They
: : built a little house on top of the hill east of Medford on
; which the orchard is located and maintained bachelor's
I ' quarters.
"r Neither of the men was particularly keen about the
' cooking chores, so when a cousin came to visit, they promptly
inquired if he could cook. He assured them he could, and it
r was decided that he would prepare the evening meal. The
- The brothers Carpenter came in at the end of the day, tired
" and hungry from their orchard work and anticipating a good,
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hot dinner. They found mat cousin naa aone ms ui, uc
had made a pan of fudge.-
The two men acquired a couple of saddle horses which
they named for members of the family, and enjoyed riding
on the surrounding hills. The little house once lost part of
the roof in a heavy storm, and other adventures came their
Eventually both men were married and the Alfred Car-
l - penters built the large home on a hill near jacKsonvme wnicn
If - they named "Topsides" and which has been the center of
- much of the valley's social and civic life, me i-eonara uar-
- penters built their home at the site of the bachelor quarters,
t lived there for many years and several years ago left Med-
ford to live in Carmel, Calif.
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The two Carpenters, originally from the New England
states, took the advice of the man who said "Go west, young
man. And as we said before, there are many who are happy
and grateful that they chose southern Oregon rather than
some other part of the west. J
By the way, it wasn't Horace Greeley who gave the oft
quoted "go west" advice. It was John Babsone Lane Soule,
and first appeared in an article in the Express of Terre
Haute, Ind. Horace Greeley was attracted by the expression
and used it in an editorial in the New York Tribune. Accord
ing to Bartlett's "Familiar Quotations", as the saying gained
popularity, Greeley printed Soule's article to show the source
of the inspiration.
More than 350 friends and relatives turned out for the
Z installation of officers for Bethel 14, Job's Daughters, January
5t 16. Bethel members, including the new queen, Marion Par-
- sons, could hardly believe their eyes. Since general invita
tions go out to all neighborhood bethels, no one is ever quite
5 sure how many will attend one of these functions.
The guests included about 25 members of the Roseburg
Z bethel, "buddy bethel" for the Medford group. Members of
Z the bethel and the guardian council were excited over such
- an unusual attendance, but mortified as well. They ran out
- of food. O.S.
1 1 School News
Crater High School
By LaVonne LaFever
The March of Dimes Dance
was held Friday night Jan.
22, after the Crater-Medford
game.
It was sponsored by the so
phomore class. The four class
princesses were Senior Rae
Burritt; Junior Judy Danials;
Sophomore Anita Trautman;
and Freshman Jeannine Con-
roy. lheir escorts were Bob
Gardner, Wayne Martin, Al
Lamp, and Gary Barber.
The theme was . March of
Dimes, and was carried out
by the decorations, which
were blue, white, and silver.
An imitation of a large silver
dime made the background
for the blue and white wheel
chairs in which the princesses
sat, and large "dimes" hung
from the ceiling throughout
the cafeteria.
Sophomore princess Anita
Trautman was crowned queen
oi me aance, ana was pre
sented with a large bouquet
of carnations. Their flowered
crowns were made by Ginn's.
When adding meringues as
toppings to pies and other des
serts, be sure the temperature
of the filling or food to be
covered is not too hot or the
meringue will "cry." If the
food is too cold, the meringue
will collapse and "leak." For
perfect meringues, pile the
stiffly beaten eggs white on
luke-warm or room - tempera
ture foods. Bake or boil at a
high temperature for a short
time.
NORMAL SCHOOL
Lansing - First public nor
mal school west of the Alle
ghenies was established in
Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1850.
Mothers will march in all
Jackson county communities
against three major cripplers
Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m.
Not only will the marching
mothers accept contributions
for the fight against polio,
arthritis and birth defects,
but they also will conduct a
door count to determine the
number and location of per
sons having these afflictions.
Results of the door count
will be used to determine to
what extent assistance can be
given patients with those af
flictions in Jackson county,
according to Mrs. Vangie
Brian, county Mothers' March
chairman.
Fact Finding
The "Door Count" is a fact
finding folder in which a
family may indicate if any of
its members has a birth de
fect, arthritis or polio and how
many have had three or more
Salk vaccine shots, Mrs.
Brian explained. Each fam
ily record will be kept con
fidential. "We hope the Mothers'
March door count will focus
family and community atten
tion on the majority of Amer
icans still without Salk shot
protection against polio," Mrs.
Brian said.
"Although the . house-to-house
poll is in no way plan
ned as a statistically valid
survey," Mrs. Brian said, "the
sum of information taken in
the door count will help pro
vide a working estimate in
the county of the number of
persons suffering from the
three cripplers assisted with
March of Dimes funds. The
tabulation will prove an in
valuable guide to the National
Foundation in planning local
programs to aid the disabled."
Food Warmer
An automatic baby food
warmer is designed to make
feeding time easier and more
pleasant for both mother and
baby. The warmer holds a I
three-course meal and keeps
it hot through an entire meal.
The plastic dish is insulated
so the outside never gets hot,
and the dish can be immersed
for washing. A light on the
cord shows when food has
reached the desired tempera
Baby's on the chicken a la
king circuit with this lunch
eon dish available in strained
and junior form. Like the
adult version, it includes
chicken and broth, milk, egg
yolks, cornstarch, pimientos,
mushrooms and onions. An
other new chicken dish for
babies and juniors combines
fowl with rice, pimientos and
onions.
SEA LEVELS
New Orleans - The Gulf of !
Mexico is several inches high
er than the Atlantic ocean
level at the coast of Florida.
The first semester having
I come to an end. all interested
f- seniors were filling out col-
lege scholarship applications.
Students were having their
5 schedules changed through
out the week, and six tests
3 were given. On Friday, all se
3 mester tests were given.
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NO SPARKS! NO SMOKE
NO F100R DRAFTS! LOWERS FUEL BILLS!
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Robert Asher Receives
Award for Work at Fire
Tunics this year are big news; found everywhere from
ballroom to beach. Here are two versions geared lo a casual
atmosphere: At left, Nelly deGrab covers white clam-digger
pants with a huge-pocketed printed cotton tunic. At right,
Tom Drew of Ilene Rickey tops a brief ruffled print tunic
worn over little boy shorts with matching mob cap.
Prevention
New York -(LTD- A handy
man can do something about
kitchen cabinet doors that
swing out and often bump
foreheads.
He cuts the doors in two,
lengthwise, anc ' attaches flat
hinges on the inside so the
door folds as it opens. So say
experts at Beltsville kitchen
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Robert Asher, fire control
officer of the Ashland Ranger
district on the Rogue River
National forest, has been pre
sented a cash award of $150
for his outstanding work this
past summer.
An example of this work
was his action on the Ash
land fire, Harold A. Thomas,
district ranger, said.
The first day of the fire,
Asher noticed the blaze about
1:30 ' p.m. while traveling
east. He knew it was a po
tential threat to the national
forest so he turned back, con
tacted Thomas by radio and
state crews along the Ash
land Mine road, and took ac
tion with the district pumper
outfit.
Later that evening, follow
ing a district conference, Ash
er took a crew to the Skyline
Mine road and again took
control measures. The fire
blew up in this area forcing
the crew to turn back.
Second Conference
Another conference was
held and Asher took a larg
er crew and a tractor up Ash
land Creek road, near the city
dam and proceeded uphill to
the Skyline Mine road. He,
his crew, and the tractor,
worked all night building a
fire trail on the south end of
the fire, burned out from the
fire trail and eventually held
the fire on the trail.
Asher's leadership, perse
verance and persuasiveness
kept the crew on the job un
til about 3 p.m. the second
day, when the head of the fire
had been safety trailed and
burned out. He, and his crew
had then been on the fire over
24 hours without rest or food.
His initiative and decisive ac
tion were instrumental in
limiting the damage to the
Ashland Watershed, Thomp
son said.
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The cash award is a part of
the Incentive Award program
available to all government
employees through the Gov
ernment Employees Incentive
Awards Act of Sept. 1, 1954.
The United States Printing
Office in Washington, D.C.,
uses 123 tons of ink each year.
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MEDFORD PAINT
and
Wallpaper Store
PAINT WITH
6th & Holly Diagonally
Across from Post Office
PHONE SP 2-9321
We Give
S&H GREEN STAMPS
When cleaning a rug, car
pet sweep or vacuum it first,
then move furniture to one
side of. tne room ana clean
than half. Then reverse the
process. Work in two - foot
square areas. Overlap each
stroke, then criss-cross from
left to right until the area ap
pears clean. High traffic spots
badly soiled areas may
or
need a second application.
i A Tribute
j to the
March of Dimes!
Despite the fact that millions of dollars have
been raised to combat the spread of polio, the
dreaded disease still ranks as one of America's
top cripplers of children and adults. Consider
the marvelous restorative work being done as a
result of the inspired March of Dimes. And when
YOU are asked to contribute to this most worthy
cause, dig down deep in your pocket . . . and
your heart . . . and give generously. Polio has
not been conquered. It COULD strike a member
of your family ... today!
Medford Pharmacy
101 North Central, Corner 6th Ph. SP 2-6253
m Open Week Days: 8:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M.
Sundays and Holidays: 10 A.M. to 9:30 P.M.
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