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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
125-Acre Garden Project
In New York to Open Soon
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
New York-UPD-In the John
Helm family of Monroe, N.Y.,
the green thumb belongs to
pop. But it's mom who has a
finger in one of the nation's
most elaborate gardening pro
jects. Mrs. Dorothy Helm, 37. is
the only woman on the staff
of 150 creating Sterling For
est Gardens, a 125-acre pro
ject near Tuxedo, N.Y.
"Being the only woman
was a status I did not seek,"
said Mrs. Helm, in a tele
phone interview. "All I did
was answer an advertisement
for a draftsman, and here I
am.
"I didn't have any idea it
would be a field job either."
"Field job" in this case
means working in a trailer
parked in the heart of a mea
dowland and ex-swamp the
gardens will cover. There,
Mrs. Helm and another drafts
man, Walter Smith, are put
ting on paper, in scaled terms,
what the landscape gardener
wants done.
Changing Visla Planned
They have produced con
tour maps, detailed buildings
and bridges, mapped the
drainage plan, located the re
freshment areas, and also
mapped the plantings, ' so we
will know where things are
supposed to come up." The
gardens are scheduled to open
May 1, when 1.5 million tu
liDS. hvacinths, daffodils, and
other bulbs are supposed to
be in full bloom. Sponsors oi
the project plan an ever
changing floral scene, as the
season changes, to attract gar
den clubs and other flower
lovers.
The gardens are part of a
30-square mile area of lakes,
meadows, forest land and rug
ged foothills being developed
as a floral, residential and art
and cultural center by the
City Investing company of
New York. Co-sponsors of the
gardens project are Robert W.
Dowling, president of City In
vesting, and Bram Warnaar,
chairman of the international
Flower Show committee of
the Netherlands.
At one time, nine Nether
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Main and Bartlett Streets
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1960
lands experts were busy
teaching the forests garaen
i pr thp art of tuliD raising.
And Netherlands' Princess
Beatrix formally broke
ground for the plantings last
fall when she included the
gardens in her U.S. tour.
Mrs. Helm, a native of De
troit, studied art at the Uni
versity of Michigan and the
Art Institute in Chicago.
Some of her teachers encour
aged her to enter a school of
architecture but she said "I
got married instead."
She learned drafting by
working for architects and
blueprint reading by attend
ing classes on her lunch hour.
Husband John is a district
warehouse superintendent for
Gravbar .Electric company,
New York, and the couple has
three daughters, aged three to
10.
"John's the green thumb in
the family," she said. "He has
a flower and vegetable garden
every summer. Me, I hate the
digging and dirt under my
nails. "I'd rather do my gar
dening at the drawing board."
Calendar
Wednesday:
6:30 p.m. - Ladies Auxil
iary, Patriarchs Militant, Odd
Fellows hall.
6:45 p.m. - Rogue River
Valley Knife and Fork club,
Rogue Valley Country club.
7:30 p.m. - Medford Order
of DeMolay, Medford Mason
ic temple.
7:30 p.m. - Southern Ore
gon Society of Artists, Girls
Community club.
7:45 p.m. - Medford Toast
mistress club, Girls Commu
nity club.
8 p.m. - Missionary Fair
of Women of Zion Lutheran
church, church social room.
Thursday:
12 noon - Oregon State Col
lege Mothers club, Jackson
County unit, Jackson hotel.
12:30 p.m. - Kappa Alpha
Theta, Rogue Valley Coun
try club.
12:30 p.m. - Sojourners,
Girls Community Club.
1 p.m. - Golden Link Class
of First Baptist church, home
of Mrs. Minnie Albert, 1003
West 11th st.
Bolivia has two capitals.
One is La Paz, 12.000 feet
above sea level and the work
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other is 9,300 foot Sucre, the
official capital and head
quarters of the Supreme
Court and the Archbishop.
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Don't Let Children
Do All The Dirty Work
Says Child Specialist
New Brunswick, N.J. - (tJPD
-When it comes to household
chores, don't let children do
all the dirty work, says Phyl
lis Greer, human relations
specialist at Rutgers universi
ty. It's natural for youngsters
to resent "busy" work-chores
that aren't necessary or need
ed, Miss Greer said. And how
could anyone be enthusiastic
for long about taking out
garbage, washing dishes and
making beds? Most mothers
dislike these tasks, too.
One solution is to make a
list of all duties, not just
dishes and garbage. Then let
each member of the family
select the job he prefers, ess
interesting jobs should be
divided and all tasks rotated,
she added.
Square Up
On Calendar
On the square dance calen
dar for later this week are
the third annual Square Up
of the Rogue Valley Square
Dance Callers' association,
and a graduation party for
a class at Belleview Grange.
The graduation party will
be held at the Grange hall
Thursday, January 28, at 8
p.m. All square dancers are
welcome according to Floyd
Workman, class instructor.
Fried chicken will be serv
ed.
The annual Square Up will
be held January 30 and 31 in
Britt Memorial center on the
Southern Oregon college
campus.
The event opens N with a
workshop Saturday from 2 to
4 p.m. A dance is planned for
Saturday night, with an after
party at Belleview Grange
hall. On the program Sunday
are a buckaroo breakfast at
Belleview, a panel discussion
in the lounge area of the cen
ter, a rourd table workshop
and in the afternoon a pro
gram of both square and
round dancing.
More than 500 callers and
dancers from Oregon and
California attended the
Square Up last year.
League Potluck
The Salvation Army Home
leagues will sponsor their
monthly potluck Thursday,
January 28, at 6:30 p.m. The
evening program will be pre
sented by the two Home
Leagues and will begin im
mediately following the din
ner at 7:30 p.m. The public
is invited.
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San Antonio Miss Dottye L. Jones, 20, Salem, and Miss
Mary Klock, 20, of Troutdale, Ore., are each $100 richer
today as a result of their sewing prowess, both winning
U.S. savings bonds at the national finals of the "Make It
Yourself With Wool" homesewing contest, just held in San
Antonio, Tex. Miss Jones, who
test's senior division, entered
where she's a textile and clothing major at Iowa Slate uni
versily. Representing Iowa, she
suit with barrel-shaped knee-length coat, designed by Nina
Ricci. Dottye was Miss Wool of Oregon in 1958. She hopes
someday to be a fashion coordinator or a bridal consultant
in a fashion store. Miss Klock, a home economics major at
Oregon State college, modeled a fire-engine red Forslmann
wool suit made with large cowl collar. This was her fourth
year as an entrant in the contest. She plans lo be a county
extension agent after graduation.
West's Water Problems
League Program Subject
Water" was the chief topic
for 42 members and guests of
Medford League of Women
Voters at a general meeting
held Saturday, January 23.
Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter, presi
dent, opened the subject with
a reminder that now is a
"time for action."
The national board of the
League of Women Voters has
agreed to support Senate Bill
2549, known as the Murray
Bill and Public Law 660, as
amended. The public law pro
vides federal funds for local
sewage disposal-the amount
to be repaid in 20 years. The
Murray bill provides for co
ordination between congress
and the executive branch in
the development and use of
natural resources.
Mrs. Carpenter emphasized
that both these bills are self
liquidating financially and
are not political, but service
issues. Action should be tak
en now by writing to our
congressmen to enlist their
continued support, she said.
Senators Morse and Neuberg
er and Representative Porter
all have favored these meas
ures. Mrs. Kenneth H. Baker,
chairman of the water re
sources study, assisted by Mrs.
Ogden Kellogg, Gold Hill,
Mrs. E. E. Meeker and Mrs.
John Raapke, then presented
pertinent facts, regarding the
Columbia basin.
Map Used
Using a large scale map
of the basin, Mrs. Baker
pointed out that "although
Medford is not actually in the
basin, it is obvious that any
thing which affects the major
portion of the state also af
fects us."
The International Joint
Committee operates under the
1909 Boundary Water Treaty,
negotiated between the U.S.
and Canada for settlement of
disagreements on boundary
waters. Progress is presently
being made toward agreement
with Canada for a coopera
tive plan of development for
the Columbia, it was said.
Mrs. Meeker pointed out
that, the Columbia Basin In
ter-Agency committee, involv
ing seven states and depart
ments, so far has been the
most effective of the several
organizations in progressing
toward a plan of develop
ment. During the 1959 meet
in? regional interests were
made paramount. Mrs. Meek
er said, "Perhaps tnis is xne
We Give
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CENTRAL REXALL DRUG
Main and Central
look third prize in the con
the contest in Ames, Iowa,
won with a black all-wool
one agency which could do
the most, but responsibility
is only for planning. There is
no police force to see that di
rectives are carried out. This
is the weakness. The agency
can only recommend.
Since 1952 it has been fed
eral policy to recommend con
struction of dams by private
organizations with the federal
government financing naviga
tion and flood control, it was
explained. A private utility
company will apply to the
federal power commission for
the right to erect a dam at a
certain location. This, then
is introduced into the Senate
for approval. Dams are con
structed under this method
for power, preservation of
fish, and irrigation purposes;
but nothing is done about
navigation or flood control
because the funds are not ap
propriated by Congress for
these purposes, the speakers
said.
"In Washington practically
all dams are publicly-owned;
in Oregon, most are privately
owned," Mrs. Baker stated.
Under the existing "prefer
ence clause" power is first
made available for public
use; then surpluses are sold
to private companies. There
is now an attempt to modify
or equalize this clause so that
in a real necessity, private
companies can get equal pref
erence. Emphasis Varied ?
Mrs. Kellogg pointed out
that many groups, such as
the Army Corps of Engineers
and the Bureau of Reclama
tion, aid in i data collecting
but often with varying em
phasis. In the past there has
been too little coordination
and no one with final author
ity, she stated.
Dams constructed in the fu
ture will be more costly. The
present administration wishes
to see construction returned
to private hands, although a
federally-built dam may be
done with a longer range
view that will give earlier
reimbursement.
Mrs. H. P. Bosworth Jr.,
speaking from the audience,
cautioned that federal funds
made too easily accessible can
lead to careless consideration
of the use . to- which those
funds will be put.
Mrs. Baker, in summing up
the discussion, mentioned that
problems are recognized. The
need for a resolution in the
conflicts of administration is
apparent. "We are dealing
with seven states having dif
ferences in dictating to . pri
vate companies on the one
hand-or public utilities on the
other. Generally speaking,
government projects are not
intended to make money, but.
SOC Players to
Annual Children's Play
Ashland Magical effects,
special lighting, colorful cos
tumes are the- ingredients
which the production staff of
"The Sleeping Beauty" are
compounding to enchant au
diences at six performances
of the play which opens Fri
day evening, January 29, at
a special performance for
High School Speech confer
ence delegates, Southern Ore
gon college students, faculty
and staff.
Children in Ashland and
Initiation
Conducted
For Bethe
. Central Point - Four candi
dates were initiated at a
meeting of Bethel 38, Interna
tional Order of Job's Daugh
ters, held in Central Point
Masonic hall.
This was also inspection
night for the grand, guardian,
Mrs. Joe Rogers,' Indepen
dence, Ore. Due to the heavy
snowfall in her part of the
state, Mrs. Rogers was unable
to be in Medford. She depu
tized Mrs. C. D. Elhart, Med
ford, a past grand guardian,
who made the inspection of
the initiatory work.
Mrs. Elhart was accompan
ied to the meeting by L. R.
Manning, Medford, vice-associate
guardian for Oregon.
Candidates were the Misses
Patricia Knapp, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Knapp, and
Betty Plankenhorn, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Plank
enhorn, both Medford; Pam
ela Burgoyne and Janice
Ayres, whose parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Burgoyne and
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ayres,
live in Central Point.
Honored Queen Rachel
Hamilton conducted the cere
monies, assisted by officers of
the bethel.
A practice session is plan
ned Saturday, January 30, at
10:30 a.m. for installation.
Miss Jeanette Purdy will be
installed honored queen for
the ensuing term.
The senior princess will be
in charge of decorations in
the upstairs hall for the event.
The girls were reminded
of the "rag drive" being con
ducted to raise money this
term. Twenty pounds of clean
bundled cotton rags is the
quota for each girl and they
may add to those already
turned in Saturday at the
practice.
Serving refreshments for
the evening were the Misses
Cora Belle Ravenor, Nancy
Clark and Melba Graham, as
sisted by their mothers.
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Camp White Club
Announces Winners
For Two Sessions
Camp White - Mrs. W. C
Knope and Roy Pruitt scored
114 points to lead north-
south players for the last ses
sion of Camp White Veterans
Bridge club. Mrs. Berg Mar
ten and Jack Mitchell topped
east-west players with IIOV2
points. .
Other north-south winners
were Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Dur-
land, 108, second; Mrs. Frank
Baker and Mrs. A. W. Lin-
gaas, third; 105 points. Also
winning east-west were David
Gladfelter and Walter Humes,
second, 105; Mrs. Fred Ren-
ling and Eugene Ricker,
third, 98 V2 points
Winners for play January
15 were Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Eggers who tied with Mrs.
Marten and Roy Pruitt for
first and second with 56
points each; Mrs. Lingaas and
Mrs. Fred Purdin, third, 53
points; Mrs. Eugene Ricker
and Walter Grow, fourth, 52.
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Alt rusans to Meet
At Peterson Home
Altrusa club of Medford
will gather at the home of
Mrs. Virginia Peterson, 215
Willamette avenue, Thursday,
January 28, at 7:30 p.m. for
a business and social meeting.
Miss Myrta Otterdale, presi
dent, will -be in charge. As
sisting Mrs. Peterson as hos
tess will be Miss Ruth Kil
bourn. .
The members will make
final plans for the club's rum
mage sale, to be held Satur
day,. January 30th, at; the
Fehl Building.
Thrift-minded homemakers
will appreciate a new floor
covering that can be used as
a padding under a conven
tional carpet after it has serv
ed Its primary purpose. Sec
ret of the product, which
comes in pinstripe and broad
stripe fabrics, is a long-wear
ing backing of man-made
foam rubber.
to benefit the public." Mrs.
Baker continued. About 8.1
million kilowatts is the pres
ent amount generated. Twen
ty-five million is the goal. But
in 1985 this will not . be
enough, and the potential
will be exhausted."
" New members of the league
are Mrs. N. K. Porter and
Mrs. Don Bradshaw. '
Produce
Medford will have an oppor
tunity to see the SOC players
production in special mat
inees. Two morning matinees,
sponsored by the Ashland
branch of AAUW, January 30
and February 6 will be given
in Ashland. Medford school
children may see the play
Tuesday, February 9, sponsor
ed by the Medford AAUW.
Only one performance of
"The Sleeping Beauty" will
be open to the public, the Sat
urday evening, January 30,
performance. Curtain time is
8:15.
Fourth Production
This is the fourth annual
children's theatre production
of the SOC players, and is
again directed by Dr. Dorothy
Stolp. Technical director for
the production is William Oy
ler. Bob Ebert is stage mana
ger and George Brown is as
sistant to the director. Mem
oers of SOC stagecraft and
lighting classes have worked
on the scenery. Dick Clark
will handle the lights for the
production, Honor Hoover is
in charge of makeup, and Gail
Urban designed the forest
setting.
Costumes for the fairies
and the women in the cast
were suggested by Charlotte
Riley Wisely in a project for
children's theatre class last
year. The costumes were cut
out by a committee from the
Ashland AAUW, and Mrs.
Otto Wilda, Mrs. Bill Samp
son, Mrs. Elmo Stevenson,
Miss Irene Hollenbeck and
Mrs. William McKinney from
the organization made them.
Miss Irma Klinghammer
and Miss Gennie Kent from
the AAUW made special prop
erties for the production. Ad
vertising posters were pro
duced by Myrtle Converse
and Dean Welch in Marion
Ady's Graphic class.
Installation
Conducted
Veterans of World War I,
Barracks 540 and auxiliary,
held installation of officers
for I960 at the Girls' Com
munity club.
Installing officers were Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Turner, Grants
Pass.
Officers for Barracks 540
include George M. Herb
struth, commander; W. A.
Hastain, senior vice-commander;
Thomas L. Edsall Jr., vice
commander; F. B. 'Otis, chap
lain; J. p. Graham, quarter
master; Alvin C. Lucas, judge
advocate; and Thomas B.
Lynch, trustee.
Auxiliary officers are Mrs.
Shelva Hale, president; Mrs.
Herbstruth, senior vice-president;
Mrs. Wilbur Culp Jr.,
vice - president; Mrs. Doris
Gunn, chaplain; Mrs. Hastain,
secretary: Mrs. Thomas L.
Edsall, treasurer; Mrs. Thom
as Lynch, conductress; Mrs.
A. F. Johnson, guard; and the
retiring president, Mrs. Alvin
C. Lucas, trustee.
Members and guests were
present from Medford and
vicinty, and Grants Pass. Oth
er guests were Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Paulsen, Bellingliam,
Wash., who were en route to
Arizona for the rest of the
winter. Mrs. Paulsen is to be
president of the auxiliary to
Barracks 225, Whatcom Coun
ty, Washington.
Ashland Women
Organize Club
Ashland Ashland Wel
come Wagon club was official
ly organized at a recent meet
ing, and Mrs. John Sellers
was elected president. Mrs.
Sellers named Mrs. James
Burggreen, Mrs. Russell
White and Mrs. Frank Bur-
dick to a committee to nomi
nate remaining officers.
At the last meeting at the
home of Mrs. Pierre Roberts,
Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Bur
dick arranged "get acquaint
ed games and refreshments
were served. Twenty - three
women and 20 children at
tended. Women attending a meet
ing for the first time were
the Mesdames James Arm
strong, Robert Anderson,
John De Avilla, Robert Hause,
Margaret Martin, Joe Mc
Closky, John Offel, Stephen
Parish and Robert Wagner.
A coffee party is scheduled
February 10 at 10 a.m. at the
home of Mrs.' Thomas Bly-
miller, 220 Harrison street.
Mrs. Georgia Collins will be
co-hostess. Refreshments will
be potluck.
Those wishing transporta
tion are asked to call Mrs.
John Sellers, MUrdock 5-6591.
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Founders' Day To
Medford chapters of the
PEO sisterhood, AA, BE, CG
and CP, will observe Found
ers' day at a luncheon and
program to be given at Rogue
Valley Country club Saturday,
January 30, at 12:30 p.m.
Chapter AA will be hos
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