The new royal son of Queen Elizabeth and her husband,
Prince Philip, will before long wear a robe of pure silk spun
by English silk worms. This interesting bit of information
- came from Helen Denver of Women's News Service in Lon
'dpn, who recently interviewed Lady Zoe Hart-Dyke. Lady
Zoe, delivering a parcel of pure silk to Buckingham Palace,
indignantly denied that it had been spun by Russian silk
worms and said that the material represented an entire sea
son's work of her English worms.
Lady Zoe, it is said, is England's only sericulturist and
one of few people ever to turn a childhood hobby into a
thriving business. This interesting Englishwoman has kept
silkworms since she was six years old and has had silk worms
. as a business for 25 years. She began with 5,000 worms, and
now has several million.
Since silk worms love mulberry leaves, Lady Zoe im
ported bushes from the West Indies and now grows her own
leaves. She once killed several thousand worms by letting
- them eat leaves which had been sprayed, and once took a
quantity outside as an experiment; the birds ate them.
To avoid such catastrophies, she has revived an ancient
European custom of taking the worms to a local church once
a year for blessing. This, according to Helen Denver, involves
a solemn procession of girl workers carrying leaves, incu
bators, and cocoons to the altar rail, where the rector pro
nounces the blessing.
Mrs. Raymond Reter is fond of gay colors, and enjoys
decorating her house on Glen Oak court for parties. Last
Saturday evening Mrs. R., who is sponsor for Beta Upsilon
chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, gave a cocktail party for her
chapter before the annual valentine dance of the sorority.
Small bouquets of acacia, red roses, white china lilies and
other flowers were' here and there about the rooms, and
scattered on the big refreshment table were little nosegays of
purple violets and red roses.
Mrs. Reter served deep red champagne punch. This in
teresting beverage is made from several wines and colored
red with maraschino. Mrs. Reter mixes the still wines with
fruit juices and powdered sugar some time before the party
is to begin, and then adds champagne, sparkling burgundy
and soda water at serving time.
Mr. Reter arrived home from the east just in time for the
party, and was filled with interesting news about the fruit
industry, foreign trade and the advantages of traveling by
jet airliner. In spite of years of traveling by air, Mr. R. said
it was exciting to be able to fly from San Francisco to New
York in four and one-half hours.
(CAHEMDM..
Monday:
12 noon - Alpha Rho, Beta
Sigma Phi, luncheon and style
show, Rogue Valley Country
club.
12:30 p.m.-Rogue chapter,
Grandmothers Clubs of Am
erica, Girls Community club.
6 p.m.-Neighbors of Wood
craft, Eagles hall.
8 p.m. - Crater Parent
Teachers association, cafetori
um. 8 p.m. - League of Women
Voters, with Mrs. Thomas
Rutter, 1033 Queen Anne aye.
8 p.m. - St. Catherine's
guild, St. Mark's parish house.
8 pjn. - Scottish Rite Wo
men's club. Masonic temple.
Tuesday:
10 a.m. - Elta Deuell Hubbs
tent, home of Mrs. Elmer Gott.
10:30 a.m. - Applegate Val
ley Home Extension units,
Grange hall.
10:30 a.m. - Willow Springs
Home Extension unit, home of
Mrs. Ray Vogel, Tolq rd.,' Cen
tral Point.
10:30 a.m. - Woman' Soci
ety of Christian Service, First i
Methodist church.
12 nooa - Kiwanian Dames,
home of Mrs. Vernon Bacon,
2512 Lyman ave.
1 p.m. Howard
club, home of Mrs. Carl R.
Ludwig, 5 U Austin st.
1 p.m. Travel Study club
of Oregon Federation of Wo
men's clubs, home of Mrs.
Thomas Reid, Route 1, Box
429F.
1 p.m. Past Chiefs club,
Pythian Sisters, with Mrs. P.
M..Aldredge, J4Q3 jjagj Main
st.
,7:30 p.m. - Natural Foods
Associate, room 28, Medford
Garden High school.
r Prospect Parent
association, High
8 p.m:
Teachers
school.
Wednesday: . ,
11 a.m. - Medford Town
send club, Carpenters hall,
123 West Main st.
12:30 p.m. - Chapter AA of
PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs.
R.-W, leejer,-39. Berkeley
Way. -
12:30 p.m.- - Mistletoe clubj
Girls Community club.
12:30 p.m. - Westminster
Women's association, West
minster Presbyterian church
fellowship hall.
1 p.m. - Electa Social club,
pirls Community club.
7:30 p.m. - Southern Ore
gon Dental Assistants society,
Red Cross building.
7:45 p.m. - Toastmistress
club. Girls Ppmwwptty cjub,
Thursday:
. 12:30 p.m. - Medford ' So
journers club, QirU? Conimu
nity club. ' ' ,
8 p.m. - American Assocjar
tion of University Wemep
board meeting, home of Mrs.
F. Wilson Wait, 220 Vancou
ver ave. . .. .
8 p.m.-Reames chapter, Or
der of the Eastern Star, Med
ford Masonic temple.
8 p.m. - Units 3, 5, 6, St.
Anne's AUar Society, Girls
Community club.
Friday:
2 noon Episcopal Women
of St. Mark's church, parish
house.
7 p.m. - Eagle Point Parer.t-Teacher-Student
association,
family night, gymnasium.
Saturday;
1:30 p.m. American Asso
ciation of University Women
fellowship luncheon, Ping's
MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Or.
Sunday, Fb. 2 J, )9$0
Garden, 2330
highway.
North Pacific
We Give
GREEN STAMPS
CENTRAL SEXALL DRUG
Main and Central
The returned traveler had gone first, to Chicago for the
annual meeting of the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
Growers association, and then went on to Washington, D. C,
for a meeting of the United States National Fruit Export
council. The council is an advisory group for the secretary
of state and the secretary of agriculture and advises on
foreign trade policies affecting the fruit and fruit products
industries.
Mr. R. in some instances shares the views of those who
believe that U- S. business, industry and agriculture may
h nriein itself out of the world market and said that
when so many other countries come up with products as
good or better for less money, the U. S. better take stock
of the situation.
The Reters have traveled a great deal in recent years
because of Mr. R's fruit business and his tendency to get
elected to office, and have many interesting and amusing
stories. They both love this one: In the summer of 1958
they went to Montreal, Canada for a meeting of the Interna
tional Apple Growers association, Mr. R. being . pres
ident of the group at the time. (The members grow all man
ner of fruits although the association title mentions only
apples). t . ; -
The couple had reservations at the new Queen Eliza
beth hotel in Montreal and discovered upon arrival that
the management had placed the hotel's royal suite at their
disposal as a gesture of good will to the president of such an
imposing international association. ''
"It was out of this world," related Mrs. R. "The man
ager himself escorted us up and . showed us around the
suite of several rooms. It was new and absolutely lavish.
Then he had the housekeeper and two or three other staff
members come up and he lined .them up by-the f door and
introduced each and said they were at our service."
At this stage Mr. Reter always interrupts his wife and
takes over the. story for the punc line. "The manager asked
'Can we do anything for you now?' and what do you think
Joan did? She stopd there, for awhile and then blurted out
'Could I borrow an ironing board? ,
When the laughter subsided Mrs. Reter added "Well,
I'm still a country girl and the first thing I want to do
when I arrive in a strange hotel in a strange city is to do
some pressing. I knew I couldn't spread a towel out and press
clothes on that gorgeous, new furniture." The management
of the new Queen Elizabeth may have been startled, but they
sent up the ironing board and Mrs. Reter pressed her
clothes. - ' ' ' . ' ' -
The next week the suite was occupied by Princess, Mar
garet of England and her entourage. O. S.
Dinner Observes
Anniversaries
Gold Hill - A dinner given
Saturday, February 13 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. M.
Christensen celebrated Mr.
Christensen's seventy - first
birthday and the 16th wed
ding anniversary of their son-
in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. gam Jones.
Others attending were the
Joneses son, Bill Jones and
their daughter, Miss Marie
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Rolland
Washburn and three children,
Patty, Carol and Larry, and
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Chap
man, their son, Dennis, and
two daughters Linda and Les
lie Lynn.
Mr. Christensen, a retired
employee of the Ideal Cement
company, was born at Raerup,
Denmark, and came to the
United States in 120..
f-
Meeting Planned
By Social Club
Electa Social club will meet
at 1 p.m- Friday, February
26, at Girls Community club.
A business meeting and social
hour will follow dessert.
The committee in charge is
Mrs. Frances Taylor, Mrs. D
D. Roberts, Mrs. A. L. Carroll
and Mrs. D. L. Chase.
Any Order of Eastern Star
member who is not affiliated
with a chapter in the Rogue
River valley is cordially in
vited to meet with the "club
at this time.
-
Tp Speak of Trip
Miss Carolyn Mencke, Med
ford High school student, will
show films of her recent trip
to Finland at a . meeting of
Mistletoe club Wednesday,
February 24, at Girls Com
munity club.
Dessert luncheon will be
served at 12:30 o'clock.
Miss Mencke was an ex
change student to Finland.
Tent Announces
Coming Meeting
Elta Deuell Hubbs tent,
Daughters of Union Veterans,
will meet; a 1 10 a.m. Tuesday,
February 23, at the hpme of
Mrs. Elmer Gott for a sack
lunch and business meeting.
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