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Frederic Chopin's Piano To Be Sent on U.S. Tour Br FREDERICK M. WINSHIP United Press International New York-flJPD - Composer Frederic Chopin was born 150 years ago today near War saw, Poland. His music lives on, and so does his favorite piano a mellow toned baby grand which will soon be sent on tour of the United States. .The piano, made by the famous Paris firm of Pleyel in 1839, was shipped here from France last Thursday ac companied by a lovely young representative of the Pleyel firm, Chantal Toulouse. She is not only a baby sitter for the baby grand, but an expert on Chopin history. "He loved this piano," said Mile. Toulouse. "It went with him wherever he lived for the last ten years of his life. He composed some of his greatest music at its keyboard, includ ing the preludes, the "Noc turne in G minor," many ma zurkas, and the famed "Fun eral March." The piano was loaned to Chopin by Camille Pleyel, the manufacturer, and taken back by the firm when the com poser died of consumption in 1849 at the age of 39. Pleyel and his father, Ignace Pleyel, were Chopin's friends, music al adviers, publication agents, concert managers and money lenders. Instrument Graceful The graceful mahogany in strument has been displayed at a number. of Chopin com memorative exhibitions over the years, and will be sent to several major U.S. cities in cluding Boston, Washington and Dallas. Accompanying it will be original Chopin scores painstakingly written in brown ink, documents and concert programs owned by the Pleyel firm. "The piano has been kept In remarkably good condi tion and is quite playable, but it couldn't stand up under hard usage or concert work," PICKLES I 112 EAST MAIN STREET Mile. Toulouse said. "The sur prising thing is how up-to-date it looks, except for rath er antique looking legs." Mile. Toulouse said she was amazed when the U.S. cus toms officials refused to allow her to bring the piano into the country duty free as an antique. According to cus toms regulations, an object must be manufactured prior to 1830 to qualify as an an tique. Chopin probably "sweat blood" over this keyboard while preparing for concerts, Mile. Toulouse said. She re called how difficult it was for the shy, nervous composer to go through with a concert, al though his playing abilities were prodigious. He gave only 19 concerts in Paris in his 18 years of residence there and was the only soloist at four of these. He usually played at the piano firm's elegant concert hall, the Salle Pleyel, which had the ' atmosphere of a large private salon.' Chopin once wrote that he suffered "martyrdom" for three days before each con cert and nearly died when the time came to face his au dience. "I feel suffocated by the atmosphere, paralyzed by these inquisitive looks, mute, in front of all these foreign faces," he said. Mile. Toulouse has a pale pink ticket to Chopin's last Paris concert, Feb. 16, 1848. Twenty months later the key board genuis of this immortal son of Poland and France was stilled forever. Birthday Party Held in Gold Hill Gold Hill-James McCoy was honored at a surprise party in observance of his 16th birthday anniversary. It was held February 17 at the home of Mr. and Mrs.' Floyd Taylor. Guests were Gene Governor, Clair Huntley, Harley Blanch ard, Kenneth Houghton, Miss Linda Ramsey, Miss Georgia Ramsey, Miss Joyce Frances, Miss Marilyn McCoy, Miss Reba and Irita Taylor. Merced Some of the big redwood trees in California parks and forests are well over the 1,000 year old mark. OUR Made fcfW V-.. o 'w. New York This is a ma ternity fashion produced by the Frankfurt sisters of Dal las, Tex., who organised a firm known as Page Boy Ma ternity Fashions which now does about three million dol lars worth of business each year. The design shown is a scarf-printed silk surrah tunic boldly patterned in black and grey on white and bordered with gold and amber. Buttons at each side of the slightly raised waist allow individual adjustment. Underneath is a slim, black cut-out silk linen skirt. (UPI Telephoto) Returns Gold Hill-Mrs. Lily McKay has returned to her home here from Sacramento, Calif., where she was a guest of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard McKay and family for several weeks. Spaghetti Shortcut New York- (UPD -Three new shortcuts to a spaghetti din ner are on the market. Two are canned tomato sauces-one with mushrooms and the oth er with meat (beef and ba con). The third is spaghetti and hot dogs in tomato sauce. You've got a date with Spring! Get ready for it now . . . and save money . . .at our special early season sale of beautiful Darlene Sweaters and your favorite skirts. Low-priced to give you more for your fashion dollar. Hurry in for these values! darlene Sweaters In the Spring news :. . . lovely pastels and black in cardigan, slip-overs, novelty styles to mix and match with your favorite skirts. BOOKS ARE CLOSED CHARGES Now Not Payable Til April 10th Square Dance Clubs Plan Workshop, Several Parties A workshop and a number of dances are on the sched ule this week for valley square dancers. Y Knot Twirlers will hold a workshop Thursday, Feb ruary 25 at 8 p.m. at the YMCA. The figure "Shuffle the Deck" will be taught. The club will provide coffee, and dancers are asked to take cookies. Douglas Fosbury is caller; interested dancers are welcome to attend. The Teeners Square - N Round Dance group will meet Thursday, February 25, at the home of R. .L. Glather, 61 Vashti way. Interested teen agers may call Karlene Neill, SPring 2-7611, evenings, for information. D. J. Neill is in structing the group. On Friday, February 26, an open hoedown is planned at the Derby school, nine miles up the Butte Falls road. Doug las Decker and Jake Toews will be callers. Four dances are set for Anniversary Observed Mr. and Mrs. George T. Taylor were honored at a family party given Valentine Sunday in observance of their sixty-second wedding anni versary. The celebration was held at their home, 424 King street. They received many cards and gifts from relatives who were unable to be pres ent for the occasion. The Taylors were married February 16, 1898 in Urbana, 111. They came to Medford in 1927. Mrs. Taylor spent many years farming in the Rogue Valley and started the Taylor Produce company in Medford. The Taylors, both 85 years old, have two children, a son, Howard Taylor, live in Med ford and a daughter, Mrs. O. K. Roughton, in Urbana. There are 15 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and two great - great - grandchil -dren. Attending the party were their son and daughter-in-law, Howard Taylor, lives in Med and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McMahan and three sons, Douglas, Steven and Jeffrey, Gold Hill. Mrs. McMahan is a granddaughter of the honored couple. mm Next Door to Robinson Bros. Saturday, February 27. The Applegaters will dance at the Provolt Grange hall Saturday night, with Byron (Buzz) Dib ble as caller. A Leap Year dance is plan ned by the Star Promenaders at Roxy Ann Grange hall be ginning at 8:30 p.m. "Ladies choice dances" are planned and potluck refreshments will be served. All square dancers are welcome to attend. Ken neth Hood will be caller. The Keeno Squares will dance at the Pythian hall in Grants Pass Saturday night, with Peter Dunster as caller. Also planned for Saturday is a dance at Take It Easy lodge, Grants Pass, for the Jeans and Janes club. Charles James is caller. Mothersingers Present Program Central Point District 6C Mothersingers gave the first performance since organiza tion at the Central Point Parent-Teacher association meet ing, February 18. The women sang "So In Love," "You Will Never Walk Alone," and "Be Kind To Your Parents." Mrs. Harvey1 Field, director of the chorus, stresses singing for the fun of singing and in vites all women in the area who are interested to join the group which meets each Tues day morning. . Members are Mrs. D: C. Mapel, Mrs. R. . M. Korner, Mrs. Pat Schooley, Mrs. John Samples, . Mrs. E. M Bishop, Mrs Delores Armstrong, Mrs. R. G. Ekdahl, Mrs. Lewis Cox, Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs. Ray Smith, Mrs. T. J. Harger, Mrs. Marvin Wright. Mrs. Claude Lewis, Mrs. Clifford Ayres, Mrs. Robert Jantzer, Mrs. Lawrence Loeffler, Mrs. T. G. Johnson, Mrs. Frank Bruce, Mrs. Max Flowers, Mrs. John Snook, Mrs. Marvin Wick, and Mrs. Field. 'Cowcumbers' New York (UPD Although generally considered a vege table, cucumbers actually are a fruit of the melon family. They have been a favorite in gredient in salads since the time of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, who ate a cucumber every day. Three hundred years ago, English writers re ferred to them as "Cowcum bers." AND . . Speaker Announced Ashland A woman who has been called one of the nation's best story-tellers will speak for the next meeting of Siskiyou Knife and Fork club. She is Ethel Barrett who through her radio career has been heard in almost every city in the United States and who is also known in several South American countries. Mrs. Barrett formerly was women's program director for Station WPTL in Albany, N.Y. She carried on a variety program, has done . a Bible story program, several secular and Christian programs for a station in Providence, R.I., and appeared in "Songtime" and "Youth on the March" over the ABC television net work. The meeting is set for Mon day, March 7, in the Ashland Elks' club at 7:30 p.m. Reser vations are to be made with Mrs. Ella Hendrixson, 360 Morton street, Ashland, no later than March 4. f Shady Cove PTA Marks Founding Shady Cove - Trail - Shady Cove Parent-Teacher associa tion observed Founders' day at the last meeting, held in the Shady Cove school cafe teria. Members of the Elk Trail Parent-Teacher associa tion were guests for the event. A founders quiz was used during the program, and a silver offering taken. Mrs. Kenneth Oliver and Mrs. Kenneth Paulson baked cakes for the event. Mrs. Oliver's decorated cake will be displayed at the coming state convention to be held in Medford in April. The group voted S50 for additional library books. Girl Scouts led the flag salute. " ' 4 Dress Up Child's Room New York - (UPD - When re decorating the home, give the children a place of their own, says Evelyn Jablow, an inte rior designer. A child's room should suit his tastes and hob bies and make him feel im portant. Put special things-a good piece of furniture, a fine painting-in his room so that he will learn to take pride in himself and his possessions and to take care of them, Mrs Jablow added. FASHION SAYS it's an EARLY SPRING . We say it with Your Favorite Skirts See our superb selection of skirts . . . beautiful pastels, plaids and plain colors in pleated, straight V or full styles. Your Choice off TWO . Good News For Dieters Chicago (UPS Heartening news for dieters: Snack nib- blers may be healthier than persons who eat three regular meals a day. So says Dr. Clarence Cohn, biochemist of the Michael Reese Research Institute. In laboratory experiments, Dr. Cohn and his co-workers found that hardening of the arteries was seven times greater in meal eating ani mals than in those allowed to nibble at will. Some scientists believe that hardening of the arteries may be caused by the deposit of a fatty substance, cholesterol, on the walls of arteries. Dr. Cohn found that fatty food, when taken in frequent small feedings, is less fattening and less likely to cause fatty de posits than the same amount taken in large bursts of calo ries. - There's one catch, though. The theory holds true as long as we don't "exceed a reason able daily caloric intake," the biochemist said. 4 Calendar Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.-Ladies Auxiliary, Patriarch Militant, IOOF. 7 p.m. - Medford Order of De Molay, Medford Masonic temple. 7:30 p.m. - Southern Ore gon Dental Assistants society, Red Cross building. 7:45 p.m. - Toastmistress club, Girls Community club. Thursday. 11 a.m .-Crater Lake auxil iary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sewing club, home of Mrs. Amy Randle, 1116 Nian tic ave. 12:30 p.m. - Medford So journers club, Girls Commu nity club. 1:30 p.m.-Oak Grove PTA, at school. FURS Repairing and Relining Cleaning and Glazing Restyling Frances' Fars 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP 2-6526 Values to 17.95 Medford O Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1960 A American Rose Society Columbus, Ohio-The Amer ican Rose society has issued a 1960 Guide for Buying roses which is available to anyone interested in buying bushes. The guide lists 455 varieties of roses, each evaluated by numbers beginning with 10 for a perfect rose and de scending to 5, which means of questionable value. Listed are 253 teas, 92 flori bundas, 11 grandifloras, 58 climbers and 13 miniature Use PICK'S Charge Account We Give GREEN STAMPS PHONE 1 ' ' ' An iiii li ixi'ili MAIL TRIBUNE, Madferd, On. 9 Offers Buying Guide roses rated by home garden-' ers for home gardens. To fur ther guide in selection the average height, color class and fragrance rating are in cluded. The guide may be obtained by writing the American Rose society, Columbus 14, Ohio. It is free. Washington - Abraham Lin coln, 6 feet 4 inches, was the tallest U.S. President in "sweeten your wardrobe" colors: Pink Cream Pale Blue Soft it your now sweater our Hat that starts with a flip-knot, girt all your skirts a whirl. And your budget will scarcely no tice. Light afoot kid on S u d d leather sole. A s seen in Glamour. $6" 102 East Main Street Next Door to Robinson Bros SP 2-9922 H 7? .w tWi If Your1 J fV Credit tU GOOD It's GOOD at PICK'S
