Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 28, 1960, Image 20

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Miss Judith Singler
(Landis photo)
Summer Rites
Planned by Pair
Raymond Singler, 531
South ivy street, announces
the engagement of his daugh
ter, Judith Regina, to Paul
James Stewart, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Ted v Stewart, 18
Jeannette street.
Miss Singler was graduated
from Saint Mary's High school
In 1959 and is employed by
City Sanitary Service com-
- pany.
Mr. Stewart attended Phoe
nix High school and is em
ployed by Myra Vista.
An early summer wedding
Is planned.
Landscape Expert
Talks for Group
Dale Coverstone, landscape
architect with - Berrydale
Flower farm,, was speaker for
the last meeting of Grove
Garden club.
Mr. Coverstone stressed
simplicity, saying plantings
should enhance a house with
out hiding it, and should focus
attention on the front door.
He advised his listeners to
cross the street and look at
their house and plantings
from the neighbor's view.
Mr. Coverstone's talk fol
lowed the semi-monthly din
ner of the group. Mr. and Mrs.
B. H. Belknap, Mr. and Mrs.
Clair Shores and Mr. and Mrs.
George Armstrong were the
dinner committee.
Pussywillows and jasmine
were used for table decora
tions. The club has taken a sub
scription to the magazine,
"Natural History" for Oak
Grove school.
Engaged to Wed
Mr. and Mrs. Thayer
Kessler, Anchorage, Alaska,
announced the engagement of
their daughter, Sara Maria,
2570 Victory lane, Medford,
to Henry Carlton Vessell, for
merly of Ruch.
Miss Kessler, was graduat
ed from Medford High school
in 1959 and until recently
has been attending Sacred
Heart School of Nursing, Eu
gene.
Mr. Vessell, son of Mrs.
V. Vessell, Route 1, box 60A,
Jacksonville, and the late Mr,
Vessell, attended school in
Ruch and was graduated from
Jacksonville High school in
1959.
He is employed by the Earl
Olson Oyster company in Bay
City, Ore., where he is mak
ing his home.
An April wedding in King
dom hall of Jehovah's Wit
nesses is planned.
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Miss Sara Kessler
(Landis phoio)
Two Admitted
To Honor Group
Eugene-Miss Sandra Laing,
daughter of Mrs. Nellie Laing,
260 Beatty street, Medford,
was one of 23 women honored
by admission to membership
in Pi Lambda Theta, national
women's honor society in edu
cation, at their meeting last
week.
Also admitted at the same
time was Miss Grace Gail,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C
Norman Gail, Gold Hill.
Miss Laing is a senior maj
oring in health and physical
education, and Miss Gail is a
junior majoring in education,
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Miss Wanda Smith
Engagement Told
Of Wanda Smith
To Ramon Elbert
Central Point-Mr. and Mrs,
William C. Smith, 1977 Scenic
avenue, announce the engage
ment of their daughter,
Wanda, to Ramon G. Elbert,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Elbert, Old Stage road.
The bride-to-be is a senior
at Crater High school and her
fiance was graduated from St
Mary's High school in 1956
He is employed by Loren
Ritchie.
No date has been set
their wedding.
Patricia Barber,
Marvin Bohnert
To Wed in June
Central Point-Mr. and Mrs,
William Barber, 75 South Sev
enth street, announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Patricia Joanne, to Marvin
Arnold Bohnert, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Arnold Bohnert.
Miss Barber is a senior at
Crater High school. Her fi
ance is a graduate of Crater
High school and attended
Oregon State college. He is
employed by the Grange Co
operative.
Their wedding date is June
17.
Miss Patricia Barber
Nonconformist
Child is Topic
"The Nonconformist Child
Acquires Knowledge" will be
the subject for a panel dis
cussion at a meeting of Med
ford branch, American Asso
ciation of University Women,
Wednesday, March 2. Mrs. A,
Johannson will be hostess
for the meeting at her home,
2133 Dellwood avenue, at 8
p.m.
Dr. Betty Lou Dunlop, field
supervisor of teaching at
Southern Oregon college,
Bruce Nelson, dean of boys
at Hedrick Junior High school,
and Bruce Metzger, principal
of Jackson school, are mem
bers of the panel.
Moderator will be Mrs.
Nick A. Gerritsen, case work
er for Jackson County Public
Welfare commission, who is
also AAUW chairman of so
cial and economic issues com
mittee.
Mrs. Douglas P. Philips and
Miss Margaret Jones will
serve refreshments with the
assistance of Mrs. Andrew H.
Schmidt, Mrs. Ralph Weise,
Mrs. William D. Cousineau,
and Miss Peggyann Hutchinson.
Announce Meeting
Gold Star Mothers, Inc.,
will meet at the courthouse
auditorium Tuesday, March 1,
at 1:30 pm. for a dessert
luncheon followed by a busi
ness meeting.
Betrothal News
Announced Here
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Ed
wards, 1541 Oregon avenue,
announce the engagement of
Mrs. Edwards' daughter, Miss
Paula Phillips, to Joseph
Orosz, Eugene, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Istvan Orosz, Budapest,
Hungary.
Miss Phillips is a student
nurse at Sacred Heart School
of Nursing in Eugene and Mr,
Orosz is employed at Gusti
ana Lumber company, Eu
gene.
Their wedding is set for
this spring at the First Con
gregational church, Eugene
The Rev. Ray R. Finch, foster
father of the bridegroom-to-
be, is to officiate.
Miss Phillips was graduated
from Ashland High school and
attended Southern Oregon
college.
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Miss Paula Phillips
(Fehly photo)
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MEMORY GARDENS MORTUARY
To Serve As JVe Would Be Served"
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DAY or NIGHT for
Mortuary Cemetery Cremation Mausoleum
New Class
Announced
At Center
A beginners class in musi
cal instruments will start
Monday, February 29, at 11
aon. at the Senior Activity
center. Edward Root, retired
public school music instruc
tor, will teach the class, re
quested by those who attend
classes at the center.
Mr. Root instructs and con
ducts the orchestra which
meets Thursday afternoons
from 1 to 3 p.m. at the center,
The orchestra was formed last
spring from beginners and
former musicians. Mr. Root
plans to train new class mem
bers until they are proficient
enough to play with the or
chestra.
rne class is open to any
men or women who would
like to learn how to play an
instrument, or regain his
skills on an instrument he
formerly played, it is said,
The class will last one hour
weekly and members are in
vited to bring a snack lunch
and stay to enjoy the colored
slides which are shown each
Monday at 1 p.m. of foreign
travel, for the Arm Chair
Travel group.
Robert Heffernan will show
slides of his travel in Spain
and Portugal to the group
Monday. The slides shown by
Mr. Heffernan which he had
taken in the Near East proved
very popular and viewers are
advised to come early, it is
stated. This series is arranged
by Dr. Frank Roberts.
The Spanish class which
meets each Thursday at 10.
a.m. has doubled its size in
the last two weeks, and will
welcome newcomers. " The
paintings of the art class
which meets each Tuesday at
p.m. and the finished totem
poles of the wood carving
class, which meets each Wed
nesday at 1 p.m. attracted
favorable comment from the
members of the Rogue Valley
Council on Aging at their an
nual meeting in the center
last week.
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Mother, Daughters
Hostesses for Party
Jtagie Pomt - Mrs. Cecil
Wade and her daughters
Vicky, Claudia, Patsy, and
Essie Marie, were hostesses
for a recent party. Games
were played, with balloons
given for prizes.
Guests were Cherylin and
Valarie Bagby, Connie Shel
ton, Lynda and Susan Thomp
son, Marjorie and Mike La-
mon, Steve Coon, Ralph and
Ronnie Peck, Sheila and Ly
dia Shevar, Debbie and Ricky
Phillips, Elsie Haley, Karen,
Gale, Jody, and Lana Green
wood. ,'
Mrs. Lyle Greenwood as
sisted Mrs. Wade with the re
freshments and party.
Griffin Creek PTA
Changes Meeting
A meeting of Griffin Creek
Parent - Teacher association
originally planned for March
3 will be held March 10 in
stead, it was announced last
week."
The Griffin Creek meeting
was changed in order to al
low parents to attend a special
meeting at McLoughlin Par
ent - Teacher association for
parents of children who will
be in the seventh grade at
McLoughlin school next year.
Bethels 14 and 55, International Order
of Job's Daughters, honored their queens at
a formal dinner and dance held Saturday,
February 20, at Rogue Valley Country club.
Pictured during the event are (left to right)
Mits Marcia Barrell, queen of Bethel 55;
Roger Keltoe. senior councilor of Medford
chapter. Order of De Molay; Miss Marion
Parsons, queen of Bethel 14, and Robert
Baker, master councilor of the local De
Molay chapter. The dance is an annual
event.
Extension Units Announce
Variety of Program Topics
March is the second "free
choice" month of the year for
Jackson County Home Exten
sion units. No lessons are
given by county agents and
each unit will prepare and
give a lesson of its choice.
Included in the wide range
of subject matter will be cake
decorating, glove making,
films on cancer control, and
a talk on tax problems. Many
of these meetings will be of
county-wide interest and-will
be open to anyone who wants
to attend.
All women of the county
are invited to attend nome
extension units, either in
their immediate locality or
elsewhere.
Wilson Park
Wilson Park unit will be
shown a film on artificial res
piration and have a lesson on
DOisons and antidotes at a
meeting March 1 at 8 p.m
Mrs. Lloyd Turner, 1525
Jasper street, will be hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Ronald Hard
ing and Mrs. David Shaffer,
Agate
Members of the Agate umt
will meet at 10:30 a.m. Wed
nesday, March 2, at the home
of Mrs. D. A. Bever, Gebhard
road.
Mrs. Bever and Mrs. John
Small will give a lesson on
dried weed arrangements.
Members and interested visi
tors are advised to wear old
clothes and to bring any
weeds they would like to in
clude in arrangements.
Lake Creek
Lake Creek unit will have
lesson on cake decorating
by Mrs. H. R. Corliss when
they meet Wednesday, March
2, at 10:30 a.m. at the home
of Mrs. Murray Bartling,
Brownsboro.
Mrs. Corliss, a guest of the
unit, gave a similar lesson
last year which proved so
popular that she was invited
to give, the lesson to the
the women again this year.
Those attending are re
minded to bring their own
table service.
Applegale Valley
A study of India, with a
native-style meal, is planned
by the Applegate Valley unit,
which will meet Wednesday,
March 2, at the Grange hall.
Mrs. Wilfred Pearson, chair
man for the Associated Coun
try Women of the World, will
be in charge of the study and
report on India will be
given by Mrs. Lora Scott.1
Colored slides of India will be
shown.
Mrs. Harley Hall Is direct
ing preparation of food.
Members are to bring ar
ticles for a silent auction for
benefit of the 4-H scholarship
fund. They are also to bring
table service and a pillow and
blanket for sitting on the
floor during the program.
Griffin Creek
A lesson on glove making
will be given by Mrs. Harold
Kenyon at a meeting of Grif
fin Creek unit Friday, March
4, at 11 a.m. at Griffin Creek
Grange hall.
Mrs. Kenyon also will con
duct the business meeting in
tiie absence of the chairman,
Mrs. Paul Doe.
A covered - dish luncheon
will be served at noon by
Mrs. Noel Erskine and Mrs.
Randall Leon.
Those attending are re
quested to bring scissors, pins
and thimbles.
Members of the unit are to
bring rummage to the Fehl
building the evening of
March 4 or to the March 4
meeting in preparation for the
rummage sale March 5.
Butte Falls
Butte Falls unit will meet
Tuesday, March 1 at 10:30
a.m. at the home of Mrs. Harry
Dalton for a lesson on hair
styling. It will be presented
by Mrs. Maxine Hammond of
Rolland's Beauty salon in
Medford.
Luncheon will be served,
and those attendmg are to
take table service. Any inter
ested woman is invited to
attend.
Special Events
On Agenda For
McLoughlin PTA
A number of special events
are planned for a meeting of
the McLoughlin Junior High
school Parent-Teacher associa
tion Thusrday, March 3, at
7:30 p.m. in the boys gym
nasium.
Parents of sixth and ninth
grade students who will be
entering junior and senior
high school next year will be
given an opportunity to meet
with advisors of the schools
to help with schedules for the
students next year.
Election of PTA officers for
next year will be held. Mrs.
Paul Fulmer will give the
nominating committee report
and nominations also will be
taken from the floor.
Mrs. Bill Rambo, chairman
of the rummage sale commit
tee, will report.
Dr. Leonard Mayfield, su
perintendent of Medford Pub
lic Schools, appearing in a
Russian fur hat, spoke to the
association at the February
meeting. He illustrated his
comments with colored slides
taken on his recent trip to
Russia.
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If your plants have limp,
pale leaves and little or no
growth, let the soil dry be
tween waterings.
Hansons Tell
Betrothal News
Mr. and Mrs. Russell W.
Hanson, 703 Mae street, an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Patricia Irene,
to Raymond Dale Smith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jennings,
route 2, box 661, Central
Point.
Miss Hanson is a graduate
of Medford High school and
is attending Southern Oregon
college. Mr. Smith is a grad
uate of Crater High school
and attended California State
Polytechnic college, San Luis
Obispo. He is a cattle rancher.
The couple plans a Septem
ber wedding.
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Luncheon Slated
For Lady Elks
Medford Lady Elks will
meet for a salad luncheon and
card party Tuesday, March 1,
in the Elks club party lounge.
Luncheon will be served at
1 p.m.
Wives and widows of all
Elk members are welcome to
attend.
Winners at cards at the
group's last meeting were
Mrs. Charles Goodwin, Mrs.
Yvonne Dalen, and Mrs. Bruce
Blew. These women will be
in charge of refreshments for
the coming party.
Miss Patricia Hanson
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Session Announced
For Navy Mothers;
Club Drapes Charter
An all day session of the
Rogue Valley Navy Mothers
club will be held at the Girls
Community club Tuesday,
March 1.
Mrs. Nelda Roberts will
demonstrate the Stanley prod
ucts at 10 a.m. and general
sewing will follow; a potluck
luncheon will be served at
noon.
Hostesses will be Mrs. Carl
Ludwig and Mrs. Bertha Cob
leigh. All mothers of navy,
marine corps and coast guard
personnel are invited to the
affair.
At the last meeting the
charter was draped in honor
of Mrs. Clare Higgins.
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