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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Qualities of Leadership To Be Medford UN Topic 1 What sort of men and wom en are needed to lead the world toward unity and peace? This question will be explored at a meeting of Med ford chapter, Oregon United Nations association, to be held Thursday, April 28, at 8 p.m. In the Red Cross building. The public is invited to at tend. Two speakers will attempt to show that certain physical and mental characteristics are important in the makeup of the superior person capable of leadership. These will be Dr. Ruth Bebber, associate professor of health and physi cal education at Southern Ore gon college, and Dr. Harry Danielson, Medford physician specializing in psychiatry. Dr. Bebber, who studied under Dr. Francis Pottenger Jr., head of experimental medicine at the University of Southern California, will talk on the physical basis of in tegrity, what makes a su perior man, a man who can fulfill his responsibilities. Dr. Bebber will make compari sons of physiques and bone itruc ture characteristics of various races. Dr. Danielson will base his talk on a book, "Prescription for Survival" by Brock Chis holm. Mr. Chisholm, a Cana dian, is a former president of the World Federation for Mental Health and vice presi dent of the World Association of World Federalists. He visit ed Medford a number of years ago, and at that time was a director for the Food and Ag riculture agency of the United Nations. ' It has been said that "Mod ern man's greatest adventure is uniting mankind under the canopy of the United Nations. To undertake this adventure, we need new values and un derstandings of people, and an understanding of the changes necessary to bring about peace and a united mankind." Valley Dancers To Attend Event In Klamath Falls Square dancers of the val ley will travel to Klamath Falls Saturday, April 30, to at tend the Merry Mixers annual jamboree. It will start with a pot luck dinner at 8 p.m. Breakfast will be served at 1 a.m. with dancing to continue afterwards. Bill Mayhcw and Ivan Has brouck will be the masters of ceremonies and all square dancers are invited to attend. The Y Knot Twirlers will hold a work shop dance Thurs- day. April 28, at 8 p.m. at the YMCA Douglas Fousbury, the club caller, will call the squares. Dancers are asked to take cookies for refreshments and the club will furnish the coffee. All square dancers are in vited. . Blue Star Mothers Announce Delegates Illinois Valley - Mrs. Zelda Foster and Mrs. Edna Davis have been appointed dele gates to the state conven tion of Blue Star Mothers to be held at the Rogue River Grange hall In Grants Pass April 28. The two delegates and other members plan to leave from the home of Mrs. Foster at 7 a.m. Thursday for the meeting. At the last meeting, Mrs. Barbara Tucker, Selma, was admitted as a member. Mrs. Eleanor Ramsey and Mrs. Clyde Moon attended the hobby show at Camp While April 24. A check for $15 was sent to Camp White for the emergency fund. Mrs. A. M. Reich was ap pointed Indian welfare chair man, and Mrs. Georgia Lech- t was named chairman of ways and means. Scrapbooks made by mem bers were given to Mrs. Evan Kubli who will send them to the children In the Shrine hospital, Portland. The white coat on one hand and the dark tweed coat on the other epitomize a season less look In spring coats and answer the big demand for travel wear. Stauffer GUARANTEES RESULTS Only $10 for new four-week studio visit course. Lose pounds or inches or money back! That's only 50 cents per visitl RE-DUCE-REPROPORTION - LOOK YOUNGER - FEEL BETTER. For details telephone SP 3-7551 or stop in at our temporary offices, 208 Crater Lake Avenue. (This Offer for a Limited Time Only) STAUFFER HOME PLAN STUDIO Virginia Wlckersham, Distributor A Wedneiday, Apr. 27, 1 960 J Dr. Ruth Bebber. associate professor of health and phys ical education at Southern Oregon college, will be one of the speakers for a meet ing of Medford chapter. Ore gon United Nations associa lion, Thursday. April 28, at 8 p.m. in the Red Cross 'build ing. Dr. Bebber, and Dr. Harry Danielson, will speak on "what makes a superior man." Annual Tea Tomorrow Valley residents are remind ed that the silver tea for the cancer fund to be held at Hillcrest Orchards tomorrow, April 28, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., is open to the public. All profits will be donated to the American Cancer society by the Medford committee, which has presented the tea in recent years as its special project. The theme of the 1060 tea is the United Nations, and members of the committee will wear costumes of many foreign countries. Products of exquisite workmanship and beauty from other parts of the world, loaned for exhibit by local women, will be on display on the main floor of Hillcrest house. The second floor will be fragrant and colorful with flower arrangements, which will be done by women from almost 30 organizations. Al though prizes are given to the two winning arrangements, as determined by popular vote, it is a spirit of helpfulness, rath er than the hope of winning, that inspires local women to loan their tulents and treas ures, the committee stresses. J Hornbrook Society Announces Meeting; Card Party Planned Hornbrook -The Women's Society of the Methodist church will meet Thursday, April 28, at the Fireside room of the. church. Mrs. M. Brad ford will act as hostess. Plans will be completed for the Mothers' day tea to be held May 5, and for the annual Mothers' day cake and apron sale on May 7. The last in the winter se ries of card parties being spon sored by the Hornbrook Grange will be held April 30 at the Grange hall. Pinochle and whist will be played and prizes awarded. Refreshments will be served. The grand prize for the scries also will be awarded. Auxiliary Hears Meeting Report McLeod Prospect Lions auxiliary held the April meet ing at Beckies Cafe at Union Creek. 'I he president, Mrs. Caroline Harding, reported on the spring board meeting held In Tafl, Ore., April 0, stating 195 women from various aux iliaries throughout the state attended. A meeting of the executive board will be held tonight at the home of Mrs. Melvln Rochester. Sunshine Girls To Hold Meeting Rosebud council, Pythian Sunshine Girls, will meet Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. in Ihe Pythian building. Mem bers will be instructed con cerning the meeting of the grand council to be held Sat urday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1. Women's Challenges Topic of PTA Are mothers working out side the home because they must do so to support their children, or for other reasons? What do young people really think of their parents? Mrs. Leon S. Price, officer of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, had some ideas on these subjects when she gave the keynote address yesterday for the opening session of the Ore gon Congress of Parents and Teachers at Hedrick Junior High school. Mrs. Price, who Is the pub licity chairman for the Nation al Congress from Dallas, Tex., said that at the recent White House Conference on Children and Youth, it was brought out that 47 per cent of the na tion's mothers work outside the home. "Are women working be cause they must do so to sup port their children, or because they want to buy things they do not really want to help impress people they don't really like?" Mrs. Price asked. She added that speakers at the White House conference had little patience with wom en who fall into this category, and said that some believe fathers in the United States "have abdicated their right ful position as the head of the household." Mrs. Price stressed the im Pioneer of Women's Pants Now Sorry She Started It BY GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor New York IUPD The wom an who pioneered pants for the American woman's ward robe, (no, she wasn't Marlene Dietrich) said today she some times is sorry she started it all "If I had thought of the women who would wear them . . . well, they just don't don't go with some figures," said 77 - year old Ethel A Traphagen. Guv pauipy Miss trap hagen, who this spring is ob serving her 50th anniversary as a fashion educator, said that trousers grew from her own rebellion against the nar row, hobble skirt and from seeing on a visit to San Fran cisco how comfortable and cool oriental women were in their native dress. In 1914, she shocked New Yorkers by appearing on the street In a trouser costume cut like today's culottes and topped by a long tunic with side slits. "At the time," she said, In an interview, "I was teaching at the New York School of Industrial Art. The head of the school called me on the carpet. Said I wus setting a bad example." Trend From Africa But a few years later, she was to pioneer more pants. She and her husband - the late W. R. Leigh, an artist famous for his paintings of the Old West - made a trip to Africa. I saw women in shorts," she said, "and I thought, 'now how cool and comfortable they would be for sports'." She brought back several pairs, had them copied, held fashion show and "the pants took. "But I am afraid the trend has gone too far," she sighed. "I believe In being comfor table and cool, but trousers are for leisure, not for street wear." Ethel Traphagen, member of a family which traces its ancestry to the first Dutch child born in the United States, began fashion teaching in 1910 when she organized the first course In professional costume design and illustra tion for the New York Board of Education. She has done commercial art, fashion and advertising Illustration for Vogue and the old Vanity Fair, and taught fashion design at Cooper Gifts r f 3 ftr mwjr "The Store of a Thousand Thoughtful Gifts" News portance of people as individ uals and not as classes of peo ple and then asked "what does your child think of you as a parent?" Again turning to information furnished at the White House conference, Mrs Price said the results of a survey quoted at the confer ence were very sobering to parents. Survey Results Young people from every walk of life and from all economic levels participated in the survey, she said. When the results were tabulated it was found that young people generally agreed that: 1- Parents have bad dispo sitions. 2- There is not enough dis cipline in the home, and It is too erratic. Punishment often comes because a parent is up set or angry, and not because it is justified. 3- Parents are unfair and raise their children on a "don't do as I do, but do as I say" manner. Many young people noted that their par ents told many "white lies but reproved the children for doing this. 5-Parents are over-critical, particularly when it comes to appraising the school report card. 6-Parenls are too busy to pay enough attention to their children. Union and New York public schools. In 1923, she established the school which bears her name opening on $3,000 borrowed capital and with an enroll ment of seven. Famed Alumni In 37 years, some 28,000 students from 100 countries have enrolled at Traphagen to study fashion illustration and design and interior dec oration. Well-know graduates include Draz, an illustrator whom many in the fashion field consider tops today; Paul Whitney and James Galanos, who have their own design and manufacturing business on the West Coast, and de signers Luis Estevez, Bernard Newman, Carolyn Schnurer, and Helen Lee, all of New York. Four graduates in four con secutive years took the Amer ican fashion critics' Coty Award. ' At 77, Miss Traphagen, a statuesque woman with snowy hair cut in a flapper bob, is busier than ever" with no intention of retiring soon. I asked her what direction she thought the feminine fash ion silhouette might take. "I don't think women ever again will be swept into one major trend," she said. "They are learning to choose clothes most becoming to them , . . No longer does one woman depend on what all other women are wearing." College Mothers Induct Officers Mrs. Charles Forest, Ash land, slate president of the Oregon State College Moth ers' club, installed new offi cers of the Jackson county unit at a recent meeting held at the Jackson hotel. Inducted into office were Mrs. Lloyd Parsons, presi dent; Mrs. Henry Fisher, vice president; Mrs. Ernest Gleas on, secretary; Mrs. Sam Steele, treasurer. AH are from Medford. Mrs. Garner Couey, Med ford, retiring president, re ceived a gift from the execu tive board. Following luncheon, M. M. Huggins, past president and member of the board of direct ors of the Oregon State Col lege Alumni association, spoke on the growth of OSC. He discussed the school's needs for the future and explained the bond issue for higher edu cation which will appear on the November ballot. HEWOW, OWOOtt Keynoter Mrs. Price urged her listen ers to recognize everyone as important and said "Ameri cans are too impersonal." She declared we "think of the milkman, the postman, the garbage collector and the newsboy, but don't think of them as individuals - as people." Turning to another subject, Mrs. Price noted that the parent-teacher association is a partnership of parents, teach ers and children and said that in some instances, the PTA was neglecting its duty to teachers. "Teachers have a right to the status in which the profession is entitled," she said. "Teaching at one time was the most important of all the professions. The PTA should work to see that teach ers have the same prestige as the doctor, the lawyer and the minister, with comparable sal aries." She urged parents to get to know the teachers of their children, to invite them to their homes. Elaborating on her conven tion topic of "The Individuals Challenge to the PTA" Mrs. Price said the organization must accept the challenge of change and be prepared ,to keep the good and discard the bad. Speaking of the chal lenge to education, Mrs. Price declared that a child's edu cation was his investment for the future and the education must be complete, "of the head, the heart and the hand." She said children must learn that work by the hand is honorable and must learn self-discipline. "Education of the heart is almost the most important of all," Mrs. Price declared. "Education of the heart teaches respect for mor als, for the spirit and for hu man values." It was at this point that Mrs. Price reported on the White House conference. Turning to the challenge to faith, Mrs. Price said faith is the foundation stone of the country and asked her au dience "How does your child know God?" In closing Mrs. Price said she believed the PTA is ready to meet all the challenges of the modern World. Hornbrook Couple Home From Vacation Hornbrook-Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Jeter have returned from a spring vacation spent in the Los Angeles area. They were guests of their daughter and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Campbell and sons Ricky and Timmy and of Mr. Jeter's two sisters, and his mothers, Mrs. W. J. Jeter. They also visited briefly in Sacramento with Mrs. Jeter's sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Renfro. Easter Sunday they spent in Chico with their son Bill, who is a student at Chico State college. You can shorten a long neck by wearing hair long and slightly fluffy. If neck is short, wear hair up. Prices Slashed ! Children's DRESS SHOES Whites and Patents, Edwards and Alexis Dress Ups REGULARLY $5.95 TO $9.95 s488 1. A vtry good siie selection in top quality shoes A to D widlhi. SPECIAL GROUPI GIRLS' - White Saddle Oxfords Sixes 12'i to 3 NOW ONLY Buy Now and SAVE at... Johnston and Stewart's JUNIOR BOOT SHOP 211 E. Main St. Social Events Calendar Wednesday 6 p.m.-Medford Order of De Molay, Medford Masonic hall. 7:30 p.ni.-Southern Oregon Society of Artists, Girls Com munity club. 7:45 p.m. T oast mistress club, Girls Community club. Thursday 12 noon Sewing club, with Mrs. Ivan Lusk, 528 Man zanita st Central Point. 12:30 p.m. Medford So journers club, Girls Commun ity club. PTA Hears Program On Safety A program on safety was given at the last meeting of Washington Parent - Teacher association. Mrs. Thomas Antley, pro gram chairman, introduced a skit on water safety presented by the sixth grade class. The skit showed the dangers of swimming in unknown waters, swimming alone, swimming beyond your ability and eat ing just before going into the water. It also warned individ uals not to stay in the sun too long, not to play around pois on oak, and to watch for snakes. Sixth grade teachers, Mrs. Berle Stephens, Miss Laura York and Mrs. Alice Webb, coached, the children. A California-Oregon Power company film on "Rescue Breathing" was shown. The film portrays the technique of mouth to mouth rescue breathing. William Barker, chairman of the school board, and Rus sell Acheson, assistant super intendent of schools, spoke on the school budget. They urged all to vote at the budget elec tion May 2. Mrs. Roy Rolls, youth rep resentative, showed the Cub Scout charter presented to the PTA sponsored pack. She stated that 90 boys, 9 den Mothers and 11 committee men make up the pack. Mrs. Donald Hickey read the PTA prayer and Mrs. John Aeschliman's Cub Den 15 presented the colors. Miss Laura York led group singing and Mrs. Katherine Larison was at the piano. Miss Marjo Murray's sec ond grade room won room count. Representing the Washing ton PTA as delegates to the annual meeting of the Ovegon Congress of Parents and Teachers now being held in Medford are Mrs. Donald Col trane, Mrs. William Townes, Mrs. Al Bradford, Mrs. Haden Dorsey, Mrs. Charles Chit wood, Mrs. Thomas Antley, Mrs. Donald McKay and Mrs. Cecil Davis. Mrs. Coltrane, unit presi dent, urged all interested per sons to attend the convention's evening sessions, which are open to the public. 5 $99 Medford Elections Old Question Asked of League A fish bowl filled with green, yellow, and blue beads was the focal point at the an nual meeting of Medford League of Women Voters held Saturday, April 23. Dr. Ken neth H. Baker, research di rector for KBES-TV, used the bowl of beads to illustrate the sampling method of determin ing public opinion. Before an attentive audi ence of 50 League members and guests, Dr. Baker develop ed the theme "Are Elections Too Old-Fashioned?" Thomas Jefferson's belief in democ racy was manifested in this statement, "The majority of people will make fewer mis takes in governing themselves than will be made by a few selected or appointed individ uals," Dr. Baker said. If you believe this there are a few practical difficulties, such as getting an expression of the majority, he continued. The expense of elections is fantastic, Dr. Baker said, and the indifference of voters leaves about 60 per cent tak ing part in elections. In addi tion, Dr. Baker mentioned that the complexity of issues raises the question, "Is the person in the street competent to have an opinion on every issue?" We are becoming a nation governed by specialists rather than by a majority of the peo ple, the speaker declared. "We allow ourselves to be govern ed more and more by ap pointees, commissions, and bureaus," he said. "W h y ? Mostly because of the imprac ticability of submitting issues to the people. There is an un easy feeling that the vote might not be 'informed.' Time is a big factor." Totalitarian govern m e n t s can make decisions and im plement them immediately, he pointed out, while democ racy doesn't work this way. In competition, circles are run around us while democ racies debate, refer to com mittee, refer to the people, etc. Even the majority opin ion of representatives sitting in Congress is difficult to ex pedite. "If we are going to hold on to our government by major ity opinion, how can we over come the difficulties?" Dr. Baker maintains that it is not necessary to go to the entire population. Sample public opinion, he says, then estimate what the complete sample would have been. Samples are used all the time in the business world, and Dr. Baker suggests this method as a practical, eco nomical, feasible way to get opinions on issues. Many more Issues could be determined by the reflection of a sample of voters instead of by an expert. In a humorous vein, Dr. Baker illustrated that citi zens are reluctant to accept the sample method. Yet in dividuals will express the ut most confidence in their opin ion which is based on a sampling of the attitudes of FOR MORE AND BETTER JOBS Out of your pocketbook comes the savings that not only give greater family security but provide the capital urgently needed to put men and women to work. The money you save and invest creates many new busi nesses in this country every year and tens of thousands of jobs. It is the backbone of our economy. SAVE Invest Keep Amf":"n growing all year 'round. APRIL 24 1960 Proudly participating with tho nation' civic, industrial, end? businost organisations In bringing this mossago to our part of thm Wost. W SP 3-5284, Medford - Fashioned? only the people they have talked with recently. With one hand full of beads, Dr. Baker explained that the way in which a sample is taken has much more to do with Its accuracy than does the num ber in the sample. The lively question period which follow ed indicated that Dr. Baker had stimulated thinking. During the business meet ing the local program for 1960-61 was adopted. Mem bers will continue to present the county booklet, of which 2000 copies have been sold. Jackson county government will be evaluated in relation to the county home rule amendment. A dues increase was voted by the membership following explanation of the budget and the finance drive by Mrs. Fred Carr, budget chairman. Newly-elected officers are Mrs. Ogden Kellogg, first vice president; Mrs. K. H. Baker, second vice president; Mrs. Charles Walker, treasurer; Mrs. Donald Bradshaw, secre tary. Directors who will as sume board positions are Mrs. John L. Raapke, Mrs. F. T. Burich, Mrs. Thomas Rutter, and Mrs. E. E. Meeker. Elected members of , the nominating committee are Mrs. Fred Carr, Mrs. Hugh Collins, and Mrs. John Ouster hout, chairman. We Will Be CLOSED THURSDAY AFTERNOON in Memory of ROBERT M. HAMILTON S&W FLOORCOVER SHOP 709 S. - 30 AMERICA WEEK CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY MU Conference Set By Girl Scouts The annual Senior Girl Scout conference will be held on the Southern Oregon col lege campus Apirl 29-May 1. All Senior Girl Scouts are eligible to attend. Registration will be Friday 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Satur day's program begins with a breakfast at 7 a.m. A banquet will climax a day of talks, games and a campus tour. In the evening the girls may go skating, swimming or to a show. Girls are asked to wear their uniforms for the Satur day afternoon and Sunday morning event, the latter to be a Scout's Own ceremony, "Dressy" attire will be appro priate for the banquet, and play clothes for the games, t Students Hear Senator Speak Hornbrook-Miss Faye Coat ney of Montague was a week end guest of a school mate, Miss Shirley Moffett. On Sat urday, accompanied by Bob Wilson of Copco, they attend ed open house at Southern Oregon college in Ashland where they heard Sen. John Kennedy speak. All three young people are seniors at Yreka High school. Miss Moffett, the daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. Wayne Cummins, has been accepted for admission to SOC as a freshman student in September. Riverside 5-5291, Ashland
