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( ) ) n O n f ) (J o c0 o Co cl crista A group of Roseburg women who are Bed Cross volunteers lor Douglas coun ty wr in Medford Tuesday for a luncheon meeting of chairmen and co-chairmen of ihe Jackson and Douglas county chapters. Among those here for the session, held at .the horn of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fairwealh- er, Dark Hollow road, were (left to right) Mrs. J. S. Sullivan, chairman of nursing services; Mrs. Harry Rapp, executive sec retary: Mrs. Barney Powers, a Grey Lady: Mrs. Porter Lainhart, chairman of Junior Red Cross in Douglas county and Mrs. R. A. MacHaffie, Junior Red Cross volunteer. Ninety-Year-Old Woman Gardens, Paints House Mrs. Jennie Young, former ly Mrs. Fritz Ruch, who lives t 908 West Tenth street, Medford, took time out from gardening and house paint Jng to celebrate her 90th birthday May 20. Friends called during the day and presented her with a cake, nd she was a guest at 4 o'clock dinner at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buch, 809 South Newtown street. ' Mrs. Young, a resident of Jackson county for 89 years, was born in Sacramento, Calif., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Estes, and came to the area later known as Grants Pass when she was one year old. Mrs. Young said they lived on the south side 6'f Rogue river, and that sec tion was called "The Gra nite." There was a ferry boat across Rogue river at that fime, and horses and vehicles crossed on the ferry. She re members when Grants Pass was getting started. ' "I'm a kind of pioneer girl," Mrs. Young says. 'Mother taught me to make lace and to knit stockings from home spun yard, and I would do that while I rocked my half sister in the cradle." Her father died soon after jbming to Oregon, and her mother later married Calvin Hinkle. Her family lived for tf time at Log Town, and later moved to Thompson creek, where she married Fredlin "Fritz" Ruch, brother of C. M. Ruch, who established the Ruch post office and Itore about 1900. ' Mr. Ruch hauled produce with team and wagon to Klamath county, at first buy ing fruits and vegetables around Medford, and later growing his own. Fruit and garden produce were put in bushel boxes, and eggs had a favored place in the bottom of the wagon where it was cool, Mrs. Young recalls. Her hus band forded Bear creek on the way to Klamath, and after he got over the Greenspring mountains he "peddled from house to house. Her grandfather, Dolphin Grimes, drove a freight wagon from Crescent City. . Mrs. Young has two other sons, Harvey, at Salem, and Edwin at V a 1 1 e j o, who teaches in a high school there. She has eight grand children and several great grand children. After the death of Mr. Ruch, she was married to Grant Young, whose death oc curred three years later. At her Thompson creek home, Mrs. Young raised poultry and rabbits, and for many years she boarded school teachers. Mrs. Young 'till does crocheting, and her many large braided rugs show how she has used her pare time. Among many things of interest at her home is a collection of sea shells nd various kinds of snail hells. Among these is clothes pin which the 90-year 2$J " ' 1 r - Mrs. Jennie Young, 908 West Tenth street, does her own gardening and such household chores as painting in spite of her age. Mrs. Young celebrated her 90th birthday aniversary May 30. old woman has saved from her early married days. She played the organ or piano for many community dances, often with Harvey or Edwin accompanying on the violin. She often played for Sunday school or church, and in the early part of her life became a Baptist when "Preacher Hurd" visited her community from Williams creek. One of her favorite past times now is visiting with her neighbor and good friend, Mrs. Clara Barry, herself an octogenarian. In observance of her birthday another friend, Miss Grace Elmore of Medford spent a few days as her guest. Auxiliary Honors Past Presidents Phoenix - Past presidents were honored at the last meeting of Phoenix Lions auxiliary held at the home of Mrs. Leonard Carl son, 3617 Ross lane. Mrs. L. T. Pierson assisted the hostess, Each past president was presented a silver gavel charm and responded by tell ing what being an auxiliary president had meant to her. Those honored were Mrs C. C. Haggard, Mrs. J. M. Cook, Mrs. N. F. Williams, Mrs. E. R. Claflin, Mrs. E. R James and Mrs. A. R. Cons- bruck. Saturday evening, May 21, members of the auxiliary were hostesses for a dinner for their husbands. It was held at the Carlson home. Dancing and parlor games followed dinner. The auxiliary's next meet ing will be June 2 at the Claf lin home, 214 Fifth street, Election of officers is sched uled. Illinois Valley Units Take Part In Annual Event Illinois Valley F our Illi nois Valley Home Extension units participated in a home makers festival in Grants Pass May 25. The units, Lone Mountain, Rancheros, Illinois Valley and Deer Creek, were in charge of the handicraft booth which displayed items made by unit members. Miss Rizpah Doug lass, county extension agent, directed the event for Jose phine county extension units. Mrs. Henry Gammel con ducted a working exhibit on tin craft. Similar exhibits on freezing, sewing, reupholster ing and pine needle work also were presented by the local units. In the afternoon Mrs. Edna Duncan gave a report on her trip to Edenburgh, Scotland. Mrs. Duncan, who showed slides of the trip, was chosen a delegate from Oregon to at tend the international tri annual convention of the As sociated Country Women of the World. A total of 1,200 women from 30 nations attended. Officers Installed In Phoenix Phoenix - Officers v ere in stalled at the May meeting of Phoenix Garden club held in the Fireplace room of Phoenix Community club. Hostesses for 'he desert luncheon which preceeded the program and business meeting were Mrs. Jesse Wilsjn, Mrs. Evelyn Hendricks and Mrs. E. A. Stevens. Mrs. C O. Long, Talent, newly elected district direc tor of the Oregon Federation of Garden clubs, acted as in stalling officer. Taking office were Mrs. Lester Carr, pres ident; Mrs. Chris Wolff, first vice-president; Mrs. Vaughn Quackenbush, second vice president; Mrs. Ronald Quack enbush, secretary; and Mrs. Charles Lewis, treasurer. Mrs. A. C. Lewis of the ar rangement committee planned a "little flower show" for the afternoon program. Arrange ments were brought by mem bers as examples of the var ious classes in the arrange ment division of the clubs an nual flower show which will be held June 5. Mrs. O. V. Poe, a club member who is an accredited flower show judge, gave a number of suggestions as to how the arrangements could be improved by considering the points that judges are looking for when they are judging arrangements. Other guests present for the afternoon, besides Mrs. Long, were Mrs. Helen Harper, Med or, Jacksonville and Mrs. E. E. Armstrong, Dunsmuir, Calif. Convention Reports Given At Meeting of BPW Club Members of the Medford Business and Professional Women's club, heard reports by delegates on the state an nual convention at Salem, May 13 to IS, at its regular meeting Thursday at the Girls Community club. It was reported that more than 560 women from throughout the state regis tered for the three day meet ing. At the convention Medford President Mrs. F. R. Faulkner accepted a citation awarded to the Medford club for in creased membership. Dele gates to the convention were Mrs. Faulkner, Miss Laura York, past state president; Mrs. Richard Chamberlain, Mrs. B. C. Tennant, Mrs. H. F. Officers of the Illinois unit were installed at a meeting May 10 in the Cave Junction Episcopal church. Mrs. Ken neth Brown is the new chair man; Mrs. Vernon Johnson, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Eldon Muell, vice-chairman. Mrs. Gammell, a past presi dent, was installation officer. Installation Set or Garden Club Eagle Point - Mrs. Leland Meyers will be installed as president of the Eagle Point Garden club at their last meeting of the summer at the home of Mrs. Charles Cush man, Trail, Wednesday after noon, June 1. A covered dish luncheon will be served at 12 noon prior to the meeting. Mrs. Olm V. Poe of Phoenix will install the new officers. Other officers being installed are Mrs. Jack James, vice president; Mrs. Ted Flury, secretary, and Mrs. Clarence Davies, treasurer. All members are asked to attend this meeting and any one interested in visiting may contact the president, Mrs. W. E. Davies at Hlllcrest 6-3779. League Officers Attend Session Two officers from the Med ford League of Women Vot ers were in Oceanlake early this week for the three-day state council meeting of the League of Women Voters of Oregon. Over 100 members from the 19 Leagues in Oregon and members of the state board attended. Representing Med ford were Mrs. Dunbar Car penter, local president, and Mrs. Ogden Kellogg, first vice-president. The state council meeting is held on alternate years from state convention in or der for the non-partisan voters group to review progress on state and national programs and "to obtain membership guidance for the year ahead," the delegates reported. League members decided to continue publication of their pre-election newspaper giving non-partisan information on state issues and candidates. The state voters service com mittee agreed to prepare more detailed information on ballot measures which would be available for members and speakers bureaus, or upon public request. The stale group also is planning to publish a new booklet on Oregon's constitu tion. Mrs. David Lewis, Port land, chairman of the consti tutional revision committee, reported that the League will not give active support to the November ballot measure call ing for constitutional revision by legislative action. Mrs. Lewis said, however, that if the measure passes in November, the League "will work for a good preparatory commission; and if it fails, work for a constitutional con vention will be redoubled." The council decided to give active support to the measure on the November ballot which would correct a flaw in the original county home rule amendment passed two years ago. The groUp passed a budget of $8,330 for the coming year, the amount to be raised by pledges from local Leagues and Miss Gladys Dur- Retiring Leader To Direct Band For Performance Gold Hill - Charles W Cook, retiring band leader at Hanby Elementary school of district 6, will direct the final public performance of the advanced Hanby band at eighth grade promotion ex ercises slated for Tuesday May 31 at 8 p.m. in the school's gymnasium. He has been band leader here since September, 1947. Gilbert A. Mack, principal of the Gold Hill schools, stressed that the public is in vited to attend the promotion exercises. This band recently present ed its final concert under the direction of Mr. Cook at the Gold Hill Grange hall. The program opened with a march "Hail To The Hus kies ' by Porter, and was followed oy an overture based on the old slave song, "Liza Jane" by Ostling. Two instrumental quar tets were featured. The first, consisting of Norma Schatz, Gregg Schmidt, Greg Applen and Mr. Cook, played clarinet selections, "Prayer" from "Hanzel and Gretel" by Humperdinck and the F'nale from "Quartet in G". The second quartet, made up of Barbara Schatz, trum pet; Donald Gail, trombone; Shirley Kell, clarinet, and Mr. Cook, clarinet), played "Bouree and Gavotte" by Bach and two movements from "Chamber Suite No. 3." This was composed about 1730 and originally scored In D for two oboes, three trumpets. strings and timpani were transcribed by Mr. Cook, who condensed the score to quartet form. Other numbers played by the entire band included "Young Love" by Joyner and Carey; A South American dance number entitled "Cu ban Capers" by Kinyon, an overture, "Aladdin's Lamp" by Weber, a popular selec tion "Mother Goose Jumps" by Phinelli and a march which concluded the concert. Students other than those in the instrumental quartets who play in the band are Sharon Wright, Dave Force, Melvin Johnson, Gail Lewis, Ruth Griggs, Bill Jones, Dick Ross, Gregg Beman, Paul Thompson, Toni Morrow, Sharon Bailey, David John son, Grant Mallery, Robert Danielson, Raleene Obrian, and Charmaine Doherty. Gefogefier Club Announces Meeting The Getogether club will meet Friday, June 3, at the Girls Community club for a 1 p.m. potluck luncheon. Com mittee members in charge of the event are Mrs. Floyd Lewis, Mrs. Clyde Kindred, Mrs. Bea Fruit, and Mrs. Lena Gasperson. Friel rand Legislative proposals of the national federation presented at the meeting were: an in crease in the amount of in come that can be earned by a person receiving social se curity benefits; equalization of the pension rights of wom en and men employed by the federal government; empha sis on the use of the full ca pacities of women in govern ment and industry including promotion of the election and appointment of qualified women to policy making posts; and uniform jury serv ice for men and women. Miss Helen Reisinger, Cin cinnati, Ohio, secretary of the National Federation of BPW clubs was main speaker and installing officer during the convention. Miss Marjorie Blizzard of the Oswego-Lake Grove club was installed as new state president. Miss Margaret Magee, Cave Junction, a member of the Medford club who is secre tary to Congresswoman Edith Green in Washington, D.C., surprised members with a short visit during the meet ing. She is the official club delegate to the National Con vention in Philadelphia in July. Mrs. Dorothy Halbcrton was nominated to a vacancy exist ing on the board of directors. Highlights of the regional conference at Klamath Falls was reported by Mrs. E. H. Loveness. On the program for the eve ning were members of the Medford Toastmistress club, Mrs. C. H. Redmond, Mrs. C. E. Wilson, Mrs. G. W. Mcln tyre, Mrs. Tennant, Mrs. Rich ard Williams, and Mrs. C. A. Thatcher. They presented a panel discussion on what to do and lot to do in regard to parliamentary procedure. Guests for the evening were Mrs. Otto Schlueter and Mrs. Bing Brown. Parents Club 1 Reports Given; Students Named A report on the proposed new high school building was made at a meeting of St. Mary's High School Parents club Tuesday. Mrs. Jack Lynch and Joe Naumes, representing the fi. nance committee, gave the re port and conducted a question and answer period. Jay Elliott, reporting for the club, announced that John Snider Jr., student body presi dent, has been chosen to at tend Boys' State and Mary Jo Batzer has been chosen to go to Girls' State. Michael Lewis and Dolores Cooper are alter nates. Dr. Florian Shasky was elected president of the dub; R. A. Naumes, vice-president; Mrs. David Bergstrom, secre tary; Mrs. Richard Remente ria, treasurer; and Richard Randolph, parliamentarian. Sister Superior G i r a r d Mary gave a brief talk on ex pected increases in registra tion tliis fall. She thanked the club for its cooperation through the year. Comment ing on the proposed new high school, she said that "there will be a new building, but the same St. Mary's school with the same staff and par ents club. F inal plans for the awards banquet were reported by William McKibbin. Mrs. Fred Burich and Mrs. Sam Mete were appointed co-chairman of the senior reception. Mrs. Mildred Robinson gave the treasurer's report. The senior class won the attendance prize. Thursday Meeting The Southern Oregon Stamp club will meet Thursday, June 2, at 8 p.m. at the Girls Community club. The pro gram for the evening will be reports from members and delegates who are attending the No r t h west Federation Stamp exhibition in Eugene this week end. Mrs. Robert Lowe, delegate. Mrs. E. If. Trefren, alternate, and Frank Applegate, judge, will give the highlights of the exhibi tion. At the May meeting three new members joined the club. They were Mrs. Francis Bau man, Mrs. Francis Bullard and Robert Lowe. Mrs. Rus sell Herbert and Miss Mary Howell were guests for the evening. Plan Convention Robert Y. Thornton, attor ney general for Oregon, is to be the featured speaker at the Saturday night banquet of the Oregon Association of the Deaf convention. 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