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New York Baton in hand,
ducti the orchestra of the Broadway musical "The Music
Man" at the Majestic theater. Other women have done baton
wielding stints in Broadway theaters, but this is the first
time a distaff conductor has been given the post permanently.
(UPI Telephoto)
Woman Conductor Hired
For Broadway Musical
By GAY PAULEY
' ' UPI Women's Editor
New York -Maybe it's too
early in the century for a
woman president, but one
more male
bastion has
crumbled.
A woman -red
haired
young and
comely -for
the first time
is a perma
tor of a Broad-
oj Pmuley way snow.
"I'm not militantly feminist
about it, though," said Liza
Redfield, who eight times a
week leads 28 men and one
girl (the. cellist) through the
popular score of "The Music
Man."
"Conducting has been most
ly a man's world, not because
. of some unwritten . prejudice
against women but because
most women just aren't inter
ested in that phase of music,"
she said.
A Steady Job
Miss Redfield said there
have been women assistant
conductors in the theater, but
she is quite certain she is the
only one permanently assign-ed-she
has a contract for the
duration of the show which
has run three years and she
figures is good for another
year or two.
She took the baton a week
ago from Herbert Greene,
who was committed to anoth
er show.
How does a woman-espe-cially
one not much past 30
get to this unique position in
the theater?
"By talent, diligence and a
little bit of luck," said Miss
Redfield, in an interview at
Tuesday Coffee to Honor
Club's Guests, Friends
A coffee for guests and
members of the Welcome
Wagon club will be held Tues
day, July 12, at 10 a.m. at the
home of Mrs. Charles R.
Brown, 121 Genessce street.
All women who are new
residents of Medford are in
vited to attend and become
acquainted. Children are also
welcome, it was announced.
Transportation may be ar
ranged by contacting Mrs.
Hal Schmechel, SPring
2-5018.
At the luncheon Thursday
at the Rogue Valley Country
club members were entertain
ed by the "Barrymore Four,"
formerly known as "The
Shadows."
Centerpieces and favors on
the tables were in the Ha
waiian theme. Chairman of
the luncheon was Mrs. Ken
neth Paul and in charge of
decorations was Mrs. Fritz
Collctt.
New Members
Two new members, Mrs.
Blake Maddox and Mrs. Ray
Edfast, were welcomed Into
the club. Guests present in
cluded Mrs. David L. Rice,
Mrs. Robert Grant, Mrs. Earl
T, Johnson, Mrs. Bruce Burns,
Mrs. David Curzon, Mrs. G. F.
Krausfl, Mrs. W. D. Bowen,
Mrs. Wesley Pearson and Mrs.
Kenneth Peterson.
Mrs. Al Navarrett, presi
dent, presided at the meeting.
Mrs. Jim Qulncy, birthday
chairman, presented handker
chiefs to Mrs. Kenneth Rus
ell,. Mrs. James Tiffer and
Mrs. Bowen In honor of their
birthdays. Mrs. Ted Barbie,
Mrs. Richard L. Bates and
red-haired Liia Redfield con
her Manhattan apartment. "I
served a long apprenticeship."
She is modest as she de
scribes her background. She
was born in Philadelphia,
where her mother and broth
er still live. Her father died
two years ago.
"The whole family was mu
sical," she said, "but I was
the only one to turn profes
sional. I was doing piano con
certs by the time I was eight."
She studied with private
teachers in Philadelphia and
majored in music at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvaia, from
which she was graduated cum
laude.
She went to work for a pop
music publisher arranging
scores, doing demonstration
records, coaching artists, play
ing piano in nightclubs and
"just getting a general expos
ure to the whole music field.
Lucky Accident
"It was pure accident one
day when I led an orchestra
for a recording," she said. "I
figured then, this is for me,
And one of these days I'd like
to do the classics."
The blue-eyed beauty be
gan conducting for summer
stock and off-Broadway. "I've
had some 20 shows behind
me," she said, "including two
off-Broadway this season."
She finds the male musi
cians in the "Music Man" or
chestra "quite cooperative"
and the audience "sometimes
curious about a woman in the
pit, but few people watch the
conductor . . . They re too
busy with what's on the
stage."
She added, laughing, ' one
of the girls in the chorus told
me the other night it was the
first time she'd ever seen the
men in the chorus watching
the conductor."
Mrs. Kenneth Peterson won
prizes.
A couples card party was
held recently at the Girls
Community club with Mrs,
Bates chairman. The room
decorated with posters, as
Harold's Club was the party
theme. Prizes in bridge and
pinochle were given to mem
bers, guests and their hus
bands.
The next meeting will be a
card party at the home of Mrs.
Schmechel, 441 Eastwood
drive, on Thursday, July 21,
at 8 p.m.
Also announced as a sum
mer event is a family picnic
on Sunday, August 21.
All new residents of Med.
ford are invited to attend the
club's meetings and activities,
Theta Rho Girls
Attend Assembly
Nine members of Omicron
chapter, Theta Rho Girls club,
attended the ninth annual
Theta Rho Assembly of Ore
gon In Springfield last month
Those attending included
Catherine Applegatc, Barbara
Beer, Mary Wilson, Bonnie
Wilson, Sandra Jewltt, Faye
Adams, Dianne Vinzant, Tony
Einhousc, and Edle Applegate.
Also accompanying them
were two advisors, Mrs. Carl
Hosklns and Mrs. Homer Vln-.
zant.
During the session Miss
Patty Kime, Central Point,
was elected president. The
1961 assembly will be held In
Central Point.
Sunday Garden Party
Honors Miss Luh tala
A garden party nt the R. E.
Mcncke home. 2141 East
Jackson street, Sunday after
noon honored Miss Mnrjo
Lulilala, Kurikka, Finland, a
guest of Miss Carolyn Mencke
for the last four weeks.
Miss Mencke spent three
months last year with the
Luhtala family in Finland
under the summer - exchange
program sponsored by the
American Field service pro
gram. Some 60 friends attended
the Sunday event. Assisting
with the punch and hois
d'oeuvres were Mr. and Mrs.
G. T. Haupert, uncle and aunt
of Miss Mencke. Also assist
ing was Edward Mencke,
younger brother of the hostess.
The visitor will leave Thurs
day, July 14 for San Fran
cisco en route to Shrevcport,
La., where she will visit
Jerry Jouett. Mr. Jouett spent
the summer three years ago
Women's News
Sccial Events
Ashland, Medford Women to
Hold Annual Joint Picnic
Women of the First Chris
tian church, Christian Wom
en's Fellowship have again
been invited to attend the an
nual picnic with the Ashland
members. It will be held Wed
nesday, July 13, in Lithia
park.
Theme of the study material
Senator Is
Good Cook
Washington - (UP! - Memo to
those senators running for the
presidency: Your vote pull
would soar enormously if you
could cook like one of your
colleagues who isn t even run
ning. He is Sen. Allen J. Ellender
(D-La.), who seems to know
that the way to any heart -female
as well as male - is
through the stomach.
Ellender slaved over a hot
stove recently and turned out
a Creole spread for the news
paperwomen on Capitol Hill.
The Louisiana lawmaker
served mouth-watering crab
gumbo that would have de
lighted a king and pecan pra
lines that invited seconds.
Unlike some good cooks, the
senator likes to share his
recipes. He said If you start
with the following basic
sauce, any creole dishes can
be a sensation:
Three slices bacon; small
piece smoked ham (about 3
ounces, diced); 1 rounded
tablespoon flour; 2 pounds
onions, chopped fine; 1 me
dium bell pepper, chopped
fine; 1 lemon (use grated rind,
then remove white pulpy
membrane, and chop rest of
lemon); 3 pods garlic; a few
dashes each of Worcestershire
sauce and Tabasco; thyme, 2
bay leaves, and salt to taste.
Fry the fat out of the bacon,
remove bacon. They fry the
ham in bacon fat, remove ham
scraps. To the fat now add
flour and brown, stirring con
stantly, to make scorchy tast
ing brown "roux." Add the
onions, fry slowly until well
browned and reduced to pulp.
Add the rest of the ingredients
and continue to cook slowly
for at least half an hour.
For gumbo, a la Ellender:
2 pounds okra; 4 pounds peel
ed shrimp tails; 1 pound crab
meat: parsley and onion tops,
Smother the okra (cook
slowly in fat. stirring con
stantly to prevent scorching
or browning) in a small pot
until no longer ropy. Add to
the basic sauce and continue
to cook for not less than 20
minutes. Add shrimp and
crab meat, as well as enough
water to make the sauce of a
soupy consistency. Cook for
about 20 mmuies aner ine
mixture has started boiling.
Ten minutes before serving,
add a handful of chopped
onion tops and parsley. Serve
over rice in soup plates.
Unpopular Foods ,
Instead of disguising un
popular foods and leftovers,
home service consultants sug
gest that "compensation or re
ward foods" be included In
the same menu. For instance,
if the family doesn't like
sninach. serve II as attractive-
lv as vou nossibly can. If
vour family likes hot bread,
molded salad or crispy fried
chicken, include at least one
nf their favorites in the
menu with the spinach and
vnu'll reduce complaints. Gar-
n shes such as slices -or. nara
cooked egg, slivers of ham
and pieces of bacon will give
more appeal to many vegeta
ble dishes without disguising
them.
MEDFORD MAIL,
ns a American B'lold service
student in the Luhtala family
with Miss Luhtttla's older
brother. From Louisiana she
will leave for New York City
then she will fly for Finland
July 29.
Among the events given for
Miss Luhtala was a luncheon
by Mrs. Brian B. Mullen. Sat
urday a luncheon and swim
ming party by Miss Marcia
Williams, 116 Black Oak
drive, honored her followed
by a slumber party at the
home of Miss Genlyn Smith,
1033 Rcddy uvenuc.
Activities during the past
month have included trips to
the coast, Oregon Caves,
Crater Lake National park,
Portland Rose Festival, and
other areas in northern Cali
fornia and southern Oregon.
Activities also included
sight-seeing plane flight over
southern Oregon and northern
California.
I for this year is "Set our Feet
on i.ony riaces . ii is laKen
from the hymn "God of Grace
and God of Glory" by Dr.
Harry Emerson r-osdick. Each
program has a title which is
a phrase taken from the
hymn.
The first program was
"Crown Thine Ancient
Church's Story". Mrs. S. E.
Trent was program leader for
Shoemaker circle and Mrs.
Floyd Putman was devotional
leader. The Rev. Glenn Mc-
Kerrow, assistant minister, ac
companied by Mrs. Mabel
Sims, was soloist.
The Christian "iVomcn's
Board of Missions organized
in 1874 was the first national
society for home missions in
this country, managed entire
ly by women, and employed
both men and women as mis
sionaries.
Foreign Missions
In 1882 the women decided
to go into foreign missions and
chose India. They also began
work in Montana. Both of
these mission fields were sup
ported with the $9,000 receiv
ed that year.
In 1891, Louis Hugh, a Chi
nese Christian who had grad
uated from Drake unversity,
served the group in working
with the Chinese In Portland,
Ore. The Chinese Christian
Institute was established in
San Francisco in 1906. Two
years later the Japanese Chris
tian Institute was started in
Los Angeles. Later a Japanese
church was organized at San
Bernardino and at the Uni
versity of California, Berke
ley. Work among the Mexican
people began in San Antonio
in 1913. The program consist
ed of a kindergarten, classes
in English, Bible classes, a
class for student preachers,
classes in sewing, typing,
shorthand, music, athletics,
child welfare and home sani
tation. This evangelistic work
soon spread to nearby towns.
Other Institutes
This women's group also as
sisted the work at Hazel
Green Academy in Kentucky,
Southern Christian Institute
in Mississippi, Jarvis Chris
tian Institute in Texas, Pied-
mont Christian Institute in
Virginia and Flanner House
in Indiana.
The United Christian Mis
sionary Society was organized
in 1920 to continue the work
of the home missions but with
some changes. Home Mission
work is still carried on with
the Mexicans in south Texas
and with Puerto Rican church
es in New York. In 1921 the
White Swan Indian Mission
was started near Yakima
Wash. There church was org
anized in 1949.
The local CWF assists the
mission work of the UCMS
and have scheduled several
money raising projects. They
are a rummage sale Septem
ber 15 and 16, a smorgasboard
in October and the annual
bazaar and luncheon Decem
ber 1.
Calendar
Calendar notice and newi for
the society aectlon ot Th Mall
Tribune mut ho submitted In
writing and deadline for the Sun
day edition la 1 p.m Friday Dead,
line for the weekly calendar ll 0
a.m of the day of publication and
for week day news Is 9 p.m. the
,,hv ijniore puoiicauon.
Monday:
7:30 p.rrr.-Omlcron Theta
Rho Girls club, IOOF hall.
8 p.m.-Nelghbors of Wood
craft, Eagles hall,
Tuesdayi
12:30 p.m. - Ruth White
Cross Missionary Circle,
Women's Fellowship, of First
Baptist church, church an
nex.
TRIBUNE, MCDFORD, ORE.
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The towering cake above lakes minutes graduated layers have a top section bKea
to trim with a garnish of yellow and white in a tier mold. They alternate dark and
fresh (lowers and adds freshness to a sum- light fruit cakes from batter mixed In one
mer light wedding reception. The three bowl.
PFcdding
For the bride, what mem
ory is more dear than that of
the cake, high-tiered and
splendid. To add a charming,
personal note to the rccptton,
have a wedding cake made at
home!
This one is dramatically
built of three graduated lay
ers and a top section baked
in a tier mold. For elegant
good eating, we've made the
layers alternately dark and
light fruit cakes, but unbe
lievably, the batter for all is
mixed in one bowl.
To make your cake especial
ly suitable for a summer wed
ding, trim it just before the
reception with yellow and
white blossoms this takes
just five minutes to do. The
layers may be baked well in
advance, and frozen; the cake
assembled and frosted early
in the morning. At the re
ception, toast the bride with
a champagne or fruit punch,
to top off a beautiful and
memorable celebration.
WEDDING TOWER CAKE
While Layer Fruils
5 cups (2i lbs.) prepared
glazed cake fruits.
2 cups almonds, blanched
and slivered
3 teaspoons grated lemon
rind
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Combine all ingredients in
a bowl.
Dark Layer Fruits
1 teaspoon baking soda
V4 cup lemon Juice
V4 cup orange juice
3 cups (1 V4 lbs.) prepared
glazed cake fruits
2 cups almonds, blanched
and slivered
2 cups halved candied cher
ries 6 cups raisins
2 cups pecan halves
l'i teaspoons nutmeg
2 teaspoons ground cloves
For the dark layers, in a
separate bowl, first mix the
fruit juices with baking soda,
then blend carefully, but thor
oughly, with the other dark
layer ingredients.
Batler
4 cups soft butter
4 cups superfine sugar
20 eggs, beaten
8 cups all-purpose flour.
sifted with 2 teaspoons
salt
Cream together the butter
and sugar until fluffy. Grad
ually beat in the eggs. Then
lightly fold in the flour and
salt. Add half the batter to
the white layer fruits, and
half to the dark layer fruits
Pour the white cake mix-
turc into a prepared 10-inch
cake pan (greased and lined
with wax peper) and into the
Vh greased and floured tier
ed mold.
Fill an 8-inch and a 12-inch
prepared cake pan with the
dark cake mixture. Bake In
a preheated oven (275 degrees)
Baking times for various pan
sizes are:
12 Inch pan 2'4 hours
10 inch pan 2V4 hours
8 Inch pan 2 hours
1 Vi quart tier mold 3
hourB
The cakes are done when
well browned, the center
springs back if touched light
ly, and the sides shrink from
edge of pan. Run a spatula
around the edge of each pan,
and Invert each layer onto
a cooling rack. These cakes
Improve with storing. Wrap
each layer separately - In
clean cloth soaked In brandy
and keep them in an air-tight
tin or stone crock. Or, wrap
-W:.s,, ft
Cake is Easy to Make
and place In the home freezer
To frost use four packages
of prepared frosting or
this recipe for Ornamental
Frosting.
Ornamental Frosting
2 packages (1 lb. each) Con
fectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon cream o f tar
tar 6 egg whites
1 tablespoon lemon Juice
strained
Sift sugar and cream of tar
tar. Add egg whites. Mix, us
ing a wooden spoon or electric
mixer. Add lemon Juice. Beat
until very smooth and stiff
enough to hold the path of a
knife pulled through the
frosting.
Use a small amount be
tween layers, then spread
thinly over the entire cake
to set crumbs.
Rcfrost cake, making more
frosting If necessary. Use
frosting to pipe a narrow edg
ing around the rim of each
layer. This frosting hardens
on standing. Make it in the
morning, or the evening be
fore. It Is more convenient to
set the cake on the serving
platter before frosting. Pro
tect the edges of the platter
with narrow strips of waxed
paper, which can be pulled
out after the cake is frosted.
At the last minute, Insert
the fresh flower decorations
Into the cake, poking foil
wrapped stems right Into the
frosting before It has set hard.
Or, glue the flowers into
place, with a little of the frost
ing.
Cutting the Cake for a Crowd
Use a sharD. slenrlnr 1c nifn
with a long blade. Have a
lork or cake server at hand
to remove the cut pieces.
Here are some helpful sug
gestions for cutting a tiered
cake:
1. Cut vertically through
the bottom layer at the
edge of the second layer.
Townsend Club
Sets Wednesday
Potluck Lunch
The Townsend club will
meet at Walker's Dreamland,
415'S East Main street Wed
nesday, July 13, with a pot-
luck luncheon at noon.
Last week Mrs. Pearl Aus
tin was honored for securing
most club members up to July
4 for lflflO.
Mrs. Ruth Bishop, Jackson
ville, gave a short report on
her recent trip to the midwest
states.
Two visitors from Talent
and one visitor from Ashland
attended the club meeting.
Three new club members
were reported by the member,
ship chairman.
Arthur C. Lewis promised
to furnish a banquet providing
the club doubles Its member
ship at the end of the current
year.
Mrs. Ellen Townsend, Ash
land, Fred Corbln and Woody
Murphy of Jacksonville, fur
nished music for the group,
Visitors are always welcome.
To clear fresh paint from
the lip of the can, try a dis
posable picnic fork, The light
wood fork with shallow-cut
tines is a near-perfect fit for
the deep lip of most paint
cans and will edge most of
the paint back into the can.
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Then cut o u t wedge-
shaped pieces.
2. When these pieces havo
been served, follow the
same procedure with the
next layers, cutting
through only ono layer
at a time.
3. When the pieces of the
third layer have been
removed, return to the
bottom layer and cut
along the edge where the
second layer now ends.
Cut another row of
wedges.
4. Remove the tier top.
Freeze (without the frost
ing), and serve It for an
niversaries. Or, wrap it
in a brandy-soaked cloth
and store It In an air
tight container, Three
small layers in a stack
now remain. Cut these
In wedge-shaped pieces,
starting with the top lay
er. Last Meeting
Held by Lodge
Cave Junction - The last
regular meeting of the local
chapter, Rcbekah lodge was
held Wednesday evening. All
past noble grands were honor
ed. A potluck dinner was held
following the meeting. The
next meeting will be held Sep
tember 14.
See LaPointe't
Collection of
Cool Summer
Maternity
Separatei
I I Law Price
Mrs. Lyndon
Talks About
By HELEN THOMA8
United Press International
Los AngoU'S-"Wluil makes
you think your lumlmml
would make good Presi
dent?" Mis. Lyndon B. Johnson
llstunvd Intently to the blunt
question and, without batting
a pretty brown eye, she guvo
her answer:
'lie's a good buy In a tough
spot, and the rougher It gets,
the calmer he gets.
Her husband, she said, Is
"moro resourceful" In limes
ot crisis,
Mrs. Juliiisun - Lady Bird -told
a news conference she
has no "roaring confldunce"
that he will win the nomina
tion. ' "I Just feel a real determi
nation," she went on, "that
those delegates will look at
him In tho light of his achieve
ments." She confessed mixed feel
ings about being catapulted
into the campaign struggle.
Sho said it's "difficult and a
little scary. Thero Is nothing
to do but Just go uheiul."
She was looking forward,
sho said, to the end of the hec
tic convention but, In the next
breath, she said she "wouldn't
trade a moment of It."
And she made It clear she
would not mind milking the
White House her "diggings"
because that's what her hus
band wants.
A senstlve looking slim bru
nette with big brown expres
sive eyes and a genuine qual
ity, Mrs. Johnson speuks with
a Texas drawl.
Silk Sheath
For this "get-toknow-you"
chat with reporters, Lady Bird
wore a red silk sheath with a
matching shurt Jacket. She set
off her costume with a string
of pearls, a gold chain and
gold bungle bracelets.
Her two girls, Lynda Bird,
16, und Lucy Bailies, 13, are
having a "flno time," said
Mrs. Johnson. But she added
that bringing them was a "lit
tle perilous."
"Yesterday I had to poke
Lucy a lot, she confessed.
The teen-ager, sitting on the
dais with TV cameras focused
on her, fidgeted bit during
her father's first convention
news conference.
"I wanted her attention to
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Johnson
Husband
bo moro lively," her mother
said,
r'uiwlldiito Johnson hus boon
uolllnu his family into the act
moro and moro. Lately lie'i
been calling on them to suy
few words beforo crowds. 11
leaves them on their own with
"no couching," Mrs. Johnson
said.
Mn .Inhtison. whose hus
band calls her "Bird," con
firmed reports that her hus
luinrl Iu'Iiim nick her clothes.
She said ho has a "dramatic
and colorful" flair for that,
Shu Iuis Iii I'lirh hnr own lion-
ehiint fur flat heels and full
skirts.
A doting wife, she reported
in re.Hpoii.io to u question, that
since the danger from hor hus
band's IDAS heart attack has
r,.rl,.H "tin Is nn lonuer care
ful." She tries to keep him on
a diet with no success.
"I can't hold him on leash
at all," sho said with reslgna
lion. Family Picnic
Cave Junction - A family
picnic was held July 4 at th
homo of Mr. mid Mrs. John
Smith, Drldgevlew. Attending
were Mr. and Mrs. Alvln
Wheeler, Talonl; Mrs. Agnes
Day and children, Medfordj
Steven Polwln, Eugene; Lt.
Conulr. ond Mrs. 11. O. Smith
Jr, and family, Mrs. Allen
Boucher and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Vahronwald and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Smith and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Smith. Corvallls.
and Mr. and Mrs. II. O. Smith.
Observe Event
Cave Junction - Mr. and
Mrs. Harlan Renfro, Cav
Junction, eolebrated their
20th wedding anniversary
June 20. Tho couple traveled
to Medford where they had
Chinese dinner and went
bowling.
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