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Luncheon Given
For Marvin Kahn
Marvin R. Kahn, chief spe
cial service officer at the
Camp White domiciliary from
I960 to 1953, was honored at
a luncheon August 13 at the
Chuck Wagon in Medford by
a group of his Rogue valley
friends.
At the impromptu luncheon,
Mr. Kahn stated that he is
now serving on the policy and
evaluation staff of the admin
istrator of veterans affairs,
Washington, D.C. Mr. Kahn,
his wife and three children
are now living in Falls
Church, Va.
Attending the luncheon
were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hat
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Lusk,
Mr. and Mrs. Al Beirman, Mr.
and Mrs. Renne Grosh, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Allison, Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Schulz, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Barneburg, Arthur
Scarseth, Mrs. Fred Rehling,
Mrs. C. Li Howard, Mrs. J. A.
Grigsby, Mrs. Leo B. Wil
Hams, Mrs. V. I. Eakin, Mrs.
Russell Zundel, Mrs. Fred
Lawrence, Mrs. Amy Randle,
Mrs, Don F. Anderson, Mrs.
Dale Sawyer, Mrs. Chauncey
M. Brewer, Mrs. Melvin A.
Krows, Miss Hazel Swayne
Mrs. Bertha Neff, Mrs. B. K.
Riggs, Mrs. A. B. Wolber, Mrs.
Gladys Rammin, Mrs. Mary
Cassel, and Mrs. Fern Rost.
Visitors Attend
Ashland Festival
' Ashland - The Misses Ruth
and Blanche Farnham arrived
Tuesday from Palouse, Wash.,
to attend the Oregon Shake
spearean plays and to visit
with Charles W. Koyl, 1639
Jackson road.
The Misses Farnham are
members of an early-day Ash
land family and have come
to visit the place where their
father was born and spent
his boyhood, and where their
grandparents lived. Their late
cousin, Minnie Bernice Jack
son Koyl, was the wife of
their host during their stay
in the valley.
The visitors are the grand
daughters of the late Allen
F. and Sarah Billings Farn
ham, who became the owners
of two donation land claims
In the early 1850s.
A portion of the property
was known as the old Eagles
Mills, and also listed were a
store and storehouse, the log
cabin home of John Barrett,
and Saratoga Springs, the
whole totaling about 400
acres. The acreage where the
tore and storehouse stood be
came the site of the present
home ot Mr. Koyl, on Jack'
son road. Saratoga Springs be
came In 1889 the present
Jackson Hot springs, and U
was developed by Mr. and
Mrs. David H. (Eugenia Farn
ham) Jackson.
The Farnham's children
were Emma Eugenia, Clar
ence and Walter, the latter
being the father of the wom
en now visiting in Ashland.
He attended the University
of Oregon Medical school and
Rush Medical school and after
being licensed, practiced in
Palouse until his death in
1932.
The visitors from Palouse
are both school teachers.
Medford Couple
To Be Honored
A ceremony to be held Sun
day, August 21, at Ascension
Lutheran church will honor
Mr. and Mrs. John Nlss, 3663
Delta Waters road, in observ
ance of their 55th wedding an
niversary. During the 8:30 a.m. serv
ice the honored couple will
present themselves at the
chancel and the marriage
service will be read again for
them. Mrs. Ernestine Hartley
will play the wedding
marches.
Following the special cere
mony Mrs. Evelyn Hendricks.
daughter of the honored cou
ple, will be hostess for a social
hour and refreshments.
Friends of the couple and
members and friends of the
congregation are welcome to
attend.
Mother Here
Mrs. Viola Landis has ar
rived from her home in Pal
myra, Pa., to spend some
time with her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Landis, 1133 Dakota avenue,
and their children.
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aay neiore DUDiicauon.
Wednesday:
7 p.m, - Veterans of World
War I and auxiliary, Girls
Community club.
8 p.m. - Woman's Society
of Christian Service, Circle
11, home of Mrs. James Baum
er, 1517 Velia street.
8 p.m. - Roxy Ann Home
Economics club, home of Mrs.
Charles D. Slater, 3527 Rob
erts road. '
8 p.m.-Mothers o Twins,
home of Mrs. D. Parton, 105
Western avenue.
Thursday:
12 noon - Mistletoe club,
home of Mrs. W. E. Howell,
2025 Sunset drive.
1 p.m. - Medford Blue Star
Mothers, home of Mrs. E. P.
Kurz, 360 De Barr avenue.
2 p.m. - Medford Women's
Christian Temperance union,
Fireplace room, First Presby
terian church.
Dance Council
Meeting Tonight;
Parties Planned
October dance plans will
be made at a meeting of
Rogue Sls-Q Square Dance
council tonight at the home
of Mrs. Gladys Rammin, 831
West Twelfth street, Medford.
Delegates from all clubs are
invited to attend.
Friday, August 19, another
open hoedown will be held
at Jackson Hot springs. Floyd
Workman and Byron Dibble
will be callers for the evening.
Family groups are especially
invited as early picnics and
swimming are becoming pop
ular. Dancing starts at 8 p.m.
and lasts until 11 p.m.
Buckles and Bows club will
hold a dance at Bellview
Grange hall Saturday, August
20. Dancing starts at 8:30 p.m.
and Floyd Workman will call.
Potluck refreshments will be
served.
W a g 8 i n' Wheelers will
dance Saturday, August 20,
at Lincoln school, 608 North
B a r 1 1 e 1 1 street, Medford.
Douglas Decker will call the
squares. There will be no pot-
luck refreshments.
Women Attend
Baptist Event
Mrs. Carroll Graber and
Mrs. William White, president
and vice president of the
Womans Mission society of
Eastwood Baptist church, re
cently attended the twenty-
seventh annual house party
for American Baptist women
of Oregon at Llnfield college,
McMinnvllle.
Featured speakers were
Mrs. Elizabeth Flugge of Ger
many, president of the Euro
pean Baptist Women; Mrs.
Raymond Schacfer, former
missionary and wife of the
American Baptist director of
Christian Education for Ore
gon; Sarah Hall Goodwin of
the Oregon Council of
Church emigrant work; the
Rev. Earlc Shipley, professor
at Llnfield college; and four
missionaries, Mrs. W. C. Os
good from India, Mrs. Doro
thy Chance, formerly of As
sam; Mrs. P. J. Uhlinger from
the Congo, and Mrs. Elmer
Adnms, formerly of South
India.
Installation of new state of
ficers was held on the closing
day of the program with Mrs.
Frank Pottison as president
of American Baptist Women
in Oregon. '
Navy Man Here
To Visit Family
Gold Hill - Larry Mnlone
of the United States Navy is
in the county to spend a leave
with Mrs. Malone, the former
bheri Cherry, and other mem
bers of his family.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs,
J. L. Malone, Gold Hill and
will also visit his sisters, Mrs.
Gary Croucher, Medford, and
Mrs. Bob Gray, Gold Hill
CLUB ANNOUNCES
MEETING FRIDAY
Get-together club will meet
in Girls Community club Fri
day, August 19, at 1 p.m. Des
sert luncheon will be served
with cards to follow.
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(Editor's note: This is third
in a series of articles on a
tour of Europe by four Rogue
volley couples, Mr. and Mrs.
Almus Pruitt, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Allen Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Carroll Miller, Medford, and
Mr. and Mrs. Angus L. Bow
mer, Ashland. Mr. Bowmer,
producing director of the Ore
gon Shakespearean festival, is
stressing visits to Shakespear
ean and other theaters and
saw performances in Canada
and the United States before
going to Europe. Writer of the
series is Mrs. Pruitt, local au
thor.) Our flight from London to
Amsterdam was on the KLM
Royal Dutch airlines, our
plane the "Flying Dutchman."
It was a fair day and below
us the North Sea loomed
smooth and blue-gray. By bus
from Amsterdam to The
Hague, we were at once cap
tivated by the pretty Dutch
houses with red-tiled, almost
eaveless roofs.
The Dutch have done won
ders with this land reclaimed
from the sea, much of it be
low sea-level. Every inch
seems under cultivation with
fertile gardens, fields and mea
dows. Shining canals give it
a unique beauty. Windmills
are now little used, their
maintenance being too costly,
although a few remain-per
haps for tourists. We saw only
one pair of wooden shoes-in
a window display. Holland's
weather is tempered by fresh
air from the North Sea, and
even sunny days are cool. In
summary, Holland is like a
sweet garden-a lush land of
light and air which the Dutch
painters captured.
The narfow twisting streets
of both The Hague and Am
sterdam are paved with cob
ble stone often laid in a herring-bone
pattern, and over
hung with wicker baskets of
planted flowers, needing no
watering due to plentiful
rains. Flowers, cleanliness,
and color of bright blue seem
to be passions of the Dutch.
And sweet-toned chimes re
sound throughout the towns.
Handsome shops in both cities
contain silver, china, paint
ings, modern furniture; dress
shops are especially smart.
Bakery windows beckon with
mouth-watering pastries. The.
Dutch have a wholesome na
turalness and staunchness
which we admire; also an in
tegrity that gives one a feel
ing of security while in their
country. We found them ex
tremely friendly to Ameri
cans, which might in part be
due to generous Marshall-aid
for much needed housing af
ter the war.
Dufch Sky Wet
The Dutch sky is wet, very
wet. One wonders at such a
placid people under such rest
less scudding clouds. Yet
dauntless, the Dutch proceed
rain or shine, mostly on bi
cycles, both foot-and power
propelled. Our first afternoon
we sat in one of the popular
outdoor cafes, sipped coffee
and watched the Dutch swarm
by. Linden trees leaned over
the nearby canal, casting
green reflections In the water,
and huge tubs of bright flow
ers lined the square. These
outdoor cafes, very gay with
bright chairs and tables under
colorful awnings, are busy all
day and far into the night.
During our three days in
Holland we attended attrac
tions both In The Hague and
In Amsterdam, to which we
commuted by train. In the lat
ter we took a canal launch
excursion, wending through
the very heart of one of the
oldest, most fascinating cities
in Europe. We passed old
merchant houses which once
were homes of the owners of
sailing vessels which brought
rich cargo from world-ports.
These 10th century buildings
served as both home and shop
for merchants, the lower floor
being used for goods on sale,
the second floor for the home,
and the third floor for storage
of goods. Because of the nar
row stairways, goods were
hoisted from barges and un
loaded through windows. The
quaint houses tilt slightly for
ward at top so that the un
loading of cargo would not
damage the building - fronts
Our blonde guide, having at
the start of the tour learned
which languages would be
needed, used Dutch, English,
and German, successively.
(Most of these scenic-tour
guides are college students
and excellent linguists; they
work on the glass - topped
launches during summer - sea
son only.)
Like Venice
Amsterdam's canals - 40 in
all - give the city a Venice-
like charm. As our guide ex
plained, it isn't unusual for a
car, loft with improperly ad
justed brakes, to plunge into
the canal; then the fire brigade
must come and fish it out. The
longest canal connects the har
bor of Amsterdam, through
locks, with the North Sea
about 16 miles away and some
lu feet nigner in elevation
Among outstanding buildings
we passed during the tour
were those of the German and
Italian consulates, also the
red-roofed house where the
great painter Rembrandt once
lived with his wife Saskia.
We visited the Franz Ifrils
art exhibit at nearby Haarlem,
home of Hals, which features
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Travelers Like Holland
not only world - famous can
vases but fine sculpture and
hand-wrought silver, fabulous
chests, tables and chandeliers
of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Among the greatest art mu
seums In Europe is the Rijks
mustum in Amsterdam, where
we spent some time. Here we
saw, among other magnificent
paintings, Rembrandt's famous
"Night Watch," which, after
having been restored by mod
ern methods, now proves no
longer to be properly titled,
as it is too brilliant to be a
night-watch.
Sees "Cowboy"
The oddest sight we saw on
the streets of The Hague was
two Dutch would-be cowboys
sauntering along in blue jeans
and an unmistakably U.S.
western hat. The drug-store
cowboyish garb, while rather
ridiculous, somehow warmed
our hearts. More and more we
learn in our travels that the
Europeans are imitating Amer
icans. English, when spoken
by them, more often carries
an American rather than
British accent. A girl from
Lucerne informed us that
Europeans who once strove to
adopt Oxford - English, now
prefer to copy American-Eng
lish. She herself was educated
in England and spoke "the
King's English," also German
and French. The international
cross-section one encounters in
Europe is remarkable. On the
right or left one is apt to find
a visitors from South Africa,
Spain, Israel, New York or
yes, even Oregon, from which
we ve met several.
A visit to Amsterdam isn't
considered complete without
dining at Vijff Vlieghen (Five
Flies) in Spuistratt, quaint
17th century restaurant with
genuine charm. Chairs carry
namcplates of such celebrities
as Stokowski, Danny Kay, and
dozens of others.
Almus had stated that of
all the attractions available in
Europe he would prefer to see
Benjamin Britten's latest
opera, "Midsummer Night's
Dream," a feature of the Hol
land Festival. And so, by good
luck and a persevering wait at
the box office, we were able to
procure tickets. We found our
selves in the heart of Dutch
dress - quite an experience in
itself, at the beautiful State
Opera House in Amsterdam.
About us, seated in red plush
and chrome seats, were ele
gant Dutch men and ladies,
the latter wearing stoles of fur
or silk because of the chill
North Sea air.
Composer Conducts
Benjamin Britten, the com
poser himself, conducted the
orchestra and upon his en
trance Into the orchestra pit
he received a tremendous ova
tion. With the first notes of
music and glimpse of striking
ly original stage sets, we knew
we were in for a treat. The
first set gave an impression of
cornstalks, spun sugar, and
moonbeams against a gossam
er backdrop-entirely in keep
ing with Shakespeare's mid
summer fantasy. Costumes
were stylized Elizabethan. But
the music Itself - with a di
mension of tenderness new in
Britten, took rank above all
else in this outstanding, bril
liant production. Since Almus
is the acknowledged authority
on music in our group, here
with is his comment on Mid
summer Night's Dream:
Britten s new opera struck
me as being the most success
ful so far of those of his with
which I am familiar. Whereas
the earlier Britten was often
too exeprimental and unmelo-
dlous for my taste - although
there was no mistaking his
talent-in "Midsummer Night's
Major, Family
tnd Visit Here
Major and Mrs. James K.
Hoey and children, Barbara
and Christopher, have left for
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., after
spending a few weeks here
with the major's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James K. Hoev. 48
Quince street.
The major will enter the
United States Army's com
mand and general staff col.
lege at Ft. Leavenworth, in
recent yeors he has been as
signed to duty at the Penta
gon in Washington, D. C.
Rinards Return
From California
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Rin
ard have returned to their
home, 1708 Thomas road, fol
lowing a vacation in Laguna
Beach, Calif., with their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Smith. The Rin
ards and the Smiths went
deep sea fishing, and spent
a nay at Mnnneland.
En route home the Rinurds
visited relatives in Sacramen
to, Calif.
Peningtons Home
From Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Pcn
ington and son, Stewart Jr.,
have returned to their home,
408 Barneburg road, after a
vacation trip. The Peningtons
toured Glacier National park
and spent some time at Flat
head lake in Montana. They
also stopped at(Wallowa lake
in Oregon. ,
I
Dream" he seems to have
found himself. Still boldly and
ingeniously exper 1 m e n t a 1,
Britten appears no longer to
disdain melody and a certain
sweetness where the libretto
requires it - as is often the
case in Midsummer Night's
Dream.
"A master of orchestration,
as evidenced by the effects he
obtained in previous operas
written for only 12 instru
ments, Britten luxuriates in
30 instruments for M.N.D.
with marvelous results. The
music sets the mood of the
scenes, introduces the prin
cipal characters, and under
scores the plot most effective
ly, while at the same time re-
maining faithful to the spirit
of Shakespeare. The singers,
many of whom, like Peter
Pears and Jennifer Vyvyan,
have worked with the com
poser for years, took the role
of Flute and 'brounght down
the house' in his ludicrous
costume as Thisby. The spec
tacle of the big raw - boned
angular - featured Englishman
endeavoring to portray a
dainty, light - voiced female
was hilarious. Particularly
effective was the dance of the
rustics.
"The only jarring note to
me was the role of Oberon,
conceived by Britten as a
counter-tenor (male soprano).
Alfred Deller, an excellent
musician with commanding
stage presence, performed the
role as well as could be ex
pected. Where dynamics be
low mezzo - forte were re
quired, Deller was most effec
tive - especially with pianis
simos - but where forte or
fortissimo was required the
light extremely high-pitched
voice was entirely inadequate.
I felt the blame for this rested
with Britten rather than with
Deller.
"To make the evening es
pecially memorable, we were
privileged to sit within about
15 feet and to one side of the
composer - conductor, where
we could observe him closely.
It was obvious from the at
titude of the singers and mu
sicians that Britten command
ed their profound respect."
Travelers Delayed
Due to a delay, our four
fellow - travelers, the Aliens
and Millers, were unable to
meet us as planned at The
Hague. But because of reser
vations ahead, we four, Bowm-
ers and Pruitts, were com
pelled to continue our itiner
ary as scheduled. Our next
stop was Hamburg, which we
found disappointingly grim
despite its pleasant association
as the home of Brahms. There,
we found an attitude toward
Americans almost cool com
pared to the cordiality of the
Dutch. But then Hamburg, as
a key member of the old
Hanseatic League, has always
been a proud and powerful
city, with high authority dat
ing back to the 12th century.
Also, Hamburg was very
heavily bombed by the Brit
ish and the Americans during
World Wor II, whereas Rotter
dam, Holland was practically
wiped out by the Germans,
who later occupied Holland.
Such things are not soon for
gotten.
Now Blunderbussers"
After passing within a few
miles of the "Iron Curtain"
(Russian zone of Germany) at
Lubeck, and then taking a
long ferry trip (train and all)
from Germany into Denmark
we reached Copenhagen,
where began the long summer
twilights - an eerie lingering
glow lasting until eleven
o'clock at night. Here finally,
at the King of Denmark hotel,
we were joined by the Aliens
and Millers. At long last our
eightsome, which in future
will at times be referred to as
the "Blunderbussers" (self
named), was complete, along
with our roomy little German
bus purchased by all the
group. Jim Allen is our trusted
skipper. A designer and build
er of fine boats, Jim can, we
are told, take a motor apart
and reassemble it, blindfold
ed. And he insists that he'd
"rather drive than eat." Car
roll Miller is acting navigator,
assisted by Angus and Almus,
who feel luke-warm toward
driving - particularly in Swe
den and England, where left
side driving is required. Usual
ly they are all busy at once
with maps, figuring our some
times complicated routes and
converting kilometers into
miles. Mrs. Allen will be re
ferred to as Eve; Mrs. Miller,
"Dort"; Mrs. Bowmer, Ger
trude. A jovial Scandinavian
sailor on a ferry referred to
us as "the 'lil partee," which
name we ourselves happily
accepted.
And so, witli all in order
we proceeded to enjoy the
very beautiful city of Copen
hagen - of which, more later.
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Women's
Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in new high-crowned fall hat,
hat, holds umbrella and a bouquet as she inspects gifts pre
sented to her by the children of Stromness, Orkney Islands,
during a visit there. Her ensemble also includes new large
collar popular lhis season. (UPI Telephoto)
Famous Anthropologist
Decries Student Marriage
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
New York - (UPD-Boy meets
girl on a college or univer
sity campus. But should boy
marry girl?
Margaret Mead, interna-
1 1 o nally fa
mous anthro
p o 1 o g i s t,
writer, lec
turer and
t r aveler be
lieves that
with rare ex
ceptions the
answer is
"no."
uj.7 piuley
Too often
she holds, the under-graduate
marriage - a growing trend
in our nation means the
"premature imprisonment of
young people, before they
have had a chance to explore
their own minds and the
minds of others, in a kind of
desperate, devoted symbios
is." Dr. Mead is associate cur
ator of ethnology at the Amer
ican Museum of Natural His
tory and adjunct professor of
anthropology at Columbia
university. She discusses the
compatibility of college and
marriage in an article copy
righted by Editorial Projects
for Education, Baltimore, and
carried in the recent Barnard
College Alumnae magazine.
Three Speakers
On Club Program
The Misses Terry Allen and
Nellie Woolery, rural mission
aries at Azalea, Ore., spoke
about their work at the last
meeting Christian Women's
club. About 60 attended.
Miss Woolery used the ques
tion, "How do we expect to
get into heaven" as a basis for
her talk.
Mrs. Beverly Reed, mission
ary chairman for the club,
stated that 28,000 churches in
America are without minis
t e r s, 60,000 churches are
closed and that 10 million
children do not attend Sun
day school.
Mrs. Lee Sheehan, Jackson
county home extension agent,
spoke about planning and pre
paring picnic food and said
that picnics promote family
"togetherness."
Mrs. Herbert Hunter sang,
accompanied by Miss Beth
Wilcox.
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With Editorial Projects'
approval, I'd like to quote
some of Dr. Mead's views.
Freedom on Campus
"One of the requirements
of such a campus life," she
writes, "has been freedom
from responsibility. Founders
and administrators . . . have
struggled through the years
to provide places where young
men and more recently young
women . . . would be free -in
a way they can never be
free again - to explore be
fore they settle on the way
their lives are to be lived.
"This freedom once ... in
cluded freedom from domes
tic responsibilities . . .
"Civilization as we know
it was preceded by a prolong
ation of the learning period
. . . in which young people
still protected and supported
were free to explore the past
and dream of the future.
"May it not be a new bar
barism to force them to mar
ry so soon?"
Forced Into Marriage
Forced, she writes, is the
right word. The mothers who
worry about boys an girls
who don't begin dating in
high school start the process.
Dr. Mead sees two "omi
nous" trends in undergradu
ate marriages.
One, the young people have
no chance to find themselves.
They start a family, get fi
nancial help from parents and
"at 30 they are still immature
and dependent, their future
mortgaged . . . neither hus
band nor wife realizing the
promise that a different kind
of undergraduate life might
have enabled each to ful
fill . . :'
"The second kind ... is
more tragic," she writes.
"Here, the marriage is based
on the boy's promise and the
expendability of the girl."
She goes to work "at some
secondary job" to support her
husband while he finishes his
degree, supporting him, "thus
underlining his immature
status. As soon as he becomes
independent, he leaves her
Dr. Mead concludes that "it
may be that any domesticity
takes the edge off the eager
flaming curiosity on which
we must depend for the great
steps that man must take, and
take quickly, if he and all
living creatures are to con
tinue on this earth."
Social Events
Many One-Room Schools
Remain in United states
Many people speak of the
little red schoolhouse" as if
it were no longer in existence,
but it's a bit too early to
mourn its passing. There are
still 19,000 of these one-teacher
schools in the United
States, reports the Institute oi
Life Insurance, citing a siuay
by the U.S. Office "of Educa
tion. Once the mainstay of our
educational system, the num
ber of "little red school
houses" has been diminishing
gradually with the improve
ment of rural roads, as wen as
more general use of snow
plows, both of which enable
school buses to make their
rounds in remote districts in
safety, comfort and with rea
sonable speed.
One-teacher schools have
also lost ground with today's
school administrators, wno
feel they can work more effec
tively with youngsters in larg
er buildings and with special
ized teachers.
Yet at this moment some
300,000 rural boys and girls
are receiving an education in
little red schoolhouses. The
smaller schools among them
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Wedding Day Set
A shower honoring Miss
Nancy Haas, bride-elect of
Chares E. Johnson, was held
Aug. 12 at the home of Miss
Maas parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Haas, 1006 Niantic street.
Mr. Johnson son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Johnson, Brook
ings, Ore., makes his home at
502 'S Pine street and is em
ployed by the Medford Irriga
tion district.
The gift table was decorated
with aquamarine and white
streamers arranged from a
sprinkler and miscellaneous
kitchen articles were present
ed to the honored guest.
Games were played.
Guests included Miss Haas,
her mother and Mr. Johnson's
mother and Mrs. Max Weston,
Mrs. Noble Felkner, Mrs. Dale
Harris, Mrs. William Cobb,
Mrs. Ross Bibey, Mrs. George
Haas, Mrs. Robert E. Hord,
Mrs. George Simmons, Mrs.
Virgil Phifer, Mrs. George
Ring Jr., and the Misses Pau
line Ashton, Barbara Stod
dard, Doris Felkner, Barbara
Fogel, Louise Morrison and
Carol Jasman.
Assisting Mrs. Settel with
the serving of the refresh
ments were Mrs. Dan Haas,
and Miss Doris Felkner.
The wedding is planned for
the Foursquare church, Sep
tember 17.
Ritters Return
From Vacation
Gold Hill-Mr. and Mrs. J.
Raymond Ritter returned to
their home here recently after
a three weeks vacation in
Oregon. At Lowel they were
guests of Mrs. Ritter's brother
and sister-in law, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Borough. In
Junction City they visited
Mrs. Ira Gilslrap, a former
resident of Gold Hill, and at
Salem they were guests of
Claude Ritter.
The Ritters took a trip by
mail boat up the Rogue River
to Agness from the mouth of
the river at Gold Beach. They
also camped and fished at
Wilmola Lake.
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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17. I960;
have only a handful of stu-.
dents-perhaps a half dozen or :
less. Larger ones have as
many as 30 or 40 students.
The Plains states have the
greatest number of one-teach-er
school, but there are many
also in the upper Southeast '
and the Great Lakes states.
No Longer Red
Incidentally, the "little red
schoolhouse" is no longer red,.
For some reason or other, it is
usually painted white these
days, although a few still bear.
the familiar "barn red colort
However, other characteris-"
tics are still there: water is
often pumped by hand from a;
well: sanitary facilities are
outside; and in .some places
when the days grow short;
kerosene lanterns are lit be
cause there is no electricity. -The
heart and soul of these
miniscule schools is still the.
teacher, usually a woman;;
who by dint of effort and de
votion provides a workabla
education to a diverse group"
of youngsters, frequently un-.'
der trying conditions. Her stu.' ;
dents may range from first";
through fourth grades; moref.
often they go on up to the 6th-l
or 8th grade. Many "little red-,
schoolhouses" also offer study:
space for older boys and girlar!
taking high school correspond
dence courses, and no doubt.
the teacher helps them out-
too.
Now and then a new "little;"
red schoolhouse" is opened.,
where there was no school be-.'
fore; in some remote, unpop-1-ulated
locality, where mining
operations are begun, or when":
a large plains area is opened!;
for grazing, and families with"
children move in. The prob--.
lem then is to recruit a"
teacher. "
Teachers Few T
"It's difficult to find some-
one willing to conduct a one;;
teacher school-it's such a de--.-manding
job," one education
al observer. Dr. Walter . H-'
Gaumnitz, head of rural rev"
search and statistics for the",
U.S. Office of Education, said";
recently. "The teacher has to"
live in a back area over long"
periods of time, perhaps-,
boarding with a farm family
whose house lacks modern
comforts. Besides, it's not
easy, teaching a group wherer
the ages may run from six to-
14 years. There's a n o t h e r'.
thing: country teachers don't
get the pay of city teachers. -1
"Yet there are some who.':
prefer to teach under these!:
conditions. Maybe it is be-."
cause, with so few children in :
the school, the teacher has";
more of a chance to workf
closely with them."
As a rule, country children";
find it no hardship getting to';
their "little red schoolhouses.'
Usually they have no morel
than a mile or two to walk,",
often less; although things can'
get rough in the wintertime; "
The real problem is that these"
children are generally needed .
to help out on the farm, and a,
great many drop out of school
as soon as the law allows. 7
But this is changing. Thei?
encouragement of rural teach; -ers,
many of them in "little:
red schoolhouses," has had a;
great deal to do with the rapid;
improvement in educational,
attainment of country chil-1
dren. Today the proportion of;
rural children enrolled in ele
mentary and high schools li
nearly the same as for thai
United States as a whole. :