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5 6 A ; ; i 4. !?1 f f"1'- v t-a'A is Washington: Mrs. William Proxmire, wife of the Demo cratic senator from Wisconsin, is shown at work in her office as new chairman of the Women's Speakers bureau for lhe 1960 Democratic presidential campaign. It ii her Job to line up eloquent women to speak to women's groups around the country this fail, and she's looking for women Democrats who can talk politics without becoming emotional, Mrs. Proxmire's appointment was announced August 21. (UPI Telephoto) Women Speakers Sought By Democratic Washington - (UPII - Pretty, dark-haired Mrs. Willinm Proxmh-e, wife o the Wiscon sin senator, is scouting around for women Democrats who can talk politics without gel ting emotional. Mrs. Proxmire is the new chairman of the women's speakers bureau for the I960 Democratic presidential cam paign. Her appointment was announced Sunday. ; It will bo the 35'year-old , brown-eyed beauty's job to line up eloquent females to speak- to women's groups around the country this fall. Requests for such speakers already are on her desk. First choice of most groups Is one of the distaff members of the Lake of Woods Camp Is Closed The fifteenth year of sum mer .camp for Girl Scouts of the Rogue Valley area at Low Echo, established camp near Lake of the Woods, has been concluded. Camp Low Echo, named for Juliette Low, founder of Girl Scouts, opened July 6 and closed August 15. Camp ac tivities were supervised by "well trained and qualified personnel," the . council re ported, and included instruc tion in swimming and varied crafts. Personal responsibility is developed by fair assign ments of camp duties. Some 400 Girl Scouts at tended sessions at Low Echo this summer and approximate ly 30 women wore on the staff . of iadull supervision. Camp director this year was Miss Irene Knox, College Park Md. Girl Scouts' activities in the Rogue Valley area are aided through its member ship In the United Medford crusade. ' Marine Officer And Family Here Central Polnl-Lt. and Mrs. Ferney McKibbcn and their son, Bruce, are guests of the officer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F, McKibben, 833 Hopkins road, Central Point. The visi tors are also spending some time " with Lt. ;, McKibben's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin C. McKibben, 3C72 Bursell road, Central Point: Lt. McKibben, a naval ar chitect with the United States Merchant Marine's technical division, is assigned to duly in Washington, D.C, and the family lives at Springfield, Va. The McKibbcns hiadc the trip west by car, making' var ious stops with friends en route. They also toured Yel lowstone National park. The family plans to leave Saturday for the return trip. First Meeting , Set For Bethel The organizational meeting for anew bethel in Medford of the International Order of Job's Daughters will be held Thursday, August 25, at the Masonic temple, 218 West Main street at 7:30 p.m. ' All girls between the ages of. 12 and 20 with Masonic relationship and interested parents are invited to attend. Those girls already having petitions or transfers are asked to bring them to this meeting if they have not been mailed or given to Mrs. W. K. Suit previously. Guardians or guardian secretaries of Beth els 14 and 55 of Medford will also provide Information con cerning the new group. t Workers Kennedy clan - the sisters of John F. Kennewy, Democrat ic presidential candidate. Mrs. Proxmire offered tills advice to women who will be active in the 1080 cam paign: "Don't become emotional ly 'involved." "This is hard for newcom ers to politics, and even hard er for women," she said. "But you can tear yourself to pieces. Makes List Mrs. Proxmire has drawn up a list of 45 wives of con gressmen whom she feels would be a credit . to their party on the stump. She still has to convince them to speak but has few qualms about their loyalty. Active in Wisconsin politics since 1950, Mrs. Proxmire has served as a precinct com- mitteewoman, poll - watcher finance secretary of the Dem ocratic parly in the Badger stale, blie was among a group of University of Wisconsin students who helped to re vive the party In 1946. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., but lived most of her childhood in Washington, D.C. She likes to joke that her husband married her be cause she can type. She has a Phi Beta Kappa key to prove she's capable of other chores, too. Mrs. Prox mire has substituted for her Iniband but prefers to leave the speechmaking to him, "I get too scared," she dis closed in an interview. But she will continue to help with his campaigning. Mis. Proxmire is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds - the same as she did in high school. She likes tail ored clothes that can be pack ed easily into a suitcase. Her Iwo daughters, Mary Ellen, 14, and Jan Cathy, 11, are spending the summer at a camp in Wisconsin. Mrs. Proxmire spends hours watching Senate sessions from the gallery. She's not on her husband's payroll but helps out by writing a chum my women's column that is sent to about 50 newspapers in their home stale. She plans to run the speak ers bureau from the sena tor's office, hoping to attract women such as Mrs. Paul H. Douglas, wife of the Illinois senator and a former con gresswoman; Mrs. Philip A. Hart, wife of the Michigan scnator-and a veteran cam paigner, and Mrs. Frank Church, wife of the Idaho senator. She also hopes to ask Nan cy Williams, wife of the Mi chigan governor, to make platform appearances. Soaking vegetables before cooking causes loss of vita mins and minerals. Excep tions are brussels sprouts and broccoli that must be soaked to get them clean. To remove scorched food from the bottom of an alumi num vessel, fill it with water, allow it to boil, then remove the softened food with a wooden spoon. ANY MAIL FROM BARKER'S? Women's News Traveler Home Again Central Point - Mrs. Mary Cellura, 17 Maple street, Cen tral Point, had not been back to her native Italy in 29 years when she left this summer for a visit in that country Mrs. Cellura was apprehens ive that everything would seem strange after so long an absence. Instead, the visitor found everything "so Americanized" that she felt right at home. "When I stepped out of the plane at Rome the first thing I saw was a big sign reading "Lucky Strikes." It was the same everywhere I went. The shops, stores and apartment houses are being made to look like those in the United States." Mrs. Cellura said Italy was filled with American tourists, and she was asked often to translate for someone who needed help. The traveler visited her sister in Palermo, where she lived before com ing to the United States, and was also in Naples and in Casino. The trip over was by way of San Francisco, New York and Paris. She re-embarked at Rome after a three-months stay, and returned to Oregon by way of Paris, Montreal, Canada, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The trip was by Trans - World airlines super jet, and the traveler praised the company and its em ployees highly saying that al though this was the first time she had ever been in an air plane, everything was done to make her feel secure and comfortable. Trinity Noon Program Set Ashland -Browning's "Call ban upon Setebos" and other poems on themes from Shake speare's "The Tempest" will be presented by Edward Bru baker of the Oregon Shake spearean Festival company at noon Wednesday at Trinity House in Ashland. The read ings will be the fifth in the Festival series of Trinity Noons, sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi for the benefit of Festival scholarship funds, and in conjunction with the Institute of Renaissance Stud ies. Mr. Brubaker, currently In his sixth season with Ameri ca's first Elizabethan theater, is an assistant professor of English at Franklin and Mar shall college, In Lancaster, Pa., where last year he direct ed the production of "Richard III." He is stage manager for the Ashland festival, and appears as the monster Caliban in this season's production of "The Tempest." He received his bachelor degree from Franklin and Marshall college and his mas ter's degree in English from the University of Pennsylva nia, where he is currently a doctorate candidate. Festival audiences will re call his performance as Gower in the 1957 production of "Pericles" and Barnadine in the 1959 "Measure for Meas ure." His theater background includes five years In stock at Keene, N.H., the writing and producing of radio dramas, and the writing of plays. Parties Honor Glenn Smiths Applcgate Valley - Having Just completed a new home on their dairy farm at Ruch, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Smith have been honored recently with groups calling for "house warmings." At a picnic re cently 28 relatives attended, among Whom was Mrs. Smith's brother-in-law and sis ter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thompson and their family from Portland. On another occasion friends from the Masonic lodge gath ered for a potluck dinner at the Smith home, presenting the honored couple with a waffle iron, this event also was in observance of the Smith's silver wedding anni versary. A family gathering August 18 observed the 21st birthday anniversary of Miss Jean Smith, who will enroll this fall at Southern Oregon col lege for her senior year. & lt ft t-v' ' j K Among recent visitors in Medford were Mr. and Mrs. C. Roger Holmgren, Tulsa, Okla. The Holmgrens were guests of Mrs. Holmgren's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Crawford, 1503 E. Main St., and pictured here as lhe two couplet had dinner one evening at Rogue Valley Country club are (left to right) Mr. Holmgren, Mr, B P WC Me m be Take Guided Members of Medford Busi ness and Professional Wom en's club and their guests were taken on a tour of por tions of the Rogue River Na tional forest Sunday, August 21. Guides were Robert Tayl or, assistant ranger of the Ash land district, and Lyle An derson from the Medford supervisor's office. Purpose of the trip, which started from the Medford City park about 8 a.m., was to give the group an understand ing of the multiple-use con cept in the management of national forests and a com prehension of their basic re sources for forage, recreation, Shower Given For Bride-Elect Miss Gloria Jean Swanson was honored at a bridal show er August 18 at the home of Mrs, William Eagle, 26, Crater Lake avenue. Miss Glenda Swanson was co-hostess. Miss Swanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Arthur Swan son, is the bride-elect of Dale Bernard Thompson, son of Mrs. Vyrbelle Thompson and Dr. Bernard Thompson, both Medford. Twenty-three friends at tended the evening party. Bouquets of red and yellow roses and marigolds decorated the rooms. Among the guests was Miss Jewell Thompson, sister of the bridegroom-to-be, who came in by plane from Los Angeles. Events Given By Two Groups McLcod-Two recent events have been held by the Pros pect Lions club and auxiliary. Prospect Lions held the an nual smorgasbord August 17 at Union creek. About 50 members, wives and guests, attended. Mrs. Heston Grieve was host ess for a meeting of the Lions' auxiliary at her home August 10. A potluck supper was held on the lawn. Mrs. Jack De Rosier gave a party Aug. 10 which hon ored her son on his birthday anniversary. Twenty-two young people attended. Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Chapman are Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mead, Med ford; Joe Clark, Terra Vella, Calif., and Robert Moore, Richmond, Calif. ATTENTION Stauffer Studio is now in a HEW LOCATION 445 North Bartlett Off Street Parking GUARANTEED RESULTS OR YOUR MONEY BACK Reduce-Reproportion-look Younger-Feel Better Open 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. - SP 3-7551 Virginia Wlckersham, Distributor MEDFORD MAIL THIB Uttt, BEDFORD, ORE. Social Events rs, Guests Forest Tour wildlife, wood, water, and soil. Stops were made to see the Deadwood tunnel outlet, a portion of the Talent irriga tion project; Beaver dam, and Diversion dam. The group also saw the Daley camp grounds and numerous clear cuts where reforestation is being practiced. Examples of machine-bunched slash were also shown and the problem of blowdown in partially cleared areas was explained. Reforestation work on burned as weir as logged areas was also in the itiner ary. A stop was made at a giant cinder pit where vol canic ash is obtained for top ping many of the forest roads. A picnic lunch provided by the club members was served at Fish Lake where the group gathered around a welcome fire as protection from the un expected chill in the air. During the afternoon Ran dall Perkins, Butte Falls dis trict ranger, joined the sight seeing party and explained the experiments that were being made in his district pruning promising trees for better lumber production. He also showed an area at Wil low Prairie where brush was killed by use of the weedicide 2,4-D. He explained the dif ficulty encountered in obtain ing a growth of new trees due to destruction by rodents and told how eventually control was realized by using poison ed bait in such small particles that it would not harm graz ing cattle and deer. The last scheduled stop be fore returning to Medford was at the City of Medford water intake where the flow of numerous springs is concen trated to the extent that the city obtains its full supply of drinking water from this source. Return to Medford was made shortly after 5 p.m. with 134 miles having been cover ed during the tour. Women Attend Festival Plays Mrs. Elizabeth Salway Ryan, Oswego, Ore., Mrs. Helen K. Smith, Vancouver, Wash., and Miss Harriet L. Smith left for their homes Sunday after a brief stay in southern Oregon to attend the Oregon Shake spearean Festival plays. Mrs. Ryan is on the staff of the Oswego ' Review, Mrs. Smith is a teacher of English at Clark college, Vancouver, and Miss Smith will teach in the high school at Helix, Ore., this fall. and Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Holmgren. Mrs. Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Holmgren. Mrs. Crawford is the former Janet Mann, and her sister is the former Margaret Mary Mann. The Holmgrens had been in Canada and Seattle before coming to southern Oregon. Artists To Hear Hal Bishop Talk Hal Bishop, Gold Hill, will speak to members of the Southern Oregon Society of Artists Wednesday, August 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Girls Community club, 229 North Bartlett street, Medford. Mr. Bishop will show color slides of animals in action and animal illustrations. The artist will also demon strate the building of animal forms, show the different types of animal skeletal structures and discuss methods of animal form painting. Refreshments will be served by the hostesses Mrs. John Reid, Mrs. Roy R. Carter and Mrs. Harold Skidmore. To Be Honored Warren Wolf, Medford ar tist and teacher, will be hon ored at a preview and recep tion tonight at Rogue galley, 220 West Main street. The event will open a one-man show of his paintings and sculptures which will be ex hibited at the gallery through September 13. Those interested in meeting Mr. Wolf are invited to at tend the preview and recep tion. Mr. Wolf, a teacher at Med ford High school, has had his works exhibited in museums and galleries in many West coast cities. 1T JPS Hornbrook Couple And Granddaughters End Camping Trip Hornbrook - Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greene and granddaugh ters Linda and Lydia, have returned from their annual two weeks' camping trip. Their first stop after leaving here was a brief one at Bur ney Falls, and their next was at Lassen National park where they made the two and a half mile hike from the highway where the elevation is 8,000 feet, to the top of Mt. Lassen which has an elevation of 10,000 feet. From Mt. Lassen they drove to Graeagle and Gold lake in the high Sierras, then spent a week among "typical alpine scenery" at Sardine lakes at the foot of the Sierra mountains. Leaving there, they spent one night at lower Salmon lake, then went on to their favorite camping spot at Round lake. Here they pitched camp in the midst of a "grove of every kind of evergreen imaginable." Round lake, says Mrs. Greene, sits down in a hollow like a miniature Crater lake, and is surrounded by huge bluffs and broken rocks covered with countless varie ties of rock plants. En route home, they made another brief stop at Burney Falls. Mrs. Greene took around 600 feet of colored movies of their trip. Commander, Wife Visit McLeod; Guests Honored McLeod - Commander and Mrs. Roy Neufeldt and son, Michael, San Bruno, Calif., have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hume and fam ily. Other guests of the Humes are their nephew, Wayne Vaughn and Miss Gloria Pur cell, Napa, Calif. Mrs. Caroline Harding was hostess for a dinner at her home August 19 in honor of Mr. Vaughn who is her grand son, and Miss Purcell. Other guests were Miss Jacqueline and Miss Josephine Hume, and Larry Smith, White City. Mrs. Harding was hostess for a swim party and lunch eon August, 18. Guests were Mrs. Victor Chapman, Mrs. Jack De Roser and daughter Sherri and sons, Billie and Pierre, Mrs. Harold Hixson and her daughter Carolyn and son Jamie. Mr. and Mrs. John Harmon and family, Redding, Calif., are guests of Mrs. Harmon's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Goode and son Jimmy. Lightweight nylon chenille bedspreads are machine-waslu-ble, can be tumble or drip dried, and won't mat with frequent laundering. Thaw frozen broilers in the refrigerator without unwrap ping and cook them right after thawing. Don't re-freeze broilers that have completely thawed and warmed to a tem perature of 40 degrees or higher. 114114 MdJia ASPARAGUS TOPPED WITrlTSft SALAD DRESSING Strike a note for flavor with this happy combination . . . Walla Walla Asparagus Spears, tender, juicy-plump, with garden-goodness sealed in . . . Nalley's Tang, not too tart, not too mild . . . just zesty enough for wonderful flavor. Serve them together. . . chilled as a salad ... or hot spears topped with heated Tang for a delicious luncheon plate or dinner vegetable. perfect 'FLAVOR- MATES ' . . in A SALAD OR A HOT LUNCHEON PLATE - Monmouth Is Added To AAUW List Oregon College of Educa tion at Monmouth has been added to the American Asso ciation of University Women membership list. According to Medford branch AAUW mem bership chairman, Mrs. Ed win W. Gebhard, this makes all women graduates of the school eligible for AAUW membership. Women desiring further information may call Mrs. Gebhard, NOrmandy 4-1841. Mrs. Gordon S. Mackenzie, president, was hostess to the board at a meeting at her home on East Main street when final plans were made for the annual tea, and for a rummage sale. The patio tea will be Sat urday, September 10, from 2 to 4, at the home of Mrs. Lloyd R. Bishop, 2425 Nieto Way. Mrs. Lester Stinson i s chairman for the rummage sale which will be Wednes day, August 24, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Fehl Build ing, Ivy at Sixth street. Legislative chairman, Mrs. Robert A. Boyer, reported on Oregon ballot measure 6 which would permit the state to increase its debt to con struct additional facilities for higher education. Fall maternity fashions dresses tops skirts pedal pushers capri pants lingerie foundations It's a Wonderful Store TRY THESE - "' HV " - I fk ' TUESDAY, AUGUST 2S, 1960 Plans Reunion Central Point-The class of 1955 of Crater High school will hold a reunion September 17. The reunion will consist of two events. At 12 o'clock a potluck picnic for members of the class and their families will be held in Lithia park, Ashland. That evening a ban quet and dance will be held at Pings Gardens. Those wishing further in formation about the event may call Mrs. Vernon Parent, NOrmandy 4-2593. 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