MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. I960
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Women's News
Social Events
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A starry-eyed Rosemary Doslin wn
breathless and compoied by iurm lait week
ai she spent a few dayt with har mother
and family in Medford before leaving for
Portland and Atlantic City. Mill Doolan ia
Min Oragon of I960, and will rapraiant
thli itata In the annual Mlsi America com.
patition In New Jariay. Miy Oragon, a
muiic major at Willamatta univariity, Sal
am, whara aha anlared the contest ai Miia
Salam, ii an ash blonda with gorgaoui color
ing and wide, friandly imile.
Miss Oregon To Leave Saturday
Portland - Miss Oregon for
1960, Miss Rosemary Doolcn
of Mcdford, will leave Port
land International airport by
plane Saturday, September 3,
for Atlantic City, N.J. .
There she will compete
with over 50 other talented
and 1 charmlntSi alrli in the
Miss America ff3Keivt (Cm tttt
coveted till ot Miss America.:!..
Accompanying Mlse, Oregon
will be her chapcronc, Mrs.
Alex Haralampus, Sofslde,
who was co-chairman of the
Miss Oregon pageant held in
Seaside In July. During pa
U&nl tj-oek they S?ill stay
at the Ambassador hotW In
Atlantic City.
ijjnce" each participant in
the Miss Amfrio) pSJsdjht
lives a "shoca.se" cHlstenctj
almost every moment from
breifkfusl to btrltlm, fet
tering wardrotjt) ty j matter
of prime importance. Throujh
(lie cooperation of Meier and
Frank company and a number
of manufacturers, Miss Ore-
gon will take with her about
$130Q worth of clothes rang
ing from rehearsal-time (lacks
and blouse by White Stag to
three striking evening gowns
by Cahlll of California. Two
of these are white, as all con
testants must wear white for
their Judjglngin evening gown
arm theMblrd Is blue, fcJT use
in tgleit competition when
sh singsV ' Hcrt That's
Two Janlzen swimsuils) art
important part of the ward
robe. For lunches, dinner,
breakfasting with the judges,
te(s and other ippearanccs,
Mifcs Oregon is Inking along
three flresses by Alper Sch-
Ssrtz, blfct patent hand
bfa) tor oMytiroA and an eve
aing bg, tWo hats by Con
sollflBtdsd Rat compny of
Jfort, toykofTP ool
fclwcj; suit, hit jersey cot
bf li;jr(nta of London,
three ,jplrs ll gloves by
Joseph Perriila gnd no less
than five pairs of shoes. A
white fox sca'rt is being loaned
to Miss Oregon by Meier and
Frank, and the store will
furnish her with a smart hair
styling just before her de
parture.
Miss poolcn, the fourteenth
girl to wear the crown of Miss
uregon, was chosen by 4.
panel of Judges from among
19 contestants in the still
pageant. Pier beautiful sing
ing voice did much to win the
title for her. In addition to
the Miss Oregon crown and
the wardrobe, Rosemary also
won a $1000 Pepsi -Cola
scholarship in competition at
Seaside. At Atlantic City, she
will be competing for $35,000
national scholarship
awards. t
Miss Doolcn Is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Horace M. Doolen.
812 West Second street. She
entered the Miss Oregon con
test as Miss Salem, since she
was at the time a student at
Willamette unifcrsity in that
city. Mrs. Doolcn will be in
Atlantic City for the pageant.
Unit Holds
Workshop
Installation
Mr?. Sybyl Squire, Ashland,
was installed president of the
Una B. Inch chapter of the
Oregon School Foods Service
association at a workshop and
meeting held August 29 in
Hoover school. About 123
women employed by Jackson
and Klamath county schools
attended the workshop.
Others installed were Mrs
Faye Ross, Shady Cove, presi
dent-elect; Mrs. Dorothy
Greene, Rogue River, secre
tary; Mrs. Estelle Nelson, Ap-
plegate, treasurer.
Retiring officers were Mrs
Arlee Ragsdale, Elk - Trail,
president; Mrs. Squire, president-elect;
Mrs. Wilma White,
Medford, secretary; Mrs. Lor
raine Wasden, Griffin Creek,
treasurer.
The installation Jjas con
ducted by Mrs. Gladys Negel-
spach, Portlan president of
the Oregon association. She
announced that the OSFSA
vitfuld hold a conference in
Medford March 16-17, 1961
Speakers Included Mrs.
Leigh Gustison, Medford
president of the Oregon Con
gress of Parents and Teach
ers; Mrs. Laura P. Wells, Sa
lem, state director of the Ore
gon school lunch program,
and Mrs. Una B. HSch, former
supervisor of Jackson county
rural schools for Tlfhom the
chapter was named.
PTA Head Taffi
Mrs. Gustison spoke on
How the PTA Looks at the
School Lunch Program" and
said that if all PTA units
made a closer study of the
program, they would realize
how important it is to the wel
fare of children. "The lunch
at school is the only basic
meal many children get and
it must contain at least one
third of the daily nutrients
for proper development of the
children," she said.
Mrs. Wells spoke on "A
Look to the Future" and told
the ofoks what government
commodities would be avail
able this year. ,r
Mrs. Margurette Hclberg of
the Pineapple) Growers asso
ciation demonstrated the use
of pineapple in a number of
different dishes. These were
served with luncheon.
A panel reported on t h e
school lunch training confer
ence'hpld at Oregon State col
lege July 11-13. Mrs. Virgin
ia Walt, supervisor of the
school lunch program in the
Medford system, was moder
ator. The panel was composed
of Mrs. Beth Malone, Asl
land; Mrs. Squire, Mrs. Dar
ley Craig, Mrs. Gandt, Mrs.
Ester Erickson and Mrs. Lova
Delgado, all Medford.
During a business meeting.
the chapter planned a meet
ing for October 21 in the
Rogue River school cafeteria.
J. R. Acheson, assistant su-
Holiday
Events Set
By Dancers
Square dancers of the Rogue
yallcy have scheduled three
events for the Labor day
week end.
A special square dance is
planned Saturday, September
3, at Provolt Grange hall. Don
Carter and Dick Wilson from
the San Fernanda valley in
California will be callers. It
is stated that the two men
will be in the valley for the
week end, bringing with them
several dancera.
All Rogue valley dancers
are invited to attend the party
at Provolt. Dancing is to
begin at 8:30 p.m. and refresh
ments will be potluck style.
Lodge Party
Sunday evening, September
4, a "get-together" is planned
at Take It Easy lodge, Grants
Pass, in honor of the visiting
dancers. Mr. Carter and Mr.
Wilson will again call, as well
as local callers.
AH square dancers are also
invited to this event, and pot-
luck refreshments will be
served.
Y Knot Twirlers
Y Knot Twirlers plan a
First Saturday dance Septem
ber 3 at 8:30 p.m. at Wilson
school. Douglas Fosbury will
call the squares and all square
dancers are invited. Refresh
ments will be potluck.
arewell Party
Given Monday
Eagle Point - Don Higday
was honored with a surprijf
tareweu party Monaay eve
ning given by Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Charters and children
Sam, Sheila, S c 0 0 y, and
Sandra; Mr. and Mrs. Don
Anderson and childrew, Paul-
ette, Ricky and Ronnie; and
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Westover
and his family, Mr. and Mrs.
HermanrIigday and the hon
ored guest's brother Steve
and sister Betty Ann. c
The young man left Med
ford Tuesday morning for
Portland to take his examina
tion for the Navy. He has
been attending Eagle Point
High school.
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Couples Visit
Canadian ParHs
Mr. end Mrs. W. H. Holt,
Forest avenue, and Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd P. Watkins, West
Jackson street, have returned
home after a vacaclon spent
In Canadian national parks.
They report that the highlight
of their trip was a snowmobile
ride up she glaciers on the Co
lombia ice fields.
The four also visited Lake
Louise, and came home by
way of Calgary.
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perintendent of Medford
schools, welcomed the group
and Roy Gilbertson, principal
of Hoover school, also greeted
the women. The Rev. Melvin
W. Dixon of St. Lukc's Meth
odist church gave the invoca
tion of Mrs. Catherine Gandt
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Who and what shall the housewife and mother believe
when it comes to food? On the one hand we have such
groups as the Natural Foods associates who believe that
much of the food for sale in the ordinary grocery store
has had its food value destroyed by processing and that
it contains unhealthful pesticide and chemical residues;
members of this group believe Americans eat too much
refines sugar and too much starch; they grow their own
food whenever possible or buy it direct from farmers who
grow food and produce poultry and meats under conditions
approved by Nr A.
Potpourri attended the evening session of the NFA state
convention last week. We shared with some 300 others
a delicious meal which included whole wheat rolls and
comb honey, fresh tomatoes and other vegetables, chicken
and a wonderful Bulghur wheat fruit pilafiade with the
wucai, uiiiuua, acaauie bcciu, idisui:,, graieu urange rma ana
spices. Now, Potpourri knows many of these men and
women; they are intelligent, well educated and sincere.
They cannot be dismissed with a wave of the hand and a
mutter about "food faddists."
We listened & Miss Alfreda Rooke of Escondido, Calif.,
who holds a number of college degrees in nutrition and
public fjalth and who has spent years fighting for what
she believes is a vital necessity for the United Statcs-a
better food supply. Somehow, Miss Rooke sounded dis
couraged, if not downright bitter at times. She said the
growing of so-called "organic food" has become a racket
in southern California, that perhaps 90 per cent of the food
advertised and sold in California as "organically grown
is "Dure bunk" and sadlv remarked "no wonder the De
partment of Agriculture laughs at us."
This is not to say that Miss Rooke no longer believes
in her crusade for better and purer food. She admonished
Oregonians to protect their food at all costs, said the nation
needs better standards by which to judge whether food is
good or not, and spoke heatedly about the lack of ethics
and said that nowadays everyone should remember the
slogan "Let the buyer beware." 1
"Do it yourself," she CAged. "Raise your own food
whenever possible."
With Miss Rooke's words still ringing in our ears (minus
the hum of the mosquitoes which invaded Wilson school
that evening), Potpourri turned to a booklet entitled "The
Good-.in Your Food," a report to the nation of the pro
ceedings of the 23rd annual convention of Super Market
Institute. The speakers for a round table discussion were
most imposing and the foreword states the booklet contains
"A sound and reasoned reply by scientists and government
officials whose reputations and devotion to truth are un
assailable ... to sensationalized books and articles about
the purity of the national food supply."
Sidney R. Rabb, chairman of the board of Stop and Shop,
Inc., opened the panel by sayina that "As members of Su
per Market Institute, we have an obligation that goes far
beyond that imposed by the economy under which we operate-to
make a profit. We are not dealing in luxury mer
chandise that depends on the free dollars of the few.
"Ours is a resDonsibilitv that affrets the verv lives nf
pepple-the health of children-the well-being of present and
fif3re generations-and on which the strength of our nation
depends. We are, in every sense of the word, purchasing
agents for the homemakers of America-purchasing agents
for the most Omportant thing they buy-their daily food-
charged with trie responsibility mat tne food we sell be
wholesome, be nutritious and be healthful."
Mr. Rabb was followed by Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, presi
dent of the National Academy of Sciences and introduced asv'
one 01 America s ioremosi scientists, ins list ot nis cnair-
manships, honors and committees is too long to publish
h&ib. Dr. Bronk flatly said "Americans are the best fed
and the most healthy people in the history of man." He
outlined steps (Jyhich he believes will maintain a good food
supply for the nation, in spite of great population incrgjses,
and urged more researcn.
Dr. Charlfis Glen King, executive director of The Nu
trition Foundation, who is also a special consultant to the
United Nations Childrens Fund and member of the UN's
Wurld Health Organization's advisory panel on nutrition,
seconded Dr. Bronk.
No nation in history has had a food supply that would
compare with our present supply in terms of nutritive value,
safety, convenience. stabOty, variety, attractiveness and
availability," declared Dr. King.
To quote further: "A favorite scare theme of the fad
dists, publicity-seeking writers, and the so-called 'organic
farmers' is the declaration that modern farming uses chem
ical fertilizers that omit tlO trace elements such as zinc
ffibalt and copper, and that these deficiencies are under
mining our health. Tjus concept has no basis in fact. The
reverse is well established ....
"Without a doubt, the most damaging form of malnu
trition in America today is simply the result of overeating.
The net effect of too many calorics is too much body fat.
We have reached a stage where the average body weight
is about 15 pounds above the ideal weight for optimum
health.
"In summary, when (Jscd in a common sense manner,
our present food supply meets our basic needs more safely
and efficiently than ever before in history."
consumers snjoy fruits, vegetables, cereals, meat, poultry
products and mlik of unexcelled quality and freedom from
contamination."
"We Eat on Science" was the topic of Dr. Herrell De
Graff, professor of food economics of the graduate school
of nutrition, Cornell University. Like the other speakers,
Dr. DeGraff also has an Interesting list of accomplishments
and positions,
"No other people in the world ever have been so for
tunate in the abundance, variety, high quality and low cost
of their food supplies. No other people ever have enjoyed
a diet so nutritious or of such outstanding wholesomeness."
These are his opening remarks at the meeting. He lauded
scientists for "their enormous contributions to food produc
tion, 'processing and distribution." He spoke interestingly
of how chemicals have increased the food supply by cutting
down the ravages of diseases to poultry and meat animals.
"We are living in a chemical age," Dr. DeGraff said
at one point. "We answer none of the problems tiiat such
an age generates by anything so simple as eliminating
chemicals. If we were to take that approach, we would
soon be short of food." He predicted that every year will
find the world more dependent on chemicals in producing
enough food, and stressed that appropriate chemical mate
rials must be properly used and "scientifically grounded
legislation must be responsibly administered."
George P. Larrick, commissioner of food and drugs of
the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare,
sounded a note of caution and warning about the use of
chemicals to produce and process food. He explained the
two extremes of the question one that Americans are
being poisoned on a wholesale basis and the other that the
new food additive law Is stifling progress and said neither
is true. He admitted that there "are dangers from irre
sponsible use of potent chemicals. There are irresponsible
users of these chemicals. We have case histories that prove:
the point. Fortunately they are relatively few. My mes-:
sage is simply this: Safety in the use of food chemicals
is a must if the food industry is to continue to enjoy con
sumer confidence. ..."
The last speaker, Dr. Frederick J. Stare, chairman of .
the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public
Health, took as his topic "Goodness is Still in Our Foods"
and declared: "The poisons are in the pens and tongues
of those who, by peddling misinformation, half-truths, state-, ,
ments out of context and downright falsehoods, gain tern-,'
porary notoriety, inflate their own egos and make a profit,
or hope to." .
He further said "May I state a few elementary princi
ples of biology and foods? All foods, are chemicals. All
nutrients are chemicals. You and I are composed of chem
icals. ... As a physician and student of nutrition for the
last 25 years, I should like to state categorically that I do
not kndS, nor have I ever heard, of one single case of ill
health in man that has been shown to have been due to
the addition of approved additionaDchemicals to foods. And
say additional chemicals because I wish to ' emphasize
again that all foods and nutrients are composed, of chem
icals. ...
We have the best and finest food supply In the history
of this or any other country. Furthermore, it is the saf
est. ..."
Dr. Bronk closed the panel by reading the words on
banner draped across the hall. "That there may be more
health, more knowledge, more freedom, more happiness and
a nobler life for all.
Copies of the pamphlet may be secured by writing "Pub
lications Department, Super Market Institute, 500 North
Dearborn street, Chicago 10, 111. ,
For some-reason or the other which we do not fully un
derstand, this reporter still remains only partly reassured.
O. S. '
Also on the program was Dr. M. R. Clarkson, associate
administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, U. S.
Department of Agriculture. Among other accomplishments,
Dr. Clarkson is a fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science and a member of the American
Veterinary Medical association.
Dr. Clarkson said in part "Foods come from farms. The
reason our wonderfully complex food processing and mar
keting industries, including the super markets, are able to
provide us with wholesome foods in great abundance is
that a vast quantity and variety of safe, wholesome foods
are produced by this country's farmers. Never before in
world history have so many people been so well fed by
so few farmers as in the United States today." .
Later in his speech heQiid "The fact remains that our
foods today are safer and more wholesome than ever before
-and chemicals used on farms help make them so."
He also quoted Secretary of Agriculture Benson thusly:
"On our farms, chemicals enable us to produce the great
variety of foods people want in the tremendous quantities
needed. They also give indispensable protection to the na
tural excellence of these foods against the ravages of pests
and diseases. In large part because of chemicals, American
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