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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUHE, MEDFORO, ORE, r
MONDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1910
Breakfast Is Family Time At Nixon
Home; Pat Galled 'Perfect Wife'
By YVONNE FRANKLIN
Washington Bureau
(Edlton not! Thli ii the
.second of two artielM on
tho candidatai' wItm)
Washington (Special)
Kicnard E. Nixon, as did the
late Richard L.. Neuberger,
goes fishing for the women's
vote by dangling the praise
of his wife before them. ;
, Neuberger boosted his wife.
Maurtne, with speech and pen.
They were . a "team;" her
name and picture graced his
newsletter to constituents. He
gave her credit for winning
his Senate seat. '
Nixon has done the same
for years remember his
praise of Pat's Republican
cloth coat in 1952 - and the
culmination of his art of
wifesmanship has been seen
in the "Pat Nixon for First
Lady Week." Nixon said at
its Inauguration "whatever
people think about me, Pat
would be a wonderful first
lady."
Nixon knows that for the
first time in history, .women
may outvote men, and no
oratorical stone is left un
Texas Wife
Subject
Of Article
A Lubbock, Texas, school
, teacher-housewife, who is
niece of three Medford resl-
dents, is the subject of a re
' cent article in the Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal. ,'
She is Mrs. Annell Holland,
who has mastered the occupa
tions of housewife,' mother
and school teacher although
born without hands. Mrs. Hoi
' land is a niece of Mrs. James
' Funston, 83S Cherry street;
Loyd Clay, 708 Melrose ave-
. nue; and Howard Clay, Jack'
: sonville highway. She visited
; in Medford in July and once
'was a student at Medford
' High school. ' ,
A teacher for six years,
! Mrs. Holland was graduated
from west Texas State col
' lege. She declares that she has
had no obstacle to overcome
in mastering ordinary tasks,
: as I never had fingers.
, have not had to' learn to do
without them."
' Wiitas on Board
Using her forearms, she
writes with an ordinary ball
' point pen it her desk at Mc-
Worter Elementary school,, or
' deftly writes arithmetic prob-
lems and lines of script and
' printing on the blackboard.
. She has a 10-year-old son
Her husband, Taylor H. Hoi
' land Jr., operates a television
. and radio repair shop. As a
housewife, she cooks, cleans,
and irons pn a regular sched-.
. uie ana sews ana emuruiacrs
in her spare time.'
According to the article,
"she attributes her attitude
toward living a full life to her
parents,',' Mr. and Mrs. Ray E.
'Clay, who never pampered
her, or sympathized, or al
lowed her to feel that there
was anything she could not
do as well as her brothers and
:sisters. ;
Dance Tonight :
i Members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars auxiliary, de
partment of Oregon, will hold
a dance from 8 to 10:30
o'clock tonight at the Camp
White domiciliary theater.
Women wishing transpor
tation to the event are to be
at the Trailways bus station
at 7:30 p.m.
turned which would appeal to
the women's vote.
Terms of "Images"
It is hardly a compliment
to women that the political
brass in both parties appeal
to them in terms of "images"
-is the candidate's makeup
flattering, how is his political
sex-appeal? It matters not
what they say. That Nixon
and Kennedy are gifted intel
lectually seems secondary to
the power of their personal
ities.
A good part of the image
is the candidate's wife. And
Patricia Ryan Nixon if any
one is, can be called the per
fect wife.
Pat Nixon never has a hair
out of place, an unpressed
pleat, or her foot in her
mouth. Critics complain, al
beit enviously, that her only
flaw is lawlessness.
Reporters who have travel
ed with her on train and plane
throughout the United States
and overseas say that she
stands up under the ordeal of
travel better then they. She
never gets angry or dis-
sheveled, her poise is abso
lute. Even with rocks and spit
flying in South America she
did not lose her head. Such
composure is hard come by.
how did she do U7
Hard Work
The discipline of hard work
from the earliest youth helps
steel the mind and body, and
Pat Nixon has had her por
tion. She was born March
16, 1912 in Ely, Nevada. "It
may have been in a tent," she
says, Her father was a miner,
but when little Thclma was a
year old they moved to a 12-
acre truck farm in Artesia,
Calif.
On her father's side the
heritage was Irish. Her grand
parents, Patrick and Cather
ine Ryan, came from County
Mayo, Ireland and settled in
Bethel, Conn. Unlike the fore
bears of Richard Nixon who
were Irish Quakers, the Ry-
ans were Catholics. Pat's fa
ther, Will, left home at 19 to
seek his fortune in the West,
At 40 he fell in love and mar
ried an attractive German wi
dow. She had two children,
and bore Will three, two sons
and a curly, haired blond
with brown eyes. They called
her Thelma Catherine, called
Pat." The children attended
. Methodist church.
Pat was "exceptionally
bright" as a child, recalls
brother Tom. "She skipped a
grade In grammar school and
caught up with Bill and me.
They were all in the same
class in high school.
Pat lost her mother when
she was 13. She cooked, wash
ed, scrubbed and took care of
her father. She worked along
with her father and brothers
doing the outside farm work
as well.
Happiest Times
Mrs. Nixon is quoted as
saying, "Some of our happiest
times were evenings at the
beach. We couldn't go in the
daytime, of course, because
there are always things to be
done on a farm. In the even
ing Dad would pile us all in
to the car, with our old in
ner tubes for swimming. Cal
ifornia nights get chilly, you
know, so after a while we
would build. a fire and all
huddle around."
Pat was nomilar: in her se
nior year she was selected
the outstanding girl - a title
which meant she was both
beautiful and brainy. Her fa
ther died when she was 17.
year afterward she went
to Fullerton Juior college.
in
See
LaPoinfe's
Fall
Maternity
Collection.
stopping on the way to sweep
out the First National Bank
of Artesia and returning aft
er school to work as a teller.
She was invited to live
with relatives in Bethel. Conn
which would help her save
money toward her education
She lived with them two
years, working as an x-ray
technician. She returned
college at the University of
soutnern California and was
graduated with honors
June, 1937. '"
During this time she and
her brothers took a small
apartment. She kept house
and took jobs to help her
through school, one of which
was a day s work as an extra,
She entertained some hopes
for a movie career.
High School Teacher
Although she took merch
andising in college, she got
Job as a teacher of commer
cial subjects at Whittler High
school. Everyone knows the
story of the meeting with
Richard Nixon, who deliber
ately joined the little theater
group so that he could meet
the new teacher. He vowed
he would marry her on the
first date, but fun-loving Pat
was in no hurry and kept him
on the string for two years.
Marion Budlong, a secre
tary at the school, became
friends with Pat. "Pat was
never one to disclose her in
ner feelings, nor did she talk
about her sentiments and am
bitions. She had an aloof
friendliness," she said. But
one night Pat confided that
Dick Nixon had again pro
posed and that she was going
to say yes. They were married
June 21, 1940. .
Young Nixon, upon his
graduation from Duke Univer
sity Law School, worked as a
lawyer with a government
wartime agency in Washing
ton. He joined the service as
a Navy officer, and Pat fol
lowed nim wnerever sne
could, getting a job to sup
plement the family income,
At war's end, the young lieu
tenant commander received
the now famous call to return
to Whlttier and run for . Con
gress against Rep. Jerry Voor-
his. The rest of his political
career, and Mrs. Nixon's part
in it, is well-known history.
Dislikes Politics
Mrsj Nixon is supposed to
have said to a reporter in
moment of anguish, "I hate
politics. It has made me give
up everything I have ever
loved." She may or may not
have said it, for her reserve
is phenomenal, but her senti
ments toward politics are well
known. She feels that she and
her family have suffered ter
ribly. She does what she can
to protect her girls and pre
serve their family life. They
do not take the Washington
Post, which runs Herblock's
devastating and cruel cartoons
of Nixon, because of its ef
fects on the children.
Trlsha, 14, and Julie, 12, at
tend the Sidwell Friends
school, a local private school
and the Nixon's live in a $75,-
000 house in a fashionable sec
tion of Washington. The girls
are unspoiled, unprecocious
young ladles, a tribute to their
mother's good sense and atten
tion. She loves to keep house
and look after her family. Mrs.
Nixon always presses her
husband's as well as her own
clothes, although their afflu
ence now permits them to
have a couple to run their
house. She does not like this,
but their schedule demands
it. They are almost never
home evenings, therefore
breakfast Is family time.
Whether Pat Ryan Nixon
relishes her role as a political
wife or not, she fits herself
Into her husband's career
plans without sigh or whimp
er. She has urged him to give
up politics, in 1936 especially
and he almost did, but after
deciding, she set herself to
ward his goal.
In this she is not unique:
however there are many poli
tician's wives who hamper
tneir husbands with negative
if not downright recalcitrant
political participation. (Con
sider Mrs, Adlai Stevenson
who divorced her husband
rather than participate in
politics).
More than most, Pat Ryan
Nixon has sacrificed her own
desires to further the career
of the man she loves.
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A visit to a flower show was among the many stops made
by Queen Ingrid (above) and King Frederik of Denmark, who
are visiting in the United States. The royal couple paid a
four-day visit of state in Washington after stops in Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, and are now guests of
Gov. and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller in New York.
, (UPI Telephoto)
Reames Luncheon
Noon Wednesday
Reames Social club will
hold a luncheon Wednesday,
October 19, at 12 noon in the
dining room of Medford Ma
sonic temple. All members of
the Order of the Eastern Star
are invited. Mrs. Donald Ash
pole is. president.
Mrs. Frank Stratton, chair
man, will be assisted by Mrs.
G. Randolph, Mr. and Mrs.
Carmen Gigliotti, Mrs. Wil
liam G. Meyers, Mrs. Dayton
De Pue and Mrs. Gladys Ra-
min.
Calendar
Calendar notices and newi for
is society section of The Mall
Tribune must be submitted In
writing and deadline for the Sun
far week dav news Is 5 DJU. the
day before publication
day edition is 1 p.m. Friday Dead
line for the weekly calendar is 8
a.m or uie aay ox puoucauun uia
Monday:
30 p.m. -Disabled Ameri
can Veterans and auxiliary.
7:30 p.m. - Philharmonic , " "rT ,7.
ivua. .. t iiumu iviviuiyie, lull
Crown avenue, starting at 10
a.m. November . 2. ,
Mrs. Merriman Returns
Gold Hill - Mrs. Blanche
Merriman has returned to her
iiuiiic in uuia xiiii uncr
spending several weeks in
Fresno, Calif. She was a guest
of her nephew and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pien
ning, and her sister, Mrs. Flor
ence Pienning. Mrs. Florence
Piennlng is a former resident
of this area.
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Feather Corsages
Topic at Meeting
Of Garden Club
Feather corsage making was
demonstrated by Mrs. Charles
Cushman, Eagle Point, at a
meeting of the Little Garden
Club of Medford Wednesday.
Mrs. Herb Vallee was hostess.
Mrs. Floyd Barnes was pre
sented a corsage, as a new
member. Mrs. Clair Young
and Mrs. Otho Chestnut were
guests.
The club will hold an all-
chorus rehearsal for "Stabat
Mater", Washington School
gymnasium, Dakota ave, ana
Peach St.
7:30 p.m.-Ruth Esther unit,
Wesleyan Service guild. First
Methodist church, at church
7:30 p.m. - Nevita Social
club, Mrs. Loren Brumfield,
Shady Cove,
7:45 p.m. - Olive Rebckah
lodge. Odd Fellows hall,
Tuesday:
9:30 a.m.-Woman's Society
of Christian Service, First
Methodist church, circle 1,
Mrs. Robert Hostetter, 308
Haven St.: circle 2, Mrs.
George Roseberry, 3310 Hol
lywood ave.; circle 3, Mrs.
d w a r d Branchfield, 120
Stark St.; circle 4, Mrs. Gor
don Morris, 107 Elm st.; circle
Mrs. L. L. Lollis, 535 Penn
sylvania ave.; circle 6, 'Mrs,
Edna Pursell, First Methodist
church; and circle 7, Mrs.
Everett Cuffcl, 909 North Cen
tral ave.
10 a.m.-Rogue Valley Navy
Mothers, Mrs. Henry Dooms,
156 Van Ness st., Ashland.
10:30 a.m. - Shady Cove
Home Extension unit, Mrs.
Berta C. Alicki, Rogue River
drive, Shady Cove
10:30 a.m. - Sams Valley
Home Extension unit, Mrs.
Herman Priom, Meadows rd.
1 p.m.-Woman's Society of
Christian Service, First Meth
odist church, circle 9, Mrs.
Lee Van Ausdall, at church;
circle 10, Mrs. James Flem
ing, 311 Laurel st.
1 p.m.-Ladics of Elks. Elks
temple.
1:30 p.m. - Rogue Valley
Herb society, Mrs. Elsa Walk
er, 920 West 11th st., apart
ment C2.
1:30 p.m.-Woman's Society
Christian Service, - First
Methodist church, circle 8,
Mrs. F. H. Dressier, 1107 East
Main st.
1:30 p.m. - Rogue Valley
Herb society, Mrs. Elsa Walk-
920 West 11th st.
2 p.m. - Talent Federated
Woman's club, city hall
Read pesticide lables
heed the instructions.
Women s News
Social Events
Librarian Visits
In Illinois Valley
Illinois Valley Mrs. Mar
garet Morris, Bend, visited re
cently with her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Telvik, Bridgeview, and other
relatives in the area.. She is
the High school librarian at
Bend.
Lions Club
Auxiliary
Honored
The Oregon Lions club
auxiliary was " awarded a
plaque as "the outstanding
service club of the state" at
the state convention of the
Oregon Council of the Blind
Saturday in Portland.
Mrs. Vern Conwell. Port
land, past auxiliary president,
represented the service club
at the convention, according
to Mrs. Frank Christian, Tal
ent, state1 president.
The award was presented
by the council in recognition
of work done with the blind
during the past year. Mrs.
Christian, as vice-president,
led the projects, including es
tablishment of an institute
for parents of visually handi
capped children of all ages, an
institute for parents of pre-school-age
visually handi
capped, and furthering of the
Walter Dry development fund.
The fund sent house parents,
teachers and educators to
Tennessee and California for
training in education of the
blind.
Mrs. Christian left today for
visits to local Lions auxiliaries
in Coos Bay, Bandon, Port
Orford, North Bend, Gold
Beach and Empire. She will
speak on the coming year's
projects for the blind.
Californians Guests
At Harding Home
McLeod Mr. and Mrs.
Manuel Aquas, San Fernando,
Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Weston, Long Beach, Calif.,
are houseguests of Mrs. Caro
line Harding, Trail.
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Spots Out
On woolen clothes, try
sponging spots with cold wa
ter if they re from coffee,
sweet food or fruit. Use a light
detergent if the spots came
from lipstick or pancake
makeup.. Mud can usually be
removed by "ruffling" and
brushing with a stiff brush.
For grease spots, put fabric
face down on blotter or towel
and sponge the back with
cleaning fluid.
Women Realtors
To Hear Lawyer
Tuesday Night
Russell DeForest, Medford
attorney, will talk on ballot
measure 13, the war veteran's
bonding and loan amendment,
at a meeting of the women's
council of the Medford board
of relators Tuesday, October
18. The group s monthly din
ner and business session will
begin at 7 p.m. at the Tower
broiler.
All members of the Med
ford board of realtors are in
vited to hear Mr, DeForest's
talk at 8:30 p.m.
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Townsend Club
Meeting, Dance
Are Announced
Robert B. Duncan, speaker
of the Oregon house of rep
resentatives, will speak on
"aging" at a meeting of the
Townsend club and auxiliary
Wednesday at 12 . noon at
Walker's Dreamland, . 41514
East Main street.
The club and auxiliary will
sponsor an old-time dance and
music at the Jacksonville
Community hall Friday, Oc
tober 21, from 8 p.m. to 2
a.m. The public is invited,
At the club's last session
16 nominations were entered
for 12 positions as council
men. They will be elected Oc
tober 26. James Peacher and
Enos Naffziger furnished mus
ical entertainment.
.
North Dakotans '
Guests of Cowleys
Phoenix - Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam S. Callahan, Grafton,
N.D., are visiting their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Cowley, and small
daughters, Deborah Jo and
Lesley Jo.
The Callahans spent several
days with another son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Bolster, in Seattle be
fore coming south. , '
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