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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1860 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Two Women Manufacture Christmas Decorations By GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor New York-Dori Poole is an expert at the manufacture of magic for the Christmas sea- r - YJ5"f son.Somebody ' j'ki I ha' to create an tnose sania Plan cab nnH $M reindeer and I ' ' i wreaths and 1. tinsel and lights andbclls and sle i g h s that go with the holiday Cay Pauley season. Miss Poole, a vivacious strawberry blonde of 33 years, is one of those somebodies-and one of the more successful ones run ning her own free-lance busi ness. "I can't stand Christmas, honey," said the Florida-born display girl. "By the time it's over, Santa Claus is a dirty word around here. She hastened to add that she's hardly' a Scrooge-that she is delighted business is booming. But she explained that the holiday season is the most hectic of the year and that when the 25th of Decem ber comes, she and her all girl staff are wrung dry of the traditional spirit. Started as Artist Part of her crew was work ing on a batch of Christmas wreaths, snowmen and angels sculptured from thick soap suds when I called at her office workrooms on New York's lower East Side. Oth ers were weaving ropes of phony princess pine. "We make thousands of yards of It," she said. "If I ever count ed how many, I'd probably get out of the display busi ness." Miss Poole, a native of Day tona Beach, started out to be come an artist. She took every art course she could get in high school and all the art anf design courses available at the University of Connecti cut Immediately after World War II. After two years at the university, she Joined the display department of a Hart ford department store and continued her studies at night at the Randall Art school. "In 1949," she said, "I de cided to crash the big time- So I drew out all my savings and headed for New York She worked as window trim mer and doing other assorted display jobs in New York and suburban stores until eight years ago when she set up her own business. Now, she and her chief as sistant, Shirley Schmidt, will take on the design, creation and installation of Just about any i three-dimensional display from a new line of fabrics in a mill's showroom to 10-feet tall Santas gracing the front of a shopping center entrance 1,500 Balls One of their biggest Christ mas Jobs was the Roosevelt Field shopping center on Long Island. It called for Santas plus outdoor trees festooned with 1,500 bells-each hand painted in red and white spiral strip ing which her crew managed to get done in one week end. I'd rather do indoor things," said Dori, "where I can use rhincstones." Shirley is the shorter of the pair-a curvy, five feet even. Dori is a slender five feet scvon inches. Neither looks the ladder-scaling type, but they and extras hired during the rush season do all the cutting, sawing and electrical County Agent Speaks for Club Shady Cove - County Agent John McLoughlln spoke on "greenhouses" at a meeting of Shady Cove Garden club November 14 at the home of Mrs. Ivan Hale. Co-hostesses were Mrs. O. L. Williams and Mrs. Frank Flink. Mrs. Har old Reith and Mrs. Isabel Wunderlich were guests. The group will meet Decem ber 12 at the home of Mrs. R. A. Pfiefer, Old Ferry road, for a Christmas party. Mrs. Lloyd Harris and Mrs. Max Hawks will be co-hostesses. A discussion of evergreen shrubs is planned, Central Point Group To Elect Officers Central Point - Plans for the annual Christmas tree and party will be made and elec tion of officers held at the Wednesday, November 30 meeting of the Central Point Home Economics club. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Charles Jantzer, Bcall lune. Mrs. Charles Morehouse and Mrs, O. T. Wilson will assist the hostess. Dinner on Monday Idclla Rogue santha, No mads of Avrudaka, will hold the annual Thanksgiving din-, ner Monday, November 28 at the Pythian hall at 6:30 p.m A business meeting will fol low at 8 p.m. The committee states that the meat dish will be pro- vided. wiring involved In any large display. Tve learned as we went along," said Miss Poole. "I never had used a power saw . But I have great respect for the thing-after I did a 45-degree miter on an Index finger and had to have a skin graft to replace what I sawed f PAYS TO I- j , DRIVE TO ' n'pSlf . TO SHOP AT MiT I I li HERNDOBLER'S I I 1 1 . I' HASSOCKS FOR DEEP COMFORT ... by Babcock-Phillips to 4 s, , h r yc ) t aaaaavaaaaaaBiBVMaaaaBsaaJ4 jL m&.iJbBaaaaavBaaaaBaaaaaaBi Two hundred members of Lions clubs and auxiliaries in southern Oregon attended the first annual "mixer" Sat urday, November 19, at Rogue Valley Country club. Earl Richardson of Crater Lions, Medford (at left) is shown greeting Richard Traylor of the Eagle Point club and Mrs. Richardson (at right) pins a badge on Mrs. Traylor. Mrs. Richardson Is president of Crater Lions auxiliary. The badges were autumn leaves, with each club and auxiliary designated by a different color. The idea for the "get ac quainted" event originated with Crater auxiliary, and members of that group working on plans were Mrs. David Irving Mrs. Tom Snoop, Mrs. Frank Wilson and Mrs. Mur rey Dumas. i (Simonson photo) Day Care for Children Predicted To Become Serious U.S. Problem Thoughtfully designed to comple ment contemporary, early Amer ican or traditional decor homes. 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J Call MU 5-8771 VISIT OUR COMPLETE MAPLE DEPARTMENT A prediction that the day care problem can be "much more serious than it is today" came from Ewan Claguc, com missioner of labor statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, at the opening session of a two-day National Conference on Day Care for Children, held in Washington. Mr. Clague told the more than 400 conference partici pants that by 1970 "It seems likely that fully half of all the women in the population, between the ages of 35 and 55, will be in the labor force. Ex cluding teen-age girls and women 65 years of ago and over , at least 2 of every 5 women in 1970 will be in the labor force. "Among women whose chil dren are in school or past school age, the proportion who will be in the labor force in 1970 will be much higher than it is now. Consequently, the problem of the care of children of working mothers will be even greater than it is today." , Mr. Clague was one of four panelists in an opening con ference symposium. Another speaker, Mrs. Randolph Guggenheimer, president, Na tional Committee on Day Care, said that the need for day care services "is appar ently far greater than the sup ply. I can assure you that in a number of places, not limit ed necessarily to urban areas, there are extremely poor group or family day care ar rangements which are damag ing to children and are NOT conducive to strengthening family life." Mrs. Guggenheimer said that no true national picture exists of the number of chil dren either left unsupervised in their own homes or cared for outside their homes dur ing the day, but, she said, "we have reason to believe the numbers, when we finally ob tain a more complete picture, will be staggering." She found it "astonishing' that in view of the need for day enre services a more widespread pattern lias not developed, and cited one im portant reason as "the ten dency of those who are clos est to it to apologize for it Too often in discussing day care, we feel impelled to ex plain it as a service that should be used only when all else fails. This is a poor way to sell a product . . , Perhaps the reason for our apologetic attitude is that we are reluc tant to face the reality of a society that has lnyited wom en to leave the home." Mrs. Guggenheimer charac terized day care as a service that "reaches a net out into a neighborhood and brings in the most disturbed families when they are still young and still possibly able to be helped." She characterized as "wishful thinking" the "atti tude of well meaning church and civic leaders who hope that by falling to supply good care they will induce moth ers to remain at home." Included among other bar riers to good day care pro gram development, she said, were the high cost of good care, the establishment of good facilities where they are needed, and the failure to de velop good standards and methods of enforcing them. Mrs. Alice K. Leopold, as sistant to the secretary of la bor, who chaired the opening session, pointed to a survey conducted by the Women's bureau and the Children's bu reau which "underlined many specifics which need atten tion." She said the survey con firmed that more day care services are needed. "Our next concern is to be assured that these day care services are established with the pur pose of having adequate standards Including trained personnel and suitable facili ties all adding up to an en vironment which will give each child a feeling of secur ity, affection and the proper attitude toward future life." Dr. Ethel J. Alpenfels, pro fessor of anthropology, New York university school of edu cation, called the nation's "heaviest burden" its failure to change attitudes "because as adults we find we are not prepared and we look at the good old days. Adults are finding that their vocabulary and attitudes are outmoded and as we look around us we find that new changes coming today are primarily material like the spilt level home, the jet plane, and splitting an atom. She cited a need to look over the American culture and determine what values should remain. She cited a need for caution in honoring one thing too much in our society. "Any nation that chooses to honor one part of culture alone is doomed." She also cautioned about where and when to teach in dividualism and conformity to children. She said a child must have alternatives so that he can determine where he will stand. She pointed out that day care centers, where children learn, and learn to think as well, is one field where attitudes are being 6et. In the new dual role for wom en, as mothers and as work ers, she said "day care sets the pattern for a lifetime." Joseph H. Reid, executive director of the Child Welfare League of America, cited as a "number one priority" in the future of day care the gaining of public understanding. He said ways must be found to convince the general pub lic that we "endanger the lives of children" when "hap hazard" arrangements ar e made for their care. He ques tioned whether proponents of day care programs are too professional in their approach, and whether the structure of the services being offered is too "formidable". He called upon conference participants to "take the field apart", examine it and on the basis of the examination make services available to children who need them.' Mr. Reid said that the group should consider whether there is something wrong with the present organization of day care services, or whether lack of general understanding of the changes in our society is Impeding their expansion. Conservation Is Garden Club Topic Mrs. E. F. Archer will give a program on conservation Thursday, December 1, during the meeting of the Medford Garden club at the court house auditorium at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Howard Bush will speak on hbrticulture. Mrs. Leland Knox will be tea chairman. The Christmas program will include carols sung un der the direction of Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Archer, organist. Mrs. Dayton DePue, presi dent, will hold a meeting of board members and commit tee chairman at her home, 1019 Murray street, Monday November 28, at 1 p.m. JNUT1UUI If you are watching KBEST-TV 4:30 P.M. Dectmbtr 1 You'll Enjoy LIVE STAUFFER Horn Reducing Plin Demonstration For More Information Call.., SP 3-7551 Carcoats! Overcoats! 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Club To Meet Plans for a Christmas Party December 14 will be made at the Wednesday, November 30, meeting of the Mistletoe club at the home of Mrs. Carl Pear, son, 118 Clark street. The des sert luncheon will start at 12:30 p.m. Peach Garnish When ham is the dinner entree, ring it with juicy canned cling peach cups fill ed with a combination ol chopped candied ginger and tiny marshmallows. Pop tho peaches under the broiler just before serving time to heat them thoroughly and melt the marshmallows to a golden brown delight. y I For Wintertime PEP and HEALTH! DRINK PLENTY OF . . . Extra Nutritious HOMOGENIZED MMM The BEST assuronce of energy and pep during the wintertime-the BEST insurance against colds and flu-is plenty of rich, tasty homogenized MILK . it provides the vitamins, calcium and protein that builds hardiness and health now and at any season of the year. 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