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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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Jacksonville - Adarel chap-
nrHer of Eastern Star,
will hold a business meeting
Thursday, December 1, ai a
p.m. In the Masonic temple.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Gard
ner, worthy patron and ma
tron, will preside.
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man of refreshments, will be
assisted by Mr. and Mrs.
John Keaveny and Mr. and
Mrs. KODeri uiamer.
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green beans In their liquor
adding a dash of vinegar, a
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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.
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peaches under the broiler just
before serving time to heat
them thoroughly and melt the
marshmallows to a golden
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