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10 j'fHURBOAY. OECEMBEIl lS. lltOi Women Coming Events At Washington Are Announced Coming- events were an- nounced a the last meeting of Washington Parent-Teacher association. . Children in the second and third grades of the school will Dresent a Christmas program Friday, December 16, at 7:30 n.m. at the school. The unit is planning a spe cial ;. January Fathers' ; night program to coincide with the state-wide "Lights on for Edu cation" project. In order that unit: members may be in formed concerning education legislation, a panel of three persons will speak. They will be Mrs. Leigh, Gustison, Med ford, president of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers; Keith Hockersmlth member of the school board and Vern : Wolthoff, -Medford High school teacher who will represent Oregon Education association. Speaker at the last meeting was Miss De Ann Taylor., Miss Taylor was an exchange stu dent visitor to West Berlin last summer, making the trip un der th American Field serv ice program. She told of the tour, and showed slides which she took. Miss Taylor former ly attended Washington school, and is now a t Medford High school student. , Mrs. Justin Dyrud l.led . the group in singing Christmas aongs, and Mrs. Gordoji. Mor ris Girl Scouts led the presen tation of colors. Mothers- of children in the second 1 grade served refreshments. Pouring were Mrs.' Earl Pottroff, Miss Carolyn Bell, Mrs. Paul! Lea verton and Mrs. . Noel ' Davis. Children of the first -.grade made decorations fori. the meeting room, and thetea ta ble, and ; the school's cheer leaders served as baby, sitters. . ' Teenager Party. ( Given by Studfa. Thurston's studio gave Christmas party, last week, at the Mark Antony hotel in Ashland for members of the a t u d I o's teen-age . ballroom dance club. Over 100 - boys Dancers from theVThurs- . .AirA .t.Mi. ,,u d entertainment. Sue Gif- fnrd. Donna Mar n Knthv Riley, Kitty Tlngleaf ' and Sharon Mast presented "Beatnik' number; one en titled "Artists and .Models' and a novelty tap number. '-. One Industry source re. ports that Christmas , Is ' the single most important gift giv ing occasion of the year with 41 per cent of the total gif I, marKet and $7.34 billion worth of gifts purchased. - lllllillllitll'ltllilllllltlll! Christmas Alligator and Alligator Lizard Rig. $22.95 Christmas Special Now$1S Tht Corner Main end Central News Group Ends (Editor's note:: This is the final, article -in a series writ ten by Mrs. Almus Pruitt on a just-completed tour of Eu rope made by eight Rogue valley residents. . The group included' Angus Bowmer, Ash land, producing director of the Oregon Shakespearean festival, who visited and ob served'' theaters and theatri cal .productions in this coun try, in Canada and in several European countries during the six months. Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt returned last week, the Bowmers, now in New York are expected' soon; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Allen Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll -Miller are stopping in Florida, before re turning to Oregon.) While we liked - Florence better, there is, no? denying that .Rome is bigger, brighter, and more golden. Again, our stay there was all too brief to make a proper study of it, However, St. Peters impressed us as definitely the most beau tiful.of.,all,,the .cathedrals or basilicas , we : saw. For this reason we were glad that it was the last on our schedule it proved the proper, climax. in place of stained glass, beau. tiful but often gloomy, the clear glass windows of St. Peters admit, sunlight direct ly into the marbled Interior, with-its. warm tones of gold, Ivory, mauve, rose and beige. Incense - and . candle-smoke have reportedly caused a cer tain deterioration, but. com pared to the dusky interiors we had observed, St. Peters appears fresh and bright. See ing St. Peters is truly an up lifting - experience. Nearby, the Sistine ' chapel -.- with its famous ceiling and frescoes by -'Michelangelo, -: represent ing art at its greatest, left us awe-struck. I ' Vatican City, ' with its spacious piazza and playing fountains, - is an impressive world unto itself. In and out of St. Peters, colorful, sturdy Swiss guards, clad in gay cos tumes, ; stride -. regularly, as traditional protectors of the Pope." Visit Colisaum The coliseum .is in -better preservation than we had sup- P'ed: stlu 2ul'e lnt ' underground channels, agrlm ".minder of how the cruel, Romans, for entertain ment, enjoyed watching Christians being thrown to lions in the arena. The King Emmanuel memorial build. ing )is a truly spectacular structure. And we saw nearby the nondescript building and b a 1 c o n y, unidentified . by sign, where Mussolini made his "hammy," melodramatic speeches. Most of all in. Rome we enjoyed -the ; c-eautuui Pines'" and -many fountains, SHOES Shoe Store , . Medford 88 Social Events Half:Year of including the Trevl, where, even as all travelers, we weak ened and tossed in our coins to insure our return to Rome. For our finale, we couldn't have chosen a more ideal place than Naples-not for the beauty of the city, but for its setting, which is divine. From the spacious balcony of our fine hotel we could see Capri and Sorrento across the. bay, and to our left, Vesuvius. Days were warm and sunny and at night a white moon hung above the Bay of Naples., As planned, we celebrated Ger trude's birthday with 'cake and candles and reminiscences of our trip, rejoicing that we had accomplished what we had set out to do. We had completed our 13,000 . mile itinerary . together-elght va ried personalities - all still speaking " with' friendliness, Many people said it couldn't be done, and we ourselves at times- were--equally skepti cal. But actually, we man aged it with only a few scars here and there. Outside of the inevitable wear, and tear of travel, weariness, and occa sional nerves, the gain was great. Not only. had we seen and heard a lot - broadened horizons, gained' a new grasp of history, countries, and peo ple, and a greater understand ing of life in general-but we had had a really good time. : - Angus summarized his re search in theatre thus: "The 28 dramatic productions we have seen on this trip have reinforced an old observation. Theatre is a rare complex of the following an adequate theatre plant; a great script; skill, Imagination and inspira tion on the part of directors, designers, technicians and finally, and, indispensably, the breath of life that comes only when each member of a com pany understands his particular- contribution to the whole production and enjoys the mo ment of creation; A produc tion may lack one or more of these except the last and still be good, but a truly great production must have all. Recently I had read a state ment on theatre which had interested me: "England has theatre for the. actor; Ameri ca, the . director; France, the playwright." I asked Angus if he felt this to be true, and he said he did. Praisei Drivar As a small tribute . to our "chauffeur," - Jim, we pre sented him with a recording of the opera,- "I Puntani," a performance of which we had all greatly enjoyed attending in Munich. We cannot praise Jim too much. How. he was able to convey us through such sizable cities as London, Paris, Vienna - and through countries employing-awkward left-side driving as England and Sweden-without mishap, we shall never know. Consid erate, fair, kind, Jim-kept an even disposition at all times. In i tight traffic pinches-unavoidable to all drivers-Jim remained calm by cracking a joke or breaking into a low whistle, thus creating a sense of security to all and. possibly to himself. One day, after ob serving with admiration how Jim held his own against the Incredible bluffs and audaci ties of Parisian drivers, I asked Jim the secret of his suc cess as a driver and he grin ned and said, "Oh, I Just close my eyes, grit my teeth and step on the gas." . While the wisecrack might truthful ly apply to many European drivers, with Jim it simply covered his habitual modesty. In the course of our travels, Jim was given, several titles such as pilot, skipper, etc. In Spain he received one we especially liked. Hotel por- ters, as they helped carry out our luggage, invariably be came intrigued with our bus and would stand and gaze, As one well-intentioned por ter started to load our bag gage on top, he was interrupt ed and told that only our driver knew how it went. The porter stopped, looked at Jim unccrlainly, ' then exclaimed with great -enlightenment: "Oh, the englnecrol" And so, "engineero" Jim became. But "by any other name" Jim, as a firtrate driver, and com patible companion, he won our undying respect. All, in our party, in his or her way,, contributed. Ger trude and Almus were inval uable as linguists in Germany, France, Spain. Dort supplied humor and invariable - good nature as well as serving on "lunch committee" or what ever. (And if you think it is no small accomplishment to lay in picnic supplies in a foreign conntry, try itl Often each article must be bought at a separate shop, with no end of complications.) Eve, our "dawn girl," up before the sun and everybody else,' was in, all. ways helpful and solicitous., Carroll, our agri cultural authority, helped stow the luggage and often acted as' co-pilot. Both he and Travel dreds of pictures Almus, -as mathematician, kept. our com plicated transactions straight and acted as "song-leader." Turns Seng Writer Angus, discovering an un suspected flair for song-writing, produced several compo sitions during our trip and also kept us amused and en tertained, by. parodies of ."Oh, Susannah"-a new verse .for every occasion. He also ex. celled as route-plotter, map holder and public relations ambassador-in general. - It . was difficult to realize our tour 'Was. over. Now we found that, travelers all have one thing in common: when a trip is finished, they are anxious to get home. And see. ing no particular need to re turn by way of New York at present, Almus and I decided to cancel our passage on the Leonardo da Vinci and to ily home via the "polar" route, by way 'of "London. The' Bow mers, who wanted to do the same, unfortunately had com mitments in New York which made it advisable to stick with, the Leonardo , da -Vinci; upon completing their New York business, they would re turn home by plane.' The. Al iens and' Millers, as prear ranged, would drive : our trusty V.W. bus back to Med ford by southern U.S., .'mak ing a stop; in norlda. And so, with au revoirs, our "111 partee" became six, and as Angus observed, like "ten little Indians," would soon be reduced to four. As .the others left for a day on Capri, the Pruitts - took to - the - air from Naples to London by way of the Swiss Alps which, under bright sunlight - and winter snow were a breathtaking-sight. At dark we-de scended on ; London, . which, lighted ' by - sodium ' vapor lights, glittered like strands of golden necklaces in the clear night. 'To our astonishrhent-we had no fog at ajl in the four days we were there-mostly sunshine. In daytime and' clear moonlightat night. We. passed the time-awaiting the day 'of our flight, with some last the atre such as "She Stoops to Conquer", , at ' the Old ' Vic, "Playboy", of the Western World" with Slobhan McKen- na, and "Chin Chin" with An thony QuaUe and Celia John. son. Christmas decorations - tremendous snow-crystals in color strung the length of Ox ford and Regent streets-were sensational. . As we left "'the Strand Palace hotel by taxi for the airport, I must con fess our flight across the Arc tic loomed.: as fantastic, even a little unnerving. But in the lounge, as we listened to the loud i p e a'k e ri announcing flights leaving for such far away .places as Tokyo, 'Nai robe, Cairo, Bombay, Syd ney, our own flight appeared less hazardous. Soon we heard, London .to Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco," and that was us i , Six hundred miles per hour at 32,000 feet above sea-level may sound a bit formidable, yet in our sealed-off-jet-world it might have been spring. Most of the time we were high above all clouds and storm. We landed only once for. re- lucnng-at Frobisher Bay, a Canadian-U.S. outpost on' Baf fin island .where it was 20 de grees below zero. Passengers were permitted to leave the plane, and while most didn't. and Almus was reluctant to,' I wouldn't have missed it for anything. Stepping out into the gusty night, the blade-air seemed to sear the skin-especially . nylon-clad ankles! We picked our way through blow ing snow and whooshing wind to the warm lounge, where we were served iree hot cof fee. We talked with a Royal Canadian Mountie, clad in fur parka. "Do. you like it here?" I asked. And he smiled and said, ,"Oh, it's all right,- for a while. Not for a lifetime." . Again our plane zoomed off ana we aiant see land na n until' we neared Seattle, with Mt. Rainier looming clearly in us snowy husk under moon light. It was exactly 12 hours since we had left London. 'At the airport .we were met by me iieorge fackhams. at whose home we were guests ror . ine :nigm. Busy as ever with , singing engagements, George took time out to squire us around Seattle, which we hadn't seen for several years. Our flight from Seattle the following afternoon brought laminar, sights-the Cascades, and the Columbia pouring along the Washington-Oregon border, I thought of the count less foreign rivers and moun tains we had seen in recent months-the Rhine, Danube, Po, Thames, Arno, Seine , . of the Jungfrau and Matter horn and other Alps . . . and now Rainier, like a delicate blue-ink drawing looked as glorious as ever, and St. Hel ens, Adams, and Hood-pure ivory-white and perfect In the sun. Nothing in America was diminished-nothing at all.. MEDFORD Holiday Fairv I 'Set Friday ; Jackson County Home -Extension units are-making-final preparation f or a ' Christmas Fair to be held Friday, De cember 16 at the Army -Reserve building on Jackson' and McAndrews Road from .10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ' Many gift items will be on display and tor sale: Christ-: mas ' decorations,, novelties, toys, candles, baked foods, and candies will be among the articles featured. Coffee and cookies will be served, during 'the' Fair: .' ;, ''; Profits from the 'Christmas Fair will be used in part for 4-H and student scholarships and to send delegates to the State Extension council meet ing, next Spring. ' ' The public is invited to at tend this Fair. It is planned to make it an annual event. - 4 '. . Auxiliary Plans Hbljday.Proiectv; Phoenix The Phoenix Lion's auxiliary Held' the an nual' Christmas party Decem ber 8 at North's Chu'ck:"Wagon in Medford. .- , Plans.were.made forChrlst mas baskets ifor .the needy, 'with Mrs. A. R. Consbrucki Mrs. Fred Barbeau, -Mrs. Ed ward' Stevens and Mrs. John Claflin as the committee in charge. . ' " -", It was reporled that . -the group had helped, a needy family at-. Thanksgiving time, After the business meeting, gifts were exchanged.- Guests for the evening were -.Mrs: C. R. .Learned; Mrs. C. W. Stone, Mrs. Elmer -Faytinger, Mrs.' O. P., Frazier and Mrs. John. Cook. Mrs. R. L.. Enloe became a' member ;of the- auxiliary. - -: . t . . Hayes Arrive ' , In Anchorage .'; Eagle Point- - Word has been received of the. arrival' in Anchorage, Alaska,, of Mrs.- Lee Hayes and childreri, Susan, Kathy, and Steven, formerly of Eagle Point. Mr. Hayes, who was- prin cipal of the Eagle Point Grade school for .eight, years, drove, to Alaska in August to assume duties as principa);Of.a. school in Anchorage. Following Mr. . Hayes, de-; parture, Mrs. Hayes and-the children visited her .parents, Col. and Mrs. Clyde .1 Young, Santa Rosa, Calif., until'Mr; Hayes located a house for the family. . . Earlier this month- the Youngs and ,Hayes' visited relatives in the Rogue valley., Among . those visited were' Mrs. Hayes' grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kleinham mer, Ashland;, and Mr. Hayes' parents, , thee Orval Hayes, Medford' '.-. i -. Mrs. Hayes and children flew from San Francisco for Anchorage Saturdays. - New'' York tUPl) - New cot ton diapers, woven ?so ' they stretch, are ieasy"tb"use.i Pin one side, then stretch 'the diaV per and pin-the other side.. :' the Medford airport thefsight of happy family faces -await ing us (plus the news of roast turkey and dressing in the oven!), and our 6-month jour ney became a part of the past, and we are home again. dIddd SPAGHETTI DINNER FOR FOUR! Here's-all tybu do: . Purchm two 7( -oi. om'bf Miuion's nw Spfhtti Snuc and oiu ''1'4-orV pck of Minion's Italian Style Long Spschitti at your fikvoriU-food, ttore. Strva this axdtinfly iuit plhtti dinner to. yoiir family. Then merely aend the packafe' and 'can labels, with your nanie and addreaa to Minion Macaroni, lOtf tth S Seattle, Washington. We will tend you ' the entire purchaee price of 60c Limit of 60c per .family. Thii offer expire Dee. 31, 1960. ALtragt Westtrn thtlfprict.t Long Spaghetti MAIL, TRIBUNE., MEDFORD. Committee r f Endorses Girl Scouts Seven Rogue ' Valley Girl Scouts were recently endorsed by the Selections committee to compete regionally for the 1961 national and internation al Girl Scout eventa, accord ing to Mrs. W. V. Stevenson, chairman. Selected by the committee were Miss Jean De Young from Grants Pass Troop 131 to' attend the international gathering abroad; Miss Donna Coonrod from Yreka Troop 232 to attend the Juliette Low session at Our Cabana; Miss Judy Foote, Grants Pass Troop 131 to attend the ex periment in international liv ing in Canada; Miss Rosalind Hummel, Grants Pass Troop 98, to attend the Heritage Trail; and Miss Roberta Ste phenson from Grants Pass Troop 131 to attend the all states conference to explore outdoor vocations. Girls named to attend the 1961 Regional opportunities were Miss Penny Roach.Med. ford Troop 192, the ' Spanish language camp; and Miss Ar lene Moulton, . Grants Pass Troop , 20, - the backpacking events. Alternates selected for the Spanish language camp were Misses Penny Forbes, Jill Hibbs and Carol Kon schot from Medford Troop 192 and Miss Gail Smith, Grants Pass. Troop 123.. Girls select ed as alternates for the back packing event - were Misses Penny Forbes and Jill Hibbs and Miss . Katherine 'Pollock, Grants Pass Troop 125. i - Mrs. Stevenson pointed out that in the event the council is allowed two, - delegates or that the selectee cannot at tend, alternates, named for both events would have the opportunity of attending only one event. More than twice as many girls applied' this year as last year,, and the decision of the committee as to who should be endorsed or select ed was based on a point sys tem for experience of the ap- p 1 1 c a n t, interview evalua tions, evaluation from 1960 day and established camp staff and. -the - written state ments of the applicant. Mrs. Stevenson also stated that the Girl. Scout office has information - on events for 1962 and, 1963 and suggests that all Scout leaders be in formed on the opportunities and requirements . for these events so that the girls can prepare now for these future events. ' The . Rogue Valley ' .Girl Scout council is a member agency of the United Medford Crusade, the- Ashland-Talent United Fund, and the 'Jose phine County United Fund; the W e s t Siskiyou jistrict conducts a Girl Scout Fund Drive. Home From Tour Ashland-Mr. and Mrs.' Clar ence Bell and their son Her bert and daughter Courtney returned to Ashland last week after a four-month trip around the world. They visited in Lucknow, India, with Mr. Bell's brother who heads a Methodist pub lishing company there. Their travel was by freighter, plane and train. They report many interesting ' experiences espe cially in India and the Orient. ORESON Lodges To Hold Yuletide Party ' - -i - ". Central Point The - annual Christmas party sponsored by the Odd Fellows and Rebefc ahs of Central Point will be held at the IOOF hall here Saturday, December 17, at 7:30 p.m. Parents attending with their children are asked to' take a gift for each child. Santa Claus will distribute the gifts. All Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and their families and friends are invited. Each family. Is asked to' take sandwiches. half a dozen Calendar Calendar none and new, for h irvlatY MttoB Of Th Mall Tribune mut b tubmittea in wrltine- and deadlin for th Sun av Jnn fa l n m frldav Dead lin for th weekly calendar is t mm of th day of publication and tor week day newe la f -m. tn day betore ouDUcanoau Thursday: ' ' ' 6:30 p.m. Roxy Ann .court, Order of the Amarantn, ma sonic temple. - 8:30 p.m. - Adarel chapter, OES, Masonic Temple, Jack sonville. ,7:30 p.m. - Lively : Rogues, Rogue Valley Country club:. . 8 p.m. Phoenix Thursday club, home, of Mrs. Gordon Gerrher, 458S South Pacific hwy. ., - 8 p.m. - Welcome Wagon club, Red Cross building. 8 p.m. - Bethel 69, Interna tional Order of Job's Daugh ters,' Masonic temple. -. 1 Friday: " 12 noon - Episcopal Church Women of St. Mark's, - at church. 1 p.m. - Electa Social club, Girls Community club. 1 p.m, - Get Together club, Girls Community club . from "Forever Young's HOLIDAY DRESS COLLECTION ; 1.. Swirls of soft rayorvvelvet over marquisette, over, a;slender waistline), atop, a tier-oa-tier skirt' succeeds '.in making ',. you .appear taller and majestic. Black only, in sizes-'iO'i'.' '-' A Z-f . .:. 10.98 1. This day date dress i a slimming sheath is as spectacular at luncheon as it is for dinner dates.. An air of. excitement-is, yours in the season's newest fabric 'Ribiera'.' ARNEL (Celanese), .TRIACETATE, Combed Cotton and Nylon. Cold or lilac'in sizes 12!2-201i'..'' . pv'- -:- r T : :': v'" ': ' Veteran Dress On Inauaural By" GAY PAULEY v ; UPI Women's Editor Nw York - (OH) - Young Mrs. John F. Kennedy turned to a couple of veteran dress- m a K e r s i produce her inaug u ra l wardrobe. . Between them, Oleg Cassini a nd Ethel Frankau have been in the.-, fashion business for Cay Faoley nearly 75 veara. - - , Cassini, who '..will make at least' five evening dresses for. Mrs. Kennedy, opened his first custom salon in Rome in 1933. He was 20 at the time: Miss Frankau went to work In 1014 in buyer wltn Berg dorf Goodman and developed the New York store's custom department which will make the next first lady's inaugural ball gown. Mrs. Kennedy sub mitted her own sketches for. the gown and details are op secret. Only Miss Frankau and about half a dozen sea soned seamstresses and fitters know whether Mrs. Kennedy, selected a slim or full skirted ailhouette. And none is talk-: ing. "I've said no to inquiries so often I'm beginning to feel like the sphinx of Berg- dorf's," -said Miss Frankau in an - interview. "But- we will not . release one-single detail of the dress until Mrs. Kennedy says it's all right." i iMiss Frankau, a smal wom an with dark eyes and gray hair, is generally considered the "dean" of New' York buy ers.'. She was one of the first makers Work i Wardrobe ' in me umvea owwo American stores needed ts know what Paris designer! were making. She hat been covering- the Paris fashion openings since 1915. ; Through the years, the list of: customers who have visited the salon, done In "ankl deep" beige carpet and an. tiqiie French furnishings, would read like a combina tion social and celebrity regis ter. Miss . Frankau said she had sold to president - elect Kennedy's sisters for several years. For Cassini, this is his first commission from the future first lady.' He visited the 33 year-old Jacqueline at George town Hospital in Washington last week. '' The designer, a dapper man with graying hair and clipped mustache, received nis cany- design training from his moth er, Countess Marguerite Cas sini; who once ran a fashion able dress -shop in ( lorenc, Italy- '. ; ' Born in Paris 47 years ago, Cassini worked as a sketcher for Jean Patou, the Paris cou turier, before he opened hii shop In Rome. Card Party Set Saturday Night - , Knights of Pythias and Py .thian Sisters will hold a pub lic pinochle party Saturday, December 17, at the Pythian .building at 8 pjn. Prizes will be. given, and refreshments: served. i .". This is the second of a series of such parties; a grand prize wUl be presented at the close. 10.98 Jim, cameramen, took hun And then. down at dusk at I
