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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1960)
FRIDAY, Social Events ' "" : - $i $ :r4j:4 a. r is iJ Christmas ii a time (or tinging. Although the radio and television now provide a wealth of music for all tastes, the "do it yourself" variety still provides entertainment and recreation for families and groups. When Medford Congre gational church held its annual Christmas festival not long Christmas Trees Aren't Just Trees By JOYCE SCHULLER United Press International Chicago - (UPll - Christmas decorations for the-home look like anything but this year. 1 In keeping with the trend of recent years, the tree is as likely to be gold, silver, white or baby blue. The shape of baubles lor the tree runs even further afield. Among the more bi zarre new ones are Walt DiS' ' ncy characters, seahorses, har lequins, miniature oil lamps, drummer boys, Indians and mermaids with pearly tails. There are gilded spiders, too, spinning silvery webs. And for the sophisticate, there arc pink elephants. Traditional ball-type orna ments are still around! but many have grown to balloon side. Still others look like jumbo fresh - water pearls. Star-shaped ornaments and twinklers, spin in the heat of ,; the tree lights. The lights of the tree, too, have undergone changes. Many look like strings of red roses or white reindeer, each rose or deer centered with a light. Others look like snow- . balls. White, but translucent, for last-minute 0M hint she wants the gift of fashion, Ship' n Shore blouses... for the look of beauty and the carefree Come see our wonderful ' Christmas collection! sizes !S to 40 2.98 & 3.98 Use Your , Charge Acepuntl SHOP TONIGHT ; Main and Bartlett Sts. DECEMBER 23. 1960 Family Leaves For Trip South Ashland - Mr. and Mrs. R. Drew Lamb and son Jimmy left Ashland recently for Houston, Texas. Later they will visit with relatives in Jackson, Miss., during the holidays. The Lambs' older son, Richard, is playing the lead In a New York musical comedy and will be unable to join the family. the snowballs have different- colored bulbs inside and take on the rainbow hues of icicles in sunlight. ' Santa shaped tree orna ments wear orange, green or brown caps instead of the fa miliar fur-banded scarlet one. And icicles of silver foil have given way lo saran ones in blue, green and gold as well as silver. ' ' Decorations for the hearth. table, windows and door have remained more traditional. They include huge felt stock ings in white, red, green and powder blue; gamboling rein deer, decked wilh sprigs of holly, wreaths of roses and gilded halters; and angels made of loops of while satin ribbon with gold paper wings. There arc still sleigh-shaped baskets to fill with pine cones, baubles or greens for a cen terpiece and wreaths of every size for windows and front door. gift - shoppers! o o life. UNTIL 9 P.M. Phone SP 2-6428 V i Women's News ago, carol singing was a part of the program with both young and old taking part. Shown around the piano (left to right) are Kay Smith, Marvin McCoy, Robert McCamant, Angie Bish and Karen Smith. Mrs. R. A. Schuchard is at the piano and she holds her small daughter, Susan. (Simonson-WalJcer phoio) Medieval Folk Peacock for Christmas ' By JEANNE LESEM United Press International New York-IUPII-Pcacock was the piece de resistance at Christmas dinners in medieval England. The elegant bird was- usually served roast ed, garnished with its bril liant plumage. But sometimes it appeared in a pie, w i t h head and tail Jeanne Lescm emerging from opposite sides of the crust. The English have long since abandoned this custom, but they continue to serve roast beef, which was also popular in the Middle Ages. Cooking the "joint" in those days was literally a dog's life. The un fortunate animal was harness ed lo a turnspit where it had to run constantly to turn the beef until it was done. This sometimes took as long as three hours. Beef itself became part of England's Christinas tradition for a practical reason, says the American Meat Institute. Few medieval farms had enough barn space or feed to care for all livestock through uie winter, uonsequently, the oldest oxen were slaughtered in the fall, and the meat hung 10 cure ana age until Christ mas. Elsewhere in Europe, Christ mas dinner traditions some times stemmed from religious oeucis. An old Ukran an ens. torn called for Christmas Eve dinner of 12 courses, nnn fnr each apostle. Among the tra ditional looos were buckwheat and mushroom sonn. prunes pancakes, cabbage, fish, bread ana nuts. England's King Henry VIII Is remembered best for his many wives and inelegant ta ble manners. But he is also credited with establishing the tradition of boar's head for inrtstmas dinner. Ceremony Held For Electa Club Electa Social club held in stallation of officers at a re cent meeting at Girls Com munity club. The ccremonv was conducted by Mrs. J. J. Brown. The new officers are Mrs. Inn Huson, president; Mrs. Beryl Lyons, vice president; mis. Mamie Schrack, secrc tary-trcasurer. Each new of ficer received a corsage. (-ommiuec chairmen ap pointed by Mrs. Huson are Mrs. Jennie Thompson, chap lain; Mrs. Hi E. Olsen, hostess; Mrs. D. L. Chase, music; Mrs. D. W. Bowers, publicity chair man; nirs. rrta h. Hyde, pro gram chairman: Mrs. Ben Bolin, retiring president, card committee chairman. The club plans a covered dish luncheon January 27 at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. Esther Cole man, Mrs. Carrie Walters. Mrs. Anita Carroll and Mrs. D. L. Chase make up the hostess committee. Enjoyed . This custom is believed to have started in pre-Christmas days, when Druids killed boars to sacrifice their heads to. the goddess Freya at the winter solstice.1 The modern variation of this custom calls for suckling pig, roasted whole, served with an apple in its mouth Norwegian tradition includes this dish, along with porridge, lulfisk . (lye-soaked codfish)) cakes and cookies. Suckling pig was also customary for Christmas dinner in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Rumania, Yugoslavia, and pre-Commu- nist Russia. A nearly appetite was nec essary in Russia. Well-heeled families preceded their- 10- course meal with a buffet of as many as 30 hors d'oeuvres. At dinner, the suckling pig was accompanied by mush rooms, kasha (buckwheat grain), horseradish and a fruit. ed pudding. Jn the United States nnrf Fiance, a favorite Christmas dinner entree is turkev with stuffing. Regional stuffing fa- vumra nere include oyster, corn meal, sausage, giblet and musnroom. In France, chest nut and truffle dressings are preferred. The Christmas bird in T)pn. mark, Bulgaria and Germany ij uiiun a goose-served with prune and apple stuffing and red cabbage in the former, on a bed of sauerkraut in the latter two. Baked carp wins the vote in Czechoslovakia and Austria. mit the record for an jill encompassing Christmas din ner was set in medieval Eng land with a pie- reportedly baked for a Sir Henrv Grev. It was nine feet in circum ference, weighed 165 pounds and was served from a speci ally built cart. The ingredients included 2 bushels of flour, 20 pounds of ouuer, 4 each of geese, wild ducks and partridges, 2 each of rabbits, woodcocks, neat's tongues (cattle tongues), and curiews, s pigeons and 7 DiacKbirds. 9 S&H Green Stamps on 'fJ?JifiIffil!lflflflitifflffft?l!l!l!tr MEDFORD ,&P0lP00K Potpourri has been making good use of a little Christmas present given us last year by Mrs. Kenneth Murray, and which was made by some of the children in her room at Howard school. Mrs. Murray read in this column that the society editor was a bit grouchy over the bad taste of stamps and envelopes, and wished flavor them with mint or children gave Potpourri a rubber dispenser on top, like filled with water, it makes quick work of dampening stamps and envelopes. So, we say thank you to a year late but nevertheless, This reporter learned with amazement the' other day that the popular toy called "teddy bear" was named for former President Theodore Roosevelt. According to the New York Times, President Roosevelt sometimes went hunting to relax and when in Mississippi frightened bear cub wandered camD and he refused to shoot Clifford Berryman, cartoonist for the Washington Evening Star, tied the incident together with a border dispute then going on between Mississippi and Louisiana and portrayed the President refusing to shoot the bear. At the time, says the Times story, Morris Michtom, an immigrant from Russia owned a small candy store in New York. Seeing the cartoon picturing the frightened bear, he fashioned a little stuffed bear the window of his store. Before the day was over, it was sold. Mr. Mitchom and his wife made others like the first bear and sent one to President Roosevelt. They asked the President for permission to name the bear after him the Teddy bear. President Roosevelt replied, by hand, "I doubt if my name will mean much in the cub bear business, but you may use it if you wish." Whether it is the name, of the cuddly animals, Teddy with American children ever This female is heading into fair shape. We've only lost returned for an incomplete address. We carefully wrote the name and address in the city, That's why we always put a card or at least, we think we The letter remains a mystery. We wrote a quick letter to Sister Peg up in Washington tions and it just disappeared. couldn't find it, anywhere. Pal Peg here in the office pre dicted that it would turn up in our column, but we've been harboring the horrible thought that it got into the envelope with one of our Christmas cards. Merry Christmas, everyone. Groups and Individuals Help Decorate Through the efforts of sev- eral individuals and groups, Rogue Valley Memorial hospi tal has taken on a festive ap pearance for the holiday sea son, according to Charles I, Gustafson, administrator. Ar rangements for Christmas dec orations throughout the build ing were made by Mrs. Robert H. Riechers of the hospital auxiliary. This is done as part of the auxiliary s. "staff serv ice" currently under the chair manship of Mrs. Robert J. Morris. The large lighted evergreen tree in front of the hospital was procured from the Elk Lumber company by the hos pital Founders' group. Smal ler trees used inside were given by T. K. Oliver of Tim ber Products. Holiday wreaths and poin- settia plants at the informa tion desk in the lobby, and at the nurses' station on second floor were given by Hoppe's Greenhouse, Ginn's, Medford Flower shop, and Chapel Mor tuary. Rogue Valley green house provided decoration for the planters at the front en trance. Members of the Junior aux iliary, working under the di rection of Mrs. A. K. Morse, decorated the tree in the lob by, and also prepared a tree for the second floor solarium. Mrs. Jack Ingram and Mrs. Vacationers Leave For California Asniand - Holiday v a c a- tioncrs in southern California include many Ashlanders. Among them are the Rev. and Mrs. Karl Pfeiffer, who left early this week to spend Christmas and the next few weeks with their children and grandchildren in La Canada. Also leaving on Monday for the south was Mrs. Louise Perozzi of Granite St., who will be the guest of her daugh ter in Los Angeles. She will remain for the winter. HOME GIFTS ore best for year 'round enjoyment All Cash Purchases JS MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, that the manufacturers would chocolate. So Mrs. M. and the little decorated bottle with those used for mucilage. When Mrs. Murray and her children, gratetuny. on such an excursion, a uuie, into the President's hunting it. in its likeness and put it in or the appealing look and feel bears have been a favorite toy since. the Christmas home stretch in one letter, and had one card but omitted the city and state, return address on every single do. with some Christmas instruc At least, the next morning we O.S. Hospital Charles W. Lemery, represent- ing the Medical auxiliary, decorated the tree in the ma ternity solarium on third floor. Mrs. Howard Patrick's fifth grade Camp Fire Girls from Jefferson school took the pe diatrics unit as their Christ mas project. In addition to trimming a tree for the hall way, the girls made tray fa vors and place mats for child patients this week end. The group's Indian name is Yus-ta-kin-ta-gabe, or "happy camp fire." Also in the pediatrics unit are several colorful figures loaned by Mark Taylor from Brophy's Jewelry. These in clude a moving Santa Claus, an angel and a caroller. Hospital employees held their annual Christmas party in the cafeteria Wednesday afternoon. The tree for this room was decorated by Girl Scouts of Troop 2, McLaugh lin Junior High school led by Mrs. Paul Kurovsky. The girls made most of the colorful ornaments at their meetings. Girl Scout Troop 116 gave the hospital a seasonal gift, a scrap book of comics especial ly chosen for expectant fathers. J AC CC': DRIVE 911 North Riverside - U.S. 99 North Will be CLOSED Sunday, Dec. 25 to Jan. 4 H7. All of Us at Jack's wish you '. A Very Merry Christmas May the new year prosperity to all of you. Thanks so much for your patronage this year, we appreciate J It very much. !i!O!e!O!O!lO!!O!O!O!0!OIO!O!0!l!f Watch for Our Reopening Specials and New Items ORE. iMr '' ,ff ? ft San Francisco Mrs. John Daly, the former Virginia War ren, was married Thursday to the television moderator in Glide Memorial Methodist church in San Francisco. She is the daughter of United States Supreme Court Justice Warren and Mrs. Warren. The newlyweds are spending a honeymoon in Honolulu. Newlyweds In Honolulu Honolulu-dlPD-Virginia War ren, daughter of Chief Justice Earl Warren, and TV modera tor John Daly honeymooned in Hawaii today after a can dle-lighted church wedding Thursday in San Francisco They plan to stay until aft er the holidays when they will return to New York to make their home. , Mr. Daly appeared nervous at the Congregational rites. But Miss Warren was the tra ditional radiant and calm bride as her father, former California governor and vice presidential candidate in 1948, gave her away. : The wedding was held in the second floor sanctuary of the Glide Methodist church. Dr., Ernest Stillwell Heeren performed the Congregational rites in the Methodist church because the church best ac commodated the 200 guests. A champagne reception was held at the Fairmont hotel to which 200 guests were in vited. It was the first marriage for Miss Warren. Mr. Daly was divorced last April from his wife of 23 years, Margaret Criswell Neal. They have three grown children. Officers Installed By Shady Cove Club Shady Cove - installation of officers was held at a meet ing of the Home Economics club of Shady Cove Grange at the home of Mrs. Delia Littlefield, December 13. A potluck luncheon was follow ed by a gift exchange. The new officers are chair man, Mrs. Bert Clark, who took office for her second term; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Mildred Davis. i ' ' Dinner Held Shady Cove - Shady Cove Trail Lions auxiliary held the December dinner meeting at the Riverview cafe in Shady Cove. Mrs. Dan Abcrge be came a new member. bring happiness one) UP (UPI Telephoto) Hamlet Called Fruitcake Center Claxton, Ga. -lUPD-This tiny hamlet calls itself the "holi day fruitcake center of Amer ica." Fruitcake demand is so sea sonal that Claxton lazes along, making a mere 800 pounds of the delicacy daily from New Year's through mid summer. But as the leaves on Georgia pecan trees take on darker shades of green, the bakery staff springs to life. Ingredients arrive by frcightcarload and truckload, and 50 bakers work around the clock in the largest bak ery of its kind. Rich fruit-and-nut mix bat ter whirls- through special drums ' with stainless steel mixing blades, 750 pounds at a time, all day and night. The powerful mixers are the envy of housewives among the tourists who throng to the bakery, many of the wo mei) recalling their own strug gles with hard-to-handle fruit cake batter. i The mixture is cut and loaded into a half dozen gas fired ovens which turn out 4,500 cakes at one time. 1 Shower Honors Mrs. Don Tosh Central Point A shower honoring Mrs. Don Tosh was given recently at the home of Mrs. Earl McKibbin, 578 North Fifth street, Central Point. . Assisting Mrs. McKibbin with serving were Mrs. Pat Mahoney and Miss Suzann Beecham. Guests attending were Mrs. Cyril Gay, Mrs. Marie Von Stein, Mrs. Alf Brewold, Mrs. John Brewold, Mrs. Ira Tosh, Mrs. John Beacham, Mrs. Jim Tosh, Mrs. Pat Mahoney, Mrs. Joe Sto vall, Mrs. Claude Self, Mrs. B. M. Tosh and the Misses Phyllis Tosh, Suzann Bea cham, Beverly Tosh and Ma rion Stovall. . I "MERRY YOU I from the Entire Staff M 1 Hotel Medford I (O Candle Room Open Qj 12 Noon till 10 p.m. W LIONEL REASON it the Piano :f Knights To Hold ; Annual Service V, The annual Christmas' ob servance and breakfast, spon sored by Malta Commandery, Knights Templar, will be held Sunday, December 23, ln-th. Masonic temple, Ashland. The service will start at 8:30 a.m. and the breakfast will be served at 9 a.m.' It i stated that the service is be ing started earlier than usual to permit those who wish to attend church to do so. v All Knights Templar, their families and house guests ar. invited to attend, officer state. ' -, p SWAT'S ' John Nuich says: 'Diamonds are ; a Girl's Best Friend..." 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