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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,
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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!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. .
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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
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