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o 12 A THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1S0 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Social Events Women's News Marketing Specialist Lists 1961 Food Cost Forecast Corvallis-Shoppers can ex pect to spend about as much for groceries during the new year as thoy did during 1960, according to an Oregon State college extension specialist. . Miss Zelma Reigle, exten sion marketing specialist and delegate to the recent agri cultural outlook conference in Washington, D.C., summar izes the national outlook for food in 1961. Forecasts are based on I960 supplies and prices, unless otherwise in dicatcd. Meat and Poultry A record amount of beef is predicted by the U.S. de partment of agriculture for the coming year, which may mean lower beef prices. Pork supplies may be lower until M least mid-1961, picking up ijn the fall and winter, v Miss Reigle says a little Ijmore veal will probably be jseen on meat counters than .'has been available the last ; couple of years. A larger U.S. population will, probably ; mean less lamb per person 'next year, although lamb pro duction is expected to be -.about the same as last year Shoppers can look forward to more turkey and broilers " next year, with possible lower -prices, but none promised. Egg prices will continue at : about the present level until ; spring when they should start to drop. Consumer preference for red meats and poultry arc shown in the average amounts "eaten per person each year. " Beef, 86 pounds; pork, 64 pounds; veal, 6 pounds; lamb, 4 pounds; turkey, 6 pounds; and chicken, 29 pounds. - Seafoods Amount of fresh and frozen seafood offered shoppers through the winter should be ; about the same as a year earl ier. Canned red salmon and I California sardines should be noticeably more plentiful: tuna prices should remain "about the same. On a cost per serving basis, seafood ranks -as one of the best protein bargains, Miss Reigle says. ;Aboul 160 varieties or forms ;"of seafood are available. And '.in Oregon, there are 26 spe- .cies of shellfish available dur ing the year at most markets. : Dairy Foods ', Little change is expected In milk prices for 1961. Meas ured in terms of minutps the ;fiiinily wage earner has to .work to buy a quart of milk, the price is tiic lowest In his tory, Miss Reigle notes. In .1890, it took 26 minutes of factory work to buy a quart .of milk at 7 cents a quart. "In 1D59, it took only 6.8 min utes to buy a quart of milk :at 25 cents a quart. Shoppers 'are expected to continue to -.buy more cottage cheese, sour cream, non-fat dry milk, and ;lcc cream. A definite prcfer ronce for these items has been -noted in the last 10 years due .to improvement in these ;foods and a more wclght-con-. scions population. Processed Foods Prices on some processed foods may advance during the "new year, as processing costs increase. However, with the -Increase In the two-paycheck family, consumer demand for these time-saving foods will likely continue at current levels. Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts Frosli and processed frults mainly non-citrus fruits, in cluding apples and pears, may advance in price during the first half of 1861 because of smaller production in 1960. However, families should be able to shop economically for citrus and dried fruits this winter. Tree nuts will also be plentiful and reasonably priced. Fresh vegetable supplies will probably be as varied and as favorable price wise as they were a year ago. Bar gains on some canned vege tables may be harder to spot because of smaller packs this season. Half or more of the fresh produce is now offered in pre-packaged form to con form to self service in stores and reduce time spent in home food preparation. Twen ty years ago, scarcely three per cent of fresh fruits and vegetables was consumer packaged. Food prices have increased less than most other items in the budget, still making food a good buy, reminds Miss Reigle. The food dollar buys considerable more in Quality, convenience, and va riety at any season, than it did a decade ago, she noted. Gallery Closed Until January 5; Rentals Planned The Rogue Gallery, 220 West Main street In Mcdford, will be closed until January 5 It was announced today by an official of the Rogue Valley Art association. During this time an art rental showroom at the rear of the gallery will be made ready for opening in early January. The Art Rental gal lery will feature paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture of local artists which may be rented by members of the as sociation for use in their homes and offices. Art rentals have been initi aled with success in many of the leading museums through out the country, it is pointed out. Rental Items may be had for a three months period. Should the borrower be inter ested in purchasing the paint ing the rental fee may be ap plied towards the selling price. Residents Travel To Visit Friends . Applegate-Many Applcgale residents have left on trips to visit friends and relatives for the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Cnl Hill and sons spent several days visit ing at Auburn, Calif, with the parents and relatives of Mrs. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bur- roll and family traveled to Los Angeles to visit with rela tives. This is the former home of the Burrells. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kim ball and family spent the holi days at Chino, Calif., their former home, with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Earl llvall and family traveled to Ta coma, Wash., to spend the holidays with Mrs. llvaH's mother. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Fowler and sons visited with relatives at Paisley. Mr. and Mrs. Ashlon Foerst and fam ily are spending several days visiting in San Francisco and the Bay area. Return Illinois Valley-Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McDonald, O'Brien, have returned home from Ogden Utah, and Buhl, Ida., whore they visited relatives. ' "x. wii Vff i Although the use of sour cream in cookerv dates baek 'to before Grandma's day, its popularity has increased con siderably In recent years since the manufacturing of dairy sour cream. This tangy flavored dairy food has many won derful uses, one being a major ingredient in Sour Cream uate rie. u may be served with a side dish of unsweetened cream. Use V4 pint dairy sour cream, 1 egg beaten. Mi cup firmly packed light brown sugar, 1 cup finely chopped pitted dates, Vi cup chopped walnuts, 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind, i teaspoon salt, pastry for one 9-inch unbaked pie shell and lattice top. Combine filling ingredients and mix well. Pour into un baked i !e shell. Cover with lattice top and flute edges. Bake in hot oven, 425 degrees, 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to slow oven, 325 degrees, and bake until filling is set and crust lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Students In Murphy For Holidays Murphy - Home for the holidays are Mr. and Mrs. Pat Barrett who are visiting with Mrs. Barrett's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sakraida, Pro volt. The Barretts are living in Ashland where he is a sophomore at Southern Ore gon college. David Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson, Fruitdale road, Murphy, is at home for the Christmas vaca tion. He is studying at the University of Portland where he is majoring in music. He will be remembered by many as the drummer with the Grants Pass High school band until his graduation last year. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Budden hagen of Murphy Creek road are enjoying a Christmas visit with their sons, James and John. James, a freshman at Stanford University in Cali fornia, and John, a sophomore at Southern Oregon college in Ashland, will be home until early in January. After they return to school, Mr. and Mrs. Buddcnhagen will leave on an automobile trip through Mex ico and Central America on their way to visit with anoth er son, Ivan, who lives in Cen tral America with his family. He is a plant zoologist with a branch of United Fruit com pany. Christmas cards brought news of former Murphy resi dents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood and their family are now living in Phoenix, Ariz., where he is manager of a Piper Cub aircraft agency. Their oldest son, Steven, a Merit Scholarship winner of two years ago, is attending Colorado School of Mines in Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Grow, longtime residents of Murphy, are now living in Los Angeles, after making an extensive automobile trip following the sale of their river home in Murphy last year. Word from Mr. and Mrs. Bill Potts, a former teacher at Murphy grammar school, in forms us of the birth of a third child, a son, David, last June. Mr. Potts is now teaching in Wells, Minn. 4 Visitors Arrive In Applegate Applegate-Many Applcgale families had friends and rela tives visiting them over the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Brown and daughter of. Santa Bar bara spent the holidays with Mrs. Brown's parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Thornton Ga pen. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Brown of Lebanon, parents of LeRoy Brown, also spent week with the Gapens visit ing with their son and his family. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rich ards, LcCrcscnta, Calif., is spending the holidays with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cloy Brion. Their daughter, Miss Allison Brion, who has been ill, was able to attend the school Christ mas program and will be able to resume her studies after the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Offen- bacher, Arcada, spent the holidays at the home of the Leon Offenbaehers. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Palm crlon and son, Mike, spent the holidays visiting at tile homes of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Krouse and Mr, and Mrs. L. H. Palmerton. Holiday Activities Told for Tiller School Officials Tiller - Tiller Elementary school teachers spent Christ mas at their homes except for Miss Rosic Alsip, who visited relatives in San Diego, Calif. The Howard Wards have as their guests their son and daughtor-ln-law and grand children and Mrs. Elena Barb er has as a guest her moth er, Mrs. Rolland Myers, Monmouth. Avery Grcenman spent Christmas with his family at home where they had an open house for their friends Christ mas afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jim' L. Jcnks and family left Friday for Bremerton, Wash., to spend Christmas with her parents, the W. A. Bells. Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Slater and children also loft Friday for Tacoma and Castle Rock, Wash., where they are spending the Holidays with his parents. Holiday guests of the Jim H. Jcnks are Mr. and Mrs.; Harvey Jenks and son, Har old, of Fall Creek, Ore. i Visitors j Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lytic Jr. and small son, Rex, of Philomath are spending the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lytic Sr., 740 Walker avenue,1 Ashland, and with Mrs.j Lytlc's mother, Mrs. Georgia smith, Camp Baker road, Phoenix. mm Wednesday night about 11:30 we had our doubts about an 8 a.m. Thursday deadline. But everyone in the family made it. The household arose about 6 a.m., breakfast was made and eaten, lunches were packed, both for the travelers and for the two headed for work, luggage was assembled and stowed in the little car and at 7:50 a.m. the holiday visitors were headed home. Pappy had even washed the breakfast dishes before they left. Whenever the young marricds prepare to take off after a visit, we always marvel over how much they can pack away in the little beetle-shaped car. Perhaps son-in-law is more efficient at packing than most. This morning he was faced with a mound of luggage, extra coats and car robes, a big sack filled with sandwiches and cookies, some books from the largish library which daughter left at home after college days were ended and a box of letters which she decided to take home with her to read and sort. In no time at all the entire lot was neatly tucked into various nooks and crannies. Once we saw him stow three adults, their luggage, picnic box and a largish Weirmaraner dog into the little car's interior. This time Raus had been left behind in the boarding kennels where it was anticipated he would spend his time morosely howling or sulking over the cold-hearted treatment received from his master and mistress. - This week end the householders will be faced with the task of taking down the Christmas decorations, finding the proper spot and use for the Christmas presents and with a general tidying of the rooms. Every year we meditate over the fact that the green boughs, holly, tinsel and pretty ornaments which looked so bright and gay on Christmas eve can, after a week, look so forlorn and cluttered. Tonight, and surely by Saturday night, we will view the whole array with distaste. Last night's crisp air and glittering sky compensated somewhat for the days and days of miserable fog which enveloped the valleys and made safe and quick motoring almost an impossibility. Guests invited to the numerous wedding, receptions and other holiday events either stayed regretfully at home, or groped their way painfully there and home again. Taxi firms were forced to tell passengers that they could not pick them up for 30 or 40 minutes because of increased business and the length o time it took the drivers to make their way in the thick weather. One hostess reported that she went down town in the late afternoon of the day of her party and lost her way in the fog returning home. Much to her surprise, 23 of her 30 invited guests showed up for the party that night. Another Medford woman who recently moved to a new home in the country also lost her way and was forced, to ring the doorbell at a house she came to and inquire "Where am I?" O.S. Good Eating Here to Stay Says Famous Swiss Chef By GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor New York - (UPII - A famous chef says that good eating is here to stay, even though we cooks spend fewer hours in the kitchen than ever be fore. Swiss - born Charles P. Fi nance, a chef since 1925, isn't w o rried that the in- cav l'auicv creased use of frozen, dehydrated or heat-and-serve foods will eventual ly end creativity in the kitchen. Good eating will never get lost," said Finance in an in terview. "This country has the very best in the raw mate rials: and the food industry is geared to make preparation easier for the housewife. Spinach comes washed and the , heavy stems removed. Shrimp, peeled, ready to cook. Is it creative when the housewife has to do this? No." "Granted," he added, "she pays more for the food pre pared." Finance, 51, a native of St. Gall, Switzerland, was the son of a chef and innkeeper. He has cooked In hostelries in 15 European countries and was head chef for the Caribe Hilton and Greenbrier hotels until two and one-half years ago when he joined the Sher aton Palace hotel in San Francisco as executive chef. Finance headed the four member team of U.S. chefs who recently took first prize at the "Culinary Olympics among 1 1 nations at Frank furt, Germany. "We served some 250 guests food pretty typical of Amer ica," he said-chicken, Rock Cornish game hen, roast beef and ham steak. "I think," he added, "that it was a combi nation of our skill of prepara tion plus the quality of those raw materials I spoke of ear lier which won the prize." Finance came to New York recently to supervise the first formal dinner of the California Wine and Food so ciety. The results were an ex ercise in gourmetmanship. Featuring foods and wines of the West coast, the dinner opened with avocado stuffed with oysters, caviar and crab meat, worked through a beef consomme flavored wish leeks and sherry, followed by aba lone served with mushrooms, roast Chukkar partridge in casserole with a side dish of persimmons in lime jelly on lettuce, Oregon Tillamook cheese, and to top it all, fresh pineapple marinated in wine and liqueur with a flaming meringue cover. Even as he talks of the su periority of U.S. food prod ucts, the chef adds that we women in the United States generally are inferior cooks when compared to European women. "In Europe, cooking skill is inherited . . . handed down from mother to daughter," he said. "Not often In this coun try though." But Finance says that he's seen a decided growth of ap preciation for good food, well prepared "not hamburger and trench fries," in the brief 12 years he has been in America. "Look at the increase in the number of gourmet societies," ho said. "People travel more . . . taste more regional and national dishes." Finance is married and has one son, Charles Jr., 25, who is not following his father's career. The chef rated his wife as "an excellent cook, but not inclined to do much about it when I'm around." Shortage of Men Means Problems in West Berlin By JOSEPH FLEMING United Press International Berlin - (UPD - If you're look ing for a wife and you're cul tured, honorable, educated, warm - hearted and of good character come to Berlin. Money doesn't matter. Here you will find pretty, spirited blondes and brunettes of irreproachable character who can cook and sew, drive an automobile and are inter ested in nature, companion ship, music, literature, sport and politics. Some are teachers, some the widows of civil servants, some secretaries, some farm ers' daughters. All are of good families. Or so the marriage advertisements say. "Stylishly fat" or thin, 19 or 55, they have one thing in common. They are seeking that one commodity that still is in short supply despite the "economic wonder" - men. The shortage has produced a boom in lonely hearts clubs, filled the classified sections of newspapers with advertise ments headed "charming, slim lady," " a good comrade," "professor's daughter,' "horse lover, and "gym teacher." The shortage also has made the city a fertile field for mar riage swindlers, gigolos and homely men. It has made Western allied soldiers who dislike the army leave the city with regret when their tour of duty ends. Social Problems It also, of course, has caused many social problems, not the least of which is a high rate of illegitimate births. Strangely enough the short age has not made a man such a valuable property that wives hold on to their husbands through thick and thin. Most of the divorce suits are start ed by women. West Berlin still shows the scars of war more than any other West German city. In West Germany ruins have all but disappeared. Here despite booming reconstruction pro grams the empty spaces left by 154 major American and British air raids still are ev erywhere. And so it is with the short age of men. Statistics tell the story. For every 100 men there are 136 women. In the West German city of Hamburg the figure is 116.9 women to 100 men. In the 30 to 50 age bracket the gap is even greater. In this age group there are 165 women for every 100 men in West Berlin. Why the male shortage? Two world wars killed and crippled millions. In Berlin the situation was aggravated by the flow of men to the "golden West." West Germany offers more and better jobs, more money, more opportunity. West Ber lin has offered blockade, Com munist harassment. And so the advertisements beginning chemist, dressmak er, secretary, nurse, clerk are inserted. But they're not looking for jobs. They're looking for hus bands and listing their job to prove they're good financial bets. Family Gathers At Scott Home Illinois Valley-Holiday visi tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scott, Kerby, were seven of their eight chil dren and sixteen grandchil dren. Together were Mr. and Mrs. Alan Claudson, Richland, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs. Standley Broaddus and family, Spring field, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs. Free man Scott and children, Kerby; Mrs. Lillie Martin and family. Miss Arle Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Scott and family, Cave Junction, and another son, Andy. Afternoon guests on Christ-1 mas day were Mrs. Moses Huff and children, Medford. 4 Use scissors to cut celery, parsley, green pepper, and the baby's meat. Wet the scis sors to cut dates, figs and marshmallows. Pocahontas Lodge Slates Dinner Pocahontas lodge has planned a potluck dinner Fri day, December 30, at Redman hall on Apple street at 6:30 p.m. A business meeting will fol low at 8 p.m. and a card party will close the evening. Mem bers are privileged to take guests for the dinner and card party. ' NEW YEAR'S CARDS at 217 E. Main Madtord College Students Home for Holidays Applegate - James Settles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Set tles, Applegate Shopping Cen ter, is home for his Christ mas vacation. He recently was invited to join the Blue Key Honor Students society at Pa cific university, Forest Grove, where he is a student. Other college students home for the Christmas vacation are Miss Julie and George Brown and Miss Lorraine Teske from Southern Oregon college; Miss Juanita Down ing, Charles, Russell, and Tru man Elmore, Miss Miriam Gapen, Steve Hoffman, Gary Burrell, and Miss Mary Her riott and her roommate Miss Judy Nakamuri from Oregon, State college. Miss Lee Teske who is teaching at Port Orford is also spending the Christmas vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Teske on Thompson Creek. Fifty Plus Club The Medford Fifty Plus club will meet Friday, De cember 30, at 12:30 p.m. at the St. Mark's Episcopal church parish hall. Those at tending are to take a sack lunch. Sparkling Dessert Try this sparkling and buo bly dessert that is both light and easy to prepare. Drain canned fruit cocktail, add gingcrale and a little of the syrup; chill thoroughly. Serve in a tall sherbet glass topped with a small scoop of ice cream. DANCING In the LOUNGE Open 5:30 till la.m. at the Hotel Medford Candle Room FAVORS GALORE! Everyone Welcome u Sale Groups... I - R ftft I 11 viUU Pena.io I JQ Qi 1 Paradise 1 I jl fj jn I Life Stride I I " H I Naturalizer j j S fl jjQj jjfj I British II II iflfflH i Brevitt H I I VV I Mark 1 6 j Angelo i Hundreds of pairs of I I Shenanigans B shoes to choose from II ... all from our regular 1 1 stock of famous II All Sales H brand shoes. 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