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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
Needs, Accomplishments
Of Senior Citizens Noted
New York - With the na
tion's attention being focused
on the needs of older citizens
recently through the White
House Conference on Aging
one thing that cannot be over
Jooked is the record of accom
plishment that has been estab
lished over the years by older
persons themselves.
These accompli shmentj
cover a broad area, the Insti
tute of Life Insurance re
ports. Among them are
"bre'-d-and-butter" c o nsider
ations, such as wider owner
ship of homes, and continu
ation of income after retire
ment. And they also include
the achievement of important
goals of a non-material nature
.-stepped - up service to the
community, church activity
and recreation.
'. The growth of home owner
ship makes a striking illustra
tion. A generation or more
igo a prevalent custom was
for elderly parents to reside
with their children, usually a
married daughter. This is far
Jess common now; two out of
three older families who live
in cities and the suburbs today
own their own homes. What
is more, reports the Federal
Reserve board, a majority of
the homes are mortgage-free.
' While the typical older
couple cannot be described as
wealthy, they are not without
financial assets. Social Se
curity couples with homes,
for example, have an appreci
able equity - more than
$8,000, on the average - In
their houses, a government
study shows. Equity in homes
happens to be the most impor
tant asset of older persons.
Liquid Assets Small
" Their "liquid assets" -readily
available dollars in
bank accounts and U.S. Sav
ings Bonds - are not large.
But this circumstance is some
what offset by the typical
older family being entirely
free of debt; where money is
owed, the amount is likely to
be small.
In connection with financial
assets, older persons definite
ly tend to keep up their life
Insurance. This is borne out
by a recent Social Security
study of retired couples re
ceiving pay ments, showing
that life insurance was car
Tied by 70 per cent of couples
in the survey, and 50 per cent
Of single and widowed per
sons. . If vou were to sit down
with a number of older people
1 Jl ...... tUtM nntMomi
you would quickly discover
that one ol tneir maor con
cerns is continuation of in
come. This need was high
lighted . not long ago in a
Bureau of Labor Statistics re
port that a retired couple, 65
years or older, need a mini
mum of $2,600 to $3,400 a
year to cover their expenses.
depending on the city they
live in.
I Obviously this need has not
yet been fully met. But in the
past quarter - century older
families have come quite a
distance along the road to fi
nancial independence; condi
tions today are a far cry from
times gone by, when so many
elderly parents had to move
in with their children's fami
lies because of an abrupt
cessation of income when
they stopped work.
Improvements Lilted
; Two things have brought
about improvement, mainly.
One is the increasing number
of persons who have acquired
a share, often through their
own contributions, in pension
plans where they work. Then
there has been Social Secur
ity, to which they have con
tributed during their working
life.
- Pension plans in particu
lar have become widely avail
able in the last generation,
, among Ihem the group annu
ities administered by life In
surance companies. In 1030
fewer than 3,000,000 persons
were enrolled In private re
tirement plans; today, there
are more than 21,700,000,
And as each new year rolls
around, a substantial number
of families begin to draw
these retirement benefits, in
addition to those already re
ceiving pension checks.
Jubilee
Cake Recipe
Published
Through the courtesy of
Sears, Roebuck and company,
Rogue valley families will be
able to savor old-fashioned
applesauce cake like Grandma
used to make. In honor of its
Diamond Jubilee, currently
being celebrated, the old-
fashioned applesauce tup-
cakes are being served to
night to customers in each of
Sears 740 retail stores across
the country.
The recipe, which was de
veloped by the General Mills
kitchens, was adapted from
an old favorite used widely
throughout rural Minnesota in
1886. It was originally
brought to the United States
by European immigrants.
So that housewives may
also recreate this old-fash
ioned favorite in their stream
lined 1961 kitchen, General
Mills has developed a family-
size version.
For the cake use 2V4 cups
sifted Gold Medal "kitchen-
tested" enriched flour, 2 cups
sugar, V teaspoon baking
powder, 1V4 teaspoons soda,
1 i teaspoons salt, "A teaspoon
cinnamon, V4 teaspoon cloves,
12 teaspoon allspice, Vi cup
soft shortening, V4 cup water,
1V4 cups unsweetened apple
sauce, 2 eggs, Vi cup chopped
nuts, 1 cup raisins, cut up.
Sift dry ingredients to
gether. Add shortening, water
and applesauce. Beat 2 min
utes using medium mixer
speed or 300 vigorous hand
strokes. Scrape sides and bot
tom of bowl constantly. Add
eggs. Beat 2 more minutes,
scraping bowl constantly.
Fold In nuts and raisins. Pour
into 2 greased, floured round
layer pans 9 by IVi in. Bake
35 to 40 minutes in preheated
350 degree oven. Cool.
Put layers together wiih
butter filling made by mixing
2 tablespoons soft butter 1V4
cups sifted confectioners su
gar. IVi tablespoons cream
and V4 teaspoon flavoring
(vanilla or lemon). Spread a
thin coating of apricot jam or
clear Jelly over top of cake
Cut 2 apple designs from
thin red candied pineapple
slices and 8 leaf designs from
thin candied green pineapple
slices. Use cloves for stems.
For thin slices of pineapple:
Cut each slice in half making
2 half circles. Stand half
circle on cut edge and slice
down through culling into 3
equal parts.
Circle cake plate with
waxed paper to catch drip of
glaze. Make a thin glaze; Stir
over boiling water until mix
ture Is hot, about 5 minutes,
2 tablespoons water, 2 cups
sifted confectioners' sugar, 2'4
tablespoons white corn syrup
and 1 teaspoon flavoring (va
nilla or lemon). The glaze
must be very thin. Pour over
cake while glaze is hot. It
should barely coat cake. With
a knife scrape glaze from pa
per and ice side of cake. Ar
range apple designs around
edge of cake.
Yield; 12 to 10 servings.
Applegaters Club
Dance Saturday
The Applegate Square
Dance club will hold a dance
Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Pro
volt Grange hall. Round danc
ing starts at 7:45 p.m. and
there will be practice on new
and old rounds.
Square dancing will begin
at 8:30 p.m. with Byron Dib
ble calling. Refreshments will
be potluck.
Social Events Women's News
For the past several weeks about 30 Medford junior
and senior high school students have spent every Satur
day on the slopes of Mt. Shasta learning to ski, and pic
tured here is a group on a recent Saturday. The project
was sponsored by a group of parents and members of
Rogue Snowmen, valley ski club. The first series of les
sons ends Saturday, February 4, and another will be started
if the students wish to continue the lessons, given by the
instructor at Mt. Shasta Ski school. The students, super
vised by members of the Rogue Snowmen, leave Medford
by bus at 6:45 a.m. each Saturday and return to Medford
about 6 p.m. (Jim Henson photo)
Temptation to Shoplift
Growing in This Nation
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New York-UIPII-The tcmpta
Hon to shoplift becomes great
er and greater.
, So says Saul Ncsbitt, direc
tor of a packaging and indus
trial design firm in New York.
A study by the research de
partment of the firm shows
that easy access to more and
more kinds of merchandise in
supermarkets and variety
stores invites shopper theft.
The study consisted of inter
views with managers of self-
service stores, chain store ex
ecutives and manufacturers
"Our study indicates that
today's larcenous shopper is a
pretty ingenious person, Ncs
bitt said, "and the unguarded
array of displayed products
gives him or her a marvelous
opportunity to exercise that
ingenuity
He cited the following ex-
nmplcs of resourcefulness
among shoplifters
-The supermarket customer
who desires a large bottle-a
79 cent jug of salad dressing
rather than the 41 cent size.
Campaign
Entered By
Assistants
The Southern Oregon Den
tal Assistants' society is par
ticipating in a nation-wide
campaign being staged by the
American Dental Assistants
association to recruit new
members. Mrs. Harold Wilson
is president of the Southern
Oregon group, and Miss Don
na Dale is secretary and mem
bership chairman.
Mrs. Elma Troutman, La
Porte, Ind., executive secre
tary of the American Dental
Assistants' association, states
that there are local societies
in all 50 of the United States.
According to Mrs. Trout
man, the major goal is "to
promote the education of the
dental assistant and to im
prove and sustain the occu
pation of dental assisting; to
contribute to the advance
ment of the dental profession
and the Improvement of pub
lic health. The ADAA has
national headquarters in La
Porte, and state associations
which coordinate the activi
ties of the local societies.
The contest, made possible
through the cooperation of
the dental division of Johnson
and Johnson, will award the
ADAA member getting the
largest number of new enrol
lces round-trip transportation
to the 19(11 ADAA convention
in Philadelphia and $150 to
cover expenses. Cash prizes
will be awarded to the runner-up
and third place winner.
The contest will close June
30. 1861.
The certification program
of the ADAA has recently
been approved by the Ameri
can Dental association, this
program, aimed at increasing
the knowledge and proficien
cy of dental assistants is be
ing conducted by the Ameri
can Dental Assistants association.
The membership drive will
endeavor to reach the more
than "5.000 dental assistants
now serving the profession."
Mrs. Troutman said.
Any dental assistant in the
area interested in the local
group may call Miss Dalo at
Under pretense of reaching a
decision, she loiters in front
of the display and furtively
switches the bottle caps upon
which the prices are stamped.
There's a good chance her
switch of bottle caps will go
undetected at the check-out
counter.
-The light-fingered lady
who doesn't hesitate to heist a
small size item and slide it
into a package already in her
cart for tallying at the check
out counter. Result: she gains
by carrying out one unpaid
for articie.
Generally, Nesbitt said, pil
fering in self-service stores is
becoming more difficult to
control. Among other prob
lems he cited are the huge
totc-bag purses, fashionable,
but also a boon to the female
shoplifter.
Customer Pays
"Few customers realize that
the loss of goods pilfered in
self-service stores runs into
millions annually," said Ncs
bitt.
"Fewer than 20 per cent of
those interviewed appreciated
the fact that the consumer was
the one who was ultimately
out of pocket every time a
shoplifter made a successful
heist."
To Meet Friday
John Seanzom, a graduate
of Wheaton college, will speak
for a meeting of Christian
Women's club Friday, Febru
ary 3, at Rogue Valley Coun
try club. Luncheon will be
served at 12:30 p.m.
A talk on ceramics will also
be on the program.
Members are asked to take
guests to the meeting; these
are to be women who have
never attended a meeting of
the group.
Dental Clinic
To Be Topic
Of PTA Group
Dr. Billy Slackstone will
speak for a -meeting of the
Medford Coordinating Coun
cil of Parent-Teacher associa
tions to be held Thursday,
February 2, at Jacksonville
Elementary school. It is set
for 1:15 p.m. in the Primary
building, Hueners lane.
Dr. Blackstone, who is on
the board of the county-wide
dental clinic sponsored by
Medford Kiwanis club, will
tell the council of the prog
ress of the dental clinic. The
club is aided in the project by
the Southern Oregon District
Dental society, which Dr.
Blackstone represents, the
Jackson County Public Health
department and the Jackson
County court.
Musical
To Be Soon
The Broadway musical
"Finian's Rainbow" is now in
final rehearsals for produc
tion by the Medford High
school Music department. It is
scheduled for Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, February
9, 10, 11.
The cast is headed by Joel
Gregory in the title role. Oth
ers in the large cast are Mary
Kay Harris, Kathy Allen, Da
vid Lundquist, Wally Huff
man, Ralph Lobdell, Reed
Harris, Larry Berg and Fred
Lorish,
The show, which ran on
Broadway for over 500 per
formances, is the story of a
high spirited Irishman who
comes to America with his
daughter to plant a "bit o'
gold" at Fort Knox in order
to have it grow into a for
tune. With the magic gold
comes a leprechaun and many
problems.
Tickets for the production
are now on sale and may be
purchased at the high school
or from any Medford High
School choir member.
All-America Committee
Lists Award-Winner Mums
Her Majesty, Apricot Sheen
and Bineo are the three new
outstanding c h r ysanthemum
introductions for 18bl accord
ing to the Ail-American Mum
Selection committee.
Her Majesty is described as
an exquisite, slightly in
curved, white decorative type.
Strong and erect to 28 inches,
the abundant 3 to 3V4 inch
flowers are regally carried on
long cutting stems.
Apricot Sheen is a wide
cushion - type chrysanthemum
of unique coloring. Cactus
shaped flowers about 2V4
inches fairly blanket tne is
inch plants with a mounded
form of 20 inches or more
across, according to the com
mittee. The plant is said to be
compact and neat; the color
blend is in pastels of peach,
gold and apricot, finishing a
clean primrose peach.
Bingo also is a compact and
floriferous double cushion
chrysanthemum. Making a
perfect mound of 15 to 18
inches with somewhat wider
spread, the 1V4 to 2V4 inch
flowers grow in dense sprays
of intense, rich crimson red,
it is stated.
Many gardeners are enthu
siastic chrysanthemum grow
ers. Late summer and fall,
when the other flowers have
mostly faded and gone, mums
are in their prime. The flow
ers bring a harvest of colors
through September, October
and November or until heavy
freezing puts them to sleep
for the winter.
Eajy to grow, garden hardy
and almost trouble free chrys
anthemums are the favorites
for long-lasting garden and
cat flowers. Standing the
weather and early frosts, they
continue their riot of color for
a glorious fall display.
There are hundreds of va
rieties, and dozens of new
ones are offered each year.
That is the reason for All
America mum trials-to thor
oughly test them in various
climates and soil conditions
before distribution to the pub
lic. Trial locations are from
southern Canada to Florida
and across America. Only the
most worthy and superior en
tries are highly recommended
as All-America Mum selec
tions.
Growers are reminded to
look for the red, white and
blue "All - America Mums
winner" plant tag with plant
of a winning variety. None is
genuine without it.
Ten other chrysanthemums
have merited this highest
award since the garden trials
were started in 1954.
Winners in 1960 were Mar-
di Gras, which has big double
cactus-type blooms in colorful
red and gold; Headliner, a
glowing terra cotta decorative
type, and Pink Cherub, purplish-pink
pompon on com
pact cushion type plant.
Previous winners were
Showpiece, a royal rose, and
Girl Friend, a pink changing
to coral rose in one of the tall
er decorative types. Burning
Bronze, another winner, has
smaller but more flowers in
the decorative type chrysanthemum.
Cushion type winners were
Emperor, a big double pin
wheel yellow; Ruby King and
Flair, a large lavender, and
Crimson Lady, velvety dark
red double.
Lions Plan
Zone Event
Shady Cove - The Shady
Cove-Trail Lions ciub wiil be
hosts for the annual zone so
cial meeting and dinner dance
of Lions at Rogue River lodge
February 11.
Bruce Plngle, Butte Falls,
zone chairman, has announced
that the Butte Falls, Central
Point, Eagle Point, Prospect
and Gold Hill clubs will par
ticipate and will help to pro
vide entertainment for the
evening.
Earl Sheppard, president of
the Shady Cove-Trail club.
states that wives of Lions and
other guests will also attend.
Ray Chubb is secretary of
the host group.
Foodorama
Planned
Extensive plans for the an
nual KYJC Foodorama are
being made, the station an
nounces. It will, be held
February 14, 15 and 16 at tin
Craterian theater.
The first day's program
will be given by Mrs. H.
Nancy Haven, San Francisco
representative of the Western
Beet Sugar Producers, associ
ation. February 14 Mrs.
Beverly Lyons, home econo
mist for The California-Oregon
Power company and Mrs.
Gretchen Wade, Groceteria
home economist, will super
vise the program and on tha
closing day Mrs. Betty Ash
baugh of the American Lamb
council is planning the pro
gram. The event is open to tha
public and many prizes will
be given away, the station
announces.
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LA BONNA ORIGINALS
INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL!
To acquaint the ladies of Southern Oregon with their
fabulous line of exclusively styled, individually tail
ored knit suits, coats and dresses, LA BONNA
ORIGINALS offer an unusual pre-Easter special of
10 off (excluding extra-service items) on all
February orders scheduled for delivery prior to
March 31st.
For your home preview of these exciting knits, Phone
SP 2-4218.
Daytime or evening appointments
tions, of course!
No obliga-
A social period will follow
a short business meeting and
Dr. Blackstone's talk. Refresh
ments will be served by the
Jacksonville Parent-Teacher
association.
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1 Hamilton Electric
Reg. 175.00 - Now
6800
1 Wadsworth Automatic tAAOO
1800
Reg. 49.75 - Now
1 Bracelet, 17 Jewel
Reg. 47.50 - Now
1 Bracelet, 17-J ewe I
Reg. 35.00-Now
CLOCKS
1-400 Day Clock
Reg. 59.50 Now
1 Miniature Dome Clock
Reg. 21.00 - Now
1 Kitchen G.E. Clock
Reg. 7.95 - Now..
$16
$300
$100
WATCH
BANDS
Regular
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ioudoir Clock $100 S
Reg. 32.00-Now IO
$C50 1 G.E. Alarm $40
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I jewelry AAvu;::r,ot
I gg re9Now4:5 $25
M Transistor
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RAZORS LIGHTERS
S l Reminalon 60 ' 4lM n
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$T25 1 ASR-Reg. 8.95
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388
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Kf . $000
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3 Bulovai
Reg. 34.75-Now
1 Karshav.
Reg. 12.95-Now
4 Sterling Cigarette lighters
Reg. to 36.00-Now
$588
$300
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SPring 3-2984.