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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1961)
4 V X SI V '" ' . .. ? '- , ' i h t ,r 4".-, Vlr I '""""WW i tMUlmmi v',. v. ,Y , , w ' Cv. t r 1 The main entrance of Rogue Valley manor, facing Ihe eastern hills, opens into a spacious lounge with heavy carpet. Interesting groupings of furniture and large, decorative lamps. Works of art are on the walls and the ceiling lihl fix tures include graceful hanging globes. Also on the main floor are a sizeable auditorium, with stage, for showing motion pictures and plays, a small chapel of simple design for religious services or private devotions and offices for the man . .' agement personnel. .' Rogue Valley Manor The Rev. Canon Edwin Moss, retired Episcopal minister, and Mrs'. Moss have . arrived from Laguna Beach, Calif;, to make their home in the newly opened 10-story Rogue Valley manor on Barneburg hill, seen in the background. :The Rev. Canon Moss was retired about two years ago after serving 23 years as vicar of the Bishop's chapel, Church of the Angels, Pasadena, Calif. They will attend St. Mark's Episcopal church in Medford and the Rev. Canon Moss has , ' . ' been invited to assist with services' from time to time. Medford I ATT iiaSJTRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY '5, 1961 One of the manor's first residents is Mrs. Alice Applegate Peil, native Oregonian and descendant of one of Oregon's oldest and most distinguished families. Mrs. Peil, whose father. was Ivan Applegate, taught school for many years and has been on the faculty of both Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, and Southern Oregon college, Ashland. Mrs. Peil took with her to her new home four large, heirloom trunks, one of which is entirely filled with valuable and cherished family papers and historical records. wtitww n inniiTr'iif n rn'imii t ' , l Ml- -fS;S!f !!7jiWlllPIP'J A wall of huge windows In the dining room will allow residents of Rogue Valley manor to look out on a sweeping view of the valley and western hills by day, and on the city's myriad lights at night. Elegant chandeliers and globe-shaped light fixtures are of dull gold; carpeting and upholstery are in shades of brown, gold, green and red. Only a few of the residents have as yet moved in; each day brings additional members. lie Manor residents who enjoy reading will find pleasure in the small library already lined with favorite volumes and with shelves holding current maga zines. The retirement home also can boast of a large kitchen with fine equipment, and an in firmary capable of caring for 40 patients. Each floor has a small lounge and the building also includes a sewing room, flower arranging room, a hobby shop with equipment, a smok ing room planned as a man's retreat and a game room. ' t ' -Vie I - t 49 r:?r'-'X;: ii I 4i f 12 15? i i
