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MONDAY, How to solve the problem of getting the moon lor a princess is pondered here by three characters in James Thurber's fan tasy, "Many Moons," to be presented in the Craterian theater here ruary 7, by the SOC Players. Play Booked Tomorrow Tomorrow is Hie day "Many Moons" will be performed on the Craterian theater stage. Southern OreRon college players will dramatize James Thurber's children's fantasy of an ailing princess who wanls the moon, and the king and court who try to get the moon for her. Children of the first three grades who have tickets or notes from their parents may be dismissed early to attend the 2:30 p.m. performance. Older children may see the 4:15 p.m. staging. The play lasts 70 minutes. A limited number of tick ets will be available at the box office. Reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Dale C. Prentice, SPring ? ?f)0, or Mrs. Nils A. Edii,, SPrlng 2-9911. Earring Auction Planned by Group An aucllon of members ear rings will highlight a valen tine party of Xi Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Wednes day, February 8. The party will be at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Verl G. Walker, 2642 Merriman road. At the last meeting, Mrs. Austin Murray gave the pro gram on origamy, the art of paper folding. All members present participated in fold ing paper wind blowers, box es, balloons, and swans. They also made decorations for the annual Valentine Ball spon sored by Medford city coun cil of Beta Sigma Phi which will be Saturday, February 11. Miss Adabec Seller assisted the hostess, Mrs. Nils A. Edln. 200 2 Just arrived 200 pair Spring Samples. All 4B. Take advantages of these prices and stock up now. All the New Spring Colors. OPEN TONIGHT 'TIL 9 O'CLOCK. FEBRUARY 6. 1961 to right) are Robert Adler, the lord high chamberlain; David O'Donahue, playing the royal wizard, and David Bowdoin, a mathe matician. The production here is being spon sored by Medford branch, American Asso- Tuesday, Feb- Pictured (left ciation of University Women. (Photo by Jerry Taylor) Calendar Cnlcndnr nonec and news for the Hocluty suction of The Mall Tribune must bo submitted In u,rlM,ii nnri Hflnrlllna fnr the Sun day edition Is 1 p.m Friday Dead, lino for the weekly calendar is 0 a.m of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 pjn. tho day bofore publication. Monday 7:45 p.m. - Medford chap ter, Oregon Music Teachers association, home of Mrs. Darell Huson, 45 Lindley st. 8 p.m. - VFW auxiliary, de partment of Oregon, dance, Veterans Administration do miciliary theater. 8 p.m. - Rogue Valley Coin club, Girls Community Club. Tuesday 9:30 a.m. - District 6C Mothersingers, home of Mrs. Harvey Field, Seven Oaks rd., Central Point. 10 a.m. - Rogue Valley Navy Mothers club. Girls Community club. 12 noon - Women's guild, Zion Lutheran church, church. 12 noon - Medford chapter, American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., home of Mrs. Oscar An derson, 218 Winema way. 12:30 p.m. - Central Point Royal Neighbors of America, home of Mrs. Norman Stinger, 24 West Third St., Eagle Point. 1 p.m, - Ladies of Elks, Elks temple. Lamp-Lighting New York IUP1I - Don't hide your light under a dingy lamp shade. New for shades which have become dull are "slip covers," made of clasticized rayon In white with gold metallic yarn trim. The cov ers wash easily, are shrink and tarnish-proof and fit any shade from 10 to 20 inches In diameter. Pair Geppetfos pair S25.G0 Woman Senator To Be Honored By State Society Washington, D.C. - U. S. Senator Maurine Neuberger is to be honored at the annual banquet of the Oregon State society at the National Press club on the night of February 18, the society's president, Mr. Roger L, Conkling, has announced. Charles Talbott Garland, chairman of the princess selec tion committee, will announce and present for the first time the name of Oregon's princess for the Washington Cherry Blossom festival. She will he a contender for festival oueen. Mr. Garland will also present nominees of the Miss Oregon princess competition who will be banquet-hostesses. Hundreds of local Ore Konians will Dav their resneets to the new Senator with Ore. gon leaders In the nation's capital and tho Oregon dele gation to Congress. Sen. Neuberger Is the West's first woman to he elected senator and the first woman to be elected to the Senate who has not been nreviouslv aDDointcd to the Snnatn nr elected to the House. In addition to hnnnrinw Ron Neuberger. the hanmint nh. serves Oregon's admission rinv to the Union, February 14. Oregon rnnnnfnnt.nrprQ nnri businesses are sending gifts for distribution to Oregonians attending the banquet as momcntos of their state. After taking garments out of moth-ball storage, tumble them in an automatic dryer with no heat for a few min utes. That will help remove the odor of the moth balls. Social Events Head of Women's Bureau Gives Housework Views By ROSE McKEE Washington The new as sistant secretary of labor in charge of the Women's bureau is a strong advocate of "mak ing housework as light as pos sible so that it docs not be come the dominant thing in a woman's life." Mrs. Esther Peterson, chos en by President Kennedy for the important Labor depart ment post, has a home in near by Arlington, Va., which frees her for interesting outside work. She has a husband and four children. Mrs. Peterson told an in terviewer from the National Association of Home Builders that her two-story brown-gray stone house is "a simple home, practical, easy to take care of and very liveable. "We use everything in it," she adds, "every corner and every piece of equipment and when anything wears out, we start over again." The woman whose job is to further the interests of other working women, said she con siders a home a "place where one should feel security, love, companionship and to which you come for inner strength." Eliminate Drudgery 'I think drudgery should be eliminated as fast as possible from home chores," Mrs. Pe terson said. "I'm not afraid of machines taking over duties because the more we remove burdens from housework, the more the home will fill its Auxiliary Sets Party A public pinochle party sponsored by the auxiliary to Crater Lake aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will be held at the Eagles hall Thursday, February 9. Dessert will be served at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. Jack Saterlee is chairman of the party. Selected as queen for the annual Sweetheart ball sched uled for February 11 was Mrs. Wayne Smith. Mrs. Saterlee, Mrs. Marvin Hedges, Mrs. Beryl Johnson and Mrs. Eli nor Pratt are her princesses. The auxiliary's valentine ex change will be held at the meeting February 9. Each member attending is to take a valentine. The "Evens" team, with Mrs. A. W. Klatt as captain, currently ahead in the membership contest. Mrs. Isa belle Tucker won first prize for the best "hobo" costume at the last meeting. Mrs. Hazel Jones and Mrs. Lyle Smith were recently in itiated into the auxiliary; their names were inadver tently omitted from the last report. Officers and drill team members arc to meet at the Eagles hall Tuesday, Febru ary 7 at 7:30 p.m. according to Mrs. Stuart Forbes, presi dent. Demonstration Given on Makeup Mrs. William Totten of Win nie's Beauty salon spoke for the last meeting of Beta Upsi- lon chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, held at the home of Mrs. Richard Lamont, 2234 Roberts road. Mrs. Howard Berg, pres ident, conducted the business meeting.' Mrs. Totten demonstrated the use of makeup, showing how appearances may be changed through its proper use. Mrs. Clifford Curl and Mrs. John Freeze served as models. A snow parly for members and their families was dis cussed, and a decorating com mittee for the coming Beta Sigma Phi Valentine ball was appointed. The ball will be held February 11 at Rogue Valley Country club. Refreshments were served by the co-hostess, Mrs. Clif ford Curl. "The Crucible" Is Class Play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller will be presented as the 1961 class play of Med ford High school. "The Cru cible" tells the story of John Proctor's efforts to maintain his integrity against the tre mendous pressures of the Sa Vm "witch trials" of 1692. March 2, 3 and 4 are the production dates. Dinner Honors Ashland Woman Gold Hill Mrs. Melisa Cameron, Ashland, was hon ored at a birthday dinner giv en at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Olav Lokkcn in Gold Hill recently. Other members MEDFORD MAIL rightful place along personal lines and for the leisure of the family. We, as a country, are coming to this. Her own home has a com bination boys' bedroom and recreation room in the base ment, a living room, dining room, study, kitchen, utility room and powder room on the first floor. Upstairs there are three bedrooms, two baths and a utility room that is used for sewing and ironing. Her living room, with light walls and curtains, is furnish ed in soft green with some red and gray. She has a baby grand piano in it, bookcases, a sofa by a window, comfortable corners for reading, a fire place and a connection to the hi-fi in the study. The dining room with Us Swedish lamp, table, and chairs reflects the 1948-1952 period when the family lived in Sweden. Her husband, Oli ver, a foreign service officer, was labor attache at the Amer ican Embassy in Stockholm. Both Mrs. Peterson and her husband have desks and files of their own in the study, which, being equipped with sofa bed, frequently doubles as a guest bedroom. Kitchen Is Heart But the room she considers "really the heart of our home" is the good-sized kitchen. "It seems," she said, "that we always assemble here." - She does her own cooking and has the usual labor-saving appliances but does not run to "gadgetry." The house, she summed up, "is an easy, functional one and simple and that is what I like." Born In Utah of Danish par ents, Mrs. Peterson formerly was a teacher. Regardless of where she has lived, she al ways has found interesting outside work. When her hus band was stationed in Sweden, she worked closely with the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions and women's or ganizations. When he was transferred to Brussels, she became identi fied with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and worked on prob lems dealing with women's employment. When her husband was re assigned to Washington in 1958 as labor advisor to the Bureau of African Affairs in the State Department, she be came legislative representa tive of the AFL-CIO's industri al union department. In last fall's presidential campaign, she was acting sec retary of the "Labor Women s Committee for Kennedy and Johnson." In recent years, with her children growing up, she has had even more free time for outside work. The children are Karen, 22, a college grad uate; Eric, 21, a senior at Harvard; Iver, 17, a Harvard freshman, and Lars, 14, in high school. As head of the Women s Bu reau, Mrs. Peterson said she will be "extremely interested in doing everything I can to assist women workers to have a good, productive life in the full sense." She added that "many American women have achiev ed this - but many have not." Honored Gold Hill-Mr. and Mrs. Le roy Dungey entertained at a dinner in their home recent ly honoring Gail Price. He enlisted in the Air Force and is now stationed at Lackland Air Force base, San Antonio, Tex, Guests were friends of the young man. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Women's News 1 i 1 Cropped sleeves, short hem line and wide belt add interest to the ice-white wool two- piece dress above, which is part of the spring collection of Rapuano in Rome. i Aged Woman Book's Author Mrs. H. S. Chirgwin re viewed "Dear Mad'm," by Stella Whithall Patterson for the February 1 meeting of the Wednesday Study club. The book is a story of the author's experiences in the wild country along the Klam ath river in northern Cali fornia. Mrs. Patterson is a San Francisco woman who, while visiting relatives in the rug ged Areata area, suddenly dis covered that she had a great deal of life yet to live al though she was 80 years old. She had wonderful health and vitality and a genuine de sire to live on her own terms far from the city. She took up residence in the cabin on her claim and with her dog Vickf' lead an intreesting and, at times, a dangerous ex istence. The grandeur of the scenery cast a spell over her and she decided to remain per manently. Mrs. Geraldine Mitchell gave a talk on the Oregon lava beds, stating that Oregon is practically all lava. Much of her information was based on an article entitled "The Lava River Tunnel," by Ira A. Wil liams, a geologist with the Oregon Bureau of Mines. The author states that the lava river tunnel located 12 miles south of Bend, is 50 feet wide, 50 feet high, over one mile in length, and in some places the lava is 100 feet thick. Family Returns From Portland Gold Hill Mr. and Mrs. Milton Steinmetz and son, Harry Leigh have returned to their home here after spend ing some time in Portland where they were guests of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Stein metz and family. They returned home by way of the coast highway, stopping at Crescent City over night. Avoid scouring waffle irons, the manufacturers advise. Let the iron cool with the cover open, then wipe the chrome finished outside surfaces with a damp cloth and mild soap. Remove waffle grids from the baker and wash in a dishpan. La Pointe's Stork Nook FEATURES Smartly designed Maternity Dresses An Outstanding Collection 109M4 98 New Plants Club Topic Claude Mills, Portland, was guest speaker Thursday for Medford Garden club's meet ing in the Jackson County courthouse auditorium. Mr. Mills illustratd his talk with his personal collection of color slides. Mr. Mills mentioned many new plant introductions for the garden, and among his colored slides were many garden effects created out of rock. Guests introduced were Mrs. Lester Defek, Mrs. Wal ter Seydeirtz, Mrs. Charles Green and Mrs. Allan Laine. Mrs. W. D. Durkee and Mrs. N. F. Crowell won the club prizes for the month. Mrs. Ray Cyr, in her talk on horticulture, gave the his tory of the daphne mezereum, the shrub of the month, Mrs. E. M. Wallin, civic chairman, announced plans were completed to install plaques for the metasequoia tree which was planted and dedicated to Mrs. Sarah Whit man Andrus, member of a pioneer Jacksonville family and mother of Mrs. R. T. Nichol. Also a plaque for a magnolia which is planted on the south side of the court house yard in honor of Dr. E. Barton Pickle. Mrs. L. P. Rentchler, tea chairman, was assisted in serv ing refreshments by Mrs. Hil dred Hughes, Mrs. E. M. Wal lin, Mrs. Eleanor Ostranger and Mrs. Mildred Litster. Pouring at the tea table which was centered with an effective arrangement of valentines on a silver tree with other patri otic motifs, were Mrs. Harry Buckmaster and Mrs. LeRoy Cline. Lodge To Plan For Chief's Visit Plans for the visit here of Mrs. Lester Garner, Vernonia, Ore., grand chief of Pythian Sisters in this state, will be made at a meeting of the Medford lodge Tuesday, Feb ruary 7, in the Pythian build ing. Mrs. Garner is to be here March 7. Officers are asked to meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. for prac tice; the meeting will follow at 8 p.m. Members are asked to bring cakes for a Cakewalk. Pro ceeds will go to the March of Dimes. i Catch your Valentine in I a dress that is Sanifone fresh f Send us your favorite dress and let us demonstrate how our Sanitone Soft Sets dry cleaning can make it sparkle like new, feel and fit like new. No limpness ... no tell-tale dry cleaning odor. He'll think you're wearing a new dress-just for him! Call today for service. Try Our CUSTOM LAUNDERED SHIRTS Fit Better Look Better Feel Better iddle-Age Of Life, Says By DICK WEST United Press International Washington -IUPII- There's a new book on the market now that probably will make the best-seller list in a hurry. It tells women how to be middle-aged for fun and prof it. There is, I can tell you, a lot of interest in this topic. I found this out recently when I wrote a short clinical study of the traumas induced by my own 40th birthday. The main point of my trea tise was that 40 is a good time to cast aside one's childhood ambitions. In this connection, I noted that I had abandoned some of my youthful aspira tions, such as wanting to learn to play the flugelhorn. This did, and does, seem like a reasonable thing to do. Flugelhorn lessons are rather expensive and, besides, I couldn't practice at home without getting a lot of lip from the neighbors. I found that out that time I took zither lessons. At any rate, I regarded my view of encroaching middle age as a nice balance be tween Pollyannaism on the one hand and panic on the other. But it must have sound ed rather morbid. Many Cite Advantages All sorts of people began writing in to cheer me up by outlining the advantages of being 40. One letter came from an 18-year-old girl, who perhaps is the final authority on the subject. This girl said that if she thought 40 were going to be the dropping-off place, as I had implied, then she would just jump right out into life right now and not waste an other minute. ' I am not certain what she had in mind, but when I was 18 I was already living in a big, big way. I could play the "Poet and Peasant Overture" on the tambourine and I owned half interest in a snare drum. That was really living. Now let's get back to that book I mentioned. It is entitled "Get the Most Out of Your Best Years." I haven't read it, but when I heard that the author, Maxine Davis, was speaking at a luncheon here, I enlisted in the audience. Doesn't Mince Words There were, as a rough guess, 200 or more women present who could be called middle aged, if you said it in a whisper. Miss Davis gave it CONVENIENT PARKING RIGHT AT THE DOOR Best Part Author to them straight from the shoulder, mincing no superla tives. "Middle age is the best part of a woman's life," she said. "You can all look forward to it. It's like Christmas." Later on she said that mid dle age was "The American Womans new frontier"-a time for going out and doing the things she had always wanted to do but couldn't on account of having so many children underfoot. I'm sure the women present found her message comforting and perhaps inspiring. If I had been a woman, I probably would have gone right out and bought a flugelhorn. But as a man, I kept re membering what my father said when he first became a grandfather. What bothered him, he said, was the thought that he was married to a grandmother. A Scent Sense New York (UPD - When se lecting perfume, buy small amounts of different types until you settle on one, says Benson Storfer, who creates perfumes. There are six cate gories of scents to help guide you-floral bouquet, woody, modern blend, spicy, oriental and single floral. WATER HEATER INSTALLATION Phone SP 3-7301 52-GALLON GLASS LINED ELECTRIC 495 DOWN A MONTH Extra-big capacity and fast recovery give you plenty of hot water for all your house hold needs. Glass lined tank won't rust. Automatic controls. WARPSp" Cnr hour ! H. D. GHRISTENSEN occasion were Mr. and Mrs John Lovcll, Ashland, Mr. and 601 E. Main Sf. . Ph. SP 2-9169 Mrs. T. Combest and Mr Florence Livingston, G o 1 d Hill. of the family present for the
