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- In the royal court for the annual St. carried the queen's robe; Renee Flakus, who
Valenline'i ball of Beta Sigma Phi, held bore the queen'i tiara, and Patsy Eastwood.
February 11 at Rogue Valley Country club, who presented the queen an arm bouguet of
were left to right) Gregory Flakus, who roses. Mrs. Ernest Flakus was chairman in
carried a valentine box; Karen Shoop, who charge of the ceremonies.
Woman Describes Traffic
Descriptions of a visit in
India by Mrs. Sam Redding,
191 Clover lane, are contained
in' a recent letter she wrote
from Mussoori, India., Mrs.
Redding and Mrs. Eve Pren
tice, also of Medford, are on a
lengthy world tour. The letter,
in, part, follows:
"After visiting with my son
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Elcho Redding, who are serv
ing here in India as mission
aries of the Evangelical' Alli
ance Mission, wo, along with
their three children and Mrs.
Prentice, began our tour o
India by Jeep station wagon.
We left their home In Mus
soorij in the foothills of the
Himalayas, 7,500 feet, on New
Year's day. The next night
we saw the beautiful Ta Ma'
hal in the light of the full
moon, - .
"There It was, in all its
breath- taking beauty and
splendor-so delicate. It looked
like an egg shell which would
turn to powder if one touched
it. But, for from it, for It is
solid white marble and has
stood 350 years already. Go
ing closer we saw flowers
which jewelers had formed in
to wreaths and scrolls, all in
laid into the white marble.
One flower alone would have
as many as 64 pieces in its de
sign. I counted ten varieties
of .flowers including colum
bine, lily, marigold and roses.
This world-famous Taj Mahal
was built by Shah Jahan in
loving memory of his wife.
Twenty thousand men were
22 years building it.
Walk Is Eventful
"The next morning In Agra
my two granddaughters, Mary
Ellon, 12, and Miriam, 11, and
I went for a walk down the
street We hadn't gone far
when a Brahma bull with long
horns came after Mary Ellen.
She. grabbed it by the horns.
All I could do was scream.
The Indians nearby rescued
her. The street seemed alive
with cows!
"In one store that morning
we t: saw a jeweled carpet
worth one and a half million
dollars. The motif on this carpet-Is
taken from the Taj Ma
hal. On a ground of peacock
blue velvet, fringed with ivory
white velvet border, thou
sands .of pearls, emeralds, ru
bies, sapphires, diamonds and
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other precious stones glittered
with striking brilliance. The
shopkeeper told us it had been
shown in Sacramento, Calif.,
Just last year.
'The trees that lined the
narrow paved highway on
both sides, as we left Agra
the next morning, amazed me.
Some were large shade trees,
the banyan, which may have
dozens of trunks. Others were
colorful flame - of,- the - forest
sweet- scented neem, and
chintz with edible, but sour,
beans. Brilliant red and pur
ple bougainvillca were a com
mon sight here and there as
we drove throughout India.
The trees were all the leafy
type, no evergreens. On cither
side of the roadway were
fields, and fields, of yellow
darl, a lentil variety, and also
acres and acres of yellow mus
tard and green peas in white
blossom.
"The road itself was literal
ly alive with bicycles. Within
seven miles we counted 3001
There were people walking,
many of them, and their
bright colored clothing was
certainly eye-catching. So
were the handsome Sikhs,
men with turbans of pink,
blue, purple, red, yellow and
orange. These turbans are
plain muslin cloth upwards
to 40 feet long.
Saris Gorgeous '
"The women in their gor
geous saris, sometimes trim
med in gold, walk along the
highway in groups of dozens,
usually carrying loads of
wood, grass or water pots.
Then there were the ox-carts,
hundreds of them. They seem
ed to chug along In groups. Wc
passed one siring of 30, all
loaded down with sugar cane.
"We stopped at a village ba
zaar. My son bought a sack
of Indian sweets. I selected
one wrapped in foil and was
engaged in unwrapping the
thin paper when he snld, 'No,
mama, you eat the foil. It's
pure silver and good for the
digestion.1 Being curious and
accepting his enthusiasm, I
downed It all and had no indi
gestion. "Back on the road again we
saw very few cars. The buses
move politely over. But, the
goods trucks could not see a
car behind them, having no
rcarview mirror and a big
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load. Each carrier by law must
have a man riding on the load.
Some of these 'mal gardies'
were equipped with a buzzer
in the tail of the carrier to let
the driver know a car wanted
to pass. We passed by most
of the cows with little difficul
ty, but the water buffalo is
qucen-of-lhe-road and all traf
fic moves around it.
"The cyclist swerves out of
one's way only when the car
is a few feet away. And the
pedestrian will only jump at
the sound of the horn when
he is almost run down. The ox-
carts were unpredictable.
Sometimes they would veer
to the left, sometimes to the
right, and more than likely
not move to either side, but
take the whole narrow road.
The oxen horns were gaily
painted.
Camels in Herds
"While traveling through
one desert area we met herds
of camels, both tan and black
in groups of as many as 50.
Once while stopping for a
train we were held up for 20
minutes. The crossings are so
fixed that an accident is im
possible. At this crossing were
three snake charmers who
took advantage of the wait to
give a demonstration. Out
came their pipes and out of
the baskets came the cobras
swaying this way and that,
truly charmed!
"The Gwalior maharaja's
summer palace in Shivpuri the
next day was a noteworthy
sight. The building itself, al
though built in 1926-32, was
beautifully painted. A patio
floor of checkered black and
white marble was 200 by 400
feet. There were 50 living
room suites - every room cov
ered with a very expensive
Persian rug. This same day we
visited a temple where the
maharaja had made a statue
of his mother. 'She' was of
white marble, sitting in the
very center of the temple.
She is dressed and fed three
limes a day by ladles of the
Hindu faith. An electric fan
cools her in the hot wealhcr
and a heater keeps her warm
in the winter.
"Going on wc noted the riv
ers near villages were always
a scene of activity. Men giv
ing drink to oxen and cows,
goats and water buffalo, peop
le bathing, washing clothes,
drawing water, and fishing.
The washing of clothes made
loud plops as the people
whacked them against the
large stones. All along the
banks were spanking while
shirts, dhotics (a long five
yard cloth men use for trous
ers,) and saris of every shade
of color. In the river bottoms
nearly dry, were watermelon
plants which will produce
fruit beti re the monsoon fills
up the river.
At one place we came upon
three men prostrating them
selves on the road, and rising
and lying down again. As we
passed by my son said, 'They
are Hindu pilgrims trying to
earn salvation by "Karma,"
doing good works. They meas
ure their length like an inch
worm as they go from shrine
to shrine.' Wc later met four
Jain men, walking, carrying
brushes to brush the insects
out of their way because they
believe it a terrible sin to
take the life of anything.
"My daughter-in-law, Mil
lie, had planned our trip so
that wc would stop for meals
and night's lodging cither with
missionary friends or in dak
bungalows. India Is blessed
the length and breadth of the
country with these govern
ment bungalows which wort
Foreign Policy
Is Study Topic
For League Units
United States foreign pol
icy, with emphasis on world
economic development, is the
topic for Medford League of
Women Voters discussion
units this month. Mrs. Fred
Burich is chairman of the
study item, assisted by com
mittee members Mrs. Russell
Herbert, Mrs. F. R. Ncale,
Ashland, Mrs. Hugh Collins
and Mrs. David Boals.
All women interested are
invited to any of the League
meetings. Units are scheduled
for 9:45 a.m., Tuesday, Febru
ary 21, at the home of Mrs.
Norman Capsey, 60 South Mo
doc avenue: 8 p.m. Thursday,
February 23, home of Mrs.
Franklin Sturges, 1558 Wind
sor street, Ashland; 8 p.m.
Monday, February 27, home
of Mrs. Thomas Rutter, 1033
Queen Anne avenue; and 9:30
a.m. Tuesday, February 28,
home .of Mrs. Sidney Ains
worth, 1135 Fern street, Ash
land. Four new members of the
non-partisan voters group
were reported this month.
They are Mrs. Mark E. Boy
den, Mrs. L. M. Peterson, Mrs.
William Van Dyke and Mrs.
W. L. Warren. Membership in
the League is open to all wom
en interested in the study of
government.
Calendar
Monday;
6:30 p.m. - Crater chapter,
Grandmother Clubs of Amer
ica, Central Point Grange hall.
7:30 p.m. - Mental Health
association, Welfare offices,
Fourth and Grape sts.
7:30 p.m. - Nevita Social
club, home of Mrs. Alan Rod-
gers, Crater Lake highway.
7:30 p.m. - Priscilla circle,
Talent Methodist church,
church annex,
Tuesday:
9:30 a.m. -West minster
Presbyterian church Women's
Association circles: Ruth, with
Mrs. F, H. Reum, 2115 Oak-
wood dr.; Elizabeth, with Mrs.
E. L. Lenox, 2330 East Main
St.; Martha, with Mrs. G. T.
Haupert, 222 Valley View dr.
9:30 a.m. - Woman's Society
of Christian Service circles: 1,
with Mrs Herbert Sharp, 1415
East Main st.; 2, with Mrs.
Gerald Sherman, 2802 LaPine
ave.; 3, with Mrs. Glen Duy
scn, 1556 Jasper ave.; 4, with
Mrs. Renwick Ells, 2142 South
Stage rd.; 5, with Mrs. Donald
Stratford, 930 Murray ave.; 6,
with Mrs. Kenneth Blair, 633
Pierce rd.; 7, with Mrs. Ada
Dunham, First Methodist
church.
9:45 a.m. - League of Wom
en Voters study unit, with
Mrs. Norman T. Capsey, 60
South Modoc ave.
10:30 a.m. - Rogue Valley
Navy Mothers club, home of
Mrs. Rudolph Gunther, 2525
Highway 66, Ashland.
10:30 a.m. - Shady Cove
Home Extension unit, home of
Mrs. Ruth Pfeifer, Old Ferry
rd.
12:30 p.m. - Prospect Gar
den club, home of Mrs. Calvin
Sargent.
1 p.m. - Ladies of Elks, Elks
temple.
1 p.m. - Woman's Society of
Christian Service circles: 9,
with Mrs. Richard Jewett, 903
Winchester ave.; 10, with Mrs.
Frank Roberts, 619 East Main
st Apt. 7.
1:30 p.m. - Rogue Valley
Herb society, with Mrs. Vern
Shangle, 1445 Kings highway.
1:30 p.m. - Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service
circle; 8, with Mrs. Byron
Griffith, 30 Crater lane, Cen
tral Point.
2 p.m. - Silver tea of Talent
Federated Woman's club of
The Oregon Federation of
Women's clubs, city hall.
built for officials and travel
ers such as we. In Challsgaon
what a pleasant surprise to
see Ethel Johnson coming out
to greet us. She treated us to
an American fried chicken
dinner. Only six months pre
viously she had visited me in
Medford.
"That evening we were all
invited to an Indian home for
a typical Indian meal. We la
dies, five of us, dressed in
saris to make the Indian at
mosphere seem more real. The
daughter of our host presented
us with 'bangcrdis,' glass ban
gles, which she ceremoniously
put on our arms.
"Our friend, Ethel, had
made two cakes for the Far
mers World Affairs, Inc.,
group: 1 2 Americans who
were scheduled for Chalisgoan
that evening. When we heard
they had arrived we hurried
to meet them. Their tightly-;
limed itinerary didn't allow :
for dinner that evening, and
they had to rush to the train !
station.
"The Indian official gave us
permits to go into the station.
We visited while they ate j
American packaged cake, be-1
tore boarding the train. As
the train was pulling out, with
all windows open, we sere
naded them with 'Home on
the Range.' They joined in
heartily. The Indians seemed
to enjoy it, too. One official
asked me afterwards. "Is that
your National Anthem?" '
MEDFOHD
Installation of officers was ,held last
week by Medford Degree of Honor Pro
tective association and pictured during the
event are Mrs, Laurence Doerfling, Grants
Pass, a past stale president; Mrs, Arthur
Annual Charity
Is Held Sunday
Although the attendance
was smaller than anticipated,
the annual charity party giv
en Sunday by valley units of
the American Contract Bridge
league netted about $125. This
sum will be sent to the Na
tional Fund - for Mental
Health.
The tournament was held
at Girls Community club, and
was played in two sections.
North-south winners for
Section A were Mrs. Frank R.
Baker and John Shortridge,
first, 99 points; Mrs. Fred
Rehling and Arthur Scarseth,
second, 96; Mrs. Sam Stine
baugh and Robert Copeland,
third, Grants Pass, 89 V4. Win
ning cast-west in this section
were Mrs. W. W. Stevenson
nd Robert "Dickey, first, 101;
Robert Middleton and Jack
Barr, second, 88'4; Mrs. Ben
Todd and Mrs. Robert Elliott,
third, 86.
Wining north-south, Section
B, were the Paul Hattons,
first, 100 points; Mrs. E. L.
Miller and Paul McDuffce,
second, 75; Walter Ensminger
and Roy Pruitt, third, 74.
East-west winners in this, sec
tion were Mrs. Delbert Clif-
February Birthdays
To Be Celebrated
By Townsend Club
Townsend club members
with February anniversaries
will be honored at a Townsend
club luncheon at 12 o'clock
noon Wednesday, February
22, in Walker's ballroom,
415'4 East Main street.
Six visitors from Grants
Pass attended last week s
meeting. Other guests were
two daughters and three
grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs.
James Bishop, Jacksonville,
and Lee Orr, a violinist from
Central Point.
The Easy Valley Harmon
aires band played at the close
of the meeting. Taking part
were Mrs. Ellen Townsend,
Ashland; Mrs. E. D. Ickes,
J. P. Graham and Gene Ed
wards, Medford.
Arthur C. Lewis, former
membership chairman, attend
ed last week's meeting, hav
ing recently returned from
the veterans hospital, Port
land. Fifty-five members were
present.
Several announcements of
future club activities will be
made at this week's session.
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taste with dark corn syrup
makes a nutritious and tasty
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Tournament
Afternoon
ford and Mrs. Ella Torgerson,
first, 74; Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Gordon, second, 73 i; Mrs.
Norman Davis and Mrs. Dell
Davenport, Grants Pass, third,
65V4.
A large number of duplic
ate bridge club players from
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties are in Portland this week
for a regional ACBL tourna
ment. Reames Chapter
To Hold Meeting
Reames chapter, Order of
Eastern Star, will hold a
stated meeting on Thursday,
February 23. Mrs. Roy V.
Nordwick and E. G. Randolph,
worthy matron and patron
will preside.
Mrs. Fred Lawrence and
Mrs. Hazel Ramsey are in
charge of the refreshments for
the evening.
Presentations of . boxes of
valentine candy were made at
the last meeting to the couple
married the longest time, Dr.
and Mrs. R. R. Martin and to
the couple who had been mar
ried the shortest time, Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Penington. Dr.
and Mrs. Martin are the par
ents of Mrs. Penington.
Mrs. H. E. Nulton and Mrs.
George Burrell presented a
skit in honor of St. Valen
tine's day. .......
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Webster, new president of the Medford
lodge; Mrs. Clara Gertson, Heppner, state
director and Mrs. Frank Gleaves, retiring
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Fashion Notes
Organized Here
A new singing group known
as The Fashion Notes of Jack
son County has been formed.
The group, all young wom
en, held a valentine party at
the home of Mrs, Cora E.
Turner, February 14. Mrs.
Turner is advisor for the local
group and an organizer for
the national singing group
known as Sweet Adelines.
Officers were elected for
The Fashion Notes. They are
Miss Sue Hampton, president;
Miss Jerry Smith, vice presi
dent; Miss Elaine Gebhard,
secretary; Mrs. Barbara Bab
bitt, treasurer.
The group will meet Tues
day, February 21, at 7 p.m. at
the Smith home, 2 White Oak
drive.
Women interested in join
ing a singing group ore invit
ed to attend.
Sewing Club
Applcgate Valley-Mrs. Rol
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women of the Little Apple
gate Sewing club Friday, Feb
ruary 24 at 2 p.m. Officers
elected recently include Mrs.
Glenn Saltmarsh, president;
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you canton, Patriarchs Mili
tant, will meet Wednesday,
February 22, rather than Feb
ruary 24 as announced in
Sunday's issue. The meeting
will be a potluck dinner at
6:30 p.m. at the IOOF hall,
Medford.
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