WEDNESDAY.
Luncheon
Planned by
Democrats
'" A no-host luncheon meeting
for members of the Eleanor
Roosevelt league and their
friends will be held at The
Grotto, new restaurant at 10
North Front street at 1 p.m
Thursday, February 23, ac
cording to Mrs. Dee Newton
Ashland, vice chairman of th
Jackson County Democratic
Central committee.
All Democratic women in
tercstcd in becoming mem
bers of this combined social
and educational group are in
vited to attend, Mrs. Newton
said.
; Organized two years ago
and named for the former
First Lady with the permis
sion of Mrs. Roosevelt, the
league has sponsored two re
ceptions for distinguished
guests here for the annual
Roosevelt Memorial dinner, as
Well as assisting with recep
tions an dother social events
for candidates during the 1960
campaign. One was the recep
tion honoring President Ken
nedy when he appeared in
Medford to act as grand mar-
. shal during last year's Pear
Blossom festival parade,
,-A program of education and
interpretation of important de
cisions taken by the national
administration will be on the
league's agenda during the
cpming year, Mrs, Newton
said. Election of officers for
1961 will take place at the
meeting.
; tAmong immediate projects
scheduled by the Eleanor
Roosevelt league is a rum
mage sale to raise funds to
pay . the travel expenses of
Senator Frank . F. cnurcn,
guest speaker for this year's
Rqpsevelt Memorial dinner in
Miedford. The sale will be held
at the Fehl building Tuesday,
February 28, from 9 a.m. to
6ijm. All donations of cloth
ing; -plants for Spring gar
deners and usable household
itfims were received at 108
North Ivy st., Monday eve
nting, February 27, Mrs. New
town said. Items will also be
pjpked up If contributors care
to';call Mrs. Ralph Poston,
SPring 3-3189 or Mrs. Frank
Christian, KEystone 5-1389.
Painting Class at Center
Prepares for Tea and Show
Members of the oil taint
ing, class at the Senior Activi
ty" center met yesterday aft
ernoon to complete paintings
foV'in exhibit. The show, and
a -benefit tea, will be held
Synday, February 26, at the
center from 1 to 5 p.m. The
public is invited to attend.
The.' center is located at 601
East' Jackson street.
he beginners art class,
which usually meets Saturday
.Calendar
Wedneadayi .
6:30 p.m. - Ladles Auxil
iary; Patriarchs Militant,
IOOF hall.
7:45 p.m. - Toastmistress,
California Oregon Power
Company building.
8 p.m. - Women of the
Moose, Moose hall, 11 South
Newtown st.
Thuridayt
II a.m. - Jackson County
Cow Belles, home of Mrs.
John Horner, Highway 238.
12:30 p.m. - Sojourners
club, Girls Community club.
HAVE YOU A TALENT?
We're looking for anyone with talent who
would like to join ut in the 1961 version of
The Kiwanit Kapers. The casting party will be
held tonight, 7:00, at the high school band
room. Join us and have the time of your life.
Kiwanian
AlWANIS
J MARCH 8, 9, 10 & 11 I
Medford Mail
FEBRUARY 22, 1961
Social Events
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Women's News
Mountain Cable Car Ride
Calls for Tranquilizers
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women'i Editor
Caracas, Venezuela - IUPD-
Born the cowardly type who
was scared to ride even a
ferris wheel
as a child, I
wonder what
ever prompt
ed me to take
one of the
wildest as
cents ever de
vised by man.
It was on
livvita one of the
sit Pauley cable cars
which haul visitors by the
hundreds daily up the side of
Mt. Avila overlooking this
city, famous as the modern
capital of oil rich Venezuela
They snouid ao more 10
publicize that cable car ride.
That way, we who class as
timid tourists could prepare
beforehand with blindfolds
and tranquilizers.
Aw, come on! said one of
the group. "If you're not
scared to ride in an airplane,
this won't frighten you. Look
up the side . . . that moun
tain's not so steep."
Just a pure 90 degrees sky
ward, was all.
Reward Awaits
"But you'll be sorry if you
miss the trip and we have to
tell, you about it," they in
sisted. Besides, they pointed
out, there was a magnificent
hotel at the top and it d be
about the cocktail hour when
we arrived.
Later, the House of Travel,
which operates shore excur
sions for various steamship
cruises, told me the first stage
of cable car travel takes you
in a matter of minutes from
,200 feet, the altitude of the
Caracas station, to 6,900 feet.
To go on to the pinnacle of
afternoons, will not meet this
week, according to Clifford
Platz, the instructor,
The Senior Center orches
tra will practice Thursday at
l p.m. at the Ked Cross build
ing, Ordinarily the group re
hearses at the center, but
this week, February 23, the
Rogue . Valley Council on
Aging Is holding the annual
meeting at the Red Cross
building and the orchestra
will play for the opening ses
sion, .set lor 2:30 p.m.
February 24 the orchestra
has been asked to play for
Rogue chapter, Grandmothers
Clubs of America, which is
holding a dinner that evening
at Girls Community club.
All persons over SO years
of age are invited to take
part In the activities of the
center. It is open every after
noon except Friday, three
mornings and one evening
each week.
As an accompaniment to
ham or fish, serve whole pit
ted prunes with a hot glaze
of melted butler and brown
sugar.
Tribune
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Mt. Avila, where the Hum
boldt hotel stands like a gi
ant concrete and glass sen
tinel, you reload onto smaller
cable cars for another climb
of several hundred feet.
So drawing on that inner
courage they say we all have,
I boarded the steel car with
its wide glass area which pro
vides a maximum view for its
15 to 20 passengers. To get
a good look at Caracas as you
climb, sit on a front seat, I
was told. Grabbing the front
scat was a mistake. For the
better the view, the more it
scares you.
"Don't look down," yelled
one of the brave ones. "Look
out." That didn't help either.
Looking down, you see noth
ing between you and the love
ly solid earth but several hun
dred feet of space and the
dense forests of the Andes
mountains.
Looking out, there's nothing
between you and space but
glass and a tight grip on the
window ledge. I wished then
most of all for a blindfold.
But the ascent had begun
at the rate of 15 miles an
hour, I was told. It was a
snail's drag to me.
If the cars traveled steadily
on the steel cable, it would
help. They don't. They move.
then grind to a halt for what
seems an eternity. I found
later the pause is for purely
technical reasons. But at the
time, each stop meant that
here we were, stuck nearer to
heaven than I wished to be
at the moment.
Always Ont Joker
"They tell me," said one
passenger at the rear, "that
sometimes these things run so
low on power they stop and
you sit here for two or three
hours.
There is one like him in
every crowd.
Eventually though, the pul
ley pulled us to the mountain
top platform. Then all we had
to do was survive the bus
ride along the Avila ridge
they substitute a bus for the
smaller cable transfer freq
uently. The ridge road is a
delight to the bus driver, who
wheels his Volkswagen
around hairpin turns as if he
were practicing for the stock
car races.
To our right beneath us,
lay Caracas. To the left, near
ly 8,000 feet below, lay La
Guaira, the seaport also serv
ed by cable car.
The trip to the top was the
harder one; the Journey down
was made after dark, when
you could see nothing below
but the "spectacular" of Cara
cas with its millions of twink
ling lights.
It wasn t until I got out at
the Caracas station, though,
that I remembered to chuckle
at what one passenger had
said as he climbed upward
and passed another car mak
ing the descent.
t'At least, said he, point
ing to a man of the cloth in
the other car, "they have a
priest with them."
Mrs. Charles Johnson
Honored of Shower
Mrs. Charles Johnson, 1214
West Tenth street, was hon
ored at a layette shower by
the congregation of the Four
square church February 16,
at her home.
Mrs. Dan Haas was hostess
for the affair.
Those attending were Mrs.
Don Rogers, Mrs. Adricne
Van Horn, Mrs. Wilmer Gree
ley, Mrs. Alvin Lemmings,
Mrs. Loyd Rasmusscn, Mrs.
George Simmons, Mrs. Bessie
Pclham, Mrs. Lonnie Varner,
Mrs. R. H. Mnthcwson, Mrs.
George Marine, Mrs. William
Barlow, Mrs. Ralph Turner,
Mrs. Irma Clutter, Mrs. Bes
sie Fcrnland, Mrs. Viola Rog
ers, Mrs. Hichard Clark and
Mrs. Haas.
Assisting with serving was
Mrs. Alvin Lemmings and
Mrs. Lonnie Varner,
Rosebud Council
Slates Initiation
Talisman Rosebud council,
Pythian Sunshine Girls, will
hold Initiation along with the
regular meeting Thursday,
February 23. Reports will be
made and refreshments will
be served after tho meeting.
Olficers will wear formal
gowns and members who
wish may do so.
Mrs. Frank Cardoia
Home From Oakland
Hornbrook - M r s. Frank
Cardoza returned home Sat
urday after spending a week
with relatives in Oakland,
Calif. Returning with her
was her mother, Mrs. Joseph
Klinkhammcr, who, atlor a
brief visit here, will travel i
to North Dakota to see other
Officers
Elected
The Medford High school
chapter of Future Homcmak-
ers of America held election
of its 1961 officers at a meet
ing February 7. Elected were
president, Barbara Myers;
vice president, Deanna Kun
kel; secretary, Georgia Mit
chell: treasurer, Linda Wil
son; and reporter, Linda Nel
son.
The elections were held
early so that several of the
newly elected officers could
attend the State FHA meet
ing, to be held at Oregon
State college in Corvallis
March 3-4.
The theme for this year's
meeting will be "FHA Pan
orama." Mrs. Avery Stein-
metz, a noted -home econo
mist, will be the guest speak
er.
Georgia Mitchell and Dean
na Kunkcl will attend the
meeting as delegates. Bar
bara Myers, a candidate for
the office of state treasurer,
will also attend.
4
Professor
Speaks
For Club
Profoundly impressive was
the talk given by Dr. Marshall
Woodell before the Soroptim-
lst club at a luncheon meeting
in the Mark Antony hotel Feb
ruary 17. The Southern Ore
gon college professor based
his sobering address on a War
College seminar which he at
tended last summer in Wash
ington, D.C.
Americans are apathetic in
their attitude toward commu
nism declares Dr. Woodell.
They have little comprehen
sion of the Communist blue
print for worldwide conquest
and are unprepared for the
tactic of keeping us "off bal
ance with alternating attack
and conciliation."
It is Dr. Woodell's belief
that the Russians will present
reasonable front when they
sit down next month at the
conference table with the U.S.
However, he advises a realis
tic review of events of the
past five years, saying that
the communists are master
strategists of long range plans
and that we must re-orient our
thinking. Coexistence ' is an
idle dream," the speaker de
clared.
In his talk' Dr. Woodell
urged his h e a r e r s to read
Protracted Conflict by
Strausz-Hupe in order to gain
a realistic viewpoint of the
crisis which the free world
faces. He is convinced that the
Soviets do not want an all-out
war if indoctrination and sub
version continue to be suc
cessful. Nevertheless they are
prepared to go to any lengths
to attain their goal of world
control.
The speaker cited examples
of the program carried out by
Chinese Communists in their
brainwashing of American
prisoners of war ,in Korea,
saying that "our soldiers were
not fortified to withstand the
undermining of their morale
and were vulnerable because
they lacked basic knowledge
of their own history and form
of government.'' For the first
time in American history
American soldiers lacked the
will to resist.
The Soroplimist club mem
bers were so impressed that
they invited Dr. Woodell to
return at a later date to con
tinue his informative talk and
to answer questions on "what
can we do?"
There will be no luncheon
meeting February 24, but in
stead the past presidents will
be hostesses on Monday eve
ning, February 27, lor a 7:30
o'clock dessert followed by an
evening of pictures. Mrs.
Frances Worth, club presi
dent, will entertain the group
at her home on Granite street,
and Mrs. Clarence Litwiller
will conduct a tour of Europe
and Africa telling of the re
cent trip which she and her
husband enjoyed.-F.M.
Convention Plans
To Be Completed
Final plans for a conven
tion ot the Oregon Food Serv
ice association will be made
at a meeting of the Una B.
Inch chapter Friday, Febru
ary 24. It will be held at 3
p.m. at Hanby school in Gold
Hill.
The convention will be held
March 16-17 in Medford.
The chapter will hold elec
tion during Friday's meeting.
Mrs. Frances Trone and her
assistants will be hostesses.
Phoenix Women
Set Club Session
Phoenix Phoenix Thurs
day club members will meet
February 23 at the homo of
Mrs. Inez Haysc, 407 West
Jackson street, Medford, at
8 p.m.
Assisting the hostess will
be Mrs. Vaughn Quackcn
bush and Mrs. Cornelia
Barnes.
'B mho-flavored it
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MEDFOHD
Lady, if you hanker to hob
nob with the hoi polloi and
the high-and-mighty, the place
to be on any Thursday after
noon is at the Governor's resi
dence in Salem.
There, with its austere, pea-
green exterior belying the red
and gold magnificence of the
interior, Oregon's First Lady
Antoinette Hatfield, presides
over some of the traditional
social affairs that are an un
avoidable part of each legisla
tive session.
And there. Mrs. Hatfield is
"at home" on Thursdays, in
viting anyone interested to
come to call, following a cus
tom established by past First
Ladies including Mrs. Charles
A. Sprague, Mrs. Douglas Mc
Kay, and Mrs. Robert D.
Holmes.
You don't need a special in
vitation. Just put on your bon
net, pick up your gloves, and
knock on the South High
street door of the nearly cen
tury old house.
You 11 be greeted by the
wife of some state representa
tive asked by Mrs. Hatfield to
assist that day. A senator's
wife will pour you a cup of
coffee or tea ('with cream and
sugar?"), and there will be
an assortment of goodies to
munch on while you admire
the Hatfield's collection of
gifts and souvenirs on display.
Cost Covered
The governor's special ex
pense account of $600 per
month ($200 more than any
other governor has had) is
over and above his salary of
$17,500 a year, and helps cov
er the cost of entertaining the
taxpayers.
Unlike the Thursday "at
homes," you will need to pre
sent an invitation to the spec
ial dinners and receptions ar
ranged by Mrs. Hatfield.
Chances are you 11 have to
wait in line to get into the
house at the really lavish
evonts. At one reception, the
rooms were roped off but the
guests did get the opportunity
to walk down the main hall
and out onto the patio where
they were served refresh
ments. Unfortunately, it was
cold and rainy, but, as one
Salem society editor put it,
the ladies who were helping
Mrs. Hatfield pour the punch
bravely donned their mink
stoles to ward off the chill
and it was a memorable oc
casion for all.
. The punch, incidentally, is
always non-alcoholic. No al
coholic beverage is served in
the governor's house.
Governors traditionally fete
members of the Legislature at
a dinner. The format varies.
Governor and Mrs. Holmes
preferred to invite legislators
and wives in small groups for
informal buffet dinners in the
Caller Coming
For. Dance Here
Ron Telford, Alturas, Calif.,
will call for a dance to be
held Saturday, February 25,
by Star Promenaders. The
dance will begin at 8:30 p.m.
at Roxy- Ann Grange hall lo
cated at the corner of Spring
street and Valley View drive
in Medford.
Women attending are ask
ed to take cookies or cup
cakes rather than the usual
potluck food articles.
Star Promenaders is also
sponsoring a beginners class
in square dancing' a'. Roxy
Ann Grange hall Thursday
nights from 8 to 10 p.m Any
one interested in the class
may call Evan Pruitt, SPring
2-7775 or Byron Dibble,
SPring 3-6355, for further in
formation. February Birthdays
To Be Celebrated
By Fifty Plus Club
February birthdays will be
celebrated by Medford Fifty
Plus club at the weekly meet
ing set for Friday, February
25. at St. Mark's Guild hall.
Guests are welcome at all
meetings of the club.
At the meeting last Friday,
a group of members staged a
mock wedding during the
entertainment period. Mrs.
Martha Bowker, entertain
ment chairman, was assisted
by Mrs. Mabel Nicholson,
Mrs. Cora Peterson. Scott
Watson and Mrs. Mathilda
Dietcrich. The participants
were costumed as "back coun
try farmers."
Miss Maud Arnold led com
munity singing and the after
noon ended with dancing.
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evening of dancing to records
and old - fashioned singing
around the piano with the
governor himself playing the
piano or ukelele.
Dinner Elaborate
The Hatfields' first dinner
for the entire Legislature,
wives and press corps all at
once, was an elaborate affair
two years ago staged at Meier
and Frank's department store
after closing hours.
This year, the governor and
his lady invited the entire
Legislature and wives to a
Sunday afternoon reception
with buffet dinner at the Hat
field house. Society editors
from far and near expressed
their delight with this event.
Harassed housewives have
often expressed their awe at
Mrs. Hatfield's ability to keep
up , with her heavy social
schedule and run a household
with two small children, too,
but the First Lady of Oregon
is known to be coolly efficent,
She does much of the plan
ning herself, and with the aid
of a nursemaid to handle the
children, cleaning woman and
cateress, manages always to
appear fashionably - dressed,
calm, poised and self-suffici
ent.
Besides, this resourceful
young ex-schoolteacher enlists
the help of the Oregon Na
tional Guard to ensure that
her social affairs run smooth
ly. Officers of the state's mil
itia, handsome and polished
in their elegant dress-blue un
iforms, assist at the governor's
house, greeting guests at the
door, passing out cookies, and
returning dirty cups to the
kitchen.
Mandatory Parties
Other legislative social
events made almost manada
tory by long practice are a
coffee, luncheon, or tea given
by the wife of the president
of the Senate in honor of leg
islative wives and secretaries,
and a similar affair given by
the wife of the Speaker of the
House.
These usually take place in
a downtown restaurant, hotel,
or at Meier and Frank's tea
room all of which are geared
to produce the proper atmos
phere and ladylike accoutre
ments (silver tea pot, fancy
mints, nuts, assorted sweet
meats) expected. The hostess
usually provides the tea table
centerpiece and any other
knick-knacks that might catch
a society editor's eye and war
rant a favorable write-up in
the local or Portland press.
The wives of Supreme
Court Justices also give a tea
for legislative wives. This
year s, held at the Bush House
Art Museum, a restored Vic
torian residence that serves
as an art gallery for Salem
was on of the flossiest yet,
graced by the presence of
former First Ladies, state of-
fiicals wives, and capital so
city leaders.
The idea at all these parties
is for the ladies to get ac
quainted with each other by
exchanging gossip and com
ments upon each other's
clothes. Then, after most of
the crowd (and the society
editors) have left, the intimate
friends of the hostess sit
down, relax, have another cup
of coffee, slip off their shoes,
and talk politics.
Out of such feminine frolics
are formed the firm friend
ships between legislative
wives who may discover they
have ideas, ideals and aims
in common. The wives help in
fluence their lawmaker hus
bands. The fate of legislation,
the turn of a political career,
can be decided over teacups
as well as over highballs in a
smoke-filled room.
These social affairs may
seem like good, clean, harm
less fun like little girls and
their dolls having soda-pop
and gingersnaps on the lawn
on a sunny afternoon. But
they are far from child's play
something which most wom
en understand instinctively,
and which lobbyists under
stand better than anyone else.
That's why some of the leg
islative social events are on
the delicate borderline be
tween bona-fidc for-fun flings
and frank lobbying parties.
There the stakes run higher,
and the guests know they are
being entertained in order to
serve someone's ulterior pur
poses. Another column will be
devoted to the "bourbon, beef,
and buncombe" circuit around
the Statehouse.
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