Medford mail tribune., March 19, 1961, Image 19

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MEDFORDlWrRIBUNE
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARC1M3, 1961
Valley Newcomers
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Southern Oregon continues to enjoy an
influx of people coming from many parts of
the United States and from foreign countries.
Many of those arriving in recent months are
now living at Rogue Valley Manor and are be
coming part of this area's social and civic life.
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Among the new residents of Medford are Mrs. Eloise Faulkner (at left), formerly
of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Lee Ellsworth, who came from Omaha, Neb. Both are
living at Rogue Valley Manor and last Tuesday afternoon were part of a group
of women, headed by Mrs. Faulkner, working on Easter decorations to be used
on the dining room tables. Mrs. Faulkner is a member of Soroptimist club, and
Mrs. Ellsworth's activities in Omaha included membership in a PEO sisterhood
chapter, and a study club.
Although he has lived in Medford only a few months, Arnold
Eugene Jenny is already active in the city's life and is now editor
of the new Poet's Corner of The Mail Tribune. Mr. Jenny, shown
In the library at Rogue Valley Manor, is a retired YMCA execu
tive and came here from New York City. He has traveled
throughout the United States and in 45 foreign countries; has -t
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member of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Louise Ellis (below), who came from Palo Alto, Calif., to live in Medford,
was one of those who worked on the Manor's Easter decorations." Mrs. Ellis is
holding a piece of styrofoam which was decorated with sequins and ribbons
and made into a base to hold tiny Easter bonnets fashioned from nut cups and
all manner of bright trimming. Mrs. Ellis is a member of the Congregational
church.
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When Miss Emma Watkins came to Medford from Hastings, Neb., she
brought with her two looms, for she is an expert weaver. Miss Watkinj
who formerly operated a book and gift shop In Hastings, is shown here
at the eight-harness loom which she has in her aparrnient at Rogue Valley
Manor, and she also has a' 12-harness loom. She has become a member
of Rogue Valley Handweavers' guild.
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Hiram Salisbury (below), and Mrs. Salisbury came to Medford after living for
a lime in La Jolla, Calif. For many years Mr. Salisbury, an architect, practiced
his profession in Houston, Tex., and he still Is proud of his former home stale.
Mr. Salisbury, photographed in the Manor library, praised a recent New Yorker
magazine article about Texas as having captured the true flavor of that unique
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