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Yuma, Ariz. According
announcers, "300 acres of dust
We wouldn't hazard how many acres, but if all the dust
we saw blowing around today
might cover 300 acres. '
; When we started out in
it was raining. Only a few drops, to be sure, but rain, never
theless. We had a notion to wake the motel owner up and
point out the fact that he had scoffed at the idea of rain
during our conversation of the night before. As we turned
the Doll up towards the Tehachapi mountains, the rain
increased and we ran into low clouds and fog. Before long
we noticed that the wind had
It continued all day, hard.
It was raining lightly and
than we had supposed it would
but during breakfast the waitress said it often was cold
in March, and the wind always blew at this time of year
The service station attendant in Barstow said the same
thing the wind always blows in March. Before we reached
Barstow the rain had quit and the dust had started to
swirl across the highways
tinued at times Pappy slowed
it was difficult to see. Motorists were burning their head'
lights just like they did until after 10 a.m. Sunday mora
ing coming through the wind and rain in southern Oregon
and northern California. We decided that March might just
not be the right time tor a vacation.
However, mid-day wasn't so bad as we drove across
the Mojave desert and after a time we were enboldened to
put the Doll's top down. After all, we both do like to drive
"open air" and the day was warm in the high 70's, in
spite of the wind. The sun was in and out from scattered
clouds, our spirits were high and Pappy sang lustily his
version of whatever happened to come into his head.
We lunched beside the road at one of California's road
side resting spots, and had fun for a time watching a turtle,
which a family returning to Riverside from a vacation in
Nevada had picked up in that state. The creature was
about eight or 10 inches long and his stout shell had an
interesting pattern. The youngsters were endeavoring to
feed him a leaf of lettuce, but Mr. Turtle had all his feet
and his head inside his shell and took no notice of the
offering.
We wasted little time putting Needles behind us, travel
ed near the Colorado river on Highway 95 going south
and soon decided that the country wasn't especially inter
esting or pretty along the river. In one place there appeared
to have been a flood, with a lot of debris and half-buried
growth in an unattractive mess. We crossed the river at
Ehrenberg, stopped at the Arizona checking station where
truthful Pappy admitted to having some California oranges
ir. the car and then had to delve deep among the coats and
other luggage to find them. , The attendant didn't add them
to the heap he had collected during the day said they
were free of bugs, etc., and gave them back.
Highway 95 takes off south at Quartzsite for Yuma
and about half way along the 80-mlle route we began to
notice the yellow haze in the distance. Luckily, we had had
a good view of the Sawtooth range south of Needles, and
the Dome Rock formations, for before long the dust and
land obscured all but the close-by landscape. The last 25
miles or so into Yuma was rather like a nightmare world
palms and other trees writhing and twisting in the stiff
wind and the sun only a yellow ball through the pall of dirt.
We've decided it would be
time someone officials or landowners or business people,
would put up little placards which read "these are olive
trees", or "this field Is planted to cotton" or "we grow
lettuce here." Being of a curious nature, we can't bear it
when we don't know the names of trees, flowers, crops, etc.
We were pretty sure the fields near Bakersfield were
filled with potatoes and onions, and Pappy Identified the
cotton, but some fields we thought might be planted to
barley or maybe it was rice. During our previous trip
this far south we learned about the various cactus, the
beautiful palo verde, which is just coming into bloom, the
yellow-flowering creosote bush, the eucalyptus and many
others. In the Needles vicinity we noticed another tree, and
both the previous trip and this time Inquired several times
In an effort to find the name, but no one knew it. Today
a man about the sixth we asked, said he didn't know but
would find out. He disappeared into the kitchen and came
to report that it was "athol." But Pappy can't find It in the
book about southwest trees and flowers. Maybe the man
Just wanted to be rid of a pestiferous female tourist.
Tonight we had excellent
called "Loo s near by the motel where we are registered
Be sure to lock your car, warned the motel desk clerk. Last
night an official of an airline
ing in two hitchhikers who also registered. This morning
he rose to find the hitchhikers gone, with his car. A foolish
good Samaritan.
These two travelers are soundly tired tonight, but the
morning will find us rested and ready for the final run
into Tucson where we are due to visit family members and
where we hope to enjoy new
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THURSDAY, MARCH 30. 1881
to one of the local television
have gone by my window."
was put in one spot, it Just
Bakersfield early this morning
started to blow again, and
was cold in Mojave colder
get in March this far south
and for several miles it con
the car considerably because
convenient if from time to
Chinese food at a restaurant
stopped here, she said, bring'
territory and new scenery
color film. O.S.
ef ore - Easter
ostume Coats
NOW
For a imall-fry party try twin Easter are bottom-up cupcakes frosted with creamy
bunnies of ice cream in a green coconut icing in dainty rainbow hues,
"gran" nest. The surrounding "Easter Eggs"
Cliburn
Conducting
Said Poor
By DELOS SMITH
United Press International
New York IUPII As Is well
known, people like the big
bite and pastures which are
not their own, and Van Cli
burn is no exception.
This dazzling and most
vivid young man was rocket
ed into the first rank of con
cert pianists only a few years
ago, you'll remember. The ac
claim for his piano-playing
and the demand for it con
tinues unabated.
But Cliburn is planning his
big, long-term career as a
conductor rather than as a
pianist. He has been avidly
studying the conductor's role,
with such masters as the ven
erable Bruno Walter.
And so he made his debut
as a conductor. But not as
only a conductor. He took the
big bite and conducted Pro-
kofieff's "Third Piano Con
certo" from the piano bench
where he also was playing the
piano part.
The occasion was an eve
ning of music-making in Car
negie hall in memory ot tne
late Dimltri Mltropoulos for
the benefit of the Musicians
Aid Society.
The audience was even
more knowingly musical than
is usual at Carnegie hall, be
ing made up largely of mu
sicians, musicologists, musical
pedagogues and truly dedi
cated music lovers.
Cliburn strained its good
will. The conducting was in
effectual as well as a bit ec
centric. But the piano-playing
suffered because he had to di
vert his concentration upon a
piano score that certainly is
not one which can be tossea
off casually.
Visits Hornbrook.
Hornbrook - Mrs. Thomas
J. Halloran, Hermosa Beach
Calif., is spending a few days
here at the home of Mrs. Mar
shal Horn. Mrs. Hnlloran
flew here last Friday to at
tend the installation of offi
cers of Daughters of the Nile
at Ashland, of which she is a
charter member.
Formerly a resident of Ash
land, Mrs. Hnlloran left the
Oregon city In 1823. She plans
to return south on Thursday.
Grants Pass A AUW Hears
Program About Africa
Grants Pass A program
highlighted the fund-raising
luncheon of the Grants Pass
branch of the American As
sociation of University Wom
en held at the home of Mrs.
James Basker of Grants Pass.
Following a salad luncheon,
two members of AAUW from
Ben, Ore., who had recently
completed an intensive study
of Africa, gave a program
relating the many facts they
had learned in their study of
this continent. Mrs. William
Niskanin, past president of
the Bend branch and past
state fellowship chairman of
AAUW, and Mrs. Samuel
Langmas, also a past presi
dent of the Bend branch, were
the speakers.
Mrs. Basker's home was dec
orated with a large assortment
of African artifacts, loaned
by Mrs. T. J. Hedrick, and
were displayed with many
books from the Josephine
County Library pertaining to
Africa.
One of the articles display
ed was the outfit worn by
a tribal African chieftain. It
was of a gold and rust-striped
brocade material, consisting of
a pair of trousers, a large
cape-like robe, and a cap, and
gave evidence to the height
of the tribe which used them.
The trousers reached almost
to the average woman's
shoulders. Also displayed
were many Liberian print ma
terials as well as some ivory
carvings.
Native Song
, The program began with
an African native song accom
panied by beating on the bon
go drums. It was a very plain
tive tune and somewhat sim
ilar to some of the Negro
splrtunls. Mrs. Niskanin dealt
mainly with the history of the
founding and settling of south
Africa and led up to the many
years of events which have
resulted in the crisis which
exists there today.
Mrs. Langmas spoke mainly
on the problems as they exist
today, the geographical and
political reasons that foster
them, and the complicated po
lilical situation that now con
fronts the country. She also
rend letters from a member
of the American Embassy in
the Congo, a relative of a
friend in Bend, and his letters
and those of his wife reveal
ed the tension and danger that
nre present in their dally life.
Transportation
Pointed out was the ex
treme difficulty In transporta
tion and com m u n i c a tion
throughout Africa, with the
Congo river being the main
means of transportation. The
tremendous difference In pop
ulation between the white and
Negro people in Africa, with
the while population in the
minority was emphasized.
It was explained that the
South African policy of
"apartheid", or segregation,
now referred to, by order of
the government, as "self-development",
was stated to be
Vocal Group,
Speaker Slated
At Gold Hill PTA
Gold Hill - Mrs. Dqnald
Melster, program chairman,
Gold Hill Parent-Teacher as
sociation, announced that the
"Lovillcrs," a vocal group
from Crater High school, will
be a featured part of the next
PTA meeting. It is slated for
Monday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m.
at Patrick Elementary school.
Guest speaker will be H. S.
Deuel, director on district 6
school board. His speech will
concern the school budget and
the May 1 school election. All
Interested persons are Invited.
Tho executive board of the
PTA will meet Monday, April
3, at 3:13 p.m. in the cafe
teria at Hnnliy Elementary
school. Mrs. Jerry Herring
ton, president, will be in
charge of tho meeting.
MEDFORD
a religious belief held by the
white Dutch people of the
area, and, as such, is tre
mendously difficult to change
logically.
About 40 members and
their gues-.s were present.
Mrs. Langmas and Mrs. Nis
kanian spoke of the many
study groups operating in con
junction with AAUW in Bend,
and of the value of these
groups not only to the mem
bers themselves, but to the
entire community who are al
ways invited to participate.
Specialists Give
Easter Shoppers
Tips About Ham
Shoppers who plan to fea
ture ham on Easter menus
may find more moisture in
smoked pork this season.
Zelma Reigle and Barbara
McCandless, Oregon State
college food marketing
specialists, report that all fed
erally inspected Oregon meat
plants are limited in the
amount of moisture they can
add to cured hams.
Practically all hams are
now cured by Injecting a pick
ling solution into the meat, a
faster, cheaper method than
former old style country prac
tices. The revised regulation
permits federally inspected
plants to adjust the amount of
moisture added to smoked
hams, a 10 per cent maximum
over original weight. This
may help some packers to ca
ter more closely to consumer
preferences in their market
ing areas, the specialists point
out.
Uniform Products
In the "fully cooked" or
"ready-to-eat" line, shoppers
should find uniform products
regardless of whether hams
arc shipped into the state or
produced locally. Fully cooked
cured whole shoulders, pic
nics, butts or loins are not
supposed to contain excess
moisture. This means when
the shopper buys five pounds
of fully cooked ham she's get
ting five pounds of meat.
OSC extension specialists
offer a final shopping remind
er: the best guide for buying
hams or other pork -products
is to compare prices on a cost
per serving instead of cost per
pound basis. The shopper can
afford to pay twice as much
per pound for a boneless fully
cooked ham as she can for a
regular ham, bone in, that she
must cook before serving.
Flies to Montana
Gold Hill Mrs. Thomas
Kofahl, highway 99 north
Gold Hill, left last week by
plane for Billings, Mont., to
visit her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Mc
Masters, and family. Mrs. Ko
fahl plans to remain in Mon
tana about two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gre
gory, former southern Oregon
residents and now of Alham
bra, Calif., arc staying at the
Kofahl home.
Pocahontas Meet
Pocahontas lodge will hold
a potluck dlnnei Friday,
March 31. at 6:30 p.m. In the
Redman hall on Apple street.
A business meeting will fol
low at 8 p.m. and games will
close the evening's entertain
ment. Members arc asked to
bring a "white elephant."
Calendar
Thundayi
8 p.m. - Y Knot Twlrlers,
YMCA.
Friday:
4-8 p.m.-Medford unit. Ore
gon Federation of Republican
Women's clubs, informal
reception at Red Cross build
ing tor Congressman and
Mrs. Edwin R. Durno.
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
Social Events
Women's News
Tournament
Leaders
Reported
Eighteen bridge players
from Medford are entered in
the current Grants Pass open
pairs club championship tour
nament. The second session
will be held Monday, April 3.
Those in the lead following
the first session are Mrs. W.
W. Stevenson and Robert
Dickey, first; Mrs. Sam Rich
ardson and Mrs. Frank Baker,
second; and Dr. and Mrs. C.
M. Duriand, third.
Tuesday night will be mas
ter point night for Medford
Duplicate club. Winners at the
regular session March 28
were for north-south, Robert
Middleton and George Rode,
first, 191; Mrs. Richard Mile
stone and Paul McDuffee, sec
ond, 183; Mrs. Bernard
Hughes and Mrs. Lloyd John
son, third, 179V4; Irvin Ho
gan and Robert Dickey,
fourth, 172V4; and John
Dougherty, Berg Marten, Mrs.
George Bratton and Richard
Finnell, tied for fifth, 107.
East-west high scores went
to Mrs. Jack Mitchell and
John Shortridge, first, 213;
Mrs. Paul Hatton and Chester
Reavis, second, 205; Mrs.
Maude Codding and Mrs. Paul
McDuffee, third, 170; Mrs.
Ben Todd and Mrs. Jack Barr,
fourth, 169; Mrs. Marvin Nel
son and Mrs. Richard Gordon,
fifth, 163.
Winners for regular play at
Camp White Veterans Bridge
club last Friday were led by
Mrs. J. J. Dougherty and John
Solheim, first, with 168
points, for north-south play
ers. Others were Mrs. C. A.
Holmes and Berg Marten, sec
ond, 153; Roy Pruitt and
John Shortridge, third, 144;
Mrs. Frank Baker and Frank
lin Gilbert, fourth, 142.
East-west winners were
Ranald Axtell and Frank
Dolenshek, first, 160; Mark
Boyden and Mrs. Roy Ba
shaw, second, 156; Mr. and
Mrs. James Winslow, third,
149; Mrs. J. J. Finegan and
Mrs. Marvin Nelson, fourth,
149. '
Grateful
War Victim
Aids Others
Dallas - rtlPB-Dr. Ellen Loeb
almost had her life snuffed
out in the Nazi gas chambers
of World War II. Today the
Dallas doctor is devoting her
life to preserving the lives
of others.
Dr. Loeb is with the Wad
ley Research Institute and
Blood Center. The center is
trying to find cures for leu
kemia, cancer of the blood,
which each year take hun
dreds of lives.
An associate said her devo
tion to her work has a very
strong link with the past. He
said she clings to each patient
even if the case is hopeless.
Dr. Loeb's ambitions of be
coming a doctor began in Elb
erfield, Germany, when she
was a child. Her father was
a general practitioner.
She had taken pre-medical
training at the University of
Amsterdam In Holland when
World War II came. After the
German occupation of Hol
land, the Loeb family was
shuttled from one concentra
tion camp to another in Hol
land, Czechoslovakia, Poland
and Austria. Dr. Loeb's father
died in a camp in Holland in
1943.
But Dr. Loeb said that even
In those trying years, she
never once gave up her fight
for life. Perhaps the most
haunting memory that still
remains holds the key to her
philosophy now.
She remembered a day be
fore the war ended when she
and her mother stood at the
steps of a gas chamber. Then
her mother spotted a woman
doctor at the entrance and
right there on the steps of the
gas chamber talked her out
of sending the two to their
death.
Ntver Quits
"These arc the things, that
taught me never to quit," said
Dr. Loeb.
The allies liberated Dr.
Loeb and her mother in 1945.
They came Immediately to
America. For the next couple
of years, Dr. Loeb studied at
Southern Methodist university
to get her American-approved
pre-medical credits. In 1948,
she entered medical school,
Before she joined the staff
of Wadlcy, she worked In
Veterans' Administration hos
pitals in Dallas and McKin
ncy, Texas.
To iron circular napkins or
dollies after laundering, start
at the center and swing the
iron back and forth In an
arc. Always work from the
center out toward the edges to
restore round pieces to their
original size and shape. j
ORE.
Lions Auxiliary
At Prospect Has
Many Activities
Mrs. Frank , Christian, Tal
ent, Oregon Lions auxiliary
president, was guest of honor
at a dinner meeting of the
Prospect Lions auxiliary
March 22. Mrs. Christian dis
cussed the resolutions pre
sented at the spring board
held in Medford March 8.
Initiation of new members
was the highlight of the eve
ning, with Mrs. Christian con
ducting the ceremony.
It was announced tha1- the
Bloodmobile will be in Shajy
Cove April 12, and the auxili
ary, as in the pact, voted to
assist Shady Cove by securing
donors from this area and
volunteering to work on that
date. Anyone not contacted by
an auxiliary r.'.ember, and
wishing to donate blood, may
call UNion 9-2087.
The new Prospect Public
library, a project of the
auxiliary, is now in operation,
with Mrs. David Neville as
librarian. It is hoped the pub
lic will take advantage of the
library, and enjoy the many
good books now there.
Plans are now being made
for the state convention
which will be held in Rose
burg in May.
Contest Details
Given at Meet
Central Point The Home
Economics club of the Central
Point Grange held their
March meeting at the home
of the chairman, Mrs. Morris
Frink. Mrs. Dee Hendrickson
and Mrs. Walter Ricks were
co-hostesses for the dessert
luncheon.
Mrs. Frink gave details on
the club's sewing and canning
contest, stating further infor
mation could be obtained
from the State Grange Bulle
tin. The need of tableau ma
terial for the Grange was dis
cussed as well as a commu
nity service project for the
coming year. The recent rum
mage sale was reported as suc
cessful The program, under the di
rection of Mrs. Charles Jant-
zer, included several musical
numbers by Mrs. Delmar
Smith, and a contest in which
all members participated.
The next meeting will be
April 26, at the home of Mrs.
Cecil Keenan, with Mrs.
Charles Jantzer as co-hostess,
Mrs. Bowker Gives
Fifty-Plus Program
Mrs. Martha Bowker was
in charge of the program at
the last meeting of the Fifty
Plus club. Refreshments were
served from the March "birth
day table."
No meeting of the club will
be held Good Friday, but the
group will have a potluck
luncheon and meeting Friday
April 7. Meetings are held in
St. Mark's Guild hall.
Party Honors
Marcia Sample
Applegate Valley Miss
Marcia Sample, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Sample,
celebrated her 12th birthday
March 24 with a dinner and
slumber party at her home.
Games and breakfast the fol
lowing morning were a part
of the celebration.
Guests included Elaine King
of Medford, Frances Mendcn-
hall, Kristi Jones, Dolores
Thomas and Retha Smaplo.
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RELIGIOUS
Easter Cards
The joyous spirit of
Easter is best
expressed in the
beautiful Easter Cards
we now have on display
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Visitor Returns
To Saudi, Arabia
Vic. niara Still nf Saudi.
Arabia, left recently for San
Francisco after spending sev
eral weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Russel Mitchell and her
mother, Mrs. John Still, 412
West Jackson street.
Miss Still plans to visit her
hrnthers in the Bay city be-
f o r e returning to Arabia,
where she has spent mree
vaui-b qc conrptarv fnr Rechtei
U1
Builders, construction ton
tractors for American Oil
company, which is located at
Dhahran on the Persian gulf.
in speaking oi lite in Ara
hia Mice KH11 said Americans
are unwelcome there, and that
people of that area are being
educated to replace Ameri
cans. At the beginning of her
three year stay mere, ivnss
Still said that 20 American
girls were employed, and now
there are tnree, i,eoanese gins
having made the replace
ments. -t
Potluck Event
Held By Corps
Central Point The William
H. Harrison post, Women's
Relief Corps held their March
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Sally Musty, with a potluck
luncheon.
Mrs. Bessie Henderson,
president, reminded members
that they are to furnish six
dozen cookies for the Hobby
fair April 9 to be held by the
veterans at the Domiciliary at
White City. A plant sale and
exchange was held.
The program, prepared by
Mrs. O. T. Wilson, recounted
an Art Linkletter House
Party program with members
as guests.
The r.ext meeting will be
held Friday, April 7 at the
home of Mrs. Wallace Mc
Dowell, instead of the regular
meeting date at the request of
the state department inspec
tor, who will be a guest.
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Election
Is Held
Mm Del Landini! was elect
ed President of Beta Upsilon
chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, at a
recent meeting at the nome oi
Mrs. Virgil Pfeifer, with Mrs.
H. S. Morris assistant hostess.
Mrs. Cal McKibben was
elected vice - preident; Mrs.
wniinm f. s s e 1 s t v n. second
vice-president; Mrs. H. S.
Morris, recording secretary;
Mrs. John Freese, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Douglas
Plumley, treasurer; Mrs. Clif
ford Curl, city council repre
contn tlviv Mrs Raloh Kins
man, council alternate. - ;,
Mrs. Larry Rose was chosen
by members as their nominee
fnr tho Javcette Mav award
for her outstanding participa
tion in civic and social atiairs.
Winner of the award will be
chosen at a luncheon at Rogue
Valley Country club in May.
Mrs. Rose was in charge of
the cultural program at tne
meeting.
Mrs. Fred Wilson was host
ess for an earlier meeting o
the chapter and Mrs. Kenneth
Goebel assisted. Mrs. Howard
Berg, president, who was ,in
rharen of the cultural pro
gram, led a discussion on how
to keep a trim, youthful tig
ure. Camp Fire Girls
Crater Lake
The Crater Lake Camp Fire
Girls met March 27 at the
Talent city hall. Eileen
Young called the meeting to
order.
Jeannie Yates read the min
utes of the last meeting and
Barbara Schelper made a mo
tion to have a cooked food
sale. It was seconded by Lin
da Young and accepted.
Our leader, Alice Burnette
said that we are going to sell
Camp Fire candy mints April
5 to 19.
It was' planned to have a
skating party April 18.
Linda Kay Young,
Reporter.
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