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8 A Hundreds Attend , The : hundreds of women who' attended - the annual Cancer tea at Hlllcrest or- - , chards last Friday found that the balmy weather made the event more delightful than usual. Many women sipped i their tea in warm sunshine on , the wide verandas of Hlllcrest House, where chairs and tables had been placed for their comfort. The tea is given each April by the Medford committee, American Cancer society: as a benefit for the society. - ... : The dining room was dec orated , with numerous bou quets, some of them arranged by Mrs. Ralph' Thompsen, a member of the Medford Can cer committee, and some by Mrs. John Holmer of Central : Point. Mrs.. Holmer arranged -the centerpiece for the tea table in a wide silver bowl, using tulips in shades of pink and' purple, bleeding hearts, and white daffodils. The cloth was white lace and linen cut work, tall, silver candelabra held pink candles, and. an tique tea services, belonging to Mrs. John Day and Miss Elizabeth Burr, were at each end of the table. Honored guests who poured during the - afternoon - were . Miss . Burr, Mrs., Timothy Daily Mrs. Earl Lawson, Mrs. George Flanagan, Mrs. Ray mond: Reter, Mrs. Thomas Tinsley, Mrs. John ' Snider, Sister Luke, Mrs. Frank Pres ton, and Mrs. Jack Sanborn.' . John Stong, of Purucker's Music House, played the or gan throughout the afternoon, Committee members wore ' choir robes as they greeted guests to emphasize the theme of the tea, "Music in the Air", Many of the floral ex hibits were based on the theme, also. Arrangement Winners Mrs. Myers Jones won the popular : vote with her ar rangement for PEO, Chapter AA. Her title was "Flower Drum Song," and the record folder, which is white With black and gold printing and a picture of a temple in Chinese . red, were placed on a round glass-topped table of wrought iron, painted white. A black and white fan, a black place mat, and a ' white china candlestick and white candle were additional accessories. Her tloweri were, white tulips, white . azaleas, and J white camellias, arranged around piece of driftwood in a black bowl, lined with white. ' Second prize was won by l -t. Ralph Plckell and Mrs. Alton Anderson, who sub mitted an , entry lor Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital auxiliary. They arranged lavender tulips and lilacs and white spirea in an old pewter teapot. A lavender teacloth and a mauve chiffon scarf carried out the one - color scheme, and two German' bisque figurines were also in lavender and white. The boy and girl figurines represent music students, and are more than, a century old. Another pair of 100 year old figurines, also child mu sicians, of lavender and blue china, were used as acces sories with an arrangement of peonies, tulips, white and lavender lilacs, white nar cissi, and mock orange blos soms in a white vase. This entry was done by Mrs. Ray Wise and Mrs. Robert Duff for Providence guild of Sacred Heart hospital. Several flower arrange The Whole Talking "DO-IT-YOURSELF Norge Dry Cleaning f j Is Easier Than Washing" Here Are Soma of the Many Comments Out of Our Guest Book: Wonderful Excellent Housewife's Dream So Clean and Inexpensive COME IN-SEB FOR YOURSEIF A Full B-lb. Load $5g And It's Practically For Only .:. I Wrlnkle-Freel SPECIAL THIS MONTH NORGE LAUNDRY & CLEANING VILLAGE Corner 13th A South Control Across from Oregon Food MONDAY. APRIL 17, 1961 ments had an Oriental feel ing, with exotic accessories and sprays of flowering trees as blossoms. "Madame Butter fly" was arranged by Mrs. Peter Trim for the Junior Service league. Her table was teakwood with carved trim, and her accessories were an inlaid lacfluer box, a cloi sonne ashtray, and a porce lain figurine of a Japanese girl. Her flowers were pink sprays, vith pink butterflies poised on them, in an antique Oriental vase. The entry for the Medford Jaycettes was done by Mrs. Charles E. Jones and Mrs, Michael B. Smith. They used a low black lacquer table with a Ted inset, and a large Japanese doll, a girl holding a mandolin as background for pink flowering branches in a low black bowl. The entry of Medford branch, American Association of University Women, utilized modern Japanese furniture and accessories from Demp ster's, white camellias and orange quince were arranged in a round black . bowl, A Japanese instrument, a biwa was hung on- a black and white screen, behind a low table. Accessories on the table were a black fan, three statu ettes of Japanese girls playing instruments, and a tiny ivory pagoda. Mrs. Calvin Smith and Mrs. Hans Hess planned this display, . Instrument Featured Another low table held Yugoslavian mandolin, and white tulips and green branches in a carved wood shepherd's cup. This interest ing arrangement was entered in the contest by Mrs. Ann Wirkkula for PEO, Chapter BE. ('. Several entries used song titles as their theme. Mrs. Otto Frohnmayer and Mrs. Charles Barnes . chose blues and blue-greens in teacloth, swag, vase, and flowers, to represent "Rhapsody in Blue.!'" A gold piano and a glass violin- completed - their table for Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae., -; "Love's Old Sweet Song" was the title chosen by Mrs. L. G. Miles for Altrusa. Mrs. Miles 'covered a small round table with blue cloth, and fastened a blue and green paisley print skirt to the cloth with mauve bows. Her vase was antique silver and cut-glass, her flowers were pink sprays and blue iris. A quaint old Bible from Jeru salem, Its cover inlaid with pearl, was her only accessory. - A bust of Chopin on a teak- wood stand, a roll of music and a pink cloth were acces sories for the flower arrange ment entered by .the Medford Junior Women's club. Purple lilac, pink camellias, and white tulips were arranged in a tall white alabaster candela bra, with purple candles in the holders. Mrs. Robert Blll ingsley, Mrs. William J. Thompson, Mrs. James A. Wells, and Mrs. James Grlgs by Jr, collaborated on this entry. -.' The Colony club arrange ment, by Mrs. Lillian. Salade, centered around a tiny flowered-china piano, filled with dainty .flowers. Accessories were an did music book, open ed to the "Cradle Song." a Faust plate, and figurines. An amethyst glass enerane held lavender-edged magno lias in the arrangement enter ed for Catholic Daughters by Mrs, Fred Shere. I Town's About DRY CLEANING" Annual Gay feathered birds and gold -sprayed branches com bined with pink tulips and white flowers to make an original display, This was done by Mrs, Allen Lane for the Medford Garden club. Another entry which in eluded birds was made up by Mrs. Robert Riechers and Mrs. Laurel Case for PEO, Chapter CP. "There is music in the air, with God's birds everywhere" was the title, and this lyrical arrangement incorporated moss, fern, ivy, driftwood, yellow daisies, blue iris and a dainty doll dabbling her feet in a pool of water. Whimsical Entry A prize for whimsy might have been given to Mrs. Fred Lorish, whose entry for the auxiliary to the Jackson Coun ty Medical society was a large red bowl, containing a bou quet of yellow and purple tulips and purple heather, fresh fruits and fresh vege tables. Many exhibits pertaining to the musical theme were loaned by valley residents Robert , Kennedy displayed some of the bid phonographs from his collection, among them, an early second model of a Victor phonograph, an early example of the first portable phonograph, and an Edison cylinder phonograph that was made about the turn of the century. An Edison vertical cut record was anoth er item of Interest from, his collection. An Edison gramophone, made in 1014, and a SO-year old cornet, were loaned by Mrs. Mary Wakefield. Two old music boxes were displayed. One belongs to the Parsons family of Hlllcrest Orchards, and the other, a box from Switzerland, is the property of Mrs. ' Sheridan Scott. Mrs. E., E. Gore exhibited violin made in the 1880's, a ukelele dating back to 1810, and a hymnbook which is very old and very rare.. Another old hymn book, printed in 1838, was shown by courtesy of Mrs. John B. Lynch. This book was printed half in English, half in Ger man. , A leather-bound volume of sheet ' music, printed and bound during the Civil War, belonged to Mrs. Sarah P. Saxton - Hodges, first cousin to President McKinley's wife, Ida Saxton McKinley. It was loaned by Mrs. H. H. Chap man of Hornbrook, Calif. Mrs. Jerry Gastlneau and Mrs. Diamond Flynn exhibit ed popular sheet music from the first half of this century, ; Instruments from : several foreign countries were of in terest to guests at the tea, Miss Mary Ellen Bell loaned a Yugoslavian flute, Mrs. James V. McGoodwln loaned bagpipes from Scotland, and Mrs. D. Kirkland West loaned Japanese koto. Mrs. Earl Johnson exhibited Instruments from 1 Ethiopia, and a book about them. Mrs. Nell B. Tay lor displayed a collection of miniature instruments from India, and. a music box. In ad dition, Mrs. Taylor - loaned a very .old folding chair which had been used at the Metro politan Opera house, Mrs.- Bert Lowry's collec tion of Royal Doulton and Dresden figurines was ad mired by tea guests. Many fig urines were musicians playing instruments, some portrayed characters from operas, and several miniature pianos of china and glass completed the table. Several books about music. the property of Mrs. Otto Frohnmayer, were available for guests to scan, and Mrs. Frohnmayer's figurines of mu Exclusively at Central Raxall Drug NEW! Protein-Oil SHAMPOO CURLS and WAVES HAIR . J Amailngly New i "FIORESS" OIL-PROTIIN SHAMPOO $150 ' plus tax ) ' I A.k Us f I About I I v FREE ? v i J.V SAMPLE l.,. .:. ' : plani Florin CondlHoni Hair It Curlt and Wavti Like a Permanent. Shampoo your hair with fragrant liquid FLORESS, the new miracle halr-conditionlng PROTEIN oil wave shampoo. Gives you lovely alluring curls and waves right white you shampoo and set. 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She mounted a Ma donna and Child on a back ground of cerise net and gold en wheat, and placed an an tique wrought iron candle stick with white candles and white lilacs before it. Variety Show At College Tuesday Night "Curtain Time,' 'a variety show to be given Tuesday, April 18 at Churchill hall on the Southern Oregon college campus will feature acts which toured the Pacific and the Orient for five weeks last summer for the United States Army. The show is sponsored by Brlgham Young university. It is reported that review notices called the show one of the finest ever presented to Army audiences. Included In the colorfully costumed 40-member cast will be the Brighamettes, dancing the Charleston: trie Paislev trio, a comedy singing group with members playing their own guitar accompaniment; a troupe of dancers which in cluded several who have danced professionally; a blind comedian and musician, Jim Rawls; twin sisters, who em phasize their resemblance in dance and song routines; women's trio, known as the Coeds, and the Y-Four quar tet. Jane Thompson, nrnrti ippr- director, who is resnonsihle for all tours sent by the Stu dent Program bureau of the university, has trained sunn entertainers as the Kane Trip lets who now sing regularly with the McGuire Sisters. Tickets will be on sale at the door; show time is 8 p.m. . 1 Masons Receive Grand Offices Clarence Youne. hieh m-lest of Crater Lake chapter, Royal rtrcn raasons, Charles Goold, illustrious master of Table Rock council, Royal and Se lect Masters and Jack Cald well, eminent commander of Malta commandery, Knight Templar, returned Friday irom me urand York Rite sea. slons held in Baker. Ore.. from Monday through Thurs day. Several Southern Oregon men were either appointed to grand offices or advanced in the official line. John Pond was elected senior grand war den of the Grand command ery, Knights ' Templar and John Brownell, Grants Pass, was elected grand standard bearer. Robert V o r b e r g, Grants Pass, was appointed supervisor of District 4. Ross Gilkison was elected grand steward of the Grand council, Royal and Select Masters, and Carl Oestreich was appointed master of Arch No. 6. Glenn W. Smith was install ed as grand principal sojourn er of the Grand chapter, Roy al Arch Masons, and Mr. Goold ai grand master of the second veil. The grand convocation will be held in Portland in 1962. J Without Permanent Waving Reliable Prescriptions PARK ft SHOP MEDFOHD MAIL 'iirrri'-rffi n if iTi'iiiinirTfrrnitriYTiiinim wsmmd wmfit i v-air: .n: mi ..j , Leukemia research at the University of .Oregon Medical school will be furthered by a gi.'t from Oregon members of the Inter national Order of Job's Daughters presented -recently to Dr. Edwin E. Osgood (left), head of the experimental medicine division, by (left to right) L. R. Manning, Medford, as sociate grand guardian; Miss Jean Isaacson, Portland, grand bethel honored queen, and Mrs. Ralph Nelson, Portland, grand guar Talent Women Hostesses For Session Tuesday Talent Federated women's club, of the Oregon Federa tion of Women s clubs, was hostess for a meeting of First district officers of the federa tion last Tuesday. Luncheon was served. : Mrs. Clay M. Lee, First dis trict president, gave a resume of the Western Conference which was held in Portland in March. , It was a workshop meeting for the Talent club, and Mrs. Ray Burnett, president of the club, explained the projects they are working on at this time. During the morning, crib quilts were being made for layettes for needy moth ers, which are distributed by a district nurse. Bandages were folded for the Jackson County Cancer society in the afternoon. In the past year, the club has folded 2500 band ages. The luncheon tables were decorated with spring flow ers. District officers attending were Mrs. Ralph Foster, Ash land, second vice president; Mrs. Jack D. Brummond, Med ford, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Jason Ottlnger, Medford, parliamentarian; Mrs. Edward C. Root, Medford, district chairman for Council of In ternational clubs; and Mrs. Lee. 1 . Guests Attend Dinner Session Several guests as well as members of Cebu swamp, Military Order of the Lizards, United Spanish War Veterans, attended a meeting held re cently at the home of Mrs. Nellie Lessing, Grants Pass. The meeting followed dinner. A special guest at the meet ing was Mrs. Henry Pllseh of Dhahran, Saudi . Arabia, daughter of Mrs. Nellie Les sing and sister of Mrs. Walter Sweetland, both members of the order. Mrs. Pliseh's daugh ters, Mrs. Alicia Strobe, who lives in Ashland, is also a member. Mrs. Pllseh will leave for her home in Arabia later this month. Mrs. Sallie Cotter, junior past grand gila monster, had just returned to her Grants Pass home after spending the winter in California. Mrs. Bertha Nelson, gila monster, presided. Mrs. Renne Grosh, chair man of the donations commit tee for the grand convocation in Salem June 20, requests that members bring donations to the May meeting. Mrs. Harry Barneburg dis cussed the annual hobby fair at the Domiciliary Center at White City Sunday, April .9. Mrs. Renne Grosh served as one of the judges. Mrs. Don Anderson and Mrs. Barneburg were the judges and awards committee for the fair. Annual Dinner Set Thursday Jackson County Cattle- man's association and Jackson County Cowbelles will hold the annual dinner Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. in Central Point Grange hall. A program of music and talks has been planned. The meal will be potluck; those attending are also to take table service. Meeting Changed By Friendship Club Gold Hill - Amethyst Re- bekah Friendship club will meet at the home of' Mrs. De- los Walker Tuesday, April 18 at 8 p.m. Instead of April 17 as previously announced. The piece de resistance of space savers for the kitchen is a newly designed storage unit for flour, sugar, coffee and tea. Designed for either counter top or wall use, the unit has removable tilt-forward bins with portable grips. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Social Events Women's News UPI Writer Ap To Sharp-Eyed By GAY PAULEY ' UPI Women's Editor , New York - (UPD - Presi dent John F. Kennedy using a rocking chair is front page news. Whist ler's mother using a rock ing chair is an error in fact, So, my ap ologies today to Mr. Eric W. Allen Jr., of Med ford. Ore., and oth Gay Pauley ers who read in this space recently that the man in the White House had April Birthdays To Be Observed At Lodge Session Members with April birth days will be honored at a meeting of Mt. Pitt Rebekah lodge set' for Wednesday, April 19, at the Central Point IOOF lodge hall. The program committee is Mrs. Robert Seth and Mrs. Ellsworth Robison. Hosteses are Mrs. Rexford Knopf, Miss Bessie Fredenburg, and Mrs. Inez Ferguson. Members are reminded to attend Olive Rebekah lodge friendship night at Medford tonight. Miss Patty Kime, Mrs. Melvin Frick, Mrs. Ells worth Robison, Mrs. Fred Ba ker and Mrs. Vernon Storey were appointed on the enter tainment committee for the friendship night. Members of the drill team will practice following the meeting. Mrs. John Robison was elected district president at the last regular meeting. Dele gates elected for Rebekah as sembly were Mrs. - Gerald Kime and Mrs. John Robison; alternates elected were Mrs. Marshall Weidman and Mrs. Clark McDowell. -t Club Announces Party on Friday The Get Together club an nounces a public card party to be held Friday, April 21, at the Girls Community club. Dessert luncheon will be serv ed at one o'clock, followed by cards. dian. A check for $860 was donated this year to help equip 'research laboratories of the experimental medicine division in the new Medical Research building, to be com pleted in 1962. Each year a gift is given for leukemia research in memory of Danelle Brown and other bethel daughters who have been victims of leukemia. The money was earned during the annual October candy sale. : ologizes Editor done more for the rocking chair than Whistler's mother. Allen, managing editor of the Medford Mail Tribune, wrote that he'd enjoyed a col umn of resurgence of the rock er. Thank you, Mr'. Allen. But he asked, "What did Whist ler's mother ever do for .the rocking chair?" It turned out, on a check with the Metropolitan Mu seum of Art, that Whistler's mother had done nothing. The Met said it once had exhibit ed the painting, on loan from" its owners, the (Louvre in Par is, It checked its photograph ic files and found that the lady was not sitting in a rock er but in a plain, straight backed chair. The museum added that I was just a victim of a popu lar misconception, created by the hundreds of caricatures which have shown the famous woman rockin' instead of slt tin.' - Chapter Hears Teacher Speak; Party Announced "Tools for the Art of Life- Thought," was the title of the program for the last meeting of Alpha Rho chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. It was. presented by Vern Craft, an instructor at McLoughlin Junior High school. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Chester Ashton with Mrs. Gerald McGrew as co-hostess. Plans were made for a card party to be held April 18 at the home of Mrs. Jack Baillie. Mrs. William Kennedy is chairman of the event. The chapter's "Girl of the Year" was chosen. The next ' meeting will be held April 25. The hostess will be Mrs. Baillie and co-hostess, Mrs. Robert Goodman. 1 . Make a new wardrobe of belts by cutting strips of foam rubber in suitable widths and covering them with a crisp fabric on the bias. Stitch Vel cro at the ends for closing or use hooks and eyes. Add self fabric ties for a wide cinch or a pretty flower for a party belt. A striped belt looks at tractive with a small ascot tie used off-center as trim. MATERNITY SWIM WEAR LaPointe's 1 l-y LaPointe's Price Y ro-98 1 Charter Dinner Held by Knights Yreka A charter dinner was given by Aurora temple, Knights of Pythias of Yreka, for 34 Cub Scouts, their den mothers and scout leaders, Chancellor Commander Edwin Brown made the welcome speech for the knights and sisters at the Pythian temple following the dinner, held April 12. The charter was presented by William Egelman of the Toastmaster's club to the Knights of Pythias as sponsors of Pack 36. Mr. Egleman spoke of the value of scout training and scouting in gen eral. Cubmaster Jim Dutcher in troduced the den mothers present and presented each with a registration card. They were Mrs. John Coates, Mrs. Rod Lampson, Mrs. Kenneth Jones, Mrs. Jack Nosier and Mrs. Eugene Ensele, who was substituting. This was also the 96th an niversary of the founding of the Knights of Pythias by Justus Rathbone. Wesley Mc Millan gave a brief history of the order, saying it was founded for the purpose of creating a feeling of brother hood among men at the close of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was a charter mem ber. It is the 70th anniversary of the order here in the West ern states. To, close the entertainment, ladies of Auroa temple model ed hats made irom kitchen utensils, vegetables and fruits and anything else they could find in a kitchen. More than 100 persons at tended the -dinner provided by the committee whose chair man was Mrs, Ray Penney.. A business meeting followed the dinner. Auxiliary Has Election Phoenix - Mrs. Melvin Ban- ta was elected president of the Phoenix Lions auxiliary at the April meeting held at the home of Mrs. Norman Wil liams, 1880 Camp Baker Road. Mrs. John Cook was a visitor. Other officers elected were Mrs. H. R. Glasscock, vice president; Mrs. Ray Harrison, second vice president; Mrs. Edward Stevens, secre t a r y: Mrs. Ernest James, treasurer; Mrs. R. D. Tetreault, lioness. The club voted to send Mrs. Melvin Banta and Mrs. H. R. Glasscock to the State Con vention, to be held in Rose- burg May 18-20. New members in the auxil iary are Mrs. Richard Inlow and Mrs. Charles Learn. The Phoenix auxiliary will sponsor Brownie Troop 196 for the next year. The next meeting will be with Mrs. R. J. Tetreault. Jacksonville, May 18, with Mrs. Dan Foxworthy as assis tant hostess. A small platform fits onto ladder rungs to serve as a foot-rest to aid balance. Made of steel, the platform will fit any rung. 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