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o THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1962 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON A bavy of pratly girls in full-ikirtad dresses and panta lettti anlivan tht operetta "Ohl Susanna" which will be prtiantad Friday, May 4, at 8 p.m. by Hedrick Junior High chool in tha gymnaiium. Pictured here in a dressing room cene are (front row, left to right) Karen Foley, Tanis Rose and Kathy pyrud; at back are (left to right) Susan Plumley, Kathy Bevis and Page Meyerding, Thursday: J p.m. - Bethel 69, Inter national Order of Job'. Daugh ters, Medford Masonic temple. ; 6:15 p.m. - CBPW council, Mother Daughter dinner, Kim's restaurant. ' 7:30 p.m. - Pupil progress and open house exhibit, Jef ferson school gymnasium. 8 p.m. - Adarel chapter, OES, Jacksonville Masonic temple. 8 p.m.-Griffln Creek school Parent-Teacher s s ociation, school cafeteria. 8 p.m. - Mislletoe camp, BNA, Pythian bldg. 8 p.m. - Mothers of Twins club, Mrs. Lee Hubler, 642 South Holly st. European Study, Trips Described by Teacher (Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of letters from Dr. Donald Barnes, a former resident of Phoenix, and son of Mrs. Cornelia Barnes, Phoenix. Doctor Barnes is coordinator of cur riculum for the American Air Force schools In Europe and North Africa.) Two or three evenings a week a student from Frank furt university who lives sev eral blocks from our house comes over and we work on conversational German (he is on vacation from school until the new term begins the first of May). We are progressing slowly, but thoroughly enjoy the two or three hour sessions and, in the process, are learn ing much about the local customs and traditions. The son of our landlord is also a third year law student at Frankfurt university and has as his avocation the study of nistory. He is particularly well versed in the history of Cen tral Europe and knows a great deal about our own village. I have spent a number of evenings with him going over background Information on Gross Gerau and am sched uled to continue this in terms of its present political and socio-economic struct ure. Since World War II the vil lage has grown by leaps and bounds and is now about the size of the city in which I worked while with the Kel logg project at the University of Oregon, although It still preserves the atmosphere of a village and is regarded as such by people from the sur rounding cities of Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Mainz, and Wies baden. This past weekend I had an interesting trip to Switzer land. I am a member of the Board of Goveriesrs of the Leysln American School, private, co-educational Junior andgsenior high school com bination for American young sters and a ftmited number of natonals from other coun tries. It is silu.eyd in Leysin, Switzerland. In the southwest ern Frt-Wjh speaking area and is balanced on a slope of the OAlps near the edge of the little town. I was appointed to the academic program com mittee within the Board and serve along with Bill Ed wards, former principal of Bend High school and now vice-principal of Frankfurt America (jligh school (Army), and Peter Eickhof, a young Swiss who is studying for his i PhD, (in Industrial relations) at Mainz university. Take Train Bill, Peter, and I had agreed that we must see the school at first hand, so determined to spend a week end there. Last Friday evening I took the train from Gross Gerau 8 p.m. - NOW of Phoenix, Phoenix Community club room. 8 p.m. - Welcome Wagon club, Girls Community club. Friday 12 noon - Phoenix Thimble club, Mrs. Mcrvin Hixson, Colvcr rd. 1 p.m. - Get Together club, Girls Community club. In separate jackets for spring and summer, the muled, subtle, blackish look ing patterns of the past few seasons are out for males, in arc the loud or plain, clear toned patterns. to rrankfurl (about 30 kilo meters away) and joined Bill and Peter in the Hauplbahn hof there. We had reserva tions for a compartment on the Italian Express and were shortly on our way south. The engine was electric powered . . . quite fast and smooth. Our compartment was in the one car Schlafwagen (sleeper) going to that part of Switzer land. We gave them our tick ets, passports, and completed customs declarations to the porter who was assigned to the Schlafwagen and would stay with it throughout its ourney. Our train proceeded to Basel on the German-Swiss border. There our Schlafwagen was dropped off on a siding while the rest of the train continued its trip to Italy. Although I slept through the whole thing, Peter the next morning told us that we were on the siding lor about two hours and then were picked up by a train heading for southern France. When we awakened we were Just passing by Bern. We walked through the train to the Spciswagen (diner), noting that the people arming us were mostly talking French whereas the night before we had been exposed to Italian and German conversations. They feed In shifts on these Spciswagens. As we arrived, everybody in one shift had completed his meal and, almost as one, was exiting the car. The ta bles immediately filled again, waiters 'came by with huge coffee cups and plates which were set before us. Almost at once wc were served coffee or tea and assorted rolls from a huge basket passed down the aisle. We selected as many of these as we desired and ate same with much butter and cherry jam, That was breakfast! At that time we were with in about 10 minutes of Lu sanne wiiere we would change trains, so hurried back to se cure our r, reclaim our passports and tickets and hoped to make connectir only six minutes had been allowed to accomplish tin. last evolution. Things wore. eight thousand toc level, figured a little too closely anda hot cup of coftee on we missed our 'rain, so spent an enjoyable several hours Salting about Lusanne and VuioliI,.. elinr.w ,,f I !,. f'.r.. ncva. We then caught the next j down in our cable car to work express heading lor the Sim-, at I school, plon and lout forty minutes After wjnk Sunday after later got off in the tow n of j noon, wealked around the Aigie at the foot of the Alps, village for a bit, enjoyed a Ten minutes later we were cocktail with Mr. and Mrs. on a cog wheel electric train j Kruglak- he is the director of creeping up tow ard Leysin. j the school and operates direct Tins is truly magnificent : ly under thp Board of Gover- country with tremendous i mountains bulking skyward in any direction yoOmight look. Leysin is a little town with The Family Tfcpic For o Friday Event 0 One of the basic questions to be considered at the May Fellowship luncheon Friday noon of this wek is "Who is my Family?" Dr. George Roseberry will o'iscuss the theme for the day which stresses the need for united Clftstian understanding and j tolerance for men of all I colors and creeds. J The nincheon will be held I in the First Methodist church and is to begin promptly at noon. Mrs. Lyle Schoppert is chairman feftthe day and Mrs. Arnold Bohnert is in charge of luncheon arrangements. The Council of United Church Women is sponsoring the event. Other features for the pro- gram include solos by Mrs. D. G. MacDougal and a flan nclgraph talk presented by Mrs. Angus Todd, who is a teacher of Bible History in the Medford schools. It is ex plained that proceeds from the luncheon go to the Board of Christian Education In the County for use in furthering work of that department. Mothers are asked to pro vide sack luncheons for small children to be cared for In the church nursery during the luncheon hour. All interested are invited to be present. Dancers Schedule Saturday Session; Newcomers Invited Arthur Shoemaker, instruc tor fo, the Medford Y-Knot Twirlers' beginning square dance class, will call the club's regular dance session on May 5, according to Biy Dallaire, president. The dance will be held at the Phoenix community hall, and will be in progress from 8 p.m. to midnight. Potluck refreshments will be served. Square dancers who recent ly have moved to the Medford area as well as residents who are former square dancers can make arrangements at the dance to join the Medford Twirlers, the president ex plained. many fine large buildings . which, before World War II, were used for TB sanitoriums. Since new medicines have been effectively . controlling the disease, Leysin had be come almost a ghost town with none, of these facilities operating. Now a Swiss com pany is developing the recrea tional aspects of the town and it again booms. The school is housed in one of the former sanitoriums, is in its first year, has approximately eighty American students from all over the world, and appears to be prospering. A marvelous ski area lies up and behind the school and this is served by a teleferique (cable car) and by a chair lift. After working in the school all of Saturday afternoon, we sat down to a rare and quite wonderful dinner in our hotel restaurant. The main dish was beef fondue. A thick, choice steak is cut into fork sized cuues. inese are placed, one at a time, on a long handled fork and immersed in a small pot of boiling oil that Is be fore you on the table. When done, it is dipped In various special sauces on your plate and then tiny mushrooms, very small onion, diced pick. les, etc. are impaled on the fork. These biles, Interspersed with fine red wine from the vineyards of the valley below make a most tempting and gratifying meal. One must not hurry this process , . , it Is an insult to the chef and to the food! This meal took three hours to complete-in the best trench-Swiss tradition. Early the next morning graced with a fine sparkling alpine sunrise - we were out with our cameras catching the beauty of the mountains, the chalets of the village", and some of the more than color ful citizenry. After breakfast of coffee, rolls, ad straw berry Jam, we rode the tele ferique to the top of the Ber nuese and had a breathtaking view of the jnagnificent snow iicius sweiimuK oui lor miles around and below us. We hiked oiit3 bit at this near had the terrace in front of the lodge, watched and photographed the skie.s and snow scapes. ,,H lUn t,.,ll hnaJA nors and then boarded the cog wheel electric (or the descent, along with a large number of skiers. The silence of exhaustion was upon the Social Events St. Mary's Plans Concert; Funds Needed for Piano St. Mary's High school will buy a piano with money raised at a benefit chorale concert to be given May 8, 9 and 10, at the new school, 816 Black Oak drive. Sister Miri am Joseph states that if by some good fortune Tnore than enough for the piano is real ized, the money will be used for some other piece of equip ment since the new school has many needs. The first half of the pro gram will feature numbers by Concert Scheduled The public is invited to at tend a concert of music suit able for weddings, scheduled for Sunday, May 13 at 4 p.m., in the First Methodist church. The concert is being given for the purpose of acquainting persons with music for wed dings which though not as well known as rfiany common-'! ly used is considered by min isters, musicians and others as more appropriate. No charge will be made for the concert which is made up of five sections. Some of the composers whose music will be played are Purcell, Gold man, Bach, Handel, Guilmant, Walther, Schutz and Stainer. Included will be numerous solo selections as well as duets. Singers who will furnish songs include Mrs. D. G. Mc Dougall, Otis Swisher and Larry Hobson. Events Planned At Evans Valley Evans Valley- A luncheon and fashion show Is being planned by the Evans Valley Home Extension unit for May 10 at 12 noon in the Wimer Grange hall. Styles will be furnished by Shrec's Clothing store, Rogue River. A nominal charge will be made for both events. train in contrast to the ani mated discussions we had heard in French, German, and Italian during the ascent Sat urday morning. At Aigle we caught our express for Lu sanne. Everywhere at the Bahnhof were skiers, skis, and Swiss soldiers, a most pictur esque and colorful sight. A good dinner at the Bahnhof in Lusanne, the sleeper back to Germany, and we rolled into Frankfurt shortly after 8:00 a.m. Monday. The Berlin ex press had just come in and it was a bu of a thrill to see it sittinn there with United States Arvny boldly marked on each of the cars. To Wiesbaden Bill hurried home to change clothes and be off to school. Peter and I had rolls and coffee in the restaurant at the Bahnhof and then took the train for Wiesbaden, Peter's mother owns and op erates a large refrigerator fac tory in Mainz which he will take over one day in the fu ture. In spite of living in Ger many, he makes his trip back to Switzerland each summer for his four weeks of obli gated military duty. Incident ally, he is multilingual, as are large numbers of the people I encounter. He speaks Eng lish, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. Peter is an officer in the Swiss army. He states that every able bodied Swiss be tween the ages of 20 and 55 serves in the army and trains three weeks each year with his unit. The officers serve four weeks per year. "She men keep all their military gear at home with them and when they leave for their training period, shift into their green uniforms, strap their packsack with gear and clothing in it and their mountain boots and helmets lashed on the outside on their backs, pick up their rifles, and head by train for their various training sites. Peter "ays they are all crack shots since they shoot th((r military rles the year round In target practices, competi tive shoots, Oand hunting-the government furnishes them all the ammunition they wish to use Wiiile a man is on active duty he rides the trains at about half price, gets Into movies, rides trolleys, etc. at special low rates - and he wears his uniform at all times during this annual training, complete with bayonet in scaOard on his belt. Our next family traveling will be to Berlin on the Night express for a two-day stay. A bit later we hope to have a weekend in Holland during the tulip festivaloPerhapt we can trll you something of these experiences in a subse quent letter. the Marian choir, the Choral ettei, the Boys' Glee club and three soloists, Marilyn Gul- dan, Jon Roberson and James Calhoun. Such composers as Gounod, Grieg, Beetbjiven and Tschaikowsky will be fea tured. The second half of the pro gram will be devoted to mu sical selections from "The Buccaneers" by Roger Wil liams and Edwin Steckel. In the cast will be David Lowry, Michael Stinson, Michael Ford, Richard Meeker, Jerry Vakoc, Mary Kay Hochstatter, Jennifer EspVy, Sarah Robin son, Patricia Meeker, Timothy Darland and Douglas Snider. They will be assisted by the Marian choir, Choralcttes and the Boys' Glee club. Curtain time each evening will be 8 p.m. The public is invited. There will be a spe cial admission price for stu dents. Criminologist Scheduled Inviations have been mail ed to alumni and friends of the Pacific university living in this area to attend a meet ing at the Chuck Wagon res taurant at 7 p.m., May 8. Res ervations should be made by noon, Monday, May 7, by con tacting Mr. or Mrs. T. R. Mc Lean, 1309 Murray street, tel ephone SPnng 2-4555. Principal speaker will be Mrs. Claire Argow, former executive secretary of the Ore gon Prison association and a nationally recognized authori ty on criminology and penol ogy, and who is now on Pa cific's faculty. She will talk on her field, criminology, and will relate the role in higher education. A brief progress report of Pacific activities will also be given. Charles P. Cushman, alumni secretary, will also represent the university at the dinner. Reames Chapter Honors Members At Last Session Fifty year members and charter members of Reames chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, were honored at a meet ing of the chapter held last week in the Medford Masonic temple. Presented 50 - year pins were Mrs. Ethel Boggs, past matron of the chapter, now living in Portland, and Mrs. Florence Alexander, who now lives in San Francisco. Of special Interest to mem bers is the fact that Mrs. Alexander's mother, Mrs. Josephine Clark, received a 50-year pin last year. Other 50-year members who were honored and seated in the East were Mrs. Mary Fowler, past matron, Mrs. Mary Wstkins, Mrs. Esther Coleman and Mrs. Maude Duffy. Mrs. Lloyd Caton, worthy matron, and Ross Gilkison. worthy patron, pro-tem, pre sided. Under the direction of Mrs. Morris Boughner a star point, centered with "The Matrons Poem," was presented to the worthy matron by tin? cour tesy girls. Chairman and cochairman for refreshments were Mrs. E. G. Randolph and Mrs. Arthur Hess. Group To Attend Corps Convention Central Point - Mrs. Fred Lawrence, president of the Central Point Woman's Relief corps and several members plan to attend a department convention to be held in May in Coos Bay, it was announced at the April meeting of the group. Mrs. Bessie Henderson and Mrs. Lester Biehn were hostesses. A report was made by the rummage sale committee and a committee in charge of pur chasing a cemetery plaque re ported that the plaque had been purchased and would be dtdicajed on Memorial day. Tlie group will meet in May at the homerjf Mrs. John Novak. O Members furnished 9ookies for refreshments at the Camp Vh- Hobby fair. Mrs Al Hcrmanson served. One . Women's IMews iff " y'"' " Ei ?'' ' ' 1 ' ' ! i Lee Elder (foreground) plays the role of Stephen Foster in the operetta "Oh Susanna" which will be produced at Hedrick Junior High school Friday, May 4, in the school gymnasium, John Eads (left background) is cast as Mayor Foster and Bill Kyker will the life of the American song writer, this operetta is based on the period which Foster spent in Ohio and depicts him as a gay. light-hearted man. Curtain lime is 8 p.m.; the public is invited. Kiwanis Club Conference Planned; Luncheon Held Medford Kiwanis club will be host this week end to the Central Point HEC Has Recent Meeting; Member is Helped Central Point-Mrs. O. T. Wilson was hostess to the Central Point Grange Home Economics club April 25 when members participated in a "Helping Hand week to aid a member. Mrs. Delmar Smith assisted for the des sert luncheon. Mrs. Morris Frink, presi dent, conducted the business session. Mrs. Walter Ricks, bazaar chairman, announced that some articles for a fall bazaar had been turned in. Mrs. Sadie Cyphers of Sams Valley was a visitor. Members were asked to aid in posting information con cerning a Father's day pan cake breakfast scheduled for June 17. Delegates Will Attend Council Those who will attend a council meeting of the Mili tary Order of the Lady Bugs in PrineviUe, May 5 through 7 are Mrs. O. O. DeBerry Mrs. Ivan Lusk, Mrs. R. E. Schulz and Mrs. Ben Allison Mrs. Schulz is VAVS hospital representative. Ivan Lusk of the Military Order of Cooties. VAVS hos pital representative from the VA domiciliary at (.amp White, also will attend. Butte Falls Unit Postpones Session Butte Falls-The May meet ing of Butte Falls Extension unit has been postponed one week and will be held Thurs day May 10 at the ranch home of Mrs. Curtis Thomson. 12 miles northeast of Butte Falls on the prospect road. Tlie cnangc0vas ma. to al ly w Mrs B. T. Fredcnburg to attend the annual mei4)ng of j the Oregon Extension council i ;C Corvallis. 0 The May 10 meeting will have as the projecP topic "Using Accessories in the Home'' and leaders will be M's- Reiert Daniels and Mrs. Uuane Burton. Insta'OO'n will be hrTci. lb Two lbs. 59 51 if0 6 oi. Instant ?. . 79c Plus Thrifty Green Stamps GRANDVIEW 2330 Crater lota Avt9u HI I 3 play Mr. Christy. Themed to annual spring conference of Division 15A of the Pacific Northwest district of Kiwanis International. A dinner will be held a', 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Mon Desir. The business session is set for 9 a.m. Sunday at Rogue Valley Courtlry club. A lunch eon will follow at 12:30 p.m. District Governor Floyd Weldon, Seattle, Wash., and Division Lieutenant Governor Eugene Favell, Klamath Falls, will head the group of digni taries coming for the confer ence. A past district governor will attend. He is Freeman Scrsanous, Portland. Wives and mothers of Med ford club members were guests Wednesday at the regu- ar Kiwanis luncheon at llogue Valley Country club. Music students at Southern Oregon college provided the program. Introducing t h e program was William Winden, pro fessor of vocal music at the college. Vocalists on the pro gram were Miss Linda Smith, Miss LeeAnne Allen and Don MacPhcrson. Playing in string ensemble were Mrs. Lois Fieguth, Miss Bett Kyk er, Don Lacey and Dean Hal- bert. Pianists were Mrs. Win den and Miss Joyce Hunter. Members of the ensemble were students of Mrs. Audrey Bartletl. ; ' ' .. i - - - ii mi ifia i i ; O Presented in the &ay 6th issue JFamilyWeelcIy a colorful weekend magazine appearing with THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Important Exhibit Now Open at Rogue Gallery The works of four well-, dant wilderness that still sur- known Northwest artists aiO now on display at Rogue gal lery, 220 West Main street. The exhibit was originally as sembled for the Ankrum gal lery in Los Angeles by Henry J. Seldis, art critic for the Los Angeles Times. Officers of Rogue Valley Art association believe this to be the most important exhibit ot North west art to beomown Jt The gallery. Shown are works by Rob ert Colescott, Portland, Spen cer Moseley, Seattle; James A. S. Macrionald, Vancouver, B.C., and Robert Bosworth, Medford. The exhibit resulted from a month-long tour which Mr. Seldis made last summer throughout the far-western and Nortlfwest states. At-the end of the tour, the widely known critic wrote that he found "young painters of many persuasions and of out standing talent, even if judged by international norms, who have achieved considerable local success that cries out to be acknowledged elsewhere. If there is a regional accent, it lies with those painters who directly or indirectly re lated to the isolation and mag niture of the magnificent -ver- Scores Announced Mrs. Berg Marten and Mrs. Fred Rehling won first place in the north-south position at the April 30 regular play of the Camp White Veterans Bridge club. They scored 107 points. In second place were Mrs. Frank Baker and Mrs. Leland Clark who scored 99 points. Mrs. J. J. Finegan and Mrs. Marvin Nelson were third with Bi'i points. In the east-west position Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tungate were in first place with 107 points. Walter Grow and Mr. Marten took second place with 91V4 points, and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Gordon were in third place with 90 points. -sS;.. LAUNDROMAT "-STEWART "PRINCESS GRACE: Is She Really Happy?" The Pnncars's confidant, Elsa Max well, writes of the effects the Princess has had on Monaco and of the effects Monaco has had on the Princess. oThis modern-day fairy tale romance is truly real, and here in thcqpages of Family Weekly you will see how both Rainier and Grace wgrk to keep their tiny land safe and happy-strengthening their own family relationship all the while. rounds and encroaches upon even the most metropolitan citadels of the Northwest." Because a number of the paintings shown in Los An geles were sold, the show is not exactly the same although some of the works sold were borrowed for the Medford gal lery's use. The exhibit will be in Med ford three weeks. Gsilery hours are 12 noon until 4 p.m. daily, with the exception of Monday. There is no charge. Special gallery tours are be. ing arranged. Interested groups mav contact Ben Trowbridge Jr., SPring 3-6241 between 2 and 4 p.m. . Fifty Plus Club Slates Luncheon; Members Travel A potluck luncheon is plan ned by members of the Med ford 50-plus club for 12 noon, Friday, May 4 in the Episco pal Guild hall, corner of! North Oakdale avenue and West Fifth street. Members are asked to take contribu tions of food for the lunch eon. Coffee will be furnished. Committee members have asked that male members of the group assemble at the hall at 11 a.m., to arrange for the luncheon. A business session will be conducted and the afternoon will be devoted to entertain ment. The Alexander Hawai ian string orchestra will furn ish dance music. Members are reminded by the officers that a rummage, sale will be held later in May to benefit the Senior Citizens orchestra. Officers report that though some members have been away on vacation trips, the average attendance remains the same, mainly because members of Senior Citizens clubs in other cities and states are also traveling and soma stop in Medford to attend meetings of the local group. o o o o
