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Record Audientes Attend SOC Program of Music Ashland-Soldom has a col lege musical event attracted so large a crowd as did the Kurt Weill operetta "Down in the Valley", whirh played o capacity audiences in Churchill hall on both Friday and Saturday" nights. TUn Cnnthorn Ckrnmn PC 'lege Populaircs, under the di rection bf William C. Winden lot the music department, pre sented the melodramatic folk opera in near professional jstyle. Much credit goes to Ed ward Fitzpatrick o'. She col- lege humanities staff for the (effective lighting and set de signs wnicn aauca cumuiiiyu rary. realism to the saga of love and death. L Less Ann Allen, in the role ,of Jennie Parsons, displayed a "voice of rare tone and power, matched by her vivacity and .clear diction. The luting bar lads she sang carried a haunt ing sombreness true to the American folk music of the "mountains in which the ac tion took place. h Don Macpherson, Medford, isinging the tenor lead as Jen- 'nie's condemned lover, Brack '.Weaver, seemed to.be playing a part less suited to his capa .bililics than was the villain, ;T h o m a s Bouche, portrayed jwith diabolical but brief gus- tto by Robert Andrews, Asn .'land. f Costumes and make-up add' led much to the operetta's au thenticity and were S"er best in the full light of the country Idance in which tiny Glenn .JMatlhcws and little Susan Ivie drew laughter and ap- 'plause for their lively Jig I Cast in the role of preacher Jand narrator was Peter Tom seth, while Edward Bennett .played the part of Jennie's fa- ther. Others involved In the musical narration were Har old Mobley, Jeff Leroy, Larry Nolte, Gary Trinka, Patricia Crawley and Charlene High land. Debby Allen was the small dancer who paired with little Glenn Matthews in Fri day night's performance. Danusia Bell, Acdcne Jen sen, Cecilia Maphet, Margie Pittam, Karen Tuor and El len Ward made up the danc ing group trained by Beverly Bennett, head of the physical education department. Piano accompanists were Shirley Hopkins and Joan Windcn. Preceding the operetta, mree scenes iium opera were nresenlerf A0nln.nl n simnlp background of blue sky and sea, guest artist Nam Kaylor as Cio-Cio-San In Puccini's "Madam Butterfly," sang the NOW GET 25 More Protein Drink Hi-Energy MULTI-VITAMIN A MINERAL You can taste the difference Only Arden has it at your store Than Con ta mud in Regular Milk MILK TUESDAY, MAY IS. 1962 stirrine selection from Act II. Joan Winden aa Suzuki was a rich contralto foil for the lyrical quality of Mrs. Kaylor's beautiful voice. Con- tinued applause followed each of their appearances. Joyce Hunter was their accompan ist. The second operatic scene was presented by Linda Smith and Lee Ann Allen in a selec tion from Hurr.perdincks "Hansel and GreUl," a de lightful song and dance num ber familiar and popular with the audience. It was directed by Mrs. Winden and accom panied at the piano by How ard Kennett, .ho also played for the third group in which Don Macpherson and Lynn Farrell sang a scene from Act I of "La Boheme" by Puccini The Populaires chorus con sists of Lee Ann Allen, Jo Anne Bates, Betsy Beck, Pa tricla Crawley, Lynn Ferrell and Suzanne Rogers, sopra nos; Anita Felter, Leona Hag eman, Charlene Highland and Linda Smith, altos; Jaon Gra ble, Jeff LeRoy, Don Mac pherson, Ron Mullanix and Bill Sleep, tenors; Robert An drews, Edward Bennett, Har old Mobley, Larry Nolle, Pe ter Tomseth and Gary Trinka, basses. The musical Droduclinn m. one of the featured events of Mothers' Week End on the college campus and was pre sented without charge. During me intermission coffee and cookies were served by Alpha Sigma chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, with proceeds eoinir tn t h e sorority's scholnrohln iuna. other silver contribu tions at the close of the pro gram will be added In the college music fund Three other musical events at the college are scheduled for Sunday. Mav 20. at H n.m. when the orchestra will fiive its annual spring concert; May 24 at 8 p.m. when the band and string ensemble will play, and may 31 at 8 p.m. when the student music recital will be presented. All are to be in Churchill Hall auditorium. --F.M. Medford Woman Named President Of State Group Mrs. Ben Allison, Medford, was elected royal lady gold bug, or department president of the Military Order of Lady Bugs during the" recent state convention held in Prineville, Ore. Mrs. Edna Roundlree, Cuos Bay, was named lady katydid; Mrs. Ofa Sanders, Eugene, lady butterfly; Mrs. Ivan Lusk, Central Point, lady fire fly; Mrs. John Abrahamson, Garibaldi, Ore., guard; Mrs. R. E. Schulz, Medford, treas urer. Named trustees were Mrs. B. L. Curl, Tillamook; Mis. Perry Pinkston, North Bend; and Mrs. E. Padclford, Maple ton. Mrs. Fred Lawrence, Medford, was elected to the degree team and Mrs. O. O. DeBcrry, Medford, secretary and publicity chairman. PTA Workshop Set Wednesday Jackson County Council of Parent - Teacher associations will conduct workshops and a school of Instruction for unit officers Wednesday, May 16, at 9:45 a.m. in the Red Cross building, 80 Hawthorne ave nue. Luncheon will be served by the Medford PTA Coordina ting committee for a nominal fee. Installation of officers will be held during the business session, following lunch. Child care will be provided for a small fee. Members arc to bring a sack lunch and a sturdy toy for each child. Teens to Hold Square Dance Twistin' Teens Square Dance club is sponsoring a party and dance for Thurs day. May 17. at the Medford YMCA, 522 West Sixth street, from 7:30 lo 10:30 p.m. Those attending are asked to lake a hat "of some sort" and a contribution for a light pntluck meal. Byron Dibble will call. All tcenHgrr.1 who enjoy square dancing are invited to attend. Set Dinner Shady Cove-Trail A spa ghetti dinner to be sponsored by the Guild Women of St. Martin's Episcopal church is set for Sunday, June 3 from 2 to 8 p.m.. In the Veteran of Foreign Wars hull In Shady Cove. A nominal charge will be marie for adults and a spe cial price will be featured for children. Mrs. II. II Corliss, 938 South Holly street, Is in Os wego, Ore., this week end lo spend Mothers' day with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Corliss. Social Events (A- .--S,.i Ji ' -u -' I f h Ml fcaaah;, .n un 1 1 M f i. ' V frJk jii tt:, JB ,..,!,, , , ..... . iAa. I .r ., 1 - 3 Miss Sherry Koblick, pictured here dur ing Ihe 1962 Junior-Senior Promenade of Medford High school, was entertainment chairman for the dance, the traditional event given by the juniors in honor of graduating seniors. Miss Koblick is shown with her es cort, Jim Snodgrass, who was chairman of The 1962 Junior-Senior Promenade of Medford High school attracted a larger than ever group of students this year. "Twi light Beneath the Sea" was the decor theme, and youthful King Neptunes. such as Dave Mothers Guests At Annual Tea In Hornbrook Ilornbrook Mrs. Martha Cummins was honored as the oldest mother attending a mother's tea at the Methodist church on Thursday. She will observe her 94th birthday on May 15, and, in observance, will hold open house at her home the following Sunday, May 20lh. Mrs. ,1. W! Edwards, who with her husband, recently bought the Paul Greene prop erty and moved here from the Bogus area, was present ed a gift as the mother with the most children. The Ed wards are parents of nine children. Receiving a prize as the youngest grandmother was Mrs. Dudley Killngsworlh. The largest group to attend the event In recent years was on hand to enjoy the tea, which is an annual affair giv en by the Christian Women's Community Fellowship of the church, especially tn honor the older mothers of Ihe com munity. World War I Groups Plan Social Evening A social evening and pot luck dinner are planned by members of Veterans of World War 1, Barracks 5-1(1 and auxiliary, for Wednes day. May 18 at 7 p.m., in Ihe j Girls Community club on Bartlett street. Mrs Alvin C. Lucas will 1 be in charce of refreshments. and entertainment will be ; provided for the social hour. GERALD LATHAM Say: Get Self Government in Local Affairs HOME RULE - YES! ri Pol. Ad. CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR HOME RULE. R f. CoHini, Crtmn.. 235 So. Oiilf. MpdlOfd, Oregon "W " ' nil !! Collins, sophomore shown at left, served refreshments. Seated at this table are (left to right) Steve Minneci, Miss Sue Root, Miss Robin Emmens and Terry Todd. (Knackstedt photo) Applegate Club Plans Guest Day Applegate Valley Mrs. i Richard Doi, librarian at j Southern Oregon college will discuss flower arrangement at the meeting of Applegate I Vallev Garden club at Ruch Community church Thursday, i May 17, at 2 p.m. She also will speak on customs in j Japan This meeting also is the in spiration for a silver tea lo benefit the 411 scholarship fund. A plant sale also has been arranged for the fund. Members of Williams and Jacksonville Garden clubs also have been invited. J Group to Attend j District Session j Officers and degree staff of j Talisman temple. Pythian Sis ters, will attend a district. j convention of Pythian Sisters i al Bandon May 19. Plans for i the trip were made at the last meeting of the Pythian club, held at the home of Mrs. Joseph Fritsch, 301 Cra ter Lake avenue. Mrs. Walter Michaelson was co-hostess. Cards follow ed the business meeting and prizes were won by Mrs. Ida Ireland, Mrs. Carl Filchtncr and Mrs. William Sweet. Card Party Get Together club will shower given at the home of and dessert luncheon Friday. May 1R in the Girls Commu nity club The luncheon will be served at I p.m., with cards to follow. and WIN MARKS WAmon c Maufc tf W (JIItf3 I nCVl J " 1 W w W W HMPTA Holds' the committee which staged the coronation of Miss Vicky Enders as prom queen. Charles McNair, president of the student body placed the floral crown on Miss Enders' hair. The Anderson orchestra played, and The Coach men, school group, sang. (Knackstedt photo) RNA Lodge Plans Dinner, Meeting A social meeting and pot luck dinner are planned for members of the Mistletoe camp, Royal Neighbors of America lodge, on Thursday, May 17 at 6 p.m in tlie Pythian building. The servine committee will be Mrs. Thomas Mcc, Mrs Ruby Hicks and Morrison. Mrs. Mae Group Attends Star Meeting A etoiip from Reamcs chaiv i ter. Order of the Eastern Star. I Pythian bldg. Medford, attended the spring I 12 noon Reames Social meeting of the Southern Ore-! club, Medford Masonic tern gon association May 6 in Can-! pie. yonville. Ore j 12 noon-Elta Deuel Hubbs. Attending from Medford i l("ni- Duv- Mrs- Ruby Mal" were Mr. and Mrs. Rov Nord-I lor - 207 Cottaee st. wick. Mrs. Ray K. Railcy. Mrs. II. F. Nordwick. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Randolph. Mrs. Stewart Penington, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Boughner and Mrs. Miriam Ward, i There are 21 Eastern Star I chapters represented in the Southern Oregon association. SAVE 50 OR MORE! ECON-O-CLEAN Professional Dry Cleaning With Coin Operative Economy! fiiH&f MINIMUM Cleaning end Spoiling Onlyl Nu-Way Cleaners -601 E. Main St. Dumol Domestic Laundry and Dry Cleaner 30-32 North Riverside Medford Cleaners - 34 North Holly Drive-in Clcaner-702 W. Main, 844 S. Rivrsid Crystal Whit laundry A Dry Clranitrt 811 N. Ccnlral-Medford O Ashland laundry & Dry Cleanei rcsell On Hour Martinizing MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Lone Pine-Mrs. Frank Cal- alano was installed president of Lone Pine Parent-Teacher association at the organiza tion's May meeting. Other of ficers are Mrs. Floyd Skinner, vice president, Mrs. Norman Vance, treasurer and Mrs. Ed ward Earnest, secretary. Mrs. Chester Kecne, presi dent of the Jackson County Council of Parent-Teacher as sociations, was installing offi cer. Mrs. Keene presented each officer with a handker chief corsage which Mrs. Nor man Vance had made. She also presented Mrs. Darrell Harrison, retiring president, a past president's pin. The program was given by pupils of Mrs. Opal Guelzlaff's first grade, Mrs. Carl Hille stad's second grade, Mrs. Gail Hollander's first grade, Mrs. Burle Thornton's 'second grade and Mrs. Lorin Scheel's third grade. Michael Lamont acted as master of ceremonies. Poems honoring mothers were given by Michelle Huff man, Colleen Patterson and Gary McNeil. Mrs. Guelzlaff's first grade won the room count for the evening. Mrs. Chester Kccne an nounced that a school of in struction will be held May 16, in the Red Cross building. Workshops will be held' for various officers and chairmen. Mrs. Harrison announced the defense saving stamp pro gram has proved lo be very successful. Stamp books wiil be mail"d to parents, along with final report cards at the close of school. Table decorations were made by pupils in Mrs. Eileen Hillestad's second grade room. Calendar Tuesday 6:30 p.m. - Rogue Valley Handweavers guild, Mr. and Mrs. Elton Waldron, 2399 Springbrook rd. 6:30 p.m. - Oregon chapter, Royal Arch Masons and Roy al Arch Widows, Jacksonville Masonic temple. 7 p.m. - St. Catherine's guild card parly, St. Mark's Episcopal church. 7:30 p.m.- Siskiyou Archeol ogy club, Crater Rock mu seum. 7:30 p.m. - Chapter BE, PEO, Mrs. Fletcher Fish, Phoenix. 8 p.m. - Esther circle, West minster Presbyterian church, Mrs. Mildred De Witt, 205 Ashland ave. 8 p.m. - Pythian Sisters, Pythian bldg. 8 p.m. - Medford High school vocal music depart ment, concert at school audi torium. 8 p.m. - Rogue Sis-Q area council Square Dancers, Roxy Ann Grange hall. 8 p.m. - First Methodist church, WSCS, Circle 11, Mrs. Edmund llass. 1615 Crown ave. Wednesday 10:30 a.m. - Upper Apple gate Extension unit, Mrs. Har ry Davis, Foots creek. 10:30 a.m. Central Point Ex tension unit, Mrs. Lcslcr Wcrtz, Route 1, Box 69, Eagle Point: meet firsl at home of Mrs. R. G. Ekdahl. 40 South Second St., Central Point, car pool. 10:30 a m. to 3 p.m - Rogue Elk Extension unit, home of Mrs. Roy Nolan. 11 a.m. - Townsend club. 12:30 p.m. - Chapter CP, PEO. Mrs. Leonard Mayfield. 1 Black Oak dr. 12:30 p.m. Wednesday Study club. North's Chuck Wneon restaurant. 12:30 p.m - Contemporary Book club. Mrs. A. N. Potter Jr., 1315 Queen Ann ave. iHomemakers 1 Four hundred members of 1 Jacksnn eountv's 115 Home Fx. jacKson county s JD Home fcx tension units and their guests crowded Mon Desir inn near Central Point yesterday for the annual Jackson County Home Extension Spring festi val. This event is the high point of the year's program for the several hundred wom en who are enrolled in the extension service's adult edu cation program. Theme of the festival was "Friends Around the World" and one of the speakers was Mrs. Ernest Miller, who talk ed on Australia. Mrs. Miller's husband is in exchange teach er at Medford High school. It was noted during Ihe day that the next convention of the As: sociated Country Women of the World, affiliated with the Extension program, , will be held in Australia. Main speaker of the after noon was Mrs. Mabel Mack, former Jackson county home extension agent and on the staff of the Oregon Extension service for the past several Gold Hill Club To Hold Show; Session Slated Gold Hill - A non-competitive flower show and silver tea js being planned by Gold Hill Garden club for June 12 in the basement of the Gold Hill Comniunity Methodist church. A children's division will be included and the pub lic is invited to participate. Next meeting of the club will be held Friday, May 18 at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. James Sallee on Maple lane. Slides of wildflowers in this district will be shown by Mrs. Howard Bush. Medford. Mrs. Sidney Anderson was hostess for the last meeting of the' group at her home in the ' Willow Springs area. Visitors were Mrs. Ralph Chapin, Grants Pass, Mrs. Ruby Guthery, Butte Falls and Mrs. Linabelle Deck, Rogue River. The Rev. Charles Pearson, pastor of the Gold Hill As sembly of God church, spoke on a proposed youth center. Mrs. Ferd Jones represented the Garden cluh at a plan ning session held April 23 at the library concerning the Youth Center. A program on flower ar rangement was presented with Mrs. Mabel Copeland, Mrs. Cassie Johnson and Mrs. Wal ter McLean showing arrangements. fgjl tv v - WJ new I Festival Large Evertf years Mrs. Mack, speaking on , gram Mrs! Frank the "HiKtnrw nt Fvtnsinn" r . nnj m the "History of Extension1 pointed out that the United States Department of Agricul ture and land grant colleges are this year celebrating the 100th anniversary of the pass, age of the congressional act which set up the department and made possible the estab lishment of colleges through out the United States devoted to agricultural, engineering and home economics courses. Three-Fold Purpose Mrs. Mack explained that these land grant colleges, of which Oregon Stale univer sity is an example, were es tablished with a three -fold purpose, to give resident in struction, to conduct research in agriculture and engineer ing and to maintain an exten sion service which is a coop erative effort of the federal, state and county governments. This congressional act has resulted in the most successful and most extensive adult edu cation program in the world, she stressed. Useful and prac tical information in scores of varying fields is assembled and made available to anyone who desires it. Mrs. Mack gave detailed in formation on the growth of this service, particularly to farmers and homemakers, and also went into the history of the work of OSU and the Ex tension service in Jackson county, which has one of the oldest programs in the stale. Yesterday's festival opened al 10 a.m. with Reese Creek and Lithia units in charge of registration. Mrs. David Kahl, Eagle Point, chairman of the Jackson County Extension Advisory committee, welcom ed the members and visitors, and Mrs. Iva Harper, Griffin Creek unit, gave the invoca tion. Court Attends Guests for luncheon includ ed members of the county court and their wives. Due to the size of the group, tables were set in the inn's four din ing rooms, on the veranda and in halls. To open the afternoon pro- "REPUBLICAN SHOWCASE -1962" A Timely TV Presentation KBES-TV, TONIGHT, 11:00 P.M. Your Voter's Pamphlet Comes to Life in Your Living Roorr Sea Your Candidates Pd. Pol. Ad. Jackson Co. Republican Comm. John Snider, Treas., Medford, Ore. Frank Williams, Prospect, and Mrs. James Tengesdal, Valley Rogues unit, led singing. Mrs. Ira Fitzgerald spoke on Associat ed Country Wom.n of the World and Mrs. Julie Tura mers, Mon Desir owner, show ed colored slides and spoke of the trip taken by a group of Oregonians last fall to Alba, Italy, Medford's sister city. West Side unit members took charge of table decora tions, and nine units set up displays which constituted a review of the year's projects and programs. NEWBRY NAMED GOOD SENATOR On May 5, 1962, tht "Or gon Voter" said; "Lynn New bry, Republican encumbent, de tervet tht nomination over Don aid L. Stathos who in our opin ion is trying to unseat Newbry -(or no objective purpose. New bry was a good Senatorjndeed." Pd. Pol. Ad by Neighbors for Newbry Committee Chet Hubbard, Chm., Medford, ; Mll liIWIp.lliUIIUJ.IIlllllll l no waist no sugar SHASTA ow price
