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Extension Service . Assists Youne Brides With Homemaking Th Corvaflis - The girl who marries "to get away from it all" is in for a surprise. Chances are, she'll hold a full time job until children arrive; then recess from the labor force only to return again after her children are in school. Home economists at Oregon State university find Oregon's young brides eager for all homemaking help they can get according to this year's enrollments in extension spon sored study groups. With all the work savers available now, why does a homemaker feel any need for homemak ing help? Extension special ists who develop many of these programs list several reasons. As family purchasing agent, U. S. women handle billions of dollars a year. This takes know-how especially on a budget. A trial and error system is costly, but educa tion provides an economical shortcut, they believe. Hard Work Present divorce statistics in dicate that good marriages don't just happen, but are the result of hard work. There's every evidence that young marriages require some ex tra help and skill. The mar riage in which the bride is under 20 is three times as likely to end in divorce as one where the bride is 22 to 24 years old. Since nearly 60 per cent of Oregon brides are under 20 at time of marriage, some special help for young marrieds is in order. OSU extension programs are attempting to eliminate some of the "guess and by golly" in keeping house and in buying furnishings for the first home with sound unbi ased information. Young Mother A typical young mother of two launders an average of 200 articles of clothing, walks 30 miles in her kitchen, shops for, stores, cooks and serves 150 pounds of food each week. She's nurse, chauffeur, inter ior decorator, seamstress, pur chasing agent and many other things to her family. (This may explain why she gets up set when her husband asks "What did you do today?") "These are the homemakers who've asked OSU for new est homemaking aids and are getting them through a unique type of educational program," says Esther Taskerud, coordi nator of home economics pro grams for the cooperative ex . tension service. More than 21, 500 Oregon homemakers are enrolled in study groups which get together once a month for a demonstrated les son that centers on the fam ily. . Here are a few types of Fashions f OS FASHION TENTS PARK & SHOP "YES, ITS TRUEI PARK & SHOP IS A REAL BOON TO US HOUSEWIVES. TRY THIS FINE WORRY-FREE SERVICE, and discover why shopping in downtown Medford is easy and excitingl" u inn fUU IfflU -l ra i nn P CZE LJ FREE Prking with I $2 minimum purchase at any ont of our Park and Shop Mambar Stores. subjects that they study in ( their groups: j Clothing. A few years ago i buying clothing or yardage presented four choices of fi ber - cotton, linen, wool or silk. But now that number has zoomed to more than 70 fibers. Shopping, serins, laundering, and care of all these fibers and their respec tive blends is being presented in several lessons throughout the state. Last year 2,500 women took OSU extension classes for al teration of ready-to-wear. A conservative estimate would be that learning this skill has saved them between $5,000 and $7,000 on alterations, alone. Foods. A fourth of the fam ily paycheck goes for food. U. S. families spend $50 bil lion dollars a year on food. Virginia Weiser, OSU's exten sion nutritionist, says home makers charged with this re sponsibility seek all kinds of help in food buying and meal planning. Families Eat Better New programs in foods and nutrition are designed to help families eat better for vibrant health. "This has always been our aim," says Miss Weiser, "but we are constantly shift ing our approach in keeping with the changing family, new foods and marketing trends." "There are two lines of 'attack'," says Miss Weiser. "One way is to 'catch them young and start them right' before they marry." She re fers to the assistance she gives the 4-H club department in developing foods and nutri tion projects for more than 10,000 boys and girls in ex tension's 4-H youth program. From every side, the young homemaker hears about diets, health foods, drug products all promising to be a boon to liealth, beauty and trim figure. Last year ten mil lion people in the United States spent a total of half a billion dollars to buy unnec essary diet preparations and drugs. Is the expense justi fied? Home economists don't think so. Nutrition workshops and special programs pointing out truths and untruths in food advertising is a popular extension lesson. Home Management Home Management and Equipment. A popular activ ity for young homemakers was a series of home manage ment workshops that are be ing held last fall and winter in seven Oregon counties. Bcrnice Strawn, home man agement specialist, who devel oped the subject matter, be lieves that "good managers are made, not born." First, women learn to an alyze simple jobs around the For The Bride and for every member of the Bridal Party Let us help you plan the wedding of your dreams. 214 EAST MAIN PHONE 772-7169 ULI I m. 11 Jl 1 riri r LED i iusl-ii f- s y MEDFORD rough Study house applying some manage ment techniques used by in dustry. Then they develop time-saving ways. Gradually they are able to see shortcuts in more complex jobs More than 1.000 women ; have already attended these home management work' shops. And they've asked for more. They want more help in making a time schedule for getting work done and organ izing their jobs so that chil dren can help. They learn how to iron their husband's dress shirts in 5 minutes or less. They learn how to re-arrange their stor age areas so they reduce the amount of purposeless energy put forth. Perhaps as import ant as anything is the morale boost these homemakers get. It's reassuring to know their families and problems are "normal." Finance Problems Family Finance. Dorothy Sherill Miller, OSU's family finance specialist, believes that if a young couple can adopt a sensible attitude about the use of money early in marriage, the easier the ad justment will be. She tries to teach couples, regardless of their income and age, that everybody has 100 per cent of income to use to get what's wanted from life. Deciding what they want money to do for them in- the present and future is sometimes one of the most important links of communication a couple can establish. Mrs. Miller develops sub ject matter for teaching bet ter understanding of insur ance, savings, social security, credit, and money needs at California Couple Visiting in Valley Derby - Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Porter W. Allen, Eagle Point, are Mrs. Allen's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Smith, Pomona, Calif. While vacationing in south ern Oregon, the California couple also will visit Mr. Smith's brother and sister-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith, Mcdford, and a sister and brother-in-law", Mr. and Mrs. William L. Stockson, White City. 1 Past Matrons Mrs. V. A. Turpin, 3027 Old Military road, will be hostess for the Past Matrons club of Reames chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Monday, June 11. A covered dish luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m., and members are requested to bring their service. New officers for the en suing year will be selected. "YOU Will LOCATED EAGER TO .1 t W KAS I I I W .id fs MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Groups various stages in an Individ ual's or family's life period. Family Life. Off-campus educational work with em phasis in family life was launched in 1959 when Mrs. Roberta Frasier was appoint- ed to develop this area. Pro- erams nave rjeen conmicipri in - all but two counties to help i ed as a familv hoc ins py. I rami me mopi nna iifnar-c nnc. pands and contracts. Special 1 emphasis is placed on help ing members share feel with one another Understanding Each Othc A man and ms wife may ifc live together for 30 years or i S inure wiwiuui miuwiiik vcttii other," says Mrs. Frasier. It s ' 1 1 young couples understand one ! anuincr s iceungs early uiit marriage so that they won 1 1 f have 30 or 50 years of mis- understanding. i Mrs. Frasier says that every i stand his children better than he does now. Last winter Morrow county couples held a series of meetings on under standing teen-agers, a popular subject. Parents attending the meet ings focus on teen-agers as people. They learned that they can apply principles of psychology to their own family. Essence of much of Mrs. Frasicr's teaching is that to improve behavior of children, parents often have to change their own behavior. Parents working with the specialists find a down-to-earth approach to every day living with chil dren. Experience she's had rearing three children keeps her on the practical side. Understanding Children Prep arin g parents for understanding children really needs to start before mar riage. Extension 'starts with youngsters of 4-H age. Be cause families now have chil dren so close in age, today's youth often grow up without the experience of caring for a baby brother or sister. New 4-H projects in a Child De velopment series help boys and girls to learn to care for babies and have fun with younger children. Social Recreation. The nleasure that comes from en joying individuals within the family has to be learned by some of today's families. Schools and organizations of ail kinds compete for a fam ily's time to the extent that Sunday breakfast may be me only time they are together. Developing with families recreational interests they can carry out with little ex pense at home is a welcome respite from the television set. says Jessalee Mallalieu, OSU recreation specialist. Handicapped Groups Miss Mallalieu also works with handicapped groups ! throughout the state. Teach- ing craft projects that develop j imagination and artistic tal i ents of our states citizens, is helping people use leisure creatively, says Miss Malta I lieu. She holds workshops for I local would-be-crafters who j then serve as teachers to ! others. J Oregon families can receive ; help on all types of problems related to family life nutri- lion, clothing, recreation, fam I ily finance, and home man ! agement, child development and family relations by call ing their county extension of- i fice. The Jackson county of fice is located in Mcdford ' near the county fairgrounds. FIND 8 CONVENIENTLY LOTS IN MEDFORD-All SERVE YOUI" h4 ?k!J T lnyjf ( w - -ir ""."',,c'. :Jf&A""V . ' 1.1 - wa .-T j' .rts:! fe- f'"8,3 b . v.i r.J. f i ft , & t v 1. K--v Signal flags inspire cotton duck trunks and after-swim jacket by Jantsen. Panels of blue, green and while follow the trend to bold, unabashed colors in men's swimwear. Designers Use Nautical Colors For Sports Wear Men will doff their tradi tional grays, blacks and browns this summer when they take to the water in the brightest splash of color and cotton swim styles to come along in many a season, re ports the National Cotton Council. Designers have turned to the vibrant, unabashed colors of the nautical signal flags for inspiration and used them in a riot of stripes, horizontally, vertically and diagonally, and in bold plaids and checker boards. The warm, intense oranges. reds and yellows promise to be the most popular with blues and greens close behind No summer for shrinking vio lets. Styles are almost as varied, ranging from the Jamaica- length boxer trunks to the knitted briefs. The Bermuda and calf lengths so popular for the past several seasons have virtually disappeared. Most are cut low-rise to rest snugly on the hips and many have webbed waistbands. For after-the-swim, toppers range from terry cardigans to chambray pullovers. Some have a sports jacket look while others take inspiration from the famous wartime Ike jackets. Cotton, the tradition al swimwear fabric, appears this summer in all the classic constructions and treatments, plus a couple of new twists. Scottish Rite Women To Meet A business meeting of the Scottish Rite Women's club will be held on Monday, June 11, at 8 p.m., at the Medford Masonic temple, according to Mrs. Charles F. Hoppc,, pres ident Club projects and sum-, mer activities will be pre- j sented. Mrs. Hazel Graten, chair man of the refreshment com- j mittce, will he assisted by Mrs. C. C. Milotta and Mrs. W. G. Meyers. Daughter, Family Guests in Ashland Ashland - Vacationers visit ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gallatin, 148 Cen- I M JKSL i j I J tral avenue, have been Mr. Gallatin's daughter and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Joris and son Terry, Fort Robinson, Neb. Mr. Gallatin accom panied them to Alameda, Calif , for a few days visit in the Bay area. Postpone Meeting Prospect Because of the annual convention of the Ore gon Federation of Garden clubs to be held June 18 through June 20 In Salem, the regular Prospect Garden club meeting set for June 19 has been postponed to June 26. officers have announced. The June 26 meeting will be a workday session at the Prospect Community park. Visits " Michael Hartley, son of Mrs. Jack Hartley, 1408 For tune drive, left Saturday after visiting several days with his mother. He is em ployed at the misiile base at Lowry Air Force field. Moses Lake, Wash. He Is a Medford High school graduate and has attended University of Den ver in Colorado. Luncheon Jacksonville--Past Matrons cluh of the Adarel chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, will meet for a barbecue luncheon at 12 noon. Monday. June 11 in the home of Mrs. Gertrude Winningham, 105 Prrrydale avenue. Mrs. John ' Pond will assist. ( MANOR-ISMS . . . . By ETHEIYN EVANS Rogue Manor Sunday ves per services will be conducted by members during the sum mer months. Mrs. Howard Mann, from Atherton, Calif., excellent artist on the Hammond organ, will play for our 15 minute meditation period, we have our own choir to lead in hymn singing, we have six retired ministers and several retired missionaries and a number of laymen will ing and able to take over the devotional service. However, we are so very glad that all the valley churches, in rota tion, plan to continue con ducting these services next season, as they have been doing since the Manor opened. Wc enjoy their services and the fellowship and friendship that developed as a result of their coming. And our mem bers reciprocate enthusiasti cally: Manor members always fill quite a large section at all church services in the valley. Our members not only scat ter themselves throughout the business, professional and re ligious life of the valley, but they are taking an ever in creasingly active part in many organizations like Rotary, Ma sonic Orders, book clubs, etc.; and at the DAR district con ference there were 12 to 15 Manor members present. The majority of the new officers elected by Crater Lake chap ter, DAR, for the coming term seem to be Manor members, and a number of those who have not been here the re quired year for office, have been appointed on committees. At this district meeting, slides shown and lectures given proved the worthwhile work being done by the DAR in the southern mountain schools they have supported and main tained for many years, and the unceasing efforts of this organization in behalf of our western Indians. There is one form of rec reation in the Manor which members refuse to suspend for the summer dancing. No need to do so, of course, since our auditorium is air conditioned. Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Day, Palo Alto, have organ ized an enthusiastic crowd for ballroom dancing Friday evenings and attend ance keeps growing, because beginners are encouraged and helped. Mr. Day enlisted the help of members and the rec reation committee and some how produced a wonderfully efficient electric player, so the music is good. Several sets of equally en- thusiastic square dancers ake over on Monday evening. Stanley Jones, Medford, is the ringleader here, with Gor don Kershaw a very excellent guest caller and instructor. Mr. Jones also conducts a class for beginning "squares" on Wednesday mornings. Manor members if and when they do organize some sort of a garden club should name it "The Weeders." That happens to be the name of a very famous, century old garden club in Philadelphia, teen, JBTS by BALL - LADY-BUG . . . While, Chino ... low and lovable with the slim trim look you lovo. Perfect for picnic or pitio, polka or platter party. but I suggest that name be cause that is the thing to do on Barneburg Hill if you weed, you are "in." Since hundreds of ground cover plants set out by the nursery 1 are starting to thrive, so have tne.wceds. Our members in an unorganized but militant task force rush out each day to do battle with the weeds. I must admit that the distaff mem bers are in the majority. One reason for that could be the , chance to wear unusual, far-1 out, pretty or becoming sun' hats. This weeding, of course, ' is a grand way to get exercise in the open air; but it is also a labor of love. Members are i anxious to have the grounds as beautiful as the plans tell j us it will be, eventually. ' One of our maintenance men, worried about the tons ' of good magazines thrown out after the subscribers place them in library and lounges a certain length of time, ar-i ranged with Mrs. Kay Crowell. Jackson county juvenile offi cer, and Frank Glonning, Camp White, for passing the magazines on to tnom. Our : cooperative police department ; cars pick them up and deliver 1 mem. The Manor is haDDV about this arrangement. Grand Officers Visit Court; Activities Held A meeting of Roxy Ann court, Order of the Amaranth, was held June 2 at the Ma sonic temple in Medford in honor of Mrs. William Apia nalp, grand royal matron, and Gerald Laurens, grand royal patron, both of Portland. During the evening they were escorted to the throne and given honors. Also escort ed was a largo group of grand ouicers and royal matrons and patrons visiting from other courts throughout the state. After the business session, which was conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mayficld, royal patron and matron, hon orary membership in Roxy Ann court was extended to Mrs. Aplanalp and Mr. Apian- alp, grand marshal, and to Mr. Laurens and Mrs. Laur ens, grand marshal in the East. An addendum was present ed for Mrs. Aplanalp and Mr. Laurens. The meeting was preceded by a dinner served under the irfction f M!;' and Mrs' "al Bishop, Mrs. Lawrence Mcs- sal was in charge of a member participation flower show. Ribbons and prizes were given to Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Merritt Swing and Mr. Mayficld. Sunday morning a break fast was held at Stanley's for the honored guests. Back Interest The back of the wedding gown is as important as the front, for the back is what everyone will look at through out the ceremony. 4 99 BAND SUNDAY, JUNE 10. ISM ! " ' ' ' ' '' y y " "; , v. -i h I ; IT-; ' t, . 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