MedfordSTribune
MEDFOKD. OREGON. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1962
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Picking Profits
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If the pears are in the very top of the tree, the picker iff''1 .;- ,j : f t ffif ;
must work from the top of the ladder. If Mrs. G. A Ernst fj v y- ' jf Jfe I I ftf"
was frightened of falling, it doesn't show in her smiling I -r- I J I f
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Orchardists needed pickers and the Medford
YMCA women needed- money. So eight of the
"Y women" made up a crew and worked part
time last week in the Fleming orchard near
Jacksonville, owned by Wilton White. The money
they earned for the strenuous work of picking
pears and apples will be used to renovate the
locker room at the "Y" building.
When it came to wrestling the heavy orchard ladders around, the "Y" women wore
glad they had been taking physical fitness classes. Maxine Smeltz (Mrs. O. H.) wasn't
a novice at the job either, for she had picked fruit in other seasons.
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'irginia Marks, wife of Win Marks, pauses
scrape the mud from her boots. The recent
jnseasonal heavy rains turned Rogue valley
orchards into a sticky mess underfoot
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Pears, even the comparatively sturdy Bosc variety which were being harvested last week, must be han
dled with care to guard against stem punctures or bruises. Mrs, Charles Darling (at left) and Mrs. Charles
Booth have just emptied their picking buckets, Mrs. Darling was the one who thought up the idea of
helping the orchardists while earning money for the locker room project.
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Mrs lanell Wilkes, director of women's activities at the Medford YMCA, was one of
the women in the picking crew. Mr,. B. H. Spoonts and Mrs. W. T. Mclntyre were
dl-.o in ttie picking crew, and Mrs. Howard Bowman wa bby iitr:r.
Every worker w mora than ready for ti rest nd food when lunch time cme Wednesday noon. The women prepared breakfast for their husbands
and familtes and taw the children off for school before leaving for the orchard, and were home by lale afternoon. Since (he locker room project is
going to take quite bit of money, the women are looking around for more work and are offering to pick up bulbs in the gladiolus fields.