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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 2S, 192
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Social Events Women's News
Eagle Point
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Eagle Point - Guests were
ushered into the home of Mrs.
Ted Flury through a lane of
candy canes and met by three
tiny dwarfs, each with a
.' Christmas greeting, as they
attended the open house and
decoration show sponsored by
the Eagle Point Garden club
last week.
Mrs. Flury's - home was
dccored throughout with ar
rangements made from both
decoration kits and ever
greens, and ingenious articles
using ribbons and scrap ma
terials that were turned into
centerpieces for tables, stands
or wall brackets.
While a modernistic theme
was used in the living room,
it blended with the antique
rocking chair anu old fashion
ed poinscttia pattern quilt on
the bed in the bedroom. Mrs.
Irma Cushman helped decor
ale Mrs. Flury's home for the
show.
Mrs. O. W. Turnquist and
Mrs. Doris Jackson greeted
guests at the Turnquist home
on Agale road wiih a pre
dominately red and while
color scheme. They used pop
corn and red cranberries to
decorate their fir Christinas
tree and living room in an
"Old Fashioned Christmas"
theme complete to the braid
ed rugs on the floor.
Mrs. Ed Kimmcl and Mrs.
Thelma Short decorated and
greeted guests at the mobile
home of Mrs. Short. Emphasis
was placed on the exterior
decoration of the covered
patio with Christmas decor
ated shrubs placed in large
pots around the outside of the
circular patio. Baskets of red
fuchsias were suspended from
the patio roof, and cut gold
and green Christmas spirals
hung between the patio pil
lars. A small decorated
Christmas tree stood outside
the kitchen door, and smaller
Christmas arrangements were
used inside (he house trailer.
A Christmas tablecloth of
bright red brought color to
the tiny kitchenette where
guests were asked to register.
Almost 100 persons attend
ed the home decoration show
at Eagle Point. A sliver tea
was held at the Eagle Point
Community building and
homemade decorations sold
following the lour of homes.
Mrs. Betty Claus was general
chairman of the lea and as
sisted by Mrs. Glenn Hale.
World Christmas Customs Are Colorful
Christmas, as an interna-1 a holiday bread
tlonal holiday, is celebrated I Mexico
throughout the world in many
colorful and picturesque man
ners. These customs, born
long ago, today may be prac
ticed only in tiny villages,
still their origins are fascin
ating and quaint. Many of the
traditions have to do with
food.
The Near East region is the
home of the first Christmas.
Wheat is a staple food in the
dietary pattern of most of this
region. Perhaps for this rea
son breads have long formed
the basis for Christmas food
customs in those Near East
ern countries which are pri
marily or partly Christian.
Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, the Christmas
bread is decorated with the
design of a cross, a bird and
a flower on top. The baked
loaf is served with a lighted
candle in the center. Before
the bread is cut, the moth
er and father lift the loaf
high above their heads, ask
ing, "May the wheat grow as
high." When the Christmas
eve meal is finished, the food
and dishes are left on the
table, for it is the custom to
be ready for guests on the
night when Jesus was born.
In Greece, the Christmas
bread is also decorated with
a cross on top, and a silver
coin is baked into the loaf.
When the parents serve the
bread, they break it into
small pieces, then dedicate
the first several pieces to vari
ous saints under whose pa
tronage the family lives. The
remainder of the pieces arc
served to the family and 'tis
thought the person who re
ceives the piece containing
the coin will be especially
lucky and will prosper
throughout the year.
Yugoslavia
In Yugoslavia, the house
wife also bakes a lucky coin
into her Christmas bread. The
loaf itself is usually large
nd round with a hole in the
center for a candle to be In
serted.
In America, though we have
no one Christmas bread com
mon to the entire country, yet
the holiday season has become
traditional time for imagi
native baking. Few are the
homes where some type of
specially festive bread or cof
fee cake will not be served
on Christmas day. Whether
you have- purchased your
rich sweet breakfast bread
at the bakery or baked a tra
ditionally favorite coffee cake
at home, the family "broke
the fast" on this morning with
Mexican Christmas festivi
ties begin on December 16
and continue through Decem
ber 24, a period of 9 days
called posadas. No meat i
eaten on Christmas eve
instead bacalao (dried fish) Is
nrcDared and eaten as appe
tizers or in sandwiches. At
midnight everyone goes to
Mass, then returns home to
lunch on tamales (meat and
corn meal cakes).
Each night, during the nine
day posadas, the townspeople
go from house to house, sing
ing and praying, asking for
"room in the inn" as Joseph
and Mary did. Each night they
are refused until the last,
Christmas eve, when every
one Is welcomed in at one
house, this symbolizing the
stable scene. The real celebra
tion begins then.
Also during each of the
nine days there Is a pinata
which is primarily for the
children. The pinata is a
large thin earthenware jug,
gaily colored and deco
rated, filled with fruits, nuts
and candies. Armed with
sticks, the blind-folded chil
dren try to break it open.
When one succeeds there's a
joyous scramble for the
treats that spill out. However,
it's not until the eve of the
fifth day in January that the
children receive their gifts by
placing their shoes on the win.
dow sill to be filled. This
symbolizes the coming of the
three wisemen to present gifts
to Jesus.
Two Soups
Christmas day dinner is one
of delicious variety beginning
with two soup courses. The
first is a dry soup or sopa
made of fried rice, onion, gar
lic and tomatoes steamed in
soup stock until just moist.
There is also a very thin veg
etable soup served. Next
come the vegetables, which
for this course must he green
vegetables such as artichokes
prepared with egg. garlic, on
ion and cheese. This is fol
lowed by a green salad of,
perhaps, avocado, tomato, on
ion and vinegar.
The highlight of the meal
is the turkey called guajolote
mole. The mole or sauce for
turkey is prepared by grind
ing together four or five types
of peppers, fried bread slices,
peanuts, garlic, chocolate,
seeds and onions. This special
sauce is simmered, then
pieces of cooked turkey add
ed. The whole process takes
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several days preparation. Next
is another vegetable course of
potatoes or other non-green
variety. Last come the frijoles
(dry beans) which signal the
end of the meal.
England
The yule log Is brought In
on Christmas eve and every
member of the family must sit
upon it and salute it before
it's lighted. This assures good
luck in the New Year. Then
the flaming' plum pudding is
brought in for everyone to
feast on.
According to old supersti
tion, whoever eats a plum
pudding and makes a wish
ion the first mouthful) on
each of the twelve days be
tween Christmas and Epiph
any (January 5), will be bless
ed with luck and fulfillment
during the coming months.
However, bad luck attends
the greedy who nibble pud
dings before the Christmas
feast.
The Yule Spice Cake or
Pepper Cake is another holi
day cake that is considered
unlucky if cut before Christ
mas eve. It is a rich and deli
cious concoction containing
sultanas (grapes), currants,
candied peels and spices. It
is baked the day before the
holiday as a flat round cake
about three inches thick.
Cheese is usually eaten with
tlr: cake and traditionally
marked with a cross.
Old English thought was
that since the twelve days be-
tween Christmas and
Twelfth Night are a mirror
of the year, a person will en
joy one happy month during
the next twelve for each
mince pie eaten at a neigh
bor's house during that peri
od. Bands of carolers, going
from door to door in the vil
lages before Christmas, are
invited in to mince pies and
hot drinks.
The ancestor of modern
England's mince tart was an
enormous affair, sometimes
weighing over a hundred
pounds and bursting with
"neat's tongues (oxen), chick
en, raisins, eggs, orange and
lemon peels," and many other
Ingredients, as well as quanti
ties of sugar and spices. So
important was mince pie
years ago that a night watch
was appointed to guard them
from marauders.
The Twelfth Night Cake,
served on the occasion of the
Twelfth Night, has a great
part in the festivities. The
cake, baked with a bean and
a pea Inside, was originally
accompanied by Lambs Wool,
a drink seasoned with sugar,
nutmeg and the pulp of roast
ed apples. At the gathering,
whoever found the bean in
his portion of cake was pro
claimed king of the revel,
while the queen was the per
son getting the pea. From
there a mock court was es
tablished and each of the
guests was assigned to some
different office and title of
importance.
Former Residents
Visit Ashland
Ashland llouseguests of
Mr. and Mrs. Williams Briggs
Sr., Upper Tolman Creek
road, are Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Briggs Jr., and children
Susie and Roger, and Mrs.
Gladys Crandall. Burhank.
Calif. All are former Ashland
residents.
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Beginning whan she was only a year
old, Mrs. Donald K. Denman and her grand
father, Edward C. Daley, Bath, Maine, made
a yearly trip into the Main woods to selsct
a family Christmas tree. Now that his only
grandchild lives in Medford, Or., and can
not go with him to ehoos a ire. Mr. Daley
cuts a liny tr and ships it to her by air
parcel post. This year Mr. Daley, a retired
lumberman who lived at a boy in northern
Canada, soaked lh Ire in water, wrapped
It in a plaiiie sack, stood it in a box and
then poured popcorn around It for packing.
The little fir tree arrived in perfect condi
tion and Mrs. Denman is pictured with her
present from Maine after it was trimmed.
Mrs. Denman and her husband, an atiorny
live at lh Denman family home, 104 Geneva
street; he is an attorney and Mrs. Denman
teaches homemaking at McLoughlin Junior
High school.
Opera Casts A
Portland - Musical Director
Eugene Fuerst has selected
the principals for the Theatre
Arts Opera association's two
New Year operas.
The two operas, "Cavalerria
Rusticana" and "Pagliacci,
will be staged February 10
and 11, sponsored by the Bu
reau of Parks and Recreation.
Two newcomers will make
their local opera debut with
Mr. Fuerst in "Cavalleria Rus
ticana." They are Anita
Grandberg, University of
Portland music major, and
Maria Novak, of Marysville
college.
Miss Grandberg will sing
the mezzo-soprano role of
Lola in "Cavalerria Rusti
cana" with Eileen Fern. Miss
Novak doubles with Luella
Mahnon as contralto in the
role of Mamma Lucia.
Other principals in the
opera by Pietre Mascdgin are
sopranos Helen Bolton and
nnounced
Hazelle Magee as Santuzzua;
tenor Darrel Reynolds as Tu
riddu, a son of Lucia; and
baritone James Page as Alfio,
a teamster.
Mr. Page will also handle
one of the leads in "Pagliac
ci," as the baritone Tonia, a
strolling player in this opera
concerning a murder-stricken
troupe of strolling players.
Canio, master of the troupe,
will be played by tenor Wil
liam Hazelbauer; Nancy
Muhle and Valerie Blohm
play Canio's wife, a soprano
role; Beppe, a player, will be
portrayed by tenor Carl Man
ning; Uwe Haefker will han
dle the baritone role of Silvio,
a villager.
Carters Here
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Carter
and children, Diana, Judy,
Jim and Douglas, have arrived
in Medford to spend the
Christmas holidays with Mrs.
Carter's mother,' Mrs. John
Seiler, and her sister and
brother, Adabee and Harlin
Seiler, 1132 West Main street.
The Carters live at Yucalpa,
Calif.
Mrs. Seiler is a patient at
the Hawthorne Convalescent
home.
Father Here
Clarence Starcher Is In Med
ford to spend Christmas with
his son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Bren H. Starch
er, 1570 Stage Road south. He
will return to his home in
Blue River, Ore., Wednesday.
In Portland
Ashland Mrs. Charlotte
Froman, Herscy street, is
spending the holidays in Port
land with her daughter and
family, Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Sheridan and three children.
In Ashland
Ashland Mr. and Mr?.
James McNair, Pasco, Wash.,
are guests for the holidays at
the home of his mother, Mrs.
Lore n a McNair, 323 Oale
street.
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Weekly Session
Security Benefit cluh will
not meet Wednesday, Decem
ber 2fi, it was announced yes
terday. The next session of
the club will be January 2 at
11 a.m. at the Pythian building.
About 135 attended a
Christmas dinner given by
the club last Wednesday. A
business meeting was follow
ed by community singing and
the day was rounded out with
dancing until 4 p.m.
John Turnbaugh brought a
tree which was trimmed to
provide a Christmas back
ground for the dinner and a
dance held Friday night.
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Mrs. Ethel Coy, David Moore,
Mrs. Lethel Leachman and
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day cake was furnished by
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