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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1963 B Social Events Miss Mary Jo Balzer and Kenneth Ache ion, both of Medford. were chosen King and Queen of Hearts for the annual Sweetheart's ball at Southern Oregon college. Pictured at the left are Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, presi dent of the college, and Mrs. Stevenson, who The American Woman Women Said By HARRY FERGUSON Washington - IUPII - Sta tistics gathered by the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation show that women are eight times as law-abiding as men. About 500,000 females are ar rested each year in the Unit ed States for offenses rang ing from homicide to gam bling, but the equivalent fig ure for men is almost 4 mil lion. Drunkenness gels more women in trouble than any thing else, and about 112,000 of them are arrested for it each year. The other principal reasons are theft, disorderly conduct, prostitution, assault and vagrancy. Some 800 wom en in the United States are charged with killing some body on purpose every year and about 2,200 get picked up for carrying guns or other weapons. Among the crimes that the ladies largely leave to the men are forgery and counterfeiting. It is impossible to say the American woman is more moral or less moral than her sisters elsewhere. The Amer ican woman has been studied, analyzed, cross-examined and packaged into many tables of statistics, but no equivalent research has been done in oth er countries. Morals are flex ibid from one generation of women to another. Signposts Confusing A discussion of female mor ality almost always is taken to mean her sexual morals and here, too, the signposts are confusing. Sexual rela tions before marriage are mandatory for girls in some primitive civilizations. In the United Slates it is frowned upon, and thousands of wel fare workers have written millions of words on how to prevent it. Rudyard Kipling was exer cising poetic license when he tried to argue that women in all stations of life work from the same basic moral stand ards and that "the colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins." Studies of the sexual behav ior of women stress that ;n vironment, education, econ omic position and religion ex ert powerful influences on the morals of women. Case his tories of prostitutes are filled with stories of girls who came from broken homes or whose Maternity The elegant tunic . . . fashionably styled in print with black trim $7.98 Capris in easy-care cotton cord $4.98, or Nylon S-T-R-E-T-C-H Capris $7.98. laPointe's Stork Nook' features a complete collection of Maternity Fashions. 2UY LSd were honored as the Sweetheart Couple. The ball, given February 9, was held in the Britt Student center, and was sponsored by the freshman class. Arthur Diederich, Tal ent, freshman class president, was general chairman. More Law Abiding parents earned insufficient money to keep the family pulled together. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare says that 224.330 illegitimate chil dren were born in the United States in 1960. It does not con tend, of course, that this was the total of unmarried wo men who conceived because it makes no allowance for abor tions. The study also notes that there is no way to de termine how many illegiti mate births go unregistered. Rate Increases The rate of illegitimate births outraced the popula tion growth between 1940 and 1960. It was three times as large in 1960. The District cf Columbia, with 55.B illegiti mate births per thousand, was the highest in the nation for while women. Delaware, with 347.7 per thousand, had the highest ratio for non-white women. Several years ago Dr. Al fred C. Kinsey of the Univer sity of Indiana assembled a team of scientists to study the sexual behavior of the Amer ican woman. He persuaded 5,940 women to tell all, or at least almost all, but he made no claim that he had de veloped scientifically precise information. For instance, his interviews were confined to white women and did not in clude women in prison where you logically would find the least moral element. Nearly 50 per cent of the women interviewed said they had sexual relations before they were married. Showing how moral standards vary from age to age, Kinsey found that the rale of pre-marital re lations was twice as high among women born after 1900 than it was for those born before the turn of the century. He asked the mar ried women whether they had any regrets. Sixty nine per cent said no regret, 13 per cent said they had some re gret, and 11 per cent had def inite regret. Admit Adultery About 25 per cent of the married women interviewed said they had been unfaithful to their husbands before they reached the age of 40. Seven teen per cent of them said it had happened in their thirties and early forties. Kinsey not ed a definite relationship he- Fashions MM A n Women's News tween deeply religious women and those uninterested in re ligion. In all age groups the non-religious women exceed ed the devout by better than two to one. Forty per cent of the wom en thought their husbands knew they were being un faithful. Nine per cent thought their husbands sus pected things but couldn't prove it. Fifty one per cent believed their husbands were ignorant of what was going on. When Kinsey asked the women whether they intend ed to continue extra-marital relation, he got these answers: yes, seven per cent; doubtful, 14 per cent; no 79 per cent. Divorce statistics in the United States have been hold ing rather steady in recent years and about one marriage in six is terminated by di vorce or annulment. The American woman has an easier time than almost any body in ending a marriage thanks to the legislatures in such states as Nevada and Arkansas. Rothschilds Program Topic Mrs. Ransley Miller chose the historical novel, "The Rothschilds," to review for the recent Wednesday Study club program, which was hold in the home of Mrs. Minnie G. Ball. The author presents an intimate portrait of the cele brated Jewish family of bank ers and financiers, and Mrs. Miller states, probably no other family in the last two centuries has been so con sislantly the center of Eur opes great events as has the Rothschilds and surely no other family has their wealth, influence and prestige. Continuing, Mrs. Miller commented on the elder Mey er Ansclm Rothschild who was born in Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany, 1743 and died during 1812. He was to have entered the priesthood but showed more aptitude for commercial pursuits. Be ginning as a money - changer in the Ghetto, a Jewish sec tion of Frankfurt, he laid the foundation for the family's fortune and by his success as a banker, built a financial empire, "The House of Roths-1 child," which his five sons carried to five European cap itals and finally to world wide power. Mrs. Wilma Krcbs read a short article from the pam phlet Ford Times. "Cranky is the Crow, and Mrs. L. V. Watkins presented a poem by the poet, Will Carlcton. DA V, Auxiliary Slate Meeting Disabled American Veter ans and auxiliary will meet Monday, February 18 at 8 p.m., at the Girl's Community club, 229 North Bartlett street. Following the business ses sions, refreshments will be served. Women who attend are asked by the committee to lake cherry pies. Entertainment is planned in the theme of George Wash ington's birthday. Return Ashland Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Burgess, 40 Bush street, returned last week from southern California where they visited their son Ralph and his family in Duartc. Mr. Burgess drove back to Ash land with his parents for a few days before returning home. AAUW Group The American Association of University Women Great Decisions group will convene Friday, February 15 at 8 p.m., in the home of Mrs. John, 1 Haven, 1913 Crestbrook road. UN Contest Winner Is Speaker Gold Hill - Paul Goodwin, a Medford High school sen ior who won the 1962 United Nations essay contest in this district, sponsored by the Independent Order if Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges, spoke of his trip to the UN headquarters at a recent meeting in the Gold Hill Pat rick elementary school. The meeting was sponsored by the Odd Fellow and Re bekah lodges of Gold Hill and Central Point. H. D. Force was master of ceremonies. The UN essay contest is an annual project sponsored by the IOOF and Rebekah lodges throughout the United States. The contest is open to high school sophomore and junior students and those who want further information should speak to their social studies teacher in any of the high schools in this district. Young Goodwin learned of the contest last year through his advanced United States History class teacher at Med ford High and entered. His essay and speech were judged best. The student spoke of the trip across Canada and the United Slates and stated that he gained belter understand ing of others through his traveling with students from Canada and this country. He showed slides of the trip and UN headquarters, and ex pressed appreciation to the lodges for making the trip possible. He stated that across Can ada and the United States homes of IOOF and Rebekah lodge members were opened to those on the UN Pilgrim age, and he also told of some of the functions of the United Nations. Guests Ashland Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Rountrec, 552 Beach street, were their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hanson, Lcesvillc, La. Mrs. Hanson is the former Susan Rountree. If Wl I Tyy7t&) I 14 N. CENTRAL - 773-7484 il l! J r I ! y& " J YOU SEE all of the new Nelly Don late I S fry''1 ' f (fi) Spring an Summer styles ... U ViV "jtgLJ jaaI Y0U TRY 0N Sllks' voiIes' linens' cottons' JpTrjA summer synthetics ... I tehsff ft ' i Y0U REALIZE NelIy Don's famous fit 0 ' i' J I lj and fashion for the petite Jl jf 1 , Sfxvtf ure young woman V I L- vw an smart matron " II aapp ... mii. rv f II Stamp Club Takes Part In Annual Design Derby The Southern Oregon Philatelic society participated in the Fifteenth annual de sign derby sponsored by Linn's Weekly Stamp news, a philatelic trade paper, by voting for the design they thought best, least necessary and worst of the 17 com.iiem orative stamps issued during 1962. The ballots will be sent to the news and with those from other clubs will be used to decide the likes and dislikes of the year's issues. The local society voted that the Homer issue showing his painting "Breezing Up" was the best design, and their second choice was for the Arizona Statehood issue. As the worst desig the so ciety chose the Shiloh com memorative, with Appren tice stamp second in the'r opinion as the worst. Stamps issued in 1962 also honored New Mexico, Mercury (Man in Space), Malaria, Hughes, Century 21, Louisiana, Home stead, Girl Scouts, McMahon, R a y b u r n, Hammerskjold, Christmas and Higher Educa tion. Speaks on Lincoln Mrs. Anna Carlcy spoke briefly on Lincoln on stamps, and displayed a frame show ing some, along with an old picture of Lincoln. Mrs. Car ley was born in Illinois, not far from Springfield, and she stated that her grandfather attended the Lincoln-Douglas debates. She also had on dis play another frame of stamps showing some of the recent new issues. Stamps and covers of Vat ican City were displayed by Mrs. Russell Herbert. She also showed several unmount ed covers. Some of these hon ored the Ecumenical council held in October. The other two frames of stamps on display belonged to Mrs. Eric de Place and are part of her "History of the States on Stamps." States rep resented on t he 12 pages were Connecticut, New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, Massachu setts and Delaware. Both CALENDAR Thursday 7:30 p.m. - Lincoln PTA, at school. 7:30 p.m. - Jackson County Medical Assistants, North's Chuck Wagon. "3-J NELLY DON TRUNK SHOW I yf' k tj all day tomorrow, 9:30 to 8:00 at Mann's I f)V jf YOU SPEAK personally to Mr. Harlan Justus, H JT' Jf on rePresentative . . U I "' wfftffi ALL DAY TOMORROW l-Jj Mp 9:30 10 8:00 I Pennsylvania and Massachu setts have had 20 stamps or more with a first day of issue in one of their cities. Dela ware has had three, Connecti cut, four; and New Jersey, five. William ' White conducted the monthly stamp auction, and refreshments were served by Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Edward Leach and Mrs. John Sho t ridge. Guests at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Clark Rawlings, of Medford. Fifty Plus Club Program Planned A program of entertain ment and observances is plan ned for the Medford Fifty Plus club meeting Friday, February 15 at 12:30 p.m., in the St. Mark's Episcopal Guild hall, corner of Fifth street and North Oakdale ave nue. The 154th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth will be observed and a valentine party will be held. Members of the club whose birthdays are in February will also be honored. Cards, games and dancing are on the program. Those who attend should take sack lunches. All interested persons are invited. 4 Buckles and Bows Club Plans Party i ne a u c K i e s and Bows Square Dance club members invite all interested square dancers and callers to attend graduation party for the present beginners class to be held Monday, February 18. Dancing will be from 8 to 11 p.m., with Floyd Workman as caller. Potluck food will be furnished. The event will be held in the Country Squares hall, on Colver road at Talent. YVectfonfca Council To Meef on Friday Wcatonka council, Degree of Pocahontas, will meet Fri day, February 15 at 8 p.m., in the Redman hall on Apple street. Mrs. Gladys Ramrnin, Poca hontas, will preside. Chapter Holds Rushing Party Eagle Point - Mrs. Gordon Moxley, Mrs. Eugene Mit chell, Mrs. Keith Krambcal, Mrs. Donald Bergman, and Mrs. Carl Christian were guests of Beta Nu chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha at a rush party held February 8 at the South "B" street home of Mrs. Robert Krambcal. Gaines were played under the direction of Mrs. Dick Chamberlain. A talk entitled "This is ESA" was given by Mrs. Kenneth Vannice. Plans were announced for a model meeting to be held February 13 at the Chamber lain home on Brownsboro road. At that time Easter Seal material will be made ready for mailing. Mrs. Willie Fisch er, Medford, state second vice president, will be present to meet prospective members. Leave Ashland Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Bosshard left recent ly for Columbus, S.C., where they will visit their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Don Sultle. u I All Kinds of Donuts, Maple Bars, Cinnamon Rolls . . always fresh LUNCH and FOUNTAIN SERVICE Special party orders filled on request ... no order too small or too large. 703 E. MAIN Daily Vacation Topic Theme For Speaker Dr. Ruth Bcbber, associate professor of physical educa tion and health at Southern Oregon college chose the sub ject, "Vacation As You Go and Enjoy Life," when she spoke to the College Women's Club of the Rogue River Val ley February 9. The meeting and no host luncheon was held at the Colony restaurant. In expanding on her sub ject, Dr. Bebber stated that one should find his or her own particular form of relax ation for each day rather than try to compensate by two weeks' vacation for a year's fatigue. Hobbies and other forms of enjoyment would vary with the individual but every one should find some time each day for pleasurable activity, a necessary recharging of one's "battery," explained the speaker. She demonstrated the iso metric form of exercise now in vogue among health authorities. The social committee for the afternoon were the Mes- uonut Maker I Parents Club Sets Workshop Parents Without Partners will conduct a workshoD on teenagers Monday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m., in the Girl Scout headquarters, 209 South Oakdale avenue. Miss Martha Louise Wyatt. Jacksonville. Miss Oregon for 1962, will ba a guest speaker. "Farewell to Childhood," is the title of a film which will be shown and a panel consist ing of four guest speakers will discuss the topic, "How To Live Gracefully With Teen agers." The workshop is open to the public and all interested par ents and students are invited. A small fee will be charged to n o n members. Refreshments will be served. Transportation for members can be arranged by contacting the transportation chairman, Mrs. Louise Hartley, tele phone 772-5123. dames Victor Birdseye, H. L. Snodgrass and Alfred Cos tcllo. Hours: 6 a.m. .to 6 p.m. 779-1954
