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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON SUNDAY. FEBRUARY. 17. 1863 C 5 u ': A Eo n Mri. Ralph Kingman (at left) was gen eral chairman of the annual valentine ball of Beta Sigma Phi which wai held Saturday, February 9, at Rogue Valley Country club. Mr. Kingman ii a member of Beta Upiilon chapter. Pictured with Mri. Kingman during the party, attended by about 200 guests, are (left to right) Mr. Kingman, Mrs. James A. Wells and Mr. Wells. (Knackstedt photo) Mr. and Mrs. Richard Knoll were especially interested In the gay decorations which made Rogue Valley Country club colorful for the annual valentine dance of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, held February 9. for Mrs. Knoll was chairman of the decorations committee. Lavender and old lace was the theme, and the topiary trees which the committee made held dosens of lavender paper orchids. In the Starlight room the Iraditional red and white hearts and cupids war used on the walls and tables. (Knackstedt photo) Rebekah Lodge Closes Contest; Events Slated Oold Hill-Twenty-six mem bers of Amethyst Rebekah lodge recently attended a din ner in the home of Mrs. Earl Moore, Lampman road, which honored the winning team of the 1962 attendance contest. Mrs. Paul Thompson was win ning team captain. Mrs. Leonard L. Martin, captain of the losing team, and members of that group served the dinner in coopera tion with Mrs. Moore. The valentine motif was used. Mrs. Albert Gascon, noble grand for 1963 and other new officers presided for the first meeting of their term held efter dinner. Plans were made to attend Friendship night, March 4 at 8 p.m. with Olive Rebekah lodge, Medford. Mrs. Charles Stripling, chairman for the IOOF and Rebekah building fund com mittee, presented a progress report. She named commit tees for a benefit dance, the second fund raising event for the purpose of improving the IOOF hall. Mrs. Clarence Parsley, Unit Meetings Are Announced For the Week "When Widowhood Comes," will be the project lesson for the county home extension units which will meet this week. Earns Valley Mrs. Lester James will be the hostess for Sams Valley unit Tuesday, February 19 at 10:30 a.m. The project lead. ers will be Mrs. Harry Ellis end Mrs. V. A. Hunt. A pot- luck luncheon is planned and table service will be required. Lone Pine Mrs. Lorene Babcock and Mrs. Charles Hurst will be the cohostesses for the noon luncheon at the Lone Pine unit meeting Thurday, Febru ary 21 at 10:30 a.m. The meet ing will be held in the home of Mrs. Albert L. Henderson, 1532 Terrace drive, Medford. Mrs. William J. Brogan and Mrs. Floyd C. Lewman will give the lesson. Child care will be available t the home of Mrs. Frank ; Dupray, 3475 Lone Pine road. ; Alba The Alba unit members will meet in the home of Mrs. I John Asplund, 1458 Jasper street at 10:30 a. m., Tuesday, 1 February 19. Sack lunches will be required. Mrs. Thor j Hansey and Mrs. Al Bradford 1 will be the leaders. I chairman of the Past Noble Grands Treasure chest project announced proceeds will go to the building fund. Mrs. Harry Newnham is cochair-man. Mrs. Evert Jennings, United Nations representative, re ported on a recent talk given by Paul Goodwin, Medford, winner of the 1962 UN pil grimage contest. Mrs. Gascon named com mittee chairmen for the year. They are Mrs. Walter Mc Lean, good of the order; Mrs. Jennings, flowers; Mrs. C. Clyde Kell, publicity; Mrs. Daniel Stewart, cochairman; Mrs. Roy Centers, Mrs. Cassie Johnson, and Mrs. Clarence Parsley, courtesy; Mrs. Thomas Z. Smith, Mrs. Her schel Robertson, and Mrs. James Clement, finance. Mrs. A. A. Walker was elected drill captain. Mrs. George Dorman and Mrs. Wilbur Martin were hon ored for having birthdays in February. They were present ed corsages, by Mrs. McLean, made for the occasion by Mrs. Earl Moore. Mrs. Joe Lewis, president of Past Nible Grands club an nounced the club will meet Thursday, February 28 at 2 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Raymond Thompson, High way 99 north. This will be the first afternoon meeting of the group. A valentine party will be held. Mrs. Jennings, president of Amethyst Rebekah Friendship club reported that the annual dinner of the group will be held Monday, February 18 at North s Chuck Wagon restaur ant in Medford. Those attend' ing are to meet at the home of Mrs. Paul Molloy at 6:45 p.m. Mrs. Jennings said this will be the tenth anniversary 01 the club. Lady Lions Officer Visits Rogue River Prospect-Mrs. George Hub bard, Prospect, who is district director for the Lady Lions made an official visit to the Rogue River Lions auxiliary meeting February 11. Mr. James Heston Grieve accompanied her as a visitor. Medford IOOF, Rebekahs Plan Social Series The Medford Odd Fellows and Olive Rebekah lodges are sponsoring a series of social evenings, twice monthly, pre ceded by covered dish dinners at 6:30 p.m. A brief business meeting is conducted by the IOOF lodge at 7:15 p.m., fol lowed by cards and a social evening. The next social evening is to be held Tuesday, Febru ary 26 opening with the cov ered dish dinner at 6:30 p.m. All Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodge members and friends are invited. Donations will be accepted and given to the elevator fund for the IOOF home in Portland. Members of the Rebekah lodges of this district will be entertained on Friendship night, March 4 by the Olive Rebekah lodge. A valentine program will be presented at the next meet ing of the Olive Rebekah lodge Monday, February 18 at 8 p.m., in the IOOF hall. Hostesses for the evening will be Mrs. Frank Chapman, Mrs. Ethel Garrett and Mrs. William Roberts. 1 Grandmothers Group Schedules Dinner Central Point - The annual Sweetheart dinner for mem bers of Crater chapter, Grand mothers Clubs of America, will be held Monday, Febru ary 18 at 6:30 p.m. The pot- luck event will be held in the Central Point Grange hall Donald Milligan will show slides on Canada. Anniversary Observed At Gazelle Gazelle, Calif.-Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fiock observed their twenty-fifth wedding anniver sary st a recent reception in their home in Gazelle. The couple's daughter, Miss Sandra Flock, a student at Chico State college was home especially for the occasion. She was accompanied by her roommate, Miss Jacqueline Ellis of Tulare. The wedding cake served for refreshments had been baked by Mr. Fiock's mother, Mrs. George Fiock, and it was decorated by Mrs. Joe Burch Jr., a sister of Mrs. Leslie Fiock. Serving punch was the couple's daughter. Cards and congratulatory messages were received by the couple who also were presented a silver money tree. Decorations were in the sil ver theme and the reception table was centered with a bouquet of pink carnations with silver candles. Mrs. Ruth Rider, aunt of Mrs. Fiock, furnished back ground piano music during the afternoon and accompan ied singing. Other guests were George Fiock, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eiler, Mr. and Mrs. James Eil er, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Spangle, Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cooley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coolcy, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cooley, Mr. and Mrs. Edson Foulk Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Eve rett Peabody, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schwagcrl, Mr. and Mrs. James Richter, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Shelley, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Campbell, Joe Burch, Jr., Mrs. Hilda Cooley and Mrs. Hazel Rider. The honored couple was was married February 4, 1938 in Medford, and moved to Chico, Calif. Lator they moved to Yreka and fourteen years ago they came to Gazelle to make their home. . ... Abraham Lincoln Topic for Society the literature lesson on Ab raham Lincoln will be given Wednesday, February 20, at the meeting of the Relief so ciety of the First Ward, Church of Christ of Latter- day Saints, 648 South Ivy street. Mrs. Albert Harris will give the program on Lincoln's life and writings. A nursery class will be provided for small children. Annual Dinner Set By Gold Hill Club Gold Hill-Amethyst Re bekah Friendship club will hold the annual dinner meet ing of the group Monday, February 18 at North's Chuck Wagon restaurant in Medford. The occasion will mark the 10th anniversary of its organ ization. The event is held each year to honor new officers. This year they are Mrs. Evert Jennings, president; Mrs. Cas sie Johnson, vice president; Mrs. Leonard L. Martin, sec retary; and Mrs. Paul Molloy, treasurer. Those who attend are asked to meet at the home of Mrs. Paul Molloy by 6:45 p.m. on that date. Gem, Mineral Exhibit Plans. Are Discussed Roxy Ann Gem and Min eral club members further discussed plans for the South ern Oregon Gem and Mineral show to be held May 11 and 12 in the Medford armory, when they met February 8. The session was held in the Girls Community club and Rolf Pedcrson, president, pre sided. Officers have stated that some of the finest collections of cut and polished gem stones and fluorescent materials ever assembled in southern Oregon will be shown. Samples of the materials can be seen daily at the Medford downtown branch. United States Bank of Portland. Jack . Teeters introduced John Peterson, geologist, speaker for the evening, and Gerald Smith, president of the Grants Pass Rock club, both of Grants Pass. Mr. Smith operated a slide pro jector while Mr. Peterson spoke on geological forma tions of eastern Oregon. Security Club To Decide on Insurance Plan Provisions of an insurance plan for Security Benefit club members will be read for the last time during the Wednes day, February 20 meeting of the club in the Pythian build ing. Officers have requested a full membership at the meet ing as a decision will be made in regard to adopting the plan. The group gathers at 11 a.m., at the hall with lunch eon served at 12 noon, pre pared by Mrs. Enos Naffzigcr The business session gets un der way at 1 p.m., and from 2 to 4 p.m., dancing is con-ducted. Senior Center Activities Include Council Meeting The week at the Senior Ac tivity center will open with a trip to New Zealand and Aus tralia as a feature of the Arm Chair Travel group program starting at 1 p.m. Monday. Jesse Anderson, Ashland, will continue showing slides of his recent tour. Last week, Mr. Anderson showed the start of his tour through visits to the small island chains. Artists in the group asked if any of the island scenes could be obtained and pictures painted from them. Because of the illness of Dr. Frank Roberts, leader of the group, and the death of William Jones, who has assist ed him in the program for four years, members of the Spanish class which meets Monday morning, set up the room for the showing and others of the group acted as hosts. Mrs. Judd Greenman. who has also helped with the pro gram since it was organized, will arrange for future show ings until Dr. Roberts can return. Any one who has pictures available for Monday, Feb ruary 25, may call Mrs. Green man al the Rogue Valley Manor. Active Worker Mr. Jones had been an ac tive volunteer worker at the Senior center since it was opened, was chairman of the house committee, and leader of the shufflcboard games held on Wednesday mornings. The 50 Plus club commun- Auxiliary Plans Benefit Project L-avc Junction-Trie Ladies auxiliary of the Illinois Valley Firemen held their monthly potluck dinner Tuesday even ing at the fireball. Eight couples attended. The women decided to start money raising project to make funds available for per sons who suffer losses in fires. The men discussed fire prac tices and future fire drills.. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Delbcrt Scott. Mrs. Hal Moore was elected second vice prest dent for the auxiliary. ity service group, which each year met at the center to mail out over 7,000 Christmas seals for the Tuberculosis and Health association, was organ ized by Mr. Jones, who also helped in the staff work mail ing out council and center brochures and notices. All the craft and art classes are finishing articles to be shown Thursday, February 21, at the Center Art exhibit preceding the annual meeting of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging at the Red Cross chapter house, 60 Hawthorne avenue. The exhibit will be placed in the auditorium, between 10 and 11 a.m. Thursday and will be on exhibit from 11 a.m. un til noon with craftsmen and artists as hosts. The exhibit can also be viewed after the luncheon meeting which will start at noon. Members of the oil paint ing, mosaic, and the copper tooling classes are to take their exhibits to the center during their class hours this week where they can be labeled prior to taking them from the center at 10 a.m. Thursday. Orchestra Practice The center orchestra will meet at the Red Cross build ing Thursday at 10 a.m. where they will practice an hour before their concert at 11 a.m. The square dancing group will meet as usual Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon at the center. All members of all the classes at the center are In vited to attend the meeting of the council as well as the ex hibit and concert. A talk will be given by Mrs. Hale Pragoff of the Oregon State Board of Health. Last Wednesday John Crib ble, secretary and treasurer of the council, met at the cen ter with a volunteer staff group which mailed out 300 notices of the annual meeting. This Wednesday a group in cluding Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cummings, Mrs. B e r n i c e Brahs, Mrs. F. E. Stevens, Mrs. Greenman, Mrs. Chester Guches and Mrs. Fred Ran king, will assemble the an nual report booklet covering the work of the council dur ing 1962. No invitation Is needed to attend the council meetings which are open to the public. Wow! We're Doing It Again! FABRIC CLEAN-UP SAL Thunderbird Suiting 15 solid colors-Ideal F tr for shorts, capris, ate. W 89c yd. yd- HUNDREDS OF YARDS COTTON PRINTS! Cotton Dan River, Robest and Cotton Satins other Famous Names. Border Prints 98c to $1.49 Value SPORTSWEAR 43" wide Miracle Bltndt and Cottoni. Rtg. 1.1 ta 1.69 yd. NOW Yd. 77 Save up te 92c yd. 3-T$lM Dan River Checks All colors and sizes of checks Reg. 89c - Yd WOOL & WOOL BLEND Mill Ends. 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