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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. FEBRUARY. 17. 19S3 C 7 Neighbors Conduct Ceremony Mrs. Cora Bashaw was In stalled oracle of Mistletoe camp, Royal Neighbors oi America lodge, in ceremonies February 7 in the Pythian building. Mrs. Carl Pearson presided. Mrs. Clayton Walker -"as Installing officer with Mrs. Carolyn Russell, marshal and Mrs. Irwin Patten, assistant marshal. Installed also were Mrs. W. E. Howell, vice oracle; Mrs. A. L. Lehman, chancellor; Mrs. Irene Shirley, past or acle; Mrs. Pearson, record er; Mrs. Ruby Mallory, re ceiver; Miss Blanche Arnold, marshal and Mrs. Ruby Pat ten, assistant marshal. sentinels installed were Mrs. Thomas Lynch and Mrs. FranK Gianey; and the re maining officers are Mrs, Thomas Mee and Mrs. Mae Morrison", managers; Mrs pearl Bailey, musician; Mrs. Mee, faith; Mrs. Geraldine Inlow, courage; Mrs. Ruby Hicks, modesty; Mrs. Dot Coss, unselfishness; Mrs. Alma Smith, endurance; Mrs. Mor rison, flag bearer; Mrs. Walk er, juvenile director; Mrs Pearson, captain of degree staff. Refreshments were served from tables decorated in pur ple and white. Mrs. Luella Vosika was in charge of refreshments. The next meeting is set for Thursday, February 21. The oracle has requested that a full attendance of officers be there as a practice will be conducted. Refreshments will be served. t Lions Auxiliary Hears Program Progress Report A report on the needs and progress of mentally retarded children of the Rogue valley was given by Paul Gandt, teacher of the mentally re tarded children in the Med- ford school district, at the meeting of the Medford Lions auxiliary. The meeting was held at tli home of Mrs. Lee Mellish, 117 Black Oak drive, Wednesday, February 13, at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. John Henson, president, presided. Mr. Gandt stressed that there were three groups of the mentally retarded being taught or trained. First they are divided according to age five through eight or nine years, nine through 12 or 14 and the teen aged children. These groups are classified s to teachable or trainable children, The teachable chil dren are being taught through the school system and the School of Hope. The trainable children, especially in the old er age group, are in need of the most help-financial and personnel. Among the things lie said needed were a sewing machine and a typewriter. Both items will be furnished by members of the Medford Lady Lions, it was reported. Guests attending the meet ing were Mrs. Robert Hays, Mrs. Earl Richardson, Mrs, Marvin Hart, Mrs. Dan Dwy cr, and Mrs. Steven Richards all members of the Crater Lions auxiliary. Following the meeting re freshments were served by the assisting hostess, Mrs, Earl Sims. Montague WSCS Sets Observance Montague The Women's Society of Christian service of the Montague Methodist church will join church wo men of Yreka in observing the World Day of Prayer on March 1. The session will be attended by several denom inations and will be held in the Yreka Episcopal church Decision to join the groups vas made at the February 8 meeting of the Montague wbCS in the home of Mrs Thomas Toulouse. Study of tne Book of Romans was con tinued, directed by the Rev. Carl Nylund. Next meeting is scheduled for March 8 in the Harold Coatney home when Mrs. James Sullivan, Yreka, will speak on social relations Refrcsmcnts were served by the hostess and Mrs. Laura Jones. Program Outlined For Greenhorn HEC Yreka-Thc 1363 program fur the Grange Home Econo mics clubs of California was outlined by the chairman at the February meeting of Greenhorn HEC, held at the Calkins home. The Greenhorn club collecting cancelled stamps, old eye glasses, old Christmas cards and used nylons for var ious projects. A donation was made to the project, Meals for Millions. The local club is planning rummage sale and several dinners. Card parties are be ing held on the second and fourth Fridays of the month Plans were discussed for re pairs nd improvements need ed in the Grange hall. Shrew' Given Western Version by SOC Cast "The Telephone Hour" is one of the scenes in the musical Bye, Bye Birdie" which Medford High school music de partment will present in the school auditorium February 21-22-23. Using a unique set designed to hold a score oi teenagers in typical ialk-on-the phone poses, the scene is a madhouse of teen talk as the boys and girls broadcast the news of a recent "pinning." Lynn Sjolund is directing the musical, with the assistance of Gary Frame and Gary Lovre. other faculty members. (Knackstedt photo) Central Point PTA Schedules Annual Event Central Point - Fast presi dents of the Central Point Parent Teacher association will be honored at a Founders day meeting of the group Thursday, February 21 at 3:30 m., in the Central Point Junior High school cafetor-ium. Charles A. Meyer, District 6C superintendent, will speak on a recent observation tour of eastern state schools. Mrs. Donald Faber, president, will preside. Under way in the Central Point association is the project of forming an H. P. Jewett school unit of the association. At the present time the Cen tral Point unit is serving three schools, the H. P. Jewett school, the Central Point Ele mentary school and the Cen tral Point Junior High school. One of the problems encoun tered is presenting programs of interest to all three groups of parents. The resolution to form the new unit recently was unanimously agreed upon. i Mrs. Robert Janucr, Mrs, Faber and William Brewster are members of the nominat- ing committee for the new or ganization. They will Rive a report at the Founders day meeting. Also reporting then will be the nominating com mittee for the elementary and junior high school unit of ficers. They are Mrs. Clifford Bailey. Mrs. Morris Frink and Jack McCoy. Parents of third and fourth grade students will serve refreshments. Final Dress Rehearsals Set for 'Bye Bye Birdie' Final dress rehearsals for A problem of finding the the musical comedy, "Bye many telephones needed for Bye Birdie" to be produced by the Medford High school music department, will be held Monday and Tuesday at the high school. Opening date will be Thursday, February 21. Curtain time for the three night run, through February 22, will be promptly at 8 p.m. Decoration of the sets was completed the end of the week by a crew under supervision of Dave Underwood, student chairman, and final sewing on costumes has been com pleted under the direction of Linda Nelson, student chairman. Herb Society Announces New Officer Slate New officers for the Rogue Valley Herb society for the year are Mrs. A. D. Abel, president; Mrs. Frank Carson and Mrs. Verne Shangle, first and second vice president; Mrs. Ray Cyr, corresponding secretary; Mrs. William Baker, secretary, and Mrs. Sid Hansen, treasurer, society members have announced. A lecture on herbs in the flower garden will be given by Mrs. Arthur Kneass at the next meeting of the society Tuesday, February 19 in the Girls Community club. Roll call for the session which will open at 1:30 p.m., will be ans wered by naming native or wild herbs useful for food. Slides on commercial grow ing of herbs were shown at the group's last meeting. Mrs. L. R. Thomas' arrangement consisted of silvery herbs such as the various laven-1 ders, santalina and dusty mil-1 lcr. The tea table was decorated ! by Mrs. Frank Dean, and Mrs. J. W. Ostrandcr poured. Foods served contained herbs ' and the teas were of herbs, i Mrs. Hansen and Mrs. L. W. Lingschcit were hostesses. I Rainbow Girls ! Meeting Slated ! Jacksonville - The next session for the Warren as sembly. International Order of Rainbow for Girls, is sched uled for Monday, February 18 at 7:15 p.m., in the Jack sonville Masonic temple. Degrees were conferred upon the Misses Kathy Wertz and Nancy Ashton at the last assembly meeting when Miss Margaret Atkinson presided. Officers remind the mem bership to take all extra cum merbunds they have at home, and to be at the hall by 6:45 p.m. 1he Misses Susan Knutson and Gwen Hall make up the refreshment committee. Gold Hill Woman Honored at Shower; Circle Meeting Held Gold Hill - Mrs. Dewey V Jeffrey, wife of the minister of Gold Hill Christian church was honored at a layette shower following the Febru ary 11 meeting nf the Golden Circle Women's group of the church at the home of Mrs. Harvey Beaumont. "Towards Peace and Calm ness," was the title of the de votional topic presented by Mrs. Beaumont, president of the circle. Members voted to sponsor a vacation Bible school session at the church this summer af ter school closes. Plans were made to hold a rummage sale, Friday, April 5 in the Fehl building, Medford. Anyone having items to do nate may contact Mrs. Leon ard Andrews. Mrs. Jack Kruse will dis play and sell a handmade quilt at her White House An tique shop. Proceeds will ben efit the circle. The quilt top was donated by Mrs. Ted Petty and quilted by Mrs. Clarence Branam and Mrs. El bert Allen. the opening scenes was solved through the assistance of Jack Creager, Medford manager for Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone company. ' As has been the custom in the past few years some of the lead parts have been double cast in order to allow more students the opportunity of playing parts. This year the five parts that are double cast are Al bert Peterson, manager of the Almaelou Music corporation; Rose Alverez, his secretary; Conrad Birdie, a "rocky roll" singer; Mae Peterson, Al bert's mother; and Kim Mac- Affee, a teenager from a Con rad Birdie fan club. These parts are played by Jarl Dyrud and Jim Rowan, Albert; Chris Helman and Martha Billiard, Rose; Brian Porter and Reed Harris, Con rad Birdie; Judy Brookman and Tracy Blackstone, Mae Peterson, and Margaret Doolen and Jacque Long, Kim MacAffee. The first persons listed will be those seen on Thursday and Saturday and the second persons will be seen on Friday evening. Tickets for this musical, which ran on Broadway for over a year starring Dick Van Dyke and China Rivira, are on sale from members of the High school choir or at the High school office. Good seating still is left for the Thursday and Satur day performances, while the Friday night tickets are near ly sold out, according to di rector, Lynn Sjolund. The high school orchestra will accompany parts of the performance and is being re hearsed by John Drysdale, their regular instructor. Choreography is by Colleen Hope of the Colleen Hope Dance studio. Leisure Club Topic . Ashland-Mrs. Ethel Put ney, Nob Hill street, was hostess to members of Fort nightly Study club, February 11, when Mrs. Harold Thomas and Mrs. P. Malcolm Ham mond presented the program, During the social hour re freshments were served from a tea table centered with early spring blossoms. Miss Cora Mason and Mrs. Frances Worth poured. Mrs. Alice Wil lits conducted the business session. American society and its changing aspects are analysed in a witty but serious book "Is Anybody Happy?" by Norman Lobsing. The thought- provoking study of leisure and its uses are presented in answer to the author's ques tion. In the book, which was re viewed by Mrs. Thomas, other questions deal with some un answerable problems of mod ern life. One wonders wheth er "we are so eagerly chasing enjoyment that we are miss ing the true . meaning of leisure." Mrs. Hammond took the members on a visit to Boston and its historic environs as she reviewed some of the ex periences and impressions of her family life. She told of traditions peculiar to that New England area and de scribed the war lime loyalty of Bostonlans who gladly ac cepted food rationing until it came to their beloved Boston beans. Monday evening, February 18, Fortnightly club members will celebrate their annual Valentine Dads' night with a dinner meeting at the home of Mrs. Worth. Tomorrow morning make your toast with a protein-calcium boost by serving It w'" cream cheese and topped with strawberry jam. Ashland Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew" which employs additional ones from the earlier play, The Taming of A Shrew," is now in rehearsal at Southern Oregon college for presenta tion in Churchill hall auditor ium February 21, 22, and 23. The added scenes carry the characters of the induction, or opening scene, throughout the play. Cast as Christopher Sly, the tinker, who is dressed in a gentleman's clothes and is entertained by itinerant play ers telling the story of the shrew, is Angus L. Bowmer, professor of drama, SOC. Mr. Bowmer has played the role before in Oregon Shakespear ean Festival productions. Craig Wright, Medford, is the page who pretends to be his wife. The shrew, Katherine, who has to be tamed in order to become an obedient wife, is Lois Stedman, Medford. The shrew tamer, who uses a lariat in this "western produc tion," in the laming process, is David O'Donahue, Klamath Falls. Carolyn Fox, also of Klamath Falls, will be seen as Bianca, Kitherinc's sweet and gentle sister, who wants to get married but must wait until the wedding bells have rung for her shrewish sister. Baptista, the father of the girls is Ken Fontaine, Ashland. Suitors for the hand of Bianca are, Lucenlio, Richard D. Hoefcle, Orinda, Calif.; Gremio, Frank S. Pinnock, and Hortcnsio, Michael D. O'Brien, both of Ashland. Ser vants arc, Ray Shafer, Pros pect; William Gregory, Ash land; Mary Bea Jenkins, Med ford; Steven Karter, Milton- Freewater. Earl R. H. Knight, Medford, is seen as the pedant, and Gary Watts, Ash land, as Vincentio, father of one of Bianca's suitors, Others in the cast are, host ess, Marjorie Samples, Ash land; widow, Rosemary White, Waitsburg, Wash.; Sara, Karen O'Connor, Ash land; huntsman, Lyle Hin ricks, Ashland. Curtain pull ers who appear as cowgirls in this novel production are Carole Sandberg, Coos Bay and Jaci Muller, Medford. According to Director An gus Bowmer, this lively pro duction in western dress promises to be very entertain ing. The forestage at Southern Oregon college has been ex tended and Edward J. Fitz patrick, Jr., designer and technical director, has built an unusual structure in which the "inner above and inner be low" of the Elizabethan stage are translated into new terms for this production. Curtain time is 8:15 p.m. for the Feb ruary 21 and 22 productions. A matinee will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 23. Dinner Planned For Lodge Group Royal Arch Widows will entertain Tuesday, February 19 at a 6:30 o'clock potluck dinner for Oregon chapter, Royal Arch Masons. The event will be held in the Jackson ville Masonic temple. The dining room committee for the evening is composed of Mrs. Glenn Smith, Mrs. Lloyd Hamlin, Mrs. James Funston, Mrs. Harry Bryden and Mrs. William Coghill. A business meeting and social hour will follow the dinner. DUVToMeet Elta Deuel Hubbs tent, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War plan a 1 o'clock luncheon Wednesday, February 20 in the home of Mrs. Andrew G. Severson, 604 Plum street. A business meeting will be conducted during the afternoon. Automated Indoor Weather Is on Way Minneapolis (I'PD - Auto mated indoor weather is on the way. John E. Haines, Honeywell vice president, predicts that near-perfect . ear-round in door "climates" in buildings soon will be provided by com puters that will forecast the weather outside, coordinate this information with data on building occupancy and con trol automatic air-conditioning systems. Haines said the first building linking a com puter wi)h an indoor climate control system will go on the line early this year. Couplet Visit Cave Junction Cave Junction-Recent visi tors of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown were Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Taylor and family, Ashland, and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Stimmels, Medford. dThYnrrnrfl mmm 000 Dancers Enter Competition Seven students from the Arthur Murray School of Dancing will compete in the Northwest Dance Olympics in Seattle this weekend. The competition will be in various ballroom type dances and en trants will be from the entire Northwest and Canada. 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