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Medford Junior Service league had a double purpose in sponsoring a bfnefit card parly Wednesday' afternoon they called attention to the tenth
anniversary of the kindergarten for hard-of-hearing children which the group operates, and added to the treasury. It takes a large amount of
money to keep the kindergarten going. Co-chairmen of the party were Mrs. H. L. Boehnke (at left) and Mrs. Don McNeil. Mrs. Russell Jamison,
Mrs. Jack Edson and Mrs. Robert B. Webber were sub-chairmen. The tables were centered with apothecary jars filled with hard candies and lied
to these were brightly-colored balloons,- these were prizes.
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MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY ?4, 19H3
Parties With A Purpose
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Concentrating on their cards at a party given Wednesday at Girls Community club are (left to right) Mrs.
Robert Kagy, Mrs. Robert B. Webber, Mrs. Warren Holbrook, Central Point, and .AIrs. E. Q. Davis. Mrs.
Webber was one of the committee chairmen for the event, a benefit given by Medford Junior Service
league. Decorations were in the birthday parly theme and brightly colored balloons of odd shapes
decorated the walls and fireplace of the room.
Medford League of Women Voters sponsored a coffee at the home of Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter, Foothills road, Monday evening for prospective
members. Mrs. L. Houston Valentine, Jacksonville (right), membership chairman of the group, is shown here with Mrs. Thomas Upton (at left) and
Mrs. Robert V. Walker. The league, nationally known for its influence and power, carries on a program designed to interest women in government
on the local, state and national level and to train them for participation in government. Both Mrs. Upton and Mrs. Walker plan to become members.
Three newcomers to the city were among guests at a benefit party given Wednesday afternoon by
Medford Junior Service League. Mrs. W. M. Parkinson (at left) and her husband came to Oregon a
year and a half ago after living in Nigeria, Africa, where Mr. Parkinson was a consulting engineer;
Mrs. Robert DeYoung (center) and her huband came here last September from Gresham, Ore., and
Mrs. Richard Saul and Mr. Saul came to Medford more than a year ago from Oswego, Ore..
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An orientation meeting of Medford League of Women Voters held Monday evening at the Dunbar Carpenter home at
tracted a large group of women. Among those attending were (left to right) Mrs. Robert I. Bulger, Mrs. Ted Hornecker
and Mrs. Thomas P. Gass. Mrs. Bulger, who lived in the midwest and the Bay area of California before coming to Med
ford, plans to become a member; she points out that a national organization with branches in most cities has many ad
vantages for those who may move from city to city.
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Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter (at right) a former president of the Medford league of Women Voters, opened her home on Foothills
road Monday evening for a coffee and orientation program to interest prospective members. Among her guests were (at left) Mrs.
Richard Geary, who came to Medford from Klamath Falls where her husband's family it well known, and Mrs. Loren L. Sawyer, 1
wife of the district judge. The Medford league has been one of the most active and Important groups for women In the area since
its organiraiion more than 20 years ago. (Knackstedt photos) '