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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1963 A 7 'A. The Rev. and Mrs. Philip Getchel and email ion, Mark Andrew, who live in To ledo. Parana, Brazil, are in Oregon on fur lough from their work with the Episcopal church in Braiil. They are gueits of the Rev. Mr. Getchel'i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bayard M. Getchell, 28 Ashland avenue, and the minister is speaking in various churches in the slate. Parana is on the fron tier of Brazil's western area, bordering on Argentina and Paraguay. The Rev. Mr. Get chell supervises IS missions at present, and more are to be added in the near future. Baby Mark, 16 months old, is learning to talk both English and Portuguese. The fam ily vill return to Braiil in late March. (Knackstedt photo) Club Announces Afternoon Social A covered dish dinner and an afternoon of cards, games and dancing are planned by Medford Fifty Plus club Fri day, March 1 to 12 noon in St. Mark's Episcopal Guild hall, corner of Fifth street and North Oakdale avenue. Community singing also is on the program. Those who attend should take a covered dish for the luncheon. All interested per sons are invited. Visit Corvallis Prospect - Mr. and Mrs. James Reilly and Miss Suz anne Rogers were guests of friends last week end in Cor vallis. t Dance Derby- The first-Saturday dance for Derby Hoedowners will be conducted March 2 in the Derby Community hall, when dancing will begin at 8:30 p.m. Potluck refresh ments will be served. Edwin Cavin will call. All interested square dancers are invited. Prospect Couple Guests at OSU Prospect - Mr. and Mrs George Hubbard last week end visited their daughter, Miss Mary Ann Hubbard in Corvallis where she is attend ing Oregon State university. Mr. Hubbard attended the Dads' week end activities. Miss Hubbard is the president of Azalea house. Shady Cove-Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Syments and family, Newark, Calif., were week end visitors with Mr. Symens' family, Mr. and Mrs. John Dickenson, Shady Cove. MEDFORD ONCE-A-YEAR SAVINGS EVENT 8 Days Only Fri., March 1 Thru Sat., March 9 LEGSIZE STOCKINGS Introduce yourself to the beauty, fashion and LEGSIZE fit of Belle-Sharmeer stockings, during this once-a-year savings event. Your favorite SEAMLESS and FULL FASHION styles are available at these reduced prices: V Regular $1.35 styles Regular $1.50 styles Regular $1.65 styles Regular $1.95 styles Now $1.17 pair Now $1.28 "pair Now $1 .41 pair Now $1.66 pair Support Stockings-Reg. $4.95 Now $3.95 Psir yS-A BBCU ',, thin.', W ehr-.rl slender legs, sizes 8 to IO'j MODITE (g'een stnpe) for avenge legs, sizes 8!2 to !l!2 DUCHESS ('ed stripe) for long amp's legs, sizes 9:j to 12 FAMOUS SYMBOL OF f,I YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT INVITED! Ride 'n Shop Member Vml-Vidi By MARGARET SCHULER Taormina, Sicily - When I think that I so easily might have passed by Sicily in the choice of a holiday, 1 feel jit tery, for if ever I have en joyed any place in Europe, it is this one. I wonder too, what I could have been doing when I came down from Mes sina seven years ago, passed through Taormina, Catania and down to Siracusa - and back. I must have slept the entire trip, because I didn't even find it particularly in teresting. Palermo, I thought was beautiful, and that was that. This trip, after being here for seven weeks, I realize must be continued at a later date. I wish I were an arche ologis't; I wish I were an art ist; I wish I were an historian. The atmosphere and fascina tion of the mainland, repeats itself, but with a difference. The remnants and repercus sions of civilizations which have flourished along Sicily's shores, and have left such abundant evidences every where, the romance of the mythology, the writings of great poets, is overwhelming. So, I hope to come again when I can make a complete circle of the island. I would like to go to Enna in the cen ter of Sicily, to Agrigento in the South, up to Marsala to taste the famous wine at the source. I would like to see the dramatic tuna fishing at Trapini. Little Village! I am seeing the little vil lages in the vicinity of Taor mina, and any trip, even the smallest journey is rewarding -a trip through time and space. In the most unlikely places, in the most secuded, are intimate stories of great pasts, and archeological relics of one civilization after an other. Even the faces you see make you speculate on what bloods are involved - Grecian, Roman, Phoenician, Norman, Arab, Spanish or American G.I.s! Savoca is one of the vil lages, in the mountains about 35 miles inland, we visited. The road branches off the main highway to Messina. Mussolini built the roads in Sicily, and they are good as well as superbly picturesque. On both sides are low stone walls which ooze ferns, moss and wild flowers. On the top and behind the walls, giant geraniums tower in wild red abandon. It is difficult to be lieve that some great land scape architect hadn't studied each of the perfect artistic ef fects; hadn't planted a palm here, a cactus there, and Ital ian cypress with its sophisti cated well groomed shape. After we made the sharp turn to the left, away from the Ionian sea, and the main highway, we started zigzaging up toward the sky. Haphaz ard hills all about us were ablaze with color, and olive trees shimmered silver in the sun. Terraces rippled, soft and lush all the way down to the water, where the vivid green contrasted pleasantly with the bright blue. In every direction the vistas were glor ious, enchanting pictures. Me dieval lithographs, crumbling castles perched on tops of pre cipitous rocks, and little vil lages huddles on the hill sides. Meet Monk Climbing endlessly, up and up, and around and around, with horn honking continu ously, we came onto a brown cowied, Capuchin monk, on his return to the monastery from his morning shopping for groceries. At .a hair-raising angle we stopped to speak to him. So slowly we were travel ing, that by the time we had arrived at the monastery and parked, Father Anselm was there also. The little church we had gone to sec, was like hundreds of others in rural Italy and Sicily - poor and cold. There was, however, a rather famous painting on the wall, sixteenth century, by An. tonclli of Messina. Even to our untrained eyes it was wonderful, and started a study of the great artist. After we had admired the faded madonna, the dusty an gels, and sad saints, Father Anselm opened a trap door which led underground to one of those ludicrous catacombs, and we crawled down. There they stood - propped up in their niches, with their tatter ed finery hanging on their shriveled bones - gay blades, no doubt in their day. A se cret process of embalming, long forgotten, has enabled them to linger on for poster ity to see and wonder at. Up again in the musty church, the jolly, fat old monk who did not mind at all our facetious remarks about his patrons below, led us into, what was to me, the most in teresting part of the tour. We sat in the refrectory, a Gothic arched picture with time-worn benches and tables, and drank red, red wine sent up by the parishioners to the monks. Travels With Sara And now I must speak of Sara Johnson. It was a fortu nate day for me, and one I followed the white Buick with the "Pacific Wonderland" li cense to its parking place and met Sara. Little by little, as days go by, I realize what a remarkable young woman Sara is. She knows Sicily very well, and although far too busy to go to the ubiquitous cocktail and tea parties in Taormina, she finds time to see that her fellow Oregonian and two other guests at the San Pan crazio villa, learn to know Si cily also - in an unhurried and intimate way. She knows the interesting villages; she knows where the sweet oranges of Sicily grow (oranges so delicious they should have another name to differentiate from other var ieties); she knows an old pot ter who molds his clay with deft fingers as we watch into marvelous shapes and forms; she knows the hand workers of wrought iron. She takes us to the . fish market at Gira- dino, to the auctions which take place daily. She speaks Italian, she is pretty, soft spoken and has somewhat the enigmatic Mona Lisa smile. And it is Sara who takes us to see and know such people as the two monks at Savoca. So I was not surprised to have Father Anselm tell me that Sara had been there many times. It came out that she had seen their pathetic little kitchen, without a stove, and had bought for them pretty white range, with oven (She called it a birthday pres ent for her daughter). She had gone through the kitchen and had discarded old broken pots, dishes and pans. The old men (one is 69, the other 85) do their own cooking, and poor it is. They eat mostly pasta and vegetables. But they look healthy, and happy, and are as cute as buttons, with their long white beards, pink checks and bright eyes peer ing out from the brown cowls of their order. Sara is not a Catholic. Sara has a villa on the way down from Taormina. It hangs on a cliff, has terraces run ning down to the beach. She has an olive grove, which she works on shares so that she may have her own oil, and almond trees. And I have an invitation to visit her at any time! P S. Any one for the Trevi fountain? It is for sale. At least, the palace to which the fountain is attached. It is cheap too - two million dol lars. An ad which came out in an American paper has caused great consternation among the Italians. They were as stunned as though the Col osseum had been put on the market. The ad suggested that the place would make a good hotel, or embassy. The real es tate firm had three hundred answers. They came from all over the world. In yesterday's paper it was hinted that a great ship owner was inter estcd in buying it, and of course every one thinks he knows who that would be. Personally, I wouldn't buy it Speaker ! Discusses j Realtors ' "The Relationship Between! the Public and the Realtor"! was the topic chosen by Mrs. Willis T. Fasel, who was guest i speaker for Women of Unity; last Friday at the Unity ; church of Medford, Holly and Haven streets. Mrs. Fasel is president of Oregon State chapter of the Women's council, National Association of Real Estate boards, and a past president1 of the Medford chapter of Women's council of Real Estate Boards. She began her talk by ask ing "What is a realtor?" She! said the realtor may be liken ed to a creator, as he creates homes, both urban and rural, and by his activities, helps to mold and form the future of his community. She added that realtors don t just hap pen. They study, work in the field, and pass three exam inations before thev become licensed salesmen, who must ! work as salesmen for two years before they are eligible to apply to the state commis sioner to take the broker's examinations. After passing these examinations, the brok er is eligible to apply to the local Board of Realtors for membership; and being ac cepted, becomes a member of the State and National Asso ciation of Realtors Board. This group benefits from the boards, by their educational programs, both local and state-wide. Mrs. Fasel advised her listeners against the "do it yourself" project. She said that if no obstacles were in the way, it would be fine, but realtor is equipped to handle the myriad of problems that arise even in the simplest of sales. Mrs. Fasel was presented with a gift from the Women of Unity. A clarinet quartet, consist ing of Rhonda Hess, Jan Main. Pat Eastwood and Marilyn Couch, and a brass sextet made up of Dale Durkee, Bob Hcyerman, Bonita Denyer, Ed Chizck, Curtis Offenbacher, Stan Schlosser, and Mike Knox, . provided entertain ment They wore under the di rection of Steve Whipple and from McLoughlin Junior High scnooi. Mrs. Clay M. Lee, program chairman, spoke briefly on Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and the birthday of Oregon, which was Febru ary 14. Mrs. Edgar N. Terrill, Tal ent, president of the srourj conducted a Business session mrs. xerrm announced a Youth of Unity rummage sale in March and Women of Unity votea to neip with the sale. Proceeds will go to sponsor a trip to Seabeck for a North west Regional Unity Youth Rally. The group voted to sponsor a May morning broak- lasi in Ashland. It was voted that each mem ber will be responsible for a benefit coffee, a luncheon or whatever is the pleasure of the hostess. Mrs. Ira Jones was appoint ed by the executive board to fill the vacancy of treasurer for the remainder of the term ine president read new amendments to the bylaws for the first time. The Rev. Katherine Bos- worth gave the devotlonals Guests were Mrs. Bernice L. Brahs, Mrs. Emilee Conrad Mrs. Ralph Swartslcy, Miss Beverly Carver, Mrs. A. I. Prugh, Mrs. W. H. Arnold Medford; and Miss Virginia Ravn, Mrs. Carl W. Peterson, and Mrs. Roy F. Nye, Ash. land. Luncheon tables were dec orated in the George Wash ington theme, and small American flags marked each place. Hostesses were Mrs. Earl Moore, Mrs. L. M. Hamilton, and Mrs. Rodney Moffct. for half the price. I like vis tas and gardens, and at Trevi you might fall into the foun tain if you even opened a win dow; and think of the thou sands of pictures you might get into! Main and Bartlett Sts. Phone 772-6423 DRY OPEN WEEKDAYS 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. SUNDAYS 10 A.M. to S P.M. CLEAN! LITTLE DUTCH LAUNDERETTE 1 v COATS DRESSES JACKETS PANTS SWEATERS SKIRTS II If II B SHIRTS DRAPES (a ipeciilly) j 4f S 2 PRESSES! You Press or We Press! 30 Minutes after our trained tisittint spoil your garments they era ready to weirl Clean I ODORLESS I $2. Coma in and G? Acquainted. 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