MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1963
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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.
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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!
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