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Washington- Pamela Turnure, Mrs. John F. Kennedy's
charming young press secretary, came to her job with no
newspaper experience, but has learned a lot about the pres
sures of reporters and some of their vernacular. "Off the
record" and "no comment" have remained the most useful
phrases for Miss Turnure in her touchy job. (UPI)
Veterans Awarded Prizes
First Lady's Secretary Says Job Has Aged Her
By HELEN THOMAS
United Press International
Washington - (UTO - Pamela
Turnure. pretty press sac'c
tary to Mrs. John F. Kennedy,
is only 25 years old. But after
two years as chief spokesman
for the First Lady of the land,
she is "aging" rapidly.
. The authority for this, said
as a quip, is Miss Turnure her
self. Until two years ago she had
no news paper experience.
Now she at time handles 50
telephone calls a day from
reporters with touchy ques
tions about the First Family.
She must make hairline de
cisions on what is public and
what is private information
about the President's famous
wife and his two children.
; Bridge awards for Febru
ary were made recently to
.high scoring veterans at the
Veterans Administration dom
.iciliary, White City. The pre
sentations were made during
the master point play session
of the Camp White Veterans
Bridge club.
The top scores for the
month of February were re
ceived by Walter Grow, first;
W. Purdin, second; E. F. Pe
terson, W. J. Vail and R. S.
Waterman, who tied for third,
fourth and fifth .and John
joley, sixth.
, Prizes were furnished by
the American Legion auxil
iary. Department of Oregon.
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High scorers in the master
point play session in Section
A of the north-south position
were Mr. and Mrs. Berg Mar
ten with 99'2 points. East
west position winners were
Mrs. W. E. Ensminger and
Mrs. J. S. Wolke, 97i points.
In Section B, north-south po
sition top winners were Mrs.
J. J. Dougherty and C. S.
Reavis, 99 Vi points, and in the
east - west position, James
Morgan and A. Gilhousen, 89.
Other winners in Section A,
north - south position were
Mrs. Del Davenport and Mrs.
D. A. Staley, second, 96V2;
and Mrs. Frank Baker and
Paul Hatton, third, 92. East
west position winners were
Mrs. L. S. Johnson and Mrs.
E. L. Miller, second, 93'i ,and
Dr. and Mrs. M. E. Cothrell,
third, 9212.
Other Section B, north
south position winners were
Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Durland,
second, 91, and Mrs. W. W.
Stevenson and Mrs. R. T.
Jones, third, 87'2 points. For
the east-west position winners
were Miss Sally Recce and
Joe Reece, second, 88, and
Mrs. J. S. Lausmann and Mrs.
K. Peterson, third, 871
points.
TOPS Club
Will Meet
Slimmer Yets TOPS club
members will meet Tuesday,
March 12 at 7 p.m., in the
conference room of the Mod
ford and Jackson County Pub
lic library.
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The latest in evening
dresses is slinky crepes - long
and short with the cold shoul
der look. One shoulder's
bared.
Jacksonville
PTA Officers
To Be Elected
Jacksonville Officers for
the Jacksonville Parent
Teacher association are to be
elected at the unit's meeting
Tuesday, March 12 at 7:30
p.m., in the school gymnasi
um. The nominating committee
is made up of Mrs. Harlan
Rolic, Mrs. Ralph William and
Mrs. Robert Casler. They will
give their recommendations
and further nominations may
be made that evening provid
ed previous consent has been
obtained from the person
nominated.
TVTre P a a r 1 Farnsworth.
Jacksonville Elementary
school, will demonstrate new
methods in mathematics. Par
ents may participate in the
demonstration which will con
sist mainly of discussion and
explanation of converting the
decimal system to base five.
Plans for a school carnival
to be held in April also will
be discussed. Refreshments
will be served in the cafeteria
by mothers of students in the
fourth grade. All interested
parents are invited.
Chapter Plans
Founders Day
Observance
Gamma Xi chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi sorority women,
made plans for a Founders
day observance to be held
April 30 during their March
6 meeting in the home of Mrs.
Wilbur Eicher. The event will
be held in North's Chuck
Wagon restaurant.
Mrs. Jean Skirvin was ap
pointed chairman for the ob
servance, to be assisted by
Mrs. Herbert Edwards and
Mrs. Maurice Harvester.
A Hobo party is planned
for March 23 in the home of
Mrs. Raymond Dallaire, chap
ter director.
Refreshments were served
at the meeting by Mrs. Gay
Hallett.
At the chapter's last meet
ing in the home of Mrs. Don
Hanscom a nominating com
mittee was selected. This com
mittee is made up of Mrs.
Carrol Adams, Mrs. Eicher
and Mrs. N. A. Starnes.
After that meeting a show
er was given honoring Mrs.
Richard Whitlock and refresh
ments were served by Mrs.
Edwards and Mrs. John Pink-ham.
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Always reserved, she start
ed out cautious and wary.
Then the aging process -brought
on by experience -set
in.
"Knows" B.ttcr
"I know Mrs. Kennedy bet
ter now," she said. "I know
you (reporters) better and I
know what 'deadlines' and
'for background only' means."
She also said she found out
the value of the phrases "no
comment" and "off the rec
ord." Before being thrust into
the spotlight she had only a
vague Idea of the use of such
journalistic terms.
"I expected the interest in
the First Lady and Caroline
in the beginning." she said.
"But it has maintained such
a high peak." However, she
continued, "Nobody in the
White House is sitting still.
They are always doing inter
esting things."
And Pam Turnure herself
is someone who has been do
ing interesting things for a
long time.
A brunette, she has hazel
green eyes, a photogenic face,
and the poise of a model. Her
father is Lawrence Turnure,
a New York stock broker, and
her stepfather is Federick
Drake, formed editor-in-chief
of Harpers Bazaar.
Born in New York, she at
tended Bolton Country Day
school in Weslport, Conn.,
spent a year at Colby Junior
college at New London, N.H.,
and a year at Mt. Vernon
Junior college.
Was Receptionist
She wanted to be an inter
ior decorator but "I didn't
have the temperament for it."
She came to Washington and
got a job as a receptionist in
the office of the then Sen.
John F. Kennedy.
When the Kennedys moved
to the White House, the First
Lady asked Pam to come
along as her press secretary.
"Mrs Kennedy was won
derful," said Miss Turnure.
"She wrote me a note, setting
the guidelines, telling me that
some things are public and
some are personal. My func
tion would be to get out legiti
mate information about the
White House refurbishing . . .
and the social schedule. I was
to see that the children were
not exploited or used."
She has learned that this is
easier said than done. The
Kennedys are one of the most
publicized presidential fami
lies in history. Most of tha
stories written about them
are done without White House
blessing.
As a refresher, she has oft
en referred back to Mrs. Ken
nedy's first memo. But as a
filter between the First Lady
and the press, she has learned
there arc questions no one
can foresee or even know in
advance where the line should
be drawn.
She found herself denying
as "absolutely untrue" stories
that the President and Mrs.
Kennedy were building a Vir
ginia hunt country retreat
moments before White House
Press Secretary Pierre Salin
ger officially confirmed the
reports. Sometimes Mrs. Ken
nedy has considered a fact so
private she has not let her
own press spokesman know
about it.
Forbidden Subjects
Forbidden subjects for Pam
to discuss with the press arc
Caroline's kindergarten class,
the First Lady's fox hunting,
and non-official doings at the
While House.
Each morning a White
House car arrives at her
Georgetown home and takes
her to work. Once at her pri
vate office in the cast wing,
she warily picks up a news
paper and turns to the wom
en's section to sec what has
been written about the Ken
! ncdys. This gives her an idea
I about the questions she can
; expect that day.
I "Sometimes I get very up
: set about a story," she said,
j "But Mrs. Kennedy is very
philosophical. When it is com
1 pletely inaccurate she will
say. 'Can't you get it cor
rected'?" Sometimes somewhat the
opposite happens. She recalls
; with great embarrassment
one of the first press releases
she turned out at the White
House. The First Lady, sound
ing "very enthusiastic," had
telephoned about discovering
a desk in the White House
which had been made from
the wood of the British ship
H.M.S. Resolute. Mrs. Ken
nedy wanted to put the desk
in the President's office.
"Gosh, thas is exciting."
Pamela told the First Lady.
She then told the press that
a "mysterious find" would be
announced the next day.
But the next day newsmen
discovered that the desk had
been used in the broadcast
room in the Eisenhower era
and that they had seen it
many times.
"My heavens," Mrs. Ken
nedy teased, "it's not that we
have found some family skele
ton." Pamela also got some gen
; tie ribbing from the Presi
dent. She also has found that
I there is one occupational haz-
i
ard whenever she goes to par- "What is Mrs. Kennedy really
ties. Strangers are apt to ask: I like?"
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Th annual mooting of tho Southern Orogon Humane
society was held this year on March 4 in North's Chuck
Wagon restaurant. Pictured above, during tha dinner meet
ing, are left to right, Mrs, Georga F. Stacey, retiring secretary-treasurer,
and Mrs. Antonio Beebe, retiring president.
Mrs. Stacey served on th. board for six years and Mrs.
Beebe the past two years. Fifty fiva persons attended th.
session when annual r.ports on finances and the number
of animal cruelty cases were given. A film on animal car
was shown. (Ken Knacksiedt photo)
New Annuals Program Topic For Speaker
Central Point Mrs. R. R
Hendricks of the Bcrrydale
Flower farm was guest speak
er for the Central Point Gar
den club at their March 6th.
meeting in the home of Mrs.
W. C. Higinbotham.
The speaker's topic was, "In
troducing New Annuals and
Colors for 1963." Pictures
were shown and descriptions
and characteristics of the new
varitics of annuals given.
During the business meet
ing, conducted by Mrs. R. D.
Kay, Miss Claire Hanley was
nominated for a life member
ship in the National Fcdera-
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Mix one 4'a ounce) can of
deviled ham with one-third
cup of sour cream and one
quarter teaspoon of dried dill
weed in a small saucepan.
Heat, stirring constantly, to
serving temperature but do
not allow to boil. Makes about
three-quarter cup of sauce.
Serve hot.
PINEAPPLESWIZZLE
Pineapple milk swizzle is
easy to make. Just stir one
and two-third cups of instant
nonfat dry milk into three
cups of Ice water. Add one
(fl-ouncc) can of frozen pine
apple juice concentrate, thaw
ed and undiluted. Beat until
foamy. Garnish with pine
apple stick stirrers. Serves
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tion of Garden clubs, a state cyclamen and anemone, and
Mrs. II. W. Sturgeon showed
a stapelia varigato, a mem
ber of the South Africa milk
weed family.
Guests at the meeting were
Mrs. Dale Hoover of Ashland,
district secretary, Mrs. O. V.
Poe of Mcdford, and Mrs.
C. L, Campbell and Mrs. B. L.
Russell of Central Point.
award given each year to one
or more garden club members
who have made outstanding
contributions to the garden
club movement in the state of
Oregon.
Mrs. O. V. Poe. Siskiyou
District director, and Mrs.
A. O. Floyd, slate chairman
of district achievements, re
ported on the proceedings of
the state executive commit
tee meeting held in Eugene,
March 5.
Plans were made for a plant
sale to be held at the Central
Point Grange hall, April 5.
A date was set for planting
trees at the Jewett school to
replace the ones that did not
grow. Mrs. Arnold Bohnert is
in charge of this project.
For the horticulture dis
play. Mrs. Lester Gorden
showed specimens of reticu
lota iris and daffodils; Mrs.
John Homer show a dwarf
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