MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
SUNDAY. MARCH 17. 19S3
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Ecuador Is Discussed
For Knife-Fork Club
Ashland "Communists
spend money on propaganda.
The United States spends mon
ey to help," declared Mrs. Eu
gene Bowman in answer to
a question as to the influence
of communism in Ecuador.
Her comment came during the
informal discussion period at
the conclusion of a talk be
fore members of the Siskiyou
Knife and Fork club Tuesday
evening.
In keeping with the an
nounced subject of her il
lustrated talk Mrs. Bowman
portrayed the small South
American nation as a "Coun
try of Contrasts." Her first
hand acquaintance with Ecua
dor was gained during two
years residence while her
husband. Dr. Eugene Bow
man of Southern Oregon col
lege faculty, was in the serv
ice of the U. S. state depart
In e n t as consultant to the
education department o f
Ecuador. She accompanied
him on many trips into dis
tant . areas and while living
in Quito learned much about
the customs and conditions
of the people.
Much of Ecuador's econom
ic way of life is puzzling to
Americans, who are accus
tomed to high standards of
sanitation and to observance
of law and order. To the
eyes of an American woman
the inequality and injustice
seen on all sides is hard to
understand. "Most pitiful are
the tiny children who are
used for carriers of huge bas
kets," said Mrs. Bowman. It
seems impossible in this age
of enlightenment that women
are doing heavy manual la
bor and that a virtual form
of peonage exists."
Mortality High
Despite its high birth rate
Ecuador has a small popula
tion increase due to excessive
mortality among children.
The average age of Ecuador-
Great Decisions
Topic Is Given
Dr. Flora Ross will lead the
Great Decision discussion
group Wednesday, March 20,
on "The Alliance For Prog
ress." The group meets week
ly in Wesley hall of First
Methodist church at noon.
Miss Voda Brower, chair
man, reminded residents that
all interested persons are in
vited to attend. This group is
geared to the working person
in the downtown area. Soup
and coffee are furnished by
the committee. Persons may
take a sandwich with them.
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eans is 27 years. With the ex
ception o f approximately
three per cent, who are white,
the population is composed
almost entirely of Indians,
remnants of the ancient Incas,
and mixtures of natives. Dur
ing and following World War
II there was an influx of Ger
mans, both Jews and Nazis.
"There is no middle class
in Ecuador," declared the
speaker, in proof of which
she showed films of vast es
tates and beautiful haciendas
and in contrast thatched huts
with dirt floors. Modern
buildings and hotels have
been erected in many cities
while a stone's throw distant
are unsanitary markets oper
ated under the most primitive
conditions. Lawlessness pro
ceeds with apparent approval
of the authorities, who often
times join in the violations.
No home is safe without a
high wall, a locked gate and
a vicious watch dog. Revolu
tions and sporadic uprisings
are commonplace events, usu
ally of communist inspiration.
Many of the youth of the
country are sent to Cuba for
training in leadership, declar
ed the speaker.
Describes Churches
Mrs. Bowman described
some of the beautiful Catholic
churches with their wooden
carvings and alters of silver
and gold. She told of the art
treasures to be found and
displayed many pieces which
she bought during her stay.
Among them were exotic fea
ther headresses and other ap
parel, copper and brass uten
sils, a goatskin replica of a
shrunken head, antique
carvings and some of the
strange bread dolls placed on
the graves to ward off evil
spirits on the eve of All Saints
day.
The Bowmans experienced
a variety of surprises as they
mingled with the people in
daily contacts and learned
more of their attitudes toward
government, toward self-help,
toward education and toward
honesty. Dealing in contra
band is common practice and
those who have money do not
trust the government but
rather send it abroad while
accepting as their due finan
cial aid from the United
states, all indicative of a
country of "contradictions
and contrasts.
Wallace Brill, Medford, a
member of the board of di
rectors, presided over the
dinner meeting in the Mark
Antony hotel Ceasar Hall
The speaker was introduced
by Dr. Irene Hollenbeuk, an
other director.
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Bethel Holds
Queen's Ball
Shady Cove - Theme for
the annual Queen's ball for
Bethel 56, International Or
der of Job's Daughters was
"Wish Upon a Star." Deco
rations for the event held re
cently in Rogue Valley Coun
try club, Medford were done
in blue and white.
Honored Queen Susan East-
in. Junior Past Honored
Queen Marcia Ackerman, and
honored guests were present
ed arm bouquets of red roses
by Senior Princess Lola Ack
erman and Junior Princess
Sheri Watson as gifts from
the bethel.
At the bethel's last meeting
final plans were made for the
visitation of the grand guard
ian, Mrs. Kenneth Gildner,
Portland, who will attend the
next meeting, March 21. Mrs.
Gildner will be honored at
no-host dinner before the
meeting. Reservations must be
in by March 19 with Mrs.
Paul Snook, guardian, tele
phone 878-3101.
Practice for initiation cere
monies to be held March 21,
will be conducted Sunday,
March 21, at 1 p.m.
I he bethel members met
last Sunday at the home of
Mrs. Snook when dinner was
served and the group made
tray favors for the Masonic
and Eastern Star home in
Forest Grove.
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Service Guild
Unit To Elect
Officers for Ruth Esther
unit of Wesleyan Service
guild will be elected during
the group's Monday, March
18 meeting, in the First
Methodist church library at
cju p.m. Flans also will be
made to attend a district
meeting March 30 and 31 in
Eugene.
The program on "Asia's
Rim" will be continued with
Mrs. George Renaker giving
a review on Taiwan and Miss
Jame Smith speaking on
Honk Kong. Hostesses will be
Mrs. Wallace Peabody, Mrs,
S. H. Gay and Miss Annette
Gray.
Dr. Flora Ross will conduct
devotionals and Miss Carol
Denny will preside.
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Observes Birthday
- O'Brien-Mrs. Ha7.pl Klana
ker was honored recently on
trie occasion of her birthday.
Dinner was served and she
was DresenteH oifts
At the party were Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Johnson, Crescent
City, Calif., Mr. and Mrs
J. R. Warren, Mrs. Fay Wai
ren and Mr. and Mrs. Marvi
Warren.
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Mist Susan Eastin (at left)
International Order of Job's
Ackerman, past honored queen, ware feted at a Quean's
Ball given by the bethel at Rogue Valley Country club.
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Modern drama has many
students are being given an
several of these. The most recent innovation of Mrs. Lenore
Zapell, drama instructor at the school, was a reading pro
duction of the classic Greek tragedy, "Antigone" by
Sophocles.
Given last Tuesday night
drew an audience of parents and those especially interested
in drama. The students taking part wore black academic
robes and stood at lecterns to read their roles. Some in
the audience were of the opinion that the girls had per
formed better than the young men, and praise was heard
especially for their reading
Blackstone, reading the leading role of Antigone, par
ticularly impressed the audience.
Mrs. Zapell used the traditional Greek device of a chorus,
using three readers for this,
original Greek drama was religious in nature, and that at
first the chorus and its leader were the "whole show."
Later Thespis, Aeschylus and
The students themselves
Greek presentation and a few
peat the performance.
Another innovation for
of a play for children in the near future. The popular
"Winnie the Pooh" will be given, with matinees for the
small fry. Mrs. Zapell reports that her husband, Stanley,
who makes the play sets, is especially enjoying working on
the Milne production and
great fun for the young actors.
One of these days Potpourri and Photographer Bob are
going to do a "behind the
fashion show. The mad scramble and rush, the running
chatter and half-hysterics of
store employees are often
charming productions which
As one can discover by
there's a rush of style shows.
by Alpha Rho chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and Rogue Valley
manor last week, and this week there are two more. Wednes
day Medford Junior Women's club is staging an evening
show, particularly with business women and husbands in
mind, and Thursday night the Welcome Wagon club is
sponsoring a show.
At the Alpha Rho show Potpourri worked the hall,
catching models as they came and went and hustling them
Into a good spot for the photographer. Cries of "Where are
my gloves?", "These shoes are too tight" and "Did anyone
see the necklace which goes with this suit?" were heard
on all sides. But high honors for a comment went to one
pretty model who wailed, as she rushed headlong down
the hall headed for stairs and the changing room, "Why
didn't some one tell me I had these pants on backwards?" O.S.
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honored queen of Bethel 56,
Daughters, and Miss Marcia
facets, and Medford High school
opportunity to learn about
in Room 61, the production
style and diction. Tracy
and the program noted that the
Sophocles added the actors.
were enthusiastic about the
urged their instructor to re
the classes will be presentation
that the animal costumes are
scenes page of pictures on
the models, show chairmen and
more colorful than the smooth
are seen by the guests out front
scanning today s society pages
Potpourri covered one given
SPRING OPENING
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Officials Of
Two Orders
Visitors Here
Out-of-town officials of the
Military Order of Lady Bugs
and Military Order of Cooties
were in Medford March 12
for the fifteenth anniversary
observance of the Roguette
circle of the MOLB.
Here were Mrs. Mae Pink
ston, majestic official greedy
bug; Mrs. Edna Rountree, roy
al katydid; Gene Rountree, a
past grand "seam squirrel"
and royal inspector, and Per
ry Pinkston, also a past grand
seam squirrel. All are from
North Bend, Ore.
Mrs. Mary Newman was
reinstated as a member after
an absence of three years
while living In California.
Mrs. Virgil W. Lacy and Mrs.
Clara Lee Malin became mem
bers.
Banquet tables were dec
orated in red and white, col
ors for the MOLB. Decorating
was done by Mrs. B. B. Ram-
.sey and Mrs. Ivan Lusk. Mrs.
Con Rost, Mrs. Harold Suther
land and Mrs. Dale Sawyer
prepared the dinner. Mrs. Rus
sell Zundel, lady gold bug,
and Mrs. .Sawyer assisted with
preparations for the meeting
The next circle meeting
will be April 9 in the same
hall.
During the visits here Mrs.
Rountree was a houscguest of
Mrs. Ben F. Allison and Mrs,
Pinkston was a guest of Mrs,
Richard Schulz.
On March 13 the four vis
iting officers and Mrs. Allis
on, royal lady gold bug for
Oregon, with other circle
members made an official vis'
it to the Veterans Domiciliary
at White City. They met with
the director, C. T. Jackson
who gave a resume of the ac
tivities and program at the
domiciliary.
From the circle on the tour
with the officials were Mrs.
Schulz, Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs,
Ralph Pittock, Mrs. Lusk, Mrs.
Rost, Mrs. DeBerry and Mrs.
Zundel.
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Dessert Luncheon
Planned by Club
Electa Social club members
will make plans for their
April meeting during a ses
sion Friday, March 22 in the
Girls Community club rooms
A dessert luncheon will be
served at 12:30 p.m. Mrs,
Esther Coleman, president
will preside
Any member of the Order
of the Eastern Star who is
not affiliated la invited.
The sewing committee will
be made up of Mrs. J. J.
Brown, Mrs. Maud Lovell and
Mrs. Ina Huson.
Past Matron's Club
Announces Meeting
Central Point- Nevila Past
Matrons club will meet in
the home of Mrs. J. E. Vin
cent, 1886 East Pine street,
Central Point. Wednesday,
March 20 at 1 p.m. for des
sert. Mrs. Bella Panky will
assist the hostess.
Mrs. Paul Snook, vice pres
ident will preside at the busi
ness meeting.
Four Girls Initiated by Bethel 69
Four candidates were In
itiated into Bethel 69, Inter
national Order of Job's
Daughters, during the inspec
tion visit March 7, of Mrs.
Kenneth Gildner, grand
guardian. They were the
Misses Susan Sedlcy, Barbara
Brooks, Karen Lord and
Lynda Daugherty. Prior to
the initiation ceremony, a
solo was sung by Miss Cheryl
Bramhall.
Junior Past Queen Camille
Eri and Past Queen Lynn
Boughner were escorted and
introduced. Miss Boughner
was also introduced as grand
representative to South Da
ota. Mrs. John North, grand
fourth messenger and Fred
urdin, representative of the
Scottish Rite bodies, were in
troduced.
Queen Denna Taylor re
minded the girls of go-to-church
Sunday which was on
March 10 and was attended
by the members of the bethel
and their sponsors.
riendship Night
Set For Chapter
Jacksonville-Frie n d s h 1 p
night will be held by Adarcl
chapter, Order of Eastern
star, Thursday, March 21, at
the Jacksonville Masonic tem
ple at 8 p.m. Mr. and Mrs.
Dan C. Shores, worthy ma
tron and patron will preside.
Dining room committee for
the evening will be Mrs. Ger
trude Winningham, Mrs. Carl
Dykstra, Mrs. H. D. Hess,
Mrs. George Mero, Mrs. J. H.
Bean, Mrs. Orval Shores,
Ralph Dillon and Miss Gloria
Johnson.
Schedule Meeting
A dessert luncheon wilt be
served at the meeting for
Chapter 2, Blue Star Mothers
when they meet Thursday,
March 21 at 1:30 p.m. Mrs.
Relmer Peterson, S02 Beatty
street, will be the hostess.
The last chapter meeting
was in the home of Mrs. Mary
Fredericks when a work ses
sion and business meeting was
held. The women worked on
afghans for members of the
Veterans Domiciliary at White
City.
Goodmans Visit
In Varnonia
Prospect Mr. and Mrs. El
mer Goodman and children
are visiting Mrs. Goodman's
mother, Mrs. Rex Normand,
In Vernonia, Ore.
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Susan Cearley reported on
the bethel visit to Ashland;
Jeanne Letzow reported on
the visit to Grants Pass Bethel
72. Lorna Clark reported on
the visit to Bethel 13, also
in Grants Pass.
The members voted to send
a gift to the new bethel in
Eugene.
Relatives Introduced
Mrs. Gildner presented
Queen Denna with the gift
of a ceramic Bible and spoke
to the girls. The new initiates
introduced their parents and
following the meeting the
girls were welcomed into the
bethel.
The Lords Prayer cere
mony was used as an adden
dum following the meeting
with Miss Bramhall as soloist,
following which Mrs. Gllden
was presented with a gilt
from the bethel.
Refreshments were served
in the dining room by the
Misses Karen Smith, Sandy
Poiricr, Jance Morehead and
Connie and Laurel Schuler,
assisted by their mothers.
The next meeting of Bethel
69 will be held on Thursday,
March 21, at 7:30 p.m., at the
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