Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 17, 1963, Image 32

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Newspaper Page Textg J) SUNDAY. MAHCH 17, 1983 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD. OREGON Three Noteworthy Dolls Prized Possessions of Valley Owners rfj. 1 - ,1 ADMIRED Mrs. Eldon Glcason of Central Point is the owner of this doll, believed to have been made some time in the 1800 s. It has been handed down through four genera tions of the Gleason family Leevwenhoek! (you think we made it up?) one perfect word ex pressing amazement at Barker's new selec tion of $85 Timely suits. Course is Scheduled Ashland - Southern Oregon college has announced that another course in administra tive management for small businessmen will be held this spring, starting March 28 and continuing for nine consecu tive weeks every Thursday night. The course will be for be ginners, as last year, and nine businessmen have agreed to teach the class, a different one making the lecture each evening.. The group includes George C. Flanagan, Chandler Drew. Robert Taylor, Jim Rowan and Robert D. Hcffernan, Jr., Medford; and R. C. Isaacs, E. G. Tischhauscr and Duane Baker, Ashland. By MARY ALICE BRUSHA Dolls may be viewed as children's toyi by most peo ple, but to a few who have a serious interest in collecting rare or beautiful dolls, they are prized possessions. Quite a number of unusual dolls are owned by Rogue valley residents. There is, of course, the extensive collec Hon at the McCully House Doll museum in Jacksonville, Three other noteworthy dolls in the area include 12-inch German all bisque doll and one of the original J. D. Kcstncr Bye-Lo-Babies owned by Mrs. L. C. Gordon, 741 Freeman rd., Central Point: an 11-inch Bye-Lo-Baby of later vintage belonging to Robert A. Boyer, Medford at- torney; and an old 15-inch doll belonging to Mrs. Eldon Glcason, 612 Manzanita St., Central Point. Peer of Doll Makers J. D. Kcstncr of Germany, the peer of all doll makers was the first to manufacture the Bye-Lo-Baby. Its popular ity won for it the nickname "The Million Dollar Baby." The first Bye-Lo-Babies, with composition body and turning bisque head, proved too ex pensive to produce. However, materials used in the manti' facture of the first Kestner dolls were too costly, making the purchase of the dolls pro hibitive for any but the weal thicst families. Competition was fast devel oping In the manufacture of the composition dolls, forcing Kestner to abandon making the extravagant Bye-Lo-Ba-bie A few of these dolls are in circulation today, and when one Is found the buyer finds the price as high as it was 40 years ago, too expensive for the average pocketbook. Time Not Known The exact time the family of Kestner began making dolls is not known, but about 1860 Henry Kestner, son of the original Kestner, settled in Nashville, Tenn. The granddaughter who now lives there is certain that the J. D. Kestner firm was well established in doll man ufacturing when her grand father left Germany, but noth ing is known of the first Kest ner nor his son who took over the business. It was Adolph, a grandson of the original Kestner, who inherited the business and op erated it until the family's interest was sold during the 1920's. The original Kestner company was located at Wal ter hausen, in the German stale of Thuringia, and at one time as many as 25,000 work ers were employed at the company. Imported to U, S. Kestner dolls we'e import ed into the United States from the 1890's by George Borg feldt and company, New York City, exclusively. Fred Kolb, now chairman of the board of the George Borgfeldt Corp., after more than 50 years with the company, is the chief source of information on the Kestner doll in this country. Alter the short-lived pro duction of the Bye-Lo-Baby by the Kestner firm, Mrs. Grace Story Putnam designed the Bye-Lo-Baby which is more familiar today, with flange neck, soft cloth body and outspread fingers. The Bye-Lo-Baby by Mrs. Putnam is a rare doll, and the same applies to another of her productions, "Fly-Low" which was a financial failure due to the depression, and the fact the composition dolls were taking over the commercial field. Although neither doll is an antique, they are hard to find, and doll collectors are always on the lookout for them. One of Originals Mrs. Gordon's doll is one of the Kestner originals, while Boyer's is a Grace Story Put nam production. The soft cloth body of Boyer's doll bears the trademark "Grace Story Putnam" and on the back of its bisque head are imprinted the word "Ger- CJ u. fTjSSJyr KLEENEX FACIAL l$Z H M rTISSUE Y CAR H n wuHiiiy" -! 4ooco,,B, v21f3 P0L,SH la WfY with Karc vsssy w r9. 43. y nCj MJ ApE lto 59.95 OSTERIZER 4,3 33.88 W 11 f s aoo fiT. & 1,25 CAMP FRYING Pflw " " 69c Kl S3 099 JLfl Cheese Cloth I BRHS mmrxs RJ Grass (,!.,. ft?S. 49 fllfSj SI0P C''''n9 MISS MARVEL U. ''fcl I!.." Sj NYLONS 30 GALLON --toMj 99' 239cf 6o-,5 Wbase J s. VJy 4" m J plastic covimd ROD & CLOSED jr northern R BEACH, FLOOR FACE REEL MV NORTHERN X RJ AND PATIO COMBINATION JfS PEAT MOSS J Sj pillows --"mil mSS hW CS 1 136 ROD lJf CJ tM V". fca "5 OOc 'JJ0V"" r W tfl Jtf n WIS vai. yy ggg bTM H fiq m -i988 i n88 y wmm1 ' ' f" t t ' . Swimming Classes Scheduled at YMCA AUTHENTIC ANTIQUE Cclia Gordon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theron Gorden of Central Point, holds a German bisque doll that is one of the original creations by the German doll maker J. D. Kestner. The girl is wearing the same clothes worn by her grandmother, Mrs. L. C. Gorden of Central Point, present keeper of the doll, when she was photographed with it as a child. many and the numbers "7418-23." The doll was given to Boy er by his grandmother when he was a boy. Its little hands show the effects olV wear and tear, with signs of baby teeth marks as well as missing fin gers. Boyer denies responsi bility for the missing fingers. The first owner of Mrs. Gordon's doll was her aunt, Mrs. Ida Dressier, who died in 1062 at the age of 87. Mrs. Dressier gave the doll to Mrs. Gorden5s daughter, Mrs. Ro land Pacey, 27 years ago, but Mrs. Gorden has been keeping it since Mrs. Pacey moved to California. Lead Cloth Body Mrs. Gleason's doll has a lead cloth body and china head. Its feet and hands are in perfect condition. The face with pronounced features, clear blue eyes and black enameled hair are of the high est lustre. The Eldon Gleason family moved to Central Point from Wisconsin in 1911, and Mrs. Glcason with her daughter, Mrs. Lullis Bodin, are living in the same house purchased by the Glcasons more than 50 years ago. The doll was given to Mrs. Mary Glcason, mother of El don, by her mother, when she was nine years old, 115 years ago. For four generations, children of the Glcason fam ily have played with the doll, and the only new item of clothing is a dress which Mrs. Bnclin made for it several years ago. The underclothes, lace trim med, are hand made and are the original clothing. The long slender legs have red garters, and bows, painted on them below the knees, with black shoes painted on the feet. Extensive research has been done on this doll in hopes to be able to place it in its prop er category. There is no mark of identification on the doll. Because of this, it is believed that the doll was made some time in the 1800's, since in 1890, strict laws regulating imports and exports were passed by the United States requiring all manufacturers of such Hems to properly mark their products by serial number, trademark and coun try. Since that time identifi cation of all such articles has been made much easier. fit ALUDROX 100 TABS 99c ;;?SUCRETS 29c J V CORCIDIN 0 TABS 1.43 1 ,H TUMS 5c REG. 52c DENALAN DENTURE CLEANER 39c Education Secretaries Schedule Convention The state convention nf the Oregon Association of Educa tional Secretaries will be held March 23 In Portland. Principal speakers will be Don Barrett, social worker in the Portland public schools, and John Salisbury, news di rector of KXL radio station. MICRIN REG. 129 IHIUE1EI1 ORAL ANTISEPTIC ?'G, WHITE RAIN HAIR SPRAY 89c 6RlG COLGATE TOOTH PASTE 21.00 S3 Healthy SEPTIC TANKS CESSPOOLS AND DKAINI (mii(Ii to-ilM I. FILlOUl INILHII Uit SEPT0NIC Regularly! Jit pn , JOO 9i k. At Yovr Or ft mt Hordwnf Ashland Man Fined, Sentenced in Court Ashland-A Southern Ore gon college student is now in the Ashland city jail follow ing a 100-mile-an-hour auto mobile chase from Ashland to the Siskiyou mountains just before a snow storm Thursday afternoon. Ashland Municipal Judge Richard C. Cottle fined Ron ald Gary Getchell, 21, of 156 Third St., Ashland, a total of 5400 and sentenced him to 60 days imprisonment Friday. Getchell pleaded guilty 10 two charges of failure to heed police siren, $200 and 30 days; and reckless driving., $200 and 30 days. Jail terms will run concurrently, it was re ported. Getchell, whose home is in Myrtle Point, was traveling south on Highway 99 at 5:45 p.m. Thursday at speeds ex ceeding 100 miles an hour at times, Ashland police said, after he failed to heed a sig nal to stop. He temporarily escaped when he turned in behind the Toy Deer restaurant, but was seen and reported. Police iden tified the car from license plate numbers and a warrant was issued for Getchell's arrest. The Medford YMCA will conduct a "Learn to Swim" campaign next week, during spring vacation, necessitating a change in the regular schedule. Ben Jensen, physical direc tor, announced that 288 youngsters are now registered for the program and their in struction will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, March 18. The uro gram will be conducted daily between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. At 3:30 p.m. each day there will be an all member swim period, followed at 4:30 p.m. by a work-out session for the swim team. Nightly, all mem ber swims will be conducted from 6 to 7:30 p.m., with family swim sessions as usual at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday. Schedule to Resume The regular winter sched ule will be resumed Saturday, March 23. Other fa'cilities at the Med ford YMCA will be open as usual throughout the week. The women's slim and trim program has been discontin ued during the week; how ever, members of the women's lifesaving class will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Jensen said that this "Learn to Swim" campaign is being conducted at this time in an effort to gel as many children in the valley trained in swim ming skills as possible before the regular outdoor recrea tion period begins. Most resi dents participate in one form of water recreation or anoth er, and few of the local lakes and rivers where picnickers are apt to slop have trained guards on duly. Survival skills are includ ed in all levels of swimming instruction in the YMCA pro gram, to enable swimmers to assist themselves and other in an emergency, Jensen said. EMPLOYMENT UP Salem - WPU - Employment was up 18,800 over last year and insured unemployment was down in most areas of the state, the Department of Employment said Thursday. o 0MB JD- :r ---l ; . III- II i. ROPE-IOVERS KNOT $595 STAR GAZER 1- 3- MA jf TAURUS - APR. 21 ( MAY 2! 0 9-10-56-59 560-64-71 GEMINI MAY 22 JUNE 22 , s- 7-1 29-45-80-871 CANCER JUNE 23 fa JULY 23 WW-25-39-42 "V73-74-75 UO ' JULY 24 AUG. 23 P41-44-48-61 krV 63-68-85-89 VIRGO AUG. 24 SEPT. 22 1 14-24-51-5 72-76-78 -By CLAY R. POLLA.N- $t Vour Doily Activity Guidt M According lo th Sian. 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