SUNDAY. APRIL 7, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
First District Clubwomen Mark Fiftieth Anniversary at Session Handmade Fashions Are Featured at Style Show
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First district of the Oregon
Federation of Women's clubs
observed its fiftieth annlver
sary, April 3, when the an
nual convention was neia in
Talent. Seven of the eight
clubs in southern Oregon com
prising first district were rep
resented. Members from Ash
land, Medford, Rogue River,
Grants Pass and Cave Junc
tion attended.
A coffee hour preceded the
day-long meeting. Mrs. Wil
liam Harms of Grants Pass,
president of the district, pre
sided. The meeting opened
with the Pledge of Allegiance,
given by A-Ki-Pan Junior
Camp Fire Girls, Talent. The
invocation was by the Rev.
Violet Bolliger of Talcm
Methodist church. Gary Mon
ical, head of the music depart
ment of the Phoenix High
school, presented the triple
trio from that school.
Mrs. John Baldwin, presi
dent of the Talent Federated
Woman's club and general
chairman of the convention,
gave the welcoming address.
The response was given by
Mrs. Bert Roberts, president
of the Ashland Woman's Civic
club.
Slats Officers
Mrs. Harms introduced the
state officers. Attending were
Mrs. Melford M. Nelson, Mon
mouth, president of the Ore
gon Federation of Women's
clubs; Mrs. John S. Tyler Jr.,
Salem, first vice president;
' Mrs. Walter B. Rich, Port
land, second vice president
and Mrs. Wallace L. Smith,
also Portland, third vice pres
ident and state junior direc
tor. Stale department and divi
sion chairmen also were in
troduced. Presented were Mrs.
Roy F. Nye, Ashland, chairman
of international affairs depart
ment; Mrs. Clay M. Lee, Med
ford division chairman of
projects, and Mrs. Ralph O.
Chapin, Grants Pass, division
chairman of citizenship. Four
past district presidents were
introduced, Mrs. Allen Coo
ley, Grants Pass; Mrs. Jason
Ottinger, Medford; Mrs. Carl
W. Peterson of Ashland, and
Mrs. Lee of Medford.
A message was read from
another, Mrs. William White,
Rogue River. Mrs. Gene
Chamberlain, Medford, divi
sion chairman for art, was
present for lunch.
The president's panel mod
erator was Mrs. F. D. Nelson,
Medford, president of the
Medford Junior Woman's
club
Mrs. C. M. Inman of Grants
Pass read a part of the history
of the fifty years of the dis
trict, which was formed Sep
tember 13, 1013. It was the
only district for 18 years
when the second district was
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nrnieet In slrenethen the arm Handmade fashions for the . ers, seed pearls and tulle was
of liberty, the aim of her ad-' entire family were modeled presented to the guests of
ministration. during the style show held I honor. Mrs. Collins Hassell,
Mrs. Nelson encouraged I March 29 in observance of i Mrs. Harold Cluff and Mrs.
clubs to schedule a benefit the 121st anniversary of the ! John Wilford. Ashland. It will
breakfast for arthritis, in sup-1 Relief society of the Church be featured on the cake at
port of a research program. ! of Jesus Christ of Latter-day the May Relief society spring
The literacy p r o g r a m oaims.
through which the GFWC is ; Mrs. Hoyt Hay, president of
helping illiterates in eight I the Second Ward society
countries of the world I greeted the more than 60
Mrs. Malford M. Nelson, Monmouth,
Or., (csnftr) prtiidsnf of lhs Oregon Fed
eration of Woman's clubs, was in Talent
April 3 for the annual mealing of First
distrlci of the Fadaration. Also hars for the
session, planned by officers of Talent Fed
erated Woman's club, ware Mrs. Waller B.
Rich, Portland, (at left) second vice presi
dent of the Oregon Federation, and Mrs.
John S. Tyler Jr., Salem, first vice presi
dent. Celebration of the 50th anniversary
of the formation of First district highlight
ed the meeting.
which was so years old and
worn in 1913 by Mrs. Floyd
Watson and later by Mrs.
Watson at her own wedding,
Mrs. Kathleen Severance of
Grants Pass modeled a black
beaded cape 100 years old
which had belonged to her
mother. Another garment
owned by Mrs. Severance was
a black silk fringed shawl,
100 years old, which was mo
deled by Mrs. Chapin, Grants
Pass. The shawl had belonged
to the grandmother of Mrs.
Severance.
Mrs. John Mansfield, Med
ford, modeled a black and
white wool suit which had
been her mother's going away
suit after her 1900 wedding,
She wore a black feather boa
and carried a parasol.
Mrs. James Wat.son also
modeled a black crepe dress
belonging to Mrs. Ruth Ellis
of Talent. The dress is over
60 years old. With it Mrs.
Watson wore a handmade hat
of beads.
Uln Entrants
The afternoon fashion show
had nine entrants. Winner of
first prize was Mrs. Mae Mac
kenzie, drain , fass, for a
formed in 192.
Older Styles
A fashion show with 1913
or older styles was presented
in the morning session. Mrs.
William Johnston was coor
dinator for the "Backward
Look" fashion show and the
afternoon style show. Mrs!
Merle Stone was organist for
both shows,
Mrs. T. M. Stott. Grants
Pass, modeled her own dress,
a black voile with pleated
skirl over a taffeta petticoat,
and handmade lace collar and
cuffs. The dress was Imported
from Paris in 1908. She wore
a small black velvet hat with
three black ostrich plumes.
Mrs. James Watson, Grants
Pass, modeled a white satin
back crepe wedding gown
two-piece afternoon dress.
Mrs. Everett Culver, Talent,
wore an afternoon dress of
black crepe which was the
winner of second place.
Mrs. Frank Chrlslian of
Talent entered garments in
two categories, an after-five
crepe dress- and mohair coat
of matching color lined with
the same material which she
used for her hat. In the sports
category, she modeled a dress
made of drip dry cotton.
Mrs. L y n a b e I Deck of
Rogue River modeled an aft
ernoon dress, a sheath of em
broidered linen. Mrs. Doris
Boyd of Cave Junction chose
an after-five dress of washa
ble nylon crepe. The sports
outfit made by Mrs. Norman
Wade, Talent, won first place
in sports category. Mrs. Fred
Salvage, Cave Junction, chose
washable dacron crepe for
her afternoon dress, Mrs.
Lena Foster, Ashland, select
ed a green wool crcapc re
sistant material for her after
noon dress.
Judges
Judges selected for the
fashion show were Miss Jo
anne Beasley, Jackson coun
ty extension agent; Mrs. Rob
ert M, Bestul of Mann's de
partment store, and Mrs. Ge
neva Neill, sewing teacher for
Singer Sewing Machine com
pany, Medford.
Following the fashion show
a surprise feature was the
announcement of awards for
the district publicity contest.
The Medford Junior Woman's
club won first and second
awards and the Rogue River
Civic Improvement club won
one award. Judge for this con
test was the district communi
cations and publicity chair
man, Mrs. Ralph O. Chapin,
Grants Pass. The competition
included news stories from
September 1, 1962 to March
1, 1963.
Speaker
The highlight of the con
vention was the message of
the slate president, Mrs. Mel
ford M. Nelson. Her talk was
on "The Forward Look." She
outlined the program for the
next club year which will em
phasize a community Im
provement program.
Mrs. Arnold, General Fed
eration of Women's clubs, has
stressed the importance of this
through the CARL pro
gram, will be a project of the
Oregon Federation of Wom
en's clubs to help the illiter
ates of Oregon.
Mrs. Nelson announced that
Mrs. William H. Hascbroock,
West Point, Neb., first vice
president of GFWC, will be
at the state convention in
Eugene both days May 8 and
9.
Mrs. Erwin Hoffman, Gold
Hill, conducted a memorial
service.
Luncheon
Women of the Methodist
church catered the luncheon,
in the church annex. Mrs. C.
W, Holdridge, a charter mem
ber of the Talent club, gave
the club Collect before the
luncheon. Mrs. Harms intro
duced state officers and de
partment and division chair
men. Among the guests was
Mrs. Bren H. Slarcher of the
Medford Mail Tribune. Place
cards were made by Mrs. Ray
Heidenreich, Grants Pass.
Corsages were made by Mrs.
John Harms.
First district chairmen pres
ent were Mrs. James Wells,
Medford, fine arts; Mrs. C.
McCalmon, Talent, education;
Mrs. T. M. Stott, Grants Pass,
religion; Mrs. H. J. Stephens,
Rogue River, home life; Mrs.
Erwin Hoffman, Gold Hill,
international affairs; Mrs.
Chapin, communications; Mrs.
Lynabel Deck, CARE; Mrs.
Heidenreich, Grants Pass,
council of international clubs;
Mrs. C. M. Inman, Grants
Pass, scholarships.
Mrs. Gertrude Doher Bart-
lett, Ashland, read her poem.
A Tribute to Our First Dis
trict," which was written for
the occasion.
The meeting closed with a
benediction by Mrs. Stott.
The next annual conven
tion will be held in Ashland.
guests who attended the birth
day party. It was held at the
church, 648 South Ivy street
Mrs. Bruce Rawlins co
ordinated the show and Mrs
Tony Garcia narrated. The
show included hand tailored
clothes for spring made by
the models and hand knitted
sweaters.
In some instances the mod
els were in groups-mother
and daughters or whole fam
ilies all wearing hand tail
ored clothing which matched
or was coordinated.
Mrs, Dwaine E. Nelson was
in charge of decorations as
sisted by Mrs. Bertel Davis
and Mrs. Luke. The theme
was "Oriental Spring."
The stage and runway were
edged with miniature white
fence and the stage was a
spring garden with lawn fur
niture and trellises.
The Thurston dance studio
presented Miss Sue Gifford
and Miss Shari Bethell in
several dances.
Miniature Pagoda
Following the show refresh
ments were served. A minia
ture pagoda and screen in
black and yellow with flow
ers and candles were on the
serving table. Mrs. Merlin
Shipley presided at the punch
bowl and Mrs. Elzy Kees cut
the tiered birthday cake
which was made by Mrs. Kees
and decorated by Mrs. J. El
don Dunn. Assisting Mrs.
Kees were Miss Julie Nelson,
Miss Ruth Hay and Miss Son
dra Davis.
The cake's decoration of an
Easter hat with spring flow-
Visits Relatives
Hornbrook-Week end visit
ors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Tony Shelley were her
daughter and family Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Duarte and chil
dren of San Pablo, Calif.
finale which is held to honor
the year's accomplishments.
Mrs.
discuss thrift and wise home-1 bread making will be given
h. Tda Anril bv Mrs. Hugh Judd. The
s. meetine of the ' Second I breads will be part
Ward Relief society of the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
The meeting will be at the
church at 10 a.m. at 648 South
Ivy street.
Preceding the lesson a dem-
Gerald Huffman will 1 onstration on variations of
be part of the
potluck luncheon to be served
at noon. Those attending are
reminded to take their own
table service.
District 2 will be in charge
of the luncheon.
Nursery care will be pro
vided for small children.
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Junior-senior prom to be spon
sored by the Eagle Point High
school junior class May 18 in
Rogue Valley Country club.
A banquet hat; been set lor
6:31) p.m. that evening in
North's Chuck Wagon rest
aurant and dancing at the
club will begin at B p m.
Music will be furnished by
the Upbeats, a four-piece
combo directed by Glenn
Matthews.
Pat Hcacham ll prom chair
man. Committees are money
raising, Kathy Oooch; invita
tions and publicity, Dlanne
Stclle; banquet, C.lennda Al
bert; banquet menu, Lorctta
Whipple; banquet speakers
and entertainment, Donna
Geren; banquet decorations,
Sandi Hawks; refreshments,
Judy Clarno; programs, Lola
Ackornian; music and enter
tainment. Pam Stevens: gifts
and tiaras, Chloc Atkinson;
coronation, Judy Mill; deco
rations. Sharon Smith, Mar
sha Pulley, George Schocttle
and Mike Evans; and art,
Mary Evans.
Advisors arc Douglas
Jlarshharger. Miss Glenna
Brcwold, Victor Hay. Wesley j
Chapman, art instructor, and j
Stewart Hopper, commercial
department,
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Degree of Honor Protective!
association will meet Monday.;
April 8 at 7.30 p.m.. in tlic
Girls Community club. Mrs. I
Violet Rudy will scne refreshments.
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