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SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1M3
MLDf Or D MAIL IRIBUNE. MLDIOHD. OlttGON
85th Birthday
Is Celebrated
At Neff Home
An afternoon party April 8
honored Mrs. Bert Francis
(Gertrude) Nett on the occa
sion of her eighty-fifth birth
day. The event was held in
the home of son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs.
Asher Neff, 2172 West Main
street, where the honored
guest also lives. Four genera
tions of the Neff family at
tended. Music was furnished by
Mrs. Ray Robinson, Grants
Pass, a granddaughter of Mrs.
Neff, Miss Nancy Robinson,
a great granddaughter; and
Mrs. Robert James, Medford.
Mrs. Robinson played violin
selections and sang, accom
panied by Mrs. James at the
organ, and by MIsb Robinson,
playing the flute.
Among the guests present
were Mrs. Neff's grandons,
Raymond Neff and Stanley
Neff, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Asher Neff.
Others attending were Mrs.
Maud Simmons, and her
daughter, Mrs. Haywood
Lcmley, Ashland; Mrs. Delia
Whetstone, Mrs. Amy Randle,
Mrs. Bessie Myers, Mrs. Hen
ry Childreth, Mrs. Charlotte
Kinder. Mrs. William Ko
epke, Mrs. Hilda Hague, Mrs.
Emli Peterson, Mrs. Jack
Lichtenstern, Mrs. Teresa Hi
anchl, Mrs. Dora Brantley,
Mrs. Elvla Wood, Mrs. Her
man Ekerson, Mrs. Lester
Wilcox, Mrs. Ralph Wilder,
Mrs. Ethel VanCleave, Mrs.
Charles Ghelardl, Mrs. Opal
Curdl. Mrs. Leonard Stener
ion and Mrs. Fred Landers.
Receives Gifts
Refreshments were served
and the honored guest was
presented gifts which includ
ed a New Testament from the
First Baptist Sunday school.
Mrs. Gertrude Neff was
born April 7, 1B78 In La
Sueur, Minn., and was mar
ried to the late Mr. Neff in
Minneapolis, Minn. They
came to Medford In 1917, and
Mr. Neff was a mail carrier
with the Medford post office
from 1823 until he was re
tired in July, 1041.
Mrs. Neff, as a young wom
an, did missionary work' in
this country for about five
years, ond she is a longtime
member of the Medford First
LaiflLLv M
CALENDAR..
Mrs. Bert Francis Naff was
honored April t at a party
which celebrated her 15th
birthday anniversary. Mrs.
Naff has lived in Medford
sine 1817.
Daughters Plan
Baptist church where she has i Session Wadntsday
Orchestra Sets
Rehearsal Date
Senior Citizens' orchestra
will meet Thursday, April 18,
at the home of Mrs. Edith
Whillock, 337 Havana street,
for rehearsal. The group will
hold a potluck luncheon at
noon preceding the rehearrnl.
To Meet
Phoenix - The Phoenix
Home Economics club will
meet Wednesday, April 17 at
1 p.m., In the home of Mrs.
Willis House Fern Valley
road. Cohostess will be Mrs-
Vaughn Quackcnbush.
Prosptct Woman
Visits Daughters
Prospect - Mrs Archie Mc
Killop is away for the week
visiting her daughters, Mrs.
Larry Parrlsh, the former
Miss Sally McKIIIop in Leba
non, and Mrs. Lester Namltz.
the former Miss Sue McKil
lop, in Mill City.
Navy Mothers Club
To Hold Meeting
Medford Navy Mothers club
will meet Tuesday, April 16,
at the home of Mrs. Dan
Evans, 987 Nlantlc street.
Medford. A potluck dinner
will be served at noon.
directed the choir, taught
classes and has been a dea
coness. Her two other sons,
Dr. Francis Neff, and Adlel
Neff. also retired from the
Medford post office; both live
In Long Beach, Calif.
Californians Visit Prospect
Prospect Mr. and Mrs.
D. James Hastings, San Jose,
Calif., are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Budd Maxwell, Prospect.
Ella Deuel Hubbs lent.
Daughters of Union Veterans,
will meet Wednesday, April
17, at 1 p.m. at the home ot j
i Mrs. George Ware, 181 Wl
1 nema. Way.
1 Wonder- Mrs. Michel
J Fielding, Eureka, Calif., has
arrived to spend Easier va
! cation with her daughter.
Mrs. John Jacobs. Slale Creek
' ranch.
Today
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Shady
Cove VFW auxiliary break
fast, VFW hall, Shady Cove.
Monday
1 p.m. - Ladles of Elks,
Elks club downstairs lounge.
1 p.m. - Crater chapter,
Grandmother Clubs of Amer
ica, Mrs. R. L. VanSickle, 53
Myers court.
6:30 p.m. - Men of Unity.
North's Chuck Wagon res
taurant. 6:30 p.m. - Department of
Class Room Teachers, Rouge
River Elementary school cafe
teria. 7:15 p.m. - Warren assem
bly, International Order of
Rainbow Girls, Jacksonville
Masonic temple.
7:30 p.m. - Ruth Esther
unit, Wcsleyan Service guild.
First Methodist church sanc
tuary.
7:30 p.m. Rogue Valley
Home Economists in Home
making, Hawthorne Convales
cent Rehabilitation center,
625 Stevens st.
7:30 p.m. - Parents With
out Partners, Girls Scout
headquarters, 20!) SoutrwOak
dalc ave.
8 p.m. - Nevlla Social club.
Mrs. James Hopkins, Cedar
St., Shady Cove.
8 p.m. - Olive Rebekah
lodge, IOOF hall
Tuesday
9:30 a.m. - Westminster!
Presbyterian church circles:
Ruth, Mrs. Stuart McQueen,
2136 Hlllcrest ave.; Martha,
Mrs. James Rowan, 828 Min
nesota ave.
10 a.m. - Second ward. Re
lief society. Church of Jesus i
Christ of Latter-day Saints, i
in church, 048 South Ivy st. !
12 noon - Medford Navy
Mothers club. Mrs. Dan Ev
ans, 987 Niantic st.
1:30 p.m. - Rogue Valley I
Herb society. Girls Commun- i
Ity club.
6:30 p.m. - Royal Arch
Widows and Royal Arch Ma
sons, Jacksonville Masonic
temple.
8 p.m. - Pythian Sisters, I
Pythian bldg.
8 p.m. - Westminster Pres-j
byterlan church, Elizabeth
Circle, Mrs. Roy Gilbertson.
3486 Hollywood ave.
Wednesday
9 a.m. - Siskiyou district.
Ofgeon Federation of Garden
clubs. Woman's Civic club
auditorium. Fifth and B sts.,
Grants Pass.
10 a.m. - First ward. Re
lief society of Church of Jesus i
Christ of Lalter-duy Saints.
I ot church, 648 So. Ivy st.
10:30 a.m. - Sams Valley
extension unit. Mrs. Horry
Ellis, Beagle area.
10:30 a.m. Rogue-Elks ex-
'Secret Dads
To Be Honored
Secret Dads will be hon-
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Security
Runofit nlnh Pvthinn hlHn
' . nrpH at th mnotino nf Rnthnl
S,"s VZL ,Z iH. International Order of ! controversy, was reviewed by
pie
2:30 p.m. - Chapter CO,
PEO, Mrs. Eddie Simmons,
2210 Capital ave.
12:30 p.m. - Chapter CP,
PEO, Mrs. Jack Sanborn,
2180 Capital ave.
12:30 p.m. - Nevita Past
Matrons club, Stanley's res
taurant. 1 p.m. - Elta Deuel Hubbs
tent, DUV, Mrs. George Ware,
181 Winema way.
1 p.m. - Phoenix HEC, Mrs.
Willis House. Fern Valley rd.
6 p.m. - Bethel 14, Inter
national Order of Job's
i Job's Daughters on Wednes- Mrs- Len Usgoocl at the Mon
day, April 17. The meeting , ujr niemuun meeting oi rtsn
'Silent Spring' Reviewed For Ashland Study Club
. .. . . . n n,mhpr Mrs II F J
outstanding men whose ere- abilities ana wieius ..... . .
ativity demonstrated Steven's . into full play. , , m The April 22 meeUn
reasoning. The Swedish sculp-: An unscheduled part of the Ashland Study club will
tor Carl Milles was cited by I program was an informal or- held at the home of Mrs.
Mrs. Redford os a man whose 1 gan concert played by one of Andres.
Ashland - "Silent Spring'
by Rachel Carson, the book
which has raised nationwide
will be preceded by a dinner
to be held at 6 p.m. at the
Medford Masonic Temple ot
which time the secret daugh
ters for the past year will re
veal their identity.
Members are to place reser
vations for the dinner with
Mrs. Norman Svensen, 772
4460 or Mrs. Robert Harris.
773-3082 by Monday night,
April 15.
At the last meeting of the
bethel Barbara Jacobson and
land Study club held at the
home of the "president, Mrs.
R. Drew Lamb.
The author's decumented
volume is a grim warning of
death through the indiscrim
inate use of chemical pesti
cides. The object of her con
cern is the way in which cer
tain poisons are destroying the
balance of nature. She writes
that in many areas birdsong
vanishes when the insects
upon which birds feed become
extinct. She goes ven farther
by declaring that health and
life of mankind is threatened.
"So thoroughly has the age
of poisons become estab
lished," says Miss Carson,
may walk into
a store, and, without ques
tions being asked, buy sub-
Sharon Hughdahl were elect-
Daughters. Medford Masonic i ed delegates to the grand s?s-
temple. s'on to be held at Portland
Thursday June 20 to 22.
10:30 am .-Lone Pine ex- It was voted to give a gift
i . f -i o iil 1 In f!arl Fhlerl iinr,.m 9..
lensun uim, mis. ijai 1 .iiiimii -1 ------- "thai nnvnnn
mr.,, n..i .' sn- ate nnarH in in ! 1 lMal anjolle
1 'jo nccKinun si. s-.
11 a.m. - Women's fellow-!20 ye3"' wrk with Job's
.Li. . n Daughters.
g egatTona 7hurch Mrs Em- Refreshments were served ? greater death
EffW- iX KL after the meetinir hv Pennv , dt-'alln!! Pwt'r than the me
1 keley woy. ' Fores and Judy Wooldridge. ,
1 p.m. - Wenonah club, I... f : .
: Weatonka council, Degree of j WOfTien S UniOD
Pocahontas lodge. Mrs. Floyd j . , ,
Lewis, 710 Sherman st. I O MeOr I eOCner
1 p.m. - Christian Service ; The molhods us(!d in pre.
circle, weuirni ruuu r-resuy- senl - material about the
dicinal drug for which he
must sign the poison book in
the drug store."
Miss Carson, who is a rec
ognized biologist and the au
thor of a recent best-seller.
"The Sea Around Us,' con
fines her attack to inorganic
tea!!l .ClUcCl1' MrS' Hof?l,'-,M harmful effects of liquor and and synthetic chemicals being
Jefferies, Scenic ave., Cen
tral Point.
1:30 p.m. - WCTU, First:
Presbyterian church.
7:30 p.m. - Rogue Valley
district, Oregon Music Teach- j
ers association, student reci-1
tal, Purucker's Music house.
Medford.
8 p.m. RNA lodge. Py
thian bldg.
8 p.m. - Adarel chapter,
OKS, Jacksonville
temple.
smoking on the human body widely used for spraying crop-
to the students of the Medford lands, forests, swamps and
school system, will be told by tree-lined streets. She cites
Lee Ragsdale, supervisor of ! cases of fisli and wild life de-
heolth and physical education struction through use of poi-
In the Medford school system, 1 sonous dusting and spraying
Christian
to the Women's
Temperance union
The meeting will be held
Thunsday. April 18, at 1:30
p.m. in the Fireplace room of
Masonic 1 ln 1 lrsl rresoytenan church.
: rar. riagsaaie will also show
film strips which have recent-
Fridav
12 noon Medford Fifty 'V bcen presented to the Med
plus club, St. Mark's Episco- iorti school system by the
Dal church. Guild hall. cor. i Medford union. The women's
ncr Elf th st. and North Oak
dale ave.
6:30 p.m. - Women's as
sociation, First Presbyterian
church, Central Point, at
church.
8 p.m. - Medford High
school sophomore choir musi
cale, Medford High school
auditorium.
Saturday
12:30 p.m. - Jackson coun
ty unit, Oregon State univer
sity Mothers club. Rogue Val
ley Country club.
Kerby - The Order of
Eastern Star will hold a dis
trict meeting Tuesday. April
16. at fl p.m. at the Kerby
school.
quartet of the Salvation Arm
Alternative Suggested
The book is alarming but
its author offers an alterna
tive through the wise biolog
' lca.1 control which has oper
I ated since the beginning of
time by planting of pest-resistant
strains of crops, avoid
ance of chemicals that accum
ulate in the soil, and above
! all extreme caution in han-
.7, ,H , i ",us"-, " ' ' Mrs. Walter Redforcl's half
will be in charge of Mrs. Rob- ; hour SL,lectud 8ljbjec, was
ert Bridge. hasetj upon an artjc0 jn a
Refreshments will be serv- rect.nt issue of Tne Rotal.ian
ed during the social hour. magazine n which Dal Stev-
ens gives his theory of Inspir
ation as a cycle of activity,
rest and action. She followed
this idea with examples of
The Royol Neighbors
America lodge will convene
'lliursday, April 17 at 8 p.m.,
in the Pythian building. Offi-
tension unit, Mrs. Pearl Nlcn. leers will conduct a practice
olson, 515 Cherry st., Central
Point.
Members
lunches
should take sack
Rainbow Girls
To Give Program
Jacksonville Warren as
scmbly. International Order
I of Rainbow Girls, will present Security Club
exemplification work for the , . . ' c . ,
' members and guests of Adarel Meeting blateu
chapter. Order of the Eastern Security Benefit club mem
Star, Thursday, April 18. The bers invite any interested per
meeting will open at 8 p.m., j sons to attend their next meet
in the Jacksonville Masonic ing Wednesday, April 17 from
temple. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. In the
Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Shores : Pythian building. In addition
of , will preside as worthy matron to membership from Medford
ana pairon. and area, duo members also
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Card- come from Ashland and
ner are chairmen of the re- Grants Pass,
freshment committee. Mr. and I Officers point out that
Mrs. F. H. Gardner and i there are no age limits for
Golden Noble will assist. ! joining the club.
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