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When visiting with mother at Sharon Home in Ccnlralia
we spend a part of each day reading aloud. This time
much of the reading was in John Steinbeck's "Travels With
Charley" which Sister Peg had already started and which
was at hand. We recommend this thoughtful hook in which
Steinbeck "discovers" his own country and says some things
about it which need to be said.
There's a lot to be seen and heard and learned while
driving around these United States, and John Steinbeck's
mastery of words is put to good use in recording what he
saw and heard and learned. Too, there's Charley, the big
poodle of the book. The trip and the book would have been
much less interesting without Charley.
Early in his travels Author Steinbeck drove through
Maine at potato harvest time. He wrote: "I've seen many
migrant crop-picking people about the country Hindus,
Filipinos, Mexicans, Okies away from their states. Here in
Maine a great many were French Canadians who came
over the border for the harvest season. It occurs to me
that, just as the Carthaginians hired mercenaries to do
their fighting for them, we Americans bring in mercenaries
to do our hard and humble work. 1 nope we may noi oe
overwhelmed one day by peoples not too proua or too lazy
or too soft to bend to the earth and pick up Wf things we eai.
Charley accompanied his master almost everywhere but
not the morning that Author Steinbeck decided to attend
iervicea in a John Knox church in Vermont. The writer
found that there was no nonsense in this church and that
the minister preached a fire and brimstone sermon. "Hav
ing proved that we, or perhaps only I, were no aamn gooa,
he painted wnn cool certainty, wnm wan unuiy w invyoi A Ani-im inrH
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Company To Be Honored
At After-Theater Party
An aflcr-theatcr party hon
oring Dame Judith Anderson
and her company, booked to
appear here April 27 for the
Mcdford Broadway Theater
league, is being planned by
the board. The supper will
be held in the banquet room
at North's Chuck Wagon; all
those who hold Theater league
season tickets are invited, and
a charge will be made.
Those wishing to attend are
asked to phone their reserva
tions to Mrs. Fllzhugh Brew
er, 772-5651, or Mrs. Gordon
Williams, 773-5211.
Three players will accom
pany Miss Anderson, who is
often called the greatest trag
Ic actress of the present time
The program will include ex
cerpts from Medea and
"Macbeth." William Roerick,
veteran actor who has appear
ed in many dramatic produc
tions, plays opposite Miss An
derson, and the remaining
players are Lilyan Chauvin
and Fred Forsman. The per
formance will be at the Holly
theater.
This will be the final play
for the 1962-63 season, and
Rebekah Lodge
Appointments
to us if we didn't make some basic reorganizations for
which he didn't hold out much hope. He spoke or neii as an
expert, not the mush-mush hell of these sort days, out a
well-stoked, white-hot hell served by technicians of the
first order. This reverend brougnt it to a point wnere we
could understand it, a good hard coal fire, plenty or orati,
and a squad of open-hearth devils who put their hearts
Into their work, and their worK waa me. i Degan to ieei
good all over. For some years God has been a pal to us,
practicing togethernesa, and that causes the same emptiness
a lather does playing sonoaii wnn nis son. inis vermuru
God cared enough about me to go to a lot of trouble kick
ing the hell out of me. He put my slna In a new perspective.
Whereas they had been small and mean and nasty and best
forgotten, thla minister gave them some size and bloom
and dignity. I hadn't been thinking very well of myself for
aome years, but if my sins had his dimension, there was
some pride left. I wasn't a naughty child but a first-rate sin
ner and I was going to catch it.
"I felt so revived in spirit that 1 put five dollars in tne
plate and afterwards, in front of the church, shook hands
warmly with the minister and as many of the congregation
as I could. It gave me a lovely sense of evil-doing that lasted
clear through till Tuesday. I even considered beating Charley
to give him some satisfaction too, because Charley is only
a little less sinful than 1 am. All across the country I went to
church on Sundays, a different denomination every week,
W nowhere did I find the duality of that Vermont preacher.
He forged a religion designed to last, not predlgested
obsolescence.
Gold Hill - Members of
Amethyst Rebekah lodge have
voted to recommend Mrs.
Walter McLean for the ap
pointment as district deputy
president. Mrs. Albert Gas
con, noble grand, will be the
other delegate to represent
the lodge at the Rebekah As
sembly of Oregon at the
Dallas May 21 through May
24. Mrs. Gascon presided at
the meeting held at the home
of Mrs. Daniel Stewart.
Plans to attend two friend-
ahip nights of their lodges in
the district were made. Mrs.
McLean, good - of - the-ordcr
chairman will have charge of
entertainment arrangements.
Members will go to Mt. Pitt
Rebekah lodge at Central
Point to attend Friendship
night there on Wednesday,
April 17.
Prior to leaving for Cen
tral Point the regular busi
ness meeting of Amethyst
lodge will be held at 7 p.m.
the Mcdford league is already
working on plans for the next
season. The membership drive
will be May 12-18. Tnose
wishing to renew their mem
berships may call Mrs. Arlon
Skinner, 772-8913.
Already booked for next
season are "The Sound of
Music," "Take Her, She's
Mine" and " A Man for All
Seasons." All of these have
been Broadway hits within
the last season or so.
Friendship
Night Is
Observed
Friendship night recently
was observed by Bethel 69,
International Order of Job's
Daughters,
Escorted and Introduced
were bclhel queens, Miss
Patricia Harris, Bethel 14
Mcdford; Miss Jeanne Mast
ers, Bethel 71, Grants Pass
senior princess, Miss Ada Har
ris, Bethel 14; junior prin
cesses Miss Kathy Collings
worth, Bethel 38, Central
Point, and Sandra Drewer,
Bethel 71, and Miss Patricia
Brewold, past queen of Bethel
89
Mrs. Kenneth Gildner,
grand guardian for Oregon
who was present for an in
formal visit with the bethel,
also was escorted and intro-
duced.
Mrs. John North, a grand
messenger; Mrs. Thomas Den-
ney, guardian of Bethel 71;
Mrs. Glenn Kelley, guardian
of Bethel 38; past associate
grand guardian and present
supreme fraternal relations
and grand fraternal relations,
L. R. Manning; and Fred Pur
din, thirty-third degree Mason
and inspector general of Scot
tish Rite, all were introduced.
Morris Boughner, past asso
ciate guardian of the bethel
was introduced and acted as
associate guardian for the
evening.
It was voted to donate
money to the Ethel Wead
Mick memorial fund, Mrs.
Mick being the founder of the
Job's Daughters. Money will
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Rehearsals
Under Way
For Play
Calendar
"Five Finger Exercis." a drama about
family life problems, is now playing at the
Footlighter theatar at tha Fairgrounds. In
the cast are (left to right) John Gregory,
cast as the father who cannot understand
his college-age ion; JoAnn Berg is the domi
neering, loo - possessive mother and Eldon
Mitchell ii their frustrated, fearful son.
The play will continue nightly through Sat
urday and curtain time is 8:30 p.m. Tickets
are on sale at the box office. Coffee and
cookies are served during intermission.
. ,. . . . , j at the home ot Mra. Paul
One of Steinbeck's disappointments was that he found Thom ,on
few who wanted to talk politics (ne snouiq nang arounu Th(, l0i0wnJ night Gold
The Mall Tribune newsroom for a time!) but there were H, Rcbekahs plan to go to
aome. une waa a man in no ...u , Mountaineer Rebekah lodge
the conclusion that "belting the Hussians has become a L, Giendale to attend Frlend
univeraal outlet for Americana. He remembers the 'I ship night there on Thursday,
wnen -people iook evtrjiumi i n ' , April 18
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The successful completion
of the annual membership
campaign and details of the
coming season's programs
were announced yesterday by
Jackson County Civic Music
association. More than 1,000
memberships were sold dur
ing the campaign which clos
ed April 6, and during the
next several days three addi
tional concerts were arranged
making a total of five for the
1963-64 season.
In addition to the previous
ly announced Vienna Boys
choir and the Paris Chamber
orchestra, the county associa
tion has booked Erick Fried
man, violinist; Lucine Amara,
Metropolitan Opera company
soprano, and Hans Richter
Haaser, noted European pianist.
Mrs. Darell Huson, presi
dent of the association board.
points out that all three of
the artists signed are much
n demand and none would
have been available if the
association had not conducted
spring drive. In the case
of Miss Amara, the local as
sociation was able to secure
the one remaining open date
the artist had for the coming
also be donated for a scholar- season.
shiD fund in memorv nf Miss rs. Huson reminded mem-
Civic Music Association
Completes Season's Plans
nmii ie (ho Russians. "Mavbe everybody needs Russians
I'll bet even In Russia they need Russians. Maybe they call
it Americana."
At the time of writing, we haven't finished the book,
but we certainly can't stop In the middle of it. His description
of the "carcinomatous" (cancerous) growth of the Pacific
Northwest Is particularly arresting and he wonders "why
progress looks so much like destruction." Of course Mr.
Steinbeck knows that the reason progress looks like de
struction Is because it is destruction. For instance growth
and civilization in the western states is based partially on
destruction of the forests, and our fine, new "fearways" as
Radio Commentator Hemingway calls them, have in a sense,
destroyed thousands of acres of fine, fertile soil, which had
been producing food, flowers, plants and trees. O.S.
William Force
Visits Family
Gold Hill-William R. Force
came from his home in West
Vancouver, Canada, to spend
the Easter week-end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. D.
Force, and his sister, Miss
Judi Force and brothers, Jack
and Dave.
Guests Visit
In Brookings
Illinois Valley Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Robinson and
family, Kerby, were week
end guests in Brookings in
the home of Mrs. Robinson's
mother, Mrs. Una Burgess.
Home
Prospect - Mrs. Robert
Conger returned last week
from a trip to San Francisco
and Los Angeles. She luid
been accompanied to the Bay
city by Mr. Conger who re
turned after a week's visit
there. They were guests of
Mrs. Conger's mother, Mrs.
Betli Nichols, who then ac
companied Mrs. Conger to Los
Angeles for a visit with Mrs.
Conger's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian
Elchorn.
During the annual Jackson
ville Trek on Saturday, April
20, Mrs. SIrena Davis, a can
didate for Amethyst lodge
wlill receive the initiation de
gree. Mrs. Charles Stripling, gen
eral chairman of the I. O.
O. F. and Rebekah building
fund committee, gave a pro
gress report.
Mrs. Gascon announced the
reappointment of Mrs. Evert
Jennings a9 chairman of the
United Nations Pilgrimage
for Amethyst lodge, and also
renamed Mrs. Jennings as
chairman of Community ser
vice. Mrs. Myrtle Kelso, long
time member of the lodge,
who now resides in Mcdford,
attendee! the mceling.
Party Is Held
In Central Point
Central Point Joe Niko
dym Jr., was honored at a
card party April 12 at the
Nikodym li o m e, 435 Orr
drive, which observed his
birlhdny anniversary.
His classmates in the sev
enlh and eighth grades of
Central Point Junior High
..liiMiWc .,.!, n ....I I . iiio .roup
,.. aanccd, and
save a lop of each color. I were served.
Before discarding men's or
refreshments
Law.' ee i oeV
I La Pointe's Lingerie I
I Maternity B Foundations
I CTORK I s,re,ch Pan,s I
Wlml H-B Dresses H
I NOOK I Swim Suits I
Linda Young who was senior
princess of Bethel 4, Portland.
The senior princess an
nounced her project for the
term as an auction to be held
at the meeting on May 2. The
junior princess announced a
rummage sale would be held
on Saturday, April 27.
The girls of the helhel whn
participate in the Lord's
Prayer ceremony performed
for the Scottish Rite lodge
Thursday, April 11, and will
perform for the Blue lodge.
April 19.
An addendum was held
when visiting bethel girls
made Easter bonnets. First
prize was won by the Central
Point bclhel.
Refreshments were served
by the Misses Day Lynch,
Lorna Clark, Cheryl Bram
hall, Shirley Isaacs and Betty
Meyers, assisted by their
mothers.
The next meeting will be
Thursday. April 18, at 5:30
p.m. in the Mcdford Masonic
temple, Following the meet
ing plans have been for mem
bers to attend the Friendship
night of the bethel at Shady
Cove.
Student Work
Is Displayed
Ashland - Drawings, paint
ings, block prints, and ink
drawings by students or
Soulh Junior high school.
Grants Pass, are on display in
Brill Student center. South
ern Oregon college, it was an
nounced by Miss Marion Ari.v
of the college art department.
The exhibits, which were
accomplished under (he direc
tion of Mrs. Marjorie Bou
ncy, art teacher, are de
scribed as being good ex
amples of desirable junior
high school work. Teachers in
t ho field are encouraged to
bring in selections from their
Students work to display at
the college. Miss Ady said.
The works may be viewed
in Brill ill. in the hallway
outside, and in the window of
Brill 120 during regular class
hours.
Couple Honored
By Yreka Lodge
Yreka -A farewell parly in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Manning was given by sever
al members of Siskiyou court.
I Order of the Amaranth, at
' the Masonic temple recently.
Mr and Mrs Manning will
i move, front Yreka in the near
future io Palo Alto, Calif.,
! where he has a new position
Mr. Manning is Ihe retiring
! royal patron and Mrs. Man
ning is a past royal matron
Gifts were presented the
honored guests.
The Mannings recently rc
I turned from a 10-day trip to j
Mexico
bers of the season just closing
that one concert remains on
the schedule. The Tipton
Chamber Music group will
play here May 16. In addition
to ensemble numbers, one
number will be a piano con.
certo with the remaining mu
sicians playing the accompa
niment.
Earlier this week Dave
Sengstack, head of the Sum
my-Birchard company, own
ers of the Civil Music associ
ation, spent several hours in
Medford conferring with Mrs.
Huson abobt association plans.
Memorial Dinner
Plans Reviewed
The Eleanor Roosevelt
league at its April meeting
at the Hotel Medford review
ed plans for the annual Roo
sevelt Memorial dinner as pre
sented by Ted Philips, co-
cnairmap with Mrs. Frank
Christian, for the 1963 event.
The dinner will, be held on
May 11 at the Hedrick Junior
High school with Senator
Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin
as speaker.
Because of the extensive
planning for the Memorial
dinner, Mrs. Christian an
nounced there will be no May
meeting of the league. All
members of the league are
assisting with the plans for
tne annual banquet.
The June meeting of the
league will be an evening
session to Which the members
are inviting their husbands.
It will be held in the new
home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Norton and the tentative date
is June 13.
MOLB Elects
Delegates
Delegates were elected
April 9 by Roguette circle,
Military Order of Lady Bugs
for a royal hunt of the group
to be held May 3 through 5
in Coos Bay.
Elected were Mrs. E. G.
Heim, Mrs. Lucile Warner,
and Mrs. Virgil Lacy. Alter
nates elected were Mrs. Lill
ian Hukili, Mrs. Mary New
mann and Mrs. Thomas Wil
kins. Reports were given during
the meeting on a recent visit
to the Veterans Administra
tion hospial in Roseburg. Giv
ing the reports were Mrs.
Ivan Lusk and Mrs. Con Rost.
The trip was sponsored by
Silver Peak circle of Riddle
with local circle members as
guests. On the trip from here
were Mrs. B. F. Allison, royal
lady gold bug of Oregon; Mrs.
Cora Card; Mrs. Lusk, royal
lady firefly, Mrs. Rost, assist
ant royal lady firefly, and
Mr. Allison, who represented
the World War I veterans
group.
Mrs. Lusk, hospital rep
resentative, Willi Mrs. Harold
Sutherland, her assistant, will
sponsor a party for MOLB of
Oregon at the Veterans Domi
ciliary in White City April
25.
Announcement was made of
the annual hobby fair at the
domiciliary April 20 and 21
when Veterans Administra
tion Volunteer service women
will serve refreshments. Mrs.
Thomas Lynch is refreshment
chairman.
Calendar nonets ana newi roe
the society section of The Mnil
Tribune must be eubmitten in
writing end deadline for the Sun
day edition ! 1 p.m Friday I'-.id-
l:n fnr tha ulrlv iilanrfi, i. il
Phoenix - Rehearsals are a.m of the day of publication and
, ii ni :.. tor wees day news ii 9 p.m tha
under way for the Phoenix d befor, publicauon.
High school Mask club pro-1
duction of "The Mouse That I Thursday
Roared," adopted for stage! 7 p.m. - Table Rock en-
by Christopher Sergei. The
play will be held in the Phoe
nix High school gymnasium,
May 2 through 4 at 8 p.m. A
small charge will be made
campment and auxiliary, Med
ford IOOF hall.
7:30 p.m. - Rogue Valley
district, Oregon Music Teach
ers association, student reci-
and a special price will be I tal, Purucker's Music house,
given students. ; Medford.
"The Mouse That Roared" P.' RNA od P.
u.i i- , ttnan bldg.
'S, a,,s i V! ? comed; 8 p.m. - Adarel chapter,
of United States foreign aid OES Jacksonville Masonic
policy. Fenwick, a small teniDle
duchy, is slowly going
broke." It's head of state is
Duchess Gloriana, played by
Lori Braun and understudy
Rosa Hlte. Her uncle. Count
montjoy, Mike Langley, and
man of the people David
Benter, Richard Coulter, have
several plans to solve the
nation's problems. Hero Tully
Bascom, Dale Sauer, is final
ly sent to declare war on the
United States. The plan is
to lose to the United States
and then receive United
States aid to "rehabilitate"
the "conquered" country. The
result of this plan is a quite
startling turn of events, caus
ing international complica
tions. Professor Kokintz, Frank
lin Perkins, an eccentric
American, Chet Beslon, Secre
tary of State, Jim Cearly and
Dan Cooper, and the Presi
dent of the United Stales,
Ron Patterson, are other
major roles. A total of 36
students pariicipate in the
Mott, art and English
instructor, is director. Carol
Anderson and Pat Beniley
are assistant director and stu
dent director, respectively.
Others on the production staff
are, stage manager, Dennis
Grennan; make-up, Barbara
Watson; costumes, Carol An
derson and Barbara Watson;
house, Pam Grove; lights,
Steve Denham, and publicity,
Laura Griffith.
Session Planned
By Pocahontas
Weatonka council, Degree
of Pocahontas, will meet Fri
day, April 19 at 8 p.m., in the
Redman hall on Apple street.
Members are reminded by of
ficers to take "white ele
phant" items with them for
game prizes. The refreshment
committee is made up of
Mrs. Noel Erskine, Mrs.
Esther Hobbs and Mrs. Lyle
Brown.
8 p.m.-Dcrbv Hoedowners,
Derby Community hall.
Friday
12 noon Medford Fifty
plus club, St. Mark's Episco
pal church, Guild hall, cor
ner Fifth st. and North Oak
dale ave.
12 noon - Southern Oregon
chapter, National Association
of Retired Civil Employees,
Army Reserve building, 701
North Columbus avenue.
2:30 p.m. - Jefferson PTA,
at school.
Fifty Plus Club
To Hold Party
Members with birthday an
niversaries in April will be
honored at a meeting of Med
ford Fifty Plus club Friday,
April 19. It will be held at
St. Mark's Guild hall, corner
of Fifth street and Oakdale
avenue, at 12:30 p.m.
Members attending ara
asked to take a sack lunch
and birthday cakes will ba
provided. Cards, games and
dancing are planned.
All interested persons ara
invited to attend.
t
Dance Classes
Are Announced
Buckles and Bows Square
dance club will sponsor
square dance lessons begin
ning Monday, April 22 from
8 to 10 p.m., in the Country
Square, one mile west of Tal
ent junction on Colver road.
All persons interested in
learning modern square danc
ing are invited. The first two
lessons will be free of charge.
Instructors will be Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Workman. Those
who want further information
may call the Workmans. tele
phone 535-1150. Teenagers
may join the group and if
enough respond a night will
be set aside especially for
them, those in charge announced.
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