MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY. APRIL 23. 1H3
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Social Events
President's Youngest Sister, Quietest
Editor's note: This is the
fourth of five profile-interviews
of "the other Ken
nedy women" the Presi
dent's sisters and sisters-in-law.
Today's subject is Jean
Kennedy Smith,-the Presi
dent youngest sister and
the wife of one of the pow
erful behind the scenes men
in the Kennedy campaigns.
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
New York - tl'Pl - A 9-by-
12-inch nhntnaranh nf ihn
President nf the Ilnitori State '
sits on a small occasional
table in a handsomely furn-
ished duplex on Filth avenue.
inc photograph, in black
and white, is inscribed: "For
Jean. Don't deny you did it."
It is signed "John."
Jean Kennedy Smith,
youngest sister of the Presi
dent, explained that her bro
ther's inscription refers to her
role in the 1960 campaign for
the presidency.
Jean is the quietest of the
Kennedy clan. And the in
scription is a joking exhor- j
tation to her never to admit !
that she didn't elect John F.
"It's just part of a family
joke about the campaign,
said Mrs. Stephen E. Smith,
"and the help 1 gave on it."
Actually, she said, she
wasn't very active in 1960 al
though she and her sisters,
Eunice and Patricia, pitched
in on the Wisconsin and West
Virginia primaries, two key
ones which were a powerful
factor in her brother's win
ning the Democratic nomina
tion. Husband in Politics
Jean Kennedy Smith,
mother of two small boys,
may play down her role in
campaigning for the mascu
line members of the family.
But her husband's role is a
major one, usually behind the
scenes.
Smith, a handsome, person
able 35-year-old New Yorker,
currently is handling a new
assignment from his White
House relative.
His job reportedly: To
smooth over splits in the
Democratic party, especially
in the key electoral vote
states of New York, Michigan
Ohio and Pennsylvania where
the Democrats took a lacing
in the 1962 contests for gov
ernor. Smith has been active in
the Kennedy political for
tunes since 1958 when he
quit as vice president of his
family's tugboat and barge
firm to run the Boston head
quarters of John F.'s Massa
chusetts Senate campaign.
Smith opened the first Ken
nedy for President headquart
ers in 1959 In Washington. He
showed up in Boston last sum
mer to help with Ted Ken
nedy's campaign for the Sen
ate.
Move !o New York
Now, the Smiths have
given up the rented house in j
Washington and moved into
a spacious cooperative duplex
apartment on New York's
Fifth avenue. Mrs. Smith said
they have lived in New York
since last September, but her
husband still goes to Washing
ton a couple of days a week.
He is on the go to other parts
of the country the rest of the
time.
The day this reporter called
on Mrs. Smith she was in the
midst of arranging circus
tickets for the older son,
Stephen Jr.. or "Stevie," and
one of his friends.
Stephen. 5. is in St. David's,
a private Catholic school for
boys from nursery through'
the eighth grade. William,
who is two and one-half, was
home and letting everyone
know it when Mrs. Smith
came down the red-carpcted
stairs into the drawing room.
He was protesting with
healthy cries some matenul
decision.
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Said his mother, "He
i doesn't see why he can'i
i come down and be intrr
' viewed too."
She explained that a nurse,
j cook and maid are her staff
in the New York apartment,
but she usually takes the chil
dren on a daily afternoon visit
.o Central Park, winch faces
the apartment.
Won't Tell Age
Jean Kennedy bnutn won t ;
tell her age - "Just say I'm l
" .
""S""- an Biuwuca scuuqu
England when her father
was ambassador to the Court
ed : 1949 'from Manhattan-
vjne College of the Sacred
Heart, at Purchase, N.Y. She
majored in English and his
tory. She and Smith were mar
ried in 1956, with Francis
Cardinal Spellman of the
Archdiocese of New York of
ficiating. Like the rest of the
Kennedys, she is athletics
minded, shoots golf in the 90s,
and joins the others in touch
football and skiing.
Brunette, blue-eyed Jean is
the smallest of the Kennedy
sisters, with a height of five
feet seven and one-half inches
to Pat's five feet nine and
Eunice's five eight and one
half. She weighs 128 pounds
and gets a beauty salon to
New York-Mrs. Jean Kennedy Smith, youngest niter of
President John F. Kennedy,
William (left) 2Vl. and Stephen,
ment. (UPI) telephotol
Annual Music
Set Friday and Saturday
Ashland-The annual South
em Oregon district large
group music contest will be
held at Southern Oregon col
lege Friday and Saturday,
April 26 and 27, it was an
nounced by Dr. Herbert Cecil,
head of the music department
at the college.
Bands, orchestras, and
choruses from schools in
southern Oregon will appear
before a panel of three judges
to receive a rating and con
structive criticism. Schools
which are sending musical
groups include: Ashland, Myr
tle Creek, Riddle. Sutherlin.
Glide. Drain. Klamath Falls,
Medford, Roseburg, Sacred
Heart High school. Grants
Pass, Days Creek, Phoenix,
Lakeview, and Josephine
County schools.
Judges for the event will
be Edwin Kruth. San Fran
cisco State college; Lcs Sim
ons, Myrtle Point public
schools: Simon Carfagno,
Chico State college; Neil Wil
TEENS & LADIES' cushion insole canvas Oxfords
with long-wearing sole? that take you where the
fun is' White, Chino Tan and BIcW. Women i
snes to 9. Children s sizes 5 to large 3 tn
white, b'ue c red
Women's News
streak her casual, short bob
into a sun-bleached effect.
She rarely wears a hat and
for church her head covering
is a mantilla, similar to the
head-dress often worn by her
sister-in-law, Jacqueline Ken
nedy. Of the First Lady, Jean
Smith says "She has done
1 quite a remarkable job . . .
j I can't think of any mistakes
I she has made. She has no
airs . . .
Likes Casual Clothes
mrs. omun prefers cdudi
doming ana ner wararooe is
full of suits.
"I don't buy from any one
special designer," she said. "I
just wander around." At the
moment, she was wearing a
pale gray and white suit in
nubby wool from the Paris
designer Yves St. Laurent.
Mrs. Smith is active with
the Kennedy Child Study
center. New York, which
helps retarded children. It is
one of several centers sup
ported by the foundation her
father established in memory
of her brother, Joseph Jr.,
who was killed in World War
II.
She sees no reason for criti
cism of three brothers in high
federal office and lets slide
by references to a "Kennedy
dynasty" except to say "I
think it is wonderful ... in
spiring." is shown with her two sons
bVj, in her New York apart
Contest
son, university of Oregon;
Gordon Tjcrnlund, McMinn-
ville public schools; and Le
land Barlow, Humboldt State
college.
There will be no admission
charge for any of the events
and the public is invited to at
tend. Instrumental groups will
appear in the College gymna
sium and choral groups will
sing in Churchill auditorium.
Bloomingcamps
Visit Medford
Hornbrook - Mrs. Minnie
BloomingcamD and son
Charles were guests Sunday
at the home of Mrs. Blooming
camp's daughter. Mrs. Marge
Snyder and children Karen
and Victor in Medford. Other
guests were another daughter
and her family, Mr. and Mrs
R. D. Wyatt and children
Steven, Paul and Teresa, Med
ford. The previous week. Miss
Janet Cavin of Holt visited
Mrs. Bloomingcamp, her
grandmother.
Miss Karen Tipton, reign
ing queen of the Douglas
County rodeo for 1962-63, is
pictured above in western rid
ing attire such as she will
model during the annual State
of Jefferson Quarter Horse
association show April 26
through 28 in Roseburg. The
style show, set for 2:30 p.m.,
Saturday, April 27 at the
Douglas County fairgrounds,
will be the first such event
held in conjunction with the
annual show. Styles will be
from The Westerner Apparel
and Saddlery shop, Medford.
Horse Show
To Draw
Local Crowd
Some 200 Jackson county
horsemen and women, includ
ing young horseback enthusi
asts, are expected to attend
the annual State of Jefferson
Quarter Horse association
show scheduled at the Doug
las County fairgrounds in
Roseburg Friday, April 26
through Sunday, April 28.
Many will participate in the
show which will include
classes for both working and
pleasure horse classes.
President of the associa
tion is Delbert Terry, Med
ford. Ed Mayfield of the
Double D ranch, Long Moun
tain road, Eagle Point, is vice
president. A director is Tom
Hart, Medford. Joe Burrows,
Ashland, is a past president.
The show festivities will
open Friday at 7:30 p.m.. with
a cocktail party and banquet
at the fairgrounds. Saturday's
events will begin at 8 a. m.t
and at 2:30 p.m. a style show
of western attire will be
shown in fairgrounds banquet
room. Miss Karen Tipton,
queen of the Douglas County
rodeo for 1962 and 1963 will
model western riding clothing
furnished by The Westerner
Apparel and Saddlery Shop
in Medford.
Some 385 event entries are
listed and 185 registered
quarter horses have been en
tered for show events. Exhib
itors are expected from
throughout the northwest, in
cluding Idaho.
Two Square Dance
Events Announced
Among square dance events
in the area this week end
will be a graduation square
dance Friday, April 26 in the
American Legion hall and the
monthly square dance session
of the Star Promcnadcrs Sat
urday, April 27 in the Roxy
Ann Grange hall.
The Friday party will begin
at C:30 p.m., and potluck re
freshments will be served.
Art Shoemaker will be the
caller and the dance will be
sponsored by the recently
graduated Monday evening
class
The Star Promenaders will
begin their Saturday session
at 8:30 p.m. Potluck refresh
ments will be served.
All interested square danc
ers are invited to both events.
Entertain
Talent - Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Thoreson recently entertained
members of their family at
dinner. Attending were Mr
iiiuicsuna inou.cr, mm. unr
ise Thoreson; his brolhcr-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Stephens and daughter,
Gwen. the Thoresons' on-in-
law and daughter. Mr. and
Mrs Don Mullin and children
and their son and daughtcr-in-laV,
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Thoreson, all of Medford.
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Last week it was big parties this week it's big sales.
Last week two of spring's largest parties the Easter
Monday luncheon of St. Anne's Altar society and the an
nual tea to benefit the American Cancer society, plus the
annual Homemakers' festival,
Today a huge rummage sale
the School of Hope and tomorrow and Saturday the Jack
son county chapter of the American Red Cross is having
a Potpourri sale.
In case there should be any confusion, let us hasten
to add that the writer of this column is in no way con
nected with the Red Cross event, except to willingly give
the chapter space to publicize it. Several weeks ago when
the chapter had the sale idea, Esta Darling, the publicity
chairman, called to ask if we had any objection to the use
of the word. We pointed out that the word "Potpourri,"
meaning a mixture or collection of articles or ideas or what
have you, is in general usage and that we certainly had no
monopoly on it.
Of course, there are organizations in this country who
take unto themselves a word as a name and then try to
dictate how it shall be used. This we think is wrong, and
sometimes downright silly.
Anyhow, the Red Cross Potpourri sale isn't in any
sense just a plain rummage sale, of which there are dozens
every year for as many worthy causes. The Red Cross gals
may have "rummaged" for what is going on sale at the
chapter house on Hawthorne avenue this week end, but
it was mostly in the stores and shops of the city and county
where they collected heaps of new articles.
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ANNIVERSARY
MEbFORO TRIBUNE
These hard-working and
other clever scheme which
Edith Eden and maybe
idea of baking a big 'cake
the first page of a newspaper,
staff as a present. Of course,
attention to the Red Cross 100th anniversary and their
money-making event, so much the better.
So Mrs. Lee Wilks made and decorated the cake in
black and white, with frosting headlines about the chapter,
life-saving courses at the "Y"t the visit of the Bloodmobile
and the Potpourri sale. It was presented with a great flour
ish, photographer Bob took a picture and then the news staff
carved it up and had their sweet teeth satisfied for quite
some time. It was a whopper of a cake good, too.
As far as that goes, this Potpourri's mind is still on
food. We heard and read with interest about all of the bar
gains to be offered at the sale but it wasn't until we read
about the homemade bread, to be baked on the spot, that
we decided no amount of work al the office could keep
us from the sale. If there's anything we like better than
cake, it's fresh bread, warm from the oven. Please pass
the strawberry jam. O S.
Hot Breads,
Baked Foods
To Be Sold
Red Cross Community Serv
ice volunteers, a group made
up of senior citizens, will be
in charge of the snack bar
and the baked foods during
the Potpourri sale to be con
ducted by the local Red Cross
chapter, Friday. April 26.
from 10 a m. until 5 p.m. and
again on Saturday, April 27
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The Potpourri sale is the
big fund raising event of the
year for the local Red Cross
chapter volunteers and will
lake place at the chapter
house, 60 Hawthorne street.
One of the features of the
baked food sale will be home
made bread baked on the
scene and sold hot out of the
oven. Mrs. Mary Frcdricks
will have the bread in pro
duction throughout the two
day event.
Cakes, pies, nut breads and
cookies will also be available.
In addition to the snack bar
and the baked food sale, new
merchandise donated by local
merchants, old merchandise,
garden and patio accessories,
and a full garden sale will
be in progress. At 3 p m., on
Saturday afternoon an auc
tion will be conducted on the
premises and orchid plants,
an Ansco camera and a 1052
Chrysler will go on the block
Volunteers hope to meet the
balance of their financial need
duriu? this two day ,1'otpourn
Mc
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Family
Visits
O Brien - Mr. and Mrs Joe
Johnson and family recently
spent a week visiting Mrs
JolnVon's mother. Mrs. Faye
Warren. O'Brien.'
were all held in one week.
is being given by friends of
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clever femmes also had
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some of the others bad the
and decorating it to resemble
and taking it to the Tribune
if this just happened to call
Two Teachers
Present Pupils
Mrs. Olaf Olcson and Mrs.
Frank Glonning of Oregon
Music Teachers association,
held a joint monthly recital in
the First Christian church
Friday evening, April 19.
Students presented were
Karen Becker, Lynn Chriss,
DcVonna Cole, Lori Cook,
Deborah Edwards, Debbie
Gee, Philip Gilbcrtson, Gail
Ingram, Cretchcn Oustcrhout,
Lorinda Poindexlcr, Cynthia
Roberts, Andrea Roberts, Don
na Shuler. Gail Shuler. Deb
bie Tarns, Laurie Ann Trout
man, Douglas Vail, Walter
Vail. Londa Wcler, Danny
Wilson, Jerry W i r k k u 1 a,
Charles Wirkkula, Betty Jo
and David Wolk-Lanicwski.
Enromble music Is being
stressed by Oregon Music
Teachers association this year,
therefore several duet selec
tions were played during the
evening.
In Lebanon
Trail - Mrs. Grace Stafford,
Trail, and daughter. Mrs. Nor
ma Burroughs. 645 J street,
Medford, were in Lebanon,
Ore , last week end to attend
a banquet and installation
ceremonies of the Elks lodge
there. Mrs. Stafford's son, Dr.
John W, Burdell, was in
stalled as lecturing knight. He
is a Medford High school giad
uate and is an optometrist in
Lebanon.
Return
Athlad Mrs Mabel Win
ston and Mrs. Louise Wallers,
president and vice president
of Soroptimist club, returned
j the first of the week from
! Billings, Mont . where they
; represented the Ashland club
I at a regional conference.
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Kenneth
California Tenor To Sing
In Opera at
A well-known tenor from
California is to sing the lead
role in the opera "Martha"
which the Philharmonic So
ciety of Southern Oregon will
present Friday and Saturday,
April 26-27, at Medford High
school auditorium.
He is Kenneth Wohn. who
has appeared in several operas
and who has loured the Unit
ed States with the San Fran
cisco Operatic quartet. In ad
dition, Mr. Wohn is also a
concert soloist and recently
finished a series of Youth con
certs in the San Francisco
area.
Mr. Wohn's reviews have
been excellent. The Los An
geles Times critic wrote that
"Kenneth Wohn did amazing
ly well he sang artistically
and his promising voice has
quality and ample power."
The Tucson, Arizona, Daily
Citizen, wrote that "Kenneth
Wohn has a fine lyric voice
which he turned to good dra
ma tic purpose" and the Santa
Barbara News Press said
Fifty Plus Club
To Meet Friday
Dancing will be on the pro
gram for Medford Fifty Plus
club members when they meet
Friday, April 26 at 12 noon in
St. Mark's Episcopal Guild
hall, corner of Fifth street
and North Oakdalc avenue.
Those who attend should
take sack lunches. Coffee will
be provided. Cards also will
be played during the after
noon. All interested persons
arc invited.
Dinner Meeting
Set by Council
Past Chiefs club members
will preside for a meeting of
the Weatonka council, Degree
of Pocahontas lodge Friday,
April 26. The meeting, which
will begin at 8 p.m., will be
preceded by a covered dish
dinner at 6.:i0 p.m., in the
Redman hall on Apple street.
The dinner committee is made
up of Mrs. Charles Cusich and
Mrs. Jack 1 hotnas.
The club members who will
occupy offices are Mrs. wai
ter Wilson, Pocahontas; Mrs.
Charles Dooms, Wenonah;
Mrs. Lewis Thonuipson, prop
hetess and Mr. Thompson,
Powhatan.
A card party is to be con
ducted following the meeting.
Members whose birthdays
are in April will be honored.
Wohn
High School
"Kenneth Wohn gave a vocal
performance that was actually
thrilling in its highest emo
tional 'moments. Here is a
voice to reckon with and an
operatic actor of resources
and conviction."
Singing the feminine role
of "Martha" is Sylvia (Mrs.
Henry) DeVoss, Talent, who
has a soprano voice of a love
ly, pure quality.
Curtain time both nights
is 8:15 p in. All scats are re
served. Tickets arc on sale
at Mann's and Puruckcr's
stores, or may be purchased
at the door.
Townsend Club
To Make District
Meeting Plans
flans to attend a district
council meeting will be made
by Mt. Pitt chapter, Town-
send club of Medford during
their Sunday, April 28 meet
ing. The session will open at
12 noon in the home of Mrs
Florence Boussum, 720 Welch
street, and a potluck luncheon
will be served at 1 p.m.
The district meeting is
scheduled for Sunday, May 5
at 10 a.m., in Coos Bay.
According to a report from
national headquarters of the
club in Washington, D. C,
John Doyle Elliot, economic
consultant for the Townsend
plan will begin a tour of
Townsend clubs In the three
Pacific coast states, Washing
ton, Oregon and California,
beginning this month. The lo
cal club meets the second and
fourth Sundays of each month.
Dance Friday
Shady Covc-Thc next dance
for Shady Squares members
will be Friday, April 26 at
8:15 p in., in the Shady Cove
Veterans of Foreign Wars
hall. Robert Glathcr will call
for the square dance club.
All interested dancers arc in
vited. Potluck refreshments
will be served.
Returns
Central Point - Miss Gail
Osborn has returned to her
home in Seattle after having
been a guest here of Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Johnson and their
daughter, Miss Elaine John
son, 91 South Ninth street.
Miss Osborn is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Osborn,
former Central Point residents.
4 days only save on
MATERNITY BLOUSES
instead of 5.95. From your favorite maker. A huge
assortment of styles at tremendous 4-day savings
in our Stork Nook.
Dorcas Society
Reports Given;
Items Listed
"Hunger," a film picturing;
the majority of the three bil
lion of earth's population who
are born, live and die with
their hunger never complete-
ly satisfied, was shown to
nearly 100 members of South
ern Oregon Seventh-day Ad
ventist Dorcas federation re
cently in the old library
building in Grants Pass.
Shown to give members of
the 11 societies present a bet
ter understanding of the needs
of the world, the film, which
was compiled in cooperation
with the Church World serv
ice, showed the masses of
humanity in wartorn Africa,
overpopulated India, Hong
King refugees, the afflicted of
Korea, and the destitute of
Pakistan.
Relieves Needs
Oranglzed with the purpose
of relieving the needs of man
kind throughout the world,
the societies maintain welfare
centers for help in their own
communities, and also send
supplies to the denomination's
shipping depot in Watsonville,
Calif., for distribution to
disaster areas throughout the
world.
Mrs. Howard Dunlap, Med
ford, president of the federa
tion, presided. Mrs. Eli Davis,
Central Point, secretary, gave
the biannual report. The com
bined report from the two
Medford societies, one located
in the basement of the Med
ford church, 1900 Greenwood
street, and one at the Valley
View church on South Stage
road included 9,429 articles
of clothing, 284 food baskets,
232 pieces of bedding, a lane
number of which were quilts
made by society members, and
475 articles of furniture, be
sides a number of miscel
laneous items. A total of
2,634 hours of volunteer serv
ice were reported, and a total
of 1,316 persons helped in
Medford and vicinity.
With the exception of the
articles of clothing reported.
which Included a number of
cartons sent to the Watson
ville depot, the majority of the
reported work was done lo
cally. A large amount of the
clothing was also distributed
locally with 1,588 articles re
ported from the Medford
center alone in the past three
months.
The Medford church center
Is open to the public each
Wednesday from 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. and anyone needing
help may apply. The valley
View center is open on Tues
days. A report of interest to the
local societies of the use made
of materials sent to the Wat
sonville depot has been re
ceived from R. R. Figuhr,
president of the world con
ference, of Seventh-day Ad
ventists, who recently visited
the village of Ghasel Geshliiuf
in Iran, rne village was one
of 200 that were nearly de
stroyed by earthquake in
September last year.
MOTHER'S DAY
Sunday, May 12
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217 I. Msln St. Medlofd