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Altrusans
Attending
Convention
Mrs. Walter Young, prcsl
dent of the Altrusa club of
Medford, and Mn. Charles
Kyer, president-elect, left this
morning to attend as delegates
to the twelfth district comer
ence of Altrusa in Longvlew,
Wash. The session will con
vene May 17 through IB.
The district includes the
states of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, and the Canadian
provinces of Saskatchewan,
Alberta and British Columbia,
Professor Ernestine Milner,
of Guilford college, Greens
boro, N. C, who is interna
tional president of the organ
ization, will be featured
speaker at the Governors
dinner to be held in the Mon
ticello hotel Saturday eve
ning. The conference theme will
be, 'Timber 4 Tomorrow."
Mrs. Fred Rankin will ac
company them to Portland
where today she is attending
the northwest regional work
shop of the National Associa
tion of Housing and Redevel
opment, in the Sheraton Port
land hotel.
. Mrs. Rankin will attend the
state conference on aging in
Corvallls Friday, and then
will continue to Longvlew
Saturday to attend the Altru
sa conference as a member of
the district's gerontology com
mittee. At the local club's recent
meeting in the Medford hotel,
Mrs. Young announced the
formation of four new Altrusa
clubs in England; three in In
dia and another In Manila In
the Philippines. The Medford
members have sent greetings
to the new clubs with local
Information about the culture
and industry of this area. .
Also noted was that a re
cent Altrusa international
grants in aid had been award
ed Miss Pisawat Dutlyhabod
hl of Bangkok, Thailand, in
the field of study of micro
biology at Corvallls. It was
suggested that the recipient
be invited as a guest speaker
later in the year. .
After the meeting the club
members made a tour of the,
Pacific Northwest Bell Tele
phone company under leader
ship of Miss Myrta Otterdale,
chief operator. The program
was planned by the commit
tee chairmen, Mrs. Mary Car
penter and Mrs, Betty Flcht
ner. Fifty. Plus Club
Party Is Planned..
Members of the Medford
Fifly Plus club whose birth
days are In May will be hon
ored at a club party Friday,
May 17 in St. Mark's Guild
hall, corner of Fifth street
and North' Oakdale avenue.
The event will begin at 12
noon, and members are to
take sack lunches. Birthday
cakes will be provided.
An afternoon of cards,
games and dancing is planned.
All interested persons over
the age of 50 years are In
vited. '
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THURSDAY, MAY IB, 1863
CALENDAR .
Thuridayi
7:30 p.m.-Bethel 69, Inter
national Order of Job's
Daughters, Medford Masonic
temple.
7:30 p.m.-RNA lodge, Pyth.
ian bldg.
8 p.m. - Civic Music con
cert, Medford High school
auditorium.
8 p.m.-Roxy Ann Court, Or
der of Amaranth, Medford
Masonic temple.
Frldayi
2:30 p.m. - Wilson PTA, at
school.
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Ceramists
Invited!
To Exhibit ?
Talent - Plans for the fifth
annual ceramic show to be
held Friday, May 24, in the
Talent city hail are nearlng
completion, Mrs. Ellis Beeson
and Mrs. Charles Long, co
chairmen, have anounced. The
annual show is combined with
a silver tea and all benefits
go to the American Cancer so
ciety.
All southern Oregon ceram
ists are Invited to show their
work, especially non-professional,
the chairmen announc
ed. Several southern Oregon
studios will have exhibits.
The Talent Junior High
school and Phoenix High
school have been contacted
and it Is hoped that they will
have an exhibit in the junior
division.
An entry of enameled cop
per done by Jerri Lee of Ash
land will be shown.
Admittance is without
charge and viewers may visit
the show between the hours
of 2 to 8 p.m.
Those who want further in
formation about the show may
call Mrs. Long, 53S-1273, or
Mrs. Beeson, 533-1157.
Members of women's clubs
In Talent will furnish cookies
for the tea. -.,
Dessert Event 's
Honors pothers
Yreka - Sixty-five guests
attended .the annual Mother-
Daughter dessert event given
last week by women of the
Mt. Zion Luthern church In
observance of Mother's day.
" Mrs. Vernon Mushol, Lu
theran Church Women presi
dent, welcomed the guests.
Mrs. Gerald Lange presented
those who took part in the
program which included pi
ano boIom by Mellnda Meam-
bcr; a recitation by Janet
Grace and selections by a vo
cal quartet made up of Mrs.
Lange, Mrs. Mcambcr, Mrs.
Ray Jones and Mrs. James
Meek, .
A skit also was given by
members of a Sunday school
class taught by Mrs. G. S.
Schneider. Mrs. Robert Moore
also furnished piano selections
and Mrs. Don Hcrifindahl
read poems written of moth
ers.
Food chairmen were Mrs.
Robert Ncill and Mrs. William
Laverty, assisted by : other
members, i '. i - j,
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Parisian Says Childbirth
Should Be Joy to Mother
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
New York-Wt-The birth of
a baby should be an ecstatic
event for the mother - not an
occasion for
agony or for
una wareness
under anes
thesia. Dr. Pi
erre Vellay, of
Paris, speak?
Ing. Dr. Vel
lay, 44, Is a
pioneer In the
field of obstet-
ouW"' rlcs that ad
vocates natural childbirth
without pain. It does not rule
out modern therapy, if It Is
necessary, he said. '
. Vellay discussed the La-
maze-Pavlov method of birth
during an interview. He is
completing a U.S. tour to ex.
plain the method to hospitals
and medical schools around
the nation.
In simple terms, he said
natural childbirth without
pain is a combination of con
ditioning the mother - and
father - psychologically and
pnysicaiiy aunng her preg
nancy so that childbirth for
her becomes a "Joy" and not
an event to fear.
Education includes exer
cises and breathing technique
which will help her at birth
and an emotional condition
ing which transforms the
mother from a "passive to
active" role In birth.
And, he said, it alms to
remove the dread and to
"isolate her from some of
the oral and written old
wives' tales on pregnancy."
"Anesthesia is the easy way
oui, said vellay. "it sup
presses tne personality of the
woman . . . does an injustice
to the mother-Infant relation
ship, the husband-wife rela
tionship.".; Lectures .
He said husbands are asked
to attend the lectures with
their wives and also be with
them in the hospital room at
time of birth.
Beats pacing the floor out
side," said the physician.
Vellay and his wife, Aline,
the daughter of a physician.
are parents of five children
ranging in age from 21 to
nine years, the last two de-
Derby Dance t
Derby - The third-Saturday
dance for Derby Hoedowners
is set for May 18 in the Derby
Community hall at 8:30 p.m.
Potluck refreshments will be
served. Edwin Cavin is sched
uled to do the calling for
dancing and all interested
square dancers are invited.
To Meet
Weatonka council. Degree
of Pocahontas, will meet Fri
day, May 17 at 8 p.m., in
the Redman hall on Apple
street. Mr. . and Mrs. Orval
Hayes and Mrs. James O'Du
ane will serve refreshments.
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In Victorian times a family
provided a daughter with a
form of dowry by helping her
accumulate silver, linens and
other household effects In a
hope chest.
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llvered by natural child
birth. Mrs. Vellay, an attrac
tive brunette, was for one
year a French exchange stu
dent at Alabama College,
Montevallo, Ala., and helps
her husband translate his
medical papers and books
into English.
Interprets -
With his wife interpreting
when his own English failed
him, . Vellay . explained he
learned of the birth without
pain method while he was as
sistant to Dr. Fernand La
maze, its pioneer, at the
Pierre Rouques Health cen
ter, Paris, from 1947 to 1057.
The method is based on
Pavlovian theories on condi
tioned reflexes, and Dr.- La
maze Introduced it in France
in 1981.
Dr. Vellay said the tech
nique now is used extensively
in European and South Amer
ican countries, but is fairly
new to the United States.
Is the "Junior Prom" - a hallowed tradition in most high
schools and colleges, losing favor and purpose? Do students
enjoy these Proms? Do most parents think that they are too
costly? Why don't more students attend the Proms at Med
ford High school?
For years and years the society editor of the Mail Tribune
has attended the Medford High school Prom. We've watched
the students, talked to a few, heard the comments of fami
lies, friends and teachers. This
of asking a lot of people what
ana me results were most interesting.
One of the first notions
when we first started attending, 15 or 16 years ago, was
that the students weren't having a good time. However,
others disputed this and so we thought it was Just that dances
nowadays aren't quite like they were when we were in col
lege. In our day we had "programs" and before the big
event, either the man or the co-ed - if one of the women's
groups was giving the dance, arranged to trade dances with
other couples and filled out the
man inree or lour dances wltn her date, she began to sus
pect that she was a drip, a social failure - a girl who
couldn't keep more than one man interested at once. It was
a way to meet new boya and men, to begin a flirtation or
conquest or to promote new friendships. Frankly, we still
think the idea of dancing with one boy or man all evening
is preuy auu sum, even it
engaged. : ;
But back to our survey. We asked a sophomore boy if
his senior brother had enjoyed the dance, and he said he
didn't think so. Seems the senior had been sort of quiet the
aay alter me rrom, ana snruggea off the whole event as
not having lived up to his expectations.
A father said that a couple of years ago he and his wife
had done all the proper things
son ana nis friends before the Prom, had gone as chaperones
and then arranged for an after-supper party. They had,
however, firmly put their feet down about a trin to the
beach. Nothing doing unless chaperones went along and
when the students demurred, papa and mama were adamant.
The father said he and his
the conduct of the young people at the dance. "They don't
know how to act at a party," he said, in a surprised tone.
'Most of them just stood around
actually seemed to enjoy dancing." This coincided with our
observations.
When we asked a girl at
was true. "Look," she explained all In a breath, "We're all
dressed up In a lot of new expensive clothes and with hieh-
heeled slippers and who can dance under those circum
stances? Anyhow, not like we dance at most parties. If we
twisted, or something, in formal clothes, it would be silly."
A teacher standing near chimed in. "Well, why don't thev
quit having a dressy party
plain dance where more students would go and everyone
could have more fun? The stores are filled with nice cotton
dresses at $8 to $10 that girls
ana tnat all parents could afford and that they would enjoy
wearing more than a fancy silk formal gown. I think some
changes should be made."
An SOC student who graduated a few years ago from
wna saia -uosn, no, nobody
us jusi someining mat everybody talks about and is sup
posed to do. It's the dinners before the Prom and the parties
afterwards that are fun." When we inquired why they just
didn't abandon the Prom, and have the dinners, or one his
dinner, with small parties afterwards, she said "Well, 1 guess
some or tne girls like to dress
that swish about the Prom
somcDoay nas tun.
A mother was feeling pretty morose about the cost. "I
paid $50 for a dress and about $30 for the rest of the outfit
and she 11 never wear it again!" she lamented.
A taxi driver had his say-so,
Prom means very much anymore," he said. "I think some
thing should be done about It." He, too, had ideas about the
cost. Seems he had two daughters, the older had been out
fitted at considerable cost, and the dress had then hung in
tne closet, unusea. two years
tcr was going to the Prom, her parents suggested that she
wear the same gown. But no, as could have been predicted.
sne insisted on an expensive
One MHS girl volunteered
at tne recent from nad cost
about the cost. In spite of
charge for the dance, the clothes, flowers, dinners, after par-
tics and all that represent a
said he had enjoyed the entire evening but conceded that it
had cost a lot and he wasn't sure he had had his money's
worth, Did he think the Prom could be abolished? He did.
"There would be some talk and complaining at first, but
in a couple of years It would all die down," he said, phil
osophically. We even talked to a policeman and asked him if he
thought the increase in vandalism that week end could be
laid to the students who did not, or could not, attend the
Prom and went out and threw rocks through windshields
as a gesture of frustration. He admitted that this might be
true, but added that actually, no one is quite sure it students,
or even local residents, commit the acts.
One conversation was with a school official who readily
said that the traditional Junior Prom is a problem, here and
In most schools. About 400 persons, many of them adults,
attended the recent MHS Prom. There are more than 1.800
students in the school, and there must be at least 1,000 in
the two upper classes eligible to attend. Why don't they?
Why should the school and the students go to the trouble
and cost of having this function for a relatively small part
of the student body?
When we told the official that we planned to write this
column he smiled and said "Go ahead. It won't accomplish
a thing, t warn you." cll, anyway, we've had our say-O.S.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Club Hears
SOC Head
Ashland - Soroptimist club
members were among the first
to hear Dr. Elmo N. Steven
son report on his month's trip
to the United Arab Republic.
The president of Southern
Oregon college addressed the
women's group at its Friday
luncheon in the Mark Antony
hotel. He was introduced by
Mrs. Velma Jones.
Dr. Stevenson was one of
seven educators chosen by the
state department to make a
survey of teacher education
in Egypt. The group visited
schools and were shown eco
nomic and cultural life under
the new socialistic govern
ment of Nasser.
The speaker described the
amazing change in the status
of women since they have dis
carded their veils and assum
ed a new role in national life.
He spoke of the new freedom
experienced by both men and
women as Nasser's revolution
ary socialism is put into prac
tice. year we made a nroiect out
they thought of the Prom,
we had about the MHS Prnm
program. If a girl had more
you're going steady or are
- had given a dinner for their
wife had been sumrlseri At
and looked bored. Verv few
MHS about this she said it
then, a Prom, and lust have a
could wear and look orettv in
has any real fun at the Prom
up. And of course, there s all
queen and princesses. I guess
too. "Well, 1 don't think the
later when the second daugh
gown, all her own.
the information that one dress
$130. Almost everyone talked
the fact that there is no ticket
sizeable Investment. One Junior
Social Events
PI Lanehaitar. widelv
and wife of the lata Charles Laughton. will give a perform
ance in Medford Juna 4 for the Broadway Theater league.
This will be the final show of the 1962-63 season for the
laaaua. which this week is holding the membership campaign
for next season. Miss Lanchester will appear in her one
woman show, "Elsa Lanchester Herself" which had a suc
cessful New York run.
'Elsa Lanchester Herself
Booked by Theater League
The Broadway Theatre
League of Medford has just
announced the final presenta
tion of its current season.
Beset by unexpected cancel
lations, the League has come
up with a theatrical evening
that bids fair to be a big
winner. Miss Elsa Lanchester
will do her popular one-wom
an program, "Elsa Lanchester
Herself" at the Holly Theatre
on Tuesday evening, June 4.
At the time of her long
Broadway run with the same
show, the Daily News said:
'.'Elsa beguiles. She sings so
cnarmingly, so persuasively,
that any number she does im
mediately becomes an old
favorite."
Greenhorn Grange
Sets Breakfast;
Events Listed
Yreka-A Country breakfast
was planned by Greenhorn
Grange Home Economics
club women when they met
last week in the home of Mrs.
Vayne Ralston in Grenada.
Mrs. Francis Schultz conduct
ed the meeting.
The breakfast will be serv
ed Sunday, May 26 from 8
a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Grange
halL
Among other announced
events are a Scott Valley
HEC district meeting Friday,
May 17 from 10:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., when luncheon will
be served for a nominal fee.
Those who attend should take
articles for sale on the Oppor
tunity table. The state chair
man from Sacramento is to
attend.
A rummage sale also is set
for the first week in June,
Baked foods will be sold. The
next meeting is to be held
June 14 in the home of Mrs.
Sid Terwilliger at Little
Shasta.
Girls Earn Rank
By Making Afghan
The sixth grade Camp Fire
Girls of Wilson school knitted
an afghan as a group project
which they presented to the
Jackson County Farm home
for the use of patients there.
Each girl knitted a mini
mum of 12 blocks, which were
then assembled by a leader.
The project was done as a re
quirement for the Fire Mak
ers rank In the Camp Fire
program.
The group is made up of
Joy Babcock, Carolyn Bau-
mcr, Bonnie Galloway, Orah
Swift, Sandra Schlachter,
Gail Shuler, Sandra Robinson,
Bobbie Jo Meeker. Pamela
Satterlee, Jenifer Patton and
Judy Hedbcrg. The leaders
are Mrs. Robin Binns, Mrs.
Robert Babcock and Mrs. El-
wood Hedberg.
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RAMSEY'S
known entertainer and acirass
One of the most versatile
entertainers in show business
today, Miss Lanchester gives
audiences a thoroughly unique
evening in her unpredictable
program, "Elsa Lanchester
H e r s e 1 f . The production
gives her ample opportunity
to display a dazzling array of
talents - she is variously hail
ed as a clown, mimic, dancer.
pantomimist, singer, satirist,
and side-splitting vaudevillian.
Two-hundred free tickets
to "Elsa Lanchester Herself"
will be given away by the
Theatre League as a bonus to
new subscribers. "New sub
scribers", according to Man
ville Heisel, president of the
League, "means subscribers of
next season who are not sub
scribers for the present sea
son". The League is currently
conducting its campaign for
the 1963-1964 season of four
plays which will include the
current hits "The Sound of
Music", "A Man for All Sea
sons", "Take Her, She's
Mine", and a fourth show yet
to be selected.
Subscription headquarters
are at Rogue gallery, 220 West
Main street, with free Lan
chester tickets being given
out to new subscribers as
they pay for their 1963-1964
subscriptions.
Mrs. Ralph Hibbs, subscrip
tion chairman, has empha
sized that the bonus tickets
to new subscribers are the
unsold seats to the current
year's series and are not the
choice locations In the house,
However, tne Molly is a
small theatre and does not
have any bad seats," says
Mrs. Hibbs, "and besides, they
are free." No single tickets
will be sold to the event. The
Theatre League hopes to be
sold out for next season by
tne time it closes, headquar
ters at the Rogue gallery on
Saturday afternoon.
The fourth production of
the current season was origi
nally to have been Judith An
derson. Miss Anderson can
celed the remainder of her
tour because of illness, a play
starring Tallulah Bankhead
was booked for several west
ern cities, including Portland
and Eugene, as well as Med
ford. and this too was can
celed in recent days.
Guests
Hornbrook Mother's day
week end guests at the home
of Mrs. Minnie Bloomingcamp
and son, Charles, were her
daughters and their' families,
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Wyatt and
Steven, Paul and Teresa, and
Mrs. Marge Snyder and Vic
tor and Karen, all of Medford.
Visiting briefly Sunday after
noon were another daughter
and her family, Mr. and Mrs.
M. F. Cavin and Janet of Hilt.
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Norge laundry t
Cleaning Village
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Women
Traditional Tea Held
Ashlnnd-A Mothers day so
cial event that has become
traditional in Ashland was
held Saturday when members
of Chapter AC, PEO Sister
hood, were hostesses to their
mothers and many proxy
mothers of the community.
The 2 o'clock tea and program
was given in xriniiy r-pistu-pal
parish halL
The tfuesta were welcomed
by Mrs. John Yapie, chapter
president, who said tnat uie
1963 tea was the twenty-third
ueh annual nartv in the 40-
year history of Chapter AC.
f ollowing presemauun
guests Mrs. Dom Provost Sr.,
introduced nine-year-old Deb-
Lincoln PTA
Installation
Ceremony Held
Mrs. Virgil Stickley was
installed president of the Lin
coln Parent Teacher associa
tion at ceremonies held last
week at the school. Mrs.
Stickley, who is the retiring
vice president, presided for
the meeting in the place of
Mrs. E. S. Bowers, retiring
president. This was the last
meeting for the school year.
Mrs. Willard Henney was
installed vice president; Mrs.
Lucille Fields, secretary; and
Mrs. Don Landing, treasurer.
Mrs. Max Weston, a past pres
ident of the unit and maga
zine chairman for the Oregon
Congress of Parents and
Teachers for the coming year,
was installing officer.
A family night moving pic
ture is planned by the unit
for Thursday, May 23 at 7
p.m., in the school gymnasi
um. The main feature will be
"Robinson Crusoe" in techni
color. Refreshments will be
on sale. " "
During the recent after
noon meeting the school band,
directed by Steve Whipple
played several selections and
each student played a solo.
Miss Alice Saunders, the or
chestra instructor, introduced
each member. Mrs. Stickley
reported on a recent state
convention and Mrs. Weston
also spoke on the meeting.
Koom count was won by
the third grade. Because the
third grade has won room
count the most throughout the
year, a trophy for. the year
will be engraved with that
information. , 4
NOW Party
Phoenix - Neighbors of
Woodcraft members plan a
card party for Friday, May 17
at 8 p.m., in the home of Mrs.
Dorothy Thompson, 4 ID Rose
street, Phoenix. Friends' of
members also are invited.
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bie Tischhauser and 11-year-old
Nancy Bartlett, who play,
ed piano solos.
Mrs. Eugene Bowman,
whose experiences In Ecuador
during a two-year residence
while her husband was "on
loan" to survey and advise
educational institutions, shar
ed many of her domestic
problems. She told of the vast
differences among the classes
in Ecuador and of the poverty
at one extreme of society com
pared to the opulence of those
few who are wealthy.
Like most Americans Mrs.
Bowman learned to adjust to
some of the problems of sani
tation and to use caution in
foods and water. She describ
ed many of the primitive cus
toms as she saw them in var
ious parts of the country.
from the inland jungles to the
modern city of Quito where
the Bowman family lived. Be
cause of its isolation and diffi
cult terrain Ecuador has not
yet been discovered by the
average tourist.
An interesting collection of
carved figures and unusual
native articles were shown
and described by the speaker,
who is herself an artist and
a teacher in the Talent ele
mentary school.
At the conclusion of the tra
vel talk an informal song ses
sion was led by Miss Florenca
Allen, after which the host
esses served refreshments
from small flower - centered
tables. Tulips in variegated
colors decorated the hall and
were displayed above the fire
place In Dutch wooden shoes.
Gold Hill Club
Meetings Slated;
Show Announced
Gold Hill-Mrs. S. M. Chris
tensen, president of the Gold
Hill Garden club has called a
special meeting for Friday.
May 24, at 12:30 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Ferd Jones.
Plans for a flower and hobby
show will be arranged.
The event to be sponsored
ty the club has been sched
uled for June 14 in the dining
room at the Gold Hill Grange
hall. Details will be announc
ed when completed. The pub
lic has been invited to par
ticipate in the show. Judging
will be done by accredited
judges and ribbons will be
awarded.
The regular May meeting oil
the club will be held Friday,
May 17, at 12:30 p.m. in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Molloy. All persons who are
interested in gardening are in
vited. Mr. Molloy will talk on
greenhouse and rock garden,
techniques. He will also speak
on bonsai trees.