Study Glub
Installs
Officers
Ashland - The luncheon
meeting of Fortnightly Study
club held last week at the
Prospect avenue home of Mrs.
Herbert E. Specht marked the
close of the club year and the
installation of new officers.
Garden flowers and a Ha
waiian decorative theme
combined with spectacular
valley and mountain views
made the day a memorable
one. Assisting Mrs. Specht
as hostesses were Mrs. Frank
Davis, Mrs. Raymond Lininger
and Mrs. Oscar F. Silver. Mrs.
Alice Willits conducted the
business session preceding the
installation and the afternoon
program.
Serving as Fortnightly club
president for the ensuing year
will be Mrs. Specht. Other
officers installed were Mrs.
William Beagle, vice presi
dent and Mrs. P. Malcolm
Hammond, secretary-treasurer.
The 1963-64 committees
will include Mrs. Ruth King,
Mrs. R. L. Crosby and Mrs.
S. J. Bailey, program; Mrs.
Silver and Mrs. M. P. Dunn,
membership, and Mrs. Herbert
Lewis, publicity.
Rachel Carson's controver
sial book "Silent Spring," was
reviewed by Mrs. Frances
Worth, reading the report sent
by Mrs. Melvin Yates who
was out of town.
Best Seller
The biologist-author spent
more than four years doing
research and collecting data
for the appalling material con
tained in this book that has
become not only a best seller
nut a focal point for investiga
tion. She claims the wide
spread use of deadly chemical
pesticides has defeated its
purpose by unbalancing nat
ural control. However Miss
Carson presents a positive
viewpoint in advocating non
chemical insecticides and
greater public care in their
; use.
; The subject of Mrs. Lin
i inger's half-hour topic was the
i writings of a beloved Dr
i A. W. Chase, who lived in Anr
Arbor, Mich., during the last
; century. His notes and dis
courses on medical, mechan
leal and agricultural mic
tions together with household
information for "everybody"
- is a rare and absorbing com
1 pilation for modern readers.
A generous dash of nutmeg
tastes good on cooked asparagus.
MEDFORO MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE S. 1S63
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Miss Judy Hueners, named
an outstanding senior in
clothing classes at Medlord
High school, made this oat
meal colored wool dress and
jacket as a class project. Miss
Hueners, an alternate for the
Sears Foundation award and
winner of an Future Home
makers of American award,
plans to enter Oregon State
university in the fall to study
home economics. (Knackslcdt
photo)
District Townsend
Club Meeting Set;
Picnic Planned
The Mt. Pitt chapter of the
Townsend club will be the
host group to the next fourth
district council meeting sched
uled for July 14, officers of
the chapter have announced.
The group plans a picnic
Sunday, June 9 in Hawthorne
park when the members will
pass on resolutions to be sent
to the twenty-third national
convention to be held July 1
through July 4 in Chicaeo, 111.
For the 12 noon picnic lunch
eon those who attend should
take food contributions and
table service.
Peasant
Embroidery
Newest Trim
Put fun into the fashions
you create by adding the dis
tinctive touch of peasant em
broidery. A new method of
applying trim, it's simple and
easy to do, and offers endless
possibilities for the woman
who sews.
Peasant embroidery is cre
ated with a simple zigzag
stitch across rows of cotton
rickrack. Using cotton em
broidery floss in a contrasting
color, all you do Is run the
needle in and out of a bit of
fabric at each "V" in the
rickrack, crossing the rick
rack from side to side. The
stitch secures the rickrack
while creating an intricate
looking design.
Different Effects
You'll be ama??d at the
many different effects you
can obtain with peasant em
broidery. Equally attractive
on solid colored fab-ics and
checked cotton gingham, it
can be applied to children's
clothes, sports outfits, and
daytime dresses. In addition,
peasant embroidery is suitable
for cafe curtains, tablecloths,
pillowcases, and towels.
Delicate or bold motifs can
be created simply by varying
colors of embroidery thread
and rickrack and by alternat
ing sizes of rickrack.
For fine detail on infants'
and toddlers' clothes, use
dainty baby rickrack in white
or a delicate pastel shade.
Regular size rickrack will
work well on anything from
girls' dresses to cafe curtains,
while big, bold, and colorful
designs can be achieved by
stitching over jumbo rickrack.
Alternate rows of rickrack in
varying sizes for still other
effects.
Variation
Another variation results
from combining rickrack with
cotton bias tape. You can use
quarter-inch double fold tape
or single tape which comes
in one-half or one-inch widths.
Just place the rickrack over
the tape and embroider it in
place. Each combination
creates a new trim effect.
Have fun with this new
idea, and create your own
original designs for fashion
with a flair!
Visits Stones
Prospect - Mrs. Daisy Ol
I sen, Bker, Ore., is a guest of
her dauBhter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Stone. Mrs.
Olsen nhns to remain for sev
eral wof.'is.
Peasant embroidery lends country girl charm to these
simple mother-and-daughter aprons of pink checkered cotton
gingham. Cotton embroidery floss in shades of white, pink
and rose is used in a running sigiag stitch over rose and
white rickrack to create an intricate-looking design. Inslruc
tions available from the National Cotton Council, P. O. Box
990S. Memphis. 12, Tenn.
Couple Returns
From Trip East
Ashland Mr. and Mrs.
M. R. Magness, 1132 Oak
street, recently returned from
a six-weeks cross country trip
that took them to Washing
ton, D.C. where they visited
with Mr. Magness' sister, Miss
Mina Magness. They spent
some time in Annapolis and
stopped at Niagara Falls. Re
turning, they visited in Mis
souri. They were accompanied
west by Miss Magness who
visited other relatives in Ore
gon before coming to Ashland.
Wenonah Club
To Nominate
Officers will be nominated
at a meeting of Wenonah club
of Weatonka council. Degree
of Pocahontas, set for Thurs
day, June 6.
The session will begin at 10
a.m. in Redman hall on Apple
street, and those attending
will work on now regalia. A
covered dish luncheon at noon
will be followed by a business
meeting.
Keep washed celery in alu
minum foil in the refrigerator
to keep it crisp.
Former Medford Resident Writes of Alaskan Camp
Life in an isolated logging
mp on an island off the
coast of Alaska is described
in a letter to The Mail Trib
une from Mrs. Kenneth
Brown, former Medford tesi-
dent. The Browns were active
in Crater Lake aerie and
auxiliary, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, while here.
Mrs. Brown wrote;
It took me much longer to
get here than we originally
expected. The three vcks
dragged out into three and
one-half months. I finally got
here on Mothers day. Even
then our house wasn't ready
to move into so I stayed with
another family for about 10
days.
I ate at the cookhouse with
Kenny. Then, our stove came
and we moved in. None of my
freight has arrived so I'm
cooking with a borrowed ket
tle and borrowed Dutch oven
and gallon cans from the
cookhouse.
Our plumbing and wiring
haven't come either so we
carry water and use a gas
lantern. The radio isn't here
yet, so we don't even know
what's going on anywhere
but here. Twentieth century
pioneers, I guess. But we like
it.
Kenny works six days a
week, and Sundays are even
busier, what with maybe re
pairing a power saw, (that
comes first) and working on
the house. Our windows final
ly came and yesterday he got
the picture window in and
two others Just nailed in until
some lumber gets here from
town so he can make frames
Don't laugh at a picture win
dow in a shack. When we get
this all put together it will be
nicer and more convenient
than lots of houses I've seen
in Oregon.
Wonderful View
We have a wonderful view.
The camp is nt the head of
Whitewater Ba which is
about four miles long. It is
off Chatham straits which is
a part of the Inland passage
We are 70 air miles from !
Juneau and about 23 air miles j
from Sitka. We have had a
lot of sunshiny days - not too
warm, very seldom gets much
above 60 degrees, if at all, but
the nights have been pretty
cool. We had frost early yes-1
terday morning. Today the
sky is clear, clear blue, with
a trace of fluffy clouds on
the horizon.
The water in the bay is a i tically tamed a family of ot-
deep blue and of course it is ter. They are getting so tame
lined with the green trees and , they get in the way of the
overlooked by snow-capped logging. The cutting crew has
Wedding Gift
Dilemma Solved
By Registry
New York - OTIi - Tell one
person what you want for a j
wedding present and you can j
bet you'll got no less than
three of the same item - by
the time the word spreads.
And without telling any
one, it's safe to assume you'll
be gifted with half a dozen
toasters andor coffee pots.
Which way out of the gift
dilemma?
Check in at the wedding
gift register)- center of de
partment or Jewelry store.
The service is designed to
help the bride get what she
wants and needs.
Services differ from one
store to another, but the Idea
is this - when you become
engaged, you visit the store's
gift consultant and talk over
your preferences in china, sil
ver and glass.
The constultant will make
up a file card listing your pat
tern choices, plus how many
pieces of each you would like.
Then when friends and rel
atives ask you and your fam
ily for gift ideas,' you sug
gest that they talk to the
gift consultant. She, in turn,
keeps a running tab on what
gifts have been bought for
you through her service.
Some stores have expand
ed the gift registry service
to include linens, appliances,
accessories and. In some cases,
homo furnishings.
mountains. We're at sea level
and those mountains aren t
much more than high hills.
Out in the bay a log raft i
setting. waiting, till they get
a couple more ready to take
into town. And alongside it,
is a barge with a house on it
that got out here by mistake
and now doesn't seem to have
any place to go. On one side
of the bay, right close to
camp, a pair of bald eagles
have a nest and it is interest
ing to watch the parents
swoop down, catch a trout
and take it up to the babies
On the other side, about
one-fourth mile away is a
small meadow. You can walk
started to carry guns to work
with them because of the
bear. They don't think he will
bother them when the saws
are running but rather when
they are walking in and out
at lunch time. Of course, they
are always out ahead of the
rigging crew.
This is Admiralty island
and is supposed to have as
many as 1000 bears on it.
Need I say, we women don't
go far from camp?
There are twe other fam
ilies here and the cook is a
woman so we have a little so
cial life. It usually consists of
scrounging a cup of coffee and
a hot cookie or doughnut from
down the road and get to it. i the cook, or meeting to see
but not me. I'm a coward.
There is a big brown bear
grazing out there several
times a week and I'm close
enough right where I am.
The deer come down there
to feed too and to play. Some
times there will be six or
seven of them.
A flock of about 20 geese
are over there a lot too. The
other day one of the deer
was teasing an old goose. Not
hurting her. Just following
her around. She must have a
nest there because every once
in a while she would turn on
him and he would back up.
and shortly would be follow
ing her again.
There is a mother mink
that must have babies close
by; she runs all over camp
raiding garbage cans. Up at
the dump, the men have prac-
Newcomori
In Prospect
Prospect - Mr. and M r s
James Gorum, Bakersfield
Calif., and Miss Diane Sawyer
are now making their home in
Prospect.
Mr. Gorum is employed by
the Louis Biden Logging com
puny.
if we have any mail when a
plane comes in, or "Gee, I'm
all out of something, can you
let have some until my gro
cery order gets here?"
Our groceries come out by
plane. Just like before, fresh
produce is sky-high. Of
course, it was high in Eugene
when I left. I paid $1 for two
medium-sized heads of lettuce
the other day. Potatoes wera
high, 10 pounds for 08 cents;
bread, 44 cents; mayonnaise is
79 cents; butter, 73 cents. Ev
erything else is higher than
down there but not excessive
ly so.
One of the women told me
I could not afford fresh vege
tables and I said I felt I had
a right to what I wanted to
eat.
Well, I didn't mean to write
a book. I hope you are all
well. Remember me to Fcg. ,
And if you can find lime in
your busy schedule drop me
a line.
You have no idea how wel
come mail is. We even read
each others home town pa
pers, even though we don't
know a soul mentioned.
Keep your page going and
I'll probably see you "when
the work's all done this fall."
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Medford
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