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? ' V ? ?fji' W f" 1 I MSI 1 "-,' 'Thi' Vfc.'-fe. Mra. Wallace McDowell, Central Point, will be insUlled president of Cratsr chapter,
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Leading a busy and useful lite at almost 88 is Mrs. Jennie Hutchinson,
522 West Tenth street, who has 8 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Hutchinson, who moved to Medford 20 years ago from
Trail, where she was a longtime resident and Medford Mail Tribune
correspondent, reads, crochets, sews and tends numerous houseplants.
She has crocheted 4 tablecloths, 2 bedspreads and 3 afghans and has
quilted "dozens" of bed coverlets. Mrs. Hutchinson is a devoted
member of First Christian church.
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Mrs. Wayne Jamison,
like thousands of other
modern grandmothers,
returned to college after
her two daughters were
educated and had mar
ried; she Was graduated
from Southern Oregon
college last spring and
joined the faculty of
Jackson school this fall.
The teacher, pictured
with three of her pupils
just before lunch time
last Tuesday, has two
grandchildren, Bruce and
Elizabeth Carson, whose
parents are the John
Carsons (Janet Jamison)
of Portland.
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This grandmother is interested in cooking, caring fot
her interesting home in Jacksonville and in collecting
antiques. Mrs. Arthur Davies, who with Mr. Davies
makes her home at 100 South Third street in the his
toric town, has two daughters and five grandchildren,
all living in Jacksonville. Mrs. Davies had made a rum
flavored pie and was preparing to make a fruit cake
Tuesday afternoon.
Typical of grandmothers in the business world is Mrs. A. L. Straus, Sams Valley,
pictured on the steps of the Century building after attending staff meeting of
Vaddell and Reed, a large mutual fund organization with which she has been a
ales representative for the past four years. Mrs. Straus has been a secretary for
i number of valley firms, has been active in school and grange as a volunteer and
insists her husband in his ranchinq operations by doing bookkeeping and paper
ork. Their son, Capt. James Dalton Straus, U.S. Army Reserve, who is taking ad
vanced engineer training at Ft. Belvoir, V., hasrfco children, Teresa and Jimmv.
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Today's grandmothers believe that age has
little to do with the life one leads. They are
homemakers and business women, read a
great deal, are interested in world affairs,
sports, have hobbies, work hard for civic and
church projects, support symphony orchestras
and museums and have no notion of letting
life pass them by. Through the efforts of the
National Federation of Grandmother Clubs of
America, the second Sunday in October has
been designated in many states : National
Grandmothers' day.
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President of Rogue chapter of the national Grandmother clubs is Mrs. Otto Gaston, who lives in tha
Berrydale district. The Gallons have three tons and daughters and three grandchildren all living in
Wyoming. Mn. Gaston, serving her second term as head of the Medford club, reports that the
group now has 65 members and welcomes other grandmothers to th organization, like most
grandmothers, Mrs. Gaston has pictures and silhouette drawings of her grandchildren on the walls
of her home.
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