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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1U63
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FDA Develops Method
To Detect Food Poison
WASHINGTON - The Food
and Drue Administration has
announced a new means of de
lecting staphylococcal poison
ing in food. The agency said it
is a major step forward and
' will for Ihe first time permit
the identification in food of the
specific staphylococcal tfiiif
snecific staphylococcal toxin
which is responsible for most
of the food poisoning outbreaks
in the United states.
The method, developed over
the oast 15 years, will save
health officials from depen
dence upon often vague epidem
iological evidence during food
posoning outbreaks and the use
of expensive animals in tests
which are often unreliable. FDA
said the method is scientifically
accurate and will ease the job
of tracking down the sources
of food poisoning.
It was reported by Ezra P.
Casman, Ph. D., and Reginald
W. Bennett, M. S., of FDA's
Division of Microbiology, to the
91st annual meeting of the
American Public Health As
sociation at Kansas City, Mo,
. Method Explained
The new test employs a sero
logical method. Minute quanti
ties of staphylococcal poison in
food are detected through use
of its antibody, a neutralizing
' agent developed in the blood of
an infected animal.
Food poisoning caused by the
staphylococci toxin is generally
not fatal to the normal, healthy
individual. It may last for only
several hours, but is extremely
uncomfortable and incapacita
ting. It is different from the
seldom found but often fatal
type of food poisoning caused by
various botulinus organisms
which produce toxins 'When ox
ygen is lacking.
For years, methods of trac
ing the causes of food poisoning
have called for isolating the
bacteria from the suspected
food and demonstrating their
toxicity by feeding monkeys or
injection into cats. These tests
however, are not always reli
able because the animals vary
in susceptibility to the toxins.
The tests are time consuming.
FDA's research for a reliable
method of detecting the causes
of food poisoning began in 1947
with a long range program
which only recently has been
completed.
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A committee of four women has been
hard at work for the past several weeks on
the invitation list for the dinner-dance which
Rogue Snowmen will give Saturday, Novem
ber 23, at Rogue Valley Country club. The
event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of
organization, and the committee did a great
deal of research in finding the present ad
dresses of former members. Pictured dur
ing a committee session are (left to right)
Mrs. Wayne Murtcll, in charge of Ihe in
vitations for current members; Mrs. Larry
Schade, Mrs. Edmund L. Simmons, who
, worked on the former list; Mrs. Arthur Eker
son, reservations chairman and secretary
treasurer of the Snowmen. Reservations
close tonight.
Lesson Given
In Decorations
PROSPECT A demonstra
tion of Christmas decorations
which may be made from green
ery and dried materials was
given at a recent meeting of
the Prospect Lady Lions.
Mrs. Archie McKillop and
Mrs. Everett Shaffer gave the
demonstration. The meeting was
held at the Community hall with
Mrs. Ralph Goode, Mrs. Joseph
Josephson, Mrs. Lowell Ash
and Mrs. Harry Goode serving
the dinner.
Plans for the Christmas ba
zaar were discussed. It will be
held the first part of Decem
ber.
The executive board meeting
will be Friday, November 22,
at 7:30 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. David Greenfield.
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Snowmen
Plan Party
One of the large social events
of the coming week end will be
a dinner - dance at Rogue Val
ley Country Club given by
Rogue Snowmen in celebration
of the group's 30th anniversary
of organization. About ISO are
expected to attend the event,
set for Saturday, November 23.
Past presidents of the organi
zation will be honored at the
event, and during the evening
will take part in a skit. An or
chestra will play for dancing.
A reunion hour is planned
from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and a
buffet dinner will be served.
Past and present Snowmen and
their guests have been invited
to attend.
Miss Betty Ramsey, general
chairman in charge of arrange
ments, is being assisted by 1
committee. Mrs. Arthur Eker
son is reservation chairman;
reservations are to be made no
later than tonight by calling the
Rogue Ski shop, dial 772-8W,
or Mrs. Ekerson at 773-7271.
Founding of Society
Celebrated by Chapter
Two Travelers
Return Home
From Hawaii
Unlike the proverbial mail
carrier who walks the rounds
on his vacation, Miss JoAnn
Robertson, secretary in the Med
ford Police Department and
back with an armlul of leis,
didn't visit the police depart
ment during her stay in Hono
Miss Robertson and Miss Car
ol Hubbard of the Social Securi
ty office, returned Monday
morning from a vacation which
started Halloween night when
they sailed on the Matsonia
from San Francisco for Hono
lulu. They arrived in Hawaii
November 5 and left there for
their return to Medford last
Sunday midnight, taking the
United Air Lines flight home.
The two young women started
planning the vacation last Jan
uary. They made their reserva
tions in May and in October
their "dream came true." While
on the Islands they made their
home in an apartment on Wni
kiki Beach where housing was
arranged through mutual girl
friends.
They rented a jeep and visited
the various famous spots on
Oahu Island and later on the
island of Kauai, particularly the
plantation where South Pacific
was filmed.
Both came back with grass
skirts, orchids and leis for their
fellow workers and memories
which will make work easier,
; even on the foggiest days, they
say.
Ashland Woman
To Be Speaker
"International Affairs" will be
the topic for a meeting of Wom
en of Unity, Friday, November
22, at 11 a.m. in Ihe Unity
church, Holly and Haven
streets.
Mrs. Edgar N. Terrill, Talent,
president, will conduct a busi
ness session. The Rev. Katha
rine Rnswnrth. minister, will
nive the dcvotionals. : V
A luncheon will be served at
12 noon. Hostesses will he Mrs.
Thomas Lowe, Mrs. Ralph R.
Weiss, Mrs. Gilbert Botnncourt
and Mrs. Erna Dyke.
At 1 p.m. Mrs. Roy Nye, Ash- j
land, guest speaker, will talk on
"The Effect Other Countries !
Have on Us."
Mrs. Martcl Peters, Ashland, j
will sing two numbers. She will j
be accompanied by William 1
Johnston, Medford. :
This is a non-sectarian group,
and any woman interested is in
vited to attend.
Mrs. Grace Quiglry
Returns In Hume
HORNBROOK - Mrs. Grace :
Quigley has returned from Car-!
michacl, Calif., where she had
been visiting for ten days at the
home of her daughter and son
; In-law, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. ;
j Metzen and family. She also
; visited at Artnis, Calif., with her :
i brothor-ln-law and sister, Mr. j
land Mrs. Carl Lobslcn. I
Epsilon Chapter. Delta Kapna
Gamma Society, celebrated the
21st anniversary of founding at
tne last meeting.
Miss Edith Bork, former fac
ulty member at Southern Ore
gon College, founder of Alpha
Rho State Chapter and organ
izer of Epsilon Chapter, was one
of the guests at the meeting.
Mrs. Keith Woodward. Grants
Pass, presided during the busi
ness meeting which was held in
Girls Community Club in Med
ford. Mrs. John A. Fountain,
chairman of the research com
mittee, and Dr. Dorothy Stolp
were in charge of the program,
"Changing Patterns."
History Given
Miss Bork, now residing in
Willamette Manor, Portland.
gave a summary ot tne founding
of the Oregon State Chapter in
1941. Miss Florence Allan, Miss
Bertha Stephens, and Miss Delie
M. Whisenant were charter
members of the society. In No
vember, 1942, Epsilon Chapter
was organized in Jackson and
Josephine Counties.
Delta Kappa Gamma was
first organized in Austin, Texas
in 1929, By ur. Annie Webb
Blanton. who was interested in
the recognition of women educa
tors. At the time of organization
there were 17 chapters in Texas.
Delta Kappa Gamma is now an
international society with a
membership of 84,880 mem
bers. Women educators are the
only people eligible for member
ship. Thirty - seven chapters
have been organized in Oregon
during the past thirty - four
years. v
Past Officers Report -Past
presidents attending
gave outstanding events which
occurred while they were in of
fice. Re'porting were Miss
Whisenant, Medford; Miss Al
len, SOC, Ashland: Miss Jennie
Calhoun, Grants Pass; Mrs. S.
H. Gay, Medford; Mrs. Bert
Stancliffe, Phoenix; Mrs. Mel
vin E. Ottis, Grants Pass; Miss
Anna L. Honts, Medford; and
Miss Gladys Owen, SOC, Ash
land. Year books were distributed
to members. Mrs. Stancliffe re
ported on state legislation and
Mrs. W. E. Holmes reported
that there were 563 women edu
cators in Jackson County.
Group singing was under the
direction of Mrs. Oscar Bjorlie,
with Mrs. Alice Willits at the
piano.
The tea table held a decorated
birthday cake with 21 candles.
Miss Bork and Miss Allen
served the tea and coffee, while
Mrs. Calhoun served the cake.
Hostesses for the meeting
were Mrs. J. B. Hawkins, Mrs,
Paul Smith, Miss Honts, Mrs.
Earl W. Rogers, Mrs. Dorothy
butter, and Miss Dorothy Wilson.
A December 14 meeting will
be held in the Episcopal Parish
Han in Asniand at 2 p.m
Architect Talks
For Meeting Of
Local Gardners
'His' Wardrobe Used For 'Her' Inspiration
By PATRICIA MCCORMACK
NEW YORK (UPI)-There's
something from the boys as well
as something for the boys in
collections of spring clothes for
milady.
Pace-setting designers, show
ing their newest togs in New
York during the last several
weeks, have:
Advanced body accenting
silhouettes, featuring daringly
plunging necklines for evening
wear. The boys professional
girl watchers,' that is can
only be expected to hoot about
this. '
Gone to "his" wardrobe for
inspiration of many daytime
suits and costumes. From the
male fashion rack they have
adapted pin and chalk striped
menswear materials, trouser
pockets for skirts, barrel cuffs
for dresses and blouses, the as
cot and the vest. '
To Posie Patch
But that's not all. They've
also gone to the posie patch for
inspiration when making the
clothes which will be in the
stores in January. .-. 1
Many dresses were floral
printed from neckline to hem
type highlighted by rainbow
colors, included takeoffs on dai
sies, peonies, snapdragons and
every fragrant bloom seen in
spring flower show.
And for the woman who likes
to get where she's going incog
nito the hoodnik look's "in"
especially for evening.
In many collections the bil
lowy chiffon evening dresses
came with stoles worn over the
head, scarf style, clutched at
the chin. Models wearing the
cover-ups often had their coif
fures covered. Ditto for neck
and part of the chin.
The woman of 'mystery look
taking over for formal spring
evenings hit a high in Fernando
Sarmi's collection.- The Euro
pean count . turned American
citizen, turned seventh avenue
ready - to - wear manufacturer,
showed a group of long formats
with sweeping skirts plus the
headcovering which cloaked the
model.. ......
Many Hoods
Typical of this look in the col
lection was a. gown in warp
printed silk in blue, pink and
mauve tones. Evening cloaks.
over luiisKirtea cnitton dresses.
The prints, many an abstract also came in the warp prints
with both attached and detach
able hoods. -
Highlights of other collec
tions: Mollie Parnis (caps) leaned
into black with white' accents
and white with black accents.
Sample: A white lean bean coat
with black tuxedo front-over a
black sheath. A major silhouette
with this designer is the long
coat over its harmonizing dress.
Hornbrook Women
Plan Annual Event
HORNBROOK The Christian
Women's Community Fellow
ship of the local Methodist
church met Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Bertha Bradley.
In the absence of the president,
the meeting was conducted by
the vice president, Mrs. Mary
Taggart.
Plans were made for the an
nual all-community Christmas
party which will be held De
cember 12 at the church. The
event will begin with a potluck
dinner, at 12:30 p.m., followed
by a program and gift ex
change. All women of the area
are 1 invited to attend, and to
bring an inexpensive gift to
exchange.
-Tnwnlev (caps) hit the fash-
ion bounce with more flounce to
the ounce. Designer Donald
Brooks had flounces on day and
evening dresses. Silhouettes for
daytime ranged from the modi
fied sheath to body - accent
ing types with raised and drop
ped waistlines. .
PAULINE TRIGERE used
her traditional bias cut and
knack for seaming to shape slim
dresses to the figure without
squeezing. Almost all day dres
ses in wool were sleeveless.
MATTY TALMACK a d
vanced the elongated torso look
in day dresses. The tunic thema
carried into evemng.
Former Residents .
Visit Hornbrook
HORNBROOK-Over night
guests Friday at the home, of
Mr and Mrs. Dwain Hamner
were Mr .and Mrs. Tom Collis
ter, Cave Junction, Ore. En
route home from a short vaca
tion in Reno, Mr. and Mrs. Col
lister made another brief stop
over, calling on other friends
here. Mr. Collister was an in
spector at the local quarantine
station before being transferred
to the Redwood station five
years ago. -
Instructor
Explains Roll
Of Science
ASHLAND - "The layman
must recognize the fact that
science plays a dominant role
in today's society," declared Dr.
James R. Dawson whenhe ad
dressed members of the Ash
land branch, American Associa
tion of University Women, last
week in Britt lounge, Southern
Oregon College.
The opening study on the
years program was presented
by the associate professor uf
biology at SOC and was based
upon the need for more scien
tific education at ail levels and
the layman's responsibility in
bridging Ihe gap between train
ed scientists and the general
public. He pointed to the rapid
changes taking place in fields
that atfect the daily life of
everyone.
Household appliances, con
sumer products, communica
tions and transportation are but
a few of the new areas of scien
tific advance.
The second in the study lec
tures will be presented Decem
ber 11 by Dr. Russell Davis, as
sistant professor of science,
whose subject will be "Bats
Homing.
"Japanese Gardens" was his
subject when the landscape ar
chitect, Dale Coverstone, talked
to the Howard Garden Club at
the home of Mrs. L. C. McCay.
Mr. Coverstone says the Japa
nese never crowd their gardens.
Though very small, the gardens
seem spacious and natural, he
added. To achieve this effect,
they use water in many ways,
small pools or man - made
streams, only two or three kinds
of shrubs and many rocks in all
sizes from boulders to gravel,
and almost always, functional
stepping stones, leading away to
an entrance, a gate or a nook.
Gravel is laid on hard turf;
grass or flowers are seldom
used. Japanese maple, floweri
ing cherry, Siberian iris, ferns
and bamboo are some of the
shrubs used. Nothing is used
that might cause litter or clut
ter, and gardens should be orig
inal, never copied, the speaker
said. Mr. Coverstone tells of
much rounded river - washed
gravel, used brick and rough
lumber being used in Western
Japanese-type gardens.
Mrs. G. G. Stagg presented an
arrangement of bronze chrysan
themums and dried cata'pa
bean pods.
Mrs. Henry Fricsen was a
guest of the club and Mrs. Ralph
E. Mcrritt was co-hostess. Next
meeting will be a noon potluck
dinner and gift exchange to be
held at the home of Mrs. James
A.Wicker.
Orchid Slides
To Be Shown
Slides taken ot the Rob Mc
Lellan orchids in San Francis
co will be shown at a meeting
of the Rogue Valley Orchid So
ciety Friday, November 22. It
will be held at the Red Cross
Chapter House, 60 Hawthorne
Avenue, at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. McLcllan is a widely
known orchid grower. ,
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