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- 7 1 - TIIUKSUAV, NOVUMUbll Mi, 1903 4 B - Families and Friends Celebrate Thanksgiving With the nation In mourning because of the death of the late President John F. Kennedy, the traditional Thanksgiving Day dinners and other celebrations will be somewhat quieter than usual this year. However, families are gathering as usual with relatives and friends, college and university students are home and some have brought roommates and classmates. Mayor and Mrs. James Dunlevy and their children will be guests today of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross and children, Lynwood Avenue. The Dunlevy's son, Pat, is a student at Southern Oregon College, and their daughters, Judy and Betsy, attend St. Mary's High school. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Ross are Stanley, John Francis, student at SOC, and Mary and Dick, also enrolled at St. Mary's school. IMICDI'OIID MAIL TKIKUNE. MEDI'OltD. OREGON Judge and Mrs. Edward C. Kelly have planned a family dinner today at their home on Fourth street. Their guests will be their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward James Kelly and children, Shannon, Kevin, Shawn and Lisa, and another son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kelly, and their children Deirdre, Edward and Matthew. cilia Graham, who is living in the home of the Rev. and Mrs. King Jones, who moved to Portland from Jacksonville earlier this fall. Miss Carolyn Hawk, Berkeley, Calif., and her roommate, Miss Jo-Ann Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii, arrived last evening from Mt. Angel College, Mt. Angel, Ore., to spend the week end with Miss Hawk's aunt, Mrs. William B. McCullough, 137 Church Street, Ash land. Both young women are sopnomores at the school. Other guests in Ashland for Thanksgiving are Mrs. Bonnie Conrad and daughter, Nancy, former Ashland residents now liv ing in Santa Fe, N.M., who are with Mrs. Conrad's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Ager, Gresham street. Experiencing her first American Thanksgiving today is Chris tiane Hoberg, Hamburg, Germany, an American Field Service student making her home this winter with Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Cecil and family. Also guests of the Cecils today are Mr. and Mrs. J. Ray Tumbleson. Both Dr. Cecil and Mr. Tumbleson are on the faculty at Southern Oregon College, Ashland. Judge and Mrs. Earl M. Miller, 617 Park Street, will spend the day at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller and their children, Douglas, Gary, Cheryl and John, 1409 Siskiyou Coulevard. Also there will be the Millers son' in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hodges and children, Gor don and Linda; ana Mrs. Miller s brother and sisler-m-law, Mr. &nd Mrs. Thomas Kearney, all Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thompson, Scenic Avenue, Central Point, . have as guests today Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mills, Hornbrook, Calif., and Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Pope. The Thompsons daughter, Miss Alice Thompson, a senior at Oregon State University, is spending the week end at Humboldt State College, Eureka, Calif., taking part in the Western bpeech tournament. Miss Thompson is student forensic manager at the university. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Speare and sons, Kit Miller and Tony speare, with Mrs. Speare s molner, Mrs. Virginia bherwood, plan' ned to leave early this morning for Reno, Nev., to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Widmer and their children, John, Molly and Ann. Mrs. Widmer is another daughter of Mrs. Sherwood. The Speares plan to ski at Lake Tahoe while away. At home for Thanksgiving is Miss Kathleen Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric W. Allen Jr., 48 Windsor Avenue, Medford. Also visiting the Aliens is Miss Francine Bourgault of Los Angeles, roommate of Miss Allen at Marylhurst College, near Lake Oswego, Ore., where both are students. Among those leaving Applegate Valley recently on holiday trips are Mrs. Walter Carpenter, Ruch, who has left for Los Angeles to spend Thanksgiving with relatives. She will continue to Texas and Oklahoma, where she also will visit relatives. She expects to be gone four months. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sanford and family of Prospect are spending the Thanksgiving holidays in Boise, Ida., with Mrs. Sanford's father, Martin Newman, and Mrs. Newman, and two brothers. The Sanfords plan to return Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Shermon Poole of Prospect are spending Thanks giving with Mr; Poole's son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Poole, San Francisco. A family gathering is being held today at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Josephson, Prospect. The group includes Mr. and Mrs. Norman Harrison, son and daughter-in-law of Mrs. Joseph sen, and their family from Corvallis, and Mr. and Mrs. John Freeland, daughter and son-in-law of Mrs. Josephson, and their, family, Prospect. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lawrence, 1422 Euclid Avenue, are in Richmond, Calif., today for a family dinner with relatives. The couple left Tuesday; Mr. Lawrence plans to return Sunday and nirs. Lawrence wui remain lor a longer time. James Gault expected to arrive in Medford this morning from Provo, Utah, where he is a student at Brigham Young Univer sity, to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gault, 3426 Delta Water Road. He planned to bring with him Robert Eckles, formerly of Medford and also a student at Brigham Young, who will visit friends. They plan to return Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. D. Kirkland West, 2550 Old Military Road, will have several members of their family here for the day, Mr. and Mrs. D. Kirkland West Jr., and daughter, Sarah; and the Wests' daughter, Miss Ellen West, and a friend, Miss Mary Landcls, all San Francisco. From Salem is the couple's son, Bruce West. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Relnking, 18 Laurelwood Drive, Jackson ville, will entertain members of their family. Expected to arrive last evening were their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. Fdward ReinkinR nnd daughter, Carolyn, Salem, and Mrs. Hein king's nephew and family, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lusk and daugh ter, id'cii, Chico, Caht. Also to be at the Rcinking home today are Mrs. Reinking's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hill, Jackson ville, and Miss Edith Reinking, Ruch, a cousin of Mr. Rcinking. E. 0. Graham, Jacksonville mayor, and daughter, Miss Melva Graham, and son, Linn Graham; Mr. and Mrs. Job Bcrriman and Lee Williams, all Jacksonville, and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rob erts, Central Point, planned to be in Klamalh Falls as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roberts, former valley residents. Mrs. Richard Roberts, the former Miss Mary Ucrrimnn, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Job Bcrriman, and her husband is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Roberts. Mrs. Graham left Wednesday for Portland to be with the couple's other daughter, Miss Pris- FRIDAY SURPRISE! LARGE SELECTION DRESSES (IN ALL SIZES) sgoo Whllt Thay Ltill Othir Surprint Too! II II II II II II llll News About Today's Woman Home Career Leisure Arts Thanksgiving Day Made Official 100 Years Ago Thanksgiving Day exactly a century ago was a very special holiday indeed. Its unusual quality was not apparent at first glance, however. Families gathered, just as we do today, to feast on plump turkeys gar risoned by platters of vege tables, cranberries and mince pies. Nevertheless, Thanksgiv ing, 1863, was unique: the day had at last become a regular national holiday, destined to be celebrated every year from that date on. True, Thanksgiving had been observed many times by Ameri cans in the years since the Pil grims Thanksgiving of 1621, but its celebration had been haphazard. Even in Plymouth Colony,, as in succeeding Ameri can colonies, Thanksgiving was held irregularly and at varying times of year, sometimes falling in July. Proclamation George Washington pro claimed a national day of Thanksgiving in 1789, the year of his first inauguration. He is sued a proclamation, calling upon the people to thank God for a constitutional form of gov ernment. A national observance of the day was again celebrated in 1815 . by proclamation of President Madison. Otherwise, Thanksgiving was left to the discretion of state governors with the obvious result. A permanent, yearly Thanks giving Day was one of the fond est dreams of one tiny, persis tent New Hampshire lady. That woman was Sarah Josepha Hale who saw Thanksgiving Day as the great home festival. Born in 1788, Mrs. Hale had been wi' dowed at the age of 34 with five small children to support. She soon developed into a proline writer and later became the first editor of the first ladies' magazine, Godey's Lady's Book, pace-setter for 'the nineteenth century woman. Sarah Hale emerged as one of the most influential women of her era. From 1846 until 1863, she used that influence in an unswerving campaign to put Thanksgiving on the annual holiday calendar. For seventeen years, letters went out in her own hand to governors, presi dents and thousands of other distinguished persons. Editorials in Godey s urged nay, pleaded for an established Thanks giving Dny. Mrs. Hale s campaign tor a national Thanksgiving was one of the few issues on which all states seemed to be in har mony. Indeed, it was because of this that President Abraham Lincoln finally capitulated on her demands. In a country torn with war, he hoped that the holiday might help to unite the nation once more. In 1863, he proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a day of national Thanksgiving. The date was no accident. Taking Washington's lead, Lincoln selected the last feast day of the church year. Day Remains Thanksgiving did not slip back Into national obscurity. By means of her pen and prestige, Mrs. Hale saw to it that the holiday was kept in the public conscience. The following year, Lincoln again set aside the date as a day of Thanksgiving. It was a tribute to the little lady from New England that the New York Times reported on Novem ber 24, 1864: "Yesterday was more generally observed as a national holiday than any pre ceding Thanksgiving day we re member." The editor of the Times also observed that the day itself had been fair and sunny. Whether or not the beauty of Indian sum mer extended to the Civil War botllefields, many soldiers and sailors did enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner. Over forty thousand dollars, said the stalwart Times, had been collected to send Thanksgiving feasts to the fighting men. There were turkeys thous ands of them and barrels of sweet potatoes, tomatoes and apples, all supplied by tho gen erosity of folks back home. And there was coffee, the mainstay that could warm tho spirits on the chilly wastelands of the battlefield. Brews Ills Own For the most nart. the food was prepared by the camp cooks, but the eolfee was John D. Billings in his Civil War memoirs, Hardtack and Coffee: "I think the soldiers, as a whole, preferred to receive their coffee and sugar raw, for rough experience in campaign ing soon made each man an ex pert in the preparation of this beverage. Moreover, he could make a more palatable cup for himself than the cooks made for him." Even in the bitterness of war, that battlefield Thanks- Birthday Event Held in White City WHITE CITY -Sherman Sim mons was honored November 25 at a birthday party held in his home at Route 2, Box 566R, Central Point. The event was in the form of a surprise. Miss Donna Trout was in charge of games. Cards and gifts were presented the hon ored guest. - Twelve guests at tended. Return APPLEGATE VALLEY - Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Saltmarsh have returned after being in the Bay area, California, where they were guests of Mrs. Merriam Worthinton and her father, Ar thur Kleinhammer, and M r 8. Robert Waugh, Mill Valley, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCollum in Oakland. giving may have come closer to the feast of the Pilgrims than any other that year. Perhaps there was even time to observe the beauty of the landscape as the Pilgrims had so long ago. Of the first Thanksgiving, one nineteenth-century author wrote, "The Pilgrim from over sea fell in love then and there with New England and the bride, clad in her cloth of gold, had been waiting many years for such a suitor. So it hap pened that there was a wed ding feast." In 1863, Sarah Josepha Hale saw that feast of Thanksgiving firmly established as an annual national holiday. One hundred years later, it is a cherished holiday for everyone in the nation. Medford Man's Recipe Published in Magazine National Park, he also made the A quantity recipe for salad furnished by George W. Swin ney, 1013 West Ninth Street, is featured in the December issue of Sunset Magazine, which went on sale Wednesday, according to a release from the magazine. Published under the section, "Chefs of the West," the recipe will serve about 30 persons. Mr. Swinney's salad, which he named, "Salad XLNT" re quires four large heads iceberg lettuce; four bunches green on ions; four stalks celery; three large bananas; one bottle (eight ounces) French dressing; one half pint (one cup) pickle relish; one-half cup brown sugar; one teaspoon salt. Finely chop the . lettuce, on ions, celery and bananas. Add other ingredients and toss thor oughly. Receives Book For furnishing the recipe to the magazine, Mr. Swinney re ceived a copy of a "Chefs of the West" cook book. - Mr. Swinney said yesterday that he first made the salad in 1949 and 1950, when he was em ployed as a lumber scaler for the Kogap Lumber Company at the firm's logging camp in the Dead Indian section of this county. Since there was no camp cook, the men prepared their own meals and this was one of Mr. Swinney's contributions. He is a Boy Scout committee man and last June when he ac companied a group of Boy Scouts and Scoutmasters from here on a trip to Yellowstone salad for the erouo. Mr. Swinnev. who has lived in this area since 1945, worked for a number of years for the lum ber firm including about four years at the Kogap camp above Trail. For the past three years he has been sexton at the East wood Oddfellows Cemetery. ,, 4 Mistakes Resblted In Two All-Time Favorites in Candy Two all-time candy favorites are a result of mistakes, the Catholic Digest reports. The first known fudge was a batch of caramel gone wrong. The head cook in a Philadelphia factory tasted the rich unchewy stuff and exclaimed with disgust, "Bah! Fudge!" (The diction ary defines fudge as a 17th century interjection meaning "stuff and nonsenes!") The name stuck. Fudge makers ever since have been working hard to keep their candy from turning into caramel. Peanut brittle, too, was an error. In the 1890s a New Eng land housewife was making peanut taffy. The syrup was al ready bubbling on the stove before she realized that she had forgotten to add cream of tartar. In her confusion, she seized the baking soda instead. The result was a candy so hard that there was nothing to do but call it peanut brittle. It was lucky she remembered just how she had made her mistake. Shower Mrs. Clayton Miller, 1404 Myers Lane, Medford, was guest of honor at a surprise layette shower Tuesday evening when friends called on her. Hostesses were Mrs. William Redmon, Talent and Mrs. Jerry Denham, Phoenix. The honored guest was presented gifts. NEW YORK (UPI) - The motion that blindness produces a sharp ening of remaining senses seems to be based on fact, say University of Califor nia researchers. In experiments with rats the research team headed by Dr. David Krech found that blinding stimulated growth along with increased chemical activity in that part of the brain which registers impressions of bodily sensations. Because the sense of touch is relayed to this area, the scientists feci their results support the belief that blindness causes a compensatory sharpen ing of the sense of touch at least. .TOPS IN QUALITY! (BEWARE KO ' IMIT0kNS I I 'happv ' ljMP j LITTLE POOJgggg j low m PRICE cooEcbc! for Oats Flavor ...try it! r -- uTjifRf (PATS, -is Still Time To Register for the FREE DOOR PRIZES! Drawing Will Be Held At 6 P.M. Nov. 30. 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