MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1. IBM
Friendship
Night Held
By Bethel 14
Friendship night was ob
served recently by Bethel 14
International Order of Job's
Daughters.
Escorted and introduced were
Bethel queens, Charlotte Mar
tin, Bethel 69, Medford; Linda
Versteeg, Kerby; Helen Colwell,
Ashland; Lola Ackerman, Shady
Cove; Sue Kelley, Central
Point; past honored queens, Pa
tricia Harris, Bethel 14, Med
ford; Kathy Zimnierlee, Ash
land; senior princpsses, Linda
North, Bethel 69, Medford; Sheri
Watson, Shady Cove; Rae
Thrasher, Kerby; junior prin
cesses, Judy Frost, Shady Cove
and Tana Laird, Ashland.
Also introduced were Mrs. C,
D. Elhart, past grand gup.rdiar
and past guardian of Ashland
and Medford Bethels 14; Mrs.
William R. Brown, guardian of
Ashland Bethel; Mrs. Bette
Dierkes, guardian of Shady
Cove Bethel; Mrs. Signa Day,
guardian of Central Point
Bethel; Mrs. K. W. Cearley,
guardian of Bethel 69, Medford;
Francis Thompson, associate
guardian of C f n t r a 1 Point
Bethel; Mrs. Paul Snook, guar
dian of Shady Cove Bethel;
Mrs. Mertyn Harvey, past guar
dian Bethel 14, Medford; Mrs.
John North, past guardian of
Bethel 69, Mediord; Mrs. Dale
Ackerman, past guardian of
Shady Cove Bethel; Mrs. Stew
art Penington, worthy matron
of Reames Chapter, Order of
Eastern Star, and Miss Sharon
Hugdahl, grand representative
to British Columbia.
Honored Queen Ada Harris
announced Go to Church Sunday
as December 8 and all girls are
to meet at the First Presby
terian Church at 10:45 a. m.
After the meeting a contest
was held between representa
tives of the visiting bethels.
Prizes were won by Miss Helen
Coiwcll, Ashland, and Miss
Charlotte Martin of Bethel 69.
Refreshments were served in
the dining room by the Misses
July Chastain, Margaret Fleet
and Marilyn Couch.
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Christmas HEU Meetings To Be Held During Week
Jackson County Home Exten- Associated Country Women of
sion Units will havet soecial we world
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A reception held November 24 in Gold Hill honored Mr. and
Sirs. Melford Hood on their silver wedding anniversary. The
Hoods were married November 23, 19.18, in Medford, and have
lived in Gold Hill for the entire 25 years.
Aid ford Hoods Honored
On Silver Anniversary
GOLD HILL Mr. and Mrs. when their daughters were
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Melford Hood, 595 Fourth Ave
nue, Gold Hill, were honored at
a reception Sunday afternoon,
November 24, in observance of
their 25th wedding anniversary.
Hosts for the celebration were
sons-in-laws and daughters of
the couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Jones, Central Point, and Mr.
and Mrs. David Byers, Yreka,
Calif. The affair was given in
the new home of the Joneses
at 569 North Sixth Street, Cen
tral Point. Some forty relatives
of the honored pair called be
tween 2 and 4 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Hood wore mar
ried November 23, 1938 in Med
ford and have resided In Gold
Hill where both were active in
community life prior to his re
tirement. A retired employee of Med
ford Corporation, he served six
years on the former Gold Hill
: District No. 57 School Board and
was chairman of that board
when the local school system
was consolidated in District 6
which now includes schools in
Gold Hill, Sams Valley and Cen
tral Point. He is a charter mem
ber of the Gold Hill Volunteer
Fire Department and served
several years as fire chief for
the city of Gold Hill.
Mr. Hood is a former mem
ber of the city council. Also
active in fraternal work, ne is
a Dast noble Brand and past
district deputy grand master of
the Odd Fellow Lodge No. 129
in Gold Hill, and is a past chief
patriarch of the I.O.u.r. en
campment at Grants Pass.
Is Postal Clerk
Mrs. Hood is a clerk at the
United States Posl Office in
Gold Hill, a position she has
held since 1953. She is a past
resident of the Gold Hill Par
ent Teacher Association and
was a Brownie Scout leader
children. She donated her time
for 10 years to serve as chair
man of the well baby and pre
school children's clinics for the
Gold Hill Health Unit. Also in
terested in fraternal work, she
is a past noble grand of Ame
thyst Rebekah Lodge No. 97 and
a past president of the Past
Noble Grands Club of the Gold
Hill lodge.
For the reception the room
was decorated in a blue and
silver theme. Pictures of the
four grandchildren, David and
Daniel Jones and Dixie and
Douglas Bycrs, stood at either
end of the gift table.
Completing the decor was a
silver tree decorated with red
balls, a gift to the couple from
tne Byers and Joneses.
Heirloom Presented
A silver i-ake server which
had been in Mrs. Hood's family
for 125 years was presented to
them by her aunt, Mrs. Leota
Lewis, Medford. The server had
belonged lo Mrs. Hood's great
grandmother, Mrs. C. C. Bill-
nps, whose maiden name was
Miss Helen S. Wright.
Also among the gifts of silver
from relatives was an engraved
silver anniversary plate.
A tiered wedding cake tipped
with the 25th anniversary letters
in silver was made by Mrs.
Harold Mercer, sister-in-law of
the couple. She cut and served
the cake and Mrs. Helen Junes,
mother of Mrs. Hood, poured.
Mrs. Leota Lewis kept the
guest book and Mrs. Jones and
Mrs. Byers took charge of the
gift table.
Mr. Hood moved to the Rogue
River Valley with his family
from Idaho In 1923 and Mrs.
Hood came to Southern Oregon
from Portland in 1937, with her
family.
programs for December meet
ings. Some units will feature
Christmas customs of other
lands. Many will have guests
and others will have demon
strations of various holiday
items.
Final plans will be made for
the annual bazaar lo be held
December 6 in the Extension
Auditorium at the county fair
grounds, Medford.
Prospect -A
Christmas party, when hoi-!
iday decorations and gift ideas
will be on display, is planned
by Prospect Unit, Tuesday, De
cember 3, at 8 p.m., in the
Community Hall.
All interested women are in
vited and members and guests
having Christmas ideas or dec
orations are invited to take
them. Refreshments will be
served.
Griffin Creek
A demonstration of Christmas
candy-making will be given
during the Griffin Creek Unit
meeting Wednesday, December
4, at 10:30 a.m., in the home of
Mrs. Harry Fitzpatrick, 2212
Buena Vista Drive.
A pot'.uck luncheon will be
served at noon and members
are to take table service. Child
care will be provided and fur
ther information can be obtain
ed by calling Mrs. James Lowe,
773-3720.
Cohosless will be Mrs. S. R.
Rogers.
Valley Rogue
Members are asked to lake
baked bazaar items and a gift
for the Christmas exchange
when Valley Rogue Unit meets
Thursday, December 5, at 7:30
p.m., in the home of Mrs. G. G.
Keesee, 3216 Madrona Lane.
Lake Creek
"Greenery" will be the lesson
for Lake Creek Unit, Wednes
day, December 4, in the home
of Mrs. Ira Woolfolk, Browns
boro. Mrs. William Harper and
Mrs. Lester Bradshaw will give
the demonstration.
The meeting will open at
10:30 a.m., and any woman in
the area who is interested is
invited.
A Christmas gift exchange
will be held in the afternoon
following a ham luncheon at
noon. Menu information may
be obtained from Mrs. Hencry
Meyer. Table service will be
required.
Upper Applegate
John Snider, former Medford
mayor, will speak about his visit
to Alba, Italy, at the Upper
Applegale Unit meeting Wednes
day. December 4. at 10:30 a.m.
in Ruch Community Church.
The annual potluck Christmas
luncheon win be served.
An exchange of homemade
gifts will be conducted and eacn
member is to take a gift for
patients i n the state mental
hospital. A business meeting
will be conducted. All Inter
ested women are invited.
Medford Parents
Medford Parents Unit will
meet Tuesday evening, Decern- j
ber 3, in the home of Mrs. Her-1
bert Gifford, 2336 Table KocK
BnaH. Entertaining witn Mrs
Gifford will be Mrs. Kenneth
Jensen, Mrs. Roy Simmons and
Mrs Marion Wells, ine pro
gram for the Christmas meet
ine will be presented by Mrs.
Glenn Stewart and will concern
Mrs. C. O. Kelley and Mrs.
B. R. Matthelsen will share
pictures of their world travels.
A gift exchange will be held and
members also are to take items
they are contributing to the ba
zaar. Butle Falls and Derby
Butte Falls and Derby home
extension units will hold a joint
Christmas meeting at the home
of Mrs. Keith Scott on Fir
Street, December 5, at 10:30
a.m.
Polly Pacific of the Pacific
Power and Light Company will
present a film of Christmas
ideas and decorations, and will
conduct a discussion with the
group starting at 1 p.m.
All interested women of the
Derby and Butte Falls com
munities are invited to come
and bring table service for the
planned luncheon. Child care
will be at the home of Mrs.
William Norling.
Reese Creek
A luncheon based on German
holiday festivities will be served
at the Reese Creek unit meeting
Thursday, December 5 in the
home of Mrs. Morris Curtis,
Crater Lake Highway.
A gift exchange will be con
ducted. Child care will be
available.
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Cofftt, Cookiis & Sandwichis.
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window treatments. 1
a email round table is the
perfect foil for a floor - length ; I
Christmas cloth. Make one ot
bright red or green cot'on and ,
trim with white swag-and-ball
frinop around the bottom using
a narrow zigzag stitch. Make
cushions for the dining chairs
in stylized Christmas tree
shape, trim tree with fabric'
covered buttons in contrasting
colors so that they look like flat
Christmas tree balls.
Kinoor Kowir.2 exnerts suggest
you make a paper pattern of
tree before cutting fabric which
you can also use to make extra
trees to paste on your window
shados add some ball fringe
to the shade border and multi
colored flat buttons to the trees,
and for a little time and
effort and very little money
-you'll have a delightful spot
to entertain banta.
I r.tvp v o u r bathroom an
I elegant holiday air by having
your towels and window shades
brightly decorated with amus
ing Christmas moms.
Christmas bells, holly leaves,
candy canes, or decorative can
dles are all easy 10 sunoueuc.
rut iho annlinues out of wash
able fabric in colors that lend
a nrcttv contrast to your towels
and applique with a zigzag
stitch, add several rows of dec
orative stitch patterns to design
lo give your towels a special,
custom look, lo complete your
rnlnr scheme, paste one set of
appliques on your window shade
and cover waste basket with
towel and trim with ball fringe.
Artificial holly shade pulls will
add still another imaginative 1 1
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