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Parties Will Brighten
Valley Holiday Season
By OLIVE STARCIIER
The holiday season is favorite lime for entertaining and many
parties, large and small, will be held throughout the Rogue Val
ley. Some are planned for students and others for their ciders;
some are traditional events held annually by families and groups.
Today Jacksonville friends of Robertson Collins are invited to
his home for an open house and sherry party. Music will be pro
vided by a trin of young men, Wayne Cabler, Edward Graham
and .lohn Henderson, who played for a similar event last year.
About 70 couples and families are invited.
Clowns worn by women attending the an
nual Christmas Ball of Medford Junior Serv
ice League were of many colors and designs,
although the majority were long. Mrs, Arthur
A. Ekerson (at left), wore a slim black gown
and Mrs. William Patton, Ashland, wore a
white taffeta gown with full skirt and a green
sash tied into an enormous bow. Since (he
hall is always a fancy coiffure and headdress
event, Mrs. Kkfrsnn's hair was heavily sil
vered, and Mrs. Patton wore a wreath of
holly. Mrs. Ekerson was one of the models for
a small showing of furs staged by Jean
Hart's store. Others were the Mesdames Rich
ard Hrnslev. Hilly Illackstonc, Robert Taylor,
lames P. Shoemaker, James Shaw and Carl
H'imherly Jr. Shown were Curtis Stewart furs.
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Mr. and Mrs. John N. Winton, Eagle Point, will he hosls for
cocktails and dinner this evening at Mon Desir Dining Inn. About
50 guests are expected. This is the last of a series of two parties
which the Wintons have given; the olher was given at the inn
last Sunday and about 30 guests attended,
An annual holiday event is the winter formal hall of SI. Mary's
High School. The dance this year will he held Monday. December
30, at Mon Desir Dining Inn from eight o'clock until midnight.
Music will he by Roy Taylor's band and the theme will be "Won
derland by Night."
Committee chairmen are bay Lewis, program; Mary hay
Hochslattcr, chaperones; Kristine Laubachcr, publicity; Robin
Ashenberncr, decorations; Pat Fellers and Mike Hutchinson,
tickets; Millicent O'Connor, court.
Another dance for students is planned at Rogue Valley Coun
try Club for Friday. December 27. This will be an informal Teen
Agers Hop from H until 11 o'clock. Sons and daughters of Country
Club members and their friends in junior and senior high school
are invited.
Music for dancing will he by the Jaguars and other entertain
ment is being planned. Serving on the committee of parents plan
ning the party are Dr. and Mrs. Robert Buck, Dr. and Mrs. John
.Vatson, Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyerding and Mr. and Mrs. Hous
ton h. Rush.
An open house and Christmas party is announced by Chi Omega
Alumnae members, the event to he held Friday, December 27
from 2 to 4 p.m., in the home of Mis. George L. Lewis, 2133 East
Jackson Boulevard.
All Chi Omega members are invited.
Mrs. Lewis will be assisted by her daughter, Miss Diane Lewis,
a junior student at the University of Washington, and Mrs. Maury
Isled and daughter, Miss Nicki Isted, a junior at Oregon State
University.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Scholl, 180 White Oak Drive, have
bidden friends to attend an open house in their home on Christmas
Eve.
Mrs. Patrick Ford (center) was one of the
winners In the annual coiffure competition
which adds Interest each year to the Medford
Junior Service League's Christmas Ball. Mrs.
l ord was gowned In green satin and her head
dress was a halo nf white twigs. Shown with
Mrs. Ford, who is the former Cynthia Jack
son, are her luislmml and Mrs. James Shaw.
Mrs. Shaw was our of the niodrls for a show
ing of furs staged by .lean Hart's store. Pro
reeds from the hall are bring given to the
Medfnril Sellout nt Hope. I KnarkNtrdt photo)
Malta Commandery Slates
Traditional Breakfast
The Malta Commandery,
Knights Templar will hold their
annual Christmas observance
program Christmas morning,
December 25 at 9 o'clock (or all
Sir Knights and their families
in the Ashland Masonic Temple
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Temple.
or nt the Masonic
Ashland Club
Party Is Held
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inn thA nlnh Vrttit- An t,.,,iili.
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Man Named
To Board
Robertson Collins has been in
vited by the Portland Sym
phony Society to become a
member of the board of asso
ciate directors. Mr. Collins, a
member of the Oregon Shake
spearean festival Association
board and of the Rogue Valley
Art Association board, attended
his first meeting in Portland
last week.
The Symphony Society has an
advisory board composed of 20
persons, and in addition the 20
person hoard of associate di
rectors from throughout the
state in such cities as Bend,
Salem, Pendleton, The Dalles
and Medford.
Mr. Collins slates that it is
the aim of the society and
others Interested to have the or
chestra serve the state as a
whole rather than being con
fined to the Portland area
alone. The 70-picce orchestra
toured the state last fall, giving
a concert here and in several
other cities, and it is hoped that
such tours may be made once a
year, or oftencr, in the future,
Holiday Date
Set by Couple
RUCH - Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Davis, Ruch. announce the
lorthcomir.g marriage of their
niece. Miss Zoo Ann Hawkins,
to John E. Dunlap. son of Mr.
and Mrs .1. P. Dunlap, Maple
Valley, Wash.
Miss Hawkins is a Medford
High School graduate and both
she and her fiance have attend
ed Prairie Bible institute at
Three Hills, Alberta, Canada
The bride
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Mrs. Donald Wanek, pictured here with her husband. Dr.
Wanek, was named Queen of the Ball during the recent annual
Junior Service League Christmas Ball. Mrs. Wanck's dark hair
was sprayed with red glitter and snow and she wore a long red
eveoing gown. Mrs. Wanek was presented a gift from the league
by F'itzhugh Brewer, who served as master of ceremonies.
(Knackstedt photo)
Visitors Arrive
For Holidays; '
Many On "Trips
Since Christmas is a time for
family gatherings and for winter
travel, the coming week will
find many visitors arriving in
the valley and scores of Rogue
Valley residents leaving to spend
a vacation in olher cities and
states.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farrcll,
1510 East Main Street, plan to
leave this week for Southern
California. There they will visit
their sons-in-law and daughters,
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Handwerg
and infant daughter, Joan, Los
Altos, and Mr.- and Mrs. Alvin
Zelver and sons, Nicholas and
Michael, Menlo Park.
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Couple '
Returns
To Medford
Arriving in Medford in time
for the holiday season are Dr.
and Mrs. William L. Barnum,
who have moved from Lake Os
wego, where they made their
home for 22 years.
The Barnums have purchased
a home on Yale Drive in the
Bel Air Heights addition and
their two sons will join them
there for. the holiday season.
William L. Barnum Jr., gradu
ated Saturday from Oregon
State University and is being
commissioned a second lieute
nant in the Army the same day.
His brother, Robert Elliott
Barnum, is a junior at Oregon
State University.
Dr. and Mrs. Barnum are
bath graduates of Medford High
School and have visited in the
valley frequently during the
years they have made their
home in Lake Oswego. Dr.
Rarnum is the son of Mrs. E. N.
Eldridge of 235 South Oakdale
Avenue, Medford, and Mrs. Bar
num. the former Amy Elliott,
is the daughter of Dr. B. R. I
Elliott of the West Side district.
Dr. Barnum, who has been
practicing children's dentistry
in Portland, will enter practice
here after the first of the year.
Football Fans
To See Games
Among valley football enthu
siasts who plan to be in El
Paso, Tex., December 23 for
the University of Oregon-Southern
Methodist University Sun
Bowl game are Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Smith, 2136 East Jack
son Street.
During their visit they will be
'taken on a sight-seeing tour in
Mexico and attend a New
Year's Eve party being ar
ranged there for out-of-town
visitors.
The Smiths are to leave El
Paso, December 31 for Pasa
dena to attend the Rose Bowl
game on January 1.
Christmas, 1963
The liva nativity tableau
pictured on the front page
of this section is presented
nightly at 8 o'clock, Decem
ber 18 through 23, under
the auspices of the Medford
Ministerial Association. The
front lawn of the First
Methodist church, facing
Main Street is the location
of the familiar manger
scene. Shown here are Miss
Sandra Stella, Medford
High School student, and
Royal Harger, of Crater
High School, in the roles of
Mary and Joseph on the
opening night of the tab
leau. These young peoplo
are from the Medford Free
Methodist Church.
The tableau's c a I
changes from night to
night as youth delegates
from a number of area
churches take part. A back
ground of Christmas carols
is provided each evening
from 8:10 to 8:30 by youth
choirs of various churches.
The life of Christ is de
picted on this page in
stained glass windows de
signed by John Wallis and
Associates, Pasadena, Calif.
Betrothal News
MONTAGUE - Mr. and Mrs.
Aage Petersen, Montague, have
announced the engagement of
their youngest daughter, Carol,
to Rex L. Fowler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Fowler, Ar
lington, Kan.
Miss Petersen attended local
schools and was graduated from
Yrcka High School, attended
College of Siskiyous and a Kan
sas college. She is employed by
the Treasury Department in San
Francisco. Mr. Fowler is em
ployed by the U. S. Forest Serv
ice as an engineer.
The couple plans to be mar
ried in the Yreka Methodist
Church February 1.
'WANT IT -CHARGE IT
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hart Jr.
and daughters, Pamela, Andrea
and Margretha, 116 Black Oak
Drive, will travel to Seattle for
the holidays to he with Mrs.
Hart's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Larsen.
Among guests from Ashland attending the annual Christmas
Ball nf Medford Junior Service League, held December II at
Rogue Valley Country Club, were Mr. and Mrs. Philip Selby and
Mr. and Mrs. Dnm Provost Jr. Mrs. Selby (at left) wore a white
evening gown and had her hair sprayed red while Mrs. Provost
wore glitter in her hair and a rhinestone ornament at the front.
The league's charily ball Is always one of the most elaborate
social function of the holiday season In the Rogue Valley.
(Knackstedt photo)
Mr. and Mrs. John Hcberling
and three children, 717 Broad
Street, will spend the Christmas
holidays in San Jose, Calif., vis
iting Mrs. Heberling's mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Durkin
and children, San Francisco, are
to arrive this week to be house
guests of Mrs. Durkin's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Day, Del
Rev Estates.
Former Prospect
Resident Is Wed
PROSPECT Announcement
has been made of the marriage
of Miss Earlene Hales and Tho
mas Timm, both of Glendale,
Ore., where the ceremony was
performed December 13. The
bride is a former Prospect resi
dent, a niece of Mrs. Carl Cun
ningham. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham
and Mrs. Olive Hervey, Pros
pect, attended the rites.
Student Arrives
From University
Miss Rnsanne Legas, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Le
gas, 220 North Barnehurg Road,
arrived last week from Seattle
where she is a freshman student
at University of Washington,
majoring in political science.
She lias been chosen represen
tative of the United Kingdom
for the campus model United
Nations. Miss Legas will be
here until January 5.
Trio to Leave
For Vacation
Mrs. Julie Tummrrs, Central
Point and Mrs. John Mansfield in Minot, N. D., and Mr. Dun'
and Mrs. Harry Stanley, both lap is there as director ol Child
Medford, plan to leave Jnnti- ' Evangelism Fellowship of the
ary ;i fur a month's tour of Mex-1 Northwest Area. He was gradu
ten. ated from a Tacoma, Wash.,
En route to Mexico City they high school,
plan to slop at San Jose Pura, j The wedding has been plan
a resort and while on the trip ned for December 28 at 7:30
also will make a visit to Porta p m . in Ruch Community
Barralta. Church.
Mrs. Lois Wadsworth. Belve
dere, Calif., is to arrive in Med
ford December 2:1 to spend the
Christmas holiday with her fa
ther, II. II. Pringle. and Mrs.
Pringle, Nil North Modoc Ave
nue. .
Family Plans
elect is employed Day llty I rip
ASHLAND sirs. John cotton.
1120 Prospect Avenue, with her
sons, Jeffrey. Chris and Michael,
will spend the holiday in San
Francisco as a guest of her oth
er son, Teter Cotton.
Michael Cotton arrived the end
of the week from Eugene where
he is a freshman student at the
University of Oregon.
In commemorate the Birth of
Christ and renew their nbliga-l
lion to God and man in an im
pressive ceremony.
The traditional breakfast nf
this commandery originated
many years ago when George
Barron, an Ashland pioneer,
made homemade sausage. Be
ing an artive Knight Templar,
he bad the idea of gathering
in fellowship and commemora
tion after the Christmas service
(or a breakfast ol the sausage.
He donated the meat while
olher foods were prepared by
the knights and their wives.
This tradition has been con
tinued each year by the com
mandery with the spirit of the
reason prevailing at the festive
tables in the temple.
The breakfast this year will
be held at 9:30 a.m., in the
Crown Room nf the Mark An
fun program. That time is the
annual Christmas party. This
year the newly decorated Crown
Room of the Mark Antony Hotel
made a festive and colorful
background to the tables center
ed with Christmas arrange
ments and exchange gift pack
ages. Group singing of carols was
led by Miss Cora Mason with
Mrs. Hattie Lilwiller accompa
nying at the organ.
Mrs. Adelaide Clary repented
that at one local rest home
there are four women and two
men who are without relatives
and asked that remembrances
be made by members This con
tribution is in addition In the
customary distribution of bas
kets to needy families.
It was announced th.it the
club creche is in place on the
Pl.-iH The NaliMtv srene is
limy Hotel. All Sir Knights and lighted each night.
their t.imilies are Invited to c ;- '
share in the fellowship and.jOnS Visit
Inidilion as guests of the com- Douglas Snider, a .sophomore
mandery.
T h e eminent rnmmander.
Carl Oestreich and his corps of
officers has extended the invi
tation. Gene Morris is in charge of
Die hreaktosl. further informa
tion may he obtained from him, 1 Argonne Place.
student in Ihc school of archi
tecture at Notre Dame Univer
sity and John Snider, a junior
at the University of Oregon
have arrived to spend the holi
days with their parents, Mr
and Mis. John . Snider. 2.MH1
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