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THURSDAY. JULY 10. 1958 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Page !-C Bellingham, Yashington Former Teacher Weaves Apparel Of Distinction By CALVIN JOHNSON Herald Reporter BELLINGHAM (AP) Along' ne of Copenhagen's tourist-filled ttreets recently a young American housewife startled her husband by tuddenly darting from his side to greet another woman like a long lost friend. "I never saw her before." the housewife later explained. "I thought she might know Ethel Barber. She was wearing a Barb er skirt. The American tourist was refer ring to 54-year-old Mrs. James Barber, a former grade school teacher, who operates a hand weaving shop near Bellingham. The shop is in a long concrete' block structure behind her small frame home. Both buildings stand en land purchased 30 years ago from the Lummi Indians. Mrs. Barber is a short woman She looks younger than her 54 years. Her graying hair is offset by the spring in her step and the tnap in her voice. Her clothes arc literally hand nif.de, but would do justice to a Fifth Avenue frock shop. She wears heavy-rimmed glasses, respects her husband s business judgment, smokes unfiltered cigarettes, and I has a painter's feeling for color, ' balance and design. "Things like that Copenhagen in cident have happened in other parts of the world," she told visitor during a tour of her loom room. "One woman told me my designs are as distinctive barber pole. "But I think it's the color and balance rather than design that makes Barber material so easily recognizable. Of course the de signs are important too." she said. "Here's what I mean." Mrs. Barber paused at one of 12 looms operated by a Lummi Indian wom en. "Watch for a few moments." The woman's hands were a blur as she slid a long bobbin through parallel layers of taut cotton thread. Her feet moved from side to side depressing what looked like organ treadles that raised and low ered various strands after each passage of the bobbin. an 1 H-T.' Student Wins Legion Fete DUNSMUIR Winifred Ander- Hon. Dunsmuir eighth grade stu dent, has won second place in the Department of California, Ameri can Legion Auxiliary, Americanism essay contest, Mrs. Velda Shear er. Americanism chairman of Epps unit, confirmed recently. Winifred will be given a check for $50 and a certificate of award for her outstanding essay at the snnual Epps Post and Unit picnic at the Dunsmuir City Park on Thursday, July 17. Patty McEnerney, Girls' State delegate, and Joe Ammiratti and Kichard Anderson, Boys' State delegates, will also be special guests at the picnic and report on their experiences at these re spective events. The picnic will be a family af fair and will begin at 6:30. Recent unit events include the annual election at which Myrtle French consented to serve as pres ident for another term of otfice. Her corps of officers will also con tinue in office. They are Christine Coon, first vice president: Lois Bectel. second vice president: Vir ginia Martin, secretary; Sidona Beaughan, treasurer; Clara Nibeck- er, chaplain; Rosa Carter, mar shal: Susan Martin Sergeant-at- erms; Nellie King, historian. Massey Presents Ike With Gift OTTAWA' (AP)-Gov. Gen. Vin-I font Massey has presented an Eskimo stone carving to Presi dent Eisenhower. Vlt was done by Thomasie, a leading Eskimo carver who lives with his wife and family in the village of Povungnituk, on the east coast of Hudson Bay. The carving, seven inches high (rand weighing 14 pounds, shows' an Eskimo hunter, with a full bag tinder his left arm, rising from the snow and slinging a Canada goose over his left shoulder with his right hand. "This is Delores Senior." said Mrs. Barber. "She's completing an order from a store in Montana." The material being "built" con tained about six different colored threads. The overall effect might be called one of colored salt and pepper. "There is no distinctive pattern here," said Mrs. Barber, "yet there is a definite design and weav ing formula that combine to cre ate visual balance and color har mony. This is, a special order. Most of our cloth has a recogniz able pattern." The weaver never interrupted her rhythmic movements. "De- lores has been with me a long time," said Mrs. Barber. "Over there is Verla Kinley," she pointed. "Delores and Verla now run the weaving shop, I taught them most of what they know about weav ing. Now they teach the new girls. I no longer weave. . .just spend my time experimenting with new designs and color. "These Lummi girls are won derful workers. They have great patience and skillful hands. We usu ally keep nine to 12 of them em ployed, although we have had as many as 17 during the rush season (June to Christmas). Mrs. Barber hired her first weaver in 1946 when she chose to convert a ten-year-old hobby into a profession. "So many people of fered to buy things from me, I finally decided to try making a living at it, she explained. "I started with one loom and half a garage." Now she has about 'ten times as much working space. I guess you might call it the only hand-woven concrete building in the state, she said. Business growth accounted for building growth. The Barber "dirndl" (or peasant-type skirt) was the chief item for many years Today's Barber-woven products in clude dresses, sheaths, chemises, aprons, ties, blouses and chil dren's clothes. Three Bellingham women do the tailoring for finished items sold at the Barber shop. Uncut cloth ordered by stores and individuals in America and overseas absorbs a large percent age of the Barber production. "We seem to be able to sell all we can make," she said. Workmanship and quality In gredients have added to the de mand for Barber cloth. Skirts and dresses are still being worn six and seven years after purchase, and color also have a lasting quality. "By experimenting we have arrived at something the pub lic lines, Mrs. Barber said. In creating a new design, she does it "from head to loom." She never makes drawings. Once de veloped, she gives her designs a name. Here is an example picked at random from her record book: 'evergreen LWTSTV4 new." Translated, it loses none of its mystery: Little white twill and 20 tabbies, one-shot white, four tabbies, double self-twill with a center gold shot, eight tabbies, one half new done in white and repeat to the begin ning." These security regulations for designs are "because some hand weavers are notorious pirates That's why I keep everything up here," she said, touching her temple. "Delores, Verla and I know most of the designs from memory. . and there are thousands of them, but I don't think they're going to tell anyone. "The only thing I don't mess with around here is the business end of the business, she said. "My husband handles all that. "We made an agreement years ago and stuck to it. He handles all the paper work. I handle the designs and production. The system has worked out pret ty well. Gross income of the Barb er Hand Weaving Shop is now approaching $100,000 a year. MILLER'S Department Stores observed their 56th anniver sary recently and tied in the observance with the annual blanket sales promotion. Each of the -17 stores in the chain presented a lucky winner with a cedar chest which holds two blankets. Shown here is the Klamath Falls win ner, Mrs. D. W. Lavin, 553 I' South Sixth Street, accepting her gift from Walter Kennett, manager of the Klamath Falls Miller's outlet. British Cancer Scientists Find Dangerous Electricity By ALTON BLAKESt.EE , Associated Press Science Writer LONDON (AP) - British scien-l lists have found a curious and apparently dangerous electricity in cancers. The healthy cells stick together and don't go wandering off. But cancer cells seem to develop strong negative electric charges. This could make them repel oth er cells, so they move about free ly and spread to start cancers elsewhere in the bodv. This electrical action was de-! scribed in a report today to the seventh International Cancer Con- iress by E. J. Ambrose and G. Easty of the Chester Realty Re search institute in London. They have been studying cells growing in tissue culture. The cells are kept alive and growing in glass tubes or plates. The cancer cells gained increas ingly strong negative charges as a tumor developed and as it be came more invasive or able to spread, the scientists said. The negative charge became stronger ihan that of healthy cells. The cancer cells could be made to stick together by adding certain chemicals which carry a positive electric charge. The research Is helping to ex plain the chemical nature of changes taking place on the sur face of cancer cells. It might even prove useful as a method someday of stopping the spread of cancers. Among other reports to today's session ol the cancer congress The experimental antibiotic Aetinomycin. D produced a slight but definite improvement in about a fifth of 54 patients with various OSBURN HOTEL EUGENE, ORE. t. t. R. Eirlr J ttrlr Jr. Proprietors Thoroughly Modem forms of cancer. The benefits werel temporary, reported Doctors C. T. C. Tan and Joseph H. Burchenal of the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York. Mitomycin C, an antibiotic dis covered in Japan, and several other drugs can cure leukemia in mice which is caused by virus, Sloan-Kettcring Doctors Kanemat- su Sigura and C. Chester Stock said. The drug is not yet avail able for human use. 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Many of them lack training in market procedure and often lose a large part of their moray that should have provided for their future. Mrs. Morton Seidel, of Beverly Hills, Calif., wife of an invest ment banker, gives women some advice on this subject in the cur rent Commercial & Financial Chronicle. She decries the free advice giv en women by novices in invest ment. "The layman in the field of, investment is an offender," she says. "A person who has no knowledge or experience or has not had the opportunity to study problems, techniques, or methods of investing is not a person from whom to take advice. Women should invest with care. says Mrs. Seidel. "We should read more books, articles, reports writ ten by financial men and hear re liable, well-informed speakers. We should study and above all learn to read a balance sheet. And what about checking up on one's investment adviser? The women, Mrs. Seidel holds, should investigate his moral and finan cial standing, his reputation, back ground, and his interest in his clients. You'll throw your money away if you accept tips on nothing bet ter than rumor, she explains. And a woman shouldn't become angry with the counselor who tells her, don t buy. She explains that investments must be mado to suit the individu al. What is good for one may not be good for another another, perhaps, with plenty of money to take chances. What is the criterion of a good investment? It is one the coun selor can describe: "This Is as safe as any good security can be." Here's why: "1. It has conscientious, reli able well-trained men at its head. "2. It has paid its dividends without interruption for years. 3. It is a type of business which does not fluctuate from prince to pauper." Mrs. Seidel insists women must familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of investment. 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