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I Newly Grownup Finds Things Not So Funny As He Had Imagined ' By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK-Cn-Being grownup isn't half the fun you thought it would be when young. Every child dreams of the time when he will be at UU ai the adulu who tower above him, and have at big i voice, and money of his own in his pocket. To him all grownups, even thel ainaest ana most unaersunaing, ta ta reluctantly or not .re jailers. And he bears for lhe uTSbSSffuSt tne proiouna a utrusi mat a.smau , ne fmd, hlmwli , pri(loner . iri'ijAV8" 'h.'."!n- nd strange jail. Why it Isn't own weakness, toward a giant who doesn't seem to know his own strength. The attitude of a child to a grownup is a mixture of envy, frus- a simple thing at all! Sure, he is tall now but so are those around him. Sure, he can run fast but there isn't anything to run for, unless he Is a politician. Sure, he can buy all the ice cream tration and admiration. And the cones he wants, but he only wants thins he resents most is the faction if an And there ire so many he is so dependent upon him. I hard-to-get-hold of things be never The trouble is thev live in two i had to worrv about as a child a separate worlds, and the bridge job, a wile, and new toys like auto that connects them is a one-way mobiles. path that the child must move Being 'an adult, knowing their along more slowly than he wants problems, for the first time In nis to. I life he begins to pity them and To him his world Is a highly com plex one, full of doubts, fears and forbidden ecstasies a world in which there are only a few things he can do and many things he can't. Naturally, then, to his eyes me aauu worm is a simple ana ue-1 - sirable world What problems could , rOTCnT" AnCl'wOn auuiis nave.' jney can siay up as himself for the snot they're in. No, being grownup isn't the fun a child thinks it is. It is just the dreams of childhood encased in shell of duty and responsibility. late a they like, go to a movie whenever they want to, and buy all the candy their oig fat stomachs will hold. Appraisals Change What makes grownups so often act cross and irritable then? Why, they must be crazy. And I think every chil' is secretly convinced that every grownup really is touched in the head. I can remember one of my ta mer s mends saying to me once Banquet Held By Future Farmers The annual narent-and-son ban quet of the Roseburc chapter of the Kuture Farmera of America was held Friday evening, Feb. 17, at junior high school. The banquet is held each year in honor of the parents of boys taking vocational agriculture in the Rose- "You don't know hn lurkv vnn I burl senior hieh school and mem are. boy. I only wish I was ten bers of the Roseburg chapter of years old a Earn And I can recall clearly my own thought: "I wish you were, too I'd kick you." . It Is in adolescence, however, when the two worlds of boyhood and manhood begin to merge that the adult loses most of his stand ing with the young. The wonder and admiration have worn off. The eyes of adolescence have a terrible and ruthless honesty. They see the grownups as pitiful and pretentious tyrants, leaning on ris authority to hide his own weak nesses. The youth has a two-way view then, and often he wonders if it wouldn't be better to crawl back into childhood than to be come an adult like those he sees around him. But the path is still one-way. He Hearing aid batteries for all aids, shipped onywhere. Beltone for Better Hearing. S. C. Mitchell, Dealer 75 W. Broadway Eugene, Oroeon Member of J. N. Tuft ond Associates of Portland FFA. Eugene Garrett. Grants Pass southwestern Oregon vice-president of the FFA, gave the principal address. Tom Findlay gave a summary or productive enterprise projects, and Ed Stntzke told of the super vised farming program. Archie Myers spoke on leadership earn. ing and savings, and Dennis Johns ton outlined community service. scholarship and conduct of meet ings. Another speaker waa trvin Stritzke. student. Entertainment included an accor dion solo by Tom Vance and a Diano solo by Billy Riley. H. W, Grow, instructor and FFA advisor, presented letters to winners. Hon orary members were initiated into the chapter near the close of the program, Canyonville Volunteer Firemen Set Practices The Canyonville 'volunteer fire department members voted to have a practice run. each Thursday night when they meet except the first Thursday of the month which will be reserved for a business meeting. The members will be divided- into three groups and each member will be given instructions on how to handle all the equipment Each Thursday night a fireman blows the siren to remind the mem' bers of the meeting and also for the purpose of testing the siren. 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Telephone lines in the Hayhurst district, which have been out aim the bad snow storms in January, have been restored and now com munications with the outside world are available again. The Yoncalla telephone lines and all farmer's lines are all fixed again. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Brooks Sr. visited relatives in Grants Pass, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Henry Hubbell and daughter Byrna visited their daughter and family in West Fir, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Petrich and sons of Aberdeen, Wash, visit ed at the Vernon Duper home in Hayhurst over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Davis an'l son, Shirley, of Black Foot, Idaho are spending a few days visiting at the Russell Scott home. Sunday" visitors at the Luther Daugherty home were Mr. and Mrs. Don Cox and son Don Jr. of Newport and Dr. and Mrs. Peter son and son of Eugene. Mrs. Joel Holtan of Eugene spent Sunday with her parents, here, Mr and Mrs. Geo. Edes. Mr. and Mrs. Avery Lasswell chaperoned a group of Methodist Young people to Portland, leaving Friday morning and returning Group Discusses Cus Safety Need j At S recent meeting of the Doug las County Farm Home and Rural Life committee, "school bus safe ty" was discussed. The committee waa concerned over the fact that the new school bus law haa made children careless when crossing roads after they get off the bus. Children have learned that traf fic is supposed to stop from both directions when the bus stops to let them off. What they have NOT learned, the committee said, is that (1) All drives may not be aware of the law. (2) Some drivers might not be able to stop by the time the bua does. (3) A driver cannot always see a child when he dashes from behind the bus to cross the road. The committee feels that thia Is of vital importance to all, that a few reminders of parents, teachers, and bus drivers might point out the need to be alert to traffic from all directions, even if the law does say that all traffic should stop when the bus does. Habits of cau tion in crossing streets would car ry over to summer time and week ends when children are riding in private c-. members said. Angel Kaus, in Venezuela, drops 3,212 feet, 15 times farther than Niagara Falls. home Sunday night, to -attend MYF conference. Those going from here were Miss Shirley Highley. Miss Pauline Rychard, Billy Bou cock, Dick McDonald, and Bobbie Means, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hamilton spent last week visiting in Berke ley and Turlock, Calif. Mrs. Bennie Kerlee of Salem spent the weekend here visiting her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Thorpe. Ma. a nil Mra rlgranK. PA-lfier of Medford spent the weekend here at tne nave Rogers nome. Mrs. Etta Miller waa called to Brewster, Nebr. this week due to the death of her father. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hanson and two sons spent Sunday in Days Creek, where Mr. and Mrs, Archie Fergerson entertained at a birth day dinner honoring Hanson. Oth er guests present included Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Michaels, and sons, Larry and Tom, of Days Creek. Mrs. Sam Pearson is spending a few days in St. Paul, Ore., visit ing her daughter. 1 Rice Valley Card Party Boosts Dimes Drive Fund The card party held at the Rice Valley hall Saturday night was well attended. The proceeds went to the March of Dimes fund. "500" was in play. Low score went to Mrs. Walker and J. G. Wales and high score to Mr. Castor and LeRoy Churchill. Ward Cocheram won the door prize. Those attending and enjoying the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Del mar Rice. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Rice, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Churchill, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Churchill. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Cocheram, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cocheram, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dunbar, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Walker, Albert Cocheram, Mr. and Mrs. William Castor, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Wales, Mrs. Cecil Hartford and son, Victor; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Theil. Albert Cocheram and Bellfalor Spikier. National Guard To Join In Northwest Maneuvers SPOKANE, Feb. Mem bers of the national guard, regular air force and air force reserve will join in maneuvers over the Pacific Northwest in June. Announcement of the joint ma neuver was made here after a weekend meeting at Walla Walla. Military officials from Washing ton, Oregon, Idaho and Montana attended. Lt. Col. Marshall Shore, intelli gence officer of the eorh, national guard fighter wing at Spokane, termed the maneuver the first ever to be held in the Northwest involving- the three military bran ches. It is to be held June 10-25 in conjunction with the National guard's annual summer encamp ment. An estimated 3,000 officera and men will take part. Myrtle Creek Box Social Dated By Saddle Pals The My trie Creek Saddle Pals are sponsoring a box social Sat urday night, Feb. 25, at the Grange hall, atarting at 8 o'clock. The general public is Invited. There will be no charge but the ladiea are asked to bring box lunches to be sold at auction. Var ious games and dancings are on the program. The proceeds will go toward rais ing money to improve the Myrtle Creek rodeo grounds and to pro mote the Saddle Pals' activities. Several rides are planned by the group during the spring months. Other fund raising activities in clude a dance March 25 at Melody Mountain Barn. Ed McCarley is the newly elected president of the Saddle Pals. Canada and the U. S. consume 224 pounds of wood fiber per capita annually. Wed., Feb. 22. 1950 The News-evlew, Roteb.rf, Ore. S Medfordite Launches "Are Your Happy?" Club MEDFORD WV The "Are You Happy?" rlub claima to be the world's fastest growing organiza tion. The club was dreamed up by Garden Valley By MRS. CARL SCHMIDT Mrs. Harvey Ewens return i from Spokane where sh: was called by the death of her aunt, Mrs. Lucille McClure. Mrs. McClure waa born near Palouse of pioneer par ents who had crossed the plains in wagons to homestead in Wash ington. She was married to the late H. S. McClure in Pullman in 1913. McClure waa formerly Whitman county sheriff in Colfax. Mrs. Mc Clure will be remembered here having visited in 1947 with her sis ter, Mrs. Emma William;, of Rose burg, and her nieces, Mrs. Harvey Ewens and Mra. W. D. Love, of Garden Valley. Mrs. Paul Culberson, Medford, arrived Sunday to visit at the borne of Mrs. Hugh Ritchie. Mrs. Cul berson was a former teacher In Garden' Valley. The Garden Valley women will hold a rummage aale March 3rd and 4th at the Percy Croft garage on Jackson St., south of Horn's. Medford furniture dealer Joe K. Neil, and now boasts 300 mem bers aa far afield as Seattle and San Francisco. The nice thing about the club is that it doesn't have any dues. Or any meetings. Or any mail. And all the members except one ate -vice-presidents. The one is Neil. He's president. The point of it all, explained Neil, is that people forget they are happy. The club's name reminds them. It's also a blowlng-off schemj If one member asks another "Are fyou happy?" the questonee can take all the time he wants to spout off an answer, and get his gripes off his chest Old members bring in new ones. Including their distant friends la ' other states; and so far the Med ford mayor and practically all city officials have joined. But no women. Neil didn't say whether the club figured women were already hap. py or hopelessly unhappy, but any way it won't let them join. Boswell Mineral Baths Chiropractic Physiotherapy Clinic Lady Attendants 1 Mile S. of Drain. 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