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Friday, May 23, 1941
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•THE TRUTH W
SET YOU FREE”
DRESSES
A Message To 1941 Graduates!
Anne Byrd Payson in her book “Rule of the Road
tells of a society woman who suddenly realized one day
that all her life she had been frivolous, never thinking
“ON THE PLAZA”
seriously about anything except her own comfort. She
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always had been a consumer of time, food, of material
things and had given nothing in return except cash.
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She had never supported a just cause nor been loyal
to a worthy institution. The truth about her life
frightened her. "Meaningless me” seemed the only
term with which to describe herself.
Commencement time has come for large numbers
of youth throughout the land. Life is full of promise.
You can go EAST through
Youth cannot imagine the term “meaningless me” be­
TALENT NEWS
ing applied to themselves. What then is it that gives
Clinic at U. of O.
• Roy Estes. Bert Simmons and
CALIFORNIA for
meaning to life?
Roy Cofman spent the week-end To Aid Children
Through the ages people have talked about signifi­ at Fish lake. They reported four I Children of normal intelligence
of snow there.
who have disabilities in certain
cant living. One group of people put pleasure as the inches
extra rail fare
• Mr. Wick from Wick's furni­ school subjects such as reading,
greatest achievement in life. Such people are called ture store in Ashland was a Sun- ! spelling and arithmetic, will have
dap caller in Talent.
the opportunity of attending the
Hedonists.
• Mr. and Mrs. Ray Duncan of DeBusk Memorial clinical school
Others have lookt^i upon the accumulation of Klamath Falls. Mrs. Robert Coop­ for exceptional children from June
of Pinehurst, Mrs. Alimeda 16 to July 23 during the Univer­
wealth as the aim of life. George Eliot in her story, er
Russell and daughter Pearl of sity of Oregon summer session,
“Silas Marner,” depicts such a character who at one Ashland visited at the home of i the educaUon school announced.
Anna Dickey Sunday.
Children from any school grade
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time found that his sole joy consisted in letting gold Mrs.
• Mr. and Mrs. Roy Unruh of as well as high school and college
coins trickle through his fingers.
Prospect spent Sunday with Mr. students are admitted to the clin­
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ic. A diagnosis of the difficulties
and
Mrs. Wayne Cowdrey.
The passion to live long possesses some people, and • Talent
grange met Thursday of each pupil is made on the basis
they direct all their energies toward that end.
evening at the high school gym of information gained through all
of the grange hall, with a available sources, such as scholas­
One time when E. Stanley Jones was visiting a instead
If you're planning a trip Fast
Fax, air-«ondiii<>ncd train« all
large crowd present and nearly tic record and information from
home, as well as a battery of
and back this year, just remem­
the way irxludtng «treanilinrr«
Buddhist ruin he asked the guide why the cupola was all the granges of Jackson county standard
and informal teats given
ber that Southern Pacific round­
and coat h (ouri>( economy train«.
The YGA sold candy
oval-shaped. He replied, “Because Buddhism believes represented.
trip ticket» takc^ouLu;/ ibtoitnh
before and after the meeting, pro- by the clinic Work in speech cor-
rection also will be given at the
that life is like a bubble, therefore the stupa is shaped ceds to be used to send delegates ' ! clinic
for not tc extra rail
this year
to
the
state
convention
next
fare to tno*t declination«. Add
like one.” Dr. Jones shuddered at the thought that life month at Newport. Mrs. Neihe j Application
for admittance of
San Francisco, Loa Angele« and
The Friendly Southern Padfl«
child to the clinic should be
was like a bubble, that at the center of it was nothing! Borg was elected delegate to the a made
many other citie« to your trip
to Dr. Elizabeth Montgom­
8«« local 8 P agant ot write J. A
convention.
at no additional ticket co«t.
He looked again at the stupa, and this time he saw an • Tom Lamb and daughter. Mrs. ery. director of the clinic, school
OMMANDY. Qen Paa« Agrnr til
Pacific Building. Puf (land. Oiagon
of
education.
University
of
Ore
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object which suggested to him not a bubble but an egg. Roy
Estes, visited Mr. Lamb's gon, Eugene.
Life is like an egg with practically unlimited possibil­ brother Will and family on Reese • The Miner for*Quality Printing.
creek Sunday
ities of growth and development.
• Grandma Works, who suffered
light stroke of paralysis Friday
George A. Gordon once stated, “The longer I live, a evening,
and Mrs Al Sherard, who
the clearer it is to me that friendship is the one great has been very ill, both are report­
improving.
human compensation for living.” May this thought be ed
• Junior Hamilton and James
carried a bit farther so that we may say that the re­ Thanos of Fort George Wright
Spokane were home on a
lationships of life make it meaningful. Our relation­ near
three-day furlough.
ship to God and our relationships to those about us de­ • The P-TA served a turkey din­
to the members of the senior
termine whether life is worthwhile. When a lawyer in ner
and junior classes Friday night
talking to Jesus quoted the commandment to love God at the school. After the banquet
and to love one’s neighbor, Jesus replied, “This do and the senior and junior prom was
held in the gym. Many high school
thou shalt live.”
students and members of the
attended.
When the lady referred to in the opening paragraph faculty
• Ray Reed and family moved
followed the rules to love God and to love one’s neigh­ from the Crawford place into the
property Monday
bor, she found a new direction for her life. She fur­ Spitzer
• Alva Smith of Talent and
nished the third floor of her house and invited four Viola Gross of Medford were mar­
at the home of the bride’s
university students, needing financial aid, to live there ried
parents Sunday. Rev. Dawes of
without expense. One was a Brahmin who had lost all the
First Baptist church read the
his fortune; another was a French Canadian wanting wedding ceremony. The couple left
morning for a wedding
to be a mining engineer, the third was a Chinese plan­ Monday
trip to Idaho and Nevada.
ning to go back to an administrative position in his • Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stager went
to Prospect Sunday to attend a
native land, and the fourth was a local boy whose birthday
dinner in honor of their
whole family had been wiped out by an auto accident daughter. Mrs. Lyle Russell, who
was 21 years of age.
the previous year.
• Harry Myers was presented
When David Livingston went to Africa, he found with a lovely baton by the school
band and orchestra in apprecia­
the Arab slave traders ruining the lives of his black tion
of his splendid work in the
neighbors whom he had learned to love. Because of school.
• Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ridings of
his determination that the slave traffic must stop, he Jacksonville
were visiting in Tal­
faced discouragement ,the attack of lions, the illnesses ent Sunday.
• Howard Holmes of Valleyview
of many fevers, and even death in dark Africa.
was a business caller in Talent
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Madam Curie dreamed of many people, unknown Tuesday.
neighbors to her perhaps, restored to health through
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her discoveries. Her husband shared that vision with
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her, and together they toiled in an ill-equipped labora­
any purpose when needed
tory in a leaky shed. Today we cure cancer with
radium.
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As you go forward into a larger life that is opened
to you after commencement, may your life be governed
is insured against only fire
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theft, you’re out of luck
bor. This rule when followed produces significant liv­ if It’s damaged or destroyed
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