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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942. Vhnnnv nWH II - itiri in in Iri I ft- WATKINi I WRtCHl " ''iini tuUm 'itnim, j tf WATKINi WRtOHl 1 Chapter Eight Warming Up Lavlnla A ND Aunt Dorcas did meet with IX the ipproval of the two girls. Not only the girl, but Peter and Freddy also. They eyed Mii Dor. em with frank admiration. Freddy actually brushed hij hand across bit eye, a though to clear his vision quite certain that he was seeing wrong. Then wnen ne saw he wasn't seeing wrong, he warmed up to Miss Dorcas, paid tier a lot 01 attention. "Gosh!" he said on the way to the theatre. "Miss Dorcas, I can't believe you ever stood up and shot a bear. ' Miss Dorcas laufhed. 1 only stood up long enough to shoot, she said, "then I sat down very suddenly. Freddy laughed, and the others Joined in. All but Lavinia. She simply couldn't get used to the way Aunt Dorcas had of making light of her past life that life she. Lavinia. had thought so much about, and admired. Sometimes it seemed like sacrilege Aunt Uor cas poking fun at the things she had done in long buried cities, and dark and forbidding Jungles. But the others didn't feel that way, evidently. "Going to wear that swank gown to our wedding. Aunt Dor cas?" Peter asked. "Certainly she's not" said Zoe. before Miss Dorcas could reply. "This Is an evening gown. She's got a flowing organdie for the wedding, and a floppy hat to match." She slipped her hand in to Peter's. "You know like in that English picture we saw with the garden party." "Boy, I'll bet she looks Ilka a million dollars In It!" said Peter. "She does," said Zoe. "Lavinla's got a beauty for the wedding also. Yellow with touches of black. It makes her look like a debu tante." Freddy smiled at Lavinia. "Now," he said, "I've really got something to look forward to seeing Ldvinia rrentiss in yel low. After the show they had wheat. cakes and codes In a restaurant on Fifth Avenue. They sat and talked until on o'clock in the morning. "It's been a perfectly swell party. Aunt Dorcasl" Peter said, when their taxi came to a stop in front of Miss Dorcas's hotel. "I can't tell you how much I appre ciate you doing It for us." "Nonsensel" said Miss Dorcas. 1 loved doing it And if you two weren t in sucn a nurry to get married, we might have a regu lar round of parties." "We've got to be married now," said Peter, "so I can use my va cation time for a honeymoon." "Yes," said Zoe. "Besides, now Is the time to rent an apartment not wait until fall when every one's moving." She smiled at Peter. "Do you realize, darling, that I worked my last day today at Armworth'a?" "Yes'm." '1 gavt up my lob just for you!" "I hope you never regret It" "I won't don't worry." Lavinia shrugged and said: "Ain't lova grand?" "It certainly is," said Miss Dor ess. "Well, youngsters, here's where I get out." Peter and Freddy got out first. They helped Miss Dorcas out, and started across the sidewalk with her. "You needn't coma In with me," the said. "Try to shake ns." said Peter. He took one of Miss Dorcas's rms, and Freddy took the other. Thus flanked by good-looking young men in dinner jackets. Miss Dorcas made an impressive en trance into the hotel lobby. "Good-night, boys," she said. "You're both darlings. You've made me renew my youth." "Renew it, nothing!" said Pete. "You've never lost it." "Of course you haven'tl" said Freddy. No Grain Of Salt "AND." said Miss Dorcas, smll- ing, "I'm just vain enough to take every word you say without a speck of salt!" She looked up at Pete. "Stoop down here." Pete did so, and she kissed him on the cheek. "Say. thanks. Aunt Dorcasl" said Pete. "Now, you Freddy." She slso kissed Freddy's cheek. He put his arm around her, held her for a moment "Miss Dorcas," he said, "you're lopj! Then when Miss Dorcas had gotten into the elevator, the two young men went back to Lot and Lavinia. "You stayed long enough," said Lavinia. "We were admiring your aunt' said Pete. "She's a peach," said Zoe. "If she were iust s bit younger. Pete. darling, I'd be jealous. Honest I ...... 1,4 Then the Quartette fell oddly l lent. A wedding tomorrow. Zoe and Peter . . . and Lavinia and Freddy taking part It was a seri ous business. Zoe was to begin an entirely new life giving up all she had been doing for such s long time. oe thinking . . . La vinia wondering . , , Peter plan ning . , . Freddy envious. . . . When the two girls were alone In the apartment while thevwere preparing for bed, they talked soniy. intimately "Aren't vou in the least ner vous?" Lavinia asked. "Nm why should I be?" Zoe re plied. "The night before your wed ding a new life stretching out Deiore you an mat Zoe turned down the covers. "I'm happy," she said. "That's all I can say. She sank down upon the side of the bed, and kicked off her slippers. "I hope, Lavinia, that one of these days you'll be as hap py as I am." "Oh, I'm happy!" said Lavinia "Only not for the same reason, perhaps." "Then for what reason?" "Because Aunt Dorcas is back. She's going to live with me, and we can do a lot of things togeth er." "Is Freddy definitely out of the picture?" "Definitely." "Your aunt seems to like him." ' "But she isn't the one who'd have to live with him were there a marriage." "Has Freddy spoken of mar riage to you?'' "In a roundabout way. But I discouraged him." "Why?" "I don't love him. I have no In tention of marryng." "Still want to live a career wo man's life, even after you see how hard your aunt la trying to change?" "Yes, I still want to." ' Always A Bridesmaid THEN another Sunday, and a wedding. Zoe and Peter being married In the Little Church Around the Corner. Freddy, looking very solemn, standing beside Lavinia. And Miss Dorcas a little way be hind the quartette. Soft music. Gentle words. Sunlight streaming in through the stained glass win lows and touching those present, softening them, giving the whole setting a sort of unreal appear anceethereal lovely. It was all very beautiful, and very solemn, and very impressive. Miss Dorcas wept a little when It was all over. So did several of the girls from the store, girls with whom Zoe had worked for a long" while. But Lavinia shed not a tear. Even when several people paid her compliments, commenting qn the yellow organdie with touches of black. she didn't seem greatly moved. She merely said. "So glad you like it" and turned to some one else. "Don't look so low," Miss Dor cas said to her. "It's a wedding, you know, and not a funeral." "Sometimes I think there's mighty little difference between the two," said Lavinia. "They both mean the end of one's ca reer." Miss Dorcas studied her niece for a moment "I don't like hear ing vou make remarks like that" she said. "They sound hard and almost bitter. You aren t bitter, are you, Lavinia?" "Heavens, no. Aunt Dorcas! What on earth would I be bittet about?" An unhappy love affair, may be." "Me with such a thing!" "Well, it's not entirelv impos sible. Besides, there are times when one would actually think some man had played you a mean trick." Aunt Dorcas, what a thing to say! You know I've never had any time tor men ana and love affairs." You make remarks about men now and then," Miss Dorcas said, "that one would expect to hear only from women who had ex perienced a lot of men-trouble and come out tire wrong end of the horn." Lavinia tried to think of some thing to say, and failed. She was glad when Freddy Rand unearthed some rice, and a couple of old shoes, and some excitement started. All the voting ceonle ran out after Peter and Zoe. pelting them with rice, and calling out good wishes. Freddv managed to tie the two shoes to the car a friend had loaned Peter for his honeymoon and one of the girls took the white ribbon from her flowers, and added that. The somewhat elderly car had a rather festive look as it rolled away. Several girls wiped their eyes and snid things about how much they wert going to miss Zoe, but quickly added how they envied her the life which lay before her. Then thev began to drift away to keep dates with young mn they would probably be marrying some day. And finally there was no one left but Miss Dorcas, La vinia. and Freddv "Freddy." Lavlnla said, "you take Aunt Dorcas. I feel sort of head-achev. I have been pretty much on the go, vou know help ing Zoe get married, and all that." "But Lavinia," Freddy pro tested. "I I" "It's all right." sn!d Aunt Dor cas. She patted Freddy's arm. "Ask us some other time. I'll trot along home with l-avinia." Freddv looked from one to the other of the two women. "It seems like a ort of anti climax." he said. "I'm at loose ends, and feel sort of let down," "Why not call up Bessie Mar shall?" said Lavinia. "She'll chee: vou up." Later, when she and Miss Dor cas were walking slowly up Fifth Avenue, Miss Dorcas kept eveins Lavinia. It was as though she were trvlng to snalvie her. "I think vou need a vacation," she said finally. "You look sort of tuckered out." Te be eentlnnrd BEETHOVEN MOST POPULAR Amos, la. (UP) Beethoven could win a musicians' popular ity contest hands down at Iowa State college. A check on stu dents who frequent the music room shows Beethoven pre ferred to all the other masters, with Bach, Brahms, and T.ichai kowsky close contestants for second. Tha Inception of the chain store was in 1859 when a tea merchant decided to retail his rargo of tea rather than pass It through tha middlemen. UNORTHODOX GOLFER Oklahoma City (UP Chief Justice Earl Welch of the Okla homa supreme court carries a strange assortment of clubs with him on the golf course. Welch drives right-handed, uses left handed clubs on his approach shots and has an ambidextrous putter with which he ca; use either side, depending upon the contour of his shot. Almost twice as many people die who are not insured com pared with those who are, census figure disclose. On the Radio Chains STATIONS! Chain affiliation and where they are on the dial: KALE (MBS) 1330. Portland; BEX (SHC-Ulue) 11 BO. Portland: KUA (NHC-Blu. a Mils) 1,110 Spokane; KUO (NBC-Blue) 810. Kan Franclx-o; KOW (MIC-Krd) 620, Portland; KJK (NBC-Blue) 1000, Krottle; KNX (CBH) 1070. Lot Anselea; KOA (NBC-Red) 80. Denver: KOIN (CB-O 810. Port land; HOMO (NBC-Bed) Seattle; KPO (NBC-Bed) (MO. San rranelftro; KSL (CBS) 1160. Salt Lake City. Time Shown ts PST " Thursday 6:00 p. xti Adventure Stories, KOO, KJR; Death Valley Days, KSL; Jane Arden, KOMO; Adventures In Tovland. KEX: aura of Today, KOW; Ken Stevens and Erwln Yeo, KKX; Eyea of tha World. KOIN; Don Win alow of the Navy, KPO. 5:30 p. m. Nawa of tha World. KOO, KEX, KJR; Dufry'a Tavern, KSL; Rlcardo'a Rhapsodies, KPO. KOW. KOMO; Bill Henry. KNX; Leon P. Drews, KOIN. 6:00 p. m. Major Bowea, KNX. KSL. KOIN: Blng Croftby, KPO. KOMO; Cinnamon Bear, KEX; Floyd Wright, KOO; Scandinavian Report er, KJR. 6:30 p. m. Joe Oalllcchlo's Orch.. KOO, KJR. KEX; Christmas Bell ringers, KJR. 7:00 p. ra. Olenn Miller's Orch, KOIN, KNX, KSL; Al Pearee'a Oang, KPO, KOMO. KOW; Rudy VallM Prgm, KEX. KJR, KOO. 7:30 p. m. Newa Hera and Abroad, KOO, KEX. KJR; Prank ray, KPO, KOW, KOMO. 8 00 p. m. Amos n Andy. KNX. KSL. KOIN: Fred Waring. KPO, KOMO. KOW; March of Tim. KJR, KOO, KEX. 8:16 p. m. Lura and Abner, KPO, KOW, KOMO; Lanny Rosa, KNX. KSL, KOIN. 6:30 p. m Maudle'a Diary. KNX. KOIN; Saundera of Circle X, KOO. KEX: Fanny Brlce, KPO. KOMO. KOW; Newa, KSL; Hawaiian Melo dist. KJR; Flowers for tha Living, KEX. , 0:00 p. m. Easy Aoea, KOO, KEX, KJR; Duffy's Tavern, KNX. KOIN; Aldrtch Family. KPO, KOMO, KOW. 9:30 p. m. Harold Stokea' Orch., KOO; Death Valley Daya KNX. KOIN; Newa, KSL, KJR; Moonlight Sonata. KEX; Herb Caen, KPO. 10:00 p. m. Amerlca'a Town Meet ing of tha Air, KEX; Reporter Newa, KPO. KOMO, KOW; Newt, KNX; Masterworka of Music, KSL; Five Star Final, KOIN. 10:30 p. m. Tommy Doraeya Orch., KOW: Re Id Tanner'a Orch.. KSL: i Masterworka of Music, KNX: Industry Iand Defense, KOMO; The World To day, KOIN; Concert Hall. KPO. 11:00 p. m. Phil Harrta' Orch.. ! KPO, KOW, KEX, KJR; Harry Owcna' Orch, KSL. KOIN; News, KNX. KOO. Friday B OO p. m Kate Smith. KSL: Ad venture Stone. KOO, KJR: Ed B tok en Music. KPO; Jena Axden, KOMO; Sura of Today, KOW. 840 p. m. Newt of the World, KOO. KJR, KEX: BUI Henry, KNX: BUI Sabrantky. KPO; Cocktail Hour, KOW; Leo F. Drews. KOIN. 6:00 p. m, Waits Time, KPO, KOMO. KOW; What'a On Tour Mind. KNX, KOIN, KSL; Cinnamon Bear. KEX: Muile. KOO; Scandinavian Reporter. KJR. 6:30 p. m Michael ' and Kitty. KEX. KOO, KJR: Uncle Walter'! Dog House, KPO, KOW, KOMO; First Nlghtar, KNX, KSL, KOIN. 7:00 p. m. Elsa MaxweU'a Party Line, KOO, KJR, KEX; Concert Orch, KSL, KKX. KOIN: Wlnga of Deatlny, KPO, KOMO, KOW. 7:30 p. m. How Am I Doing. KNX. KSL, KOIN; Orand Central Station. KPO, KOW. KOMO; Jack Owena, KJR; Modern Music Box, KEX; Ama teur Hour, KOO. 8:00 p. m. Fred Waring, KPO, KOMO. KOW; Phil Harris' Oreo., KOO, KEX; Amot 'n' Andy, KSL, KNX. KOIN; Buy Washington. KJR. 8:H p. m. Lanny Ross, KNX, KSL, KOIN: Lum and Abner. KPO, KOW, KOMO. 8:30 p. m. Variety Show, KPO. KOW, KOMO: Oang Busters, KOO, KEX, KJR; Playhouse, KNX. KOIN, KSL. 0:00 p. m. Who Done It. KPO. KOW; Three Ring Time, KOO, KEX, BED WRECKER By GLUYAS WILLIAMS . hV II KB II C0M81N, WMP5 COPif ANDTftCKAGft ON 6P AND SrfS TOWH WITH 5I6H OTSMiSFACIiOr, 10 CHAH6E HIS SHOES WITF fiWANS WW DOES H AlWAMS WtVE 1b Slf ALL OVER "THE BED, SHE HAD If All NEATLY MADE AND NOV. JUST 10OK M If ! 1RIE4. TO CALM HEKDOWN BV HArJ6IN6 OP COAT NEWLY OH BtTPOS-T ltf TJ01H6 50 KhfoCKS WCKA6E OFF OS T1O0R. AND SCRAMBLES AFTER If fiMSHES CMAfvSW6 SHOES jTTLUrte WIFE H0T1O WORRY HflLMKHIfcrntN tVKYlWN5 Vf COMPlEfe THE WREXKA6E BYfrMKC. To SMOOTH OW BEOCLOIHB, REMARKS ITS A5 NEAT AS A Pin! AND 60ES OCT, WIFE MAKIH6 UP BED All OUER A6AIM 1-8 rlttltMeS vr Ttt B.U SmSteate, laa.) KJR; Kite Smith Hour, KNX. KOIN; Punch and Judy, KOMO; B ports. KSL. 8:80 p. m. Tommy Dorsey's Orch.. KOO; Dark Fantaay, KPO; News. KSL, KJR; Moonlight Sonata. KEX: Symphony of Melody, KOW. 10:00 p. m. Hollywood Legion Sta- ola Orch, KSL: News. KNX: Seattle Public School Program, KJR; Five Star Final, KOIN. 10 AO p. m. Danes Orch, KOO; Broadway Bandwagon, KEX; North west Bible Institute. KJR; Master worka of Music, KNX: Tha World Today, KOIN; Sparkplug and Sun shine, KPO; Concert Hill. KPO The Aleutian Islands, south and west of Alaska, puff with volcanoes, boast islets that pop out of the sea and vanish again as mysteriously and howl with fog-chilled winds across the moors. BOY SCOUTS GET RANCH Tulsa, Okla. (UP) Wait Phillips, wealthy Tulsa oil man, has given his New Mexico ranch and a 23-story office building to the Boy Scouts of America. The) ranch will become a scout camp and income from the $5,000,000 building will go into the scouts' endowment fund. va Mall Tribune want ads. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS 20 DIFFERENT -STReAKA-3 IN CANADA ARe.CALL.EO ,. . SLACK RIVER slack rivers iN o - Prppnpnrift. minute molluw Have THfctK rCE 1 nPUPLOPED INTO WINCES WITH WHICH I TuEY OFTEN COVEfe . TUP. eiiipcarp OP THE - CA CO All fCL... . ... Jl- I liw ... 1 by JOHN H IX Tue IPEA OF PBOPUCiNCa KiiCKEUTEfU NOW A NATIONAL. PEPENE AuLOy, CAME FROM THE Ci 3CiENTe,TS FOUND AU0Vi OF 1 RON AND NiCK&U IN METEORITE, UED THS KNOWLEPOE PRODUCING A HAEDER TVPE OF STEEL I820'... WHO UNTIL S V EAR'S A60 MAO Fw&mfehA i. 1 v-.-vj. viewer) t!,ncn A MM . 1 tVT VEAB. WON TrAE WORUP:a WOMEN IN COM&AT'iHOOTiNC) 'IN EXHlgiTipN HE FIRE'S AT A HATCHET 8LAPE BETWEEN Tv0 TAK6ET4. PUlTTlNfl . .WE BULLET AND BREAKING J i BOTH TARGET 4f SIMULTANEOUSLY Cnr. tmtoeidUtPntmtnittete.liM. . tm in. v. a rt oe-Ji itaku iMmi vaa GUN GIRL Mrs. Betty Bradshaw discovered her Vnack for marksmanship by accident while pot ting away at tin cana with an air riflel Turning to side arms, she won second place in state wide pistol competition. Then she took up combat shooting. In this the contestant walks away from three human silhouettes, and at a given signal (at from 10 to 30 feet) draws the gun and fires three shots while turning and running toward the targets. All of which must be accomplished in about l.S secondsl In April 1940, she won the world's champion ship for women in this event. Mrs. Bradshaw gives one afternoon a week to the defense program by instructing a group of club women. Tomorrowi Harvest of Death! TAILSPIN TOMMY In For the Kill By AL CAPP C OREAT CCATS T-TH IS AINT A DREAM.. IT'S REAL T-T MEM VSHIPS FROM MY OWN SQUADRON ARE TR.YIN ' TO SHOOT ME D0WN The povveh op the hypnotic drug over. mm, oiUbiis.cn by IH OUUUtN ATTACK., SHEETS DESPERATELY TRIES TO ESCAPE.- THAT'S SKEETER.'S PLANE ALL RIGHT, ...BUT THE BUZZARD FLYING IT MUST HAVE KILLED SKEETS -T--k - rr 1 -r- j I V. law) eJan vaas He. T--"" js-wB fD TOMMY. ACTING UNDER AKm r UK.UtK.i. IS LtADINt A PATROL. ..TO INTERCEPT OR SHOOT SKEETEfc'S SHIP DOWN.' LI'L ABNER Wolf Meets Lamb Ff U LP THAT LOOKS HI VfcJl 7 p LIKE TOM'S SHIP iN fck V W I in th' lead...,.. OV iOT 2k,r 1 raT M mix Jfx-r X I ftaL torresT- s-tsSSl 1 irhzsz.'SJ a BUT BEFORE SKEETS CAN RADIO.". TWO SHIPS FROM TOMMYS PATROL i.ONVtR&6 on SKEETERS PLANE l-UK. I Ht KILL Bt HAL FORREST m ex . ivi - & 1 w HOWDY f (-SHE'S GORGLOUS AND DUffB.r JUSTHY, TYPE.FJ 0 ( WELL, I CONVINCED JONrlS W I I HMf-YO'GOT TH VES. t THEN-YO' V H-HOWDY, ) l TUAT I'M A PIMP IIDOir.UT M I AVAII AB.I F .IONFl ll MA'M. II KIM ;TAHT I ,TRANI&FR. f CHAP- HE. SAID THIS DAISY MAE, l I SEAL OF APPROVAL, I V J V A-WOOIN r-er-V . v IS A BEAUTY BUT. IF SHE II I SO AH RECKON YO rt r t "AH 4CV .Af V LOOKS ANYTHING LIKE SOME II I IS SATISFACT'RY.' yCbaw y Xf GRAN' CHILE.. lfvT I OF THE BEAUTIES I'VE SEEN I I HAS YO GOT Jfij NAME OF . J 1 YSS. iMV I AROUND HERE I LL SPEND y I I STEADY WORK 7WTvM l DA SY i1AE.r ill Tel ' V PLAYING SOLITAIRE,.' ) TTFT! I X 1 1I fTTJrTs VIAl THE NEBBS Just a Habit Bv SOL HESS St looks as if potts is GETTING INTERESTED IN THE RCH NE HOPE That Amytwns THAT PlPENS FROM THIS COMPANION" SHIP WIV.L MOT BE A DlS- APPOiMTMENT TO AM6ROSE ,M, . t a e a at a.. OH, GOOD MORNIM& 7 MRS. SMITH IT MAKES 1 i HAvPPV TO SEE NOW SOOO MORNIIslS n MR. POTTS 1 MmM fvMUCH MONEY NOU KMOVJ Mf?S. SMITH, AND TS NONE. OF MY BUSINESS, BUT NOU 5PE.ND ENTIRELY TOO I DONT SPEND MY 1 Si THE WAY, WHO ARE NOOODY X INCOME. AMD WHO M NOD HOARDING UPYOURT tl L.-ONLY 'HA.VE 1 GOT TO LAY AMOMEY FOR 5 WHO HAVE 1 60T MY MONEY VP A LOT OF MONEY FOR; nOU &OT THAT YOU AREVSAVING IT AND 1 AS LON& AS 1 CAN DSNYllslS YOURSELF K GUESS 1 GOT AFFORD TO, TM G0IN& LV THE. BETTER THINGS :JHE HABIT l - 1 . r '