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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, February 17. 1950 Crater Lake Park Naturalist Returns From African Trip; Cites Similarities of Area to United States South Africa is a land of promise and opportunity, ac cording to Dr. George C. Ruhle, naturalist for Crater Lake nation al park, who returned to Med ford Sunday after spending the past several weeks in south and central Africa. Dr. Ruhle, who covered thousands of miles on the so-called "dark" continent, said he found fine hotels, rea sonably good roads and a friend ly, intelligent citizenry during his travels. Dr. Ruhle, who went primarily to visit the national parks of south Africa and to confer with Dark officials there, visited four out of the five south African parks and toured the outskirts of the fifth. He lectured and dis cussed mutual problems with park officials. Like Those Her (Arm Telrphntol DOWNTOWN HELIPORT' Helicopter hovering above this concrete bland near San Francisco's famour Perry Building will be Joined by others within the next few weeks when the 5000-square-foot ramp wll. be opened as a "heliport" capable of handling; six to 10 helicopters at a time. The heliport will be the only public downtown helicopter port outside New York City. It will be used lor all purposes ranging from emergencies to pleasure. A Nichols' Worth of Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS (Jailed Praia carere Wrltei A J Washington, Feb. 17 U.R) In a lot of ways, Profile Jr., has much the same lot as other 17- year - olds. He has t o scrub his teeth and wash behind the ears, and he can't have anything more bubbly than a shot of ginger ale. But unlike other tccn- ii g e r s , John Barrymore Jr., was born to live in a slasa Harmaa Nletaolt house. He has the Barrymore name to grow up to, and believe me, the kid is trying. Although the boy is just beginning to sprout fuzz on his upper lip he had the poise of a veteran the day I in terviewed him in Ijls suite at the Carlton hotel. "I know I'm on a spot," he said, "and I won't consider my self a good actor until I have made at least SO pictures and ap peared in a few stage shows." J.B. Jr.'s mother, Dolores Cos toll o. who made a name for her self in the silent movies, shud dered at the thought of her son following his father's trail. She tried to convince him that be coming a lawyer or maybe a doctor, like his stepfather, Dr., John Vrumlnk, would be Just as I exciting. Roles Refused The youngster listened for time and deliberately refused roles In high school plays "be cause I cllcln I want to make a fool of myself. But Barrymore, the younger, has the blood of the royal family of the stage in his veins, and blood is thicker than reason. Ho has just come out in his first picture called "The Sundown ers." It's nothing like the dramatic pictures for which his father was famous. It s a western and our kid plays the part of a juvenile. John is under the thumb of a raw-boned old-timer from Texas, Chill Wills, who looks and talks like the late Will Rogers. Wills has one of the leads in the tech nicolor picture and It Is he who shows the lad the way to the shower and toothbrush every morning. Barrymore remembers seeinK his father but once. Still Has Present He was only three when John Sr., and Miss Costello were di vorced. His dad dropped around the house one Christmas eve when the kid was sick and pre sented him with a large ship model. He still has It. "I didn't know him when I answered the door," the young man said. "He stayed about 20 minutes." Junior has seen only one of his pop's pictures a re-issue of "The Great Profile." Father Of Bride Gets Break From Minister Allanla (U.Ri Dr. Martin A. II. Wood, a Baptist minister at nearby College Park, Ga., has arranged a version of the mar riage service to bring ease to harrassed fathers of brides. In many ' ceremonies, the bride's father must, as a prelim iniiry, sweat out the question who Elves this woman . . After his "I do," generally too loud or too low, lie must find his way to a seat. In Dr. Wood's version, the minister takes care of it all. "Dear Friends," he begin; "we have met here to witness the marriage of this woman who the (father) now gives . . . All the bride's father has to do is watch and pay the bills. "I laughed so hard I got kick ed out of the theater," he said. "But I don't want to.' see any more for fear I will find myself imitating him. I haven't even read Gene Fowler 'Good Night, Sweet Prince,' the biogruphy of my dad." Couple Of Feni Young Barrymore has a couple of fans in the family in Aunt Ethel and Uncle Lionel. Ethel has been heard to re mark after seeing a few scenes from the kid's first effort that he shows a lot more promise than his father did at the same age. Some day, maybe he can convince him mom that he was right in ignoring her advice. ' 1,169 PIECES IN QUILT Holden, Mass. (U.R) Charles Berg and his wife have a patch" work quilt containing 1,160 nieces. It took them 10 years to make it. ouon ! THIS HURTS MANY OF THESE LISTED ARE UNDER WHOLESALE PRICE WHILE THEY LAST! '42 Ford Deluxe Coupe . . $599 '4 1 Ford S. Dlx. 4-Dr. . . . $499 40 Ford S. 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She first became Interested In weaving when she attended a demonstration-lecture on the subject. She was impressed by the modest equipment necessary to the hobby, and has discov ered that weaving gives confi dence to those who believe they have no creative ability. In connection with her duties as assistant professor of art at Juniata, Dean Spencer gives demonstration lectures on the art in a simplified course. Her equipment includes throe floor looms which will weave fabric of sufficient width to cov er a set of furniture or make draperies. Jury List Van Gordon, L.: Vinson, R. F.; Van Dyke, Vern; Veit, Hattie A.; Vilm, Ruth; Voorhees, Bob; Van Horn, Delora R., and Van Der Hellen. Carl, all Medford: Van Curler, Donald G.. and Van uykc, tred G., both Ashland; Von Stein, H. M. Sr., Central Point; Van Buren, Howard E.; Votaw, Naomi; Vinson, Annie, and Vincent, Richard, all Med ford. Watkins. L. V.; Wine, Harold G.; Worthley, Jeanne D.; Weh-, mann, George; Willard. Ralph T.; Waters, F. K.; Wharton. Ida; Wilson, Roy; White, Arvid N.; Wilson, Nellie; Wolf, John A.; Wright, Robert C; Walton, Frank R.; Willctt, Frances A.; Wolter, Earnest Emil; Womack, Shirley; Whcclock, C. O., and Willis, Harold O., all Medford. Wright, Hazel, Medford; Walsh. W. S., and Williams. Jay R.. both Eagle Point: Walker. C. J.; Ward. Theodora E.; Wood, Jack D.; Walker, Charles; Warner, William Jackson; Wilson, Lulu; Witting, Nell P. Jr.: White, Ed win; Webster, A. H.: Winslow, John R and Wilkinson, A. L.J all Medford: White. Ethel M., and Woolf, Guv O., both Gold Hill; Warner, Robert W., Pros pect. Winne, Nell; Wyatt, Dennis C; Werner, Richard D.; Wil liams, Willis, W.; Woodford. Wm. H.: Winklenian. Dorene: Wright, Frank: Winterle. T. D.: Weills, John C. S.: Wolff. Ray K.: Weaver. J. E.; Walker. M. O.: Williams. Oliver L.; Warren. Robert; Wicker, James A.: Wat kins, Flovd P., and Williams, John F., all Medford. i Williams, Helen, Prospect; Waterbury, John R., and Wines. Marion C, both Ashland; Wil son, R. O.; Waddell. Claud, and Webb, Hiram Elbrldge, all Eagle Point; Walker. Fred L..I and Wright, D. A., both Apple-1 gate; Willoughby, L. R.: Wilson.' Willie 5.; Warren, Earl w.; War ren, James P., and Wurdinger. Gus A all Ashland: Warner. Edith Marie. Central Point; Wil cox, Mildred: Williams. J. L.: i Warriner, Robert E., and Wet terer, A. S., all Medford; Wood ford. Helen L., Ashland. Young. Samuel T.; Yaryan. j Lois; Young. Lester S.; Younger. , L. N.; Yantiss. Jennie M.; Young. I P. T and Young, Delores, all j Medford: Yorton, Marine P., I Eagle Point: Young, Homer B.: Young, Davis; Young. Wm. A.: Yost, Glen E., and Zibull, Jul ius, all Medford: Zundel, Har old, Lake Creek. Oregon. The good driver always exer cises due regard for the rights of others and applies the simple ixioms of courteous behavior. South African national parks are patterned after those in the United States, he said, but they are much larger in size. Two are each the size of Yellowstone being about 8,000 square miles. Dr. Ruhle said many of the prob lems of the south African park administrators are much the same as those of this country. "Over there the elephants get out and destroy the farmers' crops; here we have trouble with the deer. They have the preda tory lion; we have the coyote. We have those who hunt illegal ly on the park larid; the south African natives set unlawful snares for game. Here we have to urge people constantly not to feed the bears; in the South Af rican parks travelers have to watch out for baboons." One major difference to the traveler is that over here a vis itor can wander almost any where he wishes in a national park. In South Africa there are many signs warning visitors not to get out of their cars because of the dangerous animals. Trav elers may leave their motors only at certain designated camp ing spots and rest houses, he stated. Accommodations are primitive, but adequate and clean, he reports. Photography Hobby Dr. Ruhle's hobby is photog raphy and he took many pictures, The Grange Phoenix Grange Master Herb Carlton and Mrs. Carlton of Upper Rogue Grange were visitors at the February 14 meeting of Phoenix Grange. Ways and means committee announced another dance would be held February 25. Dramatic Committee Chairman Warren Loffer announced that a one-act, one-hour play has been selected and also there will be a minstrel show. Special Commit tee Chairman Melvin Lattie re ported the March of Dimes cleared $110.05 and he thanked the Grange ladies who made curtains for the high school gym. Grange voted to participate in the May festival sponsored by the Community club. The valentine theme was used in the lecture hour. Mrs. Glas cock showed her collection of handcraft pictures. Lecturer Fay Lewis thanked the committees for cooperation which made the open house meeting February 7 successful with 119 members and invited guests present. H.E.C. has planned a covered dish supper for next Grange meeting, February 28 to honor the Grange anniversary. Those attending should bring a salad and dessert. Supper will be at 7 p. m. Grange ladies are asked to give one tea towel as a gift. H.E.C. met eoruary id lor covered dish dinner at the home of Mrs. Dee Hendrickson. A year book schedule was made but. A birthday cake was made for Elizabeth Denzer. both colored slides and movies, them as being a pleasant and LOANS Start the New Year with a clean tlate. Pay those Holi day billi with cash. Loans on your salary, furniture or automobile. With payments to fit your income. Loans from $50 to $500 On Your Salary, Furniture or Auromobil. Up to 24 Month, to Rpy SEE AMERICAN FINANCE CORPORATION Room 210-211 L.verert. Bldg. License M-362 Licemo S-285 PHONE 2-8886 RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drive and BODY and PAINT SHOP Southern Oreaon'a Oldest and Finest 29 So. Bartlett Medford St iX 'A3 'omr HUBBARD BROS.. Inc. of flowers, shrubs and scenes, and also of many wild animals, such as elephants, rhinoceroses, water buffaloes and lions, as well as wild dogs, hyenas and leopards. Among the flowers he was particularly interested in was the wild gladioli, the an cestor of the flower now grown so extensively in this state, and he also photographed the beau tiful red "disa," an orchid. This was out of season, but he was lucky enough to find a single blossom to photograph. He also took shots of the "protea" or na tional flower of south Africa. One of his exciting experi ences on the trip took place while the traveler was photo graphing a roan antelope in northern Rhodesia. Dr. Ruhle was engrossed in aiming his cam era, holding it out one lowered window, when an over-friendly zebra stuck his head in the other side of the car. The animal gave Dr. Ruhle such a shove he al most succeeded in pushing him out of the car, camera and all. "I think someone had been feed ing him from a car possibly sugar lumps," Dr. Ruhle sur mised. Falls In Surf An even more unpleasant ex perience took place off the shore of the Cape of Good Hope. Dr. Ruhle was figuring out a shot of the shore and decided to wade out into the water and shoot shoreward. Leaving his camera on the beach, Dr. Ruhle waded out into the surf and turned around to survey the scene. He lost his footing and fell into the surf, becoming thoroughly soaked and somewhat frightened before getting back to land. "At this spot the Atlantic meets the Indian ocean and the currents and tides are strong and unpre dictable. For a time I wasn't sure which direction I was head ing." Dr. Ruhle wanted to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, highest peak of south Africa, and to do so or ganized his own safari and en gaged his own native retinue. "I learned to speak enough Swahili in two days to make out on the five-day trip." he reported. He states that all tribes speak Swa hili, a sort of composite univer sal language which has evolved throughout the years. People Friendly The tribesmen he engaged were Chaggas and he described friendly people. When the trav eler had completed his climb to the top of the snow-capped peak, one of the natives, following tra dition, wove a wreath of an everlasting plant and put it on Dr. Ruhle's head, this signifying that he had achieved his purpose. The mountain is 19,587 feet high. One of the most beautiful sights of the trip was Victoria falls In the Zambesi river, ac cording to Dr. Ruhle. The falls are 400 feet high and a mile wide. "The mist which rises can be seen for 20 miles and the na tives refer to the falls as 'the smoke which thunders'." He also described the baobab trees, which are larger even than the giant sequoias in this country, although not so tall. These pe culiar trees, a relative of the balsa family, put out roots above the ground and down along the bark, thus becoming larger and larger around the base, he stated. Se.i Dedication Dr. Ruhle considered himself fortunate to have been in Africa at the time the Boers were hold ing dedication services for a massive shrine in Pretoria, which commemorates the victory of heroes of the Great Trek over the Zulu chieftain, Dingaan. He described the gathering of 250.- 000 Dutch-descended Afrikan ders and said the story of the Great Trek, the migration of the Dutch inland in search of new land, corresponds in many de tails to the westward migration of pioneers of this country. Dr. Ruhle said he heard very little news from home during his stay in Africa, but when he did come upon a copy of a Nairobi newspaper, found an item with a Portland. Ore., date line, with news of Oregon's record-breaking cold and snow. "I didn't even learn the result of the Rose Bowl game until Jan uary 16," Dr. Ruhle lamented. The traveler made stops in Jo hannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi and other south African cities while away, and also was in Portuguese Africa and British East Africa. He returned home by wav of London. Dr. Ruhle said he flew almost 30,000 miles, traveled 10,000 miles by rail, about 6,000 by auto and walked a couple of hundred miles since he left Medford on Thanksgiving day. Active Club Hears County Engineer As Guest Speaker Paul Rynning. Jackson coun ty engineer and county employee for 26 years, was the featured speaker at last night's meeting of the Medford Active club held at Rogue Valley Country club. Rynning told of the Job his department faces in keeping the 1,000 miles of county roads In usable condition. He stated that last year $188,000 was spent for maintenance alone on the roads; in AHHittnn tho laward u,... of last year here cost the depart ment anoiner sou.uuu. Most of the revenue for improvement and linkppn rnmae Imm u county's 19 per cent share of the awic gdaujuie lax. $8 Million Needed Rvnniner pctimntari iltat Ul partment would need '$6,130,000 in uie next iu years to main tain, improve and construct roads that would adeauatelv serve the needs of a arowino Jackson county. Unfortunately, he stated, he saw no source of income tn fulfill tl-ta u,V,nl gram, but added that what funds mat were avanaDie would be used for the most good over all ine county. He reviewpH th nma,. made by the road program in southern Oregon in the 38 years he had worked with road im provement in this area. He worked for the state road de- nartmpnl hpfnra i-,iri,-M 41, county road department. in addition to county roads the state maintains 265 miles of rnadc in .lai-lrcnn nni.nl.. u " 11 ouu me forest service has 700 miles. Clint Bennett was program chairman. Hollvwnnd Feh 17 IIP1 John Ireland, recently nominat ed for an academy award for the best performance by a support ing actor, today receives his re lease from Columbia pictures. TRUSSES SURGICAL BELTS WEST SIDE PHARMACY The Rexall Store 135 W. Main Take Advantage of Adair's ROSE SALE NUMBER ONE, two-year-old roses grown by one of the Northwest's best and largest growers (on account of the low price he prefers to have his name omitted). It is impossible to buy better rose bushes at any price. These roses planted now will give you a garden full of bloom this Spring. Hundreds of bushel to choose from, all your favorite non-patent varieties NOW ONLY 75c EACH. In this sale you will find Climbers as well as Bush Roses, and remember, these are NUMBER ONE TWO-YEAR OLD BUSHES. While at the Nursery see the large assortment of outstanding shade trees. ADAIR'S NURSERY Located on Highway 99, SA Mile South of Phoenix OPEN DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY, From 10 A.M. Until 5 P.M. 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