FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. April, 9. 19SC
Community Chest
Meeting Approves
New Constitution
Momtwa nf the Jackson Coun
ty Community Chest adopted a
new constitution at a meeting
here this week. The new docu
ment was written using ideas
gained from constitutions ol
other Community Chests in Ore-
gon, and from suggestions
by local members.
One of the changes will be
provision that each contributor
to the Chest will be considered
as a member of the chest for the
year to which their subscription
applies.
Organization members include
civic, fraternal and other organi
zations which are interested in
social welfare, or youth and
character building programs, and
nnnur fnr mpmhershiD and
r accented by the board ol
directors.
. . . - i ir.ilM
AU classes of members will
t... tin n r i v 1 1 e e s, and
board members believe that by
the broadened membership pro
visions mere win ue iiiv.....--interest
and support of the Cnesi
and Its beneficiary agencies.
Another clause in the consti
tution provides for three-year
tenure for board members, with
staggered terms, which will give
greater continuity in member-
. .... , I momhnrs who
Ship Wlin BUtuu
have had experience mingled
with those who are new to the
problems involved.
Communities Represented
The new constitution also pro
vides for representation from
various communities of the coun
ty, with more people and more
areas given a voice in the affairs
- it., nroaniration. In addition
to directors who are elected or
appointed, the campaign chair
man for the county and commun
ity campaign chairmen will be-
- , i v. .. Maim pnm.
come Doara meii.
mittees. working the ye"
around, will cover practically
nhace nf chest work.
New officers and committee
chairmen will be named at an
other meeting to be held soon.
Present officers will serve until
then.
Modern Devices
Make Life Easy
For Householder
Chicago U.R) A housing re
searcher has presented a fascin
ating array of new products for
the modern nome.
.Insenh. H. Schulte. housing
engineer and chairman of the
new products committee of the
National Association oi nunic
Builders, put them on display at
the association's convention.
He demonstrated a new
switch, called the "touch plate."
It is a simplified mechanism in
serted in the wall. A person
needs only touch the plate with
the tip of the finger to put on
the lights.
Matter Switch
He showed a master light con
trol switch panel which controls
every light in the home. The
panel is placed by the front
door so that the occupant may
turn on what lights are needed.
It avoids going through a dar
kened room to turn on lights.
Also demonstrated were rub
berized aluminum for roofs and
floors, a radar lock which uses
a card instead of a key to open
the door and radiant glass heat
ing panels which heat a room
in record time when installed in
ceilings or walls.
A television gas range with
built-in TV so that the house
wife can follow televised cooking
instructions and household hints
was shown, in addition to a re
volving door closet which uses
every conceivnble inch ot space.
RARE BOOK PRESENTED
Hayes, Kan. (U.Rl Bound in
leather and printed In old Eng
lish type, a book of sermons be
lieved to be 400 years old has
been given to the Fort Hays
State College library.
Four eclipses are due In 1050.
The sun will be obscured on
March 18 and September 12.
Lunar eclipses will occur April
2 and September 26.
News o4-H
$CLUBS
Howard Llvorfock Club
The Howard Livestock 4-H
club met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Chaucey recently. Record
books were given out and indi
vidual reports on animals were
given. Members were told of
scrapbooks which they should
start regarding club activities.
Bill Kramer, club leader now
attending Oregon State college,
was rjresent at the meeting.
The club's next meeting will
be at the home of Glenda Martin,
April 21, at 7:30 p.m.
Glenda Martin, reporter.
Bride Discarded
In Order To Wed
Mother-in-law
Cairo (U.R) Is it a crime to
marry your own mother-in-law?
Most people, and in particular
the hen-pecked husbands, would
say immediately that a man
wanting to marry his mother-in-law
is mad and should be shot.
But it's actually happened.
Mahmoud Abdel Ghaffar has
done it. He tossed out his youth
ful bride and shortly afterwards
married her widowed mother. It
has created quite a problem in
Egyptian courts.
Judges and lawyers are poring
over legal and religious volumes
trying to find whether there is
any law against it or for it. So
far, they've found laws that
condemn it and others that con
done it.
Issues Raised
This case promises to be as
colorful as some of the world's
best. .
Our hero is an illiterate peas
ant. Mahmoud Abdel Ghaffar
comes from Sakkara. He married
Saadia, a young virgin just
turned 16.
The court report, as appearing
in Akher Lahza, a weekly maga
zine, said there were no marital
relations between husband and
wife. He soon divorced her and
married his mother-in-law.
The authorities heard of it
and the blissful second marriage
was charged as unlawful and
proceedings were started against
Mahmoud.
In vain did the first wife say
she was glad her husband mar
ried her mother. In vain the
pleas of the second wife that she
did not realize it was criminal to
marry her former son-in-law.
Law Disputed
The authorities read out laws
which said the procedure was
criminal.
However, Mahmoud had asked
a lawyer to defend him. The
lawyer produced the bombshell.
He read out pronouncements by
Al Kortaby, who compiled a set
of Koramic laws, and laws from
the Moslem legislation written
by Mohammed Ben Al Husn Al
Asfahani Al Kirbassy in his vol
ume In Shareea laws (Moslem
legislation). They showed that
this act was no criminal offense
but quite legal.
The lawyer concluded: "If this
point Is one of dispute between
the erudites, will our consciences
permit us to condemn an ig
norant peasant who cannot even
sign his own name?"
The judges scratched their
heads, and decided to investi
gate the matter further.)
Meerschaum, used for making
pipes, is not petrified sea-foam
hut a mineral called sepiolite.
ror centuries Turkey has been
the main source.
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Irrigation District
Mourns Passing
David H. Holmes
m
The Medford Irrigation dis
trict's board of directors this
weeks passed a resolution honor
ing the late David Holmes, who
until his death recently was pres
ident of the district. The resolu
tion follows:
"The death of David Holmes
has removed one of our most
useful and outstanding citizens
and represents a deep loss to
this community. As president of
the board of directors of the
Medford Irrigation district, dur
ing the darkest days of the de
pression, when this district was
threatened with hopeless insol
vency, his unselfish efforts and
labor were of uncalculable value.
He not only gave the district
his expert advice and council
but without charge to the district
spent much of his time in work
ing out an equitable settlement
of Its financial problems.
Many Activities
'We realize, too, that his ser
vice to this district represents
only one of his many activities
on behalf of this community. His
integrity, his loyalty and his de
votion to duty was an outstand
ing example of the highest type
of citizenship and an inspiration
to everyone who came in contact
with him.
RESOVLED, FURTHER, that
we extend to his mother. Mis.
J. R. Holmes; his daughter, Mrs.
Nannette Osgood; his son, Mr.
David Holmes Jr.; and his broth
er, Mr. Harry Holmes, our deep
sympathy; that a copy of this
resolution be sent them and also
given to the local press."
Medford Irrigation District
Board of Directors.
Warning Signs at
Crosswalks Seen
As Safety Need
Need of signs at Medford In
tersections instructing motorists
to stop when pedestrian cross
walks are o cc u p i e d and the
necessity for more "teeth" in
legislation giving pedestrians the
right-of-way were discussed at
the monthly meeting of the Med
ford Safety council Friday noon
at the Jackson hotel.
John Hunter and Al Johnson
were named. to a committee to
confer with the police or city
council concerning the placing
of such signs.
Defiance mentioned
The occ a s i o n a 1 '"defiance"
shown by pedestrians toward
drivers was mentioned and it
was stated that pedestrians
should be "educated" as well as
motorists.
Chandler Drew. Elliott Becken
and Emerson Anderson were ap
pointed to a committee to work
with the city park advisory com
mittee in connection with the
dedication program and to confer
with that group in regard to me
auto parking problem at the new
park area.
A number of standing commit
tee heads were named and Miss
Hazel Swayne, president, called
a meeting of these groups at her
home on April 27.
Leaders Named
Those appointed were Mrs.
Irean Grigsby, home safety; Al
Randies and Al Johnson, bicycle
safety, Clyde Fichtner, traffic
safety; Jack Fitzgerald, truck
and transportation safety; John
Applegate, airport safety; Chand
ler Drew and Don Newbury,
budget; Robert Rucker and
Archie Pierce, membership: Vic
tor Milnes, Don Lane, Bill Force
and Richard Jewett, publicity
and Victor Milnes, program coordination.
Florida Jail Escapee
Returned to Prison
Portland, Ore.. Apr. 8 U.R)
A 21-year-old escapee from a
Florida prison farm must return
there to finish his five-year sen
tence despite his protests of
brutal treatment. .
Trubee Byrd's petition for a
writ of habeas corpus was denied
triday by Circuit Judge Walter
L. Tooze.
Byrd was temporarily con
fined in the city jail here while
his guards took another prisoner
for the Tallahassee, Fla., insti
tution they labaled a model
prison farm run on army lines."
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The cardinal is the official
bird of seven states Virginia,
Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, West Virginia and North
Carolina.
COUPLE TO PRESENT PROGRAM The Rev. and Mrs
George Pestana will present unusual musical program from April
12 to 23 at the Prospect Church of the Nazarene. Some of their in
struments are shown in the above picture.
Unusual Instruments
To Feature Programs
Dxncnartt Artril R A SpHfS Of
special meetings will be held at
the Prospect (Jhurcn oi me xiaz-
iK-ana 4 rril 1 9. in 23. The Rev.
and Mrs. George Pestana will
nrpannt an unusual musical PrO-
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gram, featuring an electric or-
aan Mml-KPP T inn IP. vlDra-
phone, accordian, violin, electric
Uauraiinn Ollitnr TTtllsiral SBW.
electric Spanish guitar, and con
verted wine pouies.
Services will be held each
nitiht iirith ihp pvppnt.inn nf Sat
urdays, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Pestana will speak a teach
service.
The Rev. Robert W. Gwinn is
nastnr nf the ProsDect Church
of the Nazarene.
26 Die in Oregon Auto
Accidents Last Month
Salem. Ore.. Apr. 8 (U.R)
Twenty-six persons died in Ore
gon traffic accidents in March,
the state traffic safety division
reported today. That brought the
traffic death toll to 60 for the
first three months of this year.
The division said this was a 17
ner cent increase over the 50
lives lost in the first quarter of
1949.
The longest stake race in the
United States is the Pimlico cup
for 2'i miles run at Baltimore.
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Company Sets Mining For Tungsten Ore
Ashland, Apr. 8 L. A. Bratch
er, of the Bratcher Mining cor
poration, has announced the
firm .. has leased 500 acres of
property from the Ashland Min
ing company, and that his firm
will convert its mining equip
ment to handle scheelite, the or
from which tungsten is derived.
Bratcher said the business
may be devolped into a year
round operation. The tungsten
mine here is believed to Je the
first to be developed in Oregon.
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THE fight u on to save more lives in
19501 Now Is the time to back science
to the hilt in its all out battle against cancer.
Important gains have already been made.
Last year, 67,000 men, women and children
were rescued from cancer. Many more can
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Give! Give your dimes and quarters and
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cess of great research and educational pro
grams depends on your support.
Your contribution to the American Cancer
Society supports these vital efforts. It helps
guard your neighbor, yourself, your loved
ones. So this year, strike back at cancer . . .
Give more than before . . . Give as gener
ously as you an, ,
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