Lapham May Set
Appointment to
State Department
Assistant's Job
Claimed Scheduled
Washington, Apr. 8 (U.PJ
Roger D. Lapham, former repub
lican mayor of San Francisco
who advocated U. S. recognition
of communist China last fall,
may be brought into the state
department, informed quarters
indicated Friday.
Lapham, one-time ECA chief
in China, was in favor of U. S.
recognition of the reds as late
as last December. He since has
said the move is out of the ques
tion now because of the com
munists' mistreatment of U. S.
officials.
Besn Considered
Sources close to the adminis
tration said that Lapham "has
been thought of as one republi
can" who might receive a de
partment appointment in con
nection with present efforts to
bolster the bipartisan approach
to foreign policy.
Lapham urged in a talk last
September that the United States
get ready to recognize the Chin
ese communist regime wheth
er we like it or not." At that
time the red forces had not com
pletely overrun the Chinese
mainland.
Claimed Slated
Newsweek magazine has re
ported that Lapham was slated
to become assistant secretary of
state in charge of the president's
point four program of aid tor
underdeveloped areas. Adminis
tration sources said, however,
that "no specific assignment for
him has been discussed. Tney
said the idea of "bringing in"
Lapham had received only pre
liminary consideration, ana inai
he has not been approached.
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By Robene Starcher
Senior high school classes
were resumed April 6 after the
usual three-day pre-Easter vaca
te - tj tion.
r ij Students
J Dringing a
a ." 9k signed excuse
h at to from their par-
. i-rsTlV ents were al
lowed to at-
-r tend Good Frr
rinv c h u r c h
services dur
ing the day ai
speel tie a
time.
The choir
under the di
rection of Miss
Lorraine Veidt,
Medford senior high school
teachers who attended the an
nual Oregon Education associa
tion meeting April 3 and 4 were
Lester D. Harris, principal; Miss
JoseDhine Kirtley. vice-pritv
cipal; Mrs. Marjorie Butler, dean
of girls, and De Vere Taylor,
Vern Wolthoff and Miss Lorraine
Veidt.
Wtih the advent of somewhat
eratic warmer weather, many of
the girls of Medford senior high
school have been exchanging
winter sweaters and wool skirts
for cotton blouses, skirts and
dresses. Gloria Dunagan and
Carol Hazelton have red seer
sucker skirts just alike, which
thev made in sewing class.
Frances Zimbleman and Nan
cy Pierce have dresses styled
alike but in different colors, as
do Ann Rentchler and Joyce
Bearden.
On a bright day one can see
polka dots, plaids, stripes and
solid colors walking by during
any five minutes in the cateiena
or between classes in the halls.
Some of the new skirts can
hardly be classified as to design,
but resemble a modern painting
which doesn't resemble anything
in particular and everything in
general. Some of the more cor
servative girls can still be seen
in sweaters and skirts, but it
won't belong until all will be
wearing the gay cottons.
Committee chairmen for this
year's Junior Prom have been
named. They are Gary Boshears,
general chairman; Keith Mirick,
music; DeWayne Smith, con
struction; Irene Williams, pro
gram Pnrrinp Wine. Drom
queen; Jim Gleason, technical
cnairman; Jim orey, puum-ii.y;
Shirley Rice, features; Pat Lem
mon, refreshments; Victor Drew,
cleanup, and Bob Bosworth,
decorations.
The Grange
Eagle Point Grange
AH officers were present and
the seating drill was used at
Eagle Point Grange meeting
April 4. State Deputy William
Howes and Mrs. Howes were
guests. Visitors from Butte Falls
Grange were Mr. and Mrs. John
D. Hoist, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Green, also Mrs. Ben Edmondson
who received her third and
fourth degrees with the Eagle
Point group. The latter included
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Wright, Mr.
and Mrs. William Stockton, Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Waddell, Mr.
and Mrs. Malcolm McSwan and
Charles Winkle.
A canasta party and dance
will be held for Grangers and
their invited guests at Eagle
Point hall, starting at 8:30 p.m.,
Saturday, April 15. Grange la
dies are asked to bring a cake
or cream. A nominal charge for
refreshments will aid the H.E.C.
pay for table linen.
Quarterly reports by Mrs.
Theron Taylor, H.E.C. chairman,
and Mrs. Vern Matthews, secre
tary, were read and approved.
Deputy Howes complimented
them on their excellent reports.
Seventeen new rmbers were
gained in this quarter and the
membership contest has been ex
tended to June 30. Eagle Point
Grange now has 203 members.
Mrs. Roy Smith asks that sales
slips he sent to her by the end
of this week as she must turn
them in.
Candidates for county office
are to be invited to the May 2
meeting. Grange is non-political
and the purpose of the invitation
is to gain first-hand information
on issues of interest to Grangers.
Serving committee for April
18 will be Mr. and Mrs. Kermit
Carroll and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Swan.
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rifled a safe at Alabama Poly
technic Institution here. It was
a good lock so good that clerks
'.tied for a full day to open it.
Finally they called a safe com
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A BOY AND HIS DOG Bradford Da Pont, Easter Seal Boy for the
California Society for Crippled Children, beams with happiness as
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Hollywood, April 8 (U.R)
Too many women, a glamorous
movie otieen declared today, are
too interested
in how they'll
dress for Eas
ter and not
enough in
what they'll do
for Easter.
Actress Gale
Storm said the
ladies ought to
forget about
waltzing in the
Easter parade
for a while
and concen
trate on get-
their nyloned
VlrtfnU
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ting down on
tUrnun Niebob
ones about now
Washington, Apr. 8 (U.R)
"Cutie Cottontail," who was
about to put all her bunnies in
one basket for
Easter didn't.
"Cutie" met
a horrible fate
at the hand of
a thoughtless
small boy or a
hungry dog on
Good Friday.
The rabbit,
the most publi
cized three
legged bunny
in the world,
was scheduled
to deliver a
batch of little
. She was the
net of John Webster and his kids
iri nearby Arlington, Va.
"Cutie Cottontail" was named
by the Webster's small boys,
iviarK. almost tour and David, al
most three. She will be mourned
by almost everybody in the
neighborhood, including the
watchman of the school near the
Webster home, who was her
friend and guardian during the
day.
The rabbit came to live with
the lawyer and his family many
months ago. John, who had his
briefcase loaded and was ready
to leave for Washington one
morning looked out the window
and saw the little brown bunny
looking at him half starved.
He stopped everything, fed the
rabbit and shooed him off into
the woods.
Wouldn't Stay Shooed
The little rodent wouldn't
stay shooed. She came for more
and got it. The kids in the
neighborhood saved their pen
nies and bought carrots. "Cutie,"
all by herself, discovered the
tasty clover of the ebster lawn.
Johnny took out hammer and
saw and built the pet a house on
the outside. But his kids took
over after that. They bought
the bunny inside.
Then it happened. One day,
"Cutie" scratched on the back
door and Mrs. Webster opened
the door. The bunny was puck
ered up in the face and obvious
ly badly hurt. Mr. W. bundled
her and took her to Dr. R. R.
Whitter's animal hospital in
Alexandria where a hind leg
was amputated.
"Cutie" was badly spoiled
after that and attained many
firsts among the rabbit family.
Fancies Bananas
She doubtless was the first
rabbit ever to take a fancy to
bananas. The watchman at the
school saw to that. He gave her
a banana out of his lunch box
every day. The kids took a shine
to the little one too and would
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sneak her left-overs from their
sandwiches. Most rabbits don't
like sandwiches, but "Cutie"
did. She'd nibble the meat first
and save the bread for the sec
ond course. If there was carrot
around, she would save it for
dessert.
The bunny would have no part
if the bed the youngsters fixed
up for her in the house, and al
ways slept under the bed.
Recently, according to Johnny,
the rabbit had been feeling the
call of the wild. She would dis
appear into the woods and stay
out all night like a rabbit. Get
ting ready to take care of a
family.
Day before yesterday, Johnny
came home a little late and ask
ed about the house pet.
No bunny.
Found By Fence
The next morning Webster be
gan a search, with his own two
tearful youngsters and 35 others
in the neighborhood at his heels.
They found her by a fence.
The little bell the kids had put
around her neck was still there.
The little ones that would have
been born about today won't
ever be.
It won't be a happy Easter at
the Websters.
knees in some church
"After all," she said, "Easter
is a religious observance. It's
a sacred day. There's probably
nothing sacrilegious about a
new $65 hat but that shouldn't
be the biggest thing about the
whole day.
"The biggest thing should be
what we do and say and think
and pray."
And while the rest of the
glamour gals were giving out
scoops about their latest Easter
bonnet, Miss Storm was making
news herself by announcing she
won't have one.
"No new outfit," she said.
"The dress-up tradition is all
right, in a way, but many people
push it too far.
Doesn't Symbolise
"Besides, I don't get any con
nection between Christ rising
from the dead and everybody
getting a ncvJ hat. It doesn't
symbolize that to me. Any other
time . . . gosh yes! But not on
Easter."
Miss Storm, who is married
to insurance executive Lee Bon
nell, said she's going to spend
most of her Easter in church
with her husband and her three
small sons. Philip 7, Peter 4,
and Paul 214.
She won't have time to walk
in any Easter parade, either.
About that hour on Sunday
morning she'll be busy teaching
Sunday school to her regular
class of 14 junior high school
kids.
Missing the Point
"I think a lot of people are
missing the point about Easter,"
Miss Storm added. "And I think
it's too bad."
She said she feels the same
about the other sacred holidays.
"Christmas and Thanksgiving
and the rest," she explained.
"They're all too terribly com
mercialized. On Christmas peo
ple worry too much about send
ing gifts that are as nice as the
ones they get, instead of cele
brating the birth of the Lord."
The green-eyed beauty said
she hopes her sentiments don't
make her sound "too dull."
"We have fun at home," she
added. "The boys have Easter
baskets and egg hunts and we
tell them about the rabbit.
They're not old enough to un
derstand the significance of the
day.
"But grown-ups are. And I
think they're missing a lot by
fussing over new bonnets and
forgetting about the important
things."
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times a week. His favorite del
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him. At the end of the week,
Holcombe drops in and pays up.
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France for at least two centuries.
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