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TWELVE MEDFORD (OHECOW) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, June 29, 1950
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Flight o' Time
Msdfofd and Jackson County His
tory from the files of rho Mall
Tribune 10, 20 and 34 rears see
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
Juno 29, 1940
(It Wag Saturday)
Vandals t o n Greyhound
buses In Gold Hill; five pas
sengers and driver injured by
flying glass.
Mrs. Douglas Welch elected
president of Sojourners club.
The Rev. E. W. Coleman of
First Christian church to speak
at first union park services to
morrow.
John Reisacher, Medford,
composes music and arranges
scores for Shakespearian festi
val at Ashland.
Kenneth G. Denman reelected
head of county republicans.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
June 29, 1930
(It Was Sunday)
Census figures indicate
jobless in Jackson county
214 of these in Medford.
714
and
City police warn no fire
crackers will be permitted with
in city limits.
Portland census places popu
lation at about 300,000.
Prospect and Eagle Point to
get better rural mail service
within few weeks.
14 YEARS AGO TODAY
June 29, 1916
(It Was Thursday)
Mrs. Ada Cornell and William
E. Church married here.
Woodmen of the World and
Women of Woodcraft to hear
the Rev. J. C. Rollins preach
patriotic sermon.
Dr. E. R. Seeley elected
local school board.
to
Adopt
Rural Areas
Higher Education
Cleveland, O. (U.R) City
slickers no longer have the edge
academically on their country
cousins, according to a Western
Reserve University survey.
The survey covers the period
from 1930 in a seven-county area
and the director, Dr. Clyde
While, said Its aim is "to deter
mine the district's college en
rollment demands from now to
1970."
The figures showed a 189 per
cent increase in rurnl high
school graduates going on to
college, with city high school
graduates Increasing only 62 per
cent. Private and parochial
schools sent about twice the num.
br at the end of the period as
they had at the beginning.
Dr. White said girls now con
stitute about 38 per cent of the
college enrollment In the area,
compared with 32 per cent In
1930.
Phoenix Recorder To
Mark Double Holiday
Phoenix. June 29 The city
recorder's office will be closed
Monday and Tuesday, July 3
and 4. due to the double holi
day. The recorder will be at the
city hall on Wednesday, July 8.
The city council meeting has
been postponed from Monday
to Wednesday.
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Stonington, Conn., June 29 Back to dear old Stonington for
a visit with the grandchildren, jumping irom new xorK to aton
inaton is like iumnina from Niagara Falls to the Sleep Hollow mill'
pond a tremendous relief unless one is eager for excitement, and
has the energy and temperament of a steelhead trout.
By mere chance what Hollywood loves to term "coincident
al" we arrived the day before the 85th annual Harvard-Yale boat
race on the Thames over at New London, only 14 miles west of
this quaint and early colonial village.
So we seriously considered motoring over and viewing the
great traditional sporting spectacle. The freshman race was sched
uled for 6 p. m. and the varsity at 7 with the junior varsity in be
tween.
It took some Dersuadina but we finally secured a companion
who has (we hope) inherited the paternal devotion to outdoor
sports, and as the "older gals" were going over to Watch Hill on
a shopping expedition, they shooed us away immediately after
lunch, warning that if we expected to find a place to park tne
car and get a seat on the observation boat, we would have to be on
hand no later than z p. m.
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Well thev were successful (as usual) and about 10 per cent
right. We did not reach New London until 2:30, found parking
space in an empty garage which charges 25 cents for four hours
every day but race day, when it is a buck and got on the boat
when it was practically deserted and exactly 50 minutes before it
shoved off. But it did finally leave the dock for the finish line at
3:30 which proved to Be exactly tnree nours Deiore me iirsi race
started.
In the distant but not so dim oast, we always took the observe
firm train which follows the race on shore from start to finish
But this year the New York & New Haven refused to do the job-
as it 'has refused since 1940 so the Harvard and Yale Athletic
associations took over and hired a couple of special trains one
from Boston and the other from New York. A cheap round-trip
rate was set up $10 including the race and 18 air-cooled parlor
cars were filled six from Boston, IZ irom new xorK, me iwo
joining at New London, for the river trip.
The observation train has certain advantages, of course, for
only in that fashion (unless one is an official) can the race be
followed from start to finish. But we wouldn't have missed that
hoat trio for the world, and with a Dortable radio, there was noth
ing of importance missed, while the view of the finish was in the
nature of a ringside seat, instead of a car window far up above on
the railroad bridge.
The hoat was the General Baxter which makes the regular run
to Fishers Island but, with a smart master who must have cleaned
up at least a thousand dollars, was used as a race observation
boat for the day.
We walked around the boat decK alter arrival ano discovered
couple of youngsters with Yale badges sitting together in front
of the pilot house, each with a flowering mint julep in his hand.
They said they had motored up from New Haven, starting at sun-up
so as to miss the heal, and had speni pracucauy an me mommx
getting the bartender at the Mohican hotel to fix them up with
their favorite summer drink they hail from the deep South. They
had some juleps in reserve, in the boat ice box.
They seemed rather depressed, however, perhaps because they
had not yet sampled the drinks, and except for a fresh and vigor
ous Bobby Socker, could find no one on board displaying the Yale
colors. . , ,
"Is this a special Harvard boat?" one of them asked, rather
Querulously.
Our reply wag "no" as we had purchased tickets in the New
London leather shop everything open to the general public.
This did not seem to convince them, as they observed various
crimson badges and banners circulating fore and aft, a group of
students being led by a deeply tanned and muscular individual,
with a crimson beret bearing the class numerals of '32, did not ease
their anxiety appreciably.
But worse was yet to come.
Various young men with crimson coats, crimson neckties,
white shirts and various and sundry musical instruments came
utrnlllno nhoard. two of them one very large and wearing a derby
hat, the other about four feet 10, bareheaded and looking no more
than 14 years old packing a bass drum, on the soiled surface of
which wh Inacrlherl in sold letterine "Harvard University band."
In a very short time the area in front of the pilot house was
packed with the hand memDers and meir iaay inmui "'"J
pert little gals with shrill voices a wash tub full of ice and cans
of beer was lugged up, and a nine snrimp or a iaa suuermu u
acne, but no inferiority complex proceeded to start "Up the
Street" with his gold plated cornet.
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A four Inlnpri in. hut moat of thp members, settled in their
camp-meeting chairs, fished out cans of beer and started to slake
their thirst.
Well, needless to say that was enough lor the iwo ooys irom
New Haven and the Deep South!
They went aft, clutching their mint juleps, and were not seen
againl We could not blame them. We don't know whether they
got their refunds $3.45 per head or not, but seriously doubt
It. Kace day ai new L,oncion is someimng line dik uhhic '.v
Palo Alto a time for the natives to get theirs while the getting
is good. ' '
Th la.l mll nf this traditional boat race is rowed between
two lines of anchored craft ranging from passenger steamers and
conscripted river ferry-boats, down to dinghys, life rafts and Eski
mo kyaks. In the old days J. P. Morgan was always on nana wun
his super-yacht "The Corsair," ditto other multi-millionaires,
like the Goelets, Vanderbilts and Whitneys. "Them days has gone
forever." We doubt if there are any such yachts In commission
now if there are they don't attend college boat-races. But there
were hundreds of private yachts of the super molor-ooal type, gay
with their awnings and strings of multi-colored flags, with crews in
while and sleeping accommodations for probably a dozen or more
people. It was Interesting reading their stern names and home
ports, ranging from Miami, Florida, to Portland, Maine.
The sailing around-the-world two-master "The Yankee" was
also there. Those who read "The Geographic" will recall the inter
esting accounts of the cruises of this boat each summer with an
amateur college crew, to out of-the-wav places. The owner is an
ex-Navy officer who makes his headquarters In Gloucester. His
wild and wooly boys saw the race from the top-sail cross-bars.
Some of the girl sea-scouts aboard who wore blue uniforms but
yelled for Harvard, climbed the lower rigging.
Well, aa everyone knows now, it was a great day, for Hah
vud. It was a clean sweep freshman, Jv'. and 'varsity. But finer
races, closer contests could hardly be imagined. As usual Yale was
there with the old fighting spirit; they were outweighed, but not
outgamed. On our boat only a short distance from the finish line,
the result of the varsity race was in doubt until the official an
nouncement. We heard the radio reports for the first three miles
at which point Harvard was leading by two lengths and rowing a
lower stroke. As the old boy from the Newell Boat Club remarked,
It looked like a cinch. But It was nothing of the sort.
From that three-mile mark to the finish Yale put on Due of
the greatest sprints ever seen on the river, stroked up to 48 with
out losing rhythm, was gaining as the shells passed our boat, and
had the finish line been 100 yards further presumably would have
won. As it was the Crimson won by a fraction of a second and
third of a lenRth, with the exception of 1914. when the Blue won.
the closest finish in all 85 years.
The freshman race (two miles) was the most decisive and satis
factory from a Harvard standpoint. Yale took the lead at the start
and was leading at the half-mile mark though rowing a slightly
higher stroke. There the lads from Cambridge put on the power,
overtook their opponents, forged ahead by two lengths and held
it in fact increased It slightly at the finish.
Rowing, like golf, is practically all rhythm, timing. Power
is necessary, of course, but It isn't a matter of brute strength, it is
a matter of the way that strength is utilized. expended, with the
maximum oi utilization, me minimum of waste.
Well, that freshman crew from Cambridge as It swept past
the "Baxter" was a beautiful sight to anyone who has ever rowed
in an eight-oar shell. They were rowing literally like one man:
perfect unison: the easy, soft entrance of the oar blade, the quirk
power of back, legs and arms, the long, sustained sweep, the
smooth recovery, and in again!
The Yale freshmen, in sham contrast, were oressina badlv.
No. 2 and 7 were out of step. If a crew can staKger that crew was .
staggering, like a punch-drunk fighter swinging wildly, working
desperately to get ahead, but realizing it couldn t. If movies were
taken of that last quarter-mile, they will he valuable from a coach
ing standpoint, showing what a crew should and should not do.
Because of a heavy southeast wind all the races were late. It :
was after eight o'clock before the final gun. and that huge fleet 1
started homeward. Here the UNfriendly New Haven railroad
played a characteristic last card, by refusing to raise the draw
bridge until not only the observation train had divided and de
parted for Boston and New York, but four other trains had come'
and gone. j
The smaller boats, of course, could get away under the bridge,
and one yacht with a towering radio mast took a chance, and got i
away with it although the tip of the antennae scraped the bridge 1
Crosstown
By Roland Coa
"Good afternoon, Mrs. Wilson. Can Jimmy coma out
underpinning. But the main fleet was held up for close to an hour,
in spue of whistling protests, cat-calls and hoots, while the Har
vard band played "Working on the Railroad," off the key, and
with derisive sour notes.
There was a big shout when the drawbridge finally started
lo move slowly upward and headed by the General Baxter the race
fleet pushed out, quite a sight, craft of all shapes and sizes,
plowing toward the sea, in a solid phalanx, somewhat remi
niscent of the Dunkirk retreat in "Mrs. Minniver." R.W.R.
Washington Report
By Bob Dickey
Washington, June 29 "Mid-
Summer Madness" is Rep. Wal
ter Norblad's label for the final
days of legislating before con
gress adjourns each year. As a
cure for this folly, Norblad sug
gests that congress remain in
session the year around.
In an article written for the
June 30 edition of the American
magazine, Norblad presents a
startling expose of the pre-ad-Journment
days of congress.
Each year as summer rolls
around, the congr.es.smen start
worrying about winding up af
fairs here in the capital and get
ting back out to their respective
states.
A tentative adjournment date
is set. Must legislation is tabbed.
Then the rat-race begins. But
always things bog down and in
the last few days before con
gress adjourns a score of the
most important bills are passed
and millions of dollars appro
priated.
It is obvious that in this last
minute turmoil, many ill-advised
measures are made into law. To
one who is on the outside look
ing in, that is apparent.
But in the candid Norblad ar
ticle we are able to view the
desperate throes of adjournment
day lawmaking as it appears to
those on the inside.
Blackmail
Norblad calls it blackmail
legislating. He cites how mem
bers who are fighting for a cer
tain provision in a bill will
threaten votes against the meas
ure being considered unless they
have, their way.
Such tactics normally would
be of no avail. But when spon
sors of legislation are sweating
out the adjournment deadline,
the lawmaking resembles high
class horsetrading.
The administration also cap
italizes on the adjournment date
deadline in fashion which Is
nothing more than blackmail.
Norblad declares. He cites how
they lay out a certain number
of measures which they profess
to be "must" legislation. The
administration's leaders in con
gress then announce that con
gress Is going to stay In session
until the bills are passed.
In the election years such as
this, it is Norblad's view that the
promise of an early adjourn
ment can be quite effectively
traded for votes.
Ludicrous
Some of the episodes occur
ring during the last minute rush
of lawmaking which Norblad
discloses, are completely ludicrous.
For example, one lawmaker
was trying to find a bill to get
it presented and have it voted
on. Everyone was In a dither
trying to track down the bill
The matter was ended, however,
when the speaker of the house
finally discovered that the bill
In question had been passed by
the house earlier in the day.
Year Around Session
To remedy this appalling sit
uation, the youngster of the Ore
gon delegation has suggested
that congress stay in session the
year around.
Norblad believes that congress
should take a two or three weeks
vacation each spring and fall.
In the summer when Washing
ton gets hot and humid, he sug
gests a two-month vacation.
During the rest of the year he
would have them back in Wash
ington earning their $15,000 a
year and making laws without
the pressure of an adjournment
date dangling over their heads.
This summer vacation would
give the congressmen a chance
to contact their constituents,
campaign if they desire, and
above all, have a break from the
sweat and turmoil of lawmaking
to keep them from getting stale.
Public Should Know
An article such as this one by
Norblad has been long overdue.
The public of the United States
Is entitled to know what a sorry
state of affairs exists during the
last few weeks before congress
adjourns each year, and it is
even more appropriate that a
member of congress has made
the disclosure.
Cinderella Named
For Talent Fete
Talent, June 29 A large
crowd enjoyed the program in
connection with the choosing of
Miss Larena Jennings as ' the
Jamboree Cinderella.
The program included a march
by Judy Carmen, Janet Joanis,
Cora Mae Gleim, Barbara Bur
nette, Lianis Burnette, Elvarene
Newman and Myrna Cole with
Beverly Jensen as soloist; Tiptoe
Through the Tulips, Linda Ham
ilton, Conrfie Unruh, Carol Pet
ersen, Billie Roy, Marilin John
son, April Burnette, with Patsy
Settlemier as soloist: Put Your
Little Foot Out, a Dutch num
ber, with J. Roy, Judy Lloyd.
Pamrfa Grove and Cheryl Ann
Schroeder; solo by Joanne Wein
hold. Song by group. Ruth Ann Pet
erson, Valerie Carmen, Sally
Zimmerman, Dorene Burnette,
Elverene Newman, Barbara Bur
nette, Liannis Burnette, Malinda
Lakey.
Tap number, Joyce Chapman
and Gayle Thoresen; butterfly
dance, Gayle Scharfe; acrobatic
number, Rosmarie Sullivan;
dance, Jeannie Roy; Ethel May
Culver played the accordion and
sang; electric guitar, Virginia
Martin; Ethel May Culver and
Monte Lutz, accordion duet;
Lloyd Bunnell and puppet; Nor
man Garren. magician; Joyce
Perkins, coval solo; dance, Maria
Suksdorf.
As the climax the girls came
on the stage in the following
order: Gail Carter, Betty Gerg
ren, Doris Bench. Larena Jen
nings and Carol Jean Petersen.
Each tried the Cinderella throne
and then went to the rear of the
stage and brought her queen for-1
ward. The fairy godmother then
pointed to Larena Jennings as
Cinderella of the Jamboree and
she was led from the stage by
the Prince Charming.
Dancers were taught by
Carlotta.
ford, Medford, It was announced
this week.
Lewis plans to move to Ash
land soon, he said.
The greatest value of Califor
nia's forests is its watersheds.
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Medford Accountants
Open Ashland Branch
Ashland, June 29. A branch
office of the Clayton W. Lewis
Accounting firm of Medford has
been opened here under the
management of Jack E. Craw-
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Air Crews Search for
Crop Dusting Plane
Portland, Ore., June 29 (U.R)
Ground and air search crews
were to continue their hunt for
a missing BT-I3 airplane which
disappeared yesterday morning
with its pilot. Bob Feller, who
was participating in a two-state
spruce budworm spraying proj-1
ect. I
The CAA said Feller's ship is
owned by the Roberts Aircraft j
company of Lovelock, Nev.
Up to 12 forestry planes were I
to take part in today's serch. Fel-1
ler disappeared 30 minutes after
he took off from the Pondosa, i
Ore., airstrip to spray trees In
the Cathryn creek area, north
west of Baker, Ore.
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