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SIAMESE TWINS PLAY LIKE NORMAL BABIES Mr. and Mm.
Wesley Galyon of Dayton, O., hold their Siamese twin boys, Ronnie
(left) and Donnie, who were born Oct. 28, 1951. The youngsters,
unaware that they are in any way unusual, play together like
normal babies. Doctors hope to part them by surgery in about
18 months.
Pickin' Pears
By SID HOLLINGSWOHTH
It may be assumed now that
regardless of Defense Depart
ment jlans concerning the mili
tary phases of the huge govern
ment reservation at Camp White,
one element will remain as a
permanent installation.
This is the area utilized by
the Veterans Administration for
one of its three exclusively dom
iciliary centers. There are 17
domiciliaries In the United
States, including 14 with hospit
al status as well, In the homes
division.
The Camp White domiciliary
is a completely new installation,
having come into being as an
' outgrowth of World War II, and
the postwar property disposal
program.
It was in the fall of 1948 that
the VA moved in to put the
place in readiness for opening as
a home in February, 1949. Ow
ing to the somewhat doubtful
suitability of the facilities and
their conversion from a military
to civil status, as well as the
element of popularity as a sta
tion, Camp White has been
largely experimental for three
years.
The atmosphere was cleared
definitely in April last year by
the personal visit of Gen. Carl
R. Gray, Jr., administrator, and
his medical director, Adm. Joel
T. Boone, who gave the go-ahead
signal for all engineering and
conditioning plans, including the
establishment of a cemetery sim
ilar to those incorporated with
other homes for veterans. This
cemetery, located near Eagle
Point, is to be dedicated on Me
morial day.
One of the factors lacking at
Camp White has been the ab
sence of traditional background.
To natives the section has been
known as the Agate desert, due
' to the prevalence of volcanic
and natural gem stones includ
ing the well known agate types.
Camp White has a distinguish
ed Oregon general as its patron,
)Gen. George A. White, comman
. dor of the 41st Infantry div
! ision, the first unit to be sent
' overseas at the outbreak of
World War II. He died a year
after establishing training head
quarters at Ft. Lewis, Washing
ton, and it was deemed fitting
that the new army camp, locat
ed here, should be named in his
honor. General White was affec
tionately known as the "grand
old man" of the Oregon Nation
al Guard.
The portion of Camp White
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now used as a domiciliary was
built during 1941-42 by the U. S,
corps of engineers as an Army
hospital. There are two other
similar installations, one at Clin
ton. Ia., and the other at Thorn-
asville, Ga. Only a portion of
the 806,090 square feet of floor
space is occupied by the exist
ing personnel. The area held by
the government covers 157 acres
exclusive of the 23 acres com
prising the White City Lumber
company, facing the VA facility
The most unique characterise
tic of the buildings as designed
by the Army engineers is the
interconnecting corridor system
which enables a person to walk
through the entire "domain'
without going outside. This is
especially serviceable during the
wet weather. There are three
miles of corridor space, more
than half of which is used in
connecting the various build
ings.
When the camp was built or
iginally, provision was made for
housing 36,000 troops and 1,716
officers. All of the buildings,
with the exception of the hospit
al facility, were of a temporary
nature and have been demolish
ed for the most part, including
warehouses and supply units.
The Army came here in 1942
and remained until 194S, the
year the war ended. It was turn
ed over to the Navy, which op
erated the hospital during 1946
Then it was abandoned and re
verted to the custody of the War
Assets administration. The place
was in a generally run down
condition in the fall of 1948
when the VA moved in as the
result of congressional authoriza
tion to acquire the property.
Not a great deal had to be
done in changing over from
military hospital to a veteran
home. Remodelling of headquar
ters and arranging housekeeping
quarters constituted principal
changes. The water system was
reconstructed to coordinate with
the Medford works supplied
from Big Butte springs. Land
scaping was started and consid
erable painting and decorating
have been done in the period
of occupancy thus far.
"Expecting to find ramshackle
buildings of frame construction
spotted in an area of desert
wasteland, Administrator Gray
left Camp White with a large
measure of relief," it is reported
in Dominews, camp paper, fol
lowing the visit last year, as
suring support of the plan of
improvements as outlined by
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BROOKS.
A recent arrival at the book
stalls is the story of that scien
tiously sophisticated magazine.
The New Yorker," and its
quaint founder and editor, the
late Harold Ross, xitie: "rtoss
and the New Yorker," by Dale
Kramer. The early struggles of
the New Yorker might be the
basis of an entertaining film.
Oscar Levant could play Ross.
However, the actress portraying
that lively member of the New
Yorker staff, Lois Long, would
have the best part. I give you
Mr. Kramer s description of
Lois. "She was 22, exceptionally
well constructed, tall, and dark
haired. She had energy in abun
dance. Her movements and her
conversation were super-charged.
She could have modeled for
Miss Jazz Age." It was Lois
Long who first put the sophis
tication into the New Yorker.
It was her following in the night
club set that really got the New
Yorker started when it was ra
pidly approaching oblivion.
Newlyweds
It is as Mr. Tennyson observ
ed: "In the spring a young man's
fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of love." In this weakened con
dition the young men are easily
overpowered and lured into ma
trimony. That's why there are
so many June marriages. It
this department's view that it is
not enuogh just to extend sym
pathy to these young men who
have been deprived of their li
berty and had limits placed on
their pursuit of happiness. We
feel they should enjoy the ad
vice of our world famous Hors
es & Women experts. Therefore,
a series of helpful hints for
young husbands is being pre
pared under the general head
ing of The Care and Training
of Wives During the First
Year."
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. We,
tnree brunettes, assume you
have made your usual annual
change of your favorite actress.
We know it is some redhead, but
what red-head? A. Rhonda Flem
ing. Q. On the life of what his
torical character have the most
plays been based. I say Napole
on. My husband says Lincoln.
A. ' You're both in error. More
plays have been based on the
Burton R. Sims, chief engineer.
An interesting piece of engin
eering effeciency was accomp
lished during the time the Army
was here in the elimination of
the "smoke nuisance" through
construction of a modern soot
disposal system, still in opera
tion. Automatic stoking and oth
er features make the Camp
White power plant a model unit.
Trouble again?
Tribune
United Pteis Full Ueued Wire
1952
Pages 1-6
By E. V
Durling
Features Syndicate,
Inc.)
life of Queen Elizabeth the first
of England. Thirty-four in all.
There have been eleven plays on
Napoleon, eleven on Lincoln.
Says She
"I hate you. I double hate you.
I wish your column appeared in
both morning and evening pa
pers so I could stop reading it
twice a day," writes a feminine
subscriber. "Why do you have to
report all the hateful things the
stargazers have to say about
Scorpio women? My husband
delights in reading that stuff
aloud at the breakfast table. As
for instance the other morning
he remarked: 'It says here in
Durling's column that Scorpio
women are hot tempered.1 I said
to him: 'Listen, Big Boy, if you
say "how true!" I am just going
to plant this bowl of mush right
in your face.' Have Scorpio
women no good points? Dig a
little deeper into the stargazer
records and see if you can't find
somewhere a good word for us."
Sidelights
Note a reference to "Balding
Senator Richard Russell." That's
a nasty way to describe a man.
Anyway, what's unusual about
it? Eighty per cent of men over
35 are "balding" to some de
gree . . . Add members My
Name is a Poem Club: Phyllis
Gillis, Dearborn, Mich.
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surrounding the compound on Koje Island. The POW was appar
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will meet for a dessert luncheon
Wednesday, May 28, at 1:30 p.m.
at the home of Mrs. Mary Smith
on Grant road northwest of Cen
tral Point. Hilda Hogue will be
cohostess.
Roll call will be "Are you
ashamed of your middle name?
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Program will be in charge of
Charity Sander.
Chicago (U.R) Northwest
Airlines reported Monday that it
carried 140,000 eggs to Korea in
one shipment without a single
egg being broken. The eggs are
being hatched in Korea to build
up that nation's poultry in
dustry. Motoring!
DEAD INDIAN ROAD OPEN
The Dead Indian road to Lake
O'Woods will be open by Mon
day night, according to Tom
Neeley, resort owner. The road
around the lake to the private
homes and camps will be open
by Tuesday or Wednesday,
Neeley added, so that "every
thing will be in order" for the
holiday weekenders. The resort
is in full operation and ready
for the weekend, the manager
concluded.
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day there will be 15 per cent
less automobiles made this year
than in 1951, but still enough to
meet the anticipated demand.
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