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i Potpourri... To our way of thinking, one of the most beautiful drives in southern Oregon is the Mt. Aih- land loop trip. For all except the timid driver, we recommend it for a Sunday or holiday trip, or for an over-night camping trip for those who like to sleep out. While- the sky was somewhat overcast last Sunday, preventing a clear view of Mt. Shasta and other far-away snow - covered peaks, the drive still was most rewarding as far as scenery goes. True, we did not get quite as far as the little forest camp where we had planned to eat our picnic dinner, for the snow was still over the road in one spot. How ever, this did not greatly spoil the day, for the wild flowers alone were worth the trip. We found carpets of blue lupine, many clumps of Indian paint brush, some wild columbine and larkspur and several which we could not identify. The Oregon lilac was almost through bloom ing, but other flowering plants along the road were pretty. The sights of the day included a fungus growth at the side of the road quite unlike anything the family members had ever seen before. These were greyish- white in color, the largest about the size and shape of a good-sized pineapple and with an irregular surface rather like a pineapple When broken off at the short stem, the inside of the growth looked somewhat like a mush room or toadstool. Since return ing from the trip we've question ed two or three native residents of southern Oregon who know the forests, but none were famil iar with this growth, and of course, it was not to be found in the wild flower book. The narrow mountain road fails to deter people from mak ing the trip, for several cars were seen during the day Park ed at the snow bank which pre vented further travel from the Ashland end of the road were a car in which two bob cat hunters had driven up the mountain, and the family pick-up. Later a truck and trailer carrying the Jack Youngs of Ashland with their three horses came toiling up the steep grade. After the horses had been unloaded and the trailer and truck reversed, with the help of the men in the group, Mrs. Young and the oldest son mounted and prepared to ride down. Jack Jr., being only eight years old and rather on the "five-by-five" order, climbed on the side of the truck and from there to the saddle. Mr. Young, before he started back down the mountain, admitted that he was "crazy about riding" and said that the family spent most of its spare time on horseback. The Youngs met again at Bull gap, part way down the moun tain, and then all' four, with small David riding double, rode around the mountain. When they returned to the spot where the snow had covered the road, they found that some one had used a pick and shovel to clear the drift which had closed the road. Later in the afternoon the cloud formations proved a fasci nating sight. From the side of the mountain they appeared to be close at hand and we saw several so-called "thunderheads" boil up and then disperse. The beauty of these foaming cloud masses and the rapidity with which they form and then disappear makes them worth watching closely, and' through the field glasses they were even more interesting. There seemed to be few birds, and the only one which paused long enough to be watched was a woodpecker, who disliked our presence and retired to a safe distance to scold. Mrs. Earl Nill and her daugh ter, Mrs. John Ousterhout, matched our tales about bird- USED DESKS - CHAIRS TABLES Some Real Buy en SUNDSTRAND ADDING MACHINES Electric or Manual MEDFORD OFFICE EQUIPMENT COMPANY 41, S. Grapa St. Phone 2-4100 Vacuum Cleaner SPECIAL One Week Only . . July 21st Thru the 26th DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE! $10.00 OFF REGULAR PRICE on any used or rebuilt -vacuum cleaner in our store . . . All machines have a complete set of attachments and carry a ONE YEAR GUARANTEE All Work & SALES ' 410 EAST MAIN ST. Medford's Largest Exclusive Vacuum Gleaner Store Phone 2-8821 for Free Pickup or Delivery watching and wild flower-gazing last week with one about the robins in their neighborhood. Mrs. Nill says they have a robin alarm clock in their block. Every morning Papa Robin, or maybe he's Grandpa Robin, for he has a loud and commanding voice, wakes up the rest of the Robin family. Bright and early, at an hour when people of the neighbor hood want to catch a last 40 winks, Mr. Clock Robin goes de terminedly to work. Mrs. Kill firmly maintains that anyone who listens a few mornings could come to no other conclu sion. One by one, using a differ ent voice on each one, he calls and calls until every last robin in the colony has answered. Just like people, some of the robin family members wake up quick ly and answer cheerfully while others have to be called twice or three times, and in that case, the head of the household speaks up in that "young man you get up or else" manner. Perhaps we should take our sleeping bag out to 25 Myers court some time and spend the night under a tree to hear this phenomenon of bird life. Or maybe it would be easier to ask Dr. Elmo Stevenson of SOC, who is an authority on birds, if robin famlies have to be called in the morning. One group of young women from Medford wished they had sleeping bags last week end. Five college students, Billie Older, Patsy Bottjer, Jean Runtz, Suzanne Lichty of Port land (who's working at The Tri bune this summer) and Barbara Greene all set out for Crescent City Saturday after work with, visions of spending a wonderful week-end on the cool seashore. It was nice and cool, all right, and also very crowded. Every motel and hotel for 50 miles up and down the coast was filled to the last bed. After driving this way and that for hours, the gals ate a late supper at 3 a.m. (wait ing in line in a restaurant which was doing a land-office business at that hour) and then spent the rest of the night shivering in the car, which was an open Jeepster. Hours later they bagged the first empty beds in a Crescent City hotel and finally got some sleep. Getting up in the middle of the afternoon, ,they trailed somewhat disconsolately , down to the lobby, attired in jeans and pedal pushers, and walked right into the middle of a formal wedding reception. Escaping this, the week-enders spent an hour or so on the beach and then started home, wondering who thought up the bright idea of a week-end at the beach, anyhow. Paul (Groceteria) Smith was behind the counter as usual at the store last Saturday night when he saw a woman customer walk briskly in, stop and stare down with a peculiar expres sion. Mr. Smith looked, and was surprised, too. A small goat had wandered into the store. In the hub-bub which followed, a couple of girls finally asked if they could have the animal, and since the Groceteria didn't know what to do with a live goat, Mr. Smith quickly agreed. The last Mr. S. saw of the visitor, he was being urged down Sixth street by the two girls. Mrs. Lila Thomas, who recent ly returned from a boat trip to Skagway, Alaska, came home with a story about a straw vote taken on board the ship. The passengers who were polled not only listed their preference among presidential candidates, but also listed their party affil iation. Of those who claimed to be democrats, 72 per cent said they preferred General Eisen hower, and 60 per cent of the republicans also voted for the general. "And what do you think," asked Mrs. Thomas. "Not a single person voted for Presi dent Truman!" If you're interested in new words, said George, the proof reader, try "oikology." 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Church Circle Plan Meetings on Thursday Women's circles of the First Christian church will meet Thursday, July 24. Circle 1 will hold a dessert luncheon .at 1:30 at the home of Mrs. J. T. Davis, 1112 West Main street. Mrs. A. W. Denney will enter tain Circle 2 at her home on Oak Grove road. The meeting is called for 12:30 p.m. with a pot luck luncheon. Hostess to Circle 4 at a dessert luncheon will be Mrs. A. M. Brooke, 316 North 5th street, Central Point. The meeting is set for 1 p.m. Circle 5 will meet with Mrs. W. P. Andrews, 35 Vancouver avenue, for a 1 p.m. dessert luncheon. Mrs. C. W. Anhorn, Box 800 Freeman road, Central Point, will be hostess to Circle 6. A potluck luncheon is set for 12 noon. - . - ' Circle 7 will meet for a pot luck luncheon at 12:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. W. I. House, Fern Valley road. , Mrs. Elmer Gott will enter tain the members of .Circle 8 at her home, 542 South Ivy street, for a pot-luck luncheon at 12:30 p.m. On Monday, August 4 at 8 p.m. circle 9 will meet at the home of Mrs. Eloise Winkle bleck, 940 Whitman street. Newsprint Prices Increased by $10 San Francisco, (U.R) The Crown Zellerbach Corporation Friday announced a $10 a ton hike in the price of newsprint. The increase, which went in to effect Friday, will bring the total price a ton to $126 in most West coast ports. The company explained the price boost was necessitated by increased costs and competitive conditions. enough, there it was, in his Web ster dictionary. Definition, "the science of housekeeping." They call it oikology because house keeping is so "oiksome," said George, gravely. O.S. Parts Guaranteed SERVICE Festival Activity Mounting As Opening Night Nears Ashland In just two weeks spearean festival will open in the amphitheater with its Elizabethan-like stage on the edge of Ashland's Lithia Park and what three weeks ago appeared to be dramatic chaos has now emerged into a pattern as dress rehearsals approach, The pressure of the last two weeks of preparation for this year's festival appears to be greater than ever before with the expansion of the annual pro duction. This is true not only among the players but among the personnel who remain behind the scenes as far as the actual performances are concerned Certainly this year's festival will see more changes and addi tions than any since the event achieved nation-wide acclaim in the seasons following World War II. Number one addition is that of an organized music depart ment, wnicn nas already as sured itself a key part in the mood setting of future festivals, Hans Lampl of the music faculty at the University of Southern California and a student of Eliz abethan music, took over the music directorship this year. From his work has emerged a full Elizabethan choral group, madrigal singers and a small concert orchestra. ihese are the three groups which will present the first full Elizabethan music concert in the history of the festival. This new "first" event will be offered Aug ust 29. Mr. Lampl's students will be far from inactive before that time. They'll furnish background music before each performance, and the University of Southern California professor has also been helping players with musi cal parts of three of the four plays to be offered this year. The Tudor guild is again tak ing an active part in festival events, and is sponsoring the third annual Bard's Heyday to be held today. This will be a get together of members of the 1952 casts and festival enthusi asts from throughout the Rogue valley and will again be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Berthold Barnum on South Pacific high way. When the festival gets under way August 1, the guild will be sponsoring the "Tudor Fair.," successor to what, was formerly known as the "Mop Fair." Booths will be manned by members of the guild and special features such as a Punch and Judy show will add to the pre-performance background. Changes in the theater itself will be noticed. Through the ef forts of members of a number of Ashland organizations as well as individuals, the theater will have new benches to provide more comfort for audiences at the festival. The new seating will provide room in the theater for 800 persons at each perform ance. Rebuilding of parts of the stage, additions, to and improve ments of the lighting and land scaping of the area surrounding the theater have -also been ac complished in advance of the '52 festival. In the office of the Oregon Shakespearean festival associa tion, business , is multifarious and at times nearly overwhelm ing for the small office force. There are applications for mem berships and for single as well as blocks of tickets for the festi val, which are flowing into the office in increasing numbers daily. Completion of the "dum Regular 59c yard . poque Both plains and prints. Just the thing for skirts, dresses, ' jackets, blouses and summer play clothes. Very Special At jNIIHI'liHiliMilill. - Sixth and Central Medford's Bargain Center the 12th annual Oregon Shake my" for the 1952 festival pro gram is near after many hours of work. News releases are being sent out to some 50 newspapers throughout the nation and re cordings to some 18 Pacific coast radio stations. There are inquiry letters to answer, special invitations to send, sideline events to plan and telephone calls which at times come in machine-gun or der. While this background activ ity has reached its somewhat hectic high pitch, the actors and actresses are still on stage every afternoon and evening to key note the tension and progress leading to the opening night per formance of "The Tempest." In itial performances of "Henry V," "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Julius Caesar" will follow in rotation August 2, 3 and 4. Many new faces and some of the familiar ones from festivals gone by are mingled in the casts, in leading and minor roles. All the initial joys and sorrows over parts received following audi tions are forgotten and the more than 50 players are centering their, attention on achieving top performances throughout the month of August. On the feminine side of the picture, five women stand out in lead roles and three of these will be new to festival audiences. Two others are well remembered for stellar performances in earlier festivals. The" newcomers are Eleanor Prosser, a Stanford University graduate student; Virginia Chesse, San Francisco, who comes to the festival with TV experience and Marjorie Lov- berg, a talented Montana Uni versity student with professional experience. " The returnees are Medford s Clara Margaret Daniels and Ash land's Suzanne LaMarre Hanson. On the masculine side, new comers holding key roles in the '52 festival are Richard Risso, a talented student from San Jose State college; Michael Ono frio, a graduate student at Yale university; Thomas Brennan, an actor with professional experi ence from Cleveland; Mainer Hines, a Texas drama teacher from Corpus Christi; Douglas Meeker, a drama instructor at Washington State college and Dion Chesse, a San Francisco TV actor. Also holding important roles rare these familiar actors: Richard Graham, Phil Hanson, Angus Bowmer, Douglas Russell, Bill Ball, Paul Kliss, Bill Oyler and Allen Fletcher. Producing director Bowmer, who originated the festival idea in 1935 and is still going strong as top man, summed up the gen eral opinion of this year's cast with this statement: "It's easily the finest group of young players we've ever had With this year's caliber, the fes tival appears to be certain to continue the constant growth it has enjoyed since its inception. One federal personnel work er, according to Sen. Johnston of South Carolina, says the red tape involved in laying off a civilian employe costs more than it does to keep him on the pay roll. felliltfJ. - Wliha 3& Sunday, July 20, 19S2 As We Live CHECK THOSE FEARS BEFORE THEY SPREAD When a person is qualified for a certain type of job and yet re fuses to try to locate such a job, it does not mean laziness but rather a fear of failure. Until this fear is overcome, the per son will remain unemployed. That is the problem facing the worried parents of this young woman: (Q) "My husband and I arc concerned by our daughter's behavior. She is beautiful, tal ented and educated but lacks the ability to put ihaie quali fications to work. She is able to do beautiful work in her chosen profession but when it comes lo looking for a job, she is almost paralysed with fear and balks at seeing a prospec tive employer. I should ap preciate and advice you can give." (A) I strongly recommend that you have professional help for your daughter. As the situation now stands, she will never , j get a job or, if she gets one, she will not be able to hold it. As a young woman, this may not be necess a r y from a finan- Dr. Hurlock cial point of your husband may be able to provide adequately for her and, in time, she may marry and want to give up her profession. But, from the point of view of her personality, this is a serious matter. Back of her refusal to see a prospective employer is a fear of failure, of not getting what she sets out to get. If the fear is stopped there, it would be bad but not too serious. However, specific fears rare ly remain specific. They spread and become general. Then, when they relate to personal in adequacies, they lead to an in feriority complex that colors the whole outlook on life and dis- Chamber of Commerce Picks Oregon for Meet Portland (U.R) The Cham ber of Commerce of the United States Saturday selected Oregon as the site of its national con ferences. Edgar W. Smith, president of the Portland chamber, said a national economic seminar will be held at the Gearhart hotel in Gearhart, beginning Septem ber 14 and running through Sep tember 18. He said business men from throughout the nation had been invited to attend the third "Better Business Relations conference" to be sponsored by the U. S. Chamber. Previous conferences have been at Mid Pines, N. C, and Skytop, Pa. 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Let him find out what is back of this fear of seeing employers and let him cure her of it Then she will be in a position to make use ot her talents. Dr. Hurlock is author of 12 books in cpychology. Her ad Tic in lhis column it free. Write her in care of this newt paper. (Copyright 1952, General Features Corp.) Park Attendance Up Oyer Last Year mwtnorne park swimmmg pool attendants report that at tendance at the wading pool, swimming pool and at various ac- itivies held on the park play ground has increased over last year's figures. Counts have shown 75 to 100 children in the wading pool and 50 to 80 at the story hour and from 35 to 50 attending the handicraft period. "The Three Notes" singers who have participated in sever al Rogue Valley programs, sang cowboy songs to the children at Hawthorne park Friday eve ning, July 18. The children attending the program wore cowboy and In dian clothes. The park programs are planned for the summer, the usual time being 3 p.m. Fri days. A Hobo parade was held re cently with 24 children taking part in the event. Winners were Corky Barell, George Dames, and Donna Joy Simpson. A doll parade was held July 2 with about 25 participating. Eddy Barnell, Sherry Barnell, Judy Morris, Cathy Hout, Bennie Joe Silva, and Linda Mozak were winners in this parade. The Grange Shady Cove Grange Shady Cove Grange will meet Wednesday, July 23, at 8 o clock Serving committee will be Mr, and Mrs. Henry Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Close. Upper Rogue Grange Upper Rogue Grange met July 17 with all officers present ex cept Overseer Bob Adair. Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Glutsch be came members by obligation. There will be a 4-H demonstra tion meeting at Brother Hous- DIAL 2-9169 for Free Pickup & Delivery ton'i in Shady Cove on Sunday, August 3, at 1:30 p.m. All are urged to attend and make this meeting a success. Organizing a juvenile grange was discussed and all are asked to come to the next meeting, August 7, with ideas on the sub ject. Chaplain Vaughn reported Perl Adair ill in Sacred Heart Hospital. Brothers Harding and Anderton are able to be out again. An interesting program of readings by Sister Ditsworth and Sister Axtell and a large display of articles of "yesterday" and "today" were enjoyed. Members who can are urged to attend Pomona Grange at Butte Falls Saturday evening, July 26. Ladies are to bring cookies. As the H.E.C. picnic at Casey's Park has been canceled, next meeting of H.E.C. will be at the hall August 14. The National Pest Control As sociation estimates that a single pair of flies, beginning in April, could produce 191 septillion flies by August, if all lived. That would be this many: 191,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (191 followed by 24 zeros.) T it's later than you think Last Week Jean Hart's Semi Annual Sale... All Summer Clothes ON SALE NOW! ' ,:i " -a Hollywood Breod the smartest, most delicious way to enjoy the enchantment of luxuriout flavor In yovr low calorie diets. 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