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o 9. -i- flX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Comics 'Czar7 Gives Advice For Parents By GAY PAULEY ' United Press Correspondent New York U.r The nation's new comics "czar" offers this 'formula for cutting juvenile crime let parents work over time at parenthood. Judge Charles F. Murphy, as signed to improve the comics' reputation, disagrees with those experts who say that crime and horror played up in some such publications have increased ju venile delinquency. "Long' before comics books, we had young criminals," said Murphy. "Many factors contrib ute to delinquency but in my opinion, the greatest single cause is an unhappy home life.1 The cure, he said, is the happy home life. Approval Seal "A home where the child is brought up with proper religious training," he said. "One where the child is taught to respect his parents, to respect authority. Be ing a parenf is a 24-hour a day job. Some parents ' barely give it a 40-hour week." Murphy, a former New York ynagistrate and long active in . working with teen-agers, was ap pointed, by the newly , created Comics Magazine Association, representing 21 publishers vol untarily policing, their product, "Beginning Jan. 1, every book will carry our seal of approval, said Murphy. He already is weeding out things which he considers objec tionable. Publishers submit books in the drawing stage, and those parts he disapproves of are returned for change. "We have to be sweeping in this purification drive," said Murphy, in an interview. "I in tend to seek the contnuing ad vice of church and welfare groups, parents, educators, psy chiatrists." Has Three Children If Murphy gets around to screening all comics, he has a monumental task. He estimated that 60,000,000 are published monthly. The "czar," a big, jovial man In his 40 s, should be an author ity on children's reading ma terialcomics or classics. He has three children aged 20 15 . and 14. - - "I've burned comic books in my time," said Murphy. "But my kids always found replacements the mmute my back was i turned." Since taking office, he has re , ceived thousands of letters- most of them praising the indus try for it's move. . . One of his favorite letters came from the children of Grade Six, Helen Street school, Hamden, Conn. "Dear Mr. ; Murphy," they wrote. "We pledge to buy only nEiedy wtxj Miss Barbara Greer Tell Engagement, . . Of Barbara Greer To Robert Stuart Mrs. Billy Greer, Shady Cove, announces the engagement of her daughter, , Miss Barbara Greer, to Robert B. Stuart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Stuart, 1029 Queen Anne avenue, Med ford. ' Both Miss Greer and Mr. Stu art are students at Arizona State college, Tempe, Ariz. Miss Greer is majoring in foreign languages and Mr. Stuart in geology. Miss Greer is a member of Chi Orega sorority, and her fiance is affili ated with Alpha Tau Omega fra ternity. An August wedding, in Med- f ord, has been planned. . . Installation Set - By Medford Bethel Medford . bethel of Job's Daughters will hold public in stallation of officers Thursday, December 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Medford Masonic temple. Miss Alexa Hibbard will be installed queen. Majority degrees will be con ferred during the evening. All bethel members are asked to wear formal dress. those comics books bearing your seal of approval. Further we will trade comics with our friends only if they trade approved magazines." A ' woman in Indiana was more caustic than approving. " "Whaf is the use," she wrote, "of taking nude women out of the comic books .when they walk the streets just as naked?" ". Da Moat 1TIDE HORIZON BRADLEY f - " -4 1 II jn BIGGEST 21-inch! Contemporary styling I 1 l : 7 ; 17 '" ' ' . 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During the meeting which will follow the luncheon, each organ ization of the church is asked to submit a written report review ing its activities during the past year. Election of officers will be held. All members of the .church and their friends are invited to attend. Recent events of the church have included the annual Christ mas program, given the Sunday before Christmas and attended by a large number. Santa Claus distributed treats to the children following the program. " A candle light communion service was held December 23. There was special choir music and a message by. the Rev. Otis Swisher, interim pastor. The church calls attention to the newly organized handicraft class and states that all girls of high school age are invited to at tend. It meets Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 o'clock. Visitors to Leave After Stay Here Mrs. Clara . Harbaugh and daughter, Suzanne, will leave for their home in Hollywood, Calif., Thursday after having been guests in Medford during the holidays. They visited Mrs. Harbaugh's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Rentchler, 25 South Groveland avenue. Also leaving Thursday will be the Rentchler's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rentchler and daughter, Tama lyn, who will return to ISugene where Mr. Rentchler is enrolled at the University of Oregon. The young people divided their time between the Rentchler home and the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Sanders, 240 South Grape street, Mrs. Rentchler's parents. - Miss Ann Rentchler, daughter of the Lewis Rentchlers, is spending this - week in Costa Mesa, California, as a guest of her fiance, William Stoughton, and his . mother, Mrs. Corrine Stoughton. Miss Rentchler is a student at Southern Oregon col lege and Mr. Stoughton teaches in Briscoe school, Ashland. Family Here ' Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Fanger and children have left Medford after spending the Christmas holidays with Mr. Fanger's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fan ger, Jacksonville highway. 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Jones and sons, Billy and Chris, Susanville, Calif.,-will leave to day after spending the Christ mas holidays here with relatives. . They have been guests of Mr. Jones' mother,. Mrs. Esther . R. Jones and his grandmother, Mrs. Lillian "Ashchraft and also visit ed Mrs. Jones' mother, Mrs. Thelma -King, her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Mar tin, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Meshew. Mr. Jones is with the United States Forest service in -'California. A . ' ' V'v '". "i i'i iVi. Vi. '. W" V Californian Here For Holiday Visit; Open. House Held Mrs.' Doris K. Budrow left for Los Angeles yesterday by plane after having spent Christmas in the valley as a guest of her sis ter, Mrs. Gladys Beebe, Central Point. Mrs. Budrow, the former Doris Kindle, at one time lived in Jackson county. She is now office supervisor for Fan-American airways, Los Angeles. Sunday afternoon Mrs. Bu drow's niece, Mrs. John E. Myers and Mr. Myers, her ne phew, Kenneth Beebe and Mrs. Beebe, were hosts for a small open house party in honor of the visitor.,-The party was held at the Myers home, 4425 Hilsinger road, and a group of Mrs. Bud row's friends were invited. Carol Jean Kelly ; And Dennis Lacy To Wed Saturday Mrs. Muriel E. Eldred, ,115 Elk street, announces the en gagement of her daughter, Carol Jean Kelly, to Dennis Lester Lacy. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Lacy, 561 C street, Ashland. The wedding is set for Satur day, New Year's day in Ashland Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. . Slimming! 9342 jmim Double diagonals are ,so slim ming, so' flattering to the half- Jr- , f-. ,: I . I . . f 1 ' ,o o ory ?o I o oh o oXrik f. O O c O o OY P 5 P 3 o O , i li 1 La g o o o 1 11 I ; - oo oh b i-Ay 5 " o o cl o o 1 0 h'Q o o I J G 3f 0 o O 01 V J 00 , 0 0 n ,?o IrD.' Around' Hollywood Hollywood UJj Hollywood's New Year present for 1955 movie-goers will be Kim Novak, the return of the, "B" pic ture, a raft of movies on plays and nov els and longer and sexier pic tures. The trend of Hollywood movies is be in? spt nvpr Aline Mosby ciears and ma hogany desks in the plaster city. one ; 1955 event observers agree upon is that the new star of the year .will be blonde Kim Novak, Columbia Studio's big hope. - Aside from admiring her attri butes, movie-goers will see more pre-gold" pictures. Studios are grabbing novels and plays. With TV keeping you home by your slippers, pre-sold film titles are a safer bet for Hollywood. ., " Novels and Plays Lined up for movie release in 1955 are such novels and plays as "Tea and Sympathy", 'Mari anne", "Not As a Stranger". "The Rose Tattoo". . "Giant", Mister Roberts", "Oklahoma", "The Seven Year Itch", "East of Eden", "The Long Gray Line", Picnic", "Pal Joey", "Guys and Dolls",- 'The Solid Gold Cadil lac", "The .' Vagabond King", The Bridges of Toko-ri" and "Moby-Dick." - : During 1954 the 10 major re leasing companies turned out 233 films, compared to 300 in 1953. The emphasis was more stare, longer pictures, wider screens and better stories, al though in many cases plots were as antique as ever. But exhibitors complained they didn't have enough pictures to fill their theaters. Some threatened to produce their own product. Thus in 1955 lower budget quickies will be turned out by independent producers to fill the gap. More Adult Pictures A gradual relaxing of censor ship, pleaded for by movie makers to compete with more adult foreign films, also has size figure! You'll want to wear this smart frock from sun-up to sun-down every day of the week! Easy to make it's cut to proper ly fit the shorter, fuller figure. Pattern 9342: Half Sizes 16VS, 18, 20V. 22V, 24V4 Size 16V& takes 4 yards 35-inch fabric; M yard Contrast. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step, Send Thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1-st class mail ing. Send to Marian Martin, care of The Medford "Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plain ly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. ! -XvX-:..-, .By AUNI MOSBY United PftM Correspondent been noted, but not officially admitted. Observers predict pic tures will be even more adult this year. Most of Hollywood's 1955 films will be in super-wide screen systems "and in color. 'A few producers will stick to old fashioned black-and-white. " "" ' Looking backward, 3-D defin itely was buried in 1954 but the success of Cinemascope and oth er -'! super-wide . screens proved what a citizen wants to see when he leaves his TV screen. However,- the two most acclaimed films of 1954, "On the Water front" and "The Country Girl" were on normal black-and-white screens.- . : : : The movie industry emerged from its TV crisis in even better shape. Stockholders , collected $22,747,000 in 1954 compared to $18,519,000. in. 1953... Employ ment was . up with most actors spending nearly 50 per cent of the new TV film business. This year Hollywbod went in for a rash - of medieval horse operas, : ; with everyone from Alan Ladd to Tony Curtis en cased in armor and plumes. Next year's fad will be more ancient. Several films will glorify anci ent Greece and .Egypt, r One of Colombia's oldest " in dustries 'is the manufacture of soap. ' ' CLIFF'S - 608 Ea& Main St. ... , ... , For your protection and as- Open until 6:30 p.m. Week suranee of Quairy we sell Days. Closed Saturday and ony Inspected and U. S. Sunday, Jan. 1st and 2nd. Graded Meats. We Wish All Our Customers A HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY & FRIDAY BANNER AND YORKSHIRE. SLICED FRESH GROUND BEEF SHORT RIBS lb, 19 Don't Forget to Get Your NORTHERN STAMPS at CLIFF'S Cordon To Practice . Law in Washington' 'Washington jj. $. Sen ator Guy Cordon has' announced he intends to practice law in Washington, D. C. .L The. Republican, who was de feated by Richard L. Neuberger in the November elections, said his practice will be "limited at the appellate ;level.' Cordon hv tends to 'practice" only before courts of appeal, the U. S. Su preme Court and administrative agencies. '. . Cordon said, he would not practice law In Oregon, but will associate himself with Oregon counsel in various cases. NO JUICE Tyndall, S. D. XU.R) A crowd was gathered near . here to parr ticipate in a ceremony signaling the energizing . of - an electric power sub-station. Although 115, 000 volts was charging the lines to the sub-station, it was neces sary to hook up a portable gen erator to provide 110 volts for the public address system. WEATHER : T" By United Press Northern California: Mostly fair but occasional cloudiness; Jittle change in temperature. MEATS Phone 2-6805 BACON .-..47 3 lbs. 83 EN V eek d ri- dic cii to ay i ins 1 : -'a -Ms 1 t
