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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
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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.
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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?"
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Wedneiday, December 29, 1954
Congregational
Dinner Planned
Phoenix The annual, congre
gational meeting of Phoenix
Presbyterian church will be held
Sunday, January 2. A covered
dish luncheon will be served im
mediately following church
services, and each family attend
ing is asked to take food for the
meal and table service.
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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Family to Leave
After Visit Here -
Mr. and Mrs. William V.
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.
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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. .
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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
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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
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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.
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