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I Wednesday, Juraaiy I, 1981 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE -1 Q o 1 sEpidmia-Aid JANUARY 3-31 Mrs. Lew Miles Named Chairman Of Mothers March Organization of the 1955 Mo thers' March on Polio began to day with the selection of Mrs. Lew Miles, Highland dr., as city chairman. The appointment was announced by Tom Reeder, Med ford director of the March of Dimes. As in previous years, the Mo thers' March will be the finale of the January March of Dimes, It will be held on Jan. 31 from 7lo 8 D.m. ' c torchlights turned on, a lamp or candle in the front window, or a handkerchief or shoe tied to door knobs of apartment hous es or hotel rooms will signal "marching mothers" that occu pants wish to contribute to the fight against polio. As chairman of the Mothers' -March, Mrs. Miles will head an organization that will include district captains, lieutenants, block wardens and marching mothers. "The Mothers' March," Mrs, Miles said, "is essentially a wo men community group pro ject. In recent years it has ao counted for a sizeable portion of the total amount raised by the March of Dimes. I am con fident that mothers in Medford will join wholeheartedly with women throughout the nation in inarching against infantile par alysis." Mrs. Miles asked that mothers Interested in taking part in the Mothers' March contact her by telephoning 2-2344 or by calling I In person at her residence. Around Hollywood Hollywood U.R) When I first spoke to Mrs. Edmund Pur dom, she said, "I do not want to divorce him. I am a Catholic. I will not shed husbands as everyone in H o 1 1 y w ood does, and I hope he comes back." Later that day I . had to telephone her that her hus . Aline Mosbjr band had jugt filed to divorce her. After a shocked silence, she said, "Let him do what he wants. He is very ill. He does not know what he is doing." What causes a marriage to bpak up in Hollywood? Tita Purdom, a frank and easy-speak-1ig new wife to the movie col oony, blames the "ermines and mank" of Hollywood. "Since becoming a star, Ed mund is like a Jekyll and Hyde," said Mrs. Purdom as she sat nervously in her Beverly Hills home. Erratic Behavior ."His behavior is erratic, un nati&al. He brought me a nice Christmas present. But he can't stand to stay in the house five minutes when he comes to see the children." The Purdoms fell in love when both were struggling thes Qpians in a London stage play. Tita had been a dancer with the Sadlers Wells Ballet and Opera. After their marriage five years O ago, Tita continued to appear on tKe stale and in a nightclub act. "But Edmund wanted to come to America," she said. "I didn't -yant to go. I was doing rather wdl in England, and I felt like a camp-follower." QIn Hollywood the Purdoms with Tita pregnant lived in a garage apartment with no heat, no refyigerator and insufficient plumbing. But' finally a bit part in "Julius Caesar" pushed the dark, harfSsome actor into star dom in "The Student Prince," "The Egyptian," and "Athena." The Purdoms moved to a large Beverly Hills home and they be gan mixing with the exciting and sometimes fast socialites of Hqgywood. 0Blaigiful People , "He became incredible," she said. "I don't think the people he met really meant anything to Him, but they were beautiful and had beautiful homes." (J'urdom has been dating Lin da Christian, separated from Tyrone Power, since his es trangement from Tita last No vember. Tita : has decided to resume her career, "because who wants a man who doesn't want you." Nowise; Senate WolO Salem U.R) The 1955 Houst of Representatives will hold its I caucus at the Senator hotel at 6 p.m. Sunday; the Senate will caucus at 7 p.m. in room 309 of the state capitol, and the capitol will b transformed into another world for some four months or so. In its caucus, each house or ganizes for the session of the Legislature opening the follow ing day, Monday. It is a foregone conclusion that Sen. Elmo E. Smith of John Day will be presi dent of the Senate and Rep. Ed ward A. Geary of Klamath Falls will be speaker of the House. Mrs. Zylpha Zell Burns again will be chief clerk of the Senate- and Edith Bynon Low will be chief clerk of the House. Training Course Held The two chief clerks conduct-1 ed a training course for persons employed to work for the Sen ate and House enrolled and en- Direct Relationship In Eyesight and Job Performance Noted Rochester, N.Y. U.R) F our out of 10 workers in the United States have eyesight unsuited for their jobs. The ailments may not be seri ous but they cost industry mil lions of dollars a year. And thou sands of wage earners are get ting smaller paychecks because they can not see well. A report on America's squint ing and blinking citizens has been issued by the Research de partment of the Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., which studied the visual -efficiency of 12,000,- 000 industrial workers and found a direct relationship be tween eyesight and job perform ance. Fuzzy sight, according to Jane Davis, director of Bausch and Lomb's occupational research center, is behind many of in dustry's headaches. Workers with poor sight turn out less work than their clear sighted colleagues and their product is likely to be of inferior quality. Many Have Bad Eyes - Poor sight leads to on-the-job accidents. It results in waste of materials. It is the cause behind many cases of absenteeism, and is partly responsible for high labor turnover and the resulting expense of training new work ers. ... i By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent She rehearses daily for a night club act which opens here with in a month. Even after he filed for divorce Purdom rushed home to talk to Tita. "It's terrible when you share the same bed, the same tooth brush for six years," she said. "The most awful thing is, I've lost a friend. "But when you've done so much for someone, and then have him behave like an un grateful child I will work so I won't have to lean on him any more." Paroled Killer Seen Slayer of Wife, Self Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Discovery of two bodies here Monday led police -to believe that Merritt Hunter, 40-year-old paroled murderer, shot and kill ed his 31-year-old wife, Elayne, and then turned the weapon, a ,22-calibre rifle, on himself. . The bodies were found about noon Monday in the bedroom of their cottage by a man who was to do some work for the Hun ters. Vancouver Detective Cap tain Eugene White said he thought the shootings took place New Year's day. Hunter was convicted Nov. 25, 1934, of the first degree murder of his fiancee, Lillian Kanda, in Olympia, Wash. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life in prison by Gov. Clarence Mar tin. Hunter was paroled Aug. 21, 1951, and married Elayne later that year. Barrymore's Son Released on Bail Las Vegas (U.R) John Bar rymore Jr., 22, son of the late "great profile" of the screen, was free on $300' bail today pending sentencing Jan. 10 on conviction of reckless driving. Young Barrymore, convicted yesterday in the Municipal court of Judge Walter Richards, faces a fine of from $1 to $500 maxi mum and-or a sentence of from one day to six months in jail. Barrymore was arrested Dec. 22 by police who charged he and bis wife, actress Cara Williams, drove their car in a reckless manner through this resort town while celebrating their wedding anniversary. The young actor denied the charge. Dead line for Sunday Classified is noon Saturday: 10 a.m Mondav fru- Monday; oUerdays 5 JO previous day. grossed bills committees, because the" will be a radical change in the mechanical-procedure ol enrolling legislative bills , this year. Under the new plan adopted by the legislative leaders as a time saver, the type of every original bill will be retained by the state printer and will serve as the enrolled bill. Previously all original bills were typed in the committee rooms and also "lined" to prevent any unauthor ized changes. All amendments to original bills will be typed and if adopted will be inserted in the original bill. And that bill when finally passed and signed by Senate president, House speaker, and Gov. Paul L. Patterson, will be ready for the sessions laws. Speeds Distribution In this way, Sam Haley, legis lative counsel said, the session laws of the 1955 session will be ready for distribution for sooner Miss Davis said many persons go about their work without suspecting there is anything wrong with their eyes. Unless they develop headaches or have trouble reading it would never occur to them to have their eyes examined. Bausch and Lomb is encour aging employers to conduct vis ual aid programs that would help both the company and the employees. Many companies are giving all their workers exam inations with an ortho-rater, a simple eye-testing device that re sembles an old penny arcade movie viewer. . Miss Davis said interstate truck drivers, as a group, have the best eyesight of all workers. They take care of their eyes, for good reason. If their sight doesn t meet rigid standards they can't drive, and if they can't drive they don't get paid.' Piece workers as a rule have better sight than salaried em ployees for the same reason. If a piece worker's production drops his paycheck gets smaller. If he needs glasses he doesn't hesitate to get them. But a stenographer, on the other hand, may go on groping through her files for years with out bothering to bring the world into focus. She still gets paid. As We Live By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. Mother-In-Law Fears Guests Don't Want Her Many older people feel they are not welcome in gatherings of younger people. Should this elderly woman withdraw and live a lonely life? (Q) "I have just read your column about the mother-in-law who chatters , constantly and tries to monopolize the conversation when her ton and his wife have guests. I am in muck the same boat at that mother-in-law, but I do not think I am a chatterer. How ever, we never can see our selves as others see us. My daughter-in-law is very good to me and always insists that I come downstairs when they have guests. But now I wonder if I am doing the right thing. I enjoy being with people and am lonely if I sit up in my room when I know there is company around. I don't want the young people to think I am a bore, though. I don't want my daughter-in-law to feel that she must invite me down if she knows it will spoil the fun of her guests." (A) I think you would be very foolish to apply what another woman said about her mother- in-law to your f - i ZS.& - own case un less you know it really ap plies. You know better than I do whether . you chatter or try to monopolize the conversa tion. Dr. Hurlock So long as your daughter-in-law insists that you be around when there is company, I think you would be very foolish to sit upstairs alone and wish you were with the guests. By all means go down and enjoy yourself. You could guarantee that you would be welcome if you volun teered to take charge of the re freshments so that your daugh ter-in-law could be free to be with her guests. When you know company is coming, why not ask her if she would like you to make some cake, cookies, or sandwiches? I am sure she would be only too glad to have your help. Then, when the guests are present, be in and out of the room. Chat with them all after they arrive, disappear into the kitchen to prepare the refresh ments, and then come out again when they are served. If you do this, you will enjoy the eve ning and run no risk at all of boring anyone or feeling that you are in the way. (Copyright 1055, General Features Corp.) ..VHM a&ocaos Ddd State CapStoD than has been the case in the past. Haley assisted in the train ing course. Haley said the plan has long I First Come . . Firct ScrvcdV - "V&stinghouse Q JW(g GDtotTV f 12 cu. fl. Refrigerator Reg. $478.77, Now $378.77 9 cu. ff. Refrigerator Reg. $319.95, Now $228.88 8.5 en. ft. Home Freezer Reg. $354.33, New $2681.88 ' o 12 cu. ft. Home Freezer Reg. $440.50, Now $338.88 Eleelric Range Reg. $300.00, Now $219. Eleelric Dryer Reg. $239.95, Now $179.95 Laundromat Reg. $299.95, Now $239.95 L(D)W UDDWra IP AYMIEOTS EASY TIEfl - been in successful use in the California legislators and learn- the session off to a high-gear California legislature. 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