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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.)
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than has been the case in the
past. Haley assisted in the train
ing course.
Haley said the plan has long
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printing office in company with capitol, busily organizing to get the opening house session.
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