Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 10, 1955, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTEK MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, February 10, 1955 As We Live Separation Needn't -Mean End Of Romance . When two people are fond of each other it is natural for them to want to be together. Moving to another part 'of the country under such conditions, can be heart-breaking. (Q) "I have been going steady with a very fine boy for almost four months. We both are very fond of each other; we share the same likes and dislikes and ideas. We are too young to think of mar riage immediately, but we , have plans we would like to "carry out in several years. e 3 "Now my father tells me we are going to move across the continent. Our house is already up for sale. Bill and I are so happy we can't bear : to part, but what can I do? J. -, iold Bill 111 run away before I'll leave him, but I know I haven't got the guts. I know if Z leave 111 probably never get back. Maybe you think it's. ' just a silly infatuation, but he ; is really the nicest, cleverest, sweetest boy anyone could hope to know. ' I know my father will make me go when the family moves. What can I do?" (A) You really have no alter- The cost of binding oil in the United States today is about six and one-time times as great as o it was during; the period from 1935-39. r By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D.. native but to go with your fam ily. Onlv if -"our family has close relatives you could stay with would your parents consent to leave you be hind. I think, however, you are taking too pessimistic a view of the Y f Dr. Huxlock whoie matter. Separation need not mean that he will forget you or you him. ' I " Think of the young men who go into the service and are sent thousands of miles away from home for two or three years. They come back to the girls they love, and things are just as they "were before they" parted." If you and Bill are as much in love - as You believe you are, there is no reason for things not to end happily for you. When he is rea,dy to marry, .he can come for you and take you with him wherever his work . takes him. . ' (COPYRIGHT 1955, GENERAL FEATURES" CORP.) Howard PTA , The annual Founder's day meeting of Howard Parent Teacher .association will be held Friday, February 11: at 2:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Child care will be furnished. SEVERSON'S CANB "Makers of Pear-Fection Offer You the Largest Variety and Finest Quality. of Candy for your' favorite . . "" Valenfi ne Satin Boxes 2) up o Let Us Pack VALENTI NE BOXES with your I FAVORITE CANDY! FREE GIFT WRAPPING: and f MAILING SERVICE Open This Wednesday, and- Saturday Night -.TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS 132 West Main .21 South Central '"" """" F. ; neodlevjorfr? "v- H5et. the latest 1955. Alice, ' . Brooks Needlecraft Book and see the great variety of. : - lovely, up-to-the-minute : designs, created by. this . foremost needlecraft ' " designer! Beautifully : ' illustrated, these truly ' imaginative ideas will " " inspire you to send for , many of the patterns. . And follow the Alice Brooks Pattern Feature' in. our pages. Every :day brings you a different design- complementary highlights for c . your various outfits; ; a ; .decorative or practical house hold accessories; toys , and. novelties to delight the . children. . , Send 25 cents now for your copy of the New Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog to: Medford Mail Tribune Needlecraft Service, P.O. Box 163, Old Chelsea. Station, N.Y. 11, N.Y. (Main Society Pag 2) Collector Speaks on '49 Stamps Officers for the ensuing year for Southern Oregon Stamp club were installed by Clyde Smith, one of the organizers of the club, at the last . meeting. The presi dent, Mrs. Mabel Houck, ap pointed Russell Herbert sales manager, and Mrs. Mamie Bloomfield as program chair man. ;, The program for the evening was presented by Mr. Smith, who'spoke on an album of early day covers he calls "Days' of '49." The collection includes stampless covers, express covers and others showing early day postmarks; some of places that are now ghost towns. Most of the items in this collection are from what was known as the "southern diggings" an :area running south from Placerville once known as Hangtown.- - The collection is enlivened by pictures and articles about the early day towns and camps, such as Sutter's Fort, San Fran cisco (Yerba Buena), and the custom house at Monterey. One particularly interesting cover was postmarked in Scotland, in 1851, "was carried across the isthmus of Panama, and ' deliv ered in San Francisco. One post marked 1855 was a patriotic cover carried by the steamer "Northern Light" to Nicaragua, then by packtrain and boat to the Pacific where it was loaded on the steamer "Uncle Sam." It cost 25 cents per half ounce. Mr. Smith described how gold was discovered in Cali fornia in 1848, and how Sam Brannon, who started the Cali fornia Star, one of the first news papers on the coast, published the .story of the strike, and so started the gold rush. During the gom days most mail m Cali fornia and Oregon was handled by. private express companies, he said. The first express. com pany in Calif ornia was started by Alexander Todd, and he is said to have made as much as a thousand dollars a day carry ing mail and other articles to the mines. He charged about $2.50 per letter when he first started his company'..- Until - Wells - Fargo either bought out or forced out of business the small 'operators, there were between -1,500 : and 2,000 'priate companies operat ing in California, according Jo Mr. Smith. Most of the mail was funneled through; San ;Francisco, then up. the river by boat to Sac ramento, and out to the mines. t Some of the prize items in Mr Smith's ... collection , are from towns that are no more or have changed -their' name. - These in clude Angel's Camp-, Hangtown, Chinese Camp, Fiddletown, Bid well Bar, Yankee Jim, Colum bia, Fprbestown (with a kicking mule cancel), Volcano, Mormon Island, Michigan Bluff, La Port, Opher, Hornitas, Eldorado (with the name " of the postmaster in the cancel), Drytown, Jimtown, Mike's Ferry, West - Point, Jack son, Rough and Ready, Diamond City, and Gold Hill, Calif. There are - many - - other ghost town covers in his 'collection, ; and many . are , on ; rare early day stamped envelopes. ' 'The first were carried by " express com panies without stamps but the government, objected, and made the express company have stamps on the envelopes, but the companies didn't cancel the stamps and used them again. Then the government made them buy stamped envelopes, Mr. Smith stated, i , ; -Many:-people in California during , the gold days sent their laundry to . the Hawaiian Islands to be done, because of the short age, of: labor Mrv- Smith's col lection also -includes a copy of the famous document called "The ' Miner's Ten Command ments," which' listed rules and regulations to aid a 'newcomer' to the mine "diggings.' ; f Three Veterans m Win Club Prizes - - Camp White Prizes fur nished by; Medford American Legion auxiliary were awarded to veterans holding January high . scores . at the last meeting of Camp White Veterans Bridge club. They were won by Marion Milne, first; Mike Dillon, sec ond, and Orville Cottier, third. . Play was for ; master point. North-south winners were Mrs. S. W. Alcorn and Mrs. William Kennedy, first, 128; Mr. and Mrs. George Rode, second .126; Mrs. T. J. Fuson and William Hickey, third,-121; Mrs. Jack Love and Mr. Fueon, fourth, 116 points. ' ; , Howard Boyd and George Choate led " east-winners with 146Vi. Second went to Mrs. Roy Pruitt and Asa Kimmball, 119 points; Dr. and Mrs. George Dean were third with 116V4 and fourth went to Mrs. Yvonne Dalen and Walter Grow, 115. . 4 More than 2,000 pairs of dou ble crested cormorants now nest in 'Maine's Muscongus Bay. There were, only Jour pairs-in 4th and FRONT TT I YOUR NORTHERN STAMP STORE 4th and FRONT BE OUR GUESTS SATURDAY Id) m SERVED ALL DAY SATURDAY L' I .A C - f I t 1 1 . i fill XX - SIPECSKY sss? -. PANCAKES MM. 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