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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 28, 1345
(It was Wednesday)
Southwest Oregon Dairy co
operative formed in Medford
meeting; newly elected directors
include Jewell D. Lowe, Glenn
Chase, Roscoe Roberts, Henry
F. Padgham Jr., and C. N. Gill
more. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Astrolo
gists predict March, which is
due tomorrow, will be a lucky
month for people, as a nation
or individually. It is, however,
too much to expect the war and
the legislature to end on the
same day.
20 YEARS AGO , :
Feb. 28, 1935
(It was Thursday)
Moving pictures in Medford
include Mae West, in ''Belle of
the Nineties," at the Roxy, and
Shirley Temple and Lionel Bar
rymore, in "The Little Colonel"
at the Craterian.
Performances of Miss Mary
Kem and Robert Murphy receive
praise in review of final per
formance of the Medford high
school operetta, "Chimes of Nor
mandy." 30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 28, 1925
(It was Saturday)
William A. Gates urges inten
sive cultivation of tomatoes in
Jackson county as "the first step
toward a greater prosperity."
Floyd Hart elected exalted
ruler of Medford Elks lodge.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 28, 1915
(It was Sunday)
Cole Holmes elected first
vice-president of Medford Hik
ing club; group plans first hike
on cliffs east of Phoenix.
E. E. Ash of Trail drives his
car to Medford for the first time
during 1915, and reports the
roads are in bad condition.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. John M. Harlan, U.S. Su
preme court nominee, is a state
judge, federal judge, lawyer in
private practice, or member of
Congress?
2. The United States is or isn't
one of the eight nations in the
Southeast Asia defense treaty?
3. The Citadel is a famous
fort on the Dardanelles, military
school in Charleston, S.C., fort
ress at Montreal, or mission in
San Antonio, Tex.
4. Does any. state make resi
dence of more than a year a re
quirement for voting?
5. Sen. McCarthy is less than
or more than 50 years old?
6. The capital of Russia used
to be the city now called Len
ingrad, originally known as
what?
7. Napalm is used in cold
cream, chiropractic, hand lo
tions, moth repellants, flame
throwers or candy?
The answers: . Federal judge.
2. Is. 3. Military school in
Charleston. 4. Yes, several do.
5. Less. 6. St Petersburg. 7.
Flame throwers.
YOUNG MAN WANTED
Benton Harbor, Mich. U.R)
The Benton Harbor-St. Joseph
Junior Chamber of Commerce
called off its plans to pick its
1955 "young man of the year
because of lack, of candidates.
mail tribune
Dictators? Don't Be Silly
"As I understand it, the legislators are elected and paid
by the people who pass laws in the interest of the people of
the State of Oregon. However, it seems the majority of the
legislators have forgotten their oath of office, and are
scheming to thwart the wishes of their electors. It seems
to me that they think, instead of being servants of the peo
ple, they are or should be dictators of the people . . ."
m
THE above is an excerpt from a letter which ap-
peared in another Oregon paper last week. Per
haps the kindest thing which can be said of its author
is that he is vastly uninformed.
He is entitled to his opinion, and to express it.
But in our view he doesn't know what he is talking
about.
1X7E recently had an opportunity to watch the 48th
session of the Oregon Legislature in action, as
it has been our opportunity to do during all or part
of the last six sessions.
Once again the chief impression, out of a mass
of impressions, was that of a group of 90 mostly
sincere, mostly-honest, mostly-hard working men and
women doing their darndest to provide Oregon with
an efficient, economical and effective government.
Sometimes they fail. Occasionally they fail b'ad
ly. But the list of their mistakes is of little conse
quence when compared to the vast body of good,
sound, basic legislation which they have accomplished
over the years.
The fact that Oregon's government has been
relatively clean and effective in comparison to that
of other states is proof of this.
;
THE legislature is the best possible exhibit of the
processes of representative democracy.
There is the widest divergence of opinion among
the members, and it is freely expressed. There is
confusion, pressure, friendship, enmity, excitement,
fatigue, stimulation, conflict, cooperation.
Somehow, out of this psychic maelstrom emerges
a program. Miraculously, it is usually a pretty good
program, sound and well-thought-out. This is the
eternal miracle of representative democracy.
And despite the obvious drawbacks, it is the near
est thing yet to perfection in the art . (not science)
of government.
TF the author of the letter quoted above thinks there
is a deep, dark plot to "put something over" on the
people of Oregon in this
apparently that's just what he thinks) he simply
doesn't know the facts.
The state is faced with
in many years, perhaps in
This crisis has been discused in these columns before.
The legislators have no
seeking solutions to an apparently insoluble problem.
Whatever they do, they will
CO, why do men seek election to the legislature?
For money? No f or the $600. per year salary
will barely cover their expenses.
For prestige? Perhaps,
tinction of being a member
not a great and enduring
For power? No for
the individual power of a
For what, then? Could
by a sincere desire to serve
be attracted by the pulling
and committee work, . by
the know" on decisions affecting the welfare of the
state?
THERE is a lack of direction and unity in the pres-
for no matter what solution they come up with to
solve the problem of taxes and finances, their de
cisions are subject to reversal by the voters. Their
labors may go for nothing, and the state may suffer
seriously as a result. We would not be too surprised
to see a special election or. a special session, or both,
within the year, unless the legislators come up with
something now unforeseen.
This unhappy state is not productive of good,
open-minded and clearly thought out legislation.
.
CYMPTOMS of this were the recent hush-hush meet
ings held by the governor and legislative leaders
in attempts to coordinate and unify their thinking.
While we are severely critical of attempts at
secrecy in the conduct of public business, we can
understand their desire to get these differences and
difficulties thrashed out in private.
But if the problem is to be solved, it will be solved
only with the understanding and approbation of the
public. Secret meetings are not the way to achieve it.
WOULD-BE dictators? No. Far from it.
7 " Confused but conscientious men, trying their
level best to save the state from bankruptcy? Yes.
They have our sympathetic understanding, if not
always approval.
And whatever they come up with as a solution,
be advised that their decision was made in honesty
and sincerity. E.A. ,
Medical School Group
Forest Grove (U.R) Four
harmonizing lads from the Uni
versity of Oregon Medical School
walked off with the Northwest
championship in the annual Bar
ber Shop Ballad contest here
during the week end. ,
The Forceps Four took the
$300 prize for the second year
running with their rendition of
"The Old Henry Clay."
Right behind the future
surgeons were the Kord Kings
f rom . Everett Wash., -a quartet
composed of students from the
Monday, February 28, 1953
case a sales tax (and
its worst financial crisis
the 97 years of statehood.
pat answers. They are
be criticized and vilified.
a little. But the dis
of a state legislature is
thing.
as only one of 90 persons,
member is little.
it be they are motivated
their state? Could they
and hauling of debate
the feeling of being "in
Barbershop Champion
College of Puget Sound.
The Four Flats of Newberg,
Ore., took third and another
Washington group, the Four
Score quartet from Port An
geles, sung their way into fourth
spot.
Canada has no aluminum ore
but ranks high as an aluminum
producer because of an abund
ant power supply, and electric
ity is an important factor in the
processing of aluminum pro
ducts. ' ".. ' " "
s
Matter of Fact
GOING, GOING
Taipeh, Formosa Another
important offshore island is go
ing. After having been refused
American help to defend Nan
chishan, the Chinese Nationalist
government has decided to
abandon Nanchi to the Commu
nists. This is a drastic change of
plan. Evacuation of the civilian
population of
Nanchi shan
began soon
after the re
treat from the
Tachens. But
the island's
military garri
son was sup
posed to de
fend the place
to the death.
In -fact, this
i n t e n tion is
Joseph Alsoft
still being publicly insisted upon.
And while the decision to take
off the garrison has already been
made, there are public announce
ments of reinforcement.
For the American policymak
ers, the abandonment of this
pretty little islet 60 miles or
more south of the Tachens will
be an event of high significance.
On the one hand, it vastly in
creases the likelihood of . an early
Communist attack on the off
shore islands which have been
given an on-again'-off-again guar
antee by the Eisenhower admin
istration. Unless the wisest' Chi
nese and Americans here are
unanimously mistaken, the Presi
dent's willingness to assist the
defense of Quemoy and the
Matsus should soon be put to an
acid test.
On the other hand, precisely
because an early attack on Que
moy or the Matsus is now much
more probable, the time avail
able for negotiating a cease fire
in the Formosa Strait is probably
much reduced. .
In high Chinese quarters here,
it is believed that in Bangkok,
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles is promising Foreign "Sec
retary Anthony Eden full Amer
ican backing, if Britain can trade
the rest of the offshore islands
for a reasonably guaranteed
cease fire. But as both the Chi
nese Communists and the Chinese
Nationalists have bitterly de
nounced the whole idea of such
a trade, a good deal of time is
surely needed for the trading.
"C1ROM the Chinese standpoint,
meanwhile,, the evacuation of
Nanchishan will be a bitter pill,
made all the more unpalatable
by the claims that the place
would be held at all costs. The
pill has been swallowed for two
quite different reasons.
. First and foremost, the Gen
eralissimo and his colleagues are
very far from 'averse to bringing
nearer the moment for the final
test of the Eisenhower Adminis
tration's real intentions regard
ing Quemoy and the Matsus. Al
though the Chinese profess con
fidence in public, they are ven
omous in private about the un
certainty of American policy.
And they are not at all averse
to cutting down the. available
time for cease fire negotiations.
The - position on Nanchishan
has now become militarily unten
able without American aid. Our
help in defending Nanchi was
urgently requested and not
for the first time during the
evacuation of the Tachens. Our
refusal of aid and the subse
quent rapid Communist envelop
ing movements then sealed Nan
chi's fate.
The enemy's enveloping move
ments have virtually encircled
Nanchi by this time. To the
south, halfway between Nan
chishan andor Matsus, the Com
munists have put troops on the
Taishan Islands. And Pekishan
and the other . little islands of
Nanchis own group, which lie
just north of Nanchi, have also
been occupied by. the enemy.
For some time now, Nanchi
has been garrisoned by a regi
ment of Chinese regular troops,
but the defense of the place was
always held to depend on the
Tachens. Hence powerful de
fense positions have not been
built.
A hard fight for Nanchi might
still have been attempted, how
ever, if it were not for the local
air balance. . In theory, an air
battle for Nanchi was feasible,
since it is just about equidistant
from the Nationalist airbases on
Formosa and the Communist
bases on the mainland.
But in practice, the National
ists have only one fully operat
ing wing of obsolescent F-84 jet
fighters, plus another wing of
Sabrejets which has now been
sent into combat ahead of its
training schedule. Their other
planes are World War II types.
In other words, the Nationalists
do not have enough jet fighters
to want to take on the much
more numerous MIG 15s of the
enemy;
.
VlflTHOUT, a simultaneous at
" tempt to control the air, any
attempt to control the air, any
attempt to reinforce and supply
Nanchishan massively by sea
would be a suicidal operation,
especially for the rather weak
Nationalist navy. With the Com
munists quite obviously prepar
ing another triphibious operation
like that which won them Yik
iangshan, there were only two
choices.
The Generalissimo either had
to sacrifice the Nachi garrison
for. the sake of showing fight or
order them to abandon Nanchi
His' original intention to do the
farmer may perhaps have been
shaken by American" advice to
By Joseph Alsop
the contrary. But the desire to
bring this crisis of the offshore
islands to a climax, and so to
forestall any effective cease fire
bargaining, quite certainly en
tered in, too.- -. - ,
The abandonment of Nanchis
han would always be a develop
ment of considerable local im
port, in and of itself. Fukien, the
mainland province across the
Formosa Strait, from which any
attack on Quemoy, the Matsus
or Formosa proper must be
launched, is a geographical trap.
Few decent roads across the
mountains that girdle Fukien.
Any major military effort there
pretty well has to be supplied
by sea.
The evacuation of the Tachens
unblocked the route for coastal
traffic for many miles south of
the big bulge of the Yangtse
delta. The evacuation of Nan
chishan will open the mouth
of Wenchow harbor and will un
lock another long stretch for
coastal traffic, right down to the
neighborhood of the Matsus.
In the present circumstances,
moreover, the abandonment of
Nanchishan has to be viewed
against a background which gives
it more than local import.
As previously reported by this
correspondent, there was one big
missing piece, until recently, in
the pattern of Communist ag
gressive preparations. Korea-'
hardened divisions and MIG 15s
and other air strength had been
massed in the Chekiang-Kiangsu
region, threatening the Tachens.
But no added strength had been
redeployed into Fukien, to in
crease the threat to Quemoy and
the Matsus.
This missing "piece in the pat
tern is now being supplied. A
Fukien airbase which the Chi
nese Nationalist Air Force had
regarded as not usable by jet
planes, has . already been occu
pied by "a regiment of MIG 15s.
Air reconnaissance also shows
rapid installation" of electronic
equipment at this airfield. In
telligence which is incomplete
ly confirmed but regarded as
highly probably further indicates
that at least two Korea-hardened
divisions have now moved into
Fukien.
'
TN short, the only objective rea
- sons for optimism are in pro
cess of being removed. And at
the same time, the removal of
Nanchishan as a threat on the
enemy's flank ' automatically
makes an attack on the Matsus
the most likely next order of
business.
To be sure, both Americans
and Chinese would rate an at
tack on Quemoy andor the
Matsus as much less likely, if the
Administration were not pursu
ing the tactics blandly described
in Washington as "keeping them
guessing." :
' If there were a firm American
guarantee of the offshore islands,
opinion here would be about
evenly divided as to the odds for
or against an attack....
Since American nolicv is un
clear, however; the best opinion
here is that the Communists will
at least probe our1 intentions as
to the "guaranteed" islands, per
haps drawing back after the first
attack if the United States re
sponds strongly and decisively,
HIT 1 " XI i
iviayDe me d e s i opinion is
wrong. Maybe the Communists
will draw back now. Maybe a
cease fire will somehow be
wangled at the last moment. But
one thing is certain. The time
of climax is now appreciably
nearer.
Copyright, 1955,
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.
On The Side
(Distributed by King
. Which sex gets the better
break in life? Is it really a
"woman's world"? The majority
of women don't seem to think
so. - If born over again, would
you prefer a change in sex- That
query was put to a number of
men and women. Ninety-one per
cent of the men strongly said
they would want to be men
again. Only 34 per cent of the
women said they would want
to go through life again as wom
en!. Sixty-four per cent of the
women questioned emphatically
vowed if a second birth were
possible they would like . to be
born men- ' ..
Sidelights
It was none other than Lord
Chesterfield who said, "Whether
it is a question of race horses
or men, breeding will tell." ' ' '
The "shortest best selling novel
of the twentieth century so far
is "Good-By, Mr. Chips," by
James Hilton. It has only 132
pages. It should be "remembered
that when Abraham . Lincoln
said, "All that I am I owe to
my angel mother," he was speak
ing of his stepmother. She was
Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln,
the second wife of Thomas Lin
coln. Body Beautiful .
Can you point out any imper
fections in the figure of Marilyn
Monroe. How about that of Jane
RusseU? Or Sheree North? Or
Mamie Van Doren? Experts on
the subject of feminine physical
perfection h? ve . found many
faults in the figures of these
four "oomph girls." -They claim
the : imperfections , have been
concealed in films by extremely
clever photographing. However,
most of the experts are agreed
that at least one film star has a
perfect " figure" and ""rates "the
"body beautiful" designation.
Is That So?
By Eugene Burns .
Ranger-Naturalist
Did you know that ... Every
hair of a caribou's coat is a hol
low quill which enables it to
swim high out of the water
buoyed up by this natural life
belt.
The pocket gopher's incisor
teeth grow about four feet a
year an average of almost an
inch a week! Gnawing keeps
them worn down for practical
purposes. ,
. The highest known tides in the
world are in the Bay of Fundy
the greatest difference be
tween high and low waters at
Minas Basin, Burtcoat Head, is
54.5 feet. Local conditions of
wind and weather may boost it
to 60 feet.
Most snakes that go under
ground do not dig their own
holes but make use of natural
crevices and holes' and burrows
made by other animals.
The throat and ears of a bea
ver, seal and several other aqua
tic mammals are equipped with
tSM
special valves which close volun
tarily when the animal submer
ges. Among all four - footed ani
mals, the elephant is unique in
that when it lies down it extends
its hindlegs. backward and the
front ones forward. All other
large four-footed animals, in
cluding horses, bring the hind-
legs forward in. lying down.
Then, in lying down, the ele-
phant kneels like a man with the
knees actually touching the
ground.
Knee Joints in Front
A further peculiarity the
knee joints of the hindlegs as
well as those of the front ones
are in front and the' angle form
ed by the bent knee of both hind
and front legs is toward the head.
Cold-blooded as the snake may
be, the snake has a heart. It is
located well forward, about one
fifth of the distance from the
head to the end of the tail. Its
smooth, long, narrow and great
ly distensible, is located well for
ward. Due to the heay flow of
saliva, digestion begins almost
immediately after any food is
swaUowed, , and the digestive
processes work rapidly.
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Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575.
Sausahto, Calif.
By E. V. Durling
Features Syndicate, Ine.)
She is Gina LoUobrigida.
Briefly
In the Irish republic, girls of
12 and boys of 14 can legally
marry . . . Why is it you rarely
meet a girl named Susanna? It
is a very attractive name. Shake
speare liked it. He gave it to his
first child. . . . Texas Guinan
once : reduced her weight by
thirty-five pounds in two weeks
by taking pepper and mustard
baths. .
Suggestion
Why not sports record books?
Why not a book of general rec
cords? To include, for example,
such records as the Pittsburgh,
Pa., woman - "who became a
mother for the first time at 51.
Also, the record of that 39 year
old Houston, Tex., blonde who
had been married twelve times.
If being married twelve . times
before reaching 40 isn't the rec
ord for women, what is? An
other record for the book sug
gested is that of John H. Scheleu
ter of Waterford, , Wis., who
smoked twenty-four cigars a day
for sixty-years. .
Double
Feminine subscriber, whose
husband insists she is a "dou
ble" for Ingrid Bergeman, wants
to know what the Scandinavian
cinema luminary's measure
ments are. They foUow: height,
5 feet 8M; weight, 135; bust, 36;
waist, 27, and hips, 37. Ingrid
wears a size 16 dress and flat
heeled shoes, size 8 A A.
Asides .
A 102 year old New Englander
attributes his longevity to ad
herence to the "four browns
diet." That diet is" made up of
whole wheat bread, baked beans,
brown eggs and brOwn sugar.
. . . So you know how to pro
nounce Los Angeles. All right,
smart fellow,' how "do you" pro
nounce the name of Boise, Idaho,
Arab League Hurt
By 1 raq's Alignment"
With Western
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
The new Turkish-Iraq defense
treaty has created a new situ
ation in the Middle East..
: Turkey has
regained the
Middle East
ern leadership
which it lost
as the result of
World War I.
Egypt, which
had made a
strong bid to
,take the lead
ership, has suf-
. fered a humiliating.-'-
defeat
Charles McCann
in its attempt to block the Turk
ish-Iraqi pact. .
The eight-nation Arab League
in which Egypt was the leader,
has been seriously and perhaps
fatally weakened by Iraq's ac
tion in aligning itself with Turr
key and thus with the Western
powers. ;
Advices from Cairo now re
port that Egyptian Premier Gam
al Abdel Nasser may join Indian
Prime . Minister Jawaharlal Ne
hru as a "neutralist."
NATO in 1951
Turkey had laid the basis for
its cooperation with the Western
Allies when it joined the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization in
1951.
Last April, Turkey signed a
mutual defense treaty with Pat?
istan'. It extended the Western
defense chain from Arctic Nor
way to the Himalaya Mountains,
Iran was the one missing link.
Then, on August 9, Turkey
signed a 20-year aUiance with
Greece and Yugoslavia. Greece
is a fellow member of the NATO
organization. Yugoslavia is not,
but Marshal Tito, its Communist
president, is aligned with 1 the
west against Soviet aggression.
Now Turkey turned its atten
tion to the other Moslem nations
of the Middle East none of
them aligned with the Western
grand alliance,
Marine Commander
Of Manpower.Cuts
Washington (U.R) Gen
Lemuel . C. Shepherd; Jr., com
mandant of the Marine Corps, is
"apprehensive" about military
manpower cutbacks, Sen. Rich
ard R. Russell said Saturday.
But the Georgia Democrat
chairman of the Senate Armed
Services committee, said Shep
herd has told the committee that
he can "live with" the cutbacks,
-Under the present manpower
schedule the Marine Corps:
which numbered 217,000 in Jan
uary, must cut to 193,000' by
July 1, 1956.-The Navy, with
about three times as many men,
must absorb a cut of ' about the
same size.
Army Cut Larger
The Army must absorb a much
greater cut, and -Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway, chief of staff, has
said the Army reduction will be
harmful "to a degree' to the na
tional security.
Russell commented on testi
mony given Friday by Shepherd
as his committee, continued
briefings on national defense
problems by military leaders.
.The Marine Corps commandant
testified along with Navy Secre
tary Charles S. Thomas and
Adm. Robert B. Carney, the
Navy operations chief.
Bly School Teacher
Injured in Blaze '
Klamath Falls (U.R) Ber
nard Smirch, Bly school teacher,
was reported in "good" condi
tion at Klamath Valley Hos
pital here recovering from in
juries received in a fire that de-.
stroyed his home early today.
Cause of the fire was not yet
determined. County school sup
erintendent Carrol Howe said
the blaze also caused minor in
juries to school janitor George
Smith and damaged the - school
bus. Howe said there would be
no school today in Bly, because
of Smirch's injuries and the
damage .to the bus.
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It was disclosed that Turkey
hoped to get Iran into the West
ern alignment. There seems good
reason to" hope that this ; most
important alignment may ' ma
terialize, especially after the
long visit of Shah Mohammed
Rejla Pahlevi of Iran to the Unit
ed States. :;
But the Turks decided to get
Iraq in line first. Premier Ad
nan Menderes arrived in Bag
dad, the Iraqi capital, oh Jan.
6 to negotiate a mutual defense)
treaty. - , .
Egypt, the leader of the Arab
League, was outraged. It -called
an emergency meeting of the
league. But nothing came of the
meeting. . -'
V. The Turkish-Iraqi treaty was
signed Thursday.
In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
Slick trick note:
The House of Representatives
has voted a $20-per-person in
come tax cut.
WHAT'S the pitch?
It.' ft manpnvpr rvf pnnrso
to put GOP President Eisenhow
er in a political hole. The $20-a-
head tax cut was offered an an
amendment to a bill to keep the
corporation income tax &t 52
per cent instead of letting' it drop
back this spring to 47 percent
which will happen unless the
present law is extended. :
So -
Ike can't vote the S20-a-head
cut without at the same time per
mitting the tax . on corporation
income to droprom 52 per cent
to 47 per cent which, in view
of the fact that we're already
taking in would be disastrous.
T suppose you read Ike's charac-
terization of it as "an example
of fiscal irresponsibility."
It certainly is.
But it's SMART.
Anybody can see that.
THE best comment on this slick
trick comes from . Senator
Byrd of Virginia, who is a Demo
crat from away back, but a
Democrat who believes that our
country must be kept solvent.
. He says .succintly: I '..
"I'm against it. The ! federal
budget should be balanced be
fore federal taxes are cut."
" It's a pity there aren't more
RIM note from Moscow:
"Pravda (the Communist
party . newspaper) criticizes 'the
Soviet ministry of "electric pow
erwhich i& now headed by EX
Premier Malenkov.; Pravda says
Malenov's administration of it
has been INEFFICIENT.
YOU'LL remember; : I reckon,
that when they bounced Mal
enkov from the . premier's job
they let him live for a while at
least which is something un
usual in Communist politics.
I'll offer the guess that after
formed persons in Moscow are
listening for the crack of the
uring squaa s riues.
Oyer the Phone
GEO. N. TAYLOR
"He is as much ours as he is
yours and we want him to be
our guest for a few days." So
the woman at
the phone told
the listener at
the other, end
of the line. It
seems that
years before,
t h 1 g man
whom they
were: to have
as guest, had
led the woman
and her hus
band -to : the
Lord and now they would have
him in their home for a bit. And
what have the years brought
into the lives of these saved peo
ple? Let the Bible tell it. "If
any man be in Christ,, he is a
new creation. Old things have,
passed away. Behold, all things
have become new." See 2nd
Corinthians 5:17. And now after
all these years, their lives
prove that Christ lives within
them. This Message, sent by a
Beaverton family. Paid adv.
i .
JL