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Four Discussed as Possible President Of Senate in 1957 Monday, March 14, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE tyffere gfllwap afoigfi on Qwrteby ... I if. Salem (U.R) Names of four senators have been heard around the capitol here recently as pos sibilities in the election of the state Senate president for the 1857 legislature. Paul Geddes of Roseburg, War Ten Gill of Lebanon, Stewart Hardie of Condon and Warren McMinnimee of Tillamook have all been mentioned for the spot, Geddes is serving his second senate term after two previouus terms in the house. He practices law in Roseburg and served a term as president of the Oregon Bar. Gill has had the same number of terms in both houses as Geddes and is also a lawyer with a prac tice at .Lebanon. Hardie, a Condon newspaper publisher, became a senator in 1948 after 12 years as Gilliam county clerk. Both he and Gill are holdover senators. McMinimee was district attor ney of Tillamook county before he came to the senate in 1953. He was a member of the board of governors of the state bar and a past president of the state district attorneys association. . His term, along with that of decides, expires next January. All four senators serve as chairmen of important senate . committees. New Map Scheduled For Ml. McKinley Boston (U.R) Part of a five man expedition has left for Alaska to complete field work for a new map of Mt. McKinlev and 400 square miles around its peak. The map project was started 10 years ago by Bradford Wash burn, director of Boston's Mu seum of Science. Washburn leaves with Richard T. Kleber of the museum's education depart ment David R. Fisher of Bur lington, Ontario, veteran climb er, also is heading for the map ping sue. - Two other members of the ex pedition will join the party March 26. They are Carlton P. Fuller, vice-president of Pola road Corp., and George J. Gard ner Jr., partner of Paine. Web ber, Jackson and Curtis, Invest ment Brokers. Really Board Here Endorses Tax Plans The Medford Realty board has endorsed two proposed changes in national taxation, according to Clark Walker, president. One would revise federal law to allow communities to receive a tax equivalent payment from the federal government for real property owned in the com munity, and the other would change the GI bill to enable qualified veterans to obtain the same loan guaranty benefits on the purchase of a farm as are now available to purchasers of homes, Walker said. :k M " ' NO DELAY An F-94C Starfire jet fighter p lane streaks out of its hangar at Air Force base on New Castle County Airport, N. J., in answer to alert call from Civil Defense. These jet interceptors take off directly fro m hangars so they can be in the air in a mat ter of minutes after alert. IU. S. Air Force P lioto.) Ex-Texas Man Works While He Whistles . 4-H Club News Reesa Creek Club The Reese Creek Renegades met at the home of Cliff Moore on March 8 at 7:30 p.m. Mr Moore said he had ordered the film on Bangs and it should be here in two weeks. We decided, if weather per mits, we would take a tour of the members' homes and look at their project during spring va cation. Marvena Nelson read two arti cles, "Better Health for Your Livestock" and '-Dairy Judging Refreshments were served by Mrs. Moore. Next meeting will be at the home of Joyce and Janet Johnston. Janet Johnston, Reporter Applegate Knit-Wits The Applegate Knit-Wits met at the home of Anita Rosemus on March 8. We talked about the candy sale we were to have at the Applegate Minstrel show on March 11. Next meeting will be at the home of Dona Brown, March 22. Dona Brown, Reporter Upper Rogue Club There will be an organization meeting of Upper Rogue 4-H Rabbit club at the Shady Cove school gym on Wednesday, March 16, at 2 p.m. All interest ed in joining the club are invit ed to this meeting. Grace Peile, Reporter Central Point Unit Schedules Session . Central Point Central Point Extension unit will meet Wednes day, March 16, at the home of Mrs. Leo Ghelardi, Old Stage roal. A project on vegetables will be demonstrated by Mrs. Paul Snook and Mrs. Gene Snook, leaders, during the morn ing session to begin at 10:30 a.m. All women attending are asked to take table service. Anyone wishing transportation is asked to be at the Grange hall at 10 a.m. Child care will be available at the home of Mrs. Paul Jones y on Laurel street in Central Point. Chicago (U.R) Fred Low ery doesn't exactly whistle while he works. He works while he whistles. And he earns up to $35,000 a year at the job. "Pretty good for a man who's practically blind, huh?" he asks in a Texas drawl. Fred is so good at whistling that he's teaching the birds how to do it. In a few weeks he's bringing out a record entitled "Fred Lowery Whistles for the Birds." People with pet parakeets. mocking birds, cardinals and parrots can use it to teach the birds simple melodies and to "talk" by varying the pitch and tone of their whistles. Whistled for MGM Record Fred is best-known right now as the man who did the whistling for the M-G-M record ing of "The High and Mighty." But he doesn't expect its popu larity to beat the recording he did for Columbia of "Indian Love Call." "That sold more than 2,000,- 000 records," he said. Husky, ruddy-faced and 45 years old, Lowery is a native of Palestine, Tex. An affliction at the age of two caused removal of one eye. The other is virtually sightless. Started Whi3tling It was because. of his blind ness that Fred started whistling. "While I was the Texas School for the Blind in Austin, studied violin, piano and voice, he said. "But because you can't read music, a blind musician just about has to be a genius like Alec Templeton or Art Tatura to make good. "One day a professional whis tler gave a whistling contest. I won and my prize was two les sons." From then on, Fred practiced whistling six hours a day arid, at 22, made his first professional "concert" over Dallas radio sta tion WFAA.- Shortly afterwards he appeared on the old Rudy Vallee Show and then landed a job whistling with Vincent Lo pez's band for four years. Later he was with Horace Heidt for almost eight years. Our Own Company Now he owns his own record ing company with studios in New York which press 50 sides a year. He also appears in night clubs, on television, and for charity besides teaching others to whistle. "My pupils have included Mary Martin and actress Joan Barton," he said. On March 22, he'll appear on . Steve Allen's TV show, "Tonight." , Fred moved his permanent residence here recently, install ing his attractive wife, Grace, and 13-year-old son, Scooter, in a northside apartment. Throat Whistling Because he s p e c i a 1 i z es in 'throat whistling," Fred doesn't have to pucker his lips. "That's handy in case some one's eating persimmons wThile I'm trying to whistle," he said. He can even whistle a duet, and, during frequent woodland walks, he "talks" with the wild birds. A six-inch chest expan sion gives him volume. Fred whistles "by ear" and admits he has a poor "musical memory." Last week, MGM recording di rector Leroy Holmes flew in the theme record of a new movie, "Unchained," just so Fred could dub in eight bars. Today, Fred couldn't remember the melody. He also has one other source of embarrassment. "I never learned to whistle cn my fingers," he said. "So I can't whistle real loud. I always have' to ask someone else to whistle me up a taxicab." OH The Side By E.' V. Durling (Distributed by King Features Syndicate; Inc.) Dancing Classes Set For Today, Tuesday A free workshop in square dancing, couple dances and mix ers is scheduled for today and Tuesday at the Medford Junior High school gymnasium. : Classes, under the direction of Ed Durlacher, nationally known caller and teacher, will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. and from 8 to 10:30 p.m. both days. The classes are open to teach ers, recreation leaders, youth and adult activity leaders, col lege students majoring in physi cal education, and Southern Oregon college students who may be required to teach physi cal education in the elementary schools. Further information may be obtained by telephoning Lee Ragsdale, supervisor of physical education for the Medford city schools. i Beware, young fellow, of oeaulilul girls. Fear the charm of the skirt that whirls, The shapely bust and the well laced bodice. When women grow loving you can be sure. That slavery lurks within ther rapture. Love's ABC is this: Art to allure, Beauty that blinds and a charm to capture. Hugo. At what age did your first baby start talking? A Pennsyl vania subscriber says her child, a girl, started talking at the age of 32 months! Her first word was neither "Mama" or "Papa." It was "Evie." Seems her moth er's name is Evelyn but is called "Evie" for short. So that's where the remarkable infant being dis cussed got the idea. Flying Saucers Have you seen any so-called "flying saucers"? If so, it is not necessarily so that your eyes de ceived you. According to those who know there is a type of air craft resembling a flying saucer. It doesn't come from Mars. In fact, similar aircraft were flying about Great Britain 37 years ago. During World War I the British developed a circular wingcraft that looked something like a saucer. However, the British called their . plane the "Flying Doughnut." It was used for ob servation purposes Right now, both .the United States and So viet Russia are believed to have perfected "flying saucer" jet planes. . , Passing By Florence Walton. Once of the great ballro6m dance team of Maurice and : Walton. She was Maurice's original partner. Leo nora Hughes followed her. Mau rice passed on some years ago. Florence lives in Manhattan. Leonora married a South Ameri can millionaire and lives some where in the Argentine republic. . . . Jean Patchett. Lengthy Bal timore blonde "who is rated America's No. 3 fashion model. Her earnings average $600 a week. Jean's height is five feet nine, barefoot. Her weight is 115, bust 34, waist 22, and hips 35. , ' Anniversary Medley , Know anybody who is having a 25th wedding anniversary this year? Would they like to have a medley of the songs popular a quarter of a century ago played at their silver wedding party? If so, here are the top songs of the hit parade of 1930 "Beyond the Blue Horizon," "Betty Co Ed," "Body and Soul," "Blue Again," "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes," "Embraceable You," "I've Got Rhythm," "Just a Gig olo," "Sing Something Simple," "Time on My Hands, '"Some thing to Remember You By," "Two Hearts in Three Quarter Time," "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" and "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me." Asking Queries from clients. Q. Who was the original "Miss Duffy" on the Duffy's Tavern radio pro gram? A. Shirley Booth. At that time Shirley was married to Ed Gardner. Q. You say Sheraton invented twin beds. I say it was Chippendale. Which is , right? A. Sheraton is right. Chippendale didn't believe in twin beds. In cidentally, Chippendale was the father of 11 children. Warning There are over 22,000 restau rants in New York City. Too many serve bad food," carelessly prepared in insanitary surround ings. This is even true of some high priced places. 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