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Pickin' Pears By SID HOLLINGSWORTH Veterans are looking forward to the annual show to be pre sented Friday by the youthful company of starlets known as the "Young Oregonians." As the name implies, it is sponsored by the Portland Oregonian. Among those glad to assist in publicizing the show is George Parker, who at Camp White is synonymous with this esteemed newspaper. He is the representa tive who distributes the Oregon ian daily as well as Sunday. George is something of a show himself, and his habit of getting in and out of tight situations goes bacTc to a harrowing exper ience at the time of the First World War. It need hardly be mentioned that George Parker is a native of Brooklyn. He dates his interest in the newspaper business to an incident which occurred in the Kingston City Hospital where he was sent for emergency treatment. The ex perience was dramatic enough to attract the attention of a fa mous war correspondent of those days Floyd Gibbons. Here is what Gibbons wrote about George Parker. It was pub lished in the New York Ameri can: You know, lots of adventures have happened because someone did the wrong thing somewhere along the line, but here's one that resulted from saying the wrong thing. It's the story of George T. Parkpr. of 639 55th street. Brook lyn, N. Y., and it's as fine an ex ample of a horrible experience as I've come across in many a day. It isn't that George talked out of turn or tried to start an argu ment. No, there's nothing like that in this yarn. What little George did say, he said with the best and most peaceful intentions in the world. As a matter of fact, George was just out of the operating room and lying on a hospital bed when he said it. Birds in that fix don't go around looking for fights, and you and I know it. But just the same. George sure talked himself into a sizable lot of trouble trouble that came near causing George's death. For two days after his opera tion, George was a pretty sick man, what with the ether he had swallowed and the shock of be . ing cut up by the surgeon. On the second day, an old fellow with a beard became delirious and started to rave and that didn't help George's frame of mind any. "He was talking about some one named Lenny," George says, ."and he kept it up' until every one started to complain. I thought it would be all right to to trv and riarifv him en uition he called for Lenny again, I an swered him." i The trick seemed to work. The old fellow actually thought he was talking to Lenny. "What did you do with that junk in the attic?" he asked. And George These r All your money Lack on any item doesn't please News and Notes From Camp White answered: "I sold it." "How much did you get for it?" the old fellow wanted to know. And George told him, "Fifteen cents." After that the old fellow was quiet. At 10 o'clock, the lights were put out and George dozed off. Then suddenly, George woke up at the sound of footsteps be side his bed. "I looked up," he says, "and there staring down at me was the old fellow. His eyes seemed to be popping out of his head and his good hand was reaching down for my throat. And in a low voice he hissed: 'Where is the fifteen cents'?" It might tiave been funny that situation if it hadn't been so pathetic too. But to George there was neither humor nos pathos in it nor anything else but just plain terror. There he lay helpless, two days out of the operating room, and hardly able to lift a finger in his own defense, and over him stood a man out of his mind and plainly bent on violence. "I couldn't find my voice couldn't utter a word. I put up my hand to protect myself, but it was weak and shaking. The old man grasped me by the throat and began to squeeze. "His hand was strong, and it's lucky for me he didn t have two of them that the other one was crippled with blood poisoning or he might have strangled me then and there." George wondered if he was going to die there in the appar ent safety of a hospital bed. And then, suddenly, the lights came on. Nurses and attendants came running to the rescue. Tony, a poor fellow with a broken spine, had brought help. He had awak ened, seen what was happening, and pushed the buzzer that sum moned the nurse. George was so shaken by his experience that they had to take him out of the ward and put him in a private room. "And," he" says, "I came pretty near not writing this story." Founder of News Supplement Dies Laguna Beach, Calif. (U.R) Alfred David Mayo, founder of the nationally syndicated Sun day supplement, This Week, died yesterday of a heart ailment at his home here. He was 79. Mayo was once secretary and general manager of the Crowell Publishing company, and pub lisher of the Chicago Record. He was also at one time presi dent of the Butterick company" of New York. He began the Sunday supple ment, Newsweek, which later became This Week. Mayo retir ed 12 years ago. He was sur vived by his widow, Teresa; a brother, Walter of St. Paul, Min., and a son, Winston, of New Gardens, New York. Ser-J vices will be held Thursday. nev-ctop rrottuee that you TheyH Do It Every Time W WELL- XCERTAlULYAM You're rke SORRY YOUR D4DD Now-you i ISN'T PRACTICING AHY Don't U4ve To AIORE-VOU'RE OKAY. COMEBACK SONNY" BUT YOU'RE NOT THE DOCTOR AXYMORB-' JUSTW4TCM VtHJR DADDY TUAT DIET NO,S!REE,BOB- wil Ji llali . m III i 1 S 4AKu-r SES3 jtN . MLSWjmttgS SYNDICATE, tat, WQILP KICBTS UgtKVtP. " As We Live Husband's Threat To Go Probably Jusi A Bluff There are many men who feel that they can dictate to their wives and intimidate them by using the threat they know is most effective: leaving and tak ing the children with them. That is why I am advising the young wife who wrote the following letter to call her husband's bluff. She says: (Q) "Wo have been married for seven and a half years and have one son, six years old. I am expecting another baby in July. My husband and I haven't been getting along well for a long lime. The oth er day, he threatened to leave me as soon as the new baby arrives and take both the children with him. Can he do this? I can't go back lo my parents and take the children with me as they are both, getting old and not in good health. I do not feel it would be fair to give them this ex tra burden and worry, espec ially as they have very little lo live on. I feel trapped and don't know what lo do. Please advise me as this whole EXPENSIVE PARKING Detroit (U.R) Police to day questioned three young men about the operation of a "park ing lot" which cost patrons $1 and a traffic ticket. Police said the attendants offered to park automobiles for $1. More than 100 patrons were ticketed when the attendants parked the cars in no parking zones. Richmond, Va. (U.R) Lacy Thomas Jr., 22, was charged with reckless driving Monday after he collided with a tricycle while driving his horse-drawn wagon. the bestjfo at Safeway l o-. 'NOT "WE DOCTOR HIS VADVY MS" JUN!ORONLyH4S EIGHTEEN DEGREES FROM THE BEST mtiuiLAU zhuvu j in iHfc wukuu- r 'DOC By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. thing is making a nervous wreck of me." (A) Your husband knows that he has you trapped and he is behaving like a brute. He has threatened you when you are carrying his child and he is taking the meanest wea pon he can lay his hands on, the threat of taking a moth er's children Dr. Hurlock from her. He was obviously counting on your not knowing the law, and he has won so far. Or he may be even so ignorant of the law that he thinks he can do as he pleases. In that case, he is in for a rude shock. Go to your minister at once and tell him of your husband's threat to leave you and take your children away from you as soon as the new baby ar rives. Then ask him to make arrangements for you to take your problem to the domestic court in your district. When the judge hears of your husband's threat, he will doubtless call him into court and ask him to explain it. The judge will know your side of the story before your husband takes action and will be in a position to stop him. Your husband cannot take your children away from you unless he can produce proof that you are unfit to be their moth er. Furthermore, he will be leg ally responsible for your support and theirs, should he leave you. When he knows the law is on your side, he may change his tune. (Copyright 1955. General Features Corp.) ""IWaHii Tiaaal ... and avocados are just one of the inviting fresh fruits and vegetables featured this week, in the By Jimmy Hatlo THE OLD DOC DIDN'T KNOWANY MCVERH MEDCINE-BUT HESURE HAP THE OLD-TIMERS EATING -T OF H.'S PILL BOX t "i lFOU ASK H4-H4-iVeN AAE.TUF n. r, SEEN SOME OF FEELS THE THE SIMPLE 4 SAME WAY ABOUT) REMEDIES WORK JUNIOR" WHEN THE NEW FANGLED ONES DIDN'T"' It's not easy to follow IM POP'S FOOTSTEPS.EM.DOC? TMANX4MDATIPOF THE HATLP HAT TO John g.m&e&, jR.jw.tx, . 43W. MOM Roe ST.. & SPglMGFIEilp.tU.. Des Moines, la. (U.R) The Iowa legislature has voted in favor of a bill allowing young cowboys and Indians to pack cap pistols. Rep. Frank Thomp son said any child with such a pistol is "just going through a blood and thunder stage." r FRiinciscffB mmei MODERN AMERICANA Choice of Starburst Echo Woodlore ILLUSTRATED IS STARBURST Starburst is one of the most popular patterns in Fran ciscan's new dinnerware Americana. . 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Steps to discourage the furry little rodents were or dered. First, an expert in electronics was called in. He suggested the use of extremely high pitched sound which theoretically would annoy the squirrels and send them scampering. They didn't scamper. Conditioned To Noise Then the Army Signal Corps tried putting together a tape re cording of sounds allegedly of fensive to squirrels and played group known as Modern" Now $995 WAFFLE SETS New INLAND Waffle Set for hot butter and syrup set. Heat resistant glass, copper trim. Twin candle warmer. Base in copper finish. $495 Set TRAFFIC World's Hardest Floor-Wax Finish As Advertised In Cfl 7A Sunset Magazine Orchard Thermometers TAYLOR minimum regis tering thermometers de signed especially for orchard use. $530 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE- THIRTEEN Warning To Ail Squirrels it at the little nut gatherers. But they kept gathering. 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