Pickin' Pears
By SID HOLLINGSWORTH
Manager Eugene K. Ricker, in
making public the fact that
amp wnite is under quaran
tine due to the prevalence of
an "upper respiratory infection,"
stressed the fact that the illness
a not serious, but has become
general enough to necessitate
the step.
Virtual isolation of the mem
bership will be observed during
the quarantine. All activities
conducted by volunteers will be
suspended, and members will
not be permitted to leave the
station except when approved
by the chief medical officer.
The action necessitated can
cellation of the Hobby Fair,
which was scheduled for today.
The date has been set, tenta
tively for Sunday, May 21. It is
thought the quarantine will be
removed and the weather will
be more favorable by then.
Members also complain that
some of their exhibits are not
ready for showing yet. Addi
tional items will be forthcoming,
including gems and roclr speci
mens, woodwork and novelties,
as well as some new paintings,
including a "masterpiece" being
executed by Dan Dyer.
He is engaged in putting the
finishing touches to a classical
painting of two ships at sea, a
Spanish galleon and an English
ship of the 16th century period.
Dyer is an expert in handling
the details of construction and
rigging, as well as distinguishing
marks which identify the ships
that sailed the seas in the period
of exploration of the new world.
He had a studio in San Francisco
where he made ship models to
scale.
General maintenance work
and improvement of buildings
and grounds have been sched
uled for the spring and summer
months, Burt Sims, chief engi
neer, has announced. The imme
diate schedule calls for replace
ment of 32 showers in the domi
ciliary buildings, and outside
painting of the nurses' and
Men's quarters and the adminis
tration building.
The supply division has sent
out bids for bowling alley equip
ment and "sound proof tile for
the early completion of the new
bowling alleys for recreation.
Bids also will be let for reroof
ing of six of the buildings.
Work will start this week on
the new picnic area planned by
special services and the VAVS.
The engineering division has
completed a map of the section
to be cultivated, and the commit
tee in charge will furnish trees,
shrubs and plants in the land
scaping scheme.
" T Preliminary " ground work
Former Medford Man
Gets Pipeline Post
Frank . E. Kalbaugh, former
Superintendent of Southern Pa
cific railroad's Salt Lake divi-
, gion and currently general man
ager of the Alaska railroad, has
been named general manager of
the newly formed Southern Pa
cific Pipe Lines, it was an
nounced Saturday. r
Kalbaugh was trainmaster for
SP in Medford several years
go, and was well-known here.
He joined SP in 1919 as a
clerk at Bakersfield, Calif., and
has worked in operating posi
tions in many locations on the
railroad's lies. His new office
will be in Los Angeles.
4-H Club
Upper Rogue Beef Club
The Upper Rogue Beef club
met at the home of the Davis
April 12 at 7:30 p.m. We had a
discussion on our steers and
then a demonstration on leading
them. The next meeting will be
at Ed Houston's on May 10 at
7:30 p.m.
Nancy Darrohn,
Reporter.
Fern Valley 4-H Club
The Fern Valley 4-H club met
on Friday, April 8, at the home
of Bobby and Gene Holt. Larry
Keys joined the club. Members
received their new record books
Next meeting will be May
13 at the home of Lester
Schleigft- A weiner roast is plan
ned and parents are invited.
Gene Holt,
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From Camp White
calls for leveling the area and
removing rocks, stones and de
bris. The ground will then be
fertilized and seeded. The water
line is expected to be run in
June.
Blue Star Mothers, seven of
whom came from Grants Pass
before the quarantine was
placed, advised Special Services
Chief Frank Glonning that they
will send a truck load of shrubs
and plants to be used in the proj
ects now under way. Mrs. Ruth
Otto headed the group.
Gardens being cultivated by
the members are now well under
way, with 15 Garden club mem
bers and at least a dozen others
busy with their special garden
spots, to be brightened with
lawns, flowers, and shrubs.
Herman Priem, who has been
the station barber for as long
as any of his patrons can re
member, is taking a vacation
this week. This is news because
it is the first vacation he has had
that has been longer than two
days at a time.
High, School
By CYNTHIA RUKOVINA
Club elections ere the big
items on the agenda last week
as various clubs met to choose
their new lead
ers for next
year.
The Future
Teac hers of
America led
off the series
of e 1 e c tions
at a Monday
night meeting
where they
elected Shiela
Spence, presi
dent; Bev Cosier, vice-president
Janet Jamison, secretary; Pat
Chisholm, librarian; Ma r a 1 e e
Chisholn, librarian, and Sharon
Zumwalt, historian.
The Ski club held a meeting
Wednesday sixth period and held
elections resulting in the follow
ing officers for 1955-56: Jack
Gregory, president; Mike Haw
kins, vice-president; and Mere
dith Huggins, secretary-treas
urer.
The Future Homemakers of
America designated the follow
ing girls to head the club next
year: Ruth Gillespie, president;
Pat Leek, vice-president; Lois
Pool, reporter; Carol McKinley,
secretary; Donna Mallams, treas
urer; Katherine Gott, song lead
er; and JoAnn Martin, parlia
mentarian.
League Elections 7 -
Both Boys' and Girls' League
elections were scheduled for Fri
day. Nominees were selected by
the councils and from nomina
tions from the floor. They were,
for Girls' League, president,
Jane Bash, Marilyn Olson, 'and
Nellie Rawlings; vice-president,
Susan Brill, Deanna Campbell
and Sandra Robinson; secretary,
Meredith Foote, 'Barbara Gor
don, Sandra Laing, Lee Stark,
Molly Walker, and Joan Wick;
treasurer, M a r a 1 e e Chisholm,
Bev Cosier, Gloria Haggard, Rita
Rose, Suzanne Smith, Shirley
Stafford, and Sharon Whitlock.
For Boys' League, president,
Monty Hoist and Johnny Bel
lack; vice-president, Jerry Gat
lin and John Van Dyke; secre
tary, Dave Bosworth, Mike Haw
kins, Lloyd Cearly, and Floyd
Yeats; treasurer, Gary Schaffer,
Bob Tisdel, and Jared Black;
sergeant at arms, John Foust,
Charles Inskeep and Dave Drum
mond. At the Girls' League assembly
Thursday, President Sue DeVoe
announced junior Sonja Peter
son as the Girl of the Month for
April. Her name, along with the
two previous winners, Deanna
Bruning and Marion Cantrall,
will be placed on the election
ballot for Girl of the Year.
April Showtrs
Chi Epsilon, senior chapter
of Tri-Hi-Y, held an April Show
ers dance for high school stu
dents at the YMCA Saturday
night. Lanora Kyker was chair
man and she was assisted by
various committees.
The last item in last week's
column concerning the senior
skip day and Twin plunges was
lifted from an April fools edition
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seniors who believed the rumor
it was just a delayed April Fools
joke by a columnist.
State Veterans'
Loans List Climbs
During Past Year
Salem The department of
veterans' affairs loaned $16,
381,000 to 2,448 World War II
and Korean veterans for home
and farm purchases in the 12
month period ending March 31,
according to Ernest-J. Smith,
loan manager. This was a 28 per
cent gain over the corresponding
period a year ago.
Loans in the past year aver
age slightly over $1,365,000, to
204 veterans, each month. The
average veteran's loan amounted
to $6,691.
In the nearly ten years since
the program started, Smith said
14,338 veterans have borrowed
$71,117,839. They have already
repaid $32,978,303 in principal
and interest, with monthly re
payments exceeding $800,000.
More than $20,000,000 of the
principal repayments has been
re-loaned.
The state veterans' loan is at 4
per cent interest. An eligible vet
eran may borrow up to 75 per
cent of the appraised value of
the property, to a maximum of
$9,000 to purchase, refinance or
construct a home or $15,000 to
acquire a farm. The veteran bor
rows direct from the state vet
erans' department.
To be entitled, the applicant
must be a veteran of World War
II or the Korean emergency, and
have been a resident of Oregon
at the time of his enlistment or
for a period of two years follow
ing discharge. The World War
II veteran's postwar residence
must have been prior to Decem
ber 31, 1950.
Applications are filed through
county veterans' service officers,
or with the Department of Vet
erans' Affairs, State Finance
building, Salem, or State Office
building, Portland.
Grange
Shady Cove Grange met April
13 with Pampna Master Herb
Carlton as a visitor. Masters
McKay and Carlton . explained
various legislative bills and dif
ferent phases of the Grange.
Cecil Kee cautioned every one
about flue fires, and in particu
lar about oil stoves, stating this
to be the most dangerous time
of the year for fires as stoves
are turned down low, causing
considerable amounts of soot to
accumulate.
The lecture program consisted
of an Easter egg roll and egg
eating contest. The men modeled
Easter hats that the ladies had
made the afternoon before at
the H.E.C. meeting.
Mrs. Alice Cross, H.E.C. chair
man, reported the ladies cleared
$30 at their cooked food sale and
bazaar at the Shady Cove Clean
ers. Old pictures and picture
albums of yesteryear were on
the display table. Ladies are
asked- to bring any handicraft
article they might have for the
table at the next meeting.
Mr.- and Mrs. Cecil Kee and
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Littlefield
served refreshments smogasbord
style after the meeting.
The next regular meeting will
be Wednesday, April 27.
Mrs. Reed McKay
Publicity Chairman !
Boosters Set Planning
Meeting for Contest
Rogue River The Rogue Riv
er Boosters will meet April 27
at 8 p.m. to formulate' plans for :
the third annual Rogue River i
Rooster Crowing contest. Site of I
the meeting will be Waller's Inn. j
Approval for use of the dance i
pavilion during the contest fes
tivities has been granted by the i
Rogue River city council, ac-'
cording to Booster officials.
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As We Live
Will Power No Gift
It Takes Hard Work
Will power is not inherited
Neitner is it something a good
fairy bestows upon a chosen
few. It is
something that
anyone can
have if he is
willing to
work for it.
All will
power is is
the ability to
make decisions
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completion. This sounds much
easier than it actually is, which
ir why so many people never
acquire this gift.
Take the matter of making
decisions. It is easy enough o
make a decision when there are
only a few alternatives and
when one stands out from all
the others as the best.
However, the best choice is
not always so evident. Often the
alternatives seem so nearly equal
that it is hard to know which is
best. The chooser wavers, fear
ful he will regret his choice after
it has been made. This is es
pecially likely to happen if he
has made choices in the past
wh:ch he has lived lo regret.
Once a decision is made, less
than half the battle is won. It is
easy to carry out a decision if it
can be done quickly, or if there
are few obstacles in the way.
Unfortunately, this is an ideal
situation which rarely occurs in
real lif.e
More often than not, a de
cision cannot be carried out at
once, when the chooser's en
thusiasm is high. It may take a
long time. Enthusiasm may start
to wane, and with it, effort.
Then there are the obstacles
to be overcome. If they sre
small, that will not bother him
too much. In fact, they may act
as challenges which spur him on
to extra effort.
If however, the obstacles
seem numerous and insurmount
able, he is likely to be discour
aged before he ever begins. Then
he will try to convince himself
that he made the wrong decision
and that is why he is not going
to try to overcome the obstacles.
LETTERS FROM READERS
Climbers: "I have never been
able to understand why some
people always want to be like
someone else. Why can't they be
satisfied with what they are or
have?"
(A) Very few people are what
they would like to be or have
what they would like to have.
They invariably see other people
who seem superior to them or
who have better material posj
sessions. So. they try to "climb"
to the same position as these
people they envy. On the whole,
being a "climber" is not a bad
thing to be, provided one is not
too obvious about it or does not
make himself and everyone close
to him unhappy in the process.
Smoking: "I was shocked the
other day when I caught my 10-year-old
son smoking. He finally
confessed that he had tried
smoking his father's cigarettes
several times before. How
should I handle this matter?"
(A) There's no need to be
shocked. Most boys try to smoke
at about that age because it givs
them a feeling of self -importance
and makes them feel grown up.
It is very much like dressing up
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the doctor says he is old enough
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big and strong as a man should
be. If you give him a good rea
son, I think you will find him
cooperative in this matter.
Buying Home: "When a young
couple is first married, is it wise
to start buying a house or is it
better to live in a rented house?"
(A) If the couple can afford
to buy a house, after buying the
furnishings and equipment they
need, and if they know exactly
what they want, then there is no
reason not to buy. In general,
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Hornbrook
Hornbrook, Calif. Women's
Society of the Methodist Com
munity church held the regular
meeting April 14 at the home
of Mrs. Lawrence Breceda. The
business session was opened by
the president, Mrs. Thomas Watt,
devotionals by Mrs. Breceda and
prayer by the Rev. Louis Hart.
Plans were completed for an
apron and cake sale for May 7
to be held at Jacobs store.
Refreshments were served to
Mrs. Laura Swiinnerton, Mrs.
Fred Bloomingcamp, Mrs. C. L.
Gowing, Mrs. Ernest Adams, Mrs.
Carroll Funk, Mrs. Arden Burns,
Mrs. Thomas Watt and Rev.
Hart.
A potluck supper and fellow
ship hour preceded a meeting
of the fourth quarterly confer
ence held at the Methodist Com
munity church April 13. The
meeting was conducted by the
Rev. Norman B. Calloway, dis
trict superintendent of the
Shasta division.
An election of officers was
held at a meeting of the Horn
brook PTA at the schoolhouse
April 15. Mrs. Daniel Metzen
was elected president; Mrs. Rob
ert Farmer, vice-president; Mrs.
Floyd Hogan, secretary; Mrs.
William Farmer, historian and
Mrs. Lorin Paine, parliamentar
ian. The Knitters club met April
12 at the home of Mrs. Marshall
Horn. Members present were
Mrs. Harry Chapman, Mrs. L. C.
Walsh, Mrs. Rush Greive, Mrs.
L. Breceda and the hostess.
Mrs. C. A. Kettlewell of Calis
toga, Calif., visited friends here
on her way to Medford, Ore.,
April 15, where she will spend a
few days with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rukovina.
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Around Hollywood
Hollywood (U.R) Edgar
Bergen, a holdout for regular
television, is on the verge of sign
ing for a tall
series but
he'd like to
give it all up
and leave town .
"because TV is
killing off co
medians." For three
years the com
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been restistine
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a regular TV
show. Instead, he has done guest
spots such as "Alice in Wonder
land" (VMany people did not like
the way the show was changed"),
the "Shower of Stars" and now
next Sunday's "Colgate Comedy
Hour."
"I must make up my mind
soon about this TV series," said
Bergen.
In the tradition of comedians,
offstage he appears mournful
and quiet. He sat sipping soup
and hot tea after a "Comedy
Hour" rehearsal and meditated
on the problems of making aud
iences laugh.
TV Too Much
"Regular television there
have been casualties among co
medians to prove I'm right. It's
just too much," he said with a
sigh.
"But I'll have to do it their
way or not at all. It's a problem
of sponsor identification. Spon
sors want you to be on regular
ly." Bob Hope and Joan Davis will
take a rest from TV next fall,
and George Gobel and Jackie
Gleason want to film their
shows. Bergen foresees the day
when TV will have worn out the
funny stars and "are we .pushing
new ones to take their place?"
"You can turn out singers and
dancers by the dozens," said Ber
gen. This is a brave statement as he
guests a TV show with such
stars as Gordon MacRae and
Sheree North, but he got even
braver:
"You can turn out actors by
the dozens, too. But you can't
turn out a comedian any old
time, just as you can't turn out
a pianist or a concert violinist in
three or four weeks. It not only
takes experience to say those
lines, it takes personality."
Nightclub Act
If he gives up TV, Eergen con
tinued, he'd like to take his re
cent nightclub act he created
for the Sahara hotel in Las Ve
gas and tour auditoriums around
the country. Or he may shoot
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) The
White House has announced that
Adm. Felix B. Stump, comr.ian-
er in chief, Pacific, will come to
Augusta, for a special report to
President Eisenhower.
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The soft-spoken comedian re
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Las Vegas headliners are popu
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"They just stand there and
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hits for years, song people have
heard over and over." he said.
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business."
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sease and championed it.
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