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"One feels very uneducated over here," wrote O. H. Bengtson,
Medford attorney, from Copenhagen. The attorney, traveling in
the Scandinavian countries with his mother, told of listening to
young clerks in the Tourist Bureau who spoke several languages,
and mentioned particularly one
English, French and Italian in
There are several reasons why
come to the conclusion that they are not as well educated as the
average European, but one answer might be books, and reading
And don't Americans read as much, or more, as do the Europeans?
Apparently not.
Alan Green, writing "Trade AVinds" in The Saturday Review,
said recently that "Fewer books are read in America than in any
major English speaking democracy in the world" and he added
some interesting figures about reading in Denmark, where Mr.
Bengtson was visiting when he
"In the United States there are only about 1,450 bookstores
which carry a fairly complete line of books. But in Denmark, whose
population is less than that of New Jersey, there are 650 book
tores. If the number of our bookstores were in proportion to Den
Bark's, we would have 23,000."
ajjout our public libraries, you
that, too.
"On the same basis, if the
the United States were in proportion to the number of Sweden's
libraries and its population, we would have 77,000. Actually, we
have just 7,500."
Mr. Green, who quoted figures collected by Dr. Gallup of the
American Institute of Public Opinion, also wrote that "In England,
where the typical citizen has much less formal schooling than his
opposite American number, about three times as many people
are to be found reading books at any given time the figures are:
United States 17 per cent. England 55 per cent.
But Americans do spend money on a certain type of reading. S.
Janice Kee, executive secretary of the American Library associa
tion, recently wrote in Saturday Review that "A startling new
statistic has appeared. The nation spends four times as much on
comics each year as is budgeted fcr all public libraries in the coun
try. New school buildings are being constructed without library
rooms, and the struggle continues for increased book funds in pub
lic libraries to meet increased costs and to add more books. In
1950. 89 per cent of the public libraries in the United States ope
rated on less than $25,000 a year: 60 per cent on less than $4,000."
"I'll bet he made that one up," muttered the Senior in our ear
while the two of us watched "All's Well" at Ashland Monday night.
"What she had heard was Bill Oyler, in his role of Parolles, saying
"To the wars, my boy! to the wars! He wears his honour in a box,
unseen, that hugs his kicky-wicky here at home "
So, as Shakespeare fans often do, we rushed home and looked up
the speech, orfly to find that it was in the book, word for word, as
the actor had given it on the stage. And the expression, "kicky
wicky" which sounds like something a 1955 teenager would dream
up, was explained as being "a ridiculous term for a wife" in Eliza
bethan days. ,
Both of us had missed the word in previous readings of the
play, and the Senior, knowing how the fun-loving Bill Oyler has
been known to convulse the cast during rehearsal with his own
version of Shakespeare, jumped to conclusions.
Later we found opportunity to congratulate Mr. Oyler on his
excellent portrayal of the cowardly Parolles, and also to pass on
compliments from others who enjoyed his characterization of both
Parolles in "All's Well" and of Richard in "Henry."
During an after-dinner conversation, the Senior came up with an
other word from Shakespeare which staggered us honorificabili
tudinitatibous. This impressive string of syllables is used by Holo
fernes in "Love's Labour's Lost" and apparently the Bard made
it up as a joke.
According to Actor Oyler, who served in the Navy during World
War II, a favorite trick of Navy men is to spring these super
colossal words on some poor signalman by way of flashing lights
or flags. It was in the Navy, he said, that he first came across
"antidisestablishmentarianism," a word definitely not meant to
be spelled with flags or light signals.
The Lewis Bakers of Central Point have decided that their new
fire alarm system was well worth the investment. The Bakers
bought the system in January, and since that time it has turned in
two "alarms." The first was when a stove became overheated, and
just recently the gadget signaled
put out a fire in a wood box before
o
Mrs. Lewis Ulrich, one of the Presbyterian women who helped
give a large benefit tea at the Bert Lowry home Tuesday, became
worried during the afternoon because the money tray didn't seem
to be filling very fast. When she communicted her worries to
another member, she learned that the tray had been emptied
couple of times, with a few paper dollars left "for seed."
How many people have government jobs? Changing Times says
that as of this spring, 7,232,000 persons were on federal, state and
local governments payrolls. O.S.
Herod's Palace Reveals
Different Architectures
Jerusalem (U.R) Discov
ery of the palace of Herod the
Great on the rocky cliff of Ma
sada by Israeli archeologists in
March explains something of the
character of this ruler hated by
Jews and Christians alike.
The palace of Corinthian col
umns and marble floors recalls
Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden.
It is perched high above the
plains adjacent to the Dead Sea
with a sheer drop of 1,000 feet
on three sides. Herod, who ruled
Judea 37 to 4 B.C., the man who
annihilated the famous Hasmon
ean family of Jewish leaders and
ordered the slaughter of the In
nocents (Matthew 2 Luke 5), ob
viously had need of such a ref
uge, which is nearly inaccessible.
Reached bf Path
The archeological expedition
representing the Israel Depart
ment of Antiquities, the Hebrew
University and the Israel Explor
ation societywas able to reach
the top of this rocky plateau
through an ancient serpentine
path repaired by the Israeli
army. Food and supplies were
hoisted up to the top by a wind
lass. This same) Masada rock was
the last fortress to fall jfito the
hands of the Romans following
the end of th Jewish Roman
war of 66-70 A.D. Its 961 defend
ers committed suicide in April,
73 A.D.
The ancient fortress was ap
parently surrounded by walls
and towers on the top of the
rock. It seems that the land out
side the walls was cultivated.
Groups of buildings covering 20
acres are scattered over the top
of the rock. All the structures
were built during the first two
centures B.C. the period of the
HaSnonean rulers of Judea who
made their country independent
of Syrian rule in the middle of
the second century B.C. and
the period of Herod the Great.
MAIL TRIBUNE
who talked in Swedish, Danish,
the course of a couple of hours.
Americans traveling abroad often
wrote his letter.
So wrote Mr. Green. But what
say. Mr. . Green had figures on
number of free public libraries in
the Bakers in time for them to
there was any damage,
Herod's palace was discover
ed at the northern end of the
rock. The structures at this end
of the fortress were built in three
tiers, the topmost being level
with the rock surface and the
other two about 20 and 14 yards
down, respectively, jutting out
of the sheer side of the rock
like steps.
Mosaics Found
The topmost building is a
dwelling house built in the Hel
lenistic style possibly erected
during the period of the Macca
bees 167-135 B.C. This build
ing consists of three small rooms
surrounded by a corridor and
flanked by six larger rooms,
three on each side. The latter
were paved with mosaics in geo
metric designs of black and
white. These are the earliest mo
saics found in Israel.
The house is adorned with
Ionic columns.
There is a huge semi-circular
terrace in front of the house
from which one has a clear bird's
eye view of the Dead Sea and
its environs about 20 miles away.
A winding staircase built of
wood and stone leads from this
terrace to the lower level. This
staircase passes through rock
and is invisible from the out
side. It leads to a platform on
which stands a round structure
formed by two concentric circles.
Lowest LtTtl
From this second level down,
similar steps led down to the
lowest level from which there
is a sheer drop on three sides.
The surface of this lowest level
was enlarged by vaulted struc
tures built underneath to make
possible the construction of a
hall nine yards wide surrounded
by columns four yards high. The
columns are flutted and covered
by plaster. Their capitals are of
a nearly pure classical Corin
thian style.
Sunday, August 21, 195S
Rites Wed
Pat Hooper,
John Haven
A home ceremony August 12
wedded Pat Hooper and John
W. Haven. The ceremony, which
took place on the birthday an
niversary of the bride's late
grandmother, Mrs. Charles Ding
man was held at the home of
the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Green, Old Military
road.
The Rev. J. T. Dixon of the
First Methodist church read the
ceremony at 8:30 o'clock in the
evening. About 150 guests at
tended.
The bridegroom is a son of V.
B. Haven, Dermont, Ark., and
the late Mrs. Haven.
Miss Myrtle Vosburgh, was
maid of honor and Vicki Wol
gamott was flower girl. Bruce
Bateman was best man for Mr.
Haven.
Almus Pruitt furnished the
wedding music.
The bride's father gave her in
marriage. She wore an ice blue
brocaded satin dress with light
blue accessories and her bouquet
was of blue carnations centered
with pink rosebuds.
Miss Vosburgh wore a pale
pink brocaded satin dress with
pink accessories and her flow
ers were blue carnations.
The flower girl's frock was
of pink organdy with wl.ite lace
trim. She carried blue and pink
carnations.
Pink and white gladiolus dec
orated the home.
Mrs. John Wolgamott had
charge of the guest book and
Mrs. Pruitt and Mrs. Willard
Barnum assisted with refresh
ments during the reception.
The couple spent their honey
moon at Streamwood lodge
which is located on Klamath riv
er en route to Happy Camp.
The bride, a secretary at the
S. C. Jones and Sons offices, is
a Medford High school gradu
ate. The bridgegroom, a service
manager for the Darrell Miller
company, attended Arkansas
schools.
Third Concert of
To Feature Vocal Selections
Ashland The third Sunday
concert of the Elizabethan festi
val season will feature vocal mu
sic of the Elizabethan period by
festival company members. '
All concerts are held in the
festival theatre at 5 p.m. and
all are free to the public.
Among the vocalists will be
Brad Curtis, actor and musician,
and Jim Baker, Clarissa Berning
and Martin Bliefernich, festival
musicians. Mr. Baker will sing
Lehman's "Ah, Moon of My De
light;" Mr. Bliefernich's number
will be "The Lime Tree"; and
Miss Berning will sing the aria
from "Cavaleria Rusticana."
They will be accompanied by
Miss Joanne Sousa of Ashland
and Almus Pruitt of Medford.
Brad Curtis, now in his fourth
season with the festival, will
sing several songs from his reper
toire of English and American
folk songs, accompanying him
self on the guitar. Among his se
lections are "The Gallows Tree,"
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Early-Day Resident Here
Visits Former Schoolmates
A woman who attended school in Jackson county almost 80
years ago, has been renewing friendships the past two weeks with
six of her former schoolmates. The woman, Mrs. Belle Griffin,
came from Sacramento to see her friends and former schoolmates,
five of whom still live in Jackson county.
As a small child Mrs. Griffin
attended the early-day Heber
Grove school, the first school in
the Griffin creek area. The form
er schoolmates are Frank Shid
ler, who came up from southern
California at the same time, ac
companied by Mrs. Shidler,
John Soliss, Nick Kime, Homer
Harvey, Charley Hofland and
Harry Lofland, who live in this
area.
Mr. Shidler, who at one time
taught school in Jackson county,
later was a pharmacist and
worked for the late H. G. Has
kins, father of Leon Haskins of
Medford.
The old school, Mrs. Griffin
Festival
"Edward," "The Trooper and the
Maid," and "Sixteen on Sunday."
Miss Berning will also play
Teleman's suite for flute in A
minor. Bernard Windt, festival
music director, will play an an
cient cello sonata by Henri Ec
cles, and the four musicians will
be joined by Actor Ted D'Ams
in the Nocturne for five voices
by Caesar Cui.
According to festival officials,
there have been excellent turn
outs for the Sunday concerts,
with out-of-towners here for the
lovers. Windt said that the con
certs will be maintained as a part
plays joining with local music
of the music program next year.
Get some of the first fresh
cherries for this elegant salad.
Combine pitted dark red cher
ries, slivered toasted almonds
and small cubes of cream cheese
in a lemon gelatin base, using
additional fresn lemon juice to
sharpen the flavor."
John W. Haven
(Brainerd Photo)
recalls, was torn down in the
late 1870's and this week, with
the Shidlers and her daughter,
Mrs. Frank A. Cooper, who ac
companied her here from Sacra
mento, she visited the site. They
located a madrone or laurel tree
that grew there at that time and
Mrs. Griffin recalled "we used
to carve our initials on that
tree."
Mrs. Griffin was born in a
home on Bellinger lane near
Jacksonville and before her mar
riage was Belle True, a daugh
ter of the Jeremiah Trues. Her
husband was Henry Griffin,
whose grandfather, B. B. Grif
fin, took out the first donation
land claim on Griffin creek.
Mrs. Norman Darby, a grand
daughter of B. B. Griffin, now
lives there.
Mrs. Griffin, of course, re
members the site on which Med
ford is now located before the
town was established and saw
the first train which came
through the valley.
She is an avid reader of The
Medford Mail Tribune, to which
she subscribes at Sacramento and
during her visit at the offices
this week was anxious to meet
members of the staff whom she
did not know and renewed ac
quaintances with others. She re
marked in particular that she
had enjoyed the recent oldtime
pictures reproduced in Sunday
Society sections.
Mrs. Griffin and her daugh
ter, the former Sarah Juanita
Griffin, will leave today for
their home in Sacramento. Mrs.
Griffin left here in 1943 to live
at Sacramento with the Coopers.
During their stay here Mrs.
Griffin and Mrs. Cooper attend
ed the Jacksonville jubilee and
visited many friends.
Fencing Brings
Health, Beauty
Champion Says
By Vivian Sand
United Press Correspondent
New York (U.R) America's
fencing queen says more women
should take up the sport for fun,
health, grace and beauty.
"The woman who fences for
health and fun may never cop
a bunch of medals," said Mrs.
Maxine Mitchell, 37, of Los An
geles. "But she will improve her
posture, her spirits, grace and
figure."
Mrs. Mitchell is a glowing tes
timonial for her theory. A tall
beautifully proportioned woman,
she walks with the grace of a
dancer and exudes good health
and good spirits.
"Fencing is a sport for all
ages," she said in an interview
here.. "Some of the best fencers
I know are in their 60 s."
Another Title Go
Mrs. Mitchell took up fencing
when she was 20. In two years,
she was Pacific Coast champion.
Since then, she has won 50 state,
sectional and national titles,
and the Pan-American cham
pionship for women. She recent
ly successfully defended her na
tional title at matches in New
York.
She participated in the 1952
Olympics at Helsinki, finishing
sixth. But in one match she de
feated the current world title
holder, Hungary's Ilona Eleck.
The queen of the foils intends
to try for the title again in 1956
in Australia. If she wins, she
will be the first American wom
an to hold the world champion
ship. Mrs. Mitchell, an engineering
draftsman by profession, can
beat most men including her
husband at fencing.
The couple met six years ago,
when Dorcie Mitchell took fenc
ing lessons from Maxine. Her
husband manages a recreation
center on the West Coast and
teaches at an amateur club the
couple runs.
Sunday School
Superintendent
Attends Session
Mrs. James K. Hoey, general
superintendent of the First Pres
byterian church Sunday school,
returned recently from Cleve
land, Ohio, where she attended
the 23rd international Sunday
school convention. She was one
of more than $6,500 delegates
who represented 40 denomina
tions from the 48 states, all prov
inces of Canada and the Philip
pines, West Pakistan, Egypt, Ni
geria, Scotland and Mexico.
Harold E. Stassen, secretary
for peace in the Eisenhower
cabinet, and president of the con
vention, presided. The Rev.
Ralph W. Sockman, speaker on
National Broadcasting com
pany's Sunday morning, 'Na
tional Radio Pulpit," gave an
address.
Morning and afternoon ses
sions were divided into 100 in
terest groups led by outstanding
national leaders. Delegates re
ceived instructions for personal
and local church needs.
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Northern California: Fair but
coastal fog; little change in tem
perature; north or worthwest
wind 12-25 mph on the coast.
Prepare Children
For Hospitalization
Psychiatrist Advises
Ann Arbor, Mich. U.R)
Tell your child why, if he is go
ing to the hospital.
Even if it's just for a tonsil
lectomy, your child should be
prepared emotionally, says Dr.
Nannette Dice, a University of
Michigan psychiatrist.
"It is better," said Dr. Dice,
"to answer questions frankly and
briefly rather than keep the
child in suspense."
It might make it easier to
stay with the child while he is
hospitalized. If this isn't possible,
let the child take part of home
with him in the form of a favor
ite toy, a baseball glove, or a
family photograph.
The psychiatrist cautioned
against covering up the un
pleasantness of the forthcoming
hospital experience. Tell the
child the truth, she advised.
The psychiatrist said . that a
certain amount of readjustment
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