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" r n ff , - l! ID OPENING REIGN with visit to New York, Sharon Kay Ritchie, 18, "Miss America, 1956," pours coffee for parents, ' Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Ritchie, Grand Island, Neb. She is Den ver, Colo., college student, plans stage career. (International), A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAH W. NICHOLS UaM Ffw total Writor Washington U.R) A pretty face or a perfect figure won't make a girl a D Miss America these days This is show ing no disre spect - to Miss Americas which are picked at At lantic City. In cluding the new . Miss A Sharon Kay Ritchie of Den- ver Miss Human NichoU Colorado. She has a lovely face, also a pretty nice figure. But it was talent that got her that crown. Sharon also had poise, knew how to handle herself down the ramp and how to walk and talk. But most of all with the fussy Judges it was the talent which won her the first prize, The point is that emphasis in the so-called Beauty contests is away from the bathing suit and the body, and towards baton twisting and pipe organ playing and singing and dramatic read ings. . ' - Can Com From Nowhere In the old days it was noth ing but beauty, but today a kid can come up from nowhere and have the wrong measurements and maybe come out a winner. If she can sing or show ' other talent. v . Margaret Gorman of Washing ton, D. C.; was the first winner. All she had to do was to look pretty which she could do. That was in 1921 when they called it the Neptune Follies. , She didrrt have to yodel or ride a horse or play the guitar. All she did was to show herself in a knee length bathing suit. The fact that Margaret, now married to a successful real estate man here, is trying to forget the whole thing is beside the point. Margaret didn't run out to Hollywood and bust into a pro ducer's office and say "Give me a sprint tn rMrl. I'm rearlv rial." Won a Trophy Neither did she make the kind of money the winners today do, either. She got no scholarship. She was just a 16-year-old kid who won a trophy and a few pen nies and came back home. . ' Dotty Lamour didn't quite make the grade on talent in the long ago, but she was smart enough to buy herself a sarong, and tike salesmen just happened to have her size. ' But it's a little different these days. There is TV, which lives on talent, where the body and the voice or fingers on the banjo don't count so much. A youngster doesn't have to squeeze into a bathing suit any more. That's-only part of the judging. She. also has to have the talent and it helps a lot if she is smart. ' Court Records DISTRICT COURT Leslie Alden Wilson, violation basic rule. $25. John Hubert Hawkins, failure stop at stop sign. $10. ' Corliss Grant Shouts, failure to stop at stop sum. 9io. Elmer Lester Rober, , inadequate coupling device. 15. Donald F. Moss, drunk on public nignway, $13. Inez I. Naeve. drunk on public high way. 15. Winnie M. Eastridge. drunk on pub lic nignway. sis. Lowell Marlin Tarbell. violation of basic rule, $35. . Damon Ira. Leeper, truck speeding, 10. Damon Leroy Leeper, no operator's license, (10. James Otto Burgess, four in front seat. $7.50. William George Lvmond. drunk on public highway, $30 bail forfeited. wmton Russell Tipton, drunk on public highway, $30 bail forfeited. William jrrank Halter, failure to operate on right side of road. $10. . Clifford L. Vasberp. violation of ha- sic rule. $55. license suspended for 30 days. CIRCUIT COURT ' L. W. Schleeel vs. Adena Schleeel. divorce decree. Marlene Jean Faulkner vs. Richard Allen Faulkner. ' divorce decree. - Joan S. Wrieht vs. James L. Wrieht. divorce complaint. Ralph r . Miller vs. Addie Mae Mil. ler, divorce complaint. , - Lonu tuen Barber vs. Donald Hugh Barber, divorce decree. Beverly J. Edwards vs. Allan I. Edwards, divorce decree. Lucille I . Hageman vs. Raymond F. Hageman. divorce decree. Ruth Elaine Curtiss vs. Arthur Mor ton Curtiss Jr.. divorce complaint. Viola Joyce Winterlee vs. James M. Winterlee, divorce decree. Anna I. Learned vs. Clarence Albert Learned, divorce decree. Margaret Lanell Ragland vs. Har vey Lowell Ragland, divorce decree. Gladys Ida Margaret Fasa vs. Charles Alois Pasa. divorce decree. Gemon Shirley ' Gattman vs. Louis conraa Gattman, divorce decree. Wilma Joan Strahlendorf vs. Wer ner J. Strahlendorf, divorce decree, Mary Jane Lamberty vs. John Lam perty, divorce decree. Marion Martha Crawford vs. Rich ard W. Crawford, divorce decree. Mary Fitch Coffin vs. Delbert Ar- tnur coffin, divorce decree. Arlene D. Swaryck vs. Jason Swa- rycK, divorce decree. 1 Doris D. Holsapple vs. Harris Hols- apple Jr., divorce decree. Donna B. Corzine vs. Sylvester D, Conine, divorce 1 decree. Donald G. Skinner vs. Charlene snnner, divorce' decree. Eunice Thelma Colver vs. Eldred R Colver. divorce decree. Virgie V. Stover vs. Arthur Stover, divorce decree. Los Angeles Area Braced for Heavy Attack of Smog Los Angeles 4U.PJ The Los Angeles area brace ditself for another heavy smog attack; to day as state, county and city authorities prepared use of emergency disaster measures if necessary. The densest smog on record blanketed the area yesterday with choking, irritating fumes which approached officially des ignated "health menace" levels, The attack was so bad that Gov. Goodwin J. Knight informed the County Air Pollution Control district that he had placed the California Disaster committee on an alert standby basis. Visibility Cu The blue-black haze cut visi bility to only a few blocks. Five persons were treated at City hall for severe eye irritation. Already reeling from the re cent killer heat wave which left a death toll of 115 persons, the area was under a first level smog alert for three hours' and nine minutes yesterday in sticky temperatures which climbed to 93 at Civic Center. It was the seventh first level alert in coun ty history. For a while it appeared that a second level alert would be called for the first time. The second alert is called when air contamination' poses "a danger ous health menace." . " Alerts Described The first , alert can be called when ozone polluting materials content, in the air reaches .50 parts per million parts of air. The second alert is called when the ozone contents hits 10 and a third alert, when a strike of emergency can be declared by the governor, is set at 1.5. The ozone concentration yes terday reached .90 in the indus trial center of Vernon and .85 in downtown Los Angeles. The ,90 was the highest recorded since the APCD started, keeping records on ozone content about 19 months ago. POLICE COURT - Harry Grosspietsch, Gifford Stine (Jakes and Raymond Elzada Dugger, violations of basic rule. S10 each. Bernard Ray Reeves, no operator's license. iu. Robert Kenneth Fink and John Da. vid Great, failure to stop at stop sign, $5 each. Swift and ' Co . evnired . linens plates, $5. John A. Olson, no operator s 11 cense. $5. . Another First by FORD! New DOOR LOCKS .: Safety research has determined that, in event of an accident, your chance of receiv ing a serious injury is half as great if you stay inside the car. Ford's new double-grip Lifeguard door ' locks give added protection against doors springing open under impact to help keep ( you safer within the car. You'll be Safer in a '56 FORD r.DJLF. Coming September 23 linois Corn Yield Greatest in Country ' Carbondale, 111. U.P.) Il linois outranks all other states in corn productivity per acre, according to a study of Andreas Grotewold of the University of Chicago. Grotewold told a recent meet ing of the, Illinois Academy -of Science that Illinois has jumped its per acre corn yields 45 per cent above the national average. He credited four factors for the big increase in the past 20 years: Hybrid seed corn, more abun dant and effective use of fertil izers;' mechanization of farms, and improvement in crop rota tion. - The report said hybrid seed was the most important fafitor in increasing Illinois corn pro duction and that all of the state's corn acreage has been planted to hybrid seed since 1949. Mechanization also has been important. It helps corn growers in the northern part of the state overcome the disadvantage of a shorter growing season, and farmers in the southern claypan soil areas can cultivate the soil more thoroughly. I ilk Wednesday, September 14, 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEY. NEW YORK ARRIVAL Rid ing under an assumed name, Actress Rita Hayworth ar rives in New York. She is re ported to be taking her daughter Yasmin to visit the child's father, Aly Khan. Rita recently left her husband, singer Dick Haymes. ; CORN THIEF CAUGHT Alexandria, La. (U.R) "' Po lice investigating a farmer's complaint that someone was stealing his corn from : a small field filed this cryptic report: "Apprehended a horse and got him out of the garden; no charges filed." ' LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Jackson County . In the Matter. of the Estate of Cora Lee Gillmore, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed her Final Ac count in the above entitled matter, and the above entitled Court has fixed the 13th day of October, 1955, at 10:00 o clock A.M. in the Circuit Court Room in the Court House in Medford. Oregon, as the time and clace for hearing objections to said Final Account and for the settlement thereof. 1 CORDIS BURNS Executrix SKYRMAN. OUELLETTE & HEISEL. Attorneys for Executrix , NOTICE In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Jackson County In the Matter of the Estate of Lulu W. Brown, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed her Final Ac count in the above entitled matter. and the above entitled Court has fixed the 13th day of October. 1955, at 10:00 o'clock A.M., in the Circuit Court Room in the Court House in Medford, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing objections to said Final Account and for the settlement thereof. MARGARET ANN LEE VER Administratrix SKYRMAN. OUELLETTE & HEISEL Attorneys for Administratrix NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT No. 9535 Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed his final ac count in the Estate of Belle Cynthia Bell. Deceased, and that the 17th day of October. 1955, at 10:00 A.M. o said date, in the Circuit Court, at Medford. Jackson County, Oregon, has been set as the time and place for hearing objections to said final ac count, and the settlement thereof. Dated and first published this 14th day of September. 1955. PAUL D ALTON v Executor. . ' , ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids wUl be received by the State Board of Aeronautics at 388 N. Winter St., Salem, Oregon at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 22, 1955 for the construction of approxi mately 9200 linear feet of drain ditch, involving about 13,540 cubic yards of excavation, at the Lake of the Woods Flightstrip in Klamath County, about 34 miles northwesterly of Klamath Falls. Plans and specifications may be ob tained from the State Board of Aero nautics at Salem. The right is reserved to reject any and aU proposals or to accept the pro posal deemed best for the State of Oregon. By: Earl W. Snyder. Director OREGON STATE BOARD OF AERONAUTICS Starr them on their way back to school J$ -2 L Make it a rule the label 0g&00 on your Back-to School luggage must read I Skyway. The stream- I "M - lined chromium locks ; Jf and Liftomatic hinges ' f are newer than 1 . 0 tomorrow . 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