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This column pays tribute to
Tick Malarkey who died in the
Portland VA Hospital Thursday.
The column was really his
"baby," although it is no longer
an infant, having grown to be
come, not only a feature of this
newspaper, but a unique means,
not duplicated elsewhere in any
part of the country, for convey
ing to the public the happenings
of a VA domiciliary center.
"Tick" was not a newspaper
man, strictly speaking. But he
had a personality that under
stood human nature and he had
the gift of telling bout the vet
erans whom he knew so well in
a way that captured widespread
interest.
He left a mark in the Rogue
River valley, not only as a col
umnist but as a staunch promot
er of this part of the state of
Oregon. This writer has a high
regard for L. J. "Tick" Malar-
key who gave his personal en
dorsement to the transition,
when he decided to retreat to the
Ashland woods during the sum
mer of 1952, where he kept a
lookout for forest fires in the
forestry department
In all of the intervening per
iod "Tick" accepted the change
with a graciousness that was dis
tinctive about the man. He ac
cepted his fate in the same spir
it, and he made a great but los
ing fight to regain his health-
Last summer he tried to stage
a comeback and wrote several
of his best columns before he
was called to Portland. "I will
only be gone for a short check
up, he said in a note. But he
had to stay until the end. .
By SID HLLINGSWORTH
Marie Rehling, the Red Cross
worker, has found a new interest
in a show. It is a collection of
colored slides of places here and
abroad which she has visited.
The traveling idea seems to
have been overlooked lately as
an attraction, due possibly to the
cold war.
When Marie had shown half
of the collection she brought
elong at the Red Cross party last
week, she asked the audience if
they wanted to see more of the
views and received spontaneous
approval. Another showing will
be held next month.
Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Germany, France and Italy were
countries visited by this means.
Miss Rehling has managed to
take the unusual type of picture,
giving the effect of freshness of
viewppint.
She also gives an informal ac
count of the place, the people
and; the occasion. ' She has her
own rapid ' fire projector '.arid
took the shots with her own col
or camera. . The men look for
ward to her Oregon "roundup"
of places visited.
The food department meals, and
the new machine-made donuts
are now as much of an attrac
tion as the five cent cup of coffee.
Mr. and Mrs. Ty Teorey were
here renewing old ties last week.
Ty was a special services techni
cian who could MC a show or
show members how to use tools
in arts and crafts. The Teoreys
have returned to Medford from
high Colorado, where Jy, a
watchmaker, by trade, wass em
ployed.
World war veterans are noted
for being a little careless in han
dling their money. A story that
tops them all is one about a
home member who drew a $500
certified check out of the bank,
carried it around a few days,
and then tore it up when he
found he had no further use for
it.
Notices made out by section
leaders and delivered to mem
bers' beds for "appointments'
are called "Butterflies." Henry
Huls received one the other day
which had him guessing. It
called for a' meeting with Bill
Cody, the fire chief and director
of fund raising campaign. The
place was specified as the con
ference room.
Now there are several confer
ence rooms at Camp White one
in the administration building,
on in Building 218, the Veter
ans Hall and the Green Room
After much wheeling around,
Henry learned he was to meet
Bill Cody at the doctors con
ference room, where he was
"drafted" to assist in the United
Fund drive this year.
An evacuation drill was held
recently and Bill Cody reports
that all of the buildings were
emptied in seven minutes, a rec
ord accomplishment. The time
for the last drill of the kind was
10 minutes. "We still have a few
kinks to iron out on procedure,"
Assistant Manager Ruffin states.
-Marie Rehling wag born in
Denmark, and it so happens that
Denmark was in the ascendant
that night. For over in the VFW
meeting.'Hans Sorenson, another
Dane, was playing his "squeeze
box" and singing, while a bevy
of Miss Pat's girls in native cos
tume danced around the hall.
The Camp White correspond
ent must be slipping in keeping
up with the news. On Checking
with Jim Adam in the coffee
shop concerning the new contin
uous hours from 6 to 8 during
.week days, he learned that they
had been in effect for a month.
It is an added convenience of
fered by Canteen Manager Bry
an, enabling visitors as well as
members to eat an early dinner.
Logger Killed in ,
Crash of Airplane
Goldendale, Wash. (U.R) Guy
Adams, . 49-year-old Klickitat
logger, was killed outright late
Friday when his light Aeronca
Chief plane caught its landing
gear on a power line and
crashed while attempting to land
at a private airfield south of
Klickitat.
, Sheriff E. C. Kaiser said the
plane nosed.; into the grounds
driving, the , engine into the
cockpit The craft did not burn.
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Insurance. Company r
President Succumbs
Portland (U.R) Raymond
R. Brown, president of the Stan
dard Insurance company here
since 1947, died, yesterday of a
heart attack.. He was 57.. .- .
Brown came to Portland ' in
1919 and spent his entire busi
ness career with Standard. He
long had been active in heart
disease research organizations.
Survivors .include the widow
and two children-.
WEATHER By United Press
Northern California: ' Fair in
central California Sunday but in
creasing ; cloudiness north por
tion, light rain coastal sections
Fort Bragg northward Sunday,
local fog on coast, cooler north
interior Sunday, variable winds
8-16 mph near coast. - -
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"AN UNFORGIVABLE THING TO DO," is way Mrs. Ruth Berg (right), Mira Loma, Cal,
characterized kidnaping of baby Robert Marcus from San Francisco hospital by daughter,
Mrs. Betty Benedicto (left) who is in custody after returning child. , (International)
Anti-Gambling Drive
Slated in Lane County
Eugene flJ.R) District ' Attor
ney Eugene Venn Saturday an
nounced his office will wage an
all-out campaign to rid Lane
county of gambling devices.
Venn said he has sent, letters
to local fraternal organizations
and other private clubs giving
them 10 days to get rid of any
gambling devices.
The district attorney warned
that, after 10 days anyone pos
sessing gambling equipment will
be prosecuted.
Portland (U.R) James Minor
was doing some excavating at
the Oregon Steel Mills here
when he dug up a $20 gold piece
minted in 1902. The coin was in
good condition and is worth
about $35 as a collector's item.
Sunday, October 2, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREK
Weed Tolerance in
Seeds Announced
Salem (U.R) The State De
partment of Agriculture has es
timated the maximum number
of certain noxious week seeds
which may be present in agri
culture and vegetable seeds sold
in Oregon. The tolerances be
come effective Saturday..
The noxious weed seeds for
which limits are set are those
which the 1955 Oregon seed law
classes as "restricted." The
law also names another group as
"prohibited" noxious weed seeds
not one of which is permissible
in planting seeds sold in this
state.
For the restricted group the
allowable maximum of alkali
mallow and - Deathweed . or
Sumpweed is 45 per pound of
vegetable of agricultural seed;
Buckhorn, Plantain, Sheep Sor
rel, Corn Cockle and the Docks,
360 per pound; St. Johnswort
6r goatweed, 180 per pound;
blue lettuce, Puncture Vine and
the Star Thistles, 18 per pound.
The tolerance in this group is
tightest on the dodders, only
nine of which are allowable in
a pound of seeds sold for plant
ing purposes-;
Gasoline Sales in
State Set Record
, Salem (U.R) Oregon motor
vehicle fuel sales rose 13 per
cent in August to break all pre
vious records tfor a single month,
the secretary of state's 'office
said Saturday.
The total was 63,899,023 gal
lons, up 7,513,225 gallons over
August a year ago.
State gasoline taxes for the
month amounted to $3,833,941,
about .11 per cent of which "will
be refunded for vehicles oper
ated on private lands. "
In terms of street and high
way travel, the August gallon-
OUT ON BOUNDS
Wichita,, Kan (U.R) Sum
mer heat brought acceptance of
Bermuda shorts by University of
Wichita students, both men and
women, but they avoided the air
conditioned Morrison Library
while wearing them. "Just too
cold," one explained.
age indicated Oregon "drivers
rolled some 731,000,000 miles
during the month, an all-time
high. , -
Traffic fatalities in August .
reached 39 for a rate of 5.3 n
deaths in 100,000,000 miles of "
travel. The rate was 5.2 in
August a year ago.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 a m Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
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