Agenda Drawn Up
For County-Wide
Schools Meeting
A preliminary steering com
mittee met yesterday in the of
fice of the county school super
intendent to draw up a tentative
agenda for a meeting of all
Jackson county school board
member to be held later this
month.
Purpose of the larger meeting
will be to study conditions ef
fecting the various school dis
tricts and especially efficient
school district organization and
school' financing.
To Aid Legislation
Information derived from the
rogeting of all school .board
members will be used by an in
terim committee, established by
the House Joint Resolution 19,
to aid it in drafting remedial
legislation for presentation be
fore the 49th legislative assem
bly. Those present at yesterday's
meeting were Alf B. Mekvold,
county school superintendent;
chairmen of the first class dis
trict boards; chairmen of the
rural and non-high boards; and
president of Jackson county
rural school boards association.
Taste Puts Turtles
In Kettle of Soup
Sebewaing, Mich. (U.R) The
fact that Michigan snapping
turtles taste so much better
than Florida cousins has' literally
fut them in a fine kettle of
soup. t '
A local restaurant owner and
turtl Soup connoisseur. Dan
fehtff r, said customers come
from M far away as Ohio just
iO Mmplt his . turtls soup. He
utd nothing but Michigan snap
pers lit preparing the dish.
"Our Michigan turtles weigh
only Grom " 12 to 18 pounds
apiece," he said, "and the Florida
ones usually average about 100
pounds." ,
Shafer said the Florida turtles
have much darker meat and
"have a muddy taste that is far
Inferior to the state of Michigan
snappers."
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By E. V. Durling
(Distributed by Kinfl Fwtaraa Syndicate, lac)
What men of medicine refer
to as a common cold should have
a more impressive name. The
present designation tends to" be
little the disabling powers of
that irritating and extremely un
comfortable ailment. Then con
sider that it is acknowledged
there is no cure for the common
cold. It comes upon you and
there is nothing much to be done
but to grin and bear it for a
period of at least seven days.
There are preparations that can
make it easier to bear but for
an affliction, so disparagingly
referred to as the "common
cold" it can be quite a trouble
maker. As you may have guessed
I have a "common cold." '
Plaasa Not
How many different brands
of cigarettes does your favorite
tobacconist carry? There s a
shop on the Avenue of the Amer
icas in Manhattan that has reg
ularly in stock 130 different
brands of cigarettes. That's quite
a stock. However, Geneva,
Switzerland, .that had in stock
415 different brands of cigar
ettes. Just as Good
When I told the pharmacist
I wanted another brand of as
pirin than the one he offered
me, he said: "Why pay more
for the same thing? All aspirin
is alike. This brand is just as
good as any." I insisted on hav
ing my favorite brand. I don't
know anything about the manu
facture of aspirin tablets but I
believe it might be possible for
one firm to make a better prod
uct than another even if using
the same ingredients. By the
way, what product was it that
used the slogan: "A parrot can
say 'just as good' but it won't
know what it is talking about
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Do
you believe in lucky numbers?
A. No, sir. However, many suc
cessful people do. For example,
Gabrielle Chanel, the prosperous
Parisienne, has always believed
five is her lucky number. It cer
tainly has been lucky for her.
. . i Q. Have you- ever met a
man whose first name was So
crates? A. No, sir. But I know
a dog named Socrates. He is one
of the most popular dogs in his
neighborhood. Everybody calls
him "Socky."
Reading
Seems to be considerable cur
rent dissatisfaction at the read
ing ability of youngsters. How
old were you when you learned
to read? I don't remember when
I started. However, I recall when
around 9 or 10 years old I was
reading such classics as "Old
King Brady," "The Opium
Ring," "Frank . Merriwell at
Yale," "The James Boys in Mis
souri" and "Frank Reade, the
Boy Inventor." After that I re
call reading "Around the World
in Eighty Days," by Jules Verne,
"For the Honour of the School,"
by Ralph Henry Barbour and
"Rodney Stone," by Con an
Doyle. When 12 I tackled some
advanced reading. I began read
ing the Racing Form.
Vamps "
A current, satirical musical
comedy titled, "The Vamp,"
deals with the "vampire" type
actress 'of the silent film days.
Of -course, everybody has heard
of Theda Bara. But how about
some of the other "vamp" film
specialists? The top three next
to Theda were Valeska Suratt,
Virginia Pearson and Louise
Glaum. The last named was the
original "Tiger Woman."
Changed Mama. -
Note a young female has at
tered the name Shirley to SherlL
Well, I can stand that. I can
even stand a change from Edith
to Edythe. Or from Rose to
Rosye. The change, that really
antagonizes me is . when that
grand old name of Mary is
changed to Marye.
Passing By
Craig Claiborne. Food expert.
Specializing in teaching women
how to cook. Mr. Claiborne is
said to be the country's leading'
authority on the preparation of
cheese beignets.'
Largest Aluminum
Contract Awarded
Chicago U.R , The largest
aluminum contract ever award
ed for apartment building con
struction in the United States
has been announced by develop
ers who will build six glass and
aluminum skyscrapers on the
lakefront here. '
Builders Herbert S. Green
wald and Samuel N. Katzin said
the order was placed with the
Reynolds Metals Co., of Louis
ville, Ky. ,
More than 1,400,000 pounds of
aluminum will be used for exter
iors in the first four towers to
be built. The other two will be
built at a later date.
Twin ' structures at one site
will be 20 stories tall and will
contain a total of 533 apart
ments. Twin towers' at another
site will be 28 stories high with
750 apartments.
The exterior of the buildings
will consist of a series of pre
fabricated aluminum grids, 9x21
feet, designed to - eliminate as
many fielderection joints as pos
sible. Specially designed tinted
glass will be set into tha grids
for windows.
HOME PRODUCT
Milwaukee (U.R) Wiscons
in, known far and wide as the
Badger State, wasn't embarrass
ed at its state fair this year.
Fair officials had to borrow a
badger from Iowa for one recent
fair, but this year they had their
own, a home-grown one.
OUT OF THE NIGHT Eugene Lyle, stunned by tragedy,
comforts his wife after a private plane crashed into a
North Hollywood apartment house, killing their daughter,
Mrs. Betty Wolf, an 18-year-old bride. Also killed were a
2-month-old baby who had been baptized only two hours
earlier and millionaire sportsman Joel W. Thome, 40,
pilot of the plane.
Wadnatdar, Oeiobar 19, 19SS
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUN&-SEVEH
Language Difference Small
Barrier for Tourists on
Dominican Republic Jaunt
, By H. D. QUIGG
Unitad Prats Corraspondent
Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican
Republic (U.R) The language
barrier, like a woman, is a some
time thing.
But it can lead to some charm-'
ing situations.
. . English-speaking people who
come to this tropical country in
the Caribbean for a vacation
find some natives who speak a
lot of English in addition to
their native Spanish and some
who speak and understand not-so-much.
To get right down to it, my
roommate in the palatial Jar
agua Hotel here spent a morn
ing sun-soaking at the swimming
pool, and in the afternoon he
went spear fishing.
Watch Out for Sun
And at night when he came
home, he was doing a slow burn.
Doing? His legs were done to a
turn. At 18 degrees of latitude
above the equator, you have to
watch out for the hard-working
sun.
He asked me if I had anything
good for sunburn. I said no but
that maybe he should ask the
hotel. So he picked up the phone
to get the desk. A lady answered.
She was Spanish-speaking, but
she knew enough English to get
along.
"Do you have anything for
sunburn?" my roommate asked,
without wasting time on pre
liminary conversation.
"Un momento, and I'll see if
we have," she replied.
There was a wait of a minute
or so. And then the lady was
back on the phone.
"No,, nothing for you, Mr.
Sunburn," she said cheerily.
Well, this is a true story. But
it was not typical, because every
where you go you find plenty
of persons who can chatter with
you in English.
The country is making a bid
for the tourist trade. A $25,000,
000 Dominican Republic Fair
for Peace and Progress is a
building on 125 acres beside the
Caribbean. It opens Dec. 20 and
lasts into spring.
Ciudad Trujillo, the capital, is
a clean city. You can drink the
water right out of the tap a
condition that does not prevail
in many countries.
NEBRASKA FARM STANDARD
Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) The
standard of living of Nebraska
farm families has increased 74
per cent since 1945, a University
of Nebraska economist reported."
The index was based on the per
centage of farms with electricity,
telephones and automobiles and
the value of products aold.
Dead line Sunday Classified la at
noon Saturday. 10 ajn Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday.
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Enough for Bride
Hamburg (U.R) Mrs. Albert
J. Faustini is ready to settle
down in one spot after "honey
mooning" for a year in a one
room apartment on wheels that
took her and her husband on a
23,000-yiile jaunt through the
United States, Canada and Mex
ico. Faustini, an electronics engi
neer for five years before the
couple was wed in May, '1954,
bought a 1947 walk-in panel
truck for $575. Then he and his
wife spent $300 more and put
in nearly three months work
to convert the inside into living
quarters.
The do-it-your-selfers then
gave a. coat of green paint to
their mobile home, lettered "The
Happy Wanderers" in yellow on
the conveyance, and took off. --
Now Mrs. Faustini says she's
had enough of her home-on-wheels
for awhile.
"I'm going to convert from a
truck-wife to a housewife," she
said.
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