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Girl Scout Troops
In Medford Area
AidedbyUMCFunds
(Editor's note: This is an
othtr i a series of brief arti
cles about agencies benefitted
from the United Medford Cru
sade fund drire now under
war. Information is prorided
by the agencies themselves.)
The Girl Scouts axe ever en
larging their scope of usefulness
to this community.
They have helped with the of
fice work of various drives, in
cluding the United Medford
Crusade. They are always anx
ious to be of service and a parade
in Medford is not complete with
out the" green 'and brown uni
forms. Last year they took part
in the Memorial Day parade, the
Pear Blossom parade and pa
rades on July 4 and Nov. 11.
They took care of children for
PTA meetings and at voting ses
sions. " Girl Scouts have given their
ovg radio and TV programs,
made needed articles and fa
vors for Camp White an other
institutions. They wrapped band-
sjCages for and acted as aides in
hospitals and were anxious and
eager to be of service whenever
called upon.
As Medford grows, so grow
the troops, and the adult help
must grow too. The United Med-
for Crusade is doing its part in
aiding the financial program and
more adult help must be ob
tained to assist the ever enlarg
ing enrollment.
Helping the United Medford
Crusade is helping the Girl
Scouts. . '
DINNER SCHEDULED
Gold Hill The annual Gold
Hill Grange Harvest dinner of
baked ham with all harvest food
trimmings will be served begin
ning at 12:30 p.m. at the Grange
hall Sunday, Oct. 30. Instead of
planning dinner at home Sunday,
the Grange suggests a good after
noon out for families of Gold
Hill and neighboring communi
ties where they will find the sur-
rgundings of the hall the finest
in tne vaney.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1955
Pages 1-6
Method Found To Inject Viruses
Through Mouths of Insect Larvae
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York (U.R) Science may
move faster toward acquiring
the ability to set off devastating
disease epidemics among insects,
now that a technique has been
devised for getting insect viruses
through the mouths of insect
larvae.
Unless you've looked at insect
larvae through a high-power mi
croscope you have no idea how
very small their mouths can be.
The larva of the larch bud moth,
which was the "guinea pig" for
this new triumph in technology,
is less than a third of an inch
from stem to stern.
Can Inject Directly
The diameter of the critter's
mouth is about one thousandth of
that. Nevertheless it is now pos
sible to get a needle into it and
inject viruses directly. The tri
umph belongs to Maru E. Mar
tignoni, a Swiss, who is spread
ing his happy skill among scient
ists everywhere.
He took an ordinary. glass hy
podermic injection needle of the
smallest size, softened it in the
flame of a bunsen burner, drew
it out until it was thin or thin
ner than a hair. He broke off a
usable length, smoothed the new
end on fire, being careful not to
block its now very tiny channel.
The Process
This "stump" he attached with
sealing wax to a micro-injector
which he made fast to a stand
so that the "stump" projected
into the "field" of the micro
scope. Then he put a larch bud
moth larva to sleep with a whiff
of ether and shoved it into the
"field."
Now, under highpower mag
nification, its body parts were
plain to see. With fine forceps,
he picked it up just behind the
head -capsule, and lifted it up
to the needle's point with its
mouth foremost. A little pres
sure, and the mouth dropped
open. In went the needle and
through it went viruses.
Martignoni pointed out, in a
technical publication of the
American Association for the
j ' A - f i . j.1 4
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heretofore scientists have been
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Repentant Thief Returns
Pay Check After 45 Years
Calais, Me. (U.R) Sam Mc
Knight always wondered what
happened to his pay envelope on
one occasion when he worked at
a cotton textile mill back in
1910.
The answer has come to him
in the mails 45 years late. An
envelope containing $50 in cash
arrived with this accompanying
note:
"This is the pay you lost up
at the cotton mill 45 years ago
Flease forgive."
It was signed only "an old
backboy" a term used to desig
nate a type of job at the mill.
McKnight said he has no idea of
the' identity of the repentapt
thief.
injecting viruses into insects by
puncturing their bodies wth
needles. Either that, or they
have been starving insects and
then letting them drink liquid
containing viruses.
But those ways aren't exact
enough. In nature, insects ac
quire their sickening and killing
viruses through their, mouths.
Starving insects "introduces an
unnatural factor of unknown
value into the experiment."
The Goal
. What science needs to know is
how much of what virus kills
which insects. Martignoni was
engaged in the tedious research
of, finding out how much of a
virus that specializes on the
larch bud moth will kill all
moths in their larval stage every
time. The next step will be to
find out how to get the viruses
into most if not all larvae as they
develop.
Science has had some notable
successes in controlling larger
pestilential animals such as
the rabbit hordes of Australia-
by infecting them with viruses
which kill them but do not kill
other animals. There are some
dangers in the method. . But it
has been said that insect viruses
are, potentially, the' perfect in
secticides. As an example, it is
believed that an insect virus
which might sicken and kill the
highly destructive Japanese bee
tle could be harmless to the very
useful honey bee. But there's
much to be learned about
Legislators Disagree Over
Method of Combatting State
Problems of Mental Health
Salt Lake City Oregon legis
lators seem agreed solving the
state's mental health problems
constitute one of the state's most
pressing needs, but are far from
agreed on the most efficient
methods.
Their views on mental health
are being surveyed as part of a
cooperative project conducted by
the Western Interstate Commis
sion for Higher Education in 11
western states, Alasfta and
Hawaii.
Views Told
Questionnaires so far returned
by members of the Oregon Leg
islature to the survey office here
show some hold out high hopes
new "wonder drugs" will re
place or improve present' meth
ods of treatment; indicate other
legislators feel a need for in
creasing present hospital facil
ities; and find others urging in
creased efforts to educate the
public in "attitudes" as regards
mental health.
One legislator holds a new at
tack "on problems of retarded
children" is primary in correct
ing present lacks in mental
health care, while another feels
problems posed by aged and
senile persons should be spotlighted.
Responses to survey question
naires thus far returned indicate
agreement on the need for more
trained personnel, with more at
tractive salaries suggested to en
list them.
Education Said Need -
They are also in wide agree
ment on a need to educate the
public in all aspects of the men
tal health question. In-a typical
response, a legislator terms his
constituents "not too aware or
conscious of the -problem, which
makes proper' legislation or ob
taining funds difficut. Another
response urged "educating the
public that mental illness is a
disease, not - a : social - stigma,"
while another called for "a pro
gram to impress on the public
the prevalence ot curable mental
ills, to make known the human
resources lost through lack of
treatment, and impress the pub
lic that treatment leading to re
covery is less costly than confinement."
Legislators feel they, as well
as the public, should have more
facts concerning comparative
costs of treatment versus con
finement, the survey shows. Ac
cording to one Oregon responsee,
"there should be a determination
from county, health officers, phy
sicians and others, of the per
centage of people who need or
would be helped by out-patient
clinics or consultation, and the
probabilities of reducing the load
in mental hospitals. We need
comparative costs of out-patient
clinics as against residence costs,
estimates of personnel needs and
costs, and studies on how best
to reduce the patient load.
Other legislators want data
regarding "conditions in the
state relative to schooling and
training of mental health spec
ialists," and also see the need
for studies in the costs of medi
cal care, education of aides and
the costs of added hospital space.
County OEA Group
Slates Fail Meet
The Jackson county chapter of
the Oregon Education associa
tion will hold Jts fall meeting
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3,
ai the new Hedrick Junior High
school cafeteria in Medford.
In addition to a short business
meeting, there will be an open
house of the school, William E.
Ruck, president of the county
chapter, said.
There are about 600 members
in the Jackson county chapter,
which is composed of certificat
ed personnel working in connec
tion with .schools.
San Francisco (U.R) West
Coast shipowners and- the AFL
Marine Firemen have settled a
dispute that had tied up 10 ships,
including the , Lurline, at San
Francisco.
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Benson Cancels Trip
To Europe Next Month
Washington U.R) Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson
yesterday canceled a trip to Eu
rope next month in order to di
rect plans for improving the na
tion's farm situation.
Benson's decision was an
nounced after a visit to the
White House. It was understood
that Vice-President Richard M.
Nixon had been there at the
same time Benson visited.
The cancellation was an
nounced amid signs of growing
discontent among farmers and
congressmen about sagging farm
income and low prices for farm
produce.
. Benson said in a statement he
would remain here "to direct the
continuing preparation of recom
mendations to Congress designed
to strengthen, improve, and re
fine the present agricultural program."
Gloria Vanderb.lt
Gets Western Role
Hollywood Cl.R) Gloria
Vanderbilt Stokowski Will play
the "romantic lead" in a' west
ern movie opposite ' Frank, Sina
tra, the crooner announced yes
terday. It will be Mrs. Stokow
ski's debut in pictures.
Sinatra said he signed the es
tranged wife of conductor Leo
ppld Stokowski "because she is
perfect for the romantic lead."
The singer said he will pro
duce and also star in the picture,
"Johnny Concho," expected to
go into production next month.
. Sinatra was a frequent" escort
of the socialite during recent
stays in New York.' ..
New Water Fountain
Installed at Park
Medford water commission
crews have completed installa
tion of a water fountain near the
East Main st. entrance of Haw
thorne park. i
The fountain has been dedi
cated to community residents
who initiated using Big Butte
Springs water as a municipal
water supply for Medford and
vicinity.
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