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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Norember 17, 1955 Delete Soup Course Economists Advise New Brunswick, N. J. U.R) Two "home economists at Doug las College for women gave the following Thanksgiving dinner dvice today: 'Throw out the soup course . . . about all the course ac complishes anyway is to dirty more dishes and rob valuable capacity ; . . serve juice or wine In the living room so guests may attack the turkey promptly on being served." Abbott Jurors Hear Stephanie's Friend Describe Last Day Oakland, Calif. flJ.PJ The shadow of a pretty Berkeley teenager fell today over a court room in which a tubercular ac counting student is undergoing trial for his life. The shadow was evoked in the Full 42-Key Keyboard College Keyboard. No Extra Charge Business Symbols $, , 0, & Lightweight 15 lbs.. Automatic Line Finder Half Line Spacing Many Office Machine Features trial of Burton W. Abbott, 27, who is accused of kidnaping and murdering 14-year-old Stephanie Bryan last April 28. Her body was found near his mountain cabin in mid-July. The last person who saw Steph anie alive and the prosecution's first major witness testified yesterday how she and Stephanie walked home from school on the fatal day. The witness was Mary Anne Stewart, 13, of Berkeley. Mary Anne's story could have been that of many oth'er teen-age girls leaving school for home. They stopped at the public li brary, then at a pet shop where Stephanie bought a book on par akeets for a quarter, and then to a doughnut shop, where they bought dougnuts to eat on the way home. Parted Company Mary Anne said they parted company at the Berkeley Tennis club. District Attorney J. Frank Coakley asked if they had any conversation. "Yes," she said. "One of us said goodbye and the other said, 'I'll see you tomorrow'." "Did you ever seen her again." "No." Mary Anne identified Stephan ie's red purse the same purse that was found in the basement of Abbott's Alameda home a few days before the girl's body was discovered near a remote cabin in the California mountains. The witness also identified as Stephanie's a red leather wallet, the book on parakeets and a pair of plastic trimmed glasses. The objects were marked for identifi cation but not introduced as evi dence. All were found in Ab bott's basement. Visibly Shaken Abbott did not once glance at the self-possessed witness. Earlier, the defendant visibly lost his nonchalance for the first time since his arrest last July when Coakley outlined the state's case against him. Coakley said the state will prove that Stephanie was in Ab- 1 Pace Maker An Unbeotable Radio Value With Great Zenith Features Enjoy complete standard broadcast coverage and it brings in distant stations clearly and accurately. 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The banquet will be preceded by the council meeting, which will begin at 4:30 p.m. "This is the only business meeting of the year and it is at this meeting that Council-wide business is discussed and decided by vote," Dr. Elmo Stevenson, Crater Lake Area council president said to day. Election Slated Among matters to be consid ered at the meeting will be elec tion of officers for the follow ing year. Offices to be filled in clude president, three vice-presidents, council commissioner, and treasurer. Also to be elected are members of the executive board, the body which conducts interim council business between meet ings. Principal speaker at the recog nition banquet will be Roger L. Bales,' deputy regional scout ex ecutive for Region XI of the Boy Scouts of America. At the banquet, which will be served at 5:30 p.m., two Scouters of the Crater Lake Area council will be presented with the Silver Beaver award for distinguished service to boyhood. This is the highest award that a local Coun cil may present to a Scouter. Also to be recognized by the awarding of the Golden Leader's award are an outstanding Cub master, Scoutmaster, and Ex plorer Advisor. "A total of 13 Scouters will be awarded either the Scouters award or the Scouters Key, ac cording to John Patton, council training chairman. Both the key and the award recognize a Scout- er's service to others, training, and at least three years tenure as an adult Scouter. The closing ceremony of the evening will be a tableau built aroun'd .a new four-year program recently adopted by the Boy Scouts of America, "Forward for God and My Country." STORE HOURS: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wed. 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. 122 EAST MAIN ST. - MEDFORD Garden Notes By C. B. CORDY County Extension Agent for Horticulture Trie production of a garden near a large tree requires special care. Gardens wil grow close to some trees pretty well but do very poorly in the vicinity of others. Willow trees and walnut trees seem to be two of the worst offenders. In the case of the willow tree the garden does not thrive pure ly as a result of competition with the willow roots. Willow trees send out a thick mass of fibrous roots in the surface soil. This mas of roots quickly ab sorbs any moisture applied and also feeds heavily on the soil fertility. In the case of walnuts it is probable that the lack of vigor in the garden is due to the same cause. However, it has been sug gested in this case that the wal nut roots may secrete substances which are toxic to other plants, This theory has never been defi nitely proven but there does not seem to be any more walnut roots in the soil than roots from similar sized trees but competing plants seem to be more affected in the vicinity of walnut trees, There are two methods of overcoming this trouble one is to apply enough fertilizer and water to supply both the tree and the garden plants. This sounds easy but is in actuality difficult to do. The other method would be to remove the tree's roots from the garden area. With most trees, roots beyond the drip of the 'tree could be removed with little damage to the tree. In the case of walnuts and oaks this procedure would probably be quite damaging to the tree. As the tree will again quickly produce roots to reoc- cupy the area a barrier should be installed if lasting produc tion is wanted. A satisfactory permanent bar rier would be one of corrugated iron or aluminum. Other less permanent materials would soon deteriorate and this would neces sitate the digging of a new ditch and the reinstallation of a barrier. bott's car, that he buried her body, that he was parked near the junior high school Stephanie attended on April 28 and that a car resembling Abbott's was seen a . half -hour before she disap peared. When Coakley finished, Ab bott was limp and gray. A jailor liter said he was "sullen" and angry. "He threw the book at me," Abbott was quoted as saying. "He called me a lot of names some of them words I hadn't even heard before." m-m: ' "IUI -I .WWWWP'MIII !" I1UJH.J1JW.1 ...I .W. IP .WIIU.lirili.im M '1 r FIRE RAGES ON S. S. SEARCHER 100 miles off New York as Coast Guard cutter Ingham arrives to aid crew. Three aboard Navy radar ship are believed lost. (International) Number of Rodents in Area Around City on Increase; Garbage Creates Problems Maccine Titus Plans Move to Arizona Miss Maccine Titus has sold her property on Palm st. and re signed her position as head of the circulation department of the Medford public library, prepara tory to moving to Tucson, Ariz. She and her mother, Mrs. Eli zabeth Titus, plan to stop en route at San Clemente, Calif., where Mrs. Titus has property interests. They will leave Med ford about Dec. 1. Miss Titus has lived in the Rogue valley for about 11 year She has beqn active in many spheres, helping to organize the Southern Oregon Society of Ar tists and the Footlighters club, and participating in projects of many other groups. She is also well- known for her radio and television broadcasts over local stations. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday: 1 a m Monday for Monday: other davs 5:30 crevious day. Complaints received recently indicate that the number of rats and other rodents may be on the increase in the perimeter areas of ' Medford, Bob Hart, county sanitarian, said yesterday. A recent survey of the down town area, however, conducted recently by U. S. health officers in conjunction with county health officers, showed verv lit tle evidence of the existence of rodents, Hart said. Bear Creek Problem Rat population is probably on the increase along Bear creek, in the southwest perimeter area of the city, and in Central Point. 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