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
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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-
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Banquet, Annual
Meeting Sunday
Crater Lake Area council, Boy
Scouts of America, will hold
its 31st annual council meeting
and recognition banquet Sunday,
Nov. 20, at Hedrick Junior High
school.
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."
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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."
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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.
An increase in the number of
rats is generally due to the fact
that feed is made available for
them, Hart said. Tight containers
for garbage and frequent gar
bage disposal as well as the re
moval of any other available
food supplies will result in a de
crease in rodent population.
Control Program
A rat control program is con
ducted every two weeks at the
city dump when poison food is
put out for them. A consider
able number of rats are killed in
this way, Hart stated.
During a recent inspection of
the city center, only one indica
tion of the existence of rodents
was found. Hart attributed the
small number of rats in the busi
ness district to the fact that gar
fa a g e disposal methods are
excellent.
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