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iHf. t ft Mi GOING STRONG Sir Winston ChnrchiH gfres famous V-f or-victory sign as he cele brates his 81st birthday with Lady ChurcbaH at their London residence. The former British Prime Minister marked the occasion quietly with a family luncheon. Woolen Socks, Plastic Slippers Start Fire; Other Curiosities Boston (U.R) You don't have to rub two Boy Scouts together to start a fire. But you can achieve the same effect with a pair of woolen socks and a pair of plastic bed room slippers. In fact, friction between socks and slippers actually started a fire in a suitcase in an auto trunk at Clinton, Ky. That's just one of many fire curiosities of the past year reported today by the National Fire Protection Asso ciation with headquarters here. "Trousers Afire ( There was the Birmingham, Ala., man who didn't realize his trousers were afire. He had a wooden leg. With no water available, fire men at Comstock, Minn.,- stop ped a grocer fire from spreading to an adjacent tavern by smash ing beer bottles and dashing the contents on the walls of the saloon. An Elizabeth, N.J., woman baked a $700 pizza pie the value of cash and bonds she had hidden in the oven, and forgotten to remove. The New. Holland, Pa., Fire Company was called to put out a fire that started fh the fire siren of the nearby Churchtown Fire Company. The Churchtown firemen were out fighting a chimney fire. e Home Work A Fort Erie, Ont, newspaper reporter phoned home and cas ually asked his wife if there was anything doing. "Our house is on fire!" she cried. The reporter went home and ccovered the story. A fire hydrant was the scene of a fire at Bridgeport, Conn. Fumes from an underground gas line seeped up around the hy drant base and burst into flame. For 12 years the Jesuit Hermi tage at St. . Andrews-on-Hudson, N.Y., had its own fire engine waiting for a possible fire. It was never used. The barn burned down and destroyed the engine. Q Fire drove 750 from a theater in Boston's Roxbury District. Half an hour later, after the blaze had been put out, the audi ence was readmitted. This time it numbered 825. Voice of Experience After fining a woman defend ant who had burned newspapers to smoke out her estranged hus band, a San Francisco judge lec tured her on the dangers of play ing with fire. The judge spoke right from the heart, too. His hands were bandaged as a result of bums suffered in a barbecue blaze. At Philadelphia, fire started in the fire marshall's office and touched off an explosion of fire crackers which had been seized for safe keeping. Firemen fighting a house fire at Montville, Conn., were sur prised when water suddenly stopped coming from their hose lines. They discovered they had laid the hose across some rail road tracks and a freight train had just passed by. The United States, universal ly recognized as the industrial giant of the world, also is by far the leading nation in agricultur al output. , Moses Probably Had Jumper Favorite Heart Disease Advice Boston (U.R) Dr. Paul Dud ley White, consultant to Presi dent Eisenhower, said God may have given Moses a clue on how to avoid heart disease. The Boston heart specialist spoke at the ninth clinical ses sion of the American Medical Association. "It is conceivable that a few years from now we medical men may repeat to the citizens of the U.S.A. the advice that Moses was asked by God to present to the children of Israel 3000 years ago," White said. ". . . You must 'Eat no fat of the ox or the sheep or the goat; you may use it in any other way but by no means eat of it." White said tobacco, alcohol, climate and exercise also should be studied as related to heart disease. March of Dimes Drive Receives First Donation . The 1956 Medford March of Dimes campaign received lis first contribution today, a check for $2 from students in the sixth grade home room of Mrs. Hazeldean Hohensee at Lincoln school. The letter written by Ther on G. Boyd, home room secre tary, said: "Enclosed in this letter you will find a check in the amount of two dollars. We wish to donate this money to your group to help fight polio. We -felt we wanted to help someone less fortunate , than we are. "This money was awarded to us because we obtained so many PTA members during our membership drive." Farm Bureau Week Proclaimed By Court The Jackson county court has proclaimed the week of Dec. 4 through Dec. 10 as Farm Bureau week in recognition of the value of .agriculture to the county's prosperity. The court noted that the Farm Bureau is "primarily concerned with the improvement of agricul tural conditions in our country," and support the bureau gives to other aspects to community life. 9052 6-i4 Full circle skirt on this sew easy jumper evry young lady's favorite! The perfect style for school days of winter; colorful, toasty-warm in gay plaid wool! Surplice bodice shows off the pretty styling of companion blouse. Patterns- 9052: Girls' Sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, 14. Size 10 jumper takes 2V& yards 39-inch fabric; blouse, IV2 yards 35-inch fabric. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. Send Thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mail ing. Send to Marian Martin, care Qf Medford Mail Tribune, Pat tern Dept., 232 West 18th St., NeWYork 11, N. Y. Print plain ly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. More than 14,000,000 persons visited Michigan's 61 state parks and recreation areas in 1954. Iidy, December t, 18S1 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE CALENDAR Calendar notices and newi for the society section of The Mail Tribune must - be e submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 pjn. Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m of the day of publication and for week day news is S djd the day before publication- Friday . 1 6:30 p.m. Auxiliary to Patri archs Militant to Siskiyou can ton, dinner, Holland hotel, Wooden Shoe. 0 7 p.m. Elk-Trail PTA, pot luck dinner at school. 8 p.m. Ruch PTA, at school house, s 8 p.m. Pocahontas lodge, Redman hall. The first bank in New Hamp shire was chartered in Ports mouth Jan. 3, 1792. MORE MEAT Chicago U.R) Meat pro duction during 1955 is expected to reach a new record of 26,100, 000,000 pounds. According to the American Meat Institute, this would be 600,000,000 pounds more than last year's record out put. The greatest production in crease will be in pork. NYLON TO FLOWERS ( McPherson, Kan. U.R) Stu dents of McPherson College have completed collection of more than three miles of worn nylon hosiery for Germany. The nylon thread is used there in rehabili tation centers by women who make artificial flowers. TREE PEONIES Special Christmas Gift Sale! 100 O $3 3 YR. OLD PLANTS JUST ARRIVED ... A shipment of Nice, New DWARF EVERGREENS plus hundreds of CLEMATIS & AZALEAS LEWIS NURSE R Y (TMMliVNorthsontore' JACKSONVILLE Old Stage Road) FOR YOUR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE Open Sundays Till WATCHES OF EXCELLENCE By LONGINES O HAMILTON O ELGIN O ' HELBROS, O WE GIVE GREEN STAMPS COSTUME JEWELRY By HARWOOD VARGAS O DUANE O 0 TARA O Q WE GIVE THEM ON WATCH REPAIRS TOO PH. 3-4922 JEWELERS Jj TERMS TO SUIT YOUR BUDGET LOCATED AT THE BIGGER BETTER BIG Y HOURS 9:30 to 6 P.M. SUNDAYS 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. 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