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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!
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3 YR. OLD
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JUST ARRIVED ... A shipment of Nice, New
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FOR YOUR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE
Open Sundays Till
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