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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE O Wednesday, December 21, 1355 Eden Reorganizes Cabinet To real of Inflation Trustees Appointed In Bankrupt Case Petite Doll' Gruff Voice May Dampen Christmas Joy For Some Little Children Atlanta, Ga. ;u.R) A toy shop mixup threatened today to ruin some little girl's Christmas because a dainty doll that is supposed to say a good night praygj will instead growl a fire prevention rhyme in a bearlike voice. The mixup occurred in a toy factory commissioned to manu facture talking models of Smo key, the bear used on posters by the ForestOservice in its fire prevention campaign. OlheiGbolls Pray The same factory also makes a petite little doll equipped with a voice box that says gentlv: "NW I lay me down to &?eep. I Vfy the Lord mv soul to keepTGod blass mommy. God bless daddy. Amen." Tke prayer and the voice are muen different from the sounds created for Smokey. It growls in a gruff voice: "I'm Sm:ey the Bear, I'm Smokey the Bear. "Running and looking for smoke in the air. "I warn careless people and tell the:g)'take (re.' "Please prevent forest fires, says Smokey the Bear." Pandemonium Created The South Carolina Forestry Commission ordered 96 of the stuffed bears for use in its fire prevention campaign. The first of the 96 Smokey bears to arrive in the commission office was immediately tested. It created pandemonium by uttering in a childisR voice: "Now I lay me down . . . Regional employees speculat ed that the township mixed the voice boxes earmarked for Smo key and the dolls. One of the bearlike voice box es was sure to end up in one of the dainty "praying" dolls, they calculated. Washington's Olympic Penin sula possesses the world's largest Sitka spruce, 51 feet 6 inches in circumference at chest height; the largest western red cedar, 66 feet and 1 inch in girth; and the largest Douglas fir and western hemlock, with circumferences of 5& feet 4 inches and 27 feet 2 inches respectively. (j n-.um mi M 117 5. 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Free Candy Canes Free Photo Air Power To Be Stressed Under Reshuffling London (U.R) Prime Min ister Anthony Eden reorganized his cabinet from top to bottom today to meet the threats of in flation a home and new Soviet provocations abroad. A key feature of the reshuffle was a decision to stress air power in Britain's armed forces at the expenses of the Army, whose authorized first-line re serve strength was slashed Tues day from 12 to two divisions. Many Pots Involved Four major posts and many minor ones were involved in the reorganization, in which Eden replaced ministers inherit ed from Winston Churchill with younger men of his own choice The average ago of the cabinet was reduced from 58 to 55 years by the changes. The major replacements were affected by transfers within the existing cabinet, but seven minor ministers were dropped. Six of them were either elevated to the peerage or promoted within its ranks. Chancellor of the Exchequer B. A. Butler was promoted to lord privy seal and majority leader in the ' House of Com mons, making him in effect deputy prime minister. Harold Macmillan, whose pol icies as foreign secretary have been, under opposition fire for some time, was shifted to the exchequer post to replace Butler as head of the fight against Brit ain's ominous inflation. . To Lead Russia Fight Defense Secretary Selwyn Lloyd replaced Macmillan as foreign secretary to lead the dip lomatic fight against Russia, and Labor ' Minister Sir Walter Monckton .moved up to the de fense, post to protect Britain if diploma'cy fails. Health Minister Iain MacLeod replaced Monckton as labor min ister, and was replaced in his turn by R. H. Turton, who is new to the cabinet. Nigel Birch, a wartime lieu tenant colonel in the army, re placed Lord de L'IsIe and Dud ley as air secretary a change reflecting Eden's decision that "because of the greatly in creased importance of air pow er he wants the civilian chief of the branch to be a member of the House of Commons. Rain Check Given On TV Quiz Show New York (U.R) Roscoe Wright, a letter carrier for 24 years, refused to carry the mail on "The $64,000 Question" last night. Wright, who had built up to $16,000 on the giveaway show by answering a series of ques tions on poetry, asked for an ad ditional week to decide whether he should gamble his stake. He was granted the added week by Steve Carlin, the executive pro ducer of the show while the program was on the air. It was he first time in the six-months' history of the quiz that a contestant admitted in decision on a try for the big money. , If Wright had tried for $32,- 000 and missed, he would have been given a new convertible as a consolation prize. Wright, a Negro, pointed out: "It's something to think about. The $16,000 is three years of my salary." Trustees were appointed to handle five cases of bankruptcy proceedings held early this week in the federal court room at the post office building. Norman R. Matteson, 1284 Ross lane, was appointed trustee for Chrystal Distribution and Cold Storage company; Chrystal company; Clara Virginia Chrys ler; and William Chrysler. ANNUAL CONCERT The chorus of mixed voices of the Apostolic Faith church, North Central ave. and Third st, will participate in the annual concert at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25. Don Wolfe is director of the chorus. The pro gram Sunday will include the orchestra, solo ists and choruses portraying the Christmas story. Youngster's Bid on Nashua Too Low But She Weil Get Horse by Christmas New York (U.R) Some where in this land today there is a mighty lucky horse. By Christmas this horse will have a proud new owner, 12-year-old Karen Ann McGuire, Valhalla, N.Y., and the only danger is that she may kill him with kindness. Karen Ann is the hazel-eyed little charmer who so captivat ed the officials of the" Hanover Bank with a $24.03 bid for the three-year-old champion Nash ua that they decided to chip in and buy her a horse, even though she fell exactly $1,251,175.97 short of matching the winning bid. Banker's Hearts Me.lted Bankers are supposed to be cold and unsentimental folks but Karen Ann melted them with her "heart warming" letter. "We were all so touched when we read it that we felt we just had to get her a horse," said R. E. McNeill Jr., president of the bank, which had acted as execu tors of the estate of William Woodward, Nashua's owner who was accidentally shot and killed by his wife. In her letter Karen Ann said she didn't necessarily have to receive Nashua. Good Home Assured "I read in the paper that you are going to sell Nashua and his friends," she wrote. "If you have a horse that no one will buy, I would like to. You can send him or her out to the following address: 22 Rutledge road, Val halla, N.Y. The horse will have a good home, Vz acres of woods and fields and loveing (sic) care. I would like a horse that would grow old with me. My sealed bid is $24.03 but maybe by the time you open the bids I will have earned more money and I can pay a little higher." In order to attend the pre sentation ceremonies at the bank yesterday, Karen Ann had to be excused from her classes at St. Thomas Parochial school in Pleasantville, N.Y. Mother Wears Grin "The sisters at the school thought I was nuts when I told them, but they let me go," she Oak Grove School Program Thursday The annual Oak Grove school Christmas program will be held in the school gymnasium at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22. . Included in the program will be selections by the school band, a presentation of "Hansel and Gretel" by fourth and fifth grad ers and several selections by the school chorus. Oak Grove school will be dis missed following room parties at 1:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23. Classes will resume Tuesday, Jan. 3. ' Read and Use Classified Adf The Community's Biggest Marketplace Norman M. Kerr, 103 South Holly st., was appointed truste. for Chrystal Orchard and old Storage company. The bankruptcy proceedings were heard by Referee in Bank ruptcy, Lester G. Oehler, Cor vallis. The sum of money repre sented by the dissolution of the I five estates was not released. ram wtmr m RlVJ- GIFTS FOR m AND WOMEN Smart Wrist Watches Wf- nu mUNfcY DOWN m PAY NEXT YEAR said.- "When I came home from school the day before my mother had a big grin on her face and I knew something nice was about to happen. Then she told me the bank had called and said I was getting a horse and all I could say was 'Oh boy, oh. boy.' I could hardly believe it." TRACTOR UPSET FATAL Roseburg (U.R) Lester V. Thomas, 36, was injured fatally near here yesterday when a trac tor overturned on him. Sheriff's officers reported that Thomas was using" the tractor to pull his car out of the mud at his home. Survivors include his wife Ruth. mm For That Special x Gift Orchid Plants In Bloom $5.00 and up HOPPE'S" GREENHOUSE & FLORIST 305 LOZIER LANE Phone 2-6378 Four Men Jailed; 2 Make Appearances Four men have been jailed for varying offenses in the last two days, according to Sheriff How ard Gault. Two of them appear ed in district court yesterday af ternoon. Wayne Harding, 20, Central Point, is being held under $1,500 bond awaiting grand jury after arraignment on a charge of lar ceny in a store building. He is charged with taking a container of the American Cancer society containing S2.94 from Seiber's market, Talent. " John Nathaniel Boyce, 32, 322 North Riverside ave., was sen tenced to six months in jail on a charge of larceny of four auto batteries and two auto-type ra diators owned by Peter Bate man. James R. Rowden, 24, Med ford, who was arrested with Boyce, was jailed as a probation violator. Bert Glenn Parrack, 50, Allen hotel, is being held as a par ole violator from the state penitentiary. In the Gulf of Aden schools of porpoises reach vast propor tions, says the National Geo graphic Society. Some schools number thousands of these mam mals that can leap 20 feet out of the water... Do Your Shopping at 1 fKMZ WJ - Gl 0 MHS MEDFORD, OREGON A WIDE SELECTION OF FTS FOR EVERYONE SHOP ALL THREE FLOORS Main Floor, Balcony and 2nd Floor OPEN NITES TIL 9 P.M. 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