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1 CENTRAL POINT Merchants' Group Formed By Mrs. Muriel W. Shortridge Central Point The Central Point Merchant's association held it's January meeting last Monday. It is an infant organiza tion, having been in existance only two months, but it shows signs of being a strong and help ful group of community-minded business people. At present its membership consists of about 40 men, rep resenting 15 firms. A committee has been named by President Jim Glenn to recruit every bus iness in the community. The as sociation was inaugurated for the purpose of bringing the town together as a unit to establish city-wide promotion. Don E. Burelson Jr., RMSN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Burelson, Central Point, left by plane Jan. 22 to report back to San Francisco and his ship, the USS Silverstein, after visiting her on 15 day leave from the Navy. Ted Anderson was appointed new scout master of Troup 40, which is sponsored by the Cen tral Point-Lions club. These Boy Scouts conducted a ticket sale drive for 'the March of Dimes pancake breakfast held Satur day, Jan. 28, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. ..This breakfast was put on jointly by the American Legion and the Lion's club. Mrs. Bill Abbott and daugh ter, Maria, attended the installa tion ceremonies of the Job's Daughters in Springfield, Ore., on Jan. 20. Mrs. Abbott's niece, Miss Darlene Ransdell, .daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Rans dell of Springfield, was install ed honored queen. Mrs. Lillie La Casse, owner of Lillie's Beauty shop, returned from Shawnee, Okla., last week. Mrs. La Casse had been gone over two weeks because of the illness of her mother, who re Bides in Shawnee. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Riley, well known Central Point people, left last week to make their home in Houston, Texas. K. C. Kernmark, local build er, was named last week by Mayor Donald E. Faber, as head of the new emergency rescue unit, which is to be headquar tered here. A meeting was held last week to determine the ex press need for such an organiza tion, with representatives from Rogue River, Ashland, Medford and Central Point police and fire departments attending. Also present were representatives from the Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm associa tion, the state and federal for estry service, and others. It is felt that there is a real need for a river rescue squad such as this will be. The Harlem Globetrotters and the House of David basketball teams played to a capacity and appreciative audience Thursday night at the Crater High gym "nasium. But a sour note climax ed the affair as some spectators returned to their cars to find aerials broken or gone, also rear view mirrors and hub caps, ac cording to Central Point Police Chief Orrin Chastain. He states that they hope to apprehend the vandals shortly. A Founder's day tea will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 7, by the Central Point Parent-Teacher association at the Junior- High library. It is planned that past presidents will be introduced, according to Mrs. Chester Ash ton, president, and the fourth grade mothers will serve. The time is 3:30 p.m. Also, on Fri day, Feb. 3, an executive board Russian Scieniisfs Watch Salk at Work Pittsburgh (U.R) Four Russian scientists, headed by a stern-faced woman researcher, - today watched Dr. Jonas E. Salk administer test shots of his famed anti-polio vaccine to a group of Pittsburgh school chil dren. The members of the Academy of, Medical Science of the USSR stood by silentlv at the Colfax Elementary School while Dr. ballr. gave the children the inoculations. The Russians posed for pic tures atterwards. They said they would talk to renorters Wednps- day before they leave to con tinue their tour of this country. j.ne Russians arrived here early Saturday for a fiwp-Hair " stay to study the Salk anti-polio vaccine. Shortly after their arrhml they embarked on" a series of conferences and study sessions tnat lasted late into the night. On Sunday thev met with rii- Salk to "bone up"on the techni ques xney saw in action today. Globemcster Kept Aloft Despite Engine Trouble Tokyo (U.R) A U.S. Air Force pilot flew a huge C-124 Globemaster to a safe landing in Japan today after one of its four engines failed over the Pacific ana a second caught fire. The pilot, Capt. Walter L Klatt Jr., of Corpus Christi. Tex. radioed for help but keDt the plane aloft - until - it reached Japan. He was aided by co pilot 1st Lt. Joe H. Ottis, Steven son, Wash. meeting is to be held in the Jun ior High music room at 1:30 p.m. The annual Central Point Mother's March of Polio will be held from 7 to 8 p.m., on Tues day, Jan. 31. It is asked that all those wishing to contribute to this worthy cause please leave their porch lights on. The West Side 4-H club held a baked food sale Saturday, Jan. 28, at Paulsen's Thrift market for the March of Dimes. Deputy State Fire Marshall W. P. Noble, Salem, on an in spection tour of th new Central Point fire hall and library build ing, had nothing but praise for the fine building and modern equipment. Although not yet completed, he said it compared most favorably with other new ones he has inspected through out the state. Especially worthy of mention is the very modern Circul-Air hose dryer, which does away with the need of the old drying tower. As soon as the building is completed an open house will be held. Rome Police Refuse Sanctuary for Adonis Rome (U.R) Rome police told Joe Adonis last night he was an "undesirable social element" and sent him back to Monte marano, his home town. Adonis, who recently deport ed himself from the United States rather than face charges, slipped into Rome almost un noticed but was picked up by police and questioned at head quarters. They informed him he could not come to Rome without specific authorization and hand ed him a one-way ticket to Montemarano. They said he would have to have "good rea son" to come back. This was Adonis' first harsh contact with Italian police since he arrived Jan. 16 from New York aboard the luxury liner Conte Bian-camao. AUTHORIZED by Congress, Dr. Jonas E. Salk, who devel oped first successful anti polfo vaccine, receives special medal. (International) Virginia Woman Told To Expect Quadruplets Richmond, Va. .(U.R) A Richmond housewife is expect ing the birth of quadruplets, and possibly quintuplets this spring, a physician said today. . The physician, who asked not to be identified, said X-rays show four distinct fetal skele tons and there is "a chance" that a fifth may be forming. Birth is expected in about 10 weeks. The woman was identified as Mrs. Richard Shaia, wife of a Richmond restaurant owner. She was confined to the Medical College of Virginia Hospital for "rest and quiet," her husband said. Both the physician and the husband were reluctant to give information, saying they did not want any publicity. Shaia de clined to say how many children he and his wife now have. He said they have "several." CREDITS FOR CRUISING Trying out the sun deck by the swimming pool aboard the liner President Cleveland in San Francisco for a study room are Joanne Copeland (left) and Sue Fetz. In mid-June the luxury liner will sail from San Francisco and Los Angeles loaded with eager college students on a special "adventure study cruise." While cruising the Orient they'll earn six college credits. If they study, that is. Who can study if Sue and Joanne are aboard? Stevenson Faces Loss Of Williams1 Support Monday, January 30, 1S5S MEDF.ORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIYK Washington (U.R) Demo cratic presidential candidate Ad lai E. Stevenson today appeared to have lost the support of Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michi gan unless the former Illinois governor proposes a "hard-hitting" program for the Demo crats. Williams said yesterday he could not support Stevenson for the Democratic nomination on the basis of Stevenson's record so far. However, he said, how Stevenson's program shapes up within the next few months will determine whether he gets Wil liams' support. Other political developments: Knowland Passes Primary Sen. William F. Knowland (R Calif.) said at a Manchester, N.H., news conference he would not enter New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary-March 13. He said he was passing the primary because it was too early and he would not have a chance to withdraw if President Eisenhower discloses before that time whether he will be a candidate for reelection. Democratic leaders, headed by House Leader John W. McCor mack, accused the Eisenhower administration of "fumbling the ball" and "creating confusion in Washington:" But House GOP Leader Joseph W. .Martin Jr., said the administration is "100 per cent more efficient, able and decisive" than the Democratic Truman administration. Storage Program Hit Democratic National Chair man Paul M. Butler called for a "complete airing of the gi gantic mess in grain storage which has been created by the Eisenhower administration." He said there is evidence of'gross mismanagement" of the program. on Vlatrt Wore Hot alcr BUY THE NEW SEEKING explanation for San .Diego-bound commuter train crash which took 29 lives, authorities . are ques tioning Engineer Frank B. Parris in Los Angeles hospital. 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The bat population of the Ney cavern in Texas, it is be lieved, once numbered upward of 20,000,000! At dusk, the em erging hordes looked like an enormous smoke cloud and blackened the sky for miles. Despite their long muzzles, opossums can open their jaws to an angle of almost 180 de grees. The sand puppy, a mouse-sized desert rat found in the des erts of the Somaliland, can bur row along in the topmost layer of sand at midday when the air temperatures may rise to over 130 degrees in the shade and when the sand is literally at fur nace heat. Except for a scat tering of fine stiff hairs, it is naked and looks not unlike an animated uncooked cocktail sausage. Cats do not dislike water: they dislike cold water. In proportion to its size, the North American porcupine bears the largest baby of any mammalian parent. Compared to a human 7-pound baby, the porcupine's single baby is 12 times as large the equivalent of an 84-pound human child! Like Rich Cow's Milk In 1949 there were 78,000,000 cattle, 62,000,000 domesticated pigs, 60,000,000 sheep, and 4, 500,000 goats in the U.S. Whale milk is not unlike very rich cow's milk. It is squirted into the mouth of the young under considerable pressure as the mother lies on her back on the surface of the sea. Although the fur of the mink is now prized beyond any oth ed fur except the true sable, only a century ago trappers re garded it hardly worth the ef fort to skin the animal. There were true wild horses in North and Central America during the time of the Stone Age of human culture. They did not become extinct generations before the coming of the white man. Spaniards recorded an Am erican Indian belief that horses, brought in by Spaniards from Europe, could not be kept in By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist Panama. Their ancestors, so they believed, had tried to keep domestic horses here but all the animals had been killed by a sickness contracted from the bites of vampire bats. Largest Land Mommal The African elephant is the largest living land mammal; the second largest is the African white rhinoceros. The "white" is a misnomer: it is pale grey. The name comes from the Dutch word "weit" pronounced some thing like "white" but it actual ly means "wide." Probably the smallest of all split-toed animals is the . Royal Antelope of West Africa it stands only about eight inches high. Seals are world-wide in dis tribution, being found in almost all seas and oceans and evenin the great landlocked Lake Baik al in Siberia. " ' ; ; There is a rabbit in the south ern United States which dives into water to escape danger and in some cases swims about reg ularly in search of food. (Copyright, 1956, by Eugene Burns Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Pennsylvanian Will Divorce Stepmother Pottsville, Pa. (U.R) John Grose is going to divorce his step-mother whom he married 12 years ago. Grose was reared by his step mother, Mrs. Jennie Grose, since he was 10 when his father died in 1926. He married her in 1943 before a justice of the peace. The divorce was recommend ed by Attorney John M. MeGurl who said the Groses did not know at the time their wedding was illegal because of a 1939 statute which prohibits mar riages with their degree of rela-. tionship. Read and Use Classified Ads The Community's Biggest Marketplace Youth Fined on Failure To Obey Officer Charge A 1 7-year-old Medford youth was fined $30 and received a six-month suspension of his op erator's license in police court Friday, after participating in a "drag" race Jan. 20 on North ' Riverside ave. City police charged the youth failed to obey an officer after he was stopped at the scene of the race and told to wait while officers arrested a second driver. . The boy was fined $15 for vio' tion of basic rule and $15 for failure to obey an officer. 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