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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
tO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 19, 1946
(It was Tuesday)
Medford school board . sets
May 19 as election date on $500,
000 school repair bonds.
From Arthur Perryjs Ye
Smudge Pot column: All' the
birds are under the impression
Spring has come, and are acting
accordingly; They report a (little
man told them.
20 YEARS AGO .
Fab. 19, 1936
(It was Wednesday)
Medford city council author
izes purchase of street sweeper.
Jackson county and Medford
public library system shows in
crease in book circulation dur
ing 1935; total of 187,548 books
circulated.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 19. 1926
(It was Friday)
J. C. Mann elected vice-president
of the Oregon State Mer
chants association.
Presbyterians - announce that
church in Phoenix will be con
structed in near future.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 19. 1916
(It was Saturday)
; Northern California and
Southern Oregon Development
league organizes to promote rail
road up Klamath river irom
Klamath, Calif. - -
Work starts on the Willow
Springs extension of the Rogue
River Canal company's irriga
tion system.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the' 7?
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. Adlai E. Stevenosn was
born in Bloomington, 111.; Bloom
ington, Ind.; Chicago; Princeton,
N. J., or Los Angeles?
2. 10 Downing st., London, is
the address of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, Bank of England,
prime minister, London ; Times
or Princess Margaret?
3. President Eisenhower is or
isn't eligible to v,ote in the forth
coming Republican presidential
primaries in Pennsylvania?
4. Jantzen, Inc. makes apparel
only, for swimming; right or
Wrong?
5. A person suffering an at
tack of appendicitis should or
should not be given a laxative?
' S. Neo-Destour is a nationalist
party in Morocco, Puerto Rico,
Tunisia, Ireland, or Cyprus?
7. When a man's glabrous,
he's talkative, sad, happy, over
sexed or bald?
The answers: 1 Los Angeles.
2 Prime minister. 3 Is.' 4
Wrong. 5 Should not. 6 Tu
nisia. 7 Bald.
Student Injured in
Traffic Accident
Arthur Leavitt,- 22, Oregon
State college student and son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Leavitt,. 39
Summit ave., received a bruised
chest and cut lip last week in a
traffic accident between Cor
vallis and Albany.
Leavitt's coupe was badly
damaged when a sedan driven
by Edward L. Mitchell, Albany,
slid on icy pavement into, Lea
vitt's path. Mitchell was hos
pitalized in Albany and Leavitt
was treated in Corvallis.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Good Veto, Wrong Reasons
The veto of the Natural Gas measure by President
Eisenhower arouses more enthusiasm in this depart
ment than ius reasons thereof.
President Eisenhower explained his action not
on objections to the provisions of the measure but on
what he termed "arrogant tactics on the part of seg
ments of the gas industry'
congress.
. ,
A CCORDING to press
mind the claim of Senator Case of South Dakota
that the head of a certain California gas and oil com
pany had through a well known lobbyist contributed
$2500 to his (Case's) campaign fund, in an apparent
effort to influence his vote. ;
Because any - investigation by the Department
f T . flit 1 il - ' J J
oi justice, oi mis ana otner improper tactics on tne
part of the bill's supporters could not be completed
within the ten-day limit for a veto, Mr. Eisenhower
said while he approved
measure, and believes the gas and oil industry as a
whole innocent of any wrong-doing he feared that
his approval of the legislation could well create long
term apprehension in the minds of the American
people and do a disservice both to the people and
their congress. '
. -
IN other. words if Senator Case of South Dakota had
not "squealed" and the presentation of this modest
sum to his campaign, had not been publicized Presi
dent Eisenhower would have signed the bill and all
would have been well and quiet on the Potomac.
"117E don't wish to be unduly cynical, but if all the
"profiteering and give-away measures" present
ed to the congress the last few years, which were ac
companied by campaign contributions to various and
sundry legislators, had been vetoed, we fear the
slaughter would have been something terrible for
the Big Boys to witness. Moreover, according to the
law this would not be corruption. Not onlv does the
law recognize the lobbyist as a perfectly proper repre
sentative of special bills or business interests; ,but
campaign contributions with, as Lobbyist Neff ex-
plained, "no strings attached" imagine a lobbyist
admitting strings were attached ! are also quite
within the law, and 'according to Washington (D.C.)
Hoyle.
. Imagine what the Big Oil lobby paid out in such
"contributions" forf votes in favor of the Tidelands
Oil grab for example. In comparison this $2500 con
tribution to Senator Case would be, as one lobbyist
termed it, "peanuts." - ,
OOWEVER, in that case there were no "leaks," so
1 favoring the basic purposes of that measure also,
there was obviously no excuse for a veto from the
White House. -
The opposition to this measure in both' Houses of
Congress, however, was not besed upon any irregu
larities, improprieties or arrogances but solely upon
the profiteering provisions of the measure itself .
Behind the smoke-screen of alleged "private enter
prise," and service to good citizens clamoring for a
cheaper fuel, the oil and gas combine was relieved of
all federal control at the source, which simply added
up to the privilege of charging all the traffic might
Deary cms cnarge absorbed by the pipe lines and dis
tributors, and of course passed on to the consumer.
- Estimates of the total profits to the gas com-
Eanies and total costs to the consumer varied, but one
ad only to note the reaction of the gas and oil stocks
on Wall Street to get a pretty fair idea. When the
bill passed congress these stocks went up 4 and 5
points, when the bill was vetoed the market as a
whole continued to rise but these same oil and gas
stocks took a tumble approximately- to where they
started from. -'I-
CO while we thoroughly approve of the presidential
veto appreciating it all the more for we never
believed sucn action was contemplated we do re
gret, very much the reasons thereof.
When the report first came over the wires "Presi
dent vetoes Gas bill" there were none of his reasons
given. '
We fear we were somewhat naive, for it never oc
curred to us the Case contribution could be the rea
son, we felt that at last the blind-spot from which
President Eisenhower suffers where Big Business is
concerned had been removed and that recognizing
that from ; the standpoint of the public welfare the
bill was a 'bad one, he refused to affix his signature
to; it. ' " -:; .V'CV---' ..'-'.'v:.
m In fact we were all ready to ascend to the roof,
raise the US flag and give 3 rousing cheers for Bee.
For such courageous and perceptive action would have
meant to this department at least-Htiot only, that we
have a ."good man in the White House" but a truly
GREAT. President.
Then came the details and what a fall thereof!
R.W.R.
Fire Fighting Course
Opens in Eagle Point
Eagle Point A ten-week
course in fire fighting and pre
vention methods designed for
rural firemen began at the city
firehall here with ah organiza
tional meeting recently.
All rural and volunteer fire
men are invited! to attend the
meeting which will be held on
the first Monday and third Tues
day of each month.
The meetings are conducted
by Eagle Point Fire Chief tap
tain V. Ritchie. The.schedule is
set up by the state fire mar
shal's office.
" The next meeting, Feb. 21, at
7:30 p-m., will deal with care
and - um of fire extinguishers
Sunday, February 19, 19S6
to force the bill through
.
reports the President, had in
the : basic purposes of the-
Monmouth Accident
Kills 1 Injures 1
Monmouth U.R) A young
man was killed and a young wo
man injured Saturday when a
car went out of control after
skidding on a frosty bridge five
miles south of here.
Polk County Coroner J. Paul
Bollman identified the victim
as Paul W. ' Lee, about 23, Cor
vallis. He was thrown from the
car which rolled over him, Boll
man said.
Injured was Patricia DeWitt,
24, Salem, who was hospitaliz
ed at Salem with possible ankle
and neck injuries. She was in
fair condition. '
and ventilation principles in re
lation to fire control. . . -
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Matter of Fact
GARDNER-QUARLES
LETTERS
; Washington The resignation
of Assistant Secretary of The
Air Force Trevor Gardner be
gins to look
more and more
like one of
those small
seeming events
which lead to
great results.
For Gardner's
resign ation
could easily
lead to a root-
Joseph Aisop and- branch
reexamination of American de
fense policy.
Last Monday, Gardner testi
fied before the House Appropria
tions Committee. His testimony
had explosive
i m p 1 ications.
He submitted
to 'the com
mit t e e two
letters, one
signed by him'
self and a
whole galaxy
of Air - Force
1 e a d e rs, the
otner signed stewart Aisop
by Secretary of the Air Force
Donald Quarles.
The first letter outlined the
nature of the threat to American
security posed by Soviet tech
nical achievements, especially
in the missile field. It proposed
that approximately - an extra
$200,000,000 be appropriated
for Air Force research and de
velopment, in the 1956 budget,
and weU over $300,000,000 extra
in the 1957 budget. Along list
of special projects, which Gard
ner and his co-signers believed
had to be undertaken to avoid
losing the technical lead to the
Soviets, was attached.
A MONG the co-signers of the
letter were General Nathan
Twining, Chief of Staff of the
Air Force; Lt. Gem Frank F.
Everest, Deputy- Chief. Assist
ant Air Force . Secretary Lyle
S. Garlock; Dr.; H. Guyford
Stever, Chief Scientist : of the
Air ; Force; Brigadier General
Claude Putnam jr., a. Strategic
Air Force division commander,
and several others. In short,
Gardner's position had the sup
port of virtually the entire Air
Force below the level of. Sec
retary Quarles. - ' ..
Ever since Quarles took over
from Secretary Harold Talbott,
he has been in a minority of one
on this b'asic issue. For months,
every member of the three
service research and develop
ment policy council has con
sistently and unanimously rec-
ommeded higher appropriations,
but Quarles has as consistently
resisted the recommendations.
rpHUS the Quarles reply," while
A it did not srecifically veto
any of the projects listed, pro
posed that each project be cau
tiously reconsidered, and sep
arately financed if necessary by
supplemental appro pnations.
This meant no real change in
policy and it was this response
which finally decided uaraner
In The Day's
rDJMV TFWVTrtfC
In, these chronicles yesterday
I listed some of the physical
necessities involved in crossing
the, international boundary into
Mexico. Today I'd like to deal
with some of the psychological
problems that are involved
IHIEF among these problems
V is that of language.
In Europe, which is a large
geographical region composed of
many small countries, most oi
them speaking different lan-
euaees. crossing a frontier
amounts to little more than
crossing . a street. Most Europ
eans have at least a woriung
knowledge of the language of
their neighbors, and so are able
to make themselves understood
when away from home.
We Americans are a different
breed of cats. Our country is
vast and it is new. In the past
we have been too busy develop
ing it to give much thought to
foreign' travel. We have given
almost no thought at aU to for
eign languages.
It' is : true that we have a
smattering of foreign language
teaching in our high; schools and
colleges, but it has little prac
tical value. You can't get a
working knowledge of a foreign
language out of a book: Fluency
in a foreign tongue is gained
by ear, not by the eye. ,
SO, WHEN we come face to
face with the idea of stepping
over an international border and
mingling with people with
whom we can communicate only
by signs we are apt to be a little
terrified.
So
Being a little terrified
You will be' inclined, when
you step through the gates at
Nogales or Juarez or Laredo
or some other border point, to
cover .up your uneasiness by as
suming what the psychologists
call a defense mechanism..
That is to say, ,you will be
apt to assunw unconsciously,
perhaps an offish, superior,
even slightly contemptuous man
ner.
DON'T do it. Resist the temp
tation Take vmirself firmlv
by the nape of the neck and say:
"Look, -Bud, - these people . are.
By Joe and Stewart Aisop
to resign. He had been assigned
to defend the Air Force research
and development budget before
Congress, and under the circum
stances he felt he could not
conscientiously do so.
But it should be well under
stood that far more is involved
in the Gardner resignation than
a few hundred million dollars
of research and development
appropriations. Gardner has
challenged the basic Air Force
policy, as laid down by Secre
tary Quarles and Secretary' of
Defense Wilson, and by no
means only in the missile field.
The Quarles-Wilson policy is
known in the Pentagon as "fly
before you buy." It calls for
ordering relatively small quant
ities of completed aircraft or
missiles only when the "hard
ware" has been thoroughly test
ed. The Gardner position is that
positive intelligence of Soviet
progress now makes it manda
ory that risks be taken that
much larger quantities of "hard
ware" be ordered to match the
Soviets, not only in missiles but
in manned aircraft.
. -
FIDEED, one of Gardner's chief
complaints is that new money
for missiles and other technical
developments has , been found
only by reducing appropriations
for manned aircraft. Manned
planes will remain the dominat
ing factor in the air-atomic pow
er balance for years to come. v
For example, orders for the
new "hundred series" of "fighter
planes have been held to the
merest trickle. Again, hard in
telligence has shown that Soviet
production of the intercontinent
al Bison bomber will soon reach
the level of twenty-five planes a
month. The, Strategic Air Com
mand has demanded that pro
duction of the American equival
ent, the B-52, be increased at
least to the Soviet level.
This would cost about $1,500,'
000,000 for a two year period.
Instead, the decision was taken
to hold B-52 production to 17
aircraft a 'month: Thus the $1,-
500,000,000 was savedbut at
the cost of acceptmg predictable
Soviet superiority in the one
field in which the United States
has hitherto held a s command
ing lead.
Gardner is embodying his
views in a long letter to -Secre
tary Wilson (with whom, as with
Quarles, he has remained per
sonally on amicable terms). The
letter win presumably be class
ified. But Gardner will certainly
be- called before other Congres
sional committees, like the Jack
son Atomic Energy Sub-Commit
tee and the Senate Armed Ser
vices Committee. The committee
members win' undoubtedly in
quire closely into Gardner's
views, and into the views of
those who support and oppose
him. Thus Gardner's resignation
may weU spark the close, search
ing look at American an policy
and the " whole atomic power
balance which is. desperately
needed, and very long overdue
(C) 1956, New York Herald
, Tribune Inc.
News
PEOPLE, just like you. You are
entering their, cquntry .as a
guest-- a paying guest, to be
sure, but stiU a guest. Since
you are entering THEIR coun
try, ,the fact that you have never
taken the trouble to learn their
language is a greater discourtesy
than the fact that they may not
be-able to speak your language
fluently. Get off your high horse
BE YOURSELF." . .
TF YOU will do that if you
. will give yourself some good
advice along that line and then
take it and act on iV--you wiU
have no more trouble in enter
ing Mexico than you would have
in going down to the courthouse
in your home county and paying
your taxes. . , "' -
In both cases, there will be
forms to be filled out. There
will be some money to be paid.
But if you are - even half as
decent and reasonable, in deal
ing with the Mexican officials
at the border gates as you would
be with your own American of
ficials in your own county court
house you will haye no trouble
whatever and will come through
the ordeal relaxed and at ease
and in the mood to enjoy your
trip thoroughly.
"DOT
P If you fall into this defense
mechanism mood and .get can
tankerous and ornery as a means
of protecting what you conceive
to be your dignity you will come
out of it ruffled and upset ana
in - no shape , to enjoy the trip
you are undertaking, s
Don't do it that way. You just
can't afford it. Besides, you are
going to find that the deeper
you get into Mexico the- more
you will admire I and like - the
Mexican people. : Almost witn-
out exception, they are court
eous and pleasant and hospit
able." " . .
DESTROYS HOME
Vancouver, Wash. U.R)
Fire early Saturday destroyed a
two-bedroom home near here,
forcing Mr. .and Mrs. Lawrence
L. Shields and their four chil
dren ; to flee in thir night
clothes. The fire which started
near the base of a chimney flue,
destroyed all the family's pos
sessions. , . . . . ... '. -
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the right to edit all tetters with an
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tion must not exceed 400 words.
Evergreen Buses
To the Editor: I wonder if the
merchants of Medford realize
they will lose considerable trade
if the Evergreen bus drops then
usual daily schedule out Stewart
ave. and Orchard Home dr.
Most of us ladies out this way
ride the bus and we will be in
quite a predicament without it.
With no cars at home, we win
not be able to take advantage of
sales, or do the shopping we
would like to. A number of
women ride the bus .to work.
My neighbors aU feel the- same
as I do, so why doesn't the city
of Medford cooperate with the
Evergreen Bus lines so they can
continue to. bring us the fine
service we now enjoy?
; Mrs. J. H. Rogers
1425 Thomas rd.
Poll Book Signing
To the Editor: There is much
confusion regarding the election
laws adopted by the 1955 Ore
gon Legislature. Among them
are extension of the absentee
ballot to civilians who' are over
seas with the armed .fprces and
the law requiring the Voters'
Pamphlet to contain a simple
explanation of the voter's right
and election procedures.
, The poll book signing law
merely provides that the voter
certifies that he is eligible to
cast a ballot. He is eligible if 21
years or older, an American citi
zen, able to read and write, and
a resident of the precinct in
which registered.
The American Municipal
league, the nation's top election
law authority, has long recom
mended a signature at the polls
for identification purposes and
this suggestion has been en
dorsed by Sen. Richard Neuber
ger. Twenty-one states besides
Oregon have a similar law.
Signing of the poll book does
not affect the voters rights.
This is the finding of the" Oregon
State Federation of Labor which
is distributing registration re
minders to its members. The
Feb. 10, 1956, issue of the "La
bor Register" newspaper says
the card declares:
"The only change in voting
procedure which affects you at
the polls is the signing of the
poll books to testify that you
are a resident of the precinct in
which you are voting.. If you
will be away from home on elec
tion day you can vote an ab
sentee ballot." I
Much of the comment on the
poll book signature law centers
on the fact that now a voter
must comply with election laws
which he formerly could ignore.
But the 1955 legislature should
not be blamed for constitutional
and other requirements . that
have been on the books since
pioneer times.
I investigated a complaint in
Salem that signing of the poll
book delayed voting in a school
bond election. The consolidated
precinct has 750 registered vot
ers, over twice the 350 voters in
the average Oregon v precinct.
The polls were open only six
hours half the 12-hour period
for. a general election. Voter
turned out in unprecedented
numbers and because several
precincts wer,e ; consolidated,
there was delay while clerks
checked addresses of voters.
The interim committee on
elections, of which I am a mem
ber. is considering revision of
Oreeon election laws, including
modification of the poll, book
signing requirement to make it
even easier than it .is now. . The
committee welcomes any isug-
gestions ' or proposals for im
provement of Oregon's election
laws. . ...
Mrs. Frederic W. Young
6230 S.E. Reed College
Place, Portland
' Member, Interim Com
mittee on Elections .
SOC Has
Speech,
Hearing Center
Ashland Five regional speech
and hearing centers have been
by the State department of edu
cation and the. State board of
higher education in order to
meet the needs of children with
speech defects. .
Southern Oregon is served by
a center at soutnern ' Oregon
college under 'the direction of
Leon Mulling, SOC faculty mem-,
ber. . -, ::;'.,'V : " -S
Both campus and off-campus
seryice is available for the pub
lic with diagnostic speech clin
ics conducted regularly in Jack
son, Josephine, and Curry coun
ties for the purpose of discover
ing causes of speech problems
and offering workable therapeu
tic suggestions to both parents
and teachers. ,
Psychological and organic
speech problems are treated in
the campus clinic, according to
Mulling, who , pointed out that
extension; division teachers are
taught how to deal more ade
quately with speech problems in
the classroom through regular
in-service meetings and courses
offered by the college. . .
MOTILUCSt
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
An injury requiring hospi
talization is so laughing mat
ter. But we couldn't resist a
reluctant and sympathetic
chuckle, when we learned that
a lumber company employee
recently had to go to the hos
pital in the middle of the night
for emergency - treatment of
injuries received when he got
in a fight with a cat over pos
session of a candy bar. .
The unusual fauna, and occas
ionally the flora, of southern
Oregon quite regularly wind up
in this column, one way or an
other. This is a fauna item. .
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Safford of
South Old Stage rd. near Jack
sonville recently saw in their
back yard eight deer a large
buck with branching antlers, a
young buck, five does, and a tiny
fawn. ' ' ' ': '
Isn't February a bit early for
a new-born baby deer?
. .' -
A "sitter" in modern 'par
lance indicates a person who
' comes in to stay with someone
needing supervision or care
ss in baby-sitter.
Would someone taking care
of a bunch of baby dogs be
called a litter-sitter?
One Medford housewife we
know needed someone of nearly
these ; qualifications recently.
She and her husband were to go
out for the evening, but she stay
ed home when she found she
could find no one to stay with
the family dog, Which was ill
and presumably needed more ex
pert attention than that required
by the family's sub-teen chil
dren. Speaking ' of sitting prob
lems, an M-T .staff member,
father of three, recently , was
"batching" while his wife was
out of town visiting relatives.
The problem of child care was
solved by two 'neighbor fam
ilies, one bf which look care of
the older brothers, and anoth
er which opk , in" tho little
daughter.
When his wife returned, 'it
look a good deal of persuasion
'to get the 3-year-old girl" to
come home again. She claimed
she liked her new "homa"4t
ler. ,
StiU another "sitting" situa
tion arose recently when two
women friends decided to go put
together for the evening. The
husband of one, an employee of
the local media of mass commun
ications, had to work, creating a
sitting problem for that family's
baby; It was solved when, the
The
(Distributed by
Kmg
Fast falls the snow, O sweet
heart mine,
But, darling, we wont repine ,
While we're, together.
We'll chat and rhyme and kiss
and dine
: Defying weather.
So stir the fire and pour the wine
And let those sea-green , eyes
divine .. .
Pour their , love-madness Into
mine. '
I don't care whether -
, vxig snow or sun, , ram or smne,
we're together.
Collijn
The majority of people who
change their names are success
ful. At least, more successful
than before the change. So it is
claimed. Anyway, since Ella
Fudge changed her name : to
Lynn Russell she has been doing
Lall right . . . Lynn nee Ella, a
very shapely British show girl,
has acquired a prince as a fiance,
Just like Grace Kelly. Not only
that; Lynn's prince tops Grace's
boy friend as to social standing.
He is a member of the Borghese
family of Italy, one of the oldest
in Europe. Napoleon Bonaparte's
sister, Maria Pauline married a
prince of the .Borghese family
A member of the. family estab
lished the famous Borghese art
collection. This collection in
cluded Titan's "Sacred ; and
Profane Love," a painting for
which J. P. Morgan offered
$12,000,000. The offer was not
accepted. "
Speaking of Operations
Know anybody scheduled to
undergo surgery? Are they
greatly worried about it?
know of a woman who was
much concerned- as to how ter
rible things were going to be in
the operating room. After she
had been at the hospital for a
period she nervously asked the
nurse, just when is my opera
tion scheduled for?" The nurse
said, "you had it four hours
ago." She had been operated on
and didn't know it! The opera
tion was a great success. So the
worried lady was out of the
hospital in a short time and two
weeks later was back working
at her office.
Asides
.How do the wages of a wait
ress compare with the amount of
money she receives in tips? Have
just heard of a Pennsylvania
tray queen whose salary was $1
a day and whose tips amounted
to $20 a day! . . . The coldest
day in the history of the State
of Florida was Feb. 13, 1899,
when it was two below zero in
Tallahassee.
Please Note
i In a single visit to . Lily
Dache's place in... : Manhattan,
other husband, an employee f
a competing media of mass com
munications, was drafted for the
job.
One Oregon high school
(not, we should point out, in
southern Oregon) recently felt
it necessary to write a form
letter to fans of the school's
basketball team pointing out
that booing' ii not only un
sportsmanlike, but : that it
makes it "difficult to teach
good manners and fair atti
tudes to our students in the
face of unseemly behavior by
adults." : -
It concluded: ,,
"The same emotional re
lease, with its resulting thera
peutic effect, can be achieved
by clearing the throat sharply.
The ultimate in scorn can also
be expressed by an icy, hostile
silence. May we suggest that,
if you must express your dis- "
approval of .an official's decis
ion, you Iry one of these tech
niques?" -
The following story is repeat
ed verbatim from the current is
sue of one of our favorite news
papers, the Lincoln Legend of
Lincoln school in Medford:
This is a story about a dollar..
One day Jean Turner brought a .
dollar to school to pay for her
lunch. When she got home her
mother told her she had taken a
dollar that had been long ago
given to her by graidmother.
The coin was old and had nicks
on it around the edges. Coujd she
get the dollar back? Mr. Gilbert
son asked Mrs. Hurt, our cook,
if she still had the dollar. Since
the' dollar was brought to school
on Friday and it was now Mon
day, the money had been taken
to the bank by Mrs. Wait, super
visor of cafeterias. Mrs. Wait had
also noticed the dollar when she
had counted it and said some
thing about it at the bank. Mr.
Gilbertson called the teller at
the bank who' had received the
money from Mrs! Wait. But the
teller who had received the dol
lar was not on duty that day so
she would check with the rego
lar teller next day. On Wednes
day, five days later, Mr. Gilbert
son got a call' from the bank.
They had found the dollar. Mrs.
Wait got the dollar . from the
bank, gave it to Mr, Gilbertson,
who gave it to Jean for another
dollar who gave it to her moth
er and everybody was happy. I
think the bank should be. given
credit for .taking time so a lost
dollar could be found. Oh yes,
Mr. Gilberlson gave the other
dollar to Mrs. Hurt, who gave it
to Mrs. Wait, who put it in the
bank. End of story. ;
By E. V. Curling
Fsttara Syndicate, lac)
Marlene Dietrich baught 48 hats.
That's the New York City record
for hats purchased in one visit.
Nearest to come to it is the
Duchess of Windsor who bought
42 hats in one call at a midtown
Manhattan millinery , shop. The
speediest hat buyer is Barbara
Hutton. She is said to have tried
on and purchased 32 bats in a
half an hour.
Morning Meal
Gregory Peck's favorite
fast is a small portion of cereal
pius a raw egg beaten up in
sherry. This reminds me, I hav
not informed the clientele for a
long time as to what I have for
breakfast. My light breakfast is
oatmeal, prunes, two : poached
eggs, toast, a few hotcakes and
a pot of coffee.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. How
many children did Cleopatra
have, if any? A. She had- three
children one by Julius Caesar,
twins by Marc Antony ... Q.
What other songs besides "Will
You Love v Me in December' as
You Did in May" were written
by Jimmy Walker, once mayor
of New York? A, Jimmy also
wrote "There's Music in the
Rustle of a Skirt," "In the Val
ley Where My Sally Said Good-:
bye," "With the Robins 111 Re
turn" and "Kiss All the Girls, '
for Me." :
Bond Sales Totaled
$133,643 Last Month
Sales of series E and H savings
bonds in Jackson county in Jan
uary totaled $133,643, accordinB
to County Chairman 'Morris B.
Leonard. They totaled $111,758'
in January last year.
Savmgs bonds sales continued '
high in Oregon during the
month, according to figures re
leased by Ted R. Gamble, chair
man of vthe' Oregon savings
bonds committee. People in the
state bought $3,938,283 , worth
last month. - ? :
A peace-time sales record of
$5,481,659 was recorded in Jan
uary, 1955, and in spite of the
all-time high for the month last .
year, nine of Oregon's 36 coun
ties showed better totals this
Janiary than last.
Sales nationally last month
were $572,000,000, about $1,000,-
000 less than January, 1955. Sal
es exceeded total redemptions by
$122,000,000.; v