TENi-MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, March 8, 1956
Gloria Swanson Thoroughly Impressed With Documentary Film on Illiteracy
By GLORIA SWANSON I by Italians and Americans.
Written for United Press How much more effective
Rome (U.R) At the little j "seeing"' is than "hearing." This
theater of the American Em-(film of 33 minutes showed the
bassy I saw a documentary film i illiteracy of Southern Italy in a
entitled "Christ Did Not Stop At ! manner I will never forget.
Eboli." It was jointly produced ' A few Sundays ago I heard
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Q Washington President Eisenhower on Vice-President Richard
M. Kixon running again this year:
"If anyone has the effrontery to come in and urge me to dump
somebody I respect as I do Vice-President Nixon, there will be
more commotion around my office than you have noticed yet."
Dr. t rank LaubaucK, who in
saintliness is likened to Albert
Schweitzer. He was referred to
by St. Paul's Canon Shreves as
"a missionary with a difference"
because he has made it his mis
sion in life to combat illiteracy
and bring learning throughout
the world.
The figures he gave were
shocking. It is hard to believe
that more than one-half the
population of this Earth cannot
read or write. In Asia the figure
is as high as 90 per cent.
This man with a mission used
to have to knock on doors and
beg to be allowed in. Now gov
ernment heads are inviting him,
for he has risen above political
or religious, differences.
It was a moving sermon he
gave, but today it was topped
by seeing rather than hearing.
This short documentary film
moved me to tears seeing eld
erly peasants struggling to write
like a kindergarten five-year-old
seeing closeups of their
gnarled, wrinkled hands form
ing words and then the sparkle
in their eyes when instead of
an "X" they can write their
names. It brings a lump to your
throat.
Think how narrow their hori
zons must have been although
they may have liv;ed 30 to 80
years. Think what the written
word has brought us, who are
more fortunate. We have lived
a thousand lives in and through
literature. The past and the fu
ture have been brought to us
in the know.
Not reading of writing must
be related to the agony of being
deaf and dumb being unable
to express one's desires, dreams
and aspirations must be akin of
nightmare.
Great Crusade
If women with time on their
hands are bored, and there are
many (personally I don't under
stand the word "bored" except
in the company of a bored per
son), why dont' they join this
great crusade?
We still have illiterates in our
country even though school is
compulsory. Naturally it is the
exception rather than the rule.
Coriies of the film I saw can
be obtained from the American
Friends Committee headquar
ters in Philadelphia. Women
could raise money for this cause,
to help the Italian "National
Union for the Struggle Against
Illiteracy." Or if that is too tame,
they might join in helping Dr.
Laubauck. He often goes to fas
cinating countries such as New
Guinea where there still are
cannibals.
.These bored girls would not
have to have a new hat every
two seconds or even bother with
their canasta cards. In trying to
help build a more equitable and
understanding world, they might
not even find time for the ugly
word "bored."
Pnrand (U.R) The . British
uurin cific Fortune has
been pulled" free from mud on
the Washington side of the Co
lumbia river.
Roseburg (U.R) Dr. Roderick
G. St. Pierre, Palo Alto, Caif.,
will become manager of the vet
erans hospital here.
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Chicago Aerophysieist Darrel C. Romick on th. possibility ;
of scientists building space stations large enough so that Tn th. !
families of workers could join them:
"Imagine the view they would hay. from th.lr Uring room j
window" j
Minden, la. Registrar Winnice P. Clement on turning down
two dozen prospective white voters in Webster Parish (county)
because they could not interpret the federal Constitution:
"They warA the Negroes to interpret the Constitution That's
right and it's the law. But if the Negroes have to do it so do the
white people. That's only being fair."
New York Autherine Lucy, first Negro student at th.
University of Alabama who was expelled last week, in denying a
Communist North Viet Nam report that -she had written criticizing
th. United Stales:
"I am an American and I believe in the American system of
government. I am also a Christian and I believe in the teachings
of the Christian religion. My understanding is that Communism
rejects democracy and religion. Accordingly, I have no interests in
such an ideology. In my struggle for recognition as an American
student, I have approached it in the American spirit and without !
the help of any enemies of our country." j
Leesburg, Tla. F.C.W. Kramer Jr. on the 200 snails he is j
shipping to Hawaii to wage war on giant snails in vegetable
gardens: o ;
"These cannibal snails are so mean they will not only eat !
other snails, but each other as well. We had to pack them in egg
cartons and give each snail a stateroom of his own for the air
voyage over the Pacific."
ROGUE RIVER
EAT Club Has Turkey Dinner
By MRS. MYRTLE WHIPPLE
Rogue River The E.A.T. hob
by club met March 1 at the home
of Mrs. Art Smith in Griffin
Creek district. A turkey dinner
was served. All members but
two were present. Mrs. Ivan
Smith, who was a house guest
of Mrs. Floyd Smith, was a vis
itor. After the hobby gifts were
exchanged members held a short
business meeting and spent the
afternoon visiting.
The Rogue River Hobby club
meeting planned Feb. 28, was
postponed on account of weath
er, as was the Rogue River Gar
den club meeting.
Monday there was eight inches
of sSow on the ground.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have pur
chased the Robinson place on
Cedar st. The Jones are man
agers of the Homestead cafe.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Smith of
Vancouver, Wash., spent several
days last week visiting Smith's
brother, Lloyd Smith, and wife.
Also visiting at the Smith home
is Smith's uncle, Bob Hollins of
Post Falls, Ida.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Miller en
tertained at dinner Thursday
night. Guests were their daugh
ter, Mrs. Betty Rhoten, and hus
band, of Wimer. It was Betty's
birthday,
Mr. and Mrs. John Breeding
were dinner guests Wednesday
of Mr. and Mrs. James Whipple.
Robert Hargitt left Sunday for
the Naval base at Oakland,
ealif., after spending some time
with his family here.
The woman's association of
the Community Presbyterian
church met Friday at the Fel
lowship hall to sew. A sack
lunch was held at noon
John Carter from Parks Air
Force base, Oakland, Calif., has
been home for about two weeks
but expects to leave Seattle
March 10 for Fairbanks, Alaska,
where he will be stationed for
two years
Bob Petrie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. G. Petrie, is home on a
10-day leave from the Navy.
Mrs. L. T. Robinson of Rob
inson's Roaue River Grocery un
derwent major surgery at ' Sa
cred Heart hospital in Medford
Tuesday, and is progressing as
well as could be expected.
Mrs. Roscoe Hargitt and baby
are guests at the home of Mr. I
and Mrs. Richard Hargitt, prior
to leaving March 9 to join her
husband in Germany.
Mrs. Lee Campbell and son,
Hugh Holte, of Grants Pass vis
ited recently in Portland with.
Mrs. Campbell's brother and
family, Mr. and Mrs. . Nevell
Powell.
March 5 was the wedding an
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Miller and on Sunday their
daughter, Mrs. James Rhoten
and husband, arrived at the Mil
ler home and prepared a dinner
for the Millers.
Recent visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Campbell
of Rogue Variety store were Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Turner of Newell,
Calif.
Frosf Forecaster
Expected Here Soon
Roy Simpson, meteorologist
from the U. S. weather bureau
at Pomona, Calif., is expected to
arrive in Medford March 15 for
orchard thermometer testing and
frost forecasts.
He will remain in the 'valley
until April 15, when Meteorlo
gist Earl Rogers, Pomona, will
arrive for the remainder of the
frost season, according to County
Horticultural Agent C. B. Cordy.
Cordy asked orchardists to
bring thermometers to his office
so they will be ready for test
ing when Simpson arrives. Frost
forecasting begins about March
22-25, depending on the weather
and bud development.
The forecast service has been
done for the past 30 years by
Roy Rogers, Pomona, now re
tired, who is recovering from a
December heart attack, Cordy
said.
Washington (U,P.) The Army
engineers board for rivers and
harbors has deferred action on a
navigation project for Yaquina
bay and harbor at Newport, Ore.
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