TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday, April 20. 1956
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LOIS JEAN BILES
4-H Member of Month
Lois Jean Biles
Is Named 4-H Club
Member of Month
Lois Jean Biles, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Veltie Biles, Rogue
River, has been named 4-H club
member of the month.
Lois, now in her 10th year
of 4-H, is a member of the Gold
Hill Livestock 4-H club. She
began club work in 1946 as a
member of the Sams Valley Live
stock club with projects of a
Duroc hog and registered Short
horn. Since then, she has . had
dairy, sheep and swine projects.
Miss Biles' first 4-H club lead
er was George Lofton in Sams
Valley. The next two years her
father'led the club,' and in 1950
the family moved to Rogue
River ujid Lois joined the Gold
Hill club, led by Normal Gail.
Junior Leader .
The past two years she has
been a junior leader of the group
and has worked with younger
4-H club members who have
swine projects. Miss Biles' con
tribution to her 4-H club and
assistance to members is among'
the most outstanding features
of her 10 years as a member.
She has held several .offices
In the club and served on many
. committees. The club sponsors
the Gold Hill Lamb show each
year.
The Gold Hill livestock club
has been active in county live
stock events. The club won the
La Pine Livestock Herdsman
ship trophy 1931 through 1954,
and members have done out
standing work in showmanship
contests. In 1953, Lois was the
first girl to win the grand
champion showmanship award
In the swine division.
Swine Projects
Lois has had swine projects
ever since 1947 when she had
her first swine 4-H project. In
1951 she exhibited the grand
champion fat hog at the county
4-H fair.
Lois has had sheep projects
si.ice 1950. She has raised grade
southdons and shropshires, and
now has 11 sheep in her flock.
In 1954 she placed first in sheep
showmanship and had a reserve
champion in breeding stock and
a reserve champion pen of
lambs at the Jackson county
fair.
Miss Biles had a registered
milking Shorthorn as a dairy
project for five years.
In 1954 and 1955 Lois attend
ed 4-H club summer school at
Oregon State college. She has
also gone to ' county 4-H club
camp at the Lake o' the Woods.
Active Brothers
Her brothers, Jim, 14, and
Dick, 20, have been active 4-H
club members. Jim, an eighth
grader at Rogue River, is in his
sixth year of club work and be
longs to the Gold Hill Livestock
club. He has projects in dairy,
sheep and swine. Dick, now em
ployed in Grants Pass, was a
10-year 4-H club member. He
won a trip to National 4-H club
Congress in 1952 as an outstand
ing dairy club member.
The Biles family lives on a
20-acre farm. Lois' father is a
salesman for Purina Feed.
Lois is a senior at Rogue River
High school. Music is her major
extra-curricular activity and
she was a member of the high
school band for three years and
sings in the high school coir.
Infantry Division
On Biggest Manhunt
Fort Riley, Kan. (U.P.) Vet
erans of the 1st Infantry Divis
ion (Big Red One) think they may
be on the biggest manhunt in his
tory. The Society of the First wants
to contact as many as possible
of the more than 250,000 men
who have worn the insignia cf
the division since 1917.
One of the reasons for the
manhunt.' of course, is to swell
attendance at the annual reun- j
ions of the '"Fighting First." This
vear's meeting will be held in
Boston, Aug. 24-26.
LONG DUET
Worcester, Mass. (U.R)
Speaking of love songs, Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Love, both 78, have
been singing duets at special oc
casions here for most of their
53 years of married life.
Bead and I'm Claisified Ada. . .
Arcturus Brightest Star
In Constellation Bootes
Br FAV VAN SCHOIAK
"When Zeus has finished six
ty wintry days after the solstice,
then the star, Arcturus, leaves
the holy stream of Ocean and
first rises brilliant at dusk,"
wrote Hesiod, a Greek poet, al
most 3,000 years ago.
Zeus has now finished more
than "sixty wintry days" since
the winter solstice (Dec. 21) and
Arcturus twinkles in the even
ing sky like a beautiful golden
yellow gem. It is the brightest
star in Bootes, one of the oldest
constellations on record. (Pro
nounce Bootes like saying go-over.)
Many ancient writers have
mentioned either Bootes or its
brilliant Arcturus, one of the
brightest and most famous stars
in the celestial sphere. We find
it spoken of twice in the Book
of Job and it was also referred
to by the Greek poet, Homer.
Received Attention
Arcturus has received a great
deal of attention by both modern
and ancient astronomers. Recog
nized as a harbinger of spring,
the Greeks were advised to
prune their grape vines before
this star appeared. They feared
Arcturus, due to the mistaken
belief that it was nearer the
earth than any other star, yet
though that a child born under
its influence would obtain hon
or and riches.
The Eskimos, who call this
star, "Sibwudle," and the Arabs
Mother's Overseas
Trip for Child
Has Tragic Ending
Metz, France (U.R) A sor
rowing American mother said
she would appeal to the U.S.
State department in Metz today
to help regain the 13-year-oid
daughter, who refused to em
brace her.
Mrs. Melitta Real, San Diego,
said she also intended to file
suit for legal custody of the
child.
Mrs. Real's 6000-mile journey
from California to reclaim the
child taken away from her by
the Nazis 12 years ago ended in
heartbreak at the Voelkingen,
Saarland police station yester
day. The girl, Ursula, clung des
perately to her foster mother,
Mrs. Maurice Ferry, and refused
to kiss Mrs. Real. Mrs. Ferry in
sisted the reunion take place
under the watchful eyes of the
police to make sure the child
was not taken from her by force.
Father Drafted
Mrs. Real was born in Yugo
slavia. Her daughter was born
while she was working at forced
labor in the Voelkingen steel
mills in 1943. The child's father
was drafted into Hitler's army
before they could marry, Mrs.
Real said.
The child was taken from her
shortly after birth and given to
the Ferrys by German authori
ties. After the war, Mrs. Real
and was divorced from an
American serviceman. She now
is married to a San Diego
mason.
She first learned Ursula was
alive through a letter from her
brother who lives in Voelkingen.
Glass has been manufactured
for about 4,000 years.
who designate it as the "Keeper
of Heaven," can tell the time
of night quite accurately by ob
serving the position of Arcturus
in the sky.
Astronomers at the Yerkes
observatory in Wisconsin used
beams of light which had left
Arcturus in 1893 to switch on
the electric current at the Chi
cago World's Fair, in 1933. So
far distant is the great sun that
it's light, traveling at the rate
of 186,000 miles per second
takes 40 years to reach the
earth. Astronomers tell us that
the distance between Arcturus
and the earth is 40 light-years
or approximately 240 trillion
miles.
Locating Arcturus
How can we locate Arcturus
and the constellation, Bootes, in
which it is located? Start with
the last star in the handle of the
Big Dipper. 'Then go on in a
slightly curved line down and
to the east or right till you come
to a very brilliant star, which
oushines everything in that part
of the heavens. This is Arcturus"
Just to the north or left of the
glittering Arcturs are five much
less brilliant stars. Together,
these six stars form a kite lying
on its side with Arcturus at the
point where the kite string
would be tied. This kite is the
constellation, Bootes, which is
almost half way up in the east
ern sky by 8 p.m. Each evening
it rises a little higher and dur
ing the months of summer. will
be visible in the northwestern
sky.
Ancient people .thought of this
figure as the inventor of the
plow, or the Plowman, but not
as a kite. The name, Bootes,
means Herdsman and sometimes
Bootes is represented as hold
ing two dogs in leash. The two
faint stars on either side of
Arcturus and not in the kite are
the two dogs. .
Because the dogs seem to be
chasing the Great J3ear (Big
Dipper), Bootes is also called the
Bear Driver.
Father's Fortune
Bootes, older son of Ceras.
goddess of the harvest, inherited
his father's fortune. Plutos (not
Pluto), the younger brother
secretly raised an ' army and
drove Bootes out of his palace.
Bootes, who did not care to
fight then made a living by
tilling the soil. After .much
thought and experimentation he
invented the plow to which he
hitched his bullocks, and so pre
pared his fields for. planting in
less time than anyone, had ever
done before. K-':-
"I was not born to rule over
men. I am happy in my farm
ing and only ask you to bless
my fields before you go," an
swered Bootes when his mother
offered to help him regain his
lost possessions.
"You have chosen wisely, my
son," replied his mother. "The
gods will reward you for your
great service to mankind."
When Bootes died, Jupiter
commanded that Mercury take
him to heaven instead of the
underworld and there in the
northwestern sky he drives his
plow during the. night of summer.
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ASTRIDE A WINNER
waving ms check, jockey
Bill Pearson sits astride a
television camera in New
York after booting home a
winner. He received top
money on TV's "The $64 - I
000 Question." 'i
Morse Cancels
Visit; Hitchcock
Assumes Credit
Portland U.R) Sen. Wayne
Morse announced through his
office here late yesterday that
he would not make his schedul
ed visit to Oregon this month as
previously planned.
Morse, who was due in the
state from April 20 to 28 and
was to have introduced Sen.
Estes Kefauver in Portland Sat
urday, night, said the press of
important business on the Sen
ate agenda would keep him in
Washington.
Kefauver is still slated to ad
dress a banquet meeting of the
state Young Democratic conven
tion tomorrow night.
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Portland U.R) Phil Hitch
cock says he may be responsible I
for forcing cancellation of Sen. j
Wayne Morse's scheduled visit
to Oregon.
Hitchcock, who is seeking the i
Republican nomination to con-i
test Morse's position, had told a
Eugene audience earlier this i
week that Morse was scheduling I
an Oregon campaign tour at '
"one of the busiest times in the j
Senate." Hitchcock told an Os-1
wego audience yesterday after-i
noon',- "Today I " learned these I
speaking engagements have!
been cancelled, ostensibly be-!
cause of the pressure of work in
the Senate. I prefer to believe
that unfavorable ' publicity I
was able to cast on his ignoring
of his job forced him to withdraw."
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