SIX MZDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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These re the days that have
music in them.
With dawn's early light, the
robin begins his rolling carol.
Next a blue jay makes a flute
like call, far from his jeering
daytime rattle. As skies flush,
the wings of a pair of teal whis
tle sharply. In loud clear voice,
a brown thrasher tests the first
run of his long repertoire.
A downy woodpecker raps out
a furious beat on his favorite
reverberating dead maple limb.
Taking a strutting stance on a
pine log, a ruffed grouse drums
at five-minute intervals which he
may keep up for an hour at once,
wooing his demure hen and chal
lenging all comers.
A velvet -suited bumblebee
hums as she zigzags close to the
ground searching beneath fallen
leaves, roots, sticks, clumps of
grass a thousand and one places
to find a suitable hole in the
ground to build a thimble-shaped
waxen nest which will eventual
ly grow into a colony of a thou
sand before the summer is over.
A pregnant snake, about to
give birth to thirty young or so,
hisses at an inquisitive skunk.
From rockpile, a woodchuck
whistles.
High overhead, cutting great
circles, a soaring male red-tailed
hawk, much smaller than his
hen, sounds a husky squeal,
"Keeee-You!" over the swamp.
During its brief pause atop a
lone tamarack, a meadowlark
fills the air with a whistled mel
ody. A great blue heron, his neck
folded in a flat S, Caps slowly
and heavily on his solitary way
to the beaver-pond to stand and
see what gives.
An Impertinent chipmunk las
ses a passing doe, bulging with
fawn.
Kingfisher 8erchr
Pativfing his half-mile beat
from a dry stub overlooking the
course of the stream, a sharp
eyed belted kingfisher screeches
Insanely as an otter slips into
the water not far from the ten
foot long tunnel which the king
fisher and his more colorful mate
have dug out of the bank and
where she is now incubating
their eight white egs.
Two red winged blackbirds
battle in the air. They claw and
peck each other as they rise, up
and up; and still they claw and
peck as they drop to splash into
the pond, only then to fly apart
and voice triumphant "Kon
kereeee!" from different cattails.
With lengthening afternoon
shadows, the amphibians of the
marshy pond raise their song in
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chorus. In the distance, the rising-falling
inflections make an
appropriate background to the
eerie, aerial "winniwing" of the
jacksnipe, the simple liquid
songs of the descending wood
cock, and when everything is
dark, the unearthly scream of a
dying hare carried aloft in the
curved case-hardened Galons of
a great horned owl to become
the fodder of a pair of noisy
owlets.
Although the ruffed grouse
and a few birds may occasionally
break the night's silence, there
is an underlying scheduled rou
tine which links the day's
sounds. From ' the first faint
blush of dawn when the robin
sings, through the noon-day buz
zing of the bumblebee, to the
late twilight winnowing of the
jacksnipe, each sound seems to
come at the appropriate half
hour. Each in his way states the af
firmation of spring: This is the
season of triumph, of life over
death.
(Coypright, 1958,
by Eugene Burns)
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High School
By NELLIE RAWLINGS
Special days were set aside
this week for election of next
years' club officers. Phy-Chem
announced its
56-57 officers
this week:
P r e s i d e nt,
John Reeder;
vice president,
Steve Wisely;
Kay
Nicodemus.
The Order of
M officers
Nellie Rawlings
were elected and Gordon Owls
ley will be the new president,
with Terry Miller, vice presi
dent; Larry Perkins, secretary
treasurer; and Larry Cranston,
sergeant-at-arms.
Charles Acker will head the
Ski club next year; Pete Ker
shaw will be vice president, and
Jean Alley, secretary.
"La Tertulia" will be led by
Linda White as president; Jim
Funston, vice president; Art
Putney, secretary-treasurer, and
EJlen McUne, point keeper.
The Future Nurses of Amer
ica elected president, Ann Gar
ner; vice president, Linda Rob-
Homer Lyon Gels
Washington Job
Salem Homer G. Lyon Jr.,
reforestation director for the
state forestry department, has
been appointed assistant to As
sistant Secretary of Agriculture
E. L". Peterson, former director
of agriculture for Oregon. He
leaves for Washington, D. C,
May 12.
He will be assigned to duties
associated with various agencies
of the department under Peter
son's jurisdiction. They include
the forest service, soil conserva
tion service, extension service,
farm cooperative service, agri
cultural research service and the
agricultural conservation pro
prag. Lyon is a graduate of the
school of forestry at Oregon
State college. He was with the
Civilian Conservation corps' in
1933 and later was employed by
the Coos County Forest Protec
tive association.
In 1937 he was transferred to
the Sale moffice of the state
forestry department as reforesta
tion director and took over the
administration of the forest fee
and yield tax law.
Central Point Man
Retires From Business
Central Point C. L. Munn,
owner and operator of Munn's
Shoe Repair in Central Point,
has announced his retirement
from business.
Munn has been in the shoe
repair business in Central Point
for 13 year. The building on East
Pine st. has been sold to Carl
Nelson, who took possession
May 2.
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News Notes
ertson; secretary, Edwina Zawis
lak; and treasurer, B e r n i c e
Skoog.
Torch Honor had its elections
Wednesday and the following
Honor Roll students will serve
the club as officers next year:
President, Biil Frake; vice presi
dent, Marilyn Parsons; treas
urer, Sue Donna Doolen; and
secretary, Sally Greaser.
Musical groups who have elect
ed officers are, band, president,
Jay Mullen; vice president, Gary
Guss; and secretaries, Martha
Campbell and Leroy Knight.
There are still a few clubs
who have not elected officers
yet, but will have elections next
week.
All senior students who par
ticipated in city government on
student government day were
invited to be guests of the Elks
at their annual Youth Day
award ceremony at the Elks
Temple Thursday evening.
The date of the Junior-Senior
Prom is swiftly approaching.
Junior class leaders are making
plans to make this dance one of
the nicest proms we've ever had.
The following girls were elect
ed to be prom princesses: seniors,
Pauline Bliss, Molly Walker,
Delora Dunn, and Nellie Rawl
ings; and juniors, Sally Ross,
Dianna Getchell, Jean Alley, and
Jan Schliep. A queen will be
elected from the group of senior
princesses to reign at the big
event. The queen will not be
announced until the night of the
prom, May 12.
Invitations for students to at
tend the prom who are not stu
dents at Medford High may be
secured from the deans.
Auditions " for next year's
choir are being held every night
after school in the vocal music
room. AH students who plan to
be in choir next year must audi
tion. PHIL HITCHCOCK
PROGRAM.....
TUESDAY: '
4:00 P.M..4:45 P.M. Tour Elk lumber Co.
View Expansion Program.
4:45 P.M.-6:00 P.M. - Reception, American Ugion Hall
Central Point. Meet public and answer questions.
7:30 P.M.-8:45 P.M. - Attend Candidres Night at
Y.M.C.A. Meeting of Young Republicans. PUBLIC
INVITED.
9:30 P.M. Telecast KBES-TV
WEDNESDAY:
S:00 A.M.- 9:30 A.M. - Ashland Hathaway House.
Candidate Hour Over Coffee and Rolls.
9:30 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. -Visit Tucker SnoCat and
Bear Crook Orchards.
10:30 A.M. At Airport. Take Off for Eugene.
Jackson County Phil Hitchcock for U.S. Senator Committee, Robert
Rukovina, Chairman. Pd. Pol. Adv.
Participation in
Home Inspections
Urged by Barker
Medford Fire Chief Gordon
Barker has urged home owners
to take advantage of the 1956
home inspection program which
starts tomorrow morning.
Firemen will contact house
holders located on streets ex
tending east and west this year.
They contact one-half the homes
every other year, Barker point
ed out.
Inspection will be conducted
from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and from
1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Home inspec
tions are made only on the in
vitation and consent of the
householder, Barker stressed.
Inspection Purpose
N One of the purposes of the
annual inspections, Barker said,
is to point out to homeowners
simply and briefly how to recog
nize and eliminate home fire
hazards.
"Lack of understanding and
human carelessness," he said,
"are responsible for approxi
mately 90 per cent of all fires."
Public support of the home fire
prevention campaign, he noted,
will help eliminate needless
waste and instances of individ
ual misfortune.
Records show that during the
past five .years, Oregon home
fire claims have averaged more
than 77 per cent of all fire loss
claims, and more than 70 per
cent of the lives lost by fire
were in dwellings, Barker said.
He noted that 77 persons died in
Oregon fires last year, and 54 of
them were in dwellings. Twenty
eight fire casualties were chil
dren under five years old.
Causes of fires which resulted
in fatalities during 1955 includ
ed careless smoking, 25; children
playing with matches, 4; heat
appliances, 22; electrical appli
ances, 1; gas appliances, 3; gaso
line, kerosene, solvent, 6; open
fires, 7; and unclassified, 9.
Camping Standards
Discussed at Meeting
Camping standards were dis
cussed at the American Camping
association meeting, Southern
Oregon section, in Klamath
Falls last week.
Attending the meeting from
Jackson county were Marjorie
Hattan and Glenn Klein, county
4-H agents; Mary Aldrich, girl
scout executive; Mrs. Lynn
Hayes and Mrs. Maurice
Ritchey, Medford, and Mrs. Mae
Hoffman, Rogue River, girl
scout leaders; Dick Lamb and
Cliff Hanson, scout executives,
Crater Lake area council; and
Mrs. Al Smith, Mrs. Frances
Krouse, and Mrs. J. W. Bigham,
4-H leaders.
Officers elected for the South
ern Oregon section were Mrs.
Naomi French, Klamath Falls,
chairman; Robert Jones, Med
ford, chairman; Glenn Klein,
Medford, first vice president.
Dr. Elmo Stevenson, Ashland,
second vice president; and Mrs.
Gladys B. Amundson, Roseburg,
secretary.
Committee chairman elected
were Mary Aldrich, day camp
ing: Jerry Thorne, Klamath
Falls, public relations: the Rev.
Al Merquam, Grants Pass
church camping; and Mrs. W.
W. Stevenson, Medford, camping
legislation.
Ontario province Is larger
than France and Spain combin
ed. Announcing
PHIL
iiitciicock
FOR
UNITED STATES
SENATOR
WILL VISIT
JACKSON COUNTY
TUES. and WED.
May 8th and May 9th
DONA BROWN
Receiving Watch ,
Medford Police Close
94 Per Cent of Cases
A total of 94 per cent of all
cases reported to Medford police
department have been closed,
according to the monthly report
of the police department. The
total is the same per cent closed
during April, 1955.
Police received 1,286 reports
and 1,214 of the cases were
closed, the report showed.
Of 62 major offenses report
ed, 32 per cent were closed, com-,
pared to 44 per cent closed last
year.
Of 449 miscellaneous cases 93
per cent were closed, compared
to 92 per cent last April.
About 90,000,000 motor ve
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Applegate Girl Takes
1st in Essay Contest
Dona Brown, member of the
Applegate Dairy-a-teers 4-H club,
was recently presented with a
watch in Boise, Ida., for placing
first in an essay contest spon
sored by the Pacific Northwest
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders as
sociation. Presentation was made at the
association's annual banquet last
month at the Basque Center,
Boise, Ida., in connection with
the Brown Swiss sale.
Mr. Wilkie, General Mills rep
resentative who made the pre
sentation, spoke of Dona's 4-H
club work with Brown Swiss
cattle and the essay she wrote to
win the award. The contest was
open to all junior members of
the Pacific Northwest Brown
Swiss association in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana
who are engaged in 4-H or FFA
club work.
While in Boise, Dona toured
the capital building and attend
ed the Pacific Northwest Brown
Swiss Breeders 10th annual con
signment sale. She returned
home by way of Bend.
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