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. .... ! h.i.,..w..TMWWii,, ).mww'ym'mm m m,,i. m.fw.m ') vMiimm m , n.m))J,,iMmi mAVivwiMU fa3 irv!s fJ& '4tliilis. Picture windows 20 feet long on either side make this $50,000 Van-O-Rama a mobile showcase as it moves along the highways on a 15,000 mile coast-to-coast tour carrying the advance-styled Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser. By lowering its glass sides, the van converts into a self-contained unit to display the Cruiser. The first glass-sided, full-length trailer ever built, it brings Mercury's forward-thinking styling ideas to all parts of the country. Simple Garden Seed Enticing Promise Of Spring To Many Amateur Growers Washington Ag a harbinger of spring, the ground hog, robin nd first crocus each has its ad vocates. But to many people there's no more enticing promise of spring than simple garden seed. Since dreary January, garden ers have been thumbing through their seed catalogues where, as one helplessly addicted reader admits, "all melons are monster, all asters are giant, all petunias double-frin?ed." The magic of the dreambooks dissolves all memory of past failures. And hope for this year's gardens rises VOTING IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS When You Vote May 18 IT'S LEE VILMETH for Justice of the Peace Pd. Pol. Adv. Wilmeth Committee like sap in the trees For their 1956 gardens, an estimated 30,000,000 Americans will buy flower seeds and about half as many, vegetable seeds Seed sales have never been bet ter. One large mail order com pany alone puts out as many as 1,500 varieties. Another company, which sells through racks in stores, offers 1,100. One of its most loyal cus tomers, an elderly lady who trades at a Philadelphia depart ment store, arrives with her chauffeur each spring and buys one packet ot every single varie ty. Vegetables, Beware! I Not all buyers are so easily ' persuaded. Most are especially wary of new vegetables. One catalogue once devoted a whole page in praise of a newly de deloped vegetable called tam pala. A Chinese import, it re sembled spinach but withstood heat and didn't collect sand. Now, a decade later, tampala is relegated to a back-page men tion and good old sandy spinach holds down its traditional place in the book. Even yeuow sweet corn had to be given away at first. People wouldn't buy anything that looked like "horse corn." Broc coli also had a hard time catch ing on. Since 1940, however, its sales have tripled. Such success augurs well for purple cauli flower, an old vegetable now being revived. It turns green when cooked and tastes like broccoli. Nationwide, the best seller continues to be the radish, fol lowed in order by lettuce, beets and cucumbers. Gardeners' tastes vary enough according to tradition and geography, how ever, that one company sends its seeds to stores in special assort ments. Northern states get such quick-growers as carrots, beets, lettuce and radishes. The S (South) assortment . features white radishes, collards, okxa, turnips and mustard greens. Calls for the S assortment have recently been increasing in the north. In fact, the only as sortment for which demand re mains stolidly predictable in the E New England. Except in Boston, where the I.V. (Italian) special cuts across geographic lines, New Englanders can still be counted on to want their pole beans, early corn and winter squash. Zinnias are No. 1. In flowers, tastes are more universal. Zinnias are the favor ites; petunias, nasturtiums and sweet peas, the runners-up. Petunias produce seeds so minute that some of the more expensive hybrid varieties are worth many times over their weight in gold. 'One ounce, con taining more than 275,000 seeds, wholesales at $350 . . To enlarge tiny seeds to make them easier to plant and to eliminate thinning and trans planting growers nowadays often coat them with clay, mixed with fertilizers and pesticides. One West Coast grower even dyes the clay-coat the color of the prospective flower. Oak Grove School Band to Hold Concert The annual Oak Grove school spring concert will be held at 8 p.m.. May 17, on the front lawn of the school grounds. In case of inclement weather the concert will be in the gymnasium. The 31 member band is under the direction of Elmer Ayres. The public is invited to attend the concert. SHOULD .BE EXCUSED Knoxville, Tenn. (U.R) Sam Marshall,. 41, told police he rammed a parked car with his auto because he "was closely observing ; a nice-looking girl with a beautiful set of legs, clad in shorts. . . " rJ . . . e Let's GET THING S DONE in Washington ELECT 2AS U. S. SENATOR DOUG McKAY CAN BEAT MORSE "Doug McKay can lick Morse. The spotlight of the coming campaign will clearly point up the vast differences between these men one of them a glib talker, and political opportunist, the other a hard determined worker with a record to prove it." The Malheur Enferprite Oregon needs Doug McKay as United States Senator. His excellent record as Mayor, State Senator and Governor proved his ability to get things done. As President Eisenhower's Sec retary of the Interior he worked with and gained the respect of the nation's top budget and policymakers. He will restore the respected and effective representation that YOU and Oregon have lost in the nation's capital. - You're entitled to All these qualifications . . . The Prestige of service in the President's cab inet and with the nation's top budget and policymakers. The Knowledge of Oregon's problems and needs; gained as Mayor, veteran, State Senator and Governor. The Understanding of Washington, D. C its politics and personalities. He already knows them. The Background of a man who built a busi ness from the ground up to outstanding success. The Personality of a man famous for making friends easily. Wlierever he goes he will make friends for Oregon. The Fighting Spirit of a fighting Republican who in 26 years of public service has never lost an election. Pi Adv. McKar fer Eiinr Committae. W. L. (Bill) PhiHw. Chairman, 52$ S.W. Bratdway. Portland S. Orejofl . Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1956 8 Pages Knights of Columbus Schedule State Meet In Medford This Week Luke E. Hart, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus of New Haven, Conn., will give the principal address at the opening session of the 48th annual state convention of the Knights of Columbus here Frdiay, May 18. Registration for the three-day convention will start at !J a.m. Friday under the direction of Edward J. Bell, state secretary from Stayton for delegates, and Frank DeSouza, Medford, for visitors. The fourth degree biennial meeting will start at 10:30 a.m. Friday, with the opening con vention ceremony starting at 2 p.m. with the call to order by James Halford, district deputy. Welcoming addresses will be by Jack Batzer, grand knight of Medford's Rogue River council, and Mayor Earl Miller. Friday Session The Friday afternoon session will include committee appoint ments, reports of state officers and communications. The convention banquet will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday in St. Mary's school gymnasium. Speaker for the banquet will be Dan Hay, state public relations, Portland, who will speak on "More Light and Less Heat in All Things." Also on the banket program are the Rev. Nicholas J. Deis, pastor of the Sacred Heart church, who will give the wel come address; Michael R. Hine, state deputy; and the Rev. Ed mund J. Murnane, state chap lain. Business sessions will resume at . 10 a.m. Sunday, when new business will be discussed, and officers and delegates will be elected. A site for the, next state convention also will be selected. Entertainment Scheduled Entertainment for wives of convention delegates and visitors includes a trip to Jacksonville Museum starting at 11 a.m. Sun Sunday. A ladies social wjll be held between 2 and 4 p.m. Sat urday at the Rogue Valley Coun try club. Other evening entertainment for convention delegates and vis itors includes a social hour be tween 6 and 7:30 p.m. Friday in Sixes Youth Drowns On Walk With Dog Sixes, Ore. (U.R) David Reu tercrons, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Reutercrons of Sixes, drowned in the Sixes river near his home here Monday evening. The boy had gone for a walk with his dog. About 15 minutes after his departure the mother saw the dog returning to the home alone. Searchers found the body about a mile downstream shortly later. CASE DISMISSED Madison, Wis. (U.R) Charges against Dexter J. Weise, 24, for illegally having a siren on his motorcycle were dismissed Tues day when he explained he was just doing his imitation of a siren. He proved his case with a courtroon demonstration. the Pioneer room of the Jackson hotel, and a crab buffet dinner at 8 p.m. Friday in the St. Mary's school gymnasium. A mixer so cial will be held in the Jackson hotel between 10 p.m. and mid night Friday. Convention business sessions will be held at Carpenter's hall, 123V2 West Main, st. IKE PLAYS GOLF Washington (U.R) Presi-! dent Eisenhower played golf i Tuesday at the Burning Tree Club. I PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED It yeiir picture tube dull end weak' Moit picture tube ean be fetterea to original brightneta et oatf traction et the coat ot replacement. For turthet in formation CALL Electronic Service 18 N. 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