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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, May 25, 1958 'Miss Minnie's' Apparent Need For Affection Prompted Thefts Editor'! note: Thli li tYtr Ut In a fnrt of articles on Ml! Minnie Mancnm, who Is charted with steal Int soma (2,000,000 from her employers. By H. D. QUIGG United Preif Correspondent Norfolk, Va. U.R.' Miss Minnie Clark Mangum, a plain, gray spinster from a plain, gray neighborhood, was known as a soft touch. She showered gifts on others, spent little on herself. It made her feel good to give things to others. According to the Common- Modernize with DRICK o o o Especially designed for Interior Q nnisi with Decorate O ArTtt .BRICIC0 It's figrrtweigrrt . . . made Q so you can Install planters, walk, room dividers, fire- places, grills and ever so many other things by Q yourself in a few hours inexpensively ... without Q mortar, mess or heavy foundations. Q REAL DRICEl o IN Soft Decorator Colors 'SUNSET GOLD DESERT RED LAKE GREEN COMI IN FOR FREE IDEA FOLDER end DEMONSTRATION BIG PINES LUMBER CO. 6th & Fir Street Phone 2-6251 o o o o o o o o wealth of Virginia, she felt good to the tune of nearly $2,000,000 during the last 22 years. It ac cused her of embezzling the money from the Commonwealth Building and Loan Association, of which she had been assistant secretary treasurer for 26 years. In court this week she ad mitted taking more than $1.1 000,000 million about the same amount that the federal govern ment is suing to collect from her friends and relatives to whose "use and benefit" she allegedly diverted the funds. "She always seemed to be having the time of her life, giv ing things to people, said a woman who knew her. "She was real sypmathetic, and she made a lot over children. At Christmas time, she was more than gen erous. And you can bet the de partment stores snapped to at tention when she called them Miss Minnie reared a nephew and sent him to college. She gave expensive gifts. One auto mobile dealer said she bought S30.000 worth of cars in on year and gl them away. One sister and her family allegedly got $287,000; another $128,000 I Told You So Although there were some "I told you so's" voiced by male acquaintances in her neighbor hood when the crash came for Miss Minnie, the general reac tion of those who knew her socially and in business was shock. "It must be a horrible mistake she's a real fine wom an." Why did she do it? The most plausible theory of her gener ous gift giving is that she had an inbred hunger for affection. Miss Minnie's father died when she was in her early teens, and life for the family was grim. Neighbors don't recall any girl hood romances for her, nor does she seem to have had other than business relations with men dur ing her middle ag. She lived with-and for-her job. She sup ported an aged mother and blind sister in her plain, frame house. Her pastor, the Rev. Clayton Pitts, who has a Ph. D. in re ligious psychology, puts it this way: "Due to the fact that she had to become very early in life the main support of the family and had the responsibility as she matured of a widowed mother and a young brother and a sister who was losing her sight, the ordinary girlhood associations with men were largely denied her. "Consequently, it's possible that an inbred hunger for affec tion may have somehow affected the taking of money and giving it to others for which she would get outward affection. It made them look on her as a very fine person." Lived Quietly Miss Minnie lived quietly, Neighbors don't seem to have been too well acquainted with her. "I never heard anything about her," one said, "except that every once in a while somebody would wonder where she got the money to do some of the things ihe did." She gave toys to poor children at Christmas, was active in the women's bible class at the Port Norfolk Baptist Church, and, for a time, taught a Sunday school class. Her regular church offer ings were modest, but she did give $8,800 to the church build ing fund over an 11-year period. Roy F. Phillips, president of Commonwealth Building and Loan for the last 10 years, says "Miss Minnie was good natured and met the public well. People were crazy about her. They'd shout, 'Hi, Miss Minnie' as they passed by. I heard that a man who came in the office one day had said of her, 'There goes a saint, if there ever was one'." 'Medic TV Show, Losing Sponsor Hollywood (U.R) The pro ducers of "Medic" today put the partial blame on a controversial Caesarean program for report edly losing the sponsor of their television show. Frank La Tourette and Jim Moser, creators of the medical series, Thursday said they had been informed by an NBC of ficial that the sponsor had quit. They said the official also told them the network would drop the show rather than find a new sponsor. An NBC spokesman, however, said the network hadn't decided what action to take "and per haps another sponsor and time slot will be found." The program recently caused a furor when the network at the last minute cancelled a sched- duled filmed program showing a Caesarean birth. "We think this was on fac tor in the present situation," Moser said. "However, we had other difficulties with NBC." RACE COURSE CLOSED Brussels, Belgium (U.R) A public works inquiry committee has ordered Chimay race course closed until a modification is made on Salles Bend where four persons were killed and 19 in jured last Sunday. Med ford Growers For dependable, low-cost pest control . . . use these proved Du Pont fruit chemicals Keep scab off apples and pears with Du Pont "Fermate" or "Zerlate". Either fungicide can make your fine-finish program more profitable. Fruit gets proved protection combined with mild action. Theres' no russeting or scald. And the mildness of "Fermate" or "Zerlate" pays another dividend . . orchards using these materials have a history of Improved production. Control bull's-eye rot with Du Pont "Zerlate". Profit from a higher yield of clean fruit plus lower repacking costs. Tests in the Northwest show that "Zer late" also reduces decay in storage caused by anthracnose and perennial canker. StJPONl UCU.X.MX.O'I Better thingt for better living . . . THROUGH CHEMISTRY You get powerfully effective mit control with Du Pont EP 300. Take advantage of its long-lasting resi dual action to control Willamette mite, European red mite, Pacific and two-spotted mite. Compatible with Fungicides in combination sprays, EPN olso stops pear psylla and certain other Insect pests. For top efficiency, add Du Pont SPREADER-STICKER. It mokes ehemt cal sprays more effective . . . helps wet waxy leaves more thoroughly, uniform ly. Pesticides stay put longer, won't col lect to cause fruit spotting. See your dealer for these end other outstanding Du Pont pest control products. Ask him for the latest information en pett control, or write to Dupont, Grasselli Chemicals Dept., Ill Sutter Street, San Francisco 4, Calif. On all chemicals, always follow label instruc tions and warnings carefully. Feeding the Family By ZOLA VINCENT Food Editor Vegetable Scallop That Is Different Everyone fixes scalloped pota toes and everyone likes them. Here's a version that is certain to become a family and a party favorite. Keep this recipe handy. For each six generous servings (eight if there's another vege table), peel and slice eight or nine good-size potatoes, five or six carrots and two medium size onions. Mix one can cream of mushroom soup and two cups milk. In a buttered baking dish, put a layer of potato, carrot and onion, sprinkle lightly with salt, pepper, bits of butter; now ' a light sprinkling of flour or crum bled crackers and add part of the soup and milk mixture. Re peat until everything is used. Add more milk if necessary so that it comes up just to top of po tatoes. Cover and bake in moderate oven, 325 to 350 degrees, about 45 minutes; uncover and bake 30 to 40 minutes longer, until pota toes are tender and well-browned. Wall Buffet. In the garden, it is a good idea to place the table against a wall. Flowers or other table decorations can be a flat arrangement close to the wall; takes up little room, gives a dra matic effect, isn't so likely to blow away. Picnic Salad In-a-Jar For outdoor salad serving, take along this quart-jar salad mix that is quite filling, together with a washed and chilled head of lettuce wrapped first in a damp cloth then jn waxed paper. At the scene, break lettuce into bits on picnic plates and heap with this bean and cheese mix ture. Six to eight servings, again dependent on variety in other foods. Blend one-half cup mayonnaise and one-fourth cup French dress ing in a bowl, add two cups drained, cooked or canned green beans, one cup thinly sliced cel ery, one cup diced American cheese, two tablespoons minced onion, salt and pepper to taste. Toss together until well coated, then put in a quart jar, cover and chill thoroughly ready to go in to picnic basket along with wrap ped lettuce. Picnic Sandwiches. Carry slic ed bread of several kinds to the picnic spot or back yard, along with the various sandwich spreads so that each can make his own sandwiches. Pickles Perk Up Picnics And Most Other Meals Too The pickle packers are cele brating National Pickle week. Being a pickle enthusiast, we think it a fine idea to remind people that pickles perk up pic nics and every other meal, too, with the possible exception of breakfast. Pickles have been popular since ancient times. Both Egyp tians and Romans prized them. More pickles are sold in Ameri ca than any other vegetable; that's what a pickle packer told us. Most pickles are packed in clear glass jars with small infor mative labels in order to allow a maximum of pickles to show. Pickle packers feel that a good looking pickle is its own best salesman. And we agree. Pickle Varieties Walking down a pickle aisle In a local store, you're likely to find nearly two score varieties of good-tasting, crisp, .piquant pickles to choose from. There are three kinds of fermented dills; genuine dills, genuine Kosher dills and overnight dills. Then there are processed dills. ' Dills are to hamburgers as mustard is to ham. There are whole sour pickles, sour mixed pickles, sour relish, chow chow. There are whole sweet pickles, sweet mix ed pickles, candied dill sticks, strips or chips, cut lengthwise or in slices, sliced . sweet pickles (sometimes called cross-cuts) and sweet pickle relish. There are fresh-packed pickles, sweet fresh cucumber pickles, pasteurized or Polish-style dills and there is ve getable relish in variety accord ing to individual packers. Easy to Digest Pickles are packed with good food values and are very easily digested; so let the children eat all they want! Keep a variety handy for adding zest to sand wiches and mixed green salads; for fresh crisp flavor contrast for roasts, chops, fish, poultry. Grill Notion. Problem in gar den grill cooking sometimes is how to keep meat or fish from sticking to the hot metal mesh. To avoid this, use a folding wire toaster and set its corners on small stones so that meat is an Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport inch or so above the hot grill. When meat or fish is done on one side, flop toaster and all. We needn't remind you that charcoal must have burned down to red gray coals before you start grill ing. Picnic Season Finds Record Poultry, Eggs, Pork, Beef Before we get over in the edi bles departments, we remind you to put in good supplies of waxed paper, aluminum foil, paper plates, cups, napkins and other time and energy savers for fre quent use from now on. Whatever the weather, we westerners stretch the summer season just as far as we can as we take to the woods, the near est waterways, picnic grounds or any other handy outdoors spot where food tastes so much better than indoors. Fryers and Broilers. Twenty six ways of fixing fried chicken, says a book on our desk; and all of them probably will be in use as record supplies of poultry continue to come to market. In doors or outdoors, charcoaled, grilled, fried, barbecued, broil ed, hot or cold, poultry makes superlative eating at surprising ly low cost. While you're about it, pile it high, hoping to have enough left over for another meal tomorrow or the next day. Cold chicken with bread and but ter sandwiches for eating at home, taking to work or to school. Plentiful Eggs. For myriad uses including hard-cooked, stuffed, deviled and for going in to potato and macaroni salads, eggs are a good buy. Buy from a dealer who sells graded eggs in cartons and who keeps them re frigerated. Look for "good buys." Use Grade AA and A top quality for poaching, frying, cooking in the shell. For ingredient purpos es such as scrambling, in omelets, for baking, cooking, salad dress ings and cooked dishes, grade Bs are completely satisfactory, rep resent considerable savings. Plentiful Poik. Pork bonanza is nearing an end, so enjoy it accordingly. Most of the surplus has been eatep which means prices are due to rise. Current supplies of 'bacon, pork sausage, hams and smoked shoulder cuts are good; prices low. Quality beef continues plenti ful but lower grades will in crease as summer advances. Now is the time to stock the freezer with a good assortment of both plain and fancy cuts. Other Good Buys. Dairy pro duction is rising. Food fats and oils are plentiful. Among fruits, fresh oranges and grapefruit are plentiful, reasonably priced. Plenty of bananas. Eating apples Attorney Genera Rules On Married Pupils Salem U.R The attorney general has ruled that any must not be "held"; eat them right away. Vegetable displays feature asparagus, lettuce, ro maine, carrots, radishes, green onions, potatoes, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, cauliflower. Field grown rhubarb is a bargain. school board rule or regulation excluding married pupils who are otherwise eligible would be arbitrary and unreasonable and therefore invalid. "There is no law of Oregon which authorizes the exclusion of a pupil by -reason of the mar riage of such a pupil," the ruling stated. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. HELPLESS EIGHT HOURS Jackson, Miss. (U.R) W. O. Whalej", 76, lay helpless for eight hours Thursday with in juries suffered in an automobile accident. Whaley's chest was crushed and his leg broken when his truck turned over on a coun ty road about midnight, but no one heard his shouts or honking of the truck horn until a passer by found him long after sunup. COLDSPOT FREEZERS the one appliance that pays for itself. FEATURES Lifetime Porcelain Liner Local Service Dept. for Service No Sweat Feature Self Balancing Safety Lid Thermostat Temperature Control Quick Freeze Section PLUS- Easy Payment Plan 2-Way Protection Plan at NO EXTRA COST! 1. We guarantee Coldspot sealed refrig erating systems for 5 years against any defect in materials or workmanship. All other parts carry a similar 1 year guarantee. 2. We protect your food investment! 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JOE Trick Pony (Every Hour) k Central Point Rural Fire Protection District 4c Medford Rural Fire Department 4c Active Club Concession Jackson County Disaster Gar. Josephine County Disaster Car On Display. Courtesy Medford Mail Tribune
