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rOWHTKK MTOFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, June 24. 1956 LEARNING TO TEACH Getting in on the ground floor to become Red Cross swimming and water safety instruc tors are Brian Harty, 14, and Marilyn Johnson, 15. Teach ing the teenagers how to teach is Thora Johnson. They are two of 300 teenage volunteers being prepared at Fleishhacker Pool in San Francisco to handle the annual Red Cross mass summer swim program. So far more than 19.000 children have applied for swim instruction in San Francisco this summer. The Family Council editor's Nose: The Family Council consists of a Judre, a psychiatrist, ft aewspaper editor, a women! pace editor and two newspaper write. These consult with clergymen, of -all faiths and denominations. All letters are held fen complete confidence. Mrt. R. C. L. She 'a rushing into impossible burdens Betty He isn't old, I love his children. Mrs. R. G. L. Our daughter Betty, 22, wants to marry a man of 40 who is a widower with two children. She did not meet this man until three months ago, yet she says she is absolutely cer tain that she loves him and that she cannot be happy without him. My husband and I agree that this cannot possibly be rignt. For years we were worried be cause Betty had few dates and never encouraged a boy to try to see her a second time. Once, when a relative arranged a date for her with a young man of 30, Betty expressed resentment, ac cusing her family of trying to marry her off to "an old man. Yet she seems to think: nothing of the much greater age dispar ity- We have talked to her over and over again about the other problem, that bf raising two youngsters who may not accept her as a mother, and of the com plications that would result if she were to have, children of her own. Betty seems completely unheediul of our advice and warnings. e Betty The man I want to marry may have been born 40 years ago, but I never think of him as an older man. He is youthful in spirit, without be ing childish. I do not expect to have any difficulties with the boys, who seem to take to me and of whom I am very fond. I never encouraged any of the men I met before because they were, in every instance, aggres sive and selfish. John is under Standing, patient and interested in a variety of things ttlat ap peal to me. The fact that he is a widower is certainly nothing to be held against him. I crfn't understand why my parents are not impressed with the fine thing he has done in maintain ing a good home for his children for five years since the death of their mother. After having known him. I can't imagine my self marrying any of the charac ters I had met before. The Council: Betty talks of John's patience. Then why the talk of marriage after having known him only three months? It is to be suspected, that ten sion has been created because Betty's parents became alarmed. This is extremely unfortunate. The age disparity and the chil dren cannot be lightly dismissed as problems. At the same time, the parents should acknowledge that John may really possess the virtues and attractions that Betty thinks she sees in him. It would be desirable to test this- relationship with a much j longer acquaintanceship. If the! tension "and controversy could i be dispelled and all concerned 1 get to know each other much better, it would become possible to reach the right decision. If Betty and John would agree that a three-months ac quaintanceship is far too little, in view of the circumstances, then Betty's parents should agree in turn to withhold judg ment and view John with an open mind. Patience is the key virtue required in this unusual situation. (Copyright 19SS. General Fea ture Corp.) Garden Notes 7 C. I. CORDY County Extension Agent for Horttculrur With the approach of warmer days we will have an increasing amount of brown areas appear ing in our lawns. These brown areas are most generally attri buted to the presence of lawn moths or a lawn fungus. If these pests are present they could be controlled by sprays which would be a rather happy solution. However, after having exam ined a large number of lawns there has been no case found where either lawn moths or fungus dieseases have been pri marily responsible. In some cases the presence of moths or fungus may serve to make the condition worse but the basic trouble is a lack of moisture. The first areas to turn brown are generally along walks, in corners or at the top of an in cline where the lawn may slope down to the sidewalk. These lo cations are most apt to suffer from a lack of water, as the sprinklers are generally set to water the center of the lawn most thoroughly. New Growth After the grass once turns brown it is very difficult to stimulate new growth which is necessary before the lawn will again green up. This can best be done by applying one to two pounds of ammonium sulfate to 100 sq. ft. and thoroughly wa tering it. The browner a lawn becomes before corrective measures are attempted the more difficult it will be to restore it to a nice green color. After a lawn turns brown it will not regreen until new blades of grass are pro duced. Most people are quite reluc tant to realize that it is a lack of water but most sprinklers distribute the water rather un evenly and also it takes much more water to wet the soil down a foot than is commonly real ized. A one-fourth inch iron rod or a shortened broomstick can be used to prod the soil after irrigation and if the soil is not soaked at least a foot deep then insufficient water is being used. It is also well not to water the lawn with the same pattern, that is the sprinklers should be News About Books From the Library Band Classes Open For Season Monday In a volume of essays pub lished by Houghton Mifflin in 1904 H. W. Boynton said this: "A common and trivial ex cuse given by those wh8 read little is that they have no time Rep. Liftrell Back From Road Sessions State Rep. E. A. (Al) Littrell Medford, recently returned from two interstate highway meetings, he reported Saturday. The first was a session of the western interstate commission on highway policy problems, held for two days in San Fran cisco. Attending were legisla tors from the western states, as well as officials of enforcement agencies. Highway law recipro city agreements on trucks and buses, motor vehicle noise prob lems, highway cost allocations, and the new federal highway construction program were dis cussed, Littrell said. Presiding was State Rep. Ju lia Hansen of Washington. At the San Francisco meeting, Littrell, a member of the state legislative highway interim committee, was picked as Ore gon representative to attend a three-day workshop meeting in Chicago of the American Asso ciation of Motor Vehicle Admin istrators. This meeting was devoted larffelv to discussion of reci procity highway agreements be tween states and provinces of Canada, and with Central and South American countries, Lit trell said. YA Officials Visit Jackson County Area Charles Langdon, manager of the Veterans Administration of fice in Portland, and E. A. Ma her, adjudication officer, were visitors at the office of Charles D. Holbrook, county veterans service officer in the courthouse last week. Langdon and Maher also vis ited Camp White and conferred with Manager E. K. Ricker. Also visiting here was Pat Tate, chief of the loan guarantee division of the VA in Portland. He and Holbrook went to Ash land to confer with lenders for the Veterans Administration. Eugene Busses Increase Single Fare Five Cents Eugene (U.R) A five-ceht in crease in single fare rates on some Eugene city busses was re ported Saturday by mass trans portation officials. The new rates will be effective today. The increases will affect only Springfield, River Road and Gil bert addition routes. Eugene lo cal fares and those on Coburg and Thurston road will remain unchanged. New rate on affected lines will be 25 cents for adults. Boy Scouts Pack 40 Cub Scouts of Den (J, Pack 40 of Central Point, had a swim ming party Thursday afternoon. June 21. Den mother Mrs. Tom Whittle drove them by car from Central Point to the Jackson Hot Springs. Boys attending the swim party were Dennis Ryer son, Ronald Stith, Charles Tay lor, Larry Meyer", Gary Joseph son, John Libby and . Gary Whittle. DOUGLAS TO SPEAK Seattle iUR Sunreme Court .Tustirp William f Tanitcrloc will speak at the Pacific Northwest International Writers conference here July 27. set in different places each time to more or less equalize the wa ter, application. for reading. One may have no time for eating or sleeping, but hardly no time to make love or to read. It is good will, concen tration, and the habit of dis patch, not leisure or unlimited opportunity, which have always performed the greatest wonders in both of those useful pursuits." Hints Given Here, then, are - some hints borrowed from Verena Ream of the Pasadena, California, Star News (including some that would hardly have been helpful in 1904). You'd have time to read, the journalist says, if you would: 1. Eliminate all unnecessary use of the telephone. 2. Use the radio and television for only the very best programs. 3. Read while riding the bus (or train, or plane, or boat). Keep a book in the car glove compartment to read at every waiting moment. It is shocking to realize the ac cumulated time that chauffeur ing can waste. 5. Take your book to the beauty .shop or the barber shop. Pull down the cur tain of your mind against sur rounding chit-chat. 6. Read while you eat lunch. 7. Read during that afternoon rest period (or coffee break: vou probably drink too much coffee and see too much of your co workers anyway). 8. During waits in the kitchen pick up a book of poems or meditations or short excerpts. (But better not dip into any whodunits unless your family likes its cakes cooked to a crisp. This is said from burned and bitter experi ence). 9. Set aside a time each day, such as 30 minutes before the children's bedtime, to read aloud with the family. 10. Try reading one heavy and one light book at the same time that is, a light book for your tired hours, a heavy one for your fresh time. Can Add To Life Certain it is that each of us has only 24 hours each day, only 365 days each year, and only one brief life to live. It is equally certain that reading really good books can add to that life the richness of experiences beyond our own, the wisdom and inspir ation of thoughts we have had no time to work out for our selves. Even in the most mun dane and practical activities reading can save us the time that must otherwise be spent in trial-and-error learning. The staff of the Medford Pub lic library would like to suggest that you give some thought to the matter of reading to save time and .to add life to your years. For books to aid you in this new adventure 'visit any agency of the Jackson County Library. 29 : .V-.I1..... Park t days frm StmttU See America's most famous Natl Park, thundering Yellow stone Falls, spectacular geysers, canyons, hot springs, wild ani mal herds. Farewell Dinner and 7 other meals included. Leave July 23 and August 27. Twin or doubl room rate, per person, plus tax. from Medford. Prices subject to change. TOWS MK13JK TtANSrOftmiON, HCTH I00MS, AND SKKTSEflNG, Pitt MEALS W SOME USES. 161 GREYHOUND MEDFORD DEPOT 212 N. Bartlett PHONE 2-2202 O SEf TOUR FAVORITE TRAVEL AGENT PLENTY ICE COLD Watermelon Shop . Today! 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Beginning band students of woodwind instruments report at 9 a.m., intermediate students, or those in elementary schools who have played woodwind in struments before, report at 10 a.m., and junior high band woodwinds report at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, beginning brass and drum students in ele mentary schools meet at 9 a.m., intermediates meet at 10 a.m., and junior high brass and drum students meet at 11 a.m. Those who have not register ed are asked to register Mond day morning starting at 8:30 a.m. in the high school band of fice. Tuesday night at T p.m. the first concert band rehearsal will be held in the high band room. All high school band members plus ninth grade and college students are welcome. I Orchestra classes will meet ; for the second session July 16. 1 New beginners may register for this last orchestra session July : 9. -. Classes are sponsored by Med ford public schools. ACCOUNTING SERVICE Large or Small Accounts Accepted C. E. Mac Phone Ashland 9-6941 Dr. Robert E. 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