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.
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per person, plus tax. from
Medford. Prices subject
to change.
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Summer band classes for
Medford students itart tomor
row morning in the high school
band room. I. A. Mirick is super
visor for the program.
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.
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