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Sunday. August II, 1951 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Buried Treasure V,,r ST) 9 1942 Telegraph Stamp Found To Be Valuable A friend of mine, who was working for Postal Telegraph when he got drafted in 1942, recently came across some stamps the company had given and which he had failed to use. Wisely, he decided to see if they had any value before disposing of them. The stamps were the kind used in lieu of money for send ing telegrams. They were pink in color and of five-cent denom ination. "I had five of them left," my friend said, "and when it came time to go overseas, I sent them along home with some other things." It was easy enough to check their value. Scott's United Stamp Catalogue Specialized gave a full description of them, including a picture. Their value was given as $6 each. My friend was surprised. "Imagine these things being worth 30 bucks," he said, and then, "but if that's so, I wonder what the old one's worth?" Actually ' it wasn't so old, though certainly interesting to look at. It was a blue stamp with number at the top, above a curlicued, late Victorian style nameplate carrying the compa ny's name. Below that, occupy ing the balance of the space, was the following close-packed message: "Good for one telegram of ten words to be transmitted subject to considerations agreed to by the user hereof. Void after 1908, Dec. 31st Clarence H. Mc Kay, President." I looked hastily at the de scription of the stamp in the catalogue and announced it was worth only S3. 50 . My friend looked disappoint edly at the picture, comparing it with the stamp itself, "t don't suppose it makes any differ ence," he said presently, "but my stamp has the initials 'O.D. at the top, and they don't show in the picture. The initials did- make a dif ference. The 'O.D' stood for 'Old Dominion Steamship Co.,' a firm that bought plenty of the Postal Telegraph . stamps so many, In fact, that unused cop ies, like the one before us, have a catalogue value of $60 each. BLUE AMD WHITE MARBLE. GLASS RARE COMBINATION Tiny rivulets of sweat ranr down my chest, and I was glad to see that the half-gallon pitch er of lemonade before us was sweating, too. But a cold sweat, not a hot one. And I reached for the pitcher to pour myself anoth er glass. "I'll do the pouring, Pink. Don't touch it." "Wny?" I asked. "There's no reason to disturb yourself. I can handle it all right. It's merely lemonade." "It's just a rule of the house:" said Jennie. "No one touches that pitcher but the master. After all, he paid $300 for it." I asked why so much. I "Because the man I sold it to recognized me when I went to buy it back," Pete said. His story was that back in 1937, when broke and living in a housekeeping room, he had decided the blue and white marble glass pitcher on his shelf might be worth something. He looked it up in some reference works on glassware, discovering that even in those days it was worth around $25. "I had only two bucks," he said, "but I told the landlady I was responsible for that little nick you see in the rim and of fered her a dollar In compen sation. She told me I was a fool but took it. "Within the hour I was $15 richer, and from then on things rapidly got better for me." "But how did the buyer hap- pen to keep it for so long?" I asked. "For one thing," Pete said, "he knew that blue and white marble glass is much rarer than any other combinations and al ways priced it high. It's actually worth about $100 dollars now, but for years he was asking more than that. And he was smart, too, because when he saw me come back he knew I had a sentiment al attachment to It and acted accordingly." MISNUMBERED PAGES PROOF OF EMERSON FIRST EDITION The room had the musty smell of an old parlor that the family reserved for weddings, funerals and minister's calls. Everything in it was primly arranged and hung just so. From the antimacassars on the velvet covered backs of the carved wal nut chairs to tha bead curtain that hung across the doorway, everything was painfully in place. Even the books in the book cases were marshalled in rigid ranks behind their glass doors. Wondering if by any chance they might be unlocked, I went over to try them. The first three were, but the fourth wasn't and so presently I was busy running my eye along the titles. They weren't especially inter esting books of sermons, hymn als, rracts. that sort of- thing. But at length 1 spotted one that struck a mildy responsive chord. To give it its full title, it was "Nature: An Essay. And lectur es on the Times," by R. W. Em erson. Few would ever accuse Emer son of being an exciting writer, and I'm not one of them. None theless, I felt a surge of excite ment as I drew out the book. Would it be a London, 1844 im print the first edition or a Boston, 1844? It was the former, and furth ermore, it was still bound in buff colored wrappers printed in blue, green, gold, red and black. On the outside of the back wrapper was a list of books put out by the Clarke Cabinet Series. It was the first edition, all right, but was it the first issue there were two in 1844. With an effort I recalled that one mark of the first issue was a series of misnumbered pages. In a couple of minutes I had found that what should have been page 41 was 43 and what should have been page 62 was 64. z Ail sat there, looking through the work, the owner of the place entered. I immediately told him of my find. "We have several first editions in here." he said, "Father col lected them." He spoke as if it had been a mild idiosyncracy on his parent's part. "But do you realize this copy is worth at least two hundred dollars?" "Really," he said, putting it back in the case. "It ought to be worth more." (Released by McClua Newspaper Syndicate) U WW Mm 11 rj If: -? 1 &N TURN THE OTHER CHEEK, GENERAL Miss Airpower (Joanne Alford) welcomes General Nathan F. Twining, U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff, to New Orleans with demure kiss on the cheek. General Twining is in New Orleans for the Airpower Panorama. JACKSONVILLE 1946 Class Holds Reunion By MRS. C. S. HpSKINS Jacksonville The 1946 grad uating class of the Jacksonville High school Jield a reunion and family picnic at McKee bridge Aug. 5. Eleven of the 18 students in the class were present, including Mrs. Mary Killingsworth. (Over- street) and daughter, Kelly: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nelson (Barbara Niedermyer) and two children of Winston, Ore.; Mrs. Dot Kantor Shultz and three children of Ash land. Fritz Offenbacher and wife of the Applegate, Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Offenbacher (June Clark), both graduates of the class, and two children of Crescent City. Calif.; Byron Carter and wife of Medford, Wesley Grinstead, wife and two children of Rupert, Ida.; Miss Simone Petard of Jackson ville, Charley McAllister of Med ford and Mr. and Mrs. John Ha- maker (Betty Rock) and two chil dren of Jacksonville. This is the first reunion held since the group graauaiea iu TOO I ATE TO CLASSIFY ATTENTION APT. HOUSE OWNERS: 1. 1213. gray scrou ruie. iw . (1x12 blue nia (Welton pattern, S4a. Both in excellent condition. 1 ma hogany steD-table S10. Call 2-6423 nciore 4 p.m. i-TON '41 Cher, pickup. Ph. 2-4343. IS Lay mash $3.95 cwt. 4 Grain scratch S4.10 cwt. Calf meal S2.10 25-lb. Xtra Egg Producer $4.70 cwt. Economilk Dairy $3.0 80-lbs. Morton iminng -o. BUNDLES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale 20o each luau iriDune Office 27 North Fir 2-H.P. Berkley pump and General El ectric single phase motor, new. aiou. Schafer Electric. Phone 2-2217. tlu Tribune Want Ads The Low Cost Way to Sell Items You No Longer Need For quick t-asn GRAIN bags. Sack twine. Morton MiU- ing. to. - DAIRY cattle powder-spray. Econom ical, easy to use. Morton Aiming Co. ' 31 BUICK SPECIAL 4-dr. R&H. $430. Ph. 3-3903. sedan. We give CREDIT where CREDIT is due, We give this same CREDIT to you. That is, CREDIT for knowings And also for showing. That to pay cash is the best thing to do. R B.W. SHARP'S DAIRY SUPPLY (Across from Holly Theater! WILL trade eastslde view lot for late model car or equity in noiaa. rn. 3-1967. FARM AUCTION SALE Sundav. Aug. 12. See ClassiiiciUon 17 for further details. FOR SALE: 1941 Chev. convertible. New top, very clean. 701 . central. NOTICE Tree service of all kinds. Phone 2-5378. withrow. WE FIX 'EM while you sleep at no extra cost. HAWKINS NITE GARAGE 816 S. Riverside Ph. 3-1534 FREE ESTIMATES & PLANNING on birch or fir kitchen cabinets. VALLEY FUEL CO. 16 W. 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Emanuel Celler QLtjLYJL "MEETINGS" The State Board of Accountancy announces that an examination for admission 1o the Roster of Account ants authorized to conduct municipal audits will he given on September 19 and 20. 1956. Applications for his examination should be in the hands of thr Board not later than August 30, 1936. Burton M. Smith Secretary-Treasurer Oregon State Board of Accountancy 637 American Bank Building Portland. Oregon POISON OAK? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL Ten must ba uh'sfias) or your rafter cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle te sts? t WESTERN THRIFT. years ago, and it was agreed that another gathering would be held in five years, in hopes that all 18 of the former classmates would be able to attend. House guests at the Ray Wil son residence last week, here to attend funeral services for Mrs. Martha E. DeHaas of Valdez, Alaska, a former Central Point resident and mother-in-law of the Wilson's daughter, were Mr. and Mrs. Hubert DeHaas of Val dez, Alaska; Mr. and Mrs. Har vey DeHaas of Cascade. Ida.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buchanan of Baker. Ore., and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hood of Valdez. Out-of-town week end visitors at the home of Mrs. Lois Fret well, here to attend last week's Gold Rush Jubilee, were Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Simmon of Port land. Mrs. Clarence Smith of En terprise, Ore., both sisters-in-law of Mrs. Fretwell, and a niece. Mrs. Arnold Hergenraider, and daughter Sandra of Prineville, Ore. They were en route home from Los Angeles where they visited other relatives before coming here. Miss Ruby Egbert of Olympia. Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cay lor and children, Sandra and Stanley, of Fresno, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Jack McKim of Smith River were all callers and guests Aug. 4 and 5 at the War ren Hazen residence. John Atterberry of Etna, Calif., was a house guest at Mrs.1 Pearl Whitney s home over Jubi lee week end in Jacksonville. Delbert Fryer of Port Orford, Ore., visited his mother, Mrs. Nina Fryer, at 107 Pine st. over last week end. Mrs. J. T. Bradley and son Ed die of Cottage Grove are here for a week's visit with her moth er, Mrs. Anna Rumley, and to take home her other two chil dren who have been vacationing with their grandmother the last two, weeks. Bradley will drive down after them from Cottage Grove next week end. Last week end visitors at the Ted Hewlett home were Hem- lett's aunt and uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Low of Troutdale. Ore. They have been on a vaca tion fishing trip, Austin taking in all their favorite good fishing spots in this area. Mrs. Ed Hinkle returned last week from a two weeks' stay in Portland where she attended the Presbyterian training school at Lewis and Clark college. The BUTTE FALLS Community Hall Progresses By MARY JO HARRIS Butte Falls Work on the Community hall is steadily prog ressing. Medco employees and gypos are signing payroll slips to have one day's wages de ducted and donated in their name to the Community Hall fund. Among the many- men that have given freely of their time to the hall are several whose chil dren are grown and absent from our community. One thing that has been stressed throughout the Com munity Hall campaign has been that residents with small chil dren and teen-agers will be. the ones to benefit. The building is badly needed and it is hoped that soon a plan will be forth coming so that all men that have worked and that want to work can be fitted into a sched ule that will not interfere with family and other community ac tivities. Times will be listed to give each man his chance to do his part towards his family and com munity. Among those that have many hours to their credit are Everett Moore, Donald C. Smith, Charles (Red) Capello, Ernest Smith! and Les Casey. A surprise birthdav party was given in honor of Mrs. Henry (Hank) Tygart July 19 at Willow Creek dam. Among, those at tending were Mrs. Alva Web. ster, Mrs. Dan McKeen. Mrs. Jack Rodgers, Mrs. Virgil Con ley, Mrs. Bruce Burton and Mrs. Ben Shepard. Mrs. Dan McKeen was guest of honor at a birthday party Au gust 2 at Willow Creek dam. Guests included Mrs. Dwayne Burton. Mrs. Bruce Burton, Mrs. Alva Webster, Mrs. Henry Ty gart, Mrs. Jack Rodgers, Mrs. William -L. Harris, Mrs. Roy Price, Mrs. Ed Wolfe, and Mrs. D. Hawkins. Mrs. Cecil Taunton invited several friends to her home July 28 to celebrate the birthday of her husband. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sheppard, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Harris, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cathey. One correction to last week's news concerns the party given by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Taunton to celebrate the birthday of their friend, Mrs. Glenn Cathey. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Page Stauffer, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Harris, Mrs. R. W. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Taunton. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cupples are parents of a daughter born in Sacred Heart hospital July 20. She has been named Timmie Rochelle. Mr. and Mrs. William Harvey and mother from Great Falls. Mont., spent a week here with Mrs. Harvey's sister, Mrs. Ben Fulton. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Curtis of Sacramento, Calif., recently vis ited here. Curtis is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Curtis. Mr! and Mrs. William L. Har ris and family recently motored to Coos Bay, Ore., for the week end. While there the Harrises visited friends in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Taunton spent several days on the coast last week. Their trip included Gold Beach, Brookings and Crescent City. Mrs. Orville Peterson of Will its, Calif., is visiting her daugh ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald (Jerry) McComb. Mrs. Gerald McComb and her mother spent last week with Mrs. Vern Helbig, Grants Pass. Mrs. Helbig, a former resident and McComb's mother, has been convalescing from a recent Ill ness. Donald Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Les Ellis, is home from the hospital and well on the road to recovery. Young Ellis received back injuries from a car accident July 7. Mrs. William (Doc) Bowen and daughter visited relatives in Sublette, Kan., recently. Glenn Cathey and Robert Brown motored to Reno, Nev., ! for several days of their vaca tion. Upon return Cathey and Walt er (Mac) Frey spent the remain der of their vacation in Pase kenla, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Les Scott and daughter on vacation from Pasa dena, Calif., spent several days here. Scott is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Scott. 1 a sense s saerse msssst L3 PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL 16 S. Central Prion 1-530 CUSTOM HAY BALING Mowing t Raking Call DICK STEELE 2-8485 V CORN REMOVER Gtvaf instant rlif from pain onf ptl tivry rmoM hard corns, toft corns btwn tn toM, tttllouMS, worts, papillomas, dub nails. 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Eve Chapman Smid of Los Angeles, Calif., is visiting her brother, Walt Chapman, of 304 Oregon st. . Mrs. E. O. Graham and four children, Ed, Pixie, Melba and Lynn, returned last week 'from a two weeks' vacation bus trip. They visited Salt Lake, Reno and other places along the way, and in Cheyenne, Wyo., visited friends and relatives and attend ed the famous Frontier Days cel ebration. In Sunrise, Wyo., they visited an iron mine. -They re turned home through Sacramen to, Calif. Driver Escapes Injury , When Car Hits Signal Daniel LeRoy Patch, 33, Merrl man rd., Medford, escaped in jury at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, when he apparently fell asleep and drove into a traffic separa tor light north of Central Point at Willow Springs junction on Highway 99, state police reported. Officers said the blinker light struck the top of Patch's car after he her sheared off the pole. Damage to the car was extensive. Patch, traveling alone In the car, was not injured. BUYING! SELLING! RENTING! SWAPPING! 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