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o o o O O 0 O o o O o o o ,0' O ; SIXTEEN MEDFORD (ORESON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, December 10. 1956 ' Nation's Merchants Hope Buying SpWWiil Pass Record for 1955 O n o Cjl)iiao 'UP Merchants are O Ji,opefuf th.- Christmassa!es will OiacrOjOr surpass last year's rec ord e-if bore s?bckigj-han2j lug time." fG'.houzB they Teport said they Jolt thing would close ot in a roaf. A.W. clomck, head of the International Statistical Bureau, anticipated a last minute shop- CD Oshoppir; was of to a slo.tf starto ying wave. A one per cent In nme ftace. Aj Ugjterl ?t& vey showed retaS o f rftm 0 o Q o in crease over last year would be excellent he said. There seerhfd to be no pattern to purchases across the country, fh Chicago and generally flirogghout the Midwest hi-fi sets topped he demand list. In Washington. DC small items led the field, and liquor safes in the nation's capital were tranfif ile.ke cut into early sale (reported better than last year. In Saa Francisco, Federal Rc rrve Bank figures showed sales at a stendoff with last year. Shopkeepers brlieved. however, an xtra two shopping days be tween Thanksgiving and Christ mas might help set a new rec ord. Early anta One merchant said. "People weren't holiday minded," in ref- rifri)' otters doing well. Luxury cwnce to a slow sales start in m i Rucn as ;,weiry ana wicn o o national sur face ransed le beO ever," rOiwnward. Lnseasonahlv warjn weather "wt nVuc'd) ofthe country was blamejjfor some of f?ie saO s sg C?ir'S degree weather at Los AnVs cut trao eight to ar.e 0 per cento At Seattle a 10-day O Omv rivv heavy selli:" will (Enable merchn; to match last O year's fccor mark, it was said. O But t Dallas? H. D. Tiirman. ftesident0of the ORetaif Mer- rnants A4ociation reported good,,! us spite ft Thankseieing begig a weelIater in Texas than the rest of the nation. MsI"" were xstiortrni ur in New Vk with someoitems slug-' Os be favored. o Toy of a sales lagged behind those ysr ago. Big Finish Exacted o O Genei-llv. merchants andales ! irae West Coast cities. It wasn't the stores' fault. Dne San Fran Cisco department store brought on Santa N'ov. 3 in an effort to spur sales. Clothing and soft goods were n. o1- manars thr'jjighout tie nation reported doing well in most sec- o O O O O O o Inter-School Sports Topic Of Study in Medford Schools c'ugene Are organized inter chopl atjiletics harmful to boys of u'ade school and junior high age? tr d& they actually do sofergood? q Thisois S cqucstion t!nt trie ifnivrsity of Oregon will try to answer through long-range inrs!iffation 'hv it arhonl of lthfnd physjrl education. Progra'rh He (J1 research program is be ine conducted iaJVIedford public O'cho?. Accogriiijg toll of O rep resentatives, JJeriford was cos- en f 6 twa reasons: O lQSch09l0oicials in Medford have shown a strong interest in the study to the poira of support Oo'n jt fOianciall. rganized inter-school Sth Q leiijrs are introduced in the Mcd ') Cf"l ph.vs.Val eiucation program z-jUin iojnn graae. 1 U (J investigation by sill i being supcr- ovisjl by H. Harpson ClarWe. re rfrznh professor at the Univer- O V sitv o The (Jesting of Mcrfford oun stersowasOsttrtfl 0this fjll by ClnrkeSind his assistants, gradu atestilents in physical educa tion from the uniwrsity. GBoys from the Sges tfl 6-15 are feing str?fcl. iVie sttirly has been ,t up inrlfttfla nniU t 1 U 1... lnn't 1) A cross-sectional survey for upper elementary and junior high boys, including immediate ly available information. Forty boys will be used at each age. 2) A modified longitudinal study, based on four-year se quence with each fourth year overlapping, in which 100 boys at each age will be tested. 3) A longitudinal study from 6 to 17 years if time and ulti mate finances permit. One-hundred boys at a;e s.ix will be studied through their school years, right up to graduation. Not New Controversy The controversy on whether or not inter-school athletics are good for boys especially at an early age is not a new one, it was pointed out. In recent years sued programs hare made considerable growth. So far, according to Clarke, the only valid conclusion that cait be 'reached is that the evi dence is inadequate, and incon clusive in indicating either the beneficial or harmful effects to. the bny from participating in such program. Clarke doesn't hope to answer thiS question entirely. But he's going after the'basic information jlhat will contrast the basic traits of boys who make the tjons of the nation. Patrick Lauahlin, official of the Lazarus Company, Central Ohio's largest department store in Columbus, said the store an ticipated 1956 Christmas sales would be the biggest ever. Home furnishing and appliance sales were setting new highs, he said. Mail order houses reported record sales last month. Sears Roebuck & Co. said sales for November were up 12.7 per cent over a year ago. Children Boost Sales Montgomery Ward it Co. spokesmen said that a bumper crop of children in the three to 10 age group would boost sales to new highs. Members of the State Street Council, a Chicago retailers' as sociation said a spurt of colder weather would push already good sales to a figure at least six per cent above 1955. In Boston, "sissy shirts," a ruffly fronted women's blouse, were reported leading otherwise dragging sales. Oralorical Contest Finals Scheduled . Finals in the southern Oregon oisinct oratorical contest spon sored by the American Legion have been tentatively set for Feb. 15. Rodney Keating, county judge and chairman of the- district contest, presided at a commit tee meeting where plans were discussed for the contest in Med ford in early February. William Friend of Grants Pass and Ralph Messenger of Cave Junction were appointed additional committee members Post Chairman Hugh Collins was unable to be at the meeting, but reported he is ready to proceed with final arrangements for the post eliminations. One contest ant from each high school in Jackson and Josephine counties will take part in the district finals. Schools included in post 15 are Medford, St. Mary's, Phoenix. Jacksonville, Eagle Point, Butte Falls and Prospect. Commander Charles Holbrook of Post 15 and Bud Fisher, dis trict commander, traveled to Grants Pass and Cave Junction to complete arrangements from Josephine county. Regular meeting of post 15 will be held on Tuesday. Dec. 11, at the Legion home, 531 South Riverside ave. 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""" -pir-" B j 601 East Main Street Phone 2-9169 I Pickin' Pears News and Notes From Camp White fly BILL HUHN VFW auxiliary, department of Oregon, dance Monday night was well-attended in spite of weath er conditions. Music was by Jim Rae and his. Camp Whiters. Cof fee and doughnuts were served. Liberty Pease has returned to Camp White from a furlough to his old home at Shenandoah. Iowa. The 57-ycar-old World War I veteran with five war medals attended the annual re union of his old company. Com pany E of the 168th infantry. It was his first visit there since the 1952 Last Man's club meet ing. Completion of a new armory at Shenandoah enable him to make a presentation for the armory trophy-room of his med als: Distinguished Service cross, Silver Star citation. French Croix-de-Gucre. Service Medal and Purple Heart, won in the Battle of Champagne-Marne and at Chateau-Thierry. Pease was also raied as being we youngest enlistee at time of his enlist ment in 1917. Grants Pass American Legion auxilary 28 conducted a ca.d party Monday afternoon at rec reation hall. Marie Wilcox, Florence Hughes. Minnie Tant linger of Grants Pass, with Thelma Williams of Medford. auxiliary hospital chairman, served as hostesses. Chapel decorations for the Sunday services were by the Sun Valley Garden club with Mrs. M. C. Overgard and Mrs. M. R. Byers representing the club. Awards and citations in var ious divisions of VA's staff were recently made. Supply division orinentation class conducted by Eldon Hump hries on furthering efficiency and service gave recognition to Wilmcr L. Wallace. Ted Nichol son, and Humphries by present ation of certificates by E. K. Ricker. VA manager, and Walt er S. Lee, chief of supply di vision. Honoring Melvin H. Lewis, nursing assistant since July, 1952, the sutained superior ser vice performance award was presented him by Ricker and Miss- Grace Stuhr, chief of nurs ing unit. William Cody, chief of pro tection section of engineer di vision, was in charge of a six weeks course of instruction for supervisors and office staff of engineer's division in the inter est of more efficient service which closed with the issuance of certificates to nine members. Awards were made by Ricker, Engineer Officer Burton R. Sims, and registrar Lauren L. Dover. Dorothy Doty, Clyde Williams. Dick Schulz, Dale Sawyer, Frank Richardson, Bob Findley. Clar ence Henderson, Chuck Ice and John Peterson were award recipients. are being given the VAVS pla'gie display recognition for this ieek by direction of E. ft. Rickr. manager. o VAVS auxiliary, department of Oregon, entertained Wednes day evening at the theatre with a -program pfesentd ly Shndv Cove Sfeclheay Post auxiliary. Coleen. Hope Stydjo o'f Medford presented eiglit acts bv SUady Cov pupils followed by vrictyi numbers by the Lone Pine gfade jhool orc!crv- troup. , Mr0 an Mrs. J. K. 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