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Clarence Push, received the God
nd Country Scouting award at
a special service at the church
last Sunda;emorning. Ti.e award
was presenter) by his moteer,
Mrs. Yvonne Puijh.
It was the first time such an
ward has been presented to a
Rogue River Scout.
Tr. Ljrel Garden club met j was served at 6:30 p.m. and aft
Dee. 5 at the Jomc 6f :ss So- ; erward piano music by the Wick
phia Thieson w ithJ her stslers, i girls, Jannie and Leah and a vo
Greta Simason and Louise Thie- cal solo by Gene Gushe of
($rm as0 co-hos:.-si-s. . j Grants Pass provided entertain-
Seventeen members and two ; ment. Cello and piano music by
euests were present. Guests were Horman Wick and Mrs. Carl
'Sirs. Ada h1-lt)n.who latex be- Christenson and a vocal solo
car a mcmit, aad Mrs. Sid Silver Bells, by Marcia Brown
Deselle. 0 'were also given, and Christmas
A large C!iristmas tree and : hymns were sung by the group,
other greens ocorated the1 room. ! A short business meeting was
Dessert luncirn was served called to order by president Carl
t 1 clock, and this being the i Christenson, and minutes of the
Christmas party, an exchange I last meeting were read by Mrs.
of gifts was held
Only ery short business
meetin as iield. The next
meeting wilPbe in, January and
will bo ftt-ld at the civic dub
room wj'.h Mrs. Claude Wil
loughbyrand Mrs? Chas. Eabcock
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Orhe
e River Hobby club
met Dec. 12 at the home of TJrs.
Carl Ch'iiteason on Highway 99
south, u 0
O Luncheon was served at 1 .m.
at a table decorated in holly and
a horn of plenty 'with ribbons
leading to r(i h plate with a
(nall reindeer attached. After
the Iflj.'i.icon hobby gifts were
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and Dull out the package at-
tached. Next meeting will be at
the civic club room Jan. 22,
with Mrs. Charles Babcock as
j the hostess.
The Seafarers club met Mon
day night, Dec. 14 at the Fel
lowship hall with an attendance
of about 35. Covered dish dinner
Sandeen, secretary.
- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kasworm
returned Wednesday from their
mine down near Whiskeyton,
Calif.
Hurst Morgan has started con
struction oo his new house on
his lot on Cedar street.
The Mariners, the young mar
ried folks of the Presbyterian
church, held their annual Christ
mas potluck dinner and party
last Sunday evening at 4 p.m.
in the Fellowship hall.
The Presbyterian Sunday
Christmas program will be held
Sunday evening, Dec. 23, at 7:30
p.m, in the Fellowship hall. All
departments will participate.
Special Christmas eve song
service will be held at. 10:30 p.m.
Det. 24 in the Presbyterian
church.
Those on the sick list this
week are Mrs. Phil Strahan and
Mrs. Lloyd Smith, and Forrest
Burnett, who is confined to his
home with a bad case
shingles.
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The new officers of the Wom
an's association will be installed
Dec. 27. in the sanctuary.
Funeral was held at the L. B.
Hall chapel in Grants Pass, Dec.
7, for Guy Wilcox, 58, a resident
this area for 12 years. He was
born Oct. 2. 1898, in Hebron,
Neb., and is survived by a
daughter Denise who is making
her home with Mr. and Mrs.
Haydn Williams here in Rogue
River on Highway 99 south.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Nine
returned recently from a 10-day
trip to California, after visiting
at Long Beach, Glendale, Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Dixon
recently announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Diane,
to Robert D. Lockridge, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lockridge,
of Grants Pass. No date has been
set for the wedding.
Earl Weaver of Weaver's Cash
Market recently visited his
brother in Florence, Ariz.
West Coast Telephone
Granted Rate Increase
Salem IU.R) Rate increases
totaling about $332,000 a year
have been granted to the West
Coast Telephone Company which
serve's various sections of Ore
gon. Public Utilities Commission
er Charles H. Heltzel said the
new rates become effective
Jan. 1.
Announces
A DIVIDEND OF
per
To All Investors for the Current
Six Months Ending December 31, 1956
New Location 29 North IVY Street
FIRST FEDERAL M
Savings & Loan Assn. cf Medford
Ivy Street
R. F. Kyle,
Communications
i Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although
t uncjcr certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication
s permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the nqht to edit ail letters with a
view to clarification and condensation.
not exceed 400 words.
American Friends Relief
To the Editor: An article con
cerning relief for Hungarian
refugees in the Mail-Tribune for
Sunday, December 16, quotes
Red Cross Chairman E. Roland
Harriman in a statement that
the International Red Cross is
the only relief agency 'allowed
to operate inside Hungary, dis
tributing food, clothing, and
medical supplies to impoverish
ed Hungarians. Other items in
the same issue mention ship
ments of relief articles being
sent to the American Friends
Service Committee for Hungar
ian aid.
While Mr. Harriman's state
ment is probably correct so far
as it goes. I believe that some
clarification concerning the work
of the American Friends Service
Committee is desirable. Al
though this organization is not
actually working from head
quarters within the Hungarian
boundaries, it is supplying to
the International Red Cross from
its warehouses in Vienna tre
mendous quantities of goods for
distribution.
"To indicate the promptness
and thoroughness with which an
experienced volunteer agency
with freedom of action can meet
emergency relief needs" a mem
orandum was published on No
vember 13 from the national of
fice outlining some of the many
steps that had already been
taken by the committee. Over
50.000 pounds of clothing and
75.000 pounds of food had al
ready been distributed from the
Vienna warehouse. A shipment
of 26,795 additional relief sup
plies was on its way from Phil
adelphia, and an additional
25,000 pounds were to be ship
ped within the week. Bales of
children's clothing and infant
foods were shipped by air on
November 10.
While these figures report the
committee's work in an emerg
ency, disaster relief is by no
means its chief function. For
three centuries the 'A. F. S. C.
has been expressing in action
the concern of Quakers for suf
fering all over the world and
their faith that men are made
for brotherhood and not for
strife. Arabian refugees are being
helped no less than Hungarian
victims.
At this season of a year when
many of the world's children
must be born in eaves or stables
or refugee camps many of us
find that parties pall and that
conventional gift exchanges lose
their meaning. A contribution
of S6.80 sent to the A. F. S. C.
at 1108 S. E. Grand Avenue.
Portland 14. will release S250 in
surplus foods for those who
hunger. Clothing sent to the
A. F. S. C. warehouse, 1830
Sutter Street, San Francicso 15.
will warm those who can find
po room at an inn.
(Miss) Helen E. Webster
940 Whitman St.,
Medford, Ore.
To U.S. Citizens
To the Editor: Are you as an
American citizen taking part in
the Great Decisions program for
1957? You are in the "driver's
seat." You control long term
decisions. Big choices like war,
peace, foreign intervention, and
foreign aid. Are you informed?
.
President
Annum
Letters submitted for publication must
For example: In 1945 public
opinion forced the Government
to demobilize, although expert
opinion in high places wanted
them to remain armed. Russia
did not disarm. Was Communist
aggression in Eastern Europe due
to our disarmament, and was
public opinion, in this case, wise
or foolish? Your opinion opposed
war with Egypt during the Suez
crisis. Was your opinion in this
case wise?
You the American citizens are
in the driver's seat, but are you
a reckless driver? You express
your opinions publicly and in
fluence others. You make re
marks in public meetings and
you debate and pass resolutions;
you read editorials and articles:
hear the opinions of others and
agree or disagree. You indorse,
condemn or propose new policies
through your political organiza
tions and you also vote for the
men in that party. Congress lis
tens to your opinion and is guid
ed by it, and the President and
his planners listen too, but is
your opinion wise? Do you think
things through, really study
them? Weigh the facts and listen
to all sides and then make your
informed opinions? That is what
he Great Decisions program is
for. It is for the whole commu
nity. You, your friends and
neighbors. Make this a personal
thing. Don't just listen to the
radio and TV and read what oth
ers have written, but discuss it
personally with your friends,
relatives and neighbors. That is
the important part, because that
is when you really become inter
ested and form an informed
opinion.
This is not a program for only
the educated people. It is easy
to understand and it is on urgent
problems and it enables you to
communicate your informed
opinions to Washington. Discuss
it with your friends and rela
tives during this Christmas sea
son and form that group soon.
Mary Pat Lucy,
County Extension Agent,
Home Economics
A Thought for Christmas
To the Editor: Because Christ
mas is a time of sharing I want
to share with you a very precious
thought which has come to me
this Yuletide season. It came to
me originally last August in a
letter from Harriet in India.
However, at that time her words
had no meaning for me. But
when I got out her letter to
answer it, I suddenly became
conscious of the beauty and
depth of her thought. I quote:
"Have you ever noticed as you
look back and take stock of your
self once in a while that the time
you discovered you had grown a
little was just after - you had
passed through a hard place?
Ps. 4:1 "Thou hast enlarged me
when I was in distress." The
Hindu of that is 'When I was in
a tight place.' It always makes
me think of a chrysalis it must
be pretty uncomfortable for it
just before it gets big enough to
burst that skin." How much
meaning this gives to Paul's "In
everything give thanks." 2 Thess.
5:18, which is the most difficult
commandment for a Christian to
follow.
Anna M. Streed,
36 North Peach st
Medford, Ore.
Bridge Controversy
To the Editor: Due to the
many and constant phone calls
being made to me, protesting the
removal of the Beebe Bridge at
Central Point, I would like to
take this means to say to the
people of Central Point and area
concerned, that I did not parti
cipate in the order to have the
Beebe Bridge removed. The
order was issued without my
knowledge, and I was not in
formed of the decision of the
other two members of the Court.
I quote from the minutes of the
Court of Oct. 18th, 1956, "The
Court ordered Paul B. Rynning,
engineer, to remove the Beebe
Bridge near Central Point. Mr.
Morthland was not present and
did not take part in the Court
action". End of quote. I invite
anyone interested to look at said
minutes of said date if they so
wish. It was my opinion that a
hearing should be held with the
people of Central Point and vi
cinity before this order was
issued.
I hope that this will clarify
the matter and settle the contro
versy in the minds of the people
of the affected area that I did
not order the Beebe Bridge re
moved, or concur with the order
to remove same.
L. G. "Shy" Morthland,
County Commissioner
Calendar Reform
To the Editor: Someone,
sometime, somewhere remarked
Hemorrhoids
(Piles) Fistnla Colitis Pmri
tus (itching) Prolapse. Treat
ed without surgical operation
or hospitalization or loss of
time from work. If yon have
health problem of this nature
it will pay yon to investigate.
Dr. Herman Wexler
Chiropractic Physician
44 E. Main Pioneer Bldg.
Ph. 2-3391 Ashland. Ore.
f.
NEWS NOTES from
Medford High School
Edited by James Boyd; staff:
Linda Robertson, Kay Nico
demus and Bob Bright
The Christmas spirit predom
inated as students breezed
through the last day before
Christmas vacation. The day
began with the Christmas con
cert. Madrigal, choir, girls'
chorus, and the orchestra per
formed to a spirited audience.
Later in the morning the choir
caroled as they walked through
the halls.
Shortened classes and assign
ments to be done in class pre
vailed. In one American govern
ment class the teacher handed
out suckers at the beginning of
the period.
"So that's what you think of
us," and "What were the re
sults of our social maturity
test?" were some of the quips
that met the present. The teach
er explained that she wanted to
"sweeten us up." She then hand
ed out a mimeographed study
sheet which may have soured
the class, too.
Cheerful students were some
what sobered when teachers re
minded them that there will be
only II school days until the
semester tests when they return
Jan. 2.
A familiar senior English
teacher turned out the lights,
that everything in this universe
changes except human nature,
which reminds us our present
day Calendar has not undergone
any much needed changes of late
years. Since nearly every mod
ern method of world events
have adopted changes more pre
cise to geometry, why delay any
longer?
It is not a case of what was
good enough for our ancestors,
is yet today. Some very prac
tical 13 month plans have been
submitted to the International
World Council for approval. The
idea is not vain theory any long
er, but an improvement of man's
unfolding genius of expanding
knowledge of the universe he
lives in. In keeping abreast of
the times of streamlined ideas
the present day Calendar now
in use over the civilized world
may be in a quest for "a face
lifting reform."
Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman St.,
Medford, Ore.
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Please the
Nothing: does it like SeVen-Up fc
Sunday, December S3. 1918
closed the windows, shut her
study hall door, locked it, and
walked to lunch as usual. When
she came back she was surprised
to find a lanky sophomore boy
waiting for her return.
"How did you get in here?"
she exclaimed.
"You locked me in," he re
plied. "Where ' were you when I
turned out the lights?"
"Right here."
"Ann came in. Why didn't you
say anything?"
"I was picking up my books."
"Why didn't you yell when I
locked the door?"
"I didn't think you could hear
me."
The amazed teacher picked tip
an apple from her desk, popped
it into his mouth, and sent him
on to his next class.
Last night a banquet and
dance were held at the Elk's
j club for rally squad members,
football layers, and their dates.
I The rally squad decorated the
I hall in a Christmas theme. The'
j Elk's club sponsored this semi
: formal event.
Seventeen graduates met with
members of the senior class
Thursday morning. Students not
planning to go to college met in
the auditorium where Rnhm-t
Jones, secretary of the YMCA;
unasay vinsel, faculty voca
tions counselor; and Cliff Mc
Ginty spoke to them. The pur
pose of these talks was to give
first hand information nhnnt
post-high school life.
After a comprehensive re-'
view, the second remedial Eng
lish test was given Wednesday
and Thursday. Students passing
this test will be exempted from
remedial. Miss Delie Whisenant,
remedial instructor, stated that
the tests wil lbe graded so stu
dents will know their scores
Jan. 2.
The girls' volley ball cham
pionship was won by the Senior
Phffts. Second place was taken
by sophomore team three and
sophomore team five received
consolation. This tournament is
held yearly in the girls' physical
education classes.
Fourteen teams entered the
competition this year. The girls
on these teams will receive
points from the Girls' Athletic
association for their participa
tion. crowd ...
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7-Up on hand. Get the 24-bottle
supply!
KtDFORD
Revised Atlss Being
Corvallis A revised edition
of the Atlas 6f the Pacific North
west, devoted to economics and
resources of region, is befng
published by Oregoa State col
lege. . 0
It is expected to be off the
presses irr early spring of 1957,
according to R. M. Highsmith
Jr., professor of natural re
sources at OSC andjeditor.
Two new sections have Been
added to the 19&1 edition and
all other sections and mags
have been brought i?p0 to date,
Highsmith said. The added sec
tions include information oij the
history of settlement of the Pa
cific Northwest and ftiafor ur
ban centers witti populations of
more man zu.uuu. c
The Atlas contains 72 maps
and explanatory material on
Pacific Northwest" resourses and
development including sih top
ics as landforms, water and soil
trie power facilities, manufac-
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