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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1957
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Francis Krouse Is Nominated for Post
Francis Krouse. Applegate, has
been nominated for president of
the Oregon 4-H leaders associa
tion, which will meet next week
in Corvallis, according to Miss
Marjories Hattan and Glenn
Klein, county 4-H agents.
Mrs. John Bohnert. Central
Decision Discussion
Groups Start Meeting
For Program Sunday
C-.l-.-l . ...
Point, has been nominated for
state treasurer of the association.
The county 4-H agents, the
two nominees and 11 other 4-H
club leaders will leave Jackson
county Monday to attend the
conference, which will conclude
Thursday.
Portland Anyone can or
ganize a "Great Decisions . . .
1957" discussion group, the key
to the program.
The groups usually include
from six to 14 people; they are
self -organized, self -run, and
usually meet in a home, com
bining world affairs with a
sociable get-together.
In 1956, housewives, lawyers,
businessmen, salesmen, ranch
ers, bus drivers, beauty oper
ators, secretaries people repre
senting every part of the com
munity organized "Decisions"
discussion groups.
Common Thing
Most of the groups had one
thing in common; they were
friends, neighbors and mostly
couples. Most of them had never
before seriously discussed for
eign policy, but about 100 per
cent of them stayed through the
series with regular attendance
of better than 80 per cent.
There are other ways of or
ganizing groups without meet
ing in homes. Examples which
have been tried include a group
of parents who met at church
on Sunday while their children
attended Sunday schools; use of
"Decisions" topics for discus
sion by regular adult and youth
church groups; building of week
ly civic club programs around
the questions; a community
"town hall" meeting and a group
of professional people setting up
a twice-weekly luncheon meet
ing. Started two years ago and ex
panded in Oregon this year 1o
Great Decisions . . . 1957," it
is designed to help citizens in
form themselves about U. S.
policy and the international sit
uation, and to give them a chan
nel to let their leaders know
what they think about it.
Eight-Week Program
"Decisions" is an eight-week
program, beginning Jan. 20.
which will focus attention and
provide facts on eight key for
eign policy issues the United
States faces in 1957.
Background material for the
informal discussion groups is
provided by a series of ei?ht
"fact sheets," prepared by the
Foreign Policy association, na- 1
tional sponsors of "Great De
cisions." The FPA is a nonpart
isan, nonprofit organization
founded in 1918 to stimulate in
terest in and provide informa- j
tion on foreign policy.
Basic Information
Each fact sheet gives basic
information on the week's topic,
and presents several policy al
ternatives. The sheets are set up
in discussion form, and provide
no answers individuals may j
draw their own conclusions. Pur- i
pose of the sheets is to do away j
with the need for trained dis-
cussion leaders or foreign policy
experts for each group and they
are designed for every citizen.
Fact sheets are available in
Jackson county at the Medford
Public library. Mrs. John Ous
terhout of Eagle Point is chair
man of the Jackson county
"Great Decisions" group.
Other leaders planning to at
tend are Mn. Francis Krouse,
Applegate; Mrs. Bob Fisher,
Medford; Mrs. Don Bradshaw,
; Central Point; Don Nichols, Ash
land; Mr. and Mrs. Sam James,
Talent; Mrs. A. A. Smith, Med
ford; Mrs. Perry Strom, Med
ford; A. T. Lathrop, Central
Point: Armin Richter. Ruch; and
Mpi. Ivan Skyrman, Central
Point.
Theme of the conference will
be "Working With Older 4-H
Club Members." Keynote speak
er will be Dr. Ed Aiton of Wash
ington, D.C., national 4-H club
leader. The meeting will be held
on the Oregon State college
campus.
On The Side
By E. V. Durlinq
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
Among my Christmas cards
was one from Peggy Hopkins
Joyce. Also one from Tommy
Manville. Suppose Peggy had
finally married Tommy. Wonder
how successful such a matri
monial alliance would have
been. Anyway, consider the eye
catching potency of, any such
newspaper headline! f
Plychomati '
Are you a psychomat? How
about your wife? The majority
of females born under the sign
of Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) are
psychomats or so say the star
gazers. In case you are not famil
iar with the term, it is applied
to people whose minds strongly
influence their bodies. As for
example, a man who gets indi
gestion every time his mother-in-law
comes to spend a week end
at his house is a psychomat. So
is a fellow who gets a splitting
headache when he blowia three
horse parlay. Or a woman who
can't go to sleep after seeing a
film starring Gregory Peck.
Please Note
"It is a play about poverty,
want, squalor, degeneracy, piti
ful helplessness and grotesque
tragic lusts." A very depressing
description. Sounds like a play
nobody would care much about
seeing. Yet that is Erskine Cald
well's description of his play
"Tobacco Road." which had a
Broadway run of over 3,000 per
formances! Horsea and Women
Are you a bachelor? Does the
girl you currently have most on
your mind use a holder when
smoking cigarettes? If she does,
she is a smart girl. Ask her to
marry you before somebody
beats you to it. Sixty-nine per
rent of cigarettes in the United
States are smoked by women.
A check of the situation, reveals
the average woman, who does
not use a holder, smokes only
ha"!f of a cigarette. The rest is
tossed away. A wasteful habit.
So if your girl uses a holder, it
indicates she is inclined to be
economical. She is also contrib
uting to the cleanliness of the
community by not leaving any
sloppy-looking, lipstick-smeared
butts around.
Sidelights
Where in this country is the
best English spoken? Answer, :
of course, is Boston. A Bostonian
once told me her three-year-old
daughter could perfectly pro
nounce the word phantasmagori-
catorialisating. . . Have you a
recently arrived infant in your
home? Does he bang on the
table with his spoon? If so, don't
stop him. That's his exercise in
muscular coordination. Or, so
say the child rearing experts.
Great Lover
A man past middle age, whose
wife describes him as a great
lover, has said he believes he
owes much to a diet he regularly
follows. For breakfast he has
apple juice, cheese and boiled
eggs. In consuming an egg, he
eats the shell, too. So those of
our feminine subscribers who
are desirous of keeping their
husbandsn the great lover class,
regardless of. the passing years,
might request their spouses to
include the shell when consum
ing boiled eggs.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. What
is the French award called the
"Prix Lemon"? A. It is an award
bestowed by Paris journalists on
the most "uncooperative" film
star. Star named, is awarded his
or her weight In lemons. Last
year, the "Prix Lemon" award
went to Ingrid Bergman. Q. What
is the origin of the term "radar"?
A. It is derived from the words
"radio detection and ranging."
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