Medford mail tribune., March 31, 1957, Image 30

rOOHTEEN 5DrOI (ORISON) H4.fl. BICVS
Sunday. March 31, 11S7
luried Treasura
Valuable Currier, Ives Print
Of Tom Thumb Sells for $10
There -were two Currier and of the Country every time."
Ives prinU on the all. one of We entered a nearby coffee
, ... .Ui, shop and sat down. Ted opened
General Wellington priced at Wg "brjccase
$15, the otr erf General Tom ..It., nard to say .. he said
Thumb prH i "whether P. T. Barnum made
Without imtnt' hesita- Tom Thumb or vice versa. In any
lion Ted vrt out his bill- case, Btrnum had a series of
fold and tTr&4 tn spot. failures up to the time he Rot
"The T TwmS print is hold of the wonderful dwarf and
sold," it W i" loud voice after that almost constant suc
obviousl dr.ed tt toman ces. This print must have been
bearing oe v from across made about 1848, since General
the shf.B rgchd for the Thumb his real name was
picture i ti the bill at the Charles Strgtton was born in
clerk. e 1837."
' And i-m Genera Wash- Ted handed me the print. It
ington aaid the lady, cut- was about 9x12 inches and show-
ting acrrej u to take up a posi- ed the dwarf standing beside a
tion by the picture she wanted, man of ordinary height. The cap
Ted smiled, dropped the print tion said, in part: "Gen'l Tom
in his brief case and we left. Thumb ... the wonderful dwarf
"And where is your patrio- is 11 years old, 22 inches high
tism?" I asked as we got outside, and weighs only 15 lbs." It was
"Not a good buy," Ted re- done in vignette, the sides of the
plied. "The read value there was print shading eff over the bord
this Tom Thumb. There are eight er.
different prints of General "I'm lucky to get this partic
Thumb by Currier & Ives. More ular item at ten dollars." Ted
than the firm put out of General said, putting it back in his brief
Washington. And print for print case. "Its actual worth is forty
they outsell those of the Father dollars at least."
COSTA RICAN LOOKS TO U.S. FOR STAMPS
Charles, a stamp dealer friend and not so unusual as it first
of mine, shoved a letter across appears," said Senor Charles,
the desk. "To be brief about it," he
"Can you beat that?" he ask- went on, "most of the ten-colones
ed "Here's a native of Costa denomination roughly equival
Rica, of the city of San Ramon, ent to five dollars in our money
who wants to get a stamp com- we bougnt up by American
memorating the centennary of speculators as they were issued,
his home town. And he has to I was one of them to the ex
write to the States." tent 8ettln8 tw hundred of
4U- Mti.U. -timrt TTmiKnJ
T nir4 h InttoP Tlnn I . acflPf r
de Frentamente needed one
stamp to complete his set of com
memoratives issued in 1944. The
black, ten-colones item. And if
he bought it locally, he would
have to pay through the nose.
Would Scnor Charles kindly ad
vise him of what he would have
to pay for both the used and
the unused? He would consider
it an inestimable favor, etc.,
etc.
I looked at Scnor Charles.
of course, and about fifty used
"But why," I demanded. "How
did you know they would go up
soon enough to make it profit
able?" Senor Charles looked at me.
"We created a shortage. My col
league and I. By just holding
that item off the market we
drove the price up. The trick
had whiskers on it when the
first stock market came into
being. And the stamp now cat
alogues at thirty dollars, used
JACKSONVILLE
Dogs Must Be
By MRS. C. S. HOSKINS
Jacksonville According to
Frank Carter Jacksonville Po
lice Chief, all doe owner a
of April 1, 1957, must tie or pen
up all dogs within the city limits
ur omeiwise coniine mem irom
running at large.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bright
and three daughters and Mrs.
Elizabeth Shockley all of Van
couver, Wash., were last week
end guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Noah E. Shockley on
Sterling road.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Curl and
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Serry spent
a days visit and had dinner at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Zumwalt in Grant Pass.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jordon
of Central Point announced the
birth of a daughter on March
24. The baby has been named
Teri Rae. She has four grand
parents and seven great-grandparents,
all living. The grand
parents in this area are Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton Jordan of Jack
sonville and Mr. and Mrs. George
Van Galder of Central Point,
now residing in Nevada.
Confined
lunch refreshments. Two guests
were Mrs. William Snow and
Mrs. C. E. Close. Ladies are ask
ed to donate all their unwanted
'white elephants-, such as extra
plants and clothes no longer
needed, to the Jacksonville Band
Booster club rummage sale to
be held on April 12 to 13 at the
Fehl building at 106 Ivy street
in Medford. Proceeds are to be
used to complete band and chor
us uniforms. For pick-up of arti
cles call Ruth Goldschmidt,
2-7704 Medford. Mrs. Jcanie Sut
ton on Vashti Way or Mrs. Ross
Crowley, 9-8320, or Mrs. W. Mc
Cormack, 9-8044.
Mrs. Bessie Mitchell, owner
and operator of the Mitchell
Sanitarium In Jacksonville, an
nounced this week that Alma
Taylor, one of her nurses, has
been awarded a gold pin for
eight years of continuous service
at the sanitarium, by the Nation
al Association of Nursing Awards
in Washington, D.C. An average
of about 20 such awards a year
are given out in the United
States and to be eligible to re
ceive one is a real honor.
Mrs. Mitchell and her daugh
ter Doris have Just returned
from a trip to Seattle, Wash.,
where they visited relatives. Re
turning here with them for a
visit are Mrs. Mitchell's two
grandsons Steve and Dave
Gleaves of Seattle.
A new patient at the sanitari
um is George Pfiefer of Shady
Cove, who, some 19 years ago,
ran a grocery store in Jackson
ville. -Also a patient at the sanitari
um Is Amy Dow long time resi
dent here. Mrs. Emma Burge is
home from her stay in the hos
pital and doing well. She is liv
ing in her new trailer house
parked near her former home.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Griffin
and family' made a trip to Weis
er, Idaho, over last week end
to visit .Mrs. Griffin's father, E.
E. Trimble. The Trimbles for
merly owned the Fifth Street
market in Jacksonville until
about a year ago.
Mark Smith Sr., son of Mrs.
Pearl Whitney, recently suffer
ed a heart attack and is in the
Sacred Heart hospital. He is
unable to receive visitors. His
son Mark Smith Jr., of San Ma
teo, Calif., has been a visitor
here at the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. Whitney. Another
grandson, Norman Suber, of the
Alameda Air Force base, also
visited in Jacksonville last week.
Ralph Lawrence is home from
his stay in the hospital and is
able to have visitors.
Mrs. Buddy Cleveland and
son Ricky, of Klamath Falls,
visited last week at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Rhoten and Aunt "Cappy"
Pence.
The Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Turn-1
bull attended a revival meeting !
in Oakland, Calif., this week. j
"How corse?" I asked, "Why or usucd
would a Costa Rican look to "But I'm not going to be a
you to supply native stamps that hog. Don Gasper seems like a
are in short supply in his own good fellow. So I'll let him have
country? And why trobule over one of each for twenty dollars
a modern issue?" apiece. That way maybe he'll be-
"The reason is a sound one come a good customer."
PAMPHLETS BY DICKENS SOMETHING OF VALUE
If you ever come across a market as it does any other, it
pamphlet by Charles Dickens, might now be worth double,
latch onto it, if it seems cheap. A letter to a smal list of col
For very likely you'll be getting lectors of Dickensiana did the
something of value. trick. The pamphlet brought a
An acquaintance of mine came net of $300 after the lucky find
across one not long ago while er had given a generous com
going through a run of 400 Na- mission to the bookseller,
tional Geographies he had pur- (Released by McClur
LtXt Tl"t N.w,pap.r Syndic..)
old magazines, plus a scattering
of pamphlets.
When he first looked at its
wrapper, he was tempted to
throw it away as not worth
enough to bother with. The title
of the work was "To Be Read
At Dusk," and he knew that it
had been first published in an
annual known as '"Keepsake."
"Consequently, the copy I had
found was not a first edition,
just a reprint," he said. "And
I actually threw it on the floor.
But then I took another look
and got to thinking.
"After all, as it said on the
cover beneath the byline of
Charles Dickens, it had been
printed in London in 1852. Well
over a century ago, and maybe
. . . just maybe . . .!"
Anyway, he picked it up again,
and some days later showed it
to a friend who ran a second
hand bookstore. A real friend at
that, one who told him straight
out what the pamphlet was
worth.
Its value was at least in excess
of $200, because the same pam
phlet, when sold in 1931, had
brought somewhat more. And
allowing for the inevitable in
creasing scarcity, to say nothing
of inflation which hits the book
The Women's Missionary Coun
cil of the Assembly of God I
church in Jacksonville held a !
meeting at the home of a mem ;
ber, Mrs. Mack Griffin, on Wed- j
ncsday. Sixteen members were I
present. A short business session ,
was held and then the ladies j
sewed on baby clothes and quilts ,
and brought their own sack
Toastmaster Clubs
Hold Sessions
John Austbo, Medford Toast- j
masters club, and Jack Price
Jackson Toastmasters club, were i
topicmasters at recent meetings
held in the Medford and Jackson
hotels.
Speakers at the Medford
Toastmasters were Glenn Jen
nings, Dwight Wilson and Russ
Mitchell.
Gene Ray, Duane Nelson, i
Jack Cummings. Bill Fredrick,
Larry Horton, Harry Marshal)
John Smith and Wayne Stoable
were among speakers at the
Jackson Toastmasters.
Greece has little manufactur
ing. Agriculture is the important
industry.
l
Civil Service Job
Openings Reported
The U.S. Civil Service com
mission has announced examina
tions for several government
positions.
The jobs include airways op
erations specialist for duty in
Alaska; commodity industry
analyst for positions in Wash
ington, D C, and throughout the
United States; staff nurse, head
nurse and public health nurse
for duty with the division of
Indian health in states west of
the Mississippi river and in
Alaska; and equipment special
ist in the Washington, D.C, area
Further information and ap
plication blanks can be obtained
from the U.S. Civil Service com
mission, Washington 25, D.C.
1 48 Years of S
ervice :
The old family rocking chair (in which grandma rocked
daddy) has become a well loved symbol of long and faithful
service in many a home. We can heartily applaud this warm
sentiment for the tried and trusted . . . because we have
had the privilege of serving many families hereabouts since
1909 . . . hove helped them to achieve security and success.
Confidently we look forward to doing the same for their
children and their children's children. ,
WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE NEW FAMILIES,
TOO. WHY NOT OPEN A JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL
SAVINGS ACCOUNT TOMORROW?
Current Dividend
u Z0per annum
wv.
Z SAVINGS
P LOAN ASSOC
126 East Main
Medford
ATION
"Where You Are
Paid To Save"
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