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L Jilt i IkfefT. . HOLLERS UNCLE Mercy Hernandez, a budding Lann tvpe singing star, swings a pretty mean rhythm shaking those maracas in San Francisco's Copacabana (left) but when it comes to figuring her income tax (right) that's a different story. Mercy finally got help from Uncle Sam's boys at the Internal Revenue office. Born in strife ridden Cuba, Mercy prefers the States, confusing tax and alL The Family Council editor's note: The ramtly Council consist! of a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary or an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice: It merely reports on problems that bave been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselor Joan F. I don't want to live with this nose. Mn. M. F. It's nothing to make a fuss about. Joan FJ I'm a 17-year-old girl and I am perfectly miserable because of a terrible problem my nose. It's so big it makes me look just awful. I never have any dates and I don't even go out with the girls because I am always so self-conscious. Every body pities me. I want to have it fixed up by an operation, but my parents are against me. They are so old fashioned they think the opera tion might harm me in some way and that, anyway, it's best "to keep the nose you were born with." All I know is that I just don't want to live if I have to go on looking like this. Mn. K. F. Joan's- nose has become an obsession with her. She has a rather prominent nose everybody in my family has ' but it certainly isn't anything to make such a fuss about. Every other word is, "Oh this '.ridiculous nose of mine." Every yime she .gets, dressad upske : says "Wnat'sv the "-use?-'Nothing I could look well on me with this I nose." ! I don't believe in having un ! necessary operations and I do ; feel it's always best to be nat ; ural. You can't go wrong by ; staying the:, way God. intended WESTSIDE COOKING CLUB The Westside Cooking club j met March 23 at the home of i Laurene Kellow. ! Members discussed the Easter basket for a needy, family that the club is " filling with food. Mrs. Barnes told members to bake and bring something to the next meeting.. Marjorie Hattan, J county 4-H age"nt; wiU .Jrisit the I meeting and help with judging, i Donna Delrlck demonstrated i how to measure flour and Lau j rene Kellow. did a demonstra tion on howrto make Waldorf salad. 3?he next meeting will be April 16 gt the home of the leader, Mrs. Earnes. Laurene Kellow served freshments. Mary Head Reporter re- Lake Erie is 573 above sea level but it is also about eight feet below the level of Lake Hur on. ' you to be. Joan is pretty enough to have dates even with her nose as it is. The Council: Joan should realize that her problem is not at all unusual. Many teen age boys and girls exaggerate some physical defect, or imagined one, as a symbol for their gen eral feelings of inadequacy in social relationships especially those with the opposite sex. The nose is one of the most popular of those physical symbols. Joan should realize that she is not in a position to be objec tive about her appearance at this time. She ought to know that her parents want her to look attractive and they are better able to judge her appearance than she is. Her mother's verdict that the nose is "nothing to make such a fuss about" is like ly to be correct. Another thing Joan should consider is the fact that her face is still changing. It will take a few years for her facial pro portions to stabilize themselves. At that time, it is very likely that her nose will be much less prominent. A nose operation at -this-time could, distort. tiec-ap-J pea ranee wnen she is OTacr: Joan should also consider the fact that not all nose operations are as successful as anticipated. A changed nose is not always an improvement. Nevertheless, Joan's parents should realize that her troubles cannot be lightly dismissed. They should not restrict her so cial problem to a moral issue that she simply must bear up with the nose God gave her. She badly needs reassurance and confidence. She should be en couraged to find hair styles and make-up that will heighten her attractive features and de-emphasize the nose. She .should learn - how stage and screen beauties use such simple meth ods to disguise a feature they don't like. This is not the only solution. Joan needs to overcome her self conscioussness and should be en couraged to participate in as many group activities as possi ble. She should develop skills in which she can excel sports, singing, dancing, painting or dramatics. These will help her to gain confidence and forget about her appearance. Surgery in later years can be reserved as a last resort. (Copyright 1957, General Features Corp.)- Is That So? By Eugene Burns Ranger-Naturalist Since the beginning of time, men and animals have fought side by side. But never in such vast numbers and in such a great variety as in the last global war with its many diverse the aters of action in jungles, moun tains, deserts, plains and Arctic tundra. As a roving war correspond ent, I saw dogs patrolling the foggy beaches i the Aleutians, elephants moving two-ton tim bers for bridges in Burma, pound-sized homing pigeons carrying urgent messages over the dense jungles of Guadal canal, cows and chickens aboard French warships providing fresh milk and eggs for. the crew, camels in North Africa packing machine guns and ammunition, horses and mules helping build fighter airplane strips in Nou mea in the South Pacific. In Italy, donkeys and oxen were used; reindeer in northern Europe, buffalo in Indo-China and the Philippines, yaks in China, sled dogs in Greenland, canaries and goldfish in sub marines, mice-catching cats in warehouses, carefully - trained falcons in Germany to intercept our allied pigeons with mes sages. And, after the war I was chool Mews McLOUGHLIN JUNIOR HIGH Eight student - teachers from Southern Oregon college have been assigned to McLoughlin Junior High classes for the next quarter. Students and their supervising teachers are as follows: Leon McDougall, Mrs. Dorothy Sutter; Bob Myrick, Miss Annette Gray; Bill Seymour, G. Gordon Morris; Ron Maurer, Mrs. Eula Foley; Ray Thiess, John Reed; George Brady, Donald D. Davis; Wil liam Wiggs, Mrs. Louise Davis; Wallace Parmale, Mrs. Marvel tipped off bats were captured in Carlsbad caverns to put the torch to Japan's industrial and war centers. Horses Mustered Out And now during the past few months we U. S. Army is mustering out its horses and mules; retiring its pigeons; and virtually halting its dog-training program. Apparently, technological pro gress has caught up with the pack mule, dog and carrier pig eon. But before we dismiss them, let's take a look at what hap pened during the' last war. Never have animals been drafted in such prodigious num bers and as you may recall, the age of mechanization was be ing hailed with great fanfare. To be modern, troops had to be meicliaDizedj..Butwere they? And ae-4hey itodoy-4fi'- other " coun tries? From what I hear, Russia still has more than 1,000,000 cavalry; hundreds of thousands of trained dogs even para chute-trained dogs; and in the far north, reindeer. Let's take a look at the World War II totals. Six thousand four hundred elephants were drafted in Burma the largest number ever mustered for war duty. (Hannibal's well-publicized cam paign over the Alps mustered but 50 with one surviving the campr'gn.) The Finns and Rus sians used more than 100,000 reindeer in the Arctic regions, principally in the Murmansk area. At least 250,000 were used in all theaters. Even ' the Japanese used 25, 000 dogs which had been given to them by their Axis partner, Adolf Hitler. Some 1,500,000 pigeons were mobilized. More than 2,500,000 horses and mules. It may come as a rude surprise to many a western armor division-minded militarist to know that despite the publicized Panzer divisions, the Germans turned up with 800,000 military horses 75,000 for transport, the remaining 725,000 for cavalry. Russians usee more than a million with more than half a million cavalry Colored Television Possibility Eyed Television station K B E S is working on the possibility of us ing color sometime soon, accord ing to Everett Faber, vice pres ident of the Southern Oregon Broadcasting company. He spoke at the noon luncheon of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Roundtable at the Jackson hotel. Faber gave a historical sketch and discussed future plans of the broadcasting company,, which own KBkS-TV. rne company has duplicate stations in Eureka Calif., and Klamath. Falls, he said. They were established after 1953, when the Medford station was organized. Faber said he did not know when color television would be introduced in this area. Pointing out improvements of KBES-TV, Faber said the station has increased its staff to 30, added a research man and im proved its cameras and other TV facilities since 1953. During the historic Berlin air- left, which started in 1948 when Russians blocked land and water routes to Germany's divided capital, Allied planes ferried 2,325,500 tons of food and fuel to the city. before the war was over. Over 50,000 camels of which 10,000 were used by Russians In round figures' ' during World War II 4,406,400 ani mals were used. Add to this 2 000,000 bats making a grand total of almost 6,500,00 animals (Copyright, 1957. by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) "c-FreertBy specialarrjangeinent with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 3-volume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week ned submis sions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! care Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. As Advertised in 'j;JOURNAI, Ki MARK ANGELO BUCKLES IT DOWN! AMERICA'S ORIGINAL Talce a pared down young flat with its own slim collar. Burton down the collar with gleaming white buttons. Buckle down the back., .and lo!...you walk in the. Ivy League. Black K!d p . 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These teams played off, and the victorious ninth graders then played the champions of Mrs. Jeanne Nel son's classes, which were the fifth period eighth graders. The ninth graders won again and TuMdar. April 9. 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE were declared champions. Mem bers of the squad were Barbara Tyler, Charlene Highland, Kath McKay, Pamela White, Karen Stansbury, Cecile Bell, Peggy Kieth, Sharon Laing, Pam Wat son, Linda Slessler, Judy Faul kerson and Kath Larimer. The band and orchestra play ed a concert at Howard school on April 5. Certificates have been receiv ed from the National High School Poetry association, in recognition of original poetry written by ninth grade students in classes taught by Miss Gray and Mrs. Sutter. The poems will be printed in an anthology of high school poetry. Students having their poems accepted for this publication are Carl Leard, Loretta Cooksey, Don McCurdy, Oralee Gardner, Lonny Allen Daugherty, Barba ra Donahoo, Marilyn Conner, Dan Oldham, Gary Fields, Ken neth Hall, Sheri Cherry, Bar bara Couch, Howard Kennett, Susie Reule and Doug Wasden. The poem "Night" by Howard Kenntt received special mention. The freshman track team went to Grants Pass on April 5 for a dual meet. Two practice periods have been scheduled for the tennis club members. Earl Rogers is coach and sponsor for the group. George Sloniger has started training the golfers. They prac tice at the Rogue Valley Coun try club. HORSE SHORTAGE Watertown, S. D. U.R) The Watertown Abattoir Co. had to shut down because of a shortage of horses. The company had been slaughtering between 6,000 and 7,000 horses annually. CASH! A DfVlSKM OF MClflC I PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL 16 S. 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