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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday, April 12, 1957
American Legion
Announces Winners
01 Poster Contest
Winners in the annual Poppy
Poster contest sponsored by the
American Legion auxiliary have
been announced by Mrs. Minnie
Bryant, chairman.
A total of 110 entries were
received from Medford schools
and prizes were awarded to first,
second and third place winners.
Posters will be on display at
Weeks and Orr Furniture com
pany prior to the annual Poppy
sale in May, Mrs. Bryant said.
Winners in the high school di
vision were Bill Henderson, a
senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam B. Henderson, 729 Dakota
ve., first; Rosalie Twedell, sen
ior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Twedell, route 3, box 169T,
second; and Myrna' Callaway,
; junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Callaway, 1140 Morrow
rd., third.
Junior High Division
Junior high school division
winners are Lane Hoxworth,
McLoughlin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee D. Hoxworth, 911 South Ivy
st., first; Patricia Barlow, Hed
rick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Rampton Barlow, 846 East Ninth
t., second- and Kathleen Allen,
Hedrick, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Eric Allen Jr., 43 Windsor
ve., third.
Elementary school winners are
Bill Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Thomas, 843 Diamond ave.,
a student at Jefferson school,
first; Jarl Dyrud, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Dyrud, 413 Oregon
terrace, Roosevelt school, second;
Evelyn Anderson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Anderson,
947 Gilmari rd., Lincoln school,
third. Elementary students re
. reiving honorable mention are
Cindy Anderson, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Tom Anderson, 709
West Jackson st., Jackson school
and Lily Carol Myers, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Rollne Myers,
1425 Dakota ave., Washington
school.
Judges for the contest were
Otto Wilda of Southern Oregon
college, and Herb Gray and Wil
liam Barker, both Medford.
The state American Legion
auxiliary will award prizes for
the best posters in the state, and
the national auxiliary has made
available prizes for national winners.
Effects of Radiation
Discussed by General
Former Russian
Now Happy at Job
Buffalo, N. Y.-4U.R) One of
the most contented employees of
the Buffalo General Hospital is
an elderly table waiter once as
signed to the Russian general
staff.
Janii Ceplitas, 75, a former
Latvian army colonel, and his
wife came to this country five
years ago because they "suf
iered too much under the Rus
sians." One of .their happiest
moments, she said, was when
they became U. S. citizens this
year.
A native of Riga, Ceplitas had
to serve with the Russian Army
In World War I because Latvia
then was under Russian denomi
nation. He remained in military
service after his country became
independent, retiring in 1935 to
his two farms near Riga.
"Then the Russians came
again in 1940," he said. "They
took away my. farms and my
army pension and forced me to
work, in the factories. I had to
work to live."
Ceplitas said he and his wife
eventually became displaced
persons when the Germans occu
pied his country during World
War II. When the Russians took
over again, they began to figure
out a way to leave the country.
After many months of suffering,
they were able to come to the
United States through the spon
sorship of friends. .
Color experts claim yellow has
the highest rating for general
visibility.
Because "no one can say that
atomic bombs will not be used,"
people of the United States must
be given information about the
after-effects, according to Maj.
Gen. John M. Hargreaves, re
tired office- of the United States
Air Force who spoke yesterday
noon for the annual meeting
of Jackson County Public Health
association at the Jackson hotel.
General Hargreaves is medical
adviser of the state civilian de
fense organization.
General Hargreaves prefaced
his information by saying that "I
don't - believe mankind will be
destroyed by these phenomena
(atomic and hydrogen bombs)
adding that since no one can
be sure of what the future will
bring, the nation must be prepared.
The general pointed out that
since the "greatest damage" is
caused by the blast itself and
immediate radition at that site,
ard since little can be done to
alleviate conditions in the im
mediate area, his talk would
be confined to the damage and
effects of "atomic fallout.
He defined this as the radio
active particles which fall to
earth from the cloud which
spreads upward and outward
after the blast. The type of par
ticle is governed by the material
of the bomb, since different
kinds of heavy atoms may be
split, he saia. Therefore, the fall
out is "unpredictable," he added.
General Hargreaves pointed
out that ordinary diseases "at
tack the cells" of the human
body, whereas radioactive par
ticles attack and damage the
smaller unit, the atom, and bring
on what 's known as "radiation
sickness." For this there is no
known cure, he declared. The
general said later there have
been no known deaths from
radioactive fallout.
Since radioactive particles can
not be "felt, seen, heard or tast
ed." the nation must have avail
able sufficient numbers of in
struments to detect particles, the
speaker said. What constitutes
a sufficient number is not yet
determined, he added.
Of great use to individuals
will be knowledge of how to
find and use protective cover,
according to General Har
greaves. Between 12 and 18
inches of concrete provides ex
cellent protection, he said, and
also declared that ordinary build
ings provide good protection.
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Eden To Undergo
Intestinal Surgery
Saturday Morning
Boston (U.R) The second
intestinal operation in nearly
four years will be performed
Saturday on Sir Anthony Eden,
it was announced today.
Lahey Clinic surgeon Dr. Rich
ard B. Cattell will perform the
operation at New England Bap
tist Hospital. It was Cattell who
performed the first operation in
June, 1953.
The former British prime min
ister is a Lahey Clinic patient
A mid-morning bulletin issued
by Dr. Cattell read:
"An operation will be per
formed on Sir Anthony Eden by
Dr. Richard B. Cattell Saturday
morning for the purpose of re
movine a tube placed within the
hilp duct in June of 1953. for
relief of a bile duct obstruction
"Medical studies carried out
bv Dr. John W. Norcross have
shown no other cause for attacks
of recurring fever, which he has
recently suffered.
"His (Edens) present medical
condition is good. Dr. Sara M
Jordan finds no evidence of in
flamation of the colon at this
time.
"His personal physician, Sir
Horace Evans, at -the invitation
of Dr. Cattell is flying from Lon
don to be present at the opera
tion Saturday morning."
Earlier, it was announced that
Eden received "get well" wishes
from Queen Elizabeth.
The Queen, in a cablegram
from Paris where she is visiting,
said:
"I am so glad to know that
you have reached Boston and I
horje that your recovery there
will be rapid and complete. We
are very greatly enjoying our
visit to Paris which you did so
much to foster."
He said that "thousands of
scientists and experts", are at
work to provide additional facts
for use in civilian defense train
ing, but that such work neces
sarily proceeds slowly.
Time is the only factor which
controls dissipation of the radio
active particles and their effects,
the genera! declared, adding that
particles cannot be destroyed by
burning or boiling, in the man
ner used for germs. About 72
hours must elapse after a bomb
blast of moderate strength be
fore an area would be consid
ered safe, the speaker said.
The general spoke concerning
reports from Japan that recent
tests have shown recent radio
active fallout over that nation
to be six times the normal
amount and said "no radiation
is good" and that we may be
shortening our lives because of
present-day conditions which
subject everyone to radiation.
Tests Continued
He said "bomb tests must be
continued unless the enemy stops
testing" and that the theory behind-
this is that it is better to
take a little risk in order to
prevent "the big blow."
Statements brought out by
questions were that crops, live
stock and water supplies "will be
affected by radioactive fallout,
but food and water inside of
cans would be safe. Filtered air
for shelter would be desirable,
but not entirely necessary, the
speaker saia.
Symptoms of radiation sick
ness are severe nausea followed
by bleeding, the general said. A
A mild attack would probably
not show up for two weeks, he
said.
Genera! Hargreaves said that
"Medford is fortunate in that
this area is not considered stra
tegic" but also said "because of
the margin of error in using
missiles, no one can really be
safe."
He was questioned about gene
tic effects, and said that this is
a matter of considerable concern,
particularly to young people. Dr.
A. Erin Merkel introduced the
speaker, heard by about 130
members snd guests of the as
sociation. Mrs. Henry Padgham,
association president, presided
and conducted a business meeting..
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Red Not Safest Color To Wear in Woods
CHARLES SEAVEY
To Appear in County
Demonstrations of
Dial System .Topic
Of PT&T Official
Dial demonstrations combined
with the story of new scientific
developments from the Bell
Telephone Laboratories are
scheduled in Jackson county
schools starting Monday, April
15, according to Pacific Tele
phone Manager Jack Creager.
Charles Seavey, public rela
tions supervisor from the com
pany's Portland headquarters, is
scheduled for a two-week series
of appearances at schools in
Medford, Ashland, Central Point,
Phoenix, Talent, Gold Hill and
Jacksonville.
Seavey s demonstrations are
intended to help Jackson county
telephone users become better
acquainted with the telephone
service improvements which go
into effect April 27.
From the Bell Labs, Seavey
will present the story of micro
wave radio relay and the tiny
transistor. Microwave systems
make possible the nation-wide
network programs. Transistors
are the minute devices which
are beginning to replace vacuum
tubes in radios, hearing aids and
many other every day items.
In addition, Seavey will show
the switches and relays that are
the heart, of a dial telephone
system. He will be assisted in
his presentation by Miss Pat
Lester, a long distance operator
from Portland.
Grange News
Lightweight Aerotrain
Tested at Chicago
Chicago U.R) A 550,000
scale-model of General Motors'
new experimental, lightweight
Aerotrains is speeding over mini
ature steel rails at the Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry.
' The model train is the gift of
General Motors' Electro-Motive
Division, which built two Areo
trains now undergoing exhaus
tive tests in demonstration runs
on various railroads.
The model, almost 60 feet
long, is one-eighth the size of
the real Aerotrains. It consists
of reproductions of 10 passenger
coaches puiiea Dy a moaei oi a
1200-horse-power diesel locomo
tive. The train carrier 400 minia
ture' mannequins which simulate
passengers ana crew.
Phoenix Grange
Phoenix Grange met Tues
day, April 9, at 8:30 p.m.' Mas
ter Dee Hendrickson and pianist
Florence Hartley, who have
both been ill, were present after
being unable to attend the last
meeting.'
The chaplain reported several
other members who have been
ill but are now much improved.
It was also reported Brother
Charles Setchell had a very
painful accident which necessi
tated several stitches being tak
en in a bad cut on his chin.
Edith Poe, of the hospitali
ty committee, introduced Mrs.
Anna Scott, a visitor from Up
per Applegate.
Mrs. Poe reported on the
Safety program sonspored for
the second year by the subordi
nate Granges of Josephine and
Jackson counties.
Emil Serryus i was obligated
in the first and second degrees.
Mrs. Serryus was unable to be
present to take the obligation
because of illness.
Lecturer Ethel Carr and Flor
ence Hartley attended lecture
school, which was held at South
ern Oregon college, April 1 and
2, and both gave reports on the
meetings and information they
had gained.
Mrs.- Willis ' House of the
Youth committee reported the
new detention home was expect
ed to be completed by Oct. 1,
and explained some of the
changes that had been made in
the building plans which cut the
cost considerably, and still
would not make the building
less practical.
Olin Poe was elected alter
nate delegate to State Grange.
Claude Hutton requested and
was granted the loan of dishes,
silver and other Grange equip
ment to the Phoenix Presby
terian church for the ham din
ner they are serving April 26.
Master Dee Hendrickson an
nounced the Grange council
meeting Saturday, April 13 at
8 p.m. in Central Point Grange
hall, and requested a good at
tendance from Phoenix Grange.
Mrs. Vaughn Quackenbush
and Sol Cox were presented
their second v year attendance
bars. Receiving third year bars
were Mr. and Mrs. Dee Hen
drickson, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Lattie, Mr. and Mrs. Olin Poe,
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Lewin,
Mrs. Sol Cox and Mrs. Mervin
Hixon. Mr. and Mrs. Densmore.
now living at Coquille have
earned their third year bars
also.
- It was voted that Phoenix
Grange participate in the Phoe
nix Festival to be held in June.
Chester Parker was appointed
as delegate to represent the
Grange and meet with the Festi
val committee.
Mark Norton, Olin Poe and
Barney Lewin were appointed ;
to arrange details in makinz I
connections with the new sewer
line.
, Grange was at ease while lec
turer Ethel Carr conducted an
action game followed by a mil
linery contest in which Claude
Hutton, Vaughn Quackenbush,
Sol Cox and Mark Norton each
fashioned - an Easter hat for
their wives, from an assortment
of material provided.
Mrs. Mable Cox 'urged those
having sales slips to turn them
in as soon as possible. There
are five new advertisers in the
Bulletin. Telephone bills and
sales slips from all display ad
vertisers count double. Members
were asked to consult the Bulle
tin for information in order to
make the sales slip contest a
success.
As part of the lecture pro
gram Melvin Lattie reported on
bills in the legislature and ex
plained some which many per
sons find confusing, such as the
key district bill, basic school
support and those concerning
taxes which are of vital interest
to all.
Our visitor Mrs. Scott spoke
briefly concerning several reso
lutions which had been brought
before the Granges in the coun
ty recently for approval.
Home Economic chairman
Coral Schroeder announced the
HEC meeting at the home of
Mrs. Melvin Lattie Wednesday.
April 17. There will be a cov
ered dish dinner at noon. Co
hostesses will be Mrs. Florence
Drake and Mrs. Coral Schroe
der. She also mentioned the new
vinyl tabletops in the kitchen
and the coat of paint which had
been applied to the new tables
and cupboards. And thanked the
committee Mrs. Loyal Bates and
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Lewin,
who had selected the material
and installed it.
Gertrude Lewin
Fort Lewis, Wash. XU.R)
This will come as a shock to the
nation's domestic big gam hunt
ers, but red is not the safest
color to wear while traveling
through the woods.
A group of Fort Lewis soldiers
spent the past few weeks wan
dering about this military reser
vation looking for colored pan
els. They didn't know where the
panels were situated and their
adeptness at spotting the various
colors was carefully noted by
observers.
The conclusion: yellow was
recognized six times as quickly
as red.
Purpose of the research was
to determine the safest colors for
hunting wear. The tests-were
directed by Col. E. F. Sloan and
officials of the Washington, Ore
gon and California game depart
ments and optometric associa
tions. . '
; 'The soldiers were divided into
two 10-man groups for the tests.
One group had normal vision.
The other men had defective
color vision.
Sloan said the men with de
fective vision spotted yellow 80
times as easily as red. About
eight per cent of the male popu
lation is to some extent color
blind, he added.
RflKMXIiY CHE&8LER
Most glamorous car In a generation
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It mates em Stare-anywheie !
You see it any place... and you want to look at it. There's a pride and a prance to it
that gives you a lift, makes you feel alive and vital. But the real tingle is driving it
There it is ... as long and low and purposeful as a gleaming jet,
with its long rakish fenders streaming back and up like battle
flags. This is the dynamic new look of 1957 motoring, and we
can't help it if others aren't there yet. Give 'em time we
always have.
The important thing to know is that every flowing "go" line
in this 1957 Chrysler has a purpose. That low-slung body and
upswept tail were engineered for a new kind of road stability.
They are the architectural results of Chrysler's Torsion-Aire
ride, the all-new suspension that gives yon sports car cornering
with the comfort of an ocean liner. -
Front coil springs have been completely eliminated. There's
up to 56 more glass area to enhance its roomy feel. The
wide, low grille features hooded dual headlights. And if you
want to find out what "go" really is, w ait till you boss its up-to-325
horsepower engine and pushbutton Torque Flite trans
mission. The real tingle is waiting for you. Come in and see na
. . . 'or just telephone.' We'll gladly arrange a demonstration.
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wobbled to the safety of West Germany in a stolen plane.
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