SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Is That So?
Ever wonder how you latched
on ta your name?
There was .a time in'England
when people only had first
S-3- 11
names, such as Fred, William or
Mary. If Mary were married to
William, she might be Mary,
William's wife.
As people became more num
erous and lived closer together
confusion arose. And so, per
haps, William was called Wil
liam the tailor because of his
occupation. Or William the stout
because of his heavy build.
Eventually 'the' was dropped
and he became William Taylor
or William Stout. Then, his chil
dren would have different first
names but retain the last name
Sometimes, the names began
with the children. Supposing
there were two Freds one
Richard's son, the other Wil
liam's son. So when they grew
up they retained the name Fred
Richardson and Fred William
son.
' In the days when most people
could not read, signs identified
shops. A locksmith might have
a key for his sign and his shop
called ".The Sign of the Key."
And so, James who owned the
locksmith was called James Key
Some people took their sur
names from , people or places
they liked. And so, we have
John King, Fred Silver, William
Gold.
Because some 'people had dis
tinctive personal characteristics
they were called. Short, Long
fellow. Stout. Or for their oc
cupations Baker, Siwyer (car
penter) or Coward (cowherd).
Or for the physical characteris
tics of the place in which they
lived Green (near the village
green). Ridgeway (along the
ridge of a hill), Beckett (along a
little brook). Or from the name
of the place in which they lived
Lincoln, Barstow, Oglethorpe,
Throckmorton.
Some people got their names
from nicknames Dixon (son of
Richard nicknamed, Dick); Rob
son (son of Robert, nicknamed
Rob); Thompson (son of Thomas,
nicknamed Tom).
Choices sDictatad
Sentimental reasons dictated
the choice of other names. Dar
win (from the Old English word
deore for dear, and wine, for
friend).
The person's station in life
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By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
supplied the names of some.
Ch".d or Childs (which meant
a well-bred youth, a young
knight).
.The most common American
name, Smith, came from the
one-time common occupation of
smith who shaped metal while
it was hot and soft. But times
change and today few Smiths
are engaged in their former pro
fession. The most common American
names are Johnson (son of John),
Brown (brunet in coloring), Wil
liams (son of William), Jones
(Welsh, son of John), Miller (the
occupation of miller), Davis (son
of David), Anderson (son of An
ders, another form of Andrew),
Taylor (the occupation of tailor),
and Moore (a place name, near
the moor).
(Copyright. 1957.
hy Eugent Burns
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Court Records
MUNICIPAL COURT
James Bernard Delsman. Ashland,
driving while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, S100.
Orville Clarence Hale. 517 Edwards
St.. Medford, driving while under the
iniiuence or intoxicating liquor. $100.
Andrew Dooney. drunk in Dublic.
S10.
Wallace wnsht Kascoc. drunk in
public. $10.
Artie Bob Prettvman. drunk in
public. S10.
itusseii ciaren Simons, drunk in
public. S10.
Kenneth RalDh Arnold, disobeved
stop sign. S3.
- Raymond Jucnard Graff, excessive
noise. S10.
Hovt Woodal Kedwine. failure ta
stop at red light, S5.
Paul Hughes Biggs, defective equip
ment. SS.
Ronald Christian Nelson, failure to
stop at red light, 83.
Norman Mackintosh Harwell, defec
tive equipment, S3.
jonn micnaei .Bauer, inadequate
muffler. $10.
Medford C. Pittman. disobeyed stop
sign. S3.
I rank oufek, defective equipment,
S2.S0.
Anthony Schleiss. violation ef basic
rule. 10.
carol Marie Robertson, failure to
stop at red light. S3.
treaerick Wesley Hawkins, improp
er left turn, S3.
DISTRICT COURT
Jess Cummings, failure to stop at
stop sign. $10.
John Alden Smith, passinf without
sufficient clearance, SIS.
Roger John Ferrell. violation basic
rule. SIS.
Merle Leroy Carder, overload, 131.
Myrtle Geneva Pankey, no opera
tor's license, S6.
Eugene Patrick Cook, failure to ston
at stop sign. $10.
Elbert Dean Kelly, unlawful poses
sion of weapon, S3.
Charles Elmer Cooper, no oversize
permit. $15. bail forfeited.
Dean Richard Chamberlain, viola
tion basic rule, $20, bail forfeited.
Clyde Leroy Foutch, overload, $42,
bail forfeited.
Robert Bennle Wylder, willful and
wanton waste of game fish $30.
Jack Dwight McCoy, violation basic
rule. $15.
David Champv McCollum, angling
without a license. $30.
Henry Harold Hillyer, angling closed
area, S5.
Bernard -Dale Thackery, angling
closed area. $3.
Hyle Dillard Medford,' angling pro
hibited methods, $30.
CIRCUIT COURT
Dorothy Lucille Yorton vs. Delbert
Roy Yorton. divorce complaint.
The First Marine Aircraft
Wing was commissioned on July
7, 1941 at Quantico, Va. This
was the first wing in the history
of Marine Corps aviation.
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Tuesday, May 7. HS7
Visionaires Slated'to
Present Program Here
The Visionaires male quartet,
formerly known as The "Four
Flats, will appear at the Friends
church at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
in a program of music, includ
ing a report on their missionary
trip to the Philippines in Janu
ary. The quartet has sung to more
than a million people in 2,500
meetings in the past 10 years,
appearing with such evangelists
as Dr. Billy Graham, Bob Pierce,
Jack Shuler, Merv Rosell, and
Oswald Smith. Graduates of
George Fox college, Newberg,
they were twice winners of the
Pacific- Northwest barbershop
ballad contest while students
there.
Russian Parliament
To Hear Khrushchev
Moscow U.R) The two
houses of the Supreme Soviet
(Parliament) meet in joint ses
sion today to hear a report by
Communist Party leader Nikita
S. Khrushchev on reorganiza
tion of the management of So
viet industry.
Although it is not on the
agenda, it would not be sur
prising if the Soviet leaders took
advantage of the parliamentary
session today to make a major
foreign policy pronouncement.
The parliamentary session was
called to give final approval to
the drastic changes in the over
all planning and management of
Soviet industry which calls for
the transfer of management and
planning from federal to local
control.
The shifts are based chiefly
on the decentralization plans an
nounced by Khrushchev on
March 30.
Today's was the second meet
ing this year of the Supreme
Soviet.
Explosions Rock
Fireworks Plant
Dayton, Ohio Ufi) Two
spectacular explosions rocked
the United Fireworks Co. Mon
day night only hours after a
visiting Japanese fireworks man
ufacturer praised the plant for
its safety features.
Officials - estimated the loss
of two buildings destroyed in the
blasts at $40,000. One fireman
was injured slightly and was
treated at the scene. The last
shift had left the plant more
than .four hours before.
-Arthur Hinkle, the night
watchman, said he was in a car
several hundred yards from the
explosions.
"Flames shot way up into the
sky with flowers and clusters
of fireworks all over the place,"
he said. "It was beautiful in a
way. The explosion was tre
mendous and shook the ground."
Walter Beachler, owner of the
plant, could offer no explana
tion of the explosions, which
occurred about 8:30 p.m.
MACHINE AGE
Hamilton, N. Y. (U.R) Char
les R. Kirkley, a pre-engineer
ing student at Colgate Univer
sity, has mechanized the ancient'
game of tic-tac-toe so it can be
played by a simple system of
switches. "It really works J.' said
Kirkley and just think no part
ner, no paper, no pencils." And
no fun either, Kirkley admitted
the machine always wins.
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SHE'S ALL CHARGED UP-Jane Powell really turns on
the heat during a performance at the Desert Inn in Las
Vegas, Nev. Static electricity appears to be leaping from
the stage as the once demure singing star switches
character and turns on the heat. We'll let you camera
wizards figure it out but photographer Jack Meehan,
who took the picture, thinks he got it by changing film
Quotes From the News
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Dallas, Tex. Suspended Jockey Willie Shoemaker, on what he
thought when he realized he misjudged the Kentucky Derby finish
line Saturday to possibly cost Gallant Man a victory over winner
Iron Liege:
"I called myself a batch of names the newspapers couldn't
print. I thought, 'Oh hell, how stupid can I be. "
Washington The Rev. William J. Await, the priest who mar
ried the late Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, to the senator's former
colleagues: ;
"The Senate was his wife."
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Boston Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D.-Va.) on President Eisenhower's
record $71,800,000,000 budget:
"I say with all sincerity that from a fiscal standpoint, it is the
most irresponsible budget submitted in my day."
New York Sen. John F. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) calling for a
new American policy toward Russian satellites which would in
clude loans to Communist Poland: .
"Other satellites, we may be sure, are watching, and if we fail
to help the Poles, who else will dare stand up to the Russians arid
look westward?"
Chicago Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, on gov
ernment control of some farm commodities:
"After 25 years of controlling agriculture, we have failed."
MANACLED AS HE LEAVES COURT in Detroit is
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wife in Los Angeles in 1955. (International Soundphoto)
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The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council consists ot a Jodie, a psycnlitrlft,
tare clerfymen, a nswspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers tach
artldo is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not givs
advice; it merely reports on problems Uut have been dealt with by responsible
asenclcs and counselors.
Mr. G. H, Is this woman a
chronic liar and deceiver?
Mrs. T. M. I'm not that sort?
Mr. G. H. I am a widower
in my 50s very much in love
with a widow of about my own
age. We have been going around
together for nearly two years
and I want very much to marry
her. but she says she is just not
sure about me.
What concerns me about this
woman is that she constantly lies
to me both in trivial and im
portant things. I have caught
her in such silly lies. She'll tell
me she is going to be at her
sister's home one evening and
then I meet her on the street and
she has been out shopping. Or
she'll tell me she has sold cer
tain business interests and then
six months later I'll discover
she still owns them.
I - care ' for this woman .very
deeply, but I wonder whether
she is a chronic liar and deceiv
er, whether she is seeing other
men, or something. I just can't
seem to find out where I stand
with her, but I feel I cannot
give her up.
Mrs. "T. M. I was not very
happy in my first marriage and
I want to be cautious about any
step I take in the future. This
man has been very kind and
helpful to me and I 'alue his
companionship, but I just don't
see myself taking the plunge
into marriage with him.
I am not a deceiver and I am
not seeing any Other man. These
suspicions get on my nerves be
cause I am just not that sort of
woman. Why should he accuse
me and bother me in this way?
I don't want to lie to any
one, but my friend keeps ask
ing me so many questions, some
times I tell him anything just to
give him an answer. The fact
is that I have become so mixed
up in all these silly lies, I don't
even remember the truth my
self any more. I am not trying
to string this man along. He
doesn't; have to see me if he
doesn't like me as I am.
The Council Mr. G. H., a
rather possessive man, has ap
parently chosen just thewoman
most likely to frustrate him
one who values her independ
ence above all else at this par
ticular time.
He refuses to accept the fact
that she has told him where he
stands with her. She is "not
sure.". He is so determined in
his own mind to marry her that
he feels he already has some
rights over her. Because she is
grateful for his help and friend
ship, Mrs. T. M. evidently is in
timidated by his attitude.
The fact is, that Mrs. T. M.
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she chooses to do so. This does
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As a matter of fact, this is
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Australian Students
'Capture' U.S. Boat
Sydney, Australia U.R) Ten
Sydney University students in
pirate garb "captured" the U.S.
carrief Benningtton early today'
in a dawn prank that left Amer
ican naval - officers more em
barrassed than amused. '-
Armed with cardboard cut
lasses and, carrying a skull and
crossbones flag, the students
rowed .to the carrier's side,
climbed the ladder and walked
through the sleeping ship .un
challenged. They found their
way to her empty bridge and
sounded the chemical warfare
alarm.
Startled sailors tumbled from
their bunks and the Benning
ton's 2,500 officers and men
dashed to their stations.
The Sydney Mirror said the
"pirates" held their ground
against- overwhelming odds on
the ship's bridge before they
were "arrested" by Marines and
led off the ship.
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Louisiana Residents
Building Up Leveesu f
Shreveport, La. IU.R Emir
gency workers labored through
out the night to build up levees
protecting - four Louisiana conv
munities1 from the Surging flood
waters of the Red river. -
The "threat of the towns 6f
East Point, Powhatan, Campti
and Clarence all south . of
Shreveport constituted the fi
nal destructive efforts of a se
ries of floods that have pounded
the Southwest since April -19,
causing an estimated $57,500,
000 damage. :
' The Red River's crest was ex
pected this afternoon. :
The river was spread) three
miles across low'ands in places.
Around Powhatan, Campti and
Clarence, 60,000 acres are mil
der water. An estimated 100,000
acres are covered by floodwater
in Louisiana now. J ;
About 200 persons have left
their homes in -the Powhatan-Campti-Clarence
area, and most
of the 200 persons in East Pont
moved out their belongings over
the week end. .
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came the first pilot to fly over
the Antarctic continent .
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