FOUR MED FORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, July 28, 1957
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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
San Francisco, July 25 The most interesting thing to us
at the fourth annual style show in Union Square this noon, was
a baby about two years old who, while the band played, did an
excellent rock and roll."
She had on a blue coat and no hat, sat up very straight in
her cab and appeared to be much interested in the models,
young and old, as they marched by on the temporary platform
that bounded a half section of the inner flower beds. But when
the band struck up a jazzy tune, she sprang to her feet in the
cab and proceeded to roll and rock in perfect time with the
music.
She was much more interesting than the latest fall and
summer styles from Magnins, the Emporium, White House, etc.,
etc.
Her mother did not share this dance interest, but was ap
parently enthralled by the latest styles, as was the huge crowd
composed 99 per cent of women, young and old.
e e
The attitude of the male sex, in our crowded section on the
lawn at least, was fairly well represented by a somewhat
weather-beaten individual, who slept throughout the perform
ance, with a portion of the Morning Examiner over his face, and
his bare feet exposed to the bright noon sunlight (the starting
time was 12:30). The only other male in sight except your cor
respondent, was a middleaged, rather unhappy looking gentle
man, who was more interested in getting a sun bath and getting
his noon day lunch out of a bag, than he was in the latest styles
in the nylon and even the negligee departments.
Next to us was an elderly lady who had apparently for
gotten her hearing aid or at least she couldn't hear what the
loud speaker said and asked if we could. Upon our nod of the
head, she inquired sharply, what did he say?
That nut it nr tr "V Friitnr" so we save a hizhlv con-
Ar,cA v.r.in nri in fPnr nf hpintr rlrnftpd in the role of inter- the new storm in the Middle
preter for the duration we beat a hasty retreat without stepping East is not in remote Oman
nnv foot harH onnnffh to cause anv audible shrieks ol Dain or 1 ' 1 jim w " E
protest. But it was tough going in that crush, most of the older
girls being in a state of flux in their endeavor to get a better
view of the proceedings than their next door neighbors, ine
undersigned breathed a sigh of relief when the St. Francis was
reached without insult or injury.
1 7-17
'CH.fciiFF! Have i ever tod veu new siveer WWtf;
.Matter ot Fact By
Joseph Alsop
STORM CENTER IN RYADH
London The real center
10 YEARS AGO
July 28. 1947 (Monday)
Five civil cases In which local
firms sought recompense from
American Fruit Growers, Inc.,
as result of huge industrial fire
are settled out of court.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Of ail
things, rain comes to the valley
in July.
20 YEARS AGO
July 28. 1937 (Wednesday)
Two hundred acres of grant
land to be lidded to Rogue River
national forest.
Billowing big top of Russell
Bros, circus pitches here.
30 YEARS AGO
July 28. 1927 1
Crater Lake Park needs $1
400,000 for new roads, accord
ing to the national park service.
It doesn't take horse sense
to appreciate Medford's new
ater system, say the city fath
ers.
To give convincing evidence that we really did hear SOME
of the remarks made by the "MC," we herewith announce that
the leading color for milady's wardrobe this fall will be "red."
(We don't like red dresses any better than we like red auto
mobiles.) Second will come what is termed the "Wave of Blue,
Irt aW""WaW3
th
have
Joseph Alsop
tribes
risen agai n s
their Brit i s
protected Sul
tan. The real
center is
Ryadh, at the
court of King
Saud of Saudi
Arabia, whence
the tribes have
C .c -"'"l . , ,
and after that in order "beige and gold," the "white collar ""'u8 J? e.uespite
oirlc" Fnuiahle P.roen (wo rion't envv ereen but we do like it). ?nevast- air-conditioned palace
next in line is a terrific combination "purple and pink," followed a"V,he a"ges
by a typical Golden Gate combination "Fog Bound Grey, White 1 th,. Cf.d.lll.acs- Kln
Black, Jet Black," and so on and so forth ending up with "Brandy ?aud s court is still in essence
and Orange" with Honeydew ensemble as a "chaser." (Indigestible "'!1 ' i "
bUt effective.) Lnvprnmon, Th- 4...4. u-
' I kfinit kjH..l 1 .
Radio and TV were both on hand and the MOB scene, with " i "so""e mn'
. . j i . "-" suiiiiK uciauiiaiiy ana aione
airpiane-nais ana paracnute-SKiris, may ai)pc.r , u.c vi, - ,, . ,
judgment of a situation change!
few days after we do.
mA. u .v. ..j . ka . !,, .,, two i n,s mosl important and long
" ,r.: r "'?.Tr."" :r, ;.;r" r;; established policy may. be re
new one of these little "curiosity shops" full of crazy gags and . sv
, .u. ,.. .,-. , ,oo t .11 nnnoaloH vc'cu uvcnugm,.
gdUKCia, Ul tile uaiucu oi&im awi v vwvu " f r
to the undersigned. It read, quote:
"Better have Halitosis than no breath at all."
Last October, King Saud made
just such a change of policy.
when he quite suddenly ceased
to finance and support the am
bitious efforts of Egypt's Gamal
40 YEARS AGO
July 28. 1917
Carousal ends when policeman
raids prmises at South Newton
and eighth sts.
New trail to be built from
rim of Crater Lake to the lake
level.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct la superior;
even or elcbt Is excellent; five or
sU la good
1. Was the Catherine di' Med
ici of Africa a native-born Afri
can, Asian, or European?
2. Are marriage licenses re
quired m all of the 48 states?
3. Bible- The seven Epistles.
James. John (3), Jude and Peter
(2) are sometimes termed the
what "Epistles"?
4. In what year did President
Lincoln issue his Emancipation
Proclamation?
5. In the treatment of which
disease is insulin used?
6. The dangerous quality of an
electric shock is the voltage or
the amperage imparted to the
body?
7. Where is West Texas State
College located?
8. What was the first name of
the composer. Chopin?
9i Bo;h "climax" and "acme"
indicate the high point of inter
est. Which term signifies conti
nuity as a means to reach that
point?
10. Burns, "Annie Laurie":
"We two ha'e run about the
braes, and pu'd the gowans
fine." What does "twa, ha'e,
brae, pu'd tnd gowan" mean?
Answers: 1. African. Sophon
isba. Queen of Nubia (died 105
B.C.) 2. Yes. 3. The Catholic
Epistles. 4. 1863 (January 1).
S. Diabetes. E. Amperage. 7. Can
yon. Texas. H. Frederic. 9. Cli
mav. 10. Two. have, hillside,
pulled, (daisy-like flower.
Clubs Invited to Join
.
Company Move Has jln Town-Country Event
No Effect
Locally
Investors Diversified Services,
Inc., will enter the life insur
ance field through a newly-organized
subsidiary, the Investors
Syndicate Life Insurance and
Annuity company, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The Medford office of the com
pany, operated by James Amb
ler, will continue its present
services without adding the in
surance and annuity division.
The new subsidiary filed its
charter of incorporation in Min
nesota and starts with $5,000,
0G0 capital and surplus. ,
In fact "no breath at all" has never appealed to this depart
ment Th follnwinc is classified and strictly off the record to-wit:
If a certain relative (by marriage) should ever seek public -riDae, passer 10 extena nis poll
nfir. nnri nm to he Mavor or Mayoress of Chinatown, she tical power in other Arab lands.
would be elected by a tremendous majority. She knows every Then in April, King Saud went
retail shop owner in the place and has high credit at all of them, still further, Importantly help-
If she did run Sing Fat would probably be her campaign man- ing King Hussein in the Jordan
ager he is head of the most important tong. AIL we can say crisis and thus embarking on
about Sing Fat is that we would rather sing FAT than Sing Pen opposition to Nasser's de-
FLAT.
e e a e e i
A .. c. a,, umriii en tYtim te tho first visit fit anv leneth TraE new policy developed bv
to San Francisco during which we failed to meet anyone from I King Saud since last October
home i.e.: Medford. A member of the party did run into tsoo is cieariy me single most cru-
Rector at the St. Francis, for a few brief words, but as he ex- ciai lacior in the new Middle
plained he doesn't register from Medford anymore but from Eastern alignment that has
Los Angeles. R.W.R. emerged since the proclamation
ui me cisennower aoctrme. 11
-w : , o . - , .
wlj J J T J "-"' oauu again cnanges nis
r 11 tin a fr Anrh mind- returning to his former
liJl,l& LU VVUII collaboration with Egypt, Nas-
ser will no loneer ho monarorl
Onp nf r.hp rlvpams of a few vears ae-o was a hell- by progressive isolation. The
copter in every family," to serve as the "automobile of ITTJrT Zl
the IUtUre. wiU thereafter rapidly collapse.
This hasn't worked OUt tOO well as Vet. because the It can be seen, then, why King
chopper" is a rather tricky aircraft to pilot, and be- ?a"d'8 ure.actinsln toe Present
, i i t i i. j j.i ve reaiiy overwneim-
cause COSIS nave noi ueen uiougnt uown suiiiueiiujf ing importance. Furthermore,
to permit the average motorists tO be able to afford there are many around him who
violent reaction.
But the dream of an aerial conveyance for the mass Th cireumnros k-w
market persists, and Popular Mechanics magazine says crucial decision to cease support-
one will be available, at a price about the same as pres- "? tl""' mne mntns
. u-i - if-.i.in later, altogether wrapped In
eni-aay auiomuuiies, in auuui 1U jeaib. mystery. His brother and heir
' Crown Prince Feisal, certainly
CUCH a vehicle, development on which is now under did not faver the great policy
. l - ... . . . . rhanoo "Moif rt AiA l
way by HUler Helicopter Company, is based on the " "t?
"ducted fan" principle, publicized earlier by the "fly- tiai personal advisers, the Paies-
mg platform" in which the Army is interested. uman. jamai Bey Hussemi, the
V cl, JinA f rl k t fl, olSyrlan' Jussuf Yassme, and the
iuui outii uuttcu xaiis vvuuiu uc uiavcu uic tui Libyan Khalid Ahu Walirl
nei-s of the vehicle, which otherwise would resemble
a sedan. With the four verticle-lift mechanisms, the TN 71115 stm-medievai court
machine is reported to have more stability than the l m"mbe. ?f toi Ki"g'!
sinble-rotor helicopter. A twin-turbine power plant themselves to his change of poii-
would provide safety in the case of power failure, and cy after it had occurred. But
a speed of about 60 m.p h The magazine recited oth- Z2gSS
er advantages over the helicopter type of vehicle. stm fighting what amounted to
a rearguard action against the
WHILE first development is expected to be for the formation of the new front of
1 jr ii. it. i Arab leaders friendly to the
ai incu iui ira, uic niatici.i.iiic ccco uic J.a v v.u"i"is West. Clearlv. thiarpfr.ro thara
'il 1. -1 1 it. -1,1 ..ll .... . . .
witnin a aecaae wnen mey wan De avauaoie ior civil- wm oe no lack of persons ready
jarjg to use the Oman crisis as a lever
rru. ui.. : ui ; -n Puaae .ing oaua to alter
men, uiesuiiiauiy, uui uciiiic uiuuiems win ue his policy again
aerial. And the downtown merchants will be concern- it is even quite possible that
or! ohnnt nff.airlgna navlrino- V. A this 'action at the Saudi court
' r & loined with the FtrvntUr.. tr,
instigate the tribal rising in
NEW TITLES Oman without King Saud's di-
Chicago M Tony Smith, rect approval This reporter clear
president of the Chicago Restau- ly remembers the sharp con-
rant Assn., announced that the as last year, between the
w a 1 1 r e s s e s In his restaurant "f ' me"te &T
cussion of the related dispute
"u "l"mu "uw over the Buraiml oasis, and the
"hostesses," the hostesses are bitterness evinced by Prince
"food service directors," the bus Feisal when discussing the Bu
boys are "table service men" and ra!m' problem.
oui wueuier me A.ing was
involved from the outset, or
whether the Oman rising was in
stigated by others, the fact re-
Area service clubs and other
non-profit groups have been in
vited to participate in the Town
and Country Holiday, according
to an announcement by Ray
Johnson, vice-chairman of the
Kiwanis sponsored event.
The Town and Country Holi
day will be staged in the new
Medford Memorial Armory, Aug.
22 through 25, as the first non
military event to be held in the
newly completed Armory.
Organizations interested in
sponsoring concessions are re
quested to contact Elmer Lu-
schen, chairman of the rides and
games committee, at SP 2-5702.
the dish-washers
maintenance men.
are "utensil
novelty booths and children's mains that the King is inevit-
rides. as well as skill games will ably involved in the affair now.
be welcome, Johnson said. No The Imam of Oman, who is the
games of chance or booths serv- leader of the rebellious tribes.
ing alcoholic beverages will be has passed his exile at the Saudi
permitted. He emphasized that court and is a Saudi protege,
the active participation by other Whether or not appearances are
groups is being encouraged to deceptive, the rising is univer-
makp the Holiriav a rnmnletelv sallv rezarded as a Saudi Arahi-
F ood and soft drink booths, local community "event. J an project.
THIS is why the Oman affair
catches the American policy
makers squarely between the
devil and the deep blue sea
or rather catches them squarely
between the British, who are
our chief trans-Atlantic allies,
and King Saud, who is the key
to our new Middle Eastern
policy.
The British attempt to sup
press the Oman rising and re
store the Sultan's authority will
be painted in lurid colors by
the Egyptians and their friends
in Ryadh, as an imperialist ven
ture and a flagrant affront to
King Saud. Everything possible
wiU be done to inflame the
situation to the point where King
Saud will insist on active
American support in this mat
ter. Every effort will be made
to persuade King Saud that the
Americans have let him down.
The basic facts are simply not
available anywhere for a pre
diction of the outcome. Too
much depends on the unknown
local situation in Oman. The
storm will probably pass if the
uprising can be rapidly over
come, whereas the storm will
become downright appalling if
large British troop movements
are eventually required and or
dered. Too much depends, too,
on the mysterious internal pat
tern of influence and person
ality in the Saudi Arabian court.
But it is clear that the Oman
rising may end by changing King
Saud's policy towards the west
and towards Nasser. That is
really why it is an ugly business.
Copyright 1957
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Speaking the other day in Lon
don, where the American Bar
association is holding its annual
convention this year, U.S. Attor
ney General Brownell told his
fellow lawyers that as a general
principle all world arguments
should be setUed in court in
an INTERNATIONAL court.
Specifically, he said, a "total"
international court system is the
best way to end the risk of
nuclear war.
He added:
"We must settle International
disputes, not occasionally, but
on a TOTAL basis, under a
tribunal which will command
general confidence."
He suggested that Britain and
the United States work together
to establish such a court.
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contribution)
TTISTORICALLY, of course, he
"-is right. There can be no
denial of that. Until courts were
established, mankind was ruled
by the STRONG RIGHT ARM
Whoever could wield the most
brute physical power was the
BOSS. Until courts came into
the picture, there was no such
thing as justice.
POWER was all that counted
F
1Z1
civil-
have
WHAT we call the
ized" nations, courts
taken the place of the strong
right arm. But in the world at
large that is to say, in the IN
TERNATIONAL community
the strong right arm still rules.
T ET'S repeat that in propos-
ing an international court
system that will settle world
arguments without recourse to
brute force Mr. Brownell - is
right.
But he omits one essential sten
rin the process.
Before there can be an effec
tive international court system
there must be a INTERNATION
AL POLICE SYSTEM that will
enforce the decisions of the
courts. .
Without police power to back
it up, no court can be effective.
11THO will be the policeman?
' ! It SHOULD be United Na
tions.
The UN Is-not without power,
It has demonstrated on several
occasions that it can marshal
the great power of international
public opinion. United Nations
is a weak reed to lean on, but
I think most of us are convinced
that it is better than no reed
at all.
Still
The- hard, cold fact remains
that until UN has back of it ade
quate police power to enforce
its decisions it won't amount to
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From the Morgans
To the Editor: There Is no way
in which we can adequately ex
press our heart-full thanks to
each and aU of those who were
so concerned over our ' safety
when we were stranded over
night on a lonely mountain road
in the Butte Falls area, due to
car trouble. .
Through the Mail Tribune's
courtesy in making this column
available to its readers, how
ever, we extend a most sincere
Thank you" to each of those
who gave their time and physi
cal effort in searching for us.
We are particularly grateful to
our personal friends, and possi
bly even more grateful to those
who didn't even know us, who
spent a sleepless night and ex
hausting morning until we were
found.
Not until we reached safety
did we learn of the extent to
which a search had been made,
and realize that actually the
searchers had been much worse
off than we were. The list of
names of individuals and organi
zations is too long to mention,
and rather than omit anyone
who may have participated, we
hope each one will take this as
a personal "Thank you."
It should be a very heartening
thing to the people of this area,
as it was to us, to know the ex
tent to which friends, neighbors,
and strangers will go to help
someone who is in trouble!
The Morgan ramuy
1 King st.
Medford, Ore.
Questions Ordinance
To the Editor: After being the
lone dissenter at a recent public
hearing conducted by the City
Planning Commission, and not-
e there were none at a simuar
hearing by the County Planning
Commission, I am convinced the
people of this area are not aware
of the far-reaching implications
of the proposed subdivision ordi
nances. - -
If these ordinances are adopt
ed, then anyone who desires to
sell a building site will be faced
with the following:
1. A person in Medford or
ackson county cannot divide
his property even into two lots
or offer to sell either of them
until he has complied with, the
provisions of the 21-page ordi
nance.
2. The subdivider is required
to furnish very detailed engi
neering, surveying and drafting
data, plus filing fees, and to post
bond of sufficient amount to
cover cost of the improvements
planned for his subdivision
(This bond is costly and difficult
to obtain).
3. Great authbrity is placed in
the hands of the City Engineer
and County Engineer, who can
approve or disapprove the maps,
plans and all improvement work
done on the subdivision, and
until this approval is forthcom
ing the subdivider cannot ob
tain release of his surety bond.
4. Anyone who fails to comply
with any of the provisions of the
ordinance shall be punished by
a fine not to exceed $100, or by
imprisonment not to exceed 50
days, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment.
The Medford city council has
deferred action on this ordinance
until it can be studied more
thoroughly, and then a public
nearing will be called. The
county court probably will do
likewise. During this period, cit
izens interested In the measure
should study its provisions and
offer whatever suggestions they
have concerning it.
Undoubtedly the Planning
Commissions need an ordinance
that will enable them to facili
tate .orderly development of the
area, but surely such an ordi
nance can be written that will
provide them what they need
witnout workuig undue hard
ship upon the people it is de
signed to serve.
Roy Wilkes.
1863 Crater Lake ave.,
Medford, Ore.
Tha Sun Rises and Sets
To the Editor: The science of
economics is the basis of all sci
ence, therefore economics de
termines everything.
Since wars having reached the
point of diminishing returns and
ending in stalemate it is but na
tural that economic competition
should replace the old order and
conform to new economic ad
justments embracing the change
occuring in national and world
wide economic structures. Re
gardless of separate systems the
nations of the world are now
confronted and bonded by eco-,
Jimmy Dunlevy rotund bon
vivant, club manager, city coun
cilman, emcee extraordinary,
and sometime thespian and ra
dio man upon occasion rues the
day he took over as maitre
d'hotel at the Rogue Valley
Country ciub.
Like the time recently when
the Kiwanis club had a luncheon
scheduled there, and Jimmy or
dered all the extra food, got the
tables all set up, had the extra
waitresses necessary on hand,
and the time came and no one
showed up. Someone apparently
had forgotten to tell him the
Kiwanians were picnicking that
day.
a
A former Navy man we
know moved into a new apart
ment in town recently, and.
true to his training, decided to
buy an old-fashioned gal-ra-nited
bucket to assist him in
Editorial
Comment
CHANGE FOR JACKSON?
The Medford Mail Tribune
notes that all is not exactly rosy
with the administration of
county government in Jackson
County.
The paper says. "We would
like to see a board of at least
five commissioners, elected from
definite districts of the county
and serving without pay, be
coming the governing body,
with a paid employe serving as
executive officer or manager."
It brings back vivid memories.
Such a plan was proposed in
Lane County on three occasions,
was beaten at the polls twice
and never got on the ballot the
third time. .
But, as the Mail Tribune
points out, the recent Legisla
ture recognized that county gov
ernment in Oregon needs an
overhaul and modernization.
Oregon voters, as a result, will
vote in the next general election
on a proposal which would give
greater home rule to counties.
The need for modernization
and change to meet modern con
ditions is evidenced even by our
own elected Lane County offi
cials. They have established a
new system In the road depart
ment with an administrator
heading it. And they have hired
an administrative assistant for
the board of commissioners to
help in the myriad of detail In
operating the county govern
ment.
There has been less change In
countv eovernment than in gov
ernment at any other level, ine
Medford naDer believes that a
county manager plan, siminar
to the one tried here, would be
a eood thing.
"It Is our conviction inai me
division of authority, the inade-
miate renresentation, and the
multiplicity of dutes represented
in th.. nresent system no longer
are conducive to good, efficient
and responsive county govern
ment."
We'll be mighty Interested in
tv,. rnnnnni this receives in
Jackson County. Eugene Regis
ter-Guard.
nomic necessity and identical
methods of survival obtainable
only by peaceful means. These
requirements and procedures
are based on a world price struc
ture, world currencies and equal
ity of labor value resulting in
increased production and con
sumption capacity and a bal
anced "world economy.
This consumption value of re
tarded countries offers an op
portunity for peaceful settle
ment between opposing forces
giving temporary advantage to
the country with surplus com
modities and eventual setUement
by trade allotments according
to productive capacity and other
nations. Not to be overlooked
is the fourth dimension of time
when all the nations wiU soon,
by industrial development and
barter methods, have reached
the point of self efficiency, eacn
an integral part of the universal
whole.
This trend is becoming ap
parent in the open market or
barter system being organized
by nations of western Europe
and the natural gravitational
economic pull to the east where
in Asia due to the square of its
dimensions and the product of
its mass could easily become the
seat of world government, the
center of population and com
merce, thereby ushering in a
new world economic system and
change in mental and spiritual
concepts.
Evolution is a process of ad
justment, revolution is a law of
change. Nature is purely indus
trial economic laws that govern
the universe. We have wasted
our heritage by political and fi
nancial destructive methods and
only the farm, factory and home
stand as monuments to indus
trial value, economic survival
and future welfare. And lest we
forget, the sun that rises in the
east, sets in the west, bringing
light with the morning dawn or
oblivion in the darkness of the
night
Tom Caldwell,
408 Laurel St.,
Medford, Or.
mopping (or swabbing) out his
new domicile. He said he
searched nearly every store in
town before he found such a
bucket; and by that time his
feet were so lired and hot he
bought a new pair of shoes,
too.
Every newspaper makes mis
takes it's both human nature,
and almost inevitable in the com
plicated nature of the production
job. We sometimes think that it
is the people putting out the
paper who are most upset by the
errors.
Anyway, being human, we're
sort of sneakily glad when ome
other paper pulls a boner once
in a while, just to prove we're
not the only ones. A case in
point last week was the Oregon
Ian, which had a three-column
head on Page 1 which said: "'By
Woman Who Fig Confession
Signed Police Say Burglaryured
In Vice Probe."
It took us some little time to
puzzle this out. What the head
line intended to say was "Police
Say Burglary Confession Signed
By Woman Who Figured in Vice
Probe."
Speaking of mistakes, ' Jess
Vail points out that in last
Sunday's paper we had a Page
1 story about one subject, and
another related story on the
Inside pages. At the bottom of
the Page 1 story theie was a
line saying "(Additional de
tails on Page ??)." Jess tars
he never did find those addi
tional details.
.
Every line of work has its oc
cupational hazards, and not only
newspaper work.
A Jackson county surveyor
recently was doing some map
Ding in the hinterlands, during
the course of which he had to
start and stop his car frequently.
This attracted the notice of a
state policeman, who felt the ir
regular driving might indicate
inebriation on the part of the '
driver.
When he was advised of tha
facts, the officer merely sug
gested the surveyor might carry
a red flag on the rear of the car
next time.
a a a
An observant member of .
our reporiorial staff reported
his findings on how at least
one woman decides whether
or not to order a chocolate
sundae. She placed her hands
firmly on her midriff and In
haled deeply. Finding the for
ward portion of that part of
her anatomy fairly flat, she
placed the order. Our reporter,
however, suggests that this sys
tem is not guaranteed to keep
the torso from becoming more
so. . e
Another young man on our
staff gave us the following item
with a straight face:
We were searching the shelves
of a grocery store for a box of
tea this morning when we heard
a small voice say "Look out,
woman driver." We turned
around to find some large card
board boxes on a cart bearing
down on us.
We stepped aside, and when
they passed, we caught the smile
of the hidden driver, who was,
by golly( a woman.
Gerard (Jerry) Clark of
Medford has an ideniiccl twin
brother named Gerald (Jerry)
Clark, who lives in Bremerton.
According to the Bremerton
paper (a friend sent us a clip
ping from it) the Medford
Jerry Clark caused consider
able confusion in that Wash
ington city when he visited
the Bremerton Jerry Clark,
a newspaper advertising ex
ecutive, not long ago, aad
caused his brother's friends to
do double-takes as be walked
down the street.
e e e
Who but a man could be the
source of this one? -
He (again referring to one of
our functionaries) watched as a
woman prepared to attend a
wedding recently, and was sur
prised to see her holding what
appeared to be a large, deep-dish
pie plate in her hand. What, he
asked himself, would she want
with a pie plate at a wedding?
He found out when she put it on
her head, and he discovered that
it was a hat.
As we said, who but a man....?
Let's Try Optimism
To the Editor: Speaking ol
present economic conditions,
isn't it time for the people ot
the valley, particularly Medford,
to take stock of the part each in
dividual is playing in pointing
up what is to come? '
To get a definite idea of just
what is meant by the above,
would refer to article in the SaU
urday Evening Post of July 27;
entitled, "Can We Stay Rich?":
Isn't it true that there is a great
deal of wrong psychology,
abroad, breeding pessimism!
about business conditions? Say
it could be true, even partially
is it net obvious that it would
be better to keep still rather
than to further any pessimism;
that is about? Mass prayer hasT
proven effective, why not mass:
optimism in a psychological!
way?
Name on File, j
Medford, Ore. - - ;