SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, Augmt 18, 1957
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Do you know what a speech squeezer is? Ever heard of a
folded diaper antenna? Or a phone patch? A QSL card? Do you
know how to fish with dials and wires instead of a pole and line
in the water?
Thursday night Potpourri joined the Earl Casebolts, and Kenn
and Betty Knackstedt in a "rag chewer's" session at the Casebolt
home and learned a little a very little about ham radio. Mr.
C. sat in front of five or x pieces of nateur radio equipment
set up in the corner of the family dining room, twiddled a bunch
of dials and flicked switches. In between the screeches, squeals
and shrieks we listened to him talko other hams in Medford, to
one ia Everett, Wash., one in Los Gatos, Calif., another in Birm
ingham, Ala., and briefly to 'one somewhere in Canada or Alaska.
The Everett-pian was Robert E. Miller, son of the late Ralph
Miller of Medford, who said that his mother now lives in the
Washington city.
A lo9 of the time Potpourri didn't have the foggiest notion
what the conversation mean At one time Mr. Casebolt informed
the Everett man that "the sun spots are good now and we should
get some rare dx this year" at lea, that is what we thought we
heard. Kenny K., who makes expressive gestures with his hands
even while talking to some one several hundred miles away, ex
plained a couple of times that "we are band hopping" and "Earl
and I will go up to 40 and see 'if we can raise somebody in Calif
ornia." We raised Frank W. Glass, W6MVL in Los Gatos.
In between times Mr, C. and Kenny explained about QSL cards
cards sometimes elaborately designed and printed, which hams
send out to other oifcrators they have contacted by air. We took
part in a "phone patch" whic is part telephone and part radio,
but never did find out why it is called a "patch." We learned that
operators talk about their wives, families, food, the weather
and even play chess over the air waves. They sharpen their radio
wit;; with hidden transmitter hunts and just generally have a
wonderfully relaxing time.
Of course, a lot of it is serious, too. Hams belong to carefully
organized and efficiently instructed groups and in time of fires,
floods or hurricanes which blank out , ordinary communication
perform important communication services. They cooperate- with
the armed forces and civil defense officials. Mr. Casebolt, as presi
dent of the Rogue Valley Amateur radio league, has certificates
and letters praising the local hams "for their service in time of
need.
The hams have fun with their call fetters, too. Sometimes to
make sure the one across the air waves understands, they use
names matching their call letters. ud Larson's LNG he calls
Lovely Native Girl; Kerb Grey Jr., says Many Many Indians for
MMI; Dwight Albright's HLF becomes Happy Little Foxes and
Kenny K. has turned CVO into Ocean Victor Ocean.
The Wall Street Journal records something other than cold
statistic and studies on economics. PH, perusing a copy yester
day morning, clipped this tid-bit: "Southwest abounds in oddities
such as covered, air-conditioned sidewalks. They're a feature of
a new $125 million Dallas commercial center now a-building.
Drive-in grocery Houston housewives, baskets attached to their
cars, drive through wide, wide lanes in a new supermarket. Walk
ing attendants fill baskets with items ordered.
"Drive-ins spread to banking, weddings. A Texas bank will
lure auto patrons with pretty hostesses on roller skates. In Love
lady, Tex., a service station operator doubles as justice of the
peace, marries couples as they sit in their cars."
' Mingling with the Shakespearean festival company at the
A. S. V. Carpenter's Tuesday we found that the actors, technic
ians and their guests have interesting names,' as well as . faces.
There was Rod Sulit, technician from San Francisco, George and
Margaret Vafiadis, Jerry Mickey, who says his last name is a
corruption of a German name which may originally have been
spelled with a "u", and William L. Kinsolving.
Mr. Kinsolving, Stanford drama student from Phoenix, Ariz.,
who came to the party as a guest of David O'Brien, festival actor,
was a trifle perturbed when the society editor stumbled over his
name, and rightly so. One who has worked with names for so
many years should not bat an eye or show surprise, no matter how
different the name. But when "Kinsolving" was first pronounced,
we thought it was both first and last names and was prepared to
write down "Ken Solven" or something similar.
Potpourri still believes, however, that an interesting, exotic
or strange name is not a handicap, but an asset. We've been called
Fletcher, Thrasher, Stretcher and several other versions of Starch
er but we don't mind.
Even the garden statues at the Carpenters have names the
big blue creature at the end of the pool which looks like a cross
between a dog and a lion has been known for years as "Mr.
Topsides." ' ' ..:..
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Whenever this amateur star gazer attempts to contemplate
the vastness of the heavens, we become distracted and bemused.
Friday night while looking at the comet Mrkos which has been
appearing in the evening sky, we wondered aloud how many
mi'es long the tail actually was. Saturday we found out. It's
15 million miles. O.S.
Chapters
Honored at
Convention
Oregon Epsilon Sigma Alpha
sorority chapters received nu
merous honors at the recent in
ternational convention held in
Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. I. J. Bean of Beta Gam
ma chapter, Roseburg, in addi
tion to being elected internation
al parliamentarian, was also ac
corded the honor . of being
chosen the first ESA Outstand
ing Girl, internationally.
Oregon chapters won a all
three rushing awards. Several
other awards won by chapters
in Oregon were for philanthro
pic work, yearbook and an hon
orable mention in an essay con
test. Epsilon Sigma Alpha Inter
national donated more than
$800,000 to various charities.
last year, plus many hours of
volunteer work, it was an
nounced at the cinvention.
Among activities of Alpha
Lambda chapter in Medford was
co-sponsoring a campership to
Camp Easter Seal.
Camp Easter Seal, located at
Lakeside, Ore., is a summer
camp for crippled children and
young people of Oregon. Age
limits are six years to young
adults.
This is a well established
permanent camp, staffed by a
director, therapists, counselors,
registered nurse, practical
nurses and volunteers, also a
cook, caretaker and general as
sistants. Campers must apply for ad
mittance through the Oregon
Society for Crippled Children
and Adults, Inc., in Portland.
A medical clearance from the
applicant's physician is neces
sary. The society's objective is to
provide a well planned camp
program with emphasis on rec
reation. Wins Membership
Alpha Lambda chapter and
Alpha Kappa chapter of Ashland
presented a campership to fif
teen year old William Hedrick,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Gould, Medford, entitling him
to attend the third session of
the camp, from July 22 to 31.
In addition, the Medford chapter
paid his round trip bus fare.
At a special summer meeting
held Monday, August 12, Mrs.
Gould was present, and gave the
group a report. She stated her
son was enthusiastic about the
camp program and especially
enjoyed the fishing and swim
ming. He is looking forward to
camp again next summer. Mrs.
Gould expressed her apprecia
tion and thanked the members
for making it possible for Wil
liam to attend and enjoy the
ten-day session.
Chapter plans for the future
include a rummage sale to be
held August 27th at the Fehl
Building.
Rushing activities begin the
first week in September. Also
included during the month of
Oregon District council . meet
ing, to be held at Tally-Ho with
the Ashland chapter as hostess,
Sunday, September 15, and the
state council meeting, Septmber
28 and 29 in Salem. ,
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Traveler Visits Factory;
Tells of Wandering Choir
Miss Shirley Lynch, Medford
student traveling this summer in
Europe, in her last letter home,
described a visit to a factory
where crystal is produced. Last
week in a letter to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lynch, 139
Kenwood avenue, Miss Lynch
told of a bicycle tour through
Denmark.
Miss Lynch plans to leave
Germany the latter part of this
month for the United States.
She will make stops in New
York and. Boston before return
ing to enter Lewis and Clark
college in Portland in Septem
ber for her senior year.
She wrote of her latest trav
els:
. I went with friends to several
crystal factories yesterday. We
saw all kinds of crystal being
cut, colored, painted, et cetera.
I had been looking idly at ame
thyst overlay cutwork and de
cided it wasn't very interesting.
I asked the woman who was
standing around if they had any
plain amethyst glassware. Plain
colored, that is, not the other
stuff that was a pale purple on
top and the design cut down
through to the clear white crys
tal. She disappeared and pres
ently reappeared with a vase
about eight or nine inches high
of gorgeous deep amethyst. I
think it almost exactly the color
of my crystal goblets. It's lead
crystal and is beautifully cut. At
another place I got some ceramic
cups and some crystal items.
Visits Limburg
We went through Limburg on
the way back and visited the fa
mous Limburg cathedral. As we
walked in, a wandering choir
was singing. There were about
30 young men and women in the
group. They were dressed in
what were probably German
costumes but were a little differ
ent from any I've seen so far.
The fellows wore knicker-length
leather pants rather than the
leather shorts. The bottoms of
Institute Holds
Exhibit of Prints
Ashland Second in the series
of print exhibits at the Ashland
Public library has been an
nounced by Dr. Margery Bailey,
director of the Institute of Ren
aissance Studies, the educational
wing of the Oregon Shakespear
ean festival. The showing is open
to the public between noon and
3 p.m. daily.
Prints by Vermee?, Terborch
and others are featured, show
ing persons using musical instru
ments of the 16th' and 17th cen
turies. "This theme was select
ed," Dr. Bailey comments, " spe
cifically in honor, of the very
high level musical accomplish
ments by - Mr. Windt and the
casts of this year's productions,
W. Bernard Windt is festival mur
sical director. The musical pro
gram has been greatly expanded
for this year's festival, with
special numbers being offered
in connection with 'all five plays.
Dr. Bailey has also announced
recent acquisitions in books, in
cluding an original edition of
"The Art of Hunting" by Jacques
du Fouilloux, an interesting and
time-worn volume, completed by
the insertion of a second issue,
both of 1571. Another volume, in
an ' especially attractive French
binding, is "Emblems" by Alci-atus.
Butte Falls Club
To Meet Tuesday
Butte Falls Butte; Falls Gar
den club will meet Tuesday, Au
gust 20, at 1:30 p.m., at the home
of Mrs. Clay Conley. . .. ? . .
A tour of gardens will be
made and the group will, visit
the seedling trees planted by
Forestry club. All interested
persons are invited to attend.
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the trousers were fastened with
silver buckles. Apparently there
are many choirs which simply
wander around singing in cathe
drals mostly for their own enjoy
ment. Musically, they did a mag
nificent job. Good pitch, blend
and precision. We heard only
a couple of numbers, unfortunately.
The altar was a cubical thing
with silver all over it and top
ped by six beautiful silver can
dlesticks and a silver crucifix.
The transepts contained more of
the usual statues a"nd confessionals.
I went with a friend to the
Kurpark (sort of a city recrea
tional center the Kurhaus is a
city auditorium and restaurant
and gambling casino, dance hall
and showplace all rolled into
one). We watched the fireworks,
heard a band concert (they play
ed some of the things we played
m Ashland) and danced after
wards. The fireworks were fan
tastic! I've never seen anything
like them. There were two dance
pavilions going that night.
Attends Festival
The. next afternoon and eve
ning several of us piled into a
car and went to a wine festival
in Kiedrich. The particular fes
tival turned out to be a Burgfest.
The Burg ( a sort of watchtower
which looks like a silo) was on
top of what was probably the
only pointed hill in the area. We
had to hike up. And it was real
ly a hike. On the small level
place at the top there were a
couple of hot dog stands, 'several
carnival type. concessions and 50
eight-person tables. The local
white wine was served and also
many kinds of soft drinks. At
one end of the area right under
the tower was a bandstand and
a rather precarious dance floor.
The condition of the ( floor was
not aided by the fact that the
band played polkas and fast
waltzes (not much difference)
almost exclusively. It was a
beautiful night. Kiedrich is
about two kilometers inland
from the Rhine. The hill was
high enough that we could see
the moon on the Rhine from
there.
" I'm' going to Bad Kreutznach
Wednesday. Thursday I leave
for Paris.
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Meeting Announced
For Relief Corps
Central Point Central Point
Woman's Relief Corps will meet
Tuesday, August 20, at the city
park for a noon potluck picnic.
A short business session will be
held followed by a social hour.
Cooking experts advise that
fresh pork be roasted, fried or
stewed. Never broil, since pork
requires long, slow cooking.
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