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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE L'Aisrlon from MEDFORD Sunday, Auguit 18, 1957 . . ' ... : ' SUMMER STUDENTS Five students who graduated from South ern Oregon college in June are attending summer session at Mexico City college, Mexico. Left to right are Dick Simonson, Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Casebeer, Riddle; and Mr. and Mrs. James Kennett, Bandon. Simonson is employed in the circulation department of the Mctiford Mail Tribune. The five will return home later this month. Legend Does Not Explain Why Cepheus Pieced in Sky By FAY BENTLEY "There are exceptions to every rule," people often say and this seems to hold true in mythology as well as in real life situations. When Jupiter, king of the gods, placed a char acter in the heavens it was usu ally to honor some outstanding performance. But King Cepheus, ruler of the kingdom of Ethiopia, seems to be "the exception that proves the rule." Just why he was honored by being given a place in the starry skies, legend does not explain. In stories he is depicted as a good king, but no deeds of hero ism are attributed to his name. His claim to renown rests upon the foolish action of his wife, Cassiopeia, who by vain boasting placed the entire country of Ethiopia in danger of destruc tion. The constellation, C e p heus the King, has been known from an early period in spite of the fact that it is a group of rather dim stars. It has been mentioned in the most ancient records of the Babylonians and Egyptians. n Identify Constellation! Some religious groups, who like to identify the constellations with incidents and characters from the Bible, see in Cepheus a representation of King Solo mon. To the Chinese it was The Inner Throne of the Five Em perors. The Egyptians often pic tured Cepheus as Cheops, who built the Great Pyramid. Cepheus can claim the distinc tion of being nearer to Polaris or the North Star than any other constellation except of course the Little Dipper of which Po laris is a part. Also, being so close (apparently) to the North Star it never sets but constantly encircles Polaris and is visible on any clear night throughout the year. Other circum - polar star groups, in addition to the Little Dipper and Cepheus, are the ' Magnificent High Fidelity in fine furniture Ji !tt & (U'ff v' f f 1 Excitingly New the Hiqh Fidelity LOOK as wcH as Magnificent Magnavox High Fidelity Sound . . . Functional furniture that elimi nates all the old inconveniences of lids and drawers PLUS a faithful ness of sound such as you've never heard before. PURUCKER PIANO HOUSE "Southern Oregon's High Fidelity Center" 111 No. Central Ph. SP 2-5702 Great Bear of which the Big Dip- j per la A pii i, Kaaaivyxzia a v.iidii, and Draco the Dragon. These constellations are located in the northern heavens and, to observ ers in the northern hemisphere, appear to move in a huge cir cle from east to west around the North Star as the earth turns on its axis from west to east. The North Star seems to stand still. Ctycle Repeated Constellations not so far north as these circum-polar groups rise in the east, travel across the 1 heavens for approximately six ; months and finally disappear be-' neath the western horizon. After six more months the cycle is repeated. Auriga and Perseus are two star groups that are too far south of t;4? North Star to be vis ible during the entire year, but still far enough north to be above the horizon more than six months out of 12. Cepheus the King is a rather dim constellation composed of five stars. It is shaped somewhat like a kite but to most people it seems to resemble a church steeple. Four stars are so placed as to form a rectangle and the fifth star completes the likeness to a steeple. To find Cepheus, begin with the Pointers or the two stars in the Big Dipper opposite the handle. Trace a line from the lower Pointer to the upper Pointer and extend this' imagi nary line to the North Star. Con tinue this straight line beyond Polaris for about half the dis tance from the Pointers to the North Star and you will reach the star which forms the point of the "church steeple." By 9 ' p.m. Cepheus will be very high in the northeastern sky with the point of the "stee ple" downward. This is an excel lent time to locate this star pic-1 ture, but it may be found any I time of the year on any clear I night by tracing an imaginary j line from the Pointers to Polaris and then on to the point of the "steeple." Youih Kills Mother's 45-Year-0ld Friend Santa Monica, Calif. (IP) A 19-year-old youth has confess ed to shooting to death his mo ther's sweetheart, a 45-year-old advertising executive, as the vic tim slept in a beach motel'. Charles L. Guy, son of Mrs. Nina James Angus, 37, confess ed to the shooting Friday. His mother, who identified herself as a tone-time Dunn, N.C., attorney and was booked in the murder, was released. The youth told police he shot Guy F. Roberts, representative of the Morrell company, with a shotgun early Thursday morn ing. Mrs. Angus said she had been living with Roberts and they planned to be married. The son resided with William Miles, 49, cocktail bar pianist with whom Mrs. Angus had lived for several years before moving in with Roberts about a month ago. WITNESSES ARRESTED San Juan iTPi The Domini can Republic has arrested five more members of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious sect, bring ing to 50 the number being held at Salcedo Fortress in Ciudad Trujillo, Roy Brandt of Beatrice, Neb., a leader of the sect, said today. Brandt, who was one of 10 American missionaries de ported to Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic last week, said the new prisoners included one woman. JIM'S MEATS 83S West McAndrew Phone SP 3-1666 ALL MEATS ARE INSPECTED TOP QUALITY LOCKER MEATS CHOICE BEEF - Cut and Double Wrapped Half or Whole BEFF Hind QUARTER .51 lb. 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