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SIX -MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. October 2. 1957 A t - rv-'f A? 4 P rh if I 4 f A y ' NEW DESIGN Improved design for easier handling of U.S. savings bonds is displayed above by H. N. Mangels, left, presi dent of the San Francisco Federal Reserve bank, and George W. Mimnaugh, Oregon state director. They discussed the "new look." in the new punch-card bond which is designed according to recommendations made after a national survey among Fed eral Reserve banks and their issuing agents. The punch-card bond is shaped like a U.S. Treasury check, keyed with little perforations. The new feature will effect substantial savings through automatic processing, Mimnaugh said. The punch-card bond went on sale Ocfe 1. Is That So? Dry fly fishing for trout, which is considered by many anglers the ultimate in sport fishing, is just about as old as the hills. A. Macedonian mosaic of the Middle East portrays a royal angler skipping a dry fly on the water's surface and taking trout. Time? About 3,000 years ago. Because fish have been such an important item in many peo ple's diet, many other old-tinje unusual methods are being used today. In the South Seas, I've seen Samoans catch fish on hand made bone hooks. But their most dramatic catches are made at night. Then they go out to sea In their beautiful, light, swift, All A I 10.. outrigger canoes, carrying torches made of dried ribs of co conut leaves on which are thread ed kukui nuts (candlenuts). The sea, teemeing with countless va rieties of fish, reflects the ruby glow of the torches and the in ,quisitive fish are lured to the light by the hundreds and netted. As the nets are drawn together, the bigger fish, sSch as 50 pound tuna will be speared to save the nets. Poisonous fish and there are many are dis carded. Fittingly,, wken a good catch has been made the entire village joins in the feasting, dancing and singing. Deep in the heart of the Su dan, fish are the favorite midday meal. Two meat ill go out in a canoe and harpoon their catch, tossing the speared fish into the boat between them. On our Vst Coast, the Totem- pole Indians c Queen Charlotte Islands, live mainly on fish- catching many halibut, salmon, cod and herring. Most of the salmon are caugkt in nets as the fish go igjrivar to spawn. Others are caught on bone fishhooks But their most interesting fish is a little fellow the olachs which is taken for its oil. No Easy Matter Because these Haida Indians have only cedarwood utensils no earthenware or metal pots- rendering the fgt of the olachs is no easy matter. They build a big fire and put stones on it. Then an old-hollowed-out wood en canoe, or wooden tub, is filled with water and many little fish are thrown in. When the stones become almost red hot in the fire, they are tossed into the wa ter. 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Their summer fishing is done by building leng closely - built brushvood fences with openings left in Thich braided willow cages are placed. Fish working their vay along the fences find these openings an swim into these narrowing funnel traps but once in, it fails to find its way out. Pish Vila Cluks In the fall, vhen ice becomes thick enough to aupport a man, the Laplander! fish with clubs. The fish, not yet accustomed to the limited supply of oxygen, come up under the ice gasping for ir. Here they are sen. Now if the ice above them is struck smartly with club, the fish be neath are stunned and all that is necessary is to open a hole and scoop them out vith a net made of nettle fibers. Laps eat their fish raw, dried and smoked. As a special honor to a guest, they will serve him their delicacy better portions of the fish have been cooked and pressed into bags made from the stomach pouches of reindeer. (Copyright, 1IJT, ky Eugene Burns Distribute by The McClure Vevspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader wh sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! c 'o Medford Mail Trib une, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Las Cruces, N. M., was found ed on the site of an early massa cre by hostile Indians of Spanish co'onists. A later party discov ered the bodies and buried them in a make-shift cemetery, placing crosses over the graves. The city built there was called Las Cru ces (The Crosses). Movie Crowds Off; More Theaters Builf Chicago (IP) Movie attend ance dropped last year but more theaters were built. And theater owners looked forward to mak ing more money. These seeming paradoxes were reported by Encyclopaedia Bri tannica in its new year book. Average weekly attendance at movie theaters in the United States dropped from 45 million to 42 million in 1956. But theater owners anticipat ed better profits because of new relief from federal excise taxes. Last year the industry count ed a total of 19,200 movie the aters, and most of 1e new ones were drive-ins. The number of drive-ins has grown from 811 in 1948 to 4,587 in 1956. Air Borne Infection Spreads Ringworm Chicago The American Veterinary Medical Association believes possible air-borne in fection and vitamin A deficiency play an important role in the spread of ringworm in animals. 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But he said this type of child often is ambidextrous and sometimes stutters or has some other impediment, such as re versing words like "was" and "saw." Cautious Approach The technique used to teach these youngsters here was de veloped by Anna Gillingham of Bronxville, N. Y. Filbin said the system stresses an "alphabetic approach." "We begin by teaching the children a few letters compris ing one or two short vowel sounds and consonants that have only unequivocal sounds and forms which do not become an other letter if reversed (as b and d)," Filbin said. "When these letters are known by their names and sounds they can be made into words syn thetic phonics," he said. "Slowly new letters and letter combina tions are introduced and new words are added and finally used in sentences. "Thesr specific language disa bility children respond to this type of instruction readily and develop skill in reading, writing and spelling which they might not do if instructed otherwise," he added. & Usual Method For Most (Filbin stressed that only "ap proximately" 10 per cent of the Peterborough students are given the special instruction and that the rest receive the usual meth of of instruction used in most American schools. The United Press reported erroneously in an earlier dispatch that 90 per cent The Hollywood Scene Bn BY VERNON SCOTT United Press Hollywood Writer Hollywood (IP) Gisele Mack enzie has found a solution for video stars who tire of the public limelight. "Go to Euro pe," she advises, "p e o pie over there don't know TV stars from Adam." Just back from 2 ! 2 weeks in Rome, Venice. L o n don and Paris, the wil- all the Vernon Scott owy songbird found privacy she wanted. "Too much, in fact," she laughed. 'I got lonesome over there. V "In most countries television still is a novelty. American pro grams are rare except in Eng land. The only people who stop and stare are American tourists the same characters who stare at you over here." After four years on "Your Hit Parade," Gisele has moved to her own half-hour variety show. Her backer: Jack Benny. Benny Gives Advice "Mr. Benny advised me a year ago it was time to strike out on my own," she said. 'He said either you move ahead or slide back in television. And if you're standing still you're losing losing ground. , . "So now Mr. Benny's com pany, J-M Productions, is pro ducing my show on NBC. He will do all the script editing himself. "Mr. Benny will be a guost star on the program a little later on in the season, too. His par ticipation has given me a lot of confidence in myself and the show." Benny has played a large role in Gisele's career. He spotted her first singing with Bob Crosby in a Las Vegas hotel. When he TERNON SCOTT United Press Writer learned that "Hit Parade" was seeking a girl vocalist the come dian set up one of the most ex pensive auditions in show busi ness history. Gisele Gets Job Gisele a p p eared on his TV show. And Jack saw to it that the "Hit Parade" sponsors were watching.. Gisele got the job. 'I'm thrilled, excited and scared about doing my own show," the dark-haired Gisele said. "The scripts call for me to sing, dance and take part in comedy routines. I'll play the violin and piano, too. "I hope we can work in an other violin duet with Mr. Ben ney," she concluded. "Our first one on his show three years ago is what launched the idea of my having a show of my own some day. And now it's come true." By 1975, according to a B. F. Goodrich study, the U. S. popu lation will have increase nearly 30 per cent over that of today, with an estimated 26.5 per cent more people working and turn ing out 110 per cent more goods. 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