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m v ? ' ' . CHATTING PLEASANTLY AT SOVIET party are Bernard Baruch, 86, left; his son, Eernard Jr., and Russia's Andrei Gromvko, minister of foreign affairs, at reception given by the Red leader in New York's Soviet legation. (International) I! Med Treasure by (fahjfe. War II Motor Vehicles Stamps Have Fine Value Jake showed me a Motor month and filed it away. Vehicle Stamp from back in the days of World War II. "Do you suppose that stamp could be worth anything?" he asked It didn't take me too long to get a copy of Scott's catalogue and find out. The Motor Vehicle Use stamps, which every car owner in World War II had to buy once a year and stick on his windshield, have a steadily increasing value, So much so that it would have been a sound investment for anyone during the war years- when inflation was virtually $3.34. nonexistent in comparison with Its value, according to the lat today to have bought one each est catalogue, is $12.50. 4 VIKING TYPE' AMERICAN GLASS SURE TO BE WIDELY COLLECTED One type of American pressed glass it is wise to keep an eye xnit for is what is known as "The Old Man," "Mans Head," or "Viking" type. It is easily recognizable. It is not yet widely collected, but there is sufficient interest in it so it is sure to be eventually. Most of the forms in which. it comes can be instantly recog nized by the conspicuousness of a head generally human in the design. On the sugar bowl, for example, the head could not be more prominent since it forms the handle by which to re move the cover. In other pieces for which there may be no handle the head is used for the termination of each foot. As a result, non recognition of the type is almost impossible. ' The heads themselves vary considerably, but that is not a matter of concern, merely of greater interest. While all the glass I've seen in this design has been bright and clear except for a few pieces in an almost sapphire blue PROOF COINS TOO CAN BECOME WORN The coin was so bright ; shiny that it seemed certain w be a phony. In fact, ifs surface was so polished in appearance that it could almost have been used for a mirror, even though it was of bronze. I said so to the young man who was trying to sell it to me. He shifted uneasily on his feet. "I know it looks awfully new. to be so old," he said. "But it's been in the family for a long time." I studied the piece under a magnifying glass. The coin was a two-cent piece, one of those put out near the end of the Civil Wan in 1864. On the obverse side were the arms of the United States surmounted by a scroll carrying the newlv adopted motto "In God We Trust." On the lower edge was the date, 1864. On the reverse was a wreath enclosing the legend 2 CENTS and sur rounded bv the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. By comparing the coin with another of the same year I quickly saw that the customer's "t'Zl ARGAIN GRADE 2x4-8' .50 CHENEY STUD MILL CENTRAL 4 ' . i . $ rV V." s & The yearly vehicle use tax was S3, and the stamps were put out monthly, each one being sold at a price proportioned to the amount of the fiscal year that was still to run before the fol- lowing June 30. The stamp Jake had found was a yellow one, issued in Novem- ber, 1943. Jake had bought it for a car he had just purchased, but he had never used it because there was a sudden change in plan on the part of his draft board. The stamp had cost him the kinds of heads have dif dered considerably. Almost all of them are bearded. Some are very like a Norse or Viking head while others are more ori ental, like a Turk's. And still others are of a sort of non descript, Middle-European type, from the upper Balkan areas. And strangely enough and very rarely there are some on which the heads are those of goats or sheep. Strange looking beasts that have more resem blance to the mythical creatures than to anything ever seen in real life. What firms made these pieces I don't know. But since more of them seem to be found in the Middle West than elsewhere, it is likely that they were made by companies in that area. The time was probably the 1880's when in many ways art was highly un inhibited. As for their values, well, I have seen goblets priced from S3 to $8, and the sugarbowls have ranged from $10 to $20. Other pieces cover the price area in between. was the more valuable type more , valuable because the let ters of the motto were smaller than on mine, which was other wise identical. At the same time, however, I noticed a couple of tiny dents on the face of the coin. Those dents, of course, could not have been put there by the mint, if this was one of the few hundred proof coins that were made of both types of the 1864 two-cent piece. Consequently, the coin was probably an ordinary one of the small motto type which had been polished to make it look like a proof. There would be plenty of pro fit if the try were successful. The ordinary small motto coin is worth to $50, but if it is a proof, to S175. I rejected the coin despite the owner's protestation. Almost im mediately he sold it to a com petitor who quickly sold it as a proof, maintaining quite rea sonably that a proof, too, can be come worn. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate Per M7 POINT Employment of Handicaped Week Oct. 6 Through 12 President Eisenhower has de clared the week of Oct. 6 through 12 as "National Employ the Handicapped" week and the Jackson county committee has stepped up its efforts to educate employers on the value of em ploying handicapped people. The Veterans Administration Domiciliary at Camp White is one institution in the county con cerned primarily with problems of the disabled. Domiciliary of ficials say that they have found that a great majority of disabled persons can be rehabilitated and placed in a self-sustaining posi tion if given the opportunity. Through technical leadership 'members at the Domiciliary may study typing, train for motion picture projectionist, ceramics, leather craft, woodworking, cab inet making, painting, carpeting, steam-fitting, statistical clerk, storekeeper, plumber, recreation technician duties, clerical typing duties and other similar work. Trained For Other Work Those who are disabled to such an extent that they are un able to return to their former line of work are trained for other duties in which they are partic ularly adapted, the spokesman said. The domiciliary has about 350 paid employees of which about 60 per cent have some degree of disability, it was stated. Employment of the handi capped person in a job to which he is suited is not an act of char ity but sound business judgment, the official declared. Era Ended For Servicemen Belmar, N. J. (W An era has ended at this quiet Jersey Shore resort. For 19 years Mr. and Mrs. Pat Breslin leased a municipally owned fishing pier on the Shark river inlet. For 15 of those years the Breslins, Pat and Sandy were open-handed, open-hearted hosts to servicemen. Men from Fort Monmouth, Fort. Dix and the Earle Ammu nition Depot came to regard Pat and Sandy's Pier as an informal Vinmp unofficial but the most popular military recreation area on the resort-crowded jersey coast. ThP Rreslins besan what they hoped would be a life-time ca rr iht rlav after Pearl Harbor when they offered the War De partment free use of their 150 rowboats to anyone in uniform. From that day on, servicemen beat a path to their pier. Their efforts won recognition from President Eisenhower four years ago when he told Pat ana Sandy at the White House: "I, as President of the United States, from the bottom of my heart, ask Almighty God to bless you." . . But after almost two aecaaes, time has run out for Pat and Sandy's Pier. When the time came to renew tbpi'r lease this vear. the Breslins offered their usual $1,000, all they could afford. For the first time in 19 years, their bid was topped by an of fer of $1,600. The municipal council said it had no alterna tive but to award the lease to the higher bidder. "Tt isn't so much curselves." the Breslins said as they sadly packed the belongings and sou venirs accumulated during long years of friendship, given and received. WITH Two - Way Radios- Our Entire Staff Rides Along To Help Deliver Each Fine Load Listen 0ar Rewashed News 0f 7:25 a.m. KBOY READY MIX by LIIUNGER'S BEST BY TEST CUPPING HAND TO EAR, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko tries hard to hear everything said by Dag Hammarskjold (left), UN Secretary General and Japanese Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama during Japanese luncheon for UN delegates. (International) PHOENIX Students Elect By LILLIAN KNIGHT Phoenix Phoenix grade school student body elected offi cers for the coming year. They were chosen from the seventh and eight grades. Elected president was Teresa Fix; vice president, Chryl Bow man; secretary, Dorothy James; treasurer, Bonnie Faytinger; and sergeant-at-arms, Mike Cons bruck. Yell leaders elected were Jackie Howard, Kay DeMers, and Teresa Fix. Mrs. John Miller and daugh ters have returned to their home in Fresno, Calif., after spending several weeks here with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Mont gomery, and working in the packing house during fruit season. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Garboden and children have moved into the Robert Bean house on Third st. They are from Trail creek. The children are attending high school. Mr. and Mrs. John Holder from Shady Cove are living in the Robert Bean house on Third st., between Church and Pine sts. Mrs. Mark Norton and Mrs. Carl Chriss returned Tuesday night from a trip to Monterey and San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. L. V. Norton and Mrs. La Von Norton are visiting rela tives this week in Bakersfield and Los Angeles. Mark Norton and his brother-in-law, Clyde Reese, went hunt ing over the week end and re turned with a deer each. They went to the Stein mountains in eastern Oregon. Mrs. Georgia Smith and daghters, Audrey and Georgia Ann, and Noreen Davis of Cen tral Point, will leave for Ft. Ord, Calif., Friday, Oct. 11, to visit Max Hite, son of Mrs. Smith, and to attend open house and special family day activities Saturday, Oct. 12. They will stay in Monte rey and return home the follow ing Monday. Miss Davis is the fiancee of Hite. Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. Gier have moved Giers' Pharmacy to the Skinner building, 104 South Main st. They plan a grand open ing Oct. 11 and 12. A regular business meeting of the Medford Letter Carriers aux iliary was held at the home of Mrs. James Watson on Third st. Mrs. Watson is president of the Medford group. Nomination of officers for the 1958 term was held. A film oh muscular dystro phy entitled.!. "The Other Half of the Team -was shown to the group by R. J. Bills, custodian li'l Ole Radio-Active Jack Phone: SPring 2-5336 SPring 2-5897 MUrdock 5-8121 Always Listenin ! Officers of the First Methodist church, Medford. Mrs. Watson is vice president of the Jackson county chapter of the association and reports that metal canisters will be dis tributed in stores and places of business of Phoenix to receive donations to the association. Witness Testifies In Dredge Sinking Coos Bay An eyewitness to the Sept. 10 collision which sank the Army engineers dredge William T. Rossell testified at a Coast Guard hearing Thursday that there would have been room to pass if the Norwegian freighter Thorshall had not veered to port. Charles Granby of Coos Bay said he was on the Coos Head bluff looking to sea with field glasses when the collision oc curred. He said the Thorshall whis tled and that the Rossell an swered with two short blasts. "The Thorshall started to veer in. a circling movement towards port." He said the Thorshall would have rammed the south jetty if the Rossell had not been in the way. Granby said that in his opin ion the Thorshall was traveling fast. He also said he saw no at tempts by the Thorshall to lower lifeboats. Granby also said "It looked as if the Rossell altered its course to avoid the collision only sec onds before the actual impact." Four men on the Rossell died in the collision. The Coast Guard has held pre vious hearings in Portland and San Francisco. YOU'LL FIND IT FIRST in the CLASSIFIED SECTION We all want something . . . maybe it's a big savings on a beautiful family car ... . a lost pet that has brought tears to a child's eyes ... a job with a better future . . . help with exhausting housework ... a big T.V. set or an appliance that you thought was "out of reach" ... or, perhaps you'd like to clear out the unused furniture in the attic ... or give someone a very personal message . . . whatever you want, you'll find it . . . Quicker, Easier, More Reliable, and Profitable to use and read , Your Mail Tribune classified ad costs you just a few pennies a word. It's the biggest value packed into the smallest space you'll ever find. Sunday, October 6, 1957 751 Southern School Areas Desegregated Nashville, Term. OP) South ern School " News, a monthly magazine put out by Southern Education Reporting Service, re ports that 751 of 2,985 southern school districts have desegre gated. The magazine said West Vir gina has become the first state to desegregate entirely. Missi sippi has had no Negro seeking admission to white school. Other states still segregated are Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia and Georgia. Negroes have tried to enter white schools in. these states, however. Schools at Sturgis, Ky., and Clinton, Tenn., where trouble ac companied the integration of classes last year, opened more or less peacefully this year. There were minor disturbances at Sturgis and none at Clinton, the magazine said. 160-Acre Farm Income Rear$ 44 Children Ebernezer, Miss. (W Henry Helm, 84, and his wife Maggie, 82, reared 44 children on the income from a 160-acre farm. They had 16 children of their own and adopted the others. They now have 69 grandchil dren, 74 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren. One of their sons had 12 chil dren whom they adopted when the son was accidently killed. They took in unrelated orphans from time to time. "We never had a moment's trouble from any of them," Helm said. "We raised every thing at home." They still have one j'oung grandchild living with them. . the Mail Tribune Classified Section. It's the town's largest shopping centerl MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN" 3,467 Visit Museum During September Jacksonville Attendance at the Jacksonville museum totalled 3,467 in September, according to Miss Mary Hanley, curator. The total represents a slight gain over the same month a year ago when a total of 3,393 visited the museum. Those vis iting the museum last month came from 37 states and Alaska, Canada, Costa Rica, England, South Africa, Holland. Korea, British Honduras, Puerto Rico, Finland and India. Gifts, loans and donors in cluded: Adams washing machine, Bert Pree, Medford: a beaded purse, Ruth Eskew, Medford; an old picture of five Van Dyke men, Miss Fannie Whitman, Medford; certificate of citizen ship for George C. Hoffman, dated June 12, 1882 and signed by Henry Klippel, Jackson coun ty circuit court clerk, Mrs. Eliz abeth Ballard; seven old docu ments dated 1820 to 1857, Jock Palace, Las Vegas, Nev.; Black Bart's pack saddle, Stuart T. Wharton; baby dresses, Alaska Indian water jug and small wooden vase, Mrs. J. E. Knee land, Medford; artificial pears, Glenn Harrison, Bear Creek or chards; silk flag .with 39 stars, Mrs. Charles Walker, Medford; "Daily Citizen" newspaper dated July 2, 1863, Mrs. Gertrude Gun ning, Grants Pass; and a purple velvet waist with leg-of-mutton sleeves and bead trimming by Mrs. Ernest Dorn, Jacksonville. The American Red Cross was founded in 1881. IRRIGATION PUMPS to 60 H.P. $9Q50 From 4m Jr up 13 H.P. SHALLOW WELL $g950 I'a H.P. DEEP WELL $9500 Siskiyou Hardware Ph. SP 2-2939 225 W. Main MEDFORD, OREGON We Give S&H Green Stamps ' Xxti w ; New York OP Adm. William F. (Bull)) Halsey has resigned as chairman of the Boards of Mac kay Radio and Telegraph Corp. and the All America Cables and Radio Corp. For Real Estate ' SAYS: To Pic-A-Home or Sell PIGKELL BEST IN THE WEST We believe that this three bed room home with playroom is one of the best-planned homes on the West side. Situated among apple trees on a quiet street ... has fireplace, sliding glass doors lead from dining room to patio. Still have time to select your colors and tile. Will consider - smaller home in trade. Total price SI 4, 600. NEED WALL SPACE? If so, this Three Bedroom home with eating area in kitchen and separate laundry room is your an swer. Has all casement windows which require no upkeep and are high enough to allow for easy furniture placement. No wasted walls in this fine home. Paved street and sidewalk in and paid for. Ready for immediate posses sion. Low F.H.A. terms. THREE BEDROOMS Vz ACRE Close to school has a fine lawn and plenty of shrubs. This well-built home is just three years old and is a fine home for a state Gl loan. $13,500 Call for ap pointment. GRACEFUL LIVING Three bedrooms with 1 Vi baths plus two-car garage. Large windows two of thin 6'x8'. Is completely insulated, has weather stripped gutters and down-spouts, and has a fine gas-forced air thermo-con-trolled furnace for your comfort. The little lady will love this kitch en. Will go F.H.A. or Gl. Call us about terms. $300 DOWN A lovely two-bedroom heme on large lot in an excellent location. Neat as a pin in and out. Total price $9,250. MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE D. PICKELL PICKELL REAL ESTATE 520 E. MAIN ST. SP 2-4260 SUNDAYS & AFTER 5 P.M. CALL George Holtzinger ..SP3-3517 Harry Withrow SP 2-4277 -4F
