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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)
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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.
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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
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CENTRAL
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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furnace for your comfort.
The little lady will love this kitch
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about terms.
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A lovely two-bedroom heme on
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Neat as a pin in and out. Total
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