librarian Says Youngsters
Now "Reading Everything
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Unit! Prss Tomtn'i Editor
New York w One authority
on children's books says today's
young generation reads every
thing in reach.
Which should be heartening
news to all us adults who have
been fretting about the demands
of television on a child's free
hours or on reasons why "Johnny
can't read."
This being the 39th annual
Children's Book Week, I visited
Mrs. Frances Spain, an affable,
Georgia-born woman who has
worked with youngsters in libr
ary and classroom for 25 years.
She at present is head of the
children's section of the New
York Public Library, where
some three and one-half million
children's books are checked out
yearly.
"What are they reading?
Mercy me, everything in all
fields," said Mrs? Spain. "They're
going through the books grand
ma grew up on . . . the classics
as well as the3 comics. I must say,
though, we "don't include the
latter in our library listings."
'A bunch of us worried when
television came along, fearing it
would cut into a child's reading
time," she recalled.
"But then, so does dancing
school.
"Circulation did drop a bit at
first, but not as we had feared.
Television stimulates a certain
amount of reading. The classic
example was a few seasons ago
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when we had the Davy Crockett
craze in everything. Well, we
couldn't keep his biograhpy, or
that of any other western hero,
on the shelves."
Statistics from the Children's
Book council support Mrs.
Spain's observations. Lucy Tom
kins, the executive secretary,
said that in 1921 there was one
children's book editor. Now, the
council has 69 member publish
ers. Non-member publishers of
juveniles bring to total to 105,
she said.
Children's Books Triple
In 1900, there were 527 child
ren's book titles published. Last
year, 1,495. The American Book
Publishers Council, Inc., report
er a 38 per cent increase from
1954 through 1956 in the number
of volumes sold, in the SI and up
category. The under SI retail
showed a 12 per cen increase.
All told last year, either the
kids or doting relatives bought
nearly 145 million books.
Mrs. Spain said children's
tastes in reading have changed
little with the years. "We have
noticed," she said, "that there is
more demand for books of fact.
Not done in a fictional manner,
but straight-forward. And the
children seem to be reading more
biography and history. Right at
the moment, our books on space,
flying and science fiction are
"best sellers'."
"But the children never tire
of Black Beauty, Tom Sawyer,
Hans Christian Anderson,
Grimm's Fairy Tales, Arabian
Nights,' Robinson Crusoe, Little
Women, Alice in Wonderland..."
How about Huckleberry Finn,
the book recently dropped as a
grade school text by the New
York City Board of Education as
"unsuitable."
"Oh, we have Huck on our
shelves," said Mrs. Spain. "The
unabridged version."
Upper Rogue HEC
Elects Officers
Upper Rogue Grange Home
Economics club elected officers
at the last meeting, naming Mrs.
Charles Moorehead chairman.
Others elected were Mrs. Asb
jorn Myklebye, vice-chairman;
Mrs. George Tockstein. secre
tary; Mrs. Oscar Hanson, treas
urer. During the meeting, held at
the Hanson home, plans were
made for the annual Christmas
party, and projects for the com
ing year were discussed. Mem
bers are asked to take small
gifts to a meeting of Upper
Rogue Grange November 21 for
game prizes.
The next HEC meeting will be
a potluck Christmas party at the
Eastin home December 21. Those
attending are to take an ex
change gift costing no more than
$1. Pollyannas will also draw
names and exchange gifts.
DAV and Auxiliary
Change Meeting Date
A business meeting of Dis
abled American Veterans and
auxiliary scheduled for Friday,
November 22, has been changed
to Monday, November 25, it was
announced today. It will be held
at the Red Cross building on
Hawthorne street.
The auxiliary sewing club
will meet Thursday, November
21, in the home of Mrs. Lynn
Elliott, 513 Oregon terrace. A
rummage sale will be held No
vember 23 at the Eagles hall,
West Main street.
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Beauticians Hold
District Meeting
About 50 beauticians attended
the educational and social meet
ing held in Medford November
17 by District 4, Oregon Beau
ticians' association. Classes were
held at Medford Beauty school
during the day, and sixty-five
places were set for a banquet in
the Pioneer room of the Jack
son hotel in the evening.
Members of the hair fashion
committee of OBA who took
part in the educational program
were R. D. Burks, OBA presi
dent, Arthur Waters, state style
director, Walter Planck and Mrs.
Orla Phillips, all Eugene, and
Robert Skelton, Coos Bay.
Cities represented were Coos
Bay, Grants Pass, Crescent City,
Roseburg, Eugene and Medford.
Seven operators took part in
the preliminary contest held in
the afternoon and awards were
made at the banquet. First place
went to Jim Funk of Virginia's
Big Y salon, and second place
to Virginia Welch, owner of the
same salon.
Glen Funk, Coos Bay, district
4 chairman, gave an address of
welcome at the banquet. A com
bined showing of dress and hair
styles provided banquet enter
tainment. Mr. Waters gave the
commentary on hair styles exe
cuted by members of the styling
committee, and Mrs. Helen Ar
thur served as commentator for
the clothing show, arranged by
Leon's store.
The program concluded with
a showing of high fashion hair
styles in color. Exhibiting their
work in this were Glen and Max
ine Funk, Coos Bay; Mrs. Max
ine Hammond, Mrs. Geri Byrd
and Gaston Ford, all Medford.
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Monthly Meeting
Held by Auxiliary
Prospect Prospect Lions
auxiliary held the monthly din
ner meeting in the Community
hall. Mrs. John Gartman con
ducted the business meeting
which followed.
It was announced that the
Bloodmobile would be in Shady
Cove Tuesday, December 10,
and anyone interested in giving
blood at that time is asked to
contact the chairman, Mrs.
George Hubbard.
The auxiliary will make a do
nation to the community Christ
mas tree.
The group's annual Christmas
party will be held December 11
at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Victor Chapman and food bas
kets will be filled for needy
families in the community.
Cheaper Atom Ships
Needed, Official Says
Washington (IP) Maritime
Administrator Clarence G. Morse
says atom powered ships will i
have to get a lot cheaper before
they can compete with existing
craft.
Morse told the Defense Trans
portation association Tuesday
that the N.S. (nuclear ship) Sa
vannah and its early successors
won't be economically competi
tive. He said "more break-throughs
. . . must come in the matter of
costs."
The government Tuesday aw
arded a S20.908.774 contract to
the New York Shipbuilding
Corp., of Camden, N.J., for con
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Reese Creek Meeting
Reese Creek Mrs. William
Walch, Mrs. Don Couey and Mrs.
O. W. Turnquist were guests for
the last meeting of Reese Creek
Extension unit', held at the home
of Mrs. James Duncan, Ball
road.
Mrs. Fritz Carlson reported
on the safety committee meet
ing. She stressed the need for
better safety precautions in the
home, stating that about 34,000
persons are killed and close to
5,000,000 injured yearly.
Mrs. Duncan appointed Mrs.
Joe Whittle, Mrs. Ronald Nel
son and Mrs. Carlson to select
a subject for the January open
meeting. Mrs. Clifford Moore
and Mrs. A. Stephenson gave
the lesson "Understanding Cred
it Buying."
The December meeting will
be at the home of Mrs. Ben
Gardner, Crater Lake highway
An exchange of gifts costing no
more than SI will be held.
Circle Meeting
St. Luke's Methodist church
circle will meet Thursday, No
vember 21, at 8 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Larry Horton, 131
South Keeneway drive.
Open Season Menu
This time of year, hunter's
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venison you are blessed with,
the Gas Appliance Manufactur
ers association suggest you serve
it with poppy seed noodles,
whole glazed carrots, a . tart
jelly, green salad and ale or
beer.
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Contracts Awarded
For Tree Planting
In Josephine Area
Two contracts for seven tree
planting projects in the Upper
Grave creek and Meadow creek
areas in northeastern Josephine
county were awarded by the
Medford district office of the
Bureau of land management on
Monday.
A total of 503 acres will be
planted with about 167,000 pon
derosa pine and 48.000 douglas
fir seedlings, according to Ross.
A. Youngblood, new BLM dis
trict manager. He said part of
the areas will require prepara
tion prior to planting the two-year-old
trees.
Contracts were awarded to L.
A. Young, of Milo, and L. A. An
derson, of Applegate. Young is
to plant 150.000 seedlings on 359
acres and Anderson will plant
65,000 seedlings on 144 acres.
Money for the financing of the
two units was provided by the
18 O & C counties. The counties
had recommended to congress
that one million dollars of the
distribution money from O & C
timber sales be used for refores
tation. Both projects to be reforested
are part of the BLM timber
lands which are not fully stock
ed with trees, according to
Youngblood. He said the BLM
has long range plans to refor
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He told of contracts which
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Wednesday, November 20. 1957
TV Star Is Named
To NY Philharmonic
New York (IP) A TV star
with a hit show on Broadway
was named Tuesday to be musi
cal director of the New York
Philharmonic.
Leonard Bernstein will be the
first American-born conductor to
head the orchestra in its 116
year history. He will take over
next fall from Dimitri Mitropo
lous with whom he is presently
coconductor.
Now 39, he will be also the
orchestra's second youngest mu
sical director, about one year
older than Sir John Bafbirolli
when he took over for a three
year tenure in 1937.
ARTICLES FILED
Salem OP) Articles of incor
ooration were filed here today
for the Arlington Chamber of
Commerce. They were signed by
Donald S. Laird, Donavon A.
Hampton and Arthur Ladd.
will be awarded within the next
few weeks for additional plant
ing of 418 acres with 136,000
ponderosa pine and 74,000 doug
las fir seedlings. Sugar Pine
seed-spotting will be made on
182 acres, he added.
Those interested in bidding on
the projects which are located
southwest of Grants Pass and
east of Butte Falls are asked to
coptact the Medford office of the
BLM on the top floor of the city
hall.
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Neuberger Defends
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Portland OP Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger (D-Ore.) today defend
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icies of the Eisenhower admin
istration in a speech before the
East Side Commercial club here.
Neuberger had asked for the
speaking date to answer claims
made before the organization
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governor of Utah, who had at
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Neuberger said he regretted1!
that no member of the presi
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the former Republican governor.
The Democratic Senator said
that, countrary to the promises
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Bracken Lee, the United States
may have to make more sacri
fices in the future in order to
meet the Communist challenge in
the curcial fields of science,
education and technology.
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