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Hew York School Is Designed to Instruct Men on How to Think Br FRED DANZIG Uniled Prest Correspondent Southampton, N. Y. IF A pthool designed to repair pos jrib! short circuits in the think ing process has developed a mag netic appeal for electricians. Local 3 of the International o VfklO Yr Liolwm and Hartrwvod Floors are ArssbeW wHh ... DO IT YOURSELF Inexpensive, easy te apply, non-slippery, impervious. Wipe clean with soap and water. Can be touched-up. WiH not crack, chip or become Jerk. Dries in 30 Minxtes Kid yourself of the hard work and expense of waxing ... APP1Y DW-QUIK. MEDFORD PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE 6th and Holly Brotherhood of Electrical Work ers, the . largest building trades local In the nation with 33,000 members, conducts a special "how to think" course for its class A craftsmen. Each week, 30 "electricians from the New York area arrive at nearby Bayberry Land, to study, read and spark their brain cells amid the splendor of a 312 acre estate. 500 Take Think Course Since the opening semester last June, 500 electricians have faken the one-week course. They pay nothing for tuition, room or board. In fact, the joint board of New . York electrical industry pays the pupils a week's waes, $140, while they are out here learning how to think. The school campus was once the summer home of Dwight F. Davis, donor of the famous Davis Cup in tennis and a former sec retary of war in the Coolidge ad ministration. The chauffeur's cottage alone has eight rooms. The main building is so large it has 16 bathrooms-with-fireplaces. It's a setting that would make our wealthiest colleges ivy-green with envy. Local 3 picked up this prop erty in 1950 for a reported price of $140,000. It was used as a convalescent home for ailing union members and when this need tapered off, business man ager Harry Van Arsdale cast about for a new use. Concerned About Leisure The "how to think" school was set up because Van Arsdale was concerned about the problem of leisure time and how to get the most out of it. The electrician students, rang ing in age from 25 to 70, study under the direction of Donn T. Coffee, a young instructor out of Columbia College who guides them through introductions to psychology, semantics, logic, his tory and economics. A basic book is "How to Develop Your Think ing Ability" by Kenneth S. Keyes Jr. Students, most of whom never went beyond grade school and did not read much beyond pulp magazines or comic books, leave the course carrying small librar ies of non-fiction books. Switch Reading Matter Those who ordinarily read the tabloid newspapers are given the New York Times to read at the school. Times readers try the tabloids. Another feature Is the "rumor scene," in which a verbal ac count of an event is passed along by four men who were not eye witnesses. The final version then is contrasted with the actual story. "This teaches the men the pitfalls of using vague, abstract and imprecise language," said Coffee. "The course," said. Coffee, "deals with how little we know rather than how much we know; how to think rather than what to think and how to improve our ideas rather than merely prove them. "The school aims to get the men to sit back and take a long look at the process of thinking." British Military Men Plan to Climb Diseghil London OP) A group oi British military officers has ask ed Pakistan's permisison to climb 25,868-foot Diseghil Sar, one of the world's highest uncllmbed mountains, it was announced to day. The royal navy, marine and air force officers hope to leave for Pakistan next May and carry out a scientific survey in the Himalayan area, it was reported. 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Mr. and Mrs. Rossiter, who are well known in southern Oregon, lived in the Grants Pass and Illinois Valley areas until Mr. Rossiter retired seven years ago from the Oregon Caves Lumber company. Two power outages in less than a month have the Copco sub-station crew at Cave Junc tion wondering about squirrels. Latest gray skuirrel to elec trocute himself in the oil switch near the station caused a burned out switch which dark ened homes from Cave Junction to the state line for almost two hours early Thursday morning. Sandra Brewer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Brewer of Selma, and Roberta Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Martin of Cave Junction have been selected to represent the Illinois Valley high school in the "I Speak for Democracy" contest, sponsoied by the na tional Junior Chamber of Commerce. The two made recordings of their speeches at radio station KUIN Monday evening. These will be entered in district com petition, the winners to go on to the state contest. ber; and Otis Green, two year member. No December meeting is plan ned. The next one will be held on the first Monday in January. All officers were re-elected for a new term at the meeting of the Saddlebums Tuesday night at the Cecil Slack home in Kerby. Peggy Fulk is again president of the club, while other officers are Ann Benjamine, vice-president and Will' Benjamine, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Ethel Banta, recently re turned from an extended stay at Merlin, was hostess. The club planned a ride for the first sunny weekend. Rev. Gene Denning of the Cave Junction community church has begun a Bible survey course which is scheduled for each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. during the "Hour of Power" services. Rev. Dunning said the course will extend over a three- year period. Everyone interested in the study and explanation of Biblical happenings, whether a church member or not, is invited to attend. Friday, November 22, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Margaret Meredith gave a lesson on emergency meals at the home extension unit meet ing Tuesday at St. Matthias church. The HEU Christmas party is set for Dec. 10. Florence Plueger will be the hostess in her home at Eggers Market in. Bridge-view. Anne Messenger was elected president of the Illinois Valley Democratic Club at a meeting held Saturday night at the Frank Gibbons home on Red wood highway. Other newly elected officers are Stewart Jones, vice-president; Herbert Gage, secretary and Lena Payne, treasurer. Named to the executive board were junior past president, Ells worth Cooke, three-year mem- Woman Arrested by Welfare Officials Portland (W Another ar rest in what state officials said was a stepped-up campaign against welfare payment frauds was announced here Thursday. A 25-year-old mother of five children who gave her name as Mrs. Barbara Hatcher was ac cused of unlawfully claiming ap proximately eight thousand dol lars in state aid for dependent children over the past four years. State authorities said they first grew suspicious of the young practical nurse when she bought a convertible. Her children have not been living with her but have been kept by their grand parents and by a woman in Eu gene. Mrs. Hatcher was booked at county jail and released after an attorney posted $1,000 bail. Two trials of womer accused on similar charges are scheduled in Portland the next few months. The state says one of the women bought $10,000 worth of auto mobiles last year while drawing state aid for children. Robert L. Evans, chief special investigator for the welfare de partment, said he expects to make between three and five ar rests each month under the stepped-up enforcement program. WHALE THEORY Berkeley, Calif. (CI Growth hormone from whales may be ef lective in the treatment of dwar fism, cancer and other metabolic conditions in man, according to University of California scientists. IHIoBiday House Cleaning Floors Walls Woodwork Quick Service on Rugs and Furniture RANDY'S GLEANING SERVICE Phone SP 3-4069 Guests at the Orville Mere dith home recently were Mr. and Mrs. William Deal of Cov ina, Calif. Deal was formerly chief of police in Cave Junction where the couple ran a shoe shop. Coming over for Sunday din ner with the Merediths and the Deals were Mr. and Mrs. Hal Moore Jr. and family of Med ford. The Moores are also form er residents of the valley. Mrs. Larry Sauer of Kerby is recovering from major surgery performed recently at Josephine General hospital. Dwight Curl, who assisted at the high school vocational ag riculture department during the first quarter, has returned to his studies at Oregon State College, Corvallis. Cole Rivers of the Oregon State fish and game commission was guest speaker at the Il linois Valley Farm Bureau Thursday night at a meeting held at the high school. He spoke on farm fish ponds and clean ing of irrigation ditches. Frank Loosley, who repre sented the local organization at the state meeting in Eugene last week', reported on his trip and brought back report of changes which will effect Farm Bureau Policy in 1958. One of the fea tured speakers, he said, was Mrs. Oscar Kittredge of Kla math Falls, who is currently organizing non-partisan tax pay ers leagues all over the state. Mrs. Loosley accompanied her husband to Eugene, and attend ed the women's sessions at the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Walt Hunting of Siskiyou mountain camp have returned from Pomona, Calif, where they were called by the death of their five-month old grandson, Craig Paul Smith. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 5, at Pomona. While in the south, Mr. and Mrs. Hunting visited Mrs. Hunt ing's mother, Mrs. Martha My ers at San Diego. A ham dinner is planned by Veterans of World War I and their wives for Dec. 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall -near Cave Junction. Meeting hours for the VFW has been changed for the winter SAVE MONEY! DO IT YOURSELF! RESTORE BEAUTY TO YOUR FLOORS WITH A RENTED SANDER Easy to Operate Clean and Dustless Low Rental Rates Wi Handle Everything You Need (or Floor Refiniriiing tnClAUSU IN HOMfWAKfS! 3 West 6th St., Medferd months from 8 p.m. to 7 p.m., the dates to remain the same. The barracks and auxiliary meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Following the separate busi ness meetings, ladies joined the men for refreshments. A total of 13 auxiliary members were present at their meeting. The American Legion turkey shoot at the Cecil Slack home near Kerby Sunday was pro nounced a big success in spite of the rain. Among these who went home with turkeys are Art Cribb, Cecil Slack, Ed Cooke, Francis Badden, Jim Breeding, Dudley Andre and Ralph Millard. A turkey shoot sponsored by the Kerby Eagles Lodge is an nounced for this Sunday start ing at 12 noon at the Slack home 1V4 miles north of Kerby. Re freshments and games are also planned. Needy children will be aided from proceeds of the American Legion auxiliary's special card party, planned for Saturday night, Nov. 23, at the Legion hall in Cave Junction. Pinochie, bridge and "500" players are invited to the bene fit which has as its general chairman, Mrs. Jack Spitz. Prizes and refreshments will be part of the evening's entertain ment. Funds raised from the party will go toward purchase of food and toys for Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets. Bay At guilders Supply kfflssH QUALITY fif&J BLOCKS Bricks, Fines, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 Severson's Candy HEADQUARTERS FOR YOUR Thanksgiving Candies & Nuts Order. Now . . . 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