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MAKING FINAL REPIgf lf Saer, Irfftiford fire
man, makes final repairs on or $? ftvrgl to wagon th
fire department is (efinishing Sb nedf children. Deadline
for donation of toys for this !' jfroftrjm fill be Dec. 12,
according to Gordon Barker, fir cfti3C Th firfmen each year
repair toys in their spare ifer ffiiich tp, distributed on
Christmas morning by the Lady Lion
Domiciliary fuMthhes ig
Laundry Bill for Mcdford
By SID HOLLINGSWORTH I iciliary. Jach section has linen
Camp White The Veterans assistant leader in charge of the
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? lUCfNI tUIHS
from the dawn c? history,
man hss utilized the ikint of
animils. Even centuries before
th beginning of tgriculture,
when th forerunner of our
present civilization led a nomad
ic existence the fure of animals
wera used by man as a protec
tion against the elements. -Hence,
probably the oldest industry in
tba world was the taking of furi
fo? clothing.
The early explorere and white
invader? of Canada and the U.S.
pushed into the west for fur.
Probably no one factor was of
more importance in the explora
tion of settlement of North
America than the beaver, tha
world's second .largest rodent
weighing upwards of 60 pounds.
Hallmark t Ma
During my father's day, the
beaver and sable were tha hall
mark of the university man dur
ing my days, the raccoon coat
was the mark of the college Joe;
and today, I see, there is a fad,
for women college students to
pull the old raccoon coat out of
the closet.
Today, furs are a billion-dollar
business in America mostly
9 luxury trade.
About 25 important fur bear
era occur in North America.
Muskrat, fox, mink, skunk, wolf,
raccoon, beaver, marten, opos
sum, lynx and bobcat; seal, wea
sel (ermine when white in win
ter), badger, otter, fisher in
times past; and such others as
the bear, wolverine, ringtail cat,
rabbit, squirrel and mole. The
jaguard and ocelot of Central
America, are used chiefly for
rugs and novelties and the nu
tria, introduced from South
America, is acquiring a ranking
place in the fur trade.
Price Fanisetic
Prices for some luxury fur
animals have been fantastic.
The all-time record of $33,000
was paid for a pair of silver
foxes back in 1912 as far aa I
know. In more recent times, the
biggest prices quoted is $10,000
for an 18-ounce chinchilla exhib
ited in Toronto, Can., on Febru
ary 12, 1936. This makes the
animal worth about 16 times its
own weight in gold.
Tor coats made of cloth woven
of animal fur, the dearest is that
of the South American vicuna,
the most, beautiful of all woven
fabrics .'Although there are per
haps 1,000,000 vicunas living to
day, only one person in every
4,000,000 can enjoy the beauty
and waTmth of this golden
brown fabric because of the
scarcity of the supply. The hair,
incidentally, is about .0003
inches, wonderfully strong and
resilient. In comparison a blonde
human hair the finest is
Fovr-Yexjf Honeymoon
Comg fo n4 in if
San Francisco (W A eur
year, 56,000 - mile honeymoon
trip came to a head here recent
ly for Dr. William T. Holeoaab
and his wife, Marilyn.
They sailed Sept. It, 133,
aboard their ichooner, the Land
fall II, and visited eountleaa ia
lands and six continent. Their
schooner went aground and waa
nearly wrecked near til island
of Bali.
coarse indeed. Such a coat may
cost about $1,000. However, the
most valuable fur coat of all
time was a unique aiure blue
mink coat purchased at Paris
for the late Mme. Iva Peron
(died June 1832) at an undis
closed price.
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Administration domiciliary fur
nishes a nest egg of considerable
size to the Medford area in its
annual laundry bill.
The bulk of the wash is hand
le on a piece basis. It consists
ofr?Jinen supplied for the AO
members by the government,
and personal items, which are
laundered weekly for the men.
During the past year, 611,381
pieces were handled, an average
of neary 12,000 items a week,
including 88,000 hand towels,
80,000 pillowcases, 66,000 sheets
and 60,000 bath towels.
The personal laundry includes
50,000 shirts, 40,000 handker
chiefs, and 26,600 each of under
shirts and shorts. There were
16,600 pairs of socks, 15,700
wash trousers and 11,000 whites.
Government Items
Special government items in
clude 25,600 aprons used in the
dietetic service, 19,200 bed
spreads, 24,000 dish towels, and
6,000 pounds of wiping rags. In
all, there are approximately 50
classifications of laundry hand
led. There were, for instance, 600
belts, 1,500 coats, 1,800 uniform
dresses, 2,500 smocks, and 2,000
slippers. Also 250 table cloths,
50 dust mops, 200 operating
gowns, 500 masks and 2,230 op
erating and cook caps.
0The cost of this considerable
laundry bill fluctuates but an
estimate of 10 cents per piece
was given by Engineering Of
ficer Burt Sims.
In addition to this free laun
dry, a not inconsiderable amount
is diverted through the canteen
service to a laundry company
in Medford. Manager Clarence
Bryan estimates 122 bundles of
varying sizes are -sent git by
his department each week. This
personal laundry is paid for by
members and personnel dealing
at the canteen.
Handling of Laundry
The handling of laundry, both
personal and government, is a
large scale operation at the dom-
detail of picking; up and handing
out th! jijrticles after their re
turn fton the laundry.
The (entire operation-, has been
systematized under domiciliary
procedure! and every man who
able to make up his own bed,
change linen once a, week. His
personal (ffects are picked up
by thg) laundry detail which
makag) a tour one morning each
week. His bed number is sewed
on the clothing to be laundered.
The returned wash package and
ironed is called for the following
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All of the soiled items are
separated Bnd placed in convey
ors xo be delivered to the central
linej room, where Max Ament
is in charfte. alax has handled
this job Jrom early days and
maes mistakes.
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The other full time employee
is a seamstress, Edna Cox, who
mends the torn or worn items
before returning them to the
sections. The engineering divi
sion supervises this phase.
George Parker, the leader in
Section One, has eight men work
ing the shifts for the 400 men
in that wing. Walter Hollis, in
charge of Section Two, has four
helpers for more than 150 men,
as does Ray Waterfield of A
Section with 300. Jack Ruben
stein, an attendant, assists in
the more involved procedure in
the wards.
In this section attendants are
stationed in the wards to aid
the handicapped veterans in
changing linen and distributing
their fresh change of clothing.
A large number of men in this
section, however, are able to
assist the laundry detail as is
done in Sections One and Two.
The only laundry facilities
maintained at the domicilary are
a regular household washer and
dryer, used for miscellaneous
items needed in a hurry, or
which are not included in the
service agreement.
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