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News About Books From the Library At almost any time outside I school hours teen-agers will be I luuna 10 outnumber other read ers in the Medford Public Li brary. Many of them, of course, are working on school assign ments; but most have recreation al interests in reading as well. Some 46 Der rpnt of tppn.apprs questioned recently in a nation-; wide survey said they read more j than 10 books yearly outside of j school assignments. Best-liked kinds of books were adventure j books, love stories, sports stories, i mysteries and science fiction. ! According to Librarian Helen ! "Webster, the Medford Public and j otc.son uounty ijiorary nas a Brown University Doing Film on Palsy Providence, R.I. HP Shoot ing of a documentary film il lustrating the scope of research into the causes of cerebral palsy and allied disorders being con ducted at Brown University has begun. The research is being conduct ed by the Institute for Research in the Health Sciences in associ ation with other institutions. The film, titled "Year of Birth," deals with the problems faced by parents, one of whose children is afflicted with cere bral palsy. Production of the film is un derwritten by a grant of $85,000 to Brown by the National Insti tute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, a branch of the U.S. Public Health Service. The complete film will be the property of Brown, but its dis tribution for nationwide show ing, sometime next spring will be handled by the National Institute. Court Records v MUNICIPAL COURT Sally Janell Miller, disobeyed traf fic signal. $5. Ivan Lynn Curtis, no tail lights, $5. Boyd Jesse Carson, failure to dis play Oregon driver's license, $5. Gilbert I. Campfield, no driver's license. $5. Robert Rowland Johnson, improper left turn. $5. Thomas William Mast, violation of basic rule. $10. Ellis Feinstein, violation of basic rule. $10 Jackie Sean McKinney. defective equipment. $5. James Hamilton Madden, violation of basic rule. S10. Edwin Randal Logan, violation of basic rule. $10. Arthur Hugh Warren Jr, disobeyed traffic signal. $5. Robert Edwin Meyer, disobeyed traffic signal, $5. Raymond Eugene Stahler, improper lane usage. $5. David Boyce Parker, disobeyed traf fic signal. $5. Kenneth Wilber Twedt, disobeyed traffic signal, $5. DISTRICT COURT Therman James Nickles, no PUC permit, $15. Delmar B. Gillispie, defective w am ine device. $6. Jerry Klocke. hunting during pro hibited hours. S15. John William Holgate, failure to atoD at traffic si en. $10. Otto Leroy Lilya, no license on Bouse trailer. Sb. David Robert Davis, failure to stop at traffic sign. sio. Monte Leroy Whaley, four persons over 12 years of age in front seat. $6. Carol Nancy Coffman, no operator's license. $10. wide selection of recent books for young people in all of these interest categories. Adventure Books Adventure fans are reading Dale White's "Vigilantes, Ride," a gripping story of Montana in the 1860 s, and Fritz Muhlen weg's "Big Tiger and Christian," a story of an adventurous trip through the Gobi desert. Other books in this category include "Everglades Adventure," b y Stephen Header; "The Long White Road," Marvin Albert's story of Ernest Shackleton's Ant arctic adventure; "Shipwreck," by Howard Pease; and "Glacier Pilot," by Beth Day. New science fiction titles add ed lately to the library include "Vanguard to Venus," by Jeffery Castle and "The Third Level," by Jack Finney. Of equally ex citing interest are such "down to earth" books on space flight as Mullers "Man Among the Stars," del Rey's "Rockets Through Space," Von Braun's "Conquest of the Moon," and Ahnstrom's "Complete Book of Jets and Rockets." Romances Love stories are always a favorite with teen-age girls, and several new ones have recently been purchased, according to Miss Webster. Included on the list are "Straw Hat Summer," by Marjorie Hall; "The Wonder ful Time," by James Summers, and "Married on Wednesday," by Anne Emery. Girls who enjoy vocational romance will read "Vida Prescott: Attorney," by Rita Brady, "Marcia, Private Sec retary," by Zillah MacDonald, or "TV Girl Friday," by Ruth Milne. Other recent titles are "Kathie, the New Teacher," by Lucile Rosenheim, "Miss Library Lady," by Ann Pfaender, and "Rosemary Wins Her Cap," by Zillah MacDonald. Both boys and girls who like mystery stories will enjoy read ing "Swamp Cat, bv Jim Kjel gaard, "The Blue Witch," by Louis Capron, and "Storm over Skye" by Allan McLean. Many other stories of suspense and in trigue are available for young adults. Sports Popular Sports stories, the librarian said, are high on the list of books most often read by young peo ple. Books for the football en thusiast include "Football Fe ver," by Curtis Bishop; "Side Line Victory," by Jack Paulson; and "Red Grange: Footballs Greatest Halfback," by Gene Schoor. Other titles for the sports-minded are "Double Chal lenge," by Jim Kjelgaard; "Man in a Cage," by Jackson Scholz; and "Half-Time Hero,' by Bishop. A special browsing section is maintained for young adult read ers in a display stack near the circulation desk at the Medford Public Library. Community branches of the Jackson County Library system also have selec tions of books of especial appeal to this group. REPAIRING BICYCLE Mitchell Millich, Allison Moulton and Hugh Huntley apply finishing touches to repair of a small bicycle which will be given to the Lady Lions for distribution to needy children on Christmas morning. The three firemen are a few of the men of the Medford department now at work on the toys which is a yearly spare time project. Repairing of the toys is done at the centra stations while painting of the toys is done at the west and east side stations. Proceeds from the firemen's Ball on Thanks giving will be placed in the toy fund. The Family Council editor's note: The Family Council consists ot a Judge, a psychiatrist, taree clergymen, a newspaper editor a women'; ditor and two writers Each article Is a summary of an actual report. The family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems thai ave been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors Genevive R. Rosalind ought to adopt a child. Rosalind F. Maybe we ought to separate instead. Genevieve R. My sister has been married five years to a man who has not proven to be a very good husband. He makes a liv ing, but is not an especially good provider and my sister has been working since the day of her marriage. Besides, Charles is not a so ciable person and he is often depressed and sarcastic with my sister and our family. Recently he learned he is unable to have children and this has made him even worse than ever. I can't see much happiness ahead for my sister unless she has children , so I think she should see about adopting a child. It might even help to bring about a change in Charles. Rosalind F. It is hard to think in terms of adopting a child when I am really wonder ing whether I can keep my mar riage together at all. I am 33 and Charles is 36 and I don't suppose either of us will change very much any more. How much difference can a child make My family and friends say it makes all the dif ference in the world, but I can't help having some doubts about this. Even though we could af ford a child on Charles' income, we would hot be able to provide for the child or ourselves as we would like to and I hate being poor. My family and friends are putting a lot of pressure on us to adopt a child, but I think maybe we ought to separate in stead. The Council: Rosalind's fam ily and friends should leave off the pressure at once because, as things now stand, there isn't the slightest chance of this couple's getting a child from an accredit ed agency. If they choose to try to get a child illegally, they run the risk of getting into serious trouble. Even if they could man age to evade this legal trouble, they run an even more terrible risk of creating more unhappi ness for themselves and an inno cent child. An accredited adoption agen cy is interested, first of all, in the motive for wanting a child. The only acceptable one is the desire to have a child and to create a happy home for him. Even if they said the right words on this subject, Roselaind and Charles could never convince a social worker that this was their motive. v An eccredited adoption agency looks for couples who are hap- PIN MONEY UP Washington (IP) President Eisenhower has authorized an in crease int he duty rate on im ported safety pins from 22 Vz to 35 per cent, effective Dec. 30. Sunday, December I, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVK Business Licenses Issued Tolal 1312 A total of 1.3 12' city business licenses have been issued up to Friday last week, according to Darell Huson, city treasurer. He said the list is complete on all business now operating in the city with the exception of that which may have started since then. Huson said personal contacts were made with busi nesses failing to file by the Nov. 15 deadline. He said little trouble was en countered in collecting the fees for the business licenses. ' Research on Social Behavior of Bees Ready Lawrence, Kan. HP) Dr. Charles D. Michener, chairman of the entomology department at Kansas University, will have re search published about the ori gin of social behavior of bees in Brazil.' Dr. Michener's reclassification of a large group of South Ameri can bees already has been prited in a bulletin of the American Museum of Naturay History. Findings of his recent trip to Brazil will be published in sev eral journals. ONLY THE COPS New York (IP) "Ahe you. guys from the mob? Are you going to rub me out?" Aaron Le dcrman asked his callers in a shaking voice. He appeared' downright pleased when the men. identified themselves as Secret Service agents, come to arrest -him as an alleged "important dis- tributor" of counterfeit S20 bills'.; The agents said Lederman told them he was deeply in debt to loan sharks and feared they were out to get him quite outside the law. More than 280 million pounds of cottonseed oil went into the production of margarine in 1956. pily married. A large-sized in come is not important, but it is important that the couple should not feel poor or underprivileged. An accredited adoption agency looks for maturity of outlook and the courage and flexibility to handle problems. It looks for couples who get along well with the world at large. Rosalind and Charles would do well to measure themselves and their marriage by these agency standards. If they do, they may begin to see the enor mous selfishness involved in their even considering to try to adopt a child for the purpose of saving their marriage. We have a rather large-sized suspicion that Rosalind is very much more at fault in this rela tionship than Charles. His de pression and sarcasm are likely reactions to a wife who shows sc? much dissatisfaction with him. Despite Rosalind's doubts about her ability and that of her husband to change at this time of their lives, she should recog nize that they must change in order to save themselves from total despair and tragedy. 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