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Saturday, Jan. 11. I took a half hour drive up on Cherry
Lane to see a Say's phoebe which J. H. had phoned me was up
there. On the way up I saw a flock of nine cock pheasants, all
in one bunch. Not far away was a flock of eight hens. Smart
birds these cocks! You wouldn't find them nearby and con
spicious like that if it was hunting season.
I found the Say's phoebe, too. An insectivorous bird that
catches insects in the air, we hardly expect to see it in the
winter. But we do. In fact as I came home via Barnett Road I
saw another.
Sunday, Jan. 12. Since I couldn't take my usual Monday
morning birding trip I went out for a while this afternoon. I
went along Foothill Road and Antelope Road. One place I saw
little pussy willows are beginning to come out. I saw a bur
rowing owl on a post by the Camp White ruins on Antelope
Road. It bowed at me in a most comical manner.
As I came home along the old Crater Lake highway there
was a little shower and some sunshine. This made a partial
rainbow in the east. As I drove along the road the end of it
kept moving along the edge of the foothills. I thought of the
pots of gold the people along there must be finding. Anyhow,
had the treasures of beauty in the world around me.
CENTRAL POINT
Students Win Contest
Monday. Jan. 13. I drove to Portland where I went for a
committee meeting and to take my mother-in-law home. We
didn't have much sunshine but still the day was generally
pleasant. As we approached Portland, Mt. Hood stood out in
. perfect whiteness under the high clouds. I don't think I've
. ever seen it any whiter. Nearly all the rocks were covered un
der the deep snow. I remember a saying of Portlanders that
if you can see Mt. Hood it is a sign it is going to rain. If you
can't see it that is a sign it is raining. This is pretty apt to be
. true, especially in the winter season.
Tuesday, Jan. 14. It was raining this morning, as if to
confirm the saying about Mt. Hood. It wasn't a wet rain,
though, just gentle sprinkles, at least in the morning. Before
going down town I stopped at Westmoreland Park and East
moreland golf course to look at the ducks and gulls. It is one
of the best places in the west to observe these birds because
they become so tame you can get close to them. Among the
several hundred American widgeons that feed on the lawns
there I picked out two European widgeons, quite striking with
.their reddish heads. I also identified four different kinds of
gulls. One place they were all sitting on the grass facing south
into the wind so that it didn't ruffle their feathers. It was easy
there to see the color of their legs, the shape of their bills and
the shade of their wings, which are the things you need to see
to identify gulls.
Later in the day I drove home and it was raining nearly
all the way, sometimes heavily. There seems to have been
plenty of moisture because sometimes there were lakes, in
places where lakes are not supposed to be.
Wednesday. Jan. 15. I got back to feeding the home birds
that my wife had to take care of while I was gone. Seventy
or more wait around in the nearby bushes for my feeding time
which is usually between 4 and 5 o'clock. The golden crowned
sparrows and white crowned sparrows usually sing for their
supper. I am well rewarded for my trouble by all the birds
which are both good to look at and to hear. The only ones I
don't care for are the English sparrows. This prejudice has
nothing to do with their foreign origin. I just don't like them.
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point Crater High
school FFA students took hon
ors at the Rogue-Umpqua Dis
trict Parliamentary - Public
Speaking Speech contest at
Grants Pass Jan. 15.
David Mack of Crater won
first place in public speaking.
The topic of his speech was
"The Curse of Bigness." How
ard Wilde of Eagle Point was
second. His topic was "Water
Conservation."
Crater High school students
who won first place in the
parliamentary contest were
David Mack, Bob Lichti, Al
lan Barnes, Don Denning,
George Gilman and John Cas
tor. Both the first and second
place winners from each dis
trict will compete in the state
semi-finals which will be held
at Shedd, Ore., late in Febru
ary. Ed Griggs, Crater High
school agriculture teacher, re
ported that the boys have
been spending their evenings
training for the contest by
putting on demonstrations for
the Central Point Grange, and
to the Crater adult farming
class. The public speaker ad
dressed the young farmers at
a dinner recently which was
held at Kim's restaurant.
Moore, Mrs. Bob Sutherlin,
Mrs. Mercell Mitchel, Mrs.
Andrew Haugen and the host
esses. On Jan. 11, Den 8 Cub
Scouts with their Den Moth
er Mrs. Dominic Tate toured
the telephone office in Med
ford. They were shown the
switchboard and the machin
ery where the television, radio
and teletype come in. The
boys watched the television
network programs. The boys
who went on the tour were
Billy Colley, Lee Korner,
Clifford Shellabarger, Gary
Gillette, Larry Glenn, Marty
Chadd, and Johnny Tate. Mrs.
Lloyd Chadd, assistant Den
Mother also accompanied the
group.
Charles A. Meyer, princi
pal of the Central Point ele
mentary and Central Point
junior high school, announced
that Jan. 24 ends the third six
weeks period of the school
term. The term will be half
over at that time. School ex
aminations will be given Jan.
21. 22 and 23.
The Central Point elemen
tary and junior high school
rooms are beginning their an
nual March of Dimes drive.
Individual rooms are having
popcorn and candy sales and
various means of raising
money.
Guests last week end in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dominic
Tate were Mrs. Allie McKin-
ney and son, Jack, of Rose
burg. They were en route to
visit relatives in the southern
states.
Monday, January 20, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIV5
Brownie Troop 119 met
Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Harvey Cass
man. Seventh and Cherry sts.,
in Central Point. Mrs. Robert
Wolff, a registered nurse,
gave the girls a demonstra
tion on the proper way to
make a bed. Some of the girls
practiced making the bed
while others practiced prop
erly placing a pillow case on
a pillow. After the demon
stration, refreshments were
served by Mary Ellen Kurz.
Fourteen Brownies were
present with Mrs. Everett
Grissom, leader, and Mrs.
Lloyd Livingston, assistant
leader.
Savings Bond Sales Increase in County
Saving bond sales in Jack
son county last month ex
ceeded the 1956 sales by
more than S20,000, according
to George Mimnaugh, state
director of saving bond sales.
It was the third consecu
tive month that savings bond
sales in Jackson county have
exceeded the amount sold in
1956.
County residents last month
purchased 862,820 worth of
bonds, compared to S46,459
worth in December, 1956,
Mimnaugh said.
Total sales through Dec. 31
were less than the amount
sold in 1956, he noted. Last
year, $975,746 worth of bonds
were bought by Jackson coun
ty residents, compared to $1,
157,770, during 1956.
State sales during Decem
ber amounted to 82,647,187,
an increase of 14.4 per cent
over 1956, he said. Many
bonds purchased last month,
he indicated, was purchased
as gifts.
Dietrich, 111. (W Fireman
Floyd Barlow was lying in
bed when he noticed his house
was on fire. He promptly put
it out. Later the same, day,
while on an alternate job as
deputy sheriff, he rode a fire
engine to his home and watch
ed it burn to the ground.
Pointoise, France (IP) -j
Authorities finally recovered
the "body" missing after an
auto was crushed by a loco
motive and dragged for a
mile along the track. The
driver later showed up at po
lice headquarters, where he
explained he had jumped out
of the car just in time. Ask
ed why he let police go on a
wild-goose hunt for him, he
said he was "too embarras
sed" to identify himself.
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Griggs said seven Crater
high school students have ap
plied for the State Farmer
degree. The boys will be in
terviewed in February by
state officers and advisors.
Those who are awarded the
degree will receive it at Bend
in March.
Thirty-seven people attend
ed the adult farmers class
Monday evening in the agri
culture room at Crater High
school. The class was on weed
spraying equipment. There
will be another class at 8 p.m.,
Monday, Jan. 20. Various
kinds of weed sprays will be
discussed by Ray Hubbell.
Anyone interested may at
tend. It will be held in the
Crater High school agricul
ture room.
Thursday, Jan. 16. A good share of the day I was in my
study by a window facing east. During the afternoon I spied
a golden eagle. I rushed madly to the door to get another look
at it and was lucky. Just then it turned so that I could see its
markings clearly. It was an immature bird with prominent
white patches on the wing. We see golden eagles occasionally
around Roxy Ann and elsewhere in the valley; but this was
the first time I had ever seen one from the home place. They
are majestic creatures and always a thrill to see. Their num
bers are said to have diminished greatly in recent years. I
hope they may be preserved and protected.
Friday, Jan. 17. The fog cleared away around noon. In
the early afternoon I looked at the dewdrops on the lawn.
They were sparkling in the sun. Some were blue, some yellow
and some almost orange. Their glory is transient but while it
lasts it is like the beauty of gems for which people spend
much money. T.M.
What Is The Law?
This column is prepared as a public service by the
College of Law. Willamette University, Salem, to
explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal
advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases
to his own problems without an attorney's advice, for
differing facts may change the outcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Walie Ham
lin of Coleman creek were
visitors Wednesday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Wales, North Second st.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wales
were dinner guests Friday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Anderson of Ashland. Mrs.
Wales is Anderson's daughter.
What Happens When the
Landlord Moves In?
A few years ago a landlord
ordered his tenants, a man
and wife, to move. Their rent
had been paid and they re
fused to get out. The landlord
and his wife moved into the
small living room of the
r leased home and remained
there "interfering with ten
i ants' home life and offending
tenants' sensibilities" for a
period of 17 days.
The landlord had to pay
damages for this invasion of
the tenants' right of privacy,
for the courts feel that the in
-dividual should be protected
from unauthorized invasion
of his private affairs.
The courts also feel that
the individual should be let
alone in the conduct of his
personal business. Such was
not the case when a business
man put a placard in his store
window stating that "Dr. M.
(who later complained) owes
an account here of $49.67
and if promises would pay an
account, this account would
have been settled long ago."
In another situation a 10-year-old
girl's picture was
taken as she lay in the street
after having been struck by
an automobile. Almost two
years later a magazine pub
lished the picture to illustrate
an article on the negligence
of children entitled "They
Ask To Be Killed." This, too,
was an unwarranted invasion
of her privacy.
A movie company circulat
ed a letter that appeared to
have been signed by a lady,
designated as Miss K. In ad
advertising a movie, the let
ter cast doubt on Miss K's
moral character. The court
said her right of privacy had
been invaded.
Implied Consent and the
Public Interest
A person can, of course,
give his consent by implica
tion, if not expressly, to be
photographed and the photo
graph later used. If a man at
tends a baseball game and
sits in the stands he certain
ly could not rightfully com
plain when a picture of the
crowd, including him, is tak
en and later published. Many
events are newsworthy in
their nature and such news
value often overrides the ten
der feelings of the individual.
This is especially true where
public figures such as politi
cians, explorers and athletes
are involved.
However, the right of pri
vacy, of being left alone, is a
very real right: and in most
states, if that right is violat
ed without cause, it may be
vindicated by civil action.
The Busy Bees Sewing club
met at Vi's Yardage Shoppe
Tuesday, Jan. 14. Mrs. D. E.
Burelson, leader of the club,
demonstrated the operation of
the sewing machine. Chery
Cavin was a guest. After the
demonstration, the girls went
to the leader's home where
refreshments were served by
Terri King assisted by Patty
Callendar. The next meeting
of the Busy Bees will be at
7 p.m., Jan. 29, at the Shoppe
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cass
man received word of the
birth of a daughter to their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr
and Mrs. Lawrence Cassman
of Tacoma, Wash. She has
been named Michael and is
the 24th grandchild of the
uassmans. bne has seven
brothers and sisters. Law
rence Cassman is well known
in Central Point, having at
tended the schools here.
A baby shower honoring
Mrs. Donald Lacy was given
Tuesday night at the home of
Mrs: John Smock. Assistant
hostess was Mrs. Charles A
Meyer. Guests were Mrs
Warren Holbrook, Mrs. Ar
thur Straus, Mrs. John Cros
kell, Mrs. Ed Knapp, Mrs. H
P. Jewett, Mrs. Bill Colley.
Mrs. Leonard Warren, Mrs
L. C. Johnson, Mrs. Charles
NEGRO FUND SWELLED
New York (IP More
than 42,000 contributors do
nated $1,934,407 to the Unit
ed Negro college fund in 1957
Lee H. Bristol, national cam
paign chairman announced
Sunday. The total was S150,
434 less than the amount rais
ed In 1956, Bristol said, but
donors in New York gave
S510,181, 10 per cent more
than in 1956. He said that
gifts from alumni of Negro
colleges and Negroes through
out the country helped to in
crease the number of contri
butors, who totaled 42,659.
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