8A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, April 18, 1958
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers
Each article Is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies and counselors.
Tom S. She tricked me
into marriage.
Janet S. Mother knew
him all right.
Tom S. My wife and I
have been married for two
years and have been bitterly
miserable.
Janet and I had known one
another since we were kids
and dated steadily at high
school. We had relations to
gether and she told me she
was pregnant. I wanted to do
the decent thing and we got
married. My parents didn't
know the real reason for my
marrying and were very
much opposed. They always
said Janet was no good.
Now I see how right they
were. Janet had lied to me,
We have a baby now, but he
was born only four months
ago. I can never love her be
cause of the way she deceived
me. I have been unfaithful,
but Janet says she will never
divorce me.
Janet S. Tom talks about
his parents opposing our mar
riage, but what about mine?
My mother told me he would
walk out on me at the first
chance. She knew him, all
right. But I don't want to go
back home now and have her
gay, "I told you so."
I never really lied to Tom
I just happened to be mis
taken about my condition. It
could happen to anyone, but
Tom has always held it
against me. The truth is that
I was terribly frightened and
so was he. Perhaps if we had
told our parents they would
have saved us from all this
misery.
If I could meet another man
I wouldn't mind getting di
vorced but I am tied down
by the baby while Tom is
able to gallivant.
The Council Pity the poor,
four-month-old baby who is
being brought up by a pair
of babies!
Tom and Janet seem to still
see themselves as their par
ents' little boy and girl. They
feel that they have been very,
very naughty and they fear
their parents' punishment,
yet they would like their par
ents to save them.
Tom accepts his parents'
verdict on his wife. He for
gets the fact that his parents'
words were spoken in opposi
tion to a teen-age marriage.
It is quite possible that he
has even distorted their words
in order to place greater
blame on Janet. He shows
neither loyalty to his wife
and child, nor any sense of
responsibility for his share of
the premarital indiscretions.
Janet writhes in fear of her
mother's "I told you so." Yet
she shows no recognition of
the fact that she, herself, is
a mother and must think of
the welfare of her child above
all other considerations. She
is not responsible to her
mother, but to her child.
Tom and Janet seem to
feel that their parents' little
boy and girl should not be
allowed to suffer. Somebody
ought to come along to make
them happy. They must learn
that their marriage, their
child, their happiness or un
happines's are all their own
creations. They must accept
the responsibility for their
decisions and their whole life.
They need guidance from
a clergyman and probably
from a social worker attach
ed to a reliable family agen
cy not to dump their respon
sibilities, but to learn what
their responsibilities are.
(Copyright 1958.
General Features Corp.)
Courl Records
DISTRICT COURT
Willie iL. Byrd, no PUC permit,
$5.
Alfred E. McFadden, drunk on
public highway, $30.
William J. Horn, defective warn
ing device, 510.
Ray J. Smith, failure to stop,
$10.
CIRCUIT COURT
Elizabeth M. Richey vs. Jack
Raven Richey, divorce decree.
Mary M. Neff. vs. James Thom
as Neff, divorce decree.
Pauline Marie Bright vs. Orvel
Vern Bright, divorce decree.
Carole j. crippen vs. Stephen
G. Crippen, divorce decree.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Thomas Spurgeon Gray. 23. of
908 Lawnsdale ave., reckless driv
ing, $100.
Derwin Lee Large, excessive
noise, $a; excessive noise, $5.
Alfred D. Von Stein, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Lyle M. Russell, violation of ba
sic rule, $10.
Darlene Livingston Moore, failure
to obtain Oregon driver's license,
$3.
Hazel MOe Millard, violation of
basic rule, $10.
George Allen Graves, violation
of basic rule, $10.
Forrest Paul Cook, failure to
yield the right-of-way, $10.
Clarence Dellbert Givens, fail
ure to leave 'information at the
scene of an accident, $25.
jonn u. lieu, no operators li
cense, $3.
daughter, Patricia, on the
death of Mrs. Jessie Barr
Wednesday, April 9 at the
Osteopathic hospital in Med
ford. Mrs. Barr had under
gone surgery about three
weeks previously. Funeral
services were held Wednes
day, April 16 at 2:30 p.m. at
the Trail Community church.
SHADY COVE-TRAIL
Shower Given For Woman
By EVALYN P. WATSON I Deepest sympathy is ex
Shady Cove-Trail Miss tended to Ralph Barr and
Carole Sheppard, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sheppard
of Shady Cove whose ap
proaching marriage to Bill
Littlefield, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Travis Littlefield of
Shady Cove, will be an event
of early May, was guest of
honor at a wedding shower
given for her by Mrs. Floyd
Kelley at the Kelley home
in Shady Cove Wednesday
evening, May 9.
Games were played with
high prize being won by Mrs
Ivan Hale. Refreshments were
served by the hostess, assisted
by Mrs. Pearl Adair, after
the gifts had been opened
Guests were Mesdames
Travis Littlefield, Earl Shep
pard, Pearl Adair, O. L. Wil
liams, John Wilson, Ray
Chubb, William Ducker, D
Eggleston, Athel Dudley, Don
ald Harmon, Ed Houston
Ivan Hale, William Shepherd
Cecil Kee, Adolf Larson, Carl
Hanson, Frank Fagalde, Jose-
phine Verdon, all of Shady
Cove; Mrs. Irwin Howe of
Trail and Mrs. Clarence
Hedgpeth of Prospect.
Those sending gifts but un
able to attend were Mes
dames E. S. Strother, Carroll
Watson, Wendell Stalker, Ted
Jantzer, Max Hawks and
Harry Goode.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Burke
of Medford were recent visi
tors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Cushman and family
of Trail.
The Rev. and Mrs. Walter
Kutchins and family of Fort
Jones, Calif., were dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Sanderson of
Trail.
Mrs. Rufus Trusty of Elk
Creek, Trail made a trip to
Klamath Falls last week.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Han
nan of Troutdale, Ore., visited
at the home of his sister and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Ole
Hornseth of Shady Cove, over
the past week end.
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Rogue Elk Extension Unit
held the regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs,
Charles Morehead. Co-host
esses were Mrs. A. Myklebye
and Mrs. Ted Shimek. Mrs.
Mykleby also was project
leader with a lesson being
given on meat cookery. A re
port was given on the activi
ties of the 4-H group by Mrs,
Morris Bush and Mrs. Alma
Mallery filled out a report
on Safety. There were 16
members and one guest pres
ent.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dud
ley of Roseburg, Ore., spent
the week end visiting with
Mr. Dudley's aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Athel Dudley
of the Shady Cove cleaners.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sheppard
and daughter, Carole, made
a trip Sunday to i Glendale,
Ore., where they visited with
Mr. Sheppard's brother and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Sheppard, and his mother,
Mrs. Leona Sheppard.
Mr.' and Mrs. LeRoy Tin
nin and daughter, Rene, of
Tacoma, , Wash., spent the
week end visiting with their
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Del
bert Spain and family of
Shady Cove.
Logging operations are ex
pected to get under way this
week at the Trail Creek lum
ber company.
A number of men and their
families as well as a number
of single men, all employed
by the Bureau of Public
Roads, have moved into this
area for an approximate six
week's stay. Three families
have trailer houses parked at
the Rainbow trailer court and
all of the cabins at the Shady
Cove motel are rented to
members of the crews and
their families. Mrs. .Nellie
Chamberlain has a contract
for the feeding of the men
who do not have familes here.
Eugene Eccleston, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Eccleston
of Shady Cove, is undergoing
six months basic training in
the Army reserve at Fort Ord,
Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Pfluke
and children have moved
from Santa Rosa, Calif., to
'Eureka, where they are liv
ing in the Lazy J trailer ranch.
Mrs. Pfluke is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Seges
senman of Shady Cove.
The Shady Cove-Trail Lions
Auxiliary held their May
business meeting at the Rogue
River lodge. Mrs. Delbert
Spain, president, presided
over the business session fol
lowing the 7 p.m. dinner. Can
didates for the 1958-59 offices
were announced by the nomi
nating committee. They are,
president, Mrs. Earl Shep
pard; vice - president, Mrs.
Harry Goode; secretary, un
filled; treasurer, Mrs. Don
Harper and lion-tamer, Mrs.
Frank Fagalde.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vincent
of Shady Cove are attending
the district Rotary convention
in Salem this week. They will
also visit with friends and
relatives while there.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brown of
Shady Cove are attending the
Oregon Diocesan convention
of the Episcopal church held
this week in Portland as dele
gates from St. Martin's Epis
copal church in Shady Cove.
The Rev. Bruce "MacHenry,
Vicar of St. Martin's, is also
attending.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Han
son and children, of Trail, and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hanson
of Shady Cove were dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs.. Albert Esten of Trail
recently.
Mrs. Max Hawks of Shady
Cove was guest of honor at
a Dirtnaay card party given
for her by Mrs. Floyd Kelley
Friday, April 11 at her home.
Bridge was played during the
evening with prize for high
score going to Mrs. Dolf Lar
son and consolation prize to
Mrs. O. L. Williams. Follow
ing the serving of refresh
ments, a gift was presented
from the group to Mrs,
Hawks.
Guests were Mesdames Bob
Vincent, Dolf Larson, Arley
Spain. Pat Hawks. O. L. Wil
liams, Carl Hanson, the hon
ored guest and the hostess,
Mrs. Floyd Kelley.
Mrs. Harry Goode and Mrs
Blaine Williams attended the
annual City Association bowl
ing meeting and breakfast at
the Medford ' hotel Sunday,
April: 13. Trophies and money
from the city tournament
were presented.
Miss Barbara Logue of On
tario, Ore., spent several days
visiting with her uncle and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Ducker, of the Cove Valley
Supply, Shady Cove. Miss
Logue came over as a chap-
erone with a group -of girls
belonging to Job's Daughters
from her town.
Work on the country play
house has been progressing
well with the building far
enough along now that meet
ings can be held there.
The wiring of the building
is done and the plumbing was
expected to be finished soon.
Mrs. Alma Ruthstrom became
new member at a recent
meeting.
Mrs. Dick Bartuss of Shady
Cove is ill with a chest and
bronchial condition.
Mrs. Ernest Segessenman of
Shady Cove spent several
days last week undergoing
medical treatment at Sacred
Heart hospital. She returned
home Saturday and although
she has a very bad cold is
progressing well.
Saturday, April 19, at 8
i - e 1 t-r
n m.. memDers oi me vuiy
of Army Engineers and the
Oregon Water Resources
board will be at the Shady
Cove School Gym under the
sponsorship of the Shady Cove
Grange.
The urogram will explain
the progress made in water
studies, flood control and wa
ter storage in the area by the
Army Engineers ana ouicr
governmental agencies.
. ripvelorjments in the Rogue
Flood Control and Wa
ter Resources Commission that
have taken place since tne
last meeting will be explain
ed. General discussion will be
held and everyone in the area
is urged to attend. Word has
VOTE FOR
0. CI IBengtson
For State Representative
The man who successfully sponsored and passed legislation to es
tablish boys' camp to assist in rehabilitating delinquent boys (which
was approved by vote of Citizens of Oregon.)
Paid adv. Committee for 0. H. Bengrson
for State Representative,
George Tucker, Chairman
119 S. Ivy, Medford.
Is That So?
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
Swordfish may not be the
only one, but certainly they
are one of the very few food
fishes that have ever been re
sponsible for increasing ma
rine insurance rates.
The reason is that, since
Roman times at least, they
have been attacking and even
sinking ships.
William Yarcich, of Pater
son, N.J., has a picture of a
swordfish sword that trans
fixed the five-inch wooden
hull of his mine-sweeper
while under Japanese fire at
Balikpapan. The Japs didn't
hit the vessel, but she had to
go to the drydock because of
the swordfish.
Some of his friends don't
believe it, but the story is
good enough for me.
Back in 1864, a swordfish,
angered at being hooked by
one of the crew of the British
ship, "Dreadnaught," broke
the line and then punctured
the vessel's hull. The ship.
three days out of Colombo,
put back to port for repairs.
The owners billed the insur
ance company, and the firm
refused to pay.
They maintained the sword-
fish didn't do the damage be
cause it left no sword. Other-
just been received that Mr.
Malcolm Carr, investigating
engineer for the State Water
board will also be present to
speak and answer questions.
The National Honor Society
of the Eagle Point High school
held a meeting with an initia
tion of 13 new members at
the high school Monday eve
ning, April 14. Committee
chairman for the event were
Georgia Weidman, Suzi Shubb
and Susie Palm. Speakers for
the evening were Suzi Chubb
and Delberta Spain of Shady
Cove, Carol Scott of Trail
and Margaret Cearley of
Point.
wise, they would have paid.
But the London Court of
Common Pleas awarded dam
ages because counsel proved
that sometimes the fish can
safely extract its weapon.
The largest swordfish I
have been able to find record
ed is one killed by Capt. Ben
jamin Ashby, off Edgartown,
Mass., in the mid-1800's. It
weighed 639 pounds when
when ready for salting. Its
sword was six feet long.
The vessel of Captain Ash
by, who killed over 300 of the
fish during his career, was at
tacked 20 times during one
season. On one occasion, a
sword came up through the
bottom where a member of
the crew was standing and
tore through his heel, perma
nently injuring him.
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HOUSE DESTROYED
Midland, Va. OP) Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Cunningham, who
lost the roof of their home in
a windstorm Jan. 30, lost the
entire house . Thursday in a
fire. The only things saved
were a sewing machine and a
refrigerator.
Arizona Escapee Taken
Vancouver, wash. OPI
Louis James Blaqueire, 31, an
escapee from the Arizona
state penitentiary, is being
held here for Arizona authori
ties following his arrest north
of Bingen, Wash., in Klickitat
county.
in Washington
An FBI agent, police and a
sheriff's deputy arrested Bla
queire one year to the day aft
er he had escaped from a
work gang at the Arizona
prison where he was serving a
14-year sentence for armed
robbery.
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