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In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS New danger note: Residents of South Florida have been cautioned to keep away from large poisonous toad3 FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF BULLFROGS that have been found in the area re cently. Dr. E. Martin Miller, pro fessor of zoology at the Uni versity of Miami, was notified of the new menace after a Mi ami housewife reported that one of the creatures leaped at her the other night. Her hus band killed two of them later. Earlier in the week one of hem KILLED - A DALMA TIAN DOG in the neighbor-ood. HMMMMMMMMMM. I reckon ANYTHING can happen in Florida. And frequently does. PQ THE zoology professor lO says the animals are a species of poisonous toad in troduced into Florida from either South America or the West Indies. Somebody brought one home as a pet, I suppose. TH E National Geographic Society, which leans nor mally toward the weightier subjects, has come out with a bulletin on poison ivy. Among other things, it reports that about 60 kinds of birds feed on berries of the poison ivy plant with no ill effects. Shucks! Birds can do a lot of things humans can't do. Sleeping while roosting on a limb, for example. rE bulletin goes on to say: There are no sure cures for ivy poisoning. But science has been making long strides in research laboratories. One of the newest discoveries is a salve developed at Syracuse University. It contains zircon ium and an antihistimine drug. For some people, injec tion of a special extract from the plant's juice has an immu nizing effect. There are pills designed on ten same prin ciple. But National Geographic says The best treatment is to STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM THE STUFF AS POSSIBLE. That one makes sense. OUT here in the Golden West, we don't have poison ivy. But, as so often happens, we have something just as bad, or maybe worse poison oak. There are Westerners who claim you can catch a bad case of poison oak by looking at a picture of it. One reasonably successful method of treatment for poi son oak is to fill your shoes with lead and jump in the lake. If you don't come up, it won't bother you much from then on. Another remedy recom mended by extremists is Rus sian roulette. OVER on the other side of the mountains, they have a proud boast there's no poi son oak in the high country. And no poison ivy. 1 They have their mice. Rat tlesnakes lurk in the sage brush. And their mosquitoes, nourished on DDT, are be ginning to approach the size of pelicans. But they have no poison ivy. Senator Goldwater to Seek Reelection Tucson, Ariz. (UPI) Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) has made official his intentions to run for re-election.' Goldwater, ' in a speech be fore the Arizona Young Re publican Clubs convention here Saturday, said he will "continue to keep faith with our nation, the people of Ari zona, and my conscience." The 49-year-old native Ari zonan, a full Colonel in .the Air Force Reserves, is com pleting his first six-year term in office. Medford, Crafer Students Win Jaycee Road-E-0 Central Point Gail East wood, Medford High school senior, and Jerry .Leonard, Crater High school senior, were first-place winners in the annual safe driving Road-e-o sponsored by Med ford and Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce for high school students. Competi tion was held Saturday morn ing at Crater High in Central Point. Both boys will be given expense-paid trips to Clatskanie to take part in state finals June 7 . Runners-up in the contest for Crater High students were Willard Waterhouse, second, and Donald Garrison, third. Other Runnrs-Up In the contest for Medford, St. Mary's, Jacksonville and Phoenix High schools, runners-up were Terry Cooper, St. Mary's, and Roberta Burns, Phoenjx. Gail scored 427 points of a possible 500. Jerry scored 382, with second and third place winners close behind with 381 and 379. National finals will be held in Washington, D.C., with scholarships totaling $4,500 to be offered the three top con testants. Jaycees sponsor the contest on community, state and na tional levels. At each level, competition is based on writ ten tests on driving knowledge and performance tests in four obstacle - test exercises. In state and national contests, other tests are added. Dick Lamont, Medford, and Jerry Monroe, Central Point, were contest chairmen in the local area. Camp McLoughlin, the Boy Scout summer camp of the Crater Lake Council, is op erated as Scouting's educa tional center for Jackson, Jo sephine and Siskiyou counties. Safety Patrol Members Honored During Safety Council Dinner Safety patrol members of Medf ord's eight grade schools, 155 strong, were honored at the ninth annual Medford Safety Council banquet Fri day evening at Hedrick Jun ior High school. Also present were 145 adults. Ed Warmouth, Salem, di rector of the traffic safety division of the state depart ment of motor vehicles-, was the speaker. Awards were presented to the safety patrol captain or proxy from each school, and adult coordinators were intro congratulated the patrols for their work in the past year, crediting them for compe tence in performance of their duties. N ' First Accident The first traffic accident in America was in 1895, when there were only a few auto mobiles in the country, War mouth said. Traveling at "break -neck speeds" of, as much as 11 miles an hour, two of these vehicles man aged to collide. From that time to the present, with more automobiles on the road every year, traffic safety has become a major concern in the American way of life. The modern age in auto mobiles began in 1907, when Henry Ford produced the Model T, the speaker said in giving a brief history of the development of motored transportation. In 1935 there were 26 million registered motor vehicles on America's roads and highways, and now there are more than 65 mil lion. In Oregon, motor vehicle registrations more than dou bled in the past two decades, from 350,000 in 1939 to 860, 000 last year. In the 20-year period, mileage has tripled. With so many automobiles moving, it is understandable that accidents occur frequent ly, the speaker said, but most of these could be prevented. In Oregon, there is one traffic accident every 10 min utes, Warmouth said. Last year, 17,000 persons were in jured in automobile accidents in the state, and 467 were killed. Accidents cost money and cause inconvenience, often 'tragedy, Warmouth said. Al though the automobile has given people much pleasure and a better standard of liv ing, it has also created grave problems. The youngsters of today, who are learning safe ly lessons in school, are charged with the responsi bility of setting high stand ards as drivers tomorrow. The speaker was introduced by Barry Bigham, president of the safety council. Russ Jamieson, secretary of the council, was master of cere monies. The Rev. John .Ilg, pastor of Sacred Heart Catho lic church, gave the invocation. Little Girl Mauled By Bear in Racine Racine, Wis. (IP) A little girl who was badly mauled by a European brown bear was reported in "fairly good" con dition Saturday, but doctors said they may not have to am putate her arm. The child, Mary Heibner of Beach Park, 111., underwent a three - hour plastic surgery operation at St. Mary's hospi tal Friday following the at tack at the Racine zoo. Authorities said about 60 of Mary's fourth grade class mates looked on in horror as the 300-pound female bear. reared up on its hind legs and clawed and bit the girl's dang ling arm. Mary, 10, had been standing near a restraining fence and for some unknown reason reached 'between the bars. Last week a similar attack occurred in a Washington, D. C. zoo with more unfortunate results. A little Canadian girl was dragged into a' lion's cage and torn to pieces by the beast. Before the dinner, the Non ettes, girl vocalists from Med ford High school, trained by Lynn Sjolund, director of vocal music, sang "Rain," "A Wonderful Guy" and "All of Me." Members of the group are Karen Paschke, Sharon Gebhard, Oveta W a 1 d e n, Marsha O'Sullivan, Jackie Creager, Sue Baker, Sharon Carr, Sue Graff and Judy Christensen. Melody Pierce was accompanist. Badges and packets of in scribed penciles were present ed by Mayor Snider to cap tains or proxies. Awards were received by Ronald Mc Guire, Jackson; Robert Shoe maker, Jefferson; Don Bram hall, Lincoln; Marilyn Biehn, Oak Grove; Michael Farthing, Roosevelt; Ronald Becker; St. Mary's; Pamela Bell, Wash ington, and Brian Porter, West Side. Coordinators rec ognized, listed by schools in the same order, were Bob Baccus, Bob Phillips, William Brew, Max Killingsworth, Bob Raymond, the Rev. John Ilg, Jim Akerill and Ron Weatherf ord. Elliott Becken and John Childers were cochairmen for the banquet arrangements. The dinner was prepared un der direction of Mrsv Virginia Wait, Medford school cafe teria supervisor. Fifteen Med ford high school girls did the serving. The program opened with welcoming remarks by Big ham, followed by; the flag salute. K. C. Larson, council vice-president, was among those introduced. Financing of the banquet was a project of several Med ford service organizations. Recognition on' behalf of their groups was given to Bill Singler, Kiwanis club; Chris Christensen, Rotary club; Art Van Leeuwen, Jaycees; Don Davis, Elks lodge; Louis Ruhl, Medford Lions club, and Dave Irving, Crater Lions club. R e p r e s e ntatives of PTA's throughout the city were thanked for their cooperation. F umish Your Horn e at Another Gates IPs m End - off - the - ROonth Event! Vtti ?x x :.ov-- "1 . Fine Workmanship . . . Fine Fabrics ... 2-pc. 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Larson, second vicepresident; Tom Shoop, third vice president; Sherrill Doty, treasurer, and Murray Dumas, secretary. Named as directors were Gene Barlow and Lon Skin ner, for two-year terms, and Bob Taylor and Floyd East wood, for one-year terms. D. L. Gressett was named tail twister; Earl Richardson, lion tamer. Dr. Wilson is a past secre tary of Crater. Lions and serves on the board of direc tors. He was chairman of the recent Crater Lions sports fair. He also serves on the board of directors of the lo cal dental society, and now holds the office of secretary in this group, of which he is a past editor. Wilson was graduated from Oregon State college and the University of Oregon dental school. He' received a fellow ship for study in cancer re search at Oregon State college. The thermometer was said to have been invented by Gal ileo in 1592. MAIL TRIBUNE, Madferd, Orooen, Sunday, May 25, 195S OMSK mmmmmmmmm DR. 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