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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1958)
i" The Family Council Editor! not: The Family Council consists ot a Jndge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers Each article s a summary ol an actual report. The Family Council does not give aavice; it merelT reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies ana counselor. Mrs. M. R. Shirley is friendless. Shirley R. People just aren't interested in me. , Mn. M. R My husband and I are very much worried about our youngest daughter, Shirley, who at 19 finds her self alone and friendless in bur large community. Shirley was always a very shy girl, but she did have one or two good girl friends over the years. Unfortunately, her best friend moved to an- noticed we are tempted to feel she rather glories in her nathetic situation. It gets her lots of sympathy and atten tion from her parents. The fact is, Shirley warns loads and loads of attention, but won't go out of her way to get it. She believes people ought t6 like her without her having to prove she is worth liking. She has discovered that a pretty face, neat dress and politeness are not enough. Well, what does get atten tion? Instead of sulking and pitying herself, Shirley ought to make a study of the sub ject. She will notice that the best liked individuals are those who seem to genuinely like others. Their smile of preetine is not merely polite It is filled with real joy in the. contact with another. Their conversation may not be wise or brilliant, but it is alwavK sincere and eoodheart- oH Thev are more concerned with noticing others than ion vainnij AmMmt4. Oraaen. m i. i i - ; - : , , 4 nance it is nara w deep-seated habits, but this is oottinff noticed themselves. It's not a change of jobs, but a change of attitude that fihirW needs. She will find the going rough at first be- Frid-av, May 30, 1958 5 change an effort well worth making. (Copyright 1338, General .Features Corp.) Waive Extradition In Brief Hearing Before Governor Salem CUT!) Four ehareed with grand larceny by bunco waived ex Wprfnpsdav in a brief hearing before Gov Robert D. Holmes. The Governor then ordered that extradition papers to Washington state be signed ' for the four Donna Marie Nnrbv. 18: Virginia Ann KrhnAn. 34: Otto S. Beard, 43- and Velma Blanche Rearrl 30. They were arrested in Port land and charged with an auto insurance swindle after a long investigation in sever al tntps. Multnnmah county detec tive Warren Weiss said the group purchased cars, insured them aind then made claims for injuries after staging rear- nrl collisions. rharees were filed in Wal la Walla, Wash.,, where four other associates have aireaay pleaded guilty. Prison terms were meted to Albert Her man Schoene, 33, and Clif ford George Parkins, D. Their wives, Goldie Kathryn Schoene, 45, and Vera Park ins, 45, received probation. The four who appeared be fore the Governor today will make a brief stop in Portland and continue to Walla Walla today. . Attorney for the four, J. Raymond Carskadon, Tort land, originally had advised his clients to fight extradi tion, but they changed their minds here. Trains Rerouted Over SP Lines WenHover. Nev. (UPI) Thirty freight carswere piled op when a diesel engine pull ing a west-bound Western Pa cific freight train was derailed 15 miles from Wendover Wednesday night. Dawn found two units of the huge engine completely off the track and the other two units lying across the track. The next 30 cars were strewn grotesquely behind the en gine where they had stacked up after the derailment. The final 60 cars were un harmed and Western Pacific officials indicated they would be pulled back some time to day. - First reports indicated that no one was injured in the mis hap, the cause of which was not immediately determined. Trains were meanwhile re routed over SP lines, while crews began hauling the wrecked cars from the track. Citizen's Idea Scares Officials Whitefish Bay, Wis. (Upi) Fred V. Gardner',? do-it-yourself project threw ouite a scare into officials of this sedate Milwaukee sub urb. The disgruntled household er threatened to build an "outside facility" a privy behind his home because there isn't enough water pres sure to fill toilet reservoirs. Officials rushed to the vil lage ordinance file and anxi ously thumbed through the sanitation code. They found what they wanted, two items which put a stop to Gardner's plans. ' One was an ordinance ban ning types of construction un less there is enough water av ailable for "abundant flushes-" J Which was precisely Gard ner's point. There isn't enough water and he wants some "Now, not next year." Then he explained he just wantfll to "dramatize" the situation. other part of i)ie state a year 9?o. and since then Shirley has been so lonely she often breaks down and cries. I thoueht after she got out of high school and into the business world things would he better. But in her office there are so many girls she is lost in the scuffle, and sne hasn't made a single friend I feel she should change jobs, but she says it will be tne same everywhere. w Shirley R. I don't know what it is about me .that makes people uninterested , in me. I have been told I am a rather Dretty eirl and I dress neatly and nicely, but neither boys nor girls seem to want to know me. Wherever I go I try to be nice and pleasant and polite, but nobody seems to even rare. I have noticed that when some girls walk into a room j A . 1 1 4- 1 everyone turns io iook ai them even if they are no beauties. When I come in no body even notices me. Tn mv office I set so little attention that every now and then somebody comes over to ask if I am a new girl even though I've been worKing here a, vear! I have tried to join clubs and church groups, but it's always the same story. What's the use of my chang ing jobs? Tho Council: Shirley is cer tainly in a pretty bad fix. Her trouble seems to De an "invisibility complex." Now, after 19 years oi liv ing, we are sure aniriey is aware that she is not really invisible. People have seen her and let her know tney have seen her. When she per sists in believing she goes un- Strike Favored By Telegraphers Washington (UPI) A ! mail ballot by the 30,000 1 Western Union workers across the nation shows "ov erwhelming" authority for a strike at midnieht Saturday unless wage demands are met, a union leader reported yest-prHav. E. L. Hageman, chairman nf the AFL-CIO Commercial xeiegrapners union udigaiu- j ing committee, said negotia tions appear to be approacn ing a deadlock in the fourth week of talks on the new con tract. Western Union Vice Presi dent J. L. Wilcox admitted that the parties are far apart on wages and pensions. The union, wmcn repre sents all Western Union work ers excent those in the New York City area, is asking 16 rents an hour across the board wage hike and increased pen sions in a two-year contract. WILL FORM NATION Evergreen Park, 111. (UPI) James T. Mangam, nhn staked a claim On all outer space, has announfed plans to issue official stamps and coins for the nation of Celestia. "The first gold coins of Celestial money will carry the image of my daughter, Ruth Marie, whom I consid er the pleasanfest person in the universe," he said. Agreement Reached With Teamsters San Francisco (UPI) Informed sources said today that neeotiators for the Team sters union, and western truck ing firms have readied agree ment on a master contract calling for a 30-oen.t hourly wage increase for drivers over the next three years. If an aereement is reached, it would then be submitted to a union membership vote next month. About 100,000 long haul drivers in 11 states Were involved. The new pact would replace: separate agreements on working conditions cover ing about 1,500 trucking firms. The old contracts expired May 1, but were extended while neeotiations continued. The new agreement was re ported to raise truck drivers' hourly scale from $2.37 to $2.67 over a three-year per iod, plus fringe benefits, y Hawaii Strike, Hearing End Honolulu (UPI) The strike that has paralyzed Ha waii's multi-million dollar su gar industry for 117 days appeared today to be drawing toward a close, Negotiators for manage ment and the International Longshoremen's andt Ware housemen s Union agreed Wednesday to send teams of workers back into the parch ed sugar cane fields to pre pare them for an expected settlement. The aereement came at the 1 end of a three and a half-hour negotiating session. During the meeting, the union insist ed that several issues be set tied before ' it accepts the terms of a five-point recom mendation made by Territori al Governor William Quinn There were indications that the next session, which might well bring peace to Hawaii's sugar industry, may be held some time today. 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