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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1958)
o MAIL TRIIUNI, M.JforI, Orosen, Sanity, Juna 15, lfJI 9 rrffffffffn(M Med Treason Frow on Old Envelope It is a well known fact that Great Britain abolished slav ery throughout its empire a good generation before it end ed in the United States, and so I was surprised to hear a friend maintain it existed in Gambia long after our Civil War. Gambia is a British Colony and Protectorate on the West African coast. It extends for 200 miles up the Gambia Riv er from its mouth and for six miles on either side. My friend produced an old letter he had acquired, writ ten from Gambia in the early 1870's. When I dismissed its gossip about up-river slave traffic as nonevidential, he cited a passage from the En cyclopedia Britannica that stated slavery was abolished in Gambia by ordinance in 1906. The explanation was that though slavery had been il legal in the Crown Colony along the coast, it had not been in the Protectorate in the interior until 1906. I turned my attention to a stamp, enclosed with the let ter and evidently from the original envelope. It was a blue, four pence item. Across the top in block letters was the word GAMBIA. The main part of the design consisted of a circle in the center of which was a profile portrait of the young Queen Victoria. The cancellation was in black Ink, not heavy. The stamp is a fairly com mon one, either with a water mark or without a watermark and perforations along the edges. This one, however, had neither. The stamp, cancelled', has a catalogue value of S45, ac cording to Scotfs catalogue. Had it been left on the en velope, the value would have been at least twice as much. In other words, anyone who finds an old envelope with a stamp on it should not un der any circumstances remove the stamp. SEWING STANDS ARE TYPICAL IERIOD PIECES A common piece of furni- arms terminated in six-inch ture up to the advent of the posts of hickory or some other sewing machine in the mid- tough wood which supported 1800s was a sewing stand. tht stand. It is found in various shapes The purpose of the basket and sizes, but one of the was to hold balls of varn for easiest to spot, and one of the the housewife as she knitted, more desirable both from the The top was suitable for use utilitarian and collector's as a candlestand. Because of point of view, is one that has its lightness, the piece could a basket device beneath the be moved about easily as re top, quired. One that I saw recently had And since ,t was a weU . circular top about a foot an turned piece of woodj with a diameter, centered on a latfee- fine in and d finish on turned post with a maximum thg t ,t would be suitable thickness of an inch d a for use on the most formal oc half A good foot down from casions wfaen there WQuld fae the top was a funnel-shaped no sewing or knitting, basket with slatted sides. The o lip of the basket had a ten- A for the age of the piece, Inch diameter; the bottom, ont guess is as good as anoth solid piece of wood through er. It was probably made not i ti. to 1- 1- which the post passed, was mucn aner ioau or mucn De- six inches across. o fort 1750. From the bottom of th But because it was typical post, which did not sach the of that period and was of ex floor, extended three armsaat cellent craftsmanship, it sold angles of 120 degrees. Th mdily t $75. o o MANY VALUES IN GLJkli MATCH HOLDERS For a fult-Y.alf century after the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 one of the more common American sou enir items was the match hold er. Glass manufacturers turn ed them out by the thousands and in multitudes of designs. As a Result, they form today one of the more interesting categories of collectors' items and one in which there are many surprising values. Some weeks ago I saw the replica of a cannon in green glass. The piece, with an over-all length of bout five inches, was a miniature of one of the cannons used on the Con stitution and other famous early American ships. As usual with such pieces, there was no identifying mark on it, but very likely it was made by one of the scores of glas firms that turned out souv- o enins for the 1876 Exposition. 0 Usually they are found in clear glass, occassionally in blu or amethyst, but very rarely in green The 310 price seemed to mi to be a steep one, but a glass collector friend of mine made no attempt to get it at less. Ha. bought not only that but n elephant of clear glass with a howdah on top that would hold the contents of at least two penny boxes of matches. The price for that was $12. The price for the elephant was only average, he said, but that for the cannon represent ed a bargain. He had paid S25 each for both the blue and amethyst matchholder cannons he had acquired and would have been willing to pay at least that much for any other color. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Students To Leave For JESSI Program Eight Medford High school students planned to leave to day to attend the Junior En gineer Science Summer In stitute at Linfield college, Mc Minnville, and Oregon State college, Corvallis. They are Sandra Hess and Lynette Shaw, who will at tend the girls' classes at Lin field, and Keith Harrison, Bob Pond, Brian Jefferson, Frank Peterson, Robert Allen and Robert Steele, who will go to OSC. All will be seniors next year. Five of the group are at tending the two-week session on scholarships provided by the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. During the session they will attend engineering and sci ence classes taught by college professors, according to Ryd er Berg, head of the science department at Medford High school. The institute is sponsored by Oregon industries to ac quaint the high school stud ents with careers in science and engineering fields. Governor to Take Washington Trip Salem (UPI) Both Gov. Robert D. Holmes and Mrs. Cecilia P. Galey, chairman of the Unemployment Compensa tion commission, will fly to Washington, D. C. this week to give testimony at a con- gresisonal hearing on pending social security and unemploy ment compensation measures. The Governor said he and Mrs. Galey were invited to ap pear at the Ways and Means committee hearing by its chairman, Wilbur D. Hills CD- Ark.) and were scheduled to present statements Wednes day, - Several engagements were cancelled by the Governor to make the trip. mm mm mm A GAllON (Sav. evtr $2.00) DURING GENERAL PAINT'S SPRING PAINT SALE AT ALEXANDER HARDWARE Central Point SISKIYOU HARDWARE 225 W. Main, Medford S&H Green Stamps ROUND iT" "-""-VI Your Living COSTS! Budget Special . LOIN fUD 30 lbs. Roasts IS lbs. Short Ribs S lbs. Boneless Stew Cubes 20 lbs. Ground Beef 10 lbs. Round Steak 10 lbs. Rib Steak 10 lbs. T-Bone Steak 5 lbs. Pork Shoulder Roast 12 lbs. 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