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r o o O o TABLE ROCK lightning Strikes Tree BY R. E. NEALON Table Rock The "Wednes-j 8(6' evening thunder storm, accompanied by high winds, flashes lightning, and a Awn pour of rain, struck here ith violence and almost did much more than property dmage. Herschel Harper, one of our ood citizens, came near to ting in the striking place of bolt of lightning that hit a large tree near his residence. He had only a few seconds before walked not more than four feet from the tree which was badly barked, and the soil torn from the roots. While Wednesday's storm did considerable damage to crops, transformers, electrical equipment, and telephones, the storm of the following evening did even more, knock ing out several transformers and blowing out switch boxes and lights in some homes, leaving the occupants in dark, ness, without water or tele phone. Among other targets for the lightning was a large tree near the river which was struck near the top, and a strip eight inches wide, and about six inches in depth, was neatly taken out to the ground. Some apples and oth er fruit was blown off the trees, but according to re ports, no appreciable damage was done to pears. Ernest and Lois Smith have joined the small car owners. ?hey are now driving a new Yolkswagon. t'he Donald Richardson youngsters, Diane, Dennis and Dera, arrived from Portland fcy plane last Sunday and were quickly whisked out to "Gramp's" farm, where they have taken over. J. S. Richardson and some of his relatives are enjoying his delicious sweet corn. Richard rjpon generally manages to have the first local sweet corn of the season, and to have some on hand when his corn-eating grandchildren come to spend their summer vacation. some six or seven feet long, swimming in the pond with only the top of its head above water, and a long wake fol lowing, like a boat would make. Several days later we saw i object traveling in the pond on the Kealon place, a dark object resembling a clinched fist, only much larg er, with the knuckles up and a long break of water follow ing. We were in plain sight, probably 150 feet away, but it paid no attention to us, didn't dive like a beaver or water animal would, or attempt to fly, like a water fowl, but kept on its course, going into the brush on the opposite bank. If this was not an alli gator, we who saw the crea ture, would like to know what it was. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Boren and two children left last Tuesday for their home in Wapato, Wash., after visiting several days with Mrs. Bow- en's sister at the Bert Pierce home. to i?jFfS TAR GAZER' A BltS MAR 22 4-15-29-34 42-53-87-83 APR 21 ( MAY V ii 2- 8-14-28 5732-43-56 CCMM MAV 22 t it i&ie tn 7-10-13-31 752-55-66 CANCEK JUN 23 WA21-24-41-47 uo ! JULV2 AUG. 23 to 5- 9-30-54 '62-68-81-83 VKGO AUG. 24! 312-26-38-49 .51-76-79-86J -Bv CLAY R. POLLAX- yi Your Doily Activity Guide JK According to the Stars. T To develop message for Sundoy, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. 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NOV. 23 0C 22 P5-37-40-45 160-73-75 CAMMCMN JAN. V-fj, 1-25-33-59 164-77-80-82 . AOUAHUS :an. 21 FEB.' 19 Jpg 3- 6-19 G7-61-78 PISCES MAR. 2. 17-20-36-57 Ti 171-74-88-9014 Home Ec Contests Set This Week ay Bosworin, wno is a chef in a Medford restaurant, popular among those who are i-. i - i - i hoi on weigni reaucing aieis, was telling us lie gained sev gral pounds during his wife's sojourn at the School of O Christianity t Lee's Summit, $o. We wondered if he might plugging his restaurant. V recently received a let- ; 9om 3 M. T. reading lady 1 rj the Applegate district, -hich raiafed our ego by sev rl points, and to convince fliers that it might have done the same to them, we are en closing one paragraph. "As ne who for many years Wrned her daily bread (occa sionally with butter and some times with jam) as a country Vwspaper correspondent, I am in a position to know (hereof I speak when I say that your column is one of the fciost original and consistently Interesting efforts I have ,ever Jjncountered. So, more power 3o you and don't let anybody ver talk you into giving it Maybe it is things like this Ohat kept us scribbling for me 40 years. As to the daily read, butter and Jam, the cor respondent received, we don't tsem to even earn our salt. shouldn't say that though, fc we get daily one of the est newspapers we know of, rho's publisher is truly inde pendent, hewing to the line, ndi letting the chips fall where "they may. Then we get a chance to get something off our chest once in a while. Tfte Central Point camp of Royal Neighbors held their July meeting Tuesday at the J. S. Richardson home, with some 15 members present. After partaking of a picnic lunch under the spreading oaks, the usual business meet ing was transacted. A man from the Meadows district tells us that his neigh bor has traded his small farm for a small store. From what we know about small farms and what we hear about small stores, this trade, in an eco nomic way, would be about "even steven." Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport A baby shower for Mrs. Charles Adams was given at the S. W. Pleasant home July 17, by Mrs. S. W. Pleasant, and Mrs. Edgar Pleasant. As an invited guest at a meeting of retired teachers, held recently at the Jack Tyrell picnic grounds near the Tyrell home on Butte creek, we had a most enjoyable time conversing with these good folks who have done so much for so little, in shaping the destiny of our country. These teachers of the past, must have "practiced what they preached," for among the many present there was no cigarette smoking, which caused us to remember that some 50 years ago the harmful effects of nicotine and alcohol on the human body was stressed. We tried to get an idea of the salary received when these teachers began teaching, and at their retire ment. The earliest beginning among those present was in iui, wnose salary was $33 13 a month at Antelope, Oregon, and at retirement in 1953, this teacher was getting an annual salary of $3,750. , Those beginning in other states at that time were get ting a somewhat larger sal ary. These salaries were very good compared to what the late William Gore told us about his school teaching in the late 80's. He told about, teaching our local school for $50 a term, consisting of three months. He "boarded around" and rode a horse from his home near Medford. One Mon day morning he was fording the river, as it cost 25 cents to come by ferry, when out about the middle, a school of spawning salmon made a big A Jackson county 4-H home economics demonstration and contest will be held Monday through Friday this week in the courthouse auditorium, according to Miss Marilou Garner, 4-H club extension agent. The week-long affair, part of the Jackson county 4-H and FFA fair slated for Aug. 19-23, is expected to attract approx imately. 175 contestants and demonstration from through out the county. Foods, clothing, home liv ing, knitting, and child care projects will be involved in the show. CONTESTS AND DEMONSTRA TION'S SCHEDULE: Monday, July 28 Cake baking contest (8 m. to 12:30 p.m.) Basin Project To Be Named For Banks Washington IUPD Either the Equalizing Reservoir or another prominent feature of the Columbia Basin reclama tion project will be named after the late Frank A. Banks before the projects 25th an niversary celebration this summer. Secretary of Interior Fred A. Seaton made the statement Friday in a letter to Sens. Warren G. Magnuson and Henry M. Jackson, both Wash ington State Democrats. Banks was the engineer in charge of the construction of Grand Coulee dam. , splashing which caused the horse to stampede and plunge into deep water, where Gore had to swim to get to dry land As the professor hadnt a change of clothes, he taught school that day with wet pants. , MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, July 27, 1951 S ill ill wn i ii m m h wm Dollar dinner (all afternoon) Tuesday, July 2 Spwinc is a.m. to 3 D m. Home living contest (8-8:40 a.m.) Home living demonstrations (9 a.m. to 4 D.m.) Clothing demonstrations (4 pjn.) Dollar dinner (all day) Wednesday, July 30 Knitting contest (1-Z30 p.m.) Knitting demonstrations (2:30 p.m.) Child care demonstrations (3:15 p.m.) Wool sewing contest (8-10:30 a.m.) Clotihng demonstrations (10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.) -Bread baking contest (8 a.m. to 5 D.m.) Thursday. July 31 Brownie baking contest to 11:45 a.m.l Dollar dinner (all afternoon) Food demonstrations (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Friday, August 1 Muffin baking contest (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Stabbing Victim Released from Hospital Portland (LTD Alfred E. Kiefer, 35, Portland, the vic tim of a serious stabbing two weeks ago, was released from Portland General hospital Fri day. Kiefer, who has been link ed with Portland gambler Jim Elkins, was listed as critical at the hospital for a time. Kiefer's girl friend, Phyllis (Torchy) Jessing, is being held in the city jail here for the stabbing. The mainland of Scotland is 285 miles long, varying in width from 50 to 160 miles. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KWIN 1400 K.CL Sundays 10:15 A.M.. While spraying weeds some weeks go near a pond on the Touvelle farm, Don Bohnert and Gaylin Haskett saw what to all intents and purposes, j seemed to be an alligator, MONDAY DOOR BUSTERS -9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Plastic Table Cloth Reg. 49c SPECIAL ea. 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