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Kiwanis Hope to Bring Beck Fair The 'county fair" of yes teryear is being brought down off the shelf, according to spokesmen of the Kiwanis County Fair. The Kiwanis show, staged the same week of the 4-H-FFA Fair, will bring to life the long neglected "county fair." ine comoinea events are expected to draw an estimated 20,000 visitors, spokesmen predicted. The 4-H-FFA Fair will open Aug. 18, at the Jackson Coun ay Fairgrounds. The Kiwanis County Fair will open at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 21, and continue through Sunday, Aug. 24. Miss America will be the official hostess and make Kiwanis event. The Jaycee sponsored Miss Jackson County Contest and State Fair Talent Search are expected to draw thousands' of spectators during the 4-day run of the County Fair at the Armory. Interest in Fair Reported Keen Interest in the Kiwanis sponsored County Fair is keen and the sponsoring club is looking forward to a success ful event, according to spokes men. Bill Singler, president of the Medford Kiwanis club, ex pressed appreciation to valley firms, clubs and organizations for their participation in the event. "Our aim is to establish this show on an annual basis," Singler said, "to return a County Fair to Jackson coun ty." Special thanks was express ed by Singler to the rural and urban groups who are help ing on judging and other phases of the fair. SPACE AGE The space age will be repre sented at the ' Kiwanis sponsored County Fair Aug. 21-24 by a U.S. Navy guided missile. A Terrier missile will be part of a Navy display arranged by Chief Warren Boe of the Medford Navy recruiting office. Included in the display, in addition to the missile, will be a diving suit, an aerial torpedo and a floating mine. The military display will be just one of several features planned for the 4-day event to be held start ing Thursday, at the Medford Armory, Jackson county fairgrounds. German Turning Out Ceremonial Guns Pokcing, Germany (UPI) The cannon business is booming in this small Bavar ian village near the Austrian frontier. Not the fearsome atomic variety, but old-fashioned can non for ceremonial use. In 33 years, Joseph Wenig has turned out 2,300 of he guns at his foundry. He says he's now getting more orders than ever before. "Apparently," said the. small, bespectacled, 70-year-old Wenig, "people still like the idea of the booming noise of the cannon to celebrate spe cial occasions." He said most of his orders some from the West German Army and Navy rifle clubs and from wealthy families. The Wenig foundry, which now employs 12 craftsmen plus Wenig's 34-year-old son Ulfram, turns out cannon in four different sizes. They range in price from $100 to S450. Ammunition is also available at 50 cents a round. Quite often, Wenig rolls his arsenal out into a nearby field and fires the cannon one after another. It's an impressive sight and an awsome sound. Archbishop of Boston To Visit in Ireland Dublin (LTD Dr. Richard J. Cushing, Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, will come to Ireland next Monday to visit his father's home at Glanworth, County Cork, it was announced Monday. While at Glanworth, the archbishop, who is on a pil grimage to Rome and Lourdes, France, will break ground for a new church and will bless and open a new school at his father's old parish. Lansing, Mich. (UPD, New bars were ' installed re cently at the Lansing . jail. The old ones were then in stalled in the Lansing zoo. St. Bernards Being Replaced in Alps Oosta, Italy (UPI) Walk-ie-tilkie, helicopters and tun nels under the Alps are thin ning the ranks of those lov able canine heroes with brandy kegs, the St. Bernards. For hundreds of years, these big shaggy-haired -dogs have plodded through the deep snows on the St. Bernard passes to save the lives of lost travelers. ' But only nine dogs remain at the Hospice of St. Bernard. Ever since the end of the last war their numbers have dwin dled and the amount of work has diminished to no more than several calls a year. New and efficient mountain rescue methods have outdated the St. Bernard. Radio squads and helicopter patrols over the terrible passes are much a.uicker and surer means of rescue than the courageous shaggy dogs. Increased Spending Noted in Fairs by U.S. Businessmen By ROBERT G. SHORT AL United Press International New York (ITU Business men in the past 10 years have increased their spending on trade shows and expositions six-fold to more than three billion dollars. These shows are patterned after county fairs and feature everything from flowers, fancy foods and antiques to plastics, heavy machinery and automobiles. ' Growing competition in the world markets, especially from the revitalized industries of Europe and Asia, has been the -. key factor behind - the growth of trade shows. Some of them, such as the motor boat, mobile home and autmobile shows are open to the public. Others, such as the U.S. World Trade Fair and the Fancy Food and Confec tion Show, are open only to businessmen and buyers. 4,000 Expositions Arthur Smadbeck presi dent of the Coliseum Exhibi tion Corp., operators of New York City's huge showplace, predicted that more than 4, 000 expositions will be held in the United States this year, compared with 900 in 1940. These are in addition to the 2,000 trade shows that will be held abroad, and to the 6,000 state and county fairs or permanent exhibitions and showrooms in this country. The U.S. World Trade Fair held in the Coliseum in May drew exhibitors from 60 na tions and was attended by more than 127,000 buyers, ac cording to Charles Snitow, or ganizer of the giant exhibit. "To cover the markets rep resented at the Fair," he ex plained, "a buyer would have to travel around the world approximately two years. The GOES 1 TO .. - gT' p-- THE r r v y- Dynamtc 88 Holiday Sedan, featuring lh W-MYmfl CCON-O-W AY Carburetor. Is SAFETY MAtE GJm. . . . . as Miss America's Personal Car SEE OLDSMOBILE'S THE NEW t-O W-WA All's fun at the County Fair - - - specially wherever Miss America goes in her new '58 Olds. Be sure to see Miss America - - the many other colorful Fair activities - - - end the new Olds! Here, in the spirit-lifting lines of Oldsmobile's tasteful new brilliance, is beauty you'd expect to cost much more. Performance, to - - - famous Rocket performance from a new Rocket Engine with astounding ECON-O-WAY carboration that SHINQ NEW DYNAMIC 88 I WAY OF QOINQ PLACESI ! making the biggest economy news in Olds history. Just try It at Darrell Miller's. Ask for a -Rocket road test in a Dynamic 88! And try New Matic Ride - - - Oldsmobile's True Air suspen sion - for, the smoothest, most relaxing motor ing you've ever known. Then learn how easy it Is to buy this economy star - - - the Dynamic 88 - - - the low-fare way of going places first class in 19581 Optional at extra cost Fair brought all these mar kets together in one place." Government Takes Part Various governments took part in the show this year, with some of them settling up expensive exhibits ranging from a Balinese temple to the recreation of a tropical island. Trade shows frequently re sult in big orders for exhib itors. At a foreign car expo sition this year a total of 12 Rolls Royces ranging in price" up to $25,000 was sold right off the floor. Some of the buyers even paid cash. The growth of trade shows was a key factor behind the construction of the Coliseum in New York two years ago. Since then, more than five million persons have attend ed the wide variety of shows held there. New ECOW-O-WAY Carbureter, on oH Dynamic 88 models, gives yoe true "Socket" performance . . pirn 9eotf Hwproyed fee economy f Try ' tooayl Family Council Test Drive a '58 Rocket at Your Local Authorized OLDS DVDO D H QUALITY DEALER'S VISIT THE KIWANIS COUNTY FAIR, MEDFORD ARMORY, AUGUST 21, 22, 23 and 24 DARRELL MILLER CO., 415 S. RIVERSIDE Mrs. R. H. Nora's boy friend doesn't believe in con vention and morality.. Nora H. He is the most in teresting boy I know. Mrs. R.H. My husband and I are just about frantic about our 18-year-old daugh ter, Nora. We are respectable people and have given her a fine bringing up. Now we find she is going out with one ' of the worst boys in town- boy who is believed to have gotten one' of the girls here into trouble about a year ago, This boy is a smart aleck type and talks a big line about the fact he doesn't believe in convention and morality. He says this straight to our faces and yet my daughter insists upon going out with him. we are frightened to death every minute she spends with him, Nora H. Randy talks a big line. What my parents don't understand is that it is all talk and nothing more. That rumor about him and the oth er girl was just silly. " She was a tramp and every one knew it. Randy went out with her a few times, as did most of the boys around here But . he certainly wasn't re sponsible for what happened I have gone out quite a bit and I know what I'm about. Randy is the, most interesting boy I know. He can talk about a lot of things. He reads a lot and is always . full of the ories. I'm not serious about him and I don't think he is about me. I think my parents ought to trust me. The Council: From both statements, it appears that Randy is a very immature boy and somewhat irresponsible, but possibly not quite as dan gerous as the R.H.'s fear. The fact that this boy is willing to discuss "theories" of conventionality and morai- i-fv with the oarents of the girl he is dating is a probable in dication that he is more mien with wind than evil inten tions. He probably works off a lot of his steam by talking. We use the word "probao- lv" advisedly. Eventually Randy will work up the cour age to act on his theories nn1ii his ideas change. At that time he will probably do less talking to parents. W don't think this boy is the best, influence for Nora and she should be guided to ward a better understanding nt what constitutes maturity. character and interesting talk in a male. At the moment Randy's talk may sound revo lutionary and exciting, but Nora should be made to real ize that it is as old as the hills as well as foolish and boring. Tf Mr. and Mrs. R. H. snow- on IPCS shock and more disin terest in Randy's talk, Nora nniH . less fascinated by u. The fact it gets a big rise out of her parents indicates to her what he is saying is meaning ful and impressive. The R.H's should be sure Nora herself has a good un derstanding of the reasons for sexual morality from every point of view. At her age she should also have full informa tion on sex so she won't be tempted by mere curiosity. There is much good litera ture on the subject available today and Nora should be en couraged to read some of the material written by clergy men, sociologists and doctors. Armed with knowledge and a background of happiness and love in her home, Nora should soon begin to find Randy's talk quite childish. (Copyright 1958. General Features Corp.) MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, August If, H A Good Farm Land Becoming Scarce Chicago (UPD A recent study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates that good farm land is becomming increasingly harder to buy. During a one-year period covered by the survey only 31 out of every 1,000 farms were voluntarily put up for sale. Ten years ago the figure was 57 out of every 1 000. " The survey showed that 40 per cent of all farm land pur chased during the year went to farmers who were adding to their holdings. A STITCH IN TIME Carolee Kuest, 13, of the Nimble Thimbells, Central Point, puts in some stitches on her belt. Colleen Franek, another club member, stands by with the bolero jacket and dress, both of cotton, made by Carolee for the "Teenwise Clothing" entry in the Jackson County 4-H Fair this week. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 F.F.A. 4 DON'T MISS THE 4-IKI and FALL $AM Jackson County mm AUGUST 19-20-21-22-23 AND ENJOY THE COW AMI B TV m R Armory-August 2 1 -22-23-24 Fluhrer's congratulate the Medford Kiwanis Club upon this revival of the traditional COUNTY FAIR, and urge. ALL to attend. Glamorous MISS AMERICA 1958 will be there, the Medford Junior Chamber of Com merce is sponsoring a MISS JACKSON COUNTY PAGEANT, and there will be exhibits, shows, demonstrations and LOTS OF FUN! Published in cooperation with Jackson County 4-H and F.F.A. clubs and the Medford Kiwanis Club by . . . .' Bakers of Your Favorite
