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MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Ore., Canasta Giving Way to Contract Bridge as Most Popular of Card Games ; New York UPD Canasta, after being the undisputed favorite card game of Ameri cans for five years, is yield ing its place to the old champ, contact bridge. This is the word from John B. Powers, executive secre tary of the Association of American Playing Card Man ufacturers. He said that among the es timated 12 0 million card playing Americans, canasta and contact bridge now are running neck and neck in popularity. Pinochle is in third place; poker, fourth; solitaire, fifth. Play At Home Most in the species known as "genus card player Ameri canus" do their dealing at home or in the home of a friend. Only 10.2 per cent, said Powers, operate else where - on trains, in bars or at public parties. , A recent survey document ed aseemingly strange fact: Siorm Claims More Than 1200 in Japan . Tokyo (UPD Mounting re ports from the Izu Peninsula today boosted the probable toll of last week's typhoon fed floods to more than 1,200 dead. Police headquarters said 344 bodies have been recov ered from the resort peninsu la south of Tokyo, while 878 other persons are officially listed as "missing." The floods injured 136 persons. The spectre of epidemic haunted residents of flooded areas in Tokyo, where six cases of dysentery have been reported since the typhoon. Some 87,500 Japanese whose homes were wrecked by the storm are living in schools and auditoriums in East Tokyo. In North Tokyo, the U.S. Army is housing some 300 flood refugees in ordnance shops. MAKING STATE VISIT Moscow- (LTD - Soviet Presi dent Klimenti Voroshilov leaves by air today for a state visit to Afghanistan. ............... ' "J"' ' " j ' "j j7 '""! i waste ; L : time -j Vdffr' I' i I I a ! 1 : and energy : LJl 1 j'Lji-U : driving :Lk fjj H EART- OF -TO WN GREYHOUND THE TO TRAVEL! Downtown toowntown service! No parking problems! ' No wear-and-tear on your car... or yourself! Luxurious Scenicruiser Service! The lowest of fares... anywhere! Year-round air-conditioning! THERE'S A GREYHOUND AGENT NEAR YOU IT'S SUCH A COMFORT TO TAKE THE BUS. Tuesday, September 30. 1938 there is more card playing in homes with television sets than in homes without them. The same survey, by the consumer panel of the J. Wal ter Thompson Co., New York, also found more card playing is done in the east-north-central states than in any other region. The least is in the South. The sex line in cards runs this way: men-poker, pinoch le, canasta and contact bridge; women canasta, contact bridge, solitaire and rummy. Seek Acceptance For mixed company, either canasta or contact bridge ap pears to be the current formu la for a most popular enjoy able evening. Dr. Irving Crespi, in a re cent issue of the Sociological Review, cites this inducement to card playing: "The individual can hope to achieve acceptance into groups which will enhance his or her social position. "Eager for friendliness and easy congeniality, many Americans appear to be incap able of generating such rela tionships without the artifi cial stimulation of imperson al, competitive group games." Corvallis Boy, 5, Auto Crash Victim Corvallis-(UPD-Thomas Free ark, five-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Louis G. Freeark, Corvallis, was killed Monday when a car driven by the boy's mother went out of con trol and overturned on high way 99W near the Benton Lane county line. Dr. Freeark, who was on duty at Good Samaritan hos pital at the time of the crash, first learned of his son's death when he met the ambulance that brought the boy's body to the hospital. Mrs. Freeark suffered in juries and was taken to Good Samaritan hospital here where her condition was described as "good." Benton County Coroner Joe McHenry said Mrs. Free ark was taking the boy to Eugene for eye treatment when the accident occurred. Sending a package? No Submarine Hunter Plane, Crew Lost Key West, Fla. -CPB- The Navy searched today for a missing "submarine hunter" plane with 10 men aboard, feared to have crashed in the sea off the Florida Keys. Cmdr. James J. Rumford, operations officer at Key West Naval Air Station, said there had been no word from the long overdue plane since 3:30 p.m. (EST) Monday. The plane was due to re turn from a routine training flight at 6:30 p.m. Runford said it had only enough fuel to last two and one-half hours after that time. Navy officers said the plane was a P-2V, a two-engine craft sent only the day before. It was to have started its train ing in anti-submarine warfare today. The names and ranks of the 10 men aboard the plane were withheld pending the outcome of the search. Rumford said all were veteran fliers and well-trained. Talent Paper Gets First Class Rating Talent The Talent High school paper, Hi-Life, has re ceived a first class rating by the critical service of the Na tional Scholastic Press associ ation, school officials have an nounced. The rating compares with excellent. Editor of the 1957-58 school paper was Allan King, and Julie Hanson was assistant editor. Mary Lucille Offutt was advisor. School papers are judged on coverage, including news sources; balance and treat ment of copy; content, includ ing news stories; style, leads, features and copyreading; de partment pages, including edi torials and sports coverage and writing: Front page makeup, name plate, editorial page nfakeup sports display, inside news pages, headlines, typography, photography and student work also are considered. " Officials said that the paper feels that standards for pub lication can be consistently held to a higher degree by use of the critical service. Moscow has four main sym phony orchestras, and concert halls and theatres are open seven days a week. SERVICE MAKES EASY WAY WHERE DO. YOU WANT TO For example: GO? Los Angeles . Sacramento . . San Francisco Seattle Portland ..AND LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US! Try Greyhound Package Express , one gets it to as many areas in ess time APPLEGATE VALLEY Cattlemen Discuss Aims By MAUDE ZIEGLER Applegate Valley-A num ber of objectives of the Ap plegate Cattlemen's associa tion were brought out at a meeting held at Ruch school Wednesday evening. The group was organized last February with Armin Richter as president, Lance Offenbacher, vice president, and Jim Corson, secretary treasurer. A board of direc tors is yet to be elected. Participation of stockmen in the feeder sales in Med ford in October and Decem ber was urged at the Wednes day meeting and it was point ed out that it is necessary to know in advance the number of cattle to be entered. A membership drive is an other aim of the new group, which now has a membership of 24 men. It was pointed out that all cattle owners of the community, even to the man owning one cow, whether beef or dairy, are permitted to join,' and the group is anx ious for membership . 'in the Oregon cattlemen's associa tion in that group. Four dairymen already have be come members of the local group. The cattlemen have organ ized in order to solve prob lems arising among stock owners, such as fencing, herd laws, goats on the range, theft. Meetings are called at the discretion of the president and due are two dollars per year with a five dollar initia tion fee. A Hallowe'en carnival is being planned by Ruch Par ent Teacher association. At the first PTA meeting early this month Vern Taylor was appointed chairman of the event. Decision' also made at this meeting was the neces sity of the group remaining as a PTA organization. This question had been ta bled for thorough study last spring after a suggestion was made that the group might be maintained merely as a local club. Mrs. Owen Kunkel of Medford, Jackson County PTA president, and Mrs. Lor raine Bensen, county publi city chairman, spoke on the advantages of the PTA. -Officers of the Ruch chap ter include Mrs. Francis Gre gory, president; Vern Taylor, vice president; Mrs. Jim Fos sen, secretary: Mrs. Glen Travis, treasurer. schedules schedules schedules schedules schedules daily daily daily daily daily at less cost The next meeting will be held Friday, Oct. 3. A house wives' band will be a feature of the program. Mrs. Ken neth Paine will have charge of pre-school children. Mr. ' and Mrs. Herbert Kampmann and four children of Long Beach visited friends here Sunday, while- enroute on a vacation trip to Port land. In Medford they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Williams. Kamp mann formerly resided here. Herman Offenbacher of Medford, known 'to many here, underwent surgery at Rogue Valley hospital last week and is making satisfac tory recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klein hammer of Ashland, who for merly owned the Circle G ranch here, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Saltmarsh a few days ago. Instead of holding, a regu lar business - meeting, mem bers of the. Applegate Valley garden club held a tour Wednesday. They visited the Chenault chrysanthemum gardens in Medford and the Delta Waters pet farm and dahlia gardens, where, they viewed 250 varieties of dah lias. Fred DeVoss, completing in August six months' service in the Army Reserves, now is an apprentice printer with the Mail Tribune. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jones and Mrs. Harlan Cantrall are spending a short time in Val lejo, Cal., where they attend ed the funeral of "Red" Wright, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Bill DeShazo, who re ceived brain injury in a car accident near Modesto, Calif., nearly a year ago, is able to take car rides now and visits friends in the community. She still has partial paraly sis, however, and gets about by means of a walker. . Mr. and Mrs. De Shazo have leased their service sta tion to Mike Wilmoth and ex pect to leave for Los Angeles before cold weather comes. Later they plan to make their home along the Colorado river. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmoth, who reside at McKee bridge, will . occupy the DeShazo home after their departure. 7. Wives of personnel of the Rogue River National Forest met at the home of Mrs. Vern Taylor Friday evening for their annual potluck dinner. Fried chicken was the chief item on the menu. Mrs. Tay lor is having as a guest for a three-week period her moth er, Mrs. A. M. Miller, of Ever ett, Wash. Very "slow" voter regis tration interest is reported by Mrs. Stanley Larson, who has a registration center at her home on the Jacksonville Ruch highway. Three per sons have thus far 'registered and the closing date is Oct. 4. This service is for both the Ruch and lower Applegate precincts. Mrs. John Deter is recov ering from injuries received in a car accident last month, for which she was hospital ized for a week. When near ing the top of Jacksonville hill she turned -her car into a ditch in order to avoid being struck by a hay loader which had become detached from a truck ahead of her. The truck was driven by Niel Stock brand of Ashland. Mrs. Deter received bruises and possible back injury. Friends have received word from Mrs. A. E. Ranney of Hoopa, Calif., concerning her recent trip to North Da kota to attend the funeral of her father.- - There is something heart warming about writing a rural news column. After three months off the job and some concern as to what ma terial would be forthcoming, a few phone calls brought arm loads of information from friendly folks. A generous mixture of do ings such as an ' approaching wedding, the stockmen's meeting, Ed Ramsay franti cally searching for more cows to keep up his milk quota, folks leaving for a warmer clime, Jim Corson matching wits with his Hereford bull in order to give him penicillin shots, a pot luck dinner, Mrs. Harry Helms too much buried in red house paint to make it to the garden club, the PTA, a trip south for a funeral, all go to make up the functioning of a community. Mrs. Dorothy Post, mother of Mrs. Ed Ramsay, left re cently for other areas to spend the winter. After a brief time in Los Angeles she will go to Grand Rapids, Mich., to be with her sister. Gene Babbitt has returned to Los Angeles after spending a short time looking after "bus- Husband Can Say 'I Told You So' Florence, Italy -0JPD- Mrs. Dina Tonini let 5160,000 slip through her fingers and today her husband said "I told you so." Saturday Mrs. Tonini had sold all but one of her share of tickets for a nationwide lottery coupled with Sunday's Merano horse race. When her husband suggested they buy the last ticket, she replied, "Nonsene, that's a waste of money." Army Captain Gualtiero Pauli bought the ticket and won top prize of $160,000. iness interests at the Barbara Hudson mine in Star Gulch. Two men are employed in tun neling in the mine at present. Mrs. S. D. Herbert has re turned to her home in Farm ington, Calif., after spending two weeks here with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Sorber. Francis Gregory and son, David, returned Sunday from Metaline Falls, Wash., where they spent a week visrting Gregory's mother. Mrs. Edna Buck has return ed to Malin, Klamath county, to be with her daughter, Mrs. William Heckman, after spending the past year at the home of her son, Otis Buck. Rural Reflections: On late summer afternoons the wisp of blue smoke from Joe's campfire indicated he was having an early supper. He sawed his little woodpile daily on a buck saw held between his knees; the surplus he tucked inside an irrigation pipe in case of rain. Joe some times gave in to the pains of arthritis, but often at sunrise he marched forth with his cane, knapsack and tin cup, hoping to find some gold nug gets, but always by mid-morning-he returned empty handed. Toward evening he worked again in his sluice box, but there was no gold for his ef forts. Joe is a native of Douglas county and came here for the summer, living in his trailer home fashioned on a truck bed. In' thunder storms he Start Firstomatic Savings NOW! SAVINGS DEPOSITS made on or before October 7 0h earn interest from October 1st! The Family Council Editor's note: The Family Council consists ot a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. Miriam K.-He brings home screwball friends. Wilfred K. They're not as bad as hers. Miriak K.-I am 19 years old and my brother is 21. We are students at different col leges. I go to a women's col lege and Wilfred goes to a mens. I had hoped that this would be a wonderful time of life for both of us, full of dating and fun. but because my brother is such a jerk, it's turning out miserably. Wilfred insists upon pick ing up all the craziest char acters at school and bringing them home. The kind of screwballs who don't know how to act, dress or dance are his best buddies. I bring home some of the most attractive girls in our school and of course they are all interested in meeting my brother and his friends. : It is terribly embarrassing for me to have to introduce these characters. .' .' . ... Wilfred K. - All I can say is the heck with my sister and her pretty-pretty, oh-so-eager girl friends. These girls and my sister don't own one normal-sized brain among the lot of them. Their interest is men objective, marriage - and they don't care to stop along the roadway to take one little glance at anything hap- would come across the road and sit on the porch for com panionship and safety. He was always interested in the calf just born; he repaired a gate and weeded the straw berries; he found the garden hoe when it was missing. He gave the children coins when they went to town; he tanned the skin of the rattler he killed. Joe Riley left with the sum mer, probably not to come this way again, but he left be hind a warmth and memory of kindliness in the hearts of those who knew him. 111 savings deposit! Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pening around them. They wouldn't stop unless an H bomb hit them. My friends are some of the most intelligent guys at school. They are interested in meeting girls, too, but I might mention that they are very disappointed in the specimens they meet at my house. So it works both ways and Miriam has no cause for complaint. My parents are oh Miriam's side. They seem to think I should make myself respon sible for getting her a hus band. The Council: It sounds to us as though the parents in this case are responsible for the misunderstanding and re sentment that exist between this sister and brother. . Certainly it is fine for . a brother and sister to intro duce one another to friends and possible marriage part ners, but neither should feel burdened with the responsi bility of having to produce that partner for the other at least not so early in life as college age. . Wilfred should feel perfect ly free to select friends who interest him, regardless of his sister's ardent desire for po- 4. 1 1 3- Tt. 1 lenuai iiusuaiius. . ne cannoi get the full benefit of college ! life if he does not exercise freedom in this area. . . Miriam should recognize that she and her friends are a little more advanced than her brother and his friends in their matrimonial interests. DR.T.M. HOBART Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon ' 303 Medical Center Building i - ..... By Appointment: . 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY Phone SP 3-3331 lllCLXVLllg "These days, it's do-this-yourself, do-that-ycurself until all a fella really wants to do himself is restup. Now, it's not that I'm lazy, you understand, but when somebody says 'don't do it yourself, well do it for you ...that's for me! "Like Firstomatic. A few months ago, I asked First National to take over my savings paper work . for me . . . told them just how much to take out of my checking account each month and deposit for me in my savings account. Now, while I just relax and take it easy, they're doing it for me. And all the time, my savings keep building up and earning regular interest, to boot! "Great idea, Firstomatic. Makes resting so much more pleasant, especially when you're dreaming of money!" Pleads Innocent To Check Charges Loyd Smith, route 1, box 335, Medford, entered a plea of innocent to a charge of ut tering and publishing forged check in circuit court this morning before Judge Ed ward C. Kelly. . He is represented by 'Hugh B. Collins, Medford, attorney. No trial date has yet been set. On the other hand, they may be backward in other re spects. Miriam should be willing to examine her broth er's criticisms. Possibly h and her friends are missing a great deal in life by being so hell-bent on matrimony, to the exclusion of all other in terests. We'd suggest that Miriam try to get to know Wilfred's friends as persons and seek other sources for marriage material for the time being. (Copyright. 1958, ' General Features Corp.) "What s Cooking!" Read MEL LATTIE Paid Adv. Lattie for Represent ative Committee. Dick Gray, Chmn., Cherry lane, Medford. '! Xlljf - '
