4 Sunday, November , 1958
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Not. 9, 1948 (Tuesday)
Forrest Wilson left county
jail today, after serving two
years for a crime a jury has
; decided he did not commit.
County schools' plan to ob-
itrve 'National Education
week.
.20 YEARS AGO
Mot. 9, 1939 (Wednesday)
C. C. Furnas, the incum
tbent, is reelected mayor of
'Medford.
- From Arthur Perry's "Ye
.Smudge Pot" column: "As
usual, the stay-at-home vote
was large. So was the vote
that neither stayed home, or
.voted. Hereabouts, it was a
"perfect day, for doing every
; thing but voting."
SO YEARS AGO
Not. 9. 1928 (Friday)
A KMED program broad
cast has been heard by a man
In Nova Scdtia.
High school students plan
to "burn a "Fiery M" on the
aide of Roxy Ann and serpen
tine through the business dis
trict tonight to arouse interest
In the Medford-Ashland grid
iron tussle.
40 YEARS AGO
Not. 9. 1919 (Saturday)
Medford irrigation district
surveyors, working in the
Eagle Point district, report
seeing a large cougar just
above Eagle Point .
Prominent citizens of Med
ford wait on the county court
to take up the matter of se
curing a permanent fair
grounds on the Pacific high
way between Medford and
Ashland.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or tan correct is superior;
aavon ar eight it excellent; five oi
is is good.
1. Which European country
was known in ancient times
as Hellas?
2. What sport does the name
Walter Hagan suggest to you?
3. What system of weight is
used for weighing gold?
4. Name the originator of the
drawings "Believe It or Not,"
who died in 1949.
5. What does the abbrevia
tion cwt signify?
6. Which state of the U. S.
is the largest producer of
raisins?
7. Vicuna is another name
for what animal?
8. Which country is the
largest producer of coffee in
the world?
9. What is believed to be
the oldest form of preserving
milk?
10. Who is known in history
as "The Father of Medicine"?
Answers: 1. Greece. 2. Golf.
3. Troy weight. 4. Robert L.
Riploy. 5. Hundredweight. 6.
California. 7. Llama. 8. Brazil.
9. Cheese. 10. Hippocrates.
One Last Look
Those who do not enjoy, as we do, taking one
last parting look at election results are advised to
turn elsewhere. We are going to indulge once
more, and then quit honest
Perhaps the one most striking result was the
almost universal and emphatic "NO" vote given
to money-spending and taxing proposals or to
proposals which sounded as though that's what
they might be.
, This was true on the state ballot, and it was
true on local ballots all over the state.
rOR instance :
New tax base proposals were turned down
in a couple of Lane county districts and by the
city of Milwaukie, plus perhaps some others which
we may have missed in scanning newspapers from
elsewhere in the state.
In Portland, voters turned thumbs down, 4 or
5 to 1, on proposals to build a new bridge, and
another big capital improvement program.
In Salem, an armory construction program,
similiar to the one completed here several years
ago, passed by a slim margin, but voters in the
county at large turned it down by a strong ma
jority, thus killing the joint county-city-state-federal
proposal. ' .
IN CANBY, voters rejected a plan to dig another!
deep well which was designed to bolster the
city water supplies, wrhich have been inadequate.
In Coos and Cuny county, a proposal to levy
a small tax for the support of the Coos - Curry
Pioneer and Historical association was killed.
Union county defeated a proposal to levy
taxes in excess of the 6 per cent limitation for
construction and maintenance of county roads.
In the little town of Amity, the less than 200
voters turned down a proposal to issue $21,000
worth of bonds for the construction of a new mu
nicipal building.
'AND so it went.
On the state ballot, down went the veter
ans loan provision, presumablyHbecause the words
increasing funds was included m the ballot
title, and voters may have thought it would cost
something. (It wouldn't.)
The urban redevelopment proposal was beat
en, possibly because the ballot title referred to
"financing" methods, which may have been taken
as a tax program. (It wasn't.)
The proposal to "modify county debt limita
tions" passed, and quite possibly because the
word "modify" was understood to be "reduce"
instead of "increase," which it really meant.
The legislators salary increase was beaten.
The state power development was soundly de
feated. It may have been
lack of them) , or again it
development spells "money" to some voters.
Yes, "taxes," "funds," "money" and "develop
ment" were dirty words on the ballot. . - ,
A FEW other observations of possible local in-
terest: , .
In Eugene the voters had before them, for the
second time in two years, a proposal to add fluor
ides to the city water system. Two years ago it
was beaten by a majority of about 500 votes; this
time the margin of defeat was more than 2,000
votes.
' In Milwaukie, voters approved a '"dog con
trol" ordinance.
. And (our final comment on candidates in the
election) Congressman Charles O. Porter won
Douglas county (his opponent's home) by a 1,000
vote margin, carried all the counties in the dis
trict with the single exception of Josephine, and
came out with an over-all margin of just under
16,000 votes almost the exact margin by which
he was defeated in his first race against Harris
Ellsworth four years ago. E. A.
The "Dumping" Problem
We haven't conducted any public opinion
poll, but wre would hazard the off-hand guess that
the county planning commission (and presumably
later the county court) will have substantial sup
port in their efforts to control what is now vir
tually uncontrolled dumping of trash, rubbish
and garbage in the county.
We saw how the good people of Jacksonville
rose up in .wrath against a garbage dump near
them even when assured that it would be con
ducted under strictly regulated conditions far
from sight.
We have also noted reaction to an area along
Sardine creek which apparently has been used for
private dumping, although practically everyone
for miles disclaims it.
IT IS just another sign that the county is "grow-
ing up."
In the early days there were few enough peo
ple and enough square miles that a little dumping
of trash here and there offended practically no
one. If it bothered you, you just went somewhere
else, and there were plenty of other places to go.
But today people are living closer and closer
together, and there aren't plenty of other places
to go any more. .
Indiscriminate dumping is an eyesore, a nose
offender, unsanitary, objectionable and thorough
ly reprehensible, and enough people are getting
sufficiently irritated to demand that something be
done about it.
Dumping also, unfortunately, is about the only
way we have at present to set rid of the monu
mental mountains of waste which Americans pro
duce.
; The answerobiiouslv: is to Dermit dumnine-.
but only in. certain places, and under controlled
conditions. E.A. .
beaten on its merits (or
could have been because
Dennis the Menace
. Ouir hcwn oNJbey!
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Critics Criticized
To the Editor: Miss Helen
Webster, head librarian of the
Jackson County Public Li
brary, has been the target for
various attacks, most of them
unwarranted in view of the
fact that she is guided at all
times by the library law.
Miss Webster, having com
pleted courses in library sci
ence and technique, is quali
fied. Her performance of dut
ies calls for no criticism from
others less trained and quali
fied. A poor "housekeeping"
job in a branch library calls
for exhortations to better work
by the main librarian. It
should not be construed to
mean a personal attack upon
the branch librarians by Miss
Webster, and certainly no in
sult to an individual, but
merely a reminder that there
are proper procedures which
should- be ' followed.
Books borrowed from
branch libraries and kept be
yond time limit are books
taken out of circulation. Miss
Webster's admonitions to se
cure prompt return of overdue
books is only her desire to
make them available again to
the entire county.
There is a proper manner
in which a county library
should be operated. Ignorance
does not excuse violations, nor
does it excuse inefficiency and
poor service in a branch li
brary. Regular training class
es are provided by Miss Web
ster. So often the case is that
those who are least efficient
and loudest complaining are
those who refuse to attend
these training classes and
avail themselves of a little
understanding.
The student clerks employ
ed in the Medford main li
brary receive far less than
branch employees, yet theirs
is a spirit of full cooperation
and eagerness to study and
learn to better serve the pub
lic. They receive corrections
as frequently as do the branch
librarians, but they will not
be seen to indulge in self-pity
and charge Miss Webster with
personal attacks and insults to
themselves as individuals.
Such cooperation by the em
ployees' in the branch libraries
of Jackson county could do
much to better services to pa
trons, and end bickering
which curtails services to the
public. A bit more coopera
tion also would relieve Miss
Webster of discouragement
which she surely must suffer
for attempting to give the best
possible service, and it would
reward her for her devotion
and earnest application to her
duties in the efficient manner
in which she tackles the prob
lems. Rather than constantly
complaining, critics might
weU go forth to attempt, as
honestly as Miss Webser, to
be better, more efficient li
brarians. Mrs. Virginia Card
P. O. Box 145
Medford
Idle Property
To the Editor: In January
of 1958, I came to Medford
and purchased property on
Pioneer Road with plans of
developing this area into a
comfortable ranch. We moved
here in June with full inten
tions of building our home
on the forty acres. After my
wife had ridden over those
roads once, that led from our
property to Medford, she re
fused to live out there until
something was done about the
roads She is employed oc
casionally 5 by the Medford
schools and felt that it would
be too dangerous to travel on
these roads daily, should it
be necessary for her to do so.
As a result of this, we had
to change our plans entirely.
I have full time employment
in Medford and we have pur
chased a building site closer
He's coin the eesTHeow.
lto. Medford on much safer
roads. Until something is done
to improve the Pioneer and
Dark Hollow Roads, our land
stands idle.
We came from California
but formerly are from Min
nesota and Iowa. Both my
wife and I have driven on
many country roads, but have
never encountered such appal
ling road conditions such as
those in the Dark Hollow and
Pioneer District.
You want people to come
into the vaUev and make their
home, yet you Drovide dang
erous and unsafe roads for
them and their children to
travel upon. I ask you, do you
really think this is a fair
situation? r
C. H. Johnson
Property owner on
Pioneer rd.
851 West 13th st.,
Medford
From Gorden Hudson
To the Editor: I take this
opportunity, to extend my
heartfelt thanks to all of the
citizens in Jackson county
who were so helpful in my
campaign, and who supported
my efforts at the polls.
This was my first venture
into politics, and it was not
only enjoyable but education
al as well. To those who feel
politics is a "nasty business.
I can only extend my sympa
thy.
The senator-elect, Dr. Ed
win Durno, will serve Jackson
county well, and to him my
congratulations and best wish
es. I know that those who cast
their votes for me will now
rally behind Dr. Durno and
give him their earnest sup
port. -
It was a close and clean
race and a real pleasure.
Gorden Hudson
Windsor and
Dell wood aves.,
Medford
Slow Progress
To the Editor: As the par
ents of two youngsters being
"double shifted" in Roose
velt school my wife and I are
increasingly concerned over
the apparent lack of planning
which has so slowed the pro
gress at. Wilson. Many par
ents feel the same way.
The bated issue was ap
proved by the voters in Nov
ember 1957. Why couldn't the
ensuing months have been
sufficient to get a construction
crew going early this spring?
A visit to Roosevelt shows
that both teachers and stu
dents are unduly rushed get
ting a day's work done in a
half day. To many youngsters
this must be an upsetting ex
perience and I'm sure it puts
an added pressure on the
teachers. -
When the voters" are willing
to approve progress, it would
seem most desirable if all
stumbling blocks could be re
moved and the desired result
be achieved expeditiously.
I think it is not too late to
hope that lost time be recover
ed at an early date and every
effort be made to catch up on
the construction schedule vot
ers thought they were getting.
Veldon J. Diment
213 Portland ave.
Medford.
Commissioners Berated
To the Editor: This is an
open letter tu uur county com-
missioners. '
The residents on Dark Hol
low rd. have been informed
there are no funds in the
budget for widening Dark Hol
low rd. I wonder if it is in the
budget of the parents of the
children to have them maim
ed, bruised and their blood
spilled on the road, because of
your ignorance of the hazard
that exists on the road?
Or is it that you and your
Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop
BIG ELECTION SECRET
Washington-The big secret
of the 1958 election has been
a pretty open secret for a
pretty long
time in horse
racing circles.
In brief, you
cannot expect
to win many
races if al
most all your
entries are
spavined,
stringhal ted
-ios;Db ajsup or ami ciea
with glanders.'
If you examine the Incredi
ble election returns in detail,
it really does turn out to be
almost as simple as that. AU
across the country, wherever
the Republican entry was not
visibly ready to be carted pff
to the knackers yard, this ex
ceptional animal made a re
spectable showing or actually
won his race.
The minor cases of this sort
were almost more impressive,
in some ways, than the big,
glittering, attention -"getting
ones. In Massachusetts, for ex
ample,, the Republicans seem
to have composed their ticket
by searching under stones,
tracking down creatures that
were making odd noises in tije
wall, and other macabre ex
periments in natural history.
The sole candidate apparently
chosen on the theory that he
might attract a few votes, was
Christian Herter Jr., who ran
for attorney general.
VOUNG Herter did not win.H
to be sure. Nothing less
than a direct intervention of
the Almighty could have car
ried him to victory when the
leading Democrat, Sen. Jack
Kennedy, was literally taking
just under three-quarters of
the total vote. But whereas
Kennedy's opponent lost by a
majority of over 850,000
votes, young Herter at least
lost by a perfectly respectable
total of less than 90,000 votes.
No other case comes to mind,
when a difference in the qual
ity of "candidates made a dif
ference of close, to 800,000
votes in the margins of the
lead men and the rear man in
a party-team. -
The story in New York is
too obvious to need underlin
ing. There "(if another image
may be borrowed from the
animal world) Nelson Rocke
feller turned out to be a po
litical eagle. He carried the
senatorial candidate, Kenneth
Keating, to safe harbor be
yond the storm waves, like
the wren stole a ride in the
fable.
TN Oregon, again, the Repub
flicans found a pretty good
entry for the governorship in
young Mark Hatfield, and he
Roscoe Drummond
Rep
orts
(Drummond Is substituting for Walter Llppmann,
during the latter's trip to Russia.)
MEANING OF THE
ELECTION
Washington - Now that the
returns are in, . the size of the
Democratic national victory
and the significance of the Re
publican New York state vic
tory - plus its defeats-stands
out even more sharply.
What distinguishes the
Democratic sweep of the new
Congress is that it stems from
every section of the country
and bowls over long-held Re
publican strongholds.
The Democrats have taken
everything in California for
only the second time in this
century.'
They widely upset Republi
cans throughout the Mid-West
-in Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio,
political cronies don't give a
hoot? How can you and your
county engineers have the un
mentionable gall to tell us we
must continue to tolerate the
hazard and put the lives of
small children in serious jeop
ardy? It is hard for clear
thinking Americans to under
stand why funds can't be
made available. These are
children of taxpayers going to
school, financed by state and
local taxes, -traveling roads
(pardon me, single lane paths)
built by county and state.
Why. in the name of com
mon sense must we subject
them to danger of being
killed, maimed and crippled
because somewhere you can't
find the funds and time to re
build the road. You have
wasted enough money turning
weeds and gravel over in the
last four years to rebuild the
road "back right. If you had
there wouldn't be some 30-odd
bruised children in this dis
trict. Any more blood spilled
on Dark Hollow rd., as well
as in the past is definitely on
your hands, and we hope it
weighs on your conscience
until you fix the road. The
next funds that "won't be
able," will be your salaries
from the public trough, be
cause irate and justified voters
of the district will see to your
removal.
Gordon and Eloise Logan,
, Route 4, Box 421-A,
Medford.
was tidily elected in this in
creasingly Democratic state.
In Pennsylvania, once again,
the Republicans found anoth
er good man to run for the
Senate, in the person of Hugh
Scott, and Scott won quite
comfortably. About the only
respectable Republican on the
Minnesota ticket was Sen. Ed
Thye; and his case turned out
like that of young Herter. He
did not win, but he made a
decent showing that contrast
ed sharply with the general
debacle in that state.
Minnesota also provided
one of .- the instances that
prove the rule from the other
side of the medal. Rep. Coya
Knutson, in addition to her
celebrated family troubles,
was a thoroughly lightweight
candidate; and in Minnesota
the Democrats therefore lost
Mrs. Knutson's House seat. In
Maryland, too, the Democrats
decided they could force the
unappetizing mayor of Balti
more, Thomas D'Alesandro,
on the local voters; and thus
the dim Republican, J. Glenn
Beall, was thoughtfully as
sisted to keep his Senate seat.
It is perfect nonsense, in
fact, to talk of these 1958 re
sults in terms of a gigantic,
irresistible tidal wave. What
looked like a tidal wave was
first of all the sum of a long
series of local Republican
choices of candidates obvious
ly likely to repel the maxi
mum number of votes. Wher
ever the Democrats commit
ted comparable follies, as they
did here and there, they also
suffered.
FT several states the false
semblance of a tidal wave
was also assisted by another
kind of Republican folly. For
some reason, many Republi
cans have always liked doing
meaningless ideological gym
nastics better than running
for victory. The consequence,
this time, was the interjection
of the so-caUed right-to-work
issue into several state elec
tions, with results that were
dramatic enough to require
separate analysis.
. In the main, however, this
election has chiefly illustrat
ed the decay of state Republi
can organizations, their wide
spread failure to recruit able,
m o d er.a t e and impressive
younger men, and, their gen
eral preference for dreary, old
hacks and selling-platers. It
has also illustrated the vigor
ous parallel rebirth of the
Democratic state organiza
tions, and their wicked prefer
ence for vote-getters on the
ticket.
No doubt the Republicans
could not have avoided a mod
est setback in this . off-year.
But they surely." deserve the
fullest credit as sole architects
of their own disaster.
. . :
Kansas, Michigan, Wyoming,
Minnesota, and Iowa.
They took back both Sena-
torships in West Virginia.
They elected a Governor of
Vermont for the first time in
a hundred years.
And what does this mean
for 1960? One answer ddesn't
even involve opinion: The
Democrats have already won
control of the Senate" in the
next Congressional election.
By taking more than 60 seats
in the new Senate, the Demo
crats can't possibly lose con
trol of the Senate in 1960
even it there were a monu
mental Republican landslide.
The reason is that two years
hence there will be only 10
Democratic Senate seats at
stake outside the Solid South
-which will be solid for Con
gress even if not for the
Presidency - and if the Re
publicans should win them all,
the Democrats would still
keep control.
AN THE Republican side,
both its limited victories
and its key defeats tell the
same story.
The over - riding political
fact is that the Republican
Right-wing was decimated.
Wherever the Republicans
lost, it was almost uniformly
the extreme Republican con
servatives who fell by the
wayside.
Wherever the Republicans
won, it was almost invariably
the Republican liberals - the
Eisenhower Republicans, the
"modern" Republicans who
withstood and in New York
turned back the Democratic
avalanche.
The sensational triumph of
Governor-elect Nelson Rocke
feller is the most vivid ex
ample. His vote matched the
ascendancy of Thomas Dewey
at his peak. He showed that
defeat is not built into the Re
publican Party, that the Demo
cratic landslide had nothing
inevitable about it
But the Rockefeller victory
is only part of the evidence.
The progressive - minded
Kenneth Keating held the
New York Senatorship away
from the popular Frank S.
Hogan who ran ahead of Gov.
Harriman and who, with the ,
IPOTLUOC
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
Politics or, rather, the
election and the reporting of
it - dominated the lives of
newspaper people this week.
This is a chore, a big one
and an exhausting one, and
we're darn glad that major
elections only come every-other-year.
But despite the
weariness, despite the late
hours, despite the recurring
and endless columns of fig
ures, figures, figures, news
paper workers generally have
fun during elections.
There is excitement, for one
thing - the genuine excite
ment of watching democracy's
most important function in
process. There is also the fact
of being among the first to
know how things are going,
and the ' concomitant urge,
strong in newspaper people, to
let others know. (That's our
business, after all.)
And there is also a fascina
tion in watching the reactions
of people of candidates both
successful and unsuccessful;
of strong advocates of this
candidate or that measure -
as the returns come in. Some
are despondent, some are
elated, others have all the
varying emotions in between.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
More election aftermath:
An early bird boom for Nel
son Rockefeller for President
is starting. "Rocky for Presi
dent" clubs are already
springing up.
He himself Is turning a deaf
ear to all such talk. He is mak
ing it clear that he feels .he
has a big job ahead of him as
governor of New York.
WATCH Nelson Rockefeller
' ' He has what it takes to
be a big factor in our future.
He is gifted with an amazing
and rather indescribable
charm. When he talks to peo
ple, he neither talks DOWN
to them nor talks UP to them.
He is just his natural ' self,
And, in the process of being
his natural self, he manages
to convey clearly the impres
sion that he is genuinely in
terested in the person to
whom he is talking.
COMETHING else worth
watching:
r At this early hour, when
the: returns are not yet com
pletely tabulated, -it appears
that the voters of Oregon
were in a rather economical
mood on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in
November of the year 1958.
The dispatches report that
voters 'in a few Oregon dis
tricts OK'd money measures
on the ballot but they turned
down EVEN MORE money
measures. That showed up
rather plainly in the state-wide
voting.
If that trend Is confirmed
when all the votes are count
ed it will be important. It will
be important because it will
be an indication that voters
are coming to realize that the
only way to check the RISE
OF TAXES is to spend less
money for the things that are
paid for with tax money.
massive machine backing of
Tammany's Carmine De
Sapio, was favored to win.
And in the 17th Congressional
district where in 1954 and in
1956 Democrat- Anthony B
Akers came so near to defeat
ing the conservative Republi
can Frederic Coudert that Mr.
Coudert did not run again, lib
eral Republican John Lindsay
held th seat by a wide mar
gin. ...
.
rpHERE are other examples.
-- In Pennsylvania where un
employment was still high and
the Democratic tide took
David Lawrence into the Gov
ernorship, Hugh Scott, an au
thentic Eisenhower Republi
can, emerged victorious.
In Oregon the liberal Re
publican candidate for Gov
ernor upset the Democratic
Governor, Robert D. Holmes,
and began a Republican re
surgence in a state which in
recent years had become solid
ly Democratic in all state
wide offices.
The Republican defeats
teach the same lesson. Nearly
everywhere the right - wingJ
Republicans brought defeat to
the Republican Party. Mr.
Knowland was rejected in
California. Sen. George Ma
lone was defeated in Nevada,
Sen. Frank Barrett in Wyom
ing, Sen. Chapman Rever
comb in West Virginia, and
Sen. John Bricker in Ohio. In
diana Republican Harold W.
Handley, who ran in the im
age of the retired Senator
Jenner, also lost out Only in
Arizona did the Republican
Right-wing fare really well in
the decisive re-election of Sen.
Barry Goldwater.
Modern Republicanism
showed its strength in victory
and in defeat.
(c) 1958 New York
Harald Tribune Inc.
Some are calm and others
excited.
But all are intense and in
terested.
It is quite a show.
On of the most graceful
losers, we sea by an upstate
newspaper, was Gov. Bob
Holmes. A Salem paper had
a picture of him and his
conqueror. Mark Hatfield,
both grinning broadly and
shaking hands. This waa
just before they sat down at
a board of control meeting
with Stat Treasurer Sig
Unander (who, it will be re
called, was defeated by Hat
field in the primary elec
tion). At they gathered.
Holmes grinned again and
remarked, "Sig and I ar
forming a club for man
whom Hatfield whipped.
We'll call it tha 'Had by
Hatfield dub'."
Following the election, a
group of celebrants was ob
served debating the desirabili
ty of passing around a bottle
of liquid spirits.
One member of the group,
looking sharply at another
who was somewhat less than
tip-top condition, pointedly
suggested instead that a bottle
of iced tea would have more
salutary results - in some
cases anyway.
And in another cat, ona
of tha veterans of tha local
political wars was heard
muttering to himself, "I
gotta grow a new set of tail
feathers."
Lee Bex, who operates a
typesetting machine for the
Mail Tribune, was the center
of attention last week, after
rolling a "perfect" 300 game
at the bowling alleys here. He
received congratulations,
prizes, had his picture' taken,
and generally was the center
of flustered and happy atten
tion. r
He seemed to thrive on it.
A man who takes a philo
sophical view of things, how
ever, composed the following
slightly off-beat ode to Bex'
achievement:
Pondering on immortality
From morn to setting sun,
I wonder where Lee Bex
would be
Had he rolled three-hundred-one.
. v . .
The office philosopher (Jg)
declares that too, many
druggists take too long to
type out tha instructions on
a prescription bottle. Takes .
'em as long to do tha typing
as it does to fix up tha medi
cine, ha says. -
The same young man also
believes that there is one ab
solutely fool-proof way to be
called back to work on your
day off.
Just get ready to start stack
ing a large pile of fireplace
wood, he says. In almost two
years, this has never yet failed
to bring a call from the office
for some special extra work.
'
A youngster, tha son of a
real estate man, recently
gave a description of his
father which was revealing,
but whether it described
why his dad entered real
estate, or tha results of that
trade, is unclear. "My dad's
a great talker," ha said. ,,
A Medford woman who re
cently had her fifth child re
ceived from her sister a bit of
verse commemorating the oc
casion. She liked it so much
she sent it to us because she
thought it worth passing on.
We think so too. Here it is: ,
SONG FOR A FIFTH CHILD
Mother, Oh Mother, come
shake out your cloth!
Empty the dustpan, poison
the moth.
Hang out the washing and
butter the bread,
Sew on a button and make
up a bed.
Where is the mother whose
house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery,
blissfully rocking!
"Oh I've grown as shiftless
as Little Boy Blue
(Lullaby, rockaby. Lullaby
Loo!)
Dishes are waiting and bills
are past due
(Pat-a -cake, darling, and
peek, peek-a-boo).
The shopping's not done
and there's nothing for
stew
And out in the yard there's
a hullabaloo.
But I'm playing Kanga and
this is my Roo.
Look! Aren't her eyes the
most wonderful hue?
(Lullaby, Rockaby, Lullaby
Loo).
"Oh cleaning and scrubbing
will wait till tomorrow.
For children grow up, as
I've learned to my sor
- row,
So quiet down, cobwebs!
Dust, go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby. Ba
bies don't keep." .