Try and Stop Mo
-By BENNETT CERF-
FAMOUS LAST WORDS of some famous people, as compiled
by Jerome Beatty, Jr.:
A doctor leaned over the dying Ethan Allen and said, "Gen
eral, I fear the angels are
waiting for you." Grumbled
Allen, "Waiting are they?
Well dammit, let 'em wait:"
Thomas Jefferson asked
"Is it the Fourth?" He did
rot wait for an answer.
That same day John Adams
died, having whispered,
"But Jefferson survives!"
Gambler Arnold Roth
stein (to the police): "I
won't telL so please don't
ask me any more questions."
Al Jolson: "This is it.
Tm going. I'm going."
Lord Houghton, a great gourmet: "My exit is the result of too
One of the shortest poems in the English language was vritn by
' Sill Benet, and entitled "Maid's Day Out" It went:
"HUBS.
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C 1951. by Bennett CerL Distributed ty King- Features Syndicate.
TO MARRY PRINCE
San Francisco-(UPD-A blond,
20-year-old San Francisco pho
tographer's model announced
Tuesday she would marry
Prince Abol Bakhtiari, a cou
sin of the Shah of Iran. Shar
on Daugherty said she met the
30-year-old member of the
Iranian royal family at a
party here more than a year
ago.
Explorer Scour Film
Shown at Roundtable
A recent movie on Explorer
ScouJ .activities was sh.wn
Monday noon at the Jackson
County . Chamber of Com
.merce roundtable luncheon at
the Jackson hotel.
The Explorer program Is in
tended for young men who
. find themselves outgrowing
their Boy Scout uniforms and
who want something more
challenging than the pursuit
of merit badges. Minimum age
is 15, or 14 if the prospective
member is in the ninth grade.
"This Explorer program
takes over neVe the first oi the
year," Carroll Smith, Ashland,
chairman of the Exploring
committee of the Crater Lake
Area council of the Boy
Scouts of America, told the
4-HCIub News
Rip and Terrors Sewing Club
The first meeting of the Rip
and Terrors Sewing 4-H club
was held at the home of Mrs.
Oscar Swanson, our leader.
Officers elected include presi
dent, Janet Kelly; vice presi
dent, Cheryl Swanson; secre
tary, Mary Music; reporter,
Patti McCue, sergeant at
arms, Joyce Kltusenbecker.
We decided to have an en
tertainment committee, and
Denise Stearns and Mildred
Bonney volunteered. They are
to provide entertainment at
least once a month. The club
decided to have members
bring a grab bag for refresh
ments at the next meeting.
Our assistant leader is Mrs.
Francis Poole. Refreshments
were served by Mrs. Swanson
and Cheryl.
Patti McCue,
Reporter
Morals Offender
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Portland- IUPD -Robert Cas-
sun, f, rui Liauu, wim a icu-
ord of morals convictions,
was sentenced by Circuit
Judge James W. Crawford
Tuesday to a life term in the
state penitentiary.
Casson was convicted Sept.
29 of contributing to the de
linquency of a minor in a
case involving immoral acts
with a 15-vear-olri bov. He
was sentenced under Ore
gon's "Enhanced Punishment
Act." The statute, which ap
plies to sex offenders, pro
vides for life sentence in
cases involving children un
der 16 years of age when the
court finds mental or emo
tional disturbances which rre-
dispose the person convicted
of sexual offenses against
Juveniles.
Casson had served previous
terms on morals charges, in
Kansas and Oregon. When
conviciea sept. z, six omer
morals indictments were
pending against him.
Sentencing followed a pre
sentence examination of Cas
son at Oregon State hospital.
The district attorney's office
saia psycniainc examination
had found Casson to be a
"potential menace" to juve-
' nues.
The twelfth-century Wells
Cathedral in Somerset, Eng
land, is said to have the most
beautiful west front in Europe.
roundtable. Smith discussed
the film and his hopes for the
program's success locally.
Our job is to see that it
happens, to see that it takes
place in our community;
Smith said. Among those at-j
tending were several school
officials, including Dr. Leo
nard Mayfield, . Medf ord su
perintendent of schools.
Informality Stressed
The program's intention,
Smith pointed out, is "giving
the boys what they want
under the supervision of adult
leadership." He stressed the
informality of Explorer scout
ing compared to Boy Scout
activities.
"The boys inaugurated this
program," he said. "The girls
selected the uniform." A blue
blazer with the Explorer em
blem on the breast pocket is
the uniform's main feature.
Smith said the program
would encompass many activi
ties from hot rod to fly-tying
clubs in this area. He dis
cussed its value in curbing
juvenile delinquency.
"There never was a bad 20-year-old
boy," he said, "who
wasn't starting to be bad at
18 or at 16."
The film was being shown
for the first time in southern
Oregon, Smith said. He de
scribed it as "brand new."
Activities in Film
Among the activities cov
ered in the film were skin div
ing, visiting an Army ballstic
missile base, horseback riding,
canoeing, square dancing, a
jazz band, studying and prac
ticing electronics and motor
mechanics, helping polio mye
litis victims at a swimming
pool, maintaining the grounds
of a church, participating in
a television panel on juvenile
delinquency, a beach party
and taking part in a "glamour
panel in which the young
men are taught manners by
college girls.
Smith said Explorer posts
earn money to finance proj
ects when necessary, and "do
as much as they can afford
He said expensive equipment,
as in the case of skin diving,
could be donated.
He said the cost of belong
ing tg the Explorers is 50
cents a year, the same as for
Cub and Boy Scouts. He said
the "green" uniform for out
door activities would cost
$11.55 and the uniform in
cluding the blazer would cost
$29.93.
Slayion Man Loses $700 To Robbers
Salem - (WD - Two bandits
with women's black stockings
over their heads as masks
robbed a Stayton accountant
in his office of about $700
Tuesday evening.
Ed Bell told police the rob
bery occurred about 6:50 p.m.
He said the two men, both in
their early 20s, entered his of
fice and forced him into a
backroom. The stockings on
their heads had eyeholes cut
in them.
There they made him turn
over money in a cash drawer
which they dumped into a
white cloth sack. Then they
bound him with adhesive tape
and left, he said. Bell, an un
cle of Justice of the Peace
Wesisido Hayburners
The Westside Hayburners
4-H Horse club held their
third meeting Nov. 8 at the
home of Sharon Forde. There
were 12 members ana our
leader present.
A few of the members re
ported on our overnight ride
Nov. 11 and 12. After a dis
cussion on a snow-party the
club decided to wait and
have one after the first of the
year.
The club discussed the new
rule which states that any
member can not' miss more
than two meetings in a row
or three meetings during the
year without a good excuse or
they will automatically be
dismissed from the club.
' The members decided they
all would bring their record
books to the next meeting.
One of the members an
nounced that our Achieve
ment Night would be Nov. 18,
at 7:30 pjn. in the Central
Point Grange hall.
The next meeting will be
held at Craig Wright's home
Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. All mem
bers will ride to this meeting
if the weather is good.
The meeting was adjourned
and Sharon Forde served re
freshments.
Linda Gibson,
Reporter.
Central Point Man
Sentenced in Court
Dan Raymond Smith, 412
North "Third St., Central
Poijit, pleaded guilty Tuesday
in district court to charges of
asault with a dangerous weapon.
He was fined $25 plus court
costs by Judge James M.
Main and sentenced to 30
days in the county jail to be
suspended upon payment of
fine.
Smith was arrested Tues
day morning following an in
cident in which he was charg
ed with striking a man on the
head with a board.
Walter Bell of Stayton, said
one oi tne men was armed
with what appeared to be a
.22 caliber pistol. Bell said it
might have been a toy pistol
but he was not sure.
Bell said he worked his
bonds loose and notified au
thorities.
Drink Only When
Happy, Is Advice
Los Angeles-(UPD-If you are
happy, take a drink. Other
wise leave the alcohol stuff
alone.
That's the advice .of R.
Brinkley Smithers, president
of the National Council on
Alcoholism.
"Drinking is part . of our
way of life. It's wonderful,"
Smithers said Tuesday. "It
helps relieve tensions." But
not when you're sad or de
pressed, he said.
Smithers warned drinking
creates a problem for one out
of every 15 drinkers.
He listed three danger signs
for drinkers to observe if they
want to avoid becoming alco
holics: -You feel you need a drink
to bolster your confidence.
-You can't remember what
you did after having several
drinks.
-You drink faster than
most of those around you.
Direct Ticker
Line Installed
A new ticker line has been
installed in the Zilka, Smith
er and company, Inc., office
at 14 South Central ave., Med
ford, Richard E. Watson, as
sistant secretary and direc
tor, has announced.
The ticker line will auto
matically key the local office
to minute by minute changes
in the 550 stocks traded on
the Pacific Coast Stock ex
change, Watson said.
Clients of Zilka, Smither,
members of the Pacific Coast
Stock exchange, may now re
ceive information of trading
between 7 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.,
Watson said. Of the 550
stocks traded on the Pacific
Coast exchange, 86 are local
stocks traded only on Pacific,
with' the rest traded on Paci
fic or on the New York or
American exchanges.
The new ticker service will
provide hourly volume; high,
low and last hourly on the 10
most actively traded stocks on
Pacific; bids or offers of
blocks of stock; averages of
30 industrials, 20 rails and 15
utilities on a half-hour basis;
Standard and Poors' averages
MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Ore., WtJntidiy, November 19, 19M
hourly and daily X-D an
nouncements. Tickers also have been in
stalled in Zilka, Smither and
company offices in Portland,
Eugene and Salem.
ILLITERATE THIEVES .
San Francisco UPD A sign
on the safe in the Lazzari
Fuel Co. office said there was
no money inside, just papers.
Thieves broke it open any
way, found $1,000 and took
it. On the sign they pencilled:
"We can't read."
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4-H Home Living Club
The 4-H Home Living club
met at the home of their lead
er, Mrs. Bernice E. McCue, 134
Laurel st., Central Point, in
October to organize and plan
for the year's work.
The following were elected
to offices president, Patty Mc
Cue: vice president. LaDona
Kriedler; secretary, Stephanie
Coffman; sergeant at arms,
Dora Lee Mose, and reporter,
Cheryl Swanson.
The first meeting we or
ganized the club, and made
plans for our various projects
for the coming year.
The second meeting was
held on Nov. 11 at Mrs. Mc
Cue's home, and after the bus
iness meeting, the girls work
ed on their color charts. Ma
terial was passed out for their
projects to be made at home.
A baked sale was planned for
Saturday Nov. 22, at Faber's
market in the afternoon.
The club meets each month
for VJi hours to work out any
new plans. Refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Cheryl Swanson,
Reporter.
Central Point Spark Plugs
The first meeting of the
Central Point Spark Plugs
was held at the Eldred F.
Charley residence, 744 Beall
lane, Medf ord, Nov. 15, at 8
p.m. Election of officers were
held with Jim Frink, presi
dent; Gregg Schmidt, vice
president; Bob Kuest, secre
tary; Frank Mengol, sergeant-at-
arms; Russell Frink, flag
salute leader; and Jim Shaw,
reporter.
Jim Frink and Bob Kuest
are junior leaders in the
club.
Sergeant Tom Eaton, Ore
gon state police, has been ask
ed to speak on the "Safety
of Farm Tractors and Imple
ments on the Public High
ways" at the next meeting.
The club's next meeting
has been scheduled to meet
at Club Leader Eldred F.
Charley's residence at 8 pjn.,
Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Jim Shaw,
Reporter.
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