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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfofrf, Oregon, lutiar, Novembr 25, 1958 CENTRAL POINT School To Let Out Early By DORIS HUGHES Central Point -All schools in District 6C will be dismiss ed one hour early the day before Thanksgiving Day. Charles A. Meyer reminded parents to expect their child ren home early Wednesday. School will resume on Mon day after the four -day Thanksgiving holidays. The Willow Springs Home Extension Unit met Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the home of Mrs. Archie Purdy of 3521 Oak Pine way. The meeting began with a pot -luck dinner at noon. There were 18 women at tending the meeting and Mrs. Fanny Snook, of Shady Cove, district health and safety chairman, was a guest. Mrs. Russell Thompson presided at the meeting. The December meeting of the unit will be at the home of Mrs. Roy Colpitts on North Pacific Highway. A demon stration on Christmas decora tions for the home will be given by Mrs. Aura Kay. En tertainment will be in the form of a Christmas home made gift exchange. Guests last week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Chesley Bones of 45 S. Fir st. were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Elston of Portland. Mrs. El ston is Mr. Bones' sister. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bones of Grand Ronde, Ore. were guests Monday and Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Naples of 1125 E. Pine St. Mrs. John Clark and Mrs. Arthur Ayers returned Wed nesday from a motor trip to Seattle, where they visited Mrs. Clark's son and family, Mr. and Mrs." Roily Clark and son, David, and with Mr. and Mrs. Zip Zimmerman and children. Donna and Ted. Mrs. Zimmerman is Mrs. Ayers' daughter. In Portland they visited Mrs. Ayers' son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Del Ayers and at Eugene they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John T h a r p and children. Mrs. Tharp is Mrs. Ayers' daught er. The Tharp's daughter, Betty, is a student this year at Oregon State college. The Tharps are former Central Point residents. Longer Term for President Urged Newark, N J. -UPB- Former U.S. Budget Director Perci- val F. Brundage recommend ed Monday night that the elec tive terms of the president, vice president and congress men be extended to six years to relieve political pressure in government. Brundage said if this meth od were adopted, "we would really have a donnybrook every six years, but during the other five I think we might get more attention to business and less influence exerted by pressure groups and politi cians." Brundage made the com ment in a prepared speech be fore the 28th annual meeting of the New Jersey Taxpayers association here. Illinois Valley Plans Theme for Centennial Cave Junction The in itial Hinois Valley Centennial meeting, called by chairman Carl Spieth, was held Friday at the high school. About 50 representatives from organiz ations and individuals attend ed to hear general plans for the valley s participation in the Oregon Centennial year. The discovery of gold and the subsequent flourishing mining towns was well ad vanced in the Illinois Valley several years before state hood was granted to the Ore gon territory. The Illinois Valley Centen nial committee' plans to adopt this mining era as the theme for the valley participation in the Centennial observance. TO RETURN MONEY Hollywood-fUPD-John Conte, master of ceremonies of the defunct television show "Mat inee Theater," has said $312, 670 is being returned to per sons who contributed the money to revive the program. Conte said the campaign fell far short of the $1 million goal. 4-H Club News Milk Pail Ranglers The Milk Pail Ranglers 4-H club met at Gary and Doug Cook's home Nov. 23. We elected new officers. They are president, Carolyn Teigs; vice president, Jerald Reneau; sec retary, Linda Sommer; report er, Kathy Zapell; and song leader, Daryl Zapell. Our next meeting will be held Dec. 21 at 2 o'clock in Carolyn Tieg's'home. Daryl Zapell and Linda Sommers will give a demonstration at the next meeting. Kathy Zapell, Reporter. Toothpicks and Sweeidishet The recent meeting was called to order by President Fredina Wilkens. The minutes were read and approved. Under new busi ness members discussed the California Oregon Power com pany contest and entered recipes. Mrs. V. V. Hastings, assist ant leader,' showed members all the parts of a sewing ma chine. Cheryl Hastings and Fredina Wilkens demonstrat ed baking crazy cake which they later served with whip ped cream. June Hendry, v Reporter Happy Stichers Sewing Club The fifth grade girls of St. Mary's school held their first 4-H club meeting. The Happy Stichers met Saturday at the home of the leader, Mrs. Arthur Becker. The name "Happy Stichers" was chosen. Officers elected were Suzie Elliott, president; Kristine Shade, vice president; Terry Calhoun, secretary; Cherylee Becker, reporter; and Linda Pickell, treasurer. The other five members of the club are Sheila Butler, Dianne Davy, Judy Murphy, Theresa Newcomb and Janet Larson. Assistant leader is Mrs. Van Calhoun. Cherylee Becker, Reporter DRINK 'STOYANE' London-(DPD-Russians, who have been told to cut down on consumption of alcoholic beverages, today were urged to - try a new soft drink, "Stoyane." Radio Moscow said Stoyane, made from a plant which grows in the Altai mountains, is invigorating, in creases resistance to illness and sharpens the appetite. Is That So? By 0L6A BURNS A turtle will drown if he doesn't get air every three hours or so, so how can he stay submerged all winter? Though there is some evi dence he may get a little oxy gen through his cloacal re gion, the main reason is he goes into a state of suspended animation. In other words, he doesn't need much oxygen because he is doing absolutely no work to burn it up. How can this ancient of living reptiles gear his metab- 75 THAT SOI olism down to just short of the stopping point? Many other hibernating creatures don't do such a complete job of it, as is known because they can be awakened. The really efficient turtle, how ever, takes no chance on that. On the autumn day when he dives off his log and decides to hibernate, he doesn't stop at the bottom. Instead, he keeps on going, six or eight inches into the mud which he promptly pulls over him be fore settling into his long sleep. ' By doing so he protects him self from underwater enemies. ?They are not only the big fish that like to snap up the young turtles, but even musk rats, mink and otter which prowl the bottoms in the win ter and have been known to nip off the accessible parts of any turtle they might find exposed. Prefers To Sit During the balance of the year, the turtle is not so very active, either. On the whole, he prefers to sit and wait for food rather than look for it. And so, as he sits sunning himself on a log, he keeps a constant eye out for unwary insects which he gobbles up whenever they come in range. Why some fishermen have accused them of eating valu able fish is a mystery to me. They do eat any fish they can get, of course. But since they are not fast swimmers, the only fish they get are dead, sick, or an occasional young and foolish one. These last, however, are compartiv ely rare prey for the turtle, and so his fish eating activi ties are valuable as a scaven ging service. Apparently there is only one time in the year when the turtle may unnecessarily exert itself. That is in the breeding season " when all turtles go ashore to lay their eggs. Usu ally they don't go far. But some of the sliders, as most of those seen sitting on logs are commonly known, some times pick out a nearby hill top on which to dig their nests and lay their eggs. (Released by McClur News paper Syndicate) Free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who send me the best true-life na ture adventure, the best na ture observation, or the best question on nature and wild life, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new submissions will be con sidered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Med ford Mail Tribune, Box 1069, San Francisco, Calif. M T?le Sf ' P A" Zv. j SEEKING A visa applica tion to go to Soviet Russia, Catholic priest Louis A. Dion plans trip to Moscow. Automobile Starter Inventor Stricken Dayton, Ohio (UPD Charles E. Kettering, 82, philanthopist and inventor of the automo bile self-starter, rested at his home here today following a slight stroke. Dr. G. Douglas Talbott said an electrocardiogram Monday afternoon showed both the heart and blood pressure of the General Motors Corp. board member and former vice president were good. A medical bulletin issued Monday night corrected an earlier one which had said "Bess.Ket," as he is affec tionately known to thousands, suffered a "slight coronary at tack" at his home Sunday night. His only son, Eugene, ar rived from Hinsdale, 111., Mon day with his wife to be by his father's side. Kettering, who founded the Sloan-Kettering Institute for cancer research in 1945 with Alfred P. Sloan Jr. in New York, has made hundreds of contributions to the automo tive industry, the self-starter being the best known. PROSPECT Sanderson Family Moves a r ui.au i o WYLBUR jurs. Jack Ells on Crater Lake P r O s D e c t-The Lawrenrp . hiphwatr itf, i Sanderson family moved into ine Bruce Mathieson family moved to Ashland last week. Alice Johnson of Prospect and Jerry Conners of Gold Hill have announced plans to Hoola Hoops Listed As Contraband Brussels-OJPD-The latest ad dition to the Belgian customs list of contraband is the hula hoop. Two Dutchmen, Cornelis Coster and Martinus Lager hert, were caught trying to smuggle 1,000 over the border in a private car. The hoops were impounded. The demand for hula hoops has outrun the supply in Bel gium with the approach of Saint Nicholas day the local equivalent of Christmas Day on Dec. 6. Smuggling hula hoops from Holland into Belgium is a lu crative business. The hoops sell for about 15 cents in Hol land and 65 cents in Belgium, BUYS PORCELAIN Bern, Switzerland HJPD An anonymous collector paid $2,873 at an auction here Mon day for a 150-piece sevres porcelain set ordered by Na poleon in 1805 for use in the Tuileries Palace. The set be longed to the collection of the late Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games. the home in Shadv Cove that they purchased recently. The Sandersons have lived in Prospect for nine years. Pat c i : i i odiiuci auix i malting uer I piaua lu home with Mrs. Monte King. De married Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. Bob Ells and son, Bobbie, tral Point. Friends returned recently to their ed. A receDtion will hp hoirt home in Livingworth, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Wavne Grif fith and Charlene were din ner guests at the Bean home last Sunday. at the Legion hall following me wedding Mr. and Mrs. Klusman and sons, Tommy and Linnie, of Medford were visitors at the Doug Kimmons home last week end. Frankie Odem spent Thurs day of last week in Sacred Heart hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mather, Sherrie and Charlotte and Merle Govenor motored to Portland Thursday to get Mar lene Governor, who has been been visiting in Minnesota this summer. Mr. and Mrs. I. Dixon and Mrs. Bessie Dixon from Klamath Falls visited at the Richard Bean home over the week end. Mrs. Dixon stayed the rest of the week. She is Ricard Bean's mother. The Prespect Home Exten sion unit met at the home of Irrigation was practiced in Mexico long before the Span ish conquest in the 16th century. Big Pines LUMBER CO. 6th it Fir Ph. SP 2-6251 The YTC club met at the home of Mrs. Dee Hedgepath Thursday evening. Mrs- Thee McElmurry and daughter of Susanville, Calif., returned to their home last week end. They had been vis iting McElmurry at the Gorge for the last two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kim mons were visitors in Medford one Saturday nigth recently. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Bean had as dinner guests a week ago Sunday evening, Mrs. Beans parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rube Moore. It was Mr. and Mrs. Moore's 40th wedding anniversary. rfli' Sli '"J xww I rt V 'Hirrrrr-inn n In Fine Whiskey... FLEISCH MANN'S is the BIG buy! 90 PROOF is why ! saggy $415 41 QT. BLENDED WHISKEY 90 PROOF 65 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRIT THE FLEISCHMANN DISTILLING CORPORATION, NEW YORK CITY Let's get ready for company! VT Ye. UJ HOST. TO'. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE every eno of us, who lives here in Oregon, will literally be a host at this greatest of all birthday parties . . . and the Stanford Research Institute says that eight million guests from all parts of the world will attend! Although both the Centennial Exposition and the International Trade Fair will be held in Port land, starting June 10th, actually ALL OF OREGON will become a vast centennial exposition grounds for the entire year, 19591 Centennial year offers an opportunity to tell the world of Ore gon's scenic beauties, her cities, her people . . . her growing industries and bustling trade. Our world-wide guests will see first hand our great resources, enjoy our matchless tourist at tractions, learn about the rich heritage of history that is ours the faith and courage of the pioneers who followed the Oregon Trail a century agol Oregon's Centennial observance Is important to us, here in the Rogue River Valley. We have much to offer and to show Exposition guests who come in 1959. Here we have incom parable, sapphire-blue Crater Lake, great forests and sweeping farms and orchards, historic Jacksonville arid the Shakespearean Festival! ) We must all be GOOD HOSTS . . . offer our warmest brand of hospitality to Centennial guests . . . tidy up our roadsides and communities and put our best foot forward when company comes. It will be profitable as well as pleasant to be hospitable hosts in 19591
