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Americans Must Reawaken to Understanding, Speaker Says mm m m Americans need to re awaken a new appreciation and understanding of what America really is. Compla cency is Amerjca's greatest evil. So stated Cy Radcliffe, traveler and Idaho business man, at the Rogue River Val ley Knife and Fork club Tues day evening at the Rogue Valley Country club. Speaking on "What in the World is Going On . . .?" Rad cliffe told of the things he saw and heard during a five months tour of 27 countries recently. Sensational News The speaker stressed that the American press, in his estimation, played up the sen sational news. He recalled the Little Rock situation and how the natives of India reacted to the story. He told how he had complained in Tokyo of the banner headline "Amer ica Admits Defeat" following the Oct. 4 firing of Sputnik I, only to be told by the edi tors that that was the way the story had been written in America and sent to them. He mentioned how Amer ica's reappraisal of its educa tional system was in all the newspapers, but later, when Khrushchev announced that the Russian educational sys tem was not doing a good job, as it was stressing science and mathematics too much, it went unnoticed by the press. Radcliffe mentioned that the hundreds of Americans who complained about the suf fering of a Russian dog in a satellite should visit the Near East to see real human misery. "We need a better evalua tion of life behind the Iron Curtain," Radcliffe continued. "Khrushchev has no trouble in getting his word spread throughout the world, so he isn't going to say anything that would tip his hand in his rule over the Russian people." The American taxpayer is paying to tell their story abroad while the newspapers are freely telling Khrush chev's story throughout the world, Radcliffe stated. He mentioned a recent news item in which the Russian leader challenged the United States to an industrial race, stating, among other things, that Russia would out produce the United States in the manu facture of vacuum cleaners. "Why," the speaker asked, "doesn't someone throw back the challenge, the majority of the Russian homes do not even have rugs." t Advancement Drag One drag to the advance ment of Russia, the speaker explained, is the obsolete method used in farming. As long as manpower is tied down on the farms,' they can not be used in industry. Only 12 per cent of the population of the United States are farmers, he said, while half of the Russian population is on the farms, and even they can not meet the demand. He told of one 5,000-acre collective farm he visited which was worked by 964 families. The equipment used include six obsolete tractors, 91 oxen, 100 horses, and wom en workers. The new modern design equipment is only used for display purposes, the speaker added. He explained that the Rus sians are behind in production and industrial design. The de sign, he said, is gotten from the west, simply by buying a few items and then copying them in Russia. Mikoyan Visit Radcliffe said that a Rus sian, who visited the United States in 1933 to gain tech nological knowledge of the steel industry, recently re turned for knowledge of the chemical and plastic indus tries. The man he said was Mikoyan. He mentioned Russian copies of American automo biles, airplanes, cameras, and farm equipment. And stressed that the old and obsolete items are used inside Russia while the modern and newly de signed articles are sold at a loss to other nations for political advantage. The speaker told of the high cost of food and cloth ing in Russia and the low salaries which makes many BUTTE FALLS City Open House Held By MARY JO HARRIS Butte Falls - The city of Butte Falls held an open house in honor of the state's 100th birthday Sunday, Feb. 15, at the new city hall. Various items were on dis play representing early pio neer life. Coffee and cake were served, the cake having been baked and decorated by Mrs. Elga Abbott. The cake was done in green and white and topped with the state seal. Those attending were ask ed to sign the guest register, which showed 66 signatures at the end of the day. The Beaver Gazette is a paper put out by the Butte Falls Grade school once a month. Headling the Feb ruary issue was Centennial news. Each room gave as a part of their class news, some thing pertaining to the his tory, geography, legend or tradition of the state. Friday, Feb. 13, each room had an afternoon party in honor of the state's birthday and Vale- tines day. The Butte Falls Grade school was completed in 1908, at which time it housed both grade school and high school. The grade school is celebrating its 50th birthday. Safety has been in the spot light at the grade school for the past several weeks. The latter part of January, a state policeman was at the school speaking on safety. Safety rules were given for walking along the highway, riding bi cycles, and crossing streets. The officer ended his talk by showing students his car. Stu dents found the siren and radio most interesting. Feb. 4, Sheriff Joe Walsh and a deputy showed a safety film to grade school students. New crosswalks have been painted on the highway to aid children coming and go ing to school and to stress further the part that safety plays in their lives. The PTA met at the high school Monday evening, Feb. 16. During the Founder's Day program, the flag salute was led by the Cub Scouts. Mrs. Leonard Stratton gave a short history of the PTA, ma terial having been gathered by Mrs. Ted Fredenburg. The third grade won the ice cream party for the high est percentage of parents pre sent. A silver offering was taken and refreshments served. The next meeting will be held March 9 at which time the fourth and fifth grade will provide the pro gram for the evening. The PTA carnival is sched uled for Friday, March 13, at j the grade school gym. There will be eight booths which will include cake spin, what not and fancy work, parcel post, basketball toss, clown face and fish pond. Booths will be set up Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 11 and 12 at 6:30 p.m. Carnival chairman is Mrs. Don Jolliffe. Anyone wishing to donate items for the cake spin, par cel post, or what not is asked to contact any member of the PTA and will be appreciated. Recent visitors in the Bob Driskell home were Mrs. Helen Driskell and grand daughters, Barbara and Frances. Mrs. Driskell is the mother of Bob, and lives in Rogue River. Frances under went an appendectomy at Sacret Heart hospital. Frances has once again returned to school. Mr. and Mrs. William Harris and family visited last week end at Grants Pass with friends and family. The Lions auxiliary will be hostesses at a film showing March 2 on the pre-school blind institute at Salem. Dr. Everett Wilcox, superinten dent of the state school for the blind, will show the film and narrate. There will be a question and answer period for those wishing to' make inquiries. There will be a workday on items for the PTA carnival Friday at 10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Don Jolliffe. Anyone interested in helping is ask ed to attend and bring ma terial scraps and portable sewing machines, should they have them. This will be an all day session, so everyone is asked to bring a sack lunch. GOES TO JAIL Birmingham, Ala .- (CPD - A 20-year-old mother who was captured at the scene of a robbery when her car failed to start was sentenced Tues day to five years in prison. Mrs. Alice McBride, mother of an eight-month-old child, held up a grocery with a toy pistol and took $30 last December. FURS Repairing and Relining Cleaning and Glazing Restyling Frances' Furs 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP 2-6526 items out of financial range for the Russian worker. He stressed that Russians can do anything the United States does if they concen trate on it, and added that the world belongs to that group of people who excel in scien tific knowledge. He told of newspaper ac counts of a talk by Khrush chev in Prague, Czechoslo vakia, where thousands massed the public square to hear him and were reported "to have continually inter rupted the talk by cheering." Radcliffe, in commenting on the talk, which he attend ed, reported how the police marched the residents to the square for the speech which was delivered in Russian. The cheering was started by those on the platform, he said. In concluding, the speaker challenged his listeners to above all else remove com placency from their families. Evil triumphs, he said, when good men do nothing. Following the talk a ques tion and answer period was held. The speaker was intro duced by A. C. Pierce. The next speaker will be Philip Geary, April ' 15, who will speak on "Fun Among the Primitives." ILLINOIS VALLEY Founder's Program Set By RUTH RAUSCH Cave Junction Founder's Day will be observed at the meeting of the Illinois Valley high school PTSA Thursday night at the high school. The student council will appear on the program with a dem onstration and explanation of how it serves as the school government body. Also on the program will be Mrs. Eldon Durham's Twirlers. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spitz and son, Norm, with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Salvage were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. "Pap py" Beene in Grants Pass on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Rossi ter and daughters of Eureka, Calif., were week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. f Delbert Rossiter. Monday. the daughters, Bertha and Ol eta, visited the high school. . MISS FINLAND Tarja Nurmi, 23, displays the charming smile that helped win her the title of "Miss Finland 1959," at contest in Helsinki. Miss Nurmi, who comes from the sea port town of Turku, works as an office assistant and does modeling in her spare time. An officers meeting of the Illinois Valley Grange has Ibeen called for 7:30 p.m. March 5 at the Grange hall. Saturday, March 14, has been designated as a clean-up day at the Grange hall. Saturday, March 14. at 9 p.m., there will be a Grange dance. Two field trips were sched uled for the high school home economics classes last week. Freshman class visited Ar-den's- dairy where the pro cess of pasteurizing and hom ogenizing were . explained. They also were given a lecture on fabrics at the J. C. Penney store. The upper class toured an upholstery shop and were given lectures on fabrics at the Golden Rule store. The city of Cave Junction received a check in the am ount of $333.06 from the state which represents the city's share of liquor revenue deriv ed from the earned license fees and other fees collected by the state in 1958. The Lion's club "Skimming Low" committee have select ed the musical comedy, "Itch in to Get Hitched," for their annual show. TEANECK MAYOR DIES - New York flJPD August Hannibal Jr., 63, mayor of Teaneck, N.J., died Tuesday in New York hospital of a cor onary thrombosis. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ore., Wednesday, February 23, 19S9 3 Head of Fairview In Critical Condition Portland - (UPD - Dr. Irvin Hill, superintendent of Fair view Home in Salem, was listed in critical condition in a local hospital today. Dr. Hill was hospitalized early this week. He suffered an asthma attack complicated by pneumonia. 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