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Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkin
rufly Doosn'x Cat.
He Utm for Lovo
All day he had rested in a
bark-crevice, his wings fold
ed, his flattened, elongated
body as dark colored as the
tree bark on which he rested.
His large eyes were open but
they registered no image on
bis. consciousness. He was
asleep. . '
Being a full grown, adult,
healthy firefly, heApent no
time, night or day, m eating.
His sole, purpose in life was
to . fly in the warm, humid
darkness "carrying the torch"
for the shy little female fire
fly who would be waiting
somewhere in the deep sha
dows. His activity, like hers,
was geared to the temperature
and the fading light.
It bad been a year, and
more, since he was born. As
a larvae he had fulfilled his
purpose in Nature's plan by
filling his stomach with the
juices of garden snails and
slugs. He would never eat
again after, he reached adult
hood. tTaly Creature
Ai l larvae he was an ugly,
flattened little creature. with
a narrow head and a pair of
strong, curved mandibles
Now the bodily changes had
all been completed. He was
now full grown, in the prime
of insect adulthood, ready to
wing his way above the low
lands flashing his tiny light,
telling all the little girl fire
flys their "torch bearer" was
a-wteg and searching for
them.
: As he took off from his
resting place he was as happy
a firefljDcatt) expect to be.
He flew flowly, almost de
liberately. The night ias
warm, the air QUI, th nja
fent odor of the swamg tm
heavy and exciting.
' From the saO- abskusiaa?
avsjmenis ox jus jjcxjdsb '
a greenish-yellow licht -fllaV
ed out its signal, alternatel
brightening and dimsan
glowing about every a
onds. The little crasjturt lojsa
cot know it but the luagtjso
organs of its body meSaa
perfect light; light
the slightest degree ? asaa.
A goal human invaUtjaat)
futilely tried to imfie.
Winged His Way
Abpost level with the tree
tops, . the little torch bearer
winged his way. He could see
other flashing lights, all at
th same level, but he ignor
ed them. Dark shadows fre
quently flew in toward him
from the outer shadows as
the hlocky forms of insect
eating birds tQk shape along
side him. But the birds, night
hawks, whip - poor - wjlls and
others, as if repelled by some
strange invisible barrier,
veeredNaway without eating
he slowly movifig firefly.
With clocklike rhythm the
greenish-yellow light winked
and glowed in the warm dark
ness. Then a short distance
ahead an low down, almost
level with the grass-tops, a
faint light winked on as the
little female lighted her little
candle.
Hg, : at tree-top level, sees
the faint glow at the grass
tops knowing by some insect
intelligence that the answer
ing light will flash on about
two seconds after his own. It
does He circles slowly over
the faint glow that says,
"Here I am." He spirals
downward the romance of
the marshland - the lovers
meet in the warm, humid
night.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 19S9)
Clackamas Woman ,
Killed in Kansas
Oberlin, Kan. -(CPU - Mrs.
Russell Whimsatt, Clackamas,
Ore., was killed Thursday
night in a pickup-truck-sta-tipn
wagon headoa eoUicioa.
IVi mile east at feio prth
t anaa imrnm.
Tw KaKaw rasafettt to th
otrtiea m were killed.
' aasetl Waisnaatt and ft
u'ftrt unified 'woman riding
wit tha WhzmsaUa wet hv
Jvtf aM taken to Decatur
fV&j hospital Bi
Onf or to fMf fiwsf flf
Confirmed by Stxiof
Washington -trt- The Sen
ta Thursday confirmed tha
taotoIAatioo of fUesa D. Jenk
tm to ba postmaster at On
tario. Or.
It oO)ro
Amos Voorhies of Grants Pass,
State Newspaper Dean, Nov 90
Grants Pass (UPI) - Amos
Z. Voorhies, the dean of Ore
g e n newspaper publishers,
celebrates his 90th birthday
Saturday feeling much better
"than so many much younger
men I see."
Voorhies is still busy every
day at the Grants Pass Cour
ier, which he purchased 62
years ago when it was a strug
gling weekly." And only a
week ago he served as grand
marshal of the city's Centen
nial parade on Memorial Day.
He is known affectionately
as "the Boss" to everyone in
his own shop and to nearly
everyone in town.
Shares Load With fee,
He now shares the publish
ing load with his son, Earle
X. Voorhies, and his grand
eon, John I.- Voorhies. His
own working routine includes
the filing of photographs used
in his picture-conscious after
noon paper, compiling of it
ems from the paper of 30, 40,
30 and 60 years ago used as
a Saturday feature, and super
vision of a 75th anniversary
edition scheduled for publica
tion April 3, 1960.
Born on a farm near Green
ville, Mich., Voorhies went to
Portland after graduating
from high school and work
ed as a printing apprentice.
Working on the Portland Sun
when it ceased publication in
1895, he came to Grants Pass
as printing foreman on the
Oregon Observer. . .
He lost his job the next
year because of a depression.
Note Signed
But he recalled today that
a spokesman for a group of
five local businessmen came
to him and said: ,
"Amos, you have made good
here and we don't want you
to leave. We know you and
we wantyou to stay. If you
will get Mr. (C. S.) Price to
go in with you we will sign
your note for $400."
This was . half the first
DON'T
with yom
fruit prc3&
ViSARS should be protected from fttci by raft. Till
job can now be turned over to an extra-safe, easytarue
miticide called KELTHANELast year, many orchards had
full-season control with only one applictioiwf Kuaham.
Ah ideal time to clean out a mite potential t in tha first
cover spray. To clean out the tops of trees vht spny
ries may not give good coverage, Keltham 2 parceat
dffst is effective. YouH like the safety and lonf-resiiual
action of Kelthane . . . plus its abilityto control all
of mites which attack pears with a minimum Bums ti
applications. Ask your supplier fct KiWHAfci
faUBAKW
Chemicals for faht't' r
payment on the purchase of
the Rogue River Courier, a
struggling weekly paper then
for sale," Voorhies said.
"Those men had also assur
ed me in writing that they
would continue backing the
note if at any time I had fi
nancial difficulties. X had not
solicited their help and it was
all a sudden pleasing shock.
"I was a long time paying
that note as X used all the
money I could collect as first
payment on labor-saving im
provements for the Courier.
"At one time a prominent
attorney called at the. office
and advised my one office
girl to collect her pay every
week, for I was broke. In fact
everyone in town except my
self krew X was broke, and
even I suspected it, but I kept
on.
"It has been a great satis
faction to feel that I had the
confidence of such friends."
The Rogue River Courier
became a daily in 1910, and
changed its name to the
Grants Pass Courier in 1919.
When it first went daily the
Courier contracted for United
Press wire service, and car
ried the' following legend on
its masthead:
"No other town in the
world the size of Grants Pass
has a paper with full leased
wire telegraph service."
Of his birthday Voorhies
said:
"There is a certain satisfac
tion in having reached within
three years of the age of my
father, who lired to be 93. I
am now in much better physi
cal condition than so many
much younger men I see that
I have no complaints.
Adrice to' Others
"During the years that have
passed there has been much
hard work, many pleasures,
the memories of many friends,
both still alive and those who
J have passed on."
Asked if he had any advice
p;,
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tf PUSCS POLIO VACCINC Ben Gamble, ot Edenwold,
Tenn., has. been indicted by county authorities for re
fusing to allow his two children, Elizabeth, 8, (left), and
Hay, IS, (right), to be vaccinated against polio. Gambia
says he will go to jail rather than permit the vaccination.
Medford Pupils Win Top Awards
Top awards In the furniture
division went to McLoughlin
Junior High school students
t the State Industrial Arts
project exhibit at South Eu
gene high school in Xugene
last week end.
. The outstanding project
award was a tie between Den
nis Gaster, , son of Mr. and
Mre. Donald Gaster, 009 Cher
ry st:, .. with a modernistic
blanket chest, and Jerry Nie
denneyer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Don Niedermeyer, route 2,
box 402, with a modernistic
coffee table.
The award was the highest
in the freshman-sophomore di
vision for woodworking in
furniture. They received cer
tificate and pins. - ,
Dave ilmgren, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy .Elmgren, 3300
Jacksonville highway, won
the only first prize given with
a ash slab table. The legs
were laminated and bent to
shape.
Jerry Zemlicka, son of Mr.
and . Mrs. Weldon Zemlicka,
1209 ML Pitt ave., was one
tt four winning a second
place ribbon. He entered a
mahogany desk.
Twenty-five items from all
parts of the state were shown
in the furniture ' division.
Judging was based on crafts
manship," design and finish.
Vera Voss, instructor at Mc-
loughlin, attended the show.
The winning furniture is on
display, in the window of
Mann's department store this
week.
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About SO per cent of all U.S.
adults drink some milk every
day. Cheese is found in 90
per cant of U J. homes.
Thero ara about 3,000
farms in Rhode Island that
averfge 74 acres each,' far be
low the national average.
SAVE MONEY!
DO IT YOURSELF
1 I RESTORE
BEAUTY
TO
YOUR
FLOORS
n
fr fe. WITH
RENTED
SAIMR
for young publishers, he said
"In the newspaper busi
ness you cannot please every,
one, sometimes not even your
self. You just have to have a
determination to work for the
best interests of the community.
"There are more good peo
ple than bad people in every
community."
Voorhies' roots go back
more than half a century in
many areas of Grants Pass
life. He has been clerk of the
Bethany Presbyterian church
congregation for 50 years and
a member for 64 years. He
has been a Shriner and an
Elk for 50 years, a member
of the Oregon Press Associa
tion for 59 years and is a
former president. And he liv
ed on the corner of Second
and Southwest B sts. here for
59 years.
He has one great-grand
child, Sandra Voorhies, 6,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Voorhies. ;
ThcyTl Do It Every Time " By 'itnmy Hatlo
PIN ALLy .
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TWO-CAQ FAMILY
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Tha mgst recent discovery
of a major planet occurred in ?
1930 when agronomers iden
tified Pluto,, a strange area
which lies an average of 3.665 ;
million mfles from the sun.
Spirit Lake, located in the
North of Idaho, has a bottom
of solid stone. - -
Official colors of the Unit-i Some of tho tes s fne ;
ed States Marina Corps ara! moon t cttiaataf ba;
scarlet and gold. JleO milee aeroat.
SP3-429S .
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tdford Alrsoit
Eiiy t Opermta, L Ktntil
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KII PARKING!
24S S. Central at19ta
Here's the proof expert and impartial
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Take it, not from us, but from the published opinions of outside, independent experts and from on-the-record
facts and figures: Chevrolet gives you these 7 big.bests over any other car in its field!
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1. BEST BRAKES
In direct competitive tests of repeated stops from
highway speeds, conducted by NASCAR, Chev
rolet put-stopped both of the other leading low
priced cars and why not: Chevy brakes are far
larger, built with bonded linings, to help lengthen
brake life by as much as 66. "
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2. DEST ECONOMY
No doubt about this i two Chevrolet Sixes won their
elass in this year's Mobilgas Economy Run, getting1
it best mileage of any full-size car. Official figure:
?.38 miles from a gallon of gas. That's the kind of
engineering that keeps your gasoline coste way down.
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3. BESTRIDE
fon aoa't Veally need an expert's opinion on this
ofte-yemTI ti able to tell yourself0instantly. But
SIOtOA TI?D magazine expresses it this way:
T. . . lit aascBthestcaioSaaiuiat, softest riding car
4 BEST ENGINE
, Every motor magazine has given
Chevy s standard and corvette vos
ujistinted praise. As SPORTS CARS
ILLUSTRATED puts it: "Indeed, this
device is surely the most wonderfully
responsive engine available today at
any . price." And there are -eight of
these vigorous powerplaats to pick
from the widest range in Chevy's field.
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6. BEST
TRADE-IN
Co ahead check the figures in any
official N.A.D.A. Guide Book. You'll
find that Chevrolet used car prices
last year averaged up to $128 higher
than comparable models of the "other
two."
Nutiml AmtvmtbiU Mn Ammtim
NO WONDER MORE PEOPLE
ARE BUYING CHEVROLETS
IN '59 THAN ANY OTHER CAR !
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5.0E$YR00n
Official dimensions reported to A.M.A. makathis clear.
Jer example, Chevrolet's front seat hip room is up to 5.9
inches wider" than in comparable cars. And Chevy even
offers more front seat head room than all but one, of the
high-priced cars! . o '
v 'AutomobUt Manufacturer Association '
7. BEST STYLE
POPULAR SCIENCE magazine taya
Chevy is unmistakably modern in
every line this way: . . in its priea .
class the Chevy establishes a new high
in daring styling ..."
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fLVS THESE mUEVDOVS WmS-Who'd want to
do without Chevrokt'a tra luaafias Like Safety Ptotf
Glast all around, the protection et faU rtpround bucjtpers,
crank-operated ventipanea, eil-aasML lydraulic valve hf tera
in every standard eagiaa fev auieW waning, t bigeJtd
luriare compartment oaf MVaitatatomtUc choke in
sr try model! ,
Visit the General Motors Exhibit at the Oregon Centennial Exposition in Potlmd, and set yoyt feeil uttcritt8 Chetfojet dealer
9th AT DARTLETT MEDFORD
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