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-"-2 ""3r APPEARING IN COURT at West Carina, Calif., for pre liminary hearing, Carole Tregoff, accused of helping Dr. R. Bernard Finch slay his wife, sits with her attorney. Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Wotkins Birds Ht Conventions, Too People of similar interests often meet together from time to time, in groups, to talk over mutual problems and compare experiences. These get-togethers are sometimes callend "conventions." Many varieties of birds, too, seem to have a. similar idea; some even may have the "service club" formula, by meeting frequently. If your home happens to be near to a tree where these birds hold their nightly "meeting," you will have an idea how noisy a "convention" can be; you may even want to break up the meeting. , There are some birds, name- . . A 1 i jy, crows, sparrows, or starl ing, that become so extremely noisy as to become a public nuisance. Often drastic meas ures must be resorted to to drive the "members of the convention" to some distant "meeting place." Thousands of Birds There may be hundreds, or even thousands, of individual birds at any of these gather ings. The "meeting" is usually called to order in the late afternoon, right after the members have spent the better part of the day securing food, and dodging the neighborhood cats. Then, at the end of the day they feel they have time foa few hours of social dis course. 3 To the casual human observ er, the clamor is aimless and senseless; it sometimes seems that every bird is yelling in stead of listening. This may, ' or may not be true; no one, so far, has been in on any of the meetings as a voting member. Other birds appear to hold , meetings too. Ducks and her ons select a suitable place and move in for get-togethers. Us ually these birds come to gether in the fall of the year, after the busy nesting season, apparently to talk over the events of the past season; per haps may even compare notes and plan for the year ahead. Accomplishments? These gatherings have not gone unnoticed by scientific observers who have wondered for a long time just what these bird conventions accomplish, if anything. So far, not too much information is available. There always seems to be a leader; sometimes the "speaker" appears to be un seated, and a new bird takes the limb. The former one then takes a seat back in the hall and listens. Sometimes these conventions go on for weeks, depending perhaps on the weather. A storm often breaks up the meeting, causing all the members to give up and go home. Perhaps after a long sum mer of narrow escapes, the birds get together and decide where the next meeting will be held. To us that have to listen, it seems like a jumble of squawks and meaningless twittering. Gathering of birds, or of people, often sound that way to those of us .on the Grange Hews Roxy Ann Grange The Roxy Ann Grange had its regular meeting Aug. 1 conducted by Master R. J. Richey. On the display table were free hand paintings by Steve McMahan. Reports on fire insurance were given by Roscoe Rob erts, insurance chairman. HEC chairman reported on the HEC meeting held at Mrs. Carl Quackenbush's home. Twenty members were present with two visitors, Mrs. Brannon from ' England and Mrs. Reddington from Wisconsin. During the lecture hour Mrs. Robert Sage of Medford i displayed rugs that -were made in Greece by her moth er and grandmother. , Refreshments were served by Mrs. Ray Afford and Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Richeyl j "outside" who do not know what all the shouting is about. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate. 1959) Dependents Benefits Explained by Jacobson Dependents of disabled in dividuals receiving social se curity benefits may now also draw monthly benefits, ac cording to Edward B. Jacob son, district manager of the Medford Social Security of fice. These dependents benefits provide family members se curity against loss of income because of" severe disability suffered by? the household head. If the person is now receiving disability insurance benefits, his wife, her hus band, or children may be en titled to dependents benefits. An application must be made no later than" Sept. 30, 1959, in order to avoid the loss of one or more months' benefits as retroactivity is limited to 12 months from the date a claim is filed. No payments can be made to de pendents of disabled work ers before September, 1958, the month x the law was changed. Jacobson emphasized that benefits are not paid auto matically but that an appli cation must be filed. He said the social security office is ready to answer "questions regarding eligibility require ments and to assist depend ents in filing the necessary applications. Persons now receiving dis ability insurance payments and who have dependents in the family who may qualify for benefits, Jacobson said to contact the social security office at 1005 East Main st., Medford. Positions Available In Civil Service The 11th civil service re gion, Seattle, urges qualified persons to apply for the fol lowing positions: Engineering t e c h n i cian, naval archiject, . digital com puter programmer, peripheral computer programmer, digi tal ' computer systems opera tor, digital computer sys tems . operation supervisor, card punch operator, tabula ting equipment operator, tab ulating ' equipment project supervisor, tabulating equip ment planner, equipment operator. : Additional information may be obtained at major post of fices or the 11th U. S. civil service regional office, fed eral of ice building, Seattle, Wash. FRENCH ACTOR DIES Hyeres, France -(DPD Henri Garat, 57, a French movie idol during the 1930s died Thursday of a lung ailment. Wiesendanger Talks To County Group "If ever there was a time to promote Keep Oregon Green and fire prevention in your own neighborhood, this is certainly it," Albert Wie& endanger, executive secretary of the Keep Oregon Green association, said this week. He arrived in Medford Tues day to confer with Jackson county association members. "Fire statistics 'for this year up to Aug. 10 show a considerable increase in the number of man-caused forest fires "and "acreage burned," he said. "We can expect little re lief until fall rains come, so Keep Oregon Green is ap pealing to every citizen to be on the alert and promptly re port any fire sighted. The quicker the report is received the better chance there is to promptly control the fire's spread," Wiesendanger said. . "Hunters planning to go antelope hunting Saturday are asked to be careful with fire and smoking in hunting areas, as range lands are very dry," he added. INSTITUTE DIRECTOR DIES Stonington, Conn. -UPD- Dr. C I-'. Rhoads, 61, director of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York City, died Thursday at his home after a heart attack. jw58n!3 I,. i ilStfck,.m n ii V&&jMjf i pi tit BHII1 of WEARING HEAD DRESS of small Confederate flags, Raney High School girl holds up one of many signs carried by students protesting integration of two of four Little Rock High Schools due to take Negro pupils. Geo. Grabow 1365 Kings Highway, Medford Phone SP 2-8560 Watch and Clock Repairing Ultrasonic Cleaning Electronic Timing ; More than 165 million tons of coal have been saved by the U. S. Bureau of . Mines by controling fires in inactive deposits. ! MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday, Aug. 14, 1959 First automatic glass blow ing machine was invented in 1903. 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