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Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
;i0 YEARS AGO
.Not. 1, 1949 (Tuesday)
Two hundred -acre forest
first on Sardine Creek out of
tcontrol.
; An election on a $500,000
;bond issue for school district
16 scheduled Nov. 7.
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'20 YEARS AGO .
JNot. 1. 1939 (Wednesday) ,
J A proposed $30,000 park
ibond issue defeated by Med
ford voters.
f From . Arthur Perry's "Ye
pSmudge Pot" column: "The
Halloween havoc was mild
tend merchants hope to have
the soap and parafine scraped
toff their windows before it is
Jtime to erect the Christmas
ttree."
90 YEARS AGO
fNov. 1. 1929 (Friday) ;
Farmers report that rain is
Jbadly needed in Sams Valley
'area. '
Only minor damage is re
fported In area as result of
lHalloween pranks. .
f 40 YEARS AGO .
,Nov. 1. 1919 (Saturday) :
t Several local hunters charg
ed with illegal hunting pay
vfines to game warden.'
Cold spell in area routed by
grains, which are general in
southern Oregon.
.
'SO YEARS AGO
"Nov. 1. 1909 (Monday)
Z Train wreck near Kennett,
'Calif., kills two railroad men;
.delays trains to'Medford from
south.
k. Ashland Mineral Springs
oiatatorium opens.
What's Your I.Q.?
.Nina or ten correct it" superiors
'seven or efcjht is excellent; five ot
."lis is good.
-
i. if you use a micrometer
in your work you are prob
ably a machinist, baker, tr
!carpenter?
I 2. Who was the author of
'The Acts of the Apostles"?
I 3. What was the name of
the late Franklin D. Roose
yelfs black Scottie dog?
X 4. In the Troy system of
Sweight, how many ounces are
.there in a pound?
5. To which of these rela
tives are you most closely re
lated by blood:, your wife,
brother, or mother?
6. Was James Madison the
Ithird, fourth, or fifth U. S.
.President?
7. Is the lower British leg
islative hodv known as the
Parliament, the House of
: Commons, or the AssemDiy?
;I 8. In which South American
.'.country is the Amazon River?
. 9. What animal was former
ly called a camelopard?
C 10. Who composed the "Un
ffinished Symphony"?
Z Answers: 1. Machinist. 2.
Luke. 3. Fala. 4. Twelve. 5.
:Brother. 6. Fourth. 7. House
rof Commons. 8. Brazil. 9. Gi
raffe. 10. Franz Schubert.
: Registered Nurses
jlo Increase Fees
f Portland - (DPD - A spokes
Jinan for the Oregon Nurses
Association, Mrs. Edith Evans,
jRN, said Saturday that the fee
i-for registered professional
nurses on private duty will be
increased to $2.25 per hour for
Jan eight-hour shift, effective
i today. '
L-WJ-JI I
Marching Firmly Backward
Formula for "progress":
"Abolishment of the United Nations, elimination
of the income tax, a cutback in foreign aid, and halt
ing of federal school aid."
This is a part of the "platform" of a group
which is thinking of forming a third political
party a group which was told by a speaker the
other day that America no longer has a two-party
system, that "The Donkey and Elephant got to
gether and mated. It resulted in something called
an Elephonkey."
This sterling group is determinedly marching
backwards out of the 20th century into the 19th.
If their program were to be followed, the
United States would almost immediately become
a second or third rate nation, ignored by the
wofld, helpless to defend itself, without friends,
without authority a sitting duck for imperialist
communism.
What are these people trying to do? Destroy
this nation?
THE United Nations,
x it is,' still represents
and a world forum where national differences
can be talked but.
The income tax is the chief way the United
States has of paying its
these bills are for national defense. The rest are
for programs of varying
which are strongly supported by various seg
ments of the population. If the income tax were
eliminated, the federal government, with its far
flung obligations, might as well shut up shop.
Foreign aid, despite what its critics say, is
a program of enlightened self-interest for the
United States, too well
pie to need further debate. Suffice it to say that
J. At- A I A. t 1 1 1
it is one oi me two strongest DuiwarKS we nave
against communist aggression throughout the
world. - V ' .
"117E CAN think of few programs for this nation
V which would be more pleasing to the Krem
lin than this one. -
It makes one wonder just who, or what, is
behind this group, which calls itself "The Inde
pendent American Federation of State Parties."
Such a program would be a sure way to end
the United States, as we know it, forever. E.A.
Population Increase
It is with a great deal, of pleasure that we
extend a warm welcome to the newest residents
of southern Oregon and northern California.
They will arrive tomorrow.
They are rather well-known, and 'have friends
and homes in all parts of the nation.
; And starting Monday, they will join the Mail
Tribune's family. 1 ; , ,
r OOD Old Charlie Brown is the foremost
among this group. His friends, relatives and
compatriots, however, also have their following.
v : Linus, Schroeder, Lucy, Violet, "Snoopy," and
the others, will appear on the Mail Tribune's
comic page from now on.
. "Peanuts" is probably the most popular comic
strip in America today. And it is one of the
few which really fits the name "comic."
All the Peanuts live in a wonderful world,
and we're pleased to bring it to this area. E.A.
Castro's Tragedy
In common with many other Americans," we
had tgreat hopes for our sister-republic of Cuba
after Fidel Castro, the revolutionary, took over
from the long-time dictator, Batista.
He is an idealist, and, we believe, still is sin
cerely interested in the welfare of his people and
his country;
But it is becoming increasingly evident that
Castro does not have the qualities which will per
mit him to make a success of his revolutionary
regime. ,
THE first sign of his weakness was in the estab-
lishment of the military tribunals, which exe
cuted hundreds shortly after his accession to
power.
Still there was hope, for at first he allowed
a greater degree of freedom, individual and of
the press, than did Batista.
Then he postponed the elections he had prom
ised. He decreed economic restrictions, and un
realistic land reforms, which sent the economy
of the island into a tailspin.
And, apparently, he had no other answer to
criticisms and opposition than to use the time
dishonored weapons of the dictator jail, the fir
ing squad, and blaming the "Colossus of the
North," the U.S. for all his troubles.
MOW his regime has degenerated to a level not
far above that of the other penny-ante Latin
dictators, with the prospect of further executions
and repressions.
It is a sad thing, an exceedingly sad thing,
that he did not have the experience, the balance,
the understanding, and the strength of character
to make of himself a leader who could handle
the practical problems which must be handled if
his idealism is to be put into practice.
All hope for Castro and Cuba has not yet
vanished. But it will be surprising, and require
great changes, if the earlier hope and promise
is not to be denied. E.A. . ,
weak and ineffective as
a hope for the future
bills. More than half of
importance but all of
understood by most peo
Dennis the Menace
Most pkple call n Hauovem.
I CALL rr mCfCOeSAT DAYS'
Matter of Fact
BEHIND CHEN YI'S YAWN
Hongkong - At Peking's
grandiose celebration of the
tenth anniversary of the Chi
nese Commu
nist revolu
tion, the Chi-
hese hosts and
SI their Russian
! senior nart
J ners gave the
i vast audience
-? snmo thines to
talk about. -
The thing
most discussed
Joseph Alsop
was the speech delivered by
the Soviet theoretician, Mik
hail Suslov, representing Ni
kita S. Khrushchev. This jolly
50-minute lecture on the
glories of Leninism included
the reminder that Lenin had
been the real inventor of the
special revolutionary tech
nique for Asians on which
Mao Tse-Tung claims the pat
ent. "". ;
What was not said was even
more significant. The whole
place was figuratively knee
deep in bouquets tossed by the
other speakers. Yet Suslov
hardly offered the. Chinese
Communists so much as a
withered verbal immortelle.
In response, meanwhile, the
Chinese Foreign Minister,
Chen Yi, first ostentatiously
yawned and then went con
spicuously to sleep.
,
rpHE SECOND subject of dis-
- cussion was the last scene
between Khrushchev and Mao,
after an announced total of
four long conferences on sub
jects undisclosed. Just before
boarding his big plane, Khru
shchev approached Mao, posi
tively bubbling over with
comradely affection. He tried
to say good-bye once, but Mao,
abstracted, merely gazed sky
wards. He tried a second time,
but the same thing happened
again. Only on the third
round did the two partners in
the grand alliance strike
hands together in a seemingly
fond farewell.
' From such symptomatic tri
fles as these, observers in
Moscow and Peking have de
duced that there is some kind
of friction between the Chi
nese Communists and their
Soviet big brothers. Previous
reports have shown the rea
sons for doubting the cliche
theories about the source of
this friction. But where then
is the rub?
The threadbareness of the
"empty lands" theory and oth
er cliches about the Smo-So-
viet relationship were ex
posed by a hard look at the
known facts. The same method
is the only one to show where
the rub may really be.
THE FIRST and most impor
tant known facts are the
Soviet leader's own remarks
on the subject. Over and over
again, foreign interviewers
have tried to draw out Khru
shchev, both on the possible
dangers of Mao's aggressive
ness and on China's supposed
threat to Russia's "empty
lands." Khrushchev' has al
ways laughed in his inter
viewers' faces.
But to Sen. Hubert Hum
phrey, Khrushchev sharply
criticized the rural communes
(which might better be called
agrarian slave labor camps)
that Mao has set up in China.
And Anastas Mikoyan strong
ly echoed this same criticism
of Chinese domestic policy
during his American journey.
These criticisms are unique.
There is no record of . any
other unkind word spoken by
responsible Soviet officials to
Westerners about the Chinese
allies. And these criticisms
also stand out against their
background, consisting of the
conspicuous omissions in such
Soviet documents as the Sus
lov speech. In short, the only
pointers we possess point
squarely and directly to a
Chinese-Russian disagreement
about the development of
Communism within China.
IF THE pointers are not mis
leading, however, another
question must be answered.'
Bv Joseph Alsop
Why should Khrushchev wor
ry particularly about the way
Mao deals with the Chinese
peasantry? The answer, sure
ly, lies in the phenomenon
that Khrushchev has criti
cized. So far as anyone can
judge, the rural communes
are in part the symbol and in
part the instrument of a Chi
nese reversion to the most
ruthless, blood-boultered
brand of Stalinism. Blood can
hardly disturb Khrushchev,
who has shed enough of it
himself. :
But Khrushchev is now en
gaged in a major effort to sta
bilize and normalize the Com
munist system. He wants sta
bility not just in Russia, but
even more in Eastern Europe.
One facet of this effort is
Khrushchev's drive against
West Berlin, which threatens
the stability of the East Ger
man Communist state. Anoth
er facet is Khrushchev's con
tinuing movement away from
Stalinism, his serious attempt
to make Communism more hu
manly bearable for all con
cerned. In these circumstances, it is
not easy to imagine anything
more hampering and embar
rassing for Khrushchev, than
a decision by his major Asian
partner to plunge into a super
Stalinist phase of a super-horrible
kind. Nothing could be
worse-except perhaps another
Hungarian explosion on the
scale of China. And right here,
in this embarrassment, one
can be pretty confident is
where there is a bad rub be
tween the great allies,
(c) 1959 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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Memory Revived
To the Editor: Thank you
for your editorial of Oct. 24
captioned "Mr. and Mrs.
Anonymous."
It was a reminder of a hap
py occasion for me, and which
I would like to share. Some
years ago I happened to be
passing the post office when
"Mr. Anonymous" came out
of the building and hurriedly
entered his car, dropping a
purse at the time and driving
away before I could reach
him.
I picked up the purse and
when my husband came home
for lunch I told him what had
occurred and asked him to re
turn the article with the un
derstanding that returning the
article was reward itself.
However, a holiday was ap
proaching and at Easter time
a beautiful lily was delivered
to our home with "Mr. Anony
mous'" card attached.
I, too have shared in the
graciousness of "Mr. and
Mrs. Anonymous."
Thank you again for an
other joyous reminder.
Nettie C. Rogers,
Route 2, Box 446B,
Medford.
Questions
To the Editor: Regarding
your note Oct. 30, your last
paragraph reads, "OUR SO
CIETY" (emphasis mine) has
a set of standards that say
"judge not that ye be not
judged," and "let him who is
without sin cast the first
stone."
I am interested in the au
thority of the Man Who made
those statements. Was He God
or just a man? Did His code
depend upon what society
thought, or did He speak a
law as true as the speed of
light being some 186,300 plus
miles per second? Does God
care what man does, or can
man do as he pleases and pre
sent his works to God for
approval? Did Christ lie in a
tomb or rise from the dead
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter lippmann
THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE WEST
The President has now been
shown that the flattering re
ception which he received
when he went
recently to
Bonn and
Paris did not
mean that
they accepted
his leadership
Within the
past week both
Gen. de Gaulle
and Dr. Aden
auer have in
fact dissented from and have
come out against the new
policy which the President
decided upon last July. To be
sure, both approve in princi
ple the exchange of visits and
the prospect of a summit
meeting. But in fagt each is
opposing the ideas which are
the substance of the new
policy.
Gen. de Gaulle has done
this by reviving the older
doctrine .which the President
broke away from last sum
mer. The General wants to
postpone a meeting as long as
possible, in this case until the
spring when, with the nom
inating conventions about to
choose the President's sue
cessor, Gen. Eisenhower will
be very near the end of his
full influence and prestige.
Gen. de Gaulle, moreover,
does not want to treat the
meeting in the spring as an
engagement. He wants to
treat it as a prize which Mr.
K. must in the months to come
win by his good behavior.
During these months we, or
at least he, are to judge whe
ther Mr. K. has earned the
prize.
Finally, if the French view
prevails, a summit meeting
is not to be an attempt to ne
gotiate a few useful agree
ments. It is to be a grandiose
diplomatic Armageddon.
There is to be "a confronta
tion between East and West
that could be DECISIVE for
peace." - t .
This is a recipe for ac
cepting the President's policy
in principle and obstructing
it in fact.
.-.
DR. Adenauer's tactics are
the same. In principle, he
too is in favor of a meeting
with the head of the Soviet
government. But he proposes
to censor what may be talked
about at the meeting. He
would like to exclude from
the agenda the problems of
Berlin and of Germany! He
thinks the negotiations should
be limited to the subject of
controlled nuclear and con
ventional disarmament.
To this one is bound to say
that when the German Chan-
three days later to return
some day and prove His Per
'son? Parker Bailey,
542V& 'A' St.,
Ashland, Ore.
Cake Frosting
To the Editor: So grateful
we are for the invitation tele
phoned us to attend the
Southern Oregon Pioneer As
sociation at Ashland Thurs
day, Oct. 22. A bit late, we
found them hustling in extra
chairs to the VFW assembly
hall ; with its time-browned
cross-beams and roof-rafters
in eye-catching architectural
harmony. Jovial Dr. Taylor
of Southern Oregon College
MC'd the meeting, introduc
ing Jhe speaker, Dr. Fellers,
also of OSC, who gave a most
entertaining as well as infor
mative discourse, bringing the
old and new into sharp focus
t-y comparing his first school
teaching by slogging through
plowed fields of Colorado to
get the slowly studied OK of
rural school secretary and
board members. And what
goes now he wanted to know?
School-board members wait
ing and begging with prof
fered fountain pen for the
signature of the newly born
graduate teacher .
Never a dull moment.
Luncheon was forgotten in
chance meeting with an old
friend of an old friend of
mine, who as a member Elk
was one of a committee in ad
ministering the Butler fund
of the Elk's lodge for under
privileged children. His relat
ing of first hand experience
in this knotty problem of the
day, was one of the best com
ing to my attention. He held
sharp cleavage with the mod
ern trend of keeping our
budding citizens in accepted
social ways by environment.
Good environment, he empha
sized, with parental discipline
tempered with affection and
close family harmony, keeps
most fringe-type children out
of juvenile troubles. But it is
far from being a cure-all as so
all-to-often pictured. All too
Walter
LlPDmann
cellor does not want to nego
tiate about German problems,
it is fair to conclude that he
does not want to negotiate.
AS WE and our British ally
do want to negotiate, par
ticularly about the security of
West Berlin over a fairly long
period of time, there is no
denying that opinion within
the Western alliance is divid
ed. This division has come
about, to put it frankly, be
cause of the change in Ameri
can policy which the Presi
dent decided upon last sum
mer. Before that, there was a
certain amount of critical dis
sent by the British. But Amer
ican policy was the same as
Dr. Adenauer's, and was in
deed profoundly inspired if
not controlled by Dr. Aden
auer. We and he both thought
it would do harm to negotiate
seriously with the Soviet Un
ion. We were both of us for
"reunification" but on terms
which we knew made reunifi
cation impossible -unless by
some miracle the Soviet Un
ion could be brought to an un
conditional surrender.
As long as we followed a
policy that was inspired by
him, Dr. Adenauer agreed
with us. But now he does not
agree with us because we have
altered our policy, and are
groping our way towards a
serious negotiation.
As we were moving away
from the' old policy - which in
fact we, began to do in the
last month of John Foster
Dulles's life - Dr. Adenauer
and Gen. de Gaulle formed a
partnership which has as one
of its objects the maintenance
of the status quo.
THIS partnership is now
challenging the President's
leadership of the Western al
liance. Bonn and Paris are en
titled to do that, and it is evi
dent that we are not going to
quarrel with them over the
leadership of the West. In
deed, there are many Ameri
cans who would say that if
there is to be a settlement in
Central Europe, the Euro
peans should play the leading
part in it.
But before it comes to
settlement Bonn and Paris
should ask themselves whe
ther they are prepared to ex
ercise the leadership oi tne
Western alliance. ' On Euro
pean questions they can have
that leadership if they can
carrv the burden of it. It is
not something that Americans
want for the sake of prestige.
The leadership of Western
EuroDe is a heavy burden
which Americans have been
carrying since the second
World War because no one
else has thus far been able to
carry it.
The basic fact is that the
defense of West Berlin, of
Western Germany, and of
metropolitan France( depends
upon the united states, ine
German forces and the French
forces are a screen and a trip
wire. But that is all they are.
On this country rests the
whole responsibility for deter
ring the use of force in Cen
tral Europe, and of waging
the war if it comes to war.
rpHAT being the case, it is
J- inescapable and unavoid
able that in any question
which is crucial to the defense
of Europe, the last word, after
all due consultation, must be
with the United States. We
have the ultimate military re
sponsibility and as long as we
have it, we cannot divest our
selves of the ultimate diplo
matic responsibility. -
It would, therefore, be im
prudent if Bonn and Paris
were to take over now the
leadership of the Western al
liance. Since they are unable
to carry that burden, it would
be a mistake for them to as
sume that this country wiU
carry the burden for . them
while they make the decision
and dictate the policy. If they
are truly and fully informed
about the underlying state of
the American public mind,
they will realize that there
is on its way a re-examina
tion and review of our burden
in Europe.
It would be better if it were
not necessary to spell out in
public these facts of life. But
it is necessary to do so be
cause Bonn and Paris have
chosen not to negotiate with
Us in private but to challenge
and oppose in public the poli
cy of this government.
(Copyright 1959 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
often, he told us, we find a
persistently wayward boy or
girl in a family of otherwise
well behaved children. Why is
this, unless it is from plain
hereditary influences? . Yes,
he continued, . if it was just
underprivileges how much
simpler and easier our task
would be. . ... ...
My happy meeting with this
studious man was cut short by
my dear one who hauled me
off to the feasting boards,
next door where even single
empty chairs were hard to
come by. So we were invited
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
See the Utile witches
Flying here and there.
See the little witches
Everywhere.
Black cats, ' . '
Creeping everywhere.
There's a black cat
RIGHT THERE.
For the above introduction
to Halloween we are indebt
ed to David Dellenback, who
is - in grade 2S in Hoover
school.
Speaking of Hoover school,
we should, perhaps, tell you
of the resident of the " east
side of Medford who was so
happy when his children start
ed going to Hoover (rather
than Roosevelt) school.
The fact that Roosevelt
school was named for TR rath
er than FDR had little effect
on him. It was the total effect,
rather than the details, that
impressed him.
Young as he is, "Roosevelt Is
Roosevelt, and Hoover is
Hoover, obviously. '
Speaking of Hoover
school, they have a publica
tion there (of which you
have heard before), called
the Hoover Hi-Liie. We
have, on other occasions,
brought you excerpts from
it. We are delighted to do
so again. As follows:
October 15, 1959, Mrs.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
I suppose you've been read
ing about this Russian propos
al to build a dam across Ber
ing Strait, thus shutting off
the flow of cold water from
the Arctic ocean that chills
our North Pacific region.
The Russians go even far
ther in their thinking. With
atomic power coming into the
picture, they say, . why not
pump WARMER water from
the Pacific into the Arctic,
thust tending to warm up and
make habitable the vast Arc
tic regions that now are unin
habitable.: .
BEFORE pooh-poohing that
thought, give some heed
to all this talk of population
EXPLOSION - which has as
its foundation the fact that
medical progress is lengthen
ing people's lives and thus re
ducing the erosion of disease
which hitherto has kept popu
lation down. -
If half of .what we read
about explosive growth of
population is true, we're go
ing to need more habitable
ground to stand on. In that
event, thawing out the Arctic
regions would help.
CRAZY?
Well, when the Russians
first began to talk about it -which
was quite some time
ago - it certainly sounded that
way.
Now that they have actually
built a robot that was able to
circle around the moon, take
pictures of its. back side, de
velop the negatives, make
prints of them and SEND THE
P I C T U R E S . B A C K TO
EARTH it sounds a little less
absurd.
THE IDEA isn't as fantastic
as it sounds.
Bering Strait is only 54
miles wide. The Southern Pa
cific Company, just ONE of
America's private " corpora
tions, has built, a causeway
across the upper end of Great
Salt Lake to facilitate the
operation of its trains. I don't
at - the moment recall the
length of it, but it is at least
a sizeable fraction of the 54
mile width of Bering Strait.
The Russians estimate the
cost of the Bering Strait cause
way at lTVz billion dollars,
which is peanuts for two na
tions the size of the U.S.S.R.
and the U.S.A.
TT MIGHT not be universally
popular - even if .it turned
out to be an engineering suc
cess and accomplished every
thing it was designed to ac
complish. STILL -There
is the definite fact
that if Russia and the United
States could work amiably to
gether on problems such as
building a dam across Bering
Strait it would be better for
humanity as a whole than if
they go on working on WEAP
ONS TO DESTROY EACH
OTHER - and maybe destroy
the world at the same time.
So -
Let's at least not turn
thumbs down on the Bering
Strait project until we've had
time to turn the chip over and
get a good look at all the bugs
that might lurk beneath it.
to unoccupied chairs at - the
head table with Alice Hanley,
partnered with Jber. ample
sized membership book and
Drs. Taylor and Fellers whose
friendly hearty ways and talk
put the frosting on the cake.
F.J.Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point
Brostad made a salt plant. It
was made -of salt, coal, and
blueing. It is very pretty. But
if you touch it, it will stop
growing. "
We are putting signs up.
The signs say, "Don't touch!
Hands off! Keep your cotton
picking fingers off!!" The
plant looks like small pieces
of coral. Mr. Gilbertson touch
ed it, but I sure hope it won't
stop growing.
Mr. Gilbertson is princi
pal of the school and a
good one. We have long had
a suspicion that it is be who
keeps the quality of the
Hoover Hi-Lite as high as it
is - as he did the Lincoln
Legend before that. But the
talent belongs to the kids
he just encourages them.
Here's another sample:
'
We saw a little brown bat
today. It was verv little nrl
funny looking. He was about
tnree incnes long and had his
wings folded up to his sides.
His eyes were very small and
his ears were laree. Thev
made a shrill noise that keeps
them from bumping or hitting
things while they fly around.
Some people are afraid of
bats, but they are weak and
narmiess, in this country.
Most bats are useful to man
because they eat a lot of bugs
and insects. Bats sometimes
live in caves where thev sleen
all winter long. They sleep in
the daytime and hunt food at
nignt.
That one was by - Jane
Gordon of 3B. Heres' one
by Cathy, Smith, also of 3Bt
A squirrel came to our
school a week ago, We named
him Whirly because he whirl
ed all around. This is the story
about him. A man found the
squirrel on the . ground, half
starved. His mother ; was not
there. She must have left him.
So this man took the squirrel
home. He thought that he
might let him go in his back
yard. They have a pine tree in
their back yard. They hope to
keep him as a pet. He likes to
chew on wood. And he has' a
cage now. ;
-;r
And one more before we
leave the Hoover ' Hi-Lite,
this one by Kathleen B ar
tels, of 5B:
The leaves of Autumn are nice
to see, . ... . .
They turn to colors which
brighten each tree.
Some turn yellow, and some
turn red.
-Then tumble to the ground
to go to bed.
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One of a couple watching
TV, to the other: "Say, you
don't suppose that that one
doctor out of five knows
something the other four,
don't, do you?"
A small group of men was
spied hunting, illef-Uy, on
the grounds of the Medford
airport, the other day.
One of them was appre
hended. The others left hur
riedly, leaving him to ''take
the rap."
The investigating officer's
report concluded as follows:
"The writer cautioned
Mr. ......... on again re
turning to the airport with
anyone with firearms. He stat
ed that he would relay the
message to the other four gen
tlemen who are logging com
panions of his. Also, read to
them the riot act in regards to
leaving a friend in distress."
A man went to his tailor
for a new suit. His measure
ment around the waist
somewhat surprised him
but not his wife, who com
. mented: "It's amazing when
you realize that a Douglas
fir that big around the waist
would be 90 feet tall."
Our friend in Phoenix (the
one who keeps such a close
eye on our typographical ex
cesses), sent us two communi
cations the past week or so..
One of them gladdened our
heart. It had no (repeat no)
criticism of our proofreading
(the man must be going blind),
but DID have a comment on
a contemporary radio an
nouncer, who, in telling of
certain fisticuffs, mentioned
in a story carried both by
newspaper and by radio. He
reported that the radio an
nouncer nut it this way: " . .' .
and involved an alterlacera
tion with a policeman." Isn't
it nice?
Of course he also pointed
out that an M-T headline
said "Pole Sheared: 300
Sheep Hurt." and added
"That Pole must have put
up an awful fight over that
haircut!"
Young mothers are patient
people.
One of them must have con
vinced a driver's license ex
aminer of this when she show
ed up at the office" with her
husband, her baby, a large as
sortment of warmed-up baby
food - and a potty chair.
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