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,. r ,-&7 Medford Tribune 49.- f r" - ,fifi8S33N-J I I ill fill 4 1 M MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1959 Friday the 13th !nf"S' Are you afraid of black cats? Oo you walk -around and not under ladders? Do you think the number 13 i unlucky? Whether they admit it or not, most Americans are affected by superstitious beliefs, and some will be uneasy-until Friday, November. 13, has come and gone A saying familiar to almost every child is "step on a cfack break your moth-. r's back". Two little first-grade playmates at Lincoln school weren't a bit concerned about such a saying last week, and skipped merrily up and down the sidewalk while Photo grapher Robert Vroman took pictures. Joel Stewart (at left) is the son of Mr." and Mrs. Glenn L. Stewart, 317 Maple street; and his companion, Kenny Rex Jones, is a son of Mrs. Edith Ruth Jones, 505 North Riverside avenue. ' " V; J J (4T-M fU 4 ' f r , -V,; V JflL , Site y&rw . t " - . "Never light three on a match'Ms one of the best known superstitions in America.' Posing for this "three on a mat" picture . are Richard A. Greer (at left), N. D. (Duke) Gladfelter and Robert: Cunningham, all employees of Medford brancfv . United States National bdnk. Before lighting his own cigarette, Mr. Gladfelter, aii assistant .manager of the branch,, took t fresh: , match. Origin of this superstition is variously credited to the Russian orthodox church, jirv which laymen . are not, per-r : , mitted to light any three articles from the same flame, or to World War I when ; during trehch warfare a- three-match light might mean death from a sniper's bullet. Mr. Greer is in the bank's consumer credit department and Mr. Cunningham " is also an assistant manager All three men have been working "on the current United Medford Crusade in addition to their Many adults believe that black cats are a symbol of bad luck, but the small daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Dumas love little Blackie and don't give a thought to luck,' good or bad. Leslie (at left) was two years old last February and Melinda will be foW November 20, just a week beyond the "bad luck" date on the calendar. Mr. and Mr.. Dumas recently moved from the east side to a home on Leland avenue off Stewart avenue. Vergilius Ferm's book on American Superstitions says that black cats are a bad omen only if one crosses one's path; if , a strange black cat comes to make its home with a ' family, it is said to bring good luck." , Hn Pretty Nancy Hamilton, daughter of the Moore Hamiltons and a sfudeit at Southern Oregon college, throws d bit of salt ove" ' her left shoulder, an act which superstitious folk believe 'will ward off evil resulting from spilled salt. In olden times salt was -., ... ... believed Jo have-magU-quolities. - - - vJw ii ' i 3 ill ) ' Ui-f-'VV r n in i i n.im tt i i-i nmiii ' J'''ii 'f - - Show people rare universally superstitious, and they have many bad luck omens. However, the cost of the coming Medford High school play, "Dino" threw caution to the winds and boldly set the per formances for Thursday and Friday, November 12 and 13 and are ready to take the consequences. In the picture above , Ken Hall, who plays Mr. Falcaro, dares Linda Jo Waltermire, student director, to walk under a ladder. Posing at left are Craig Wright, who plays the title role in the drama, and Carol Slater, also in the cast, who uses a rabbit's foot charm to dust powder on the young actor's face. "Dino" is the story af a 17-year-old just released from four years in reform school and the struggle he has to adjust to name ana neignDornooa lire. -
