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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. , Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1 960 Stubbefield Twin Has io Learn to , fat Without Tube i ; " Portland - (UPD - Jeannett f i Stubblefield is going home to her parents .nd the twin sis ter from whom she was surg ically separated here last Oct. as soon as she learns how t o eat without a tube. C- The University of Oregon ill c u 1 L d l iivait-oA, where a team of surgeons separated the girls who jvere born Siamese twins in a Nyssa, Ore., hospital last June 29, have disclosed that 4he tracheostomy tube was removed from Jeanett's throat Jan. 16. That was the tube through which she breathed because of secre iions that cluttered her lungs after the rare and successful operation that sep arated her and Denett Oct. 16. Last Saturday, the medical jnen removed the tube which ran through Jeanett's nose and esophagus to her stom "ach, so she could be fed. .Difficulty Remaining r- The only difficulty remain ing, the doctors disclosed, was that Jeanett had forgot ten how to eat-normally-be-'cause she had been fed through a tube for so long. Doctors said she would be released from the hospital in -from one to four weeks-depending on how long it takes her to learn to swallow her food through normal use of bottle and nipple. The doc tors are working on the eat ing education program now, .supplementing their efforts "with occasional tube feedings so the little girl won't get too hungry. Denett went home from the hospital with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stubble field of Parma, Idaho, Dec. 16, so she could have Christ mas at home. And Jeanett will join them at Parma-as soon as she learns how to eat again. REPAIR SHOP DESTROYED A raging fire destroyed the Missouri Pacific railroad diesel repair shops in North Wichita, Kans., Sunday night causing more than $1 million in damage. The fire of undetermined origin swept the frame roundhouse, destroying three diesels, a large wrecker crane and convoy and damaged two caboose cars. No injuries were reported. (UPI Telephoto) McLEOD bridge s L,uy$ Numbered By CAROLINE L. HARDING McLeod-The covered bridge at the end of Peyton grade by the Laurelhursi rd. will be a thing of the past this coming summer. Work crews are now preparing and filling in places to where the ap proach of the bridge will be built. This covered bridge is one of only four left in the state. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Rush, Georgetown, Calif., recently visited "Folding Hills" ranch as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ranald Axtell. :RAIL TIES COST Chicago - Railroad ties, -wood timbers to support the steel rails have a current mar ; ket value of about $3 each. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Finstrum have returned to their home here after visiting friends in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Barber are visiting relatives in Co rona, Calif., after which they will go to Hawaii before re turning to their home here on Rogue river. Mr. and Mrs. George Moore have returned to their home here after spending several weeks visiting friends in Long Beach, Calif. Captain and Mrs. Norman Smedes of Lyndall Air Force base in Florida are the par ents of a girl. She has been named Melissa. Mrs. Smedes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ranald Axtell of "Fold ing Hills" ranch on Laurel hurst rd. Orin Train of Wolf Creek is visiting his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Estin. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Davis, Los Angeles, have t ught the Dr. Durno place on Elk Creek rd. and have taken possession. Mrs. Minnie Eastin is leav ing to spend the rest of the winter in Santa Ana and Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. Dorothy Tackstein has returned to her home after a visit with relatives in Sacra mento, Oakland, Cloverdale and Santa Rosa, Calif. Mrs. Tackstein owns and operates the "Butte Creek" Berry farm. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wagler at the Most SOC Students From This Country Ashland - During the 1958 59 school year, 62 per cent of Southern Oregon college enrollment was from Jackson county, according to a report on the geographic distribution of students in the state sys tem of higher education. Compiled under the direc tion of Dr. John R. Richards, chancellor of the SSHE, the report disclosed that the SOC "home county draw" was ex ceeded only by Portland State college in Multnomah county with 74 per cent. Jackson county, with a total of 1,164 students enrolled in the state institutions, listed 835 - 71.7 per cent at SOC; 147 - 12.6 per cent at the University of Oregon; 154 -13.2 per cent at Oregon State college. Rogue Valley hospital Jan. 19. This is a second daughter for the Waglers. Mrs. Georgie Grieve is mov ing to Klamath Falls soon, and her son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Clark, will stay on the Grieve ranch. The Family Council Editor's Note: The Family Council consists ot a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual case history. The Council reports on problems that have been dealt wt b by responsible agencies and counselors. Marcia D. I'll never see my father again. Adele F.-I'm grateful io have a father. Marcia D. My sister and I are married women in our mid-20's. We are having a serious disagreement about our father. Dad left home when we were 15 and 16. He got in volved with ,a woman more than 15 years younger than he is. Our mother w a s broken-hearted and became seriously ill. Two years ago she died, never having re gained the health she lost when he left. i Now my father is married to the other woman. He has made overtures to both of us to come see him. Once when our mother was in the' hospi tal Adele and I took a pledge never to see him again. Now she has gone back on her word and has actually visited him and met his wife. She is trying to get me to do the same, but I think she's nuts. Adele F. It's true that I took a pledge not to see my father again, but that was about six years ago and- a lot of my feelings have changed. At that time I thought my father was a criminal and my mother was a terribly abused woman. But now that I look back on it, I realize that my mother was hard to live with and she might have driven my father to do what he did. Anyway, now I'm a mother myself and I want my chil dren to have grandparents. My husband's parents live quite far from us and we sel dom see them. His only broth er was killed in the war. We have no family, so I'm grate ful to have a father. If she gave him a chance, Marcia would see he isn't so bad. The Council: We don't think it's ever a mistake to go back on a pledge to hate and never forgive. This kind of pledge should always be broken. The question of whether or not these women should see their father again is, how ever an intensely personal matter and neither one ought to try to influence the other. Adele states plainly enough that she seriously misses hav ing a family. Her strong de sire for contact with her fa ther for her children's sake as well as her own shouldn't be thwarted by decisions made when she wasn't fully aware of their consequences. But we do think Adele is wrong in transferring blame she once placed upon her fa ther to her deceased mother. It is unfair and foolish for any child to judge his parents and their relationship. His views are undoubtedly col ored by his own changing emotions, and there is little to be gained by handing down proclamations about a rela- To qualify for definition as a "farm" by the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture, it must have 10 or more acres with agricultural sales of $50 or more a year; if less than 10 acres, its sales must be at least $250 a year. . tionship too personal to be fully understood by an out sider. This father doesn't have to be absolved of blame to be loved. Marcia should not feel pres sured by Adele's actions. She isn't wrong to feel that she doesn't want to see her father and his new wife. Her feel ings are entirely natural under the circumstances. Yet we think she should try to root out her bitterness toward her father. She should accept the fact that he had his weak nesses and vices, but that it is not her place to judge and condemn him. (COPYRIGHT 1960. GEN ERAL FEATURES CORP.) New Spray Protects Plants from Weeds Middleport, N. Y.-(Science Service) Tomato plants can now be protected against weeds simply by spraying them with a herbicide. The chemical compound, a leaf spray called Solan, reduced one broadleaf weed from 334 per plot to less than four in treated plots, the Niagara Chemical Division of the Food Machinery and Chemical corp oration reported here. Weed control in transplanted toma toes is difficult, usually re quiring hand cultivation. Fur thermore, available h e r b i cides had been limited to use prior to weed emergence due to their toxic effects on plants. Solan is described as both a safe and effective post-emergent spray weed killer. The Crown owns 90 per cent of Canada's forest areas. State Chancellor Praises Stevenson Ashland - Southern Oregon College President Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson has received a letter of congratulation from Dr. John R. Richards, chancel lor of the Oregon State Sys tem of Higher Education, in which the past year's record of the business office staff, under the management of Donald E. Lewis, was praised. Dr. Richards said he was particularly pleased and im pressed by the fact that no 1958-59 departmental- over drafts were reported for the college, despite the volume of business transacted and the budget ary limitations imposed. Pennsylvania ranked first in the nation as an oil pro ducer until 1895. VALIANT : reat car - ne dealer! KNIGH Dick Knight Co. 33 So. Riverside Plymouth - DeSoto - Valiant 5fSS IIAVICMff COLOR CHOICE1 6SSft o if"""'! "fSsss"".' SJt-fe '.-VO' ' ' l: SlWOTf No. 1 No 2 10 PIECES Ew vO-UOS i. - n fesS v t5!ii fnji n nrn construction W - WE CARRY Our Own Accounts $PyOO Will HoldJTo I J BOOKCASE BED I l- TdRe"er""d" ESSrEuRCCT S FABRIC 'NNERSPRING f " TtOC 5 5 BED & CHEST No. 3 5 . MATTRESS : : -a 3&95 : l spring " 2 LAMPS ""- 2 PICTURES A mi i S 1111 3L0 IPc. 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