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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.
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