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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1960)
I- 8 MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Or. A Friday, February 5, 1960 Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins Happy Clams Have Nothing To Worry About-or Wiih There may be a shred of truth to the saying, "happy as a clam on an incoming tiae for these lowly creatures must greet the rising water with a little of what would appear like joyfulness. For they have been silent ly waiting for the tide. On the mudflat or ocean edge this bi valve must remain quiet, its headless "neck" pulled in ana its "mind" a complete blank. Then, natural forces take over. Gravitational pull and release exert their influence on the ocean waters; unmeas ured multi-tons of water inun date the mudflats or the beaches. The incoming water alerts the slugish senses of the waiting clams. As the wa ter deepens, each bivalve gladly extends its long tube like "neck," sucking in the water along with oxygen and food. It must be times like this that become a period of "joyfulness." Clamps Valves Together On the mudflat the clam clamps its two valves tightly together, like the jaws of a vise. Regardless of how hard it may try, the clam cannot entirely close off its soft body even when the two valves of its shell are clamped to gether. This opening allows the siphon, or what is often called the "neck," to pro trude. Thia long neck, which is thrust up to the opening of the burrow, contains a U shaped tube. Sea water comes in one end, through the gills of the animal and up and out the other end. Small bits of food and living organisms also come in and are sorted out and digested. Our clams have a relative, the so-calle "giant clam" of East Indian waters, that may weigh several hundred pounds. Stories are told of divers accidentally stepping into the open valves of this large mollusk, or placing a hand in between the two shells. When the valves clamp together, the luckless diver drowns unless help is at hand. These huge mollusks, largest in the world, are erroneously called "man-eaters." Our clams, as well as the relatives in other ocean?, are marine creatures; all have heavy, ridged shells. Some va rieties remain buried in the bottom for their entire lives, extending the long siphon, or "neck" which becomes their only connection with the out side world. Perhaps, as the saying in dicates, they are "happy" while they wait for the tide to come in-they have noth ing to do but wait; nothing to worry about, or to worry with; not even anything to be thankful for, or any past to reeret. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate. 1SS0) Forgetful Yawn Results in Fine Atlanta, Ga. T h e pris oner told police he was drinking because he had a toothache, but was fined $50 anyway for drunken driving and possession of illegal whiskey. One forgetful yawn and police learned he hadn't a tooth in his mouth. SCHOOL MHWS Medford High School Edited by Jim F r a k e. Staff: Rosemary Eismann. Diane Mohr. Jim McCor mack, Rita McBeih, Suzy Reule, Edonna Pace, Ann MacManama and Esther Jacobs. A snow party has been plan ned by the Girls Athletic as sociation for Saturday, Feb. 6, in the Siskiyous. The girls will leave at 10 a.m., bringing a lunch with them, and plan to be home by 4. Only 17 girls had signed up for the trip. In order that no qualified person who wishes to work on the yearbook staff will be overlooked, interested sopho mores and juniors were asked to see Elizabeth Settle, Cra ter advisor. They will be screened be fore final staff positions are announced. Seniors can learn the re sults from their Kuder test taken last fall during their senior interview, Alex Mc Donald, boys' dean, has re ported. The Kuder test is based up on the individual's interest, not ability or talent. The 10 areas of interest are outdoor, mechanical, computati o n a 1, scientific, persuasive, artistic, literary, musical,' social serv ice, and clerical. This test is to help the student determine what field of work he wants. The chances of surviving a wound during the Civil War were 7 to 1. In the Korean War, they were 50 to 1. Members of MHS football team received letters at the annual banquet recently at the Chuck Wagon restaurant. Of the 57 letter winners, 19 were seniors, 30 juniors, 4 sophomores; and four man agers. Seniors included Jerry An derson, Skip Bennett, Keith Berg, Reggie Breeze, Don Cranston, Booth Deakins, Lowell Dean, Cal Dean, Ken Durkee, John Frohnmayer, Leonard Griggs, Dennis Jen sen, Lynn Knight, Ray Kono- pasek, Reinhart Kostlin, Bert Lindemann, George Linde mann, Pat McLaughlin, and Gordon Pathmann. The juniors were Jim Barry, Kent Blew, Bruce Bray, Larry Brown, Bill Char ley, . Rich Connolly, Terry Earl, Al Funston, John Ham lin, Larry Hammack, Bill Hobbs, Chuck Holt, Mike Hood, Phil Humphries, John James, Mike Monroe, Warren Parke, Terry O'Sullivan, John Pierce, Bob Quinney, Dick Ragsdale, Jim Schmidt, Dan Sieg, Jim Stever, Bob Rix, Chuck Shaw, Don Tichenor, John Tichenor, Jerry Wine trout, and Ed McGinty. Sophomores were Paul Bauer, George Clearwater, Monte Jones, and Mike Mc Cullough. Managers receiving letters were Dick Gordon, Jim Cas ad, Fred Lorish and, Jim Burke. girl from Banks High school was chosen state winner. Feb. 8 is the deadline for seniors to be measured for caps and gowns. Naomi Van Dyke, senior counselor, announced that only about half of the seniors have been measured. The fee of $3.75 should be paid at the time of measurement, she added. Dick Peterson and Larry Lea, seniors, headed the com mittee of Torch Honor mem bers who decorated the show case last week. All applications for Oregon college scholarships must be turned in to Elsie Butler, scholarship adviser, by Feb. 15. This should be done in order for her to have ample time to send them to the col leges. Plans for the annual Ro man banquet are under way, according to Edna Stewart, Latin club adviser, with the date set for April 9 at Ping's. The program will include a "Vestle Virgnes" ceremony, and each class will put on a skit or enact a story. For the second time in three years the class of '60 won the Teen-Age Program drive. This year, as seniors, the class col lected $1,100. The juniors were second with S953 and the sophomores, $746. Karen Morlan, senior can didate, was crowned queen of TAP. Her princesses were Marty Wyatt, junior; and San dra Bates, sophomore. Fund raising for TAP did not end with the crowning of I Queen Karen. Jan. 25, a fash ion show was held at the Rogue Valley Country club. MHS models for the event were Rosiliand Randies, Judy Bash, Karen Morlan, Dalene Clemens, Pam Gilkenson, and Kathy Urdel. The Lanz fash ions were from Jean Hart's, Medford, and a Lanz dress was given away. Kingston trio records, can died apples, and cupcakes were sold on the last Satur day of money gathering. Significant leaders of the TAP drive at MHS were County Chairman Ros Ran dies; Seniors Dean Goddard and Paul Moore; Juniors Susie Thompson and Rita Johnson; and Sopho mores Lois Stedman and John Alan-sky. Medford's High latest con tention is that not only does MHS have superior athletic teams, but superior cooks. Mavis Strom, senior, was chosen as the best cherry pie baker in Jackson county re cently at Eugene. She was one of nine county winners chosen from 28 candidates. A The MHS charter members of Quill and Scroll, an honor ary journalism society, have received pins and member ship cards. Another list will be sent in to the headquarters as soon as others apply. This can still be done by seeing Vern Wolthoff, Room 246. Al Watson, Jerry Gastineaii, Jim Wilson. Lauren Stayton, and Dave Misek all moved into the semi-final round of the chess tournament last week. Lauren has already played his semi-final round and has advanced into the finals. Members of the cast, busi ness staff, and production crews are all involved in preparations for "Pygmal ion," the senior class play. The cast is attempting Eng lish accents. Those ranging from the "cockney" to the "stilted English" are being used. Members of the costume committee also are busy. The group, headed by Penny Lynn, includes designers and con structors of the 13 costumes for all of the female roles. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week the book room is open from 8 a.m. to noon. This gives each student an opportunity to have his books recovered, if necessary. This announcement was made recently so as to also let stu dents obtain text books for the next semester. Report cards were issued recently, marking the end of the first semester. The first and second quar ter grades and the semester test grades were included on the card. These are averaged to determine the first semes ter grade for the student's permanent record. "Moonlight Moods" was the theme of the dance held after the Ashland game last Satur day night. The Strollers pro vided special music for the dance, sponsored by the Fu ture Teachers of America club. Salem - (UPD - The general public has been invited to the home of Gov. and Mrs. Mark Hatfield at a 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. open house Feb. 14. Judge Gets Apology For 'Honest Mistake' Des Moines The judge asked the man who had plead ed guilty to driving while in toxicated for his license number. The man said he didn't re member but the car was just outside. He looked out the window and began reading off a number as the judge took it down. Suddenly the judge reared back, stared at what he'd written and declared, "why, that's my number." 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