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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."
The man apologized and
the judge said he was certain
it was an honest mistake.
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