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X Purpose in Lif
" To the Editor: What has
happened to Christianity in
the home? In Christian homes
where love and appreciation
for all of mankind is taught
and exercised constantly by
the' household, higher living
standards and a more com
plete understanding of the
world we live in is possessed
by each member of the house
hold. In today's world of constant
turmoil we need to have a
definite purpose in life, some
thing to live by. The answer
to this need is God. If each
and everyone of us would live
by His way and His way
alone, we would soon see life
unfold before us in a much
clearer and definite form.
We would know what we
want out of life and how to
go about getting it, through
the practice of prayer, talking
with God in groups or indi
vidually.
You will never know how
important your faith in God
is until you develop this faith
Jay Taylor
120 Newtown st.
Medford
Telephone Discourtesy
To the Editor: Last Tues
day evening, out here on this
10-party rural line, the only
available telephones we can
get, we had an experience
that is becoming a real "head
ache" for the other nine sub
scribers. Quite frequently of late we
can't make or receive a call
, for hours, because some in
different party has left the
receiver off the hook. Tues
day it was 4V2 hours. All the
time we could hear their TV
going and little children play
ing in the room. So we sur
mise it either ij a mother too
interested in TV to care, or
else she employed a baby
sitter that allows the child
to play with the phone.
If the guilty party reads this
letter, would she please,
please watch this, and put
the phone up out of the child
ren's reach, and see that the
receiver is replaced?
It isn't the first time; it
happens often, and we be
lieve it is the same party. So
if she will remember we too
pay for phone service, and
occasionally we need to place
r receive calls, and .to use
.little human consideration.
.We have a few on this line
that think nothing of calling
a neighbor a block away and
talking by the hour, indif
ferent to the others who may
badly need to call.
And that's aggravating
enough, but to allow children
to play with the phone is
much too much, it's an in
tolerable situation, and we
are so helpless to do anything
about it except hope and pray
the decency in most human
beings will eventually tell
them of their unfairness.
Appeals to the company ac
complish us nothing. All we
get is the same old answer,
"If we can find out who it is,
and report them, they can
act." We heard that for 2Vi
years. It's not our business to
"find out," who it is, and we
have no way of doing so.
But I think perhaps if those
persons who feel guilty for
mistreating the use of a whole
line read this appeal and use
some consideration hereafter.
Mary A. Williams,
Orr Dr.
Central Point.
Car Insurance Again
To the Editor: I am the
owner of the car that hit a
car owned by Mrs. Mayfield
of Central Point while
parked on a Medford street.
I bought insurance in 1957.
I had complete coverage and
paid and paid and paid.
My daughter loaned the
car to a friend who blacked
out and hit four other cars.
The insurance company
has found that inevitable
loophole and wormed out.
They have not, and have said
they will not, pay any of the
repair bills, not even the re
pairs on my car which should
be covered under collision,
S100 deductible.
Yes, Mrs. Mayfield, I'm
with you-let's all become un
insured drivers and let some
one else pay for awhile.
Mary R. Bradley
P.O. Box 186
Phoenix, Ore.
Ultrasonic Cleaning
School Questions
To the Editor: From big
"headlines" in the paper I
note the big build up for an
other "bond issue for local
schools."
It seems that a bond issue
is the best way to get added
money without exceeding the
6 per cent limitation. In .this
manner . the full increased
cost in millage tax will not
be shown to the voters in one
expected vote . for a budget
that will exceed the 6 per
cent limitation. It is easier to
get. two approvals on two
measures where money is
concerned than it is by lump
ing them together.
The need for added school
rooms has been made an im
mediate need,, for what rea
son? True we are aware of
the need for more space in
the future, but why right now
when we already have a large
tax for schools due to the
school consolidation? In my
opinion, it is all caused by
centralizing the schools and
transporting most of the chil
dren to but a few schools
where there is not enough
room and leaving outlying
schools with small enroll
ments. '
Also noted that renovation
and completion of the old dis
trict shop into a boy's man
ual arts class would be fi
nanced by this new bond is
sue. If I recall correctly the
cost for this improvement has
already been approved by the
voters. If the money was not
used for that purpose. I think
an explanation is due the
voters.
In conclusion I would like
to advance a thought-Due to
consolidation in the county
we now have but two small
segments of the rural school
district left. Last year, re
gardless of the decrease, the
rural district budget was as
large as the year before and
included a 6 per cent increase.
Why? Let s portion out this
expense to the existing school
districts and no increase in
taxes will be needed.
When are the voters go
ing to vote on a new tax base
for the Medford District? By
law I believe this is necessary
as from my understanding of
the state tax laws the last
year s school tax was an il
legal one. By definitions in
the law we formed a- "new
district."
Let's get our school admin
istration in order so that we
will all know what it is about.
Ray O. DeMarrs, .
708 West Second st.
Medford.
Editor's note: We admire
Mr. DeMarrs' interest in pub
lic affairs, but wish he'd get
his facts straight first.
None of the outlying
schools have any classroom
space going to waste.' In the
two where present enrollment
does not take up all the rooms
(Lone Pine and Jacksonville),
they are used for the county's
special education program.
Mr. DeMarrs is confusing
the manual training rooms at
McLoughlin Junior High
school and at Medford High
school. The latter was author
ized under the bond issue ap
proved by the voters several
years ago, and since has been
built. The program to change
the district shop at McLough
lin into a boy's shop class
(plus two other classrooms) is
part of the current building
proposal.
The rural school levy is
county-wide, and is appor
tioned to each school district
in the county on an equaliz
ing basis. So, what Mr. De
Marrs suggests is, in effect,
already being done.
Any taxing body can seek
voter approval of a new tax
base. It is permissive; not
mandatory. The Medford
school dstrict is not a "new"
district, despite recent con
solidations. It has never asked
the voters for a new tax base
for two principal reasons, (1)
Because a review of the dis
trict's operations by the yot
ers prior to an annual budget
election has seemed to the
board of eduction to be a wise
thing, and (2) annual growth
is at a rate far in excess of
6 per cent, so even with
new tax base, the district
would have to go back to
annual budgets within a few
years anyway.
We suggest Mr.. DeMarrs
make sure of his facts before
accusing school officials of
illegal actions.
Geo. Grabow
1365 Kings Highway, Medford
Phone SP 2-8560
Electronic .Timing
An Ansirei
To the Editor: Not to an
swer could be losing an op
portunity. Denying .Mr. Veach's alle
gations that my present con
dition is that of "a poor, bit
ter, deluded man," let me say
he is right in saying that a
repetition of the years of life
would find me in as strong, if
not stronger, opposition to the
vain customs and . "vain
philosophies" of life.
The song says, "Something
happened to me." It . hap
pened to me in. early age.
Paul's words were definitely
verified in my. case: "If any
man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are
passed away; .behold all
things are become, new. And
all things are of God." .
Changed like Paul, I began
to listen to the divine word,
to the discard of vain philoso
phies. Since then "Thus saith
the Lord" is the important ad
vice. Any counsel to ignore
"Human and Divine," and to
seek consolation in wine, was
and is a foreign voice since
"Something happened to me.
Experience and observation
have convinced me that the
early choice "anchored my
soul in the haven of rest
Contrary to your suggestion,
and Mrs. Casey's repose in
"If Omar said it, it's good
enough for me," my course is
being charted by "Thus saith
the Lord."
. Omar : Khayyam was a de
luded pantheist. Pantheism
says, "There is no God but
the forces of nature." The
Psalmist said, "The fool hath
said in his heart, 'There is
no God.' " Mr. Veach said,
Why not take Omar s ad
vice?" Mrs. Casey said, "If
Omar said it, it's good enough
for me." Mrs. Casey also said,
"I'm getting madder than a
March Hatter." Methinks Mr.
Veach has Mrs. Casey con
fused; or could the old words,
"Any port in a storm," be ap
plicable to both?
If God said it, it's good
enough for me. My thanks to
the editor for the privilege of
saying this publicly. A good
hymn well expresses my clos
ing desire:
"I hope, to meet you all in
glory, When my work on
earth is o'er,
, I hope to clasp your hands
rejoicing, On the bright
eternal shore.
On the shining shore,. On
the golden strand,
In our Father's home, In
the happy land:
I hope to meet you there, I
hope to meet you there,-
A crown of vict'ry wear,
In glory."
H. R. Bulman, -Route
4, Box 316A
Medford
Hospital Praised
To the Editor: ' Following
recent - hospitalization, I
would like to take advantage
of this column to publicly
thank the management and
staff of . the Rogue Valley
Memorial' hospital.
The friendliness of those
of the nursing staff, who were
ever present to care for my
needs.
The most modern facilities
and equipment combined with
efficient personnel . and at
tractive surroundings, all go
toward making the Rogue
Valley Memorial a fine hos
pital of which this commun
ity should be proud.
. A newcomer
to the valley
(Name on file) .
Medford
Where's the Operator?
To the Editor: Have you
ever had to. place an import
ant phone call and misplaced
your telephone book and had
to call either information or
the' operator?
;.: If so, you know how the
phone rings and rings and it
seems forever before anyone
will answer, and you to start
to wonder if any one is even
on the switch board or if they
are all out for coffee.
Today this happened to my
next door neighbor. When she
discovered her house was on
fire her first thought was to
dial the operator rather than
spend time looking for . her
telephone book. She let the
phone ring and ring until the
flames finally engulfed , the
telephone lines and discon
nected her phone.
She then called me to see
if I couldn't get through to
get some help. while she con
nected her garden hose to see
if she couldn't help control
the - flames herself. A good
five minutes elapsed trying
to get help, and a fire out of
control can do a great deal
of damage in five minutes.
Patience may be golden but
a line must be drawn some
place.
Mrs. C. Maness,
1217 Fortune Dr.
Medford.
Waste ef Resources ;
To the Editor: A short time !
ago Willis E. Stone addressed '
a gathering in -Medford High
school at which he cam
paigned in favor jf the 23rd
Amendment to the Constitu
tion of the United States. This
amendment .would prohibit
the Government from engag
ing in any business or enter
prise "not specifically permit
tedby the Constitution.
- Mr. Stone has. : compiled,
edited, and published -num-
ber of 'Tact Sheets. Each
one' gives information regard
ing some business venture or
enterprise in which the gov
ernment is engaged or in
which it has engaged until re
cently. In these "Fact Sheets" Mr.
Stone has many quotations
from the "Hoover Reports" as
fact. At ' the same time he
mixes in a liberal amount of
opinion. I think the "Fact
Sheets" could well be studied
by' every one. They seem to
expose a great deal of waste
of money and effort by gov
ernment agencies. These
agencies may have had a good
reason for existence at one
time but they continue to
function long after the need
has disappeared.
It has often been said in
various ways that, when free
dom is once won, we must
continue to fight for it. Every
generation raises up within
itself the forces which would
destroy it if they are allowed
to operate unchecked.
Certainly at a time like
this, when pur national debt
is at the point where it is
menacing our national secur
ity, individuals, corporations,
and government bureaus
which waste our money on
useless projects belong to
those forces of destruction.
I do not favor the 23rd
Amendment. I think it would
be something like cutting off
a leg to treat a broken bone.
However, the waste of our re
sources must be stopped and
if our democratic society
cannot find the men and the
means to do so, it will soon
cease to exist.
Clarence L. Miller '
2200 Ruhl Way
Medford.
On Waking Up
To the Editor: Here is a
short poem that might help
to wake up a few people
around here.
Blazing, searing, blinding
light
Fills the vastness of the
night
As atoms split asunder.
Burning, charring man and
beast,
The starving atom has its
feast.
And men cry out in won
der. Crushing, roaring, rolling
sound,
Gutted' buildings on the
ground,
An anguished, t o r t u r ed
earth.
The shocked, the burned,
the broken men
Who'll never walk erect
again;
The men who, rue their
birth.
And then the bell, the
blessed bell,
That breaks this horror
laden spell,
And stills an anguished
scream,;
That says the world is
whole, to see,
No mass disaster caused by
apathy. -
Thank God it was only a
dream. '
John Paul Hohensee
(Honorary Life Mem
ber USAF Air Defense
Team)
. 801 Newtown st. .
Medford
Wants More Fish
To the Editor: Just a sug
gestion to the Waltonians and
sportsmen over the valley:
Why not put pressure on our
game commission to put some
fish in the river, instead of
closing it or most of it to
angling? Put fish in there to
catch so it is not necessary to
close it at all.
The game commission was
on the right track about two
years ago when they ' pro
posed to raise fish in artifi
cial lakes and release them
all at a time. Something hap
pened to that idea. That is by
far the cheapest and the only
way, where the runs can be
maintained, so that a large
amount of them will get to
salt water and return in large
numbers.
The pressure of sport fish
ing has very little to do with
the runs of fish coming back
from the ocean, as long as our
game commission has been
raising fish and the returns
seem smaller as time goes on.
Its high time someone told
them they don't know how to
raise them and get the return
Central Point, Ore.
TABLE ItOCK RO.
sHj0RrlAMENTAL
NURSERY
Hr I
run back. Plenty of records
show that, also many empty
creels.
Now why don't some of you
guys in the club or out, with
a little push, just casually
suggest they try a different
method? Books and literature
are alright but it also takes
some real experience to be
successful.
Bet you' a dollar to a
plugged -nickel it can be done.
Robert Humphrey
Route 2, Box 583 H
Central Point, Ore.
We Get Some Advice
To the Editor: A copy of an
editorial from the Medford
Mail ..Tribune has recently
fallen into my possession.
: It was' written last month
and dealt with the supposed
harms that would result from
repeal -of the 16th Amend
ment of the Constitution of
the U.S.A. The fuse which
brought this forth was the
lecture by Willis E. Stone of
Los Angeles exposing the
evils of unlimited power to
tax by the federal govern
ment. Let us review briefly the
basic laws of economics. They
are fixed and immutable.
1. The government has
nothing but what it first
exacts from the citizens.
2. The idea that one can
get "something for nothing"
is a delusion.
3. Without expenditure of
labor, there is no income.
4. Human beings are inher
ently individualistic and any
coercion that diminishes this
trait is harmful to society as
a whole.
' 5. Taxes is one of the great
est powers to coerce in a non
violent way, and its abuse
has been perhaps the greatest
hindrance to man's welfare
throughout history.
6. Men of honor, in govern
mental roles are few.
7. Hence, corruption is in
evitable. Graft, waste, and in
efficiency follow, and result
ant discontent and the loss of
hope and a defeatist attitude
come upon people in varying
degrees.
8. Only when the populace
is set free from the heavy
hand of the tax collector is vi
tality and a willingness to
work with hilarity (sic) re
stored. 9. "Planned economy" has
been tried over the ages and
has failed every time. And it
is failing in America.
. 10. Risks are a necessary
part of our everyday living.
Sometimes they fail, but more
often they are a success.
When a bureaucrat in
Washington, Salem, or Med
ford dictates how much wheat
you may plant, where you
may build your house, or any
other like incident, he, as a
hireling of the impersonal
government, is infring
ing upon your God given
rights of "life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness."
. I surmise from your edi
torial that you may be a rela
tively young man, a graduate
of some large - university
where unsound theories are
taught, and that you have
been brainwashed and lulled
into a false sense of wisdom
and knowledge of just how
the rudiments of economics
work.
I would advis e you to
acquaint yourself with sinis
ter ways of unscrupulous gov
ernment by giving some time
to serious study of history and
the simple facts of sound
business.
Dwight Gifford
Route 2, Box 929
Creswell, Ore.
Her Favorite Reading
To the Editor: Now and
then I hear someone say, "the
trouble with people now-days,
is, they don't devote enough
time to reading." I always
laugh to myself, and think
that kind of criticism doesn't
apply to me. Actually, I'm
what you'd call an addict. I
read anything and everything.
But like most people, I have
my favorites.
We get our paper about
5:30 p.m. Our 15-year-old son
latches on to the sports page,
Barbara, our 16 -year -old
daughter, chooses the Wom
en's News and Social Events.
Father has to see the market
report. But bless their hearts,
they always save the best for
mother, and that's Dennis the
Trees and Shrubbery
Quality Quantity Variety
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Menace and H. H. Bulman's
letters under communications.
And what a disappointment
when H.R.B. doesn't have one
of his hilarious letters for me
to read. I told you I was an
addict and read anything and
everything, even if it isn't
worth reading, and I read
every word . H.R.B. writes.
And then I think what a ter
rible person I really am.
At the first sign of spring,
I kick off my shoes, put on
my shorts and then brazenly
go out and work in my yard,
and in broad daylight mind
you. Sure burns me up when
old mother nature pulls one
of her tricks and sends me
scurrying for my red flannels,
after I've packed them away
in mothballs.
And if wearing shorts isn't
bad enough I even have the
audacity to wear that nasty
lipstick. So you see I read
and read some more, but I
never profit from it. I've read
every letter Mr. H.R.B. ever
wrote and I still haven't learn
ed anything.. But PLEASE
don't quit writing your mas
terpieces or I'll simply die of
boredom without the good
laughs I always get from
them. Just keep giving us
women the devil to your
heart's content. We can take
it, but we can also dish it out.
I once heard an old gentle
man say that paint made wom
en look wild, and if that's
true you have some wild wom
en to cope with in this great
country.
Evelyn J. Gysin,
Route 3, Box 198,
Medford
Likes and Dislikes
To the Editor: We are re
ceiving your paper as a
Christmas present and like it,
but we feel that ads such as
the one in the Feb. 10 issue,
that connect sports, youth,
healthful o u t d o or exercise,
pure mountain streams and
scenery with the drinking of
alcoholic beverages are very
detrimental and lead to moral
delinquency of young and old.
If it becomes your policy
to accept this type of adver
tising we feel that our home
will be better off without
your paper.
We appreciate your coop
eration in road safety cam
paigns. You have faithfully
YOIUR L1C) RAGE I WORTM 920.
during "Roddy's" Bonus Bonanza
when you trade it in on a new Electric Range
Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back
reported the pleas of Gover
nor Hatfield, President Eisen
hower, Senator Neuberger
and others, and your editorials
are good. We like your policy
of publishing letters of in
terest. But all these good things
are offset by dishonest and
m i s 1 e a ding advertisements
that cause youth to think that
drink must accompany good
times and success.
Hope Hedgpeth,
(Mrs. Dee Hedgpeth)
Star Route, Box 165,
Prospect, Ore. , .
P.S. We liked Bud Conger
on burning slash.
"Picnie" Hams
To the Editor:
This little ham is wide
awake,
This one's not too keen.
The first little ham ate
a steak
And the second, poor
guy, a bean.
Some hams are giving
a "Picnic"
For all to come and see.
Of course, we'll need
a ticket
Everyone else and me.
So we dreamed up a
fun kind of method
To share with one and
all
That would guarantee
you in Medford
This "Picnic" will be
quite a ball!
If this little verse should
confuse you.
Make you think "This
gal's way out!"
Turn to today's Women's
Section
To read what it's all
about.
Mrs. Jack Ruch,
30 Hawthorne st.,
Medford
Time Foretold
To the Editor: The follow
ing is from the Feb. 9 Ore
gonian: "New York-flJM-The Cun
ard liner Caronia sailed on
its annual world cruise, with
512 persons and 65,000 bot
tles of whiskey, wine and
beer aboard.
"The 95-day cruise will
take the pale green liner to
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"Liquid refreshments in
cluded 5,000 bottles of cham
pagne and 7.400- bottles of
other rare wines; 8,000 bot
tles of Scotch, bourbon, rye
and gin; 44.000 bottles of
beer; 25.400 gallons of draft
beer and 684 bottles of
liqueurs."
The United Press report
then told of the stops to be
made. The cruise will end
May 10. I might add it could
end before that date.
I did a little figuring. The
65,000 bottles of whiskey,
wine and beer does hot in
clude the 25,400 gallons of
draft beer. Dividing that
amount into generous quarts
we'd have 101,600 quarts or
rounhly, if all was put in
bottles, at least 166,600 bot
tle of refreshments.
Let's figure a little farther;
166,600 bottles of drinks for
512 persons ' for 95 days.
Sounds interesting, doesn't it?
My figures come out at
around 3Vi bottles apiece for
each person per day. Let's be
conservative and say only
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three bottles. Some of .course
might not use that much. '
Frankly, now, I really won
der what kind of a cruise
those people are having,
right now while you, read
these ttnes?
They have 71 cigarettes
apiece for each day but are
short of cigars. I fear if I
were along I would have to
stay out on the deck so I
could breathe.
In the Dec. 20 Tribune,
Chief of Police Champlin
pointed out that two cocktails
can impair one's vision as
much as putting on dark
glasses at night.
Really now what's the ob
ject of this $28,000 cruise?
What's to be gained if your
vision is so obscured?
Frankly, friends, I'm fully
convinced that we are living
in the time foretold .by your
Bible in Matt. 24. Read it for
yourself and draw your own
conclusions.
Henry Johnson Jr.
2400 Highway 68
Ashland, Ore.
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goose liver and truffles.
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