scond Winter Carnival
diet
9 at Crater
Lake
g MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. C Thursday, Feb. 18, 1960
GETS PRIZE - Steve Trulove, 10, learns that snowshoes are
hard to negotiate on steep slopes, and wishes he had ski poles
to help him. His spills in the snowhoe race and sled race won
him the hardluck prize of the day.
Mystery Submarine
Believed Damaged
'Puerto Madryn, Argentina
- IUPD - The Argentine frigate
Murature attacked and per
haps damaged the mystery
submarine of the Nuevo Gulf
Tuesday night, apparently
with depth charges flown
from the United States.
Capt. Ray M. Pitts of the
office of the chief of Naval
operations, Washington, D.C.,
who is heading a 13-member
Naval team in Argentina to
help the Argentine Navy hunt
a submarine, is the son of
Mrs. Estelle M. Pitts, 268
Second ave., Gold Hill.
The submarine has been
hunted in the Golfo Nuevo, a
body of water surrounded by
Argentine; territory, for 17
days. Captain Pitts and the
U.S. Navy team are acting
only as advisers on the use of
American antisubmarine
equipment such as depth
charges, sound buoys, flares
and electronic detection de
vices. Captain Pitts' sister, Mrs.
Man Thought House
Looked Familiar
El Reno, Okla. - Peter Gil
bert took a second look at a
house being' moved down the
highway.
"It looks like my house . . .
but . . . well . . . no, it
couldn't be," he mused.
He shrugged the matter off
and continued on his bread
route, but the idea returned
to nag him. He checked and,
sure enough, the house was
gone.
It turned out the wrecking
company hauled off the house
by mistake shortly after Gil
bert had left for work.
Amends were made. Gilbert
got his house, back and the
wreckers built him a brand
new garage, free.
10-MINUTE SNOWMAN - Jay Bowdler and tional park recently. They built the snow
Judy Fulton, both 8-year-olds, won first man in 10 minutes from materials at hand,
place in the snowman contest at the second Jackie Pool, grade school teacher at the
annual Winter Carnival at Crater Lake Na- park, was judge.
INTRAVENOUS FEEDING
Bedford, Mass. - (UPD - Still
standing here is a 360-year-old
tree known as "The Great
Oak." Recently tree experts
drilled thousands of holes and
used about a ton of fertilizer
to nourish it. The tree has a
limb spread of 127 feet.
Jack C. Petterson, also lives
in Gold Hill.
Two Are Sentenced
To Prison Terms
Circuit Judge James M.
Main Tuesday-. revoked the
probation of Wain Charles
Johnson, Milwaukie, Ore.,
and sentenced him to two
years in the Oregon State
penitentiary for burglary not
m a dwelling.
Johnson pleaded guilty to
breaking into a Medford cafe
Jan. 16, 1959.
William Gordon Fisn,
Shreveport, La., was sen
tenced to three years in the
Oregon State penitentiary. He
pleaded guilty to issuing a
bad check in Medford.
REVOLVING FUND
Chicago -(UPD- More than
half of the money which sav
ings and loan associations lend
to families to build or pur
chase homes comes from re
payments on loans outstand
ing, according to the United
States Savings and Loan
League. The balance comes
from new savings.
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SKIIER - Jay Bowdler, 8, an excellent skller, finds snowshoe
ing fun, but slightly more precarious than skiing at. the sec
ond annual Winter Carnival - at Crater Lake National park
recently.
The Family Council
Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge. psychiatrist.
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers.
fcacn article is a summary ol an actual i-ase history. The Council reports
on problems that hay been dealt wi h by responsible agencies and
counselors.
Ronald M.-I'm afraid she's
too childish. '
Sandra C.-Look at the Shah
of Iran. ,
Ronald M.-I am a widower
in my early 40s. My wife died
three years ago leaving me
with a teen-age son and
daughter.
In the past year or so I
have gone out with several
widows and divorcees of my
own age-nice women, but
frankly not particularly at
tractive to me. In any case I
felt no strong desire to follow
up the contacts. :
In my place of business ' I
have known a, young girl for
several years. She is now 20,
a year older than my daugh
ter. I have helped her solve
several of her personal prob
lems and I suppose she looks
up to me, which may account
I for the very strong attraction
I I feel toward her.. Last week
; she confessed that she has
been in love with me for
! sometime. She is mature ' for
; her age, yet I am afraid still
too childish for me.
Sandra C.-I am the oldest
of six children and have been
self-supporting since 17. My
father died when I was in my
early teens and I had to help
my mother economically and
phychologically.
I know how to manage a
home and I am ready for
marriage. I don't know where
Ron gets this "childish" bit.
I haven't been a child for
years. He is the childish one.
Look at the Shah of Iran and
his new bride. Look at Bing
Crosby and his-and look at
hundreds of older men who
have successful marriages
with young women.
I have gone out with a lot
of men and I know for sure
that Ron is the right one for
me. I get so bored with young
ones sometimes I almost fall
asleep in the middle of 4 the
conversation. . When- I'm with
Ron we never seem to run
out of conversation. We would
never tire of .one another.. . ..
..-'
The Council: Sandra may
not be too childish for-Ron
ald, but we have a sneaking
suspicion that he is a bit too
childish for her'.
Ron seems to have let this
persuasive young lady over
whelm him completely. He
has been flattered out of his
wits. We don't think he knows
whether what he feels is at
traction or engulfment. He
makes no positive statement
that ; indicates a desire to
marry Sandra, yet he appears
to be teetering on the brink
of doing it.
We won't analyze the- qual
ity " of the relationship exist
ing between the Shah of Iran
and his bride or Bing Crosby
and his, but we think that
Sandra should be aware that
the wife of an outstanding
public figure may have some
unusual advantages that could
compensate for the - special
difficulties of a marriage in
which there is an extraordi
nary age gap. -
Although . she has already
had many responsibilities in'
life, Sandra undoubtedly ro
manticizes about marriage as
any young girl of her age
would. She should try to be
a little more ! realistic about
this thing. She would not be
married to Bing or the Shah,
but merely to Ron, an ordi
nary man with-: less energy
than she has and the evi
dences of middle-age already
in his appearance. This ordi
nary man will not want to
associate with her young
friends and she will soon find
him tiresome. Her illusions
about him will drop away
when 'she finds that he can
at times be as mistaken about
things or as boring as any
young men.
We don't like to be. rigid
about matters involving emo
tions. - Some successful mar
riages of this sort have, been
mad j, but they are the ex
ception. And even among the
exceptions, there may be
great difficulties and unhap
piness that aren't evident to
the outsider. But, at least, we
think that Ron should take
the time to find out how -he
really feels about this matter.
(Copyright 1960,
General Feature Corp.)
Karncipai
40 Contestants
e in
Various Events
The second annual Winter
Carnival was held at Crater
Lake National park head
quarters, recently. The event
is sponsored by the Sitz Mark
Ski club, and Slim Mabery,
park ranger, was in charge.
Judges were Mrs. Lerbert
Gerald and Mrs. Otto M.
Brown, and officials included
Jackie Pool and Superinten
dent Otto M. Brown.
Prizes were donated by em-!
pioyees of Crater Lake Na
tional park and Don Divens
of the Tomahawk Ski Bowl,
Klamath Falls, and Bill
Brooks, Rogue River Ski
shop, Medford.
40 Contestant! Compete
Forty contestants of all ages
competed in various events
which included a snowman
building contest, flying saucer
race, cross country snowshoe
race, obstacle ski race and a
sled race. Winners were judg
ed for each event and an
award was made for high
point winners in various age
groups in all events.
In the junior event, Tom
mie Broadbent, 13, was first;
Kenny Mabery, 9, second; and
Judy Fulton, 11, third. The
children's competition was
won by Reggie Bowder, 7,
first; Dennis Mabery, 7, and
Jay Bowdler, 8, tied for sec
ond, and Joyce Fulton, 8, was
third.
The women's event was won
by Patty Trulove, first; Eliza
beth Novak, second; and
Gladys Gerald, third.
Excellence Impeded
Prizes were also awarded to
contestants whose excellence
was impeded by hard luck,
such as nose dives on snow
shoes, run away flying saucers
or ending up head firt in steep
snow banks. The award of
excellence was won by Steve
Trulove for his spectacular
contortions which hampered
his otherwise competent per
formance in the various
events, one of which was a
double somersault when his
rapidly moving sled become
stuck in the deep snow.
Refreshments were served
by the Sitz Mark Ski club
which included , a campfire
wiener roast, and hot choco
late and coffee served at the
site of the various events.
Capitol Memo
Payment of Taxes
With Stamps Will
Bring Many Frowns
iNew 'Eye' Made
For Weathermen
By DOUGLAS GRIPP
Salem -(UPD. Please don't
pay your income tax with
postage stamps. It's frowned
upon by the state tax people.
Most people - don't, of
course. They pay by check or
money order or even- cash.
But some send stamps. .
Don Young, state tax ac
counting supervisor, explains
the ' problem. If, say, only a
dollar or so is involved, there
is an office petty cash fund
and the stamps are exchanged.
Then the state sells the
stamps to building employes.
But sometimes a taxpayer
sends in as much as $10 worth
or more and ' some of the
stamps are of the 50-cent and
up variety. "The post office 1
won't buy them back," - he
says. "We ha.ve to send them !
back to the taxpayer."
Oregon tax returns for, 19 59
are rolling . in but, oddly
enough, even with the new
short card, form, at about last
year's rate. Thus far, in fact,
they're a little behind.
At this time last year about
58,000 returns had been re
ceived versus 55,000 this year.
Young says it may be be
cause ' even -.though the new
form is simpler, it is foreign
to the taxpayer. Most of those
who are filing early, as in past
years, are those who get re
funds. Perennially, those who
have to pay wait as long as
they can. ' . .
So far 1,500 pink refund
checks haye been mailed.
More than half of the 550,000
taxpayers in the state will re
ceive them this year.
Most taxpayers seem to be
converting to the card form
with a minimum of confusion,
according to the Tax Commis
sion. Anyway, very few com
plaints have been received.
Some taxpayers are not
rounding off amounts to the
nearest dollar, which you're
NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT
New York -(UPD- Americans
spend an estimated $50 mil
lion a year on pepper and will
likely spend more this year
because of recent sharp rises
in the price of the spice. So
blame the high price on al
leged efforts by Chinese trad
ers to corner the market and
others on a sharp drop in
pepper production in Indo
nesia because of unstable po
litical conditions.
supposed to do this year
A few are sending in the
new abbreviated worksheet
with the card although that
is -supposed to be retained
for. the taxpayer's record.
. This is the first year that
each return is not checked
for accuracy and deducations
as it comes in. Later on, field
workers will audit most of the
returns. Meanwhile, electronic
equipment spots any big er
rors or what seems to the
machine to be improper deductions.
Baltimore -weathermen
- and
Amateur
there are
a lot of them will go for
this one.
A portable, motorized little
instrument to provide highly
accurate relative- humidity
readings and dewpoint tem
peratures has been developed
by industry.
The Psychron. a new type
of psychrometer, was de
veloped by the Bendix Avia
tion Corp. for the U.S. Weath
er Bureau.
But it will be available
also for commercial applica
tions wherever the amount of
moisture in the air plays a
vital role, such as in the aging
of steaks or cheese, as well
as for the weather prophets
operating on an amateur basis
out of their own homes.
. There are about 8.000 pub
lic hospitals in India.
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