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The Family Council thrditor' Note: The Family Council consists ot a Judge, a psychiatrist, lrlf c,ereymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers article is a summary of an actual i-ase history The Council reports eomro1olen:1 to1 have been dealt wi n by responsible agencies and Jim CShe's jealous of oth er People's children. Nancy CI am not. I just want peace. Jim Ci-My wife and I have en married eight years and have no children, although we would like to have a family. Unfortunately, my wife has been pregnant several times but lost the babies. We have seen many doctors and there seems little likelihood of our becoming parents. I come from a large family and am just crazy about kids. I can spend hours fooling around with nieces and neph ews and the children of friends. My wife, Nancy, is gainst our spending a lot of time with these people who have children. I feel she is jealous and she shouldn't be that way. If we can't have children, why not enjoy other people's? Nancy C.-Three years ago I wanted to adopt a child, but Jim was aeainst it Hp said if we couldn't have one Of our Own we shnulri fnrtrpt it. Well. I'm willing to fnrect it, but what's the big deal for tis about hanging around with our inends' children? I think it's rotten of Jim to say I'm jealous. I wish the Desi in tne world to our friends and relatives and their families, but I can only take so much of other people's kids. If I had my own I'd have to Dut UD With them all the time-noisy, cranky, etc. Since x navent i want peace of mind. The Council: Jim's desire to be with other DeoDle's ehil. dren seems reasonable enough Smart Twosome Young, slimming and jack eted - complete sun-to-city fashion story for Spring! Easy-sew tucks accent bodice, built - up neckline smoothly conceals bra. Printed Pattern 9473: Half Sizes UM, I6V2, 18V, 20i, Size dress ta kes 23,4 yards 39-inch; bo lero 114 yards. Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for this pattern - add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Mar tin, Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUM BER. JUST OUT! Big, new 1960 Spring and Summer Pattern Catalog in vivid full -color. Over 100 smart styles ... all sizes ... all occasions. Send now! Only 25c. on the surface, yet in view of his refusal to adopt a child, it's a little peculiar. If he can get so much pleasure from his contacts with the children of others, why does he reject the possibility of bringing up an other's child as his own? This oddity in Jim's atti tude, plus his crude accusa tion of jealousy, indicates that some hidden forces are at work. It seems to us that Jim's underlying motivation is to hurt his wife. He cer tainly doesn't seem to try to make her feel better about the fact that she has been unable to bear the desired children. We do not know the causes behind Jim's desire to wound. Possibly he feels he has been cruelly treated by fate since he can't have a child of his own, or he may have a more deep-seated anger against life and women in general. In any case, Nancy has had some pretty hard blows in losing unborn children sev eral times and is in need of all the sympathy, affection and reassurance a husband can offer. Instead she gets just the opposite-a form of censure for having failed to please him. Jim should try to recognize that he has deprived Nancy of a child every bit as much as she may have deprived him. His case is less excusa ble because he refused a child Nancy did not refuse to bear one. Jim shows he is more emo tionally maladjusted to the situation than his wife is. It is he who must make the greater effort to change. Since he - doesn't want a child enough to try to adopt one, he should accept the fact that he and his wife will probably have a childless marriage. Contacts with . the children of friends and relatives may be pleasant, but they are nec essarily limited in time and emotional scope. If Jim wants some of the emotional satis faction of contributing to a child's welfare and develop ment, he should look into the possibility of doing volunteer work for a church or civic group that has a program for this purpose. Nancy may also find an outlet in such work if she can feel it is unconnected with any rebuke on her hus band's part. . (Copyright I960, General Features Corp.) Market Has Chance of Going Up in March, History Shows SCOUTS VISIT GOVERNOR Jim Schmidt, Medford, (left) and Charles Johnson, Cen tral Point, (right) were among the Ex plorer Scouts of this area who recently traveled to Salem to report to Gov. Mark O. Hatfield on Scouting in this area. The young men were selected to represent the 4,367 Cub, Boy and Explorer Scouts of the Crater Lake Council. Young Johnson pre sented the report to the governor. Others making the trip were Jim Joiner, Grants Pass (second from left), and Harry Sim mons, Yreka, (second from right). Andrew H. Schmidt, council cabinet advisor, accom panied the group. Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins Toaslmaslers Club Has New Members Ersel Hallsted spoke on The Cracker Barrel, Doomed by Automation" and Dick i Swan on "War for the Wil derness at the Monday meet ing of the Medford Toastmas- ters at the Jackson hotel. Evaluators for the talks were Dr. Ralph Hibbs and Dwight Wilson. Russ Mitchell was general evaluator for the evening. Karl Clinkenbeard and Dale Niedermeyer were ac cepted into membership at the meeting. Douglas A. Roach, presi dent, opened the meeting with Dr. John Welch giving the in vocation. Otto Kannasto was toastmaster; Dan Hull, table topic chairman, and Mryle Merriman, table topic evaluator. Yes, He Did See A Fish in the Tree Looking up through the branches of the pine tree I could see a dark object with a familiar shape, apparently caught in a large tree branch. It looked out of place, for it appeared to be a fish. A careful scrutiny through the binoculars showed it to be a large catfish-its gills opening and closing, its body shiny and wet looking. It ap peared to weigh at least four pounds, apparently balanced cross-ways on the tree limb. The needles of the tree ef fectively closed the view above the branch. The fish's body, what I could see of it, was sharply etched against the sky in the narrow opening be tween the branches. Nothing seemed to be holding it in place. As I watched, the fish struggled-then it rose up into the air above the tree and disappeared. I dashed around the base of the tree just in time to see the catfish, held securely in the talons of an osprey, sailing away toward the sparkling waters of the bay. The fish's head pointed squarely in the direction of the bird's flight Looking up into the tree I could see why only the fish was visible from my former position; a screen of needles shielded the body of the bird from my sight. Some time later I located the osprey's nest, a platform of sticks interlaced in. the branches of a dead tree a half mile from the edge of the bay. Here on the nest both ospreys sat, glaring at a hostile world with their wild, yellow eyes. These were the "fishing eagles" of the Indians. Many people still mistake the os prey for an eagle, for it is nearly as large, with a wing- spread of five feet. Unlike the loud scream of the American eagle, however, the osprey emits a soft, mellow whistle which seems almost gentle for such a fierce-looking bird. As I watched the ospreys there tearing away at the cat fish, I remembered some of the startling facts that science had learned about these re markable birds. The osprey's eyes have remarkable proper ties. The eyes are like high powered field-glasses. Spot Fish From great heights these birds can easily see into the water below them and spot fish swimming below the water's surface. The osprey plummets from the sky in a power-dive, seldom missing the intended fish. Peculiarly enough, these birds have a preference in the fish they seek, selecting catfish if at all possible. Unlike most fishing birds, the osprey does not sieze the fish in the beak, but with the powerful talons of the feet. After catching the prey the osprey rises from the water with powerful wing thrusts, at the same time lining the fish until the head is directed in the direction the bird is flying. The osprey lives entirely on fish; so to be near the food supply they always built the nest very near the sea. In the nests are laid the most beauti ful of eggs. Each egg is splotched with red and var ious shades of brown in pat terns and unusual arrange-' ments. "Even the young os- By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor New York - (UPD - In three weeks it will be spring, a per iod bothWall Street and bus- "jiness nave If past his tory holds, the stock market has a better chance of ris ing than of falling during March. In the past 63 years. Elmer Walzer industrial shares have risen, in 38 and declined in 25, while the rail score has been 36 gains and 27 declines. Spring is the time the auto salesmen hope their predic tions of big sales totals will come true. If they are right, steel operations should hold high in several vital centers. Railroads should have more business, and building should have come out of its slump. The month of March for the stock market has improved its gaining record in each of the past three decades. In the tantalizing thirties industrial shares showed seven March declines and only three gains. Progress in March In the firming forties this group managed to show only four March declines and six gains. In the fabulous fifties, there were only three March declines and seven advances. The decade of the thirties saw a market falling to new lows in 1932 and then rally ing moderately. The 1940s saw industrials get to 200 or a little better. It took the 1950s to see the average cross 300, 400, 500, and 600. What will the soaring sixties see? Some prognosticators are putting the average up to 800 or better after further misery for some stockholders before there is an influx of eager buyers. The biggest market gain in March in the past three dec ades was made in 1956 when the Dow-Jones average rose 28.14 points. The biggest de cline was in March 1938 when the average declined 30.69 points. In March of 1959 the market enjoyed a good rise in the first half and then declined with the average los ing 1.79 points on the month. Optimistic Forecasters The market so far this year has suffered from exuberance of prognostication. As the predictors saw the future late in 1959 the golden era of the 1960s was to pro duce a ripsnorting boom in just about everything. The boom didn't rip-snort and the predictors were toned down. Meantime selling brought stocks down in a de cline that carried through the first half of February. The decline in turn brought caution into business and the whole economy steadied. De spite this braking of the boom, industry operated around its best levels in his tory in most lines even though the totals weren't up to earlier anticipations. Helped Prevent Excesses According to many Wall Street observers, this devel opment was all to the good. It helped prevent excesses in business and in markets. And, they add, it brought stocks down to a more normal level with earnings and earnings prospects - made stocks more respectable pricewise. The unsolved problem as the market goes into its third month of I960 is whether MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Wednesday, March 2, 1960 3 prices of stocks have adjust ed sufficiently to bring in the big buyers. Some of the market men hold that the list could mud dle around current levels be fore meeting volume support. A few others expect further declines before the big buy ing point is reached. c 1 VIHDSHIELDS install PHONE SP 3-3613 SELBY GLASS CO. 303 North Battlett SIGN TRADE PACT Toyko - (OPD - Communist China and Hungary Sunday entered into a new trade agreement for 1960 following negotiations in Peiping, the Communist New China News Agency annnounced. ' preys in the nest possess many curious and interesting traits. The osprey would prefer to nest in colonies with others of its kind. They seem to enjoy each other's company during the long days of incu bation, but experience has taught them the folly of this habit. A colony of nesting birds would be too conspicu ous. The birds would be destroy ed by malicious gunners. So these untamed birds of prey now nest singularly in a dead tree, as far away from a hu man habitation as possible. Civilization is crowding in on the ospreys; not too many years remain. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1960) Medford Girl Makes College Honor Roll Melva Gebhard, 1519 North Riverside ave., has been nam ed to the fall honor roll of 69 students at Lewis and Clark college, Portland. Require ments are a study load of 15 or more hours and a grade point average of 3.50 or better. fliiss uebnard is a junior 1 history major.' She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gebhard, Medford. Salem-(UPD-Gov. Mark Hat field makes appearances in Portland, The Dalles and Sa lem this week, winding up in Forest Grove Sunday at the inauguration of new Pacific University President M. A. F. Ritchie. ReEieuea ike Cmqli WITH Safety (SEP 1 no r NO NARCOTICS NO ANT IHIST Yes, safety! Flavored Creo mulsion for Children is free of narcotics or antihista mines. 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