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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1960)
'MY FAIR LADY' - Actress Lola Fisher, .above, stars as Eliza Doollttle in the 'My Fair Lady company which has arrived In Moscow for a Russia tour under the U. S. Soviet cultural exchange pro gram. The question running through Miss Fisher's mind ever since the plane carrying the cast circled over Moscow: "I wonder If Mr. Khrushchev will ever come to one of our performances?" - (UPI Telephoto) BULOVA 122 E. Main Ph. SP 3-5348 Open 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. See Courtesy Chevrolet's IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Back Page, Sec. 2 and Classified Pagt Today's Mail Tribune KILL ANTS, EARWIGS, GRASSHOPPERS, SPIDERS SHEBBEOS BIG Y FEED & SEED CO. 1948 N. Pacific Highway - Phone SP 3-3160 VjA. UP TO Ml v CONSISTENT GINNING TODAY A SERIES OF INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING WE CAN PROVE! IT'S FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY . . . WATCH FOR THEMI ' Jackson County Federal SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Main Offico-126 I. Main, Medford Martini Wanted This Home. Bui Were Stopped Traffic lights are familiar objects; they are plentiful, and can be found on many city corners. They are change able things, winking red, green and amber, times with out number, as if they can't make up their mechanical minds whether to be one color or another. Seemingly, all these lights look alike, but there must be a difference, for a pair of pur pie martins, birds somewhat larger than a robin and fami. liar to most folks, selected one of these lights for a pros pective home. To the pair of martins, this particular traffic light must have resembled a "martin house,'' the kind people some times build to attract these friendly birds. The light, to the birds, looked like a made-to-order domicile. They look ed the place over, surveying the contraption with what la ter turned out to be frustrat ed interest. The shape and height above the ground was just about right. The round openings were a little large, they thought, but it looked solid, and safe. They appreci ated the round openings with the glass doors. These doors, however, refused to open and at the most unexpected inter vals they became brilliantly lighted from the back, with glaring red, green and amber lights. Red Glare The birds would seat them. selves comfortably in one of the openings, looking the sit uation over, when "whamo"- the red glare would suddenly strike them. They flew away, circled over the traffic stream and returned to the light Just in time for a startling green light to hit them in the eye again. When the selected opening went dark again, they hurried there. Then again the red flash, then the green. It was confusing and disconcerting. All day long the perform ance continued, until both birds became subjects for ner vous breakdowns. They were saved from complete frustra tion by the approach of dark ness that made further flight WITH OUR POLICY OF TRUTH IN ADVERTISING AND . . . eft YOUR SAVINGS WILL EARN Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins impossible. They didn't notice that the silly light went right on changing from red to green to amber, all through the long night. In the half-light of the fol lowing morning the birds re turned. The light still flashed. It was discouraging: the thing looked like a "martin house." The two birds were hatched a year ago in a place that looked like this "three-eyed m o n s t e r." Generations of martins had been reared in similar structures. Observant Pair This pair of birds was prob ably very young and inexpe rienced; yet to their credit let it be said they were observ ant. From the viewpoint of a casual observer instead of a motorist the traffic light does somewhat resemble a martin house. The birds may have figured the light, atop a steel pole of the proper height, would be safe from tree climbing cats. A steel structure, it would keep out the rain. They may even have taken into consid eration the fact it was com fortably heated from the lights. There were even little steel awnings, over what should have been round open ings had it not been for the "glass doors." It took several days before the pair finally gave it up for a bad job. What should have been obvious from the second inspection was that things are not always what they seem, and appearances are often de ceiving. Anyway, they gave up and went elsewhere; but the red, green and amber lights blinked vacantly on. (Released by the Register and Tribune Syndicate, 19S0) Rogue River to Buy City Park Site Rogue River - The Rogue River city council last week voted to start negotiations to purchase a parcel of land at Park and Magnolia sts. as the site for the new city park. Purchase price will be $2, 500. The balance of the $5,000 in the special city park fund will be used to equip the park as a playground for children and as picnic facilities for the community. The property, now owned by Austin Jones, includes three full lots and portions of three adjacent lots. The park will be 300 by 150 feet by 100 feet and will taper to about 15 feet on the back line. Portland -(UPD More than 400 graduates of the Univer sity of Oregon Medical School and physicians from North west states will convene here April 20-22 for the 45th an nual scientific meeting of the school's alumni association. - foffiE mvxwyft MoTtme , , r . FlT KKtSl DEAJT OV THE U.W Watch Our Next Ad for Proof of This Statement! iflt "fitUtA MORE ... IN SAFETY . . Ashland Branch I They'll Do It Every --IT J.I Wif SHE'S TPVWG L 2v7i 7, fSn TP. J"e how r.-.r-au vrzv wo-ci.o-. I rr 'S... ir A tu to make THE J w i it. THP nijcwalk. I'ini -w-1 i ii ,1 ii w i iwx rw I t Z -'- FmZ'f:?&M SUSS! (( The Family Council Edltor'a Note: Tht Family Council coailtli of a Judje. psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a wnmen'i editor and iwu writers Each article It a summary of an actual ,-ase hlttnry. The Council repnrls on problems that nava bees dealt wl h by responsible agencies and counselors. Louisa R. - He's not a col lege man-but I want to marry him. Mrs. L.R.-The wife should not have more education than the husband. e e Louisa R. - I am 21 and a working girl. I attend college classes at night. That keeps me pretty busy, but not too busy for dating. Up until recently all my dates were with college men and college graduates. How ever, a few months ago I started going out with a man of 24, who has never been to college and has no desire to go. When I speak to him about it he laughs and says he Is making and will make more money in the future than most of the college men he knows. I find myself strongly at tracted to Dan and I think he feels the same. I have every reason to believe he'll soon ask me to many him and I want to say yes. But my par ents have been against the whole thing from the start. They think it can't work, e Mrs. L.R. - With all the good-looking and highly in telligent men Louisa has gone out with, I can't figure out why she has picked on this Dan. It's true he's handsome, but he's not the only one. I feel that it's very bad for the marriage for the wife to have more education . than the husband. I Rave a college degree myself and I would never go out with anyone but a college man when I was a girl and I don't see why a college girl shoudn't be able to find a man from her own group. My husband and I feel that Louisa is too eager for mar riage. She can wait another couple of years. Why hurry? In the meantime she'll meet many more eligible men. We WE ARE BE. FACTS WHICH .AT -337 E. Main, Ashland Time feel her attraction to Dan is just physical. . e The Councili We'll agree that persons on the same edu cational level tend to have similar interests and similar standards and both are needed in a successful marriage, but it is certainly a mistake to be as rigid as these parents are on that point. It is possible that Louisa's interest in Dan is as much a revolt against their narrow judgment as it is a physical attraction. The mere fact that she has en joyed dating him for many months Indicates that they have found Interests In com mon, despite the difference in educational background. Mrs. L.R. shouldn't be so amazed at Louisa's interest in a non-college man. Dan's easy confidence and his greater experience In the world prob ably make Louisa feel that he is more manly than the still- faltering college men she has known. The fact is that the college men tend to be boys a little longer than those who ffot nt.f nn 4V. oi - n.un . ID nnH start makine a llvlne. These parents haven't look ed at Dan on his own merits and have Instead used a very haphazard measuring rod -the college degree. This de gree is no guarantee of char acter or intelligence and the lack of It Indicates very little about the man. The L.R.'s should) instead, be willing to try to know this man for himself and get Louisa to do the same. Louisa should ask herself whether she can be happy with a man who thinks of education pure ly in terms of dollars and cents and who apparently finds a need to flaunt his money-making ability at those whose goals may be a little different. An honest examination may reveal to Louisa that she shares Dan's attitudes and in that case, they may very well be right for one another. Countless happy marriages are made between Individuals on different educational levels and in many of those cases the wife has the greater scho lastic background. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) Talent Men Enter Pleas of Guilty Donald Dean Goyette, 21, of Talent, and Wallace Larson, 22, of Talent, both received suspended imposition of sen tences for six months on petty larceny charges when they ap peared in district court Fri day. The pair was charged with taking billboard letters from property owned by Oregon California theaters March 16. Both men pleaded guilty. Imposition of sentence was suspended providing they live with and under the custody I and control of Larson's fath er, they obey ail lawiui ana reasonable requirements im posed by Larson and refrain from all unlawful acts. Service Officer to Attend Conference Jerry V. Blanconl, Jackson county service officer and vice president of the County Service Officers association in Oregon, will attend the 25th semi-annual service con ference in Salem, April 20, 21, and 22. The purpose of the confer ence is to discuss changes, and new laws in procedures of distributing pension checks to veterans. Tucson, Ariz. (UPD Colum nist Westbrook Pegler has been ordered to pay $1,000 monthly to his wife for tem porary support pending out come of his divorce action. By Jimmy Hatlo MAKIN' MORE FUSS ABOUT IT THAN UOVCE KILMER EVEI3V7WIN& SHH BUYS SHB J SENDS BACK 3 "TWO OQ TVIDFE 1 I TIMES -SHE JUST WANTS HER J I lull fN. li I I Tmng to mind-read the gal who's up a TREE, AS THE FELLA SEZ TVunx and a tip op tub (i )i HATLO WAT TO lt WALTER E.HAM, f HSK 3Z UALfc iaTkfcfcT. " LEvirrovwj.LiN.v'. Airplane Deicer Explodes the Ice Washington (Science Ser- vlce)-A newly patented air plane deicing system removes wing Ice by exploding it off. It has the advantage of being externally attachable or re movable at will. A miniaturized detonating unit with a suitable initiating cap attached to one end of the cord has wire leads to connect the cap Into a detonating cir cuit by means of quick-disconnect plugs at the junction of the wing and fuselage. The circuit may be energized from the planes electrical system and actuated by a switch in the cockpit. The deicing system is thus externally applied and may be attached or removed at will. It la claimed by its inventor, Herbert C. Johnson of Minne apolis, to be lightweight, re liable, and to have compara tively low drag characteris tics. Because high-altitude, supersonic aircraft normally operate above altitudes where icing usually occurs, and at tain speeds . where aerody namic heating precludes ice formation on wing edges, con I Ventll ventional built-in deicers may 0,,er more design problems CP Police Arrest California Man Central Point Chief of Po lice Wallace Bowen arrested a 40-year-old man for the Med. ford police department Fri day afternoon on a charge of attempting to obtain money under false pretenses. Charles Augustus Pruitt, of Santa Cruz, Calif., is being held In the county jail on $2,100 ball for Santa Barbara authorities who want him on a charge of forgery, police said. Medford police received word recently from Santa Barbara that Pruitt might be headed for the Medford area. Friday morning police re ceived a call from Pacific Telephone-Northwest here that a man representing himself as C. S. Pruett tried to cash a check at their office. Chief Bowen arrested Pruitt an hour later in Central Point. Rogue Hi-Y Elects Officers for Year The Rogue HI-Y club of the Young Men's Christian asso ciation of Medford elected officers for the coming year's club last Thursday evening at the YMCA. Elected president was Jerry Smith; vice president, Jeff Knope; secretary - treasurer, Don Biegler; chaplain, Jack Richardson, and sergeant-at-arms, Mike Wlckersham. The1 Rogue Hi-Y Is a club made up of high school boys who are members of the YMCA. Some of their activi ties Include giving leadership to many of the YMCA gym classes and camps, having money raising projects for world service, preparing dances at the YMCA, and at tending the youth and govern ment program in Salem each spring. Eugene- (UPD -Kernan Turn er of Roseburg has been named editor of the Oregon Dally Emerald, student news paper at the University of Oregon. . i f, i EH' 5P Trees . . . By JOHN GRIBBLE (Editor's not! The fol lowing commtnts on iraes, particularly those adapta ble to street use in Medford. have been prepared by John Grlbble, well known re tired forester, and will be run in a series during the 'tree planting season" here, aow under way.) Scanlon Red Maple, Acer Rubrum Conico Scanlon This cone-shaped maple Is most desirable for parking space street plantings. Cost of maintenance is low, and it is o o d for medium width streets. It imparts full colors of the parent tree, red, umber bright scarlet autumn colors. This tree is for Eighth (on property from court house west), on Fifth, Grape, Holly- 11 50 to 60 feet; Lindero, 70 to 80 feet apart. In April, 19S9, 16 Scanlon maples were planted in Rot terdam, Holland, park in prep aration for the I960 Interna tional Horticultural Exposi tion. These are the only orna mental American trees so honored. These, like some other new varieties, are graft ed onto 6 feet and 6Vi feet stems. Most trees have some per sonal charm or characteristic, making them desirable for certain uses. This is especially so regarding trees suitable for parking strip plantings. Size, shape, root systems, tol erance to wet or dry condi tions, soil, and soil-drainage are a few things to consider when selecting a tree for any location. Wide - spreading, big trees afford lots of shade, are beau tiful in proper settings, yet, in some places, hinder un derneath certain flower and lawn grass growing. Some of the less desirable street parkway trees are: Silverleat maple. Too large, surface root system bad for lawn, walks, curbing. Oregon Broadleaf maple. Some of the same bad fea tures. Sycamore. Surface root sys tem bad. Elms. Root sprouting, seed scattering, elm beetles make them bad. Poplars and cottonwood. Too large, terrible root sys tem, sprouting and seed scat tering. Boxelder. Bad root system, breakage, pests. Horse chestnut. Leaf blight and burn, burs annoying. Catalpa. Litter of bean pods lasts until the next year's growth. Mulberry, fruiting. Messy, mussy fruit on walk or ground. But birds love 'em. Evergreens, as pine, spruce, fir, are usually of brittle wood, wide spread, dense shade, and are too large and too high for street planting. They are nice along rural highways, but how long will it be a RURAL highway? Any evergreen is not desirable on south side of a home. In win ter we need all the sunshine possible. Now Is a good time lor Boy and Girl Scouts to start a nice herbarium. Oregon maple, lo cust, wild cherry, redbud, some nut trees, and others, are in full bloom. And its a good time to take another, sight-seeing trip about Medford and the valley. Dog woods, haws, flowering cher ries, and several others, are now flowering. California Man Held for Police Robert Lee Parnell, IS, of route 2, box 198A, Central Point, la being held in Jackson county jail for Plumas, Calif., authorities, Oregon state and Medford city police reported. Parnell was arrested Thurs day on a warrant from Plu mas charging him with child stealing. He Is being held in lieu of $2,900 cash bait. Local authorities reported that the automobile In Par nell's possession at the time of hia arrest had been report ed stolen from the Plumas area Tuesday evening. Driver Cited After Accident in City Ona ddver was cited and another arrested following a two-car traffic accident Fri day in which a woman sus tained possible injuries. City police arrested Lyle Vernon Davis, 29, of 320 Va Apple st., on a charge of driv ing while operator's license suspended, and cited Gary Dee Tycer, 23, of 1119 East Jackson St., for failure to stoD. i Davis' wife, Ruby Jean Davis, 21, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital for treatment of possible internal injuries, police said. The accident occurred about 4:23 a.m. at the intersection of Fourth and Grape sts., when tlie Tycer vehicle ap parently failed to stop at a atop sign, causing the acci dent, police said. Davis was fined $100 in mu nicipal court Friday morning. Portland -tUPD- Iron Fire man Manufacturing company has reported 1059 sales of $28,664,942, I gain of about three per cent over the pre vious year. Your m$st Si Swheain Pswirlel .ii 1 W J I IE M0DERN...M0W HICWCAUY Starts st anas ef switch . . . ee f - OjwritM en residential (05eatn ELECTRIC ROTARY ' llMwil(ht-anly 2i Its. 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