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o o IV Jt-i "" -H' GRANDMA- NEARS 100-Grandma Moses, who will be 100 years old on Sept. 7, was presented with her portrait by Dean Fau sett, president of the Southern Vermont Homework Of Learning Activity (Editor's Note: This is another in a scries of articles furnished by the National Education asso. elation. ' Today's article deals with homework.) Washington, D. C. - When school comes, can homework be far behind? It's a wise parent who pre pares himself - and his child tor a school year that will surely iclude much work at home designed to supplement and broaden work done in the classroom. Unfortunately, says the Na tional Education association, homework (kind, amount, fre quency) too often is a fight ing word to some parents. One mother says she "curs es the day Sputnik flew." (She thinks her son is being overloaded with homework.) Another wants "my children to have .home work at least once a week so I can check their lessons and see how they're doing." A third' (after struggling for an entire week end helping Jimmy with a chart of the heavens) wonders wearily just who is being ben Survivors of Bomb Dedicated Disciples Of Permanent Peace Hiroshima- (UPD -This city is dedicated to peace. Its citi zens are disciples of peace. Fifteen years ago, 78,150 lives were snuffed out by an atom bomb, four square miles of the city were left in ashes. In addition, there were 37, 423 persons injured and 13, 083 missing. Forty-two hos pitals were destroyed, 6,820 buildings demolished and 3, 750 more badly damaged. The city reeled from the devastating blow. But it re covered. Survivors and newcomers to the city got busy, cleared the rubble and built homes, office buildings, schools, new roads and numerous modern shops. It is, therefore, natural that Hiroshima, which bears the naked distinction of the first city to be atom bombed, should stand solidly for peace. Want Real Peace Fifteen years after the bomb, Prof. Hiroshige Yo shida of Hiroshima Univer sity summed up his feelings this way: "We want real peace, not relative peace. We want abso lute peace so that all arma ments can be cancelled some day. "All people in Asia are looking forward to this con dition in the future. If we discontinue all weapons we can hope for world peace." Foreigners visiting Hiro shima are also concerned about peace. Hugh Jennings of Brisbane, Australia, emerged from the atomic bomb museum with his wife and told a reporter: "This brings it home to you uncensored. How horrible." William Dilworth, New Or leans, La., said: "I don't think a pilgrimage to Hiroshima is necessary to undersand the horror of atomic warfare." Reds Capture Council He added that the "most shocking thing here is that thousands of children and non-combatants were vic tims." It was no accident that a peace movement developed in Japan known as the Council Against the Atomic and Hy drogen Bombs. Until this year the council helds its annual August conference in Hiro shima. But the Communists were quick to capture con trol of the council and this year the city and prefectual governments washed their hands of the whole affair. The council, therefore, sched uled its meetings in Tokyo. The memorial services in Hiroshima were thus assured of being non-political. LABOR LEADER DIES Paris (ITD Gaston Tessier, 73, a prominent labor leader Art Center, in commemoration of her ap proaching birthday. Fausett painted the portrait. (UPI Telephoto) Should Be efited by this homework; and a fourth confesses, "We want to help with homework, but we're afraid to!" ' Most Favor Homework If you're like most parents, however, you favor home work, provided it's reasonable in amount, geared to your child's abilities, really teaches him something, and is of a type that doesn't throw the whole household into a tizzy. Most schools take these points into account, according to the National Education as sociation. You'll- find teachers assigning children original research projects perhaps to answer questions that come up and can't be answered in busy class time. As one third-grade teacher said, "Research of this' kind is like a game. We have Acquired information on v everything from kraals and cantilevered porches to butter molds and grinding stones. When a child turns up a bit of hard-to-find information and brings it to class, we all beam." .Jim 1 -J Extension of Child Another frequent kind of assignment for the child is to collect information from you and the rest of the family. For example, one teacher asked the class to bring to school a list of all their fam ily's arithmetic problems for one week (parents' eyes were opened on this one they didn't realize how much arith metic they used every day). Third Kind Noted A third kind of homework turns up when children work ing on creative, writipg . or written reports want more time than they! have in class to elaborate oivor revise their effort.-."'-.. In ? other '"'words,.' most schools feel that .homework should be an extension, not of the school day, but of, learn ing activity, with assignments that can be done better away from school. You can help by giving your child a quiet corner that can be his homework island of peace and concentration. You may need to be firm, too, in eliminating some of the dis tractins that interfere with getting homework done in cluding TV and little sisters. And if you don't understand the school's homework policy and why you can help on scrapbooks, but not on sub traction go have a talk with your child's teacher. She'll be glad to explain. Your car won't tell you it loves Super Shell in so many words, of course. But, we believe; after you've driven a few miles on this remarkable gasoline you will begin to sense a difference in your car's response. That's because TCPadditive in Super Shell neutralizes the deposits which make engines run rough. And as the miles roll by, you'll discover bow smooth your car can run- how far you can go on a gallon. Thaf s your car's way of telling you it appreciates Shell. Your Shell dealer is the man to see. e e Trademark for Shell'i unique gaiolJne additive, tiaaulina containing TCP ! covered by U.S. Patent 2889212. Medford SECTION B MEDFORD, Bill Would Cancel Postal Department Airlift Program Medford would be one of the cities affected if the Sen ate approves a bill which would prohibit the sending of first class mail by airplane. In recent years the postal service has conducted as an experiment the airlifting of regular four-cent mail on a "space available" basis to speed delivery. Medical Illustrating Discussed Monday The use of medical illustra tions were discussed by Herb Hunter, local medical illus trator, at the Chamber of Commerce round table yester day. Next week, Everett Faber, vice president of California, Oregon Television, Inc., is scheduled to tell what prog ress is being made toward getting cable television in the valley. Hunter, who was born in England, told of many of his World War II experiences to illustrate the types of work that he has done. He said that one of the most recent uses for medical illus tration is in the field of law. Lawyers who must describe complex injuries to a jury find that it is much easier to do (this through a sketch or drawing. Hunter also had praise for the medical men in' the Rogue valley. This area . could be come the "Rochester" of Ore gon, he said, y ONE UMPIRE MISSING San Jose;. Calif. -(UPD- Santa Clara county jail inmate Mil ton Middilton, 57, took offense Saturday -when fans booed his decisions'" as umpire during a baseball game between pris oners .and .deputy sheriffs. Middjon- stomped off the fieloV-and hasn't i been seen sincte."-' ,' . . . . OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, I960 PAGES 1 to 8 The bill, approved July 2 by the House and expected to come before the Senate this month, would deprive Postmaster general Arthur E. Summerfield of the right to move first class mail by air even though it may be the fastest means available and in some cases, the only means. Medford Postmaster Moore Hamilton reported that the Medford office regularly dis patches by air the four-cent mail on a "space available" basis to Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Los An geles when it will speed de livery. He added that regular airmail always has priority in the program. Advance Delivery Sending mail in this fashion, Hamilton said, may advance its delivery time as much as 24 hours. The Medford post office air lifts over 5,000 pieces of first class mail on the average day and receives by airlift 13.000 pieces daily, Hamilton said. Summerfield an n o u n c ed that more than 5,000,000 pieces of first class mail are now being airlifted each day. The Postmaster General told the House post office and civil service committee re cently that "action which would restrict the transporta tion of first class mail to sur face transportation would cre ate a truly chaotic condition at a time when the postal sys tem is literally bursting at the seams with a far greater volume than ever before. It was pointed out in one of " the!: committee hearings that 81' per cent of mail rev enue for the railroads comes from second .third, and fourth class matter. The revenue involved in the airlift pro gram is about $3,000,000, or less than one per cent of the more than S350,000,000 that the post office will pay the railroads- in the coming year. Other Oregon cities now receiving benefits of the mail airlift program are Bend, Klumafli Falls and Portland Tribune INMATES' TURN Montgomery, Ala. IUPII In mates of Alabama's Kilby prison this week will begin a 14-week course on "how to win friends and influence people." Members of the Birmingham police force com pleted a similar course last month. LAW-PARTNER DIES Boston, Mass. (UPD Judge Jacob J. Kaplan, 71, senior partner in the Boston law firm of Nutter, McClenncn and Fish, died Monday. RECORD-BREAKING minnow ''jV? TS I PRICES FOR 2-nOOR DELUXE jf 1 SEDAN START AS LOW AS I V1Q19 i 1 l p,:,t Wi I I " MONTH - BPrice tnir be en lower according to Individual S dMlir's policy. Price Include all com octet B 9 optional equipment and local variables tuch at 1 I freight, Insurance, state and local tares. (Basis I no ip" Jwt rum i ls?1" ' i, ' ' " """" J I Get the best deal you've ever gotten for anything with four wheels, as your Studebaker Dealer sets out to make August the biggest record-breaking month in Lark his tory. Investigate! DeLEIGH MOTORS, 134 S. RIVERSIDE AVE. usit u ikt-'woitui jmsimir CBS U0IO Niltttfc til lumintr I Your Studebaker Dealer is the man-to see Foreign Visitors Noled at Museum Jacksonville - A butter-1 6,335 visitors were recorded working table from Charles W. Koyl and a tea pot from Mrs. Graham M. Dean, both of Ashland, were among the many gifts and loans last month to the Jacksonville museum, according to the monthly report. Other gifls include a baby buggy from Claude Perry and a blacksmith tool from War ren N. Hazen, both of Jack sonville; a 50-star nylon flag from Charles H. Hawkins, Portland; mineral specimens from Al Herman, Guernsey, Wyoming; and a 1883 copy of "The West Shore" maga zine. Throughout the m o n t h, coming from 41 states, Wash ington, D.C., and Canada, Mexico, Guam, Japan, Eng land, -md Scotland. Also viewing the museum were groups including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Medford; the Southern Oregon college Sis kiyou band, Ashland; the Trappers, members of the Ore gon Historical society, Port land; and the Hound Hoopers, a travel club from Seattle, Wash. Attendance from July 10, 1950 to Aug. 1 this year was 387,596, according to the museum records. THE 10RLDM SERIES"1 for an ABC "Always Buy Thornton Endorses Juvenile Funds Salem - (UPD - Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton has endorsed a bill in Congress which would provide funds for treatment of juvenile of fenders and assist the training of therapists in psychiatric treatment of offenders. Thornton has written to Rep. Howard W. Smith (D Va.), chairman of the house rules committee, urging that the measure be cleared by his group. The attorney general said too little effort is being made on the preventative aspects of the crime and delinquency problem. DEALS JATtM JLJMJLWJLJSl. BY STUDEBAKER Certified" Used Car.! In France, died Monday.
