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SUNDAY. AUGUST 14, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Communications Letters lo the Editor must btai tht name and address of the wtittr. although under certain circumstances the use ol a pan namt or initial for publication U permissible. The Mail Tribune ratervei the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necossarily represent the Tiews of the paper; in fact the contrary la often the case. Prefers Dennis To the Editor: I heartily agree with Mr. Vowell's re cent communication suggest ing that the political cartoon be kept off the front page and possibly moved to the editor ial page Mr. Herblock's so called sense of humor fails to amuse many readers. Why not move "Dennis'' up front? Noelle Guber 2895 Orchard Home dr. Medford neighbors are guilty of the same error. I know we must and will do better by our beautiful state of Oregon from now on. Will you? Mrs. E. Ward 538 Biddle rd. Medford Pleasant Sounds To the Editor: Neighbor hoods are peculiar places; each has it's own personality and outstanding characteristic. My neighborhood is one of good sounds-of music, and I have enjoyed so many hours here that I want to share them with readers. Each Sunday morning, from the auditorium at Lincoln school emanate sounds as rem iniscent of childhood as the sweet odor of the old bakery. Many voices raise the old songs, "Jesus Is Coming to Earth Again," "On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand," oth ers. School will soon start and the entire week will be filled with beautiful music coming from the school; children's voices singing primary bal lads, the bitter-sweet sounds of the grade school band re hearsing with regular blasts from several instruments played largely out of tune. Across the street a young lady, proud owner of a con vertible automobile, washes and polishes her prize very often, and as she does, she plays it's radio, and living happy rock-and-roll music rests in. the air about her. It is not offensive; it is pleasant. Several small children sit on the street curbing each evening, as this spot is shady and cool, and they are too hot to tease and play, so they sing -"You Are My Sunshine," "Blue Tail Fly." A hi-fi owner In the neigh borhood has a collection of Sousa records, and each day at mid-morning I am stirred with mixed feelings of pride for my country and Joy that I was fortunate enough to have been born here, when I hear the mighty thunder of "Semper Fldelis," "Stars ana Stripes," others. Another hi-fi owner has some fine old rare discs, Rudy Valee, Al Jolson, Arthur Pry or, Nora Bayes, Jimmy Du rante. Ud the street each morning, an unknown person in one of the homes practices her piano lessons each day, then she follows with playing and sing ing the classics or the old, old standards, and for a while I am a child when "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" was out standing. . I wouldn't object, not at all, if Mr. Gilman were given per mission to bring his musical ice cream wagon into my neighborhood-how sweet and Dleasant and secure and American it seems. (Name on File) Medford. To "Gram" To the Edivor: This is to "Gram." of Jacksonville, Ore. Who would ever notice your broad middle, thin spot in your hair and big feet? (We always look worse to ourselves). A person who can write about people and animals like you would have a beautiful heart, and that is far more important. Will never forget the morn ing after sleeping with my face lying on the edge of my pillow, and it had made a deep crease down the side of my face. Mv husband was frantic He was .certain I had my first wrinkle. Taught me a lesson though. Not to go around with my forehead wrinkled. Watch how I put my head on my ntilnur. Hold mv head high. You will be surprised the wrinkles you can avoid. Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1, Box 358 Central Point, Ore. SUv In Oregonl To the Editor: Am I ever ashamed! Recenti I was writing to a friend in Colorado. I' was telling her about all the beau tiful things to see in Southern nroirnn Crater Lake, the manv.faceted Rogue River, Oregon Caves, the Vortex, the Shakespearean festival-when suddenly my pen stopped writing and I gasped as I re alized we had just returned frnm a camDing trip ... to ho California Redwoods. We've only visited a few of our own attractions but considering them places for week end trips we trotted off in ralifornia for our vaca- 4lmv For shame! For shame! But I wonder how many of our Crime Discovered After It's Solved Dracut, Mass.-A crime was solved here before it was even discovered. State troopers found two men asleep in a parked car. Under questioning, the pair admitted breaking into a New buryport school and stealing safe containing $100. The empty safe was found in a cemetery. They Ask Help To the Editor: Medford tax payers, how about helping the families south of Barnett rd. hold the Manor in Medford! Our main object is for our children to go to Medford schools. Thursday night, Phoenix brought out that it was "asi nine" for us to take our half million dollar assessed valua tion from them, also the S1V4 million of the Manor, thereby causing them a hardship. Fig ures proved beyond a doubt that cost per school child in Phoenix would be equitable to Meatoro s without the Man or and Barnett rd. area. There is a school equalization board to help districts in danger of falling below standard. Phoenix people stated they had purposely chosen Phoenix schools for their children, that it was just as good as Med ford's. We, in this area, are willing to accede their choice but surely we have the same right to choose what is best for ours. However, we do not con cede that Phoenix has just as much to offer as Medford schools. Their own superin tendent admitted they lack certain subjects, no major work group for faster stu dents, no summer school pro gram, etc. We feel this is not in keeping with our country's demand for an accelerated school program. After being called "asi nine," "selfish," and told we could move, it was implied we were pretty "dumb" to build homes without checking school districts. People in this area originally came from all over the United States. Now, these "dumb" people could not and still will not conceive the idea that you could live in one city (within stone's throw of the school), and be made to go to another city to school. They had never heard of such thing, and thought with a 100 per cent petition, this be ing a democracy, that this small, logical change could be made easily. That goes to show how dumb some people are, and how easily they throw around anywhere from 15.000 to 525,000. Mr. Higgins, representing the Manor, stated that people coming to live there, are com ing to Medford, Ore,, not Phoenix. Medford police, fire men, water, sewer will serv ice it. It is a Medford project, vour city limits. Do we Medford people want the school tax to help our tax bur den, or are you willing to let Phoenix have this $2Vi mil lion assessed valuation, when they put no effort or money into It? Mr. and Mrs. James R. Tungate, Mr. and Mrs. Murl Nord strom, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Harris G. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Dale Jefferson Mrs. Lorretta Brenneman Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dona hue Edgemont dr., Medford. Thank Youl To the Editor: THANK. YOU! To the many irienas and neighbors who came to help fight the recent fire on our ranch, we wish to express our eratitude for the rapw response they showed in offer ing their time ana neip. Without their neip ana me unlimited help of the forest ry service ana ine iem-im Point Fire department crews, we know the fire would have even extended furtner across Sams Valley.- As we arc unable to extena our personal manxs io ou who helped, we would like to take this time to sincerely thank all. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Straus and family Mr. and Mrs. Albert Straus and family Straus Bros. Ranch, Sams Valley, Ore. Come On, Arkiesl To the Editor: All you Ark- ips what's the matter with you? Even tl.e Oakies are get ting ahead of us. I know we know as much as they do, or the Texans, either one, and they all have picnics. Are we so poor that we can l? I see every other state is having one. I would like to meet some of the good old Arkies. Don't feel ashamed We have as good a state as the next one. You remember all the de fense plants during the Sec ond War. There was a gooa saying, "Come on all you Ark ies and Oakies. let's take Ja pan.' We took California and never lost a man." , Oh, I know we aren't that good yet, but I sure would love to see them all gathered. know some I would know and some I wouldn't. We all could swap stories and more stories, I know. ' (Name on File) Medford It's Money That's Needed To the Editor: Your recent articles and editorials con cerning the need for devel opment and management of recreational sites in our for est lands are descriptive of the situation and very wel come by those of us who are impatient to get the job done. As you have pointed out, when the public is aware of the abundant potential avail able for woodland recreation development and when the public recognizes its own need for such development, then the job will be done, be cause Congress will approve the necessary budget authority. I have served on the U.S. Forest Service Advisory Council for Region 8 (Ore gon and Washington) for the past ten years, and can as sure you that the Forest Serv ice is well aware of the need for development and anxious for congressional authoriza tion permitting them to do the' job. Actually, I believe that the Advisory Council has spent fully . one-third of its time studying the large in ventory of potential recrea tion development in the For est Service lands and possi ble means of gaining such de velopment. We have always advocated congressional bud get appropriations as the best answer, but in lieu of such appropriations have urged from time to time communi ty, county and state partici pation and development of Forest Service recreational sites under various plans. You need have no fear about the Forest Service's willingness and ability to carry out the development and management of recrea tional sites within the Forest Service boundaries. The only reason that the "district rangers" do not now develop camp sites and "bear wood" Is that their time Is allocated to carrying out the duties authorized by Congress in the budget. If at any time we have congressional author ization for fulfillment of our recreational needs, the For est Service will happily do the job, and it will be direct ed by personnel trained in the forest recreational fields. What is even more impor tant, it will be done by an or ganization and men fully ac quainted with all of the forest area, and the recreational program will be amendable to changing public needs and to changing forest conditions. I urge you to continue to keep before the public the picture of our tremendous recreational potential and the public benefit which can be gained by its development. Ben Day, Member U. S. Forest Service Advisory Council, Region 6, Gold Hill, Ore. Salaries, Doctors, and Justice To the Editor: Why have so much about the salaries of our legislators? If one is elected, he stays there on a starvation salary until he is ousted by someone else luck ier, so they claim. Must be graft some place. Me, I have lived on $80 per month that I get from dis ability social security, when I shouldn t have been laid up over six weeks at most if the doctor had done what he should have and had me pay for it. My trouble happened on June 4, 1948. I fell and threw my hip out. The doctor didn't set it and let the leg draw up. I've been walking with a crutch ever since. I had a letter sent to me by father. He said that he put five dollars in it but when I finally got it opened there was no money. I called the postal inspector here and he came to see me. He wanted the envelopes but didn't even want to give me a receipt for them. So I waited a couple of months. I didn't hear from them so I wrote to the post master general. Their man came, at least said he was, but he didn't or wouldn't In dicate where the letter was opened. Another thing. 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