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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON MONDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1980 Follow Election RETURNS TUESDAY 1 ri 8 B s2jn Y-$ ifi MIGHT WW" SHORT CUT TO SCHOOL When Bob quicker than taking the bus. It takes about Klnghorn, 13, hears the words "row, row, row your boat," he thinks of school. He's been rowing the quarter mile across Lake Calpin to St. John the Baptist school from his home at Excelsior, Minn. Ho says its six minutes and he hopes to keep it up until the lake freezes over. Here Bob is shown about to enter his boat for the trip across the lake. (UPI Telephoto) Pickin' Pears Newt and Notes From Camp White By WALTER TOWNSEND Never was Halloween so different at the VA domicil iary as this year. Hoot Owls, lennwine and wise, sat shock ed and big-eyed, looking down from their posts upon the Pa gan revels. Pumpkins were everywhere, with trailing vines. Some bal anced on the pediments of columns threatened to roll off on people's heads. Nostalgia, thoughts of the Mid West, and smell of cornstalks lined the air. Terry Schultz, 10 years old of 317 Lindero St., Medford, look it all in. Skeletons both ered him the most. "But I like the dart games," he said. Devils Emorgt Devils emerged from the beauty shops, heavy half moons of black under their eyes. These demons moved ominously about, with dagger- tipped mustaches and marched with horned kings. "I don't like that much," Terry said, and pushed his way back to a dart game. A yellow big pumpkin roll ed from a pedestal and squash ed on the floor. The celebrants paused for an instant, as if to get their breath. ... For several years, Hallo ween Carnival has been an ulnu n on efficiency COST OF? GOVERNMENT By using modern management practices and new techniques Secretary of State Appling's department has effected a sav ings of a quarter of a million dollars in state government costs! KEEP annual affair at the domicil iary. This year, on Oct. 20, the members enjoyed the best evening, most elaborate event ever held at White City. At this time the station theater, in the heart of the domiciliary, became notorious - for one night - as the native home of magic siid sorcery. By Common Consant Wheelchair men by common consent, came first. This has become an established custom, and the festive area was open ed to them at 7 o'clock. An hour later - at 8 - the doors wcro opened to everyone. Several hundred came for ward to fill the ghostly place. Excitedly the men entered and began to stroll with goblins and imps. Fortune tellers lur ed many victims to their booths. These romantic menac es were adept at cards, and left more than one elderly member gasping with hope, as a glamorous future was re vealed to him. The more tick ets a Veteran had, the bolter were his chances to acquire a good wife and longevity. At the three-jar ball toss, June Johnson and Rita Holmes stood; with Pearl Aus tin, a Gypsy queen, and her assistant, May 0 1 a n d, who poured coffee constantly, for the TO plus group. Protected "It's a carnival, Isn't it?" Pearl Austin said, "what do they expect for Ihoir money?" she asked, standing well with in the protection of May, her bodyguard. A wicked machine chattered ceaselessly, operated by Hazel Rawls, Bertha Ncff, Robert Wolf and Pat Turner. This group represented the DAV. Somewhere across the heads of the crowd could bo heard the faint ticking sound of a second one, conducted without profit or design. The United Spanish War Veterans auxil iary owned it, and turned It strictly for the purpose of bringing pleasure to disabled men. Austin Bamcburg was in charge, with three assistants Hazel Anderson, Polly Offutt and Lena Lamb. Skeletons Overhead Skeletons huge and grinning hung over the heads of wheel chair men, as if to warn of ruin and destruction where another game raged. This was an extremely popular game and under the control of the American Gold Star Mothers and American War Mothers. They could be seen, but so completely were tney ringed with wheelchair men, it was quite impossible to hear their names. More and more the theater filled, and the reckless ones stayed. Yet in these gotcsquc surroundings of Halloween, 411 the disabled veterans seem ed at last to win. Pumpkins on portals teetes ed uncertainly, and cornstalks ent forth smells from where they languished in the corners of the room. Children with apples of the season paraded past in groups, with wonder In their eyes. A hundred black cats chased an emaciated old lady on a broom. "That's not a lady - that's a witch," a boy eating an apple said. Hoot Owlt Disapprove The Hoot Owls disapproved and looked down a-top paper streamers of red and black. their eyes staring and white. Something they saw in a beau ty shop, in charge of the Mili tary Order of Lady Bugs, with artistic hands. Mrs. Helen Lusk, Mrs. Cora Card and Mrs. Frieda Lawrence were accomplishing fantastic de signs. These gifted women work ed overtime, and men came out from their deft fingers, looking fierce as Cavaliers, and even more cruel and sharp-faced than Gypsy kings. The large theater filled to standing room. Max Wolf, rigged as Pirate Teach, cornered a silver blonde, and read to her an im portant letter he had just re ceived from a very dear per son in Korea. The crowd surg ed around them. But Max, and Ills new girl friend, were ob livious to it all. Female voices rose, calling numbers, at the game count ers. A squalling cat - black as the acc of spades - fell from a temporary post, and half the theater shuddered. "This is fun," a man in a wheelchair said, "but I can't stand these cats falling all over me." He started toward the door, then turned and wheeled back among the witches again. Pearl Austin laughed. "The jokes they tell - they're not on me - I am a Gypsy, a real Gypsy," she said to a group of men. "Don t you believe hen May said. Somewhere, from perhaps Iowa, cornstalk smells, nostal gic and sweet, suddenly filled the air. Too soon, It would be time to go. Nearly a thousand men hud felt the impact of ex citing Halloween, and It would go with them -to their domicil iary beds. The last moment had to come. As fate would have It another glittery pumpkin roll ed, wavered at the edge, and fell from a post. Crashed with a thud between two Spanish Dons. "Shucks!" said Terry "that's nothing!" Reluctant to leave, he turned back to his favorite game, and put anoth cr dart through the Ace of Spades. Likos 'Deep Purple' Rita, popular at her booth, had fought it out till midnight, luring victims to the end, "What 1 like, is 'Deep Pur ple,' " she said, looking va cantly across the room. Her daughter, Enid, spoke up, "It s 'Song of Norway like to hear on the organ," she said. Thus came Halloween Car nival to a close, perhaps de scended from some old or Pa gan time, and in a modest dic tionary defined - Evening of Oct. 31. POLITICAL LOGIC Clinton, Miss. - OIPD - Dr. D. M. Nelson, president emeritus of Mississippi college, said Friday he wasn't supporting Democratic presidential candi date John F. Kennedy because Kennedy refused to recognize Jefferson Davis as one of the five all-time great senators. lug. Secretary of State Jackson Co. Keep Appling Sec. of Stale Comm. 160R Lenora, Roh't O Hark, Chmn. IT WOULD CRIPPLE Oregon' $176,000,000 Tourist Industry cause loss of income for thousands of Oregon families. -M 1 T , I I M. Adv. COUNCIL OH HIGHWAY HIGUIATION, K.loli T. HalMrplf, Ir Chrm ?17 I.W, Uppai Or., Po.ll.nd, Oil. Cjitiplign Hdq.i Ml! S.W. Illn An., PMIUnd, Co. rting 8:15 Dial 1230 THE COMBINED STAFFS OF THE Mail Tribune -KYJC Join in Bringing EARLY ELECTION RESULTS Follow Them On This Chart- o CANDIDATES PRESIDENT Kennedy Nixon First Second Third Fourth U.S. SENATOR, Short Term Neuberger Smith U.S. SENATOR, Long Term Neuberger Smith CONGRESS Durno Porter , SECRETARY OF STATE Appling Sweetland TREASURER Belton Cook ATTORNEY GENERAL Francis Thornton REPRESENTATIVE 19 DIST. Dellenback Duncan Gregory Nye DISTRICT ATTORNEY Holmes , Scanned ASSESSOR Hunter Schumacher COUNTY COMMISSIONER Rynning Taylor ; COUNTY TREASURER Janouch Rapp SURVEYOR Boyden McGinty o 1- YES NO MEASURES -Legislators Term First Second Third Fourth 2- Daylight Saving Time YES NO 3- Redevelopment Projects YES NO 4 YES NO -D.A. Prosecution by Information 5 Revise Constitution YES NO 6 Bonding For Education Facilities YES .. NO 7 Voter Qualification Amendment YES NO 8- YES NO 9- YES NO -State Building Program -Retirement for Judges 10- Elective Office Becomes Vacant YES NO "Z'ZZ 1 1- Finance Improvements Counties YES NO 'ZZZZ 12- Continuity of Government YES , NO 13- Veterans' Bonding and Loan YES : NO 14- Personal Income Tax Bill YES NO 15- Billboard Control Measure YES NO 16- For Dogs Running at Large YES NO STAY TUNED TO KYJC -1 230 - FOR FAST RETURNS
