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10 YEARS AGO .
Nov. 27. 1930 (Monday)
Six thefts or attempted
thefts from autos were re
ported to city police during
the week end.
Most city businesses and
professions have purchased
their 1951 businesses licenses
early, according to to City Ll
' cense Collector Lynn Brown.
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 27. 1940 (Wednesday)
Hundreds of persons gath
ered at the Oregon-California
border yesterday to wit
riBM the dedication of a new
section of the Pacific high
way across the Slsklyous
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Mr,
, -Hitlop has decided upon a
hnnrlit off oollcy' In Greece,
if he had It to do over again,
in the light of military events,
no doubt Mussolini wouia
now be for a 'nose out' pol
Icy." 30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 27, 1930 (Friday)
The school board has called
a special election Dec. 16 on
" a proposed school building
expansion program,
A man was sentenced to
15 years In prison here yes
terday after being found
guilty of the armed robbery
of a Central Point bank two
months ago.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 27. 1920 (Sunday)
A heavy, penetrating fog
and near freezing weather
has settled like a blanket over
the valley.
The local chamber of com
' merce has begun an all-out
campaign for more members.
50 YEARS AGO
Nov. 27. 1910 (Sunday)
George H. Kyle, one of the
west s top road building en'
aineers. arrived In Jackson'
ville today, to begin locating
a road for the Rogue River
Valley railroad from Jackson
ville to the Applegnte section
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or (en correct It lupetlen
even or eight la excellent! five ei
tlx la good.
' 1. What Is meant by the
franking privilege which Is
held by Congressmen?
2. The names of how many
States contain the word
"New"?
3. Which is the shorter dl
rect route from New York to
Singapore, via Panama or
Suez canals?
4. What are the first three
letters of the Greek alphabet?
5. What territory did the
United States acquire from
Denmark?
6. Name the authors of the
four gospela of the New Testa
ment of the Bible.
7. What Is another name
for the writer, William Sid
ney Porter?
8. The Gold Coast is In
Africa. Where Is the Ivory
Coast?
9. In chess, what piece
moves in three different man
ners according to circum
stances leading to the play?
10. The tendency of a piece
of lumber to absorb moisture
more readily on one side than
on the other causes what ac
tion to take place?
Answersi 1. Right to free
mailing privilege. 2, Four
New Jersey, York, Mexico
and Hampshire. 3. Suet. 4.
Alpha, Beta, Gamma. 5. Vir
gin Islands. 6. Mathew, Mark,
Luke and John. 7. O'Henry.
S. Africa. 9. Pawn. 10, Warping.
I Pannb Here To Stay
The motion picture
iun-page advertisement in "Editor & Publisher,"
the major trade magazine of the newspaper busi
ness, letting its readers know the movie industry's
views on a variety of subjects.
A recent one was
rarents.
And it said:
"Some people apparently think motion picture
theaters should add baby sitting to their functions.
" 'The movies should be run,' they say, 'so we can
. send our children there any time. And the Motion
Picture Production Code shouldn't give a Seal to films
we don't want our children to see.'
"That's their opinion; we must disagree.
"Certainly there are films not suitable for chil
dren. They are publicly identified by the PTA, the
Protestant Motion Picture Council, the Catholic Legion
of Decency, and numerous other Interested groups.
"It's easy to find out about movies. There's hardly
a newspaper or magazine or publication in the United
States that doesn't tell about movies in advance. This
enables the public to choose its film entertainment.
"But the Production Code never was Intended to
replace parents. It never was Intended to make every
film appropriate for a junior matinee. It was and is
intended to assure that motion pictures of many
kinds, made for many audiences, are kept within rea
sonable moral bounds. That is what it does.
"It leaves bringing up children to parents which
seems to be what parents are for.
"We think this is right.
"We hope that in this country parents are here
to slay."
THAT'S a pretty good statement. We 'agree
with most of it.
Maybe it's because there are so many pres
sures on both youngsters and parents, these days,
but the fact is that in too many cases parents
leave the major responsibility for indoctrinating
and training their children to others.
They leave it to the schools. To the" churches.
To the YMCA or the Boy and Girl Scouts. To the
neighbors. Even to other children.
And while most of these do, or attempt to do,
a laudable job, they simply cannot replace the
good influence of parents on their own children,
through precept and example.
DARENTS influence children no matter what
they do or don't do. The parent who ducks
his responsibility is influencing his child just as
much as the one who exerts every effort to in
culcate proper attitudes and habits.
The two mtluences,
directions. But they're
positive and negative.
And the two varieties
every economic and social level, too. The mother
who spends too much of her time playing golf
or bridge with her socially-elect friends at the
country club is just as culpable as the mother
who leaves her youngsters to spend a few hours
at the corner tavern. Maybe more so; theoretical
ly, she should know better.
A LL the ills of the world would not be solved
" if parents, en masse, decided to assume their
full responsibility lor the
dren in morals, in attitudes, in education.
But the ills, of the world would be far fewer,
indeed, if this were to come to pass.
Lacking this, society still must continue to
cany at least part of the load.
But we see no reason why the failure of so
many parents to serve as true guardians of their
offspring should be taken as an excuse by self-
appointed censors and
attempt to impose their own standards on every
one else. E.A.
.Rewriting Oregon's Constitution
On Nov. 8, the voters
gin a proposal to empower the legislature to re'
vise Oregon's constitution, if it so elected.
The .Oregon Journal
might be accomplished,
committee, composed of
considerable representation of non-legislator
members from many fields, including the law,
be empanelled to draft a proposed new consti
tution for submission to a later legislature.
We don't think the legislature, torn is it is
with factionalism and burdened down with some
1,500 bills each session
ing with insufficient pay is in any position to
do a competent job of rewriting the constitution
during a regular session.,
DUT an interim committee, well chosen, could
u serve as sort of a "little constitutional con
vention," and present its
which then could adopt,
If it annrovprl it. Iw a
houses (not an easy thing to get, these days) it
would tro to a vote of the
V ' .
the state s basic charter.
If they, in turn, approved it, it would become
And we need one. The United States Consti
tution takes up 7 pages in
Oregon's takes up 21 pages. It is cluttered, not
only with a lot of obsolete provisions, but also
many "special interest" provisions placed there
(by vote of the people)
paigns. This sort of thing
not in the Constitution.
DUT it will be found that rewriting the Consti-
tution will not be an easy job. There will be
objections voiced to many proposed deletions,
and there will be inevitable suggested additions
for "special interest" type legislation.
But if a good interim committee can come
up with a draft Constitution good enough to meet
with approval of two-thirds of the legislature, it
would have to be a good one.
In such a case, a majority of the people prob
ably would go along with it. E.A. j
industry regularly places a
headlined, "Let's Keep
obviously, are in contrary
influences, noije the less,
of mtluences occur at
training ot their chil
moralistic tut-tutters to
approved by a big mar
now suggests how this
lis idea is that an interim
both legislators and a
to say nothing of serv
work to the legislature,
reject or amend it.
two-thirds vote of hnth
people.
....... ...
the Oregon Blue Book:
after aggressive cam
belongs in the statutes,
MEOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Dennis the Menace
'Wasn't thata pretty good
Drummond
(Walter Lippmann it in South America. Roicoe Drummond report!
from Washington in hit abtence.) '
WHAT, NO FIFTH DEBATE!
Washington - Is President
elect Kennedy already prepar
ing to back out of any cam
paign "debates" in 1964?
One might have thought
that the man who so much
wanted this year's fifth "de
bate," would be eager to re
schedule it as the first debate
of the next campaign!
But Bobby Kennedy is
strongly hinting that the an
swer is no-no more debating
now that the great debater
has become President. And
when Bobby Kennedy speaks,
we have found he usually
knows what his brother wants
said.
What Bobby Kennedy is
saying in effect is:
1 - The debates were a big
factor in winning the election.
2 - Let's have no more of
them.
Now, if you believe that
candidate s campaign - even
a president's campaign - is
entirely his own business and
that the voters should have
nothing to say about it, then
this Kennedy view is quite
tenable; that is, since these
debates have accomplished
their purpose, away with
them.
From this viewpoint Robert
Kennedy can' argue that you
can't expect the President of
the United States to share his
potentially greater audience
with his opponent and by so
doing raise the challenger to
the level of an equal. Franklin
Roosevelt wouldn't debate
Wendell Willkie and in 1944
would hardly admit that
Thomas Dewey was running.
BUT there Is another way to
look at these debates. As
I see it, these debates are not
primarily the possession of the
candidates, to be used or de
nied as best suits their tactical
advantage. The debates belong
primarily to the voters who
are entitled to demand that
the nominees appear Jointly
so that they can be viewed and
judged face-to-face and their
claims examined back-to-back.
This may or may not be
good for candidates under all
circumstances. Does it matter?
It is one of the best means thus
far achieved to enable the vot
ers to choose the President. It
is not provable that the dc;
bates won or lost the election.
What is clear is that they
heightened public Interest in
the campaign, brought out
constantly larger crowds at
the rallies, increased the total
vote, and, in my judgment
have an unrealized and great
potential for political educa
tion, Can you imagine what Sen
ator Kennedy would have
been saying if Vice President
Nixon had refused the Invi
tation of the networks to ac
cept free time for joint ap
pearances? Well, after four of
them, Mr. Kennedy wanted
more and after Mr. Nixon had
four times debated the issues,
Mr. Kennedy argued that the
Vice President was running
away, was afraid to debate be
cause he sidestepped a fifth
debate.
Can President Kennedy se
riously contend that candidate
Kennedy's own argument-lhat
he who won t debate is a
"fraidy cat" - wouldn't be
valid in 1964?
T AM NOT suggesting that
the format of the debates
should be unchanged. These
joint appearances were experi
mental. There should be nu
merous ways to improve them.
One hour seems too short.
two hours too long. An hour
and a half would be about
right and then some of the
issues could be discussed more
meatily.
I would like to sec at least
one of the debates conducted
without any panel at all-just
a moderator. The candidates
could take one or even two
main subjects and, in addition
to direct argument and rebut
xlllj
vcm ron a umE kid?
Reports
tal, could ask each other ques
tions. Furthermore, it seems to
me that one of the mistakes
was to look at the debates as
"quiz shows" and insist that
the panel "surprise" the can
didates with their questions.
I would favor serving advance
notice of what the questions
will be - as in the question
period of the House of Com
mons. We want the candidates'
considered answers, not their
off-the-cuff indiscretions. In
compensation for serving no
tice of the questions, the pan
el should be free to ask the
most probing follow-up ques
tions. I hope that in this Instance
Robert Kennedy is not speak
ing for his brother. I would
hate to see President Kennedy
desert the New Frontier of
campaigning.
If the voters want these de
bates, I think they can suc
cessfully insist upon them,
(c) 1960 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF
A DIGNIFIED GENTLEMAN was picking his way ginger
ly along an ice-covered side street in Manhattan when
his hat was deftly knocked off by a perfectly aimed snow
fa a 11. The gentleman
wheeled about with sur
prising agility and col
lared the culprit a thinly-clad
boy.
"You're a menace to
the neighborhood," he
chided, "and besides, you
will catch your death of
cold out here without a
coat. Why aren't you in
school anyhow?"
The boy explained,
"I've got the measles."
An elderly farmer re
luctantly accepted his
daughter's Invitation to spend a week with her husband and her
self in Chicago. When he got back home he reached happily for
his overalls, pipe and slippers and explained to his wife. "What
I like least about the big city is that the minute you step out of
the house, you're away from home."
C 1060, by Bennett Cerf; Distributed by Kins Features Syndicate
Leprechaun's Dream
By ERIC SEVAREID
If wishes were white horses,
the social critic, if not the
beggar, would ride at the
'W3r,SrWI head of the
Inaugural pa
rade down
P e nnsylvania
Avenue; and
if, the crank
handle of the
White House
mimeogr a p h
machine were
a magic wand,
we would sing
as we spun out executive or
ders. Behold the wondrous
transformations to which our
ink-smudged paper tablets
would command the country:
Beauty we would order,
and the people would have
again the legacy their fore
fathers committed to their
care the American land-
scapc-with the scabrous bill
boards, the idiot eyes of neon
signs, the junk yard carrion
heaps all vanished like a
nightmare and the spacious
glory of the land reborn.
We would summon from
their hiding places those arch
itects who knew all the time
that a box of glass and metal
is scarcely a work of art,
that the human eye wearies
of straight lines, that only
the natural substances of
wood and stone and clay ac
commodate time and twilight
and the shine of high noon,
and that not ivy but ulcers
are the only living things that
grow on aluminum and glass.
We would order the ease'
Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop
THE THREATENED CITY
Berlin - No place on earth
conveys a more vivid sense of
America's world-responsibility
than this
brisk, brave,
bustling, im
perilled city.
Coming here
again, in the
second year of
the second
Berlin crisis,
is a sobering
experience,
yet It is ex-
too. especially if
your first memory of Berlin
is the Berlin of 1945 - a city
all in ruins, with demobilized
Red Army soldiers hopefully
harnessing stolen horses to
stolen farm carts in the Tier
garten, for the long drive back
to Russia. As the plahe glides
downwards over the Berlin
rooftops, you think of that for
gotten time, and of the heroic
moment of the airlift, and of
the big men who have repre
sented America In Germany
in the years since the war.
Then, quite suddenly,
through the windows of the
admirable Mercedes taxi, the
city confronts you. Not only
are the ruins gone. Not only
is the grim, pinched bleakness
of the city besieged nowhere
to be seen. In these last two
years, while daily threatened
with a renewal of the seige,
Berlin has acquired a curious,
northern beauty all its own,
adding a new solid handsome
ness while, further brightening
its hard won glitter of pros
perity. TO THIS free city, you cart
not help but think with
pride, we in America have
made our contribution. And
then you discover, with some
amazement, that every politi
cally minded Berliner, from
Mayor Willi Brandt to the por
ter at the hotel, is now joy
fully quoting a statement by
President-elect John F. Ken
nedy which has not even been
heard about in America.
The history of this state
ment - the sternest made by
any Western leader since the
second Berlin crisis began -is
interesting. It was part of a
heavily copyrighted inter
view, in the form of written
answers to written questions,
of daily living that our space
and our wealth imply. Vfei
would dispel the modern
plague of mechanical beetles,
end the cowardly abandon
ment of our cities to the au
tomobile, and make our great
communities cities of man
once more. People would
travel by fast interurban pub
lic transport as God intended
the commuter to travel, bump
less through the field of finest
print in the leisurely morn
ing paper.
The edifice engraved upon
our paper currency would not
be the Treasury building but
the Supreme Court of justice,
symbol of our new Income tax
system which would provide
no more escape hatches for
the business owner than it
does for the wage and salary
workcr-that is, none at all.
.
We would not merely sing
but shout for joy as we spun
out the orders stopping the
bequest of trust-fund deduc
tion gimmicks whereby the
very rich may hoard master
pieces of art and educate
their children at virtually no
cost to themselves whatever.
We would boldly assert that
human flesh wears out at
least as rapidly as a steel
tractor and permit a one-per
ccnt-a-ycar deduction to every
worker by hand or brain after
the age of 40, under tax form
line A-l - "human deprecia
tion." We expect to stay with this
Justice binge, champagne glass
in one hand, all through In
auguration night and to hell'
hilaratine
Mli-
which was granted by Ken
nedy to a European news
agency, just before the elec
tion, for publication in case
he was elected.
With no qualifications what
ever, Kennedy stated in this
interview that the defense of
Berlin's freedom was essen
tial to the security of the
whole free world. There was
no real difference, he suggest
ed, between defending Berlin
and defending Paris or New
York. And still without the
smallest qualification Kenne
dy added, no doubt with an
eye on Nikita S. Khrushchev,
that everyone ought to realize
that the United States would
certainly fight for Berlin if
need be.
mHE TEXT of this Kennedy
statement ought to be re
leased, without copyright, for
American publication. The
contrast is sharp with the most
important of President Eisen
hower's statements on Berlin,
which greatly upset Chancel
lor Adenauer. This was the
circular formula offered by
the President at the Paris
N4TO meeting: that the sacri
fice of Berlin was "unthink
able"; but that Berlin could
only be defended if we were
willing to go to war for it,
which was also unthinkable,
It was something of a shock,
for a professionally assiduous
American newspaper reader,
to hear this quite different
Kennedy statement for the
first' time from the lips of
Mayor Brandt. After the last
two years of hoping for the
best without preparing for the
worst while the Berlin crisis
dragged wearily onwards,
such sternly straightforward
language from the new Presi
dent put the outlook in a new
perspective, as Mayor Brandt
remarked.
If Kennedy has indeed
reached the absolutely final
decision he is quoted as hav
ing reached in the European
interview, it explains his ad
vocacy, during the campaign,
of an immediate airborne alert
of the Strategic Air Com
mand. Without this minimum
measure of mobilization, the
American will to defend Ber
lin at all costs will hardly
carry conviction. It also means
many things. In particular, it
means that there are likely to
be some pretty breathless mo
ments while Khrushchev and
Kennedy test each other's
wills.
THERE will be some at home,
and there will be many
in London and elsewhere, who
will not like the apparent cold
finality of Kennedy's decision,
Here in Berlin, however, It is
easier to sympathize with this
finality than it may be else
where. It seems hardly credible,
but this city, while under
daily threat, has made great
progress - and not just in self
beautification. Unemploy
ment, which was still serious
at the time of Khrushchev's
1958 ultimatum, has now been
replaced by a labor shortage.
Production has reached new
records. So has the city's pros
perity. Berlin, in truth, is a
marvelous monument, show
ing how much men can ac
complish against heavy odds
by courage and Industry and
common sense.
It remains for the future to
show whether the monument
will stand, and if this is the
outcome, what the cost will
be.
(c) 1960 New York Herald
Tribune) Inc.
of a New
with the red-eye or red-ink
.hangover, till we fix things
so an American Negro no
lohger has his private expla
nation of why the Goddess of
Justice is not only blind but
white, and until a hospital
room for a child with menin
gitis no longer costs as much
as a suite at the Waldorf for
a company vice president
with an expense account.
When we start waving our
magic crank handle over the
federal bureaucracy - hold
your hat-we will equip every
"in" and "out" basket in
Washington with the moving
floor mechanical principle
and eliminate both bafflegab
and gobbledygook as the local
tongues, replacing them with
the one other people know as
plain English. The prefixes
"inter" and "co" will die out
of the language as we mow
down superfluous committees.
We will install Big Brother
is Watching You television
screens in every office of
State, Defense and Atomic
Energy, after which any more
contradictory policy state
ments' from officials in these
three establishments will
mean instant exile to Santiago
de Cuba.
In the realm of world pol
icy we will cause simple
Truths to dawn at both ends
of Pennsylvania Avenue in a
blinding double sunrise of
common sense, to-wit:
That "closing the missile
gap" is not the real security
problem. The real problem,
pending a start on mutual j
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
Horse-trading used to be an
old and honorable (?) voca
tion in this land of pioneers.
Perhaps we would all benefit
if there were still some of it
locally on a governmental
basis.
For instance, our staff ex
pert on county govern
ment recently attended a
meeting of county officials
upstate, and reports that com
missioners of a southwest
Washington county were con
fronted with a problem of
how to eradicate a driftwood
jam on a beach.
They worked it out nicely
-traded the driftwood to a
contractor in exchange for
his building a better road
into the beach area.
Now, about those snags in
Hyatt lake. . . .
"But Mama," laid the
little girl to her mother,
who was threatening a
spanking despite the com
pany in the house, "these
people don't want to hear
me cry!"
Editor, Potluck
Dear Sir: About a year ago,
I wrote you a serious, scien
tific letter, describing the
"Side Hill Gouger," and how
his scream is sometimes mis
taken by the uneducated as
the cry of a cougar or moun
tain lion.
For some unknown reason,
you decided it was "funny."
Of course I was insulted, and
have been sulking ever since.
After spinning my prayer
wheel for guidance and nine
months of meditation, I have
decided to ignore you (I can
be pretty ignorant at times)
and send you the enclosed
historical data on an early
Rogue Valley resident, my
heretofore unexposed Uncle
Gladys.
Sincerely,
Tim J. Horn
Box 177, Jacksonville
Editor's note: For lack of
space in the Thursday paper,
which is the one which usual
ly carries scientific and his
torical information, we re
produce Mr. Horn's story, en
titled "Uncle Gladys," below,
slightly condensed:
Thirty-five years' ago some
things were different.
- I was nine then, Ma had
given me permission to look
through the old family pic
ture album.
(Ma was busy sorting raisins'
in preparation for tomorrow's
pie baking. The raisins had
been used by Baby Sister in
a game of Bingo which she
had been playing in the back
yard. She had spilled them a
couple of times, and put them
all back in the sack. We had
a sheep ranch, so you can
see how hazardous it would
be, baking a pie without sort
ing the raisins.)
I came to a picture in the
album of a child of six or sev
en, with long curls and dress.
I thought it was a girl, but
the notation on the corner of
the picture said "Uncle
Gladys."
"Hey, Ma! How come this
here girl's picture says 'Un
cle Gladys?' It looks more
like a little girl."
"Well, Son," says Ma, "It's
a sad story in our family, but
I guess that you are old
enough now to hear it."
Grandma was a very busy
woman, with her 11 boys and
1 girl. She didn't have much
time to waste on unimportant
America
disarmament which is still
far off, are preventing sur
prise attack or accidental war
and the spread of atomic
weapons to other nations.
That we won't even begin
to penetrate the dangerous
mysteries of Communist
China until we can talk with
her.
That the United Nations is
the "parliament of man" only
in terms of debate, not of
legislation, and that assem
bling representatives from all
governments, including many
of the most corrupt and ig
norant on earth, does not
transform the institution into
the "conscience of mankind."
That an over-all "settle
ment" with world revolution
ary force is a contradiction
in terms.
Well, - we could spin the
magic wand for hours yet.
But sparrows are starting to
chatter in the back garden.
A milk wagon Just rattled
past on Pennsylvania Ave
enue. We will stack the paper
windrow of wishes on the real
President's desk, fountain pen
beside it, then swing down
from1 the Truman balcony,
scuttle across the Eisenhower
putting green, and like a
leprechaun (who else under
stands the Irish?) hide in the
nearest magnolia to discover
if the new President, unlike
his defeated opponent, swears
on government time.
(Distributed 1960 by The Hall
Syndicate, Inc.)
(All Rights Reserved)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER H7, I960
things. When her 13th baby
was born there was nr. Iter,,.
sene for the lantern, so the
only light In the room was
from a rag burning in a can
of bacon fat.
The doctor had mm. tM
tend a sick hog. Grandpa had
paid him with a gallon of his
famous Mountain Dew Aa
long as the doctor was there.
ne volunteered to stay until
Grandma should have her
baby.
To while awav th ,m
Dr. Myre had sipped on his
fee, and accidentally broke
his glasses while he mH
Grandpa were practicing In-
aian wrasslin.
Dr. Myre was awful tnui-.
sighted, and almost hlinri
without his specs, so when
the baby was born he made
a mistake In the dim light and
said "It's a girl!"
Like I said, Grandma was
awful busy, so she never no.
ticed that the child was a hn,
They named the baby Gladys.
Gladys had a happy, nor
mal childhood until the age
of six. One Sunday the whola
tamiiy went down to the val
ley community and 1oinoH in
the fun at a revival and pic
nic. Gladys was nlavinr with
a valley girl his age, and,
since it was warm, thpv want
swimming. What with one
tning and another, Gladys
came running back to Grand
pa, crvine that he was sort nf
different from other little
girls.
Grandpa was startled, but
comforted little Gladvs hv
getting him store boughten
overalls.
Later that summer Gladys
was missing for a few days.
Nobody worried because he
had a habit of wandering
around in the forest, playing
house in a bear's den, or soma
other childish amusement.
Grandpa was cooking off
a batch of Dew. He had 21
gallons made and was reload
ing when he noticed some
thing blue at the bottom ot
the mash vat-Gladys's store
boughten overalls.
Grandpa was terribly shak
en. No one could console him
for his loss. He didn't feel that
he could sell the 21 gallons
of Dew to any of his regular
customers. There could be
something poisonous in the
dye they use in store bought
en overalls.
Finally he remembered,
"There is a fellow in Ashland
who has a Brush car!" Grand
pa contacted him and sold the
21 gallons of Dew.
Grandpa was very pleased
when the man reported get
ting 31 miles per gallon.
Grandpa never tired of tell
ing people how proud he was
of Uncle Gladys and how
glad he was that one of his
children had gone so far in
the world.
For no reason that we
can determine, that story
reminds us of another one
about the Tibetan house
wife who imelled something
burning, and rushed into
the kitchen to open the
oven, crying, "Oh, my bak
ing Yakll"
Our old stand-by, the
Hoover Hi-Lite, arrived on
schedule last week. But in ad
dition, we also received a
copy of another fine publica
tion, one we had not had the
opportunity of seeing before,
the Lone Pine News.
It is, in the words of the
unknown Potluck "fan" (that's
FOUR of them!) who sent it
to us, "an up and - coming
school paper."
And our anonymous friend
pointed out in particular a
Thanksgiving poem by fifth
Grader Betsy Jahn, which
goes this way:
On Thanksgiving I am
thankful,
And well I ought to bel
For our land and for our
freedom
And for grass and flower
and tree.
I am glad I have two
parents,
And like things they do
for me.
On- Thanksgiving I am
thankful,
And well I ought to be,
Thank you, Betsy. Well
said. We hope your turkey
was an especially good one.
Meanwhile, back at Hoover
school, the second grade has
been studying about Olympic
lk. Linda Pollard reports
that "The elk climb snowy
mountains in the spring. Elk
fight with . each other. The
father elk have antlers. They
fight with antlers."
And she drew a picture ot
one of the father elk, who,
with three antlers, is particu
larly well-equipped for that
fighting. Here it is: