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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1963
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10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 30, 1950 (Thursday)
The Jackson county selec
tive service board has sent 16
Jackson county youths to Eu
gene for induction into the
armed services.
An additional $3,000 was
made available by the county
court today (or the operation'
of the county's civilian defense
machinery.
20 YEARS AGO '
Nov. 30, 1940 (Saturday)
A lone unmasked bandit,
armed with a revolver, robbed
and kidnaped Walter H. Lev
erctte, prominent Medford and
Ashland businessman, last
night, as he was leaving his
home near Medford; Leverette
was later released,- unharmed,
on the Jacksonville Phoenix
highway.
, From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Many
citizens have been wrestling
with the flu all week, which
is the only game the villain
knows."
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 30. 1930 (Monday)
; The Diamond Lake road,
surveyed last summer, Is due
for financial aid from the fed
eral government.
The Greater Medford club
Is .preparing a petition for the
city council seeking permis
sion to use the old Pacific and
Eastern railroad depot as a
club house.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov, 30, 1920 (Wtdnttday)
The Jackson County Cham
dnr nf Commerce, in its latest
membership drive, has so far
gained 23 new members.
A total of 6.08 Inches of rain
has fallen in Medford since
Sept. 1.
SO YEARS AGO
Nov. 30. 1910 (Wedntiday)
An attorney for the Port
land Chamber of Commerce
told state railroad commis
uinnora nt n hearing here yes
terday, that Portland opposes
anv rnllrnnrl distribution rates
In Medford, similar to those
now in effect In Portland.
A Cnaner. Wvo.. man is In
Medford this week to look for
home sites for 40 families that
Intend to move from Wyo
ming to the Rogue valley.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or Ian ' cermet li mperlen
even of tight la excellent) Hr a,
itx is good.
1. If a centigrade thermom
eter reads 100 degrees, under
the same conditions, what
would a Fahrenheit thermom
eter read?
. 2. What is a female sheep
called?
3. Rearrange TRECHACAR
to spell a word meaning mor
al demeanor.
4. How many heads does a
kettle drum have?
5. When in danger will a
porcupine throw his quills?
6. What Is the largest island
In the world?
7. Name the sea bird that
never flies.
8. What is the literal mean
ing of Renaissance?
9. What are the five lowest
prime numbers?
, 10. Who was Prime Minis
ter of England at the lime of
the abdication of Edward
VIII?
Answers: 1, 212 degrees. 2.
Ewe. 3. Chancier. 4. One. S.
Nol he can't. 6. Auitralia. 7.
Penguin. 8. Rebirth. 9. 1. t,
3, i. and 7. 10. Slinley Baldwin.
'We Might Be Cave Men
OurJlichard, who is
from school a picture and text of his own crea
tion. The picture is of a red and blue teacher
sprawled most comfortably at a desk on which
there is a blue vase holding a blue flower as big
as the teacher's -head. In 'front of the teacher, a
red and blue pupil sprawls as comfortably at
another desk. ' '. - .
On the face of each
to shining ear; and underneath is the. text: "I
thank God for the schools. We might be cave
men.
The point is well taken. Except for schools
we would be cave men,
guiaea Dy trie dangerous
instead 01 glimpses 01
versal knowledge.
'HESE are uncomfortable and dangerous times
in which to be- primitives under the swav of
witch doctors. And the
only ones who are endangered.
Recently we have seen new films of Africans
screaming through the
wrecking buildings and
we understand it, these
those of a people who have won their independ
ence but whose recent overlords did not provide
them with the schools in which they would have
learned to make use of their freedom and guide
their destinies in a terribly fast-moving comph
cated world.
As a result, we are at
ed as they, with more to
safe until they find themselves, and have their
schools. ,
a ' '.
IN THESE times in which
with danger, the problem seems relatively
simple until we see other news reels, those of
white American adults and teen-agers screaming
through the streets of New Orleans with (Jonied
erate flags, fighting the police and menacing little
children. As a result, we are left dumbfounded,
with our comfortable theories all upset.
New Orleans has its schools, has had them for
centuries, even though
are talking of abolishing
New Orleans have their schools but what good
have they done them? After all, there may be
sense in the idea of closing them.
We assumed that the
tautrht American History.
now clear that they did
the United States beyond
,t If they had, the people
know that the South lost
during that war the Emancipation Proclamation
was issued.' , '
. They would not now be running around with
a flag that in the present situation must be as
sumed to be a pro-slavery emblem.
TPHE Civil War is over;
finn 1o liav anrl tVlo
we have never yet seen Englishmen ! tearing
through our streets with the Union Jack, hopped
up with the idea that George the Third will yet
prevail. The English are
thorough in their teaching; atany rate, they grew
out of their adolescence long ago. Some people
in the South could at least make a beginning.
If the New Orleans schools taught history as
it now is, there would be no flaunting of a pro
slavery flag. The, citizens would know that the
ancient source ot slaves has been cut otf, that the
people of the Congo are free to guide their own
destinies and to achieve human dignity and equal
ity among the peoples of the world. '
True, the Africans begin the task naked and
woefully unprepared but we are betting that they
will make it. And while the mobs were raging
through Leopoldville, we did not see any Afri
cans, adult or teen-aged, lntlicting traumatic ex
periences on little children.
We wish we could say as much for the white
citizens of New Orleans. Archie Binns in The
Argus, Seattle.
Rescue the Dunes Plan
The Southern Oregon electorate which reject
ed Rep. Charles Porter also threw some sand in
the eyes of those who favor the Dunes National
Seashore plan.
Rep. Porter was one of the proposal's prime
movers. His opponent, Dr. Edwin Durno, was
highly, skeptical of the program, mirroring the
foot-dragging which has been done by the Hat
field administration on the issue.
Mrs. Maurine Neuberger favors the seashore,
as did her husband who initiated the plan. She
will be handicapped in the senate, however, bv
the opposition of Sen.,Wayne Morse to the pro
posal.
A LTHOUGH the Eisenhower Department of Iri
" tenor favored the Dunes Seashore, along with
several others, we must await the appointment of
a new secretary of the interior to determine what
priority the Oregon park will have for the next
four years.
The Statesman believes such a park would
add tremendously to the tourist drawing power
of the state. Its advocates and opponents were
nearing an area of compromise when the political
campaign swept the discussions into a corner.
This work should continue, so Oregon can present
a uniien none in support
Statesman, Salem.
seven, just broutrht home
there is a smile from ear
-
or at least primitives
garble ot witch doctors
eternal venues ana uni;
i
primitives are not the
streets of Leopoldville,
lighting the ponce. As
outbursts of furv are
least as much endanger
lose ; and we will not be
we have learned to live
the screaming cave men
them. The citizens of
New Orleans schools
But if thev did. it is
not leach the history of
the early lobO s.
of New Orleans would
the Civil War, and that
the American Revolu-
fVt!,jf rf f pi-onnn la that
credited with being more
01 me pai'K. uregon
Dennis the
'YOU PEOPLE HAVE THE BEST
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The Seventh Day
To the Editor: Thank you
for your very good editorial
on Sunday closing. It shows
brotherly love and common
sense.
With Interest I read Mr.
Bulman's reply. He quotes a
portion of Exodus (20:8-11)
which calls plainly for the
Seventh day. I agree with you,
if the stores want to stay open
Sunday, the first day of the
week, that s their privilege
Working on any of the six
work days docs not break
God's Law. The Bible is very
plain on this subject: "Six
days shalt thou labor, and do
all thy work: But the Seventh
day is the Sabbath of the
Lord they God." (Exodus.
20:9,10.) '
Our Lord was crucified Fri
day, the preparation day, rest
ed in the sepulchre over the
Sabbath In redemption, and
the faithful rested the Sab
bath day according to the
commandment. (Luke 23:54
56.) Paul preached to whole
Cities on the Sabbath, Jews
and Gentiles. (Acts 13:42-44.)
At Corinth Paul made tents,
no doubt six days a week,
which would include Sunday,
the first day of the week, for
the record says he preached
every Sabbath to the Jews and
Gentiles for 18 months or 78
fabbaths. This was 53 years
A.D. see Acts 18: 1-11. Our
Lord made the Sabbath for
man, therefore It is the Lord's
Day (Mark 2:27,28; Rev. 1:10.)
He made it at Creation, be
fore sin entered. (Genesis 2:1-
3; John 1:1-3,14.)
Remember, dear reader,
this Sabbath was made out
of the Seventh day of crea
tion by the Lord Jesus Him
self. The continuity of the
week has never been broken.
If you wish to worship Sun
day, the first day of God's
week, that is your privilege.
If you wish to work on that
day as God did at creation,
His Word assures you of no
wrong. If you work on the
Seventh day of God's crea
tion week, that is still your
DrlvilcEe. but God does not
promise such Immunity. But
it will do you no good to be
forced by law to keep God's
holy Sabbath. It is the love of
God that we keep His com
mandments (1 John 5:3). Let
us keep Church and State
separate. Any questions, Just
write me, Bible answer free.
F. E. Beverly
634B Crater Lake ave.
Medford
No Spar Parts
To the Editor: The Sunday
Mail Tribune curried a front
page cartoon which has set
some thoughts in motion. The
U.S. was pictured as a sick,
shaky patient in some sort of
doctor's office. President-elect
Jack Kennedy was the one
shown prescribing the first
treatment needed.
None can deny that this
country, along with the rest
of the world, does need a
cleansing. Yet here Is where
we need to do some thinking.
Can Mr. Kennedy or Mr. Nix
on, if he had got in, change
the hearts of the people? True,
we need leadership. Sheep
without a shepherd find them
selves In difficulty.
Yet I fear that wc expect
too much from mere human
leaders. Whether wc admit it
or not all of us, and that takes
in everyone from the begin
ning down to now, were crca-
atcd by God ana are equal as
far as He Is concerned. If it
were not lor Omnipotent
Power from on high none
would even take the next
breath. Yet so many give God
little, or none, of the credit
due Him.
Our human bodies tie in
Menace
TRASH IN THE WHOLE BLOCK'
often th case.
reality the most wonderful
act ever devised by infinite
wisdom. We are really not
our own, but the property of
Him who created us. Yet so
many of us take less care of
ourselves than we do of our
automobiles. None would put
anything but the recommend'
ed fuel in their auto's gas
tank. But so many pay no
more attention to their own
bodies than they would pests
in their gardens. Many find
too late, on pain-wracked hos
pital beds, that they should
have taken heed earlier. If
our bodies are God's work
manship and temple, why do
we give so little heed to the
common sense instruction He
has given?
A friend of mine failed to
follow instructions regarding
the fuel mixture for his two
cycle mower engine. The re
sult was trouble. "Sure," he
told me, "I saw the warning
sign but didn't think it im
portant." Motor repair shops have re
pair parts but. where do we
get a new set of lungs when
ours are smoked up and burn
ed out? Perhaps it would be
wise to read the instructions
in' God's Holy Book. It's for
all of us.
Henry Johnson Jr.
2400 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
Police Praised
To the Editor: I have sent
this letter to Charles Champ
lin, Medford police chief:
Dear Sir: It seemed like
such a simple request to ask
for an escort for our St.
Mary's champion football
team when they arrived in
Medford Sunday afternoon.
I didn't realize the number
of policemen It required, nor
the precision timing and team
work involved t: block off
the various intersections! so
we could have our welcoming
parade.
Even though they worked
hard and at some risk, the
police officers' attitude was
one of actually joining the
celebration for the team.
Many thanks to you and
your excellent police force.
Arnold Paradis
409 Barnes ave.
Medford
Peanut Creek Saga
To the Editor: On my first
trip to the Trinity Alps in a
1912 Rco, I ran out of gas
and tires in Peanut's Creek. It
was 5 miles down the creek
to the nearest telephone. It
was nailed to a pine tree and
It wasn't much good, but then,
I never saw a pine tree tele
phone that was. Every time
a forest fire burned a fence
post or a cow jumped over
the telephone wire, it would
cause a short or jerk the tele
phone off the pine tree. The
telephone line was a combi
nation telephone line and cow
pasture fence. It took me two
days to find the darn tele
phone. I wasn't used to find
ing telephones on a pine tree
and I forgot to look in the
yellow pages.
I cranked the telephone for
four hours and all I got was
a Chinese laundry in Peanut.
The telephone had a loud bell,
but the Weavervillc Central
couldn't hear it, so I walked
to Weavervillc. It was only 10
miles, as the crow flies, but
I had some detours to make.
I asked the Wcavcrville Cen
tral to get Redding. She got a
livery stable in Redding. She
thought I had a horse and bug
gy parked In Peanut's Creek.
They sent me a bale of hay
and some oats. I made a mat
tress out of the hay and fed
the oats to the squirrels. 1
returned to Weavervllle and
Rock-Bottom; Narrowly Balanced Budqet
May Be Made by Present Administration
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
Washington - (DPI) - Barney
Kllgore's well - edited Wall
Street Journal speculates that
A President Ike
pituis iu suu
mit to the
new Congress
a rock-bottom,
narrowly bal
anced budget
and to let
P r e s i dent
elect Kennedy
take it from
c wilt." xnere.
Take it where? That is the
obvious question, and it is a
good question, too. The ques
tions of budget balancing, in
flation, taxation ' and deficit
spending should have been
bigger and better policy is
sues in the presidential cam
paign that they ever came to
be.
Revolutionary Tactics Seen by
Latins Unless Standards Raised
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
The road from Caracas' air
port slants upward until it
meets a tunnel through the
m
V e n ezuelan
coastal range
which cuts
off Caracas
from -the Ca
ribbean. On
the Caracas
side, huts
cling to the
mountain-
filrlps finallv
5i-aU "taal ---- --
phil newsom giving way to
off-white and cream colored
buildings on the outskirts of
Caracas itself.
asked Central: "Can you get
me Los Angeles?"
"That's impossible," she
says, "a cow just jumped over
the telephone wire, but I'll
keep trying."
I waited another 10 days
and they sent me a set of tires
for a Chinese rickshaw. They
figured I was a Chinaman, if
I came from Weaverville, In
the Trinity Alps.
Then I ran into some real
bad luck. I got out of Peanut's
Creek in time to get in the
first world war. What's bad
about that? Did you ever get
in an outfit with 49 Corpo
rals and 19 Sergeants? I start
ed at the bottom in the United
States Army and I stayed
there.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
Appeal To Drivers
To the Editor: I want to
again appeal to the drivers
who seem to insist on using
Orr drive and Gibbon road as
"speedways" or race tracks,
especially the latter; it's a
short street and children ha
bitually use it for crossing,
to get to the store, and visit
each other.
A few days ago a small boy
would have been hit and kill
ed, except that he had the
good fortune of falling down
and rolled Into the ditch ijust
in time to avoid a speeding
car. It's dank early here; there
are no lights to see these chil
dren. However, I happened to
be watching just at the time.
The authorities do patrol
these streets occasionally, I
am told, but a traffic fine and
loss of license will be inconse
quential compared to a dam
age suit, plus a young driver's
loss of his peace of mind for
the remainder of his life, hav
ing killed a child.
That's a high price to pay
for speed. Besides there is a
place for speeding, but at the
race tracks at White City. I
suggest the drivers use that,
if it's necessary to risk your
neck, and someone else's. So
you parents of these young
persons had best have a se
rious talk with your young or
keep the car keys in your own
possession.-
A Worried Resident,
(Name on File)
Transients and the Law
To the Editor: It seems that
Etna Ragsdale's thinking has
taken a very peculiar turn.
I'm sure I haven't forgotten
that the two men written
about in the Mail Tribune's
articles were and are tran
sients. And the way I understood
it. they hadn't forgotten ei
ther. What is such a crime about
being a transient?
According to Webster's Dic
tionary a transient is defined
as a person passing through a
place and not staying long. It
doesn't mention that he is a
criminal, or any thing of that
nature, that I remember. If
memory serves me right, each
Is guaranteed the right to life,
liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness, nor are these rights lo
be taken from them, except
by due process of law.
Many thousands of our fore
fathers and others have given
their lives to retain these and
The Elsenhower plan to sub
mit balanced budget proposals
to the new Congress in Janu
ary reflects more than his
own pride in his administra
tion's success in abruptly
slowing the process of cur
rency inflation. Currency in
flation or the rotting of the
dollar has the same effect on
the value of money as cancer
has on human tissue. Cancer
of the dollar, as cancer of the
human body, is all too likely
to be fatal.
What the Eisenhower ad
ministration is up to with its
plan for a balanced budget is
to put President-elect Ken
nedy's feet to the fire. The
President want some answers
to some questions he asked in
a Philadelphia cam paign
speech on Oct. 28.
Political buffs hereabouts
who favored the Republican
cause rated that speech the
It was here two years ago
that anti-U. S. demonstrators
surged down the mountain
side to the broad highway and
set upon the automobile cara
van carrying Vice President
Richard Nixon and Mrs. Nix
on into Caracas on an 'offi
cial visit.
It was here, too, this week
that other demonstrators
sought to overthrow the gov
ernment of Venezuelan Presi
dent Romulo Betancourt.
The jobless whose shanties
spread across the mountains
surrounding Caracas were not
the only centers of anti-government
demonstrations. The
skyscraper University of Ca-
the other freedoms, for our
country and us.
It is commendable that she
saw fit to help those in need
so far as food was concerned.
But to me there are, at times,
other things more needful
than food.
I too can remember very
distinctly of hav.ng been hun
gry and helped when help was
most needed, and also remem
ber at times that I was priv
ileged to be able to be of help
to others.
It seems to me it doesn't
matter how much or how little
money you can make at times,
but what does matter, very
much is being able to do what
you want to do, when you
want to do it, as long as it
doesn't Infringe on someone
else's liberty, lives or prop
erty. I have always enjoyed very
cordial relations with the
forces of law and order, even
am privileged to count some
police officers among my
friends, even have been of a
small amount of help a time
or two.
Also my family has always
been taught to respect the law
and be willing to lend a hand
if need be, and have at times.
So you see that your as
sumption that my family and
I are outlaws, or are contemp
tuous of the processes of law
are not founded in fact. When
there is a sleight of hand per
formance or an off side play
in so far as law enforcement
is concerned, it behooves each
of us to inquire why.
Which is our right in this
wonderful country of ours.
Yes again I say, quite an
example.
Larry Turner,
Route 1, Box 383,
Central Point, Ore..
Who Ar They?
To -the Editor: Yes, let us
look down with disdain on the
readers of obscene trash. But
who are they?
And since the authors, pub
lishers and booksellers are so
innocent, they can go right on
making money. That is the
way to do things, isn't it? Let
the big ones slip by and snare
onto some little one for a
"scapegoat." But the readers,
no doubt mostly the young,
can pay the price.
Seems to me young folks,
seeing books on a shelf or on
a magazine rack, would tend
to feel they are all right or
they wouldn't be there, be
cause "good grown up folks"
wouldn't allow them to be
there.
Which reminds me, 30 years
ago you could buy the Daily
Worker on about every street
corner, and young folks were
curious, because young folks
want to know what every
thing is about. Also commu
nists were "stump specchin
in the parks. It isn't strange
at all that someone like Mr.
Mackic and Mr. MacKay
would get carried away some
what. Times were bad and
people listened to everything.
Then there was George Ber
nard Shaw's article in a prom
inent magazine, "Go to Rus
sia Young Man." It was quite
interesting, what with the big
pay skilled laborers were get
ting. I see now (read some place)
there is a school being set up
to teach young folks what
communism really is. So after
all the shouting "America
best of the campaign by any
one. Uniformly, they all
hoped Vice President Richard
M. Nixon would study that
speech carefully and go forth
and do likewise. Much of the
speech, of course, merely was
a defense of the Eisenhower
administration record.
President Ike got on the
offensive when he discussed
Democratic presidential plat
form promises and candidate
Kennedy's support of them.
To his Philadelphia au
dience, the President said:
"If these promises should
be carried out, the impact on
our economic position - and
on the free world - could be
catastrophic. Very quickly,
confidence in our dollar could
be Impaired.
"This places an immediate
obligation on the political
leaders who support that- plat-
form. That obligation is to
racas was another.
For here, encouraged by a
hard core of leftist instruc
tors, many students look to
the same sort of leadership
that established Fidel Castro
in power in Cuba.
Preceding the outbreak in
Caracas had been abortive
revolutionary attempts in Gua
temala and Nicaragua, a suc
cessful coup in El Salvador
and guerrilla fighting in Cos
ta Rica.
By chance or not, they ac
companied that period in Un
united States when President
Eisenhower waits to hand
over the reins of government
to John F. Kennedy. They
also accompanied a period of
indecision within the Organ
ization of American States
wherein, no matter what their
sympathies, other Latin
American nations still are
unwilling to move openly
against either Castro or his
Communist helpers.
Betancourt, under constant
attack from the left ever since
he took office, still has the
strong support of the Vene
zuelan army and at least lip
service from other political
parties.
So long as he retains the
loyalty of the army, his office
remains reasonably secure.
Warning From Brazil
But the attack upon him,
as well as upon the govern
ments of Central America,
brings into strong belief the
recent warning of Brazilian
President Juncclino Kubits-
chek that Latin American
peoples may well turn to rev
olutionary tactics unless
something is done about their
living standards.
Oregon Highways
Said Free of Snow
Salem - IUPII - The Stale
Highway Department said
Oregon routes were free of
snow today but icy spots
were reported at most moun
tain pass routes and in several
locations of Eastern Oregon.
Wake Up" maybe we are wak
ing up and find if we don't
teach young folks our way,
they will pick their way from
magazine racks and news
stands.
Can we go on forever-no
talk, no see, no hear? And
who said "Am I my brother's
keeper?" but Cain, after he
had killed his brother?
Thelma Glad,
' , 1427 Lawnridge,
Medford.
Try and
-By BENNETT GERF-
DR. RICHARD VAN G ELDER of the Museum of Natural
History in New York is authority for the pronounce- '.
xnent that skunks are just as unpopular with other skunks '
as they are with human
beings. He bases bis theo
ry on on three demon
strable points:
1. Skunks avoid splat
tering their distinctive
scents on themselves.
2. They never use the
weapon against each
other.
3. They fire at an en
emy only as a last resort.
The skunk's unfailing
warning never fails to
stop other animals in
their tracks. "Even griz
zly bears," asserts Dr. Van Gelder, "have been lsnown tt
beat a precipitate retreat when that tail goes up."
A dachshund was waddling down the middle of a country road
when a small foreign autombilo scared it half to- death. "What
on earth arc you?" gasped the dachshund. "An automobile,"
was the answer.
"Hmphh," barked the daclyshund (try barking a "hmpha .
yourself some time). "Then I'm a HORSE."
O I bjr Bennett Cerf. Siatnbuloi tor Ki&f future SjTiiicala
A
spell out, speciiically, In dqU
lars and cents, how they;
would pay for the many bil
lions of addlllor'il federal
spending pledged by that
platform.
"If they would pay for
these lavish programs by rais
ing taxes, let them say so. If
they would cut going pro
grams of the government, let
them specify what they are.
"But, if they would pay for
these programs by deficit
spending, raising the debt of
our children and grandchil
dren, and thereby debase our
currency, let them so con
fess." It will be Kennedy's job as
president to accept or to re
vise the budget which Presi
dent Eisenhower will send to
Congress shortly before the
inauguration. The answers on
new taxes and - or deficit
spending must come then. a
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Let's talk today in this
space about an interesting
man and his very, very inter-esting-and
IMPORTANT-job,
The man is Sam Brown
rather widely known in the
area where this is written as
Safety Sam.
His job is field representa
tive of the Oregon State In
dustrial Accident Commission,
His business is to prevent ac
cidents . especially C R I P
PL1NG accidents-in industrial
establishments.
SAM dropped in the other
morning to call attention
to a meeting to be held in his
area. Present at the meeting
will be representatives of the
industrial accident commis
sion. The purpose will be to
talk over the problem of in
dustrial accidents and how to
prevent them, and to explain
the workings of the commis
sion's safety campaign.
He made it clear that he
will be immensely pleased if
there is a large attendance of
industrial workers and indus
try managers.
SAM has been working at his
job for 19 years.
How he got started at it is
an interesting story. He has
a crippled right hand. All the
fingers are gone, leaving only
Hie thumb, which he uses as
an index finger to emphasize
his points.
How did it happen? 4
He was working on a
planer, whose sharp knives
were insufficiently covered.
He was using a wrench to
make needed adjustments.
The wrench itself was in im
perfect working condition, the
jaws being incapable of per
fect adjustment. ,
The wrench slipped, throw
ing his right hand into the
whirling knives.
TRAGIC? If you have any
doubts about that, try to
imagine yourself with no fin
gers on your right hand.
The interesting point in
Sam's case is that he used his
misfortune to make himself
MORE EFFECTIVE in a new
job. He uses his crippled hand
as an illustration of the ex
treme importance of safety
measures in industrial plants.
He says it helps immensely.
SAM loves his job.
' And, he adds, it has its
compensations - BIG compen
sations. He goes on to say:
"In the last five years, I
haven't lost a logger in my
whole area." His eyes shine
as he says it. They have rea
son to shine. Because of his
diligence in seeing to it that
protective measures are taken,
there isn't in his whole area,
within the past five years, a
logger's wife who has been.
LEFT A WIDOW as a result
of negligence that could have
been prevented.
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