TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
Small Worlds
Arpund Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
Horseradish! Like It?
Here's Its History
He had acquired the habit
when he was a boy, and prac
ticed it right up until the time
he inadvertently took a large
spoonful of what he assumed
was mashed potato, which
wasn't.
The one mouthful cured
him of eating hard foods with
a spoon. It looked like mash
ed potato; creamy white and
just a little fluffy. The dish
was sitting right in front of
his plate. Being habitually a
gulper instead of a dainty eat
er, he scooped up a big spoon
ful and popped it into his
mouth.
It was almost like an ex
plosion an explosion with an
aftermath, for the tears ran
from his eyes. He choked, al
most made it as he attempted
to swallow, and then nearly
strangled. He did not breathe
normally for nearly an hour.
What he had thought was
mashed potato was newly dug,
freshly ground horseradish.
The lesson the poor dope
learned that day stuck with
him. He stopped eating with
a spoon and became almost
dainty in his eating habits.
Shaped like a radish and as
strong as a horse no wonder
the common name of armo
racia rustimana is horseradish.
This plant, a member of the
mustard family of the plant
world, was introduced into
America from Europe a couple
of hundred years ago. Wthin
recent years it has attained
considerable commercial im
portance. Used as an appe
tizer, or in small amounts as
a condiment for meats, its use
has become almost universal.
When freshly ground, horse
radish is snow-white. Mixed
with a small amount of vine
gar it imparts to meats, sauces
and gravies, a piquancy and
zing unattained by any other
condiment. Horseradish is a
large-leaved herb, hardy in
any moist soil. It reaches its
height of eye-watering poten
cy after being solidly frozen
in the earth for several
months.
Horseradish has not always
been available in a glass jar
from the food store. Our fore
fathers, as well as many peo
ple today who live close to
the earth, look forward to
spring, when the frost leaves
the ground and a few minutes
work with a shovel will result
in a number of sand-covered
roots.
"Grating the horseradish"
is a tear-jerking job, but the
results are worth the almost
painful pressure on the hu
man tear-ducts. The snow
white horseradish is then mix
ed with a small amount of
vinegar and is ready for the
table.
Some of the wiser house
wives mixed sweet cream and
a little sugar to freshly ground
horseradish. This treatment
takes some of the zing from
it, and gives the condiment
a smooth, delicious mildness.
Even this way, however,
horseradish shouldn't be eaten
with a spoon. A small portion
of horseradish tastes like a
lot. But small amounts do not
send one's tear-ducts into orbit.
ROBERTS, KELLINGTON,
BRANCHFIELD and HEFFERNAN
announce the removal of
their Law Offices from
U.S. National Bank Building
to
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71 1 East Main Street
Medford, Oregon
December 1, 1960
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CHURCH SESSION Some of the 3,000 delegates attend
ing the week-long triennial general assembly of the Na
tional Council of Churches are shown as they attend open
ing session in the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. The
church meet was keynoted Monday by an appeal for unity,
internal criticism and a concern for the religiously un
affiliated. (UPI Tclcphoto)
Teen-Age Dances
Slated al Armory
Medford's parks and recrea
tion department in coopera
tion with the radio KMED
Hi-Fi club and the Coca-Cola
Bottling company, is sponsor
ing a series of three teen-age
dances this month.
The first will be held Sat
urday, Dec. 10, at the Med
ford armory. The other dances
will be held Dec. 17 and Dec.
30, also at the armory.
All three dances will run
from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Admis
sion is 35 cents per single
person and 50 cents per
couple.
Swcm's Books, Gift and
Records store will provide
records for the dance; KMED
Disc Jockey Lee Davis will
serve as master of ceremonies;
and the Coca-Cola company
will provide for rental of the
armory. The city parks and
recreation department will
provide the public address
system.
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Scientists Match
Tests in Search
For Cold Viruses
Delos Smith
By DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Editor
New York - OIPD-Five times
up to this year scientists have
had viruses growing in their
laboratories which they
thought were
i the viruses of
the common
cold. But the
scientific acid
test is repeat
ability by
other scien
! tists in other
) 1 a b o ratorics
' and each time
this tpst. wns
flunked.
The sixth time came this
year - and the acid test has
been' passed. Please don't
think the common cold virus
has been isolated at long last.
There s a long way to go be
fore that can be proved and
a vaccine can be made against
the virus. However, there now
is sound scientific reason for
hope.
The two groups of scien
tists whose tests matched suc
cessfully got their viruses out
of the stuffed-up noses of peo
ple 'with colds. Dr. D. A. J,
Tyrrell and his associates of
common cold research lab
oratory at Salisbury, Eng.,
were first. They took viruses
from noses through labora
tory dishes and into other
noses which became inflamed
with the common cold.
Result Repeated
Dr. D. Hobson and G. C.
Schild of the virus research
laboratory at the University
of Sheffield, Eng., repeated
this result almost although
not quite precisely, using the
same scientitic methods but
entirely different noses, of
course.
The big question is whether
the viruses isolated in Salis
bury and later in Sheffield
are the same kind of viruses.
Since there is little question
of their being equally capable
of producing the prime symp
tom of the common cold, the
stuffed-up nose.'
They appear to be although
it is a tough question to an
swer. The two sets have strik
ing attributes in common.
They'll propagate in the lab
oratory only in human em
bryonic kidney tissue or in
monkey kidney tissue.
The alkaline-acid balance
of the cultural medium has to
be just so, and way over on
the alkaline side. The tern-
Kennedy's News$ecretary Med To Make Apology
Manchester, N. 11. - IUPH -Publisher
William Loeb of the
Manchester Unio n Lender
Monday challenged President
elect John F. Kennedy's news
secretary to apologize for re
marks about the newspaper's
election coverage or defend
them in a public debate.
Loeb said in an editorial
that Press Secretary Pierre
Salinger should either apolo
gize or debate with Loeb the
validity of the charges.
Salinger said last week at
a meeting of Sigma Delia Chi
journalism fraternity he felt
the Union Leader and the In
dianapolis Star slanted stories
against the Democratic candi
date in reporting the presi
dential campaign.
"Under ordinary circum
stances this writer would re
gard the charge hurled
against Union Lender news
covering of the presidential
campaign as just so much
politicking, for despite our
editorial preference for Mr.
Richard M. Nixon, we bent
over backwards to give Sen.
Kennedy and the entire Dem
ocratic ticket fair and equal
news coverage, he said. o
perature of the medium has
to be rather cold -91.2 de
grees F., before they will in
cubate and the medium must
be rotated.
From these very special re
quirements, it is not difficult
to understand why the com
mon cold virus has eluded
scientific isolation for so long
assuming it is now trapped
in these laboratory cultures.
Common Characteristics
The Salisbury and Sheffield
isolates have behavioral char
acteristics in common, in ad
dition to the ability of produc
ing a cold in human noses. In
their cultural mediums, they
react identically with a group
of other viruses - mainly the
viruses involved in various
types of flu.
Hobson and bchild were
cautious in publishing their
results, as scientists working
with the common cold enigma
have long since learned to be.
At this moment "it cannot be
said that the agents are truly
common-cold viruses," they
said.
But their results "are en
couraging," they granted, "in
that they suggest that many
of the findings of the Salis
bury group of workers are
relevant to a study of natural
common colds."
What they're going to look
into now is whether these
viruses are widely distributed
in the population of Sheffield
and what parts they play in
other respiratory ailments.
Walsh Commended
By Peler Gunnar
Jackson County Central
Committee Chairman Joseph
Walsh was commended by
Stale Chairman Peter Gun
nar, Salem, al a meeting of
party workers and legislators
Saturday in Salem for his
"outstanding service during
tlie election campaign of
1900."
Gunnar said Walsh "is the
type ot person who by ex
ample increases the respect
of all citizens for political
work."
As result of the work of
Walsh and his associates on
the Jackson County Central
Committee, an i n cr e a s I n g
number of younger people
were encouraged to partici
pate in programs designed to
support the cause of good
government, Gunnar said
"An example of the effec
tiveness of this approach is
to be found in the turnout of
voters in Jackson county
which evidently was among
the highest in the stale in this
last election," Gunnar said.
"Although It is not always
recognized by the average
voter, the work of the party
organization and its leaders is
of vital importance in secur
ing for Oregon capable, com
petent officials," Gunnar said.
Walsh was named chairman
of the resolutions committee
for the meeting of the stale
central committee.
Swastikas Smeared
On Synagogue Doors
Dublin, Ireland - llll'll - The
doors of a Dublin synagogue
were found smeared with
swastikas and anti-Jewish slo
gans Monday.
The Justice Ministry order
ed police to take steps to
"bring those responsible for
the desecration Ip justice."
The daubings, some of
which were more than six
feet high on. the huge doors,
contained the words "kill,
Communist" and "Juden rails"
(Jews get out).
Washington - IUPH - Pierre
Salinger, President-elect John
F. Kennedy's press secretary,
said today a New Hampshire
publisher "can't take it" when
he is criticized for his news
paper's treatment of the news.
Replying to a demand for
an apology or a debate from
Publisher William Loeb of the
Manchester Union Leader
stemming from remarks made
by the press secretary last
week, Salinger said in a
statement:
"The trouble with Mr.
Loeb is thai he feels free to
attack people without regard
for the facts 364 days of the
year and when his irrespon
sibility is challenged one day
a year, he can't take it."
Two Businesses
Sold in Valley
Two businesses in the Rogue
valley recently were sold.
The Manor Motel, 276
Nm!i Main St., Ashland, for
merly owned by Mr. and Mrs.
John Chisholm, was purchased
by Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Barlch, Walla Walla, Wash. It
was reported that the Chis
holnis plan to move to Bend,
Ore.
Also sold was the business,
Little Dutch Laundromat,
North Riverside ave., by Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Robertson,
Eureka, Calif., to Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Laurance. The
Robertsons were reported to
have purchased the adjoining
property at 716 North River
side ave. from Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Rafferty, San Gabriel,
Calif.
The sales were transacted
by Ken Callison of the South
ern Oregon Land company.
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$316,296 Valuation
Of Building Permits
The total valuation of Ell
building permits issued in the
city of Medford during No
vember was $316,296, accord
ing to the building depart
ment's monthly report. A to
tal of 66 permits were issued.
Last month's total is below
that of the same month in
1959 when 215 permits valued
at $547,711 were issued.
The majority of last
month's valuation is attribu
ted to construction of the
$212,000 Thunderbird Lodge
motel at Central and River
side aves. Four permits were
issued last month for new
home construction. These had
a value of $45,500.
The building department
made 988 inspections during
November and collected
lotal of $1,563 in building
fees.
Christmas Programs
Told For Ashland
Ashland - Christmas pro
grams in the Ashland schools
are scheduled for Monday,
Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the
high school gymnasium when
children from all elementary
schools will present a musi
cal entertainment; Thursday,
Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. when the
junior high school will give
its program In the new gym
nasium and Friday, Dec. 20,
at 8 p.m. when the senior
high school gymnasium will
be the setting for the final
Christmas concert by senior
high school students.
The annual Christmas ves
pers followed by the lighting E3
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announced by Southern Ore
gon college and will begin at
4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. The
Christmas concert is to be pre
sented in Britt Student Center
ballroom.
RETURNS
Marine Cpl. Burle C. Wel-
burn, son of Mrs. H. W. Wel
burn, 2419 Howard ave., re
turned to Morehead City, N.C.,
recently with the First Bat
talion, 8th Marines following
a six-month cruise aboard the
ships of the Sixth Fleet in the
Mediterranean area.
Searsdale, N. Y. -IUPII- Willis
Charles Gorthy, 52, who was
internationally known for his
pioneer work in the applica
tion of modern management
methods to rehabilitation cen
ters for the handicapped, died
Sunday.
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Man Opens Car Door
And Is Hit By Auto
A 75-year-old Medford man
sustained minor injuries Sun
day when he opened the door
of his car into the traffic lane
on South Ivy si., and the door
was struck by another car
causing the man's leg to be
pinched between the door and
the car.
Police said the only appar
ent injury sustained by Gun
der O. Sanden, route 2, box
443A, Medford. was a bruise
on his left leg just above the
ankle. The driver of the other
vehicle was Mrs Mary A. Da
vis, 1112 East Main St.
The accident occurred
about 9:30 a.m. on Ivy si. be
tween Eighth and Ninth sis.
No citations were issued.
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