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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1961)
o o o 0 0 SUNDAY. JANUARY 8. 1861 J h,h ,h , A mUS' be" ,he name and addre" e writer, W nnhhr " '"fV!?""5 th a pen name or iniial 5 .,PTf ,s.Pemiss,bl- Th Mail Tribune reserves the right to !nhm? .i Wkr a. V'ew ,0 darifiin condensaton. Letters - Z?a u Pu1bll""n not exceed 400 words .The letters printed in his column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper, in fact the contrary is often the case. ' Three Cheers To the Editor: Three cheers ' and a loud hurrah for that magnificent editorial in Fri day's Mail Tribune! Where in the world has this other Oregon editorial writer been all these years, from F.D.R.'s early lend-lease pro- gram to Harry Truman's ' amazingly successful Marshall Plan, right on down to the , present administration's latest ' economic or technical assist ance to underprivileged coun tries? , You quote this benighted scribe as having said, "I do , not pretend to know the ans wer but I do know that the r foreign aid program as we know it does not work." Then, . so gently and generously you , say, "He should have quit j when he was ahead - after the . eighth word." Indeed. Better ..still, if he never had said , a word about a subject con tcerning which he admits he is uninformed. Bad enough to display his own vast igno ! ranee which the daily read ;; ing of the newspapers long cinna chnnM a AlcnnMnA , but to spread his ignorance . abroad via his own editorial column, that is well nigh in- unforgivable. More than once, since I have u 1 ' paper during my brief resi ' dence of three months in Med- '. tnvrl T u i ... 'cellent editorials on a variety tional and international - and I've bragged on" therm to my family and'friends in the east. But Friday's, so effectively ' giving the lie to that silly cry, "It Does Not Work," - surely raies among your Desi. ' It is superb. Many thanks for tion and to the nations we ' have been and are helping so .effectively and splendidly! Arnold Eugene Jenny, Rogue Valley Manor, Mecuord. Tree Burning ; To the Editor: Monday eve's burning of Christmas ' trees is remindful of Ben Hur Lampman's editorializing on same in the Oregonian of the ' early depression 30s. It was in reference to my protesting ' letter, that was triggered by the sight of a Christmas tree ' in a backyard mud and slush. Remnants of tinsel and orna ments were pitiful reminders of its yesterday's symetrical and revered loveliness in an honojed pface of the living room. Only a Ben Hur Lampman lilting word apprisal could have sparked the belated drive. For, the children sing ing to the incensed crackling fire that lighted their young faces, lighted, we like to think, in obvious offering to Him who did choose to die on the age old cross of those times, for His "sin" in defense of His faith and teachings and salvation of all mankind as He envisioned it. Doubtless, there were like burnings in varying degree preceding this one. Obviously, n would De gratuying to an concerned to know the where and when of such in a com munity-planned way. For it is a cause of constant wonder ment why such pride-of-ac complishments to so many can be so long delayed. But it may endure as a sym bol, better than New Year's night revelry, of the sun's re turn in bringing welcome warmth and renewed life to all earth's children, those ever anchored to one place of nourishment as well as the gad-about kind, changing their sources of survival where favor or circumstance, if any, may provide. F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200 F Central Point, Ore. Parable for Our Day To the Editor: I wrote a let ter to Communications last year, stating that the message given by the Angel, or Lady of Fatima as she wis so named, would be revealed to the world in 1960. But Pope John has not revealed the message to the world, appar ently for fear of rebuke against the Church. It was the third or fourth appearance that the lady revealed the message, but at the same time that she gave them the mes sage she also asked that the people pray for the conver sion of the Russian people to God or that the errors of communism would spread throughout the world, and that nations would be anni hilated. With the atomic bombs of today, nations can be annihi lated quite swiftly. Janacinta. the younger of the two girts, said in her lat ter . days that wars are the judgement of God against na tions for their evil deeds. And is also recorded in the Bible. Here is a parable, consider this well. A father owned a Everything you need lo prepare for "OLD MAN WINTER." KRESKY Forced Air HEATER The World's Finest AUTOMATIC Wood Heater E-Z Terms Nothing Down 12 Months To Payl Comfort All Winter! One "HALTS" application NOW kills crab grass as it sprouts next spring. It WORKS . . . SAVE $5. 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'As he came upon the good portion of land, he noticed that much of the land was not in use, and all the sons living in this portion were living in the best of fash ion, and when he inquired as to the condition of his lesser sons, they said they have nothing to offer for our goods, and there is no profit in deal ing with them. The valley is the world, and God is the father. T. M. Sletten Rogue River, Ore. Thanks For Help To the Editor: My husband and I and our sons would like to thank those many kind people and their families who gave us bedding, linens, food and clothes, after our home burned Monday, Dec. 26, 1960, in Central Point. And those special people who loaned us furniture to use until we are on our feet again, and all members of the St. Peter's Lutheran church in Medford. Also Dr. Turner of Central Point for his special deed on the same Monday. And Dr. Hanawalt for his work and kindness in saving our dog after she was taken out of the fire. And all our wonderful relatives and friends who have been so kind with work and understanding. Rev. King Jones of the First Presbyterian church m Jacksonville for his kind words. Thank you from our hearts. God Bless you All. Ken and Terrie Snook and Boys 835 Cherry st. Central Point, Ore. No Benches for Students To the Editor: The children who live on Morrow rd. have to walk down to Biddle rd. and stand in the sun, rain or snow, no matter what the weather. Not only on Morrow rd. but all over Medford the school children have this to do. If they get colds or get sick, just look who has to pay the doctor bills. I guess we will get a big tax raise from this question but I still would like to know why? M. Turner 1327 Morrow rd. Medford. Freedom To Starve To the Editor: Sometime back during the heat of the political campaign, I seem to remember an editorial in which one of the "ills" of the Republican Administration was "the freedom to starve." While reading "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William L. Shirer, I ran across the following para graph which I jnymld like to quote: Tl How to Ansfir The Telephone To the Editor: What did I do in old Placerville when the "littler was liquidating the !.. wmlri , past, with all its frustrations dle o ,he nigM? Firsl ling and disappointments. Step by ' j stm.,cd ,ookjng fm. ,,, step, and rapidly (as we shairfcnimllcy and u wlma easy see in detail later), he-waslo fjnd jn a kH(,hen 3Q . , freeing Germany from the square. We didn't have any shackles of Versailles, con founding the "ctorious Allies and making .'rmany mili tarily strong again. This was what most ''ermans wanled and they were willing to make the sacrifice which the Leader demanded of them to get it: the loss of personal freedom, a Spartan diet ('Guns before Butter') and hard work. By the autumn of 1936 the problem of unemployment had been largely licked, al most everyone had a job again and one heard workers who had been deprived of their trade-union rights joking over their full dinner pails, that at least under Hitler there was no more freedom lo starve. 'Gemeinnutz von Eigennulz!' (The Common Interest before Self!) was a popular Nazi slo gan in those days, and though many a party leader, Goering above all, was secretly enrich ing himself and the profits of business were mounting, there was no doubt that the masses were taken in by the new 'national socialism' which ostensibly put the welfare of the community above one's personal gain." i History has noted the ter-I riMo offrtM nr. (ho Hnrman I worker, the German citizens, and the rest of the world as the result of this loss of the freedom to starve. It probably can't happen here, but it seems lo be a basic law that nobody gets sometlun' for nothin'! Gene M. Williams 1017 Reddy Medford electric lights, but we had a good system to find the chim ney in the dark. I would come out of my bedroom, walk along the East wall of the kitchen, run into the kitchen table, continue until 1 fell over the vood-box and back of the kitchen cook stove. When I got up I bump ed my head on the stovepipe. All I had to do then wuz to follow the stove-pipe to the chimney. The stove - pipe went into the south side of the chimney. The telephone wuz on the north side of the chimney, seven feet from the floor. It wuz made for six foot cow boys. I wuz a cowboy in the fourth grade. I rode a burro, old Swevendorferbiscuits. I couldn't reach the tele phone receiver by about two feet, so I had still another ! problem. I would start look ! ing for an apple box to stand on, and step into the mouse trap. By the time 1 got the mouse trap off my big toe, the party calling would beback in bed. Der next nighl dcr tele phone vouldn't ring, und ve vould catch a mice. Everett Acklin Ashland, Ore. To Friends and Customers To the Editor: This is ad dressed to our friends and customers: Because of my husband's recent nervous breakdown, the store is closed until fur ther notice. Until we can thank each of you personally, we wish to extend our thanks and appre ciation to everyone for their interest, prayers, and offers to help. It proves what we have DurnoNamesAide For This Region Mrs. Agnes Smith of Med ford has been appointed by Congressman Edwin R. Durno to serve as his part-time aide in this area. She is one of three part-time aides picked by Durno to work in Oregon. The others are William Tug man, former editor of the Eu gene Register-Guard, who will circulate around the fourth district, and look into local problems for the Congress man, and a secretary to assist Tugman, Durno named a Portland I woman to head his Washing- ton staff. She is Genevieve Cooper, who first moved to Washington in 1941 to work for the late Sen. Rufus C. llolmnn. Miss Cooper and two others named to his staff, Dorothy Crockett and Sally Gjcrtson, are all former mem bers of the office force of Sen. Wayne Morse. The latter RUSSIA (QALLENGED C3'ashington-illPI)-.The United States has chiQenged Russia to agree to the abolition or reduction of travel curbs with in the two countries as a ma jor step-toward easing East West suspicions and tensions. two women are from Minne sota. The fourth member of his Washington staff is Mrs. Her lha Cornett of Washington, D.C., who worked for a New York congressman last year. always known - that we havc-j the most wonderful people right here in the Rogue val ley. After my husband regains his health we hope to reopen the store and do our utmost to serve even better, you, our I loyal friends and customers. Irma Moore 816 South Riverside Ave. Medford. Stevens Plumbing & Heating CALL SP 3-3503 Noisy To the Editor: This is an open letter to President-elect Kennedy: Sir: If you can find the time to arrange it, please come to our mess hall for a meal, but don't expect to enjoy it. Instead, be prepared to eat in a boiler factory atmosphere with ex pert from long practice coffee pot lid slingcrs and chair bangers (employed) to make you want to leave the place in a hurry. If you think all this is exaggeration, come yourself, or send a representative, to have dinner with us some day. , Yours hopefully, David Frisch P. O. Box 292 White City, Ore. Ugh! To the Editor: These are some "Snacks I can do with out." Disconcerting to a feller, Is the bisquit-coated fly, Or the apple's severed dweller, Or the nut shell in the pie. Harvey W. Robertson 103 North Central ave. Medford Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- A SPORTING GENTLEMAN rented a horse and set out for a canter in the park. Unfortunately, the horse fell down, so the sporting gentleman went back to the stable and selected another horse. That one fell down too. The sporting gentle man angrily reported his misadventures to the stablemaster. "Nothing to get upset about," toothed that worthy. "Just go to the back of the stables. You'll find about fifty more horses, lined up there. Take any one that suits your fancy but don't take the one in the middle or they'll ALL fall down!" A Providence restaurant owner had a horrible nightmare re cently. He dreamed that he had to cat a six-pound marshmallow. When he woke up, his pillow had disappeared. A glamour girl broke a New Year's Eve date last Saturday night. She went out with him. 1960, by Bennett Ccrf. Distributed by Klnr Feiturei Sj-ndlcile Announcement ... Due to Illness the Patio and Toy Shop ii closed until further notice. We wish to express our thanks to all our wonderful friends and customers far their cards, letter and eallt to offer nSeir proper ord Kelp. 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