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3 Architects Urged To Make Study of Primitive Works . . New York, N.Y.-(Sclcntific American Feature)-In terms of performance the structures erected by primitive, prehter ate people considerably out distance those of contempo rary architects, according to James Marston titch and Daniel P. Branch, respective ly associate professor of his tory in the school of archi tecture at Columbia Univer sity and a Florida architect. Faced by the necessity of coping with an environment ' that is scarcely ever genial and of building with materials that are often appalingly meager in quantity or restrict ed in kind, primitive archi tects have evolved a series of Births ELLIS - To Mr. and Mrs. Carl E., 1975 Sunset dr., Med ford, Feb. 7, 1961, a girl, 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. PEARCE - To Mr. and Mrs. 4 William T., route 1, box 236, Hogue Kiver, 'eo. 5. 1881. 1 girl, B'i pounds, at Rogue vauey nospitai. '" HATCH - To Mr. and Mrs. Linden, box 159, Rogue Riv er, Feb. 4, 1961, girl, 7 pounds, at Rogue valley hospital. HARPER - To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L., 515 Liberty St., Medford, Feb.- 4, 1961, girl, 7 pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. i ? MflTT Tn Mr 'flnrl Mm i George, Montague, Calif., Jan. ? -30, 1961, boy, 6V4 pounds, at Siskiyou General hospital. ; BIVENS - To Mr. and Mrs. Bobby, Yreka, Calif., Jan. 30, ' 1961f boy, 8 pounds, at Siski you General hospital. P SUPER - To Mr. and Mrs. 5'Earl, Ft. Jones, Calif., Jan. 30, 71961, boy, 4 pounds, at Sis Jkiyou General hospital. fT MOORE - To Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Dean, route 1, box 442, JJWeed, Calif., Jan. 25, 1961, Jjgirl, 7 pounds, at Siskiyou General hospital. ASTELINE - To Mr. and Mrs. Bernard, box 13. Yreka. Calif.; Jan. 26, 1961, boy, 6V4 I '.pounds, at Siskiyou General j hospital. . j J DE ROSE - To Mr. and Mrs. i JGordon, Yreka, Calif., Jan. 26, t Sl961, boy, 6V pounds, at SIs- t ikiyou General hospital. -' SMITH - To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne, Montague, Calif., Jan. 28, 1961, boy, TA pounds, at Siskiyou General hospital. Obituaries -CHARLES E. JONES Charles E. Jones, 55, died ..last night at the Veteran's ' Administration D o m iciliary, t White City. Funeral arrange 1 ments will be announced by 4 Perl Funeral home. UURENCt EDDIE 8 TAYLOR -HARVEY-FISHER .BUTTERFIELD aiiiutviaKiimui v " 1 ENDS TONITE1 i . i . EIMIETH gpfBf WW John Luik (t the Ditawin wrgan r p.m. structures that reveal a very high level of performance, even when judged in the light of modern technology. Fitch and Branch declare. "Their work reflects a precise and detailed knowledge of local climate conditions on the one hand, and on the other a re markable understanding of the characteristics of the building materials locally available. "Of course primitive archi tecture, like primitive medi cine or primitive agriculture," they acknowledge, "often has a maglco - religious rationale that is of interest only to anthropologists. But is practice-that is, how things are done, as distinct from the rea sons offered for doing them is apt to be surprisingly sensi ble. This illogical situation is characteristic of prescientific technologies: the Roman archi tect Vitruvius, writing during the reign of Augustus, gives excellent formulas for con crete and stucco, but his ex planation of their 'chemistry' makes no sense at all. The primitive architect works in an economy of scarcity-his resources in materials and energy are severely restricted. Yet he has little margin for error in coping with natural forces: gravity, heat, cold, wind, mow, rain and flood. Both his theory and his prac tice are strictly determined by these conditions. In contrast, the abundance of fuels that supply both heat and air con ditioning enables modern architects to make a fetish of non-functional glass walls, to mention only one of many pos sible examples, quite per suaded that climate and geo graphic cause-and-effect 'don't matter any more.' "The primitives evolved the snow-constructed igloo for the Arctic, the tent of the nomads, the adobe construction for the steppes and open, thatched huts for the tropical rain forests-each an ideal construc tion for the society and cli mate for Which it was devel oped. One could extend the catalog of variations on these basic types indefinitely. But the examples cited are ade quate to make the point that primitive man, for all his scanty resources and lack of iron tools, builds more wisely than we do and that in his ar chitecture he establishes prin ciples of design that we ignore at great cost. It would be a mistake to romanticize his ac complishments. With respect to civilized standards of scale, amenity, safety and perma nence, the actual forms of his architecture are totally unsuit able. Primitive architecture, however, merits our study for its principles, not its forms. "Contemporary U.S. archi tecture would be greatly en riched, esthetically as well as operationally, by a sober analysis of its primitive tra ditions. Nor would it be stretching things to include in these traditions the siir.Ole but excellent architecture of the early white settlers who, in many respects, were cultur ally closer to primitive man than to 20th-century man. The preindustrial architects of Co lonial and early 19th-century America produced designs of wonderful fitness: the snug, well-oriented houses of New England, the cool and breezy plantation houses of the deep south, the thick-walled patio centered haciendas of the Spanish Southwest. All these designs should be studied for the usefulness of their con cepts, and not merely be copied for antiquarian reasons." WINNER OF 6RAND PRIZE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL "LACK OtPHIUS" ikj fAcruiwrrii od Wednesday Only "CURTAIN AT EIGHT-THIRTY" AtHLANO - MIKC I-I7M , dfm .v:'.''--.-v';:'- ' : t ' ; ..... , . k.. .. ... .. . ., . -V STREET CLOGGED The extent of last week end's 17.4 inch snowfall is evident in this view of an unplowed street in The Bronx, New York City. Snow-enforced emer News About Servicemen IN EXERCISE Army Specialist Four Bob by R. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elza Wilson, route 2, Central Point, and husband of Betty Wilson, 4950 South Pa cific highway, Grants Pass, is participating With other per sonnel from the 545th Signal company in Exercise Winter Shield II at the Grafenwohr Hohenfels training area in Germany. The exercise is scheduled to end Feb. 8. Prior to entering the Army in February, 1959, Wilson was employed by General Electric Supply company, Medford. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness tonight. A few showers late tonight and Wednesday morn ing, becoming partly cloudy Wed nesday afternoon. Low tonight 38. Hiffh tomorrow 52 to 55. Western Oregon: Increasing cloudiness this evening. Cloudy with occasional rain on coast ana norm fim interior and scattered showers In southern interior tonight. Few Bhowers Wednesday with partial clearing during day. Lows tonight ob lo to. mgns Tomorrow 10 do, Northern California: Rain sDread- ing southeastward over entire area tnnleht and Wednesday. Snow in mountains above 5,000 feet. No so cold tonight. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yester day 47; above normal 6. Record high this date 67 in 1954 Record low this date 13 In 1829 PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight .08 in. Midnight to 10 a.m. none. Total this month .57 in., .09 In above normal. Total since Sept. - 1 8.86 In., 3.69 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 49 per cent, highest this a.m. 99 per cent. Hlch 4:00 24 CITY Yester- a..m. hr, day Low Prec. Brookings 57 40 .18 crater Lane a u Grants Pass 57 32 Klamrth Falls 46 25 MEDFORD 55 32 .08 Portland 58 42 .07 Seattle 53 40 .24 Spokane 45 35 .31 Yakima 48 28 .03 Eureka 39 41 .29 Red Bluff 61 ' 40 .04 Sacramento 62 45 .06 San Francisco 39 30 .04 Los Angeles 65 53 Phoenix 65 47 Denver 41 19 Chicago 32 21 Miami Beach 73 70 New York 41 23 Washington, D.C 38 23 Over-lhe-Counter Western Stocks - The following bid and ask ed quotations, from the Na tional Association of Securi ties Dealers, Inc., do not rep resent actual transactions. They are a guide to tho range within which these securities could have been sold (Indi cated by the "bid") or bought (indicated by the "asked") at the time of compilation. Common Stocks ' Bid Aiked Bank of America 32 36 Calif. -Pacific Utilities ....24 '.' Cascades Plywood 25 Cons. Freiehtways 9 26''. 8 V, 49"'. 26 U 59 V, 331, 2an 47 21 38 14 75 51 33 40 V, Copco - 46 Cyprus Mines Corp 24 ',i First NaUonal Bank 56 Morrison-Knudsen 31 Northwest Nat. Gas 2514 Pacific Pwr. Si Lt 44 Permanente Cement 1914 Portland Gen. Elec 36 U. S. National Bank 70 United Utilities 48.i West Coast Tel 31 Weyerhaeuser 38 Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) USDA CatUe 300. utility cows I4.au-s: canner cutter 11-13; cutter-utility bulls 16- 19.50. Calves 50. No early sales. Hogs 400. U. S. 1 and 2 butchers 20-30.23; 2 ana a (raae is-ihju; sows 13-16.50. Sheep 100. No early sales. Portland Produce The following price quotations are from the agricultural market ing service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Portland. Eggs: Prices to retailers, cartons. X large 55-58; large AA 30-55; large A 49-52; medium AA 45-50: small AA 38-41. Price to producer,; X large AA 41-4414; large AA 39-4214: large A 37-39; medium AA 34-3714; small A A 27-3014. Butter; Prices to retailers. No. 1 prints delivered, AA and A 70, B 68. Poultry: Prices to retailers, de livered, for grBde A quality, fryers, whole 36-38. cut up 41-43: light type hens, whole 28-30, cut up 33-33; heavy type hens, whole 39-43. CAT OWNERS Chicago - Almost one fam ily in five in the U. S. main tains a cat as a domestic pet. I o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDrORD, ORE. Spaniards Change When Behind Wheel of A Car Madrid - IUPD - Spain, the country of siestas and slow ness, has caught up with the rush of the modern world in at least one way - traffic. Give a courteous, old-worldly, hand-kissing Spaniard a car and some change takes place deep down inside him. Possibly it isn't quite as spectacular as the movie hor ror of a man becoming a werewolf, but the effect Is about the same. Speed is no object, just as long as there is plenty of it. There are plenty of police and traffic lights around, but they don't help an awful lot. Whereas a few years ago the streets of Madrid were un crowded and easy to drive in, the growing wealth of Spain has clogged them with ever increasing traffic. Unfortun ately, as Spain has increased the number of cars, it has not increased necessary control on the drivers. Getting a driver's license in Spain is difficult. There is a complicated written test of some 50 questions. But if that is passed, then the would-be driver is almost to the race way. The driving section of the test consists of one turn around a local park. If you don't hit a tree, you re in. On Your Own Once into traffic you're on your own. The only thing to remember is that each man behind the wheel of a car feels that God granted him at least one thing - the right of way. The huge fleet of taxis, most of them looking at least 100 years old, don't help. Most of them go about five miles an hour and give faster drivers a sort of moving slalom course to weave in and out of. There also are little, bug like cars called "Sin-sins" that join with the motorcycles and motorscooters to fill any spare inches between cars. The translation of "sin-sin" means "without - without," which comes from the pharse referring to the drivers of the little bugs: "Without enough money to buy a car and with out enough guts to ride a motorcycle." Wooden Carts On top of all this, every morning hundreds of huge wheeled wooden carts pulled by donkeys lumber into the city to take out the trash They finish picking up the trash at the height of the rush hour and begin their slow way out of town. On the nar row side streets of Madrid traffic moves just as fast as the slowest donkey. Perhaps the Spanish driver lacks the daring of the French driver, the stubbornness of the English driver or the vocabu lary of the Italian driver. But he is learning. Need for Secretarial Help Is Increasing New York - IUPD - Employ. ment agencies in many parts of the country report a "buy er's market" for secretarial help. The business slowdown has caused some firms to cut back on office help and to make greater use of secretar ial pools. The Bank of America re ports applications in San Francisco are running 50 per cent ahead of a year ago. Sound Waves Used io Measure Beef Quality New York - (UPD - S o u n d waves are being used to meas ure the quality of beef on-the-hoof. The waves are beamed into a live animal and the speed of their rebound determines the thickness of the animal's fat. The ultra-sonic device, originally designed to detect flaws In metal, sells for about $5,000. gency measures barring private autos from streets were still in effect today, (UPI Telephoto) Three Major Counts Listed for Of Baby Sitters By patricia Mccormick New York-WPB-For safety's sake and peace of mind, hire only baby sitters who come well recommended, who have mature judgment and who enjoy children. And if you can't be satis- field on all three counts, for get about going out. The requisites for safety where baby sitters are con cerned are part of a new report drawn up by the ac cident prevention committee 4H News The regular meeting of the Knittin' Kittens 4-H club was called to order by the president, Kathy Thompson. Under old business a re port was given on the Christ mas gift which was taken to the Pearl Watson home in Central Point. Also under old business it was stated that more large mouth peanut but ter jar lids were needed for the hospital and if anyone out side the club had them they could be left with our leader, Mrs. Frink, or any of the club members. Under new business, rangements were made ar- for the 4-H Club window A committee was appointed to work on it. Refreshments were served by Kathy and Rotemary Rem pert and Judy Frink. The next meeting will be Feb. 18, at our leader's home on Linden lane. Carolee Kuest, Reporter Lake Crook Wrangler The second meeting of the Lake Creek Wrangles Gener al club was held Feb. 1 at the Lake Creek Grange hall. Sixteen members and four leaders attended. Victor Halsey gave a report on ways to make money. Bob Fisher announced there will be a judging tour to the Ralph Cook ranch and the Arrow head ranch, in the near fu ture. Deanna Grissom was ap pointed refreshment chair man. Jerry Brog, County 4-H agent, gave a talk on how to fill out record books. Alice Woolfolk, our secre tary, won a trip to Salem be cause of the fine work she has done keeping records on her projects in the past years. Refreshments were served. Tom Perry, Reporter HEALTH COSTS Washington - IUPD - The pub lic pays $25 billion a year for the concern of its health. This breaks down to $137 a year for every man, woman and child In the nation. WATCH REPAIRS Have Your Watch Completely Checked Case Cleaned and While You Are in Pick Out New Watch Band PRICED FROM East Main $995 231 Hiring of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The report is titled: "Safe ty tips for Parents Hiring Baby Sitters." Leave Phone Number The committee also advises parents to; Tell the baby sitter where you will be and leave the phone number where you can be reached. -Leave the baby sitter the phone number of the local police department and the children's doctor. Leave exact instructions as to the care of the children, what they are to eat, when they are to go to bed and so on. -Review with the baby sit ter- various escape routes in case of fire. The committee's report con tains general and specific in structions for the baby sitter also. "As a baby sitter, remem ber that these parents have entrusted you with their most valuable and precious posses sion," tne committee said. Loving Care Succeeds "Be sure that your actions justify this faith in you. If the children awaken crying and do not feel feverish, tend er loving care will usually be successful In quieting them. "When an infant is restless and not feverish, burping, changing or feeding may also be needed. If nothing suffices, call the parents." Among the specific instruc tions for the baby sitters are the following: In case of illness or acci dent, contact the parents at once. If they are not available, call their doctor. If their doc tor is not available, call your own doctor. Case of smoke or fire, get the children out of the house immediately. Don't stop to dress the children or make a phone call. Take the chil dren to the nearest neighbor and then, and only then, call the fire department. Then call the parents. Strange Noise In case you hear a strange noise or sound, remember that usually such noises or sounds come from the pipes when the heat comes on or from a banging shutter. If you can not identify a sound, call the police and then call the par ents. P.S.-CHp this story before discarding today's paper. Mount the instructions on the bulletin board in the kitchen -or in a place where you and the baby sitters can see them. SOUP 14-OZ.T-BONE STEAK COOKED AS YOU LIKE IT It's Graded USDA Choice Lots of Golden Brown French Fries or, if it's after 5 o'clock, you can hart a Huge Baked Russerr Potato OUR OWN HOT BREAD OPEN 6 A.M. TO I P.M.-CLOSED SUNDAYS a IM TH MEDFORO School News Medford High School Edited by Sandy Shugart, Staff: Dart Underwood, Heather Rod, Jim Woods, Cindy Anderson, Jim Sliger, Sua House. Four Medford drama stu dents were finalists in the Speech Arts Festival In Port land recently. They are Linda Jo Waltermlre, both oral and acting interpretation; Beverly Gebhard, acting; Dean Hiser and Bill Deemer in oral in terpretation. Linda Jo, Dean and Bill received honorable mention awards. Nancy Hinman has been chosen February Olrl of the Month by the Girls' League. Nancy is an honor roll stu dent, active in choir and Pep sters, and president of the Future Teachers of America club. Seven Medford High stu dents have been chosen to sing in the All Northwest choir at Spokane, Wash., March 15 to 18. Five hundred and thirty two students were selected from 1,000 applicants of six states. Those selected from Medford are Art House, Dave Lundquist, Joel Gregory, Di anne Hunter, Julie Gandt, Bob Hlede, and Ralph Lobdell. Lynn Sjolund, MHS choir di rector, also is making the trip. Carolyn Breazeale, Julie Gandt, Linda Carver, Betty Kyker, and Julie Latham have been selected to attend the All Northwest music festival, as representatives from MHS's orchestra under the direction of John Drysdale. The International Relations League of MHS has been meeting three nights a week in preparation for the Model United Nations conference at the University of Oregon March 2, 3, and 4. Ten Med ford delegates will attend as United Kingdom representa tives. Majorette tryouts wore held last Wednesday. About 18 girls tried out. I. A. Mlrlck, band instructor, will announce the successful applicants Feb. 15. "Finian's Rainbow," Med ford High's musical comedy will be presented by the MHS choir and orchestra, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights this week. All seats are re served. The leads are played by Joel Gregory, Flnlan McLon ergan; Wally Huffman and Dave Lundquist, Woody Ma- honey; Larry Berg And Reed Harris, Og; Kathy Allen and Mary Kay Harris, Sharon; and JoAnn Johnson and Marty Wyatt, Susan Mahpney. Members of the Girls Ath letic association have been participating in the various sports of taffy-pulling, bicycl ing, and volley-ball. Future events include a snow party and a play-day. A coming event of Interest to GAA members is the Issu ance of new uniforms for all GAA activities. Investment Funds Noon quotations on aeieoted funds; Fund Bid Asked Bullock 13.25 14.33 Chem Fund 11.7 12.70 Eaton Howard SVk"-."!!"l3.05 13.96 Fidelity 10.14 17.43 Qroup Sec Avia-Elec .. 9.17 10.05 Group Sec. Com Stk ....13.03 14.27 Group Sec Petr 10.87 11.91 Group Sec Steel 9. IS Oroup Sec Tobac 9.88 Keystone B-3 15.40 18.81 Keystone B-4 9.47 10.34 Keystone K-2 18.1S 17.89 Keystone S-l 21.48 23.42 Keystone S-2 12.33 13.45 Keystone S-3 14.04 15.32 Keystone 8-4 13.72 14.97 Mass Inv Crth Stk 18.22 17.54 TV-Elec 8.05 8.77 Value Line Inc 5.30 9.79 Wellington 14.52 15.83 CAPITOL SITE Washington - The U. S. na tional Capitol building is lo cated on a hillside which was known in the earlier days of the city as Duddington's pas ture. SALAD SHOPPING CHTtt TutbUAI, tLBHUAHlf 7, 1961 Local and Medical Patient -Gene Rocthler, 357 Cerritos St., Medford, was listed as a medi cal patient today at Rogue Valley hospital. To Gift Show-Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ewaldsen of Swem's Gift shop left Saturday for San Francisco where they are attending the summer gift show this week. Planning Meeting - The Jackson County Planning commission will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. in the coun ty courthouse annex in the planning commission office on the first floor. The meetings are open to the public. Patients - Medical patients listed as Sacred Heart hos pital today included Cyril A. Meunelr, 1316 Winchester ave., Medford; Donald Spicer, 1021 Jaccard St., Crescent City, Calif.; Mrs. Ralph N. Wilson, 3045 Table Rock rd., Medford; and Mrs. Urban W. Charity, Horse Creek, Calif. Branch Office - Jackson ville Mayor E. O. Graham has announced he is opening a branch office of the Central Point Realty in Jacksonville. The office will be located next to the Old Beekman bank. Mrs. E. O. Graham is opening the Polar Bar lunch counter next to the Jackson ville museum. Surgery Patients-Mrs. Wil liam H. Dyer, 20 Myrtle St., Medford; Mrs. Clyde I. Dixon, 1807 Austin at.. Klamath Falls; Lloyd B. Norwick, route box 20B, Jacksonville; Rots Salvage, box 852, Brookings; and xerresa- Stoll, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Stoll, 3297 Brltt st., Medford, were listed as surgery patients today at Sacred Heart hospital. In Hospital - Shirley Walk er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Walker, route 1, box 8B, Jacksonville, and Mrs. Clifford Shafer, post office box 681, Central Point, were listed as medical patients to day at Crater Osteopathic hos pital. Surgery patients there included Lincoln fence, 45 West Third St., Eagle Point, and Mrs. H. Lester Taylor, 490 Holly St., Ashland. Hospliallted-Mrs. Douglas Smith, the former Gail Skyr man. dauehter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Skyrman, Central! Point, Is a patient at Cottage Grove hospital after she suf fered injuries in an automo bile accident Jan 27 en route to southern Oregon. Her hus band, son of Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence Smith, Gold Hill, has been released from the hospital. The couple live In Corvallis where they are teachers In the elementary schools. Be an Early Bird! vHfin'.uCLO We Expected To Close This Great Hit Tonight But Too Many Demanded MORE TIME TO SEE IT! SO - FOR A FEW MORE DAYS THE TOP WESTERN OF THE YEAR ulblervirnroeiClift iEli A 1 Personal Permit Issued -The city building department recently issued a permit to J. T. La tham for $2,000 to erect a car port and garage at 815 and 819 Park St. Attempted Entry -John Charles Fowlks, 1417 Fortune dr., told city police Monday that someone tried to break into his home during the past week. Police found pry marks on a sliding glass door at the side of the house. They said the attempted entry was ap parently unsuccessful. In Custody - City police Monday afternoon took Wil Ham Henry Hall, 520 North Front st., into custody on a citizen's complaint charging petty larceny (shoplifting). Hall admitted to police that he tried to take some cigar ettes and wine from a local grocery store without paying for them. Can Collide - Cars oper ated by Eugene Edward Feld man, 21, of 517 Park Placa No. 4, and Mary Henrietta Henninger, 60, of 2237 Aloha St., collided Monday about 2:45 p.m. at the intersection of Sixth and Grape sts., ac cording to city police. Dam age to both cars was minor and no citations were issued. FALLING IN FAVOR Washington - UPD - Buck wheat Dancakes are falling out of favor and as a result buckwheat farmers are feel ing the pinch.. Agriculture de partment figures show that only 1.2 billion bushels of buckwheat were harvested in 1960, the lowest in 74 years. Prices also have slumped. CHARROAL STEAKS TILL MIDNIGHT CANDLE ROOM f T HOTEL Open Deify 5:30 P.M. to Midnight Sundays 4 P.M. Till II P.M. THEATER INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SP 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATERS Between S P.M. A 6 P.M. Monday Through Thursday Enjoy Your Favorite Beverages in "The Alley" Our Regular $1.49 $19 Dinner ONLY .... I All YOU CAN EATI THE GROTTO No. 10 Front LOOK! in the John Huston production
