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16 A TUESDAY. MARCH 21, 1861 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. The Family Council Editor's Note: The Family Council comliu of a Judie, psychia trist, three clergymen, three editore and a women'! editor. Each article la a fummary of an actual caie hUtory. The council report! on prob lem! that have been deal! with by reiponilble agencies and counselor!. liopyrignt sees uenerai reaturee corp.; Mr. L.F. - It's not worth going into debt to provide an extra-fancy wedding. Suiann F .-Didn't he know that along with daughters come weddings? Mr. L.F. - All children are a Joy but, 'dollar for dollar, girls cost more. , Neverthless, I'm glad I was able to let Susie "keep up" with her friends. But now that she's engaged to Ralph and planning a June wedding, I'm ready to turn In my badge as "Dear Generous Dad!" Quietly, and without my realizing it, weddings have turned into Big Business I always managed to shell It out, both for necessities and luxuries for Susie. But cater ers have me stymied. They must be working hand-in-glove with finance companies, because as soon as you start to deal with the first,, you need the second. Susie and her mother had a preliminary meeting with a wedding ('consultant." What they have in mind would prob ably rival President Ken nedy's Inaugural Ball! They'd better stop thinking about Madison Square Garden. Our own back-yard Is just about right for my income bracket! . . . Suiann F. - A wedding comes once in a lifetime. It is something every girl dreams about. Of course it's expen sive, but I assumed Daddy had a special fund set aside for the Great Day. Now he acts as though beautiful and unforgettable wedding will throw him into bankruptcy. How he exagger ates! we ve winnowed the guest-list down to 100 couples, which isn't much, considering our many relatives and friends. Mother and I don't want to upset Dad with our plans. So far we're just talking, think ing out loud. But it terrifies him, it seems, everytlme we bring up a new item, like an album of candid snots. We'll certainly try to keep within whatever total he offers. But, at current prices, he may have to strain a bit so that we can include such won derful extras as music and floral decorations. Whatever the sacrifice, I know Dad will be glad, look ing back, that we did it up "right." Th Council! After paying it all off and "going without" for a long time, Susie's Dad may possibly say It was all worth It. Things have certainly changed from the days when Mom and Dad could hang white streamers and wedding- bells around the front parlor, set up bowls of fruit -punch and platters of iced cakes, and call it a wedding. Today par ents of the bride are swept under the spell of the Banquet Consult with confldenct our experienced staff who wear Otarion Listener hearing ids. , oiM'oetlN STAMPS , CONVfNKMT CMMf FREE HEARING TEST and demonstration of the revolutionary new hearing aidi featuring the Si WAIT MIlTKIMM Mr- Heerin Dee44 OTARION" on Thursday, March 23 ' mi 4th Year COLUMBIAN OPTICAL COMPANY Meoferd- ShW Center SP J. 990 Y MEMBERS A. L. (Tex) Nash, left, Med fbrd businessman, is shown above using a little "friendly persuasion" in getting two of his employees to sign, up for YMCA membership during the current Y member ship drive. The men are Jack Weber, center, and Pete Hale. Actually, the men took mem berships on their own initiative. Nash said, making for 100 per cent employee participa tion within the two firms operated by Nash. The goal for the drive, which ends Friday, March 24, is 1,000 new members. ALLOY USE Providence - Nickel silver, 1 alloy containing nickel, zinc and copper, Is used as base metal for . silver-plated silverware. It is also used for making keys and slide fasteners. Director who begs them to "leave everything to him," and - he may well mean all their worldly goods. Mr. Ft Is right in alerting his happy ladles to the fact that everyone tries to get into the act and tack another "gra cious touch" to the arrange ments. There's no limit to the possibilities. Do you want doves released from an over head heart? Swans floating in an artificial lake on the dance floor? Shall the bride make a dramatic entrance down a special staircase? Dad knows that the high-pressure guys will be after him till debt do us part!" And he wants to give them a wide berth while he's still solvent. We urge Susie to give her "flights of fancy" full wing, and then full flight into the never-never land. The only "musts" for a wedding are a bride and groom, an accred ited officiator, and witnesses. All else, as the Good Book would say, is vanity. Delight ful colorful, impressive van ity, 'tis true, but still a take-lt-or-leave-tt accompaniment for nuptial rites. ' It's more Important that the spirit of the wedding be un forgettable, than the dance-band. 4-HUews Merry Calta Mixers . The Merry Cake Mixers met at the home of Luana Loffer March 11. The girls read some pages in the 4-H book and then went to the kitchen, where Linda Marmo and Luana Loffer boiled milk. Kathy Rentz and Carolyn Zarosinski made cheese sauce Lynn Rickman made a vanilla pudding, all with the help of Mrs. Loffer. Kathy Rentz, Reporter Justice Probing Price Fixing Cases Washington - (UPD - Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy has disclosed the Justice Depart ment Is Investigating wide spread price fixing in an at tempt to "lower prices" of bread, meat, milk, drugs and other consumer products. Kennedy said that price fixing cases were being check ed in "almost every major metropolitan area . . . includ ing the city of New York, where rather important cases appear to be developing." He pointed out that an in dictment had been returned recently In Florida in connec tion with the bread Industry and said that price fixing "is far more widespread than peo ple realize ... almost across the board in certain sections.1 Sooner or later we were bound to arrive at this ticklish spot - a discussion of how to go about making the perfect pot of coffee. Granted that the coffee is surely the key, there is no ignoring the pot. That is where the ticklish part comes in, for there are exponents of every method, mechanism and material in which you can brew up a batch, and they are experts all. So we suggest only that you take your choice, then take every care to keep it scrubbed scrupulously spotless -we want no instance of the pot calling our coffee black. Measure accurately, please - both coffee and water. It will help, of course, if the coffee you measure is Boyd's. Four thousand restaurants prove it -they serve a million cups of Boyd's every day. PC VtJtlmtuir opinion seW ibt prcfir iimi pat. But ' iWil" "'' trft It uly twr calming cup a ctrfet. 0n, BE FIRM ABOUT YOUR CHOICE OF COFFEE POT AND EQUALLY STUBBORN ABOUT HAVING BOYD'S Kennedy Credited With Helping To Settle Dispute Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Kennedy has been credit ed with having helped speed settlement of a wage dispute that had threatened to shut down a vital atomic energy plant. Less than five days after Kennedy expressed concern over a possible strike at the Hanford, Wash., atomic plant. the General Electric Co. reach ed agreement Saturday with AFL - CIO Atomic Trades Council on a new contract covering 3,200 workers there. Offer Revised The firm, which ODerates the plutonium-producing in stallation under contract with the Atomic Energy Commis sion, made a major revision last week of its offer for the first time since negotiations began last fall. GE granted wage increases greater than were provided under the "pattern" of settle ments with unions in its elec trical equipment and appli ance plants. It long had re fused to budge from this "pat tern" offer until the admin istration moved into the picture. Strike Date Delayed At Kennedy's reauest. strike date was postponed for two weeks to allow more time to negotiate. Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg consulted with AEC Chairman Glenn Seaborg and Rep. Chet Holifield (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate-House Committee on Atomic Ener gy, to develop a government plan in case of a strike. Goldberg also conferred with Justice Department attor neys on ways to keep the plant operating in case the Federal Mediation Service's efforts were unsuccessful. Word of Goldberg's activitv was relayed to the bargaining mole. No Threats Made Administration officials said that there was no attempt to tnreaten GE or force it to accept the recommendations of a presidential panel which iooKed into the dispute. But they took satisfaction In the fact that GE decided to grant full retroactivity after the President's expression of concern. PHONE COUNT New York City has more than four million telephones. Jt V COUNTERACTS r-'iijl DAMAGE I liflvs: ELIM,NATEs I 3Lf': TANGLES I UIaBsXaaJsM ' RESTORES NATURAL BEAUTY Famous LIFE LOTION HAIR TREATMENT penetrates deep down to give new radiance, new luster, new manage ability to alt hair-no matter how badly damaged by bleaching, coloring, over-waving or exposure to sun, wind and water. Eliminates snarls and tangles, wonderful (or children. Use LIFE LOTION HAIR TREATMENT alter each shampoo I nrrJ Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins (Reslster and Tribune Syndlcatp-19tl) Caught by a Clam, the Bird Was Abandoned by Nature The ebbing tide left the sandflat partly exposed; it was neither dry land nor sea bot tom, but a semi-shore enviorn- ment in between flood and drought. As the water drained away, clams and a host of marine creatures were left to dig quickly into the mud to await the next immersion. At the edge of the mudflat a large clam moved. It ap peared different from the oth ers around it, for beside it and attached to it was a sodden mass - a bird, a small sand piper. One of the bird's legs was within the clam shell. held firmly by the vise-like shell. The bird was dead. But a few hours before, the sandpiper was a living thing, dancing gaily along the beach, leedlng with his fellows. He was hungry, gobbling up small marine creatures that were in motion in the shallow water. Food was plen- tuui and the bird was made almost frantic by its abundance. A Little Careless In the pxritpmpnf nf gathering he became a little careless anH failprl in witnh his step, for suddenly he felt a snarp pain in his right leg. He had parnlpsslv nlnpoH Viic tinv foot intn fhp nnpn chplt of the clam. Feeling the foot against its soit body the clam closed its shell with the sud denness of a steel trap. The sandpiper attempted to fly, but the wings only beat the water: it Dulled, hut thp grip held. The bird had no way ot Knowing that Nature had abandoned it, had actual ly trapped him. The evening light faded. The darkness that comes first to the land anrl later flnwa out over the water slowly ob scured the beach and dark ened the sea. The bird must have sensed the fact that the tide was turning and was sweeping in to Inundate the mudflat. Struggled Desperately Desperately he struggled; stupidly the clam held on and the water deepened. The wa ter crept higher; the bird had to tip its little head to hold the bill up in the life-giving air. The stars came out; a full moon rose, turning the beach sand a golden yellow and glinting on the water with a silvery brightness. Relentless ly the water deepened. Only the bill of the doomed bird was above the water. The tide rose higher; the sandpipers on the shore above the water line tucked their heads under a wing and slept. The stupid clam retained its senseless grip on the tiny leg; the now limp bird-body sway ed lifelessly with the impulse of the incoming tide. Mem bers of a beach picnic party up higher on the beach, laugh ed and celebrated - nobody knew - no one cared. Free Medical Care In House Ended Salem - (UPD - House Speak er Robert Duncan said Mon day the program for free med ical service to members of the Oregon House has been dis continued. Duncan and the Marlon- Polk County Medical society launched the program on a trial basis last month, with members of the society volun teering to be "on call" should a House member be stricken suddenly. 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