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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
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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.
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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.
Indications were this has
not worked out as anticipated.
The House was expected to
go back to the system of re
taining one physicians to make
daily visits to the Capitol.
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