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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD. ORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12. 1961 A 3 Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins QUtllUr and Tribune Sjradlcatr' Ambrosia of the Winter Woods 1, 'Food;; the .like of which I have never experienced before or since, I enjoyed in a bare, bleak woodland, where edges 1 of snow still persisted on the north side of banks and trees; trees whose branches were tartlingly black against a leaden sky. The repast was held in a small shed -like building of weathered boards, in a sugar-bush. " -Forgotten ad alone, the lit tle building . had waited throughout an entire year; alone except for a host of lit tle creatures that had moved In during the past 12 months. Chipmunks had scampered over the old vat that had held many barrels of boiling sugar sap. - Squirrels had scampered over; the weathered roof boards. A skunk had started a burrow under one wall. Birds and bugs were in and out Summer, winds had .sigh ed around the four walls. Rain had drenched - it.' Winter mows had piled. -their'. weight on the sagging root. The little sugar , house ,had weathered the ' seasons, and "the visita tions of bug, bird, mammal, and man. v Thaw St.ln,"-.A' ' ''-; Then, almost unnoticed, the gun crossed a line somewhere, the -weather moderated; the snow began to melt. During the day a soft wind signed through the bare trees.. At night, the frost, as if glad to have another chance and re luctant ... to give up, again gripped the woods, again froze the water that had been snow the day before. Also, unseen, began the ascent of sap in the maple trees. Then came the men with the pails, the augers, and the spigots. Holes were bored, pails hung. The woods, that had been still so long, were filled with the faint, measured tap, tap, tap, of sugar-water dripping, into the pails. - - The sugar - house now be came . the center f activity. The old, rusting vat had been cleaned; the chinks In the supporting wall had been ce mented over. The cobwebs were brushed away, a fire was laid. Blue woodsmoke curled up , through the bare trees. ; Pail after brimming pail of sweet sap was dumped into the vat. It was sugaring off time again. - - Three Dressed Chickens.. : Inside the 1 i t.tl e sugar house; attached to an over head rafter, was a long wire, whose lower end was below the level of the top of the vat. The wire was stiff, and rod-like, for ; there ' was a weight on the lower end. On the wire-end, submerged in Local Meteorologist Accepts New Post - Harold Smith, who has been a meteorologist at the U.S. weather bureau here for the past 13 months, will leave this week end to take charge of a weather bureau program in Kingston, Jamaica, B.W.I. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their two daughters, Robin, 4, and Wendy, 11 months, have made their home at 1121 Red dy tt. She has been active in church work, and has assisted in the children's story hour at the Public Library of Med ford and Jackson county. , Smith will be supervisory meteorological technician in his new job, the sole repre sentative of the U.S. weather bureau in Jamaica, and will also handle maintenance and training for the rawinsonde program, as -well as perform ing liaison duties with the B.W.I. government, and all administrative duties. The Smiths plan to leave here Friday, and will go to Washington, D.C., for briefing before leaving for the islands. the boiling liquid, were three dressed chickens. There in the sweet, , syrupy sap, that was thick and nearly to the point of being maple-sugar, cooked the chickens. ; As the shadows began to lengthen across the bleak win ter woods, we removed the chickens and, with dry bread, we ate them. Very sweet they were, exceedingly delicious, the most savory morsel I ever tasted; a delicacy that can send the human taste-buds in to a complete orbit; ambrosia of the winter woods. Court Records MUNICIPAL COURT - . - Wendell Earl Lowry. no opera-1 tor license in possession, 5. j Roger Lee Breezley, disobeyed ; traffic signal, 10. Hcrschel HuLtng Dixon, violation of basic rule. 925. Bryan Autry Nelson, violation of basic rule. $10. Rosanne Marie Smith, violation of basic rule, $25. Tracy Olbert Morgan, violation of basic rule,' $12.50. Wilms Juanita Natwlck. viola tion of basic rule, $5. Russell Gilbert Elder, violation of basic rule, $25. Jack LeeRoy Coffeen.. walked against wait light. $10, Gearold Lloyd Jones, no opera tor's license, $5. Robert Dick Andrews, excessive noise, $10. John Lester Hlginbotham, dis obeyed traffic signal, $10. Rex Gibson Walters, disobeyed traffic signal. $10. Rosemary Locke, improper pass ing. $20. Edwin Sherburn Bowl, disobey ed traffic signal, $10 suspended. John James Owens, disobeyed stop sign, $10; violation of basic rule, $25. Leola Joyce Connor, disobeyed traffic signal. $10. Keith Melvin Coggins, violation of basic rule, $25 suspended. Darrell Miles Miller, disobeyed stop sign. $10. Jim Jeth Cunningham, excessive noise, $10. Estetle Florence Cook, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. James Warren Lockhart,- failure to apply for Oregon operator's license. $50 suspended: violation of basic rule, $10. 1 James Jer,emiah Dunlevy, viola tion of basic rule, $25. - Louis John Rentz, violation of baste rule, $25. Robert Leroy Jacobs, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. . ' Arba Jay McCullough, violation of basic rule, $25. Ira Day Canfleld. failure to yield, right of way. accident, $25. Donald Gene - Fisher, excessive noise, $10. Rachel' Cleota Lusk, - disobeyed traffic signal, $10. Howard Edward Salkil. wrong way on one-way street, $10. Martin Robert Barnett, violation of basic rule. $10. Violette Marie Goldenoenny. ex pired vehicle license, $5. Aivin uuntua iuik viumuuu vi basic rule, $12.50. Marie Hooper, v violation of baste rule. $10. Ethen John Fordyce. disobeyed stop sign, $10, Michael Scott Wlckersham, vio lation oi oasic ruie, -iu. Douglas Harrison Hibler, exces sive noise, $10. George Brainard Sabin, violation of basic rule. $10. Aileen Marie Maddox, Violation of basic rule. $12.50. Donald Wade Rasor, obstructed vision, $10. Harold Eugene Fahrnkopf, dis obeyed traffic signal. $10. Harold Richard Adams, viola tion of basic rule, $10. Dorothy Lucille Totten, violation of basic rule, $10. M o y n e E. Simpson, disobeyed stop sign, $10. Ralph Alexander McKay, ex pired vehicle license, $5. Christian Schempp, following too .close, accident, $12.50. DISTRICT COURT Ernest T. Hadley Jr.. 2831 Oak Ridge St., Medford, reckless driv ing, $150. Breck M. Harrison, failure to dim lights. $7.50. Orville H. Steward, overload, $25. James C. Wilson Jr., no vehicle license, $5. - , James D. Atta,'. failure to . stop, $15. Ross J. Foster, four in driver's seat. $7.50. s Dwight W. Wrae, violation of basic rule, $15. ' Gordon W. Hills, overload, $72. Dallas D. Brownson, violation of basic rule. $100. Philip R. Killian, obstructed vis ion. $5. William R. Padgett Jr., no tall light, $10. Ira E. Brock, overload, $40.50. Richard E. Perry, failure to stop, $7.50. Stanley W. Miller, failure to stop, $15. J Roger L. Friermood, not requir ed lights, $7 50. . Clarence M. Anderson, over width. $15. Olonzo H. Smith, overload, $26.' Gordon L. Burger, overload, $15. Howard F. Young, no muffler, $10. Alan M. Morse, failure to stop, $15. , ' . CIRCUIT COURT . Carol Lu Ann Schneider vs. Glenn F. Schneider, divorce com plaint. Sally L. McKenie vs. Kenneth W. McKenie, divorce complaint. 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