MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
SUNDAY, APRIL IS, 1961
To divert Interest from noet to boetrv is a lanrlahlo aim'
. for it would conduce to a juster examination of actual poetry,
good and bad. There are many people who appreciate the
. expression of sincere emotion in verse, and there is a smaller
. numner o: people who can appreciate technical excellence
But very few know when there is expression of SIGNIFI
,. CANT emotion, emotion which has its life in the poem and
not in the history of the poet. The emotion of art is imper
sonal. And the poet cannot reach this impersonality without
surrending himself wholly to the work to be done. And he
is not likely to know what is to be done unless he lives
what is not merely the present," but the present moment of
. the past, unless he Is conscious, not of what is dead, but of
wnai is mreHay living.
T. S. Eliot in "The Sacred Wood" (Barnes & Noble)
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The Living Need the Flowers
The living need the flowers that we strew- UDon the dead.
The flowers of human comfort, the kind words to be said;
The hand-clasp given in silence, the touch upon the brow;
' ' These priceless human blossoms, the living need them
now.
TTrtur nftan 4hnen ma nl.awtr.li.. .3 T : I il 1 1- a.
. Decked with those floral emblems which, oh, so quickly
WUG,
Who, while we had them with us longed, had we only known,
. For more of the fadeless blossoms in God's garden grown.
The living need them daily, all through their years of life,
To ease the bitter heartache, to soothe amid the strife.
we may nonor tne lifeless body as we lay it on the sod.
But it's what we owe the living that we answer for to God.
La Verna Flowers
(Submitted by Rose Willems, Medford, in memory of her
iiiumer.
God's Symphony
t Oh, what it life and what is love, ,
And what, pray tell, is ecstasy? , 1
They have their home within the heart '
And flow on through eternity.
- They're found within the gorgeous dawn
Whose colors tint the pearl of dew
' Within the chalice of each flower, c ,.
' Reflecting shades Of every hue.
All nature speaks of life of love: -'
The trees, the -mountains and the streams;
The star-strewn dome of heav'n at eve, v -.
The moon, who sends her silv'ry beams.
Oh, what is life and what is love,
And what, pray tell, is ecstasy?
Within each heart they ALL express
The music of God's Symphony!
' Lila Curtis Bates,
Eagle Point, Oregon
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His Prayer
"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep,"
t A tired and sleepy little boy, . . -. ' , ...
' Who was his mother's pride and joy.
Murmured the words that she had said, . I
Her loving hand upon his head.
"What is my soul that He must keep?"
Ere she could answer he was asleep.
The years passed by as years will do;
The lad to sturdy manhood grew.
1 He kept the faith of childhood pure
And served the Lord with strength more sure;
The prayer he prayed not just the same, '
But always in the Master's name.
! Last night beside his humble bed b(. ..
Softly the childhood prayer he said, ''" "v '
"If I should die .before I wake,. 0
I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take,"
.'And then in peaceful sleep he lay
Till wakened to eternal day. . j
L. G. Weaver,
. i Medford
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Goofus Birds
Once I saw a work-bench well covered with things:
i There were boxes and cans of twigs, buttons and strings; .
There were pebbles, horse-chestnuts, wishbones and
driftwood;
Colored glass, tinfoil and feathers that you'd think were
no good.
There were cardboard, clay, bright chenille and paint;
. Brown acorns, pine cones, other odds very quaint;
Glue, varnish and sea-shells too many for words:
From these, a smiling, smocked artist fashioned wild goofus
birds;
An oak gall for a body, crab claw for a head;
Two seeds for its eyes, a paint splash of red,
Pipe-stem cleaners for legs, twigs and tail feathers, matched
Wire made good understanding: another goofus bird hatched.
Pearl Spackman,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Man In Space .
To the Editor: In the April
Issue of the Oregon Legion
naire the two following news
items are given under the
heading: "Half of Mankind
Hungry."
"U.N. experts have esti
mated that half of mankind is
permanently hungry and that
two-thirds of the world popu
lation is illiterate, miserably
poor and has a life expectancy
of under 30 years."
"It is estimated that the
current cost of world arma
ments is $320 million a day
AAUN." And now Russia has beaten
us to the draw with a man in
space while our scientists are
frantically trying to catch up.
Really now, will the orbit
ing of men around our planet
help to fill the empty stom
achs, train the illiterate and
raise the life expectancy of
the world's population?
. I do not mean to minimize
the startling announcement of
the great event. Yet some of
. us wonder what the ultimate
objectives of our scientists
are.
The solemn thought that
has come to me is this: How
many who read these lines are
. getting ready to meet the real
man in space?
'Some 1900 years ago the
i religious leaders of the day
crucified the Son of God. He
was buried but arose and as-
. cended to Heaven.
But before He went He
promised that He would re
turn. God's word as given by
.Holy Scripture tells us the
same Jesus who ascended in a
cloud will come again in the
clouds of heaven.
This time when He comes
veryone will recognize Him
as the only one who can heal
this world'j ills. Yet the terri-
ble truth is that the majority
of earth's inhabitants will not
be ready to meet their Re
deemer. It's high time for all of us
to quit worrying about what
the Russians are doing and
get down to the facts. Are we
doing all we can to see that
our own hearts are right?
Then when the real space
man comes we'll be ready to
meet Him with outstretched
arms and ready hearts.
I firmly believe we are liv
ing in an age of marvels. Yet
I do not for a moment see
sinful man as he is now, going
out to unfallen .worlds and
spreading the deadly cancer
of sin. The God of Heaven
will soon set up His Kingdom
which shall never pass away.
Henry Johnson Jr.,
2315 Highway 66,
Ashland, Ore.
No Such Word?
To the Editor: "Preventa
tive" (in a recent Mail Trib
une story):
My teacher says there is
no such word. I think she
should be fired cause every
body knows the Mail Tribune
can't be wrong, can it?
LUy Bergman
Age 11.
P.S. My mother says not
to put my address cause she
does not want our name in
your ignorant paper.
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Editor's note: Dear Lily:
We're happy to acknowl
edge errors we DO make, but
let's be fair. You tell that
smart teacher of yours to look
in Webster's New World Dic
tionary, Encyclopedic Edition
(on Page 1152 in the 19S1
issue).
Or, if she doesn't want that
one, tell her to try Webster's
New Collegiate Dictionary,
Communications
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contrary is often the case.
April, Dollars, Faith, Reason
To the Editor: Am I getting
addlepated? It is way into
April and I forgot to aprilfool
anybody. That never happen
ed before. Yeh, I know that
little jingle that rhymes with
past. Don t tell me.
I shall takemy forgettery
right down to the Drama
Group that the Fifty Plus club
has organized and see what
o"r fine director, Thayer Tar
vin, can do about helping me
to memorize.
Anyone over 50 Anay join
free of cost. We meet WedneS'
days at 3 p.m., 601 E. Jackson
St., Senior Center.
Isn't it awful, Mabel, that
just when we get to cutting
paper dolls, we jump up and
pour our coffee into the sugar
bowl?
Everett, I know you must
have had reason for sitting on
the cash register, but still, I
can't figure why you-couldn't
sit on a dollar bill. I could If
I had one, but unless I'd go
on a 'heap' big diet, I'd lap
over the sides.
Mentioning 'Reason':
Thanks for the card, Mrs.
C.R.S., informing me that
somebody, somewhere took
the word 'Reason' down and
replaced it with the word
"Faith" because nothing could
be proved or disproved.
God gives me all the rea
sons" and "proof" I need, and
Faith" I learned In the
school rooms of three-fourths
of a century past. -
I agree that we can't see
God, but if you can't see His
works, you've missed a heap
o' living.
I could never see the mind,
either, but it works-"terrible"
at times! I've seen Its debris
scattered for miles.
One seldom sees "Christian
ity" out of place, but comes to
mind an inebriate who I saw
staggering out of a saloon last
Christmas, who was trying to
whistle the tune of a fine old
Christmas carol that was blar
ing, loud enough to wake the
dead, and it came from the
same room he did.
Did it set anyone to think
ing? I do a lot of wondering
as I look at our world of to
day, but my prayers are an
swered, and if there's no God,
who answers them so prompt
ly?
Believe me, there is: Like
some of you who write me,
these beautiful wild flowers
do not know Him either, but
the Heavenly Father gives
them their chance to live, just
the same.
Pearl Spackman,
P. O. Box 33,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Gateway
To the Editor: Another
wrecking yard in Talent?
This being my first experi
ence at this sort of thing I
call on the people in this
community of Talent, espe
cially property owners, to
come to the front and help
fight against this nine acre
wrecking yard being permit
ted to go in.
Although we re just a small
Motel operator, our business
is our only livelihood. If this
wrecking yard goes in it will
be within six feet of our
motel, also right up to several
owners' back doors. I strong
ly feel that we will be put
out of business.
The health department in
sists that our place of busi
ness be kept in the best sani
tary condition possible in or
der to deal with the public.
We are well aware of the
fact that' a wrecking yard
sooner or later becomes in
fested with rats and has odors
that are very unpleasant. -
I think the people of Talent
have always been very proud
that we aren't bothered with
the smudge problem, but
what about our future with
a nine acre yard burning car
bodies, tires, etc., making bil
lows of black smoke day af
ter day? Also the pounding
and grinding of iron all day.
Is this being fair to our
community, to let some one
come in and establish the sort
of business that will be a
nuisance and also depreciate
all our property? So people
of Talent and the valley,
come one, come ail, and help
beat this problem. Tomorrow
will be too late.
Mrs. Carmichail
Resmore Motel
Talent, Ore.
P.S.-Ashland advertises the
Gateway to beautiful Oregon,
they'll have to change their
slogan to the Gateway to the
wrecking yards.
Humility
To the ' Editor: One of the
reasons given by responsible
men in the United States' for
Russia's achievement in being
first to put a man into space,
is the simple fact that she
had an earlier start.
Now I would like to ask a
question.
Inasmuch as the American
educational system preceded
Red Russia's by over a cen
tury, why has it been possible
for that country to forge
ahead of our own in scientific
accomplishments?
The Czars had kept their
people in virtual enslavement
and ignorance. Americans
have always been too boast
ful. A little humiliation might
add to our humility and spur
us on to our fullest capabil
ities.
Watch the United States
from now on. Uncle Sam is
going to wear a more serious
expression.
David Frisch,
P. O. Box 292,
White City, Ore.
What Fools ..."
To the Editor: It is disturb
ing, to the frightening level,
the way our news services
ballyhoo the Russian an
nouncement of the first man
in space. The TV and radio
nets are the worst offenders,
blasting it at us from break
fast to bedtime in a "me-to-ism"
that approaches the vi
cious. For it plays right into
the enemy's hands in the fatal
Trojan-horse lowering down
of our oldtime proven protect
ing drawbridges,, of this in
creasingly dangerous propa
ganda or test we are emeshed
in, this world-space war, just
short of the shooting.
We must ever be suspect of
the bear that walks like a
man. For he is a proven liar
and double-crosser by nis
broken promises, almost with
out exception,, both oral and
signed. Why will our leaders
sit down to parley with this
beast in human form who
speaks with the forked
tongue? Prating peace and
cease-fire, at the very same
time rushing guns and ammu
nition to continue fighting in
little Laos.
But where and when was
the beginning, the inception of
man into space flight by balloon-soaring,
propeller, jet
and rocket-wing power? It is
in a fragile yellowed news
release from one of my wife's
many scrapbooks she has cher
ished and guarded through
the years. It's from a Sunday
Jan. 1, issue of the Medford
Mail Tribune of 1911, carry
ing a dateline, Los Angeles,
Calif., Dec. 31, 1910.
TAKES PHOTO FROM
MOVING AIRPLANE
"It is conceded today by
military and naval experts
here that a startling prophecy
is involved in the remarkable
performance yesterday of Roy
K..abenshue, representing the
Wright brothers, at Domin
guez aviation field, who,
while flying at a height of 500
feet took a snapshot of Do
minguez field. The feat is
considered noteworthy be
cause Knabenshue was travel
ing 40 miles an hour when he
took the photograph, which,
when the film was developed,
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
THE WIFE OF a rather stingy manufacturer was con
stantly griping about her ailments, so when a famous
French physician came to America for a visit, the manu
facturer reluctantly al- ,
lowed her to put herself
tinder the Frenchman's
care.
He cured her, too or
at least so she claimed
but then he rendered a
bill that sent the manu
facturer howling piteous
ly into the night. "This
bill," he accused the phy
sician, "is bigger than the .
total cost of D-Day!"
showed a picture true to de
tail. Army experts say that
Knabenshue has demonstrat
ed that in time of war forti
fications and armies in the
field could be photographed
from flying machines."
This pitifully small begin
ning was nursed along by
USA ipitiative, USA Industry,
USA big business and little
business at great cost, that
included the lives of its citi
zens, to what space travel is
today. Doing this while the
content i Russian was riding
his horse-drawn droshky and
cart in the black mud roads
of his country. But the Amer
ican trained Trotsky, the Len
ins and Stalins got hold of
his mind, muscle and time and
via gullibles Hiss, Fuchs, Ros
enbergs and others, bought
our hard-won space-age know
how, blackmlled more from
sex-unfortunates whb had ac
cess tq top government files,
and now, heavy hearted and
worried, trying to find of
frost damages, we are bom
barded . by TV, radio and
much of the printed page of
the world shaking accomplish
ments of the bear that walks
like a man. Reminding us
that Shakespeare remarked
something about "What fools
ye mortals be."
F. J. Clifford,
' Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore.
and colors. All the people I
knew tended to his or her
own business.
True, some folks tried hard
to make an issue of the col
ored question, still do from
time to time, but that too is
the same all over. The people
themselves created the prob
lem, and now we must help
solve it.
We all have a lot to ask
ourselves, would we have
been as capable and able to
cope with the situation, if
We had been in Harold
Smith's place? Put yourself
in his place. For myself I
wonder if I could.
Mary Alice Brusha
467 Hopkins rd.
Central Point, Ore.
Change in Africa
To the Editor: A canal boat
trip In Holland was taken a
half-century ago by us two.
IU speed was such we could
get off and walk between
locks. Thus, rare glimpses.
On one brlckpaved dike, we
were mobbed. Children ap
peared from everywhere
when we had given a few
some candy. We also saw
children drinking at a faucet.
One small kiddie could not
hold his mouth up to it. Sister
took off wooden shoe. It made
a goblet.
Trip gave insight Into Dutch
bulb breeders' rare ability.
Polders were colorful with
ribbons of blooming narcissus
tulips. They held world mar
kets because they translated
into action their de Vries' mu
tations theories.
Above is recalled with news
from writer's South African
friends. In that Dominion are
as many of Boer ancestry as
of British. This very month
they change from' pounds,
shillings and pence to U.S.A.'s
decimal system. Today's mall
brings the new stamps. Their
radios boom nightly the story
of "Decimal Dick." This is
educating Bantu workers as
to above change. Meanwniie,
U.S.A. lacks courage to at
tempt the metric system. We
still use feet, yards, ounces
and pounds.
South Africa is booming
economically. They envision,
however, even greater in
comes. Today's mall tells of
plans to utilize Holland
knowledge in bulb breeding.
They institute research to de
velop superstralns of native
South Africa plants, Gladi
olus, Freesia, Watsonia, Aga
panthus Belladonna "lily." Fi
nancial results seem probable.
Note what we have done
breeding from racehorses to
roses, cows to carnations.
C. M. Goethe,
3731 Tea st
Sacramento 16, Calif.
"A Lesson"
To the Editor: You are to
be admired and I want to
thank you for your article,
"A Lesson." I hope your
faith in humanity will be ful
filled. Seems like others could be
as liberal and honest in their
opinions. So many resort to
dishonest means to express
themselves, such as sneak
threats, anonymous phone
calls, even hoods cowardly
ways that not only destroy
themselves but in the same
instance breed hate among
the ones they associate with.
It really Isn't Important, who
our neighbors are or how
they live, but it is important
the lives we lead.
I was born and raised in
the deep south (Florida). Not
all the hate and discrimina
tion is found there. I never
was taught to hate anyone
because of his color, I attend
ed church, union meetings
and many other functions
there with all races, creeds
Supermarket
To the Editor: The follow
ing letter has been sent to the
Gold Hill Cily Council:
Gentlemen: It has been
brought to the attention of
the housewives in this area
that there is some opposition
to the proposed super market
and shopping center to be
erected in our city.
We are all for this shopping
center for several reasons:
The most important being the
appearance of a growing city
instead of a dying one. Anoth
er point to keep in mind is
the fact that a super market
of this type with competitive
prices would encourage more
business in Gold Hill.
All of Gold Hill needs a
face lifting. A good example
of this redecorating is Mor
row's Hardware Store. We
hope other businesses will be
encouraged by this moderni
zation. Mrs. Jerry L. Bowen
Mrs. R. M. Gray
, Gold Hill, Ore.
Stockmen Set Two
Meetings In Week
Jackson county cattlemen
will hold two meetings this
week.
The Cal - Oregon Hereford
Breeders will meet at North's
Chuck Wagon for a no-host
dinner at 7 p.m. Monday. The
program will include plans
for the fall range ready bull
sale and the spring tour. This
year the tour will include
Rogue River, Grants Pass, Ap
plegate and Central Point. A
short film on handling live
stock will be shown.
Jackson county stockmen
will meet at Central Point
Grange for their annual
spring potluck at 7 p.m.
Thursday. Eddie Meeker is
program chairman. Included
in the program will be a dis
cussion of beef cattle improve
ment and i discussion of safe
ty on tha highway.
He Quits '
To the Editor: On Tuesday,
April 11, Circuit Judge James
M. Main must have been in
a very lenient mood. He has
practically Invited all the
burglars and rapists in the
country to come to Jackson
county. His Honor saw fit to
sentence a confessed guilty
burglar from Jacksonville
and one from Medford to 5
year suspended sentences!
Self confessed and a suspend
ed sentencel "Let's all go to
Jackson county, boys! We
have a buddy on the bench."
Now hold your hat! If you
don't have one, go and get
one so that you can hold it.
Judge Main also sentenced a
man from Prospect to 5 years,
suspended sentence, for rapel
He had also pleaded guilty.
He admitted raping a 13 year
o t girl.
At this rate, that bloke
from N.Y. City who raped
and killed a little four year
old child might have received
30 days' and a ticket to the
theater when he got out,
"Who do you give up to,
and where do you give up?"
I quit.
Malemute Slim
White City, Ore.
More Cougar Reports
To the Editor: A former
Gold Hill resident and long
time friend of the writer is
Mr. Frank Childers, who ex
perienced many years ago the
most eerie scream, five or six
times, of a mountain lion, low
down on the foot of the moun
tain one evening just back of
town. The big cat was travel
ing west toward Sardine creek
at a rapid pace and letting out
spine-tingling, screams until
well out of reach of human
hearing.
Mr. Childers relates that
there is no other animal, wild
or domestic, that can make as
gruesome a sound that really
sends a creeping feeling of
distress. I am most apprecia
tive to Mr. Childers' generos
ity in giving me the same
facts and recognized evidence
that cougars do scream as has
been reported by an increas
ing number of valley people
in the recent past of long
years residence.
Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st.
Medford.
A 5
Russia Prodded for Cease Fire Reply
Washington -flJPD- The State
department publicly prodded
Russia today to reply to the
U.S.-backed British cease-fire
plan for Laos.
"What we think is needed
and needed quickly is a reply
on the cease-fire proposal so
that a conference can be held
to settle the problem in Laos,"
Department spokesman Jo
seph W. Reap told a news conference.
President Kennedy said
Wednesday he expected a So
viet reply this week. Reap re
fused to say whether the
statement implied a deadline.
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Object io Wrecking Yard
I Tn thp Editor: T have never
written to you before but I
am rnminff to vou now. for
things really need air.
We, my nusoana ana i,
were at a meeting of the
planning commissioners at
the courthouse about a wreck
ing yard they are trying to
put right in the center of our
lnvolv little community about
a half mile out of Talent.
There are a lot of nice nomes
out here and people have
worked hard to make them
so.
We have to thank David
Lowery for notifying us that
the meeting was to be held
that night. No one had both
ered to come and see our
nice little homes. What is a
planning commission for but
to look into what is best for
the most?
' They said that Talent was
for it, and cited a paper they
had with 78 names on It.
They did not mention 8 were
from Ashland.
That is a mystery and we
are pretty curious how so
many people in Talent could
dirty their own yard. We
could have gone farther but
we didn't know Talent would
sell us out for one big smudge
pot at their gate. i
We had a paper too and
every one signed against it
in the whole community. It's
true we didn't have as many
names, we are a rural com
munity, not a town, but every
single one of us are proud
of It and want to keep it that
way.
Mrs. Harry Flynn
Route 1, Box 56
Talent, Ore.
i uifhi jmii "-'"'jrnr ri
hii Mi f'riiii'eMMiinri ' " ' .
The Frenchman shrug
ged his shoulders. "I can
do nothing about it," he
declared. "Cert la fee."
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same smart hombre who wrote copy for La Monroe back in the
good old calendar days. A 'reporter asked Brlgitte "When it
comes to romance, what's the difference between an American's
technique and a Frenchman's?" Miss Bardot's answer: "A
Frenchman speaks French." v
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