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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1962)
... Communications ... Letters to the Edilor irii bear the nimi end address of th writer, although undei tu 15 ""u,",anc n use .... ...o.. reserves ina ngnt to edit all latt.n with a view to clarification and condensation. Lc'iers iubmitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Gardening After Sixty To the Editor: Spring is here, birds are sing ing. Bees are buzzing, also sting ing. Flowers blooming, what a spin mosquitoes bite. Now the days are warmer. So To the garden let us go. There are sods that need much shaking Oh, my back! It's surely breaking. lirst the soil must be well fed When we make the planting bed. Lime and compost'i not enough Better get some barnyard stuff. Work it well with rake and spade Till the plot is nicely made. Then with the trusty hoe Make the furrows row on row. This is done with grunt and groans From the misery in our bones. While we plant the garden seed Looking sharp for every weed. Then for days we'll watch and wait Wondering what's to be our fate. Then, the plants begin to grow So the pests put on their show. Earwigs with their spiky tails; Hungry worm and slimy snails. They're so keen to get there first We just hope they'll up and burst. The caterpillar is on his way Hurry! Run and get the spray. While the web he quickly spins Knock him for a row of pins. If with luck we get a crop Then with joy we gaily hop. Why! you know the neighor's peas Never taste as good as these! Flavor and texture meet the test. Though we feel we need a rest. The fight is won with blow I and puff But now I think I've said enough. Bertha E. Pollard Submitted by Chester A. Brown 421 North Bartlett st. Medford Weighed in the Balance To the Editor: I'll never for get a letter which you printed about three years ago. Its writ er said, "Any ape with a washtub and hammer could produce better music than the disc jockeys on Rogue Valley stations." It is not my intention to class our radio station staffs with apes. Yet sometimes one wonders where the bewitch ing, seducing, non - sensical rhythms so often used have their origin. Could it be that the enemy of all good has anything to do with the perverted stuff emanating from so many loud speakers? There are two forces at work, a power for good and one for evil. The power for good radiates from the heart of Him who dwells on high, the true and living God. The other power stems from the soul of the one who caused the fall of our first parents In Eden. Through devious and subtle ways this arch deceiver and enemy of God has been ply ing his arts. He delights in war and bloodshed. He gloats over the victims of his de vices. In famine and earth quake, in pestilence and 'orm this enemy garners his vic tims. Soon, much sooner than we dare dream, the curtain will be drawn down on human history. When the judge of all man kind calls for the accounts to be in, how shall we stand? Would we in that day want to be swooning and swaying, rocking and rolling before the piercing eyes of the majesty of Heaven? This is not being written with any hate or malice to ward those engaged in pro moting this vile, sensuous stuff so common now. Our Savior looks down in pitying tenderness on those He died lo redeem. He longs for them to turn their eyes on Him. Tills life is i school for the hereafter. If our love and af fections are placed on heaven ly things, we can even here share a portion of the joyi of the beyond. If the opposite Is true, then we hall find ourselves "weighed in the bal ance and found wanting " Henrv Johnson Jr. 2315 Highway $ Ashland,..Ore. of a pan nama or initial Drop By To the Editor: To Florence Dean by way of Mail Tribune: Dear Florence: If you be gin "wondering" again about Bill Deatherage, why don't you drop by his home here and meet him some evening. If you'd like, drop by our house and Eva will take you over to meet our neighbor. ' Then you can see the shrunken Republican heads on the mantel piece and the tele type that serves this family with special inside info from J. F. K. Also visible will !be the huge gravy boat cen terpiece brimming with cur rency made in the anti-charter racket. I must warn you to come full of resolve against "disil lusionment. A young man there with a big wide smile may seem vigorous, bright, full of strength, interested in local politics, friendly, forth right and full of conviction; guard against liking this man, suspect him of nothing trivial, it'll be Bill Deatherage. Also beware of a blond temptress he keeps around to charm the suspecting. Her name is Annie Sue. She's the femme fatal in these parts. She is 23 (months that is). The rest of his family, in cluding the dog Tammy, have all been trained in the black arts and are sorcerers and grafters and rum runners. Do come though. The view is better here than it is from Aspersion Point. Sam Richardson 1609 Stratford ave. Medford. First Lark To the Edilor: A sturdy meadow lark Sang to the earth his song; It rippled from his throat In cadence clear and strong. He perched upon the fence And made the valley ring; No thought of cat or hawk Disturbed his peace within. If he can flaunt his joy In the face of need and fears, I loo must learn to sing This spring and Ihrough my years. Mildred Jeffery 521 Mayette st. Medford. Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny The Moon Is A Lantern The moon is a Chinese lantern Hanging up in the trees And its beams slant into my bedroom Like gay little melodies. Sleepless. I watch It swinging, Making dark silhouettes Of the fir-broughs caught in Its brilliance Like delicate feather aigrettes. The moon like a magic lantern Fades as a tale that is old Or an Orion dream-gift sprinkled With jewels and fairy gold. Night and the darkness cover The trees and the lantern's light As I lie in a peaceful stillness Till sleep steals down on my sight. Elizabeth Olsen Portland, Ore. Muted Shadows In the hushed darkness of morning The cold gray fog swirls by, Shaping itself into eerie curls So curious to the human eye. The icy fingers of the fog steal 'Round the naked branches of the trees And obscure them from the vision Of a solitary girl. Carol Wiegand Medford (Senior, Medford High School) N The Promise Triumphant as the first taste of victory, Exultant as a rain-washed meadow, So promising in its lemon-sweetness, Gentle as a whisper The first time he kissed her. Loftily serene as a haunted house, Peopled still with the ghost of its keeper, Emptied both of tears and daughter Her heart, like the house, harassed only By heedless, whimsical winds. Now encased in loneliness, Still the rusted lock To the key will respond; When he returns No more a vagabond. Dianns Parker Medford (Senior at Medford High School) Ennui With Caroline's hamsters dying, Ricky's girls still sighing, Nehru yet denying, Kovac'i wife a-crying, Brigette not behaving, Castro not yet shaving, Dick and June a-growling, Mao Tse Tung a-howling Khruschev still foreboding. Hundred-megaton exploding, Laos still a-fuming. Gleason yet consmming. Sullivan keeps on rotting, . o Sukarno yet is plotting Birchers plan some lynchlne. The Yankees still keep clinching. And missiles still a-soaring My, this old world l boring' Nicholas F. Gier, Jr. - Medford (Senior at Medford High School) ior publication il permissible. I Jets In the Night To the Editor: High in the sky they fly with a thundering-boom! High overhead and swift the flight of the jets. Aboom, aboom. aboom ,ney knlfe '"rough the gloom; oom, my room decorum forgets. My head is a buoy abob in the wake of propulsion dodging the planes; enmeshed in the trains of plume. Azoom, azoom, azoom the waves of impulsion batter the walls of the room witn a shattering-boom! My bed is a boat afloat in the sea of the sky the sea of the sky the jets go thundering through. Ahoy, ahoy, a bloom in' sailor am I. Ricochet room! to the boom of the hullabaloo. Over the roof they w-h-o-of with a deafening roar. Fleet as a streaking star they slice through the night. Azoom, azoom, azoom like comets they soar; Aboom, abonm, aboom the jets in their flight. Thelma Carson Prospect, Ore. Hospital Praised To the Editor: I wish to publicly thank the Crater Os topathic hospital in Central Point, and Dr. Flowers, for the way they took care of my 88-year-old mother. On May 8, 1962, my mother was injured, as a foolish per son cut my son off, and my son spun all over the gravel, throwing my mother around, and knocking her unconscious, while she was in the back seat of the car. My son rushed her Into the Crater Osteopath ic, and they took such won derful care of her and had a doctor in a few minutes. So in closing I want to say that inasmuch as my mother had to be injured, I am glad my son took her to such a won derful hospital, and I want to thank the fine staff of nurses, Dr. Flowers, and the Osteopathic hospital. Everett Sternhardt Rogue River, Ore. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Treasure o To the Editor: Friends! Ro mans! Country rn of Med ford and vicinity Lend me thine ears! There Is treasure here for you! My wife and I visited the Arts and Crafts Exhibit in the Medford Senior High School shop auditorium and how happy we are that we did! We were amazed, pleased end surprised at the very high, level of performance and the artistic ability and imagina- tion of the young people whose work is on display. There is something there tojpecially for her by Rod Serl- suit everyone's taste-art and shop work that will make your month water and leave you envious of the homes such work will brighten and beau tify. If you take time off from the busy round of everyday to visit this high-quality dis play of excellence, how many times in the years ahead will you be rewarded by moments of memory! You will have new faith in America and her youth. You will find new respect kindled for American education and the type of teachers whose understanding and encourage ment have stimulated so very much in these thinking and sensitive young individualists. By all means visit the ex hibit and have your life en riched by the various ways in which these youngsters look at life! It Is to Medford's benefit to hold this exhibit for at least another week. No one should- be deprived of this op portunity to view the Amer ican spirit reflected in the art of our young people! Kenneth F. Osthimer 3781 South Pacific Hwy. Medford Blood Necessary To the Editor: Due to my recently published letter, the Christian men should be of fered an explanation. While Jesus said in St. John 3, 19, that men loved dark ness rather than light, because their deeds are evil, we still believe the Lord has as much respect for the Christian men as he does for the Christian women, ho not all love dark ness, just the ones whose deeds are evil. The friend who compli mented and liked my letters to the Tribune is displeased with the churches that teach things that are not right. There is no respect of per sons with the Lord so he is well pleased with Christian men, too. Some churches and people are so strongly opposed to the blood of Christ they take out the word blood in too many things. But God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Without ' !hp hpHHinI nf HlnnH thorp i no remission of sins. So Christ had to shed his blood for all. or none would be saved. He had to die to make the New Testament of force, just as any one has to die 1o make and enforce their will. Christ appeared once in the end of the world to put away Sin by the sacrifice of him self. So it Is by Christ and his blood we are saved, not by Moses' law, nor our good words. Jesus said the New Testa ment is His blood, which was shed for many. While God commanded them not to kill in the Old Testament, yet he also told them to kill certain ones. But they were God's commands then, and they did as He said. It was not "thou" killing; but God's orders. Our eternal life rests in Christ and His blood. Just as our earthly life is In the blood. But Saul and his sons lost their lives because he refused to destroy the king of the Amalekltes as God command ed him. That law to kill ended with Christ and John. Now God is the avenger, not man. Mrs. G. C. Cunningham 748 Maple st. Central Point, Ore. Grandma's Apron To the Editor: I have for several years intended to sub mit a writing for your com munications column in time for Mother's Day, and as in the past, with our accelerated way of living, it has slipped my mind until Mothers Day has again rolled around, which in turn is ton late for the current year. If I put it off now, pending a belter memory next year, the same pattern nf events will prob ably follow; so with a "better late than never" effort. I would like to submit this little jewel of prose as I think readers will agree that it un folds many memory nf yean gone by, a form of living rap- idly becoming something of Geo. Grabow 1 365 Kings Hwy., Medford Phone 772-85S0 tijptrotonle Cleaning Electronic Timing Wl JY OLD Q01D1 On-the Air By ELEANOR WIESE The first show to spark my interest in the pages of pro gram promotions this week was "Twilight Zone" on Fri day at 9:30 p.m. on KBES-TV T,is episode is "Twilight zone" with a biir difference -comedienne Carol Burnett. she auDcars in "Cavender is Coming," a storv written es- ling about a charming misfit j who is incapable of holding a job. An apprentice angel Harmon Cavender, hopes to earn his wings by helping the wacky optimist S,BV employ ed. Sounds like fun. "Robert Ruark's Africa" on Friday at 8:30 p.m. on KM ED TV should be the best show of the week. Ruark, noted novelist, re porter and expert big-game hunter gives his views on the future of Kenya after it achieves independence. He al so narrates films from Kenya showing, in addition to his own stalking of a Cape Buf falo, scenes of a poacher s lair, a useless old woman be ing put out of her hut by her grandchildren to be eaten alive by hyenas, tribal cook ing and eating habits, and views of the plush Mt. Kenya Safari Club. PRESI DENT KENNEDY, 4:30 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. President Kennedy's address on medical aid for the aged given before the National Council of Senior Citizens and the Gold Ring Clubs rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. TWENTIETH CENTURY, 5 p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. A rcbroadcast of "Traffic Jam Upstairs," which studies the problem of controlling the ever-increasing numbers of aircraft. MEET THE PRESS, 8 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. Gen. Lu cius D. Clay (U.S. Army, ret.), who recently returned from Berlin where he was Presi dent Kennedy's personal rep resentative, is interviewed. 1, 2, 3, GO!, 5:30 p.m. Sun day KMED-TV. In F-100 Su- the past, but to most of us just as plain in our minds as though It were yesterday. Don Stienmetr. 887 Swing lane Medford. -O- Grandma's garments made little impression on me as a child except for her apron. Its uses were unlimited The apron made a "basket" when she gathered eggs. If there were fluffy chicks to be carried to the back porch during a sudden cold spell, they made the trip peeping contentedly in grandma's apron. When these same chicks grew to henhood and pecked and scratched In grandma's flowers she merely flapped the apron at them and they ran squawking to the chicken yard, and I can see her yet, tossing shelled corn to the hungry flock from her apron. Lots of chips and kindling were needed to start fires in the big black cook stove In grandma's kitchen. Yes! she carried them in her apron. Lettuce, radishes, peas, string beans, beets, and car rots found their way to the kitchen by Grandma's "Carry All", as well as did the early spring volunteer mustard greens that grew in the fields. When she cooked the apron was a handy holder for re moving hot pans from the stove or opening the stove door to put in more wood. To men working In the fields, the apon waved aloft was a signal to come to din ner. At threashing time Grandma hovered about the table passing delicious dishes and flipping the big apron at pesky flies. When children came lo visit the apron was ready to dry childish tears and noses. If the little ones were shy it made a good hiding place. In case a stranger appeared unexpect edly. The apron was used many times to stroke a perspiring brow as Grandma bent over the hot wood stove or hoed the garden under a blistering sun. In chilly weather Grand ma wrapped the friendly apron around her arms when she hurried on an outside errand or lingered at the door with a departing guest. Has tily and a bit slyly the apron dusted tables and chairs when company was seen coming down the lane. And in the evening when the day's work was done. i Grandma shed her garment of imany uses and draped It over I the canary's cage. mm . nnmn (A per-Saber jets, the Air Force "Thuncrbirds" perform stunt maneuvers over the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and overseas in Japan and For mosa. GLOBAL ZOBEL, 6 p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. "Irish Tourist Trophy," a road race in Northern Ireland WALT DISNEY PRE SENTS. 6:30 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. "At Home With Donald Duck," featuring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Pluto and Donald Duck cartoons. STARLIGHT CONCERT. 8 p.m. Sunday KBOY-FM radio. Selections Include: Schu mann's "Symphony No. 4" and "Manfred Overture" per formed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philhar monic; Prokofiev's "Concerto No. 3" and MacDowell's "Concerto No. 2" played by pianist Van Cliburn; and vio linist Mischa Elman playing Kreisler favorites. DU PONT SHOW, fl p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. Robert Lansing. Sal Mineo, and Peter Falk appear in "A Sound of miming, me story ot an American Infantry rifle squad pinned down by enemy fire at Monte Cassino, Italy, during World War II. HOLLYWOOD SPECIAL. 10:30 p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. Witness for the Prosecu tion," a top-notch Agatha Christie comedy-mystery star ring Marlone Dietrich, Tyrone Power, Charles Laughton. GUEST BOOK, 3:30 p.m. Monday KBES TV. Princesses of Brookings Azalea Festival and president of the Brook ings Chamber of Commerce will describe features of the festival. YOUR DOCTOR REPORTS, 1 p.m. Monday KMED-TV. The Physician Speaks Out on the Question of Medical Care for the Aged." Dr. Leon ard Larson, president of the American Medical Associa tion, will Introduce Dr. Ed ward R. Annis of Miami who will outline the AMA's posi tion on medical aid. DICK POWELL SHOW, R p.m. Tuesday KMED-TV. "Somebody's Waiting," a re peat of Mickey Rooney's por trayal of a lonely sailor for How Gifts for everyone ivf? "GIFT SEALS' under all Pepsi and Teem caps ! Now enjoy Pepsi and new Teem ... and get great gifts, too! There's a "Gift Seal" under all Pepsi and Teem caps-take off the cap, remove the seal, and you're on the way to saving for the gift of your choicel The whole farrlily can choose from dozens of valuable gifts, so pick up a carton of Pepsi or Teem today. The sooner you start saving, the sooner you'll have .Attention non-profit groups! Now get the prizes you need for all giveaways with "Gift Seals" from Pepsi or Teem. Also collect gifts for charity the easy "Gift Seal" wayl Ask your group to start saving valuable "Gift Seals" from Pepsi and Teem today! Get your "Seil-SeW'ihil ft f Pc$si an4 Teem st9re displays! O BolHed by Pcpsi-Co'i Bottling Woman Takes Cily Sand; Plans Suit Denver - WPD - An unidenti fied Denver woman thought it would be cheaper to ; city sand to aerate her garden soil than to buy it. , Last week, the woman call-! ed the Department of Public Works to give vent lo her rage. It seems she appropriated sand from one of about 80 sand boxes the city spotted on streets for winter motor ists. But she foiled to remem ber that the city mixes rock salt with the sand to provide better traction for automobile tires. 1 The Irate woman said the sand and salt mixture had killed her spring flowers and played hob with the grass in her yard. She said she intended to sue the city. which he received an Emmy Award nomination. EMMY AWARDS, 9 p.m. Tuesday KMED-TV. Hosts Johnny Carson, David Brink ley and Bob Newhart will introduce entertainment high lights of the past TV season and "Emmy" Awards will be presented by Loretta Young. Fred Aslaire, Arlene Francis and others. ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATER, 9 p.m. Wednesday KBES-TV. "The Secret C r i m e," a documentary drama about blackmail. Gene Raymond stars. , DAVID BRINKLEY'S JOURNAL, 9:30 p.m. Wednes day KMED-TV. Brlnkley looks at the highly competi tive garment industry and the decline of movie paiaccs. SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday KBES TV. A tour by film of fair highlights. STAGE 5, 11:15 p.m. Fri day KBES-TV. "Calling Northside 777," an outstand ing motion picture about a newspaperman who proves a man innocent by probing an eleven-year-old case history. James Stewart, Lee J. Cobb and Richard Conic star. WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS, 2 p.m. Saturday KBES-TV. "World Roller Skating Championships" from Essen, Germany, Co. el Medford Under Appointment RUN1?AY. MAY 20. 1962 Ceremony Planned A special ceremony will be I no parade is scheduled in con. held in the park adjacent to'nection with Memorial Day the Public Library of Med-1 this year, according to Pat ford and Jackson County, but Graham, secretary of the Vet Postmaster Officials Meet in Grants Pass Mrs. Esther Guddat, Cres cent, Ore., president of the Oregon chapter. National As sociation of Postmasters, and Mrs. Hope Brader. Chemult, Ore., past president of the as sociation, were guests of the Jackson - Josephine County Postmasters at a dinner meet ing recently in Grants Pass. Mrs OuHrlal snnlcp aitmit the scholarship fund estab lished by the stale chapter this year and told of plans being made for the state con vention at John Day, Ore., in June Today they were guests of the Coos-Curry Postmasters at Wedderburn. Can you name this car? Clue: Even on the holiest doy, you won't see this car with Its hood up. IThe engine is cooled by air instead ol water. Won't overheat, won't fieeze.) Clue: It cruises at 70 miles an hour all day long with out working up o sweat or running up a repair bill. Cluei In mud, sand, ice or snow, where other cars skid, this one will go. IThe engine in the rear does it.) Clue: It's put together so air-tight, there have been persistent reports it will even float -Clue: It's never been changed (or the salts of change and it won't be, either. Clutt It sells (o'$17B8 complete with body. And a used one depreciates less than any other car. Clue: Its initials are VW. Come in and look one over. You'll know It the minute you see it. MORSE MOTORS 6th and Ivy your gim From Ptpti-Cols Company, New A 5 On Memorial Day erans Allied Council. The program will Include dedication of a speaker's plat form now under construction at the library park. A parade ill not be held due to an agreement with the management of the Vet erans' Domiciliary that all concerned would attend the program at the Veterans Ad ministration cemetery at Eagle Point. The program in Medford is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m., and the Eagle Point cemetery program at 1:30 p.m. All veterans' organizations ate expected to participate in the Memorial service which will include special honor lo the war dead. Brig. Gen. Wil liam H. Prentice will be the pricipal speaker. m:.4i York, N.Y, t o e
