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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
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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.
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