MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
SUNDAY. JUNE 3. 1962
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
COMMUNICATIONS
Best Wishat
May your days be as bright,
Your cares be as light
And your journey through life be as free
As the blossom that rides
On the river that glides
To its ultimate haven, the sea.
May your friendships endure,
May your thoughts be as pure
As the white cloud that sails in the blue,
And when you are old
May the record unfold
That your favorite dreams all came true.
-George McDonald,
Dufur, Ore.
The Orchard
The trees are drenched in smoke; clear runs the stream;
The once and lovely blossoms now are fled
- But not to ghostly wanderings of the dead,
But into loaf that now is living green!
Like Plato's cave is life a shadowy scene:
Man's mental smudge-pots casting foggy dread
O'er ghostly trees, hiding the orchard spread
In morning mist that sun will clear and clean.
O, man, life's blossoms swiftly fade away!
Unlike the trees, you have no rooted crown . . .
A fleeting shadow on a fleeting day,
Make haste and put your mental smudge-pots down!
Before gold blossoms lose their lovely sheen . . .
A fading orchard rooted in a dream.
-Kenneth F. Osthimer, o
Southern Oregon College, Ashland.
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attendance since the Museum
was opened.
The courteous and exten-
sive coverage of our activities
in your paper, and the sub-
! Shady Cove Couple Is
an aaaay wi i get me con-1
nectinn rtohtlvl nlsn u.n a !
beneficiary of this process. Called to California
Indeed, since that letter fol
lows so closely the now all-
stantial cooperation always i too-familiar and largely spc
given us in all areas, are'eious arguments of the AMA
At Eve
At early dawn I rise, prepared in every way
To meet the thousand homely cares that fill the livelong day.
At noon' I still plod on but when thiasun is low,
The present softly fades away and, by that tender glow,
I see a laughing youth, a maid in gingham frock,
As arm in arm they stand alone upon a wave-kissed rock.
And while they watch that path of gold across the sea,
I sigh lo think what might have been, but now-can never be!
-Jack Finel
Phoenix, Oregon.
Fayout
The elements are a9cry, and they show
Distemper toward man's deeds and beckoning!.
For as his deadly atoms fuse and flow,
Confusion stultifies his reckonings.
He split small slaft to satisfy desire
To visit distant worlds that barred his way
To friendly realms, where greed would not conspire
To disintegrate his brittle feet of clay. .
h! would that he could fathom that the spark
He recently ignited was God's scheme,
To lift him up-to lead him through the dark
Strait portals of mail's dream within a dream!
-Octavius George Distell
Medfora.
Time
Well spent In the ways of the wise,
Dissipated in the deeds of a fool;
Most precious to the man who tries,
To the idle mag a useless tool.
Our microcosm with hope ever lies,
Perpetuating the eternal dual:
Life and time must fit
In the realm of the infinite.
-Victor Milhorn
Medford.
Senior at Medford Senior High School.
OnQSmall Town Shipping
To the Editor: A rebuttal
for the "little" Potpourri ar
ticle about "small town
shops."
I tlfcmght as I read this
article in the Medford Mail
Tribune how little some peo
ple in this town appreciate
the conveniences of living in
a non-metropolitan area. They
were speaking of the incon
veniences afforded them such
as, 1) not enough salespeople,
2) not enough effort made to
serve them, 3) too much ma
lingering over proper pricing
of articles, 4) not happy over j
being directerio(politcly) to the ,
department they wished and
having to go back to the front
of the shop to purchase the
article they wanted.
In answer to 1 If the cus
tomers shopped more inotheiri
own home town instead of
saving for a trip to the city
to be worn down by city traf-j
fic and tramping lo buy their
needs, this village could af
forrtonore sales help and more
charm.
2 - How many times have
ynu heard in answer to "May
I help ynu?" "Please don't
bother, I'm just looking."
3 - In answer to time wast
ed in finding a correct price.
Would you like paying more
for something to save a little
time'' I doubt It.
And in answer to 4 I re
call you were on your lunch
hour at the time, hence the
short temper for finding a
lack of sales people. Possibly
the lunch hour Is also the
cause of the lack of help.
Those poor unfortunates
(whose lunch hours are prob
aoiy the same hours as yours)
have to have sustenance too
and those on duty were prob
ably assisting others (custom
ers do like personal service
requiring salespeople to be in
fitting rooms with them).
The thought that enters my
mind as a sure cure for you
who complain so loudly is get
nut and help those poor un
fortunate shops. Apply for a
job as a sales person and see
how that half lives.
In reference to being di
rected to the back of the
store for an article. How re
warding to have at least found
it in the back of the store and
not have to go from floor to
floor before finding it, which
is so oftrn the case in the
"big city".
In conversation with many
other women s well as our
personal experience the lack
of heip, indifference to cus
tomers' requests, the lack of
knowledge as to where one
may find a certain item,,is
experience much more in (he
larger cities, downtown as
well as shopping centers.
Let's get behind our own
little town, shop at home, help
us to improve our service to
you, rather than being so
ready to criticize.
Diane White
1059 Mtorrow rd.
Medford.
Good Will Destroyer
To the Editor: Robert Louis
Stevens once remarked,
"The world is so full of a
number of things.
I am sure we should be as
happy as kings."
(And some of these "things"
are astonishing )
The Medford "downtown"
merchants make a great effort
in advertising and special
sales to gain the good will of
the public. And yet I am told
that a city ordinance places a
S2.50 fine iir feeding a park
ing meter past its designated
time.
A customer making pur
chases often requires more
time, so in order to avoid
breaking the law, he must
pull out from the curb (caus
ing a traffic hazard) and hunt
a new parking spot. It is hard
to imagine a condition biller
fitted to destroy good will. 1
know of one lady who already
has said that she intends to
avoid downtown as much as
possible..
(Name on File)
Medford
My Bible ,
I To the Editor: Perhaps oth- j
ers would enjoy this poem as 1
much as I do. It is from Quiet (
Hour Echoes. ;
There is a book more precious
Than anything on earth.
No wealth of gold or jewels
Can equal it in worth.
I go to it in trouble,
And though my heart is
sore,
I always gives me comfort.
I love it more and more.
When doubtful what is best
for me,
I seek its guidance (rue;
And if I search with open
mind,
II tells me what lo do.
I lay it on my pillow.
Or I clasp it to my breast,
When 1 am sad or lonely.
It always gives me rest.
deeply appreciated. The Jack
sonville Museum would not be
what it is today without your
actives uppnrt. Thank you.
Mary L. Hanley, Curator
Jacksonville Museum
Jacksonville, Ore.
Welcomes Support
To the Editor: It seems that
I am making some progress
in my one-man campaign to
get a Veterans Administration
hospital at White City. How
ever. I welcome support. Let
ter follows.
David Frisch
P. O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
against medical care for the
elderly under the Social Se
curity system, the real source
of the lad's brief becomes
quite apparent.
Although I have followed
the AMA's propaganda close
ly for years, I recently re read
' much of it with sivme care:
in newspapers and magazines.
in mater'jls sent me by Med
! ford's Dr. Ralph E. Hibbs in
response to a MT report of a
, talk I gave members of the
Eleanor Roosevelt league
some time ago, and also in
j his letter on the subject in
the MT of 5 11. I found most
of these writings a ratlur tire
1 some rehash of the same old
Shady Cove Dr. and Mrs.
Harold Reith, Shady Cove,
left Thursday for Visalia, Cal
if , after receiving word that
their son-in-law, Dr. Robert
Leo, of Visalia, drowned while
fishing.
The Shady Cove couple ex
pect to be away from Ihe area
for about a week.
Miss Shugart Is
Named lor Award
Miss Sandra Dee Shugart,
Medford High school senior,
was selected winner of the
Ore gon, Nevada, California
Fast Freight. Inc., $500 "Step
to Knowledge" scholarship,
C. C. Proctor, sales represent
ative in Medford, has announc
ed. Miss Shugart, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Vance P. Shu-
Lawson, University i f 8 " . 4 u" Bar"es avr- was
! Drant on the hnsis nf crhnlas.
tie standing, extra curricular
activities and educational aptitude.
Efryvon Gets Mad
To the Editor: My last let
ter to the Tribune got on the
air at Station K-DOV and
they didn't like it. My hobby
has been to make people mad.
I started making people mad
in 1911 with a Brush car. I
got so good at it, I kept it up.
If people got mad, j'ot do dey
link Aye did? I got so mad
at der Brush car, Aye write
a letter to der Brush Motor
Car Company, und Aye said:
"Aye yust got thru cranking
vun uf your old blunderbuss
es for 8 hours und Aye ain't
got out uf der voodshed yet.
Vot should Aye do, ship der
darn yalopi back to Detroit
COD. or olow my brains
out? My 15 year old burro
from Placerville can run up
hill, blindfolded und hobbled,
faster than vun uf your blun
derbusses can run downhill
efen if it vas on roller skates."
It made der Brush Company
mad, und dey qvit making
Brushes.
Yust the other day, Aye
write a letter lo der Tidings,
und Aye say: "If der Demo
crats don't qvit wrecking der
stock market, der next t'ing
to fly to der moon von't be
a monkey, it vill jsf a don
key." Der letter made der Demo
crats mad, upset df r monkey
und scared hell out uf der
donkey.
Last Sunday, Aye write a
letter to der Tribune, und
Aye get into trouble, so Aye
vill try a-gain. Here it is: Mr.
Carpenter got up vun morn
ing before breakfast, made
three trips around der vorld.
I landed in (cr ocean, got lost,
got pickup up by a whirlibird
und ate his breakfast on a
battle-.hip before he vent to
vork. VELL! It made Khru
shchev mad.
Everelt Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
I open lo the -pages.---To
the Saviour's words
in red.
I see the blood of Jesus
Upon the cross, He shed.
He tells me how He loves me
And how He makes me
whole;
How He's prepared a place
for me,
And how He bought my
soul.
O-
I Dear Mr. Frisch: Thank yon AMA propaganda and utterly
very much for your letter of i unconvincing in the light of
I May 23 regarding the need my own experience and study
for hospital facilities al the in the field of. medical care j
I Veterans Administration dom-1 under both private insurance:
iciliary at Camp White. companies ano governmental
I quite agree with you on agencies in this and other j
(he need for Veterans Admin- j countries.
istration hospital facilities to It is absurd lo call medi
seve the needs r,i the thou- j care under Social Security so
sands of veterans who liveicialism or even socialized
ELECTED MANAGER
Ted E
of Kansas junior from Med
ford, has been elected produc
tion manager of the Universi
ty Players at the university.
Lawson is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Earl L. Lawson, 301
Windsor ave., Medford.
islation will be needed for
persons not covered by Social
Security.
Arnold Eugene Jenny,
Rogue Valley Manor,
Medford
She has maintained a 4 59
accumulative during her jun-'
ior and senior years at the I
high school, and plans to at-1
tend the University of Ore-1
gon this fall where she will j
major in philosophy. !
The award was one of 38
given to graduating high
school seniors through t h e
A 5
O.N'C operational areas in
Ore gon, Nevada, California
and Washington. The program
has been offered for four
years by the company's schol
arship foundation with in
creases in the number of
grants each year.
IS YOUR
III
MOBILE?
Money (or a tunt-up, re
pairs, accessories, other ex
penses. One-visit service.
IQCAL IOAIM
535 i. JACKSON IIVD.
Mtrffard Sbptg tmlir
Phone: 773-7456 Dick Wibk, Mir.
Opt Friday Eviangs 'Til 1
And now He lives within r ic;
And I am not alone;
And how for my
transgressions.
None other can alone.
I find within its pages o
Sweet everlasting life,
Where I will dwell with Jesus,
And rest from eaPthly
strife.
in souihern Oregon and north
ern California. For many
years when my husband was
a member of the Senate he
sponsored legislation to estab
lish at the Camp White fa
cility a VA hospital in the
unusrd buildings. Unfortu
natel? this legislation was not
enacted. There was strong
support for the proposal in the
Medford area and by veterans'
groups in Oregon.
There is a general need for
an increase in veterans' hos
pital facilities and moderni
zation of existing hospitals.
Finally, under theKcnnedy
administration, a moderniza
tion program at the Portland
hnsnilal is progressing. The
My Bible is the Written Word;iVeterans Administration hoS'
The Living Word, is He,
So my Bible and my Saviour
Are all the same to me.
His Holy Spirit leads me.
His Word to understand;
So when I hold my Bible,
The Saviour holds my hand.
Mrs. Amelia Chamierlin
2312 Roberts rd.
Medford.
From the Museum
To the Editor: We - at the
Jacksonville Museum were
thrilled to see Mr. Grey's
beautiful display in the
Wednesday Mail Tribuncdi
recting the attention of your
many readers to "June, Jack
sonville Museum Month." We
were further gratified at the
editorial which appeared") jjA Propaganda
nital in Vancouver, Washing
ton needs replacing as you
probably well know. Improve
ments are also needed at the
hospital at Roseburg. For too
long the American people and
Congress have overlooked the
need to improve Veterans Ad
ministration hospitals. Con
certed effort is required In
order to bring existing hos
pitals up to date and to pro
vide new facilities for the in
creasing need.
Let me a:yure you oi my
continuing support for a Vet
erans Administration hospital
at Camp White.
Sincerely,
Maurine B. euberger
United Stales Senator
Washington, D. C,
above your signature with
flattering description of the
exhibits to be seen here, as
well as the other attractions
of our town.
We especially liked the
emphasis placed on the fact
that the Museum belongs to
the PEOPLE of Jftkson
county, since it is THEIR
historical heritage which is
on display here. Their pride
and interest in it is the under
lying factor in the Miajeum's
healthy growth, as shown by
our mounting attendance rec
ords. The month just past, for
instance, shows an increase
of more than 700 visitors over
the corresponding mttnth last
year, and is the largest May
medicine. II is nothing of the
kind. It is insurance bought
and paid for by those eligible
and enrolled for it, adminis
tered by a government agen
cy of proved stability and ef
ficiency. It is equally foolish and
contrary lo the plain provi
sions of the King-Anderson
Bill lo argue that it would
deny patients free choice of
physician or other health per
sonnel or facilities. (See S.
909, p. 4. lines 21-25 and p. fl,
lines 1-2.)
Private hospitalization In
surance costs more and Us
benefits are reduced at the
very time they are needed
most, past age 60 - as I have
reason to know from sad per
sonal experience. Medicare
under Social Security is the
only adequate alternative now
offered, although further leg-
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To the Editor: It would be
nice to think that the letter
appearing in the MT on 526
over the signature or jonn
Casterline, ninth grader at
Hedrick Junior High, were of
this young man s own author
shir, Hvever, that would
prove a bit too severe a strain
upon the present wrilO'i
credulity.
True. Medford's schools are
known to maintain high stand
ards of excellence and I have
had some opportunity to con
firm this personally. How
ever, I doubt very much that
John's letter can be credited
wholly to our schools' teach
ing of English composition -
unless, perchance, his physici-
iscia
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