MEDFORD MAIL TH1BUNE. MEDrOHD. OKLGON
SUNDAY. JULY 1, 1962
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contrary is often the case.
a social club rathpr than a
division in the army o( the
Lord. The church is meant
to be the leaven in the lump,
but in America today it is
not transforming society, it
is being conformed to society.
"Deep in the heart of our
'religious boom' has been the
be riiscouraced. A a matter nf
fact. President Kennedy
wouldn't be in the White
Mouse today if his father
hadn't been extremely dedi
cated to Jack's being there
and if he hadn't been extreme
ly rich.
You don't see a good driver
Going to Seed
To the Editor: This is the
way we are taught to live:
Get as much as you can for
as little as you can give; buy
low, sell high; work at an
easy job at high pay; loan out
money you did not earn at a
high rate of interest, or for as
much interest as you can get;
have the government give you
money; hire laborers to work
for you cheap and get as much
as you can from the products
of their labor; cheat on your
income tax if you can; chisel
or steal from the public if you
can get away with it; have a
racket; marry a rich husband
and later divorce him and get
a "settlement"; or, at least, if
you can manage it, get on pub
lic or private charity rolls: To
wit: Get something for noth
ing or for as little as possible,
even If you must work hard
to get it! This includes all
degrees of the practice of har
lotry. All of which is an Amer
ican's idea of "freedom" or
"democracy." It is called "free
enterprise" and also "rugged
individualism": the legitimate
and respected goal of every
one so believing is "to get
rich" or at least to have "a
high standard of living" and
"to feather his or her own
nest" and guarantee future se
curity as far as possible.
In so doing, there has re
sulted the slow wearing down
of all modesty, all honesty and
decency, most all humanity
and fair play between indi
viduals, and even the creeping
into the popular and accepted
language of the words and
I you.' Instead of adhering to
terminology o' gangland and christian principles of right
eousness and moral rcsponsi'
inea that 'religion is good lor going flow n the highway on
the left or middle, hut stays
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
The Love of Country
Breathes there a man with a soul so dead.
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned
As home his footsteps he hath turned,
From wandering on a foreign strand?
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no minstrel raptures swell!
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim:
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentrated all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence he sprang,
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
-Sir Walter Scott
O
Lead. Kindly Light
Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom,
Lead thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead thou me on!
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to fee
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and. spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will: remember not past years!
So long thy pow'r hath blest me, sure it still ,
Will lead me on
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night Is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile.
Which I have loved, long since, and lost awhile!
-Cardinal John Henry Newman
(Suggested by Anna M. Streed, Medford)
O
Hope
I walked today In fallow fields
Where hopes lay withered and sere,
That yesterday were fragrant and fair
With much that to me was dear.
The beauty that mantles the earth and sky
Is gray with the pallor of death.
The music that flowed from the strings of my heart
Is gone like a passing breath.
My being is plunged like a plummet of stone
Down the abyss that yawns at my side.
Despair has thrown around me its stygian shroud
And carries me down on iti tide.
Yet into the depths that swallow me up
An Omnipotent Hand is thrust.
That shall yet lift me up into fragrant fields
That are blooming with hope and trust.
-Frank Roberts
Medford
O
For Me The Thistledown
For me the thistledown shall blow
On wide and weary lands;
Wherever living waters flow
There proud the thistle stands.
For It was written In the book;
The thistle is my flower.
To bloom in low and lifted nook
And all my hills to shower.
And who shall say that thistles are
Not harvest fit for praise.
When rain and sun and wind and star
Sustain them all their days?
-Charles Oluf Olsen
Portland, Ore.
hoodlums
Is it any wonder that a na
tion with such mores and folk
ways has a crime rate that is
increasing four times as fast
as its rate of population in
crease? Formal religion does
not help, is given only lip
service, its superstitions and
dogmas are tacitly accepted as
each week it serves as "recre
ation" and entertainment for
the increasing memberships in
increasingly elaborate, beauti
ful, and expensive church
Temples. Of course, such
Chris'tianity has a minimum
influence upon men.
Capitalist-Christian society
has passed its zenith and is
going to seed, and what one
witnesses as evils is evidence
of the rot. Of course this is
not a popular statement: To
be a Daniel in a lions' den re
quires faith or else foothardi-
ness, for capitalists are lions
to all socialists, and all the
little pups even are danger
ous. If present trends continue,
i.e. reaction versus socialism
or the United States and West
Europe versus rest of World,
the former in less than a few
generations, barring nuclear
war, will turn out to be the
mud holes of the earth.
Ralph McKinnis,
P.O. Box 321,
Ashland, Ore.
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Filthy Creek
To the Editor: Why doesn't
the city council do something
about Bear creek? It is the
filthiest creek I have ever
seen.
When the freeway Is fin
ished, people going through
Medford will say, "Why don't
they do something about that
eyesore?"
It would be nice If they
would stop dumping sewage
in it and stock it with trout or
catfish.
(Name on File),
Medford.
Unleavened Lump
To the Editor: Several
times during the past year
and a half I expressed my
appreciation and commenda
tion of some of your more
outstanding editorials - and
there have been many others
to which my response was,
in effect, "that hit the nail
on the head," "timely and
well said" or just a hearty
"Amen, brother!"
G.H.B. has evoked a simi
lar response on several oc
casions, notably with his "Mc
Carthy Reincarnate" of 611
and again, with his "Spiritual
Void" of 6 29-this latter, an
especially perceptive and well
reasoned commentary on the
recent Billy Graham meet
ings in Chicago.
Apropos of the 6 23 edi
torial, there was a significant
comment by the eminent
Bishop James A. Pike of Cali
fornia, in the MT 12660:
"Although church member
ship is at an all-time high,
the rolls include millions . . .
who are not committed fol
lowers of Jesus Christ, and
who look upon the church as
bility, we have often dealt
with our religion in terms of
a 'cheap tranquilizer.' A liv
ing Christianity will disturb
peace of mind as much as
it will provide for it."
In similar vein, Dr. Ray
mond E. Balcomb of First
Methodist Church. Corvallis,
said (9 758): "The greatest
danger facing (the church) is
substituting respectability for
religion. . . . Instead of being
something dynamic and trans-! Minstrel Show
on the right of the highway
and to the extreme right when
turning a corner.
We need some EXTREME
LY intelligent and EXTREME
LY dedicated men and women
to furnish us EXTREMELY
good leadership if we arc to
survive.
Ate we going to the left,
middle of the road or right?
Mrs. Ernest Santo,
1 04 Lozier lane,
Medford.
with small flags of other coun
Ivvo Men Appear
In District Court
forming, religion has tended
to degenerate into a 'decent
formula wherewith to embel
lish a comfortable life'."
With regard to the Graham
"crusade" in Chicago which
occasioned G.H.B.'s comment,
the distinguished undenomi
national "Christian Century"
pointed out 6 27: "The Billy
Graham meetings are taking
on the features of a rally
rather than a crusade. Buses
and other forms of transpor
tation are used to assemble
people from a wide area."
That was true also of the
Graham meetings in Madison
Square Garden, New York,
several years ago when my
church sent busloads some
40 miles from our Long Is
land suburb. That, too, was
largely a rally of church peo
ple rather than a crusade to
win sinners outside the
churches.
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
lo the Editor: I wish to
thank Victor Croxton for
scouting for Grange talent,
the Salvation Army for the
use of the tambourines. Huh
Freu nf Upper Applecate and
Mrs. Mahoney of Grants Pass,
who helped with the acoustics,
the Merlin Dixie Band, and
Ralph El tel. who look time
off to play the banjo, and In
all the Grangers and members
of their families who gave so
freely of their time and tal
ent to make the minstrel show
both a success and a pleasure.
Thank you.
Edna G. Sawyer.
Route 2. Box 5RD,
Jacksonville. Ore.
'Rightists' in History
To the Editor: We read and
hear so much about the ex
tremists, especially extreme
rightists. There seems to be a
need of more extreme right
ists. The Manchester (N.H.)
Union Leader recently said
the Christian world as we
know it today or the United
States would not exist if it
hadn't been for extreme right
ists. If Moses hadn't been an ex
treme rightist, the Jews would
still be in Egyptian bondage.
If Christ hadn't been an ex
treme rightist, He wouldn't
have died on the cross and
there wouldn't have been any
Christian religion. The way of
the Lord is right.
If Columbus hadn't been an
extreme rightist, he .would
never have discovered Amer
ica. He would have listened
to the non-extremists who in
sisted the world was flat.
If George Washington had
not been an extremist, he
never would have left his
home at Mt. Vernon to lead a
forlorn hope for freedom.
If Patrick Henry hadn't
been an extreme rightist, he
never would have stood up
and said, "Give me liberty or
give me death."
If the farmers around Con
cord and Lexington htdn't
been extremists, they never
would have tried to oppose
the mighty British Empire.
President Kennedy and ex
President Eisenhower say
nowadays that extreme right
ists are bad people and should
One Nation Under God
To the Editor: The adminis
tration's program for Federal
Aid to Education is certainly
proving to be well thought
out. Not the least of its ad
vantages is the way it fits into
the State Department's for
eign policy. Notwithstanding
the Supreme Court's record of
decisions in favor of Commu
nism, whoever deployed that
august body into outlawing
the non-denominational pray
er adopted by the schools in
New York, certainly stuck a
knife right into the very
heart of the Constitution of
the United States.
Prayers to God are offen
sive to atheistic communist
nations. And the atheistic
communist nations' good opin
ion of us is obviously more
important than our own self
respect, and than our allegi
ance to the God of our fath
ers, under whose guidance
this nation was founded. Now
tht.1 we have displayed lo the
world our devotion to athe
ism, will the Communist na
tions take us to their hearts
and accept us as blood broth
ers? Can we now discontinue
our preparations for defense
against them - or, should we
build them up, so that we can
help Red China defend her
self against that ruthless
killer, Chiang Kai-shek?
If there have been any
doubts about the Supreme
Court's affection for Commu
nism, their decision to pro
hibit a simple non-sectarian
prayer in our public schools
should dispel that doubt. Ev
ery government has within it
self the seeds nf its own des
truction. Could this be the
coup rie grace? In the Senate
and in the House at Repre
sentatives disgusted criticism
of the Supreme Court's action
crosses party lines, as reported
recent issues of The Mail
Summer Reading Program for Children
Is Under Way in Libraries in County
Displays in the children's tries, a large old fashioned has a hook,
department nf the Public Li- globe, and many colorful Wh,n the 10 hooks are mm
brary of Medford and Jackson . travel folders , pletcd. the child is awarded
county the past few weeks The purpose of the displays a certificate, and is invited to
have included a rase filled is to generate interest in the a nartv scheduled nt Hie end
summer reading p r o g r a m of the program,
sponsored by the library, the) The party is sponsored by
theme of which this summer j the Friends of the Library,
is "Around the World with Each branch library also will
Books." have a party, picnic or some
The program, which takes observance to recognize chil
place in all branch libraries drcn reading 10 books.
: as well as the mam one, is: Of 7.000 registered children
designed to cultivate in chil-: in the departments throughout
William Baldwin Jr.. 36, of ' dn,.'ho hill,it ' 1,1 i '""' approximately
route 1 box 460 Centnl ai1dlll"n' it provides an educa- 1.400 of them are registered
Point, was bound over to the!",""1 rCi,dinK '",sr lh'' lhe PrK". of " 20
grand jury after appearing ! thlldrr"' '"-'"'"'"K to Omar percent,
in Jackson county district , B;'l'"' 1'b''a"',n . Names Are Posted
court Friday on charges nf Boys and girls from 6 to 14 Each child has a circle with
assault with a dangerous ' vrnrs old '' eligible to join hi, nilmP on l ;ha, is pnsl(,d
weapon. Ih'' rending ''Hib. Those eight in ,hc nbrarv. As he reads a
Baldwin is being held in yoi"'s olri anri "Mrr- nl' askrtl bonk, a small black dot is
the countv jail in lieu of to rcad lhrep irnvei b""ks ' pasted on the circle.
$1,500 baii. !an-v olnor srvrn bo"ks th(-'j Since the beginning nf the
He is charged with .Irikins : !TrP' r 81 "nd wvon-ypar j rpadinB program June 1,
I.iiTh e r ZcZ I ambe;f.!"lriS d ""' 10 h'' ny children have already
Prospect, in a Shady Cove i Glves Short Resume j read 10 books, and a gieal
tavern June 26. Lambert was! After reading a hook, the i many have read more than
treated at a local hospital and j '-hild civrs sl",rl rosumr of j the required number. Some
released. lhe stm y to the librarian. She ! have read only a few, but
ci,. i;,. i j n u "'en records the name of the! have ample time In complete
u rn on P wlrrn. 1" J i hook anfi aut hor in a read- the number hefore July 14.
trlcl court Thursday I inR d "ook child ! when the reading program
Robert Arthur Berry. Trail
Creek, Ore., will be tried by
a district court jury July la
on charges of pointing a fire
arm at another person, and
on July 19 on vagrancy
charges. He was released on
his own recognizance after
appearing In district court.
Berry also was arrested by
slate police Thursday on a
district court warrant. He is
accused of pointing a firearm
at some neighborhood chil
dren and using foul and ob
scene language at the same
time.
A 5
will end.
The artwork connected with
the program was done by
Phyllis Morse. She decorates
the certificates and handle
other artwork.
Many children have entered
into it with enthusiasm. Bacon
said, and ' led that it is
hoped that participation in
the summer program will
start children toward good
reading habits that will stay
with them.
HAVE
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but don't cut your vacation
in half. Running "short"
while on vacation spoils th
whole trip. Money on your
signature only, car or other
security.
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Weighmasters Receive
Long Service Awards
Otis T.. Dewev and fart T?
Kliever, state highway depart
ment weighmasters, recently
received service pins for long
service to the department.
Dewey's award was for 25
years nf service, while Kliev
er received a 15-year award.
Presentations were made by
chief weighmasler Clinton
Deyn, Salem.
Effective July 1st there'll be a
brand new name for a grand old store
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Continuing To Offer the
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Tribune. Hep. Boy A. Taylor
(D-N C ). and Sen. .1. Glenn
Beall (R-Md.) are both offer
ing bills in their respective
houses to make. Ineffective
this court action.
Is it too much for us to
hope for a new Supreme
Court, composed of decent
Christian Americans?
Bruce Y. Kleinsmld,
1719 S.E. Portola Dr.,
Grants Pass, Ore.
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and holidays call 535-4062
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PRESENTING . . .
The very latest program for your shopping
convenience in Downtown Medford. Look
for the Ride-N-Shop sign in your down
town Medford participating merchant's
window.
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Starting Monday, July 2, you can take
advantage of this convenient way to
ihop. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: (1)
Board the Evergreen But a your near
est stop (2) Purchase a One-Way Ticket
(3) When you shop downtown Med
ford have the lore validate your
ticket (4) Show the driver your vali
dated ticket and ride home FREE.
FREE
RIDE HOME
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Trips), CENTRAL POINT (6), JACKSONVIUE
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trips terminate at MAIN and CENTRAL In the
hert of downtown Med'ord.
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