Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 31, 1962, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MML TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1962 Recessive Kneei A 3 Dick West Doesn't Get Far in Interview With Author of New Book i t m ti By DICK WEST Washington 0TP& The best book on topic A that I ever read was the classic study i w r i 1 1 e n by James Thur- ber and E. B. White under fi the title "Is Sex N e c e s- s a r y?" First pub lished in 1929, it was widely regard ed as a 1am- WtIt poon of the sexology literature that abounded in that period. To me, however, it was too real istic for parody. In one chapter, Thurber and White described a syn drome that so closely fitted my own experience I figured It had to be based on an actual case history. They called it "the recessive knee." Summarized briefly, the re cessive knee occurs when the knee of a male is bribed, ac cidentally or otherwise, by the knee of a female. The male knee immediately breaks contact and veers off in an other direction. According to the Thur-ber-Whit. findings, in 93 par cent of recessive knee cases the male is suspici ous; in 4 per cent he is ignorant, and in 3 per cent he is tired, I was reminded of their study this week when Fate (Sam Fate, a local press agent) put me in contact with the author of a new best-seller on the subject. This book, a sort of spin sler's manual, is "Sex and the Single Girl," and the author is Helen Gurley Brown, who used to be a single girl her self. To quote the publisher's blurb, the book is "uninhibit ed and outspoken." Well, sir. I used to be single myself, and adjectives like that still make me nervous. Nevertheless, I steeled myself and went ahead with the interview, which to the CRONIN INSURANCE Now Located At 232 W. 6th Across From Post Otrice Phone 773-3171 best of my recollection went something like this: Q. What is the central theme of your book, Mrs. Brown? A. I take the position that the love life of an unmarried woman . . . Q. Did you enjoy the recent World Series? A. I don't know anything about baseball. The point I am trying to make is that sin gle girls are entitled . . . Q. How about tropical fish? Do you like tropical fish? A. I don't have any hob bies. There is no reason why a single girl should not . . . That was as far into the subject as I got. Thurber and White neglected to mention that you can get recessive knees from a book. Bids Opened for S9.1 Million in Highway Projects Salem-IUPD- The Oregon Highway Commission Tues day opened bids on $9.1 mil lion worth of projects, includ ing the big relocation of the Columbia River Highway at The Dalles. Roy L. Houck Sons' Corp., Salem, got the job with an apparent low bid of $3,931, 459. The 5.63 miles of grading and structures will carry the highway north of The Dalles, along the Columbia, bypass ing The Dalles. State Highway Engineer Forrest Cooper said this will eliminate the biggest bottle neck on the Columbia River highway. There were two other jobs of more than $1 million. Ro gers Construction Co., Port land, had the apparent low of $1.3 million for 2.4 miles of paving and other work on the Hill Creek-Oxman section of the Old Oregon Trail High way 18 miles south of Baker. Peter Kiewit Sons' Corp.. Medford, was low at $1.8 mil lion for the north and south Ashland interchange on the Pacific Highway near Ash land. This involves 7.1 miles of paving and signs. All 25 projects ran a sharp 10.8 per cent below state esti mates, Other apparent low bidders included: Benton: Install traffic sig nals at Kings rd. and Harri son st. intersection in Cor vallis; Steeck Electric, Med ford $4,275. Clatsop: Build Sunset Lake bridge five miles south of Warrenton on a county road; Larson construction, Astoria, $68,562. Clatsop: Fort Stevens state park facilities; Grimstad & Vanderveldt, Astoria, $72,979 Coos: Coquille River-Bea ver Slough section, route 677, 7 v w 15 with a new DELUXE lanket This Is A Sale" Now in Progress H A P G 0 115 East Main Street Medford, Oregon 11S East Main Street Ashland, Oregon 303 South Front at 10th BARGAIN STORf-Medford 1001 Main Street Klamath Falls 97 of a mile grading, surfac ing, structures; Coos Bay, $228,578. Jackson: Three structures on the north and south Ash ' land interchange section. Pacific Highway: Tom Lil lebo, Reedsport $280,245. Jackson: Valley of the Rogue Park interchange section. Pacific Highway; Southern Oregon crushing, Medford $126,180. Jackson: Widen Evans Creek bridge, Ausland Con struction, Grants Pass $56, 247. Jackson: Latrine in Casey State Park on Trail-Crater Lake highway: Harley E. Lowe, Ashland $10,247. Lane: Judkins Point inter change section, Pacific and McKenzie highways, roadside improvement; E. P. Baltz & son, Portland $49,874. Lane: Grading, paving and structure on the Noti Bridge section, Maplcton-E u g e n e highway: Hamilton & Thorns Eugene $58,390. Lane: Devils Elbow slide viaducts, Coast highway north of Florence; Orlando C. Ben nard and Glenn Snook, Eu gene $154,925. Malheur: Install traffic sig nals at intersection of East Idaho ave. and 2nd St. ir Ontario; Marson & Stokes Roseburg $6,476. Marion: Build sand shed at Detroit; B & M Construction, Portland $23,330. Tillamook: Jackson Creek- Cape Lookout section, Ne-tarts-Sand Lake county road, 1.3 miles grading; Grimstad & Vandervelt, Astoria S144.928 Wasco: East The Dalles-Union pacific railroad overcross- ing two miles east of The Dalles; Pacific Concrete, Port land $396,333. a V. University Forms CD Organization Eugene - The University of Oregon has formed a civil de fense organization lo meet emergencies on the campus working with the Lane coun ty civil defense agency, Uni versity President Arthur S Flrmming has announced. The civil defense plan for the university has been or ganized by Col. Louis D, rarnsworth Jr., U.S. army colonel and head of the de partment of military and air science at the university. Work on the plan was start ed early this year and has been refined further in the past two weeks after the re ceipt of detailed information from Washington, D.C., con cerning the civil defense capa bility of the university. Persons who have responsi bilies under the plan have been made acquainted with the nature of their duties. Ar rangements are now being made to tost the effectiveness of the plan. Under operational status, university civil defense would be directed by President Flem ming wilh Colonel Farns worth as his deputy director. Tax Commission Affirmed in Case Salem - (L'PIi Oregon Tax Judge Peter Gunnar has ruled that a Seattle woman acquired, as far as tax pur poses are concerned, an Inter est in the Medical-Dental Building in Klamath Falls in 1939 ralhcr than 1951. Gun nar, wno issued tne decision as Marion County Circuit Judge pro lem. affirmed the Oregon Tax Commission in the case. The wf,m;jfi. Gerda A. Berry, contended she had no interest in the Klamath Falls building until II years ago when she acquired her inter est from her late husband, Na thanial E. Berry. Small I Worlds Around Us (Reelster Tribune Syndicate, 1S6Z) Prized Seashell Found By Raccoon He Was Robbedl The hot sun, the gentle breeze lazily drifting over the nearby ocean, the tang of salt in the air, brought on a sense of extreme drowsiness. We were pretty comfortable with our back against a huge mangrove tree, and it seemed the most logical thing in the world to do was to take a nap. Half asleep, we looked out to where a group of sea gulls, themselves looking sleepy, sat on a sandbar, wnn the exception of the gulls we seemed to be alone on an un inhabited island. Our sleep was later inter rupted by a vague rustling. It seemed to be in a heavy growth of mangroves at our back. Remaining as motion less as possible we slowly turned our head to see what was disturbing the solitude. The rustling appeared to be coming nearer. Then we saw him a giant raccoon ambling slowly through the beach grass. His back was humped grotesquely high, his nose searching the air currents. He was leisurely ambling toward the water's edge. Hardly had he passed our hiding place when another raccoon, obviously a female, followed him along a well worn trail. Lumber Past While we wailed, several other raccoons of various sizes and ages lumbered past, all following the much-used game trail. Their bushy tails drag ged along behind them more like afterthoughts than as part of their anatomies. By changing our positions slightly we could see the rac coons clawing at the clumps of oysters attached to man grove roots, exposed by the ebb tide. The raccoons grab bed an oyster clump, gave it a firm twist and broke it away from its support. The animals whammed the shells on a rock at the water's edge, breaking the shells and exposing the tender flesh. Some of the anmials, evi dently fed up on oysters, searched the mudflat for other tidbits. A big raccoon, directly in front of us, suddenly dug in the sand, picking up vari ous objects, inspecting them and discarding them. He found several clams and whelks. His appetite was not loo sharp, for he displayed considerable daintiness in what he selected to eat. He seemed to be hunting for something special. Usually Night Hunter The raccoon habitually hunts al night, but these ani mals were abroad in bright daylight. The big fellow di rectly in front of us still searched. He ladled handfuls of wet sand into little heaps and then moved on, only to repeat the procedure a few feet farther on. He seemed perfectly willing to dig up the entire island to find what ; he wanted. He had remained in one place quite a while, dipping something from a hole in the i sand. Then he picked an ob ject out of the hole. He turn ed it over and over in his paws. He dunked it in a small pool of water. The object took on a changed appearance; it was very bright and shiny. We couid see the delicate markings on it. We suspected what the ob ject was. We leaped up and ran toward the big raccoon. All the other raccoons fell over one another in the excit ment. Like little gnomes with packs on their backs, they scampered for the shelter of the mangroves. Gallops for Shore The big raccoon dropped the shell he had been holding and galloped for the shore. We picked the prize from the sand; it was a perfect speci men of the lion's paw shell, one of the most desirable of seashells. Carrying our prize, we walked back along the beach with the gulls scream ing overhead. We were proud . . . but we had not found a lion's paw. The raccoon had found it; we were the pilferers. 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