MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Register and Tribune
Syndicate 1962)
The 111 Wind That Blowi
Produces Good for Soma
The person who said, "It's
an ill wind tht blows nobody
good" must have been familiar
with that group of ardent
folks who search the seashore.
To them, after the blow,
comes the harvest.
Of course, it is of no con
cern to the shell collector that
millions of small marine ani
mals were destroyed by the
storm. Mollusks. ripped from
their home on the ocean bot
tom, rolled and buffeted until
at last they were cast up on
a beach to die in the sun and
the drying air. If the storm
was severe the amount of ma
rine life will be enormous,
often piled in windrows for
miles and containing a galaxy
of oceanic life.
Browse Among Litter
Tlie collector of marine
oddities browses in this litter,
selecting, rejecting, studying
and gathering. He may be
searching for some specific
form of shell life, or he may
be willing to collect anything
strange or unusual.
The sea has brought in other
things besides seashells. There
will be a hodge-podge of water-logged
objects great and
small; all are carefully ex
amined by those who walk the
beaches. ,
If the storm was severe
there were those who suffered
loss of property or even loss of
life. Such storms should make
us realize that man plays a
secondary role in nature's
scheme of things. We build our
homes or our buildings closer
and closer to the edge of the
sea, entirely overlooking the
power of wind, tide and wave.
They are many times great
er than man's ability to con
trol. If those mighty forces
are arrayed against us, we ex
perience damage and even
loss of human lives. For some
strange reason we refuse to
admit that man, or nations of
men, puny and weak when
pitted against the forces that,
at times, can be arrayed
against him.
Because we can look out
across the tranquil, blue wa
ters of an ocean on a blight
and sunny day, we feel secure.
We look at trees or buildings
that may have stood undam
aged for many years, and we
say to ourselves, "these things
have endured, why shouldn't
they continue? If they sur
vived all this time, we would
be safe in building here."
The Eternal Winner
It is a rather shocking
thought, when we finally gel
it in our mind, that Nature
always wins in the end. It may
be days, weeks, months or
even years, but sooner or later
the forces, greater than we
can comprehend, are arrayed
and man and all he has built
must face the storm.
It is said that the rainbow
arched across the sky is a
promise of fair weather. So
too, does the sun shine after
the storm. What havoc had
been wrought, man attempts
to repair, to build anew,
stronger perhaps than before,
or more sensibly located.
What was havoc for the
many, may have been a har
vest for those few who seek
the treasures cast up by the
sea. In the meantime Nature
arrays her forces, may smile
kindly for a while or may
frown or become angry at
man's attempt to be master of
all he surveys.
Each individual, according
to his needs or temperament,
looks with fear or a mild
pleasure: some to reap a pe
culiar harvest, others to re
pair the havoc. "It's still an
ill wind."
Salem To Ballot
On Sewer System
Salem - IUPI) - City voters
here will ballot Tuesday on a
$5.6 million bond issue to pro
vide a sewer treatment plant
and trunk lines to serve a 40
square mile area.
The issue was rejected last
September.
Also on the ballot are two
other measures. One would
change from two to four years
the term of municipal judge.
The other would change from
$2 to $5 per day the credit
earned by a county jail pris
oner serving time in lieu of
payment of fine.
Three Accidents
Reported in Area
Harriet Lucile Robertson,
55, Shady Cove, was injured
yesterday when the pickup
truck she was driving, went
into a ditch at Crater Lake
highway and the Linn rd. in
tersection, state police said.
She was treated for scalp
lacerations and bruises by her
physician.
As the Robertson vehicle
approached the intersection,
another vehicle pulled from
the right side of the highway
directly into her path, police
said. The pickup swerved and
went into the ditch.
A car driven by David
James Huckaba, 17, of 3410
North Pacific highway. Med
ford, struck the rear of a car
driven by Robert Adam
Morris, 20, of 734 Wilson rd..
Central Point, yesterday on
Highway 99, north of Med
ford, state police said.
The Morris car was stopped
in the inside southbound lane
and was preparing to make a
left turn, and Huckaba, also
southbound, was unable to
stop in time, officers said.
Cars diven by Vernon Har
vey Dean, 24, of 72 North
Main St., Ashland, and by
Otto Earnest, 71, of 14 Cargill
court, Medford, collided on
Highway 99 near Phoenix,
state police said. The Earnest
car pulled from the highway
shoulder across both lanes in
front of the Dean car, oificcrs
said.
Willapa Project
Slated for Study
Portland - OJPD - The Bureau
of Reclamation will under
take an immediate study of
the proposed Willapa project
in Washington state's Pacific
county, the Interior Depart
ment said today.
The multiple-purpose proj
ect will be investigated with
funds advanced by the Area
Redevelopment Admini s t r a
tion. It would involve storage
on either the south fork or
main stem of the Willapa river
which flows into the Pacific
in the general vicinity of Ray
mond and South Bend.
The storage would provide
supplemental irriga t i o n to
about 1.000 acres. In addition
the project also would include
benefits to fish and wildlife
and to pollution control which
would be helpful to the oyster
industry, the interior depart
ment said.
Physical Fitness of American
Men Discussed at Roundtable
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1962
The problem of physical fit
ness in the American male
was discussed at the Monday
noon meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce Roundtable by
the director of physical edu
cation at the Medford YMCA.
The speaker, Ben Jensen, a
Medford resident since last
June, humorously depicted
several types of men who con
vince themselves, through var
ious subterfuges and d e 1 u-
sions, that they are physically
fit.
He characterized the "week
end athlete," who after a burst
of activity on Saturday and
Sunday, is too tired to go to
work Monday; the sagging, ex
high school sports star, who
still thinks he could run with
the boys if he wanted to; the
successful businessman, who
is just "too busy" to stay in
shape; and the man who owns
a variety of exercise equip
ment, but who never uses any
of it.
Ask Questions
One should make an ap
praisal of his own physical
condition, the speaker advis
ed, by asking himself certain
questions: Can I still perform
physical activities that I could
do when I was 25? Has my
chest slipped? Can I run as
far as I used to be able to?
Do I feel as well physically
as I used to?
"If you aren't satisfied with
your answers," the speaker
suggested, "you probably
should start some kind of con
ditioning program."
Jensen warned against "try
ing to do it by yourself." In
dividual fitness programs sel
dom last beyond a few short
months, he said.
He advised such a program
be built around group partici
pation, and that the efforts be
centorcd on a sport which the
individual finds enjoyable and
interesting.
Basic Requirements
Whatever sport the Individ
ual chooses, Jensen said, it
should have certain basic re
quirements and effects to in
sure that it will help produce
beneficial results.
The speaker advised choos
ing a sport or activity that can
be enjoyed the year around,
rather than one that is season
al or dependent on weather
conditions.
The sport should be one
that leaves the participant
"breathless" so that his lungs
have a chance to develop. It
should also give a man such
a "good workout" that he is
tired when he is finished, Jen
sen said.
The speaker offered a three
part definition of good physi
cal fitness: 1. a body free from
disease; 2. Heart, lung and
muscle tone of sufficient qual
ity to enable a man to do a
day's work with case, and 3.
A mind that can relax quickly
and forget business worries.
Jensen drew attention to a
men's conditioning class that
is being started at the YMCA.
The class will meet on Tues
days and Thursdays from 5:30
to 6 p.m. Applicants may en
roll in the class by purchasing
a membership in the YMCA.
Annual dues are $35.
The class will offer organ
ized physical conditioning ex
ercises, followed by workouts
in sports of the individual's
own preference. Each class
member is free to set his own
pace, Jensen emphasized, and
to develop at his own rate of
speed.
The class will be run con
tinuously from now on, the
director said, and members
may enroll and attend at their
convenience.
Couple Here Named
As Temple Sponsors
Persons interested in learn
ing more about "The Temple
of Understanding," called the
"Spiritual United Nations,"
may contact Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. McComack, 724 West 11th
St., Medford for information,
telephone 773-5790.
Started in 1959 by a woman
in Greenwich, Conn., the pur
pose is to "widen the horizons
of men's minds; the function,
to further, through education
in the major religions of the
world, man's awareness of his
essential brotherhood."
Plans arc under way to
erect a temple in Washing
ton, D. C, which will have
six wings radiating from a
center hall. Each wing will
represent one of the six re
ligions of the world-Hinduism,
Judaism, Buddhism, Con
fucianism, Christianity, and
Islam. Those chapels, designed
in accordance with the re
quirements of the religion,
will not be used for worship,
but to illustrate the mode of
worship of the particular religion.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Norwich, Vt. -WPD-Dr. Heln
rich Bruening, the last chan
cellor of the German republic
before Adolph Hitler took
over 30 years ago, celebrated
his 77th birthday here Mon
day. His resignation as chan
cellor was forced after he
waged an unsuccessful battle
to save the democratic govern
ment in Germany. He fled the
country less than two years
later after being sought by the
Nazis.
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Fire District Vote
Scheduled Dec. 3
Central Point An elec
tion for a five-year term on
the Central Point rural fire
protection district board of di
rectors will be held Monday,
Dec. 3.
Polls will be open from 2
to 8 p.m. at the rural fire sta
tion here.
The term of Charles Bate
man expires. He is a candidate
for reelection.
Other members of the board
are Claude Thompson, chair
man; Donald A. Faber, secretary-treasurer;
B. Sam Taylor
and Claud Hoover.
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