THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 19BJ
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Retired Clergyman Offers
Advice on 106t!i Birthday
By GERALD S. SNYDER
' New York IUPII His hand
was trembling slightly and
his legs were a bit unsteady
But his voice was firm. The
Rev. Dr. Arthur Judson
Brown, on the eve of his
106th birthday anniversary,
said he had a Thanksgiving
Day message.
'The retired clergyman and
author settled into an old
high-backed chair in his Vic
torian style apartment on
New York's Park avenue.
"I am a daily S.ectntor of
the television, he said slow
ly, "And I follow its descrip
tions of current events with
mingled eagerness, anxiety
and regret.
"Superficially, our country
doesn't seem to have much to
be thankful for In this time of
International ami national tu
mult and tragedy.
Was Appalled
"But I have often thought
that when I was a boy In
school, I was appalled by
what my teachers told me of
the huge beasts that once dom
inated the Earth, 25 or 30
tons, 40 feet in length.
"Later, I learned that they
had disappeared and I won
dered what other beasts had
been called to exterminate
them.
"I was told that no stronger
beasts had appeared but that
the climate had changed and
they died.
"So it will be today."
Dr. Brown, a .broad-shouldered
man with bushy eye
brows and trim white beard,
paused to collect his thoughts.
"People often ask me about
my longevity," he said, "and
I can only reply that the only
way I know to live is not to
die.
No Second Trip
"For those who ask if I
would like to live my life
over again, I reply 'no.' When
I recall my many narrow mis
takes I wouldn't dare risk a
second trip."
Dr. Brown, a Presbyterian,
was born on Dec. 3, 185il, in
Collision, Mass. He was
taught that if he wanted any
thing he could not afford, he
should go without II; if he
wanted the "good things of
life" he should work for them;
if he imagined the world
owed him anything he would
have trouble collecting, and
that he should help others in
stead of expecting them to
help him.
Dr. Brown's wife. Jennie,
died when she was 86.
Three weeks ago, Dr.
Brown signed up for a new
private basic health and medi
cal insurance plan.
On the question of medical
care for the aged, Dr. Brown
said: "Clearly, something
should be done.
Essentials Increased
"This period of high cost of
living is naturally hard on
most elderly people. Their in
comes were fixed on their re
tirement at 65 or more. But
the price of food and other
essentials have greatly In
creased while income remains
static."
But Dr. Brown said he did
not "feel competent" to dis
cuss the relative merit of pri
vate plans or government pro
grams, such as President Ken
nedy's proposals to link medi
cal care for the elderly to
social security.
Turning to his diet, he said
"For some reason, the subject
o( what I eat is often raised
by those who wonder how I
keep going.
"Well. I have carefully
heeded the advice of St. Paul
to Ills friends in Corinth: 'Eat
what is set before you and
nsk no questions," he said.
Heavy Fare
lie quickly added that he's
always been partial to new
Kngland corned beef, vege
tables and miner pie. lie
acknowledged this may be
heavy fnre for a man his age
"Hut I am here and the die
ticians ate all dead," he said.
'I was born before germs
were discovered."
All things considered, said
Tr. Brown, the world hasn't
changed much In character.
'Just because you can go
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106TH ANNIVERSARY The Hcv. Arthur Judson Brown is
shown in his New York apartment on eve of his 106th birth
day anniversary. The retired clergyman was born in Hoi-
liston, Mass., Dec. 3, 1856. (UPI)
Oregon Supreme
Court Decisions
Salcm-UlPII-The Oregon Su
preme Court has unanimously
affirmed the second degree
murder conviction of Mar
garet Arncll Fischer, Oregon
City, who shot her husband
and got nine years in prison.
Her husband was shot in
their home during a drinking
spree. He threatened her with
a gun, and she wrestled it
from him.
In her appeal, Mrs. Fischer
challenged proof of the cor
pus delicti as the basis for her
confession.
Said Right Inference
The decision, written by
Justice Alfred T. Goodwin,
said the evidence was such
that the iuv rightfully chew
the inference that death was
from New York to Boston
now In an hour and a half
when In my day it took five
days by stage coach, doesn't
mean we're better men. Let's
remember the new, but not
forget the old."
Dr. Brown never has (for
gotten the old, although he
lives in the present ns a still
active member of the Inter
faith Church Peace Union
founded by Andrew Carnegie
and the Presbyterian board of
foreign missions, of which he
served as executive secretary
for 34 years until 1 i)29.
Wrote Memoirs
Six years ago he wrote his
"Memoirs of a Centenarian,"
one of his 15 published books.
"I'm not a prophet, he
aid, "And I don't profess to
know tile future but do you
think your editor might have
space for some final words?"
He picked up a copy of the
memoirs and chose a passage.
It was written by Whltlier.
"I have faith in tho.v
words." Dr. Brown said.
Then, not bothering lo look ;it
the lines, he slowly and delib
erately recited:
"For right is right since
Clod is God
And right the day must
win.
To doubt would be dis
loyalty. To falter would be sin,"
Miss Kleanor Brown, one of
five children, smiled as she
showed us out.
"1 think he's a wonderful
man," she said.
not accidental or suicide.
Clackamas county circuit
Judge Ralph M. Ilolman was
affirmed.
Other decisions:
State vs. Eddie Coleman,
appellant; appeal from Mult
nomah County; opinion by
Justice William Perry; Judge
J. J. Murchison affirmed;
Coleman's conviction of as
sault with intent to kill in
Portland affirmed.
Pearl L. Beard, appellant
vs. Alfred J. Beard, cross
appellant; appeal from Uma
tilla County; opinion by Just
ice Goodwin; Judge William
W. Wells affirmed: Degree
granting the wife a settlement
in n divorce action affirmed,
including $400 a month ali
mony and $200 a month child
support.
Oregon WiMmnetle Lumber
C-irp Appellant vs. Lincoln
County: appeal from Lincoln
County; opinion by Justice
Pro Tern Arno H. DeNecke;
Judge Earl P. Conrad re
versed; action lo recover for
tlie value of materials for re
pair of the county courthouse,
new trial ordered.
Judge Affirmed
Robert A. Ilointz vs. Henry
A. Sinner and Lydia Sinner,
appellants; appeal from Mult
nomah County; opinion by
Justice Pro Tom Denecke;
Judge Virgil II. Langtry af
firmed us modified; a decla
tory judgment to determine
rights to a contract for sale
of a Portland motel affirmed,
one portion of degree deleted,
Ann Reynolds, et al, appel
lants vs. Pete Janzen, et al;
appeal from Baker County;
opinion by Justice Gordon
Sloan; Judge Lyle R. Wolff
affirmed; suit for rescission
of a timber sale conlract and
damages for breach of it, de
gree dismissing the suit af
firmed .
BESTS TIGHT SITUATION
Nottingham. Knghind -UTH-Dr.
Ronald Springer, chief
medical otficer (or Notting
ham schools, said one teen-age
boy told him he wore his
skin-light jeans to bed at
night, lie said it was loo much
of a struggle to get them off.
Part Played by
Shrubby Plant To
Be Studied at OSU
Corvallis - The part played
by the shrubby plant, Cean
othus. in providing "growth
supplement" help for Douglas
fir and other trees will be
studied by Oregon State uni
versity scientists during the
next three years.
Ccanothus, though it is not
a leguminous plant, has the
same unique ability to fix
atmospheric nitrogen in its
root nodules as do leguminous
plants - clover, alfalfa and
soybeans.
The nitrogen fixation, in
turn, speeds the growth of
trees around the Ceanothus,
Dr. C. T. Youngbcrg, forest
soils scientist and project lead
cr, explained.
Four or five species of Cean
othus are found growing in
various sections of the state
particularly in the Cascade
Mountain forests and in Cen
tral and Eastern Oregon.
Has Special Value
The shrub has special value
in cut-over forests, according
to Youngbcrg, The heat from
slash burning causes Cean
othus seed to break dormancy
and lo grow. The small trees
that are either planted or
come from natural regenera
lion then benefit from the
Ccanothus nitrogen fixation in
the soil.
As the forest stand develops
and the canopy closes, Cean'
othus growth falls off, Young
bcrg said.
The new OSU study, sup
ported by a $15,000 grant
from National Science Foun
dation, will include evalua
tion of Ccanothus fertility fac
tors and identification of the
organisms that take the nitro
gen from the air and fix it in
the Ceanothus root nodules.
Working with Youngbcrg
on the project are Arthur G.
Wollum, graduate assistant in
forest soils. Dr. C. M. Gilmour
and Dr. W. B. Bollen, depart
ment of microbiology will
serve as advisers to the proj
ect. Bollen is heading up a
project started last winter on
red' alder nitrogen fixation in
the soil.
Panel Will Discuss
Mental Health Topic
Dr, A. E. Merkel, Jackson
county health officer, will be
a member of a panel dis
cussing "mental health serv
ices in your community'' al
a meeting sponsored by the
Jackson County Mental
Health association at 8 o'clock
tonight at Rogue Valley hos
pital. Also attending the meeting
will be Charles F. Feike,
Portland, executive director
of the Menial Health Associ
ation of Oregon, acco ding to
Dewey Wilson, chairman of
the local association.
Other panel members will
include James M. Main, cir
cuit court judge; Miss Ethel
Shumway, of the family
counseling and child guidance
agency; the Rev. Fred Evans,
First Christian church; and
Don McLarrin, special educa
tion director, Ashland.
Panel members, as well as
Feike. will be available for
questions, Wilson said.
The discussion will include
such matters as where local
families can turn for help
with problems of mental and
emotional illness, what facil
ities arc available, new trends
In care and the broadening
role of local communities.
FAKERS GET FINE
Glasgow. Scotland - WH -Mrs.
Margaret Lyon and Mrs
Pearl Hill were convicted
Wednesday of collecting mon
ey tor fake charities. They
were sentenced lo contribute
S'i.SO each a week for three
years lo legitimate polio
funds.
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of public Instruction Roy Simpson, left, greets incoming,
superintendent Max Rafferty as they meet In the capltol at
Sacramento, Calif Rafferty visited the capitol to discuss his j
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