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Dennis the Menace I THOUGHT 1 Some Plant Movements Not Easily Explained Science has overlooked a peculiar ability of some plants to respond to objects or con ditions near them. Some act in an unbelievable w a y. There is, of course, in all liv ing plants the pull, push and shove of winds, and the slow er, almost imperceptible movement of growth. These we accept and admit. They are forces always present and not at all strange - certainly not mysterious. Within recent years, how ever, some serious-minded ob servers have noted other plant movements that are not very easily explained. Some are not even acknowledged by most of us. These actions border rather closely on the fantastic. Some of them would seem to indicate that some plants have more than a little conception of A'hat is going on in their immediate vi cinity. Under care fully observed conditions, there are many common plants that seem to have the ability to "see, hear or sense" nearby objects and react accordingly. To help themselves survive, they per form some actions we can't believe, even when we watch them in action. Eye-Openers With a little time and a small amount of patience you can perform some simple ex periments that may open your eyes to this world of wonders, and cause you to look with renewed interest at the miracle of growth and the power of movements in plants. If the experiment is successful, you still won't believe it. Unfortun a t e 1 y there seems to be no one that can explain the result. But try it anyway. Take a common plant - a wild clematis will do. There arc many species of this climber that. Brows in moist woodlands, climbing over fences, up into trees and over walls. In the summer the vine will be festooned with fleecy white flowers in clus ters. In the late fall these flower clusters will have changed their appearance and may be known as "old man's beard " These silver plumes will be as attractive as were the summer flowers. In some sections of its range this vine is called virgin's bower traveler's joy. In some se lions it is called Virginia clematis. Grasps Twigs This vine clambers 4-H News Livestock Club The inectinK o the JacK sonvillc Livestock 4-H club was called to order by Presi dent Mary Cantrall. Officers were elected They include Mama Dunlap. presi dent: Donna Hammond, vice president; Mary Cantrall. secretary; Bobby Glathar." long leader: Dana Dunlap. news reporter; and Mike Keid. recreation leader There were two new mem bers. Donna Hammond and Mike Reid We decided tn have a Christmas party. The meeting was adjourned and refresh ments were served by Mary Cantrall. Dana Dunlap. Reporter. POLICEWOMAN FINED Kendal. England in - Po licewoman Joan Bo,:th. 25. $14 Tuesday and ban ned from driving for month Her police car hit another i ear. a truck and another po-1 lice cruiser while she was, chasing a speeder. I HEARD SOMEgortf CALUN'W Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS (Register and Tribune. Syndicate 1962) grasping twigs, branches or any handy objects within reach and wrapping one of its leafstalks around it. Once attached, the tip of the vine grows its colorful way ever onward, always seeking some thing solid to hold onto. With your fingernail, scratch gently the underside of one of tile leaves, or tickle it with your finger like you would the chin of a baby. Within a very short time the leaf will bend downward, or toward the point where the contact was made, attempting to grasp what it "thinks" was there. Within a few hours it will have realized it has been fooled and will again right itself. Another strange acting vine, even more c o m m o n than traveler's joy, is the greenbriar or catbriar. This one may even be growing in your own yard or in a bush next door. It is rigl tly named catbrier, as the slender stem is well armed along its en tire length with sharp prickles. It is the one vine that makes a real bria- patch so difficult and so painful to walk through, as the catbriar scratches like an angry cat. This plant, set in an open area, will emerge from the earth and rotate in a cycle, trying to locate something on which to climb. It will even grow toward a stake placed close to it in the ground. Change the position of the stake and the little vine will change "its mind" and direc tion just to grow toward the support. Power of movement, we call this, and that's about as much as we know about it. Impossible, you think? Try it sometime. Court Records MEUKORD -MINUIPAL COl'RT George Edward Broun, driving without headlights. (10. Marie Klizabclh Ingle, disobeyed traffic signal. $10 Donald Lre Bagby. defective equipment. $11) George Mdlt Walters, disobeyed trailic signal. $10 Bert L. Large, no operator's li cense in possesion. $.V Robert Menrv Karrell, disobeyed traffic Mtjn.il. $10. Henry Mark Keklinger. duo beved traftir signal. $10. William Brit ton Vroman, dis obeyed traffic signal. $H. Maryle June Coles, violation of basic rule, $10. Richard Allen Muller, violation of basic rule, $10. John Patrick Graham, disobeyed traffic signal. $10. Robert fccbei I Hale, driving without headlights. '. Donald Allen Bohhett. speed contest. $50 (Driver Improvement School i Thomas Alan Linn. disobyed traffic saenal. $10 1DIS1. Marv Kmnryn Walsh, improper passing. $20 i DIS i . Nellie Ann Purdin, improper left turn. $10. Rodney Blake Vanderwood. speed contest. $d0 fDlSi, Jerry Edwin Tnnms. violation of basic rule. $-. t DIS i. Kenneth Lee Baunier, defective equipment, $10 DtS; operating vehicle on learner's permit unac companied by licensed driver. $15. iDlSi. James Piatt Rowan Jr.. improper left turn. $10 iDISi. Calvin Lee Grander, violation of basic rule, Sl!5 (DISi. Harold Edwin Gould, driving without headlights, $10: and viola tion of basic rule, $"0 ID1S). Wavne Anthony Caroda. viola tion of basic rule. $10 iDISl. Steaven James Wyatt. entering public street from private drive way without stoppine. $1. (DiSi. Harrv Harland Cole, failure to yield right of way. S25 iDISi. John Reid Yocom, disobeyed stop sign, SHI I D1S(. Ralph Lee Mob ley, operating ve hicles on learner's permit unac companied by licensed driver, $15 tDlSh Richard Douglas Larson, fsilur to vield richt of way. $25 (DISt. Edwin Brvcc Cnpe, violation of basic rule. S.'iO (DlSi. Darlcnc Nancy Evans, failure to obtain Oregon operator's license, $25 suspended. James Laurence Anderson, dis- : obeved tralfic Mcnal. $10. I Vernon Charles Robertson, vio- ! lation of basic rule, $10. Robert Norman Clau&en, 332 , Besie si.. Medford, and Lelha Fae Davis. 110 G St.. Jacksonville George Arrol Bibby. Roscville. Calif, and Lucille Bethel Burton Potter route 1. box 4!8. Gold Hill. Charles Marvin Hart, violation of basic rule. $25. Nathan Bedell Stoddard, disobey ed tralfic signal. $10. Ruth Ann MUligan, illegal turn, $10. Donald Jason Simpson, failure to leave information at the scene of an accident. $100. Donald Claude Bills, violation of basic rule. $10. Edna Nenette Kaliand. improper lane usage. $10. Dennis Lee Strauss, violation of baic rule, $'25. Samuel Tavlor Richardson, no year tubs displayed on license platH. $5 suspended. Earl Tanner Johnson, disobeyed stop sign, S5. Joseph William Powell, no oper ator's license. $'25. Jack Leon Couch, violation of basic rule, $25. Melvin I.eroy Whitcsidcs, viola tion of basic rule. S10 Abrah&m Lloyd Thornton, viola tion of basic rule. $10. GlennH Marie Brewold. violation of hasic rule. S10. Alfred Dean Vnn Stein, inade quate equipment. $10 suspended. D1STKH T I'Ol'RT Dale Lynn Beate, no operator's license, $5. , . Warren Clifford Skogg, violation or basic rule. S15. Arthur Wallace Sharx. one head light. $:. Colleen Yvonne Bulgar, speed inc on highway, $5. Ralph LeRoy Mitchell, truck speeding $10 Harold Reed, violation basic rule, $25. of 0 Remodel & Rent Three Bedrooms down, partially remodeled, 24 x 30 upstair;, space may be utilized as apart ment. Rental demands fully ius tify remodeling expense. Scmi refired, use your spare time profitably, then enpy good rental income on your invest m e n t. Concrete foundation, composition roof looks good. Asking $6600, terms. LRED ARROW REALTY Roy H. Maudlin, Realtor, 535-1752 In Talent, Shady Cove, Prospect Santa and his Reindeer are Coming to Greater Medford, Friday, December 7th! See Next Thursday's MEDFOHD John Warren headhcht. $10. Mc Far line, one Raymond Ellsworth Craft, lm- pr.per right turn. Robert Paul Hamilton, of basic rule. $10 violation Thomas Hughes Jacobson, no operator license. $5 William Joseph Spencer, failure to transfer title. $5. Virginia Lon Benham. no vehi cle hceue, $5. i inn iT cui'KT Dclores C. Berry vs. Randall J. Berry, divorce complaint Lorctta J . Rose vs. James A. Rose, divorce complaint. Wilma E Oliver vs. Jerry G. Oliver divorce complaint. Patricia Rat Johnson vs. Robert Eugene Johnson, divorce decree . Leonard Chandler vs. Marie Chandler, divorce decree. M.irion Ann LauMiuum vs. Jerry S Lausmann. divorce com plaint Betty Klizabith McGee vs. Lee Roy McGee, divorce decree. M AURI MiK LICENSE APPLICATIONS Elvin Dee Hawkins, route 1. box 604. Eagle Pomt. and Marv Anne Elrod, route 2. box fl07. Trail. Eddie Eugene Radliff. 837 Shafer lane, Medford, and Helen Darlene Goff, 556 Beall lane. Medford. JUSTICE COURT (Ashland Uistrirt) Henry Ward Beecher. disobeyed stop sign. $15. William S- Criswell, overload, $32. Robert Martins, improper left, turn. $15. Richard W Champion, failure to dim headlights. $15. Edward M Jonas, overload, $44. Cliliord Weaver, overload. $3ti. Elmer W. Gentry, overload, $32. Arnold A, Housman, overload, $li!. Merle L. Carder, overload, $30. Lawrence D. Davis, violation of basic rule. $25. Robert N. Drake, overload. S3fi. l-awrence T. Coombs, overload, $38. Victor Swrnson. overload, $R1. Larry L. Young, overload. $2. Lance K. Jennings, violation of basic rule. $25. Kenneth C. Madriox. failure to lag deer properly. $25. Melvin E. Gogucy. overload, $2fi. Robert L. Parkins, overload. SriG. Clura P Martin, overload. $(9. George W. Handy, failure to dim headlights. $15 Dennis M rVKcetc. violation of basic rule, $25. Howry Woolen, failure to dim headlight. $15. Irene L. Williams, violation of basic rule, S23. Donald W. Bachelder, violation of basic rule. $25. Jessie L. Marconf. improper pass ing on curve. S20. Alice M Clements, four in driv er's seat. S15. Harold L Harris, overload. $108. Reuben J. Sloan, overload, $15. Andrew J. Lee, expired vehicle license, $5. Theodore E. Byrnes, violation of basic rule, $10. Carroll E. Hurst, failure to tag deer pronerlv, Slfi 5U. Kenneth J. Mathews, overload, $40. Sam Grace Jr.. overload. $24. Herman R. Moore, overload, $205. Vincent T. Sakraida. overload. $34. Elmer V. Parlanli. overload. $15. Raymond E. Klaisncr. overload, $32. . Robert L. Miller, overheight. SIS. Marion F. Kane, overwidth. $15. Kenneth 11. Spencer, no PUC permit. $100. ASHLAND MUNICIPAL COURT Richard Dean Bone, violation of basic rule, $20. John F. Heeler, violation of basic rule. $10 James P. Vanderlip Jr., violation MODERN PLUMBING & SHEET METAL Phons 773-5368 613 East Jackson Street MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, They'll Do It Every of basic rule, $15. Adrian Ro-- Young, violation of basic rule, $13, Roland Frederick Sturdevnnt, fireworks violation, $10 suspended, curfew. William Donald Saunders, viola tion of basic rule, $10. Kenneth Lewis McMunn, dis obeyed traffic signal, $.". Joseph Francis Perry, disobeyed tralfic signal, $5. Claraenee V. Rayson, failure to leave name and address at scene of an accident, $25. 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Alvin Benjamin Dirkcrsnu, vio lation of biiMc rule, $20. John Mark Hurt, violation of ba sic rule, $2U. Ralph Edmund Martin, violation of basic rule. $30. Gary Wayne Camphcll, violation of basic rule. $15. Kenneth Theodore Wcnaus, vio lation of basic rule. $l.V GAZERO POLLAN Activity Guide to the Stan. tISBA EPT .23 OCT. 23 3-17-?8-29 P0-33-4I SCOBPIO JOV. 32 34 Organizing (i4 And 35 Daelspment 65 A ?ci Rumonc Surprise 142 58 81 67 New SAGITTARIUS NOV, 23 ft DEC. 22 2-35-52-41"? 3 I rot tilting 71 Jcru 7:i.'nt1i.Sed 7.1 Piiiinei 74 Fftr 75 AvXicHlOn 7r-Fr, 7l.,ii'y 78 Plus 79Futuit P0 In pi A. r) 62-65-66 VS' CAPRICORN DtC. 23 Z JAfJ 20 rX 110-21-314B 02-78-84-89 AQUARIUS 6 W TI US 81 V 8.1 P Pih as n T)-.nos Pa D.!tv ditly P.if e strings B7 Thought 58 H(Virt flfi V.,n.l b5 Kr.rq BsTrx(ny P8 43 83 87 nscts FEB. 20 'ijvoii l;VA, 7.12-14.25 - W-75-77 w APPLES and BOSC PEARS S. Fir By Jim my Hatlo GROWING FAMILY Halifax, Ennlanri-(lII'IIMis. Hose Ann Coulter Rave birth to triplet boys Tuesday. Mrs. Coulter, 40, and her 39 year old husband, already have eicht other children and two grandchildren. DANGER AHEAD London-llPli-Dr. John Akes ter, writing in today's British Dental Journal, said many persons who take to eating candy to beat the smoking habit are in danger of tooth decay. 3 BEDROOM $9,500 Near Jackson School. Large rooms, fireplace, hwd. floors, oil furnace. Circumstances force bale. What have you to trade? I 3 BEDROOM S 16,900 ! Fed C.I. at $97.80 per J month: large rooms, just . about all one can think of in . the way of a lovely home; . . from a Fire Alarm system right down to the all metal . fence and low taxes. Con- , sider offer on trade. I 50 ACRE RANCH I Large Grade A Barn, milk- I inq parlor, plenty of shed room, feeding and box stalls, I irripation at $525 per acre, I all fenced and cross fenced. I 5 room house with bath, ; Toofey-Baineff I ! & Fflugrad, Inc. j Realtors 1 Formerly ' Tooley Real Estat " 842 S. Riverside- I 773-8488 772-7220 Arnold Ptlugr.d . 773-2867 Marty Harriett .... 77Z-BZ17 Offic Open Sundayi at Noon a Arthur Wcllman RIBUNE WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5, If)62 Research Aids Holly Shipping Corvallis - A hormone dip. special box linings and rapid methods of transportation will assure arrival of fresher looking Oregon holly in homes of your East coast friends and relatives, an Ore gon State university study shows. Holly packed in cartons lined with either florist foil or plastic coated freezer pa per retained a fresher appear ance than holly packed ac cording to other methods in OSU tests. County extension agents in three Oregon counties, coop erating with Oregon nursery men and the OSU Horticul ture department, compared various liner wraps according to the amount of berry, leaf and moisture loss on arrival in Beltsvillc, Md. HOMELY BUT WARMER London-ilTH-King's College Hospital nurses protested to day an order that they ex change their black stockings for nylons. They conceded ny lons are glamorous, but their thick, homely hose is warm- LET'S TALK TRADE Now Is the Time! Your Present Property Is Valuable As a Trade on an ECHO Home V No Money Down ' ' No closing costs V Payments like rent ' 28 models to choose from v Paid for in just 12 year y' All you need is lot (paid for or not.) CALL TODAY! Your trade was never worth more! ECHO ECONOMY HOUSING GO. Phone 773-7471 Model Horns 812 S. Central Open 9-6 Six Days a Week Open 11-5 Sunday (us Mr for All the Details! c 7 They found that holly sent without liners or packed in newsprint dried out, discol ored and was unsaleable on arrival when sent by parcel post (10 days travel). Holly quality improved greatly when sent express 15 days travel), probably be cause it didn't dry out as much in transit. Holly packed without a liner was still sale able but was low quality; waxed paper or newsprint wrapped holly was accept able. However, holly rated best when wrapped in freezer or foil wraps. A hormone dip available at most garden supply stores controls defoliation effective ly up to at least 15 days re gardless of the shipping meth od, says A. N. Roberts, hor ticulturist. Holly may ba freshened at its destination if allowed to stand in water. uilder of over 400 Medford family homes tine 1948. "We ttind back of our conitruction." $11,600 $350 down, NO closing cost, moves you in this well kept 2 bedroom in Washington school strict. Has attached garage, fireplace, wall to wall carpet, rapes. $15,750 LARGE 4-BEDROOM HOME Washington school district. All one floor. Huge attached double garage, large living room, fireplace. Approx. 1600 ft. living area. $750 down. $10,900 NEW 3-BDRM. HOMES id. lor with sewer & water. $350 Down, $79 per month oi (You may paint your down pay ment) No closing costs Fine quality homes heavily insulated 'ightly weather-stripped hardwood floors and genuine plaster interior, built under strict supervision and inspec tion. Lots in several locations now available. $10,250 NEW 3 BEDROOM HOME $2,000 Down on 80x134 fool lot, - Jackson School district Quality-well constructed and in sulated homo with hardwood floors carport and storage, Payments approx. $78 includ' ing taxes. $12,500 Lovely TWO bedroom east tide home. Beautiful landscaping patio oarjqe and carport. (deal home for retiring couple )r newly weds. Only $400 Down on this quality home with many extras. D. L. PICKELL Builder-Realtor 411 I. Main St 773-6646 Week End. it After 5 p.m. Harry Withrow 772-4277 Max Cramer 772-5930 C 0 Wc&ELL) xNfiMi builder
