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'Violtt Night Queen' Heron
Stranger To Most of Ui
Salt water splashed against
the side of the canoe as it
nosed its way among the tan
gled roots of the mangrove
trees. There, on a bush just
ahead, was a common but sel
dom seen water bird-the yel
low crowned night heron.
He was an adult bird at
tempting to balance himself
on the very top of a mangrove
tree whose upper branches
were much too limber to sup
port his weight. He kept up
the silly balancing act so long
It must have been a source of
amusement to him. He prob
ably didn't even actually in
tend to come to rest on the
small twig. He kept his wings
going constantly: he was get
ting plenty of exercise with
out really going anywhere.
He was so intent on his
gymnastics he paid no atten
tion to our close approach. Be
cause of the isolated nature of
the place, he was unaccus
tomed to human presence. He
showed no fear even at the
gentle click of the camera
shutter as we snapped several
pictures.
Plenty of Company
Neither was he alone in this
wild place, as far as other
herons were concerned. Near
ly every olher tree held one
or more of the birds, all more
or less intent on whatever it
is herons amuse themselves
with during their leisure
time. Their period of fishing
was still several hours away
for, true to their name, night
herons do all their fishing
after the day-feeding birds
have retired for the night.
Mixed in plentifully with
the yellow and black crowned
herons were many other mem
bers of the clan. There were
little snowy egrets, the taller
and larger American egret and
several varieties of smaller
herons. All knew this isolated
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Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Rcgistar and Tribuna
Syndicatt 1962)
region as home.
The casual visitor to the
beach, or even to the wilder
areas of swamp, river or bay
side, is familiar with many
members of the heron family.
Nearly everyone knows the
little snowy egret - the one
said to wear "golden slippers"
because its feet and legs are
bright yellow-and the Amer
ican egret with its black legs.
And frequently, one sees, too
the largest of them all, the
great blue heron. But the
night herons are strangers to
most of us.
Conspicuout Memberi
There are two conspicuous
members in this group, the
black crowned and the yellow
crowned. The yellow crowned
is the more beautiful. The
male has two perky feathers
attached to the top of the
head and pointed backward,
and a bright yellow dash or
bar-or even round spot-just
back of each eye.
When disturbed, or when
informing some other heron
member of its presence during
the darkness, the crowned
heron utters a peculiar call
a call exactly similar to what
many people call the bird:
"quawk." And "quawk" is ex
actly what it cries. The heron
utters this peculiar call, at
times while in flight, usually
only once and once only. Peo
ple in seaside homes or in lo
cations where night herons
live often hear this call in the
night, and in some instances
attribute it so some mysteri
ous creature calling in the
darkness. It is a strange bird
which calls but once, and is
then silent. .
As we watched this inter
esting bird balancing itself on
the tree-top, it was pleasant
to remember that someone
with a flair for the romantic
named the yellow crowned
night heron "the violet night
queen."
Unique Requests
Made of Manager
New York IUPII A hotel
manager learns never to be
startled by odd requests.
A woman guest asked Jo
seph J. Van, manager of the
Edison hotel, if it would be
okay for her to clean her own
room and make her own bed.
She explained she'd never
traveled before and would feel
more at home if she, rather
than a chambermaid, would
do those chores.
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By BENNETT CERF-
IN KANSAS, they seem to relish the story pf a small town
wife who accompanied her husband to Topcka for a
cattlemen's convention. She wore a home-made blouse of
which she was inordinate
ly proud, for on it she
had embroidered every
cattle brand she knew.
A veteran cattleman
watched her with some
thing akin to awe as she
approached the registra
tion desk. Then he cackl
ed loudly to a friend,
"Get a load of that crit
ter, Tom! She's sure
changed hands a lot,
hasn't she?"
A politician named T.
Fenning Dodsworth once
was foolhardy enough to pick a fight with London's brilliant
critic and essayist. Sir Max Bcerbohm. Sir Max destroyed him
with a piece that concluded, "Mr. Dodsworth now has stood for
Parliament in every sort of constituency, but fortunately, for
everybody but himself, escaped, every time, the evil of election."
Later this same Dodsworth wrote a seiies of articles for a
London weekly. The relentless Bcerbohm commented, "Its circu
lation is plummeting by leaps and bounds."
Tony Randall tells about a teacher in Las Vegas who in
formed an 8-year-old student, "I gave you 100 this week in
arithmetic, my boy." "Great," enthused the student "And what
do you say we let it all ride on the next test?"
C 1962. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by Klni Features Syndicate
The Family Council
Edltur'a note: The Family Council nunilata of a Judge, a
prtchtatrlst, three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor.
Kach arUrle Is a summary of a family disagreement presented to the
Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor,
encountered by guidance counselors and social workers. Ldlted by
by Mrs. Alma Denny. (Copyright by ftener! features Corp.)
Jane Y. Now that I've
found a place in the suburbs,
he's backing out.
Edgar Y. We have no
children and I don't want to
have to pay school taxes.
Jane Y. We've been mar
ried 22 years and it's about
time we settled down. Ed is a
sales manager and wherever
his territory was, that's where
we pitched our tent, or rather
our furnished rooms. But now
he's a vice president in charge
of sales and has a permanent
desk in New York. So we
agreed to sink our roots in a
charming Westchester village,
and I've just found a cozy
split-level cottage, with a gar
den and even a small brook
on the property.
The price is right, it needs
no repairs, and we get a head
start on furnishings because
broadloom carpeting and dra
peries are included. Ed is
wavering, however, because
he's heard of new assessments
coming up. So what? They'll
make our property more val
uable. I want to close the
deal now.
Edgar Y. I like every-
ing about the house Jane se
lected except the town. And
it's not the people, it's the
building program. We seem
to have hit the worst timing
from the tax viewpoint. They
are just starting on a major
renewal program and a big
hike in real estate taxes is in
the works.
I'm sure we can find some
thing just as attractive in a
location which has its big im
provement drive behind it al
ready. Give me a neighbor
hood where the new schools
and playgrounds were put up
a few years ago, so I know
where I stand. In this place,
surprises unpleasant finan
cially . are likely to be
sprung on me every year. And
I'm selfish enough to reason
that since we have no chil
dren we won't be getting any
benefit from the fancy schools.
The Council: To paraphrase
Sir Walter Scott's lines in
"The Lay of the Last Min
strel," breathes there the
home-owner who won't see
red when taxes go up on the
old homestead?
Resign yourself. EH. That
Utopia you seek with "its big
improvement drive behind it"
doesn't exist. Ever hear of
"obsolescence"? It used to
mean a gradual wearing out,
a slow falling into disuse
Neighborhoods could remain
unchanged for generations,
but these restless times Insist
on speed-up. Roads gel de
toured into highways and
freeways. Ball parks become
sports arenas. The village
green turns into a botanical
garden. No matter where you
settle, renovation and inno
vation will be in the wind,
and the burghers will pay up.
As a taxpayer, the most you
can hope for is a voice in de
cisions and a fair return in en
joymcnt and enhancement of
your holdings.
Assume you find a locale
all "schooled up ' Won't they
be needing a new hospital,
nrw mental health clinics, a
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new jail perhaps? Even
though your own children,
Ed, won't be using the school,
the young folks who are
growing up around you will.
Always there's the hope that
by forking out funds for the
youngest citizens, we won't
have to spend as mu-h later
for correctional and remedial
institutions.
Buy your house, Mr. and
Mrs. Y. And be glad that your
tax dollar is going into build
ings that "build," like schools.
Both the structure and the
young folks they shelter can
add to the beauty of your
surroundings.
Showdown Talks
Called in Strike -
New York IUPII Federal
mediators today called for a
showdown meeting with pub
lishers and printers in the
two-week-old newspaper
strike.
If the talks scheduled for
today fail to produce signifi
cant changes on deadlocked
issues, the mediation sessions
probably will be called off
until January, according to
the chief mediator in the dis
pute which has shut down
nine dailies.
Stephen I. Schlossberg, spe
cial assistant to the director
of the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service, said
Thursday he will propose an
indefinite recess unless there
is "some change of attitude"
today.
Both sides denied responsi
blity for the lack of progress.
There has been little change
in position since the walkout
began Dec. 8. The printers'
demands amount to a package
of S38 over a two-year period
against the publishers' offer
of a $9.20 package. The
strike has idled 20.000 em
ployes and taken 5.7 million
papers a day from readers.
Reward Offered in
Racial Dynamiting
Birmingham, Ala.-lUPIi-Gov.
John Patterson has of
fered a maximum slate re
ward of $1,000 for the con
viction of persons who threw
a dynHmite bomb into a Negro
residential area from a mov
ing car.
Other donations from the
city's two newspapers, a civic
group and a private citizen,
boosled the total reward to
$5.0(10.
The dynamite damaged the
Bethel Baptist church and
four homes last Friday night
and showered glass and plas
ter on a group of children
practicing a play in the church
basement but no one was seri
ously hurl.
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1 The money will be used to
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Religion in America
Many Arduous ChristmasTasks
Have No Part in Savior's Birth
By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Correspondent
Keeping Christ in Christ
mas is uphill work.
Even the most devoted
Christian is apt to find him
self caught up at this time
of year in costly and time-
consuming activities which
seem to have nothing to do
with the birth of a Savior.
He may feel thai it would
be far more appropriate to
spend this season in quiet and
reverent reflection on God's
wondro. - gift.
But as a member o' human
society, he is involved willy
nilly in its customs. He can
not ignore the card-sending,
gift giving and other secular
trimmings of Christmas with
out hurting the feelings of
his family and friends.
What can he do about it?
Short of withdrawing into
a monastery, the only solu
tion may be to do what the
church did when it initiated
the celebration of Christmas,
about 16 centuries ago.
Date of Festival
At that time, Dec. 25 was
a pagan Uioliday widely ob
served in the Roman empire
as the festival of the sun god.
It was then, as now, an occa
sion for gift-giving, feasting
and general revelry.
The church "Christianized '
the holiday by inaugurating
a special observance called
"Christ's Mass" in honor of
the birth of Jesus. No one
knew then, nor knows now,
the actual month and day of
Jesus' birth, so the church was
free to choose an arbitrary
PP&L Employees
Honored at Dinner
Two employees of Pacific
Power and Light company
were honored for several
years of service . at a dinner
at Kim's restaurant this week.
Honored were S. E. Dits
worth, who will retire Jan. 1,
and O. C. Silver, who will go
on a leave of absence Jan. 1,
prior to his retirement later
in the year.
About 175 co-workers, re
tired employees and guests
attended the dinner.
Ditsworth was first employ
ed by the company in 1923 in
the Prospect area. Fifteen
years ago he was transferred
to Medford as lineman fore
man. He has been with the
company for 39 years.
Silver was first employed
by the company in 1930. He
has served as superintendent
of the central stores depart
ment for the past 24 years,
completing 32 years of serv
ice. City Employee Hit
By Car Early Today
A Medford city employee,
Earl Cooper Moore, 69, of 26
Hawthorne St., was struck by
a car early this morning at
Sixth and Front sts., accord
ing to city police.
Moore was examined for
possible injuries at Rogue Val
ley hospital and released.
Driver of the car which struck
him was Frank Charles Wool
ley, 20, Ashland. Woolley was
cited for failure to yield the
right ol way to a pedestrian.
When the accident occurred
about 7:05 o'clock this morn
ing, Moore was in the process
of collecting coins from city
parking meters. He was taken
to the hospital in a police
patrol car.
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date for the celebration.
Many of the customs which
grew up around Christmas
during the ensuing centuries
were, like the holiday itself,
pagan traditions invested with
a new Christian significance.
Thus evergreen wreaths
which now symbolize the
Christian hope of eternal life
were taken over from Brit
ain's Druids who used to deck
their halts with boughs of
holly to provide shelter for
woodland sprites threatened
by wintry frosts.
Teutonic Origin
Decorating Christmas trees
in honor of the Christ child
is a legacy from the Teutonic
tribes of northern Europe,
who worshiped sacred oaks
before they were converted
to Christianity in the 8th cen
tury. If the modern Christmas
has become "paganized"
again, the obvious remedy is
to repeat the historic process
of Christianizing the folk cus
toms of the season.
Take gift-giving, for exam
ple. As practiced between the
relatives, friends and busi
ness associates, it may he
nothing more than a selfish
and ostentatious exchange of
luxuries. But gifts can also be
given as an act of love, in
the spirit of Him who said,
"Inasmuch as ye have done
it unto one of the least of
these My children, ye have
done it unto Me."
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chore, grudgingly undertaken
to avoid social ostracization.
Or lhey can be a way of
touching hands with old
friends across the miles and
years. It all depends on why
they are sent - and how much
love they convey.
Christmas hospitality, like
gifts and cards, can be extend
ed to those whom we count
on to reply in kind. But it
is also possible to share our
Christmas feasts with the
poor, the lonely, unloved.
"Behold, I make all things
new," said the King of Kings
(Rev. 21;5). Any human activ
ity - even the modern Christ
mas - can be transformed by
the spirit of Christ into
something good and beautiful.
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