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Gardeners Hold Christmas Party Unique Christmas arrange ments were made and dis played by members of the Jacksonville Garden club at a holiday party held last week i me nome of Mrs. K. C Farley on Jacksonville high way. Three members reported on ineir activities at the Veter ns Administration domlcll lary. White Citv. on rwm ber 14 when they helped make wags and wreaths. A plant sale in the spring was planned. Mrs. Lois Mc Kee is chairman of the event. For the continuity program Mrs. Fred Edens talked on fir trees. Mrs. Mattie Carson read a new Christmas story entitled "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" by Silence Buck Billows. Mrs. J. B. No ble read a Christmas story taken from "Modern Matur ity." Mrs. R. T. Nichol gave the main part of the program on the subject "Christmas Cus toms and Famous Trees." She gave the history and origin of such traditional things as the kissing balls, swags, wreaths and stated there are 30 known varieties of mistle toe. During the social hour an exchange of gifts were held around the decorated tree. Mrs. Paul Godward won the prize of the month. The lace-covered tea table was centered with a white ar rangement in the Christmas motif. Mrs. Nichol and Miss Claire Hanley poured. Mrs. Farley was assisted by Mrs. See Hendrickson. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON TUESDAY, JANUARY 1. 1M3 Did You Know... Aspirin is Deductible Aspirin, and hundreds of ether drill product., may be deductible in computini fed tral incem. tax. lut you mutt be able t. .fftr proof of pur chin. Th Drug T record keeping itrvicc, av.ilabl. frt. to you at our pharmacy, doi juit that. Como In and ask about Dni Ta. Start Mvina tea mon.yl McLains DRUG CENTRE t N. C.ntr.l 772-7113 THRIFTY GKEIN STAMPS mm Several holiday travelers have returned home consider ably annoyed with their travel accommodations. Faith Mc- Cullough of Ashland came back from Berkeley vowing never again to travel by bus during the holidays, and with a tale of how the trip from Ashland to Berkeley took 10 hours longer than the scheduled time. Mrs. H. A. Stanley told how a relative came up from California with reports of traveling the entire distance in an outmoded, tinheated vehicle with a driver who knew so little of the route that he was forced to stop at service stations to inquire the way to the bus deDot. Mn. stanW had what seemed to us to be a bright idea why doesn't mc oumuern i-acmc run special nouaays trains between Portland and San Francisco, routing them through Medford? Mrs. Stanley said that after hearing so many stories about inconvenient holiday travel including the report from San Francisco that 10,000 customers had been stranded in the S. F. airport when fog cut off plane schedules she hoi that the S.P. would find such special trains well patronized. Another traveler inconvnienced by the weather was Sister Mary Paul, wno came from Chicago to Oakland, Calif., to attend the ceremonies in which her nephew, Stephen Mc Cabe of Medford, was ordained as a Dominican priest. Sister ram, ana many outers, were aeiainea Hours in Chicago be cause weather would not permit planes to land or tw off At length she was permitted to board a plane but it was iorcea Dy weamer to land in Salt Lake City and Sister Paul was told she would have to continue the trip by bus 17 hours to Oakland. With anxious eyes on her watch. Sister Paul arrived In Oakland considering herself fortunate that the trip had taken only slightly more than 15 hours. Another thing was in her favor the Catholic cathedral in which the ceremony was held is directly across from the bus depot in Oakland. She hurried across the street, ignoring the traffic lights and an officer, and walked into the cathedral as the ceremonial procession was entering the building. Pappy is one of the growing number of citizens who believe that the very unusual and severe weather visited on the world during 1962 may be the result of the high level nuclear testing carried on by both this nation and the Soviet Union. The world has had typhoons, cvclones. earthquakes and in recent days, savage cold with snow. Re ports come in about the worst snow and wind storm of the century in the New England states, of unprecedented snow in Spain, and of hundreds of persons dead as the result 01 areaaiul storms in other parts of Europe. This brought to Pappy's mind a scientific article, read a number of years ago. A scientist, writing about the Ice Age and a possibility of its recurrence, declared that a lowering of the median temperature- by but four degrees could cause another Ice Age. The wheels in Potpourri's memory Degan to turn and we remembered an interview with a man named Scheaffer who visited Medford many years ago. Mr. Scheaffer was carrying on large scale experi ments with snow and ice crystals In an effort to discover. among other things, how man might make more snow fall in certain areas. Most of those hearing him talk began to think of the results in terms of agriculture, industry, and water power more water in streams and Irrigation canals. But Mr. Scheaf fer's mind went even further to the military aspects. "Just think," he said, "of what could be done to an army if the enemy could make large quantities of snow fall on the men and their equipment." In view of what science, aided by government, has al ready brought about in this world, it wouldn't take much arguing to make us believe that the strange and violent weather of recent months could be the result of gigantic and far-reaching experiments. 00 Happy New Year! O.S. 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The vi rus - small y enough to slip lain - figured in "s 1 g n i f i cant" experi mental work In the war against cancer, the American Cancer Society reported In citing gains made in 1862 against the killer. Scientists at the Houston, Tex., laboratory infected new born hamsters with the virus. A high proportion of the lab oratory animals developed cancer. The society said the work has been duplicated in an other lab, spurring cancer sleuths who lean to the theory Patricia Smith, stage, screen and television actress, plays the title role of Mary in Jean Kerr's hilarious comedy hit, "Mary, Mary" which will bo produced at the Holly the ater Wednesday, January 2, as a Broadway Theater league show. Curtain time will be 8:30 p.m. "Mary, Mary" Is described as a comedy about the unending battle of the sexes and was written by Jean Kerr, known for her ability to coin retorts and bright, impertinent lines. Miss Smith, who has been in the cast of several Broadway plays, also appeared on television in preientaiions of Studio One, Kraft theater. Lux Video theater, and a number ol others and for year played the role of George Maharit' wife en the series, "Search for Tomorrow." Vmi-Vidi By MARGARET SCHULER Rome - The Christmas sea son in Italy extends over a period of 12 days, ending on Befano day, which is the sixth of January. Befano is the work for "Apparition of God" - the name given to the star which led the Three Wise men to Christ, who were said to have arrived 12 days after the birth. Until recently, gift giving was on Befano day. A good witch - Befano - flies in on that day dropping presents for good children and coals for bad ones. But, after the last war progress advanced and American GI's brought in Santa Claus to give gifts on Christmas eve. Now, with prosperity burst ing out all over, Italy sparkles and glitters from November on. Santa Clauses sell things on the streets, and beckon people to have pictures taken. or to patronize certain shops. One outspoken critic com plains about it: "the parade of flashing lights, the gluttony and trumpery, cheapens the most intimate and sweetest experience of the year." There certainly does seem to be great commercialism as Italy grows more prosperous. Shops (always closed on Sun days) remained open this year, and many even discard ed the three hour lunch per iod. Streets and stores are jammed with frenetic shoppers. Some of the streets are decorated. One, particularly, is pretty and a bit different from those In the States. Open green umbrellas sus pended on wires, hang heavy with gifts - hundreds of them. At night when lighted they are beautifully effec t i v e. There are Christmas trees for sale, ranging in price from S3 to $14. They come from Den mark and Germany. One big department store has a great tree Inside - five stories high which had to be cut into three pieces and put together again. A large tree in front of the American Embassy on the Via Veneto is the prettiest and most interestingly decorated. AND THE TRAFFIC! Streets built for chariots are chaotic, and pedestrians are safe M they wander with im punity, out and around and back again among stalled cars, looking in windows of shops, first on one side of the street and then on the oppo site. There seems no solution, according to the press. For a few days the authorities tried blocking off narrow streets, but it did not work because traffic diverted from the pro hibited zones milled about the periphery making snarls worse than before. It has its amusing side to the free lance pedestrian. The Italians are patient to a degree, but ill of a sudden frayed nerves give away, and drivers start honk ing. Listen to hundreds of honks - blocks long, and all hell couldn't do better. When you read the papers you realize that all Is not beer and skittles In Italy, irs npite of the p-osperlty. Millions of Italians are striking for higher pay. Teachers, doctors. Journalists, telephone workers, radio and television operators - even Red Cross workers are strik ing. The cost of living has gone up from 5 to 7 per cent this year, and workers are be ginning to squeak at so much to buy and to little to do it with. One Roman scene which I personally like in all the noise and rush, is the bagpipers and titers. They come, as they have come lor centuries each Christmas season, from the Abruzzo mountain regions. They wear sheep skin chaps, white leggings tied with strings from their knees to feet, long capes and peaked hats. All day long you can hear the plaintive haunting tunes they play as they move among the holiday crowds. ine .churches continue, as they have always, with their religious services, and fam ilies follow customs handed down for centuries. The "Pre sipio" manger is the centerpiece, and at midnight the Christ child is placed in the crib midnight of Christ mas Eve. On New Year's eve, they say, Romans throw out the old literally to bring In the new. After a certain amount of kissing is finished they shower when mid' night comes from window. and balconies, pots, pans, bot tles, plates and old furniture. They fire guns and firecrack ers. And it is also said that there are lone; lists of Injured, a few deaths and fires result ing from the frolicking. It takes street cleaners days to clear the streets. That I will be Interested to see. There is always that some thing in Rome, that unexpect ed, which as my grandson would say, "throws you. Passing down, or along, one of the little alley streets, which are misleading, be cause often they harbour a great jewelry shop or a fine boutique, or priceless antique furniture, I suddenly saw this: A Salsamenteria (cheeses and jellied salads, etc.). The piece de resistance in the win dow was a hill of gelatine salad. There was an opening in the bottom, and in the door were Joseph and Mary and the crib. To remove spray and soil from fruit before eating, wash in a solution of one tablespoon of baking soda per gallon of water. Patricio McCormack Dinner Served For DAR Chapter Yreka-A dinner served at the Empire room preceded the Christmas party of Siskiyou chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Henrietta Terwllllger, regent, conducted a business meeting. The president gener al's message was read by Mrs. Lawrence Lichens. Mrs. Delwin Poe, Dunsmuir, has been accepted for mem bership by the DAR National Society, it was reported. Plans for emergencies, wheth er caused by human beings or nature, were outlined by Mrs. Lichens from a copy of "Dis aster News" which she had received. Mrs. Clinton Jackson, pro gram chairman, gave the his tory of Christmas as observed in European countries, and spoke of early observances in America. The next meeting will be In Montague January 18, with Mrs. S. A. Mcssner, Mrs. Eller and Mrs. Minnie Tamlseia as hostesses. Yearly reports arc due at that time. 1 Japanese Items On Club Program The program for a meeting or me boutnern Oregon Phi latelic society on, January. 3 will be Japanese philatelic Items, with Mr.. Edward Leach showing her Japanese collection. Any members of the group that have items from that country are urged by the committee to bring them also to show. The society meets at 8 n.m Thursday at the Girls Com munity club. The executive committee of the group met on Sunday, De cember 18, at the Rogue Val ley Manor, with Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Giles as hosts, to plan the January meeting. Dr. Giles is exhibition chairman in charge of SOPEX '63. It was announced that a correc tion was due on the dates of the SOPEX show, the correct information being September 21 and 22, 1963. Mrs. Elsie Sterton will be hostess for the January ex ecutive committee meeting. Robinsons Visit In Brookings Kcrby-Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Robinson and five chil dren spent the holidays In Brookings, Ore., with Mrs. Robinson's mother, Mrs. Ona Burgess. that viruses might be the cul prits in many malignancies. In the war ot man versus disease, so went the battle in 1962, on fronts when science tackled the unknown in can cer, heart ailments, mental illness, obesity, t''i common cold - and all else that trips a human in good health. The evidence supporting the virus-theory in cancer lent hope that one day there will be a vaccine against cancer -just as there Is against other vlrus-ca'iscd diseases. Polio, for example. The meolcal report from 1962 goes like this, Cancer: The best evidence of progress is that 1.2 million Americans have been cured. The big hunt for super drugs to tame cancer hasn't paid off yet. But some drugs lengthen the survival span of some cancer patients - espe cially when the drugs are used in combination with the conventional treatment of ra diation and surgery. Progress in '63 is expected in the virus theory arena and In the search for simple diagnostic tests to tattle on the presence of can cer before it can be detected by conventional means. Hearli The American Heart Association 1 said advances against heart diseases, ac counting for more than half the deaths in the United States each year, included dramatic reduction of mor tality rates in open heart sur gery for blue babies. Also cited was the replace ment of heart valves In per sons with hearts damaged by rheumatic heart disease. In 1962, such surgery moved from the experimental stage to an accepted life-saving technique. Mental Health: The Nation al Association for Mental Health said one of the big- gest gains during 1962 stemmed from evidence that some enzyme disturbance ap pears to be related to dis ruption of systems in the body enabling a person to develop energy to lake action in situa tions of stress. Harry Milt, information director for the association, said the addition al evidence points to the like lihood that some persons who become mentally ill have some impairment of equip ment to handle stress. Obesity: The pendulum that swung during the year from a calories don't count to a calories do count point of view settled on a somewhat new course. One research fuaaeitlon fmmtlns ijn't molt old fashioned that it won't work. .Fasting, under medical supervision, made the biggest news to the fat of the land. It works. In the area of basic re search, the American Medical Association reported that what's to be heralded con cerns efforts to break down the genetic code. The code, intertwined In a thread-like molecule of deoxy ribonucleic acid (DNA) dic tates all growth and life func tions from the nucleus of ev ery living cell. Scientific detectives figure that if this molecule is out of sorts it may create a chemi cal imbalance In the body, leading to weaknesses. If an Individual's code could be studied, then discovery of such imbalances might be pos sible and corrections made. One ot the most exciting developments: prospects of a longer and more active life span for muscular dystrophy patients. Dr. Robert M. Dow ben, of Northwestern Univer sity Medical School, "hicago, told physicians attending the 16th clinical meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) that progress of the disease may be delayed with drugs r.id in . ome cases, there may even be Improvement. In one area, science still hadn't come up with a cure. The common cold remained something to suffer through. 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