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.
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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.
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By PATRICIA McCORMACK
United Press Inltrnational
New York-WPIi-Doctors ex
tracted a small, slippery thing
from tlie alimentary canal of
a cancer pa
tient at Bay
lor University
Medical Cen
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ago. The vi
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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.
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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.
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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.
One doctor suggested treating
It the old-fashioned way-with
contempt!
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