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By
lynn W.
Watkins
(Register 4; Tribune syndicate, 1063)
Is It 'Robin-Run-In-the-Hedge,'
'Duckweed' or 'Waii-a-Bit ?
There are more varieties of
fish that eat "duckweed" than
there are ducks, but it would
appear to be a little silly to
call it fishweed. More duck
weed Is used in indoor fish
aquariums than is used in
duck ponds.
Neither should this plant
be called a weed. It is much
too small to be a weed and
grows in an unlikely place -on
the surface of fresh water
ponds and lakes. On a pond,
under favorable conditions, a
mass of duckweed may be
acres in extent, and so heavy
and luxuriant in growth as to
completely cover the pond.
There may be hundreds of
pounds of duckweed but not
a single duck in sight.
Seen en masse, however,
duckweed is deceiving, as the
individual plant does not
amount to much; each plant is
very tiny, so small it floats on
the water's surface. Examined
closely it is a plant of very
simple structure. Just why it
should have been named
duckweed is pretty vague, un
less it is because of ils ability
to float on the surface, like a
duck. Even a spoonful of the
tiny plants, lifted from (lie
pond s surface and placed in
a home aquarium, will fur
nish food and shelter for any
number of pet fish.
Likes Warmth
Under the influence of
warmth and what little sun
light the aquarium owner al
lows to strike the fish globe,
the colony of duckweed will
respond gloriously; in fact, it
will multiply faslcr than the
fish can eat it. The surplus
must be skimmed off from
time to time to keep the
anxious plant from becoming
a solid mass of green vegeta
tion. The na-.,e "duckweed" for
the little, floating, acquatic
plant is really mure obvious
as to meaning than are sonic
of the other common names
imaginative folks have used
in naming sumc other num
bers of the vegetable king
dom. There are many in
stances where this "name c.ill
ing" has become pretty wild
in descriplivcness.
Anyone could see why a
vine whose stem is generous
ly armed wilh sharp prickles
should be culled t lie "wait-a-bil-plant."
Anybody trying to
force his way through a
bramble thicket where I lie
grenbrier is growing can ap
preciate why "wait - a - bit"
would tell Hie story of this
common vim; ii is a mtiM
meaningful mmr f"r it-
Not so easy to undri-Ntiinri,
however, is one of the com
moti names for a species of
amaranthus that hears hrizht
crimson blossoms in drooping
tassels and is culled, ol all
1 luituluuK ihinus, "iove lies
blccdins." Kqually prrp!r'mq
Is why the foam finwir should
be called "nancy - over-the-ground,"
or why "robin-in-in-liie
hedge" should be Hie
name for a variety of ground
Jvy. Tins iitlle plan
really, fmi'id a plac
Fnglati medicine c::
vine
in U.it
u
a remedy for vanuus kidney
disorders, and as a steeped
tea, supposed to help a slug
gish digestion. Probably be
Criue no mnpy pcQDie usrd :hc
v ,
plant for so many different i
purpvM'a, i-dch group came up '
with a different name fo
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in curine mo.im.cI, diM.r.l..r '
but it sure sliimilated the jm
Bgmaiion of iiiosc who u.-.ed it.
Aloha - CTIi - Ctmlcll liol- j
Ion, 22, Cornelius, was fatallv
injured when the panel truck
lie was riding in was stan k by
a Southern Pacific freight
train at a crossing here Fri
day. r
FEBRUARY 3. 19S3
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Then she 6oes in for a irrnE
6ABFESTA80UT AS CHEERFUL
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The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council consists of a. Judee. a
nhvt-hliilrlftt. three clercvmen. three edltori and a women'i editor.
l.arh article la a nummary of a family disagreement preientrd to the
Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor,
encountered by guidance counselors and social workers. Edited by
Mrs. Alma Denny, (copyrifnt by
Ben. J. She wrangled her
way into my father's life.
Mr. E. J. All I know Is
she nursed me through a se
rious illness.
Ben J. My father is a
widower and I know he's lone-
some. But why should he let
himself be made a fool of by
clever, conniving widow?
They say there's no fool like
an old fool, but Dad's being
middle-aged fool.
We assumed he was getting
set to marry my aunt, my
mother's widowed sister. Now
we learn he's backing out of
the understanding he had with
this fine woman, and planning
to settle down with his neigh
bor who has already moved
most of her stuff into his
apartment. By making goo-goo
eyes at him and plying him
with fresh chicken soup every
day, she insinuated herself in
to his life so deeply he still
doesn't know what happened.
But she dues. She found a sof
tie. Mr. E. J. My wife died
two years ago. I suppose in
the natural course of things
I would have married her sis
ter who's a pleasant enough
person and has been alone for
20 years. But last October
I contracted virus pneumonia,
If I had waited for my sister-in-law,
who lives in Philadel
phia, or my son and daughter-
in-law who both go to busi
ness, I'd he dead by now. In
stead I called in my neighbor
who gave me better care than
the best hospital could offer.
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She fed me, saw to it that I
took my medicine, took me to
the doctor when I was on myfhost to wjeUk Lee o Seolllt
feet
I hadn't noticed-it but she'd
been bringing me things from
her own apartment plants,
books, a record player. Now
I feel all that's missing in my
home is her.
The Council: Instead of
merely routing Mr. J.'s "bug,"
his neighbor seems to have
been busy setting up her own
stakes on the premises. Ko his
son she resembles the fox of
whom Gloucester says (in
Shakespeare's "Henry VI")
that once the nose is in, "he'll
soon find means to make the
body follow." But Mr. J. ap
pears to welcome the nose and
al! that goes wilh it, even
though at first he didn't re
gard the "additions" to his
apartment as permanent.
The question here is whclh
r Mr. J. is the victim of grad
ual encroachment, under the
guise of solicitude, or whether
his neighbor's quiet "lake-
over proceeded with his
knowledge and consent. If she
look advantage of his weak
ened condition to transfer her
household effects so as to
leave him no choice but to in
vile her to transfer herself,
too ,as his wife well then,
ho needs rescuing. He requires
a breather, now that he's well,
in which to figure out "Wha'
hoppen?" Then he can make
a clear decision on whom lo
invite lo share his earthly
goods.
But if this Florence Night
ingale came to resemble, in
his eyes, an angel of mercy,
an efficiency expert, a master
of ceremonies, and oh-what-a-pal
all rolled into one,
Ren's lonely aunt is out of
ic picture. When the neigh
bor-lady began lo move lock
and stock, Mr. J. probably
urged her lo move barrel in,
too! He liked what he found,
and wanted more.
So, Mr. J., Ben's complaint
does you the good turn of
giving you an "out"' if ou
want one. Did this woman
force herself upon you unfair
ly, and would you now like
to get rid of her? Think it
through. Don't be in a hurry
to "finalize" a deal which has
been concocted rather sudden
ly. Let Ihi be a lesson, though,
lo the Philadelphia widow.
Propinquity counts. A neigh
bor next door is wuith two
sisters-in-law in the next coun
ty. II State Employees
To Get Cash Awards
Salem - it'Pti -Eleven Ore
gon stale employes will re
ceive cash awards totaling
SI. 120 for suggestions ap
proved by. the employe sug
gestions awards board.
They arc Dale Gish, an .tud
itor for Ihe Public Utility
Commission In P o r 1 1 a n d;
three employes of the State
Industrial Accident Commis
sion. John W. McElwain of
Salem, Wilbur A. Ewcit of
Salem, and C. O. Austin of
Salem; Orrn C McPiiwcU,
Salem, an auditor with Ihe
military department; Lolis E.
Miller, a clerk employed by
the Department of Agricul
ture in Salem.
George V. Smallcy. superin
tendent of the Alsca River
Hatchery; A. A. Eichclbergcr
of the Alica Hatchery; Ben
jamin F. Lee. Nclscott, a
maintenance foreman for the
Highway Department; Tho
mas Pole Pomcroy Jr.. a clerk
I for the Highway department
in balcin: Doris C. Martin, a
supervisor for the tax com
mission in Salem; and John
Wesley Taylor, Salem, a
claims reviewer for the In
dustrial Accident Commis
sion, who was awarded a cer
tificate of commendation. j
Afghan To Arrive
For FFA Study
Mohammad Yasin, of Pagh
man, Afghanistan, an electron
ic technician for the Royal Af
ghan Air Authority, will ar
rive in Medford this week to
ntudy airways communica
tion systems and electronic air
navigation facilities
Yasin will work with local
Federal Aviation Agency tech.
nicians for two months to gain
practical experience in main,
tcnance, adjustment and per
formance analysis of instru
ment landing systems, VHF
omni-ranges, compass locators
and air-ground voice commun
ication systems.
Following his training here
he will be assigned to the
FAA's San Diego, Calif., of-
fice for experience on other
types of electronic devices be
fore returning to Afghanistan
Yasin is studying in the
United Stales under the In
ternational Cooperation ad
ministration and the FAA's
program for training students
of other nations and assisting
in development of foreign air
lines,
The training is part of an
extensive program which FAA
has fostered for several years
to promote standardization of
air navigation and air traffic
control systems throughout
the world. Four years ago the
local FAA sector office was
Korea, who was
similar mission.
here on a
Identify Of Laundry
Driver Clarified
A laundry truck driver's
mistake Wednesday, which
resulted in a Medford woman
getting her sweater dry
cleaned free of charge, had
a postscript added to it Sat
urday. When the woman found the
sweater was missing from her
car, she called city police to
report the theft. After the
matter was cleared up, and
the mistake explained, a city
police officer typed up a re
port on the case.
But the officer mistakenly
said the delivery man was
from Dumas Domestic Laun
dry, and the story was re
ported thai way Friday in the
Mail Tribune.
Saturday, Mrs. Richard M.
Mole of the Crystal White
Laundry called the Mail Trib
une to say that it was their
driver, not one from Dumas
Domestic Laundry, who had
marie the error.
"We halo to wash our dirty
linen in public." a chagrined
city police desk officer said,
"but we have to admit we
goofed."
Police Claimed
Killing Beggars
Rio dc Janciro-IUPII-A score
of unexplained deaths here
are being reinvestigated in
connection with last week's
revelation that police have
been killing beggars "to keep
them off the streets."
Officials said more than 20
bodies recovered from the
Guarda, Guandu and San
Francisco rivers during the
past year may be related to
the police scandal.
Five policemen admitted
last week that they had killed
three beggars and thrown
th?it' bodies into Kio's rivers.
The only explanation they of
fered was to say they wanted
to put a stop to their beggin".
Halt a dozen beggars now
in the city's Jail charged,
however, that some policenirn
have been seiTing money and
valuables belonging to per
sons arrested by the Beggars'
and Vagrants' Squad
Prisoners who protested
often disappeared, the beggars
said, or were threatened with
disappearance.
Dennis the Menscc
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORO. OREGON
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HEART OF YEAH In a ceremony at the White House, Pres
dent Kennedy present the Heart of the Year award to Gen.
Lauris Norstad at the official opening of the Heart Fund
drive. Norstad, who suffered heart attacks in 1955 and I960,
recently retired as commander of NATO troops. (UPI)
Groundhog Predicts
Punxsutawncy, Pa. - (UPD -There'll
be six more weeks of
winter beyond a shadow
of a doubt.
The Punxsutawncy ground
hog saw his shadow at 7:41
a.m. Saturday atop Gobbler's
Knob and maintained his wea-
Man Cited After
Auto Accident
Jerry Allen Abbot, 44
Myers Court, Medford, was
cited by Medford police for
failure to. yield right of way
after a two-car collision at
10th and Ivy sts., Medford,
Friday night.
The Abbott car was travel
ing north on Ivy st. and struck
a car. driven by David Earl
Gregory, route 2, Box 365,
Gold Hill, which was travel
ling west on 10th st.
A two-car accident oc
curred at 10th st. and Central
ave. early Saturday morning,
Medford police reported,
when cars driven by Ray
mond Leon Walls, 208 Tripp
St., Medford, and Dianne
Marie Carter, 5711 South Pa
cific highway, collided.
Dianne Carter was cited by
Medford police for disobeying
a traffic signal.
Medford police are invest
igating a hit and run accident
which occurred early Satur
day morning at eighth st. and
Oakdale ave.
A car driven by Douglas
Lee Williams, 843 Marshall
ave., was hit by an unknown
light blue 1062-63 Chevy H.
The unknown car received
damage to its right side.
James Lee Shaw, a passen
ger in the Williams car re
ceived head and leg abrasions
but preferred private medical
attention.
Radiological Course
Planned in County
The Jackson County Civil
defense agency is sponsoring
a course in radiological moni
toring starting Tuesday, Feb.
4, Director Maj. Gen. Joseph
H. Hicks has announced.
The course will be held In
the Civil Defense communica
tions center in the court house
annex starling at 8 p.m. Dep
uty Director Buford Johnson
will be instructor.
Subjects will include the
puropose of radiological de
fense, nature and effects of
nuclear explosions and radia
tion detection and measure
mc".t. "The course is intended to
train interested persons in the
techniques of operating radio
logical detection insturments,"
Johnsun explained. Anyone in
terested in the course may
call 773-6211, extension 265,
at the courthouse between 1
and 4 p.m.
tub onb
More Bad Weather
ther prognosticating role for
the 77th consecutive year.
The deep shadow cast on a
blanket of snow meant severe
weather throughout the world.
President Sam Light and
40 members of the Punxsut
awney Groundhog club push
ed through foot deep snow to
the lair of the animal prog
nosticate to learn what is in
store weatherwise the next
six weeks.
The annual ritual atop Gob
bler's Knob touched off a
round of day-long festivities
in this western Pennsylvania
community.
Light doffed his silk hat
after the prediction was made
and he and his followers made
their way back to breakfast.
Some of the guests at the
banquet may be somewhat be
wildered by it all. They in
clude 12 foreign exchange
students, from Turkey, Pakis
tan and Argentina, who will
receive honorary member
ships in the club and certifi
cates as groundhog ambassadors.
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Stray Cat Control BUI
Draws Many
A stray cat control bill in
troduced by Rep. John R. Del
lcnback, (R-Medford), receiv
ed support from an unexpect
ed source last week.
When the local attorney
opened his mail in Salem
Thursday he found a catnip
mouse, compliments of two
Medford mice named Tom and
Jerry.
Their letter, apparently
found in an electric typewrit
er in the Medford Chamber
of Commerce office, accompa
nied the catnip mouse. The
letter expressed Intense inter
est in the bill's progress and
appreciation to its author, Dcl
lenback. The letter and package
were forwarded by Don Mc
Neil, chamber manager. Del
lenback said response to his
bill, which would allow coun
ties to control stray, game
killing cats, ranges from hu
mor to anger. One Portland
woman said "the cat bill was
as asinine a measure as can
be found.''
One of Four Sponsors
Dcllenback is one of four
sponsors of HB 1149 recently
introduced which makes it
legally possible for counties
with stray cat problems to
establish a commission to con
trol cats in a manner sim
iliar to the county dog con
trol commissions. The bill, if
passed, would merely allow
counties to establish such a
commission. It would not be
required.
Dcllenback said more than
1,000 Jackson county resi
dents have petitioned the leg
islature to do something about
the "hundreds of stray cats
being dumped along county
roads by thoughtless people."
The letter from the mice
stated:
"Last night in the chamber
office we discovered a copy
of your bill to provide cat
control in the state of Ore
gon. "We were so excited we
ran back and forth over all
five peges devouring its well
written contents.
"It took us all night to type
this logger, jumping up and
Comments
down on me typewriter ni-ya.
Jerry slipped and sprainea a
naw
This accounts xor tuc
mistakes which we hope yoa
will overlook. Thank heaven
for modern conveniences like
IBM electric typewriters,
otherwise we would be ex
hausted. Enclosed is a token of our
apresiation for your excellent
work in introducing the bill,
the trogress of whish we
shall continue to follow with
great eagerness."
It was signed by Tom and
Jerry, Co - presidents of
A.P.F.D.J.C.M. (Association to
Prevent Further Decimation
of Jackson County Mice). The
two mice requested permis
sion to refer to the measure
as the "Cat Nip Bill."
Reaching Workshop
Set at University
Eugene - Teachers and
other personnel connected
with all levels of education
will participate in the Work
shop on Programmed Learn
ing and Teaching Machines at
the University of Oregon June
17-July 12.
Training directors in indus
try and government will also
have the opportunity to at
tend the four-week workshop.
The course, which allows
six term hours of graduate
credit, will be conducted Mon
day through Friday.
Mornings will be devoted
to leclure-dcmonstrations and
discussions, afternoons to di
rected self-study and review
of available programs.
Dr. Jack V. Edling, re
search professor and director
of teaching research, Oregon
state system of higher educa
tion, will be workshop di
rector. He is a recognized
leader in educational re
search and a member of the
National Commission on
Standards for Auto - Instruc
tional Programming.
Washington was the last of
the states which received rail
road service.
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