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1 10 A rHIDAY, MAHCH 1. 193 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON STRIKING RESEMBLANCE-Princcsg Margaret's husband, the Earl of Snowdcn, has taken a photograph of the prin css in regal dress in which she bears a striking resemblance to Queen Victoria, her great-grcat-grandmother. In this combo, the portrait of Princess Margaret is at right. At left is a purtrait uf Queen Victuna in her coronation robes in 1837. The photograph of Princess Margaret first ap peared in the official program for the charity premiere of a film in London. (UP1) Quotes From the News New York Mimi Benzell, former Metropolitan Opera star, speaking up for a natural attitude toward nudity in the home: "If you can't laka your clothes off in the family circle, where can you do it?" Washington President Kennedy, confessing to visitors that he could not identify a certain painting in a White house room: "I don't know, those things have changed so much." Charlotte, N.C. City Judge P. B. Bcachum Jr., who has been sentencing drunken drivers to jail sentences running from 6 p.m. each day to 6 a.m. the next: "I could fine them but that would only take money away from their families. And I do not want to tend them to prison bocauie that might make them lose their jobs." Atlanta Georgia Gov. Carl E. Sanders, on hearing re ports that highway clip joints in the state were fleecing tourists.: "We'll have none of that as long as I'm governor." -. N .J Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc. Editor's note: Sylvia Porter is on vacation. During her absence a column by Ralph McGill is being substituted. McGil! is currently on a lour of African nations, about which he it writing. DANCE CALLED HIGH-LIFE Accra, Ghana There Is a report that even now the Ghanaian dance, High-Life, which has been danced here for a long lime some argue a century or so- Is even now Inking hold In the United States. It Is sure to sweep the country in a manner to ciiuse one to forgot the twist, and dance teachers will do well to be prepared. Mr. Cozy Cole, the celebrated American Jazz drummer, has been slirrir". West Africa with his revue. He and his players arc one of the cutural programs of the State De partment and unquestionably are a loud success. Five Ghanaian bands met Mr. Cole, his musicians, and enter tainers, at the airport here and the sound of music has hardly stopped since that hour. High-Life music interests Mr. Cole, and his first piece rif work when he returns to America will be lo record the beat of it. By autumn the campuses and clubs should be shaking to the sound of millions of feel dancing to the music. High-Life has been described as a frenzied, indi vidunlislic eha-cha-eha. In an attempt to keep pace with cultural beginnings and advancements, I attended a reception given in honor of Mr. Cole. One of the local bandt. The Jan Kings, play ed and there wat dancing. It was Hill going on when I lett al 4 a.m. and most of it had been High Lile. There are no real gyrations in it. To the ignorant and uninformed eye the dance teems to contiit largely ol two thort itaccato ilcpt with the right foot and two with the lett. But there It a rhythm. It it not expressed in any motion! but the true High-Life dancer managet just the tame. When the drum goet "brom" there it a rippling rhythm. A young American Peace Corpt teacher here went to the temi. final! in the national High-Life contest tlaged by one of Accra't breweriet, and thit accomplishment greatly in created the prestige of the already retpecled Corpt, The dancing at the formal reception was, to me, enter taining and skillful. But Mr. Cole, who discussed il with me, raid that lo High-Life really danced, I should see Ghanai ans al any one of the local night spots. Laler on I had this opportunity. Mr. Cole was right about il. Cozy Cole was. for a number of years, drummer wilh Louis Ariu.stroiig. He then went on his own ami has bad a really fine success, lie and his musicians hold clinics in each African city where they play. (John and Bonnie Shirley, a revue acl doing magical things with toy balloons, have given performances at hospitals to the deep and loud appreciation n! patients.) Good musicians have been found at all stops. "Il is the same as at home." one of the trumpet players told inc. "you meet one that is good and he is a fellow that prac tices three or four hours a day. There arc others going to music school and waiting for a diploma that will make them musicians." The Press Club of Ghena invited Mr. Cole and me lo one of their every Saturday noon meetingt. It wat ached ulcd at a one hour informal chat in which Mr. Cole and I would antwer quettioni about our country. Thit one lett ed three and a half hourt and mutt have been unique. It covered queriet about Jemee Meredith, Mittittippi. Little Rock, the problemi of Negro artittt playing in teg regaled lvv.ni, High-Life mutic. the qualitiet of local jatt bandt. the U.i.pt. ol Ghanaian bluot. and e few other re later end irrelevant tubjeclt. It wet my firtt appearance wilh famout jasi artitt and I came away very proud of him and ol having been a part of the Pratt Club par lormance with him. When hit new High-Lile recordt ap pear I trutt all thote interetted in jatt at played and interpreted by a real fine man and artitl will purchate them and hear what Ghanaian High Lile mutic It like. One final nole on the dance. I sked a young lady who is a sociology major al Accra University, and who seemed adept nl the dance, when she learned il. "When I was about one jear old." she said. She looked lo be about 23. So High. Life is thai old anyhow. Grange News Gold Hill Grange The Traveling Agate to en courage visitation among the different Granges was brought lo Gold Hill Grange by Central Point Grange re cently during a regular meet ing. The Agate had been pre sented to the Central Point Grange by Pomona officers. James Cornut, master of Central Point Grange, and other officers conducted open ing and closing ceremonies. Hermon Kamping, master, and his officers conducted the business session. Members voted lo let the Odd Fellow and Amethyst Re- bckah lodges use the Grange hall for a benefit dance March 0. Proceeds will go to the lOOF building fund. Reports were given by Ferd Jones, legislation; Charles Kootc, agriculture; Mrs. Ferd Jones, education; and Mrs. A. A. Walker, HliC. More than Hill Grange offi cers were among Ihe 218 per sons who attended the meet ing from various lodges, in cluding 10 subordinate mas ters. Also present were Ted Sims, Shedd, Ore, who is the State Grange deputy, Roscoe Roberts, Slate Grange over seer, and Melvln Latlie, Po mona Grange master. Talks were given by Ihe dignitaries. The lecturer hour program was arranged by Mrs. Charles Stripling in the absence of Mrs. Waller McLean, Grange lecturer, who was out of town. The Traveling Agate was taken to the Enterprise Grange at Wimcr this week. Master Herman Kamping of Gold Hill Grange and offi cers conducted opening and closing at the Enterprise meeting. There were 23 Gold Hill Grangers among the 1B7 person who went to Wimcr for that visitation. The ncxl meeting of Gold Hill Grange will be held Thursday, March 7 at 8 p.m. at the hall. Air Base Beefed Up with Fighters Miami -UU'li- The Air Force began boosting its defensive strength at Homestead AFB today wilh Ihe fastest planes In the U.S. air arsenal. The base, just south of here, is 20(1 miles from Cuba. Two swift, high flying FIU4 Star-fighters were scheduled lo arrive as Ihe vanguard of 24 of the sleek Jet fighters. The Air Force, said the fighters will help meet the need for "high per formance fighters on the southern approaches to the U.S." The stuhhy-wtng planes arc armed with Sidewinder mis siles and are capable of speeds up to I.Mln miles an hour and altitudes above 90, 000 feel. BAD ExTmPLE Wollnston. England - ilTP -Richard Bailey, 14, has been removed as captain of his class because he refused to shave off the niustacne he grew for a part in a school play. Democratic County , Chairman Resigns Portland - IUP1) - Multnomah County Democratic Chairman Frank L. Roberts announced his resignation Thursday night. Roberts, a professor at Portland State College, said he was resigning because of "professional obligations." He has served as chairman since March, 1060. His successor will be elected March 28. Chairmen of Dinner Committees Named Attorney Ted W. Phillips and Mrs. Frank Christian, ap. pointed by Democratic Coun ty Chairman Jean A. Mills, to be general co-chairmen of the 13th annual Roosevelt Me morial dinner, have announc ed names of dinner committee chairmen. They include co-chairmen for tickets Mrs. Ralph Poston and Mrs. George Schwiegcr; arrangements, Mrs. Al Brad ford and Franl. Christian; foods, Walter McMahan, Tex Phillips, George Watson and Mrs. W. G. Werner; recep tion and social, Mrs. Thomas Rulter. Mrs. ira McDonald and Gerald Scanncll; decora tions, Mrs. Jean A. Mills and Mrs. Gerald Christean; publi city, Mrs. Edward C. Kelly and Dick Moody; head table. Mrs. Dee Newton and Mrs. Dan Leary; gift selection, Larry Shechan; and tr ns porlalinn, Jean A. Mills and Ray Lamberg. A meeting of the dinner committee has been called for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, al Ihe Medford Labor Temple. The meeting will precede the regular monthly Central Com mittee meeting lo be held at the same location beginning at 8 p.m. A full attendance lo both meetings has been urged by Mills. TWO TON TEST San Antonio - HOT - Home- builder E. H. Jaroscewski will parade an elephant on the roof of one of his homes Sun day lo show that the roof is well engineered and con structed. .HOW COME Fluhrer's Holsum BREAD NOW TASTES BETTER THAN EVER? STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your coin or unpjljtjbtt rough j.jt will makt a bait for a modern bailinctd riort rhit you c.in ttrd with little labor and no vjifjqe. The increaied mtr or milk pro duced will .jiff you mm mum rcfurni an imll cjih invcitmtnt. MORTON MILLING CO. 500 Rots lent, Medford BECAUSE PREMIUM QUALITY HOLSUM IS 4 HOURS FRESHER former President Of India Passes Calcutta, India-WPU-Former Indian President Rajendra Prasad, 78, died Thursday night of pleuropneumonia at his home in Palna 200 miles west of here. One of Ghandi's closest di- ciplcs, Prasad rose from peas ant stock to become India's first president. During his 12 years in of fice, he gained a position of respect matched only by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Excursion Train West Contemplates Proposal for Newspaper Starved New Yorkers Turn-About Party Set Tonight at Domiciliary A Veterans Administration bus will be at the Greyhound Bus depot at 7:30 o'clock to night to pick up volunteers who plan to attend the an nual recognition and . turn about party at the VA Dom iciliary, White City. The turn-about party is scheduled at 8 o'clock tonight for volunteers from organiza tions in southern Oregon and northern California. The par ty will be held in the Domi ciliary theater. Wait By DICK WEST Washington - 0IPH - Those of us who live out in the in terlauds don't realize how bad it is to be with out news papers until we talk to s o m eone from New York. The ghastlincss of this form of d e p r ivation was impress ed upon me by a New York press agent who was a visitor in Wash ington this week. He called me up and spent 15 minutes or so in conversa tion without once mentioning the names of any of his cli ents. That sort of behavior was so unnatural that I fi nally asked him if something were wrong. "It's the newspaper strike," he said. "It's beginning to get me down." "I suppose the strike is tough on someone in your ine of work," I sympathized "Leaves you without any place to plant pluts." Can't Keep Pace "It's not that so much," he said. "It's not being able to keep up with the news that bothers me." "Radio and television news casts don't satisfy you, eh?" I said. "It's not that so much," he said. "The news programs are okay when you can hear them. The trouble is that I'm usually out when they come on." "My wife listens and when I get home she gives me a fill-in. That's what makes the strike so dreadful. You can't imagine what it's like when your only contact with the outside world is your wife paraphrasing Huntley-Brink-ley." I commiserated as best I could and, in an effort to get his mind off the blackout, in quired of the nature of his mission to the capital. "I'm not here on business at all," he said. "I just Hew down to read some newspa pers." After the poor fellow rang off I picked up a copy of a local paper and chanced lo read an article about a man who started a career in the theater business by organiz ing "show train" excursions in Cincinnati. His modus operandi was lo charter a train and take a group of Cincinnati drama lovers to New York for four days of Iheater-going. The charge was $86.50 a head, which covered all expenses. This started me to thinking that some enterprising pro moter probably could turn a quick profit by organizing similar excursions during the newspaper strike. The idea would be to char ter a plane and load it up with news-starved New York ers like that press agent I encountered. Then they would all fly to Cincinnati and spend four days reading newspapers. Consumer Price Up To New Record High San Francisco - 0IPI) - The average level of consumer prices in Portland rose to a new all time high in Jan uary, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has announced. Prices for food, housing and medical care increased. The rise in overall prices over the October to January quarter amounted to 0.4 per cent, bringing the consumer price index to 1.8 per cent higher than in January of 1362. MAY FILE Ogden, Utah -lUPli- Former Airman Gerald M. Anderson said Thursday he probably would file a suit against the federal government within 10 days in conenction with his re cent lengthy confinement on murder charges. "OIL TO BURN" Mobilheat . 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