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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."
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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
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STOCKMEN
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invcitmtnt.
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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.
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