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Communications
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contrary is often the case.
First Principles
To the Editor: Several
weeks have passed since Mr.
Jenny had his final word on
what he called my limited
concept of Brotherhood. Since
then I have compared this
concept with the Scriptures,
and can only say that I will
neither bind nor loose Broth
erhood any further than the
Scriptures do.
Mr. Jenny throws Brother
hood open to everyone with
no strings attached. He is not
satisfied to endorse the open
ing of the gates as done by
our Lord's inspired apostles,
he must tear down the walls
as well.
The Apostle Paul states in
Galatians 3:26 and 27 the
only true basis of Brother
hood. The gates are open here
but the wall still stands. Jesus
is the door, but of what need
is there of a door if the walls
cease to exist? We are told to
"try the spirits wether they
be of God, because many false
prophets have gone out into
the world." (I John 4:13). How
will we know a false prophet?
"By their fruits we shall
know them." The fruits of the
flesh and those of the spirit
are plainly set forth in Ga
latians 5:19 to 26. Read them,
lest we forget.
I don't ask special favors,
Mr. Jenny, just that you try
Communists and Conserva
tives alike with the same
standard.
I do not mean to provoke
you with my letters but to
reason with you. This is hard
to do when you automatically
label all I write as irrelevent,
irrelevent. Remember also
that respect for our elders is
not based on their longevity,
education or the strength of
the poison in their pen, but on
their matureness and wisdom
of discourse. Elders who ne
glect first principles and
launch out in to theoretical
flights of fancy in economics
and untried systems of gov
ernment will not hold the re
spect of younger more dili
gent students of history for
long. '
James K. Shafer
Route 2, Box 210X
Medford
such things, because these
things are frills, and those of
us who want them badly
enough should pay for them.
I, for one, certainly abhor
such fiascoes as the National
Guard Armory, built with
public funds in excess of what
was voted and then built on
public lands.
Vours for a great R. R. Val
ley. (Name on File)
Phoenix, Ore.
Battle Score
To the" Editor: So Evelyn
W. Reith (326) thinks you've
given me too much space?
Could be. Certainly, your pol
icy of according space to all
writers, however wise or fool
ish, is very generous and em
inently fair which I, for one,
greatly appreciate. I hope I
have not taken undue advant
age of the privilege.
To be sure, I have been one
of your most frequent contri
butors since comine to our val
ley, this being my 90th letter
(a surprise to me as it may
be to you and our readers).
However, 1.2 of my letters
dealt with noncontroversial
subjects, e.g. in praise of Med
ford, in behalf of CARE and
other help to the needy, and
the like. The other 78 were
in defense of freedom of
speech, brother hood, our
churches and church leaders,
the UN, UNICEF, etc.
Many of my letters were in
response to 112 (not counting
others of which I kept no
record) by 38 different per
sons, some in legitimate op-
osition to my points of view;
more of them, however, also
abusive-not a few even dan
gerously close to being stand'
erous and libelous. So, my op
ponents have had much the
better if it, almost 2 to 1. In
dividual high scorers had, re.
spectively, 23, 11 and 10 let.
ters, the rest 1 to 5, in opposi
tion to me (not counting other
letters they had in Communi.
cations) each; quite a formid
able opposition!
Though a retired preacher-
ln my denomination at that!
(though I do not recall his
identifying himself in any of
Boring Meeting
To the Editor: I don't know
how so many voters attending
the recent public hearing of
school budget for 549C could
take the weak explanations
without protest. .
lieve, fought for additional
One school, Jefferson, I be
rooms. The last bond issue for
$750,000 included rooms for
this school. As they asked,
1 ask, where are the rooms?
More important, where did
the $750,000 go?
The meeting was so boring
to the school board members
one could not stay awake.
However, they met with the
budget committee as soon as
the hearing closed and put the
usual "rubber stamp" ap
proval on this top heavy bud
get. Is this the way the taxpayer
is to be treated when they ask
questions?
Remember the date and get
out with your vote.
Dick Peterson
330 North Front st.
Medford
How To Do It
To the Editor: Who can
deny that the things you men
tion in your editorial of
March 28 are not desirable?
Most people would agree that
they would be wonderful to
have. The big question would
be, who is to pay for the con
struction and maintenance? It
would seem to me that some
of these items should fall on
the voters of the city of Med
ford, some on the voters of
the county, and some should
fall on the group or groups
particularly interested in the
Item In question.
To be specific, it would
seem to me that air pollution
is a valley if not a county
problem, billboards are a
county if not a state problem,
anj artprials. narks and
downtown parking appear to
be more of a city neea.
When I think of a stadium
and an auditorium, I think of
the pride the people of tne
whole rountv and area can
feel for such things as the
Rogue Valley Memorial nos
pital, the Shakespearean Fes
tival facilities, the grand
stands at Medford High
.t,mt anA tht- nnn-to-be new
Sacred Heart hospital. You
remember how these things
were accomplished - o y a
group of individuals who ;
wanted something enough
that they raised the money
through pledges and built
them: and when they were
completed, everyone was
proud. I would not be an un
willing contributor to an area
auditorium built in Medford
or a well-designed multipur
pose stadium built on other
than countv lands, but I
would find it most repulsive
lo see county funds spent on j
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
his letters), L. G. Weaver can
be pretty mean, and 'not al
ways careful of the truth as
expert with innuendo and in
sinuation as any: a pretty sor
ry spectacle!
In his latest broadside
(327), he appears at his clev
er worst. "As to the Russians
who are visiting the United
States in the guise of Russian
Orthodox priests . . ." he
writes: ignoring the fact that
the 16 include also Baptist,
Lutheran and I believe Ar
menian clergy; without either
first-hand acquaintance with
or knowledge of any of them;
and in complete disregard of
the fact that distinguished
American churchmen, lay as
well as clergy, who have
known these men as devout
Christians had invited them
as such to visit this country.
For shame! Rev. Weaver.
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
A Lesson in Brotherhood
To the Editor: To Arnold
Eugene Jenny: To you, every
thing but your own deduc
tions are "out of context, or
irrevelancies." Good outs but
not proof. You had to take the
whole Bible out of "context"
to get what you teach.
No, Dan Smoot did not hap.
pen to be my informant, but
he is entriely reliable. The
House Committee on Un-
American Activities informed
us of these wolves in sheep's
clothing. Bob Duncan voted to
abolish this fine committee
Your defense of the RSV
Bible indicts your own state-
ments, and I quote, "Whoso
ever does the will of God is
my brother and sister and
mother." That still gives us
two brotherhoods. Even in
that short phrase, "whosoever
does the will," are two groups.
Some do not, and that in
cludes that KGB agent who is
being wined and dined by the
N.C.C. throughout the N.C.C.
churches of the land.
Jesus said "other sheen I
have which are not of this
fold; them I must bring, and
they shall hear my voice; and
there shall be one fold and
one shepherd. (John 10:16.)
'Time" could hardly be
used in defense of Betancourt,
being as how it is owned by
Henry Luce, owner of Life
and Fortune, An anti-Communist
sounding article from
Time is Henry Luce talking
from both sides of his mouth,
but then, we've had that for
30 years. Seems like people
would learn this double-talk
sometime.
Funny thing how these lib
erals will stand up for the
Communists regardless of the
fact that they have murdered.
tortured, made slaves of mil
lions. They stick up for the
writers of smut books, they
stick up for murderers and
never a word of condemna
tion for any of them. "Love
them," they cry! Love is all
for the murderer who stamps
out the life of a small child
after having had his will and
desire upon that little body-yet-the
cry goes up, "He
couldn't help it, his home life
was bad."
There was a day when men
were men, men who knew
something, believed some
thing and stood for something.
Ella Powell,
Box 621,
Central Point, Ore.
The Us of Figures
To the Editor: When one
uses figures it seems one can
arrive at any answer to serve
one's purpose. Let's look at
the Medford School District
budget for '63-'64 as it relates
to last year's budget:
The '63-'64 Budget calls for
a total expenditure of $5,
150,618.47, and, after deduct
ing receipts and cash balance
of $1,521,986.17, we find the
amount of $3,628,632.30 need
ed to balance the budget.
Last year, 1962, the district
received $1,380,830.69 from
the tax levy; and $85,556.18
from previous year's tax levy;
and $81,902.66 from rural de
linquent taxes. Add these to
gether and we have a total
of $1,548,289.53, actual tax
money received in 1962.
This year, 1963-64, the as
sessed valuation of all taxable
property in the Medford
school district has been in
creased by not less than 20
per cent overall, therefore,
"higher valuation for taxation
which should bring in to the
tax office a larger return un
less, because of the increased
valuation, a smaller millage is
assessed. In any event, tax
receipts for 1963-64 should
equal 1962-63 tax receipts
Thus the school district should
receive not less than $1,548,-
289.53 tax revenue. Add the
other "sources of Income"
which is $1,264,184.36 making
a total of $2,812,473.89. Take
the total budget of $5,150,-
618.47, less income of $2,
812,473.89, leaving $2,338,
144.58 as the amount neces
sary to balance the budget.
The budget makes a showing
of $3,628,632.30 to balance.
From my figures, an excess
of $1,390,487.72. and to top
this off $170,295.97 is added
to the tax levy to cover "re
bate" and "unpaid" taxes.
Reviewing the published
personal and real property
delinquent tax list, the total
thereof, of the property with
in the school district does not
equal the amount by far the
estimate of the budget com
mittee, $170,295.97.
If my figures are correct,
the voters should take a sec
ond good look at the proposed
budget before approving it
In fact a reduction of some
$1,560,683.69 before it should
be approved.
Ray O. DeMarrs
708 West Second st.
Medford
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Editor's note: Mr. DeMarrs
is correct in saying "When
one uses figures It seems one
can arrive at any answer to
serve one's purposes."
The tax levy is the last
source of revenue determined
for a school district, and is
nut included in the known
sources of revenue, as Mr, De
Marrs has done here in as
suming the district "should
receive not less than $1,548,-
289.53 tax revenue."
The school district budget
procedure goes like this: 1.
Expenses are determined; 2.
known revenues are determin
ed; 3. known revenues are
subtracted from the total ex
penses to find the amount
necessary to balance the budg
et; 4. other sources of income,
such as state basic school sup. !
port and any support from ,
the county more than the $10 :
per census child required by !
law, are deducted from the j
amount necessary to balance j
the budget. j
Then what remains is levied '
against property in the form j
of taxes to make up the dif
ference between known and ;
actual income and the amount j
needed by the district to op
erate the schools.
Since a large share of the
money will come from prop
erty taxes, some allowance is
provided in state budget forms
for unpaid taxes and for the
rebate if the taxes are paid
before Nov. 15. The estimate
of unpaid taxes has no con
nection with present delln
quent taxes.
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Character of a Happy Life
How happy is he born and taught
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armour is his honest thought
And simple truth his utmost skill !
Whose passions not his masters are.
Whose soul is still prepared for death,
Not tied unto the world with care
Of public fame, or private breath;
Who envies none that chance doth raise
Or vice; who never understood
How deepest wounds are given by praise;
Nor rules of states, but rules of good;
Who hath his life from rumours freed.
Whose conscience is his strong retreat;
Whose state can neither flatterers feed,
Nor ruin make oppressors great;
Who God doth late and early pray
More of his grace than gifts to lend;
And entertain the harmless day
With a well-chosen book or friend;
-This man is freed from servile bands
Of hope to rise, or fear to fall;
Lord of himself, though not of lands;
And having nothing, yet hath all.
-Henry Wotton, 1568-1639
O
For Robert Fost: After Reading His Now Classic
Couplet
Dear Robert Frost:-As always, you have hit
the nail upon the head, and doing so
have titillated some with your wry wit
and left the stragglers stranded in the snow.
There's rank confusion as to what He's like:
some call His name "Compassion" or "Sweet Love,"
and others fear the day when He will strike
the damned to Hell as trumpets blast above.
Whatever course he deems for you and me
He's sure to get a chuckle from your verse,
and I'm so confident He'll never see
a better couplet penned, as keen or terse,
that He might well forgive your levity
but tolerate no wiser brevity.
-Lloyd B. Halverson
Medford.
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee ,
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me."
(From Frost's "In The Clearing." Holt, Rinehart
and Winston, New York, cl962. P. 39)
O
Medford, January 1963
Steel-encased
An intent human form
Rides suspended
In misty opaqueness.
Gray-seeing eyes
Coax twin beams
Of dispossessed power
To pierce the monochrome swirl.
Orchards, homes, billboards, buildings,
trees, bushes, fences, signs, sidewalks,
streets, signals, shops, sun
Effaced !
Only
seeping, silent, smothering vapor.
-Marguerite Armstrong
Medford.
Worm's-eye View
Delectable strawberries have found In me
An underground king - I pamper, you see.
My tunnels carry their precious water,
And I till the soil for my foster-daughters.
The underworld, my home, is little known.
Yet strawberries flourish in my deep loam.
-Marjorie S. Wiseman
Portland, Ore.
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