MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
TUESDAY. APRIL 9, 1113
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(Remitter and Tribune
Syndicate, 1963)
Board Turning Cin Oitin Be
Rather Thrilling Experience
"You can never tell what
kind of worm you'll find till
you turn over the board."
This rather sound philosophy
can be applied to many hu
man actions, as well as being
pretty practical for anyone
interested in those creatures
that live their entire lives in
total darkness. The cool damp- j
ness of an underboard en
vironment shelters many crea
tures. Most fishermen searching
for fishbait discovered, a long
time ago, that the underside
of a board was an ideal place
to look for crickets, grubs
and angleworms. Earthworms
could more easily be gathered
there; it is easier to turn a
board than to wield a shovel.
But you don't have to be
seeking fishbait to enjoy the
rather thrilling experience of
board turning; it is a pretty
interesting pastime, provided
you are not easily frightened.
If the board you are turning
over has been undisturbed for
a considerable length of time,
it's often amazing what you
may find; you will be as sur
prised as those creatures that
will be living there, in that
damp, cool darkness. All of
them will be scared. They are
not used to the light, when
their retreat is flooded by day
time brilliance their world
comes tumbling down.
Some of the more active
underboard dwellers will
scurry away so quickly you
will hardly realize they were
there at all; the worms with
many legs, the centipedes and
the millipedes will disappear
in a hurry; they have legs
enough to get themselves else
where before some of the
more sluggish creatures wake
up to the fact they have been
uncovered.
Some of the beetles will be
hocked by the sudden light.
They will freeze into immo
bility; it will take them some
little time to "collect their
thoughts" and get the message
to their motor nerves that j
it is lime to evacuate the
premises They may attempt
flight, or more likely they
will blunder away in any di
rection, hoping for supposed
safety under some other shel
tering board. As a last des
perate measure they may at
tempt to burrow into the
ground.
Under the board there will
be mould, too, as well as
mildew, and the threads of
fungi, all hiding there in the
moist darkness alongside the
galaxy of crawling, wriggling
things.
There will be a maze of tun
nels, passageways and run
ways - a maze of small canals,
each hollowed out by the little
creature that believed itself
safe and neglected to place
a ceiling over the tunnel; the
board was the top, and when
it is gone the tunnels are
merely small canals and open
ridges.
Soft-bodied garden slugs
may be there in numbers,
their bodies resembling gobs
of gray mud until they "pull
themselves together'' and be
come almost round; by con
stricting themselves they hope
to avoid destruction. There
will be sowbugs there, too,
as strange creatures as there
are alive on earth today. Most
of their relatives are in the
sea; they belong to the family
Crustacea, to which the lob
ster and shrimp belong.
Yes, they were right, those
wise men who said, "you can
never tell what kind of worm
you'll find till you turn over
the board."
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Third-Year Follow
Up in Cancer Study
Is Now Under Way
Portland - The third -year
followup in the American
Cancer Society's six-year can
cer prevention study involv
ing over a million persons in
25 states, including Oregon,
is now under way, and results
of the second-year followup
have been revealed.
A total of 1,076,894 per
sons, including 468,688 men
and 610,206 women, were en
rolled in the study originally
and they filled out confiden
tial questionnaires concerning
their family history. History
of diseases, physical com
plaints, occupational expo
sures, diet, habits and many
other factors.
In the recently completed
second-year followup, 95.5 per
cent of those originally enroll
ed were traced and 93 per
cent filled out second ques
tionnaire cards.
A total of 9,388 deaths were
reported in the first-year fol
lowup and 13,051 in the sec
ond year. Cancer was listed as
the cause of death in 4,200
cases, according to the report
from Dr. Cuyler Hammond,
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SEEKS EDUCATION "Donald" the duck flaps his wings
at the door of the Watsonville, Calif., high school, evidently
seeking a higher education, loo. Surprised students Betty
Gardner, left, and Kate Baldwin sympathized with him but
decided he lacked the qualifications necessary for admit
tance. They found an identification tag around the duck's
neck and called it's owner. (UP1)
On the Air
By ELEANOR WIESE
Wildlife Group
Opposes Proposals
Portland - IUP1I - The Ore
gon Wildlife Federation has
adopted a resolution op
posing proposals contained in
the natural resources bill now
before the legislature.
Gene Hansen, McMinnville,
president of the group, said
the federation favored delay
ing action on reorganization
of the fish and game commis
sions until a proposed $35,
000 study by a legislature in
terim committee could be
completed.
Three experts on Soviet
Russia and that nation's rela
tions with Communist China
will take part in NBC News' I
"Encyclopedia of C o in mil
nism" Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
on KMED-TV.
ill asgnr-ialcd with the Re-
t,.atv; institute of Commun-1
nist Affairs at Columbia Uni
versity in New York, Iney arc
rr,nalH Q 7.apnria. A. Doak
Barnctl and Zbigniew Brzez-
inski.
Zagoria will delve into the
f u n d a mental conflicts be
tween the Soviet and Chinese
ii-.,, Tu.n will truce the
historical d c volopment of
Communism irom m u
the current ideological split;
and Brzezinski. who is com
pleting a tour of India and
Asia, in a filmed report from
Paris will discuss what ho saw
as it pertains 10 the division
within Communism.
With films of Russian Pre
mier Khrushchev and Red
China's Party Chairman Mao
Tsc-Tung, Chet Huntley will
document the division be
tween the Communist camps.
Interviews with Western
leaders and Communist lead
uiii further Drobc the
ideological split. Western
leaders who will appear in
filmed interviews are U.S.
Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk,
U.S. Ambassador to the UN
Adlai E. Stevenson, ana uje
Earl of Home and Maurice
Couve dc Murvillc, the For
eign Ministers of Great Brit
ain and France.
Communists who will ap
pear include Che Guevara,
right-hand man to Cuban Pre
mier Fidel Castro, Gian Carlo
Pajctta, secretary of the Ital
ian Communist party, and
Bhupesh Gupta, left - wing
leader of the Communist par
ty in the upper house of the
Indian government.
VOICES OF EASTER, 7:05
p.m. Tuesday through Friday
KMED radio. Choral presen
tations of Easter music by
various college and church
choirs.
FOCAL POINT, 9:30 a.m.
Thursday KMED - TV. The
winner of the Rebekah Lodge
speech contest, Monte Belle
Cumminga of Grants Pass,
who will make a 30-day tour
of the UN in New York, is
featured guest.
TELEPHONE HOUR. 10
p.m. Thursday KMED-TV.
Folk singer Harry Belafonte,
Metropolitan Opera soprano
1 Birgit Nilsson, and classical
I guitarist AnIres Segovia will
1 head program which includes
three leading dancers of the
I New York City Ballet.
Bills Approved
By Legislature
Salem- UPD -The legislature
Monday approved the follow
ing measures:
In tha Senate:
SB59 - Truck weight mile
tax.
SB84 - Criminal case ap
peals. SB129 - Relating to county
planning.
SB296-District court docket
HB2068-Board of examin
ers in optometry budget.
HB1280-Voters' pamphlets
candidates' statements.
HB3 13-Allows state Land
Board to meet once a montn.
HB1554 - Extends civil de
fense emergency powers.
HB1259-Relating to optom
etrists. HB1369 - Location of mill
sites. ,
HB1380-81-82-Port of Port
land.
In tha House:
HB1268-Relating to public
welfare. .. .
HBIOTB-Uouecuon oi wivu-
noiaing taxes.
HB1224 - Publication of le
gal notices.
HB1279-Licensing or appro
a l.lli..(innc
vai OI cerium iiisuiumu,w,
HB1371-Relating to survey
ors and engineers.
HB1438-Relating to audit
of public funds.
HB 1 474 - Transfer of em
ployees.
HB1059-Motor carrier per
mit issuance.
SB105-Commoany siordBc.
SB176 - Licensing of hunt
ing and fishing guides.
SB183 - Community health
clinics.
SB243-Relating to railroad
crossings.
director of the American Can
cer Society's statistical re
search section.
Dr. Hammond reported that
the Oregon division of the
American Cancer Society has
done "an amazingly fine Job"
in the study, tracing 99.9 per
cent of the people originally
enrolled in the state and re
ceiving second questionnaire
cards from 97.1 per cent of
them.
Total number of persons en
rolled in Oregon as of Septem
ber, 1962. was 28.650. and
more than 1.000 ACS volun
teers are participating in the
study here.
The study has two principal
objectives: (1) to obtain clues
to the causes of various
types of cancer and (2) to ob
tain information with which
to increase the effectiveness
of the American Cancer So
ciety's public education pro
gram for the early detection
of the disease.
Dr. Hammond pointed out
in his report that while a
major analysis cannot be
made until after the people
have been traced for several
years, there have been eight
papers containing information
on early findings from the
study.
Those in the area who want
to line up jobs and housing
in strawberry and bean har
vests in the Willamette val
ley this summer can receive
advance help from a repre
sentative of the Hillsboro
Oregon State Employment
service office.
This representative will be
in Medford at the State Em
ployment service, 119 N. Oak
dale ave.. from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. on April 11 to recruit
family groups for strawberry
picking and for later work in
the Willamette valley bean
harvest this coining season.
The Medford local office of
the Employment service rec
ommends this prc-scason job
arrangement program since it
helps those wanting these
jobs to go directly to work In
the valley when the season
arrives. The Medford local
office will be in constant
touch with the Hillsboro of
fice as the season approaches
and will advise picker groups
as to the exact date to report.
Workers can then be direct
ed to jobs and to inspected,
approved, free housing when
required. One adult must ac
company each group of per
sons going to these jobs.
Persons who want work in
these harvests may obtain
steadier work and save time
and money by making ad
vance arrangements while
the recruiter is here. The
slrawbery havest usually be
gins early in June and lasts
about a month. Bean harvest
usually begin about July 20
and continues for six to eight
weeks.
John Patton, manager of
the Medford local office. Ore
gon State Employment serv
ice, says that this advance
scheduling of jobs is becom
ing more popular each year.
Counsel With . .
Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan
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RAWHIDE, 7:30 p.m. Fri
day KBES-TV. Walter Slezak
portrays a wandering gypsy
whose dishonesty and beauli
I ful daughter brings the wrath
I of an angry suitor down on
the heads of Gil Favor's
drovers. '
JACK PAAR, 10 p.m. Fri
day KMED-TV. Gospel singer
Mahalia Jackson will sing
Easter hymns and Robert
Ryan will present a reading
about the Crucifixion.
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