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Medford and Jackaon County
History from tha file, of The
M.ll Trlbuna 10. 20. 30. 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April IS. 153 (Saturday)
Construction of Medford
television alation KBES-TV
will start Monday at the top
of Blackwell Hill, three miles
east of Gold Hill. .
A preconventlon meeting of
the Oregon Congress of Par
ents and Teachers board of
managers will be held In Med
ford next Monday.
20 YEARS AGO
April It, 1943 (Sunday)
MaJ. Stephen Nye arrives in
Medford on leave from New
Orleans, La.
From Arthur Perry'a "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "All
the siims of Spring have ar
rived but one. The weeds on
not a single vacant lot have
been suppressed by paving it
for a service gtation."
30 YEARS AGO
April It, 1(33 (Monday)
County court Issued order
prohibiting county judge irom
using county gasoline for per
sonal travel.
Jackson county to get con
tingent of 1,000 Civilian corps
men for work in forests.
40 YEARS AGO
April 18, 1S23 (Tuesday)
Tennis club organized in
Medford by Harvey Fields.
Central Point has first milk
delivery route In history of
town.
50 YEARS AGO
April 18. 1913 (Thursday)
Man leaps to death from top
oi local Mat! building; many
ptvpW en route home during
noon hour witness jump.
No oppoiiition reported to
I ITff'iH "" oi C. L. Reames
nt United Suites ctuanct at--or:ii-
ior Oreson,
Wirt's YMr I.Q.?
m v f"rt eatalWart; , at
l. in wht profeaaion is
Tbomai t. Dewey now en-
Kase'
2. Who would fin a fight
II
SS f.! me ""genV"? the ThU, coupled with the avowed intention of
Round Table were true? some school people to initiate a sales tax pro
,i wnuid a iar.nomut mam, embodying school support and property
classify fish, tufi animal or :
compute.
Income tax for a
living?
4. What ' makcth a glad
father' according to the
Bible?
5. In what stale us Bryce
CBiiyon National Park'
6. What character in a
novel lived al Tara?
7. Was Brazil a belligerent
in both World War I and
World War II?
8. In our slang what ani
mal's name is used as an ex
pression meaning to equivo
cate? 9. Which is larger in area
the Atlantic or the Pai-ifu-Ocean?
10, What is the name given
to a geometric figure having
an indefinite number of angles
and sides?
Answers: 1. Lawyer; 2. Sir
Lancelot who was invincible
3. Classify flshi . "A wise
son"! 5. Utah: 6. Scerleit
O'Hara In "Gone With lha
Wind"; 7. Yes: 8. Weasel: 9.
Pacific: 10. PeiXBPn.
THURSDAY. APRIL IS. 1963
A Catholic View
A number of public opinion polls have indi
cated that a vast majority of the people of this
country are in favor of birth control information
being freely available, not only to citizens of
the United States, but also to other nations which
request it.
One of the "sensitive" areas in this debate
has been the attitude of the Roman Catholic
church.
But just what is the attitude of the church?
It may not be as stringent and unwavering
as many non-Catholics or many Catholics
themselves are inclined to believe.
A DOCTOR who is both a Catholic and an
expert on fertility and birth control, and who
helped develop the first oral contraceptive pill
writes in the current issue of the Saturday Eve
ning Post that the position of the church is far
less granitic than is popularly assumed.
Many Catholic scholars, particularly the
"modern" ones, point out that the church has
long encouraged birth limitation in a variety of
cases, including those where a family cannot
reasonably support, or educate, or properly rear,
additional children.
The difficulty is not, Dr. John Rock says,
in objectives, but in methods. The Catholic
teaching is against "artificial" methods of birth
control, as opposed to "natural ones.
THUS far, the church has looked with disap
proval on the new oral contraceptives. But
Dr. Rock sees some reason to hope that this atti
tude is not irreversible.
He said:
"1 am convinced that the church has not con
cluded its examination of the morality of the (oral
contraceptives) when used for fertility control. The
complex questions involved are still being studied, and
the results are not clearly
In addition. Dr. Rock
sive research to develop
birth control, "suitable for use among peoples
of many different social levels, cultural patterns
and religious beliefs."
He called for the development of a "public
policy of toleration," which accepts the fact that
differences exist between religious groups on
birth-control methods."
THIS is a highly encouraging article, coming
as it does from a respected physician who also
speaKS ior some elements
mi- a1 .1 i
ine ining wnicn nas vioienuy muaieu too
many non-Catholics is the fact that Catholic
teachings have been often declared to apply to
non-Catholics as well as church members, as
stemming from the "natural law," as interpreted
bv Catholic theoloEians.
EveiLhere. however.
modem Catholic theological studies are having
an influence on the interpretation of the "natural
law," and could in time lead to tar dirrerent in
terpretation of some of the present doctrines.
IN ANY event, his call for a "policy of tolera-
tion" is a welcome one. No one, at this stage,
wants to force birth control methods on any one.
By the same token, no one who believes in their
importance and value is going to accept current
Catholic teachings as to the immorality of such
methods.
Dr. Rock concluded his
graph:
"Our nation slill has time lo llirow its rich re
sources and skills into a constructive and compre
hensive program to help mankind bring Its overabund
ant fertility under the limits of rational control. The
more rapidly we exercise our option, the better for
all of us."
We hone the Congress and the Administra
tion take due notice of this thoughtful and con
structive article. E.A.
Sales Tax Vote Looms
No one expected the sales tax hill to pass the
Oregon House of Representatives the other day.
Bui no one expected it to be defeated by such
a narrow (31-29) margin,
tax committeemen, who
the measure to (lie a quick
ahlv unulrl huvn h:irl
upnilinp- it to the floor
tax relief, makes it almost inevitable that the
voters will be asked to pass on a sales tax within
the next few years.
llE ARB reminded by the Eugene Register-
: " Guard that no vote OP a Wles tax has been
held in Oregon for lS'p years or 20 years j
come next general election time.
j The R-G atlded :
"A 1044 vote is hardly
body was working. Incomes were high The income
lux rate was low. We had almost nothing to spend
money for. The higher education establishment was
largely deserted. Welfare was a very minor item.
There was no basic school support program then.
i i i . I i i i i k w u in 1 1 in i in vim
and Oregon got along Mm: thai biennium on an appro
priation of only $24 million. This Legislature is talk
ing in terms of a $400 million budget, sixteen times
the size of that for 1943-44
"By 1064 one of two things will have happened.
The income tax will be really hurting, if the Legis
lature digs up as much money as we need. Or state
services will not be up to the standard Oregon resi
dents want. Possibly, the two factors will combine
to make Oregon voters realize we can't go on this
way much longer."
We stick our nock out ami predict that we'll
be voting on a sales tax before too long, And
probably high time. E.A.
on Birth Control
predictable.
called for more inten
a variety of means for
oi nis cnurcn.
l I ll... J J i
Dr. Rock points out that
article with this para
either. If they had, the
confidently expected
and easv death, prob-
scrnnil llmni'llts nhoilt
meaningful. In .944 every
.-Mivii . (,vti jwma m ' .
"Some Day We'll Have To Get This Thing
Finished"
Matter of Fact
(cl Naw YorjcaHrrUunaingJcata
THE HARDEST PROBLEM
Vienna - Gen. de Gaulle i.s
quoted by those closest to
him as arguing that the heavy
cost of the
French nu
clear striking
force is a
positive bene
fit to France.
The argument
is c e r tainly
unexpected. It
is well to
bear in mind
Alinp because of the
recurrence of nonsensical re
ports of a French loss of
stomach for art independent
nuciear etiort. And if you
think about it, this unexpect
ed argument is also intensely
Gaullist.
The point is that the nation
is the sacred, dominating con
ception in de Gaulle's politi
cal thought. The nation, so he
believes, tends to lose its na
tional identity when It shirks
the essential effort of nation
al self-defense. And a defense
effort, great enough to cause
a certain strain can benefic
ially intensify the sense of na
tionhood. AS ALWAYS with this
strange great man, there
is a kernel of truth in his ar
gument. Of course, it remains
to be seen whether the French
people will agree with de
Gaulle that the pain is down
right bracing and beneficial
when the effort required to
create a French "force de
frappe" becomes really pain
ful - as it must soon become.
At any rate, as long as dc
Gaulle is in power, no ex
pense will be spared.
Meanwhile, it is necessary
to face the hard fact that de
Gaulle is almost certainly a
portrait of the European fu
ture. The renewal of pride
and independene which de
Gaulle symbolizes in France
today must also be expected
to occur in the other Euro
pean nations as time goes on.
In truth, de Gaulle both de
mands and signifies the end
of the era of governess-Amer
ica.
The real question is not
whether dc Gaulle is a por
tent, but how much of a por
tent he is. It is entirely pos
sible, for instance, that de
Gaulle's assertion of self-centered,
rather domineering
French nationalism will even
tually be echoed in France's
neighbor nations.
RATIONALISM, it must be
remembered, is in lite na
ture of an infectious disease.
No one in the Gaullist circle I
in France seems to be think-1
ing about tills aspect of the j
matter. But the renewal of j
French nationalism can very j
easilv reawaken German na-1
tionallsm and Italian nation-
alism and so on and on.
If this is to be the European)
future, it will be a dark fit-
"Umpires do mort for humanity than you rtalitt -people
need a way of getting rid of their natural
Hfltejsiciu during peace timel"
MwDFORD MAIL TH1BUNE. MEDFORU, OKfcGON
By Joseph Alsop
ture, and not just for the
Europeans. Yet one can al
ready see the first tiny symp
toms in such things as the
German attitude to the
French "force de frappe."
All the scores of German
leaders and officials this re
porter saw in Bonn were
eager for the opening of a
Kennedy-de Gaulle dialogue
But when it was pointed out
that the essential prelimi
nary was Franco - American
nuclear cooperation, every
German leader and official
was downright horrified. The
Germans cherish their recon
ciliation with the French, but
they do not want the French
preferred to them, in the nu
clear field or any other field.
At present, however, a gen
ral revival of European na
tionalism is only a future dan
ger, which can still be guard
ed against. The need is for
the United States to go half
way to meet the renewal of
European pride and indepen
dence. In order to do this, un
fortunately, it is almost cer
tainly necessary to tackle the
nuclear problem head on.
AS Walter Lippmann has
correetlv nointerl not this
hardest problem of the West
ern Alliance cannot be solved
by gimmicks designed to give
the European the sense of nu
clear participation without
the reality. But it is not safe,
either, to go on talking aca
demically about "non-proliferation"
of deterrents and the
need for only one hand on the
trigger when de Gaulle is a
portent, and proliferation is
actually occurring in France.
If we do not choose to imi
tate the Athenians, who sim
ply sent their fleet against
recalcitrant allies, there is in
fact only one solution of the
West's hardest problem. The
solution, publicly advocated
the other day by Jean Mon-
net, is to create a truly Euro
pean deterrent with Ameri
can support.
As originally proposed by
the Kennedy policy-makers,
the so-called multilateral de
terrent was a mere gimmick.
The command arrangements
gave the United States a neg
ative control by veto, as well
as providing so many other
national vetoes that the mul
tilateral deterrent's m u 1 1 1
lateral immobilization was
forever insured.
But if the President ac
cepts the German suggestion
of control by a majority of
tite participating nations, litis
multilateral force will become
the embryo of a truly Euro
pean deterrent. It may not be
the best way to do the job.
but it is tite best way that
has been proposed so far. And
as the President was tite first
to launch the scheme of a
multilateral force, he will
also suffer gravely if his idea
docs not succeed.
French-U.S. Relations Out of Freeze,
But Differences in Policy Still Remain
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG 1 lhat. come what mav, he will United States recognizes that i is a convinced member of the
United Press International ! push ahead with his French : de Gaulle will not back down Atlantic alliance.
Paris - I'PD - P r e s i d e n 1 1 nuclear force plan. or even make the slightest1 This was a dc Gaulle ms-
Charles de Gaulle is on speak-! There was very little dis-1 concession. J sage directed as much at the
Ins terms aeain with tus ai -
lies. But there still seems to
be no chance he will meet
with President Kennedy this
summer.
Last week's Paris talks be
tween U.S. Secretary of State
Dean Rusk and French lead
ers, including de Gaulle, did
serve at least to take relations
between the two countries out
of the deep freeze in which
they had been since de Gaulle
vetoed Britain's entry into the
European Common Market.
Rusk's meetings with de
Gaulle, Premier Georges
Pompidou and Foreign Min
ister Maurice Couve de Mur
ville were said to have been
polite, friendly and in some
respects almost cordial.
But both American and
French officials agreed there
was no change in the basic
differences which have divid
ed the United States and
France.
In those circumstances,
American and French offic
ials saw no chance of dc
Gaulle meeting with Kennedy
when the U.S. leader makes
his European trip this sum
mer.
As one responsible French
official put it:
"All they could do would
be to repeat attitudes with
which each is thoroughly fa
miliar. It would be a waste of
time for both."
Although American offic
ials insisted after last week's
meetings that U. S.-French re
lations are not really so bad
after all, they conceded that
the two countries are poles
apart on two issues,
De Gaulle has made it
clear that he will not let
Britain join the Common Mar
ket at the moment. He also
has convinced Washington
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c Flald Enterprise!, Inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
It is easy for us to helluve
with Donne, that no man is
an island; but each of us pri-
vaiciy oeueves. at the samp
.time, that he ought to be a
peninsula, jutting out ahead
of the rest of the mainland.
Ho person has a righj lo
scorn the pomp of the world
until he has lasted il and
rejected il; the prematura
cynicism of the young is so
unattractive because it has
not yet been exposed lo the
temptations itdism Uses
with such idealism.
The only trouble with "en
lightened self-interest" as a
guiding rule of personal con
duct is that in any real crisis
the self-interest extinguishes
the enlightenment.
a a .
How blessed are the com
fortable bromides of the ig
norant after listening to the
strident pronouncements of
the half-educatedl
When we are forced to ask
about a man, "What does he
really believe in his heart of
hearts?" it is conceivable that
he has no heart of hearts, that
he cut it out and threw it
away early in life. For while
wc cannot live without a
heart, many find a heart of
hearts an embarrassing en
cumbrance as they trudge up
the mountain path of success.
Nothing gives one such
genuine superiority over
another as not having that
other's needs; tha one who
does not need status or pop
ularity or luxury is basic
ally freer and higher than
those who desperately covet
such things; and is not what
we call "sainthood" precise
ly the superiority of hap
pily doing without what the
rest of us so anxiously con
tend Ior?
You're not really middle
aged until the prospect of a
good short midday nap is
more enticing than that of a
long night's sleep.
The greater! (and last)
skill in playing bridge is
knowing when to pass; only
the experts have mastered
tha art of saying nothing at
tha right time; and so it is
in every human pursuit and
rolalionship-for the dufler
invariably fails by neglect
ing tha rule of silence.
our national temper was sue
ir,,iu om...--i u.. c,,
villi,,,, caiMSHCU LI J o.tuirt-
yana when he remarked. "The
American looks upon life as a
least or a spectacle; he has
not yet begun to regard it as
a predicament " (Even the Qu
clear a so has scarcely changed j
1 this view.)
The o.aer I get. the more
I become convinced that
everybody is either an egg
or a chicken - that is, the
world is divided into those
who are still encased in ine
shell they were born in.
and those who have painful
ly pecked their way out and
look at the world with their
own eyes, unblurred by the
i aaweUxai casing.
1 cussion oi citner question in
Paris last week, because the
... Communications ...
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The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
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printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
The World IS Flat
To the Editor: A couple
more letters in the Communi
cations column on April 16,
this time in answer to Hank
DcVoss's article on the recent
Game Commission meeting,
attest to the fact that the
"battle of the does" rages on.
Perhaps Mr. DeVoss's com
ment about listening to the
people's opinions on game
management was rather
harsh. He was pointing out,
however, that the majority
view is not always the cor
rect one. At one time most
people thought the world was
flat and that the sun revolved
around the earth. Apparently
most laymen in this area
think that shooting docs is
poor game management.
Whether or not it is rests not
on what the majority believes,
but on facts.
Speaking of facts, it is
patently untrue that forest
ers and lumbermen would
like to see all the elk and
deer killed, as one writer
states. Indeed, it would do a
lot of people some good lo
talk to some foresters, most
of whom, incidentally, are
hunters themselves. They
would then get some facts.
Further, they might try
reading some literature on
game management to find out
what the biological basis of
game management is, what
research has revealed in this
field, and what experiences
other states have had with
their game management pol
icies. I agree with you that the
legislature makes a "lousy"
State Highway Commission,
and a "revolving horror" of
a State Board of Higher Edu
cation. Likewise, the great
mass of people, still in the
"flat world" stage of game
management knowledge,
make a lousy Game Commis
sion. Edgar A. Kupillas,
1317 Winchester ave.,
Medford.
Figures Questioned
To the Editor: Hurrah for
John Benson of Eagle Point!
Now if all the other school
districts had men (and wom
en) who, like Mr. Benson,
would seriously question
these astronomic school
budgets.
The school "administrators"
have come a long way in the
past 20 years. Now it has be
come a racket which the late
Al Capone would have
envied.
Social prestige should not
be an issue (I don't know any
other term so descriptive) in
the hiring of a school superin
tendent or olher administra
tor. His position as a teacher
should be something for his j
neighbors to look up to.
Now before somebody gets
his Irish up I do not mean
to deprive a teacher of an
adequate income, definitely
not. But his social position
(everyone has one) should be
based on his profession rather
than his salary range.
Now Mr. Benson brought
up the question that voters in
all school districts should
duly consider. He says that
"at the budget hearing . . .
we were told Central Point
paid their superintendent
S15.000," but the published
budget for Central Point
stated "the Central Point su
perintendent salary is being
RAISED to $12,500." It
sounds like a deliberate at
tempt to mislead the voters.
I'll allow, it could be an in
nocent mistake but if so a
monumental mistake of
$2,600, Maybe there are some
olher inflated budget esti-
mates also in various district
school budgets.
Floyd R. McCabe
Butte Falls. Ore
School Thefts
To the Editor: Arc you peo
ple aware of the crime wave
in Jackson county? I'm not
referring to the everyday
crimes which appear regular-
!lr ''? "ewspapcr
1 1 Iccl' an" believe thai you
.,, . . , .L -.
Sff.SBS that thC t lef,s e
art having in our own public
schools are becoming a seri-
My own daughter, who is
in the fifth grade, has had
severa, penS) pcnciis
erasers.
etc.. taken from her desk
since the beginning of the
year. At first this didn't seem
too important, but just a cou
ple of months ago. she told
her father and me that she
had given her wrist watch
to the P E teacher to keep
during class, however, she for
got to get the Witch before
leaving Next day when she
returned for it. she found that
11 had been taken by someone I
tsut oe vjauue um
I quite an effort to show he still
else. My husband paid a visit
to the school and discussed it
with the teacher and also with
the principal, and as yet the
watch has not been returned
or replaced.
The children in our schools
are told to give their valu
ables to the teachers for safe
keeping, and it seems right
that the teacher so entrusted
should lock these items up in
an effort to prevent such a
thing from happening.
Three of the first things I
can remember my parents
teaching me were not to he.
cheat or steal. These things
. , . 7
I have tried to pass on to
my children. I cannot help but
think that perhaps some par
ents have neglected to do this.
What will the future genera
tion be like if the children
continue to take things, no
matter how small they may
be? It will only lead to larger
and more expensive articles.
So many times I've heard
people ask what makes a child
become a delinquent? A child
lhat learns to steal in grade
school certainly has a good
start in becoming one.
Patricia Pellett
659 Herman ave.
Medford.
Rx for a Chronic Condition
To the Editor: In the seven
years I have lived in Medford,
frequently I have noted let
ters in Communications, as
well as articles by the Cham
ber of Commerce, evaluating
the Rogue Valley as a super
ior place to live.
Admittedly, it Is a geo
graphical area upon which
the gods have smiled.
But, lest you think this is
to be a paean of praise, let
me proceed to the phase of
life in Medford which I still
find baffling as an outsider
(in which catagory 1 must
still place myself). It is a lit
tle shocking to come here
as a fairly attractive Cauca
sian in the middle-class eco
nomic bracket, and be reject
ed time without number by
you dear natives.
To arrive with a friendly
attitude and be met invari
ably by suspicion and hostiity
leads one to conclude that it
is no wonder this Valley is
becoming a fertile field for
psychiatry, with more busi
ness (patients) than the few
accredited people can handle.
If you're interested, my diag
nosis is that many of you suf
fer from "provincialitis," a
disease manifested by a fear
of strangers, an inferiority
complex, a grim competitive
ness and a complete lack of
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The big news?
The Chronicle, with i t s
unerring instinct for what
will sell papers, puts it this
way, in black 120 point type
spread across the top of the
front page:
3RD CHILD FOR JACKIE.
THIS screamer is topped by
a flyer in 48 point upper
and lower case blackface an
nouncing "Baby Due in Au
gust." The bulk of the right-hand
side of the front page is occu
pied bv a feature captioned
JACKIE EXPECTING, and
relating that although she has
a history of miscarriage and
both of her children were de
livered bv Caesarian section
she is reported in good health
and undergoing a normal
pregnancy. The text is accom-
panied by a picture showing
' Mrs. Kennedy leading her son
j John jr. t0 Easter services.
Carried over to Pace 10.
the story relates that because j Legends,
of t he pregnancy it is not) But
expected that Mrs. Kennedy : The light that beat upon
will occupy the new house ; the throne of Camelot 14 cen
ncaring completion in nearby turies ago was just as fierce
Virginia - the first house the as the light that now beats
Kennedys have built since : upon the White House - the
their marriage in 1953 - and only difference being that
adding that her pregnancy back in Camelot there were
with John Jr. in 1960 pre- no newspapers, no reporters,
vented her from taking any
dVll.c imc in iici iiu
! Presidential campaign
active role in her husband's
Complete coverage of the
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TRICTLY modern, you ask
didn't use to be that
urflv ... i n tha 0 1 H p n flolden
Days?
I'D LIKE to be able to an-
swer in the affirmative. But
history and tradition tell us
otherwise.
otherwise.
Let's go back to Tennyson
and his Idylls of the King.
in wnicn tins passage occurs: ot that day were just as eager
"Wearing the white flower for all the low-down as they
of a blameless life j are now in the case of the
"Before a thousand peering ; Kennedys and their latest ex
littlenesses, 1 peeled.
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and Great Britain.
joyousness and gaiety. In
olher words. Medfordites, I
find you quite sick - with
fear, greed, and keeping up
with the Joneses.
Thank you, though, for
not welcoming me into the
fold (and many other "out
siders" are doubtless grate
ful too) as I have made quite
a nice life for myself BY my
self. Now lhat I know you, it
is lovely lo be an outsider and
loneliness has changed to re
lict and I have found creative
outlets which do not involve
j "V' , .vour
cliques or in-groups.
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it you Dcneve 1 exaggerate,
consider the mild pronounce
ments of the erudite gentle
man of Barneburg Hill,
which have occasioned such
resentment among some of
you. It is doubtful that his
middle of the road expres
sions of humanist values
would exite so much as a
single letter of vituperation
elsewhere.
So, dear people, it would
be in keeping with your beau
tiful surroundings if you let
a few benign words escape
from your lips toward those
who "just don't belong," as
one Medford matron phrased
it. This translates to mean
anyone who doesn't believe
exactly as you do. Yours is
the way of impoverishment
of the spirit. You reject tha
gifts of the newcomers, which
would enrich your lives. Let
us hope your medical centers
find a cure for your chronic
condition.
(Name on file)
Eagle Point, Ore.
Peace and Good Will
To the Editor: Your excel
lent editorial, "Pacem in Tcr
ris," and my letter, "Incred
ible event," were mentioned
in my church Sunday, and I
thank you for printing it.
You are in touch with
world events because of your
profession much more than
the common run of people
whose main goal seems to be
to have the dollars coming in
on the collection plates and
otherwise. You will notice as
time goes on the world is
slowly drifting towards the
lime when the knowledge of
the Lord will cover the Earth
as the waters cover the sea.
(ISA 11:9. JOEL 2:28-29.)
Then will the children of
men live in peace and good
will. And hence the Pope's
message to the world,
John F. Peterson
611 South Holly it,
Medford
"In that fierce light lhat
beats upon a throne."
rpHERE is no way to prove it,
because it happened a
long, LONG time ago - in
Camelot, where King Arthur
held his court: But the liter
ary sleuths tend to believe
that in this passage Lord Ten
nyson was alluding to Queen
Guinvere's alleged passion for
Sir Launcelot of the Lake, in
Arthurian romance the most
famous of the Knights of the
Round Table, the model of
chivalry, bravery and fideli
ty - who went in search of
the H o 1 y Grail and twice
caught sight of it.
It is believed that it was
in the hope of forgetting
Queen Guinevere that Sir
! i-aunceiot went in search of
i the Grail.
i T
A
HAT was some 14 centuries
ago, as lime is vaguely
: reckoned In the Arthurian
no radio, no TV.
One regrets to have to re
port that in the olden, golden
days the lives of the Bigs
were NEWS to us Littles, just
as they are now. Human na
ture has apparent! v always
been human nature
P
EOPLE
have ALWAYS
wanted
ALL the details.
You can safely bet your bot-
torn dollar that when a child
was born in the White House
to Frances Folsom Cleveland
' and her husband. President
Grovcr Cleveland, the people