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MONDAY. MAY 6. 19S3 S B An Uprising Feared ' Sly Mockingbirds Ringleaders Of Feathered Plot To Overthrow Us MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD, OREGON f V I By DICK WEST Washington - IIPD - In motion picture called "The Birds," our leathered Iriends lay siege to the human race with In tent to do us In. And in a cartoon strip, a raven nam ed "Sloo 1 i c" has been act ing as a go between lor a Hut group of un derworld characters. Neither of these plots is likely to be endorsed by the Audubon Society and in some quarters are regarded as ri diculous. But I am here to testify they are not as far fetched as they might seem. There is no gain saying that many birds become thugs and bullies. I myself have been attacked twice recently by a vicious hummingbird that lurks around my morning glory vine. These ordinary criminal ten dencies, however, are not my main concern. I am more dis turbed by the ornithological underground. If birds .are plptiing. q overthrow ui, as Alfred Hitchcock, Dick Tracy and I tuipect, I have reason to believe that the ringleaders are mockingbirds. According to a press release I recently received from' the National Geographic Society, a mock'ngbird has been known to Sing continuously for six hours - from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. Do you catch the significance of that? If they can disrupt 'our slumber, and thus weaken our resistance, it will make the takeover that- much easier. -Most people think mocking birds only do bird imitations, which is a cheap act that went out with vaudeville. That is only a front, or cover, mask ing a far more sinister talent; Mockingbirds also can du plicate the sounds made by peeping tree toads, buzzing locusts, crowing roosters, barking dogs, squeaking gates and whistling policemen. In other words, they can disguise their voices and penetrate places that other wise might be barred to birds. Banquet Scheduled For County Teachers John Stewart will be in stalled president of the Jack son county chapter of the Or egon Education association at a banquet at the Rogue Valley Country club May 7. Other officers to be in stalled are Miss Lois Mac, vice-president; Darrcll Cope land, treasurer; and Dave Harms, secretary. Mrs. Maxinc Smith, a past state president of OEA, will be installing officer. The group will honor retir ing teachers. They include Mrs. Lily Robison, Jackson ville elementary; Mrs. Flor ence Allan, Southern Oregon college;' Miss Mildred Million, Ashland Junior High; Mrs. Nellie Young, Talent element ary; Harry Meyers, Central Point Junior High; Edwin Kirtlcy, Crater High; Mrs. Mabel Sims, Phoenix High; Mrs. Gladys .Siuan, Phoenix elementary; and , Mrs. May belle Offcnbacher, Applcgate elementary. ' ' ' Mrs. Doris Sanders, state OEA president, will be the speaker. Presiding at the ban quet will be Mrs. Alice Arch er, Jackson county OEA pres ident. . A ham radio operator in Dallas once heard a mocking bird imitating the "dit-dit-dah" signals of the. Morse Code. I hardly need add that seizure of our communications systems would be the first tar get of any uprising. Equally alarming are those fat pigeons that waddle around in Lafayette Park across the street from the While House. It was there that Bernard Baruch used to confer with high government officials. Is anyone naive enough to think those pigeons are only interested in the peanuts drop ped by tourists? Hah! Five will get you ten those pigeons are espionage agents. I have reported this mat ter to police several times, but they refuse to take any action. Whither can we turn for protection? Cottingham Elected President of Group . Ashland - Dick Cottingham. Klamath Falls, was elected president oi Alpha Phi Omcffa. a scouting fraternity at Southern Oregon college, a recent meeting. Also elected to fill positions wcrn David Rcld. Lebanon. vice president; Roger Kclsoe, Phoenix, secretary;. Gary Fields, Mcdford. treasurer; and Dave Lundquist, Port land, historian. Forest Lesher. assistant pro fessor og geography, is the ad viser of the organization. The first Ferris wheel was exhibited at the World's Co lumbian exposition in Chicago in 1893, named after a young engineer named George Wash ington Gale Ferris. Moore Visits House of Lords, Attends English Soccer Game (Edilor'i notei This is another in a series oi dis patches from Charles A. (Chuck) Moore, Grants Pass. Moor formerly lived in Medford, and is now a stu dent at Lewis and Clark college. He is in London as an "English Pioneer" se lected by the Experiment in International Living and Lewis and Clark college.) By CHARLES A. MOORE Feb. 26: This one can be summed up nicely in a little paragraph about a little read ing, a little writing, and a lit tle car. I washed Miss Seldon'j 1962 Cortina. Say, what is this Yankee SO-mile walk business any way? You've got the British all on their feet. Apparently they think they can better the New Frontier any day. Scores rr Ihcm are walking from London to Brighton just to show the Kennedys a thing or two! Fih 27 T again headed UD town, this time to famous Pic cadilly Circus. From there I walked to Parliament Square to sec the Parliament build ing, Big Ben, Westminster Cathedral, and Westminster Ahhv and the House of Lords. It is such a shame that London must accept the dust and smoke that accompanies industrial wealth. Were it not for this, the beauty of these Medford Student (s Elected To Office Thomas J. Hersant, Med ford has been elected St. Mary's college, Calif, student body Nvice president for the academic year 1963-64. Hersant, a graduate of St. Mary's High school, Medford, is a junior enrolled in the school of liberal arts and is majoring in philosophy. He will assume office in Sep tember. magnificent buildings would be overpowering. The House of Lords was the scene of a long annual report from the Royal Academy of Sciences. Presented by Lord Hailshan, it made several ref erences to that British head ache, America. It seems that America has the .money to "buy the brains." An alarm ing percentage of British scientists have gone to the U.S., liked living and working conditions and stayed. Feb. 28: Determined to see Hyde park, the Marble Arch etcetera, I walked there from Piccadilly Circus to the far end of the park, and back. The whole thing was time consuming and unrewarding. Returning to the Circus, I stopped at the Royal Academy of Art to view the Johnson exhibit, "Art U.S.A." Not being able to resist the com ments book (this book is very un-British) I recorded a few. Dinner Meeting Set By IV Democrats Cave Junction The Illinois Valley Democratic club will hold a potluck dinner and a regular meeting at the Grange hall in Cave Junction Mon day, May 6. The potluck will start at 7 p.m. and the meeting at 8 p.m. Principal speaker will be the vice chairman of the Jackson County Central com mittee, Mrs. Ralph Poston. It had been originally an nounced that the meeting was to be a woman's club meeting, but this was in error. Mrs. Poston will give a re port on the recent State Dem ocratic conference and the meeting of the State Demo cratic committee, according to Mrs. Helen Hare, chairman of the Illinois Valley Demo cratic club. They were all either extreme ly pro or con, but the con makes the best reading." Overall Impression Here are a few: "Quite un believably awful." "The best was the complete blank." "My overall impression is that the artists are having a big joke on the world." March 1: Since there was a general meeting of the Lewis and Clark group with Dr. Dusenberry and Ruth Heck man at 2 o'clock, Foyles seem ed like a big enough schedule. It is supposed to be the largest bookstore in the world. After picking up a couple of paper backs for study I bumped into an old friend. There on the shelves lay Dr. Remak's "Sar jevo." Dr. Rcmak was one of my professors last semester. I couldn't resist the volume. From Foyles on Charing Cross road to Russel Square takes only a few minutes, but finding the meeting place took over an hour. Two groups were directed to the nonexistent International Hos tel or House, but they finally found the International Hall of Residence. March ' 2: This afternoon Doug and I went to a football (soccer) game. The game of football is tre mendous. The audience can follow the ball all the time and really feel more a part of the game than in American football. Above all, it is a game of great skill. Soccer viewing is a man's pastime and the women most ly stay away. Emotions can rise to a dangerous level. The large majority of spectator positions are standing. Adults have the privilege of having every bone crushed while standing on the "terraces." Less adventurous persons shell out extra shillings and head for the "stands" to sit through the game. After the game, masses of humanity ac tually flowed down the street and into the tube station, an impossible feat. A Day at Library March 4: I spent the day at the Deptford library which Miss Seldon has shown me to help my studies. To my sur prise, it was a gjft from An drew Carnegie. I finished SPECIAL NOTICE We have decided to continue our special money sav ing offer on all our low cost cars for the rest of this week. NOTHING DOWN ... on approved credit. NO INTEREST CHARGE for the first six months. Get the details from one of our salesmen todayl Dean & Taylor "Wide Track Town" 2177 So. Pac. Hwy. 773-7421 flrinriDlcs of Art History which was borrowed from Norm and took a good sired chunk out of Trevelyan's "England Under the Stuarts." This evening Doug and I went to another football game at Upton Park. On the way to our meeting place, I re quested directions from a man in the tube. 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