MONDAY. MAY 6. 19S3
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An Uprising Feared '
Sly Mockingbirds Ringleaders
Of Feathered Plot To Overthrow Us
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD, OREGON
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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
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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. His destination
was the same as mine so we
struck up a conversation. I
found that he (Mr. D. Harris)
is an actor with the Old Vic.
He just returned from a South
American Tour.
The game was a cup match,
and West Ham decided to
show a little team work and
beat Swansea Town.
march 5: After a long day
with Trevelyan at the library,
I went to Norm's house to re
turn his book. This also gave
me an opportunity to meet
his family, including the two
poarders. Norm's family ij
one of those that lives in
front of the TV so I got an
education in BBC and ITV,
All American hour programs
are only 45 minutes long by
the time they reach BBC.
After they lose those precious
commercials there really len t
much left. Independent TV,
of course, docs marvelous advertising.
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