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Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Register and Tribune Syndicate, ;963 Not Surprising That Many Legends About Cats Exist It's not too surprising that so many strange legends and myths have entwined their devious, twisted threads into the tapestry of the common cat's background. Even the origin of the animal is un known, yet the cat has walk ed with saber-armed, padded feet alongside the human race for countless centuries. Cats were held in sacred reverence in ancient Egypt thousands of years ago. Great temples were built in their memory. Of all the animals domesti cated by man, the common household cat is the only one which has persistently retain ed the greatest number of wild characteristics. They can not be subdued by punish ment; they may even die in rigid confinement. By nature they are endow ed with great endurance, agility and bodily grace. Probably their stamina and hardiness gave credence to the old supcrsition that a cat "has nine lives." It is, of course, only a superstition, for a speeding motor car can short-change a cat of at least eight of his lives in the flash of an eye, even before the cat can try them all. Number Unknown No accurate cat-census has ever been taken, but as a rough guess, there are prob ably a few million more cats in the U.S. than there are dogs, and there are reported to be about 30 million canines. There are some peo ple allergic to cats, and some dislike them; some people even have a morbid fear of them, and many think a black cat crossing one's path is a sure sign of bad luck. The coiners of proverbs, slogans and supersitions have embellished our language pretty generously with trite sayings that include a cat in their application. Under cool, scientific reasoning about all of them are meaningless. "It's raining cats and dogs" has come to mean a heavy shower, and the erroneous re ference to permanent hostil ity, "they fight like cats and dogs" to indicate perpetual quarrel, is far from the truth. Cuts and dogs do not fight un less urged on by some hu man. "A cat and dog affair" is also as wrong. There is no natural animosity between these dissimilar animals. In fact, the members of the en tire animal kingdom seldom fight one another. Given a chance the cat, any cat, even the semi-wild alley cat, will make friends with any dog, and both will give every Indi cation of enjoying the. rela tionship. Dogs Don't Delight The not-so-bright human owner who yells sic-'em at his dog and delights in the chase that follows stupidly thinks all dogs delight in chasing all cats. Not so, say students of dog behavior. The dog pursues the cat only be cause it is attempting to please the master. Of course, once the habit is formed, the dog will continue to harass any cat it sees, thinking that its owner will approve, or will be pleased. "Quick as a cat"' really docs have a meaning, for the cat is about as near a poetic motion as any animal can be. "Sleeping like a kitten" cer tainly indicates peaceful, re laxed slumber. "A cat can look at a king," and many of them do,' and actually "live in the lap of Royalty." And Mrs. Cat wears her crown with dignity and hauteur. The amount of static elec tricity generated in the strok ed fur of a cat gave super stitious folks the silly idea there was a little something supernatural going on, and the black cat became associat ed with witches and witch craft a case of the innocent being made to suffer because some humans were stupid. The folks that coined the proverbs and fabricated the superstitions should have put their talents to better use, and allowed the cat to have her day. Survivors of Pearl Harbor To Organize Lcland A. Scott, Grants Pass, has issued a call to all persons who survived the at tack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, who may be residing in Ihe southern Oregon area. During the next 30 days, Scott said, lifetime member ships in an organization of the survivors will be available. A nationwide campaign is under way to locate and register all of the survivors. A southern Oregon meeting is planned for the near future, Scott said. Anyone wishing additional information regard ing the plans is asked to write Scott, the southern Oregon co ordinator, whose address 860 NE Eighth St., Grants Pass. SECTION a HfA U PAUtSS 1 to MEDFORDtPTRIBUNE PAGES 1 to 12 MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 1963 Washington - IUPK - L. Gor don Cooper stood in the House chamber Tuesday and gave a thousand persons a glimpse into the soul of a man hurtling through space. When he finished telling the hushed gathering how he thanked God for letting him make his epic 22.9-orbit flight, there were tears in some eyes. Hands reached out to clutch his as he made his way out of the chamber after his ap pearance before specta tors, congressmen, cabinet officers, Supreme Court justices, his family and his fellow astronauts. It was a day of rousing tribute for the 36-ycar-old Air Force major who remained longer in space than any other American. He received the personal thanks of Presi dent Kennedy, and rode in a parade to the Capitol through cheering throng of 250,000 persons. Prays on Tap Recorder The climax came when Cooper, In his Oklahoma drawl, told the chamber that I am not much of a preacher, but while on the flight on the 17th orbit I felt so inclined to put a small prayer on the tape recorder in the space craft - it was over the middle of the Indian Ocean in the GIRL MISSING Pamela HutuI, 14, of Chicago, has been missing from her home since May 11. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hutul, belive she is in Los Angeles because a railroad ticket seller says he sold a girl resembling the miss ing youngster a railroad ticket to the California city on May 10. (UPI) Assembly Slated at College Tonight Ashland Interested towns people are invited to attend the annual Honors and Awards assembly at Southern Oregon college, at 8 o'clock tonight in Britt Ballroom. Outgoing student body pres ident, Bill Bebber, Ashland, will preside. After installation and rec ognition ceremonies have been conducted for the new student council, there will be awards of scholarships, grants, Who s Who in American Col leges and Universities, and activities awards which will include drama, athletics, mus ic, speech and publications. u nnt mom msi e iwiwm t mxnwr mm mmm msm n rmr. tsm wi mwn mum & nm. kx tun wmm gam - .5- ' 4 4 T 4 1 '- iS. - a: SUNNY BROOK! the mild, smooth whiskey for modern tastes People with a taste for today's good living-people like yw ik e Sunny Brook. 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To Outline Plans Walter Higgins, housing committee chairman, and com mittee members William Hoxie and David Kuhns, will outline several low cost hous ing plans, offered by private and government agencies. A report of the Northwest Housing conference, recently held in Portland, will be given by Mrs. Fred Rankin. The future of the Senior Ac tivity Center will be discussed with particular emphasis on a proposed survey. Other events announced in observance of Senior Citizens Week are an open house at the Mcdford Fifty Plus club Fri day, May 24, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at the Episcopal Church Guild hall at Fifth st. and Oakdale avc.; and open house at the Senior Activity Center Sunday, May 26, from 1 to 5 p.m. There will be music by the Center orchestra and re freshments will be served. Miss Schwiebert Fourth in Contest Ashland Southern Oregon college coed. Gay Lynn Schwiebert, Ashland, has placed fourth in the national "Miss Photography of 1963" contest, according to Hugh G Simpson, SOC director of information. Judging for the contest, which was sponsored by the Master Photo Dealers and Finishers association, was based on the observable beau ty in photographs and on charm and intelligence. Gay, a sophomore in ele mentary education, was a run ner up in last year's Miss Rogue Valley contest and jerved as Homecoming Queen last fall. She was entered in the contest by Mrs. Phil Brainerd of Brainerd's Studio, Mcdford. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Schwiebert, reside at 203 North Mountain ave. Ash land. Many of the falcons used as mascots of Ihe U.S. Air Force academy are captured in cliffs within sight of the academy's Cooper Provides Glimpse Into Soul During Space Trip middle of the night. "Things had been going so beautifully," Cooper said, "everything had been work ing perfectly and it was an ideal flight. I was encouraged to read a little transcript of this prayer as an ending: "I would like to take this time to say a little prayer for all the people, including my self, involved in this launch operation. Father, thank You, especially for letting me fly this flight. Thank You for the privilege of being able to be in this position; to be up in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, won derful things that You have created. Help Asked for All "Help guide and direct all of us that we may shape our lives to be much better Chris tians, trying to help one another, and to work with one another rather than fighting and bickering. Help us to complete this mission success fully. Help us in our future space endeavors that we may show the world that a democ racy really can compete, and still are able to do things in a big way, and are able to do research, development, and can conduct many scientific and very technical programs. "Be with all our families. Grange News Central Point Grange Forty-five candidates from eight Granges In Jackson county received the third and fourth degrees on May 17 at the Central Point Grange hali. The degree team from the Roxy Ann Grange conferred the degrees in full with tab leaux and songs. Thirty-nine of the candi dates had received the first and second degrees on May 9 at the Bcllvicw Grange hall when the degree team from Central Point conferred the degrees. This is the largest group of candidates received into the Granges in several years. Opportunity for these new members to receive the fifth degree will come on May 25, when the degree of .Pomona will be given at the Central Point Grange hall. The sixth degree will be given at the Stale Grange con vention in Portland during Give them guidance and en couragement, and let them know that everything will be okay. "We ask In Thy name. Amen." Cooper said the reasons he named his space capsule Faith 7 were "One, because I believe in God and country; two, because of loyally to or ganization, to the two organi zations, actually, to which I belong, and, three, because of the confidence in the entire space team." June and the seventh degree may be taken at the National Grange meeting next Novem ber. This meeting will be held in Portland. Eleven Granges were rep resented in the meeting. Mas ters of visiting Granges pre sented were Pomona Master Melvm Lattie; Roxy Ann, Frances Moffatt; Sams Valley, Ernest Radomske: Griffin Creek, Virgil Wilkes; Phoe nix, Lloyd Whiteside; Upper Applegato, Edmund Ramsey: Live Oak, Harold Van Hoy; Upper Rogue, Roy Vaughn. Roscoe Roberts, overseer of the Oregon State Grange, was the distinguished guest. Preceding the meeting the officers of Central Point Grange performed the officers' seating drill. Master James Cornutt presided for the meet ing and all business of Cen tral Point Grange was set aside for the joint meeting. Following the degrees talks were given by the masters of the visiting Granges. Refresh ments were served at the close of the evening. Hearst Warns on Sino-Soviet Split Stanford, Calif. - Hipp - Wil liam Randolph Hearst Jr., ed itor in chief of Hearst News papers, has warned against premature conclusions about the split between Soviet Rus sian and Communist China. Hearst told a meeting of the Foreign Policy Institute at Stanford university that "there Is no end in sight yes to this bitter argument . . . For the United States to lcai to any conclusion on the evi dence available at this tima would be foolhardy and pos sibly self-defeating." The editor referred to Ni- kita Khrushchev and Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse- Tung as "two elderly hard heads. The editor added "don't bet against Khrush chev. These are my final words of advice." 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