MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
SUNDAY. JULY 7. 1963
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contrary is often the case.
CORRECTION
Editor's note: A commu
nication published in this
column July 5 stated that
personal property held in
storage in Medford had
been sold without notifica
tion io the owner. Dale
Franklin of Franklin's
Transfer and Storage, de
nies this, slating that not
only was proper notifica
tion given by registered
mail and publication, but
that the owner was present
in town at th lime of th
sale. The Mail Tribune re
grets the publication of the
erroneous letter.
God Counts His People
To the Editor: In our Amer
ican way of life, the privilege
of being counted in our
churches is a wonderful thing,
s freedom that we Christians
can give thanks for.
This freedom is not the
came in many countries, es
pecially Communist countries,
and certain restrictions deny
the Christian worship of God
and Jesus Christ.
The Christians in the United
States are aware of the Satan
ic movements of decisions to
eliminate Godly doctrine that
has earmarked us in the U.S.,
as leaning to God and resits
Christ, is ' being removed by
atheists and agnostics pressing
for legality to bear in their
favor. So then Christianity
takes its place of being ruled
out of gains made by atheists
and others of that similtude
that will move into the space
vacated by conditions left
open. Will the fathers of our
government like this?
Will further encroachments
by this same group change the
Godly part of our American
life?
Also the growing movement
of printshop religion, door bell
ringers circulating cheap copy,
finding and pressing new re
cruits into this type of a lead
er movement that in nowise is
the will of God, but a means
of denying and attempting to
destroy Christendom, to use
their own jargon. The people
on earth belong to God, and
the means of their salvation
comes by Jesus Christ, to be
redeemed by His blood, who
died for all to pay the price
of redemption, leaving the
way of coming to God clear if
people will just accept God's
grace offer.
So isn't it much better to
accept God's offer and His
plan, instead of going down
the drain?
Oscar Jacobson
3395 New Ray rd.
Central Point, Ore.
Questions
To the Editor: Gosh Folks,
why all the "pessimism?" Did
you get outta bed on the
wrong side, and where did you
find all the big words to use?
Is the war talk and the price
of sweets getting your goats?
"Cheer up, the worst is yet to
come" (unquote). I heard that
somewhere; it's no thought of
mine. I'm going to whistle
and hum (I can't call it "sing
ing") as long as I've breath to
blow up my new air mattress.
You go fishing, too. It's the
real way of vacationing.
I love the way some of you
darlings spell my name.
Pearl Spackman,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Talk Turkey
To the Editor: When Ken
nedy and Khrushchev get
theyah telephone line con
nected, they can spend theyah
time talking cold turkey ovah
a hot wiyah. As always, we'll
furnish the turkey and pay all
the telephone bills.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
Saxon
To the Editor: On page 2A,
column 4, Tuesday's Mai(
Tribune, the Old Timers club
who will lead the July 4 pa
rade at Ashland in a restored
1915 "Sexton" car.
We never heard of one, al
though there was a car called
a Saxon about that era and
year of vintage.
An Old Rcsidenter,
Name on File,
Medford
Woman's Dilemma
To the Editor: And God
said unto the woman, in sor
row thou shall bring forth
children and thy desire shall
be to thy husband and he
shall rule over thee. (Gen.
4:16.)
So, according to nature's
(God's) law, woman was as
signed to obey her husband
and, when this law is follow
ed, the marriage can be a suc
cess, if the man can rule the
roost and the woman can
obey.
Occasionally, perhaps one
in 20 marriages, the woman
is the boss, which shows a
reversal of the law.
In certain social branches,
science, arts and inventions,
the woman lags far behind
the man, and the reason for
it is that very decree God
made when he created man
and woman and consigned
her to the kitchen and the
cookstove.
Man develops his talents
and brain power at the rate
and along the lines of work
he follows. He begets part of
his skill and training to his
offspring. That is usually,
father to son, mother to
daughter. In the old country
where I grew up just before
the turn of the century, it
was common usage among
craftsmen that the son follow
in his father's footsteps. This
custom had been followed for
hundreds of years and during
the guilds in medieval times.
However this has changed
since the machines came into
use.
But it does not alter the
fact that during the million
or more years since man's
creation the male has devel
oped a greater capacity to
do creative work entirely dif
ferent from woman's work.
This is not in any way
derogatory against her. It is
just God s law. He made it so,
A woman who is a comfort
to her mate is an invaluable
prize, a wonderful master
piece of God's creation. i
The woman in these mod-
em times who is married to
a good provider is under a
great handicap. She is not 1
supposed to work. Her kitch
en and housework, if she is I
capable, takes a couple of
hours a day. And a law says
"An idle mind is the Devil's
workshop."
How to solve the dilemma?
Try physical exercise, read
and get wise, try the simple
life.
John E. Ring,
1049 West 11th st.,
Medford
Right of Privacy
To the Editor: I noticed an
item in this (Thursday) eve
ning's paper referring to a re
port given to the Medford City
Police by myself concerning
a sum of money taken from
my'wallet.
After completely losing my
temper, I called the police sta
tion and was informed by a
very polite and pleasant po
licewoman that they have no
control over what any paper
chooses to print about their
activities.
This is something called
"Freedom of the Press" which
usually means only, the loss
in privacy of the individual.
No wonder the image the
public holds of the policeman
is someone called to herald a
thing of violence. The press
is denying us the right to call
on our police for the little
every day things.
Mrs. Ann Hamilton
905 Grants St.
Medford
Gold Ownership
To the Editor: Recently I
wrote a letter asking why the
secrecy about a Federal Court
ruling legalizing the private
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
On the Grasshopper and Cricket
The poetry of earth is never dead;
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead.
That is the grasshopper's he takes the lead
In summer luxury he has never done
With his delights, for when tired out with fun,
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought a silence, from the stove there shrills
The cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one, in drowsiness half-lost,
The grasshopper's among some grassy hills.
John Keats
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To John Keats
"Keen fitful gusts are whispering" once again
I sit and hear the quickened step of Night
Slip softly through my door. My lamp burns bright,
But shadows drift across my back, for when
I read, I seek the silent path that then
Keats walked with Petrarch by his side. Her light
Glows faintly in the sky, and Laura's knight
Returns. Now Milton stalks from darkened den,
His spirit set as Aeginctan stone,
And seeks to light my way and lead me out,
But whispering gusts become the only sound
To reach my ears again I am alone.
ownership of gold in this
country.
You stated you had not
heard about it-nor had the
U.S. Secret Service office in
Portland.
May I suggest that for ver
ification of my letter, you con
tact Judge Mathcs of the Fed
eral Court of the southern dis
trict of Calif., Los Angeles,
who rendered this decision on
August 16, 1962.
It is interesting to note that
Bobby Kennedy's Justice De
partment began an appeal of
this decision and then dropped
the appeal. It would still be
Interesting to know-why the
silence?
M. J. Olscn
Rt. 4, Box 325
Medford
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Editor's note: See comment
in editorial column.
A 5
What hour, what place, upon what lonely route
win our paths cross, Prometheus Unbound?
Lloyd B. Halverson
( Medford
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Incompatibility
We're cabined here within our innate selves
Two beings Isolate as magnet's poles
Close locked with atom's charge through double helves,
Our bodies' beings and our bodies' souls.
Or as two posts built into fence we share
A common rail which makes us what we are,
Two points in space with simple duties there,
To stand, decay, at last let fall the bar.
For we to one another cannot tell,
Though linked within these bonds, our souls' desire,
And we, like magnet's poles, like posts, must dwell
Within our selves, possess no mutual fire.
W. Arthur Boggs
Oswego, Ore.
From the author's "Odysseus and Other Poems," by per
mission. Originally published in Blue Guitar.
O
A Rose Without Thorn
Science and man have found a rose
Without a thorn;
Perfection rare it seems to be.
This flower newborn.
For me, life's lesson from that rose
Has passed away;
God has not meant that we should be
Forever gay.
Deep 'mongst the thorns of life we search,
Nor gain repose
Until at -last, though scratched and torn.
We reach the rose!
Lila Curtis Bates
Eagle Point, Ore.
Mrs. Renfro Named Chairman of Board
Grants Pass Newly elect
ed chairman of the City Dis
trict 7 school board is Mrs.
H. F. Renfro, who had for
merly served In the post dur
ing the 1960-61 school year.
Mrs. Renfro, who will com
plete her second term as a
school board member July 1,
1964, is the only woman on
the newly aligned board
which started work last week.
Sworn In as new members
were Robert Busch and Ed
Malone, chosen by voters at
the school election in May.
Dr. R. Ray Johnson, also
elected in May, started his
second term.
More and More People Are Investing at . . .
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Officers and Staff Directors
Herbert G. Grey, President
John Niedermeyer, Vice President
Robert F. Kyle, Exec. Vice President
John E. Myers, Secretary & Loan Officer
Mary Jane Myers, Treasurer
Jeraldyn Jerome, Cashier
Linda Tompkins, Teller
Rilla Kaye DenHerder, Teller
Herbert G. Grey
John Niedermeyer
John E. Myers
B. L. Nutting
Harry C. Skyrman
Robert F. Kyle
We Are Glad To
Announce a
fit
P ANNUM
DIVIDEND
FOR THE PAST HALF YEAR,
PAYABLE TO INVESTORS
JUNE 30TH, 1963
Inviitmtnt mad by the 10th l
the month earns as ef the tint,
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and LOAN ASSOCIATION of MEDFORD
Thanks to our new higher dividend rale, your savings
earn mora than ever at First Federal . . . and they era
insured against loss ot any kind up to $10,000 through
the Federal Savings & loan Insurance Corporation, an
agency of the United States government. We're welcom
ing more and more friends than ever before to th test
growing family of First Federal Investors. Their savings,
while providing financial security for themselves, are
helping to build their own community, here in the Rogue
River Valley. You'll find it a wise step to start accounts
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STATEMENT OF CONDITION
June 30, 1963
ASSETS
First Mortgage loans and Contracts
loans on Savings Accounts
Investment Securities
Cash
Office Properly and Equipment
Real Estate and Other Assets .
Total Assets
LIABILITIES
Savings Accounts ,
Advances From Federal Horn loan Bank
loans In Process
Specific Reserves
General Reserves and Undivided Profits
Total liabilities
.$7,401,732.82
64,085 87
. 450,200.00
212,093.53
224,857.25
- 95,337.22
..$8,448,306.69
.$7,070,471.15
. 521,500.00
. 299,981.29
11,674.67
. 544,679.58
..$8,448,306.69
and LOAN ASSOCIATION of MEDFORD
201 W. 6th Street, Medford, Oregon Robrt F. Kyle, Manager