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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
bUHUAl. JULf 11, 19oJ
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contrary is often the case.
Tomatoes
To the Editor: How about
a little just plain nonsense
for a change? This, however,
relates to one of our pet
peeves songs whose lyrics
are so garbled by the singer
that no one probably not
even the singer himself can
understand them.
Heard one the other day,
with a real catchy little tune,
so should anyone desire to
sing-along with "Waltzing
Tomatoes" that was some
thing like the original title,
here's our version of the
lyrics
Once there was a fisherman,
settin' on the riverbank
Never a care in the world
had he
And he sang as he sit there
and soaked his little angle
worm "You'll come a waltzing, To
mato, with me!"
Chorus: "Waltzing Tomatoes,
Waltzing Tomatoes,
You'll come a-waltzing, To
mato, with me."
Out came the Steelhead, soon
he had his limit caught,
Up jumped an extra one,
quick as could be
So he took it off the hook
and he hid it in his over
shoe, "You'll come a-waltzing, To
mato, with me."
Here comes a Warden, settin'
in his power-boat,
Down comes the State Police,
one, two, three:
"Where's the Johnny Jump-up
you put in your rubber
boot?
You'll come a-waltzing, To
mato, with me."
(chorus)
Out went the fisherman, run
nin' through the under
brush, "You'll never catch me to
day" said he, .
Tripped up on a berry vine,
landed in the poison oak
"You'll come a-waltzing, To
mato, with me."
(chorus)
Now he's in the county-jail,
scratchin' on his poison
oak
Wearin' a cast from his hip
to his knee
Singin' "Who ate the steel
head, lost out of my rub
ber boot
Wish I had my hands on the
S.O.B. . . ."
Author's note: This is not
to be interpreted as a per
sonal experience.
J. D. Oakes
Eagle Point, Ore.
Sacred Name
To the Editor:. Our heaven
ly father has a name, one of
which is not too holy to be
uttered, as the Jews claim it
is, and ont like most believe.
Our Creator's name was
written in the original
scriptures with the con
sonants Y H W H pronounced
Yahweh. In the year 700 A.D.
the Masorites came up with a
system of writing the vowels
called the Masoretic vowel
point system, so that after
that period of time any one
could read Hebrew. Being
that the Jews felt that the
name was too holy to be spo
ken, the Masorites place the
vowel points (E A) of Adoni
into the consonants of YHWH
and pronounced it Adoni
(Lord) in English. When the
Christian world translated it
they had this to work with,
(Latin) JHVH which was
YHWH in English. With the
vowel points of Adoni insert
ed they came up with J
which should have been a Ya
sound and got Jehovah,
which is erroneous. The vow
el points are just backwards
and should be in the Latin
Jahoveh and Yahweh in Eng
lish, all having the same pro
nunciation. I would like for you to
notice the tradition of the
Pharisees concerning the
name of Yahweh in its being
too holy to be spoken.
Luke 19:37-40, "And when
he was come nigh even now
at the descent of the Mount
of Olives, the whole multi
tude of the disciples began to
rejoice and praise Yahweh
with a loud voice for all the
mighty works that they had
seen. Saying, blessed be the
king that cometh in the name
of Yahweh. Peace in heaven,
and glory in the highest. And
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Remembrance of Things Past
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste;
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death's dateless night,
And weep afresh love's long-since-cancell'd woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight.
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored, and sorrows end.
William Shakespeare
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Tender Tots?
They say that the minds of children
Are whimsical, fey and free,
That they've vivid imaginations
And creative facility.
So you bring home a cute little puppy
To your fanciful, whimsical elf,
And you give it to her for a present,
And tell her to name it herself.
Does her vivid imagination
Soar wildly? Alas, it does not!
She notes that the puppy is spotted,
And she solemnly christens it "Spot"!
Kids are supposed to be wide-eyed,
Naive and ingenuous,
Awestruck over things that seem
Commonplace to us.
So you take your naive little offspring
To see some spectacular sight,
Like a nuclear sub or jet plane
Or an orbiting satellite.
Is your little one thrilled and bedazzled?
Is he round-eyed with awe? No, he's not!
You stand there, gasping gee-whizzes.
Your cynical child yawns, "So what?"
Psychiatrists tell us that youngsters
Are easily traumatized sprites,
So sensitive they must be shielded
From violent, shocking sights.
So you shepherd your tot to a movie.
Which you find to your great chagrin,
Is full of gore and violence, .
Brutality and sin.
So guess who gasps and shudders
At the ghastly, lurid scenes?
And guess who watches placidly.
And guzzles jelly beans?
Jane Goodfell, in her ' It s a
Woman's World" column,
Oregon Labor Press
o
The M Builder
The heart Is a master builder:
For when the head shakes sadly
At a sheer impossibility,
R jgrettlng what cannot be.
Knowing the star too distant,
The yawning gulf too wide,
The ground too soft to hold
The heart, commissioned by
An instant s glance, a trembling touch.
With stunning, effortless ease
Erects a graceful, towering edifice
From whose gilded, stretching spires
The love-brightened eye may see
The azure prospect of eternity.
George H. Bell
Mcdford
some of the Pharisees from
among the multitude said
unto him, Master, rebuke thy
disciples. And he answered
and said unto them, I tell you
that, if these should hold
their peace, the stones would
immediately cry out."
What should the Creator's
people be called? Eph. 3:
14-15: "For this cause I bow
my knees unto the Father of
our ruler Yahshua, messiah,
of whom the whole family in
heaven and earth is named.
It would do well if the
Christian professing people
of this world today would
just stop and examine the
ways of their faith, and stop
being self satisfied and take
to heart this scripture:
"These were more noble than
those in Thessolonica, in that
they received the word with
all readiness of mind, (and
searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were
so). For additional informa
tion call at my home, 723 W.
11th, or write.
Thomas N. Bostwick
P. O. Box 801
Medford
and with such rare simplicity
that the man on the street
can read and really under
stand the depth of the awe
some transition of our day.
And - may be continue to
write truthfully even if it be
a bit embarrassing.
William T. Cuddy
V.A. Hospital
Roseburg, Ore.
SP Picnic
To the Editor: You carried
in your July 19 Locals col
umn a story of scheduled
safety picnic for Southern Pa
cific Railroad employees and
pensioners, to be held at Ump-
qua Park, Roseburg, Sunday,
July 21. This annual affair
is sponsored and serviced
solely by employees and is
primarily a family outing to
meet with and honor retired
former employees. Committee
chairman W. C. "Bill" Car
ley, formerly of the Medford
Ashland area, reports that
all S.P. employees and pen
sioners of this area will re
ceive a very friendly wel
come. Free hot-dogs, cold
drinks and ice cream.
Edwin E. Collom,
P.O. Box 602,
Ashland, Ore.
Hatfield for V.P.
To the Editor: I enjoyed
your "Hatfield and the Light
ning" very much, MT.717,
and I certainly hope he gets
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The news as this is writ
ten? The White House contrib
utes a lair share of it.
AT HIS news conference
Wednesday afternoon,
President Kennedy announced
that the budget deficit for the
government (fiscal) year just
closed was $2.6 billion less
than his estimate in January.
The lower figure, he said, is
attributable to spending cuts
throughout the' executive
branch and higher tax reve
ille Vice President nomina
tion. Although I've been a
Democrat for over 50 years
I will vote for him and try
to induce all my friends to do
the same.
With him in Washington
we'd have the chance to send
a chap to Salem whose head
woudn't be buried so deep
in the high political clouds
but what he could, occasion
ally, check on conditions at
the grass root levels.
Claude M. Hall,
2860 Placer rd.,
Sunny Valley, Ore.
nue generated by the strong
business recovery.
He added:
"The most urgent business
before the nation continues to
be a prompt and substantial
tax reduction to reduce unem
ployment and bring the na
tion's industrial plant up to
capacity production."
PARDON, sir, but a lot of us
out in the sticks, basing
our opinion on our own ex
perience, can't help believing
that SPENDING LESS THAN
IS TAKEN IN. so that each
year there may be a surplus
to be applied to the reduction
of our national debt, which is
reaching staggering propor
tions, is the most urgent busi
ness confronting our nation.
We are so unsophisticated
as to believe that when a na
tion goes on spending more
each year than it takes in and
adding the difference to what
is already on the cuff it is
courting bankruptcy.
We are glad to learn, sir,
that last year we went only
$6.2 into the red, instead of
the $8.8 billion you had an
ticipated. But, out here in the
sticks, it seems to us that go
ing $6.2 billion into the hole
when we already owe more
than 300 BILLION dollars is
RECKLESS FINANCE.
VI ORE from Washington:
A crowd of 2560 foreign
students ran wild on the
White House lawn in an over
enthusiastic attempt to get
close to President Kennedy.
One girl grabbed the handker
chief out of the President's
breast pocket and a boy
snatched his tie clasp in the
moclee.
"That's two from our bus
that got somthing" the girl
who had snatched the Presi
dent's handkerchief shouted
ecstatically as others in the
party (which is making a tour
of the country by bus) surged
forward toward the President
- who headed toward the safe
ty of his office from the spot
on the White House lawn
where he had greeted the
party.
THESE foreign students,
from 56 countries, have
been in the United States for
the past year on exchange
scholarships under the aus
pices of the American Field
Service. They lived with
American families in 2500
communities around the na
tion. The bus tour is a wind
up of their year.
Most of them carried cam
eras and wanted close-up
shots to show when they get
back home. They also wanted
handshakes and autographs.
HOW did the President take
it?
The answer is VERY WELL
INDEED.
When he reached the sanc
tuary of his office, a little
wilted, but still able to smile,
he grinned a bit ruefully and
remarked to the White House
correspondents:
"They're not the quietest
group that has come to visit
us here."
- A 5
Motorists Report
Keys Gone From Cars
Several motorists who left
their keys in the Ignition of
their cars at Jackson park
Thursday night returned to
their cars to find the key
missing.
City notice officers said
about four motorists complain
ed their keys had been taken.
The thefts occurred between
8 and 10:30 D.m. Thursday.
officers said.
ELL, boys will be boys.
' And girls will be girls.
And, all over the world, boys
and girls in their teens are
inclined to be a trifle ebul
lient at times. Our own are
no exception to this general
rule.
But let's hug to our bosoms
the thought that - ebullient
though they may be - our
American youngsters would
have been somewhat LESS
ebullient on a similar trip to
Buckingham Palace, say, for
an audience with Queen Eliza
beth.
PIONEER REALTY
Pioneer Road
MOVED
to
CENTURY BLDG. - 843 E. MAIN
Room 42 Bertha W. Gammill
Phone 779-2356 Broker
More Needed
To the Editor: I agree com
pletely with Mr. Allen on his
editorial about Jackson camp
ground. It is the kind of place
my family has been looking
for since we moved to this
area two years ago. Many a
Sunday we have packed a
picnic lunch, loaded our cam
era and swimsuits in the car
and driven off in one direc
tion or another looking for a
spot like this. Time after time
we spent the better part of
the day and we were always
disappointed. My three chil
dren would get cranky from
riding around in the car,
which they do not consider
fun. They want to play in
the water or just explore
around. After a while one of
my youngsters would ask me
when were we going to get
there.
We would usually wind up
at some spot where the water
was so deep and swift it
wasn't safe for an adult to
wade or else the brush was
so thick you couldn't spread
a blanket, or we would
squeeze in at some overcrowd
ed spot driven there by our
hunger.
Sunday was a different
story. We all enjoyed our
selves. We did not come home
disappointed. We spent the
day in pleasant surroundings
and the facilities seem to be
adequate for a spot this size.
My wife and I agreed on
the way home how nice it
would be if somebody could
develop more such spots with
in 20 or 30 miles of Medford.
It seems the population of
this area demands it.
David Perry
3371 Freeland rd.
Central Point, Ore.
No Hospital
To the Editor: You never
printed my letter of some
moons ago wherein I suggest
ed that David Frisch of White
City had become a modern
Don Quixote in his absolutely
asinine attempts to have a
medical and surgical hospital
installed at that VA Domi
ciliary. I note by Tuesday's
M-T that he is still at it! Just
to enlighten you both as to
why there cannot now and
never will be any such ad
junct or annex at the Dom I
will quote from a brochure,
prepared under the signature
of Frank F. Merker M.D.. di
rector of the Roseburg Vet
erans Hospital and published
May 12, 1963:
"In 1962 a 56-bed general
and surgical unit was estab
lished (at Roseburg VAH) to
take care of the medical prob
lems of our neuro-psychiatric
population, which had pre
viously been sent to the VAH
at Vancouver, and to care
for patients from White City
Domiciliary and veteran resi
dents of Roseburg and vicin
ity." Just before I was deported
from the White City Domi
ciliary and returned here for
psychiatric observation I
was seized and railroaded for
writing my humble opinions
whensover the spirit moved
me and you usually had the
courage to print them I was
told that my letters in the M-T
had "shaken up the staff" and
would 1 transfer willingly to
the VA Domiciliary at Los
Angeles. I would not, for I
come from Nevada and White
City is my proper area do
micile. And so I was "exiled"
into this now very pleasant
and friendly hospital. A mir
acle has occured here in rec
ent years!
That's a long, long contro
versy that David and a few
others have been engaged in
and a useless one. So I trust
this bit of information will
keep Brother Frisch from an
noying VA officials at Wash
ington further. I continue to
enjoy E.A.'s editorials and be
lieve them the best on the
Coast. He is the only one that
IT'S TIME AGAIN TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS FOR
Shakespeare Under the Stars !
Of course, you'll want to see ALL of the fine plays which will be staged in
Ashland this year in beautiful Lithia Park. GOOD SEATS are NOW AVAILABLE,
and you can make your reservations at Mann's Department Store in Medford
or at the Festival Box Office in Ashland. You'll enjoy Shakespeare's inimitable
plays at the new Elizabethan Theatre the "Merry Wives of Windsor," "Romeo
and Juliet", "Love's Labour's Lost" and "Henry V". And be sure to tell your
out-of-town friends to STAY FOUR DAYS-SEE FOUR PLAYSI
KCIE IEAM
What a treat It will be, seeing the best
of William Shakespeare in the beau
tiful setting of Ashland's new Eliza
bethan theater in Lithia Park. Those
who enjoy truly GOOD entertainment
will want to see all four plays at least
once . .. and those who enjoy truly
GOOD ice cream will want to ask for
Jorgensen's "Fiesta." Add
to your pleasure before the
Shakespearean plays and
after by refreshing with
this grand-tasting ice cream
-fortified with NUTRI-MIX
for added goodnessl
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Products
Ask for
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TOPS In GOODNESS & TASTE
I know of who can write hu
man interest so courageously