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History from the files or The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO veer ego.
10 YEARS AGO
Auautt 13. 1953 (Thursday)
Medford -A ihland4iour
lane highway Mid "stopgap ;
by-pass planned lor future.-,
Foul-smelling smoke and
dust from a portable asphalt
plant at Gold Hill today
caused the State Air Pollu
tion authority to issue the
first abatement order against
air pollution in the state's
history.
20 YEARS AGO
August 13, 143 (Friday) - ::
The Rev. Ward A, Rice be
comes pastof of First Chris
tlnn church.
From Arthur Perry's 'Ye
Smudge Pot column: "On a
Beall lane farm, in the back
yard, a sunflower is still val
iantly campaigning for Alf
Landon of Kansas, the
world's worst stump speaker
and GOP entry for president
in 1936. Thes unflower acre
age in Jackson county was
good, but not enough that
year." '
30 YEARS AGO
August 13, 1933 (Sunday)
Gov. Meier pays hurried
visit to city on way to Gold
Beach. "
Temperature scoots to 101
degrees for second day in a
row.
40 YEARS AGO
August 13, 1923 (Monday)
Bride and groom to spend
honeymoon walking from
Medford to top of Mt. Hood.
Price war cuts gasoline to
11 cents a gallon In Portland.
SO YEARS AGO -
August 13. 1913 (Wednesday)
Medford apples sold to
New Zealand firm, first fruit
from this section ever to go
to the antipodes.
Railroad grant swindlers to
be prosecuted; suit involves
U.S. against Oregon and Cali
fornia Railroad company.
What's Ycxr I.Q.?
Nine or ten eerreci h tu eerier;
seven er eiaM b) eKellent five at
an re f ve.
-1. Is batik a rare mineral
wood carving, or method of
executing colored designs on
fabric?
2. Which tropical fruit Is
n 1 c knamed "Midshipman's
Butter"?
3. What are the national
flowers oi Scotland and Ire
land? 4. Is Marco Polo the name
of an old city in India, an
active volcano in Italy or an
early traveler in the Orient?
S. Was Eamon de Valera.
President of Eire, born in
Dublin, Ireland, London, Eng
land, or Brooklyn, New York?
8. What by-product result
ing from soap manufacture is
of great importance In making
explosives?
7. Does the male mosquito
bite?
8. Did Charles A. Lind
bergh serve as an officer in
the Air Corps during W.W.1I?
9. Of what island is Taipeh
the capital?
10. Do stones grow?
Answarsi I. Designs. 2.
Avocado. 3. Vhisils-eham-roek.
4. Early traveler. S,
Brooklyn. I. Glycerins. 1.
No. I. No. 9. Formosa. 10.
4 A
AUGUST 13. 1983
What One Novel?
Don Sterling, an editorial writer for the Ore
gon Journal, recently wrote an article in which
he asked what would be the one example of
American literature which one would choose to
represent this country abroad.
It is an interesting question.
Sterling's own two favorite American novels
are "Moby Dick" and "The Adventures of Huckle
berry Finn." But he rejects these for the purpose
at hand, saying that the writing in Moby Dick is
difficult, a bit old-fashioned, has involved sym
bolism that might be beyond a young foreigner's
command of English, and, in addition, that it is
hardly representative of American life today;
and in Huckleberry Finn, the dialect is difficult
and subject to misinterpretation.
WHAT then? he asks. Faulkner? Steinbeck?
Sinclair Lewis?
Again, Sterling believes that a young foreign
er might not realize that most of their writing
was either attacks on social injustice which have
been largely corrected, or satires on very small
segments of American life.
Sterling finally settled surprisingly, to us
on Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea." He
admits it is not about the United States at all, but
about a Cuban fisherman,
But, he said, it represents the work of one of
America's best novelists. It is short, and written
in beautiful, clear prose. Its story of the old man's
battle with the big fish should be understand
able in any country, Sterling writes, and, above
all, its message of individual courage and self
reliance is one which he thinks deserves export
ing anywhere.
1IEWED in that light, Sterling's selection
T makes sense. But he is still troubled, and asks
of the world at large :
"What one American novel would you
choose" for this purpose? . .
For us, the answer might lie in "The Tree of
Libertv." bv Elizabeth Pace.
It is a little-known
and the states, before,
after the American Revolution. It probably does
Xiot deserve to be ranked, with the major novels of
majdr writers. But to jus it captured and reiiectea,
better than anything else we have read, the com
Dlex forces at work in this exciting period, the
motivations of the patriots who founded this
country; in race, tne wnoie nisioric inneniance
to which each of us owes so much.
...... . e . e . e . .-
IT SHOWS why "our" revolution was different
from any other in history; how it was the prod
uct of both nassion and intellect; how carefully
and painstakingly the
tnrougn weir acuons ana tne tneviutuie icsuuo,
how the devastating effects of overzealous radi
calism were avoided, and how the nation's foun
dations were laid, not only with blood, but with
brains, self-restraint and self-discipline.
An understanding of the American Revolu
tion seems, to us. to be a prerequisite of under
standing America today, for we are still striving
to achieve the ideals which were given voice dur
ing those exciting times, and are till living, by
the guidelines wruch grew out or tnem.
. I " , e e e e e
OTHERS will have other answers to the same
nnpstintv.' hnrt we'--would be dad to receive
additional nominations. .
So manv of the widely
the contemporary ones
marked by a special point of view, strive to
achieve a-limited objective, or bring a message
the scope of which is special or perhaps outdated.
So we repeat Don Sterlings question:
"What one American novel would you choose
to represent your country abroad?" E. A.
Tapes for Television
..- .
What would happen if you could put a tape
into your own TV set at home and see and hear a
program, the way in which you can put a record
on the phonograph and hear any music you
desire? ' ' ,,
It might have a considerable impact on the
TV networks and stations, just as the revival of
phonographs and good and inexpensive records
hurt the radio industry some years ago.
. . The speculation is not idle, for a British com
pany has developed just such a tape mechanism
which it says can be retailed for about $160. It
still has some technical flaws, and is limited to
30-minute shows. But improvements will be
made.
THE Oregon Statesman sees great "social and
A commercial ramifications." It lists some pos
sibilities:
The death, aborning, of pay-as-you-see TV,
Development of a
offering use of tapes for
cost.
Decline of commercial television, as view
ere pick their own programs.
A new wrinkle in
as I v tape recorders supply films which can
be shown on your own set.
e
T'HE Statesman also believes that theater own-
A era, play producers,
equipment makers, and
generally must be wondering how they may lose,
or stand to gain, by such a development.
Who's going to sit through a dreary show,
bespeckled with blatant commercials, when the
best of drama, entertainment, or even the kids
splashing in the swimming pool, can be readily
shown? E.A. A
novel, set in the colonies
dunnc and immediately
founding fathers thought
- known novels, not only
but also older ones, are
TV-tape rental system
a day or week at low
the home-movie hobby,
record companies, hi fi
the television industry
MEDFORD
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paper. In fact the contrary is often the case.
It's A Plot
To the Editor: "Good words
are a mask for the conceal
ment of bad deeds. Sincere
diplomacy is no more possible
than dry water or iron wood."
-Stalin, 1913.
"It is ridiculous not to
know that a treaty, is the
means of gaining strength."
Lenin, 1918.
"The disarmament policy of
the Soviet government must
be utilized for purposes of agi
tation ... for recruiting sym
pathizers for the Soviet Union
-the champion of peace' and
soclalism."-Slxth World Con
gress of the Communist Inter
national, 1928. ,
The Russians have broken
over 90 per cent of the trea
ties and covenants they have
made with nations of the
world and 50 out of S3 agree
ments negotiated with the
United States since our recog
nition of their government.
The staff of the Internal Se
curity subcommittee, after
making a study of the Soviet
treaty record concluded that
treaty-making Is, probably, an
Instrument of Soviet national
policy -Senate Document No.
125.
To communists, world wide
disarmament does not mean
elimination from the world of
all weapons of war. It means
taking all weapons away from
non-communists so that they
can offer no resistance to conv
munism and this is the pat
tern Russia has followed in
the countries they have taken
over.
In 1961 the State Depart
ment issued their "Publica
tion 7277," in which they out
lined plans for the complete
disarmament of the United
States'- the transfer of all of
our A r m e a r orces to ine
our armed forced to the
United Nations." Shortly
after that publication was is
sued Congress was seduced
Into transforming it into
"Public Law 87-297," which
gives the President (Ken
nedy) complete authority, "at
his discretion," to Issue the
"go" order for the entire dis
armament plot. If the test ban
treaty is ratified it will be a
long step toward accomplish
ing that end. Write or wire
your Senators today and de
mand that they reject the test
ban treaty.
The "One World" blue
print is completed and accord
ing to plan there will be a
world director (dictator) and
zone directors and 51 regional
directors. None of the zone
or regional' directors will
serve in their own countries.
An alien would command the
foreign troops stationed in the
U.S.
For the rest of the story,
with map, write to Cinema
Educational Guild, Inc., P.O.
Box 46205. Cole Branch, Hol
lywood 46. Calif. Ask for
Special July, 1963 Bulletin
(two sections). Price 15 cents.
Alice I. Black
R12 Newtown
Medford.
Astronomy
To the Editor: Astrology
has no scientific basis what
soever. It is based on blind
belief, on a theory, that the
stars have an influence on hu
man affairs.
In the middle ages it was
classed with alchemy, witch
craft and occult sciences. Its
basis is just pure superstition.
And despite all of our institu
tions of tearing there is a
little of superstition in most
of us. So this letter is not
one of condemnation.
Astronomy, however, is
based on mathematics and is
a pure science. It describes
Ihe stars in their courses. It
gives a minute, accurate ac
count of the planetary orbits
in our solar system. It can
foretell to the minute the
time an eclipse begins or
ends. This the astrologist can
not do. Even if his bc-f was
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
true he could not produce
proof that It was a true fact
that the constellations do in
fluence the course of human
lives. Any belief which can
not be proved by fact can not
be called a science.
"Christian Science," for ex
ample, is a pure misnomer.
There can be no science ap
plied to furnish proof of its
claims.
Astrology is said to have
originated in Arabia some
2000 years B.C. The ancient
Greeks picked it up from the
Arabs but they, at the same
time, in the course of time,
made a study of the move
ments of - stars and planets
and one, Ptolemy (Claudius
Ptolemaeus), 127-151 B.C.,
wrote a paper "The Alma
gest," which claimed that the
earth was the center of the
universe and that the sun and
stars revolved around it. An
other Greek, Hipparchus, a
contemporary astronomer
with Ptolemy, agreed to the
same theory.
But the old Greek theory
could not be proved with in
struments and after the first
Bible was written around 400
A.D., Ihe Church forbade any
claims of astronomers be
cause their claims did not
agree with the Bible story.
So the voice of science was
stilled until Galileo (1564
1642) declared that the Earth
moves.
Soon a number of English,
Polish, German, and other na
tionals, astronomers, support
ed Galileo's claim. The Eng
lish government allowed free
expression to its scientists.
There was Edmund Halley
(1656-1742) who discovered
and timed Halley's Comet,
There was Sir William Hers-
chel,- an English astronomer
who, with his sister Caro
line, studied the heavens
and in 1781 d i s covered
that our sun and the plan
ets were moving in space.
The Herschels invented the
first telescope. Brother and
sister spent a lifetime to
gether in astronomical work.
bringing more knowledge to
the world.
Since then, and particularly
in the last 35 years, astronom
ical science has advanced to
a stage of knowledge un
dreamed of even 50 years
ago.
John E. Ring
1049 West 11th st.
Medford
Deeply Disturbed
To the Editor: I am deeply
disturbed by the state of our
nation today. Increased racial
tension, fiscal irresponsibili
ty, a Communist Cuba, loss
of states' rights these are
the accomplishments of the
liberal New Frontier. I am
sick of this kind of "prog
ress." but we will get more
of the same by continuing to
vote for liberal candidates
forced on us by our Demo
cratic party and the liberal
minority of the Republican
party. We must have a con
servative in the White House
in 1964, or face national cha
os and confusion.
The Democratic party is so
throuoghly indoctrinated in
liberalism that we must de
pend on the conservative ma
jority of the Republican par
ty to provide us with an HON
EST choice of candidates
not a liberal versus a liberal,
but a conservative versus a
liberal. I see Barry Goldwa-
ter as the ONE man who can
fight the New Frontier and
win! Apparently I am not
alone in that belief. I under
stand that over 60.000 peti
tions are being circulated by
"Citizens for Goldwater,"
Valley Forge, Pa., urging the
Republican convention to
nominate the Senator for
President. This group also
provides all kinds of material
and help for organizing local
Goldwater groups. I ha e al-
Transatlantic Chicken Battle May Be
Only Opening Skirmish in Trade War
By WERNER ZWICK
United Press International
Frankfurt, Germany -UPD-
The transatlantic chicken war
may be just the opening skir
mish in a trade battle between
the free world's economic
giants.
The issue in the current
struggle is whose chickens
West Germany will fry in fu
ture.
Not an earth - shattering
problem? Perhaps, but feath
ers started flying when the
European Common Market
Commission in Brussels virtu
ally banned the cheaper
American frozen chickens by
clamping a prohibitive tariff
on them.
Last year, West Germans
ready sent in my own request,
and it occurred to me that
many of your readers might
wish to do so, too.
My conscience simply will
not let me sit by and watch
my beloved country being
torn to shreds by men who
have tried to make a dirty
word of patriotism and at
tempted to reduce the mean
ing of our Constitution to ab
solute nothing.
I declare myself here and
now as a Southern Democrat
for Senator Barry Goldwa
ter, and I intend to see him
through to victory.
Mrs. M. G. Price
Route 6
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Sharing Enjoyment
To the Editor: "Going My
Way" has long been a favor
ite piece of writing with me
and I would appreciate its
publication in order that oth
ers might also enjoy these
thoughts.
Mrs. Emma Perkins
120 Laurel st.
Medford.
goincTmy-WAY
I am a traveler on a one
way journey through life and
never expect to retrace my
steps or come this way again.
My yesterdays are poignant
recollections of tasks neglect
ed or undone, mixed with
pleasant memories of the few
things done well. My tomor
rows hold promise of oppor
tunity to do bigger and bet
ter things. My present is be
ing lived in the valley of
struggle and pain, and shar
ing the load of others.
Since I pass this way but
once, my hope is that men,
women and children may be
glad that I came and regret
that I am leaving. As I jour
ney with my fellow man, may
I be privileged to bring joy
where sorrow once ruled;
smiles to replace the tears;
to plant a flower of kindness
in those hearts where once
the weeds of despair grew. As
I follow the noble pattern of
the Apostle Paul, may I nev
er falter as I press toward the
mark for the prize of the
high calling; but should I
stumble and fall, may the
grace of God lift me up and
start me forward, going my
way. Anonymous.
Ha Saved Lives
To the Editor: The story of
Claude Eatherly's suffering
after he participated in t h e
Hiroshima bombing, sent in
by Name on File from Jack
sonville, is extremely pathet
ic, but if he would only re
alize that his action that day
saved the live of thousands
of our young men - the cream
of our manhood - he would
be better able to sleep nights.
One wonders if the Japs
had had the bomb would they
have used it on our mainland?
Vou know the answer.
Ray Lovett.
Rogue Valley Manor,
Medford.
Untolvabla
To the Editor: Replying to
Henry Johnson Jr.'s letter of
Sunday (Aug. 11), will state
my view, to wit: that the Old
Testament Writ is not accept
able to all Christians as a
"verbatim" or believable ac
count of truth. That is, it is a
Book, attributable to Jewish
(or Judistic) influence and
could easily be a corruption
of divine thought and truth
in and through all periods of
human history.
Even the New Testament is
our inheritance from a Mcdi
eval period and could also be
at great variance from eternal
truth. In any event, there are
many so-called "God's" works
and words in and among hu
man believers. Some are call
ed "pagan" by most Chris
tians. Most of them are reject
ed by Christians as being a
clear elucidation of truth for
human belief. I am inclined
to think that in any argument
for the Old Testament Scrip
ture as "the Word of God,
the negatives really have the
better of the debate. For it is
not certain that its entire con
tent is truthful or believable
to reasonable men, and men
of goodwill, as well. I would
prefer to call the subject mat
ter wholly a moot, unsettled
and, indeed, unsolvable prob
lem for everybody in the same
identical terms.
Fee Clifford lsteb
17 South Bartlett st.
Medford
bought $51.3 million worth of
poultry from the United
States. Since the tariff boost,
American chicken imports
have fallen to a trickle.
"Fifty million dollars is
just a drop in the bucket com
pared to 1.2 billion dollars
worth of agricultural prod
ucts West Germany buys from
the United States." Edmund H.
Driggs, European director of
the Institute of American
Poultry Industries, said. "But
what happened to the chick
ens could happen to other
commodities." ,
The chickens have become
a test case in what seems to
shape up as a trade war be
tween the economic giants of
the Western world, the Unit
ed States and the Common
market.
The French, eager to dump
their chicken surplus on the
West German market at. the
expense of the Americans, ap
parently thought they already
had won the war.
But then the United States
threatened to strike back at
the spot where it hurts most
the pocketbook. By pitting
the Volkswagen and other
vulnerable Common Market
exports against the chickens,
it hoped to reach a compro
mise.
If the American threats are
implemented, West Germany
will be hit worse than other
In the Day's News
ly 'RANK JENKINS
A bit of history?
Well, a few hours more
than 89 years ago last Satur
day morning (on Aug. ' 10,
1874) Herbert Hoover 'was
born in the village of West
Branch, Iowa. He was the
second of three children. His
people were Quakers.
When he was only 6 years
old, his father was killed by a
falling tree. He left his family
a small farm and an honor
able name. His wife sold the
farm and put the money In
trust for the children and be
came a traveling preacher.
Four years later she died and
the children were left or
phans. UNCLES and aunts looked
after them. Herbert made
his home first with an uncle
who was an Iowa farmer.
When another uncle became
superintendent of the Quaker
college at Newberg, in the
lower Willamette valley, Her
bert came to Oregon and at
tended the college.
This uncle later moved to
Salem and opened a real
estate office. Herbert acted as
his office boy, and it was dur
ing this period that he became
interested in mining engi
neering as a career.
While working as an office
boy in Salem, he heard that
a new university was to open
soon in Palo Alto. He pre
pared himself for his entrance
examinations by going to
night school, and in 1891 he
was enrolled as a member of
the first class to enter Leland
Stanford university.
CO-
We are safe in saying
It was OREGON that gave
Herbert Hoover to the nation
and to the world, for it was
in Oregon that he developed
the qualities1 that made him
one of the world's greats.
IfROM Washington as this is
written comes this word:
Tax writers expect to com
plete next week their version
of a proposed $10 BILLION
overall tax CUT.
A rough estimate by
spokesman for the house ways
and means committee indi
cates that revisions so far
agreed on would increase
revenues by about $1 BIL
LION. 1IHICH is to say:
" Assuming that taxing
and spending proposals go
through about as outlined-
We'll put NINE BILLION
DOLLARS MORE on the cuff
next year, to be added to the
300-odd billions that are al
ready on the cuff.
TO
th
a generation schooled in
the theory that if one goes
on indefinitely spending more
than one takes in one will GO
tiKUKK, mat s an odd pro
posal, isn t it?
One can't help wondering
what Herbert Hoover, who
has a vivid vocabulary when
he chooses to use it, would
say about such a proposal if
he really took his hair down
and let himself go.
ONE word more about
Hoover.
Mr
He has always worked hard.
He still does. His doctors say
his health has improved
steadily since his illness in
June. They add that there has
been no recurrence of the
gastro-intestinal bleeding from
which he suffered at that
time, and that his heart has
remained normal in its rhy
thm. Hard work appears to have
agreed with him. He has al
ready lived to a riper age than
any other President except
John Adams, who passed go.
Common Market countries,
the Federal Economics Minis
try complained.
And a spokesman for the
country's export-aimed elec
trical industry lamented bit
terly: "Those stupid birds did
all the damage."
The West German consum
ers seem to like the "stupid
birds" from America.
American poultry first hit
West German frying pans
four years ago and aroused a
ravenous appetite for more.
Per capita consumption
jumped from 7 to 14 pounds.
West Germans once regard
ed fried chicken as upper
crust fare ranked not far be
low caviar. Then they discov
ered they could afford to buy
American broilers.
Corner grocers installed
electric fryers for the take
home trade, and chicken res
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
Tel Field Enterprisea. Ine.
SUMMER READING
When summer houses were
built, 75 or 50 years ago, or
whenever, I feel sure that
the builders
furnished
them with
complete sets
of books. Ev
ery s u mme r
house I have
every visited
has had al
most the iden
tical library
uarri as though the
books were chosen by some
central agency.
These books are roughly
divided into two categories:
the unread and the unread
able. The unread are the grim
sets in stiff gray bindings:
complete works of Whittier,
Masterpieces of Living Liter
ature, and 20 volumes of Nel
son's Encyclopedia, edition of
1907, in print size that cries
out for a large magnifying
glass.
The unreadable category is
even larger. This includes, in
variably, "Girl of the Limber
lost," "The Little Shepherd
of Kingdom Come," "Sorrel
and Son" by Warwick Deep
ing, "Scaramouche" by Rap
hael Sabatini, "Beau Geste,"
"Ben Hur," "Polly and Her
Friends," "The Green Hat,"
"Leatherstocking Tales," and
"An Antarctic Mystery" by
Jules Verne, easily his worst
book.
. Some diabolic anti-literary
mind was carefully at
work making this matter
selection. Not only are all
the third-rate authors fully
represented, but it it their
loweit efforts that decorate
the bookcases. And if a tu
perior writer like Dickent
is there, it is Dickent at
hit most maudlin; if Mark
Twain is on the thelf, it it
alwayt the foolish "Tom
Sawyer" or the provincial
ja&5?' lid
HO
Editorial Comment
Stanford and the Bard
Stanford University's announcement that it will sponsor
a Shakespeare festival next summer, the 400th anniversary
of the Bard's birth, is an important calendar entry for
visiting scholars and tourists, as well as for resident Shake
spearean aficionados.
Bringing the Ashland Festival players down from Oregon
and the Globe Theater company up from San Diego to pro
duce seven or eight Shakespeare plays in the lovely Frost
Amphitheater is a happy-inspiration. The Ashland and San
Diego companies are first Tate and, when played off against
each other, should yield to Bay Area audiences a richer
understanding than comes through on TV or from road!
companies of what Shakespeare in Sixteenth Century Lon
don was like.
Professo Virgil K. Whitaker, the Stanford Shakespear
ean scholar who is organizing the festival, has also drawn
the Actors' Workshop of San Francisco into his a fresco
series to offer three works by Shakespeare's contempo
raries. The combination of all these public performances
with an academie program weighted with visiting Eliza
bethan scholars should easily make good Professor Whita-'
ker's hopes for creating a major intellectual attraction in!
the Bay Area. San Francisco Chronicle .
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"What do you mean, you
Integrated? That was an
the entrance!"
taurants shot up throughout
the country. German cook
books came out with "south
ern fried" recipes.
Even the entertainment in
dustry got on the bandwagon
with the hit tune "Brathendl
Polka" (Fried Chicken Polka),
a ditty popularized by a Ba
varian hillbilly.
But the boom ended abrupt
ly when the Common Market
commission raised the tariff
on American broilers. Chick
en consumption in West Ger
many declined 20 per cent.
Consumers switched to other
meat rather than pay a pre
mium for European poultry.
And with the Common Mar
ket heading for a common ag
ricultural market, consumers
are afraid they will be de
prived one day of other at
tractively - priced American
foodstuffs.
J. Harris
"Innoeenlt Abroad," never
ona of hit mordant and bril
liant workt.
It It at though tomaona
who hatad writing in all its
mora creative imaginative
aspects ware put in charge
of summer house libraries
throughout the country a
generation or two ago.
. I bought a little place on
the lake lati year, complete
ly furnished and when
they taid "completely fur
nished," they meant it: in
cluding 300 books that look
me two days to haul to the
local dump in a station wa
gon, at my getture toward
Better Literature.
Somehow, people won't
throw away no-good books the
way they will throw away,
after a fev years, non-literary
junk that accumulates.
Some of the books in my
place were published in 1870;
they were no good to begin
with, and they became worse
with age. Yet each successive
tenant evinced a paralyzing
reluctance to brush them off
the shelves. Perhaps they re
mained there as a yellowing
symbol of Summer Culture.
Whatever the reason, it has
always fascinated me to visit
a summer house for a week
end and browse on the shelvoj
for a good book to take up
to bed. With my eyes closed, I
could recite the selection
from "Ten to Seventeen: A
Boarding School Diary" by
Josephine Baskam Bacon, to
"Heart's Delight" by Louis
Tracy, also the proud author
of "Rainbow Island," "Pillar
of Light," and "The Albert
Gate Affair."
They used to call these
dreadful things "hammock
reading." The pity of it is
that hammocks have nearly
disappeared, but the reading;
hasn't.
didn't know that camp was
American flag you patted al
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