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Drinking Habits I
Cocktail Party Rated as One of
America's Leading indoor Sports
Editor's Note: This is the
first of five dispatches by
United Press International na
tional reporter Harry Fergu
son on the drinking habits of
80 milion Americans. It deals
with social drinkers, their
preferences and habits.
Bv HARRY FERGUSON
WASHINGTON (UPI)- There
is a widespread belief that the
cocktail party was invented in
America some time in the first
quarter of the 20th century.
Well, a writer named Critias
described one form of social
activity in ancient Greece like
this:
"They have bowls and toasts,
too. They then loose their
tongues to tell scandalous stor
ies . . . upon their eyes a dark
mist settles, memory melts
away into oblivion, reason is
lost completely."
The fact that the cocktail par
ty probably was invented in
Athens, Greece, instead of Ath
ens, Ala., Athens, Ohio, Athens,
Ga., Athens, Pa., or Athens,
Tenn., does not diminish the en
thusiasm of Americans for it.
GIVING INSTRUCTIONS President John F. Kennedy, right,
appears to be giving instructions to California Governor Edmund
G. Brown, left, near Redding. Calif., Saturday, as they are being
introduced by the master of ceremonies during the dedication of
the Whiskeytown Dam and Reservoir. (UPI)
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States Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk and Rus
sia's Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. (UPI)
France and the United States :
lead all nations in the rate of
alcoholism, but the Americans
are far ahead in organized
group drinking. The cocktail
party is one of our most wide
spread indoor sports.
There are no precise statistics
on the amount of social and
business drinking in this coun
try. Splitting a can of beer with
your neighbor over the back
fence is social drinking. Busi
ness drinking can be either a
luncheon for two or a cocktail
party with 500 guests.
80 Million Drink
About 80 million Americans
above the age of 15 are fairly
regular drinkers of alcoholic
beverages. The heaviest drink
ing per capita takes place in the
District of Columbia, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey
and Wisconsin. The lowest per
capita consumption of legal al
cohol occurs in Mississippi, Ala
bama, Tennessee and Geor
gia. Dumping together all persons
above 15 drinkers and non
drinkers the average Ameri
can last year consumed 1.99 gal
beyond price..,
PERL
FUNERAL HOME
INVITATION
Ions of distilled spirits, 1.32 gal-
lons of wine and 21.98 gallons of
beer.
The overwhelming amount of
social drinking occurs in the
American home rather than in
saloons or lounges.
Valid Observations
To get an up-to-date picture
of social drinking in the nation
United Press International bu
reaus across the country re
sponded to a question n a i r e.
Drinking preferences and hab
its vary widely in different sec
tions, but these general observa
tions arc valid:
The average cocktail party
is scheduled for two hours, most
frequently from 5 to 7 p.m. The
party actually doesn't get under
way in the sense that all guests
are present and have a drink in
their hands until about 5:30 p.m.
It doesn't end until after 8 p.m.
more often than not. one or two
guests will stay until 9 o'clock.
The guests will consume three
and one-half drinks per person
on the average if there is no
terminus on the party except the
clock. If it is a cocktail party
preceding a dinner, it will aver-
Policemen Hurt in
Post-Game Fight
Portland (UPI ) Three city
policemen were injured, none
seriously, in fighting which
broke out following the Jefferson-Grant
high school football
game at Jefferson Saturday aft
ernoon. Examined and treated at a
local hospital were patrolman
Bernard Schuette, William Att
wood and Larry Plaisance.
According to Sgt. Weston
Johnson of the East Precinct,
the disturbance, involving some
300 youths, broke out immedi
ately following the game, sub
sided, then flared anew several
blocks from the high school.
No persons were arrested.
Johnson said a lot of "older
trouble makers" were involved
in the mclce as well as high
school students. Jefferson lost j
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Portland Zoo Draws
About 20,000 People
PORTLAND (UPI) - An esti
mated 20.000 persons packed the
Portland Zoo Sunday, a good
portion of them to see the two
new baby elephants born in the
past two weeks.
LIST APPROVED
CONAKRY, Guinea (LTD -Conakry
Radio said Sunday
night 99.5 per cent of the voters
in Sunday's general election ap
proved the single list of candi
dates presented bv President
S e k o u Toure's
Democratic
pajty Official results have not
yet been announced.
MEDKORD
Tropical Decolletage
National Geographic, in
Bv DICK WEST
WASHINGTON (UPD-Let us
join today in extending felicita
tions to the National Geographic
Magazine,
which is ob
serving its
75th anni v e r
s a r y this
month. Actual
ly, the first is
sue of the Geo
graphic, which
came out in
1HH8, carried an
net X'tober Date.
But, as everyone knows maga
zines dated October are pub
lished in September, if not in
August or July.
So now is the time to cele
brate. The National Geographic Soci
ety, which publishes the maga
zine, has long been approxi
mately my favorite institution,
give or take home cooking and
Marlene Dietrich's legs.
In a moment of levity, I once
described the society as 'a non
profit educational and scientific
association dedicated to proving
age two drinks per person. The
reason for that is that at a cer- j
tain time the dinner gong sounds
and the bar shuts down.
Martini Best Seller
The dry martini is a best
seller at cocktail parties, but
people have stopped being fana
tics about how it is made. A few
years ago the martini drinkers
insisted on dry-dry-dry concoc
tions of about eight parts gin
and one part vermouth. Many
bartenders met this demand by
merely pouring straight gin.
The martini of four parts gin
and one part vermouth now is
generally accepted nationwide.
Americans still cling tenaci
ously to two fallacies about
drinking (1) That mixing drinks
will make you drunk quicker
and give you a worse hang-over
and (2) That black coffee will
sober you up. No matter how
many different kinds of drinks
you consume, they all become
mere alcohol when they start
through the blood stream to
ward the brain. As one physi
cian put is: "All black coffee
does is turn a sleepy drunk into
a wide - awake drunk. The man
is still drunk."
There has been a heavy in
crease in the drinking of vodka
and in the demand for so-called
"lighter" whiskey, namely,
whiskey with lower proof.
New Trend in Chicago
The old-fashioned bartender
who bought every third drink
has ceased to exist. But Chicago
reports a new trend to lure the
customers into bars with "cock
tail hours." From 4 to 7 p.m. all
types of drinks are 50 cents.
Dallas notes the rise of the
"poolsitle party" in which occu
pants of big apartment houses
assemble around the swimming
pool. Each family brings its own
bottle, ice and mixings and the
party lasts indefinitely with a
constant change of cast.
P e a n u t s, mi xed nuts,
shrimp on a toothpick and dev
iled eggs are the most popular
hors d'ouevres because they are
easy to fix. There is a current!
fad for dips into which you
plunge potato chips.
The most frequent topics of
conversation at cocktail parties
are busines, sports and sexy
stories. Chicago notes: "This or
der tends to reverse itself as the
evening progresses."
Next: Case history of a social
drinker.
College Board Exam
Needed for Academy
High school graduates inter
ested in attending the Coast
Guard academy should take the
college entrance board exami
nation Dec. 7.
It was stated that the Coast
Guard has forgone its annual
special examination in favor of
the more convenient college
board exam.
Deadline for applying is Nov.
8. Age limit (or cadetship at
the academy is 17 to 22. Appli
cations may be obtained by
writing to Coast Guard Cadet,
618 Second ave., Seattle 4,
Wash.
Tulelake Rancher
Heads Potato Group
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KLAMATH FALLS fUPI) -
Wesley St. Peter of Tulclake,
Calif., a rancher, h.'inbeen elect
ed chairman of the Oregon
California Potato Committee at
the group's annual meeting
here
Archie Mastcrson of Redmond
was chosen as vice chairman
and F J. Carpenter of Madras
was picked as secretary-treasurer.
TRAVEL BAN EYED
WASHINGTON (L'P!) - The
chairman of the House Com
mittee on un-American Activi
ties plans to introduce legisla
tion in about two weeks that
would give the government spe
nfic powers to curb travel
abroad by U.S. citizens.
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MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDl'OIlD,
that the female members of cer
tain tribes in Africa wear no
brassieres."
In reality, of course, the
society is much more than
that, its sphere of interest em
braces anything that walks,
talks, swims, crawls, flies or
just sits there and rines noth
ing. I'll confess, however, that an
'occasional glimpse of the femi
' nine rib cage in its natural
i state was what first attracted
Six Accidents
Checked in City
On Week End
Six vehicle accidents in Med
ford were investigated by city
police during a three-day period
from Friday to Sunday, accord
ing to reports. One slight injury
was reported and three citations
were issued, officers said.
Nicholas Sebastion Thcis, 47,
of 325 Vancouver St., was treat
ed at Sacred Heart hospital
Sunday for injuries he received
when his car collided with a ve
hicle operated by Mansel Wiley
Milam, 54, Central Point, about
7:44 p.m. at Highway 66 and
Interstate 5. Milam was cited
for disobeying a traffic signal.
In one of three accidents Sat-!
urday, Iris Lea Wright, 2873Vi
Table Rock rd., was cited by
police for defective equipment
after her car collided with a
vehicle operated by Jess Oliver
Bigs, Del Paso Heights, Calif.,
about 10:30 a.m. at Court st.
and McAndrcws rd.
A vehicle driven by Dorothy
Vivian Mathcny, 3126 Madrona
St., struck a parked motorbike
owned by Ronald Lee Harris,
138 Ashland ave. The mishap
occurred about 5:45 p.m. at
Sixth and Front sts.
Freeway Accident
A non-injury accident occur
red about 8:15 p.m. Saturday
on the Interstate 5 overpass
when a vehicle operated by Jill
Margaret Crawford, 17, of 1503
East Main st., swerved to avoid
an object in the roadway and
crashed into a guardrail. No
citation was issued, officers
said.
In one of two accidents Fri
day, John Gray Uerlings, 36,
Central Point, was cited for not
having an operator's license in
his possession after his vehicle
collided with a car driven by
Gerald Clifton Rook, 49, Shady
Cove. The mishap occurred
about 7:35 p.m. at North River
side ave. and Walnut st.
Vehicles operated by Perry
Lou Hulse, 17, of route 3, box
204A, and Jessie Myrtle Minear,
78, of Rogue Valley Manor, col
lided about 2:30 p.m. Friday at
Black Oak dr. and Barnett rd.,
according to police reports.
Mobile X-Ray in
Josephine County
GRANTS PASS-A mobile x
ray unit will be stationed at
three different Josephine county
locations this week, Dr. E. C.
Wall, county health officer, an
nounced today.
The unit will he at the Provolt
Seed and Feed store Tuesday
from 2 to 6 p.m.; at the Cave
Junction Shell station Wednes
day from 1 to 7 p.m. and at the
county courthouse in Grants
Pass, room 100, Thursday from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dr. Wall said he hoped all
adults in the county would take
advantage of the x-ray services,
which can detect early tuber
culosis, cancer, emphysema
I and heart disease. "These con
ditions are becoming more
prevalent in the older age
groups," he noted.
"It is important for those
known to have been exposed to
TB sometime in their lives to
have annual x-rays." Dr. Wall
added. "If you are not sure,
have a chest x-ray anyway. It
takes only a few minutes."
I Bids To Be Opened
i Ocf. 9 for Vehicles
J Bids will be opened by the
county court on Oct. 9 for 15
county vehicles. County Pur
chasing Coordinator William
Cochran said today.
These cover six sheriff's cars,
two passenger cars for the
j county court, and one car and
i six pickups for the county road
: department.
Bids will be received for the
whole group or for sections of
it, Cochran said.
AUTOMATIC COW TAKEN
ELIZABETH, X.J. (UPD-A
police posse was looking today
for the rustlers who stole a big
red automatic cow weighing BOO
pounds and mure than 6 feet
tall. The theft was discovered
Sunday when a complaint call
came to the New Jersey Auto
matic Dairy Service, Inc. Two
repairmen went to the location
of one outdoor milk dispensing
machine and found that some
one had carried the machine
I oil in broad daylight.
OREGON
75th Year,
me to
youth.
the macazine in my
I became a Geographic read-:
er after my parents imposed an
embargo on mv subscription to
"Capt. Billy's Whizbang." The
Geographic being a highly re
spected publication, I could ogle
its photographs of tropical de
colletage with impunity.
The world-wide explorations,
expeditions, studies and investi
gations sponsored by the society
are legion. Some day 1 hope it
will underwrite a study of why
magazines dated October are
published in September, if not
in August or July.
Such a project would by no
means be outside its scope.
When it is not contributing to
Peary's visit to the North
Pole, or to a scaling of Ml.
Everest, the Geographic pokes
around in obscure nooks and
crannies with amazing results.
Here are some of the tilings I
have learned from the Geograp-
Vancouver Fire
Loss Set at $23,000
VANCOUVER, Wash. (UPD
Loss was estimated at $23,000
today from a fire late Sunday
which destroyed the home of the
H. E. Huggins family.
Two firemen, Vince Meyer
and Richard O'Rourke, were
treated for smoke inhalation.
The blaze apparently started
near a clothes drier. The family
was away visiting in Salem.
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Dam and Reservoir near Redding, Calif., Satur
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mally learns from his parents,
but mine never had the time to
tell me. They were too busy in
tercepting my copies of "Whiz-
bang."
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Kennedy is California Governor Edmund G.
Brown. At Kennedy's left is R. J. Pafford Jr.,
regional director of reclamation. (UPI)
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