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Valley Woman Hurt In Medford Mishap A 53-year-old Central Point Woman suffered serious injuries Wednesday when she lost control of her car on a turn and crashed into Howard School at 2301 Mer riman Rd., according to city police. In fair condition in Rogue Val ley Hospital was Maria Alvilda Jacobsen, 72 Bigham Dr. Mrs. Jacobsen told officers she was driving an unfamiliar car and lost control of it as she attempted to turn a corner by the school about 5:33 p.m. The car smashed through a hedge, struck a steel pole and crashed into a corner of the school building. ADD TO "LIST" WASHINGTON (UPI) - Two British ships, a Moroccan ves sel and two Lebanese ships have been added to the mari time administration's "black list" of vessels barred from carrying U.S. government-financed cargoes because they participated in trade with Cuba. Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford, phone 7 72-6 Hi; Ash land call at 416 Bridge it , or ohone 482-3002; Yreka, phone Victory 2-2898 bet ore 6:45 p.m. daily and 10 JO a.m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive shortly after you call please notify office, thus eliminating special messenger service. DCLUXE HAIR DRYER with new cloth fashion bonnet fashion-created by Sally Victor. Cocoa brown carry case. Dryer straps to waist so you can walk, taJk. do chores white hair dries. Extra long cord. Free HAPCO HOME APPLIANCE COMPANY 115 East Main Medford MEDFORDasWTRIBUNE SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1963 PAGES 1 to 10 i . offer of initials for case. II ST- jm 3wa Jt CLEAR ROAD AHEAD A motorcvclisl, right, has the south bound lane of New York's East River Drive to himself, but me norinDOuna lane has cars linea up ihree deep. All north bound lanes were closed for an hour after part of the roadway collapsed, causing the massive traffic jam. (UPI) Draftee Test Being Planned WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Defense Department is consid ering a plan under which all youths would be given physical and mental tests for the draft at the age of 18, it was learned today. At present, the physical and mental tests are given at the time of induction, which aver ages 23 years. Defense officials said the pur pose of the change would be to increase voluntary enlistments in the armed services. They said they believed that more youths would enlist if they knew they were physical ly and mentally qualified and probably would be drafted five years later anyway. More than half of the poten tial draftees now are rejected by physical and mental tests, but it is believed the rate of rejections would be far smaller if they were given to all youths. Enlistments already provide by far the greater porportion of the recruits for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Only the Army is using draft ees. In 1962 there were 324,000 enlistments against 81,000 draft inductions. Conceivably, officials said, enlistments could rise with fur ther encouragement to a point where inductions would be rare or unnecessary. Mir AWt! war.' s i w n x v 11 mors M l l. l.Vc t'lfiirv m i i w m 4 I J'g'y wm (AtC DAIRY PRODUCTS For a Halloween "treat" that can't be beat, serve our party-perfect ice cream. It adds the magic touch to any gather ing. Pick up a party-pack of Arden's ice cream today. You'll be-witched by the good taste of your favorite flavor. SNIDER & ARDEN FLAVOR FRESH CE CREAM AND OTHER FROZEN PRODUCTS. Arden's and Snider Milk Products come directly to your grocer from plants right here in Southern Oregon. Flavor fresh from farm to store, processed under close supervision of Arden Farms Co. ARDEN FARMS CO. ONE OF THE LARGEST BUYERS OF MILK FROM SO. OREGON MILK DIST. Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- THE TERRIBLE-TEMPERED scion of an old Virginia family got as far North as Boston on a motor trip and dropped in for luncheon at a Boylston Street restaurant. Near the end of his re past he summoned the proprietor and inquired icily, "Tell me, my good man: is not Boston the place where they dumped the tea in the harbor?" "Of course," said the pro prietor. "Good," nodded the Southern gentleman. "I suggest that you now follow the same proce dure with your coffee." Author-producer Nunnal ly Johnson is a city man first, last, and all the time. Told that he might inherit a forty-acre estate in the country, Johnson promised, "If I get It, I'll have the whole thing paved!" SIGN LA-NGUAGB: On a church bulletin In Syracuse: "Come to worship every Sunday and avoid the Easter rush." ... In Houston: "Last. Cadillac dealer for three blocks" ... In the window of a Chicago paint and wallpaper store: "Husbands choosing colors must have a note from their wives." D 1963, by Bennett Cert, Slatrtbuitd toy Kiac Future! Syndicate ' Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER U!fM. Hall Sii-1cm, Inc. HOW MUCH TIME OKF FOR CHRISTMAS? This year Christmas falls on Wednesday a calendar fact which, as a corporation employe, you will find no cause for rejoicing, for this means you'll proably get only a few extra hours off before the holiday. In contrast, last year when Christ mas fell on Tuesday, corporations the nation over closed Mon day and millions of employes got a four-day weekend. Wednesday is the "worst" day for this holiday. While a large number of U.S. companies which did not have to stay open the day before Christmas to serve the public gave employes a four- day week-end in 1962, they're not going one bit for the five-day deal in 1963. The 19th annual survey of corporation holiday practices by the Dartnell Corp. of Chicago will be released Nov. 1. A pre view of replies by companies in 34 states and parts of Canada indicates none will give Monday off and only 16 per cent will give all of Tuesday off before Christmas. Most 61 per cent will just give a half-day off on Tuesday and will reopen as usual on inursday. The New Year's holiday pattern will be even less relaxed. None will give Monday off and a majority 67 per cent won't give any time off on Tuesday either. You're not going to get a running start into New Year s eve this year. Of the 218 companies surveyed, only one is using this Christmas-New Year's to grant a full-fledged vacation. SKF Industries, Inc. of Philadelphia which reports that "a sub stantial majority of our employes are eligible for three weeks' vacation or more" is shutting down its plant from Dec. 23 through Jan. 1. thus combining a one-week vacation period with the paid holidays. ... , The reason for the restraint, of course, is the cost of pro longed shutdowns at mis season. General Motors won t an nounce its schedule until mid-December but its normal pro cedure is to give a half-day off on Christmas and New Year's eves. What would it cost GM to give a five-day holiday? Says a GM spokesman queried in New York "more than $26 million for hourly-rated employes alone." This would not Include sal aried people or the cost of lost production or of plants closing. Here are other trends uncovered by the Dartwell survey. A first one which surprises me is renewed popularity for the oft-discredited Christmas party. A majority of 63 per cent of the companies will have Christmas parties this year, way above 1962's total. The feeling pro and con Christmas parties is strong. One man, whose company held a party last year, said, "Anything is better than a party!" Another, whose company favors the get-together countered with, "An informal party is always good. The employes 'let their hair down'." (SP comment: frequently too far down for their own good.) The party season will run more than a month begin Dec. 6 and end in mid January. A second trend which is impressive is the continuing clamp-down on acceptance of gifts from the outside by employes. This year, 03 per cent of the companies checked declared they have a No-Gift policy against 47 per cent in 19fl2, 39 per cent the year before. Many of those who do not prohibit the taking of gifts hy their employes put a dollar limit on their value less than $5 or lip to $10. Others who do not have a written ban on acceptance of gifts discourage them under unwritten rules. The business gift market is immense but it has leveled out. The magazine "Incentive Merchandising" estimates that busi ness gift spending will hit $322 million this year, less than a 1 per cent increase over 1962 s spending. The magazine Sales Management" reports a slight decline in the number of com panies giving gifts and a slight rise in the number of corpora tions giving none. P. S. On your time-off before Christmas this year, it may be some consolation to know that companies are much more generous than they used to be. In 1957, when Christmas last fell on Wednesday, the number giving a full day off on Tues day was insignificant and only 25-35 per cent gave even a half-day off. P.P.S.: Also as consolation, next year Christmas will fall on Friday meaning a minimum of a three-day holiday is com ing up. BUILDING Commercial Buildings, Residences Patiot Pumice, Shal & Concratt Block Firaplac Materials Stone Prf-Stred ConcraU BUILDERS SUPPLY WITH i OUCH A PIECE OF WOOD, feel its friendly texture, as so often a craftsman will, observe the beauty of its grain, know the fragrance of its scent. It is apparent at once that it is different to all other ma terials. It is warm, has a character and vitality of its own. Perhaps this is because it is an organic substance, created by the processes of life itself, and formed of the same such stuff as all living things includ ing you and me. With the help of modern research, the range of uses ot wood is being continually extended. Today wood fulfills for us in numerable tasks, supplies our countless needs. Wherever we turn, the product of the living tree is our constant servant and companion. Say, if you like, it has no thoughts, nor tongue to speak, but at this very moment it bears the message you are reading. Wood frames and sheathes our homes,, furnishes the rooms, bears the fence, pro vides the gate. It spans the stream, sup ports the railroad, crates the goods, lifts the loads, carries the cargoes. It is the door of the house, the heat of the hearth, the board of the table, the frame of the bed and the wood of the cradle. It is the gift of God and friend of man. . . CO, too, when he first built for himself a shelter, man turned to wood. Whether of plaited boughs or of stout logs, wood protected him from the elements and from his enemies. As he became civilized he expressed much of his culture and his con cepts in the' form of buildings of wood, many of which have survived the passing of centuries. In Oslo recently there was celebrated the 1300th anniversary of a church of timber construction even to the pegs holding the building together. In Japan, religious ceremonies are still held in a temple 1100 years old. The timbered walls of the church at Chipping Ongar, Essex, were erected in 841 A.D. As O.D.A. Oberg, C.M.G., a great lover of timber, has said: "Timber is the stuff of history. Timber kept us warm for a thousand cen turies, saved Noah, built King Solomon's temple, sacked Troy, symbolized our hopes of Heaven, discovered America and Aus tralia, made Britain mistress of the seas, and keeps the flag flying still." (Reprinted tram "Wood Gift of God end friend at Men" by Normin K. Willi,! SOUTHERN OREGON CONSERVATION TREE FARM ASSOCIATION S 1 S E, Main St. Medford, Oregon Phone 773-4575 o o 727 W. McAndrews
