MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
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These Creatines Invented
Anchor Far Ahead ol Man
Besides being the seashell
liiat jingle, jangle, jingles, this
was one of the creatures thai
predated man in at least one
important accomplishment.
Neither early history nor tra
dition gives us much informa
tion as to when the first man
made use of an anchor to hold
his crude raft or floating log in
i fixed position.
Today's anchors serve the
same purpose as the rock at
tached to a vine did lor tne
dawn-man when he anchored his
floating raft to the ocean bot
tom. Before Men
Yet millions of years before
the bleary eyes of the dawn
man looked out across his an
cient sea and timidly ventured
out upon its restless surface,
Mother Nature was successfully
using anchors to hold some of
her subjects to some solid sup
port. Two of these, very com
mon ones, are the so-called
jingle and the penshcll; two
mollusks that attach themselves
by means of bycuss cords which
run through regular little "haw
sepipes" and hold the anchored
shell in spile of rough seas and
violent storms.
The shell collector, ns well
as those millions of folks who
walk along an ocean beach and
tramp many of llicse shells into
the sand, have many common
names for them; especially the
simple little jingle shell. Most
of the common names are des
criptive of some characteristic
of the shell. Because several of
them held in the hand and jig
gled together, give off a faint
musical sound, they are called
"jingles." "Baby's foot" is
named because of the remark
able "imprint" of a tiny font
where the abductor muscle Is
attached. It is also known as
the "saddle shell" or "lamp
Khell." One very common, and
usually found in great numbers
after a storm, has the scientific
name of "anomia Bimplcx."
Adrift At Sea
Those millions thai wash up
on the beach are those whose
anchor dragged. Willioui ineir
attachment lo the bottom, or
some, other object, they were
helpless and adrift at sea.
The jingle shell Is thin, shiny,
and irregular in shape and
shows a wide diversily In colors.
cnmn am niav. black, or Dink:
yellow predominates, but com
binations of all these hues are
common. There are times, after
a storm, that these simple shells
are deposited along ocean
beaches. They are almost world
wide in distribution, but over
abundant in warm, tropical wa
ters. They attach themselves, with
their anchors, to rocks or to
others of their own kind, and
take the shape of the support
on which they rest. This of
course results in a wide diver
sity of shapes. A colony may
build up, one on anolher, until
the "underdogs" anchors give
way and the entire group is
tumbled along the bottom. Buf
feted by waves, or strong tidal
push, the dislodged colony even
tually comes ashore. They have
"weighed anchor," and are
w,.n,.Wor. Ilioir l:iminatrrl lim
ey, shells become a part of the
heterogeneous confusion that
nature deposits at the water's
edge.
2 Oregonians
Get 4-H Honors
CHICAGO (UPl)-A Corvallis
farm youth and a home eco
nomics student at Oregon Stale
University are among national
winners at the National t-H Club
Congress here.
Hoger Hamlin, 17, was named
a winner in the 4-11 field crops
program and I.incla Jenkins, 18,
of Kairview, Ore., was one of
six national winners in the 411
bread program.
Hamlin cleared IS aires of
land and put them into produc
tivity. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Hamlin, operators
of a 250-ncre farm near Cor
vallis. The national honor is his sec
ond this year He was one of
Oregon's delegates to Bnys Na
tion in Washington after being
selected first cilitrn at Oregon
Boys State.
Miss Jenkins, a freshman In
home economics at Oregon
State, is the daughter of Mr.
Qust
and Mrs. 0. P. Jenkins of Kair
view. She has been a 4-H mem
ber for 10 years.
Both winners received S500
scholarships.
'K' PLANS STATEMENT
LONDON (UPI) Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev will use
the Soviet Communist parly
meeting in Moscow early next
monlh as the platform for a
major post-K t n n e d y policy
statement, Communist d i p I o
matic sources here predicted
Saturday.
Your Money's Worth More at Safeway
Green Beans
Del Monte Peas
Tomatoes
Kidney Beans
Savings are Greater
Mild Cheese
Pork & Beans
Gelatin Salads
Butter Shady Lane
Instant Coffee
Highway
No. Vli
Lucerne
Pint ctn.
Airway brand
8 oi. jar
Wax Remover
Bruce 5 Minute
Fast, easy, safe lo
remove built up wax
Quart Sizo fi9r jSw
7 WAX PAPER V
I Keep loods fiosber, presorve 1 cttJ7
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39
Plastic Wrap
Lunch Bags
Toilet Tissue
Zoo, see thru
plastic. 100 ft.
Zoo, assl'd.
Pkg. of 20
29c
29c
Chiffon brand O , C7.
2-roll pack L J 1 1
Powder B.S:.'i- ""i"'y 54c
Salt 7-oi.Mn 59c
Salt 3'iortin 35c
Pepper 49c
t Wilson's sliced. JQ.
I 2'i-oi. pkg. 43C
at Safeway
brand
can
molded.
Cliecz-its
Sunshine cheese cracker.
Margarine
Award brand. Extra good.
1 -lb.
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Prices effectivo Monday, Dec. 2, thru Wednesday,
Dee. 4 at Safeway in Medford. limit rights reserved. i j, 1 -'J1
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pk9. yi7
U.S. No. 1 Russet
All - purpose. Hand selected,
packed in the see-lhru bag.
UaDDagO bo.lcd rfmntr.
Anjou Pears "X. 325c Broccoli
If rafe sZT" . f . , U I
Boneless, Waste-free
BEEF STEW
Lean cubes of beef for a hearty stew.
Choice beef
only
lb.
BEEF LIVER
Select young steer livors.
Flavorful and so ylA
good for you. lb. 'WW
"SMOKIES"
Armour Star, fresh
smokehouse for a
breakfast treat,
Squash & Brown Sugjr lb.
J ; IM irW Assorted colors 1 1
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Wide Selection of Xmas Gifts . . .with
GOLD BOND
STAMPS
Make your selection now from the
beautiful gift catalog. Be prepared
when Santa comes.
USDA Choice rSY H 0-1 iiJl
SAUSAGE
from the
Armour "Campfire" brand
link sausages. Skinless too.
59c
Pure
pork. lb.
49c
ea.
Top with lucornt Q X I tj I I V
our crtm lb. 1 I I T
Aged for flavor and tenderness.
Compare the trim; compare value.
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