MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Poets' Corner
Conduced by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1363
Recessional
Stanzas 1-2
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget lest we forget!
The tumult and the shooting dies;
The captains and the kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget lest we forget!
Rudyard Kipling
(Suggested by J. Earl Collins, The Manor, Medford)
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Mo Man Is An Island
No man Is an Island, entire unto itself;
Every man is a piece of the Continent,
a part of the Main;
Any man's death diminishes Me,
because I am involved in Man;
. And therefore never send to know for whom
the Bell tolls; It Tolls For Thee.
John Donne (1573-1631)
(Suggested by Mrs. Muriel W. Shortridge, Medford)
In Present Dark, for Future Need: A Sonnet Sequence
Sonnet IV
When time begins to weave its intricate
And calculating web about our life,
It spins a thread so fine and delicate
We barely note the touch in worldly strife.
But still the presence, gossamer and light,
And what we thought at first bright noon becomes
A day that rushes headlong into night,
Where dreams dissolve at sound of muffled drums.
A network loomed, securely bound by years,
And even though we struggle with a might
To tear the fabric from our face, our fears
Soon tell us that the veil has drawn too tight.
And so, as autumn leaves drop one by one,
We, too, resign ourselves to what is done.
Lloyd B. Halverson
Medford
'Begun 1117, to be continued.
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Intemperant
Ripe days have mellowed into Autumn wine.
Summer's grapes hang shriveled on the vine.
Drunken and disorderly the foliage lies,
dismaying sight to temperant eyes.
(In the cities such disarray's forbidden.
On the rubbish heap the leaves are hidden).
In the country and the restless woods,
beneath bare trees, like discarded goods,
careless leaves just drift and lie,
to delight the children shuffling by.
Winifred Heiskell Layton
Salem, Ore.
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Ancient Claim
Th sea-companioned sand was a many-tracked maze
When the crowd departed on divergent ways.
The tide reached forward in rhythmic flow
Through the amber haze after sunset glow,
And erased all footprints from the darkening shore
In an ancient claim that began
Before a footprint was made by man.
Ruth H. Cowley
Tigard, Ore.
Suggestions Noted
To Reduce Number
Of Holiday Thefts
Medford merchants and shop
pers were warned by Police
Chief Charles Champlin today
that the Christmas shopping
season offers increased oppor
tunities for thieves, pickpockets,
check forgers and shoplifters.
In cooperation with Don Mc
Neil, manager of the Medford
Chamber of Commerce, the
police chief issued a series of
security suggestions to aid mer
chants in preventing crimes
worked against them during the
Christmas shopping season.
First nn the list is a recom
mendation that all stores main
tain an adequate sales force
during rush periods, particularly
during lunch and dinner hours
to avoid creating an inviting sit
uation for shoplifting.
Merchants and shoppers also
are advised to watch out for
loiterers, particularly those with
large empty bags. Anyone with
reason to suspect shoplifting or
a pickpocket is urged to call the
police department.
Spotters Are Suggested
The bulletin which has gone
out from the police department
to merchants also suggests that
merchants, if possible, use clerk
spotters to control shoplifting.
Other suggested precautions
include: avoid display of extra
value merchandise in the im
mediate vicinity of exits where
ing area also should be ade
quately lighted at night, the
police chief reminded, and con
cluded the list of precautions
with this one "Don't leave
loaded open trucks in parking
area unguarded and especially
with the keys in the ignition."
Urging merchants and the
public to observe the suggested
security precautions, McNeil
stated: "We are greatly in
debted to Police Chief Champ
lin for providing us with a use
ful guide for strengthening se
curity measures during the
Christmas shopping season.
Many of the crimes which have
been perpetrated here in the
past against business and the
public could have been prevent
ed if the sensible precautions
which Chief Champlin recom
mends had been followed."
Three Nurses Plan
To Leave Positions
The Jackson County Health
Department will lose three pub
lic health nurses by early in
January, County Judge Earl A.
Communications
Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the writer although under cer
tain circumstances the use of a
pen name or initial for publica
tion is permissible. The Mll
Tribune reserves the right to
edit aU letters with an eye to
clarification and condensation.
Letters submitted for publica
Uon must not exceed 400 words.
Rook Return Asked
To the Editor: By accident
a library book, "Extinct and
Vanishing Mammals of the
World," was sold at the Na
tional Association of Retired
Civil Employees rummage sale
at the Fehl building Friday,
Nov. 22. It is a rather large and
heavy book, and in the back
was a pocket and library card
showing date due in December.
Under "Lost and Found," an
advertisement in the Medford
Tribune of Sunday, Nov. 24,
asked for return of the book to
the Public Library. As the book
has not come in yet we are
hoping this Communication will
be read and purchaser of the
book will return it to the Med
ford Public Library, where he
will be reimbursed what he paid
for the book.
John Gribble,
139 Kenwood Ave.,
Medford
Hope
To the Editor: It may be years
before historians will be able to
give us a full assessment of
President Kennedy's great con
tribution to our country and to
the world. However, the deep
shock and grief over his cruel
assassination felt throughout
our nation and around the world
is clear evidence that, as the
New York Times pointed out
editorially (1126):
"The cause of this nearly uni
versal sorrow . . . (lies in) Pres
ident Kennedy's projection to all
the world of his and his coun
try's deep concern for human
ity, for freedom and for peace."
And as many a commentator
already has declared, there can
be little doubt that John F. Ken
nedy will be reckoned among
our truly great presidents, his
brief tenure in that exalted and
awsome office notwithstanding.
In a hospital bedside inter
view, Governor Connally sug
gested that President Kennedy
may accomplish more in death
than was possible in his short
life-time or term of office. That,
it seems to me, is a very real
and hopeful possibility. The as
tute columnist, Eric Sevareid,
evidently was thinking along
the same line when he wrote
.(MT 121):
"We are deeply infiltrated by
the Negro-haters, the white-hat
ers, the foreigner-haters, the
city-haters, government-haters,
the haters of the rich and the
haters of the poor, those of the
political right who nate and
those of the left . . .
"If the death of our vibrant
young leader, our happy prince,
our symbol of America's youth
ful hope and belief, can bring
us to our senses, then John
Kennedy will have done far, far
more for his people than he
will ever know."
In one of my earliest letters
to appear here (11-28-60), I com
mented on a shocking exhibition
of disrespect by a largely juven
ile audience at a local theater:
"The newsreel had brief shots
of Senator (president-elect) Ken
nedy and Vice President Nixon
. . . Mr. Kennedy was booed
loudly while only a few lusty
whistles indicated approbation.
These demonstrations were re
versed when Mr. Nixon appear
ed alone. When the two greeted
each other very cordially and,
smiling broadly, shook hands
warmly ... the children fell
into puzzled silence. Obviously,
(they) reflected only the polit
ical coloration of their parents."
How refreshing, and hopeful,
now to read in these columns,
in letters from the principal of
Eagle Point High School and
students at Medford High, of
the deep respect of our young
people for the memory ot
President Kennedy and their
sadness at the news of his tragic
and untimely death!
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford.
Fight Develops
Over Portland Elm
PORTLAND (UPI) - Port
land's 63 - year - old Flanders
Street elm must go, say city
fathers.
Not so, say tree lovers led by
architect Lewis Crutcher.
The City Council voted 3-2
Thursday to condemn the old
tree, which was planted at NW
Flanders and 23rd in 1900.
City Engineer L. H. Rosenthal
said the elm's roots had ripped
up 100 feet of sewer line and
caused $1,800 worth of damage.
But architect Lewis Crutcher,
who lives across the street from
the tree, said "we will form a
ring around the three and pro
tect it with our lives if neccs-
ary."
Rules Governing Basic School Funds Review Slated
SALEM (UPI) - Regulations
governing allocation of basic
school support funds to schools
enrolling parochial students
part time will be considered
again by the State Board of
Education here Dec. 12-13.
The formula was tabled in
October to give superintendents
an opportunity to discuss the
plan with the board.
Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn
ton has ruled public school dis
tricts, in making basic claims,
may include the average daily
membership of nonpublic pupils
attending public schools on a
part time basis.
Thornton also recommended
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
FORMER President Herbert Hoover regales fishing com
panions with the story of an angler who loved to boast
of his phenomenal catches to increasingly skeptical acquaint
ances. Enraged by their
thinly veiled insinuations
that he was a liar, he
bought a pair of scales,
installed them in his
library and made his
friends .watch while he
actually weighed the fish
he had caught.
One evening a neigh
bor burst in and excitedly
sought permission to bor
row the scale. He was
back in ten minutes, his
cheeks flushed with de
light. "Congratulate me,"
he cried. "I'm the father
of a forty-eight pound baby boy
A hen observed the undisciplined behavior of her youngeBt
chick with obvioue disapproval. "If your father could see you
now," she cackled disgustedly, "he'd turn over in hia gravy."
OPTIMIST3, FRONT AND CENTER!
"Let us be of good cheer, remembering' that the misfortunes
hardest to bear are those which never come." James Russell
Lowell.
"Write It In your heart that every day Is the best day of the
year," Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"I decline to accept the end of man. I believe that man will
not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because
he alone among creatures has an Inexhaustible voice, but because
he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and
endurance." William Faulkner.
C 1963, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by Kinc Features Syndicate
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WANT IT - "CHARGE IT"
CATALOG DEPARTMENT
thieves can "snatch and run,
guard against disturbances
among customers as they may
be a cover for thefts, prohibit
use of stock room entrance by
the public, caution employees
about leaving purses in unpro
tected areas and demand orig
inal sales slips on all goods pre
sented for refund.
"Till-tapping" thefts, accord
ing to the police department,
are more prevalent during the
busy season. For this reason
merchants are asked to make
frequent deposits during bank
ing hours. Night deposits should
be avoided during this season,
Chief Champlin stated. He also
asked firms not to open saies or
count money in the presence of
strangers.
Registers Attended
Have cash registers attended
at all times and have safes
lighted and exposed to the view
of the police patrolman on the
beat. If it cannot be readily seen
by the patrolman, make it a
point to contact your police de
partment and advise them of
, the location, Champlin urged.
Premises and the surround-1
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Miller reported Friday.
Dr. A. Erin Merkel. Jackson
County Public Health Officer,
said Miss Mary Ellon Bell, Miss
Elizabeth McGalliard and Mrs.
Joan Bass plan to resign the
first of the year. Mrs. Bass will
resign Dec. 31 and the other
two nurses on Jan. 3.
About three months ago Dr.
Merkel hired Miss Gayle Long
and Miss Phyllis Hurlpy as re
placements, and a third is be
ing considered. This will give
the local staff six public health
nurses, one clinic nurse and a
supervising nurse.
Pacific Fruit Plans
Rail Car Purchase
The Pacific Fruit Express
will put 1,000 more mechanical
refrigerator rail cars into serv
ice next year, Loland J. Zies
mcr, general traffic agent for
union Pacific Railroad in Med
ford, has announced.
Pacific Car and Foundry,
Rcnton, Wash., will start pro
ducing the cars the first quar
ter of 1964 and the entire order
is to be carrying freight by the
end of the summer, Ziesmer
said.
GIANT TOY
SALE
FROM OUR 1963
CHRISTMAS BOOK
Wa Are Pleased To Offer To Our Customers
Specially Reduced Prices on Selected Toys, lilted
Below Arc Just Ae Few:
From 50 . . .
FREE Mrs. Santa Book Given to All Children at Catalog Dapt.
that the board adopt rules and
regulations governing computa
tion of shared time in distribu
ting the basic money.
Also on the agenda is a par
tial plan for school district re
organization in Douglas County.
The proposal would establish
administrative school district 19,
made up of school district 8
Canyonville, and school district
19-Myrtle Creek.
The controversial Polk-Yam
hill reorganization plan also is
before the board again. Yamhill
County officials have rejected
the proposed reorganization, and
suggested an arbitration board
be established.
Other items up for action in
clude: Requests from local school
districts for supplemental funds
to pay for hiring substitutes
for teachers attending work
shops. Schools requesting sup
plemental funds are Lane Coun
ty district 52-Bethel, Jackson
County district 549C-Medford,
and Clackamas County district
UH5-Milwaukie.
Reconsider a allocation of
1963-tH biennial appropriations
for community college capital
construction.
Declaration of existence of
an emergency because of a
short supply of elementary
teachers. Each year since 1943
the state board has authorized
issuance of emergency elemen
tary certification. During the
1962-63 school year 1,795 such
certificates were issued, and to
date 1.530 have been issued for
the 1963-64 school year.
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