Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1963)
12 A SUNDAY, DECEMBER IS, 19K1 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON IrOoDBcaimd IS P3 NORTH SEAJh-. V WEST ataon of Cities With Few Gardens GERMANY HOLLAND SHOWN Slars on this UPI news map spot Amsterdam and The Hague, capital city and administrative seat of the nation's government, respectively. Holland is one of the world'3 smallest (15,800 square miles) countries and except for Japan, is the most densely populated (11,417,254 citizens). (UPI) Influenza Tops List Of County Diseases Influenza continued to have the most numerous cases re ported last week, according to Dr. A. Erin Mcrkcl, Jackson County Public Health Officer. Central Point reported 15 cases of flu and Ashland one. Chicken pox ranked second with 10 cases reported. Three were in Medford, three in Rogue River and four in Central Point. Other cases reported were one case of pneumonia in Ashland, one case of infectious hepatitis in Medford, one case of tubercu losis in Medford, and one case of Dink eye in Ashland and Gold Hill. . Rogue River reported three cases of strep throat and Talent had one. Eagle Point reported two measles cases, and Ashlnnd five mumps cases. Residents of South Talent Area Discuss Getting Voters Out TALENT - A group of South Talent residents favoring zoning met Friday night at the home of Mrs. Lois Yockel in South Talent to discuss means of getting out the vote for the South Talent zoning election Friday, Jan. 24. Voters will be contacted by telephone and rides to the polls will be provided, according to Wyldcr Hooke, chairman of the group. Many of the group felt the re cent bond issue for the major portion of the sanitation system was defeated clue to three main factors. The system would include about 40 per cent of the resi dents instead of the hoped fur 75 per cent. Area residents did not approve of the engineering n y '- Half of the fun of growing up is pretend ing to do things big people do. I'll be glad when I can do my Christmas shopping at McGuire's. 220 NO. BARTIETT Nett to Greyhound Bui Depot Op.n 9:30-5:30 Daily Etctpt by Appointment Mm design which they felt appeared to be more of a feasibility study than a working layout. A sewer system with the possibility of no zoning would tend to draw undesirable businesses into the area, according to reports. The group favoring zoning feel a good trailer house on a good piece of land, properly land scaped, could make an attrac tive permanent residence. If this were permitted under the zoning ordinance much of the opposi tion might be eliminated, they feel. The present interim zoning or dinance expires Nov. 1, 1964, but a number of area residents have successfully petitioned for an election on zoning before it expires. The legal question re mains whether the vote would be on interim or permanent zoning. Contract Awarded For Forest Road KLAMATH FALLS The award of contract for construc tion of 7.5 miles of road on the Winema National Forest has been announced by Forest Su pervisor Alex Smith. Fitzgerald Logging Co., Rose burg, was successful bidder for construction of the Fucgo Five Road at a cost of $45,487,110. By .IOOP MAR.MELSTE1N United Press International THE HAGUE (UPI) - Visi tors to Holland are apt to be told by a smiling native that "we are a nation of cities with a few gardens in between." It is an appropriate descrip tion. Holland is one of the world's smallest countries, with a territory of only 15,800 square miles, hut more densely popu lated with its 11,417,254 people than any nation except Japan. With a size slightly more than one-fourth that of Illinois but a population roughly 1 ,000, 0110 "roatcr, Holland pressed between Germany to the east and Belgium to the south and fronting on the North Sea is in constant need of space. The nation now is engaged in a project to wrest some 500,000 acres from the former Zuyder- zce, now renamed Lake ijssei. The country's official name is the Netherlands, but Holland is more popular. "The Nether lands" is a strict translation of "De Nederlandzen" meaning the low lands. The name "Hol land" is j leftover from the time when North and South Holland were the nation's two largest provinces. Dislike "Dutch" Tag "Dutch" a term used to de scribe the country's people and its language, comes from "Dcutsch" or "Duits," the Ger man and Dutch words, respec tively, for German. Hollanders do not like to he called "Dutch men." They say it started many years ago with the British, who lumped Hollanders and Ger mans together and on British tongues "Dcutsch" (pronounced Dnytsch) became "Dutch." "Low land" is the right name for the country, whose average height above sea level is only 37 feet. Parts of Holland lie so low that it is ribboned by some 1,500 miles of dikes to hold back the sea. And the dikes are not always enough. In one of the worst floods, in 1953, 1,800 peo ple were drowned in southern Holland. The little boy who saved his town from flood by sticking his finger in a hole in Ihe dike is a famed fictional symbol, just as Hans Brinker of Ihe silver skates has immortalized the canals that help bring down the sea level. I Pleasant Land Holland is a pleasant country to live in and visit. It Is noted for its good food as well as its windmills (now more scenic than useful) and the wooden ,shocs o( its countryfolk. Young American men who visit Hol land, including Gl's, have dis covered too lhat Ihe country has some of Ihe prettiest young girls of Europe, rosy - cheeked and full of fun. The standard of living Is com fortable. Along with other coun tries of booming postwar Eu rope, Holland has enjoyed eco nomic prosperity for several years. Ihe main pedestals ot Hoi- land's industrial strength today are its shipyards in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, its electronics industry centered at Eindhoven, and its many metal-working in dustries. In the agricultural field, tulip bulbs have taken the place of dairy products as the country's No. 1 export although Dutch cheese is known and popular around the world. Also sent around the world are Hol land's pedigreed cows and bulls valued as breeding stock. Ho)1- d is a constitutional monarchy. The present queen is Juliana. Executive power rests with the queen and her minis ters, while legislative power is in the hands of the states-general (parliament) composed of ! a first chamber and a second chamber. Reaches Far For its size, little Holland reaches far. Its merchant fleet numbers more than 1,500 ships, which sail to all ports of the world. And its airline, KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines), is one of the world's largest interna-1 tional air carriers touching some 120 cities in nearly 80 countries. Holland has another boast. It claims its railroad system, largely electrified, may very well be the world's most effi cient, i "Oil To Burn" S&H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL CO. Phone 772-2111 Gl Insurance Dividend Payments Set in January PORTLAND In response to President Johnson's direc live for Ihe earliest possible payment of the $'234 million GI insurance dividend for 1004 nf which $2, KitUOO will go to 53,2:18 Oregon veterans, the Veterans Adminis tration said the first checks would reach veterans hy Jan. 2. In reporting this. It. .1. No volny, manager of the Portland VA regional office, said pay ments would be completed by Jan. ?5. The President Pec. 8 ordered the accelerated payments as a stimulant to the economy. rii;,t Speed Payment In the first speed payment of a dividend ordered by Ihe late President Kennedy in 19tl pay ments were completed by March FOR YOUR LAST MINUTE Shopping MM SSL i SHOP ALL 3 FLOORS ii'f GIFTS FOR EVERYONE! OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIl 9 INCLUDING SATURDAY, DEC. 21 "Th Storo of a Thouund Thoughtful Gifti" 17. The stepped up payment of the lliiM dividend was completed last Jan. 31. The VA plan to issue the 1I dividend checks hy next Jan. 25 will cut a week j from the previous record pro cessing time oi .si nays in ma. The dividend payments in 12 and in the years prior to 11 were made throughout Hie en tire year on the anniversary dates of Ihe individual insur ance policies. Of Ihe total distribution of $234 million, S15 million will go lo about 225.000 World War I vet erans holding U. S. Government Life Insurance il'SGLI) policies. The remaining $219 million will go to 4,500,0000 World War 11 veterans who hold National Service Life Insurance (NSLI) policies. Korean Conflict veterans hold non-participating policies that do not provide regular annual divi dend payments. The regular dividends are pri marily a return to the policy holders of part of their premium payments since the death rale among Gl policyholders con tinues to be lower than the rale upon which the payments were established hy law. Novotny reminded policy hold ers lhat preparing and mailing dividend payments are auto matic and require no corres pondence from veterans or their families. Such correspondence might delay the dividend dis tribution process, he said. Medford Sophomore In College Band PORTLAND - Mary Milne, a sophomore from Medford, is one of 48 students comprising the Lewis and Clark College Concert Hand on its second annual tour beginning Jan. 5. Miss Milne plays the oboe in the band. She is Ihe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kdwin E. Milne, 2824 Country Club Drive, and is a member nf Ihe rally squad at Lewis and Clark. ( .'. --rA MR. KRIS CAN HELP YOU FIND THAT PARTICULAR GIFT FOR HIM v, ."-' free in Park & Shop yJSft rirf 1 lots with 2.00 minimum EXCITING, IMAGINATIVE GIFTS IN TUNE WITH HIS purchase . . . ftor2 seaagti CHRISTMAS WISHES. "JUST WHAT I WANTED," -rTHrrf' HEU CHIME IN' WHEN HE SEES THESE GIFTS UNDER JjTSlV THE TREE. WE'VE A SPARKLING STOREFUL OF "" asb- GIFTED INSPIRATIONS TO HELP YOU DO YOUR VpjX? llf J? HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ... A STRIKING MiL 4$hj CZUT ' SELECTION NOW AT ITS PEAK . . . AND WHAT A 7T (ffWb KT PEAK! EMPHAS'S N QUALITY' 0f COURSE. COME Monday through Friday Cf , 'J- Jr .vs.; jV until Christmas ... 11 j ! j'fii"'N 'tftyk every night this week. II . LLJ; "l l Sss" Gen-iNs LATW ... 'I ... --- . . ; loir V- -fV' "a MEN'S STORE 215 E. MAIN PH. 773-7484
