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THLIISDAY, DIXKMHKIl 19. 1.'I MEDKOItl) .MAIL TRIBUNE, MliDFOKD. OREGON iarly Missionary Built Split -Level House in Kansas .SI'I.IT'-I.KVIX NOT NEW - In .Shawnee Mis sion, hons.. this spill-level home built bv the Iicv. I nomas .jonnson in ni:i!i in me wilds oi the Kansas territory slill stands. It is a re minder to suburbanites who regard their split-level homes as the latest in architectural design mat a Ikieinoais'. missionary mouKiii of this construction lung ago. lUPI) Religion in America 19th Century Unitarian's Words Still Painfully Familiar Hy I.OUIS C.VSSKI.S I recently set their (eel upon the Why does God let this nap United Press International p.-uhway. j pen to those who love him? "In every earnest life there n ,s always a dismaying ex-! Is it punishment for spiritual are weary flats to tread, with )encll(.c, cvcn tn veterans who ' pride, a way of reminding us the heavens out of sight no . ,. . ., , , ' , h sun. no maon-and not a tint l,i,v" bcen lhrouBn " ma"y i ,h,lt we can, ncver be of light upon the path below; i limes before ami know that it jour own, that we cannot be when the only guidance is the , will pass. In fact, it is prob-; Jailliful and loving for a single faith of brighter hours, and the iablv mure distressing lo Irue;"01"' 1,,,lcs.s Kvcs ,,s secret Hand we arc too numb'sainls lhan tn the rest of us. and dark to feel." I The belter you know (Jod. Ihe Those words were writlcn in 1 more you miss the sense of His Ihe inlh cenlurv lv Ihe Unitar-1 Presence when it is withdrawn Ian theologian,' James Martin- f'"' a wll'lp- can. They describe a condition that Johnson's Christmas Is painfully familiar lo every . pilgrim. Cards To Carry Seal St. Teresa called it "Hie dark WASHINGTON UIM )-Prcsi-night of Ihc soul." Other saints, : dent and Mrs. Lyndon R. John less noetic, have referred lo it son will send red and white simply as spiritual dryness. nrisimas cards emnoswd wunirom ine rai race ni daily Hie. ; ine piosiurniini seal in world una wiuidraw nun a quiet place ' leaders around the world. , lor a spell of baltery-rcchnrg- Bv WII.I.I.VM It. HRINTON United Press International SHAWNEE MISSION. Kan., (UP1) The suburbanite of the 20th century may consider his split - level home the latest innovation in architectural de sign. But it isn't. It harks back to the early 1800's. A Methodist missionary. Ihc Rev. Thomas Johnson, built his split - level home in the wilds of the Kansas territory in 18:19. The house still stands today in this Kansas City suburb. It serves as living quarters for Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Wiltz. Wiltz is the custodian and guide at the Shawnee Mission Museum operated by the Kansas Stale Historical Society. Large by suburban standards, Ihe house consisted of two stories, 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, when it was first con structed. An addition was added later and that's where the split level may have had its incep tion. SIcp-doun Added I The addition. 20 by 75 feet, 1 w as constructed on ground three feet lower than the front section, so a step-down was added for the split-level design. However, the front sec tion had 10-foot ceilings, while the rear ceilings were only nine feet high, causing a four-foot step-down in the second story. ! Later. 50 feet was torn off the rear of the addition without destroying the split-level effect. I The Rev. Johnson built the j house as part of the Indian Mis I sionary School, the Shawnee I Methodist Mission and Indian Manual Labor School, which was : financed party through federal j grants. j lii his house Mr. Johnson i added such modern-day items : as built-in closets and insulation. The latter was provided by an J 18-inch thick brick wall. The in- sulation keeps the house cool j in the summer and warm in the winter. Logs Hand-hewed Built of hand-hewed logs and i wooden pegs, Ihc house is still i in much the same condition as : when it was first constructed. Yule Spirit Carries To Parking Meters ST. HELENA, Calif. (UPI) The holiday spirit is rampant in this Napa Valley wine grow ing community 50 miles north of San Francisco. City fathers removed the tops of parking meters. inserted Christmas trees decorated by school chil dren and proclaimed free park ing through Jan. 6. The old house heard manv things, including the laughter of . Indian children attending school and the cries of the first set of twins born in Ihe territory. It provided lodgings for the first Kansas territorial governor and later the commander of Union forces, who camped at the school during the Civil War. Two Missionary teachers, the Rev. and Mrs. Jesse Greene, became the parents of Ihe first set of twins born in the terri tory. The twins were born in the Rev. Johnson's house. Andrew H. Recder, the first ; territorial governor, used the ! house for his quarters when the Kansas territorial legislature , had its first meeting in lf!5j in j one of the Indian school build I ings. One of the starting routes of the Santa Fe and Oregon j trails passed in front of the j house. I Village Variety and Garden Shop Next lo Piggly Wiggly 771 Stewart Avenue CHRISTMAS CARDS & GIFT WRAP Seals, Tags, Etc. POST OFFICE Open Tonight Until 9 P.M. Democrat Credits GRAY S BRINGS YOU HO00 SAVINGS ON... grace In do so? Some of the saints have thoughl so. Sheer I'aligue Sometimes, also, "dryness" may he brought on by sheer fatigue including Ihe emo tional fatigue which results from caring a great deal about others. The New Testament records that Christ Himself frequently found il necessary to disengage Darkness Apt to Call ny Is unanimous j The cards extend greetings j ing. If ss is apt In fall, i r a "Blessed Christmas and ! son wl Ihe most self-giving per- Their testimony is unanimous lhat the darkness suddenly and unpredictably, on a Happy New Year." go on indefinitely without run- Ihnse who have walked fori The loitering is black on n ! ning drv of feelings, il is sure years in Ihe light of faith, as ' while background with a red I Iv presumptuous for Ihe resl of wcu as on tnose who nave only I hand al the bolloin. i us lo expect lo do so. 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I?b4 U cyOl. stem n( irk ir, ,.n. i 'Ask about Weistield's larnous "drop-it. wet-it, smash-it" orv vear watch guaranty. iHaiivi-KaitKrm-r uib'ici WEISFIELD'SfB Opan Evoningi Until 9 P.M. Medford Shopping Center Acres of Free Parking Phone 772-5348 ,. Ju.tl;iji! Unification for Victory in Texas AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) - ,1. .1. (Jake) Pickle today credits a unifying Democrat parly of Texas for his sweeping victory over conservative Republican Jim Dohbs in a special con gressional election in President Johnson's home district. Pickle, a self styled moder ate, swept all 10 counties in Ihe district and polled B5 per cent of the total vole. With onlv two rural boxes out. he led Dobbs 27,206 lo lfi.Olffl. Pickle replaces Homer Thorn berry, D-Tex., who resigned ef fective Friday lo become U.S. district judge' at El Paso. Thornherry succeeded John son when Ihe President moved up to the Senate in ia:i8. Met Overwhelming Defeat Dobbs carried only a few scattered boxes over Ihe dis trict. In others lie met over whelming defeat, such as Box 124 in Austin, which voted for Pickle 454 lo 24. The defeated candidate who campaigned hard against the Kennedy administration before Ihe President was assassinated, conceded Tucsdnv night wilh a I statement that "I've been pret ty thoroughly beaten." I Pickel, who worked for John son when Ihe President first went In Congress in 11137 from Ibis district, called his election "a vote of confidence in the Democratic party and in Presi dent Johnson's administration." II was Ihe 49-year-old Pic kle's first elective race, al though he had been a behind Ihe scenes power in Texas Democralic circles (or 2a years. I'rienil (If ('iinnally lie is a close personal friend i of Cov. John Connallv. another i political ally of Johnson's. j Observers had been watching Ihe central Texas special dec- tion lo see if the Nov. 22 as sassination in Dallas would ad- ; verselv affect Texas' trend to ward conservatism. Texas Democrats had split in ; conservative and liberal wings I in recent eleclions This split ' appeared lo be gradually wid ening betore last mtmlh's shoot 1 ings. One ol Kennedv's undcr i lying motives for coming lo i Texas was lo sooth Ihe two fac ; lions. j Alter Ihe President was slain, parly leaders called lor unity and pleaded for an end lo ihe parly squabble. Tues day's voting in this congres sional district reflected closing ! of ranks. I Dinah Washington's Rites Draw Throng I'liii'Ai'.o urn - wnh thousands of persons gathered outside in bitter cold weather, funeral services were held lor blues singer Dinah Washington Wednesday in the church in which she was baplied Three thousand persons filled S l.uke llaptisl t'buivh and :!,oou lo 4.000 others surrounded Ihe church on Chicago's Soulh Side during the 2': hour ser vice lUutal was in lUur Oak Ceme tery Miss Washington, i:'. died in her Detroit home Saturday Her seventh husband. Dick iNight I Train i I,. inc. :!a, defensive star for the Detroit l.iuns football team, tound her body when he awoke Aulhoi ihes said she ap parently took an overdose of : pills Irom a bottle found near h Kennedy Eulogies To Bo in Booklet WASHINCTON il PP - The Senate li'.ilcs Committee will publish a special booklet con laming all congressional eulogies for President Kennedy. Similar volumes wore assem bled on Ihe death of Kranklin D Ilmisevelt and Woodrovv iwnri r nrnrnrriMiMT - rrrr iri irarm I r4STW?7A.. HOLDS Included iCfflllk Ml nylon & afUWJ J m vinyl ff .p-' 'r. (pLqti rlit.e ftt r,lsn upSr,lii., A ! i V!v. '"-Jwdid i no ili ceil lh ti (rit c vur ri,-HLr of two tm.-us 1 InFPom Qioups in rw t hriCT nt hflnd SPmr tccr".Unr f.ihncv or Miurt , lenq wfn'ing m . . . a h-v,t ? CP'Cf s in r.u H Vpu o"t thr 1a llit nvikcs mtn a c inifor t.il'lc bed for tM nwn vi;ril t.thlcs. ? Ui'.c !,ini"'-. 2 soiA pillows (nd ltn;"or cMir All ,t one low pnee I Jon tfd ttff lIuM' jfitic A. 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