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SUNDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1(163
Christmas Lighting
To the Editor: We of the Med
ford Junior Chamber of Com
merce wish to congratulate all
of the citizens of the city of
Medford this Christmas season.
We were forced to cancel our
annual Christmas lighting con
test this year, and at that time
appealed to the citizens to make
Medford the Christmas show
place it has been for so many
years.
We were going to publish for
our friends a guide to the out
standing displays of lighting in
our city but to our amazement
the city this year was so well
lighted that it would have taken
columns of this newspaper to
list them all.
It is hard to find words to
express one's thanks when a
plea is answered as well as this
one was. Many, many thanks
and a very happy New Year
to the people of the City of
Medford.
We of the Jaycees wish to
also thank you of the Mail Trib
une for all of the help and as
sistance you have given us in
the years past.
Medford Junior
Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Medford,
External Vice President
' Medford
Program Success
To the Editor: The success of
the Christmas Eve program in
downtown Medford was largely
due to the enthusiastic coopera
tion of the individuals who help
ed make it possible.
I wish to thank the city offi
cials for so willingly going along
with the idea. Another thank
you to John Lusk of Lusk Music
Company and Willard Henney
of A-l Radio and T.V. Service
for their time and loan of equip
ment. A big thank you to our
master of ceremonies, William
Johnston, and our organ player,
Francis Schuchard, who both
did such a grand job, and the
ministers of the various faiths
who reminded us of the real
meaning of Christmas.
Thanks to Mr. Kennedy of
Richfield Oil Corporation, who
gave carol books, and the
friends of Sacred Heart Hospital
who gave hot coffee and choco
late to the gathering. Last but
not least a thank you to the
Medford Mail Tribune and the
local radio and T.V. stations
for their helpful publicity.
With the same cooperation
next Christmas, I'm sure that
we will have an even larger
turnout of people. A program
such as this cannot fail because
it is God's will that we love
one another and practice real
brotherhood no matter what our
particular denomination.
Lindy McCornack,
724 West 11th St.,
Medford
Wonderful People
To the Editor: May we use
your column to try to express
our sincere thanks to the many
wonderful people who have been
so helpful during and since the
fire that leveled our house on
the 19th.
We know we can never thank
each one individually as so
many are not known.
Charles, Beryl, Charles
Jr., Truman, Russell,
Michael, Alicia, Joe and
Barbara Elmore
Applegate, Ore.
Spare The Rod
To the Editor: Re your good
column and question, "Should
not the schools attempt to take
up the torch?" Sunday, Dec. 22,
'63.
God only has the wisdom to
answer our questions; why not
consult the fount of wisdom and
erase the line of rebellion that
exists in every born child?
We are all born in sin and will
therefore do the acts of sin un
til rebirth takes place. A start
to rebirth in a child is a duty
and privilege allocated to the
parents by our Creator, who
says: "Train up a child in the
way he should go and when he
is old he will not depart from
it." In the training, he says,
"Chasten thy son while there is
hope, and let not thy soul spare
for his crying." Now listen what
God says further, "He that
spareth his rod hateth his son:
but he that loveth him chas
teneth him betimes."
We consult men for advice in
the management of our children
and find such advice seldom in
conformity with scripture and
proves a complete failure, for it
releases the parents' efforts but
not the responsibilities attached
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
to raising the child. The result
is as you see it today.
The teachers in our schools
cannot function without the
authority to punish with the
rod, therefore the parent should
with all b iste consent to the ex
ercise of such authority. You
will notice the good results of
such a course immediately, and
a changed and different child at
home.
Let that love shine in the
home; read a verse of Scrip
ture, offer a little prayer, and
praise a good God that has
given you the children to be
guided into His everlasting
Kingdom, so soon to come.
Permit the schools a free
hand in prayer and reading of
God's Word to begin their day
of study; the presence of the
Holy Spirit is a promise to all
who seek Him.
James Williams
P.O. Box 441
Jacksonville, Ore.
Questions
To the Editor: There's some
thing about being on top of a
mountain that inspires man to
high and noble thoughts. Moses
and Mohammed, for example. I
will have to try it some day.
Who knows it might prove
to be inspiring to me also.
I wish scientists would stop
putting creation back such a
terribly long time. A person no
longer knows what to believe.
Another thing that has me
thinking is this question: Would
we be around today if Adam
and Eve had not partaken of
the forbidden fruit?
Happy New Year.
David Frisch
P.O. Box 2292
White City, Ore.
plan one's life without outside
arbitrary interference. Private
property is the guarantee of
liberty, even for those who pos
sess none, because it stops a
government from having too
much power. The power of gov
ernment is corrupting even in
democratic government, but
economic power in the hands
of individuals is not corrupting.
. r tannine is "socialism, soc
ialism is 'collectivism;' collect
ivism is 'facism'; 'nazism,' and
communism' or in other
words, planning is a dictator
ship like those that have flour
ished in Europe. Hence, all the
faults of dictatorship are the
faults of planning by the state.
Therefore, the state must en
force competition. And the way
10 saieguara mis is to establish
a bill of rights in the constitu
tion, enshrining the rights of
competition; and the Constitu
tion in that respect shall be
altogether unamenable, the
yoke fastened on the neck of
democracy forever. Why such
a arasuc curtailment of the
right of free and responsible
decision? Because the majority
cannot be trusted, for it may
be 'arbitrary.' If there is gov
ernment planning tliere is no
Rule of Law, so the people
must be curbed. There is to be
as little planning for social se
curity as possible. Democracy
is a fetish and a fashion. Full
employment is not the first
priority in our future.
"There is a responsibility on
those who care for the well
being of the Republic to deal
harshly with these contentions
and the method used to support
and commend them."
1 hope this clarifies to some
extent the philosophy of the
conservatives. This book is in
the Medford Public Library.
Frank Crum
White City, Ore.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
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From: "To Hope"
When by my solitary hearth I sit,
And hateful thoughts enwrap my soul in gloom;
When no fair dreams before my 'mind's eye' flit,
And the bare heath of life presents no bloom:
Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed,
And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head.
In the long vistas of the years to roll,
Let me not see our country's honour fade:
0 let me see our land retain her soul,
Her pride, her freedom; and not freedom's shade.
From thy bright eyes unusual brightness shed
Beneath thy pinions canopy my head.
Let me not see the patriot's high bequest,
Great Liberty! how great in plain attire!
With the base purple of a court oppress'd.
Bowing her head, and ready to expire:
But let me see thee stoop from heaven on wings
That fill the skies with silver glitterings!
And as, in sparkling majesty, a star
Gilds the bright summit of some gloomy cloud;
Brightening the half veil'd face of heaven afar;
So, when dark thoughts my boding spirit shroud,
Sweet Hope, celestial influence round me shed,
Waving thy silver pinions o'er my head.
-John Keats (1815)
Reims Cathedral
Here Is the ultimate solution. Here
All dubious metaphysic is made clear.
In diamond precision of detail,
In multiple intricacy of line
Is sculptured from enduring rock the fine
Perfected shape of beauty. On the pale
Indifferent background of a winter sky
Rises this Gothic splendor, like a cry
Of supplication vocalized in stone.
The Many and the theoretic One
Are reconciled in the lift and sweep
Of heaven-aspiring lines that dare the steep
Slope of the sky, bearing a parlous freight
Of human prayers, in stone arliculale.
Eleanor H. Matthews
Portland, Ore.
o
Sinner in Paradise
My kitten, like the lilies of the field,
Nnr toils nor spins;
He gets away with murder and a host
Of feline sins:
Yet when he purrs upon my lap
And curls his snowy mittens
I grant the sinner paradise
Reserved for angel kittens!
Pearl Riggs Crouch
Ashland, Ore.
o
Lament'
Lament not grey clouds
Palling the radiant stars.
Look: light eastward stirs.
-Sister M. Judine IHM
Detroit. Mich.
Prize-winning haiku 117-syllable poem) in recent Japan Air
Lines contest.
The Year That's Past
To the Editor: Thomas Mann,
the great German novelist,
wrote: "Time has no divisions
to mark its passage; there is
never a thunderstorm or a blare
of trumpets to announce the be
ginning of a new month or year.
Even when a new century begins
it is only we mortals who ring
bells and fire off pistols."
A New Year is upon us! Some
of us have seen so many of
them each with its regrets for
failures, each with its satisfac
tions for things accomplished.
It is time again for resolution
to make the coming year a suc
cess in every worthwhile en
deavor. I am reminded of what
one, Robert Beattie, wrote in the
18th century:
To leave the old with a
burst of song,
To recall the right and
forgive the wrong.
To forget the thing that
binds us fast
To the vain regrets of
the year that's past.
I have before me a story that
I once wrote. The following ex-
cert from it deals with a widow
ed mother and her little boy
late on a New Year's Eve at the
turn of the century:
Let's listen to the chimebells,
Eugene; they are playing Auld
Lang Syne!" They listened in
tently, the wind from the east
bringing the melody of the
haunting song from across the
Hudson.
They're beautiful! ain't they,
Ma?" whispered the boy.
'Your father used to love
them fj," she murmured remi
niscently. "He loved all bells
he used to say that each had
a special message for him." Her
eyes grew misty when she re
called the bell that had re
joiced at her wedding the
same chapel bell that later had
tolled for her beloved. Thoughts
of other New Year Eves crowd
ed her memory.
I love bells, too, Ma! ex
claimed Eugene, interrupting
her reverie "And I like the
songs that you have taught me,
specially the one about throw
ing snowballs. I'll sing it for
you:
'Tis snowing fast Hurrah!
Hurrah!
Come o'er the downs a way,
We'll have a run for jolly fun
And in the snowdrifts play.
Let me but put my mittens on,
I'll make the snowballs fly
If you'll look out the window,
Nell,
You'll see them whizzing by!
I know that lovely summer
brings
Its many flowers and joys.
But good old frosty winter
brings
Great fun for lively hoys!"
As the lad finished his song,
the bells across the river ceased
their chiming and rang out wild'
Paradise
To the Editor: Mrs. Jacque
line Kennedy was the last one
to bid farewell to President
John F. Kennedy. She took her
wedding ring from her finger
and placed it in the hands of
her husband and kissed him
goodbye and closed the lid of
the casket. What a beautiful,
out of this world tribute to her
husband that was.
If we consider and believe
the laws and teachings of the
Bible about death and the res
urrection and the life to come,
and if we consider the miracle
of life returning in the spring
time to the trees and flowers,
after their long dormant death
like sleep over winter; or the
miracle of life and intelligence
that exists in the tomb like rc
cess of an egg; and that when
the laws of an all wise creator
have been obeyed, the chick
will come forth and subsequent'
ly the hen that will sacrifice,
love and protect her brood.
In view of these things is it
not easy to believe President
Kennedy will again place that
ring upon the finger of his wife
in the resurrection when they
will come forth with their chil
drcn into a new life in the mil
lemum where sin and sorrow
will be no more. And God will
wipe away all tears and where
the Mother will have her child
to rear without fear of condi
tions incident to this life.
That the prophet Isaiah de
clares so well: When Jesus
hung on the cross he said to the
repentant thief: This day shall
thou be with me in paradise,
and the third day after he was
resurrected he said to Mary,
touch me not for I have not yet
ascended to my Father in Hea
ven. That would indicate Heaven
and Paradise are not the same
places. It seems logical Para
dise could be a place where
choice spirits who believed in
God but had not obtained the
knowledge and obeyed the or
dinances pertaining to our sal
vation into God s Kingdom, as
for instance in the case of NicO'
demus, and according to the
Savior's chief Apostle "Peter1
and also the Prophet Isaiah, we
are told while the Body ol JCS'
us laid in the tomb his spirit
opened the doors and brought
the Gospel to those that had re'
jectcd the Gospel irf Noah's
time, so that they could also
be judged according to men in
the flesh.
John F. Peterson
fill So. Holly St.
Medford
A Simple Life. But
Yet So Meaningful
His wrinkled calloused feet
had trod many jungle trails.
His eyes, which had never read
a single printed word, however
had seen many things. He could
neither read nor write; didn't
even know enough words to car
ry on a conversation of over
a couple of minutes duration.
The things he knew were of the
forest, the jungle and t h e
swamp.
His eyes had watched many
generations of children grow
to adulthood. He had given
council when he was asked, and
his advice was fair and tinged
with wisdom. He had been born
in the heart of the great swamp :
nearly 100 years ago. As a
young brave he had hunted the
bear, the deer, the panther and '
the alligator. He had walked
proudly. Around his neck he had
worn a necklace of alligator!
teeth; each tooth pierced with
a tiny hole through which a
deer sinew had been threaded.
He had sat by many campfires.
And, all so very long ago.
Nothing But Memories
Now he lived on his memories
feeding on them, reliving them.
Occasionally he dreamed, his
watery eyes closed, his back
against the leaning trunk of a
palm tree. His dreams idled
backward to glorious summer
lave Ufhan ha urllh cnvinlill,,
I stens. IriDDPii alone the samf
old trail by which he now rested
and dozed the hours away.
On such a day, many, many
long years ago, a soft eyed In
dian girl bashfully placed her
hand in his. Together they walk
ed the jungle trail. Together
they bowed Iheir heads as the
marriage rites of their people
were performed. Together they
built the chickee. Together they
sat in the darkening shadows
of evening, and listened to the
voice of the great swamp that
spoke of plentifulne.ss. In the
gathering darkness fire flies
winked their little lights. Over
head the sky was full of stars.
Together they raised their
children. Daily he had gone
forth to hunt, while she of the
soft black eyes cooked and sew
ed. When the little ones cried
in the night she lifted them and
held them close. Only the owl
hooting she told them; only the
night heron crying. As thunder
walked across the sky or the
lightning zigzagged its bluish
tongue from the dark storm
clouds, she told them not to be
afraid. It was only the "Helpers
of the Great Spirit striking
lights to see their way in the
darkness."
When the bull alligator bellow
ed in the lagoon, she assured
them "It is only big mouth,
grunting like a pig." As the
children grew, and as young
men and women married and
left for a life of their own, she
gave them beads and colored .
cloth; told them of the fish and:
the wild duck, and how to cook, I
and how to sew. :
Alone Again
But she with the soft eyes, 1
and he who was the great hunt
er, reached the age when again, 1
as in the beginning, they were
all alone. Then, one day she I
called him -to her; held his
trembling hand and said: "My
brave, I must go now. My feet
are heavy. My burden is great. '
I hear a soft voice whispering,
calling me to the Happy Hunting
Ground of my lathers, incrc i
will wait for you."
Then her spirit winged away.
She left him all alone, sleeping
with his back against a palm
tree, dreaming of the times that
used to be. By the standards
by which we live, both the very
old Indian and his squaw who
had died so long ago, were un
tutored savages In a howling
wilderness, yet they had walked
a lifetime together. For 50
years, she had been a faithful
wife, a devoted mother and
companion.
Grange News
Roxy Ann Grange
The recent meeting of the
Roxy Ann Grange was a Christ
mas party at the Grange hall.
Fir boughs, garlands, and or
naments, as well as a tree do
nated by Paul Dalton, decorated
the building.
Program chairman Evelyn
Hendricks introduced Master
Frances Moffatt and Marie
Pfnister, HEC chairman and
hostess for the day.
Frances, Marie, and Marc
Verstegen helped direct the
singing of carols while Mae
Moore accompanied. Santa
Claus arrived during the sing
ing of "Jingle Bells" and seated
himself in a circle of children.
The children entertained with a
salute and pledge to the flag
led by Dana and Shawn Redd-
ington, a reading by Norman
Garrett, song by Bobby Knight,
songs and a reading by Danny,
Carla, and Raymond Quacken
bush, who accompanied the
trio on his accordion, and a
trombone and saxophone duet
of a Christmas medley by Jim
Nolle and Dennis Kurovsky.
The program opened with a
solo, "White Christmas," and
closed with "Silent Night," both
sung by Ken Nolte. Donna Lou
Reddington sang "The Christ
mas Cradle Hymn," and Marc
Verstegen was Joseph. Al Sims
played the part of Santa.
A later meeting of the Grange
was held with Mrs. Bruce Moff
at as chairman.
Mrs. Oi ie Moore was escorted
to the master station and honor
ed for being pianist. Mrs. Bruce
A 5
Moffat and Mrs. Clarence
Pfinster were in charge of the
program.
Refreshments were served by
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dalton, Mr.
and Mrs. Meadows, Mr. and
Mrs. M. Garret, Mr. and Mrs.
Burchfield, and Roasie Roberts.
PORTLAND MAN KILLED
PORTLAND 'UPD - Carl
Thaler, 89, Portland, suffered
fatal Injuries Friday night when
struck by a car near his home.
Police said driver of the car
was Paul Trojei, Portland.
FREIGHTER ADRIFT
SINGAPORE (UPD - A LI
bcrian freighter, the Eastwind,
was drifting helplessly Saturday
in the South China Sea 230 miles
southeast of here after an en
gine breakdown. A British tug
was en route to take the ship
in tow.
WESTERN THRIFT-FIRST & LAST
A DRUG STORE
PRO SHOP DAMAGED
REDMOND (UPD - Fire
heavily damaged the pro shop
and bar lounge at the Keamona
Golf Club Thursday night. Dam
age was estimated at $30,000.
SEEKS ANNULMENT
LOS ANGELES (UPD - An
nette Driggers Berle, 18, today
sought annulment of her mar
riage to Marshall Bcrle, 25-year-old
nephew of comedian
Milton Berle.
. The New Year had come!
George M. Babcock,
Route 2, Box 63-R,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Conservative Philosophy
To the Editor: The following
is from the book "The Road
to Reaction," by Prof. Herman :
Finer of the University of Chi- i
cago. It is an explanation of
the conservatives' way of think
ing, particularly that of Fred
erick A. Hayek who wrote
"The Road to Serfdom."
"His doctrine (Hayek's) is
this: As a way of planning pro
duction and distribution, com
petition is perfect in theory
am practically so in action.
competition allows freedom to
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