PAO«, 1 B U K H M A N
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JO U R N A L,
MORO, OREGON
I o n ’ll Find H is P h o n es
In 4 5 0 0 4'om im m ilies
G e n ’l Telephone is
Second to A.T.&T.
Men Who Moke Americo Creot
Uy LOUIS JAMES
How did David feel next to
¿•iant Goliath?
“Sort of small," grins Donald
Clinton Power.
Power ought to know thut
feeling. As president o f the Gen
eral Telephone Corporation, he
feels "sort of small'’ next to
mammoth A.T.&T. which con
trols 60 million of the country’s
CO million phones.
But General Telephone is a
Goliath in its own right. It is
the giant of a vast network of
4300 independent companies who
fun most of the phones in the
smaller communities throughout
the country.
Operates in 30 slates
General's three million phones
tentacle 30 states and many
thousands of towns, making it
the second largest phone com
pany in the world.
Bell, for instance, may control
Los Angeles, Power admits, “but
we have Los A n g e le s s u r
rounded."
In six years, Power helped
ump General’, assets into the
»illion dollar class, upping its
pet from $5 mi'lion to $41 mil
lion. He did it because few men
|n the field know public utilities
ind the complexities of rate sys
tems as intimately as he does.
For years he taught the sub
ject at Ohio State (he was chair
man of the board in 1961) and
iater was chief counsel for the
Ohio Public Utilities Commis-
lion.
Last year, the W all Street
Journal gave him a special to ken
if leadership in progressive busi
ness and he readily admits his
iependency on business news
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Grass Valley
By Min. A. F. Bai/.n
Mr and Mrs Kendrick Dunlap
were hostu at a party at their
home in Moro Saturday evening
honoring his aunt, Mrs. Swlck,
house guest of his m other, Mrs
A A Dunlap, d u e ts included Mr.
Swick. Mrs Dunlap, Mr and Mrs
H arry Hooper and Floyd, Mr.
and Mrs Herman Peters of Gruss
Valley, Mr and Mr Art W atkins
of Wasco, Mr ami Mrs Jack Cush
man, Mr an I Mr, Paul Cyphers,
and Mr and Mrs Boh Marvin of
Moro. Iti idge w.t in pi iy at two
tables w1th Mrs H ooj• -i md Mrs
Cushman winning the prizes and
pinochle at two table, with Mrs
W atkins and Mi
Dunlap w in
ning the prizes.
Bel reshm ents
were served by the ho-te-s.
Gene Cantrall, Kaem Wilson of
Kent, Diane Schilling and Rolan t
Hastings of M a in w < re visitors
in The 1 )all<* Fri ay
Mr and Mi « Bill John >n are
parents of a son born Sunday,
Jan u ary 6 at the Wilcox Mem
orial hospital in Portland. The
baby weight'd ^even pounds. I be
grandparents are Mr and Mis
Tommie Barnett of Gr.t
Willey
and Mrs Florence Johnson of St.
Ignatius, Montana.
Mr ami Mis Fred vonBot tel
were dinner guests New Year's
day at the Cat I Schadewltz home
Mrs Allred Kock of Moro, M i-
Donald vonBorstel and children
and .Mr Tc vonBni '.cl ol I lie
Dalle« drove to Portland Friday
to attend the funeral of Mi May
Nelson, mother of Mi - Bill Pau
k h, on Saturday
Mr and Mr F It Way lock and
Mr an Mi s Boy e Blaylock re
turned horn»' IH'C. 31 from Seattle
where they had visited the lat
ter's «laughter, Mrs F.uguno s . h ' h
cer and son.
Harry Dean Eukin left Mon
thly for Klamath Falls to remain
lor the spring term at DTI alter
sjH'nthng the holidays here with
his parents, the Harold Kaklns.
Mi«« Jerrin e Blaylock of Port-
land sj»ent tlx* New \ e a r ’s week
end hei e will» het pal cuts, Mi
and Mrs Boyee Blaylock.
Mr ami Mrs Kendrick Dunlap
hail as dinner guests at their
home In Moro Sunday h o n o rln :
Mrs Jim liodtla and Dewavne
Cantrall on their birthday an n i
versaries Gm -ts were Mr ami
M is Jim Rotbla and daughter, Mr
family.
Mr an I Mis
Archie
( a n tiall ami Gene.
Mr and Mrs Fa,gar Alley an I
Ruth went to Portland I- u «day
on Ittudnes« an while there visi
ted Mrs Norton and M, ami Mis
Clarence Payne, returning home
Saturday.
Mr ami Mrs \ vonBorstel were
callers at the home of Mr and Mt
Ben Maxfield T hursday afternoon
to visit with Mrs Etta Buchanan
from Ma ison. WIs o.isln, a for
mer teacher at Kent, who has
been visiting relatives and friend.«
around Kent for a week. Her dau-
, aught ac-hooi in Kent ant, U now
teaching in Jusetin, Venezuela,
South America.
M r ami Mrs ( ’.'»Is Rice and Rud
G ave up G eology
to Study Utilities
Right off the bat things began
to happen.
First, he expanded and re
staffed the important New York
o ffic e ; second, he in itia te d a
growth program.
Two years ago he acquired
Theodore Gary & Co., a big in
dependent, which owned manu
facturing facilities also. So now,
n e x t to W e s te rn E le c tr ic ,
Power’s firm is the country’s big
gest maker of phone equipment
This year, through an ex
change of stock, he joined forces
with Peninsular Telephone Co.
o f F lo r id a , a d d in g a n o th e r
300,000 phones. Previously, he
adds, "we didn’t have a single
phone in that state."
A big, round-faced man of 57,
Power is a quiet sort of fellow
who moves quickly and noise
lessly. Conservative, he doesn’t
like to fiy-though he i s con
stantly on the move. He averages
100,000 travel miles a year-but
by train.
DONAI D CLINTON POKER
in the Journal and in local
papers wherever he travels.
Born near Marietta, Ohio, in
1899, Power dropped an early
yen for geology (his father
worked in the oil fields) in favor
of business and law. At 27, he
was holding down two jobs—
teaching law at the university
in the morning und practicing
it in the afternoon.
W in p a rtn e r o f l l r i i k e r
In 1939, a law partner, John
B ricker, was elected Ohio gov
ernor and Power became his sec-
retary. When B ricker got the
presidential bug fo u r years later,
Power le ft to become chief coun
sel fo r General Telephone.
“ 1 had as many as 19 rate
cases in 19 different states going
on at the same tim e," Power re
calls, womk'ring how he ever
managed it.
When General needed a new
president in 1961, Power was
their logical choice no one knew
as much about the in trica te net
work of the business as he did
H is c h ie f worry
Every weekend he entrains for
his 220 acre Ohio farm to be w ith
his wife and two daughters.
Now that General owns plants
in Belgium. Italy, Canada and
the phone systems of the Philip
pines and the Dominican Repub
lic, Power is now on a business
trip to Europe where he is ex
ploring new opportunities.
In summer he takes off for
Rome 9 uel,ec fishing - always
worrying «bout where he will
get the new capital for the $900
million plant expansion he plans
for th e next five years. But
that’s a small worry-Power al
ways seems to get what he starts
out for.
Mr an I Mrs Bud Kock and fam
ily wyre dinner guests New Year’s
day at the
Donald vonBorstel
home.
Mr ami Mrs Amandus von Bor-
stel were callers at the home of
Mr and Mrs Carl Sehadewitz Sat
urday evening.
Mr and Mrs A vonBorstel and
Mr ami Mrs Frank Sayrs and
lony were dinner guests Sunday
.it the Frank vonBorstel hopie.
Bill I’auseh went to Portland
I hm lav to I m * with .Mrs pans, h
and to attend the funeral of his
ni" her in law, Mrs May Nelson,
on Saturday.
.Mrs. Pausch was
taken to the Emanuel hospital in
Portland for inedi alattention. Mr.
i ’ausch will .stay th en ' for a few
days.
Mr and .Mrs Norman Adams
ami son of Eugene and Miss San
dra Adams and Mrs C P Adams
of Ihe Dalles were guests Sat
urday at the Donald Flodfelter
hong?.
Mr and Mrs C A Riggs and
f miily topped here 1 uesday en
route from California to visit
his brother. Hershell Bigg« ami
family, leaving Friday for their
home in Canyon City, Colorado.
Mr and Mrs Bruce Eccles and
family ol Hood River came Tiles-
iy and spent the New Year hol
iday with her p a i n t s the Don
ald Clodfelters.
Mis Harold F.tkin and Moua
wt nt to Camp Sherm an Saturday
Dtcemlter 28 and Mr Eakin ami
lummy and Penny Higley of
Moro wen, up Tuesday and spent
the New Yeur, all returning on
I'hut «day.
Mi and Mrs N orris Gllkison
pent the New Year holiday visi
ling relatives in Pasco, Wash.
Wayne lennet of Madras was
an overnight guest Saturday a,
the Boy Schilling home He ac
companied Gary Schilling to Eu
gene wU re the lx»ys will resume
then «tn ie> at the Fnlverstty
of (began alter »pending the hol
idays with their parents.
Mrs W F Schilling was a d in
ner guest Saturday evening at
the Roy schilling home.
Mr and Mr» J \V Blagg ami
C 'l ald Blagg drove to Port land
I iMay w here they attended the
funeral of Mrs M B Taylor.
Ralph Dcggendorfer’ arrived in
Gra-s \ alley Friday fiom Califor
nia when» he receive i his dls-
ciiarge from the n a w , to visit
(rden Peters, 1 .caving Sunday for
his home in Kellogg. 1. aho
Mr am,
Mis A lil t'd Kock of
Moro si,»p,i, .| to \tslt \,r am, Mrs
Form an Peters Sum.ay afternoon
ami then had supper with Mr ami
Mis Arzell Ix'mley,
Mr«
W allace
May.
Mrs J W
BI.i c Mr* Gerald Blagg and Mrs
V S
Xlbcrty altemled the
Verne Mobley took Keith Mob
ley and Susie Woods of Moro
to Corvallis Sunday w here they
w.II resume their (studies a t GSC’.
Verne drove to Klamath Falls
.Monday to resum e his studies at
o I l
Mr atid Mrs Dell Olds and Mrs
Ronald Powell and son, l ’at, of
Moro drove to McCoy Monday to
visit Mr and Mrs I, H Nahouse
The Oles were business visitors
in McMinnville Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs John R ust anti
Johnny Raven were in Portland
December 28 visiting Mr ami
.Mr and .Mrs Carl Runke. Mrs
Richards and children came home
with her parents for a visit.
.Mr ami Mrs William B rinkert
ha as dinner guests New Year’s
day Mr and Mrs Bill B rinkert,
Mr and Mrs John Alley and son,
and the form er Mrs. B rln k ert’s
nephew, Duane Anoerson and
family of The Dalles, her sister,
.Mrs. Oscar Anderson of Fergus
Falls, Minn., and her mother, Mrs.
Chruttine Froduen of Portland.
Her sister ami her m other stayed
to visit until Friday when the
William rinkerts took them to
Portland.
Mr and Mrs Earl Olds am,
Robin went to Portland T h u rs
day to visit Mr ami Mrs Glenn
Perry and family, returning home
Saturday.
Guests a, the home of Mr and
Mr« John Rust Saturday evening
were Mr and Mrs John Alley,
.Miss Barbara Alley. Dick Rust,
Mr and Mrs Claud Bayer, Mr
and Mrs Oren Raven, Mrs Rex
Richards and Carl Kelley. The
evening was spent playing pi no
li le with refreshm ents served
The Grass Valley 4-H livestosk
club met at the home of Kenneth
lxnnley. Club member», on Ja n
uary third, had a short business
meeting f t which Tommy Thom p
son. county agent, showed slides
on how to Judge livestosk ami
profitable beef production.
Mr and Mrs Dick Heckman and
daughters drove to Bend on busi
ness Friday stopping enroute a,
Madras to visit Mr and Mrs Mill
ard Fakln and family.
Mr and Mrs Jam es Nichols (the
form er Jackie Horner* of Ingle-
wood. California are the parents
of a daughter ,s»rn December 30
weighing seven pounds and six
Mrs Bernard Martin and Dean
na went to Portland Thursday
to visit relatives, returning F ri
day.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Martin
took their son I.eRoy to Portland
T hursday were t * took a plane
I ku k to Fort Ord, California, after
sjorntlng the holidays here with
them The M artins returned home
Saturday
lay-
held at the Presbyterian Church
Moro S atur. ay afternoon.
Mi and Mrs |H>1| Olds were din
ner guc«ts Sunday at the Lyle
Olds home
Mr ami Mrs Wallace May were
d in n er guest« New Ye u s eve at
the D I Reynolds home.
Mi an Mr« H O Iht. • r. Mr
an I Mr Ott'ii Raven and family
ml Mr Rex R. hart’« «mt chit
Rice o f Sweet Home a rriv e
o n of Portland were dinner
T h u rsd a y to v is it M r ami Mrs E f tie d s Sun ay at the John Rust
I* Thom pson, Mr and Mrs N«»rii- home.
Gllki«on anti Mr and Mr« Harol I
Mr an I Mrs D lber< Wilcox
Eakln ami family returning to it. Prineville w»ie viaitora Sat
their home Sunday.
urday at the Ik d l Olds home
Reserves o f the State
L’ nem-
ment C om m ission dropped below
$12 m illio n s th is week fo r the
lowest year-eixi to ta l in 15 years
despite n e a rly $17 m illio n s paid
in taxes in 1957 by 27, 500 e m p lo y
ers fo r th e higggest annual income
in the com m ission's 20-ycar h is
to ry . U nem ploym ent also set new
a ll-tim e records
w ith
la id -o ff
w o rke rs being paid $31,500,000,
n e a rly 59 per cent m ore th a n in
1956.
P a yro ll taxes are scheduled to
rise fro m an average o f alxm t
1.44 per cent to 1.85 per cent in
1958 b u t even these rates may tie
superseded i f fir s t q u a rte r bene
fits fo r.e reserves below the new
flo o r o f about $31.5 m illio n s . A ll
e m p lo ye r rates then w o u ld re ve rt
a u to m a tic a lly to 2.7 per cent u n
t il the unem ploym ent tru s t fund
again rose above the flo o r.
P aym ents to the unem ployed
d u rin g December are estim ated at
about $4,COO,000, an increase of
over 80 per cent fro m a year ago.
, f w eekly claim s at local offices
w n tin u e then seasonal ruse, Ja n
uary and F ebruary benefits may
pass the five-million mark. A de
cline i«- expected in March, p a rt
ly be ausa of better w eather and
partly because many claim ants
will have draw n maximum bene
fits.
H igher weekly lienefits approv
ed by the 1957 legislature accoun
ted for p art of the increased pay
m ents since last July 1. Average
weekly check rose from $29 to
over $33 with the sta rt of the
1957-58 benefit year. leg islato rs
al.-o established higher flexible
tax schedules but their effect will
not be felt until April when first
assessm ents on 1958 payrolls be
come due.
AlRiut 80,0tX) workers have fileJ
claims sin e the start of the bene
fit year last July and 50,000 have
draw n at least one check. Some
2,500 have exhausted benefit
rights a nd the num ber is rising
by several hundred each week.
W ith many claimants entitled to
26 weeks corni>ensation, even
more exhaustions are expected
cu rin g the early weeks of 1958.
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