B O X H O LD ER
L O C A L OR
RURAL ROUTE
Ore.
CENTRAL P O IN T TIMES
Crater Plays Medford Here Sat.
RambliHqA,
by N o rm ajean
ROOUBH RAMBLINGS
_, The American Medical Assocla-
t ion
ha« offered Cnngreaa a pro
gram of health care for the elder
ly which merit» thoughtful consid
eration by members of Congres«
who are sincerely interested in
Br«irich //IH6 of the M eet
helping people over 65 who need
Reserve Association u ill hold
help with their medical expanses.
ts next regular meeting Feb.
This new program advanced by
4. 1965, in the Jackson County
the nation's doctors has many ad
Courthouse.
A ll men cligahlc
vantages over the controversial
for .tiemhership in the o rg an ize
medicare tax prngrun which f'on-
lion are cordially invited to
gre»s has repeatedly rejected over
uttend, bring your wife and
the pust six years.
eome on down.
Coffee and
The Doctors* Elder cure l*rogrum
do—nuts w ill he served alter a
because it would be administered
short
business
meeting.
by the states, should have partic
ular appeal to the muny Anaintuns
who are becoming uluinaid over the
increasing trend lowurd duslrucl
ion of our lederal system of gov
ernment.
The AMA plan would employ the
machinery of the existing slute-
administered Kerr-Mills program.
Il would, in fuel, enlurge on this
program, strengthen it und make it
Molisists uf this urea quite
eusier for the elderly to quulily
often excuse themselves from
for benefits.
l-urlhermore, it
responsibility
m
accidents
would minimize government in
during the- winter months with
volvement in the practice of med
slutcmcnls
like
"there
was
icine by providing benefits through
snow on the road” and “ I
private insurance agencies. One
couldn't
see
in
the fo g ,"
of the serious objections to the
Police Chief I dward J Zander
medicare lax progrum has been
that il would permit bureaucratic
said today.
interference with doctors and hos
Although winter weather pre
pitals to the detriment of put-
sents more driving hazards lor
ients,
motorists to cope w ith, acci
To qualify for u policy ol heulth
dents arc as uvoiduhie in winter
insurance covering a wide range of
us at any other time of the year
hospital and medical benefits un-
tic commented.
Winter driving
• der the dra.lors* plun. an elderly
just requires more alertness und'
person would simply tile a state
patience. Chief Zander udded.
ment ol income with a slate agen
II motorists only remember
cy. If his income is below a min
the
physic ul
laws reguruing
imum esluhhshc-d by the- state, he
turning und braking on ice and
pays NOTHING for his policy. If
snow, and do not be so impatient
it is above the minimum, he pays
Ihul
you drive In n fast for
a prop<«tionulc amount ol the pre
wculchr
conditions
or
lake
mium. increasing with the level of
unnecessary
chances.
winter
his in c is n c
driving cun be safe und plea—
uni.
T hu s. the plan would help those
who need help t o Hie degree they
needed Ivlp .
Invite
Membership
Chief
Cautions
Drivers
The doctors' plan would not re
quire a burdensome new pavroll
lux on the nations* workers, it
would not dissipate tux tunds by
providing henetrls to wealthy u-
mong
the aged, and it would not
create another self perpetual tug
evergrow ing Inaeaucr.ic v central
iz.ed in Washington. I lie medicare
lax scheme would do iu»t that.
As for lltc- cost ol medicare, it
would lie largely borne by low in
come groups since the plan calls
I k a lax on tin lust *5.h(H) ol
annual earnings
I hus the man
earning $5,<><H( per ve.a would he
paying the same lax as the cor-
pcaatnwi executive earning $56.IMM>
a year 1« more. And at a rale of
three per cent, a wage earner
would he taxed $168 per year on
a »5.him salary und would not be
eligible few a cent of Is-nelil un
t il he reac hed age 65.
Medicare would provide lillle
bes tiles limned hospilaliz.il 1011
Il would not pay for physicians'
services cw few drugs outside 1 he
hospital or nursing hoax-. What it
would provide is up to 45 days of
hospital care consisting ot bed
and hoard and nursing care but
without the services of u physi
cian cw surgeon. Il would provide
NO THING lew doctor b ills, sur
geon fees, dentist b ills , drugs,
m edicine, eyeglasses 01 hearing
aids.
Nursing home care would con
sist of a maximum of 60 dues of
residence A F T E R discharge from
hospital with medical attention as
provided by interns and residents
of the hospital with which the 11111
sing hoiik- is affiliated .
NOW
my friends! Ask yourselves this:
How muny nursing homes 111 South
ern Oregon are affiliated with a
hospital!
There is no reason for the con
gress to act hastily and rush
through an inadequate, little un
derstood progrum like medicare
which would create new problems
without solving old one». It isn't
as if Congress had nothing bettei
to consider, the doctors have giv
en them something belter.
But, from 11II indications, med
icare as proposed and sponsored
by the President w ill soon become
a law.
And we don't believe it
w ill be enacted because of a man
date of the people but rather be
cause of a lack of know ledge by
the people.
Now, on the brighter side of
life....Spring is springing! Or so
it looked in the Valley over the
past weekend. Everyone but every
one waa enjoying the balmy wea
ther by going for a drive, raking
the yard or testing the ground to
see if it had drained enough to
start digging in the earth.
One
(cont'd. pg. 2)
a
All blood donors in this area are urged to
make their contributions when the Bloodmobile
visits Central Point next Monday, February 8th,
from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m . The Bloodmobile will
be parked at the Central Point Grange Hail.
Prospect
Man Hits
Train
Approves
Rezoning
Central Point Man
Injured In Crash
On M t. Ashland Road
Central
Point’s city father
T uesday night approved five new
ordinances and held two public
he arings.
The council unanimously gave
A Ce.i'ral Point man was in-
jured Saturday in a two-car
accident at 11:45 a m on the
Mt Ashland Ski Area Road
three miles from Highway 99.
Treated
and
released
at
Rogue Valley Memorial Hos
pital for lip lacerations was
Herbert Antone Wheeler. 22,
Central Point.
Wheeler's car was struck by
an oncoming vehicle driven by
Daniel Charles Martmec, 19,
4260 Highway 99 Martinec was
cited by Oregon State Police
for failure to drive on the right
side of the highway.
fumes laiuts Garrett
4.1. <rf
Prospect
was seriously injured
Monday morning following a col
lision about g:40 a .m. between a
log truck he was driving and a
train at a crossing on fable Ruck
Road near Kirtland Road.
According to the Central Point
rescue squad, Garrett was driving
a logging truck pulling a “ low
boy" trailer with a caterpillar
tract'» on it when his brakes pr e-
sumeably failed near the train
crossing Garret could nut stop
the- truck und saw he was going
Io hit the train. Al the Iasi minute
he jumped from the cab of the
truck over the fork lifts of the
Iracli».
According to reports
the jump from the truck is the on
ly thing that saved his life. The
cab of the truck was completely
demolished.
Invitations to the Beaux Arts
Garred was taken to Rogue V a l
ley Memorial Hospital where his Ball to be held Feb. 27 will goon
condition was described as c riti be in the mail to members of
cal.
the Rogue Valley Art Associa
lie
was found by the Central tion.
Point rescue squad lying on one
The gala, to be held in the
side of Ihc rig partially under a ballroom of the U S Hotel in
boxcar. The rescue squad admint Jacksonville, will be the firat
stered first aid before hts depar to be held by the Association,
ture in a Medford ambulance.
according to Mrs. Thomas Rut
Members of the rescue squad
ter, president The John Lusk
answering the ca ll were L t. Fran
ces, Marshall, Boh Gibson, and Band will play during the eve
ning and refreshments wil be
Harry Hurd.
Art Association
Plans First G a la
served
the go-ahead on an ordinance to
rezone the property on East Pine
Street near the Interstate 5 over
pass from residential to commer
cial nroperty. This particular prop
erty has been the subject of some
controversy during the past few
weeks. A public hearing was held
in the council chambers last week
on the issue where Robert Jones
of 45 Bigham Drive appeared to
speak for residents of area who
were opposed to the change.
J'nes said he felt it would be
poor planning to make the change,
property values could go down as
much as 25 percent in the adjacent
residential area, and that the noise
and lights from a service station
could present a problem.
A representative of the Texaco
company also appeared and said
the company plans to spend in ex
cess of $65,000 developing the
area and in his opinion anything
built would be a "com plem ent"
to the area.
In other business Tuesday night
City Recorder Freeman Mason told
the council flood damage has been
appraised at $985. According to
Mason, the sewer plant incurred
$180 damage and damage to the
city's streets was $805.
Chief of Police Ed Zander re
ported that 41 percent of police
cases reported in January had
been
solved.
Valentine’s Day Coming
-----„ ------ vumij uctwcen me c ra te r
Comets and the Medford Tornadoes at C rater High gym Saturday night,
there will be a very special half-time trea t. The Cheney Forest Products
Courtiers will be with us to further enliven the evening. Many of us have
enjoyed these boys in past exhibitions. The group have patterned their
antics after those of the Harlem Globe T rotters - only they pace their
exhibition to music. The boys have gained national recognition for
themselves and their sponsor, Chney Forest Products, for their
outstanding exhibitions.
Pomona
Grange
Discusses
Flood Damage
The regular meeting of the
Jackson County Pomona Grange
was held Saturday, January 23,
-a t the Gold H ill Grange H all. _
There was a discussion of
the flood damage to the area by
Arnold Bohnert, Chairman of the
Agriculture Committee, in which
he stated that the problem of
cleaning
up and making the
fields productive was fantastic.
Beyond Grants Pass, the hop
fields have sand bars in them
and many of the mint fields are
ruined.
lt w ill take at least a
year to produce crops again. If
the alfalfa fields stay wet too
long they w ill have to be re
seeded.
The fertile W illiamette
Valley
has
received
untold
damage to those rich farm lands.
During the Lecturer's pro
gram,
Victor
Croxton
read,
“ Ten Easy Ways to Lose Our
Freedom”
SWEETHEART— Just as pretty ns her picture is Linda Wilson, above,
16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilson, Route 1, box 280,
Central Point. The Tim es’ candidate for Miss Valentine, 1965, Miss-
Wllson has recently undergone a series of photographs for the cover of
a popular magazine. She is a junior at C rater High School. And what is
m ore, there are four more nt home like her.
GRAPHICS WEST PHOTO By Al Hooker
Ignore responsibility
2.
a compia iner
3.
Stop
Thinking
4.
Avoid being
w ell-inform ed
5.
Narrow
your mind
6.
l.et “ George"
do it.
7. Never speak against
injustice 8. Do not learn your
’"'onslilutinnal rights
9.
Feel
it
is too complicated 10.
Think " i t can't happen here.
Several important Resolutions
were acted upon by the members
one, a resolution that Jackson
County
Pomona
oppose
the
,he closing of the Camp White
Domiciliary and wires were sent
I o this effect to Sen Morse and
Neuberger
and Rep. Duncan
asking them to use their in
fluence to keep this fac ility
open.
Also the members feel
that Rogue Basin Project and
copies of this resolution have
been
sent
to our Senators,
Representatives,
State
Sen.
Lynn Newbry and to the Jackson
County Court.
Court.
February 17, was set for tie
Officers Conference al which
time
all
Subordinate Grange
officers
w ill
be
instructed
in their duties and given an
opportunity to practice. Pomona
Home
Economics
Chairman,
Frances
Hoffatt
w ill be in
charge of light refreshments.
Winners of the 1964 V isitation
Contest were Eagle Point, 1st
and Phoenix 2nd in Gourp 1;
Gold H ill. 1st and Sams V alley
2nd in Group II.
Muster Mel
l.attie announced that plans for
the 1965> V isitation w ill be made
at
the
Officers
Conference,
February 17.
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