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About Central Point times. (Central Point, Or.) 1964-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1965)
I / sy. * by Norm*J«an Although our town 1* decor ated beautifully, there hai been a lot of talk thia week CENTRAL POINT '4- weekly! TIMES Second Class Postage Paid At Medford, Oregon ai to why no pre-C hririm ai visit from Old Saint Nick I f f Someone luggetted we need a Merchant'i Areoclatlon to help with matter* ruch a* thl*. We're a ll for it. After a ll, I f folk* hive to go to neighboring to- ni to the klddlet can gee Santa they w ill probably do a little (hopping there too. A Mer chant* Association could be a boo*t- not only at Christ mas- tim e but throughout the year. Let's get with It. Hey, Freeman! V'here you been hiding? Are you really mad 'cause I said last week you needed that beauty sleep? Anybody see that "SPECIAL" on television the other night called "Congress Needs Help" ? Man Isn't that a title to pull at your heartstrinp? Poor PNB Names New Area , M anager W alt Crosby ha* been appoint ed manager for Pacific North west Bell's exchanges is Ash land, Medford and C e s t r a I Point replacing Jack Creager, according to J. D Perry, dis tric t manager for the phone company. Creager. who has been P N B '* local manager for the past 17 years, is retiring Dec. 21. Crosby graduated from t h e University of Oregon in 1948 and spent five years in the U. S. A rm y during World W ar I I fellows only paid $25, 000 per year and have to wor1* a* long as 63 lours a week. Roy none of them would last very long on a v e e H y news paper. Rob Crant down at Cave >inction, editor and publisher of the Illinois V alley News set "Mebbe those guys wouldn't have to work so hard If they kept their noses out of the affairs belong ing to the states! " $25, 000 per y e a r.. . how much do you earn, constituent.? W A LT CROSBY Just for fun Tuesday morning I listened in on the local traffic court session. One thing learned that may be o f interest to citisens. In court the policeman seems to appear to be the person on tria l. Seems the arresting officer Just better have proof of his Statement^or the defendant's case w ill be dismissed. Never again do I want to hear the statements. "You don't stand a chance against a cop", or "You can't fight city hall". Hogwash! 11111 That kookie Chinese friend of George Merriman's at the American in Crecent City sent George a Christmas gift. A dozen pair of chopsticks! That wasn't had enough he sent them C. O . P . George's than' you note said " Rather than the gift being a total loss I can use them for roosts in our finch cage. . And grit under your appleplate too! " Don't know what he's trying to prove, but Rud Ceren from Alexander's Hardware was seen this morning on the main street flexing his muscles, showing o ff to a ll us sissies who hover around the stove on these cold winter days......... We hear the local Naval Reserve boys are leaving this weekend for Seattle where they w ill undergo dockside training aboard the destroyer escort U. S. S. Fkannon. The fellows w ill fly from the airport Saturday morning at 10i30 a. m, and plan to return Sunday afternoon by way of a Navy Transport plane. Scuttlebutt has It a Marine Colonel w ill pilot the p la n e ..........how does that fig u re .. hm? SAFETY RULES Fourth Grade There was once a boy named Joe Ha w anted to tfrive a car, *o- H a got in the car T u n e d the key on too far, Now , thera is a dead boy nam ed Joe. By Jaime Muir During his 17 year career with PNB, Crosby has had assign ments in the com pany’s direc- ory, marketing and com m erci ti departments He moat recent- y has been manager of PNB'a Corvallis office. W hile in Corvallis. Crosby was ictive in the Chamber of Com merce, Kiwanis, and Urban Re newal Agancv. He was also on ihe M ayor's Advisory Commit- -------- 10« PER COPY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1965 VOLUME 1, NUMBER 52 Gold City Rians Told Talent Group At a Friday night meeting at Talent City H all executives of Gold City Inc gave a presenta tion of the plans and expecta tions of the company to develop the old Ashland M ine into a $4 m illion tourist attraction. Host of the meeting was the T a le n t Civic Im provem ent Group. The three officials of the Gold City firm were Norm an Easley, president, Portland, Ben Gassaway, secretary-treasurer, Portland, and Howard Edgar, sales representative, Medford. Easley explained that on a gradual basis, the 589-acre mountain top would be devel oped into a tourist attraction different than any other <n the country. Friendliness, cleanli ness and beauty would be stres sed, Easley said. The attraction would include an authenic gold mining opera tion for tourists to observe. The International rock exchange at which rock collectors and en thusiasts talk about, sell, a n d trade rocks, and some 22 other facilities from campground t o ice-skating arena, are contem plated. Easley explained that develop ment of some of the facilities depend on available funds. The capital stock at $1 per share is being sold by the executive officers of the firm and by duly- licensed security salesmen. Officials expressed apprecia tion for the considerable in te r est shown in the area and said that there was little doubt but what they could start operation next spring in tim e for the tour ist season Groundbreaking ceremonies xi'J be announced Iriee» Eealey Charlie Hoover for Tree Growing Tips Students Tacoma Man in Trouble Here / A young Tacoma man was arrested here Saturday night ? by the Central Point Police Department on a charge of attempting to elude a police officer. Lodged in Jackson County ja il was Clarence Russell Marsh 111, Rt. 5, Box 412, Tacom a. He is Being held on a Tuck- wlla, Wash, ris tric t Court Warrant charging he jumped hail on a $120 traffic violation charge. According to police. Marsh was found in the home of Calvin Earnest Rhodes. 907 Cherry Central Point when Rhodes and his wife returned from a shopping trip. Upon discovery he fled. Police apprehended him later after getting a description of the vehicle he was known to be driving. Statewide Phone Rates Cut Central Point area telephone users w ill start benefiting from reductions in telephone rates for long distance calls within Oregon beginning Thursday (December 16), according to ( t W alt Crosby, local manager for P aciiic Northwest Bell. "The reduced day station ratfs w ill apply only to those calls o f 80 miles ¿¡r m w e within Or * gon," Crosby said. "Day sta tion calls are those in effect SOC Summer Math Institute Receives $ 4 7 ,9 0 0 NSF Grant Southern Oregon College has been awarded a $47,900 Nation al Science Foundation grant to support a second successive Summer Institute in Contempor ary M athem atics for Secondary School Teachers, it was an nounced this week. D r. Sheldon T. Rio, chairm an of the mathematics departm ent at the college, w ill again direct the institute this summer. This w ill be the fifth institute D r. Rio has directed He organized and developed three others while he was at Western Wash ington State College Purpose of the institute is to improve the quality of m athe matics instruction in the Junior high school and the small high school by providing very basic mathematics courses for teach ers whose mathematics prepar ation is very m inim al. the institute w ill be secondary mathematics teachers who have had little m athem atics training, yet show a potential for improv ing their m athem atics back ground!. “ The presence of a surprising ly large number of full-tim e mathematics teachers in such schools with less than one year of mathematics and with no previous institute experience demonstrates the need for this type of institue," D r. Rio stat ed. “ About 50 per cent of the participants w ill be selected from the Pacific Northwest M To Be Selected The institute director said this year 24 junior high and 12 senior high school teachers w ill be selected for the program. Last year 36 participants were selected from 750 applicants. Courses to be offered during the institute are. The Structure Participants D r. Rio said participants in and Concepts of A rithm etic (4 ti credit hours) taught by D r. Eu gene Bowman, professor of mathematics and education at .SO C ; Basic Concepts in Geom etry (4 credit hours) taught by D r. Rio; Fundamentals of A l gebra (4 credit hours) taught by D r. Joseph Hashisaki, chair man of the Departm ent of Mathem atics at Western Wash W ith the onset of w inter and ington State College; and one reduced visibility, Oregon d ri credit hour reading and confer ven w ere again reminded that ence course on special topics. D r. Rio said there is a plan state law now requires turn signals to be given at least 100 ned and coordinated overlap of feet before turning or changing m aterial of the foundation na ture in the institute offerings. lanes. Vern L. HIU, director of the The study of sentences of m ath Oregon Departm ent of Motor ematics (logic) and the concepts Vehiclea, noting that the law of sets, w ill be introduced and fo rm erly required that turn sig applied extensively throughout nals be given only SO feet in each of the courses advance of a turn, aaid: "H ig h Each student w ill be enrolled e r speeds and reduced visibil in two courses. Selection of ity m ake fir in g turn signals courses w ill be based on t h e well in advance not juat a m at student's preparation and needs ter of being legally right, but for teaching. Those students a m atter of life or death." who teach pre-algebra clases Figures from the depart w ill be enrolled in the theory m ent’s T raffic Safety A Educa of arithm etic class unless they tion Division show that turning have had sim ilar courses re errors (14 per cent) and driving cently. on wrong side of the road, strad Inquiries about the summer dling or driving in wrong lane institute and requests for appli (seven per cent) are involved cations should be sent to Dr. In more than one-fifth of all of Sheldon T . Rio, Mathem atics the state's accidents. Departm ent. Southern Oregon College, Ashland. Drivers Told Turn Signal Requirements N O T IC E T O C H A R T E R SUBSCRIBERS! Hear Yet Your One D o lla r renewals are now due . You w ill have u n til January 31, 1966 to pay your qsecial Monday through Friday from 4j3O a. m. to 6t00 p. m. " The long distance rate reduc tions are expected .to save Ore gonians an estimated $400, 000 annually, Crosby stated. These local examples were given: Prior to the rate cut, a three- minute day station call from Central Point to Eugene cost .7 5 cents. The new rate, ef fective Thursday, is . 70 cents. Also, prior to Thursday, a three-minute day station call from Central Point to Portland cost $1. 00. The new rate is . 90 cents. A reduction of five cents for the first three minutes v as ap proved for long distance day station calls o f 80 miles through 150 miles within Oregon. Ap proval was also given for a re duction of ten cents for the first three minutes of day sta tion calls 151 miles or more within Oregon. Corresponding reductions in charges for additional minutes have also been filed with the Oregon Public U tilities Commi. ssioner, Crosby said. Changes in the method of a l locating the rate base of the telephone company between intrastate operations made the rate reduction possible, accor ding to Crosby. The National Association of Railroad and U tility Commis sioner* recently authorized the changes with approval of the Federal Communications Com mission. NOTICE 1X3 YOU WANT ELK IN THE APPLEGATE AREA? A meeting to discuss It w ill be held in the Girl's Community H a ll in Med ford at 7i3O p. m ., Dec ember 18. ORBGON FISH C GAMF COUNCIL h CHILDREN TOUR NURSERIES FOR SCHOOL LANDSCAPE TRAINING Lest Friday, sixty fifth graders from Richardson Elementary under the guidance o f Mrs. Re man and Nfr. Shearer with Char lie Hoover sought practical know ledge of tree culture to apply to ENJOYING N A T U R E .. . . Charlie Hoover had another one of his wonderful ideas this week and took a busload of fifth grade students and their teachers on a tour of his nurseries. The tour included a stop at the Medford Tree Nursery, others at the Sacred Heart Hospital Nursery and the Dom iciliary at White City. The group also enjoyed a visit to the V io let House in White C ity. Kfc. Hoover is w ell known In this area and across the country for his philanthropy in donating thousands of trees to indivitkials and children in his project of beautification. itinerary covered the Medford and guided them in a tour of the D om iciliary grounds which is landscaped with trees planted by Charlie Hoover seven years ago. Tree Nursery on Jac1 son Street, the Sacred Heart Hospital, the These trees illustrated the fine growth that can be accomplished V io le t House and Dom iciliary at White City. with good care. their nursery and lantkcaping project for their school. Their SOC Area Property Purchases Approved By Education Board PORTLAND — The S t a t e Board of Higher Education to day authorized purchase of five Mr. Glonning invited them for tracts of property for the even At the Medford Nursery on a brief visit. T im e was running tual expansion of Southern Ore the site of the pioneer Medford short. Double tim e marching gon College. Total cost of the brickyard where they have had was placed in effect as sixty lau five purchases would be $57,566 The property is located with a soil problem, they learned ghing students romped down the in the campus boundaries in two the cultivation processes and the long hall to the recreation room. sections on Mountain and Walk necessity of barricades to pro As they traveled along the hall, er Avenues. Included in this mornings au tect small trees from sun and doors popped open as surprised thorization was the Robert Urie wind. veterans witnessed this rare exper property, 484 S. Mountain, at a Sacred Heart Hospital's nur ience of seeing their domain in purchase price of $12,500; the sery was used to illustrate the vaded by little feet and laughter. H. A ""’dingtor property, 48P results produced by the wise use On reaching the recreation room PROTECTION LAW IN of fertiliser and how It acceler their teachers brought the group EFFECT ON TELEPHONE ates tree growth. Sister Super to attention two little young- ior Carmelina spoke to the c h il iters stepped from the ranks and SOLICITING led sixty sweet voices in a heart dren and nursery tenders on the ANNOYED by t e l e p h o n e methock Sacred Heart has fol calls from salesmen or people rendering rendition of "God pretending to make surveys? lowed for producing their excep Bless Am erica". The room tional landscape m aterial for was crowded, and as the A new consumer protection the present hospital grounds and children completed their law passed by the 1965 Oregon the new hospital. The next stop was at Pat's V io le t House on Avenue A in White City where thousands of violets are being propogated. Mrs. Allen spo1 e on her method song the sentimental and emotional effects on all <- as a touching conclusion to a perfect day. F . A. Holley has aamaned the position of acting postmaster of Jacksonville, replacing Houston Valentine who has resigned. The Jackaonvile post office was one of the first in the state although not the first in the county. The Mr. Frank Clonning, adminis first poatoffice in the county was trative assistant to the chief me in the Gold H ill area: the se dical officer o f the White C ity cond, which existed only three D om iciliary greeted the group years, was at Manzanita near Central Point. of violet development. On their departure, each room was pre sented a beautiful violet plant to use in their further studies. renew al charge for Inside Jackson County. t legislature outlaws soliciting Dy pnone u n l e s s the caller identifies himself within 30 sec onds and states Mis purpose Your local reliable business man will be glad to tell who he Is when he calls to inform you about a sale. Homemakers at a recent Ex tension education program told of receiving calls which were tape recorded. The homemaker was given a number to tele phone, thus making her the caller. Be wary of thia, too. it may be an unreliable solicitor's way of evading the law. S. Mountain, for $9,300; the Ar- vil H u rt property, 520 S. Moun tain. $10,750; property owned by M . E. Webster, 435 W alker, for $7,700, and the Eugene Bowman property. 467 W alker, a t a price of $17,316 In other action, the board de cided today it could not go ahead w ith plans for covered tennis courts while it was short of money to meet the cost of increasing enrollment. The board accepted the basic study for nine handball courts i - ' 4 .iv c— r -« - x - t a at the University of Oregon, but deferred p relim inary planning on the project. Mem ber John Snider of M ed ford said he wanted “ to dem onstrate to the E m e r g e n c y Board that w e're not going to consider anything but the moat essential item s." The Emergency Board F rid a y declined to give higher educa tion $2.1 m illion it requested to meet the needs of unexpectedly high enrollm ent, but md make $300.900 im m ediately available and earm arked another $700,000 for later use. 1ht