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b y N o r m a je a n THAT PHONE AGA IN .. . . CENTRAL POINT z5-o * TIMES w k ly ! After today's session on the telphone I'm beginning to wlah there w ai no extension to the office phone at it was nice and w e were out of First of a ll, a home! My but peaceful when service. lady called in Second Class Postage Paid At Mjdford, Oregon in the Tim es. She said this pert'cular grocery advertised In the Medford pap T , but she did not subscribe to the Med ford Tribune, And further- m ore, she said if she did she m lght as w e ll do her shopping in that city instead of the old home stomping grounds. Now, mind you, she gave ME heck for not running this particular ad! Had to explain to the lady that we did not run any ads out of the good ness of our hearts.. they cost the advertiser m oney, and it is not up to us to dictate to anytme where he must spend his money. I told her to te ll the store owner her problem, not us. We hope he w ill take die hint! see WOES OF BEING A M O T H E R ..., And you think you got troubles! The Freeman Mason's received . G l Loons For V ie t V ets Governor Mark H atfield said ha w ill aiki the 1967 Legislature to extend farm and home loan benefits avail able under Oregon's veterans lew to cover veterans of the V ie t Nam co n flic t. «• T he Governor said, "Those of us who saw service during either World War or th e ., R orean conflict, realise, I . am sure, that the young sol dier under fire in the rice peddles or jungles of V ie t Nem is giving the same ser vice and suffering the same dangers, filth and loneliness, that any combat service en tails. And he is just as en title d to the constructive ' benefits o f our Oregon Vet eran's la w ." a letter from daughter Mery Ann this weak and were t.ood enough The Governor made a simi lar proposal to the 1965 Legislature but the session ad to share it with us. V e think it's a m asterp iece... and a ll journed before it could be acted on. mothers w ill appreciate Mary Ann's feelings when little son M icheál, 8 morths old, be came locked in the fan ily car. And that wasn't a ll e ith e r.. Let's read the le tte r.. Dear Mom, Dad, Pam and A lic ia , . . . . Boy, you'll never guess w hat happened (ran out of Ink) to us yesterday. W e ll, M icheál and I went out to pick up Lore's iron to tel o it in to get s new cord, Ip « '. M icheál in «be and locke his door and gue, whet? Ye: 'he other door was locked to< .nd the ke/s were inside the don't k n ar in L 'iat r ignition. I me do it but as so i as I closed the door 1 kn. «•»» tly what I'd done. That a ¡3 0 , .n. I Wi t in and • tiled Larry and they I. I to (lisp, h a c e ll out to him » neet me at Lore's. He ca’ > 4:45 p .m . uy this tim e Micheál had •r'ed out of the seat belt and va aded for my purse on the floor in front o f him . W e ll, he went over and that started him crying. Meanwhile Larry was on his way out but he had to take his truck back to the barn be cause he had a big load in the trailer that he couldn't get the truck into 4th gear so had to go pick up the V W . (ran out of ink (g a in ). Then he hit a ll the 5 o'clock tra ffic . Back at the car, Micheál was There will be no charge for the home tours or for the re freshments to be served. Guests will be met at each home by a hostess, taken on a tour, then be served refreshments while watching Governor Hatfield's state-wide telecast at 10:30 a.m. on Channel 5. Any adult, regardless of po litical affiliation, may attend and casual dress is encouraged. Mrs. Collier Buffington and Mrs. Lloyd Bishop have arranged the tours. Persons desiring to see a par ticular type of home, modern, Oriental, colonial, Victorian, may have help in their selection by telephoning the reservations number. Another App • ' l l Applies For Medford Franchise Commission. T h e second application hat Finally his arm just happened been filed by Liberty T e le vision, a Joint venture com - ’ prised oT Siskiyou Broadcast ers, In c ., of Medford, and Liberty Television, In c ., 10 minutes to six. Boy, I was a nervous wreck! I could hardly sleep last night thinking about it. I kep seeing Michael's poor pathetic face w ith tears rolling dow n.. . W a ll, i f that wasn't enough, presently held by incumbent, Freeman Mason. were my canister set and bread- box a ll covered w ith A NTS. We never found out where they were coming from unless they came from under the carpet because that's where the tra il ended. I had a weeks supply (C ont'd. page 7) C ity Recorder, has been a resident of Central Point since 1951. hfeson is married and the father of four children, a ll of w horn graduated from Crater H ig h . Mr. Meson has had twenty years in office management, construction, real estate, Insurance, and since Apsfl, who hag been employed with P P G L Company almost 30 years. Mrs. Right is a licensed water front instructor with Red C ross; has done architectual drawing; worked for Hooper Homes Insurance Investment Company and Surety Life Insurance Company. She was 1963 at his preset* position as C ity Recorder and Admini strator. Mrs. McGrath was born Dorothy Right in 1934 at Prairie C ity, Oregon and in 1942 moved to Central Point w ith her parents, Mr. and M rs. W . Vern Right. After graduation from High School, Medford Business College (June, 1951) and Oregon Technical Institute McGrath has been employed i r her profession with the American Red Cross Blood Bank, the former Sacred Heart Hospital, Medford and as an instructor at Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland Mrs. McGrath and the late Donald M . McGrath have one son, Terry. They man aged apartment buildings for a tim e in both Portland and Astoria. Mrs. McGrath returned to Central Point in the fall of 1965. employee cry M rtry Company at the tim e the financed her daughter's college education. In recent years she has been owner -rad operator s; Central In tne pest eleven years, Mr Mason has acted u Chairmen of the Planning Commission for a two year term , served five years as Mayor of Central Point, and nearly four yean in his present position. Under the Mason admini stration, almost every street in the city has been paved. Street lighting has been im proved nearly cne-hundeed percent. Many other improv« ments have been made, accor ding to Mason with what he considers a good, sound City government and C ity person nel that are not only interest ed in their jobs but the C ity of Central Point as w e ll. C . L. "CHET" A Y R E S .... C . L. "Chet" Ayres, in cumbent city councilman from Ward II I who replaced Don Patterspn, is candidate for reelection from his ward Mr. Me Grath was fa ta lly injured in *. the Dec. 1965 Greyhound Bus accident near Rogue R iver. Mrs. McGrath believes it a privilege and a duty of the younger citizens to work in city government and other p olitical fields and to express this privilege and duty by voting and taking an active Interest in the c ity in which they live. Point Ceramics, 917 E. Pine S t., Central Point. Democrats Lead Republicans In Jackson County Registered Democrats outnum ber Republicans registered in Jackson County, but only by a narrow margin, accordir« to an unofficial tally made by the Jack- son County Clerk’s Office. By election day, Nov. 8, these figures will have changed, but today’ s totals include 22,341 Democrats and 20,219 Republi cans with 1,583 persons regis tering as independents. Cancellation cards are beir< received daily from other coun ties in the state concerning re gistered voters who have moved and are registering again in dif ferent localities. Taking this into consideration, election department spokesmen estimate that the 44,143 total of registered voters is probably aSxit 500 too high. H u n te r R e c o v e rin g fro m G u n s h o t W ound Deer Hide Program Going Great LATEST REPORT OF THE ELRS LODGE PROJECT.......... Owen Bristlin reports th a t the M edford Elks Lodge H ide Pro je c t which furnishes le ath e r been stepped up by the assign- gunshot victi n , Gene Robert m ent of two men to work with son of Medford was lucky. He - free of charge - to veterans in the domic ilaries and hospi the Forest Service"* Pacific is recovering in th e Presby tals for their handcrafts pro Northwest Region. te ria n In terco m m u n ity Hospi je c ts is proceeding ahead of John D ell and Frank Ward, ta l in R lam ath Falls from a both from the Riverside, C a li w ound in his rig h t side - a c c i an ticip ated schedule. 65 hides were gathered over fornia, Forest Fire Research dently in flic ted by his father, Labroratory, are now stationed D elb e rt Robertson of R lam ath the past weekend approaching a possible 300 to ta l c o lle c te d in Portland to carry out studies Falls, on M onday. by next week - with a second in the Douglas-fir region of T he two m en w ere hunting shipm ent of hides being sent w estern Oregon and western in a h eav ily w ooded area to th e tannery at Sherwood, Washington. w hen th ey spotted a d eer, O regon. T he men w ill study the ef shot it but only w ounded ft. Bristlin feels that the self-set fects of slash burning (includ T hey im m e d ia te ly sp lit u p to f)uota of 400 hides for the ing air pollution), the techni tra il th e w ounded deer and be Medford Lodge w ill be reach ques and tim ing of burning ca m e separated. ed. One of the receiving hazardous waste m aterial, T he younger Robertson cam e stations having the most hides fire behavior and meteorology upon the deer about th e sam e this past week was Mike and means of disposal other tim e his father did, but be Johnson's Mobil Seivicc here than burning, including great cause of dense g round-cover, in C entral Point. More than er utilization. the elder m an did not see his 26 hides were received at this tim b e r harvest in the Doug- son. T he fath er changed station. la s -iir region creates approxi positions for a sp lit second T he gathering co m m ittee, mately 125,000 acres of slash w hile aim in g a t th e buck and business m en of the area, annually. This slash often just a t th a t m o m en t th e young' have requested that hides constitutes a serious wildfire er m an ran b etw een th e deer ONLY be placed in th e picku] hazard if not disposed of by and his fath er, ca tc h in g the barrels. Since heads and legs burning or other means. b u lle t in his right side. rem oval from the hides is a D e ll and Ward w ill work i F ortunately, th e m en had a tim e consuming job of dispos w ith personnel of the National je e p parked near by jo th e al as w ell as taking up valu Forests west of the Cascades eld er m an was able to drive ab le space in the barrels. to gather data, develop, im his son out of th e wood to R . C . W em em ark, lodge prove methods, test systems, c a ll for help. m e m b er and com m ittem an, and determine costs of vari G enc Robertson is th e son- is still asking for c a ttle and • ous methods of slash hazard in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Dari horse hides and bear skins reduction. W. Barlow of Barlow's Fuel donations because of th e need The program is sponsored by Com pany, Jacksonville high of heavier type leather used the Pacific Northwest Region w ay. He is em ployed by for design work projects by and Pacific Southwest Forest C a ro lin a -P a c ific . the veterans. C Range Experiment Station, T hree hunters w ere k illed Study of loggin -. slash dis over th e w eekend in th e K lam posal in the National Forests of Oregon and Washington has ath Falls a re a . T h e fourth Berkekey, C alifornia. DIAL 773-6720 to hear "LET FREEDOM RING" CLASSIFIED ADS PAY "C het", as he is known, w as born Nov. 4, 1925 in D e lta , Colorado. His par ents moved to Central Point in 1936, where he attended school. He was in the U. S. Navy from 1942 until the end of World War I I . He ••e e e e e e e e Eugene, operators of REZI- TV. Previously filing for the permit was Medford Printing C ompany, publisher o f the M RS. F. LORAIN T A T E .. . , * Mrs. F. Lorain T ate, incum bent city treasurer, is running for reelection for this position.- Mrs. Tate has been in the employ of the c ity of Central Point since 1959. In 1965, she was appointed to her pre sent position to serve the unex pired term of Edward W . Jones w ho had been c ity treasurer for 29 yean. Medford M ail Tribune and operator o f radio station entered buxine» for him self at his present stand on the corner o f Front and Pine Streets in 1962 as local ag ent for Tidewater Associated O il Co. and is now represent ing Phillips Petroleum who have purchased the T id e water Associated outlets. Chet is no stranger to the city's business having served Central Point Council 1959 through 1962. •,°P KYJC. Channel 8 would be the third television station for Medford and surrounding area. M r. and Mrs. Ayres are active to community affairs and have a son, R e g ., a senior at Crater H i, and a daughter, Margaret, attend this morning wa got up and I came in the kitchen to fix Larry's breakfast and the drain- board and a ll up on the counter FREEMAN W . M A S O N .... Freeman Mason, incumbent logging Slash Disposal Studied ’ for a new television station to lay on the switch that opens w e t. His hair was just a mass of ringlets. I felt so sorry for him and he just clung to m e. Larry finally got there about MRS. DONALD M . McGRATH Mrs. Donald M . McGrath, C entral Point, is running for position of C ity Administrator Another applicant hat filed Jia little knobs, crying a ll the im e . Anyway, the doors open«J. His hair and shirt were wringing in the Times until election. Bring your picture in, If you have one and a writeup of yourself. fours Of Homes Arranged In Hatfield’s Honor to operate on Channel 8 with the Federal Communications his dad to get there. (Editor's Notei A ll local candidates for city positions are Invited to participate In the Who's Who on the Ballot" series which w ill run la M edicai Technology, frfrs ¡till crying and so was mother. Micheál kept getting up and slaying with the radio and a ll the doors autom atically. I guess he just got tired of waiting far Who's Who on the City Ballot (class of 1954) majoring as a Lab end X -R ay Technician At least 42 Medford, Ashland and Jacksonville homes are “ sold" on Mark O. Hatfield, Republican candidate for U.S. Senator, and will be open for Inspection in his behalf on Tues day morning, O ct 25, at 9:45. Valley residents may select one and telephone 779-4119 for a reservation to see IL 10 CENTS PER C O THURSDAY, O C T. 20, 1966 ’ VOLUME 2 NUMBER « to give me the dickens for not running a certain grocery ad ing Brigham Young Universi 11IIIIKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ty, Provo, Utah. SALE TODAY! 1111 ! TODAY I Central Point Ger den Çlub w ill hold a White Elephant end plant sale at Central Point Crange Hell — Thursday, October 20 — from 9 a .m . to 4 p .m . SEE YOU THERE Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllll * Mrs. Tete is married to Dominic Tatei they have ___ m ade their home in Central Point since 1954 and have two chiltfren, a son, John, In the U . S. Marine Corps, and a daughter, Florence, a Sopho m ore at Crater High School. 4 NEW IMPROVEMENTS A T HUMANE SOCIETY..............When finances permit, improvements for the humane cere of unwanted animals are made at the facilities of the Southern Oregon Humane Society, 2902 Table Rock Road, Medford. Currently, two new runs for puppies ere being built to provide better segregation and less crowding of animals, hfcich EVA M . R IG H T .. . Mrs. Eva M . Right, Central Point, it running for C ity Council position , Word ID . Nfri. R ight, a resident of Central Point since 1942, Is m arried to W . Vern Right needed fencing Is being rebuilt. Pictured above at the facility are A .R . (Woody) Morse, left, a part president of the Board of Directors, and Mr. and Mrs. Tracy H . Abshire, managers, who work to find homes for abandoned and unwanted pets. In the background are workmen for V .V . ( B t d) Simmonds, local contractor and also a member of the board. The Abshires are showing two beautiful dogs, representlve of the many fine dogs and cats waiting for homes. Society members ask that anim al cruelty cases be reported to the humane society by dialing 664-2406. The office is open from 9i00 a. ns. to 5 p. m. dally and closed Sundays. Visitors are always welcome.