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About Central Point times. (Central Point, Or.) 1964-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1966)
V '* NOTICE The Central Point Library w ill be closed December 24, and 26; also January 2, The C ity H a ll w ill be clos ed December 26 and January 2. Second Class Postage Paid At Medford, Oregon VOLUME 2 NUMBER S2 10 CENTS PER COPY THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1966 Raiders Fall Ski School Beginning Again To To Fill Ils Classes Potent Vikings The Medford Jftycees an of January next year. Medford Surgeon Sued By Patient BY NOR MA J AN GRANDPA'S CHRISTMAS TRIALS......... Dear me, here 'tls most Chris'mus again. OR ye«, I like Chris'mis a ll right o n ly --w a l, to te ll the truth I jort o' dread the- - present». What say? You thought ev'rybody like.. *o git Chris'mus present»? Wal, I «pose mo«' folk« do b u t--l may's w ell te ll how 'tl*. Oh no, 1 ain't com plainin' w 'gainst Chris'mus, but I've got a real lot o' relations, 'specially a bunch o' gran* children that'« g iftin ' grow cd up an' I ' l l bi blest ev'ry one of 'em don't gimme a Chris'mus present. W 'y , I git a wash tub mos* full. Course they all gimme some somethin' useful an' it's gittin' to b< an* awful bother. W 'y, I've got socks t ill you 1 ’ bi"Jt I'm a canty- pedes— a ll innds and colors; an' I've got han'kerchiels to last me t ill I'm a hundred an' fifty years old; an' slip pers— say, I could stock the slipper department of a shoe store. An'shirts— If you was to sing a Song o' the Shirt 'bout each one I've got laid by it'd make an* awful long concert. Now here 'tis mos' Chris'mus an' I'll git more slippers an' socks an' han'kerchiels an' shirts an' neckties. Say, I've got neckties foe ev'ry day in the week an* weddin's an' fun'rals thrown in. This year I spose those that gimme shirts w ill gimme slippers. Yes, I like Chris'mus but I wish Santy Claus wasn't so gen'rous with me. THANKS T O THE JUNIOR HIGH BRASS C H O IR ... . For the wonderful Christmas music in downtown Central Point Wednesday. Some IS youngsters with instructor Ken Blew entertained with carols or Pine Street and It certainly was a lift to a ll of us who were working that day, also tired shoppers and some o f 11« w ho w ere fig h tin g the 'flu ' bug. A fine bunch of kids they are, and they know their music too! THE ORIGIN OF C H R IS T M A S .... Centuries before the birth of Christ the ancient races of Central Asia used in their pagan celebrations many of the Y ule-tide ceremonies of people were sun-worshippers who belived the sun was born anew each morning, rode across the sky in a chariot, and sank at night into his grave. As the months passed and the sun's power gradual ly diminished, the people (continued on page 6) A Si 14,000 law suit has been filed in Jackson County court against Dr. Fred Burich, Med ford. The suit, filed b> Walter Free man, charges that Dr Burich negligent in the performance of his duly during an examina tion in No/. 62. The suit states tha Dr. Burich gave the plain tiff a fractured chest during an examination for a fractured rib. Freeman is asking $100,000 in general damages and $14,000 l> ipecial damages. BUSINESS UP DESPITE SOFT LUMBER MARKET Local business volume Committee Formed To Help County’s Unemployed Men (or this holiday season shows a slight increase over last year despite lumber industry layoffs and unfavorable mar ket conditions. Building was report» J to be up 19 percent nationally. It w ill be some tim e before the impact can be appreciated here as most firms are buying light to keep first of year inventories down. Locally, the Double D Lumber Co. has shut down Its gang m ill which leaves Times and styles change, 25 men la id-off. There has been some curt ailment at Elk Lumber and Tim ber Products. hut our Christmas wishes to you are timeless. The Med ford Corporation is running full shifts. However, most m ill oper ators have a feeling of op timism for better business in the coming year. SCHOOL VACATION STARTS FRIDAY FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS Happy kids w ill start enjoying their anticipated holiday awaiting the coming of Santa on December 24. Classes w ill resume on Monday, January 2. Crater cagcrs w ill meet Klamath Falls there tomorrow night. Southern Oregon College’ s nounced today that classes for humbled Raiders limped back their third annual Ski School into Ashland today after being are beginning to f ill with stu mauled twice by potent Port dents. Chairman of the school, Len land State College over the week Merryman, slated that applica- end. The Vikings, who had beater ions are being received from SOC 106-77 Friday night, poured i ll areas in the Rogue Valley— it on Saturday for a 124-91 shel ndicating high interest in this /e a r’s school. lacking of the Raiders. The point output established a ■ The Jaycees are againoffering record production for the Vikings heir Ski School to all students who have lost only one game ige 10 and over, interested in learning to ski, or increasing this year in seven contests. The Raiders, who carried a their proficiency in the sport. 4-1 record into Portland, now The school w ill start on the 7th sport a 4-3 record along with some bruised egos. Jack McWhorter carried most of the load for the Raiders Satur day, dunking in 28 points. But the red-hot Viks hit 49 per cent of their shots from the field to yver shadow all SOC efforts. The game was marred by rough A committee to investigate pos olay as Portland committed 36 sible aid to Jackson County’ s jersonal fouls to 22 for the lumber industry unemployed was {aiders. formed at a gathering in Med SOC players chipped in 43 ford Wednesday night. ree throws out of 59 attempts, The committee, made up of out could hit only 39 per cent representatives from labor, bus .rom the field. iness and government, is to look The game stayed fa irly close into possible assistance from until the latter part of the second service organizations, chairity half when the Vikings began to pull groups and the government. away. At halftime, Portland led More than 50 persons attended by a 58-46 margin. the meeting Wednesday called by SOC s next opponent w ill be representatives of organized la Eastern Oregon College Jan. 6-7. bor in Medford and the Medford Other SOC scorers Saturday United Crusade. ncluded Tony Dil lio with 12, In attendance were mayors of Vowell 9, Hutchins 8, Stahel 8, Ashland and Medford, and spokes Tom Johnson 6, Gary Johnson men from business and industry. 5, Mike W illiams 4, Dick DelTley Some 900 fam ilies in the county- 4, Craig Johnson 3, Brumm itt have been effected by the slump 2, and T e rry Gardner 2. in the lumber industry, accord ing to reports a» the meeting. Labor spokesmen said many of these skilled and semi-skilled workers w ill leave the county if assistance isn’ t forthcoming. Aid to the unemployed w ill be a “ near-impossible” task, ac cording to EMane Malone, execu tive director of the United Cru SOC Faculty Wives’ cookbook sade and chairman of the meet “ Secrets o f Cooking” went into ing Wednesday. a second printing in time for He said $44 a week was the Christmas shopping. Last spring maximum the unemployed could the firs t printing of 300 copies draw in unemployment benefits, was sold out immediately. A ll “ not enough to pay for his shel profits from the sale go to the te r, food and other basic neces Southern Oregon College Student sities. Loan Fund. (' \ . < } \ V . v s t~ A - ' ' • N XA.I. f t . / X n / / < - *■ - , C ¿C ' ~~7 / t S^-‘ s „ I , SOC Wives Cookbook In Re-Print Instruction w ill be offered on •Saturday and Sunday in two ses sions, one in the morning, and the second in the afternoon. Cost of the five week course w ill be $24 incl'iding transportation or 813 without transportation. Stu dents w ill be able to rent equip ment at bargain rates from var ious ski shops, through special arrangements made by the Jay cees. Merry man said there are s till openings in all class periods, but urged those interested in the ski scliool to submit their applica tions as soon as possible to in sure getting into the desired class. Application blanks are available at ski shops, sporting goods stores, and schools in Medford, Ashland. Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, and other cities in tile Rogue Valley. Merryman also announced that a free dry land ski school w ill be held December 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Medford Arm ory. The public is invited to attend. Free instruction on the selection and care o f ski equipment and clothing, together with safety and other valuable information w ill be presented. RENEWAL COOPERATION ASKED OF CHARTER SUBSCRIBERS Charter subscription renewals dated for December are now due. The yearly rate is now $2.00 per year. Because of the very small charge to charter subscribers it is hoped it w ill not be necessary to send statements. Your help in getting your renewals in w ill be much appreciated. This w ill be especially so in that it is plan ned to bring some rather revolut ionary changes to your paper. These improvements w ill be fin anced through anticipated reven ue on renewals. It is hoped you w ill be pleasantly surprised and pleased. On Science Building SOC Bids Total $1,548,820 Three Medford firm s are apparent low bidders for the construction and equipping of the new Science Building addition on t h e Southern Oregon t ollege t ampus I he low bids for the four sections of the large pro ject totalled $175,168 below the budgeted amount for the build ing. Graff and James Construction Company of Medford w a s the apparent l o w bidder for the general construction contract. The firm bid $790,00(1 for the job, which was $119,1HH below the amount budgeted Bids ranged up to a high of $856,000 which was submitted by the Batterman Construction Company. The low bid for the mechanical work on the building was sub mitted by Western Mechanical of Medford. T h e company bid $447,720 fo r the job, which was about $2,000 less than the amount budgeted for the work. The high est of the three bids entered for the project was $469,000 submitted by Modern Plumbing of Medford. The Steeek E lectric lompany of Medford was apparent low bidder for the electrical work in the S-O-C Science Building addi tion The firm b id $ l 1,300, which was $3,300 below the budgeted amount. The bids ranged as high as $127,311, which was submitted by Madson-Stokes. A I.os Angeles Corporation, Perm tlah-Metalab, was apparent low biader for the science equip ment to go inside the building. The firm bid $199,300 for the job, which was $50,700 below the budgeted funds. The S-O-U Science Building addition w ill total more than 54,000 square feet and w ill more th.in double th e flo o r space avail able for science instruction. MetF ford Architect Wayne Struble says the addition w ill contain a full basement, two full floors, and a fourth floor to house the required mechanical plant. S-O-U Assistant to the Presi dent Don I.ewis said the bids w ill be checked against specifica tions for the next two weeks, after which contracts w ill be awaded. Constr uctionshould be- . gin about the fir s t of February, Lewis said, and the building I.ewis said, and the building should be completed in about 18 months. Board Allocates $45,000 More The State Board of Higher Education voted today to allocate an additional $45,000 to South ern Oregon Coliege for its $1.7 m illion lib ra ry. Costs of the new library, al ready under construction, arc running higher than expected, necessitating the increase. Save the leaves of celery and parsley and dry them. They make excellent seasonings for soups and stews. Post Office employes D el M ayfield and Dick King begin to "see daylight" Monday afternoon after being swampe. by mountains of packages that flooded the m a il room during the morning. The picture above shows only a small sample of what the local postoffice is going through th s week. 4
