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i TirEDFOKT) MAIL TRTBTTNTE. "MEDFOTiD. 0RF.GONT. FRIDAY. .TUXE 3. 1938 PAGE SEVEN County-Wide Family Living Conference On Oct. 11 To Open Program Vaca tion Camp Takes Interest The Jackson county home extension committee met at the courthouse Wednesday, with Mrs. Mabel C. Mack, county home demonstration agent, to plan the county axtension calendar for 1038-30. The program was based on recom mendations made by community lead ers at the annual program planning: meeting last week. Projects Included In the calendar represent many phases of home economics. In parent edu cation, the ntudy of personality de velopment will be continued. The study club series of six meetings wi'l be on "family relationships" of liv ing together In the family. Six even ing meetings for parents will Include discussions of various subjects on parent education and child develop ment. The program will start with a county-wide family living conference on "how parent education has chang ed," scheduled for October 11. Two Nutrition Meets. Nutrition studies Include a series of two meetings on "food made the difference," and a food preparation demonstration entitled "the cook goes out." In home furnishings a rug-making project and a special school for mak ing slip covers is included. In clothing, interest Is centered on "good grooming" and a "better dress" dressmaking school. In recreation and dramatics an in tensive program is planned including three district recreation leader schools, and monthly leader training meetings. This program will start with a gen eral organization meeting to which heads of all community organisations will be invited. In dramatics a play loan service will be maintained to aid community groups in play selections. Following this, a dramatics school will be held for directors and casts and further assistance will be given by specialist on production of plays. Cnmp Takes Interest. Intere.it Is now being centered on the homemakers' vacation camp which Is another annual feature of the rec reation project. The camp, to be held at Lake of the Woods. July 31 to August 6. Is planned Jointly j by Jackson and Klamath counties. Miss Izola Jensen, extension specialist In recreation, will be camp director, as sisted by the Klamath county home demonstration agent. Mrs. Mack will be on leave of ibscnce at that time. At the close or the program plan ning. Mrs. Rita Myers, county chair man, led the discussion on revisions of the constitution for county com mittees, suggestions fOI- administra tion, program planning In 1930 and election of officers for next year whtcn were: Chairman, Mrs. G. E. Ouster hout, Eagle Point: vice-chairman, Mrs. Nora Straus, Sams Valley; secretary, Mrs. Walter Ricks, Howard: treasurer. Mrs. I. H. Williams, Talent; county project leaders, recreation. Mrs. Olive Floyd: clothing, Mrs. Walter Ricks; dramatics, Mrs. Lee Port, Applegate At the close of the meeting Mrs. Myers, retiring chairman, gave the gavel to Mrs. G. E. Ousterhout, chairman-elect. Mrs. Myers retires from ' the committee after four years of outstanding service In county com mittee work, three years of which she served as chairman. She will be come a member of the Alumni asso ciation and will retain membership In the state extension council. Mrs. S. W. Hutchinson of Trail, the other retiring member of the com mittee who has served so efficiently the pnst four years, was absent Wed nesday because of Illness. The committee will not meet again mtil September. GRANTS PASS. June 3. (AP) Charles Burkhalter, 83, resident of Grants Pass when it was a stage coach postofflce district a mile north of the present city, died here Wednes- day niflht. Mr. Burkhalter helped clear the right of way for the Oregon and California railroad (Southern Pacific) which brought the founding of the town. He constructed many of the business houses here. For 20 years he was a director of the bank which is now a branch of the V. 8. National of Portland. Funeral services will be held here Saturday at 2 o'clock. Federal Grand Jury Finds 11 True Bills PENDLETON. June 3 (AP) One not true bill and 11 true bills were returned by the federal grand Jury here today as It clewed Its panel ior the current session of court The trial Jury will be called Monday mora ine;. James J. Horton. one of those in dicted, wiis sentenced to ten months In a federal road camp and fined 1100 by Federal Judge James Alster Fee, on a charge of soiling liquor to Umatilla Indian. Stanley Nadjtwan. Warm Springs Indian, was released on a charge 01 rape In the lone not true bill. Meteorological Report June 3, 1038 Forecasts Medford and vicinity : Fair to night and Saturday; no change in temperature. Oregon: Fair tonight and Satur day but fogs on the coast and cloudy Saturday In northwest portion; no change in temperature, moderate northwest wind off coast. LOCAL. DATA Temperature a year ago today ; Highest, 88; lowest, 53. Total mont'ily precipitation, none; deficiency for the month, .06 inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1037, 24.98 inches; excess for the season, 8:15 Inches. Relative humidity at 6 p. m. yes terday, 24 per cent; 6 a. m. today, 81 per cent. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:37 a. m. Sunset tomorrow, 7:42 a. m. Observations Taken at 5 a. m., 130 Meridian Time. 2 W a a s 2 -o -0 TJ n 1 n Boise .... Boston ....... ... Chicago Denver .. Eureka .. Helena Los Angeles MEDFORD New York Omaha - Phoenix Portland .......... He no .. Roseburg Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Spokane .... 84 44 .... 74 80 78 66 .... 84 63 ... 68 48 76 48 80 56 ... 84 48 76 64 .... 84 63 ....104 64 ... 74 64 .... 90 46 . 74 46 .... 80 53 80 48 70 46 .... 78 44 Clear Rain Clear P. Cdy. Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear P. Cdy. Clear Washington, D. C. '83 63 Yakima , 84 50 Cloudy Guffey Will Back Party's Nominee WASHINGTON, June 3. (AP) Senator Guffey (D., Pa.), who sup ported the defeated CJ.O.-backed ticket in Pennsylvania's recent pri mary, affirmed today his support of the state democratic organization nominees in the fall campaign. Guffey recalled in an interview he had announced three months ago he would be "in the front line trenches" fighting for the demo, cratlc ticket after the primary. ;'Thats what I said then," he added, "and that's what I mean now. SEMI-ANNUAL CLEAHANCE Coats Dresses Hats ETHEL WYN B HOFFMANN J AT YOUR iNLlGHliOKllOOD GROCLin... SAFEWAY AT OREGON STATE HOMESCQDHlED Receive Degrees As Largest Class Is Graduated Five From Medford Job Prospects Are Held Good. CORVALLIS. June S. (Spl.) By far the largest class ever to be gradu ated from Oregon Stat college re ceived degrees at the 69th annual commencement. May 31, when offic ials of the college delivered diplomas to 590 seniors and graduate students and to three prominent men receiv ing honorary degrees. Among the graduates this year were seven from Jackson county. They were, from Medford: Donald W. Neil- son, science; Robert W. Root, agri culture: Leonard M. Klein, engineer ing: William H. Fisher, engineering; and Edward H. McLean, forestry; from Central Point, Katherlne E. Lathrop. agriculture; and from Ashland, John H. Denton, pharmacy. Honorary doctors' degrees were con ferred upon Dr. E. J. Kraus, former head of the department of horticul ture at Oregon State college and now with the University of Chicago and the federal bureau of plant industry; Thornton T. Munger, director of the Pacific northwest forest experiment station of Portland; and J. 8. Stevens, noted consulting engineer of Portland and designer of many northwest hydro-electric and other engineering projects. Five Get Ph.D.'i Of the students graduating this year, five received the doctor of phll osophy degree In the school of science, the highest academic achievement at the institution. Eight had earned master of arts degrees, 58 master of science, four professional degrees. bachelor of arts and 482 bachtjor of science. In this year's graduating class were students from every county In the state excepting Curry. Multnomah led as usual with 137, followed by Benton with 100, Marlon' 29. Clacaka mas and Douglas 19 each, and Lane and Polk with 10 each. Twenty-one other states were represented and four foreign countries. Age Range 19 to 43. Age of graduates varied from 19 to 43 and averaged 22.94 years for worn en and 24.41 for men. The class Included 154 students who transferred 7wArX ..St tor - nrttv1"" . from 58 Institutions In 17 states to finish their work at Oregon atata. Employment conditions for the graduates, while not quit so favor able as last year, were such that nearly all of the graduate who want them will have either temporary or permanent positions this summer, of ficials said, BY HOLC OFFERED ON EASY TERMS "The home seeker In shta commu nity has never before had the oppor tunity to acquire a home on such liberal terms and at such low In terest raw as are now being offered. Harold H. Brown of the Harold H. Brown agency said today, v "We have never lived In a period when our vacancy ratio of homes was so low," said Mr. Brown. "Money for home financing la plentiful. In addi tion to the homea. being offered through ordinary channels, we have a newer Important factor In the field The Home Owners' Loan corporation la now disposing of properties It has acquired. ."These HOLC homes are good In vestments and there Is no- specula tion In their sale. The corporation, with a sales policy free of any profit motive, has established competitive prices In keeping with the. present market. It has placed It homes in the hands of approved brokers, who operate on a standard commission basis. "These homes can be purchased for down payment as low as 10 per cent, provided the prospect la a good credit risk. The loan Is carried for as long as 15 years at a S per cent Interest rate, tho lowest ever offered. "The corporation has sold 34 prop erties In this state In the past two months, as compared to 16 In the previous two months, and haa de posits on 41 additional properties. This definitely point to greater real estate activity, which Is generally fol lowed by higher prices, higher Inter flood V ' est rates and more restrictive terms. Those who have money to Invest now should forget the calamity howlers and get busy. They should take, advantage of today's favorable con dition procrastination may prove expensive. "In thl connection, It Is Interest Csj) T 79cValuel Sleeveless Wash Suits 58c fait Color A number of cool, colorful styles to choose from I Button-on blouse, self-belt, and shorts with 2 pockets. Buy two it this price I 3-8. y(LKap r nor. I T v" 1 dr fJJk? t Live In cottons and enjoy the saving. I I VJI I i m mmw i v7 f this saie-prinu and piain coin- 1 1 o L H B. .v. f I Bl w? t .,,7 M(DMT(B(D)MIEIEY WMEDD 117 SOUTH CENTRAL ing to note that th, Metropolitan Life Insurance company bu an nounced It will spend 1100,000.000 on rental housing In the next flvs years, and the Prudential and other insurance companies are contemplat ing similar projects. 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