EIGHT -MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Mar J. 1948
JACKSON BRIDGE
CLOSELYRE LATED
Mayor Meeker Points Out
Needs Of Two Special
Vote Issues.
Two of the six contemplated
civic improvement projects to
be voted on at a special city
election June 12 are closely as
sociated, according to Mayor
Clarence A. Meeker, who points
out that construction of a new
bridge across Bear Creek at
Jackson street will be doubly
needed with Improvement of the
new park on the banks of the
creek.
Traffic over the bridge Is aV
ready too heavy for the old,
narrow structure, the mayor
states, and with Improvement of
the park, traffic will be increas
ed even more, Jackson street
is the only other street of Med
ford besides Main that runs east
and west from one end of the
city fo the other and in recent
years traffic on the street has
increased greatly, the mayor
points out.
The present Jackson street
bridge was formerly the - one
across Bear Creek at Main
street, and was moved to Jack
son when the present concrete
bridge was constructed at Main.
It is badly in need of major re
pairs which would cost a large
share of the price of a new one
officials state.
' Park blueprints and plans
have been received from Reg
inald Parsons, Seattle and Hert
ford business man who is aid-
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ing the city with the park plan
ning, Mayor Meeker said today.
These plans call for location of
the swimming pool in the north'
east corner of the park, which
is to extend from bridge to
bridge along the banks of the
creek, and the mayor believes
that summer traffic to and from
the park will run largely on
Jackson street.
Both the bridge and park pro
jects are thought to be popular
with Medford residents. For
many years past residents have
talked of the need for large
city park and after the special
levy to defray costs of a swim
ming pool was voted, a group of
residents donated funds for pur
chase of the Bear Creek tract
for the park. . I
Discussing the proposed bond
issues, Mayor Meeker pointed
out that the carrying charge on
the entire bond issue for all six
projects can be taken care of
for not to exceed a mill and one
half tax levy, while the city
has been paying a three-mill
levy for the past two years to
raise $62 500 for the swimming
pool. This will all be in the
hands of the city treasurer this
coming fiscal year when the
special levy expires. Actually,
there has been a decrease in
taxes on city property in recent
years because of the added valua
tion of city properties, the
mayor declares.
Each project is to be voted on
separately at the special elec
tion. Cost of the park improve
ment is set at $75,000 and the
bridge cost at $35,000.
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An award for 10 years driving
without accident has been given
to Matthew M. Baker, McAn
drews road, by the Railway Ex
press company of Medford, F.
P. Franks, local express agent,
said yesterday. Baker has been
with the company 17 years.
The award, in the form of, a
gold pin, was presented to nine
company drivers in this particu
lar division of the country.
P.-T. A. Activities
Washington P-T. A.
Mrs. Robert Church was in
stalled president of the Wash
ington Parent-Teacher associa
tion at the last meeting of the
year held Friday at the school
gym. Mrsr. John Drew was in
stalled vice-president, Mrs. W. T.
Frost, treasurer and Mrs. John
Redden, secretary. Installation
was conducted by Mrs. A. H.
Puhl. Mrs. Rollin Jones, retiring
president, presented corsages to
her officers, committee mem
bers and teachers.
Mrs. Church led reports and
discussion of the district conven
tion held recently in Ashland,
assisted by other delegates. Mrs.
Lynch, accompanied by Mrs.
Larison, sang two songs. Mr.
Dodge's room won the room
prize for attendance.
Refreshments were served by
mothers of children in Mr.
Dodge's room.
. Frank Holbrook, Medford. and
Floyd K. Dover, Grants Pass,
are members of the new advis
ory committee to the state di
rector of Veterans' Affairs,
authorized by the 1045 legisla
ture according to an announce
ment made from Salem yester
day. Holbrook will represent
the Disabled American Veterans
and Dover theJVIilitary Order of
the Purple Heart.
Holbrook and Dover have
called an open meeting of all
county veterans for Thursday
nieht in the Medford armory at
which problems coming under
the state department of veter
ans' affairs will be discussed.
The meeting is set for 8 p. m.
Other members of the com
mittee are Harry V. Reed, Port
land, representing the United
Spanish American War Veter
ans; John Walker Jones, Mil
waukie, Veterans of Foreign
Wars; Eugene K. Oppenheimer,
Portland American Legion; Wil
liam F. Toomey, Portland, World
War II. veteran, and Carl F
Freilinger, Portland. The ap
pointees Were selected from re
commendations made by the
various veteran organizations,
the release states.
The department of veterans'
affairs is charged with the duty
of organizing and coordinating
federal and state laws pertain
ing to war veterans and their
dependents and also will ad
minister the act providing for
educational assistance to veter
ans and another providing for
loans up to $3,000 on homes or
farms.
"Captured by Americafis
(Acmt Telephoto)
Lent Reifenstahl (left), actress and one-time reported girl friend of Adolf
Hitler, and Dr. Robert Ley, former German labor front leader, pictured
after their capture by American troops.
BRAKE TESTS FOR
Closing tlma for Sunday Too Late
to Claastf? 8:30 Saturday afternoon
Plcaiia remember
Camp White, May 23 (Spl.)
All privately owned cars belong
ing to servicemen and civilian
workers on this post are due for
thorough brake check-ups in the
next two weeks. Col. John R.
Young, camp commander, said
today in announcing War De
partment plan of cooperation
with the nation-wide brake
emphasis program of the. Inter
national association of Chiefs of
Police. 1
He has instructed all owners
to bring their vehicles to the
provost marshal's office between
now and June 7, where they will
have careful brake tests under
the supervision of Capt. Leopold
E. Fritze, post provost marshal.
The accident record through
out the Ninth Service Command
has decreased 35 per cent dur
ing the first quarter of this year
compared to the first three
months of 1944, and the current
brake test program is expected
to further reduce this figure.
Hollywood, May 23 (U.R)
Movie Star Clark Gable faced
the cameras today for the first
time in three and one half years.
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CRATER OPENING,
LEAVITT STATES
Considerable snow has fallen
in Crater Lake National park
in recent days and will probably
delay opening of the park ac
cording to E. P. Leavitt, park
superintendent.
Average snow depth at head
quarters May 19 wai 83.9
Inches, Leavitt said, this being
about 10 inches more than the
measurements showed May 9.
water content of the snow as
40.6 per cent and density was
48.6 per cent, he said. Prob
ably 12 to 18 inches of new
snow fell between May 9 and
19, he reported.
The measurements were made
during a trip to the park made
to escort Leo A, Borah, repre
sentative of the National Geo
graphic society. The trip was
made with Tuckers "sno-cat
and in the party were Borah,
Leavitt, A. R. Work, who drove
the machine, Robert Duff, Arnel
Butler, Bob. Stevens from Med
ford and Thomas C. Parker,
assistant superintendent, and
Ranger Bob Briscoe of Klamath
Falls who they met at the park
entrance. Borah returned to
Klamath with Parker and Briscoe.
Leavitt states that Joe Dixon,
field naturalist for region four
of the park service is continu
ing his research on mammals of
Crater Lake park and is now at
Ft, Klamath. He will follow the
receding snow line in the park
and will probably continue his
research through the spring and
summer, the superintendent
states.
LAST RITES FOR
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Paris, May 23 (U.R) Five
United States senators, on a tour
of the European theater, plan
ned to visit Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower at Reims today.
Funeral, services were held
this afternoon at Ashland for
Frederick Talley Sturgis, Tal
ent, county pioneer who passed
away Sunday in a Medford hos
pital. A native of the Apple
gate district, where he was born
Nov:. 18. 1872, Sturgis had re
sided almost his entire life in the
county and for nearly 40 years
lived on a ranch in the Elk
Creek district.
As a youth he spent a few !
years in Susanville, Calif., and
in ioa was married to Ida sui-:
van, who passed away about five ;
years ago. In 1943 he was mar
ried to Minnie A. Zimmerman,
whom he had known since
childhood.
The deceased was a life-long
member of the Jacksonville Ma
sonic lodge. . At the time of his
death he was employed at the
Suncrest Orchards, Talent.
Survivors are his wife and a
brother, the latter residing in
Marshfield.
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The marine band from Klam
ath Falls, scheduled to appear in
Medford next Monday as part of
a big war bond rally, was formed
shortly after the first group of
returned veterans arrived at
Klamath Falls by T. Sgt. Jack
Zamsow. Since that time the
boys have played for various
functions throughout Oregon and
have been acclaimed by musical
authorities as one of the top
service bands in the country.
Master of ceremonies is Pfc.
Dick Nason, former radio an
nouncer and Script writer, and
Nason also writes all the shows
for the band. Vocalists with the
band are Carl Nagel, tenor who
sticks to "mom and dad" favor
ites, and Cookie Blanchard, di
minutive marine sergeant from
Louisiana vho has mastered
"scat" singing and who does it
with so much body movement
that he is described as the "boy
who can't keep still."
The men are to give a street
concert on Main street between
the two banks at 4:30 P- m- Mon
day and that evening will give
a concert in the Holly theater.
Appearance of the band here is
being arranged by the Elks lodge
and the county war finance committee.
TOWNSEND CLUB FESTIVAL Moscow, May JS fU.B
A festival will be given the
evening of May 25 by the Towns
end clubs of Medford, it was an
nounced today. The gala affair
will be at the K. of P. hall and
will have many carnival features
with food, fortune-telling and
other booths, entertainment
features and music for dancing.
Dance contests are to be a feat
ure of the evening. The public
is invited to attend and there
will be no door charge, the com
mittee states.
Berlin dispatch said today that
some bus lines now were oper
ating in the former German capital.
Cloilns time for Sunday Too Lata
to Claaiify 5:30 Saturday afternoon
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GOLD HILL CAFE
A suit to force vacation of
Gold Hill restaurant was filed
by Susie Coy and Maude Coy
Robinson-against Vaughn Quack-
enbush and Ruby Quackenbush
with the county clerk Tuesday.
The complaint charges that Mr.
and Mrs. Quackenbush leased
the restaurant with an option to
buy, that the 'lease has expired
and that the couple refuses to
either purchase or to leave.
The two owners further stated
In the complaint that John F.
and Gertrude E. Moore wish to
buy the restaurant.
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