Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 22, 1946, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTEW MEDrOHD KAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. Jan. 22, 1948 KIWAN1ANS SEAT NEW OFFICERS AI T Installation ceremonies for Kiwanian officer! will be con ducted this evening following a 6:30 dinner in the Holland hotel Blue Room for members and their wives. Kiwanian Dames elected of ficers this noon at a luncheon meeting at the hotel. Speaker for the evening will he Horatio F. Stoll. for 20 years editor and publisher of the grape industry magazine, Wines and Vines. His sunjeci win concern the romance in Amer ica's grape industry. Stoll, who comes from San Francisco, was for six years a member of Cali fornia's board of vitlcultural commissioners. Robert Lee Fisher and Roger Hogstrom from Sebastian Apol lo'., studios will entertain with accordian selections. Because of the combined func tion tonight the regular Ki wanian luncheon meeting tomor row noon has been cancelled. Officers being installed are Frank Perl, president; Ed Niles, vice president; Paul McOuffy, secretary-treasurer and Gene Farrell, Tony Manno, Paul Scl by, Don Newbury, Don Faber. Bill Peck and Jimmy Bolton, di rectors. E. E. Kofoed will be installed as lieutenant governor from district 11 of the organiza tion's Oregon-Washington area. CITRUS CROP TOPS Los Angeles U.R Fruit growers in the United States produced a record citrus crop this year of 410.000 carloads. This is an average of three boxes per family, not counting supplies shipped overseas under military and lend-lease programs. r NO FLAW in Your Title! Pract.cilly every piece of real property is not merely second hand it has passed through many hands, frequently with joint ownership and other complications. It is easy for 0awi to grow in a hundred years! Protect yourself with a Commonwealth Insured Title and know there is do flaw in your title that can cause you loss.- Suthrn Orson Title Ctmpny . PERKINS JAKES At the regular Monday eve ning meeting of the Toastmast ers club last night, C. L. Perkins carried away first honors and won the right to compete In the finals of the local oratorical con test to determine the winner to be pitted against the Klamath Falls winner on March 18. His subject was "Clouding the Is sue." He competed with Archie Pierce whose subject was "Re membering Names," and George Davis, who spoke on "Hos pitality." Contestants for the Jan. 28 meeting will be Lynn Cram, G. I. Maxwell and Robert Claypool. H. Stelgerwald will act as toast masters, G. C. Pendergast, topic master, and President Harold Burclson as critic. Winners are picked from the largest vote re ceived by the club members. Visitors at last night's meet ing included C. Clcvenberg of the Standard Oil company, Pros pect, and William Stirling, wholesale lumber distributor, from Pittsburgh, Pa. Rogue River Girls To Present Plays Thursday Evening Rogue River, Jan. 22 Two one-act plays, Deep In the Heart of Texas and High School Daze, are being presented by the Girls League of the high school here at 8 p. m. Thursday in the gymnasium. Deep in the Heart of Texas depicts ranch life and the plot revolves around the love of a young couple whose marriage is prevented by a father's promise and code of honor. The drama has good comedy parts and a startling climax. Elizabeth Covey, Lorraine Burkelt, Aud rey Cooper, Donna Wcntling. Nancy Burkctt, June Milton and Edith Lee are In the cast. High School Daze concerns 'teen age love. In the cast arc Catherine Austin,. Jean Kile, Carolyn Gelvin, Barbara Carrol, Lucretla Bunco, Shirley Howell and Betty Clark. Mrs. Margaret Palmer is director of the plays and Patricia Winters and Avis Hawkins are prompters. Prop erty managers arc Patricia Hall and June Dicss and stage mana ger is Sylvia Hrankay. A girls' band and doublo quartet, direct ed by Miss Virginia Loomis, will furnish tho music. MEDFORD PLANT Newly appointed welfare nurse for the National Hospital association here and first aid nurse for Timber Products com pany is Miss Lotus Eaton. Miss Eaton, on terminal leave from the army nurse corps, took up her duties here several days ago. Miss Eaton was an employe of the National Hospital association prior to the war, having been with the firm at Coquille, Leb anon and Portland. Her service in the army nurse corps covered 41 months, 28 being spent in North Africa and France with the 48th General hospital, the University of Oregon unit. She returned to her home in Port land the latter part of November. As welfare nurse, Miss Eaton will visit all persons in the Med ford, Ashland and Grants Pass area hospitalized under the as sociation's program. Miss Eaton is a graduate of Emmanual hos pital school of nursing in Portland. Mrs. Ina Kennedy, Ex-Resident, Dies Ina Kennedy, former Jackson county resident, died in San Francisco Jan. IB from coronary thrombosis according to infor mation received here from rela tives. She had been ill since May, 1045. Mrs. Kennedy was born nt Talent Nov. 28. 18RH. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. El mer batman, were pioneer resi dents of this district. Surviving are a daughter, Marcella Chancy and two grand children; one sister, Echo Nich ols, who hnd been with Mrs. Kennedy since the latter part of December, and another sis ter, Artie Stephenson of Otter Rock, Ore. g Jsmms Ji V Per ect or tinV cocktail Mwx dainties, also perfect for - man'S'zed Daawds Phoenix Dinner On January 29 to Aid Building of Manse Phoenix, Jan. 22 "Go Get ters' Class" of the Presbyterian Sunday school here will spon sor a ham dinner at the church on Jan. 29 from 8 to 8 p. m. Proceeds will be used to help erect a manse. It has been dif ficult to advance the churoh work without a full time pastor, and without a home to offer a pastor and fomily it has been difficult to obtain a full time worker here, according to a church spokesman. Anyone in the community wishing to may contribute to the dinner and It will be ap preciated, the spokesman said. Donations can be given by call ing 8182 or 8010. A good attendance from the community is anticipated. Tick ets will be on sale and reserva tions may be made by calling cither of the two numbers given. Convict Clerks Juggled Records In Own Behalf San Quentin, Cal., Jan. 22 (U.R) Convict clerks were being replaced with civilians today at San Quentin and Folsom prisons following the escape of a two time loser under Indictment for murder in Ohio and the release of another convict who forged records to show a 10-ycar reduc tion in his 30-year sentence. Warden Clinton Duffy said that Wilbur Strectcr, 31, fled from the prison Dec. 26. appar ently taking his records with him, and Ray Wagner, the other convict, had been returned to the prison after being captured in Long Beach last week. Wogncr was released last Nov 19 after manipulating his rec ords so that it had been ap peared his term had been reduced. Daily Weather Report rORKCASTS Mrrtford and vli'lnlly: Partly cloudy In .-Inuriv with ahnwrra tonight and Wednesday. Llttla change In teinpara- turw. Orejton: Onerally clondy with seme llaht ruin In cant portion to- nldht. Vedn-day, cloudy wttii in Irr'itlttant ratn west portion. Lttllt rhanso tn temperature. Freah aoulh westerly wind off count. 1.I1CAI. DATA Temperature a year aao today: HlKhett SI: loweat 33. Total monthly precipitation 1.80 inrhei. F.xcesa for the month JO Inch. Total precipitation alnca September 1. 1IUS, 13 HI Inchea. F.xcetn for the n-aaon 4 03 tnchee. Relative humidity at 4 30 p. m. yeiterday 161: 4 SO a. m. today 96 tomorrow ffunrlae 7S3 am. Sunset S:19 p nt. Obtervatlnni Taken At 4:30 A.M. ua Meridian Time HlKh Low Free 37 3S 31 43 SS BoUe .......... Motion ... Chicago - Denver . Kureka Havre 40 Klamath Falla 3S lea Anrelea .. 71 Mrdtord .. 4S New York; .. S7 Omaha IB Phoenix- .. S3 Portland 43 Reno RoKehurs Salt 1-ake ;. San Francisco Seattle . Spokane Washington, D. C. Yakima 30 3t 01 30 4S 37 U 34 .16 . S4 . 34 t'aa Mall Tribune Want Ada. L G. TAYLOR CO. pays tha Highest market prices If you hare CAR or TRUCK to tell, we advise tailing it now. Call or Phono Dodge-Plymouth Dealer L. C. TAYLOR CO. Phone -965 OBITUARY BETTY JO SHEHAB Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral Home at 2 p. m. Thursday for Betty Jo She hab, 20, who passed away at a local hospital Sunday. Rev. Stanley Keller of the Brethren church will officiate and burial will be in Siskiyou Memorial Park. The deceased is survived by her husband, Sgt. Phillip She- hab, stationed in Japan, and her infant daughter, Margo Annette. She is also survived by her father, Charles Hammack. Thomas, Okla.; her mother, Mrs Ernest Sink; a brother, Charles and a sister, Barbara, all of Med ford, and her grandfather, Owen Ruth, Thomas, Okla. OLUF E. NELSON Oluf E. Nelson, 08, a resident of Medford for the past four years, passed away suddenly Sunday morning at his home, 220 S. Grape street. Services will be held in the Conger-Morris chapel at 1:30 p. m. Saturday with interment in Siskiyou Memorial Park. He was born in Sawyer, Wis., on Nov. 17, 13B7. A veteran of World War I, he enlisted in the army at Spokane, Wash., on April 26. 1918. He went to France with the 91st Division, and was in the St. Mihicl, Mcuse Argonne and the Lys-Scheldt battles, serving as a private in the 361st Field Hos pital Co., and the 316th Sanitary Train. He received his dis charge at Spokane, on May 10, 1919. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Effie C. Nelson, Medford; two children Arnold Nelson and Mrs. A. C. Clifford, San Francisco; four grandchildren, and two brothers.and two sisters in Wisconsin. FRANK B. GOODHUE Frank B. Goodhue, who for many years lived two miles west of Central Point, on the Old Stage Road, passed away in Ashland Monday. He had made his home in Ashland for the past three years. Arrangements are in care of tho Conger-Morris Funeral Parlors. Puget Timber Co. Will Load Piling At Willow Springs Central Point, Jan. 22 The Puget Timber Company of Ore gon will start shipments from its new supply point installed along the Southern Pacific tracks in the Willow Springs area two miles north of horc in about two mon'hs according to E. O. Wa terman, supervisor of the yard. The company, which has head quarters in Eugene, will haul in Douglas fir piling and spar poles ready-made to the yard where bins and a sky-line have been rigged and 425 to 450 feet of spur track have been laid. Stock ing the supply points awaits ar rival of a donkey engine to oper ate the skv-lino. Five nr siv mon will be employed at first In the yarn, waterman said. A yard has been maintained for several years in Grants Pass by the company. K. F. AIR STATION Klamath Falla, Jan. 22 A skeleton -crew now operates the huge installation, the Klamath naval air station, and instead of the peak complement of 2000, the personal has dwindl. ed to 10 officers and 80 sailors including Waves. Civilian personnel, likewise, has been sharply curtah.ed as the station is making final pre parations to go into the official caretaker status. At the height of operations at the station, 200 civilians were employed by the navy. At the present time 90 are working at the base and these will terminate their asso ciation soon. The 13th naval district has ordered a rush Job on final clos ing of the base. Annie Spring Snow Averages 104.9 In. Snow at Annie Spring in Cra ter Lake National park aver aged 104.9 inches last week ac cording to figures compiled by J. Carlyle Crouch, chief ranger for the park. Crouch, with Daryl Palmer and Paul Herron, took measurements on the snow course while en route to Med ford from a trip to Crater Lake. Water content of the snow was 42.1 inches, or 40.13 per cent, Crouch reported. The men estimated the snow at park headquarters to be about 11 and one-half feet, and 12 and one half feet at the lake rim. JOSEPHINE CHAMBERS BACK COPCO PROJECT Grants Pass, Jan. 22 Support of a resolution by the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce backing the efforts of Copco to secure permission for a power dam at the Taketee site on the upper Umpqua has been voted by the directors of the Grants Pass and Josephine Chamber of Com merce. , This $4,000,000 proposed proj est is for additional power to supply the Douglas county area. JayCee Directors Assigned Chores By New President Robert Voegtly, newly elect ed pr sident of the Medford Jun ior Chamber of Commerce, as signed duties to the members of the board of directors at a Fri day night meeting at the home of Les Stamper, 720 South Peach street. Duties assigned were program, Les Stamper; projects, Floyd Darlan; publicity, Harry Stahl; state director, Lew McLaughlin; war service. Bob Schenck; pub lic health and safety. Dr. Henry Krause; ersonnel, Lynn Robert son; and personnel record and reception, Vince Smith. Next general meeting will be Tuesday at 8 p. m. at the Cham ber of Commerce office on West Main street. Blancett Resigns As OLCC Inspector W. F. Blancett, 419 King street, senior inspector for the Oregon Liquor Control Commis sion, who has supervised the Southern Oregon district for the past three years, tendered his resignation January 1, effective as of January 31. Blancett stat ed that he has been relieved by another inspector, and has been given the balance of January as earned vacation. Mr. Blancett has been in the Liquor Commission service for six years. Prior thereto he was connected with the La Grande police department for about 10 years, serving as chief of police the latter four years. Blancett said he intends to retain his res idence in Medford, but that his future plans are Indefinite, Steel Firm Kind To Union Pickets Chicago. Jan. 22 (U.R) The Iniand Steel company yesterday sent 5,000 paper cups to the picket line so that striking steel workers could be served hot coffee. The steel concern also is furn ishing coke for stoves in the vicinity of the picket line so that the marchers may stop and get warm. A room in a nearby K,,nrli-c wnc rnnfnH hv Inland and turned over to the strikers as headquarters. C. I. DRUMMOND M.D. Physician and Surgeon Announces the Moving of His Office From 301 Fluhrer Building to 203 Fluhrer Building Where He Expects to Practice Surgery and Obstetrics For Another Twenty Years Pipe Arrives For C. P. Water System Central Point. Jan. 22 Five carloads of pipe for the city wa ter system have been unloaded and four more were standing on the railroad siding here yester day. The Medford water de partment has been furnishing an inspector for the unloading operation. WANTED TO BUY DOUGLAS FIR POLES and PILING PUGET TIMBER COMPANY Box 566 Central Point, Ore. (H'HtW ' Completely unlike any other cold wave! Only RAYETTE Creme Cold Wave time such toft . . , shining . . . long Luting- curls perfect foundation for any coiffure. RAYETTE Creme Cold Ware tle"wve that glorifies your hair! CAU K Mr AffCMKTMINT So. Oregon! Finest Department Storo NEW SMOCKS Colorful Cotton Prints You've been waiting s long, long time for cot ton smocks. Well here they are, and so inex pensive. 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