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AIR AMBULANCE SHIP AFTER CHRISTENING Pictured above is "Rogue's Wings O'
Mercy the air ambulance plane purchased recently by non-profit Mercy Flights, Inc., for service to
Jackson county emergency patients at cost. The picture was taken recently after the plane was
christened by Mrs. Monte Muir, who suggested the name. Standing in front of the plane are mem
bers of the board of directors of Mercy Flights. From left to right, they are Dr. L. Paul Walker,
Frank Perl R A. Skinner, Harold Frye, Vcrn Smith, George Milligan, chairman and originator of
the air ambulance plan; the Rev. Harry Hansen, Miss Jeanette Thatcher, Mrs. Stephen G. Nye, Mayor
Diamond Flynn and Sheriff Howard Gault.
Cooperation Refusal Denied By
Packers; NLRB Election Slated
Officials of Bear Creek or
chards and Southern Oregon
Sales, Inc., yesterday "emphatl
rallv denied" statements publish'
ed in the Oregon Teamster to
the effect that local employers
"have indicated that they would
flatly refuse to cooperate with
thn national labor relations board
in a scheduled representation
election."
DavlH Holmes, representing
the management of Bear Creek
orchards, said the employers are
cooperating fullv in the bargain
ing agent eieciion 10 pe ueiu
here Thursday for employees of
the two firms.
Honest Criticism
"However," Holmes stated,
"the employers have an honest
criticism of the NLRB decision
to deprive seasonal workers of
the right to vole."
In a statement issued to the
Mail Tribune Saturday after
noon, Holmes said, "the local
962-A which petitioned for this
election, both at Bear Creek or
chards and Southern Oregon
Sales, Inc., requested the NLRB
election for all year-round main
tenance workers only. The em
ployers argued that all workers
In those plants should be entitled
to take part in the election. The
NLRB ordered the election for
so-called non-seasonal workers.
We still do not see any justice in
discriminating between seasonal
and non-seasonal employees."
The Oregon Teamster, a union
organ published in Portland,
Thursday quoted Alfred "Pat'
Blair of the Industry Council of
Southern Oregon as telling the
NLRB "the employers would re
fuse to take any part in the elec
tion, would not furnish the
NLRB with a list of eligible em-
floyees, and would otherwise
gnore NLRB procedures. . . ."
Election Thursday
Non-seasonal employees of
the two firms will bo handed
bullotij Thursday by the national
labor relations board asking,
"Do you wish to be represented
tor purposes ot collective Bar
gaining by Teamsters, Cannery
and Fruit Packing workers, Lo
cal 962-A, International Brother
hood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs,
Warehousemen and Helpers of
America, Ar L.7
The NLRB supervised elec
tion, to be held in the courthouse
auditorium Thursday will deter
mine the status of the union in
the two voting units. Those eli
gible to vote are all non-seasonal
employees at the two plants who
were employed during the pay
roll period Immediately preced
ing December 20, 1949. Exclud
ed are all scasonnl workers, all
office and clerical employees,
guards, professional employees,
and all supervisors. They may
cast their ballots from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to
fi:30 p.m. Thursday only.
Long Campaign
The election Is the culmina
tion of a long campaign on the
part of the union which began
nearly a year ago with a drive
to secure employees' signatures
on bargaining cards. After the
union was organized it began
to seek official recognition by
petitioning the national labor
relations board for a bargaining
agent election, involving only
two of the 15 employers repre
sented by the fruit unit of the
Industry Council of Southern
Oregon, A hearing, consolidat
ing the cases of Southern Ore
gon Sales and Bear Creek orch
ards, was held in Medford last
August and testimony taken as
a basis for an NLRB decision.
In reporting its findings, the
board said it had determined
there are approximately 300 em
ployees hired during the peak
or "plateau" season at the SOS
plant. During the heighth of the
seasonal operations at Bear
Creek orchards, 700 to 800 work
ers are employed, the board said.
There are approximately 78
ycar-'round employees, of whom
12 are full-time supervisors.
Thirteen do supervisory work
during a portion of the year and
53 are non-seasonal, non-supervisory
employees. About 45 of
the latter are employed prin
cipally in preparing the contain
ers and other materials for use
in gift shipments rather than the
fruit packing itself. .-
There are five non-seasonal
employees at SOS who operate
refrigeration machinery, serving
as maintenance men and receiv
ers. Two of these five act as
supervisors during the two
month pear pack season.
"Part of Unit"
Regarding the employees serv
ing In both supervisory and non
supervisory capacities during the
course of their year's employ
ment, the board said, "We be
lieve that to the extent that
these employees are engaged as
non-supervisory workers, subject
Coos Bay Publisher
Bank Account Frozen
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 21 U.R
Three bank accounts, his Pied
mont home, and an automobile,
belonging to Radio and Newspa
per Owner Sheldon Sackctt were
frozen today by court order.
The Alameda, county superior
court froze the assets to secure
payment of an alleged $25,000
debt, for which Sackctt is being
sued by Richard C. D. Bell of
Oakland.
Claims Money Loaned
Bell claimed he loaned Sack
ctt the money as part of a busi
ness agreement for promoting a
television station.
The attorney for Sackett, John
Ahcarnc, indicated he would file
a cross-complaint against Bell,
saying Bell was actually in debt
to Sackett "extensively," and
that the $25,000 waj a "purely
personal loan."
Sackett has Interests In radio
stations here, Vancouver, B.C.,
and Coos Bay, re., and in news
papers here and in Coos Bay.
Coonskinners Honor
Chief Coon At Party
About 25 members of the Coon
skinners, Medford booster and
fun organization, met in honor
of the birthday of Chief Coon
Matt Freed at the Medford hotel
Friday evening.
Freed, manager of the Lippcrt
theaters here, was presented
with a pass to the city's theaters.
it was dated to expire Friday.
The two agencies of the farm
credit administration the
Southern Oregon Production
Credit association and the South
ern Oregon National Farm Loan
association, held their annual
meeting Jointly at the Central
Point Grange hall Thursday
with 213 members and guests in
attendance.
A luncheon was served at noon
by the social club of Nevita
chapter of the Eastern Star. En
tertainment was furnished by
Charles Bennett of the Southern
Oregon Distributors, Inc., Med
ford, with a performance of
magic.
A report was submitted to the
stockholders of the Production
Credit association by Arthur M.
Boner, secretary-treasurer, ana
a similar report was submitted
to the stockholders of the Farm
Loan association by Earl A
Llntz, secretary-treasurer.
Credit Is Topic
H. L. DeLanev. district super
visor from the Federal Land
bank, Spokane, Wash., spoke on
long-term credit financing. Otto
Allgaier. who was to be the
speaker for the Production Cred
it association, was unable to at
tend due to a delay in the train
schedules. Ben Tucker, Jackson
county agent, spoke on "Pros
pectors in 1849 Compared to
Prospectors in 1949," the main
theme being seed production in
Jackson county.
J. W. Bigham, Eagle Point, and
Lester Adams, Applcgate, were
re-elected directors of the farm
loarl group. Holdover directors
include A. E. Stevens, Medford,
president; Ben Hilton, Grants
Pass, vice-president, and Fred W.
Richards, Williams.
It was announced that a cash
dividend of 4 per cent would
be paid later in the month to
the stockholders of the National
Farm Loan association. Earl A.
Lintz, secretary-treasurer, report
ed that the farm loan organiza
tion closed new loans in excess
of $161,000 during the past year.
Ralph L. Cook, Medford, was
re-elected to serve as vice-president
on the board of directors
of the Production Credit asso
ciation for a term of three years,
with J. E. Young, Roscburg,
president, and Lester Adams,
Lawrence Luy, Medford, and
Wesley Chappell, Bandon.
SOLDIERS' BONUS ASKED ....
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 21 (U.R)
Nearly a third of Washington
state's 230,000 World War II
veterans had armlied for their
share of the slate's $80,000,000
oldiers bonus.
to the same conditions of em
ployment as the non-supervisory
year-round employees, they are
properly a part of the unit (in
volved) and we shall include
them in the unit for the period
in which they are engaged in a
non-supervisory capacity."
But the board stipulated that
"only those part-time supervis
ors who spend 50 per cent or
more of their time working as
rank-and-file employees have a
sufficiently substantial interest
in the outcome of the election
to entitle them to vote in it.
The employers' representatives
testifying at the hearing con
tended that the only appropriate
election unit is one wnicn con
sists of employees of all 15 mem
bers of the fruit unit of the in
dustry council and that seasonal
as well as non-seasonal em
ployees should be included. The
NLRB discounted both conten
tions. At the Thursday election, each
of the interested parties may
designate an equal number of
observers. - They will .act as
checkers at the voting place and
at the counting of ballots, assist
in the identification of voters,
challenge voters and ballots, and
otherwise assist the regional di
rector or his agent.
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Caution On Highways
Urged By Safety Men
Salem. Ore.. Jan. 21 (U.R)
Although rain bared many Ore
gon highways today, slippery
road surfaces made skidding dan
ger acute on others, the state
trnffic safety division cautioned
today.
The division observed that
hard-packed snow and underly
ing ice caused more trouble than
newly fallen snow. It advised
continued use of chains were
such conditions were encoun
tered. Drivers were asked to make
sure windshield wipers and de
frosters function properly and
to switch to headlights whenever
storms or early darkness reduce
visibility to 500 feet or less.
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