Medford
Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1950
Pages 1-8
ROGUE RIVER CHURCH SERVES
PEOPLE OF ENTIRE COMMUNITY
Old Structure Given
New Organ Recently
By Elitab.th Sheffield
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Rogue Riier, Feb. 25 At congregational meeting held In
Fellowship hall Wednesday evening, February 15, the members of
Hope Presbyterian churoh voted to buy an electric organ for the
church sanctuary. In presenting the need for the organ, the Rev.
D. F. Barnett told of the wonderful progress made by the church
in past years, and touched lightly on its history.
Hope hresoytenan cnurcn was
organized with a charter mem-
' bcrship of 11 persons, on April
28, 11)01 at a meeting in the
Woodville school house. "The
school room was well filled with
people from the vicinity of
Woodville, notwithstanding the
day was very stormy and rainy.
Nineteen friends from the Beth
any Presbyterian church of
Grants Pass were present; the
choir of said church being all
present except two members,"
Toketee Picture
Wins Photo Award
Washington. Feb. 25 A cam
era study of Toketee falls on the
North UmDqua river, northwest
of Oregon's Crater Lake, will
be awarded second prize in the
black and white pictorial divi
sion of the annual contest of the
White House News Photograph
ers association.
The picture was made by John
E. Fletcher, staff photographer
of the National Geographic mag
azine, as one of the series of il
lustrations which accompanied
the article, "Sno-Cats Mechanize
Oregon Snow Survey." The ar
ticle was written by Andrew H.
Brown and appeared in the No
vember, 1949, edition of the
National Geographic.
President Truman will pre
sent awards to the winners in
the White House Photographers'
contest at the annual dinner of
the cameramen's association Sun
day night.
The article described the
pioneering snow esurvey being
carried on in the Cascade range
by R. A. Work, supervisor of
western state snow surveys, and
his associates. Work makes his
headquarters in Medford.
Students, Instructors
Attend Conterence
Alex McDonald, history in
structor at Medford senior high
school and six Medford high
school students were in Eu
gene Friday and Saturday to
attend sessions of the third an
nual state-wide conference of
the International Relations
league.
Theme for the conference was.
"Will Present U. S. Foreign Pol
icy Promote Peace and Prosper
ity?" Principal speakers are Mrs.
Grace Bok Holmes, laison officer
for the United Nations' interna
tional children's emergency
fund, and John Gange, director
of foreign affairs at the Univer
sity nf Virginia.
Delegates from here attend
ing with McDonald are Patricia
Crow. Lee Stothers. Jim Grey,
.Jim Gleason, Raoul Maddox and
Susan Drummond.
is the
United
Georgia Neese Clark
29th Treasurer of the
States, the first woman.
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Keep them, looking dainty
and fresh as the day, you
bought them and other ,j
costly household items, too
with our careful launder- 't
ing. Our service is kind to
fine fabrics, kind to modes! :
budgets, too. Phone this
week.
we read from the early records
of the church.
Many Names Appear
Scattered throughout the old
church records among the names
of its Presbyterian members are
found the names of many men
and women from churches of
other denominations who have
affiliated with Hope church on
finding no church of their own
faith in Rogue River. It has al
ways been something of a com
munity church.
In a recent speech before a
civic group, the Rev. Mr. Bar
nett stated, "We read of world
wide religion, of men of all
faiths and creeds working to
gether for the good of all man
kind. Here in Oregon we not
only read of it, we have it. Here
in this group we have people of
all denominatoins in fact only
a third of those present tonight
are Presbyterians and none of
you seems to know who are and
who are not. We work together
in harmony; we are all working
for the good of the community
and we accord due respect to ev
eryone in their faith or lack of
faith. We operate as a Christian
town with everyone taking an
active part. And the problem of
difference in the creeds of the
town's citizens takes care of it
self, in fact there is no such
problem here. We are Christian
Oregonians."
Pioneer Days Recalled
In that statement echoes the
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Auditors To Assist
Taxpayers In Filling
Out Income Returns
State income tax agents will
be in Medford, Ashland and
Grants Pass within the next few
weeks to assist taxpayers in fill
ing out state income tax forms
before the April 15 deadline for
filing
They will be in the Josephine
county courthouse in Grants Pass
from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., Febru
ary 27 to March 3. inclusive, and
their services will be available at
the Jackson county courthouse
here, tiie same hours. March 1
to 10, March 13 to 17, April 3 to 7
7 and April 10 to 14. There will
be agents at the Ashland city
hall April 7 from 9 a. m. un
til 4 p. m.
OLD COMMUNITY CHURCH STILL SERVES Hope Presby
terian church in Rogue River was organized 49 years ago, on April
28, 1901, in what was then the village of Woodville. It has served
both Presbyterians and residents of other denominations since then
A new organ is the most recent addition to the church's facilities,
as recounted in the accompanying article by Correspondent Eliza
beth Sheffield. (Photo by June Dement).
rumbling of the immigrants'
wagon trains, when men of all
creeds poured into Oregon to set
tle and claim it for the nation.
While the eastern states were
waging a civil war, the pioneer
settlers of Oregon were scrap
ing the bottoms of their flour
barrels and sharing their log
cabins with every immigrant
who stumbled, exhausted and
starving, over the Cascades into
the cold winter rains of Oregon.
In the past three or four years
another wave of settlers has
flowed into southern Oregon
and the people of the little town
of Rogue River have shared
their church pews with people of
all denominations from all states
and a few from foreign nations.
Together they have sung hymns
to the music of the little antique
organ until it has worn com
pletely out. Bethany church has
again helped and in the emer
gency loaned their antique organ
for a short time until arrange
ments could be made to purchase
an instrument.
Tftst Donation '
Hearing of the church's need,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McLean.
El Monte. Cal , hastened to send,
by air mail, a contribution to
start the fund for a new organ.
McLean served many years in
the First Presbyterian church of
El Monte with the Rev. Mr. Bar
nett as pastor before the Bar
netts moved to Oregon. The Mc
Leans, because of their long
friendship, took the opportunity
of being the first donors.
A large donation from Dave
Gelvin supplemented by gifts
from others covered the down
payment, while pledges of half
dollars and quarters for each
week of the coining 18 months
made it possible to order the or
gan for immediate delivery.
Pierce Freight lines have offered
their services free of charge.
Face Problem
And now the congregation is
in a quandary. The organist,
choir and choir leaders say they
"just must" practice with the
new organ before anyone hears
them. But how can they practice
without being heard, when ev
ery one's ears are tuned to catch
the first note of the new organ.
And the entire congregation,
members and non-members, are
as "proud as punch" of their
little church and are inviting
every one they meet to come to
church and "see and sing."
The public is Cordially invited
to the regular Sunday morning
services and to the covered dish
suppers on Wednesdays, at 6:30
p.m. The suppers are served in
Fellowship hall and each family
brings sufficient cooked food for
serving the number of persons in
their family plus two guests.
They also bring their own table
service wheih they replace in
their baskets after the meal thus
eliminating kitchen work and
leaving time for a short program
or Bible study.
Special music is planned for
the five Wednesdays of March in
observation of the Lenten sea
son and for Holy week.
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BPW Scholarship
Carnival Success,
Selection Slated
A final count of proceeds
from the recent carnival showed
that they were sufficcnt to per
mit granting of a full scholar
ship to some Medford hign
school girl, the Business and
Professional Women's club here
reported Saturday.
The BPW, which -sponsored
the event, said that the earnings
will provide tuition, books and
board and room expenses not
exceeding $500 for the student
selected. Whatever is left of the
more than $700 netted by the
carnival will be used for other
philanthropic enterprises of the
club, it was reported.
Express Gratitude
Miss Dana Platz, chairman of
the scholarship and carnival com
mittee, said today the club is ex
tremely grateful fur the support
of Medford businessmen and
residents for their support and
assistance.
Miss Platz said that the schol
arship committee will meet with
school authorities soon to make
selection of the girl who will re
ceive the award. The choice will
be made on three points, finan
cial need, selection of a career
and good average scholarship.
Announcement of the winner
will be made some time in
March, Miss Platz said. Her com
mittee also includes Mrs. Claude
Mclntyre, Mrs. Robert Claypool.
Miss Dolores Yunker and Miss
Gertrude Malloy.
CHURCH ADDITION PLANNED The proposed $80,000, two-story addition to the First Meth
odist church school temple is pictured above. A financial crusade has been launched by the church
for the project under direction of John Henry Soltman of the Methodist board of church extention,
Philadelphia. Dr. J. S. Heatherington heads the crusade committee. The 60 by 80 foot addition will
adjoin Mistletoe street and will extend on to the former Burbidge property. Ninety-eight per cent
increase in church school enrollment in four years has necessitated the construction. It will allow
considerable classroom expansion for children, some for adults, more dining room space and a chapel
for small worship groups or weddings. The crusade will last three weeks. James M. McKaig, Med
ford, is designer of the addition.
DAV To Have Dinner
Entertainment Tuesday
Disabled American Veterans'
chapter No. 8. and the auxiliary,
will meet in the armory at 6:30
p.m. Tuesday for a pot luck din
ner. It will be followed by an
evening of entertainment, ac
cording to chapter officers.
Among the acts to be present
ed will be six by the "Pogic
Promenade" from Camp White,
the axact natiure of which was
not revealed. But Adjutant
James Burnett said that the eve
ning would furnish "a lot of fun."
Livestock Inventory
In Oregon Reduced
Inventory holdings of beef
cattle, hogs, sheep, workstock
and turkeys on Oregon farms
Jan. 1, 1950, were smaller than
a year ago, while numbers of
milk cows and chickens were
larger, according to the annual
livestock report of the crop re
porting service of the United
States department of agriculture.
The numbers of all dairy stock
increased four per cent while
beef stock decreased three per
cent. Sheep numbers were down
five per cent and hogs were
down 10 per cent. All chickens
wore eight per cent more than
a year ago while the number of
Turkeys was two per cent less.
The January 1, 1950, combined
inventory value of livestock and
poultry on Oregon farms totaled
$149,389,000, a 20 per coift de
crease from the record high of a
year ago but 50 per cent more
than the 1939-48 average.
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