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TOURIST TRAVEL INCREASES, CONVENTIONS
18 Conclaves For
Year Is Goal Of
Planning Group
'Shot In Arm' Seen As
Need For Travel Aims
Medford now has six conven
tions scheduled for the coming
spring and summer months. If
Ray Clark and his co-workers on
the tourist and convention com
mittee of the chamber of com
merce have their way about it,
Medford will attract three times
that many conventions in future
years.
In addition, they propose to
give the tourist industry a shot
in the arm that will make it a
local business bringing in an
annual payroll far greater than
the present S4 to $5 million va
cationists spend in the county
each year.
See Bid Income
On the basis of $10 per day
SDent bv each convention guest,
conservatively estimated, the six
conventions already definitely
committed to Medford for this
. year will bring in $100,000 to
S150.000. Clark and his strate
gists have evolved a plan of at
tack that may soon rank Medford
with Seaside and Gearhart as
convention towns.
With Clark as principal coor
dinator of the chamber s revital
ized interest in tourists and con
ventions as a vital valley indus
try, three vice-chairmen have
been appointed to help spark the
campaign John Snider, Ron
Gandee and Larry Barnes. They
will direct the work of a tourist
and convention committee that is
three times as large as any of
the chamber has had before, it
now has 30 members and may
later be expanded to 40 or 50,
Budget Up
The finance committee of the
chamber has also found a way to
increase the travel budget so
that this area's attractions as a
vacation spot and convention site
can be advertised more widely
and effectively.
The committee's first concrete
accomplishment was reported
this week when the city council
granted official sanction to the
use of pear-shaped wind-shield
stickers which will be given to
convention guests allowing them
special parking privileges.
Adopt Projects
The committee has adopted an
agenda of projects designed to
appeal to both convention-holding
organizations and touring
families.
One of the first of these in
volves Crater lake. There will
be redoubled efforts here to re
move the restrictions placed on
public transportation from Med
ford to the west's best known
national park..
Another project will be Jack
sonville, repository of much of
the state's historic heritage. Spe
cial emphasis will be placed on
the new tax-supported museum
In the old Jackson county court
house and on the annual Jackson
ville Gold Rush jubilee.
To Plug Events
The variety of attractions In
the county will be pointed up
when the chamber begins to
spread the word about Ashland's
Shakespearean festival the only
cultural event of its kind in the
nation. There will also be a good
many words of advertising copy
written about the annual Jackson
County Sheriff's Posse rodeo
held in Medford each June.
The chamber has provided
room in its budget for publica
tion of a slickly produced bro
chure listing most of the attrac
tions of the area in a format de
signed for easy reference by in
terested tourists and guests. The
committee plans to print and dis
tribute 25.000 of the folders. In
addition, there will be active
local participation in travel
sJ'ows in Los Angeles. San Fran-cl-co.
Chicago, Detroit, and St.
LVrnis. and the yearly delegation
of eastern travel editors will be
given every opportunity to see
what Medford and Jackson coun
ty have to offer their readers.
"Tourists Are Business'
The reason for all the activity
and the contagious enthusiasm in
evidence at two meetings held
here last week was explained by
Clark as an awareness on the
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Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1950
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MAYOR GETS MUG Mayor D. L. Flynn is shown receiving his mug from Mrs. Nina Mcin
tosh, proprietress of Nina's cafe, 21 North Bartlett street, while "Nina's Koffee Kup Klub" mem
bers look on. Presentation on Thursday made Flynn official member of the organization which
meets daily to discuss "weighty" affairs. Each member has own coffee mug with name enscribed.
Gold, inlaid with large "diamond," in keeping with his name, the mayor's cup is letter "In Like
Flynn." (Brainerd photo).
Mugs With Names Feature Coffee Club;
Heavy Gab Heard At Mid-Morning Mocha
The chummy mid - morning
habit of coffee drinking which
could be termed "an old Ameri
can custom" has resulted in the
formation of a new club in Med
ford to further the companion
able pastime.
"Nina's Koffee Kup Club" was
originated one day early in No
vember, 1949, when the usual
casual clique of coffee drinkers
who assemble each morning at
Nina's cafe. 21 North Bartlett
street, as other cliques in other
establishments do, had gathered
for their daily gabfest and a cup
of mocha.
To Each His Own
Uniqueness of this group is
that, much the same as old-time
barbershops, each member has
his or her own "mug," with name
enscribed thereon, some in fancy
lettering, some boldly proclaim
ing the business or ranch brand
of the member and others just
plainly lettered.
On arrival at the cafe, mem
bers grab their cups from the set
of shelves at the front of the
room, and more than likely hand
them to Mrs. Nina Mcintosh,
proprietress of the cafe whose
thick Scots accent is a delight
to the members.
Weighty Discussions
In addition to settling such
weighty problems of the day as
the weather, city, state, national
and international situations, the
group also participates in other
"armchair" activities including
athletics and dramatics. These
activities are governed by com
mittees. Its basketball team for
instance, known as "Bartlett Bul
lets" didn't lose a game this sea
son. They didn't win any either.
No team. As yet, nobody has
done anything about the dra
matics. The club has its own publica-
part of local businessmen that
the tourist dollar is in the same
class as the lumber and pear dol
lar. Since 75 per cent of tourists
in Medford and vicinity are Cali
fornians, a recent survey show
ing how California tourists spend
their money is considered impor
tant evidence of the diversified
value of the tourist industry.
Out of each dollar spent by a
California tourist, 23.3 per cent
goes for food; 19.1 per cent is
spent for hotel rooms and accom
modations; 12.4 per cent goes for
gas, oil and auto repairs; 13.2 per
cent for clothing: 10.3 per cent
for public utilities and local
transportation; 11 per cent for
recreation theaters, sports and
others; 2 per cent for laundry
and dry cleaning; 4 per cent for
professional and personal serv
ices, and 4.8 per cent for drugs
and sundries.
The businessmen in the cham
ber of commerce plan to tap a far
larger part of this potential
windfall.
Our experience and resources
are devoted to a trust we con
sider sacred, and it 'is our en
deavor to serve each family
with complete consideration
and understanding.
Chapel Mortuary
Frank Morgan - Harold Snodgrasj
Funeral Directors
. Across from the Courthouse
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tion too, for members and other
customers of the cafe. A typical
item in the news is "A St. Ber
nard dog rushed in the other day
and ordered a piece of water
melon. Nina is still laughing be
cause who has ever heard of any
one eating watermelon this time
of year?"
Two Menus
The club features two menus
those for the serious eaters and
those who take their coffee with
a grain of salt. That is, the pro
prietress has her menu and then
when she isn't looking, club
members insert ones of their
own.
What you might find after
"Koffee Klubbors" have tam
pered with the day's bill-of-farc
is "Tea and crumpets we re
serve the right to substitute on
this because we don't know what
crumpets are." Or it could be
"Southern style breakfast con
sisting of shohtnin' bread, hom
iny grits and molasses served by
a waitress carrying a confederate
flag, and whistling Dixie.
If you believe themenur, veg
etables in the vegetable soup cost
10 cents extra, and barbecued
Roxy Ann buffalo is delicious.
Even baked billy goat with ma-a-a-a-a-a-a-ashed
potatoes has been
featured.
Though the club was origi-
Census Training For
Enumerators To Start
Training classes for the enu
merators who will count the
number of residents in Jackson
county this April as the govern
ment's decennial census gets un
der way, will be held in Med
ford and Ashland beginning Mon
day. They will be conducted by
three crew leaders, Mrs. Doro
thy Doty and H. F. Friel. in
Medford, and Mrs. D. V. Matheny
in Ashland.
Actual enumeration will be
gin about April 1.
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nated with the idea of seeing the
lighter side of life, members also
see the more serious side and
proved it recently In supporting
the "March of Dimes" drive. On
a day selected by the members
they paid twice the usual price
for their coffee and the entire
amount was contributed on be
half of the club.
Contagion of the club has
caught on to where the member--ship,
still open to anyone desir
ing it, has become too great for
the membership committee to
account for, but the "mugs" who
belong to it somehow seem to
know each other.
28 Scout Units
Reserve Space At
Scout Exposition
Twenty-eight Boy scout units
cub packs, scout troops and
explorer posts have made res
ervations for space at the Scout
ing Adventure exposition to be
held here Saturday, April 15. at
7:30 p.m.. it was reported Satur
day by N. H. Gladfelter, chair
man of the event.
The boys' units will display
live scouting problems, fun and
activities in booths at the ex
position, which will be in the
Medford armory.
45 Activities
Larry Schade. scouting com
missioner and activities director
for the event, said that 45 differ
ent activities will be under way
or on display. Roy Huson, fi
nance chairman, pointed out that
tickets for adults are now on sale
by scouts. Those under 17 years
of age will be admitted free.
All scout units In the Ashland
area have made reservations for
space at the exposition.
The Grants Pass district of the
Crater Lake Area council will
have a similar exposition there
on the same day.
Reward Offeree For
Information On Vandals
A reward of $25 was offered
Saturday b Gerald Latham, cir
culation manager of The Mail
Tribune, for information leading
to the arrest and conviction of
thevandals who Friday night de
stroyed between 70 and 100 rural
Mail Tribune boxes.
The paper boxes involved were
located in the area west of
Phoenix.
FERRY SINKS. 7 DIE
Tokyo, March 25 (U.R) The
captain and six crew members
of a ferry boat were missing and
presumed dead today, IB hours
after the ship sank following a
neaa-on collision wun auoinui
ferry in waters banned to navi
gation.
WZATHZH
By United Press
Northern California Sunday
occasional rain extending south
and east over state; slightly cool
er Sunday; northwest winds off
coast 15-25 MPH today becoming
southerly Sunday.
Hollywood, March 25 (U.R)
Errol Flynn and h 1 s ex-wife,
Nora, have settled their dispute
over custody of their two children.
An average of eight of every
10 traffic accidents occur during
clear weather.
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Phoenix, Ariz., March 25 (U.B
The 1950 convention of the
National Federation of Republi
can Women's clubs will be held
in Cleveland August 20 to 31.
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The New Crematorium at
Siskiyou Memorial Park
Is Now Ready to Serve this Community
and Is Open for Public Inspection
The Beautiful New Mausoleum at Siskiyou Memorial
Park Will Be Completed Soon and Open to the Public
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