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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE March Business At Airport Here Surges Upward " rwmtlnnn and traffic at Med ford municipal airport surged upward in March, Manager John Applegate revealed in his month ly report to the city council. Applegate said that landingi totalled 3,937 last month com pared to only 2,320 in February. March traffic Included 1,305 transient and 2,632 local land inns. There were 182 air force, 42 navy, 3,097 civil and 634 air carrier operations. Airlines took on 1.589 passen fers last month compared to .151 in February. Comparative incoming passenger figures were not avanaoie. unuea stir nnra bore 869 passengers, Southwest Airways 378 and West Coast air lines 342 last momn. unuea brought 734 persons to Medford and West Coast 382. In March United dispatched 2,124 pounds of mail, Southwest 987 and west coast oio tor a total of 3.738. Mail unloaded was United 2,794, Southwest 1,027 and West Coast 715 or 4,536 altogether. The express outgoing figure was 1,833 pounds, United 3Uo, Southwest 1,093 and West Coast 432. Incoming traffic was a.DUt), United 1,698, 805 Southwest and West Coast 1.006. United sent out 13,800 pounds of freight and unloaded 2,970 while Southwest shipped 8,638 and brought in 21,982. Airport revenue amounted to $915.33 of which $369.74 was from airlines. Coloring Party Set; Egg Hunt Saturday Central Point, Apr. 8 Com mitteemen in charge of the com munity Easter egg hunt here re minded businessmen of the egg coloring party Friday at 7:30 p. m. at the high school. Businessmen are sponsors of the affair set for 9:30 a. m. Sat urday, April 8, at the city park on Manzanita street between Sixth and Seventh streets. All who can are asked to help with the coloring. Youngsters up through 10 years of age are invited to take part In the hunt. There will be three divisions with those through four In one group, through seven in another and through ten in the third. Major prizes are being shown In the window at Alexander's Hardware store. A large num ber of additional awards will be (iven. About 2,000 eggs will be hidden. The hunt will be held rain or shine with Mayor Al Set ness as starter. Eagles Will Elect New Officers Tonight Medford Eagles will elect new ontcers at their meeting at 8 p.m. today. Nominees up for election are: for president, Ray Watkins; vice president, Leroy Smith; chaplain. Jack Meacham; eonductor, Howard Brooks; treasurer, Cecil Moore, George Dlstell and Jess Wagner; trusty, Ed Powell, Vera Johnson and Charles Linderman; inside guard Jim German; outside guard, Fred Lewis. Dancing, to the music of Den ny's Stringbusters, will follow the election. Buffe Falls Butte Falls, Apr. 8 William Hartlerode took his grandfather home to Red Bluff, Cel., last Thursday. He has been here sev eral weeks visiting his son Al and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McComb motored to Portland last week. While there they took their son Jerry, who is still under a phy sician's care due to injuries re ceived a year ago last Hallowe en, to a special, Norman Palmer and Fred Facey are working on Elk Creek. Charles Morton and G. O. Pressler have moved to Cave Junction where they have found employment. Mr. and Mrs. Booth Dyer have moved Into the house formerly occupied by the Pres lars. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Arnold are the owners of a new Chevrolet. Corbett Smith has returned from Portland where he under went an operation. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Zimmerlee and family have moved on the Obenchain road where they are building a new house. Despite bad weather the Gun club shoot held Sunday was a huge success. An Easter egg hunt was held for the children. Re freshments were served by mem bers of Mt. Pitt club. Ben Edmondson has resigned his office as deputy sheriff. Cor bett Smith has taken his posi tion. Last week first aid courses were Eiven in me men scnuoi auditorium for employees of Medco. A police sergeant from Medford was instructor. A utility room has recently hppn built on a forest service house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Koynane. Mrs. Rose Atonon of Califor nia is visiting her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shaw, at the fish hatchery. Bov scouts and their leaders cleaned the park Saturday. Mt. Pitt club met Thursday evening, March ou at me nome of Mrs. Henry Tygart. Thirteen members attended. It was planned to have a box social and card party later this month. Mrs. Bill Koynane ana Mrs. n. capei lo. whose birthdays In April opened their gifts. Next meeting will be April 16 at me nome oi Mrs. Lloyd Tungate. Thursday. April 8, 1950 ,ri til,- T.. Lin) nan iwu uiuup At Dancing Sessions 422 Adults Given First Aid Courses Red Cross first aid clases are on the Increase In Jackson coun ty, especially among industries, according to Mrs. Fred Rankin, executive secretary of the local chapter. During March, she said, 92 adults received standard certifi cates and 45 were awarded ad vanced certificates for comple tion of first aid courses. Set. William J. Colbert of the Oregon state police has given Red Cross instruction to Ashland police and firemen and to a group of Boy scouts. Dr. C. H. Gavin and Charles Goold trained 21 guards and supervisors at the domiciliary center at Camp white, and Will, iam M. Bell, state industrial ac cident commission representa tive, completed two standard classes for Elk Lumber company and Gulf Red Cedar company employees. Altogether, there have been 422 first aid certificates issued to Jackson county men and women since last June. The Grange Regular meeting of Central Point Grange will be held Fri day, April 7, at 8 p. m. During the lecture hour Earl Jossy will show colored slides on weeds common to Jackson county. He will give a talk In connection with the slides and if anyone has a weed he would like to know about, Mr. Jossy will be ready to answer questions. The chaplain will be in charge of the rest of the program Juveniles are asked to bring two or three colored eggs for an Easter egg hunt and party hon oring members who had perfect attendance in the first quarter. Refreshments will be served by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lull, Frances Evans, Cleo Young, Adina Ben son and Benton Boyce. Roaue River Rogue River. Apr. 8 Mr. and Mrs. Earl Price and their daugh ters, of Westwood Village, Cal., were visitors at the A. G. Shep- pard ranch on West Evans creek over the week-end. Mrs. E. L. Field of Minnea polis, Minn., sister of Mrs. Vern Rathbun, and who recently pur chased the P e t r i e home on Broadway, arrived Saturday. She will visit at the Rathbun home until her furniture shipment ar rives. Mrs. Field, a gold star mother is interested In contact ing other members of the organization. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Stuart of San Leandro, Cal., are spending two weeks at the W. E. Moore home in Grants Pass. The Stuarts are historians and are interested in contacting any one having old letters or diaries hitherto un published, that contain refer ences to local happenings of the period of 1850 to I860. Regular meeting of Rogue Riv er PTA will be held April 10 at 8 p.m. In the high school library. After Invocation by the Rev. Edward T. Grafstrom, there will be a vocal solo by Mrs. Doris M. Grafstrom. Movies will fol low. Seventh grade students will serve refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Thompson of Coos Bay were guests of Mr. Thompson's mother, Mrs. Juan ita Wlttick, over the week end Rogue River PTA will stage a talent .show April 12, in the high school gymnasium. It will have a circus theme and atmosphere, and will feature professional as well as local tiik-nt under the direction of Charles McGarney. Along with other attractions the show will have band music. Jug glers, dnnccrs, acrobatics, a . fat lady and side show features. It is a school benefit and refresh ments will be on sale, also pea nuts to feed the elephant. Bob Gail, master of ceremonies. Republican Rally Held In Shady Cove Area A republican rally was held in Shady Cove last week to al low candidates for the party's nomination to state their cases before voters in that area. Speaking in behalf of their candidacies in the May primar ies were Ben Day, candidate for the state senate; E. H. Mann, candidate for the Oregon house of representatives; W. P. Tuck er, candidate for Justice of the peace, Medford district; and Lew Graves and Bob Lytle who are opposing each other for the nom ination as candidate for county commissioner. Other speakers were County Commissioner L. G. Morthland, and O. L. Williams, president of the Upper Rogue Valley Cham ber of Commerce. The dance committee of the Elks' club announced today that those attending the second in a series of square dance lessons at the club Saturday will be di vided into two groups. Each group will in turn dance and watch so that dancers will have,l sufficient space to execute the squares. Nearly 300 attended the first session Saturday at the club when Lee Ragsdale, athletic di rector of the Medford high school, instructed. Although they were handicapped because of the large crowa, nagsdale stated that the beginners showed good advancement. The committee urged that dancers take their colored tags with them for use again at this Saturday's session. New Hampshire legislators are having trouble selecting an of ficial state bird. Poultrymen want the utilitarian new hamp shire chicken, while bird lovers orefer the pert, snow-loving chickadee. RECESS IS RECESS San Jose, Calif. U.R) A super ior court Judge called a short re cess in a damage suit. When the court was reconvened a few min utes later a Juror was missing. A deputy sheriff found the man an hour later. The juror said he thought the word "recess" meant the case was over, .and he went home to bed. The city-owned Nashville elec tric service was the largest single distributor of Tennessee Valley Authority power in 1949 in terms of maximum kilowatt demand. TUTLE FROZEN IN Moosomln, Sask. (U.R) You couldn't blame Bob Longfellow's pet turtle if he felt out in the cold. When the boy was away on holidays the house got so cold that his pet froze solid in the ice. When Bob got back he hacked the turtle out and doused it with warm water. The artificial res piration worked perfectly. The Tennessee hotel and res taurant division reports there are 357 hotels. 772 tourish courts and 426 tourists' homes In the state. HOW DUST STORM LOOKS Durango, Colo. (U.R) The pic ture editor of the Durango Herald-Democrat produced an "ex clusive photo" of the western dust storms. 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