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. The eye-catching
"picture," bearing the cutline
"Dust Clouds Cut Visibility to
Zero," was a four by four-inch
blank on the front page.
Omaha (U.R) Darlow Burdic,
son of an Omaha cattle rancher,
decided to give beef-minded Ne
braskans a change of diet. He
bought two buffalo and announc
ed he would sell bisonburgers.
' The thickness of back fat on
the hog carcass 1 a measure oi
the quality of hams, loins, shoul
ders, bellies and other pork cuts.
Now Many Wear
FALSE TEETH
With More Comfort
FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaltnt
(non-acid) powder, holds false teetA
more firmly. To eat and talk in mora,
comfort, just sprinkle a little FAS
TEETH on your pistes. No fummy,
gooey, pasty taste or fee I inf. Checks
"plnte odor" (denture breath). Get
FASTEETH at any drug ttore. adv.
IT'S A GREAT DAY . . . anil 3 MURE DAYS
time for new bonnets,
colored eggs and bunnies
- time to send beautiful
Hallmark Easter Cards
See ours today I
Swem's.
BOOK & GIFT SHOP
217 E. Main - Medford
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