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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1950)
I10MT MZDfORD (OREOON) MAIL TRIBUNE friday. May 1M0 Scout Camp-o-Ree To Draw 250 Boys Saturday, Sunday "Camnlne for Fun" is the theme of the annual Boy scout camp-o-ree for the Big Pines and Ashland districts to De neia mis Saturday and Sunday at Hilltop ranch, according to J. A. Mc Dougall, Crater Lake Area coun cil commissioner. John W. Danforth, Big Pines neighborhood commissioner, has been selected as camp-o-ree direc tor of the ovenlght camp, borne 250 scouts are expected this year. C. A. "Red" Stothers, Big Pines district camping chairman, said that all scout troops in Jack ion county have been invited to attend and participate in the event. The troops will arrive Sat urday between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., and will select and set up camp sites with special empha sis on camp that will be com fortable and practical. The open ing ceremony and flag raising will be at 1:30 p.m. by Explorer Post 8, and the scout drum and bugle corps of Troop 40, Central Point. Games Scheduled Camp-o-ree events and games will take place in the latter part of the afternoon and the camp fire program in the evening will feature stunts and campfire songs and pageantry by the dif ferent troops. Sunday morning program will include outdoor church services will be held which will employ scouting knowledge. R. D. Church wili be in charge, assist ed bv Dick Uanlels, neignoor- hood commissioner, and Herb Sampert, scoutmaster of Troop 4. The scouts wm camp Dy va- trols, and will be judged by Peace Formula Sought In Bakery Dispute Washington, May 8 (U.R Federal mediators tried again to day to work out a peace formula to head off a threatening strike of AFL bakery workers that could cut off bread supplies in more than 30 cities. Chief Mediator Cyrus S. Ching said the strike set for Monday against Continental Baking com pany plants could have serious effects in some of the nation's biggest cities. Ching and a top aide, Clyde Mills, engineered a one-week postponement of the strike last Monday, just hours before the deadline. The union, representing more than 2,500 bakers, said another 40,000 bakers in cities wnere Continental contracts are signed jointly with other big bakery after which games and contests chains would join the walkout. SINGER Vacuum Cleaner Hr is the SINGER Vacuum Cleaner with 5 all new, exclusive features: CORD MWIND mil III tt wIMi.ut wlndlnf. by hand. COIID Rill M ari ' wlrhln cltaiwt Hull. TWIN PANS iMlntaln llroni, uniform imnt ol auction clout th til. Malta Qi "all Willi th. ntrl riVOTIO HOATINO MUSH M.dluitn.nt torordlnary typa mo I T R. I A M 1 1 N 9 HOUtlNa frMUrMit-ndr Hlly" tocouu M hi only I" Mi I kr lux lNliJMa00 IUDaT TIRMS Atlerwanco for you! pratnt modal ( T Wo'll amnio a d.mon 9EE III itratloo In your own homo told tervicad guaranteed only at your SINGER SEWING CENTER 40 N. Front Si-. Medford Phone 2-7207 TWO FOR ONE IHIQE SALE PAIR For Exactly The Price of scout leaers on their skill of set ting up a camp, us of equip ment, cooking, patrol coopera' tion and scoutcraft. Blue ribbons will be awarded for the excel lent ratings, red ribbons for stan dard ratings, and all patrols will receive a yellow ribbon for par ticipation. The judging is under the direction of John Eddy, Big Pines assistant commissioner. Parade Review Set The camp will conclude with a parade review and awarding of the ribbons to patrol leaders, under the direction of mcjjoU' call. John Patton, neighborhood commissioner, is in charge of registration at the camp-o-ree, All parents and friends of scouting are urged and invited to visit the camp and see scouts living in their camp at any time. The parade review at i.iu p.m. and the camp-o-ree activities Sunday at 9:15 a.m. will be es pecially interesting, scout lead ers said. Program for May Festive Event at Phoenix Listed ' Phoenix, May 5 Entries for the square dance contest to be held at the Phoenix Community Club and Youth center May 14 as part of the annual May Festi val should be made at once, it was announced today. The con test is set for 4 p.m. and entry fees will be returned to the win ning sets as prizes. Programs to be given both Saturday and Sunday afternoons of the festival, May 13 and 14, will be open to the public with out charge, it is stated. On the program will be the Ashland Kiltie band, Judy Briggs and her trained horse from Ashland, the Eve Prentice Accordion band from Medford, and Swedish songs and music by Mr. and Mrs. Thoren, Central Point. Other Numbers The Phoenix Grange will con tribute a blackface show, Mrs. Elsie Alexander and her Hawaii an orchestra will play, Virginia Hunter will given violin solos, Rita Peart will sing, and pupils from the dance schools of Col leen Hope, Medford, and Helene Bluemensteln, Central mint will present numbers. Band numbers, Dinno solos and vocalists will also be presented. ' Since that Sunday will De Mothers' day, an orchid corsage will be presented to the oldest mother present, a gardenia plant to the mother with the most children and another plant to the youngest mother present. Dedication of the new build ing and a barbershop quartet contest will also be on Sunday's program. Saturday the coronation'of the queen and a big parade will start the day's activities. Forest Industries Criticize Regulation Portland. Ore., May 9 (U.R) The Northwest Forest industries today criticized new interior de partment right-of-way regula tions on Oregon and California grant lands on grounds they in terfered with fundamental property rights." The bureau of land manage ment, an agency of the Interior department, recently Issued new rules governing rights-of-way. E. P. Stamm, Portland, chair man of the forest conservation committee of forest Industries, said: "Road owners think they should have the right of cancel lation of road use by any li censee of the government when such a party is careless in traffic control or forest fire protec tion." Stamm asserted that under the new regulations only the govern ment hns the right of cancellation. BE SURE TO SEE THE $50,000 EXHIBIT NOW In the Showrooms of CRATER LAKE MOTORS, Inc. FIR STREET CUT-AWAY DISPLAYS OF THE FAMOUS V-8 and 6 Cylinder Engines SEE just how FORDS work SEE the fine mechanical craftsmanship In erery FORD modal. The famous FORD V-8 100 horsepower angina ha ONLY 8 cylinder angina In fha LOW PRICE FIELD. Tha dependable FORD 6-cylinder angina with 95 horsepower. SEE also FORD'S hyda-coil front assembly and "Magic Action" hydraulic brakes. Thasa displays ware made in tha Ford Motor Company's trada school. Drilling Title at Stake in Contest Of Two CAP Units The state title and a trip to Ogden, Utah, by air for a region al contest will be at stake here Sunday when civil air patrol cadet squadrons of Portland and Medford contend In military drill. The rivalry is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the senior high school football field. Lt. Donald Stew art, commander of the Medford CAP flight, said the event will be held out-of-doors, regardless of the weather, with drill be tween rainstorms if necessary, Cover For Spectators There will be plenty of cover for spectators in two grand stands, however, and a large at tendance of residents of Medford and vicinity is both urged and d e s 1 r ed, Lieutenant Stewart said. Portland's squadron is expect ed to arrive here by air about 11:20 a.m. The veterans domicil iary center at Camp White is loaning one of its buses to trans port the Portland boys between the airport ana tooiDau neia. A group of high ranking Ore gon CAP olllcials win accomp any the visiting contingent. The group is expected to inciuoe oi. W. G. Dye, state wing com mander; Lt. Col. Austin, deputy commander; Maj. Hugh Angle, air inspector, and Capt. Billie Wise, air force laison officer to the wing. To Inspect Unit Major Angle will inspect the Medford unit in activity separ ate from the drill. Three judges for the compe tition will be brought from Portland. Judges from Medford will be Maj. Walter Fingerhut of the army organized reserve corps instructor group and Col. E. J. Briggs. Lieutenant Stewart reported that the drill will be conducted with a minimum of ceremony. The Medford drill squadron held a special session last night and a practice at the football field is planned tomorrow afternoon. : awn"""'"'! , Jfl Episcopalians Pick Province Officers Stockton, Cal., May 5 (U.R) The Rev. Louis B. Keiter, rector of the All Saints Episcopal church in Portland, yesterday was elected chairman of the house of deputies at the conclu sion of the three-day session of the 31st annual synod of the ! Province of the Pacific of the Episcopal church. John Vassie of Portland, treasurer of the Episcopal dio cese of Oregon, was elected treasurer of the province, which includes Washington, Oregon. Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona and Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippines. Vassie succeeds Morris Mil banks of Grants Pass. Ore. The Rev. Charles Scott Nevill, rector of the church of the Good Samaritan in Corvallis, Ore., was elected to the provincial council. John C. F. Marrifield of Port land was elected a trustee of the ! Church Divinity School of the Pacific at Berkeley, Cal., only ! Episcopal seminary west of 1 Chicago. j New Restaurant To Open on Riverside Announcement was made to day of Jhe rental of the store building at 7 South Riverside avenue, south of the Chamber of Commerce, to Loren Deming for use as a restaurant. The space is the third section of the building which formerly hnd been occu pied by Valentine's cafe. Doming is well-known as a Medford restaurateur and more recently he has been manager of Shaw restaurants in Portland. To be known as "The Heart Restaurant," the new business will be opened as soon as com plete remodeling and furnishing has been finished. r A T " atN -v ,fV7 r VVVN aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaA . CVti aaaasaa VOTE FOR W.P.TUCKER Rapublican Candidate for Nomination for Justice of the Peace 27 yam ratid.nr and taaparar, 11 yaars Deputy Clark. Appointed Jus tice ( the Peace 1943. fleeted to Is year term 1944. I STAND ON THE RECORD Paid Adv. (Acme Teltphnto) STRICKEN Mayor Ralph Kron enwetter of Moslnee, Wis., who was forced to "surrender" the town and then tossed in jail, was listed as a real casualty of Moslnee's May Day demonstration of life under "Communist" rule. Kronenwetter suffered a stroke as he arrived at an open-air rally where the "masses" cast off their make believe fetters and resumed the American way of life. His condi tion is described as "very critical. Maritime Group Told To Void Contract Washington, May 5 (U.R) The national labor relations board today unanimously or dered the Pacific Maritime asso ciation of San Francisco to void its contract with the American Radio association (CIO) because it contains a preferential hiring clause. The board ruled that the mere execution of the contract" violates the Taft-Hartley law be cause of "discriminatory and il legal union-security clauses . . ." Farmers in Legal Action Against Aluminum Firm Portland, Ore., May 5 U.R Two suits totaling $1,185,376 were on file in the federal court clerk's office today against the Vancouver, Wash., plant of the Aluminum Corporation of Am erica. The suits marked a new step by local farmers to recoup losses they claimed were caused by fumes from the plants. Trouldale Plant Sued Currently, a $3,500,000 suit is being tried few doors from the clerk's office against the Troutdale, Ore., plant of the Reynolds Metals company. One of the Vancouver suits was filed by Charles and Etta Browning. They said fumes killed and in jured their cattle, prevented normal increase of the herd and damaged hay, grain, and pastur age. Their suit demands $250, 000 actual damages. $500,000 punitive damages and $250,000 for attorney's fees. The other suit was filed by R. M. and Mary Perrin for dam ages to gladioli bulb crops alleg edly caused by fumes from the Vancouver factory. They seek $46,344 general damages, $92, 688 punitive damages and $46, 344 for attorney's fees. Some 20 farmers from Trout dale, Ore., are engaged in a $3,500,000 court battle against the Reynolds company for prune and gladioli crop damage alleg edly caused Dy iiuorioe iumes from the Troutdale aluminum plant. RESIGNS POST Washington, May 5 (U.R) The atomic energy commission today announced the resignation of Fred C. Schlemmer as mana ger of its plutonium production center at Hanford, Wash. It is effective May 31. 'Cut-Away' Engines On Display at Firm A $50,000 display of "cut away" automobile working parts is being shown at Crater Lake Motor company this week and next. The working replicas are of two Ford engines, an eight cylinder and a six - cylinder. Other displays are of brakes and knee-actibn Ford parts. Automotive classes of Medford high school are particularly in vited to inspect the displays, ac cording to Karl Moore, sales manager of the firm. The en- glnes were made by hand at the Ford trade school, and are paint ed in different colors to enable the spectator to follow the vari ous systems through their work ings. Manila, Philippines, May 5 U.R) One person was killed and 12 wounded today in a pitched battle between 200 Huk peasants and constabulary troops at the small town of La Pazn 60 miles north of Manila. It started with this... !lc0M f 1 Petri I It Sherry 1 Petri Vttne I io .SAy.THIS i-v CALLS FOR A It went over Big with this! When the occasion calls for a great wine choose Petri Wine. Its richer, more satisfying taste results from three generations of wine-nuking skill. Enjoy Petri Wine often! .'ETRI WINE CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Get Ready for the Camping Season Ahead! - 3' Special Values In CAMPING EQUIPMENT! 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Garden Hose, rubber 25 feet $2.95 Garden Hose, rubber 50 feet $5.85 Garden Hose, plastic ... .25 feet $4.69 Garden Rakes $1.69 Garden Hoes 89c Stake Sprinklers $1.98 Roll-A-Way Sprinkler $4.49 Hedge Pruner $2.49 Rose and Shrub Pruner $1.98 Lawn Mower $17.49 Shovels from 89c Grass Shears $1.69 Folding canvaa cots New $5.95, Used $2.98 5 Battery Ray-0 Vac flashlights $2.98 2 Battery Buddy Lantern $1.69 G. I. 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