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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1950)
phoenix c COMPLETION: -I I I " ' 1 "' '"" ' OMMUfJITY CENTER B3AY FESTIVAL nearihb SLATED 2-Year Campaign To Fulfill Need For Meeting Place Volunteers Get Credit For Project's Success The little town of Phoenix, four miles south of Medford, next week will celebrate the culmination of a two-year cam paign for the construction of a community club building and youth recreation center. Volunteer workmen this week were rushing toward completion of the structure that li expected to fill a long-felt need in the growing community. Though the new school building in the town and the Grange hall have fur nished a partial answer to the Jack of meeting and recreational facilities, they are by no means t adequate for lodges, women's clubs, Boy and Girl scouts, or for just plain afternoon and eve ning fun for the towns' kids. Memorial Building When it is finished, the build ing is to be called a memorial to Phoenix men who died in World War II. The way it has been built makes it just about as fitting a memorial as can be imagined almost all the 700 or so residents of Phoenix pitched in to help, and all will feel they have a personal stake in the center. The word volunteer best de scribes the manner in. which the whole project has developed. Materials, labor and funds have been made available in large portions by private individuals and firms in the Phoenix area, and A. C. Lewis, president of the organization behind the cam paign, says the community cen ter will be valued at about $18, 000 when it is finished. It has cost only around 57,000 in cash outlay. Cross Section Represented Organizations that have par ticipated in the drive for the building and which will enjoy its facilities when It is com pleted, represent a cross section of the town's social and civic life. They are the Girl and Boy scouts, the Neighbors of Wood craft and the Thimble club, the First Presbyterian church -and its Ladies Aid society, the PTA, the Grange, the Phoenix Lions and Lady Lions, the volunteer firemen, Garden club, home eco nomics units, the Phoenix Youth club, and the Phoenix Thursday club. Lumber and plastering have 11 been donated. Five mills, not all in the Phoenix area, came through with all the lumber that was needed: Alley brothers, Elk Lumber company, Fountain lum ber company, the Tiller mill, and the Mistletoe mill. Plastering has been done by the Bretthauer plasterers. Supplied at Cost Other work and materials have been supplied at cost, and in many cases for less than cost. Concrete for the floor of the building came from Lininger sand and gravel and that for the foundation was from the Tru- Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1950 Pages 1-8 r fit StFW? snfHSSWS NEARLY READY FOR DEDICATION Workmen are shown at work on the new Phoenix Community club and Youth Center that is expected to be ready for dedication next Sunday as a me morial to rnoemx men wno gave tneir lives in world war 11. The building, as it now stands, will provide a large main room for dancing, recreation, meetings and civic functions, as well as restroom facilities. Provision has been made for the addition of a kitchen and other rooms later. Exterior construction is of pumice brick with steel roof and the interior will feature a plaster finish with pine wainscoting. Mix company. The Lowry Con crete Construction company did the finishing work on the floor. Pumice bricks, main construction material, came from the Build er's Supply company. Hardware, roofing and plumbing materials were furnished at less than cost by the Phoenix Hardware store. Other items that were supplied by firms wholesale were electri cal supplies and installation, Trowbridge and Flynn; millwork and doors by Curley9 cabinet shop, and heating by Dan Adams. Construction of the building has been supervised throughout by H. R. Jensen. Idea 2 Years Old The whole idea of a publicly supported civic building for the use of young people and civic Former Druggist Here Dies in Sacramento L. A. Dell, a former resident of Medford, died Thursday eve ning at Sacramento, Cal.. friends here were advised Friday. Fun eral services will be held in the California city on Monday. Mr. Dell, a native of Canada, came to Medford a number of years ago, and was one of the founders of Western Thrift drug store in 1933, the first "cut rate" pharmacy in the city. The first store was located on sixth street. He is survived by his wife Irene, ana a married umiKmer. He had made his home in Sacra mento since leaving Medford several years ago. organizations was born two years ago with the Phoenix Thursday club, a women's organization. They wanted a clubhouse of their own and they also wanted a place where their kids could have wholesome fun outside the influence of the taverns and street - side rendezvous. The Thursday club had $300 to spend for a clubhouse not enough even to lay a foundation. But they were not dismayed by the shortcoming. They had an Sheriff Tells Active Club of Office Duties Howard Gault, sheriff of Jack son county, described the func tions of his office at Thursday's meeting of the Medford Active club held at the Rogue Valley Country club. Gault traced the history of the sheriff's office from its origin in England to its present day posi tion in American life. He point ed out that in this country it is the only law enforcement office to be filled by an elected repre sentative of the people. He out lined the many services his of fice performs in a county. In conclusion Gault stated that one of the greatest satisfactions he derived from his position was the fact that he could help his fellow citizens straighten out the small troubles that daily crop up in their lives. Gault is a former member of the Young Men's Service club. Earl Fichtner was program chairman. unlimited stock of determination and enthusiasm the contagious kind. They began to enlist the support of other groups in the town and soon had enough in terest stirred up to fill a large meeting room at a mass meeting to get a campaign underway. Credit Given Much of the credit for initiat ing the movement and for keep ing it going by lighting fires un der a few "laggards" goes to Mrs. George Bourne, who was president of the Thursday club when the drive started, and to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lewis. They did much of the footwork and laid the foundation for a new organization that could broaden the scope of the work the Thurs day club had started. At a meeting held in June of 1948, the Phoenix Community club and Youth Center was In corporated as a non-profit cor poration, and stock was sold broadcast to adults and young sters alike. To guide the project to fruition, the corporation elected Lewis as president, Mrs. Bourne vice-president, Mrs. Maggie Ger mer treasurer, and Mrs. Bert Stancliffe secretary. The results of their work will be hailed with a good deal of fanfare next Saturday and Sun day when the annual May festi val will see the Community Club and Youth Center just about ready to fulfill the purpose for which it was designed a hub for all the community's activi ties, especially young people's doings. Death Rate Down For Pneumonia, Flu, This Year New York. N. Y.. May 6 Despite a widespread outbreak of influenza and pneumonia, the lowest first-quarter death rate on record for the two diseases was established during the first three months of 1050, according to the experience among the industrial policyholders of the Metropoli tan Life Insurance company. The death rate was za.z per 100,000. as compared with 26.3 for the first three months of last year. The rates were 50.0 and 78.6. respectively, for the first quarters of 1946 and 1944, the two most recent years when in fluenza was epidemic. General health conditions con tinued at last year's favorable level, the company's statisticians report, witn the over-ail neatn rate among the policyholders 6.8 per 1,000, identical with the all- time low recorded in the same period of 1949. New low first-quarter death rates were also recorded for tu berculosis, the principal com municable diseases of childhood as a group, syphilis, appendi citis, gastritis, and the complica tions of pregnancy and childbirth. By contrast, slight increases as compared with last year were shown in t n e mortality from the diseases of the heart. arteries and kidneys, which ac count for approximately half of all of the deaths among the uolicyholders. and in the mor tality from cancer, which ranks second among the causes of death. Mortalitv from accidents and homicide was about the same as in 1949, and that from suicide slightly lower. An increase in motor vehicle accidents was counterbalanced by a decline in home and occupational mishaps, which have fallen off to new low levels this year. Scout Camp-O-Ree Held This Week-End An estimated 250 Boy scouts were to have spent last night camping out at Hilltop ranch, near Griffin creek, in the an nual camp-o-ree of the Crater Lake Area council of the Boy Scouts of America. Camping by patrols, the youngsters planned to spread out over about a square mile of ter ritory on the ranch, where camp-o-rees have been held in the past. 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Greek Youngster Aided by Gifts of Medford Woman The recent report of a Med ford woman providing care for a European youngster under the Foster Parents plan has helped bring to light thu aid another member of the community is giv ing to an 11-year-old Greek boy. Little Constantine Agathos of Nikaia, Piraeus, Greece, is be ing assisted through the finan citl gift of a local woman who has asked that her name be with held. The assistance is being han dled through the Save the Chil dren federation, 1 Madison ave nue. New York 10, N. Y. Receives Aid Under the arrangement Con stantine will receive an outfit of good, warm clothing, a pair of shoes and five additional pack ages of food, blankets and tex tiles. Cash may be sent if ad visable. Constantine was orphaned dur ing the war. He and his sister are cared for by a grandfather and aunt whose combined income is only $30 per month. His health is very weak and he is in the first stages of tuberculosis. John C. Alexopoulis, federa tion representative in Greece, re cently reported the worst condi tions there since 1821 and made an impassioned plea for aid to the children of that country. Rogue River Sawmill Bought by Magnolia Rogue River, May 6 The saw mill of the Rogue River Lumber company has been purchased by R. D. Lamb, general manager of the Magnolia Lumber company of Ashland, and Is being repair ed and enlarged, it was reported today. Among the improvements will be a larger mill pond, and the green chain is being reconstruct ed and lumber carriers will be used instead of trucks. Hugh Moulton of Grants Pass, now general manager of the mill, said he is re-emplnylng the former workmen who reside in the vicinity. The mill is expected to be in operation by May 15. Total aquatic production In Ja pan during 1949 was approxi mately 3.113.000 metric tons, in cluding whales and seaweeds, an increase of about 380,000 metric tons over production in 1948. Darryl Zanuck Tops Salaries Paid by 20th Century-Fox Washington, May 64U.R) Darryl Zanuck of 20th Century Fox Films Corp. received a sal ary of $265,000 in 1949, it was disclosed today. Zanuck was the highest paid official of the company. Twentieth Century reported to the Securities and Exchange commission that salaries to all its executives aggregated $1,457, 739, last year. Spyros P. Skouras, president, was paid $252,315. Murray Silverstone, a director of the corporation, was paid $138,028, and W. C. Miciiel, ex ecutive vice-president, received $118,745. Retirement Paid Retirement fund payments were made by the company for all four men, including $2,645 for Zanuck, $10,290 for Skouras, $1,946 for Silverstone, and $3,656 for Michel. Salaries reported by listed cor porations to the SEC are all prior to federal income taxation, which takes from 50 to 77 per cent. 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