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V EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. June 7. 1950 NtoFORDj$$STRIBUirc "Everyone to Southern Oregon" Reads The Mali Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Published by MViirnnn PRINTING CO. S7-29 North FL St Phone a-Ul ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST B, GUJ5TRAP upc-d r.nrv Advertising MRr t c FERGUSON. Managins Editor vd it a it. f.n JR.. City Editor HAHRV CH1PMAN. TelegrapD Editor HENRY U GREEN. Sunday Editor OUVE ST ARC HER society GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MP An Independent Newipapar Entered as second class matter a Medford. Oregon, under Act 01 Marcb 8. 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES n .-. I I .. AHvanrM! Dally and Sunday one ,-" Dally and Sunday-eU months 4.75 DaUy and Sunday three mos i.00 riniiu anil Sunday one montn l.uu By Carrier - In Advance - Medlord i.hi.nd rontral Point. Jacksonville Gold Mil. Phoenix. Talent and on Dally and Sunday jne jrear Slil.00 Dally and Sunday one month l oo All Terms iao uj Oftlclal Paper of the City of Medlord Official raper oi - United Press full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAV COMPAfTr. INL Offices In New York. Chicago De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver. B C VJ-ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jacktoa County Hit Mry from (he filet of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 end 34 years ago Graduation 10 YEARS AGO TODAY June 7. 1940 (It was Friday) Medford population placed at 11,548, increase of 541 over 1930 census. Dr. C. H. Paske and Dr. George B. Dean added as direc tors of County Public Health as sociation. Hal's Camera shop to open new quarters on North Central avenue tomorrow. Pilot training course to open at Southern Oregon college. Episcopal churches of Med ford. Grants Pass and Ashland to hold Joint service Sunday at Lithia park. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY June 7, 1930 (It was Saturday) Russell Sherwood. Medford to graduate from Osteopathic school this week. High school senior class warn d of "perils of Jazz age" by commencement speaker. National guard encampment opening slated next Tuesday, 34 YEARS AGO TODAY June 7, 191b (It wbs Wednesday) Walter Bowne buys 20 acres In Ross lane district and plnns Siu.uou home. Twenty-fourth annual of Southern Oregon Chataqua to meet at Ashland starting July 7 lor 12 nays. F. R. Neil. T. A. Brown and Joe Geppert appointed viewers for proposed road from Butte rails to Prospect. Wilkinsons Attend College Graduation; Three to Take Trip Mr. and Mrs. John Wilkinson and daughter. Miss Dolores wit kinson. returned to their home on Park street Monday. The Wil kinsons had attended graduation ceremonies at Mnrylhurst college where Miss Wilkinson received a bachelor of arts degree. They were accompanied by Miss Ednalou Enright of Tncoma. also a member of the class and the two young women, with Miss Wilkinson i brother, Don, will leave this week-end for a 10-day trip in calitornla. Young Wilkin son is a member of the 1050 grad- uawiiK ciass oi nicaiorci nigh scnooi. Ashland Woman to Open Piano Class Series Mrs. Frances Wilde, Ashland today announced the opening of an eight-week series of summer piano classes, from June 19 to August 11, to be presented in Medford and Ashland. Classes will be for beginner', inter mediate players, and advanced students. Registration for Medford classes may be made at Pruitt': Music center. Mrs. Wilde la a graduate of me University of Washington and also studied at the Univer sity of California at Los Angeles, and formerly gave adult instruc tion through the Los Angeles public schools. She Is a member or the National Guild of Piano Teachers. Subscribers To report Improper or nen delivery of the Mall Tribune phone -"mi oeiore p. en. dally ane 10:10 a. m Sunday. It regular dell eery arrives thorny alter you rail, please notify office, thut ellnilnaUng tpeclal messenger service. Tomorrow evening 231 seniors of Medford high school will receive their diplomas in exercises at the school's athletic field the largest graduation class in Medford High history. 1MEDF0ED townspeople in general join in the hope that there may be fair skies for this important event in so many young lives; they hope also that fair weather may attend all their days for we are proud of the boys and girls of '50. Proud of their scholastic attainments, their fine records in the fields of music, art, manual training, domestic science and in ath letics. WE KNOW that the high school years have served to develop intelligence, character, skill and healthy bodies all of which are fundamental requisites in the enjoyment of democratic lite. e A LTHOUGH receipt of a diploma is one of the inv " portant steps, it is, after all, only a milestone in the journey of life. The growth of character, better understanding and judgment, must be a continuing process if life s full truitlulness and advantages are to be enjoyed. Existence has grown more and more complicated through the vears with political, economic or interna tional complications becoming almost daily fare. But through our schools the young of today are better equipped than any before to cope with such problems and vicissitudes as may come their way. Mav they enter their new future unarraid, with a proper regard for the system which has made their education possible, and gratitude to the teachers whose patience and devotion nas enabled tnem to travel thus far on the road to knowledge. E.C.F. The Marrying Month June is the traditional month for weddings in most of the countiy, but strangely enough the prefer ence is not shared equally in all of the states. In Ore gon, for instance, marriages in June average at least 70 per cent higher than the daily number for the year. In Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas and Georgia December is the marrying month. CTATISTICS painstakingly gathered by the Metro- politan Life Insurance company also reveal that June is the most popular among girls marrying for the first time, and that they constitute about four-fifths of all brides. Although women who are remarrying also prefer June, their marriages are more evenly dis tributed through the year. The excess of June brides who were married before is about two-thirds less than for those entering matrimony for the first time. Divorcees choose almost equally between June and July, and widows prefer the early fall almost as much as June. PREFERENCE for June decreases with advance in 4 age. Up to age 55 this pattern is determined large ly by the growing proportion of remarriages ; the pref erence of single women for a June wedding lessens only slightly with age. For the older women, June is outranked by Octo ber as the most popular month for marrying. In fact, autumn weddings seem to have a greater appeal to spinsters than to divorcees or widows at these ages. Crosstown 6 Roland Coe sae-sapaaeaassssssssssessassssssssssss J-4 fcv i-n... LUL1 Near, f ureal, ' "They're still lalkin' about how they made over last years' clothes. Wake me up when those dames decide to get on with their game." Competitive Bidding Demanded by Council A demand for more competi tive bidding by contractors on citv Droiocts and a word of warning to businessmen concern ing the payment of the $20 license fee were sounded last night at the regular meeting of the cilv council. The lone bid of $3,157.70 by Warren Conrad to construct a sewer In Getchell subdivision was accepted by the council. However, Mayor Dinmond Flynn indicated that such repetition of sing e bidding will not be toler ated bv the council. The coun cil "won't piny along that way" and expects competitive offers on all Jobs, he said. Should Support Programs If contractors expect tne city to stay out of the contracting business, they should support city programs, Flynn declared. He intimated that there is a tendency to turn down tough jobs. The council gave advance notice that it would enforce the city business license ordinance and Intended to take legal action whore licenses are not paid within a reasonable time. A few individuals have not paid the license, it was said. It was thought that 60 days would be a "reasonable" time. The $20 fee is due after July 1, Bid Accepted One other bid was accented bv the council last night, the $555.10 offer of Shasta Distributors for pumn. tank and n ne for the domestic well at the sewage treatment area. Hubbard Wrav company and Leslie Plumbing company were other bidders. following hearings, the coun cil approved construction of sewers on Mt. Pitt and Win. Chester avenue between Peach and Hamilton streets and on Peach between Ml. Pitt and Stewart avenues. Surveys OK'd 1 no clly engineer was author ized to pro.-eed with survevs re lative to eventual rnnstri'ioflnn of sewers In Farhart street area and the Merrick's Motor Inn sec ion along Bear creek. Members of the streets and roads committee were asked to make a preliminary sluriv con cerning possible limit of park ing to one side of the street on Oakdale avenue between Eighth! street and Dakota avenue and between Fourth and Sixth streets. Councilman Dwight Houghton brought out the dan ger created by the narrowness of the street and heavy traffic. Water Hearings Set Hearings were scheduled for June 20 on proposals to lay water lines on Winchester and Mt. Pitt avenues between Peach and Hamilton streets and on Newtown street between Bel mont and Stewart avenues. Councilmen approved the sale of Lot 10, Block 3, Oak Grove subdivision, to Harry E. and Ada Andrews for $800. They authorized Firemen George Streeve and Earl Harri son to attend the training school sponsored by the Oregon State Fire Chiefs association at Oak Grove near Oregon City. It was announced that Monday, July 3, will be a work day for city em ployees. (See story Page 1) News of 4-H CLUBS Howard Clubs The Howard Handy Hands Sewing club and the Howard Livestock club will hold a Joint picnic in Lithia nark. Ashland. at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 8. Swimming at Twin Plunges will follow: The regular meeting of the sewing club will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. William Foley, the leader. f 1 Zti4 ' " ' i i . If x? -A ; - . , V" . f Mcme Telephoto) SHE'LL TRY AGAIN Shirley May France recuperutes in a New York hospital alter having her tonsils removed in preparation for her second attempt to swim the EnKllsh Channel, which will be made this summer. Shirley hopes to return to her home at Somerset, Mass., later this week to resume training in Mt. Hope Bay. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In Galveston the other day, it rained 14.2 inches in nine hours. Estimated damage, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS: It was just too much of a good thing too quick. C PEAKING of weather, this one J clicks off the teletype from London: "It got so hot here today that cats got drowsy and fell off win dow ledges. The Royal Society ior me rrevention of Cruelty to Animals reported that it got 20 calls to pick up felines injured in mac manner. It was only 82 above! fUT HERE in the West, we think of 82 above as hardly snirt-sieeve weather, but in gummy and humid London it's SOMETHING. Weather is some thing else you can't measure sat isfactory with an index number or marks on a scale. THE COLLEGES get into the npua thic want At UCLA, they've developed a small hydraulic press which can turn marble into a liquid THAT FLOWS LIKE MOLASSES. Dumbbells will want to know what good can come of making marble flow like molasses. Dr. David Griggs, UCLA geophysic ist, hopes it will help "explain earthquakes and perhaps TELL HOW TO LOCATE VEINS OF PRECIOUS METALS by dupli cating subterranean conditions." Knowledge marches on. VOU NEVER can tell about these new developments. When the scientists first began to talk about prying atoms apart and recombining the pieces, we common run of folk gave it no need. Then came nylon and we sat up and began to take notice. AT PRINCETON they are set tine nn a niiir t-acu-ii-aK ter TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHY THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD DON'T GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER. Presum ably we have to find out WHY THEY DON'T GET ALONG be fore we can learn HOW THEY CAN GET ALONG. If we could find out how na tions can get alone with each other we might be able to find out how individual human be ngs might get along with each other. After that might come the millennium. profit organization.) Suddenly a guy yelled Bingo! and produced a card that, he said, entitled him to the $980 jackpot. The operator of the game and the cops, after a con sultation, disagreed. They claim ed the guy had four confederates just outside the window with a small printing press and when the bingo operator called out the winning numbers they printed a card to match and slipped it through the window quick. The trouble with gambling is that there just doesn't seem to be any way to keep gamblers honest. A SAVING WAY to tcv a thrifty way to savo that's what your gift of Savings Account offers. Any ' amount from $ 1.00 up starts your graduate's gift account EARNINGS PAID IWICf YEARLY v SAVINGS SAFE UNTI1 NEEDED Jackson County Federal Savings and LOAN ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED 1909 126 East Main nut. sngjle' Phone 2-6201 AT A LITTLE town in Con npptlVnt thn nlliai. ninVtt tUar were holding a nice gentlemanly and ladylike bingo game in a public hall (bingo is legal in Con necticut if conducted by a non- The Grange Thrilling Trip Up Salmon River Told To Rotary Club The thrill-packed and hazard ous boat trip up the Salmon riv er in Idaho was described to members of the Medford Rotary club Tuesday by E. Morgan Able. Grants Pass, who accompanied Glenn Wooldridge, fishing guide. on the trip. Speaking at a luncheon meet ing at the Jackson hotel. Able told of the many obstacles which had to be overcome in making the first trip on record up the swift and treacherous Salmon. His job was to photograph the Journey, which started at the point where the Salmon empties into the Snake, and ended at Salmon City. Real Wilderness This area of Idaho is one of the last real western wilder nesses, Able told Rotanans. Game abounds, and few people are able to stand the rigorous life of this wild area. One family of seven, living in such a remote place that school lessons for the five children had to be flown in by helicopter, was discribed Walter Garner, program chair man, introduced the speaker. C. Lyall Fidler urged the co operation of the community in tne forthcoming Rogue River Roundup, and outlined some of the highlights of the two-day show. The progressive program of the Jackson County Sheriff's posse for improvement of their Ross lane grounds was explain ed. The local group, comprising 68 posse members with a ladies' auxiliary of 54, was started In 1940 by the late Sheriff Sid Brown. At least 380 horses will be in the big downtown parade in Medford Saturday evening to launch the two-day Roundup festivities. Brown water snakes are not venomous but they do bite sav agely and strike out furiously when handled. HEARING AIL REPAIRS -l r JjVK MAK 'ANY MODEL M.dlore' Office Belfeae Hestiaf Service JAMIS TAFT ft ASSOC. 214 Leverette IOOF PICNIC SUNDAY JUNE 11 TouVelle Park For All Odd Fellows Rebekahs and Friends FREE Sandwiches, lei Cream, Pop GAMES FOR ALL 12 NOON ON James Clabby Named OSC Publication Editor Corvallis, June 7 James Clab by, Medford. a senior in engineer ing, has been named co-editor of the Student Directory, or "Fussers Guide," for the next school year, according to the Ore gon State college publications committee. Bob Ma.son. Aibanv, will work with Clabby as editor. Clabby, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clabby. 109 Laurel street, has been active in publications on the campus for three years and was on the directory staff last year. Dead line Sunday Classified Is ei Nr n Saturdays. Central Point Grange Helen Caster had charge of the program of games and songs at the regular meeting June 2 of Central Point Grange. Gaston Floux had charge of the dis play table, the topic being "in sects." Grange decided to postpone the next regular meeting one week because of Stale Grange and other conflicting meetings. The meeting will be hold Friday, June 23 instead of June 16. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Ford and Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Sander. Bristol. Va. fU.Ri A citizen here paid a SI traffic ticket and claimed some sort of record. He said the ticket was the 318th one he'd paid. Vacati ton LOANS ipsa sa Your Way & Fast! STA,N, If extra cash will help you to get more out of that vacation you've earned, get it from Oregon Finance where it's "Yes" to 4 out of 5. Oregon Finance Co. Phone 2-4433 Craterian Bldg. 45 S. Central Lie. 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