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C0 WHITE'S growth Mm PROGRESS REVEHED Domiciliary Now 16 Months in Operation By L. J. Malarkey Mail Tribune Special Writer Less than 16 months ago Camp White was opened as a domiciliary and rehabilitation facility for the care of disabled vet erans of the nation'i three most recent wars. The budget provided for some 500 men. As this Is written there are on the station 537 members. Another 50 are on furloughs ranging from 30 to 90 days. Applications for admittance on file are never less than 200. To the people of Medford and of Jackson county and its communities goes much of the credit for the fast pace forward that Camp White has enjoyed. Paul A,. Hatton, manager, has always been free with his praise for the work that some 35 volun teer organizations have done since the station was formally opened and dedicated, February 20, 1949. Hatton has had 29 years experience with the veterans administration. Few people, even those who come here often, have a clear idea as to the method by which this domiciliary operates. It has three distinct features concerning care for members. They are divided into two companies known as Company 1 and Company A. In addition there is the infirmary building with doctors and nurses in attendance. When an applicant is admitted i to membership ne is given a physical examination and as signed to one of the companies. If he is physically able to accept a volunteer work detail, he is sent to Company 1. The work detail is not longer than two hours daily, five days a week, and includes such chores as jan itor work, outside landscaping and another half-dozen projects of various kinds. It is much like days in the service. Lights are out at 10 p.m. and a bed check is made. In the morning it is "rise and shine" to the tune of a sergeant's whistle. Each Friday morning a company inspection is made by a designated civil service em ployee. The barracks, beds and lockers must be spick and span. If not up to standard a "butter fly" is placed on the member's pillow by the duty sergeant and he then is given a chance to explain to his company com mander. The two company command ers, as well as their sergeants, are all members of Camp White. Company 1 has as its "skip per" A. A. Hampton. Serving under him are Sergeants Walter E. Bernard, Alva F. Black, Irl R. H a r r is , Leo J. Maslanka, Lester A. Mordick, Edwin S. Valliant and George S. Vander Poel. After a man is assigned to. Company 1 he is marked as to what duty he will be permitted to perform by his physical con dition. At no time is he given a task that would in any way impair his health. Also, he is encouraged to take up a hobby, and in many instances these hobbies have paid off to the ex tent that the man has been able to go back to civilian life and make a living. Company Commander Hamp ton enlisted in the army June, 1916, and went to France with the 35th division. He became ammunition agent, and served with such distinction that he was discharged as a sergeant major in May, 1919. Hampton then joined the Wichita, Ka., fire department, and 19 years later. due to an injury in line of duty, was retired with the rank of fire department captain. Hampton came to Camp White and helped open it. He was tran ferred from the VA hospital, at Hot Springs. S. D., where he had served the VA in a similar cap acity. During the last war years, Hampton worked for the engin eers at a South Dakota ordnance depot. Last week Company 1 had a membership of 266. They are in wards divided into three-bed compartments with a day room at one end. There is plenty of room and fresh air. Company A is headed by Company Commander William R. Cluff. assisted by Sergeants Vernon P. Emmons, W. Rice, Ray Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1950 Pages 1-8 60 Jurymen Listed For Federal Court Federal district court will convene in Klamath Falls Mon day and the court clerk has re leased a list of 60 jurors ordered to report at the federal court room there at 10 a.m. Monday, June 12. There are 20 jurors Radio Network of Group Near Start Radio committeemen of t h e Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association met last week to make final plans for the activation of the association's radio communication network, which it is hoped will go into operation throughout the county early next month. Three members were named to a building committee to arrange for immediate construction of a radio relay building atop Roxy Ann butte east of town. They are Sam Taylor, Elk Lumber com pany: Robert Banning. Tractor Sales and Service company, and L. L. Simpson, secretary-manager of the association. To Add Equipment The building will be approxi mately 10 feet square, and of pumice block construction with a 60-foot aluminum antenna on top. It will be large enough to permit additional radio equip ment to be installed in the fu ture. Elk Lumber company is aidinR in the cost of the build ing so that they may have the use of it later for their own equipment. The firm now op erales more than a dozen mobile and stationary sets. Ed Pease. Trail Creek Lumber company, former association president, was named permanent chairman of the radio committee at the meeting, and Banning was elected vice-chairman. It is believed the radio net work project is the first in the nation undertaken by a private association. from Medford on the list, which is reprinted below. Anne N. Acherman. Clare H. Ambrose, Klamath Falls: Ray Aubrey. Merrill; C. E. Beebe, Medford; Helen M. Bonnell, Merrill: Andrew W. Brink, Mary Britton. Klamath Falls; Robert L. Burdie, Ashland; James Raymond Byrnes. Roland W. Cofer. Klamath Falls: Har vey F. Cope, Harold E. Corliss, Violet B. Cartwright. Medford;; Fred Dawson, Crescent Lake: Harold E. Dixon, Charles C. Duggan. Klamath Falls: Ger trude Easterling, Ashland: Freda B. Elliott, Ashland; Jane D. Ep ley. Klamath Falls. Leon Ezell, Gilchrist; Irwin L. Faris, Pine Creek: Jack J. Gardner, Medford: Frank Grif fith, Bernice Heideman, Klam ath Falls; Price M. Hennan Jr., Glenn Inlow, Ashland; George W. Jacob, Medford; Charles W. Kilgore, Bonanza: Walter R. Kartz, Klamath Falls; Roy Kyle, Medford: Vivian Landis, Klam ath Falls; Frieda Lawrence, Medford: Ethel Lollar, Grants Pass; Clifford O. Lovejoy, Med ford; Ernest V. Ludwig. Med ford: John B. McCulIcy, Malin; James E. Mannel, Frank Mash burn, Grants Pass. Lorraine Morris, Iva D. Mur ray, L. T. Haggard, Medford; Minnie Offenbacher, Jackson ville: Arden Pinkham, Central Point: Hobart M. Price. Frank Earl Redden, C. B. Richmond, Medford; R. Walter Roberts. Flovd J. Smith, Grants Pass. J. Claude Sparks, Medford; Lin na B. Spindlcr, Ashland; Guy Staiger. Chiloquin: Fred A. Tay lor, Ashland; Ruth Thomas, Keno; Grant Todd, Medford; Cora F. True, Ashland: Viola Vincent, Lakeview; Robert E. Walker, Medford; Fay A. Wat ers. Klamath Falls: Ruth E. Wil liams. Bonanza: Hylda Zundel, Medford. Spain's capital, Madrid, lies al most at the exact geographic cen ter of the country. "J fftJL9 !- ' U J.i i m uii Jf ' M fcmrl-itir-- Residence Robbed Here During Evening Dresser and closet drawers at the residence of Dr. George S. Jennings, Saginaw drive, were ransacked Thursday night and guns, shells and money taken, city police report. They said footprints indicated two prowlers. Entry was gained to a bedroom by climbing the side of a bay window onto a small roof and cutting a hole in a screen. The burglary was noted by George Jennings Jr., who arrived home about 11:45 p.m. and discovered the hole in the screen. Listed among items taken were a .35 caliber automatic, two shotguns, a .22 caliber rifle and 9 to 12 boxes of ammunition. CAMP WHITE PLAZA. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Shown above is a general view ot the Camo White veterans domiciliary center administration building, seen across the green lawns and flowers of the central plaza area. The domiciliary center is 16 months old, and was converted to its present use from an army Hospital which served men ot the Hist and Wbth divisions wnicn trained at the huge wartime reservation. The center is located on the Crater Lake highway about seven miles from Medford. L. Maxwell, Everett E. Sibley, George T. Parker, James F. Cantreel and Albert J. Dahl There are 252 men registered. No member of Company A may volunteer for a work detail, by order of the doctors. Those who need medication are served by a nurse after each meal. All , are encouraged in a hobby, if able to work at one. Leg cripples number 41. There are four blind, and 55 wheel chair, patients. Care is given by a crew of 26 attendants, them selves members, to those who are unable to care for them selves. The wards and the rooms are kept spotlessly clean. Cluff is loud in his praise of the sergeants and attendants who work under him. "Some of the finest men in the world are in Company A," he said. Enlisting from his home state of Utah in April, 1917, Cluff saw it all in France. He went over as a casual, was in a motor trans port outfit, an ammunition train and finally with the infantry in the 78th division. He was dis charged in June, 1919. "I came to Camp White Feb ruary 4, 1949, to get a rest. But I forgot I was tired, tfnd have been working ever since," he said. This popular company com mander is the hottest baseball fan on this station and hardly ever misses a game when the Medford Rogues art at home. To men who don't draw pen sions, clothes, tobacco and other necessities such as tooth paste, brushes and shaving equipment, are issued, but no luxuries what ever such as coffee in the canteen. In Company A alone there are 60 members who are not drawing any compensation. The volunteer service organiza tions provide them with what ever they can. In the infirmary ward there are beds for 25 patients. Here emergency operations are per formed and the bedridden arc cared for by a nursing staff, working around the clock. Five doctors under chief medical officer Dr. William E. White arc on duty. All dental work is done by Camp While clinic, where x-ray pictures also are taken. The more difficult films arc interpreted by a Medford consultant. Glasses are all fitted by a specialist in vr fa: MANAGER Paul A. Hatton, above, is manager of the b i g domiciliary center for veterans at Camp White. A navy veteran himself. Hatton has served in the veterans administration . for 29 years, coming here from Montana. town. Any member, regardless whether he draws a pension or not, is fitted with glasses when needed, without cost. Meal times are staggered. Company 1 has breakfast at 7 a.m. Company A follows an hour later, and the same routine is followed for dinner and supper. For the wheel chair patients 10 special tables are used. They are so constructed that the chair goes under the top of the table, and its occupant has clearance to dine in comfort. If any have difficulty in cutting food, an attendant is there to help. The work of the volunteer organizations some 35 in num ber who come to the domicil iary do work of untold value. The programs of games, cards, music, dances and dozens of other diversions are scheduled through special services and the Red Cross, and the men look forward to them with keen in terest. Those who thus devote their time, talent and money, bring a touch of home life from the "world outside" that is a great builder of morale. Many members are unable to travel to town, and this is the big break in the routine. In ad dition there afe frequent movies and ball games. The Medford business man Is beginning to recognize Camp White as one of his assets. It is safe to say that $20,000 will find its way into his cash . tills each month. This figure is con servative and counts only the money spent by members. Lately families of some members have come to Jackson county to make their homes so they may stay close to the disabled veteran at Camp White. The chaplaincy service is of the best. At present there is a Protestant chaplain on duty at all times, a Catholic priest part time and a Jewish chaplain on call. Sunday services are held regularly and special religious meetings are frequently conduc t e d b y denominations of a 1 1 faiths from neighboring towns as well as Medford. The library is used a great deal and is restful in Its sur roundings. For those men from the infirmary and Company A who are unable to get around, a book cart service is provided. The interbuilding corridor and ramp lay out is out of the weather at all times. There are miles of these covered lanes and a member can reach any point without exposure to the ele ments. Arts, crafts and hobby shop is one of the most popular de partments. Here men are taught to work with leather, wood, stone cutting, sign painting, art and photography. Many a mem ber has found new hope for the future in this rehabilitation schedule. The scene presents a beehive of industry. The hobby fair conducted last spring at tracted some 2,000 visitors to the show. World War I veterans are by far in the greatest number here. About 20 Spanish American war veterans and not over 60 from World War II are members. Most of the boys agree that they "never had it so good" be fore they came to the plains of While. Climatic onditions are ideal. Every consideration is shown by staff and personnel from rising time in the morning until lights out at night. In conversation one never hears talk of wars. The men are concerned mostly with the af fairs of families at home and constantly look forward to a furlough, or to the day they will be discharged. c -did s ,vav. No matter how much or how little is spent, we assure you the same courteous, careful attention to every detail. Chapel Mortuary Across from the Courthouse PHONE 2-8030 Frank Morgan -Funeral Harold Snodgrass Directors ,,t "Ck!v j Y. F. C. YOUTH for CHRIST INTERNATIONAL Presents Don Lonie TUES., 8 P.M. MEDFORD EXCELLENT MUSIC O JUNIOR HIGH AUDITORIUM SINGING First Negro Enters University of Texas Austin, Tex., June 10 (U.R) The happiest man at the Uni versity of Texas today was John Saunders Chase, the first Negro admitted to the traditionally all white campus. With a legal assist from the U. S. supreme court. Chase. 25. took an unscijregated seat in an architecture class vesterdav. Chase's face was expression less as Hugh L. McMath. direct or of the school of architecture, introduced him to his 14 class- males. McMath said he believed each shook hands with Chase. (Acm Tclephoto) LUCKY LASS Tll's lucky Rlrl escnped with only minor cuts and bruises niter being hit by a truck In Milwaukee, Wis. The girl, 15-year-old Gcorglanna Gill, fell between the wheels of the truck and the driver stopped Immediately. Gold, Two Others Indicted by Jurors New York. June 10 (U.R) A federal grand jury has indicted Harry Gold. Philadelphia chem ist, and two unknown persons as the go-betweens of British physi cist Klaus Fuchs in delivering American atomic secrets to Rus sia during the war. The conspiracy indictment was handed to Chief Judge Rob ert C. Inch of the U. S. district cort for the eastern district of New York. The information was immediately relayed to the jus tice department in Washington before it was made public here. The indictment charged the three conspired from December, 1943. to November 30, 1947, with Fuchs, the top atomic researcher for the British government. It confessed that Gold's co-conspirators were unknown. 1 LIONS 1 i3-rJ Wa-TTTI WE HOPE that your sessions in Medford will be highly successful and your visit here thoroughly enjoyable. Folks hore are learning to become good tourist hosts, because southern Oregon is one of the state's most invit ing vacation lands. So you'll find citizens here will be glad to help you find the best places to go the best things to see. Sniders might suggest a few easy, enjoyable trips to make while you are in southern Oregon. A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. (Driving 1 1 m a 20 minutes.) For short drive to obtain panorama of the valley, we recommend a trip to Preicott Park. An 18-mile round trip that offers you a breath-taking villa of the West's most beautiful valley from atop Roxy Ann Peak. All the cities a.id towns. Camp White Domiciliary Center, orchards, farms, and mountains are expoied to your gate. Picnic areas are maintained by the city of Medford with tabloi, fireplaces and running water. 2 JACKSONVILLE, THE SITE OF GO-D DISCOVERIES IN THE 1850'. (Driving time IS minutes.) The old court house has been converted by t County into a historical museum, with admission FREE. Filled with relict of the pioneer gold-mining era and the Indian War days ... a visit here ii a "must" for the family. The oldest Protestant Church west of the Rockies still maintaini services. The masonic building erected in llb houses the oldest Masonic Pillars in Oregon Masonry, shipped around the Horn in 1858. The Odd Fellows Building, built in 1860. with two feet of dirt between roof and ceiling at protection againtt fire from Indian arrowt, it something io view with interest. The Beekman bank which handled over $31,000,000 in gold dutt and nuggets in itt early dayt: Log town cemetery with itt ancient gravettonet juit a few milet beyond Jacktonvill are well worth your time to visit. 3 TOU VELLE PARK ON THE ROGUE. (Driving time 20 mlnutet.) And we mutt not overlook mentioning Ihit enticing public park alongtide the turbulent Rogue. No nicer tpot lo tpend a tummer afternoon. Utlng this tpot at a bate of operationi for the family you can go after the fighting tteelhead. 4 TO LITHIA PARK IN ASHLAND. (Driving time 35 minutet.) Cool and rail, ful, thit natural park, conttructed and landscaped by Andrew McLaren, the man retpontible for the famed Golden Gale Park, features a too with many fatcinating animals and birdt, The kidt will love HI xa
