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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.
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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
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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
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