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EIGHT MEDFORP (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, June II. 1950 Former North Bend Bar Tender Gets Diploma With Honors at Willamette V United Press Correspondent Salem, Ore., June 10 U.R) The North Bend bartender wno turned in his tavern and bar towel and went back to school to satisfy his thirst lor knowl edge graduates irom Willamette university Sunday wim Frank Lockman, 52 last April 3, veteran of World War I, father of four children and grandfather of eight with one to come, gels his bachelor of arts degree cum laude at Willamette's commence ment exercises Sunday. Quite a Journey It's quite a iourney, Is Frank s from tap to cap and gown. Es pecially since he never- went further than first year in high school. , , Frank, who went to grade school in Dallas, quit Salem high school after one year because he went in the army in 1916 and served in Texas during the bor der trouble in Mexico. Without shifting gears he went on to World War I and served Vh N.ars in Europe, in the signal corps. He was in the Meuse AriTonne and Chateau Theirry scraps. Then he spent several mnnthi with the army of occupa tion In Coblenz and the Rhine land, his task was maintenance work in communications. He was in charge of the phone ex change in Trier, 85 miles or so west of Coblenz. Trier was the boyhood home of Karl Marx, the man the communists credit with their creed. Worked in East Back in the states in 1919. Frank Lockman worked for the nu Tolpnhnne of Pennsylvania for 10 years, at rmsDurgn. rim adclphia. Trenton, Camden and Atlantic City. Then he got into finance around Trenton, M. J., jusi De ws the Brent crash of 1929, and suddenly found himself broker than an old wax recoru. i headed west to Richmond, Cal., in 1933, cashed in his veterans bonus and insurance and went into the cigar store Dusiness. Thn hn went to North Bend In Coos county and got into the beer tavern business, ne servea enough Lager to loggers and Pilsner to pile drivers and other assorted customers to retire, as he had always wanted to do while he was still young enough to enjoy leisure, In 1946. All he wanted to do was to quit work ing and relax. Frank relaxed for a lew Valley Development Opportunities Told Prospects for the economic development of the wogue val ley were discussed by Glenn Jackson, guest speaker at the meeting ol the Men lor a Keaity board Friday noon. Jackson, prominent Medford industrialist, spoke of the poten tialities of copper deposits in southwestern Oregon and was optimistic about the future of the entire region. He emphasized the importance of interesting eastern capital in southern Ore gon investment opportunities and he outlined the progress of the proposed reclamation pro ject for the basin. The realtors unanimously agreed to offer full cooperation to the League of Women Voters N in its efforts to secure a county zoning law. The need for zoning regulations outside Incorporated cities and towns, they said, Is be coming more aciite every year. Other speakers at the meeting were Ray Clark, chairman of the tourist and convention commit tee of the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce, and Ray Schu macher, president of the Oregon Association of Real Estate boards. Schumacher reported on plans for the state convention of realtors to be held here in September. Alfalfa Prices in Area Above 1949's Prices paid for alfalfa In the Pacific northwest arc well above those paid a year ago, according to figures released yesterdav by the Oregon State college exten sion service. Farmers In this area also pHld around $10 to $13 a ton more for baled alfalfa in mid-May than the national average. Washing ton farmers have paid about $2 to $4 ton above a year ago for the past two months and Ore gon farmers have averaged around 50 cents to $2.50 a ton more than a year ago. In California, however, the ex tension service reports baled hav has averaged, the past two months. $1 to $1.50 a ton less than the national average and $6.5(1 to $8.50 a ton loss than a year ago. weeks, doing nothing more strenuous than tending to his lawn. Then he got to talking to himself. As he recalls: The neighbors must have thought I was losing my mind, hearing me talking to myself like that. But there's nothing more tiring, I found, than un mixed leisure. So I decided to go East and visit old friends I knew when I was in the tele phone game there. But I found times had changed and so had faces. I had planned to stay five weeks, but I left after only a few days. I took another trip in Canada, to Calgary. But I just didn't seem satisfied with retirement." And how did he happen to go back to school? Saw Gathering "I was passing through Salem and as I drove up State street, I noticed a bunch of guys gath ered on the sidewalk in front of Willamette u n i v e rs i t y. I thought there must be a fire or accident or something. But it was just the lads, who can't smoke on the campus itself, com ing out for a few quick puffs between classes. "I just sat there, reflecting on what value education might have. Then on a hunch out of nowhere I decided to see about enrolling, as I had nothing else to do. "When I told the registrar my educational background o n 1 y one year in high school he said and it was quite an under statement that my case pre sented a problem. I'd better see the school's president. "So I went in to see G. Her bert Smith. After reflecting a bit he told me, 'You're case is certainly unusual but we'll let you enroll provided you main tain a grade point average of 2.5'." So Frank Brockman, a GI from one world war back, a grandfather and former wielder of a bar towel, entered Method ist Willamette at the spring term in 1947. He barely got by at first with a grade point average of only 2.875 just-above that needed to remain under Presi dent Smith's terms. Says Frank: Event Changes Feeling "My reaction to entering Wil lamette was a feeling that pos sibly I was an interloper. I felt that way until an unusual event. Array of Men's Fashions Offered by Manufacturers By Loyd Bulmur United Press Correspondent . Seattle, June 10 U.R If "Beau" Brummell were alive to day, he probably would turn green with envy (?) at the array of men's fashions being readied for fall. Not only green, but every color and hue imaginable was on display at the Washington-Oregon men's and boys' wear fall market show as manufacturers set their autumn campaign sights. A La College Blaier One company (Textron), Is busy making up a sports shirt-pyjama-shorts set a la college blazer. Made of satin-rayon, the design is like the college blazer of the mid-20's: broad vertical stripes. Nine sets of color com binations are planned represent ing 129 colleges and univer sities. Another of the new Ideas dis played was a dual purpose pya jnmn top. Made up like a sports shirt, it was complete with but ton collar. An innovation in the sports shirt line was shown bv several firms in making the tail of the shirt two inches or more longer. And at least one company was planning to bring out a fail line of sports shirts in collar sizes and sleeve lengths, instead of the current "large," "medium" or "small." Canasta Shirt Offered Manufacturers were not over looking any bets. One company has a canasta sports shirt on the market. The shirt is studded with diamonds, spades, hearts and clubs and comes packaged complete with a set of canasta rules. The Hawaiian motif was be ing widely used, one line having large scenes on the back. The wild goose and duck motifs on oilier sports shirts were hoped to attract sportsmen. A simulated cowskln snorts shirt was being groomed for sale especially east of the Cascades. Another "loud" line consisted of Hirer Scotch plaid types of sports jacKeis. Suede sportswear was exhibit ed, with a grey suede intro duced for the first time. Father- and-son suede coats also were being advertised. Children Not Forgotten Children were not forgotten, as a jumper for the 4-to-12 age group was shown with a section of "roalfiro tackclnth" around the shoulders and on the arms. Approved by the National Saftey Council (and manufactured by the Lee-Wald Garment Co i. it was claimed this jumper will be visnble for more than one mile. A boys can complete with ear muffs, ear and neck flaps and a JUDGE STRIKES TWICE Lawtnn. Okln. (UP) Jndue Lem Foster fined Clifton Min ner $110 fur llit-kinu the nm-ket of a drinking companion In a oar. i ne judge then ordered the robbery victim. Daniel Clark, to pay an identical fine for public drunkenness. for the LASTING TRIBUTE hi I I Medford Memorial Mauso leum, located in I.O.O.F. Ceme tery, offers a beautiful and permanent shelter for your de parted loved ones ... at a cost comparable to ground burial and perpetual care. Crypts are available. Make your selection In advance" of need. For Information Phone LYNN CRAM, 2-5342 or 2-6503 celluloid visor was .shown. All the accessories fold up into or on top of the cap when not in use. One leather firm displayed belt and shoe sets made in the same grain and shade of mate rial. Nylon continued, to dominate the field in sox and hats were relatively unchanged, although one firm was advertising a "new slant" in hats. Mainly obtained through the blocking of the crown. Bureau Forester to Head Professionals E. K. Peterson, Medford dist rict forester for the bureau of land management, was named chairman of the Siskiyou chap ter of the Society of American Foresters at a meeting here Fri day night. He succeeds Sam Tay lor, forest superintendent for the Elk Lumber company, in the post. Some 28 members of the chap ter attended the meeting, which was mostly concerned with re viewing proposed amendments to the by-laws of the Columbia River section of the society, of which the local chapter is a part. Other officers elected by mail ballot and announced Friday in cluded Art Holmes, Prospect Timber corporation, vice-chairman: Robert Beeman, Butte Falls district United States for est ranger, secretary-treasurer, and Lloyd Bransford, forest service engineer. Medford, exec utive committeeman. Williamstown, M a s s. (U.R) Special vision and reaction tests must be taken by Williams col lege students who want to drive automobiles on the campus. "Mv class, the freshmen, were losers in the freshmen glee, the traditional Willamette event in which each class writes a song for the school. The penalty for losing is a dunking in the mill race, alongside Sweetland field. When I got ready lor my dunking, some upper classmen said, 'Frank, come out ol there. You'll catch cold and die.' I told them I wouldn't miss it lor any thing. After the dunking, when I came out wet and cold, 6 or 7 grouped around me and said, 'So you like it, do you?' and they tossed me back in, "From that moment on I felt like I belonged. If they thought enough of me to throw me back in the mill race, I felt I was ac cepted. I was one of the students, not set apart." Majors in Speech Frank found himself, as time and study went on, majoring in speech and drama. I had never done any speaking before pub lic speaking, that is, on a plat form and not behind a bar. His knees felt like water at first, like ice water in a high wind, but with the encouragement of his professors, he mastered the art, and now is in high demand as a speaker. He has made well more than 100 speeches to serv ice clubs and other groups. Frank became the oldest for ensic competitor in the United States. As he said: "When I went to tournaments and contests, because of my age I'd be taken either for judge or janitor." In his first oratory contest, of Oregon colleges at Lewis and Clark college in Portland in 1948, he won second place. He went on to win the Paul H. Doney oratorical award three years in a row first man to make this achievement. This year was his best. With Paul Gunn of Monmouth he won the debate tournament at Stanford university, biggest on the coast. He also placed first in experi-1 mental speaking at Sanford and second in oratory. At College ol the Pacific, Stockton, Cal., he was second in extemporaneous speaking and fourth in oratory. At Missoula, Mont., he won the Northwest Invitational tourney extemporaneous contest. Tau Kappa Alpha, national speech honorary, awarded him a plaque for outstanding extemporaneous speaker west ol the Mississippi. President of Fraternity Frank is president of Tau Kappa Alpha at Willamette. He is a member ol Theta Alpha Phi, drama honorary he has acted in several play s is a member ol the senior men's scholastic honorary, Alpha Kap pa Nu, and is among the top 10 per cent scholastically in his class. The man who had to make a grade point average ol 2.5 to stay in school has wound up his undergraduate career with an average of 3.5. That's why he is graduating cum laude. Under graduate? Yes. He hopes event ually to go on to get his master's degree and who knows? Some day. maybe a doctorate. Grandfather Lockman, ex-bartender and current scholar, is planning a new career. 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