TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, Jun 25. 1950
Local Men Named
To Winter Pear
Control Group
Portland, June 24 The Unit
ed States department of agricul
ture hai announced members of
the control committee to serve
under the federal marketing
agreement and order regulating
the handling of six varieties of
winter pears grown on the Pa'
cific coast.
From Medford, Robert Root
was named committeeman, with
Stephen G. Nye, alternate, to
represent growers. Medtord men
representing handlers are Shelby
M. Tuttle, committeeman, ana
Joe Naumes, alternate.
Members of the committee
will serve from July 1, 1950, un.
til their successors have been se
lected and qualified, the depart
ment said. Pear varieties sub
ject to the agreement and order
are d anjou, bosc, nelis, du com
ire, easter and clairgeau.
Others Named
Other members and alternates
are Ross F. Collie and Riddel!
Lags, Hood River; R. H. Parsons,
Leavenworth, Wash., and Niles
Saunder, Peshastin, Wash.; E.
A. Bannister and James H.
Chochran, Yakima, Wash.; L. W.
Veerkamp, Placerville, Cal., and
James Mills Jr., Hamilton City,
Cal.; and H. S. Anderson, San
Juan Bautista, Cal., and A. M.
Standish, Milpitas, Cal, all rep
resenting growers.
Handlers committeemen in
clude E. R. Pooley, Hood River,
and Roy Anthon, Underwood,
Wash; H. D. Couch, Peshastin,
Wash., and Charles Cochran,
Cashmere. Wash., J. M. Bloxom,
and R. W. Staples. Yakima;
James A. Irving and Oscar E.
Ayers, Placerville, Cal., and W.
C. Day and R. H. Ellssworth,,
Santa Clara, Cal.
STATEHOOD OKAY SEEN
Washington, June 24 U.R)
Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney,
(D, Wyo.), today predicted his
senate interior and Insular af
fairs committee would approve
Hawaiian and Alaskan state
hood but maybe not on Mon
day as planned.
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HEW IMPERIAL POTENTATE former Shrine Imperial Poten
tate Harold Lloyd (right), Al Malnlkah Temple of Los Angeles, con
gratulates Er. Hubert M. Potest, Sudan Temple of New Bern, N. O.
deft) In Los Angeles, after Dr. Poteat officially took over the reins
a new Imperial Potentate of the Shrlners.
125,000 Shriners End
Los Angeles Meetings
Los Angeles, June 24 (U.R)
Los Angeles returned to Its
relatively placid pace today as
the last of 61 special trains left
Union station with a full com
plement of fez-bedecked Shrin
ers.
A small group of the conven
tion's organizing body remained
here to take account for the con
vention's costs and determine
attendance of what was believed
possibly the largest get-together
in Shrine history.
Convention officials, who first
estimated 125,000 members
poured in for the conclave, said
the count may go as high as
200.000.
No delegates to the spectacu
lar meeting were arrested and
only 38 minor incidents involv
ing a few of the colorful nobles
were reported.
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Talent, June 24 B. D. Dra
per of Talent and Marjorie Ryan
of Medford were married June
17.
Fay Clayton is reported very
111 at his home on Wagner avenue.
Wa-tu-hi-yie group met Wed
nesday night at the city hall to
wrap packages for the Jamboree
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Thorscn and
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stevens and
daughter spent a week in the
northern part of the state re
cently.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Casebicr
have returned home from a trip
to Colorado where they visited
relatives.
Talent Lion Cubs defeated the
Jacksonville baseball team, 8 to
5 on the talent field Wednesday
afternoon. The younger Cubs
won, 13 to 0.
Mrs. D. C. McConnell and
Mrs. F. C. Gilhreath went to
Klamath Falls Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Momany
have returned from Nampa, Ida.,
where Mrs. Momany had been
visiting for a few weeks.
The Grange
Phoenix Grange Home Eco
nomics club met June 21 at the
home of Ethel Hockersmith. The
annual pot luck dinner preceded
the meeting for members and
their families.
Vice-president Ethel Carr pre
sided and reminded members
that November 4 is the date set
for the bazaar and every one
should make some article and re
port to the chairman. It was re
ported the quilt has been finish
ed by Mrs. Daisy Lutz who vol
unteered to do the quilting.
HOSPITAL RATES UPPED
Salem, Ore., June 24 (U.R)
Room rates at both of Salem's
hospitals will go up July 1 co
incident with a genera wage
increase the same day for em
ployes.
FREIGHTER HELD IN PORT
Seattle. June 24 (U.W -T h
former Alaska freighter South
eastern was held at Pier 51 today
by pickets of the AFL Masters,
Mates and Pilots union because
of contract dispute centering
arouna licensed deck officers.
Vacation Bible School
Set at Pilgrim Church
A two-week vacation Bible
school will be conducted by the
Pilgrim Holiness church, 1165
East Jackson street, from June
26 to July 27, between the hours
of 9 and 11:30 a. m., it was an
nounced Saturday.
The Rev. and Mrs, James E.
Kratz are in charge. They are
experienced in children's work,
and are musicians. On the dully
school program will be games,
stories, things to make, singing,
contests and Bible stories.
Mr. Kratz will conduct evan
gelistic services each day ex
cept Saturday at 8 p. m., with
special music and singing.
4-H Lamb Show
Opening Monday
At Fairgrounds
The annual spring lamb and
home economics show sponsored
at the fairgrounds each year by
the Jackson County 4-H club,
opens tomorrow with some 250
exhibitors expected to partici
pate.
The three-day show will not
be open to the public until
Tuesday. Home economics judg
ing will be completed Monday
and Rufus H. Cate Jr., county
agent for club work, said all
home economics exhibits should
be in place and ready for the
judges by 9 a. m. Monday.
On Wednesday 4-H club youths
will place about 60 fat lambs
on exhibit and displays of wool
fleeces will also be shown
Throughout Tuesday and Wed
nesday there will be almost con
tinuous home economics pro
grame of special cake and bread
baking contests, cooking and
clothing contests, dollar dinners
and sewing contests.
The climax of the show will
be Wednesday evening when
special awards are presented.
Following that there will be a
girls' style review and a sale of
fat Iambs.
Jail Inmate Arraigned
On Bad Check Charge
Eugene Tolcr, Ashland, is in
county jail pending court action
on a bad check charge this week
after being sentenced three
weeks ago for a misdemeanor.
Information about the felonies
Toler is alleged to have com
mitted was obtained by Ashland
Police Chief Vern Smith after
the first 90-day sentence was
imposed here.
Toler was rcarraigned by the
Ashland Justice of the peace on
the now charges and District
Attorney George Neilson said
yesterday Toler has indicated
he will plead guilty to the bad
check charge.
California U. Firing
Employees to Face Test
Los Angeles, June 24 (U.R)
The University of California's
decision to fire 157 employees
who refused to affirm that they
were non-communists may be
tested in the courts, observers
predicted today.
The faculty and non-faculty
employees were dismissed effec
tive July 1, hut spokesmen for
the university and employee
groups predicted the unprece
dented firings would be challenged.
Summer School Classes
istration Tomorrow
Registration for summer
School classes offered nnnimllv
by the Medford school system
Degin tomorrow at 8:30 a. m., in
the junior high school, the city
school superintendent's office
announced yesterday.
MILL TO CLOSE DOWN
Longvlew. Wash.. June 24
U.R) Weyerhaeuser Timber
company said it was closing
down its mill here tonight be
cause vibrations from machines
in the duId and sulnhit divi
sion apparently were causing
weakening of the Longview
dike on the flooding Columbia
river.
Permanent Trophy to
Honor 4-H Cattlemen
A large, sterling silver trophy,
mounted on a black marble ped
estal and held in a heavy oak
case, has been donated by the
Far Hills ranch of Shady Cove
to be presented each year to the
outstanding exhibitor of Holstein
cattle at the 4-H club fall fair.
Rufus H. Cate Jr.. county
agent for club work, said yester
day the trophy will be presented
for the first time at this year's
fair, scheduled for August 21,
22, 23. 24. The donors, Mr. and
Mrs. Rene Espourteille, owners
of the Far Hills dairy farm, have
also provided a smaller cup to
go with the large trophy. It will
be awarded each year as- a per
manent possession of the winner.
The trophy will be a perpetual
award with the winners' names
engraved on it each 4-H fall fair.
Astoria Lumber Firm
Announces Wage Rise
Astoria, Ore., June 24 (U.R)
A wage increase of 10.5 cents
an hours across the board has
been given 140 workers of the
Uptcgrove lumber company fol
lowing lengthly negotiations.
The wage boosts were in line
with those granted at other
northwest mills engaged in sim
ilar operations, the company
said.
Galen Knox Elected
Active Club Leader
Galen Knox, public account
ant, was elected president of the
Medford Active club at the semi
annual election of officers held
Thursday at the Rogue Valley
Country club.
Knox grew up in Medford and
attended Medford schools and
Southern Oregon college. He and
his wife and one-year-old son re
side at 309 Genessee street.
Other officers named were Joe
Clark, vice-president; Frank Hull
Jr., secretary treasurer; Robert
Duncan, historian, and Jack
Cummings, activator.
Chosen for the board of gov
ernors were Cliff Oullette and
George Schuler. Wayne Kyker,
Tommy Lewis and Clint Bennett
are other board members.
The new officers will take of
fice the first of July.
Coast Food Prices
Continue on Climb
San Francisco, June 24 (U.R)
As food prices rose an average
of 1.9 per cent on a nation-wide
basis, the bureau of labor sta
tistics announced today that
rises in five major cities along
the Pacific coast averaged only
.7 per cent.
The bureau announced, how
ever, that the west, like the rest
of the country, can expect a
continued slow but steady rise.
The statistics, covering April
15 to May 15, showed the great
est increase in Portland, Ore.,
where food prices went up 2
per cent. San Francisco recorded
an increase of .1 per cent; Se
attle, .6 per cent: and Butte,
Mont., 1.4 per cent.
In the west, as throughout
the country, the increase was
due primarily to higher prices
for meat. While meat prices
climbed an average of 5.1 per
cent nationally, the average for
the same five cities was record
ed at 3.7 per cent.
Hawthorne Park Sets
Activities for Week
Special activities of the Haw
thorne park playground pro
gram June 26 through July 1
will commence at 1 p. m., Mon
day, according to Park Mana
ger Norman Worthley.
The special events will be na
ture study (birds) on Monday
and art occupation on Tuesday.
Whirls will be made by the art
class. Wednesday will be con
test day with prizes to the boy
and girl with curliest hair.
Games will be played under
trees on hot afternoons.
Mrs. Walter Kendall is play
ground supervisor.
BIRTHS
ARANT To Mr. and Mrs.
Don, 27 Mistletoe street, June
22, 1950, a boy, 6' pounds, at
Community hospital,
SEIBERT To Mr. and Mrs.
William, 2390 Crater Lake ave
nue, June 22, 1950, a boy, VA
pounds, at Community hospital.
WOOLFOLK To Mr. and
Edgar, Box 252, Central Point,
June 22, 1950, a boy, 8 pounds,
at Sacred Heart hospital.
BURICH To Dr. and Mrs.
Fred T., 1017 Reddy avenue,
June 24, 1950, a girl, 7 pounds,
at Sacred Heart hospital.
WEBB To Mr. and Mrs. Le
roy. Rogue River, June 22, 1950,
a boy, seven and three-quarter
pounds, at Osteopathic hospital.
Home of Queen Mary Invaded by Gardener
London, June 24 (U.R) A
pint-sized gardener broke Into
the home of Queen Mary today,
stabbed one woman servant and
slugged another, and wound up
in jail accused of invading the
royal precincts to commit armed
robbery.
Mary, 83, slept through the
hubbub, checked up later on
the condition of her manhandled
servants and at midday hustled
away to a luncheon with the
king and queen.
The intruder, Gerald O'Brien,
26, was found cowering in the
basement of Marlborough house
five hours after he crept past
the Resplendent grenadier
guards patrolling the home of
King George's mother.
Fairfield, Cal., June 24 (U.R)
Silas Rowley will be tried again
for the attempted murder of Wil
liam Wright, 42, in Vallejo last
January.
PURRIEN To Mr. and Mrs.
William, Rogue River, June 22,
1950, a girl, seven and one-quarter
pounds, at Osteopathic hospital.
Ashland Family in
All-Arabian Show
Ashland, June 24 Mr. and
Mrs. William A. Briggs and their
daughter Judy, 15, left Thurs
day for Portland where they
were to enter four of their Arab
ian horses and a foal in the
fourth annual Oregon all-arab-
ian horse show held there yes
terday and today at the Pacific I
International arena. More than !
300 arabian horses, said to be
the largest number assembled al
single show in the United i
States, were to be entered.
Miss Briggs, who was a prin
cess for the Jackson County j
Mounted Sheriffs' posse Round- -
up in Medford this year, was
awarded a ribbon for riding ner j
arabian stallion, "Tezeyn,' in
last year's show. This year Miss
Briggs was invited to exhibit
the stallion at the show, putting
him through trick performances
she has trained him to do.
SMITTY'S
RANCH HOUSE
will be
RE-OPENED
On or about June 29, 1950, by Mr. Arturo
Lucero, former chef de cuisine at "Talk of
the Town" in Santa Barbara.
MR. AND MRS. C. G. SMITH . . .
. . . wish to thank the many friends of the Ranch House
for their patronage and feel certain that Chef Arturo will
continue to serve superb dinners that made SMITTY'S
RANCH HOUSE well known on the Pacific Coast.
Mine Watchman Killed;
Shot From Passing Car
Madisonville, Ky June 24
(U.R) Arlin Gammon, mine
watchman at the non-union Fies
mine near here, was killed today
by a shot fired from a speeding
car as he and another watchman
patrolled a road leading to the
mine.
Gammon was hit in the back
of the head by a nine millimeter
German Luger bullet as he and
Carlos Mitchell patrolled high
way 70.
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intersection of 10th and Klnir
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