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Private Building Construction Up By 50 Per Cent 4 Seattle U.R) The trade jour nal "Construction News Bulle tin" reported Thursday that pri vate building construction in the Pacific Northwest and northern Intermountain states increased 50 -per cent in February over January. . Permits in 93 key cities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana and Wyoming to talled $21,688,577. Washington, led by King coun ty with nearly $4 million in per mits, topped the states in Feb ruary with a total of $13,868, 981. Oregon, led by Portland with $3,146,140, was next with $5,098,056- 7 Idaho, including $349,938 in Boise', which was 10th among cities in the area, had a total of $759,518 for third place. Utah was. next with $751,205, inclu ding $489,255 in sixth place Salt Lake City. Wyoming's total was $617,330 -and Montana's $603, 622. l Highway Commission Opens Project Bids Portland UR) The Oregon State Highway commission Thursday opened bids on high way projects totaling $2,250,000. Among the larger jobs was grading on the Moiser-The Dalles section of the Columbia River highway. Rogers Construction Co., Portland, was low bidder with $610,123; Square Dance Event Planned at Ashland Ashland Medford square dancers have been invited to at tend the Ashland YMCA Square Dance jamboree Saturday night, according to Bob Jones, Medford "Y" secretary. The Medford "Y" benefit square dance, usually held on the first and third Sat urday of each month, will be cancelled to allow dancers to participate in the Jamboree, Jones said. Among the seven local square dance callers who will take part in the jamboree are Gordon Ker shaw, Jack Crump, Bennie Park hurst, Sam Conner, "Dan Neil, Gary Conrad and John Neider- meir. An admission tee will be charged and refreshments will be available. 'A 1 'A Another Shipment -OF- YOUNG CANARIES Undetermined Sex Hartz Mountain Canaries! CHOOSE YOUR PET FROM OUR LARGE SELECTION $) 9 YOUR CHOICE ONLY EACH SIXTH AND CENTRAL Medford'. Bargain Corner Veterans Hour Program Readied At Camp White' ' The "Make Believers, fea turing vocalist Judy March and three male voices, will highlight the first "Veterans Hour pro gram, scheduled for 7:30 p. m. Friday in the Camp White domi ciliary theater. The Hollywood entertainers' act includes musical pantomine accompanied by recording of noted artists. Also on the pro gram will be Charlie Mack, Hol lywood radio, movie and tele vision performer who wiU act as guest master of ceremonies. Local Acts Local acts on the program will include the "Hungry Five," a comedy musical group; a novelty dance act by Miss Colleen Hope, and a comedy banjo and steel guitar duet by Ralph Ettel and J. Coffee. A portion of the program will be devoted to an audience par ticipation quiz show for domi ciliary center veterans. Prizes will be given to various winners and a grand prize will go to the top contestant. The program, which is spon sored by Myers-Holland Amer ican Legion post, Central Point, will be recorded and broadcast Saturday by radio station KYJC. James Dunlevy, KYJC station manager, will conduct the broad cast. . The public has been invited to the Friday program in the Camp White theater. Attorney Recalled To Duty in Marines Don Pedersen, a Medford at torney since 1949 and a first lieu tenant in the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, has been recalled to extended active duty, he report ed today. Pedersen has been associated here in practice with O. H. Beng- ston, with offices at 123 West Main street. During World War II he was a pilot of Marine Corps dive bombers on the east coast. He will reenter the service on April 1, he said, and will take an eight-week refresher course at Seattle before reporting to El Toro Marine Corps base in Cali fornia - for duty. His wife, the former Mavis Nichols, will ac company him. They were mar ried last September, and she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Nichols, 622 South Holly street. Lions Club Confers Honorary Membership George W. Newberry, manager of the Medford Business college. was named an honorary- life member of the Medford Lions club at their regular meeting Wednesday night at the Jackson hoteL Presentation of the certificate was made by Dr. Elmo' Steven son, district governor of Lions International, who cited New berry for his 24 years of active participation in the work of the local club. It was pointed out that, he is approaching 21 years of perfect attendance : at club meetings and served as president in 1931-32. Larry Neely, international di rector, and Al Crose, internation al councilor from Salem, who was a charter member of the Medford den, also participated in the presentation ceremonies. Bruce McMahon, Eugene, was also a guest at the meeting. CAA Identification Cards Said Necessary All airmen, including pilots, mechanics and others, must have their identification cards on their person at all times while per forming their duties, Charles F. Horne, administrator of civil aeronautics, warned today. CAA aviation safety agents in the field have begun more spe cific checking on this require ment and the administrator urged all airmen to comply with the law to avoid being cited for violation. Agents will ask to see the air man's certificate, his medical certificate where required, and his special identification card recently required by the civil aeronautics board at the request of the military authorities. If a person is performing air man duties without having the proper proof of his qualifications on his person, he will be cited for a violation which may in volve a fine. DOES HER BIT Chicago U.R Mrs. Edward Sullivan heard a television ap peal for defense scrap metal and contributed a 60-foot windmill. For good measure, Mrs. Sullivan tosed in an old furnace from her basement. Wait for Official i Bulletins in Case Of Enemy Attack Salem U.B If this country is ever attacked by an enemy force, the public will have an insatiable demand for informa tion, the state, civil defense agency said Thursday. But it cautioned that, after any attack; ieople should wait for official bulletins over the radio and in the press, and dis regard rumors they hear on the street corners. The advice was given on "Sur vival," the Oregon civil defense radio broadcast. Ivan B. McKin ney, deputy director for com munications, described, the im portant task the mass informa tion media would : have after major disasters. He asked that people plan to' "tune their eyes and ears .only to official sources." To do otherwise, he said, would invite confusion. Public UMT Debate Scheduled Sunday A public debate on' the merits of universal - military training will be conducted at the First Methodist church here at 3 p. m. Sunday, it was announced today. It is under the sponsorship ' of the World Peace committee of the church. Dr. William Thompson, a Na tional Guard officer, will take the affirmative, favoring UMT, and the negative will be taken by Orval Etter, a Berkeley, Calif., attorney and far west sec retary of the Fellowship of Re conciliation. , Hugh Jennings will summarize the talks, - and Dr. Paul Bray will preside. ' Despite the recent postpone ment of action on the congres sional UMT bill, interest in the subject remains, those in charge pointed out, and the bill may be revived. The public is invited to attend. The church is located at West Main and Laurel streets. Jacksonville, Fla. U.R) Several thousand bags of citrus pulp were shipped to Europe for use as cattle feed. Many of the bags have come back filled with cattle feed this time with beet pulp from Yugoslavia. MONKEYS ARE LIKE THAT Deland, Fla. 4'J.PJ It's tough to be made a monkey of by a monkey, but that's what hap pened to a group of men here. Every time "rescuers" started climbing a tree after the elusive monk, which had escaped from a circus, the animal just jumped to another' tree and grinned at his pursuers. Friday. March 14, 19S2 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Embroidery Hews! EYELET frames these little flower-motifs! You can use white eyelet or for contrast, tnatch to one of the flower-colors. For towels, scarfs, or pillowcases. Easy! Beautiful! Pattern 7195 has two each of three motifs about 5x11 inches; directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern to Med ford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 5640, Chi cago 80, 111. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with PATTERN NUMBER. NEW! The 1952 edition of our Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book! Brimful of new ideas, it's only Twenty Cents. NINETY-ONE il lustrations of patterns of your favorite needlecraft designs, plus SIX easy-to-do patterns printed right in the book. THEY LIKE TO KNOW Boston U.R) Adopted chil dren should be told the facts "from the very beginning," in the view of a Boston University psychologist with two adopted children of his own. "Tell him he was chosen from several or many candidates. Many children love to hear the story over and over again," said Dr. Lowell S. Trowbridge. Medford Seaman Lauds Red Cross The annual fund drive of the American Red Cross, which got underway recently with a - Jack son county goal of $27,000, re ceived a "testimonial" recently from Navy Seaman William W. Bateman, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bateman, 250 Beatty street. Seaman Bateman, aboard an LST bound for Korea, wrote to his parents, "I am going to put in a plug for the Red Cross, be cause I don't think some people give it credit for the wonderful work they are doing. So many men to try to do for and they are in there pitching all the time. "Today, when they were down at the ship giving coffee and cookies, it showed me that they are doing a bang-up job. I am proud to be serving a nation with people like that in it. I've seen so many people just trying to take the service men, but these people are trying to help build them up and it is really doing a lot of good." WELL CARED FOR Minneapolis ' U.R Clyde Odin, 31,, got the municipal "works" when he slipped on an icy pavement and broke his ankle. Sent to' his aid were a police squad ear, a general hos pital ambulance and the fire de partment rescue squad. Odin said he was "well taken care of." Medford Milled Feeds Field Seeds Fertilizers 3 MORTON MILLING CO. i JO Wwf JkIoot StiMt FREE! FREE! BABY CHICKS WHILE THEY LAST SATURDAY MARCH 15 i Hi it ia t a nrncAui BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINER .Sati FREE Coffee and Donuts Served All Day Jackson County Feed Co. COURT AND McANDREWS i SPECIAL CASH SALE! 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